Arthur “Pooch” Tavares, with nearly 60 years in the music business, continues to reach out to his old fans and to new generations as well. The 70- year-old Tavares is still performing about 75 concerts a year all over the world with three of the brothers (Perry “Tiny,” Antone “Chubby” and Feliciano “Butch”) who made […]
The Rhode Island Foundation announced the two winners of their “Innovation Fellowship” Program Wednesday night at Roger Williams Casino. David Dadekian and Amy Bernhardt will be given $300,000 over three years to fund projects that will brighten the future of Rhode Island. The Fellowship, founded in 2011 by philanthropists Letitia and John Carter, rewards inventive […]
Nick Iandolo (Motif‘s Comic Con King) is at it again in the latest and craziest episode of his zany sci-fi comedy, news and talk show, “Nick’s Sci-Fi Corner.” This episode is called “Aliens with Benefits,” and this time Nick is joined by Motif writers Rosemary Pacheco (Scene and Heard) and Katie Lewis (DareMe) in some all-out, close encounter sci-fi adventures of the […]
I wanted to do the Fight for Air for three years. A “vertical road race” that raises money for the American Lung Association, participants ran up 25 flights of stairs at the Omni Hotel in Providence. I had excuses each of the first two years. I had a weird virus that had me bedridden for […]
Over 500 people sat in the bleachers at Trinity Repertory Company’s main stage, as AS220 founder Bert Crenca explained, “Every time I go somewhere, somebody asks, ‘What the heck is AS220?’ Probably not anyone in this room. But it shows that we still have a lot of awareness to raise.” The event Monday night was […]
As my co-editor, Rhode Island College (RIC) President Nancy Carriuolo will tell you that the late Richard Walton clearly understood the power of the emerging Internet and the power social media would wield in our daily lives. The beloved social activist and educator who put tireless energy and effort into supporting many worthy causes began […]
On March 21, 2014, Rodney Davis and Brian Mills will be celebrated in what RI Pride describes as a small token recognizing the vast contributions these men have made to the organization and to the RI LGBT community as a whole. Rodney Davis, outgoing president, and Brian Mills, board member, have helped to build one […]
A one-evening “feis” (“festival”) of films made in and about Ireland will be held at the Irish Ceilidhe Club in Cranston beginning at 7pm on Friday, March 7, 2014, in what is planned as a first annual collaboration with the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF). Five short films, the longest under a half hour, […]
Love it or hate it, Valentine’s and anti-Valentine’s day events are going on all weekend. Grab your sweetheart or your pack of single friends and see what the greater-RI area has in store Bad Rabbits have been around for a while but this is being touted as their moment to break out internationally, fusing rock […]
Cranston and its inhabitants are given a pretty bad rap by its neighboring towns, stereotyped as a pack of uncultured townies who take the Rhode Island accent to all new levels of, “Wait, what did she just say?” So naturally, it’s not exactly a nightlife destination. Despite this, there is no shortage of watering holes, […]