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February Trivia by the Wild Colonial
Q1: According the Athenaeum’s website, the building was the site of many important moments in the courtship of poet Sarah Whitman by this American icon, including the moment of that courtship’s demise in 1848. Q2: In 2005, the Athenaeum made the controversial decision to sell its unbound and complete copy of the masterwork of this […]
Growing Young Film Buffs
By Erin Swanson The 4th Annual Providence Children’s Film Festival is coming to town from February 14-19, thanks again to the hard work of several key players. Eric Bilodeau had over 22 years of experience programming thematic film fests when he came aboard as the director of programming for PCFF. “I had not been […]
Three Cheers for Laura
The Independent Spirit Awards has named Providence-based filmmaker Laura Collela their Jameson FIND Your Audience Award winner for 2013. The prize comes with a $50,000 grant to cover the winner’s marketing and distribution costs. Colella, a mainstay of the Providence film scene, has frequently used the city as a character in her films, including Tax […]
January Pin Up of the Month: Citizen Toxie
What’s your biggest pet peeve? People who express loud and extremely confident points of view while being completely uninformed. Loud and wrong is not a good look on anyone. What do you never leave home without? Breath mints. Fresh breath, even while playing roller derby – it’s the right thing to do as a team […]
Give Me Liberty…or Give me Fresh Squeased
In a world where sandwiches are held together with drink umbrellas and OJ flows straight from the fruit to the glass, bacon-heads and health freaks alike can live and dine together in harmony. Liberty Elm Diner’s brunch-utopia pulls in more regulars than Sunday mass. What it exactly keeps people coming back is debatable . . […]
Wine Making in the New Year
New Year’s resolution: Stop whining; make wine. At least, it is if you’re Emanuella Petrucci, owner and founder of Women Wine Making. Petrucci , who grew up on the west coast of Italy on top of a little mountain, started making wine in 2011 to honor her father and her heritage. “I grew up around […]
Lunar Notes
Forecast Period: January 10, 2013 to February 7, 2012 Aries: Authority figures and those older and more mature play a big role in your public and private life. There are shifts and changes all around you and the unexpected pops up and upsets the apple cart. It could be you who is doing the […]
Scene and Heard by Rosemary Pacheco
Here we are in a new year – 2013. For those of you who feel like your life flew by like a 48 FPS film in 2012, I’m with you. Where did it go again? For a small state like Rhode Island we sure do have a lot happening, especially in the film world. From […]
December Pin Up of the Month: Jessica Skrzyniarz
Occupation: Retail supervisor and promo/sales model Nicknames: Jess, Ica, Blondie, Barbie Favorite Holiday Songs: Any Gary Hoey Christmas Music. Favorite Movies: The Hangover, The Godfather, Wedding Crashers, Inception, Old School, Fight Club, Sweet Home Alabama and The Twilight Saga. Hobbies? Swimming with marine life, watching reality TV and listening to loud music. Favorite watering […]
