Life Cafe: Brewing up opportunities
There is such a whole mess of amazing things going on in Pawtucket and I am almost ready to move there. But no need. It is just “up the way” […]
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
Cultivating Quality: Hank’s Herbs’ mission to be the best
It is a sunny Saturday. The air is electric with the promise of summer. Only a few white clouds patrol the sky. A sunglass-donning DJ bobs his head to the […]
LA EXITOSA MAGIA DEL TEATRO ECAS/ THE SUCCESSFUL MAGIC OF THE ECAS THEATER
Hace año y medio tuve la oportunidad de entrevistar a Francis Parra Guerra, la Directora Ejecutiva y Artística del Teatro ECAS. Días antes de que se abrieran las puertas de […]
On The Cover: Pablo Youngs
Comic books were Pablo Youngs’ first introduction to art. Youngs and his brothers grew up reading superhero comics. He was particularly fascinated when he learned that different artists designed each […]
Old Girlfriends, Pink Floyd & Chris Capaldi
On August 1, I sat at the bar in a sold-out Blue Room (Cranston live music venue) and noticed the comfort, joy, and heartache Chris Capaldi’s music can bring to […]
Learning Never Retires: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Rhode Island is part of a network of 125 OLLIs that span all 50 states and the District of Columbia. […]
Go Without Your Phone: Perspectives on life from a full-time fish-mongerer
I’m not old, but I’m also not young. I look 18 sometimes but feel 62. I’m 31. For half my life, I didn’t have a phone. I never thought I […]
Lenses: A lesson on perception
Students take on many different lenses. After I graduated, I found this to be true in life. Sitting in class, students can become consumed by questions: Does my professor like […]
On the Cover: Jack X. Zhou
To meet cover artist Jack Xuandong Zhou is to rub elbows with an up-and-coming, celebrity-status, multifaceted professional. Zhou’s demeanor is as bright and shiny as his product; his humor and […]
Annals from the Literary Salon: Laura van den Berg reads from her new book State of Paradise
It starts as not a particularly outlandish night. The sun has escaped behind thick clouds, a few raindrops hit the windows, and the wind moving through the leaves is louder […]