Lovely Word Cloud
Created By Will Stiles
Five Fun Things To Do: February 6 – 12
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On the Cover
The extraordinarily talented John Rego agreed to illustrate this issue’s cover with his version of avian love, and if his cityscape feels like a bit of a mashup, that’s because it is. Who knew PVD loomed so large that even those in Boston’s Public Garden remain aware of its presence? Rego said of the cover […]
Like a Horse and Carriage
According to the CDC, RI divorce rates have declined from 2006 to 2016, from 3 divorces per 1,000 people to 2.8 divorces per 1,000 people. Of course the divorce rate is going down! No one is getting married, right? With crippling debt, poor job prospects and a mom who won’t let your spouse move into […]
Fly Bar
This wall display at Twenty Stories in Hope Artiste Village beckons bibliophiles to belly up to a different than perhaps their usual type of bar. The Poetry Bar’s headphones offer browsers the opportunity to listen to some of the poems that are tucked into the collections for sale in the store. Alexa Trembly, who co-owns […]
Sex Ain’t Free: Decriminalizing sex work makes life better for everyone
Last Christmas, a police operation shut down the Foxy Lady on prostitution charges, but it was only a short decade ago that sex work was effectively decriminalized in RI. In a confluence of events that truly was peak Rhode Island, sometime in the early 2000s, a federal judge discovered a legal loophole going back to […]
The Happy Heart Wanderer
Jeannie Rossetti is always watching for heart shapes to appear to her in everyday objects: a stone, a snack, even a roll of garbage bags. And when one makes its daily appearance, she snaps a pic. “To me,” Rossetti said, “heart sightings are a gift from angels. A message from the universe showing that love is […]
Let’s Meet Here: Family-style dining is on the menu at The River Social
It was 1 degree Fahrenheit the night my friend and I scuttled alongside the Providence River toward the mall with our heads down and scarves up, trying to protect ourselves from the cold. But something caught my eye: a neon sign where Quay used to be. “The River Social” it said in simple block lettering, […]
AltFacts: Trapped in a Vortex: Rhody politics spin round and round
Put a Pawsock in it, Gina! Baseball is, without question, the single most boring pastime on the face of the earth; however, that doesn’t stop us from having a sense of pride in our community teams, which is more than can be said of certain local politicians. During the debacle that saw the Pawsox heading to an […]
Sweet ‘n’ Salty
We’ve got some bad news for all you tongue-tied lovers out there. Sweethearts, the candy with a flavor only a mother could love, popular because it said it all for you, will say nothing at all this Valentine’s Day. NECCO, their manufacturer, went out of business last summer, so Sweethearts are taking a hiatus until their […]