Earlier this month, this article was posted by Nick Iandolo – after the posting we were able to get on the record with Steve Perry, the founder of Rhode Island Comic Con and, this time of year, one of RI’s busiest individuals. This post has been amended to include his responses and information acquired in […]
Few cartoons and actions figures are as iconic, popular and recognizable as Transformers. Whether you grew up with the ’80s TV series, the original 1988 film or even the current blockbuster franchise, you most likely know the difference between an Autobot and a Decepticon. The original voices behind the eternal foes Optimus Prime and Megatron, […]
For most of us, October is the month of Halloween bringing costumes, candy and flying bats, along with TV reruns of every horror movie ever made. But for the followers of Wicca, October holds a much deeper meaning: It is the month of Samhain, one of the four greater Sabbats of the year. It symbolizes […]
On Saturday, October 17, as the sun hides behind the horizon, the dead shall walk the streets of downtown Providence once more! The Reverend Al Mighty has promised to go above and beyond to present this year’s Providence Zombie Night – a freakishly fun 21+ block party held at the Dark Lady at 19 Snow […]
One of the attendees at this year’s Comic Con is Dean Cain, probably best known for playing Clark Kent opposite Terry Hatcher’s Lois Lane in the 90’s hit TV show “Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.” Before he donned the cape, he was a defensive back on the Princeton Tigers football team (he went […]
You know that reoccurring nightmare everyone has where you can’t escape your 10th grade math class? You know, the dream where you’re stuck until you get at least a B on the mid-term, which is frankly impossible because geometry is really really hard, guys, and why couldn’t this have happened to me in ENGLISH CLASS? […]
Once upon a time, admitting you were a Nerd would get you some very odd looks, a flat-lined love life and intimate knowledge of how to escape from the inside of a locker or an automatic underwear-flavored enema. While this hasn’t changed entirely, we are in a golden renaissance of nerd culture thanks to things […]
This Columbus Day weekend, on October 10 – 12, head on down (or up, I don’t know where you live) to North Scituate for the Scituate Art Festival. The town throws its annual event on the Village Green, on both sides of Route 116, North Scituate, from 10am – 5pm on Saturday and Sunday and […]
Hope & Main, a culinary incubator program that gives food industry start-ups access to kitchen space and industry tools and resources, will be hosting a dual birthday party from 2 to 6pm on October 11. They will be celebrating the first anniversary of their business as well as the centennial of its location, the Main […]
Nine departments at Roger Williams University will come together on September 30 to host author and executive director of Feminist.com, Marianne Schnall. Schnall will speak about her 2013 book, What Will it Take to Make a Woman President? Inspired by her daughter’s question, “Why haven’t we had a woman president?” Schnall set out to interview politicians, […]