Take a Hike! Bring leaf peeping to a whole nother level
RI offers a variety of hiking trails, each with its own style, terrain and level of difficulty. Some trails are ideal for fishing, while others are popular for bird watching […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Backyard Farming: Don’t feed your lawn — let it feed you
Picture a yard. Did well-fed grass accompanied by the drone of a lawn mower come to mind? You’re not alone. But when RI resident Jackie S. thinks about a yard, […]
Dispatches from the Warzone: Rad cat reports from behind enemy lines
A sunny Sunday morning, I was driving down Shermantown Road in Saunderstown and turned in to the very quiet Smith’s Berry Farm. I didn’t stop to pick blueberries, but continued […]
A Walk on the Weird Side: Lovecraft is long gone, but echoes of his footsteps remain
A few years back I saw an advertisement on Craigslist that offered up an apartment in PVD that claimed to be where H.P. Lovecraft lived and worked. Fascinated, but too […]
Advice from the Trenches: Pets at Work
Dear C and Dr. BI am a mental health counselor in a fairly large and busy office. Recently I started bringing my cockatiel, Polly, to work with me primarily because […]
Made in RI: Randy Andy’s Kingmaker Summer Workshop Recital Debuts Nine New Drag Kings
On Sunday, August 11, from 7 – 9:30pm, Randy Andy’s Made in RI Kingmaker Summer Workshop Recital will debut nine new drag kings through short performative pieces at Askew in […]
An Interview with RKO Army Member Zephyr Goza
When Zephyr Goza walks into a room, everyone kind of stops. It could be because of his dashing good looks and charming personality, or that he’s wearing a corset and […]
Open and Closed
Opened12 Metre Cafe: Inside the Seamen’s Church Institute, 18 Market Sq, Newport. A seaside cafe along Bowen’s Wharf. Bar ‘Cino: 22 Washington Sq, Newport. barcinopnewport.com It’s “chee-no” like Al Pacino. […]
You Can’t Go to Thayer Again
The first and only time I ever got called a “f_g” was on Thayer Street. It was 2010 and Brown University was on winter break. I remember thinking the situation […]
AltHealth: Summer Advisories
HEAT The first heat wave of 2019 has come and gone, leaving a few fatalities in its wake. In the US nationwide, at least six deaths were caused by excessive […]