THU 5 – SUN 8 RI Home Show: Everything you wanted to know about improving your home but were afraid to ask. Times vary, RI Convention Center, 1 Sabin St, PVD. riconvention.com FRI 6 PawSox Season Opener: Play ball! The first 1,000 entrants get free wall calendars from Channel 12. Other teams still TBA at […]
WED 28 LunaFest: This festival celebrates short films by and about women. 7pm, Artists’ Exchange, 50 Rolfe Sq, Cranston. artists-exchange.org Cocktails & Conversations: Gender Equality in the Workplace: A panel of high-powered, successful women share their ideas on how to even the playing field between the sexes in the workplace. 6pm, Roger Williams University, 45 […]
THU 22 Cooking With Beer: Put that down! You won’t be drinking it, you’ll be making food with it! Well, and maybe drinking just a little. 6pm, Newport Vineyards, 909 East Main Rd, Middletown. newportvineyards.com Girls Night Out, the Show: Like burlesque, with male performers. Fete, 103 Dike St, PVD. fetemusic.com Readings of New Work […]
On February 14, 2018, the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that took the lives of 17 people, 15 of whom were students, shook the nation. As many grieved in silence, others spoke out about the tragedy on Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms. Sophie Capalbo, a senior at Johnson and Wales […]
Climbing stairs is often seen as a difficult chore. Elevators and escalators have turned stairs into something for “emergency use only.” The elevation of stairs makes people feel more out of breath than usual, and climbing them really gives the lungs a workout. The American Lung Association, Northeast Region, will be giving people an excuse to […]
THU 15 Public Hearing: No Utility Rate Hikes: Open forum for the public to let National Grid and the Public Utilities Commission get public feedback on the new rate hikes. 6pm, Public Utilities Commission – Hearing Room A, 89 Jefferson Blvd, Warwick. georgewileycenter.org SAT 17 Arcade Asylum Author Series: Hosting the latest talent in horror, […]
A death cafe may sound like an Agatha Christie novel or a long-lost Edgar Allen Poe poem, but it is something real and can be found right here in Rhode Island. I was brought to my first one by a dear friend, and she said it would be right up my alley. Nothing could prepare me for […]
The Empire Revue is a home-grown cabaret, with a long track record of bringing RI-based humor and song to its regular attendees. With Benny’s the Musical, the ER has transcended its usual format as a collection of loosely connected skits and bits, both musical and comedic. The Empire Revue enters new territory by tying it […]
UPDATE: The Newport route drawing is incorrect. The parade does kick off from Newport City Hall, but then runs through Washington Square, down Thames Street and ends at St. Augustine’s Church. Grab your green and stake out a spot along one of RI’s St. Paddy’s Day Parade routes. If you don’t get a prime spot, don’t […]
At the behest of the head-in-the-sand Orange Haired Monster and his band of enablers, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be hosting a public meeting in Providence, as well as many other places around the country, to give us a dog and pony show on how good it is to drill for oil […]