Advice from the Trenches
Bad Bosses
Dear C and Dr. B; We have a new boss at work and half the people there are ready to quit after listening to her for a week. When it […]
Events:
Spring Awakening
March 1 - March 22Soul Power
Soul, funk, and disco.
March 14 @ 10:00 pm - March 15 @ 2:00 amCELEBRATE SPRING
March 15 - April 27Newport St. Patrick’s Day Parade
One of the three big parades that split the Saturdays of March. Ends at St Augustine’s Church. Featuring all kinds of bands, clowns, reenactors, organizations and oh, so much green.
March 15 @ 11:00 am - 2:00 pmRoomful of Blues
Locally based masters of blues music.
March 15 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmEric Lindell
New Orleans-based singer/songwriter and guitarist who melds West Coast rock, swampy Gulf Coast R&B, hard country, and Memphis soul into a hybrid that blazes a trail of its own.
March 15 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmPlaying Dead
Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead birthday show by a tribute band.
March 15 @ 9:00 pm - March 16 @ 12:00 amSchool Of Rock Seekonk
Spring mid-season performance.
March 16 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pmGreg Abate Quartet
Tribute to famed old-tiimey saxophonist Charlie Parker.
March 16 @ 6:00 pm - 9:30 pmThe Splinters
Bluegrass and old-time string band delivers a relentless groove to accompany their tight 3-part harmonies.
March 19 @ 8:30 pm - 11:30 pmJim Carpenter
Electric blues saxophonist, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer.
March 20 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmInto The Woods
This classic musical follows a Baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s Festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would
March 21 - April 6Brass Transit
Chicago tribute (the band, not the musical).
March 21 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmJames Montgomery
Best known as the lead singer, blues harp player, frontman, and bandleader of The James Montgomery Blues Band.
March 21 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmSelwyn Birchwood
Contemporary blues guitarist, singer & songwriter.
March 22 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pmRI Music Awards
Celebrate local music with the broadest, most eclectic gathering of musicians in the state, crossing every genre and facet of local music. Live performances by School of Rock, People Eating
March 24
Advice from the Trenches
Advice from the trenches
ADHD or brainwashed
Dear C and Dr. B; My wife Maeve asked me today, “Do I have ADHD?” I am a doctor and we should never diagnose friends and family, but I considered […]
Advice from the Trenches
Fuck you syndrome
Dear C and Dr. B: Yesterday I was at the drugstore waiting in the drive-up window line. My fellow passenger in the car had tested COVID-positive and we were picking […]
Advice from the Trenches
Bird Brained
Dear C and Dr. B: Now that COVID-19 restrictions are easing up, my wife and I want to travel again, but now we have a new problem – I can’t […]
Advice from the Trenches
Self-Centered Daughter
Dear C and Dr. B: How do I get it into my young adult daughter’s head that the world does not revolve around her? When she complains she isn’t getting […]
Advice from the Trenches
Professional Liars
Dear C and Dr. B: I have been trying to help a friend for the last few years who’s had an addiction problem. I’ve known him for over 20 years […]
Advice from the Trenches
Negative Clothing
Dear C and Dr. B: I am worried. My daughter is starting college in the fall, at a school in a very conservative area in the south. The social norms are very different […]
Advice from the Trenches
Autoimmune Brain
Dear C and Dr. B: My wife gets really down on herself – she self flagellates. She takes everything personally and feels it is her job to make the world […]
Advice from the Trenches
Coma boy
Dear C and Dr. B: I’m in a weird situation. Jay and I have been married for a little over 2 years. Sex was never a big thing with us, […]
Advice from the Trenches
Enemy of the people
Dear C and Dr. B: The world has really changed since I graduated from high school back in 2018. First, it was the 2016 election, then COVID-19, now the war […]
