It’s an established expectation that your employer will offer health insurance. The cost, logistically, of offering it on an individual basis used to make it excessively costly for insurance companies to offer it to individuals. But with the onus of managing the benefits moved to employers, it was more affordable through work. Now that […]
The RI area is home to dozens of alternative clinics and healers. So what ails you? From anxiety to arthritis, put down the meds, get out, and turn 2014 into the year of the new you. Rolfing: If your body is a temple, after a few years it’s going to fall victim to gravity like said […]
Part communal garden, part co-op, part grocery store, part cafe, and entirely local. The Fertile Underground Natural Cooperative is two years strong into its quest to change the way Providence consumes its sustenance. Grocery Store The Fertile Underground’s West End store front is reminiscent of a merger between an organic supermarket and a corner bodega. […]
Rhode Island Black Storytellers’ (RIBS) annual event welcomes in its 16thyear as the state’s premier, longest-running and only black storytelling festival: Funda Fest I have been on both sides of the stage with Funda Fest as both a performer and an audience member, and I have to say the sheer power of this viva voce […]
Self-described as a “roller derby girl, budding accordionist, lover of all comics,” Alison Blackwell brings to the artistic table a wealth of eccentricities – none more impressive than her illustrations of people both real and fictional – and her work can be found in magazines and galleries across the state. Dale J Rappaneau, Jr: […]
“It’s a surprising sport. There’s a lot of technique and finesse – it’s not just about muscle, although that’s important, of course.” Rick North talks arm wrestling We’ve all done it. Some of us do it in our homes, some do it in school, some do it on the weekends, and some do it every […]
The art, practice and health benefits of yoga Yoga has been practiced in India for thousands of years; however, the modern practice of postures that we know as yoga is less than 100 years old. Yoga once consisted of breathing exercises (pranayamas) and meditation, spiritually grounded in Hindu and Buddhist philosophy such as non-violence and […]
” Almost one-third of returning veterans are diagnosed with PTSD, and that is taking into account only those who honestly answer screening questionnaires and exams. A culture of silence, an omertà among warriors, regarding PTSD has long been a plague of the U.S. military.” Along with hundreds of thousands of other veterans of the war in […]
“Vegan Before Six” for those who can’t quite break up with meat My husband is a true carnivore. When we began dating, we joked that sex and bacon were tied for first place in our relationship priorities. He’s talked about roasting a whole pig in our yard and spent endless hours watching YouTube videos on […]
Goddamn. Goddamn Amsterdam. If you’ve been over to The Eddy in the last few weeks, you may have noticed a cheeky little addition to their cocktail cards. Take a sip and you’ll likely find yourself murmuring goddamn. Amsterdam. As you go in for another pull from your coupe. Yes, the drink’s called Goddamn Amsterdam and […]