The Rocky Horror Show Review
From October 10 – 26, Westerly’s Granite Theatre was host to The Rocky Horror Show, written by Richard O’Brien and directed by Patrick Barry. Advertised as a “deliberately kitschy rock […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
The Dark Arts Festival and opening of Candy’s Curiosities: Be afraid
We gathered as outsiders, loners, and weirdos. We, the lovers of the dark arts gathered to celebrate all that is spooky, horror filled, mysterious, and macabre together. The rain couldn’t […]
The Magical Nature and Public Service of The Gilded Age: Christine Baranski’s take at a Newport press conference
A few days before HBO’s “The Gilded Age” Season 3 finale drew 5 million US viewers, Emmy and Tony Award-winning actress Christine Baranski, who plays Agnes van Rhijn in the […]
A Royal Encounter with Queen Christine: One fan girl’s experience of a lifetime
There’s a certain kind of presence that fills a room before a single word is spoken — and Christine Baranski totally has it going on. Let’s just start right there. […]
WEIRD AND WONDERFUL: Michael Ezzell on art, myth, and the “Creative Capital”
A bare-chested woman swimming from the mouth of a fish. Seaweed and skulls. A pipesmoking dog perched on a whale. If any of this sounds familiar, you’ve likely encountered the […]
Bi Squared: A trip in the TARDIS
Bi squared. That’s me, with bipolar and a proud bisexual. It’s taken me a while to coin this term, from a terrified 20 year old coming out to her family, […]
Date Day PVD: Outdoors Edition
In the shadow of the concrete chaos that is the Washington Bridge closure, along our city’s Route 195, is a pristine park that we all know and love. I won’t […]
Move and Let Move: The joys of parkour
Parkour started in France in the 1990s with a nine-member group dubbed Yamakasi (meaning strong in one’s person). They based their challenges on martial arts and Asian culture, and considered […]
It’s Showtime: There’s a rich and robust crop of RI summer theater awaiting you
It’s the season of splendor, abundance, and vibrancy. We are, of course, referring to the summer theater scene in Rhode Island and its varied, homegrown bumper crop of entertaining and […]
Rhody Laugh Riots: A key to the RI summer comedy scene
Looking to tickle your funny bone this summer? Take a moment to step outside of the every-day existential dread, and lay into the loving lap of laughter. From Shoreline to […]