VOTING is Closed For this Year. The list of nominees is out for the 2015 Motif Music Awards, celebrating the best in local music. Nominees are selected mathematically from the suggestions by over 75 local booking agents, labels, radio stations, and over a dozen of our music writers.You decide the winners. Voting closes at Midnight […]
For many Rhode Islanders, Slater Mill Museum in Pawtucket is a destination reserved for elementary school field trips, but a recent nighttime Labor History tour coupled with a concert by musician Work/Death marks an attempt to make the museum more accessible to adults. “The Japanese have a word, ‘karoshi,’ which translates roughly to something like […]
February has left everybody in this area stir crazy. Storm after storm. Shoveling until your lower back is in constant pain and your shoulders are so sore you can barely raise your hand. Dreary gray skies and a bitter cold that instantly freezes your nostrils have kept most people inside. Even people with a full […]
On Wed, Feb 25, Providence marks an edition of the FirstWorks Artistic Icons Series taking place all over the city featuring world-renowned composer Philip Glass. FirstWorks has risen to be an important organization in the arts community of The Creative Capital, showcasing the beauty of Providence’s artistic innovation through events like this one. I had the […]
The popular Broadway show Jekyll and Hyde: The Musical will be performed by the Rhode Island Stage Ensemble at the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket from Feb 13 through 15. Jekyll and Hyde is based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic story about a brilliant doctor whose experiments with human personality create a murderous counterpart. Convinced the […]
Watching a room full of drunk people sing along to a Backstreet Boys song while filling out a trivia sheet somehow seemed so natural when it happened, even if it’s a bit hard to imagine. “Trivioke” is the collision of your two favorite late-night activities: trivia and karaoke. Jan 23 brought Trivioke to Boombox PVD […]
On Tues, Feb 24, the Queen of Hearts Ball will be held to raise funds for the production of a new musical by the drama club at the Nathan Bishop Middle School. The event will feature music and dancing and will be held from 6 to 10pm at the Providence Marriott, 1 Orms St, PVD. There […]
One fine winter’s morning my good friend and owner of Cady’s Tavern, Robin Tyo, called to tell me she was having The Joe Moss Band come from Chicago to play at her tavern in Chepachet. “You’ve got to come check him out,” she said. I said I’d try my best to get there, but because […]
The Fetish Fair Fleamarket is coming back to Rhode Island! It will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick from Feb 13 – 15. Originally developed in Boston, this flea has been around more then two decades. It happens twice a year and it is the biggest fetish festival in all of New […]
Are you dreaming of color our snow-covered landscape hasn’t provided in months? If so, you’re in luck because the Rhode Island Spring Flower and Garden Show returns to the Convention Center Feb 19 – Feb 22. This year’s show invites attendees to come in from the cold and dream of spring while exploring hands-on gardening […]