Samhain is Not The Same: The origins of modern day Halloween
Halloween was a war against the dark, the dead, and the deities. In Celtic Ireland, where the tradition began, many people were druidic. They focused their worship on the spirits […]
A Stadium Theatre Fundraiser. 22nd annual online silent “Auction for the Arts.”
May 29 @ 9:00 am - June 14 @ 5:00 pmThis Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning modern musical masterpiece is set in 1980s New York City at the height of the AIDS epidemic. Part II will open in September.
June 1 - June 15In 1994, Rolling Stone magazine dismissed the underground band Green Day as, “Cheeky monkeys who came to raid the bar and disappear.” Raid they did, but disappear they did not.
June 1 - June 15Directed by Jeanne Smith: Based on Ben Jonson’s Volpone, this sly farce was reset to 19th-Century San Francisco, and chronicles the misadventures of Foxwell Sly and his manservant as four
June 1 - June 22diverse perspectives by Albert Baez, Caterine Milinaire, Marilyn O’Donnell, Michael O’Donnell, Claudia Rowland
June 1 - June 29an exhibit by noted RI painter Anthony D. Tomaselli. Closing Reception Thu, Sep 4, 4:30 – 7pm.
June 1 - September 5Theatre Rats in Fall River, MA, are looking for actors ages 9 – 20 to take a youthful stab at the Scottish Play. Contact ladykcreative@gmail.com for details. 1641 Pleasant St,
June 11 - June 13An alien meteor transforms a small town into singing, dancing monsters, except for a rag-tag group of survivors who must become (non-musical) heros. Auditions June 12 at Swamp Meadow &
June 12 - June 144 rounds of acoustic, original music inspired by the theme, “Picture on the wall.”
June 12 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmRock music.
June 12 @ 7:00 pm - 11:00 pmAlt-rock.
June 12 @ 7:00 pm - 11:30 pmHalloween was a war against the dark, the dead, and the deities. In Celtic Ireland, where the tradition began, many people were druidic. They focused their worship on the spirits […]
Painters: Francisco Goya, Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O’Keeffe, Mark Rothko, Edvard Munch. Musicians: Ludwig van Beethoven, Chris Cornell, Ian Curtis, Chester Charles Bennington, Kurt Cobain. Writers: Edgar Allen Poe, Ernest […]
Is there any more iconic imagery associated with October and Halloween than the classic witch sailing through the skies atop a broom, beneath a bright full moon? Despite its tragic […]
1. HER WEB It looks like a wheel of diamonds you said. My eyes moved to the corner of the porch where you had noticed the spider, bigger than any […]
The following is a sequel to the author’s piece, Bruja, from the last issue. I first bonded with my mysterious neighbor, Flor, over our communal care for local stray cats. […]
Whether observing All Hallows’ Day, Yom Kippur, or el Día de Muertos, we have many cultural traditions associated with honoring the recently departed. Ants too, meticulously care for each other […]
Founded as a beacon of “hope,” Providence Plantations provided refuge from religious persecution, establishing a colony where settlers could worship freely, independent from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Today, Providence remains […]
“You see that train down there?” My brother Derek said. His face was pressed against the window. “It’s a trainyard. There are tons of trains down there.” I replied, refusing […]
On August 4, 1892, over 130 years ago, a double murder took place in Fall River, MA. Andrew & Abby Borden were brutally killed in their home, struck with an […]