“Do it right.” That was the last thing Luis Gonzalez told Branden Castro — nicknamed “Blaze” — before he bolted out of their minivan. But there was nothing right about what happened next: A gun fired into a crowd for no reason and with no target, leaving a trail of blood and tears. Four women […]
Cramped Quarters Behind the walls of The Urinal’s Fountain Street fortress, many changes as The Other Paper continues to shrink. This time, instead of axing top reporters and columnists, it is more of a physical contraction. The state’s organ of record, which once boasted of staffing seven regional bureau offices around Little Rhody, as well […]
On Saturday, August 15, you have your pick of music festivals. You can’t make a bad choice, but we’re here to help you make the best choice. From 4pm till 1am at Machines with Magnets in Pawtucket will be the 2nd annual DOT AIR Experimental Music Festival, which will be full of imagery inspired by […]
A Cryin’ Shame There is an old joke about asking someone for the definition of “ignorance and apathy,” to which the person curtly responds, “I don’t know and I don’t care.” Well, you can apply that to more than half the eligible voters in RI, along with the observation that they are assholes who don’t […]
In the warmer months, you’d be hard-pressed to drive down Broadway on a weekend around midday without spotting pockets of pedestrians running amok. Clusters of hungry brunchers of all ages congregate because, per capita, the West Side is quite possibly the best destination in all of Providence when it comes to brunch options. There isn’t […]
Despite the warnings. Despite the messages. Despite all of the public education, teenagers are still smoking. The good news is that Rhode Island has the second lowest percentage nationwide of teenage smokers — 8%. But how to get the anti-tobacco message to them, especially if they’re trying to quit? If you have a teenager, you […]
Usually a band has at least 4 people in it with the classic assortment of bass, drums and guitars along with the occasional keyboards. If you add a horn section, then you’re talking about a band that can have as many as 8 members. Now imagine a band with 40 members. Yes, 40 members. Enter […]
