Pin-Up of the Month: Sinnamon Splice
What’s your biggest pet peeve? It really bothers me when people dress up their cars. The reindeer horns and Rudolph noses, or the eyelashes and mustaches bug me! What’s your […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Locale Profile: Fortnight — Not Your Mother’s Wine Bar
With craft cocktails and whiskeys being all the rage, sometimes you just want a great glass of wine. Not a Mark West or J. Lohr – something different; something […]
PVD Children’s Film Festival: No Happy Meals or Plush Toys
In its eighth consecutive year, the Providence Children’s Film Festival will run a series of feature films and short film packages February 17-26. The festival uses a number of venues […]
Buy Your Valentine Some Art!
Let’s talk about love … and art. Let’s find the perfect gift for that charming special star in your life. I’ve roamed the city and found some lovely forms of […]
Darren Hill’s Eclectic Empire
POP Emporium is an immense antique shop in a nondescript warehouse near Smith Hill, beautifully curated like a captivating museum of days gone by. Every square foot is full of […]
Lunar Notes
Aries: You fall into a post-holiday slump. There’s a monetary issue that is not clear. Something charged to your account or a debit/credit not applied properly. After the New Moon […]
American Life Expectancy Unexpectedly Declines
Life expectancy is a measurement that summarizes almost everything about quality of life in a society, and therefore even tiny increases or decreases are indications of profound changes with deep […]
Zika virus: Pregnant Women in RI Should Take Precautions
Zika virus infection poses a significant risk in pregnancy as it “is a cause of microcephaly and other severe fetal brain defects” according to the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Book review: Taking Charge
Taking Charge: Collected Stories on Aging Boldly by Herb Weiss, available in paperback and for Amazon Kindle https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692688706/ After 36 years in journalism Herb Weiss, known for his regular newspaper […]
Locale Profiles: Farmacy Herbs
Herbs have been used to treat all kind of conditions since before recorded history. The ancient Greeks, Romans and Chinese relied on the healing effects of the natural world, but […]