THU 13 Sweet Little Variety Show: Special Pride show with Heather Rose In Clover, TropiGals, Randy Andy, Kristen Minsky, comic Rich Hite, Virginia Dare, and host Eva Destruction. Queer-positive comedy and music night, with unique skits each month. 8pm. Askew, 150 Chestnut St, PVD. fb.com/Askewprov FRI 14 The Rocky Horror Picture Show: RKO Army Celebrates […]
Saturday around 3:45 pm something happened in Kennedy Plaza that will go down in history. Well, if you count the Guinness Book of World Records as history. At an eating event sponsored by The Malted Barley, which provided the pretzels as well, the world record for speed pretzel eating was set. Geoffrey Esper downed 26 pretzels […]
[Mike Ryan was present at the incident and filed this report.] Shortly after 11pm Saturday night, PVD Fest was in full swing, with hundreds of people crowding Washington St in Downcity. The Extraordinary Rendition Band had just finished a rousing performance which, ironically, emphasized the power of love and understanding. Then shots rang out. There […]
One hobby that runs all year long but takes on extra life in the summer is the driving, racing, jumping and general mayhem of Remote Control (RC) vehicles. We’re not talking about the ready-to-go toys from WalMart. There are far more sophisticated vehicles that become a sort of cross in complexity between a toy and […]
WED 5 WHEM: The Horse-Eyed Men/ The Down Hill Strugglers/ The Vox Hunters: A Living Radio Show and musical performance in the old tyme spirit. 8pm. Columbus Theatre, 270 Broadway, PVD. columbustheatre.com THU 6 – SUN 9 PVDFEST 2019: Live music, dance, food and visual art installations transform the city for a four-day, multi-arts take-over […]
Picture this: A collection of aliens spots Earth from the farthest reaches of space and they decide — of all the spots on the planet — to settle in Rhode Island. And when these intergalactic musical geniuses with technology light-years beyond ours arrives, how would you imagine they’d get around? RIPTA! So to make seeing […]
Opened Burnside Beer Garden: Long a pop-up feature of the Burnside Summer Music Series, Trinity Brew Pub’s beer garden is becoming a permanent fixture of the park in Kennedy Plaza. Kennedy Plaza, PVD. Website pending. Daisy Jo’s Hot Chicken and Biscuits: Quick and spicy, when you’re ready to fly. 63 Airport Rd, Warwick. fb.com/daisyjoschicken High […]
It all goes back to Roger Williams’ original idea of creating Providence as the first sanctuary city. Barnaby Evans is the creator of WaterFire, one of PVD’s signature events and a public art installation that has global appeal and reach. Evans is a graduate of Brown University, and during a multi-decade run of creating, innovating […]
Ah, summer. The birds, the bees and 10,000 sunflowers planted where 195 used to be. At least that’s been the goal each summer for Adam E. Anderson, creator of the 10,000 Suns art installation, which has the lofty goal of having 10,000 mature sunflowers in the space throughout the summer months. Anderson had the idea for 10,000 […]