How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Wall
“Drive Sober or get pulled over” the gigantic sign said. “Why,” I cried out, raising my fist in defiance. “Those are not the only two choices. Why can’t it be both?” My shouted protest reverberated off the sparkling orange diodes into the dark silence of the Providence night. My own car has been pulled over […]
The Hummel Report: How Clean Is Clean Enough?
The science tells us that Narragansett Bay has not been this clean in 150 years. The days of floating debris and sometimes raw sewage after heavy rainstorms are squarely in the rearview mirror, largely because of a massive combined sewer overflow project that went online eight years ago. Often called The Biggest Project You’ll Never […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Staying Current, Golf and Gigi
Complaint Bureau Through our 38 years of writing the Cool, Cool World, people have chided Phillipe and Jorge for having the easiest job in the world, given the constant fodder being presented to us by the gaggle of imbeciles and well-dressed crooks at the General Assembly, the Crimetown-worthy operations of local city and town councils, […]
Top 5 Fun Things To Do: May 3 – May 10
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2017 Music Award Winning Profiles
AMERICANA Ian Fitzgerald – Winner, Best Act-Americana, Americana Singer-Songwriter, Americana Breakthrough Act, Folk Act Ian Fitzgerald has been working hard in music for many years. When he first started out he was known for his lyric driven songs, dry wit, Buddy Holly glasses and Lyle Lovett hair. Now, years later, Ian is known for his […]
Mother’s Day
Tina Cane – Poet Laureate of Rhode Island Our tradition is simple: We like to go out for a lunch or dinner outside on the water some-where. My three children and my husband usually give me flowers and homemade gifts. Describe your favorite Mother’s Day I don’t have a particular favorite, but the other day we […]
RI Spotlight: Nowell Academy
On a Friday afternoon, at the end of the school day, Gioconda Ruiz and Krissia Barraza head out the back door, ready to start their weekend. Before heading home, though, they have a stop to make. The two walk 50 feet into an adjacent building and down the hall – where Gioconda’s six month-old daughter […]
Downtown Design Review Committee Review: The Cambridge Innovation Center
The Downtown Design Review Committee (DDRC) meets monthly to approve all renovation and construction in Providence’s D-1 zoning district. The Downtown Design Review Committee Review (DDRCR) relays the meeting’s highlights and introduces the public to the movers and shakers of Providence real estate development. “The CIC’s mission is to change the world through innovation […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Press, Press Secretary, Dumpster fire, Hard Drivin’, Bombs
Huge Blunder at Urinal? Phillipe and Jorge fear that GateHouse Media, absentee owners of the Biggest Little’s organ of record, The Urinal, may have made a colossal mistake – not the first since the carpetbaggers have taken over from their kindred much-removed spirit, the A.H. Belo Corp. of nearby Texas. We note that Alan Rosenberg […]