The sky darkened over the tall pillars of the university. Storm clouds rolled over the fresh green leaves of spring maple trees; a quiet hum of electricity filled the spaces between abandoned buildings. Wind-whistled pieces of paper fluttered through the mock streets. A siren sounded in the distance, enforcing lonely echoes throughout the hallways and […]
If you’re 14 years or older and live in Pawtucket, Central Falls, or Central Providence, then your vote is needed. It’s called participatory budgeting, which is defined as: A democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. It’s a tool to empower everyone, not just those of […]
Monday, August 14 from 5-9pmR1 Indoor Karting, 100 Higginson Ave, Lincoln, RI Yes, there will be food trucks! Our Food Truck Awards, now in its 7th year (with time off for pandemics), draws nominations from our food writers, local event planners and food truck events around the state, plus suggestions from the trucks themselves. This event […]
Commuters getting off at the new Pawtucket/Central Falls train station after a long day of work or studies don’t have to go far to enjoy uniquely crafted cocktails/mocktails and low-toned conversations at the new home of Rhode Island Spirits. Now residing among the renovated mills and warehouses on the corner of Bayley and Commerce Streets, […]
OPEN A new business called Archery Games has opened up in Olneyville at 40 Sonoma Court, PVD. Billed as combat archery, it is an interesting twist on dodgeball, but played with bows and soft, foam-tipped arrows. If you can dodge a wrench, hopefully you can dodge an arrow. archerygamespvd.com Some West Side residents may take […]
Shortly before her 23rd birthday, Hattie Rhodes’ parents invited family and friends to a gathering on a Saturday at 1pm. The gathering was in Hattie’s honor, but it was an invitation to her funeral and not to a birthday celebration. William and Hannah Rhodes lost their only daughter to typhoid fever on December 7, 1870. […]
Dear C, I think that my friend Padma is making a huge mistake, but nothing I say makes a dent. Padma has been married for 12 years and has 3 children, the youngest in his mid-teens. The older kids are in college. She and her husband Mark run a travel agency together. The business is […]
Seems crazy, but it has been 7 years since The Quahogs have released an album. In the interim, the world went crazy, a few times. The band suffered a tremendous loss with the passing of drummer Nick Iddon from cancer last year. The good news is new tunes are coming, with a new album in the works for […]
I’ve talked a lot about the Detroit Rebellion in recent months. It is up on the interwebs, if you care. About how much I think they suck… just kidding, they are one of my favorite bands! They write great songs about underdogs that keep punching, which is in my wheelhouse. The new album is great, […]
Former President Donald J. Trump was finally arraigned yesterday in New York state court on felony charges with a bare-bones 16-page indictment alleging 34 separate counts of “falsifying business records in the first degree… with intent to defraud and intent to commit another crime and aid and conceal the commission thereof, made and caused a […]