There’s something heartening about a family business, buoyed by the business owner’s dream to work hard to build up a strong company that sustains itself long enough to be passed down to children. I picture many proud parents watching as their kids slowly (or quickly) work their way up the company, learning the family business […]
Do you have a nickname? My friends call me Higgles because there are so many people with the name Sarah. What’s your biggest pet peeve? When people spell my name without the H. I don’t know why that drives me crazy. Iggles? No. What’s your favorite book? If I had to pick one it would […]
Black Panthers: Vanguard Of The Revolution is a documentary that explores the formation and history of The Black Panther Party, a revolutionary African American political organization started in 1966. We are shown an overview of the party’s formation, ideals and actions through a series of news footage, period interviews and modern interviews with members […]
College kids and books go together like a keg and a red cup. You just can’t have one without the other! But if you’re sick of spending time in your college bookstore or would rather spend your (or your parents’) hard-earned money locally instead of with an online retailer, here are some wonderful local bookstores […]
Providence native, noted historian and librarian, and the author of Young America: the Flowering of Democracy in New York City (1998), Ark of the Liberties: America and the World (2008) and Martin Van Buren (2005), Ted Widmer, has produced a thoroughly entertaining history of Brown University that is well-written, impeccably researched and benefits from copious footnotes. (Disclosure: Ted Widmer and Rudy […]
Going back to school is a bittersweet time for me. There’s the excitement of being reunited with old friends, the wide open possibilities of a brand new semester of classes and meeting new roommates. But transitioning from a summer of home-cooked meals or independent living with a Trader Joe’s in walking distance to being back […]
I’m not a night owl. Only when the sun is shining is my brain saying, WE MUST BE AWAKE (speaking in the royal “we”), but on rare occasions even Miss “I’d like to be in pajamas by 8:oo, thanks,” has moments of social normalcy and stays out past 10pm. And on those nights, inevitably, I […]
Becca and Tyler are two young teens who have never met their mother’s parents due to their mother being estranged from them. When the grandparents reach out to the mother via the internet and request she send Becca and Tyler to visit them for five days, the mother begrudgingly agrees. Once Becca and Tyler arrive, […]
Fore! You don’t have to play golf to dine at the Green Valley Country Club. Their bar and restaurant — 19th Hole — is open to the public year round for dining as well as special events. Chef John St Angelo took his Italian-style cooking and family recipes handed down for generations, and added it […]