The class of 2020 will have war stories to tell of pandemic virtual proms, drive-by graduations, remote freshman years of college. They will feel like a tribe when they meet. People around the world have lost their battles with the virus, and their families and friends suffer with the empty chair at the holiday table, […]
Holiday shopping can be a strain even under the best of non-2020 circumstances. It’s a whole new challenge when you’re the type of gift giver who would rather buy your significant other concert tickets — and finds yourself at a loss when most forms of entertainment face a murky re-opening. But if there’s one thing […]
If you bring up the cat, you’re likely to start a war. “I’m telling you right now, that cat is not going in the photo.” For years, the matriarch of his family swore off animals. She never let his mother or aunts have pets growing up. In fact, when any of them would try bringing […]
When most of the country thinks about holiday traditions, they think about Christmas trees, snow, time with loved ones, Santa Claus, that kind of thing. Here in Rhode Island, we think of a giant blue bug who sits atop a building just off I-95, bringing holiday cheer and joy to all of those around him. […]
The pilgrims invited their Indigenous friends for that first Thanksgiving feast because they were grateful for the help growing enough of a fall harvest that they could stay alive in the upcoming harsh cold winter. Whether this story is based on facts or not, we have celebrated this American holiday ever since. But this year, […]
If you take the train home to Rhode Island from New York the day before Thanksgiving, you might feel that energy of migration. The motion of thousands of other people all headed in various directions — back to families and Friends-givings, weekend bags on the seat next to them, potentially dreading the political conversation that […]
They met at the Hotel Providence. “We didn’t meet there. We agreed to meet up there. He was visiting from Chicago for a wedding and we matched on Tinder. He asked if I wanted to come to his hotel. He was honest about the fact that he was only going to be in town for […]
They were eating dinner at Dolores and talking about where they would move if Biden lost the election. “The baby was coming the following month, and we didn’t know what this country would look like for people like us if we had another four years like the four we just had.” Both of them have […]
If you ask her how she used to spend her Sundays, she would tell you about Cellar Stories. “This isn’t going to be you writing about how many books I have, is it? Because I have a lot of books, but I have to get rid of some. I don’t want to–The thing is, I […]
The inaugural Swamp Scare, which took place in the weeks leading up to Halloween, is the most recent creation by Vision Media Productions, a polished team of creators, with talented Mark Fisher at the helm. Fisher had already been working with Blackstone Valley Tourism Council (BVTC) on a plethora of successful endeavors when they approached […]