Spooky Happenings: Halloween Attractions
Terrifying walk-throughs, haunted hay rides, ghosts and family fun in Rhode Island and Southern New England this Halloween season A-Mazing Halloween Party, Escobar’s Farm, 255 Middle Rd, Portsmouth. Come in costume and try to find your way through the huge corn maze. Oct 26 11am – 4pm escobarshighlandfarm.com Boo at the Zoo, Buttonwood Park Zoo, […]
ArtBeat Benefit for AIDS Care Ocean State
ArtBeat, the 17th annual fundraiser for AIDS Care Ocean State (ACOS), will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 pm in the Grand Ballroom of the Biltmore in Providence on Friday, October 25. Several works of art from local artists will be up for auction, along with many other items such as jewelry, exotic vacations, and […]
Trails To Terror: 17 Years of Horrifying Fun
New England folklore comes alive (or un-dead) to scare your pants off at Trails to Terror Halloween means a few things to New Englanders: candy, parties, and haunted attractions. For the last 17 years, Trails To Terror has been the go-to haunt for Southern New Englanders looking to get the crap scared out of them. […]
Stand Aside Knave! The Show Must Go On!
Government shutdown, government shmutdown Fie! Fie I say to the government. A plague on both your houses! For the past two weeks, we have run into snags in our lives since the U.S. Government shut down. Some people even lost jobs. Public outrage has grown as we see more and more poignant pictures of elderly […]
A Hip-Hop Revelation: The Church Of Providence Returns
Win some last minute tickets! The Church of Providence is a sacred tradition in the city and is a staple for underground hip-hop heads, and on Halloween night, The Church returns. Hip-hop superhero B. Dolan and the guys from Strange Famous Records are re-launching The Church Of Love & Ruin tour as a monthly event […]
Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November
In 1605, Guy Fawkes and other co-conspirators somehow managed to sneak 36 barrels of gunpowder into the English House of Parliament in an attempt to blow it up to protest the rule of King James (the king of England, not LeBron James and the Miami Heat). Unlike this country, where you can find guns at […]
Don’t Despair — It’s Still Chowder Season!
It’s a natural New England phenomenon to associate clam chowder with the summertime. There’s nothing like relaxing next to the beach and dunking a fist full of clamcake into some piping hot chowder. Hot sun, hot soup? Sounds incredibly sweaty. And not in the good way. A few people had the bright idea to celebrate […]
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Food Trek! This Weekend’s Food Tourism Conference; A conversation with host Seth Resler
Rhode Island foodies get legit at Taste Trekkers In case you haven’t heard, Providence is home to the nation’s first food tourism conference. It starts Friday, September 20 with a kick-off cocktail reception at The Dorrance, and wraps up on Sunday, September 22 with a food truck brunch. Plus, there is a pantry full of events […]