It’s New Year’s Eve. The holidays are over. You’ve seen all of your family, you’re fat with love/comfort food and now it’s time to celebrate 2018 with friends. You want to go out and you want to have fun. Providence has so many options. How to choose? You can go to a show. You can […]
NEW YEARS EVE EVE | DEC 30 New Year Noisemakers at Providence Children’s Museum: Get your family ready for NYE by creating shakers and instruments and make joyful noise to ring in the new year. 10am – 3pm, Providence Children’s Museum, 100 South St, PVD. childrenmuseum.org $ Forever Plaid by Music Theatre International, (MTI): On […]
Here are a few suggestions if you’re one of those hearty souls who likes to freeze yourself into the new year. Newport Polar Bear Plunge If midnight partying really isn’t your thing, then come have fun and let out your wild side at the Newport Polar Bear Plunge! Ring in the new year with everyone […]
SAT 16 – SUN 17 Providence Flea Holiday Markets: The vintage and artisan/maker market, returns with a juried selection of handmade art and design, craft and clothing, jewelry, accessories, vintage wares and small-batch gift and food items from 60+ vendors. 10am, 324 Hope St Cafetorium – rear entrance, PVD. Providenceflea.com SAT 16 Torn Shorts/ Cactus […]
Instead of opening a cardboard door to find a piece of waxy chocolate, open your front door and explore the holiday in your town. 1. Dust off your Elf on the Shelf (motifri.com/alt-parenting-the-elf-must-die). 2. Head to Showcase Cinemas any Saturday in December at 10am for a free holiday movie. 3. RI does holiday theater […]
There are no characters with overly large eyes lurking in Pow! Science!, ready to pounce on young ones and commit parents to their endless supply of wallet-draining merchandise. Instead, the store is filled with open-ended, imagination-building toys and science-themed kits that will fool the young or not-so-young kiddo in your life into learning while they play. […]
WED 29 11th Annual Short Short Story Film Fest: For 11 years, Merging Arts has been bringing this inspiring film event to Rhode Island. While some of the shorts may be instantly forgettable, others promise to ricochet around inside your head for years, or gently inspire a pervasive warmth in your heart. Imagine finding your […]
WED 22 The Silks/Little Compton Band: Blues and roots rock to ease you into Thanksgiving. 9pm. The Cafe at Parlor Newport, 200 Broadway, Newport. parlornewport.com FRI 24 Roomful of Blues: The famous and venerable RI-based Blues phenomenon. Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan St #1, Fall River, Mass. narrowscenter.org Coat Exchange: Multiple locations and […]
Avoid mass-produced thoughtfulness this holiday season and instead, give your loved ones something as unique as they are. Craft fairs are the perfect spot to complete your shopping list, and you’ll put a smile on the face of a local artist. NOV SAT 18 – SUN 19 The Made on Honor Market: Narragansett Beer’s […]
It’s funny to think about. Not even a day after being thankful and celebrating with family, friends and neighbors, at midnight, sometimes earlier, people will enter big box stores to become obsessed with holiday shopping and saving a buck. More often than not, kicking and pushing other shoppers in order to obtain their “precious” commodities. […]