Monster of Month June 2018
Art by Big Nazo‘s Erminio Pinque
In My City
February 14: My professor rushes into class, telling us that there has been a school shooting in Florida, and I get alerted on my phone that there are 17 confirmed casualties, 16 wounded in Parkland, Florida. Since then, I attended March For Our Lives in Washington, DC, in March, and before that, I attended National Walkout […]
Doc Digresses: An Interview with J Hogue, Publisher of Art in Ruins
With Kate Bramson’s wintry departure from The Providence Journal and Ned Connors ensconced in the private sector, there’s only one person left in this town who’s actively kicking my ass on the urban development beat. The embarrassing part is that he doesn’t even write anymore. Ten years ago, a man built a timeless body of […]
Open and Closed
OPEN Fab You Us has opened a new playsite for kids whose parents would rather not ferry them all over town for different classes and lessons. They can take music, karate, dance or a variety of other types of classes consecutively — or switch them up if they decide something is not for them. We’re […]
To Dance, Perchance to Dream
Young dancers have spent much of this early spring attending dance competitions across the country and abroad with a single goal: to dance this summer. Many prestigious dance companies and schools offer students from around the world the opportunity to spend the summer studying with them. However, there are auditions and competitions to attend first. […]
The Who What When Where of 2018 RI PrideFest
The 43rd Annual PrideFest will start at noon and continue until 7pm on South Water Street and will feature a mix of live entertainment on the main stage, a business marketplace with more than 200-plus vendors, a kids zone, food trucks, arts, a youth center and a beer, wine and spirits garden. A rally and […]
RI Rambles: RI Foundation, Benny’s
RI Rambles The RI Foundation had its big annual shindig May 24, celebrating giving, its wide base of philanthropists and the good they do for the RI community. If you haven’t heard of the RI Foundation, it’s quietly grown over decades to be the largest foundation for donations and public support in the state. Over […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Betting, Vision and Recent Losses
You Bet Your Life With the door opened now for legal sports betting, The Urinal did an excellent piece on why illegal betting with bookies will not end. The reason is that bookies will allow you to run up a tab, with exceptional interest, or “the vig,” whereas legal betting will require cash in hand […]
McGyvering Your Summer
Evil Russian spies have implanted remote-triggered heart-attack causing device in you. So using candlesticks, a microphone cord and a rubber mat, you construct a rudimentary defibrillator to jumpstart your heart. Sure. Easy. We’ve all been there too many times to count. But what would you do if you went out for your favorite summer activity […]
ALTernative Facts: Summer Blockbusters and Avoiding Shitholes
There are a few major blockbusters planned for this summer that our AltFacts writers are particularly looking forward to. Admittedly, even when the content is so new it seems almost ripped from the headlines, the underlying tropes remain old to the point of triteness. But since when was novelty any fun in a summer blockbuster? […]