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Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, head of the RI Department of Health, today recommended that everyone wear cloth masks when in public. But it isn’t easy to find one. No problem! Keep it calm and sew on! If you’re missing some materials necessary that’s okay. Time to get resourceful. If you don’t have any fabric, use an […]
Wednesday morning, the Rhode Island National Guard Joint Task Force Guardian demonstrated one of the new “drive-thru” test sites opened to help meet Governor Gina Raimondo’s goal of testing 1,000 Rhode Islanders for the novel coronavirus each day. Three centers currently exist, one each at URI, CCRI and RIC. Each has the ability to process […]
For general questions about COVID-19, the state has set up a hotline that operates during business hours: 401-222-8022. After business hours, dial 211. HealthSourceRI has opened a special open enrollment period that will last through April 15. To enroll, go to healthsourceri.com or call 855-840-4774 Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm. For information about […]
Our local economy has collapsed in the wake of COVID-19, leaving thousands of people down and out in the Ocean State with an unemployment rate rapidly approaching Great Depression levels. Creatives have decided to organize. Artists, musicians and gig workers under previously existing rules were unable to collect unemployment or benefits for lost income. The […]
After coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns caused What Cheer Writers Club (whatcheerclub.org) to close its co-working space and podcasting studio in downtown PVD and to cancel in-person events beginning on Monday, March 16, program manager Jodie Noel Vinson contacted members to encourage the community of writers to support each other and continue to share their work through […]
If you’re washing your hands eleventy-million times a day, you’re doing it right. If you’re not using local soap, you could be doing it better. Check out our roundup of local soapmakers that will make your 37th trip to the sink feel like less of a chore. Legend’s Creek Farm: Soap made with goat milk […]
In my last six years as a food writer for Motif, I have gotten to know and love the people whose food and drink I write about, and they are such rockstars. Despite the uncertainty, the fear and the difficulties that lie ahead, I sensed so much hope, particularly because of the love and support […]
“If we didn’t pick rooms, we were headed for divorce.” I’ll admit that it’s a little strange writing a Man About Town column when nobody is allowed out on the town, but luckily for me, I still have people reaching out to tell me how they’re handling things during this time of quarantine. She was […]
Either by choice or not, we all will be spending a lot of time indoors. Even after lying in bed contemplating our mortality, raiding the fridge and fighting over toilet paper, our schedules will still be open enough for us to take a look at our infinitely expanding watchlist. Art imitates life and a lot […]
After converting a 30-year-old Chevy G20 van into the Twenty Stories bookmobile in 2017, Alexa Trembly and Emory Harkins drove around Los Angeles sweltering through summer highs, some days struggling to sell as many as three books. While relocating in 2018 to Rhode Island, where Harkins grew up, their van broke down in the desert […]
