WED 16 Halloween Horror Story Hour: Scary stories for adults. 7pm. Stillwater Books, 175 Main St, Pawtucket. fb.com/pg/stillwaterbooksri Venture Café Providence FoodBev Connect: Connect with Rhody’s unique culinary ecosystems at this crossing of culinary and entrepreneurial streams. 4pm. Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, 60 Rhodes Pl, Cranston. venturecafeprovidence.org/foodbevconnect SAT 19 Battle of the Patriarchy Showcase: Five […]
I sometimes wonder if I survived the drop. It’s a drop that never happened, but could have– Maybe it did. Years ago, I was standing on a rooftop in downtown Providence on a date that was going poorly, and the guy suggested we go out onto the roof, which seemed like a romantic strategy for […]
THU 10 Sweet Little October Show: Feminist, anti-racist, queer-positive and body-positive cabaret. 8pm. Askew, 150 Chestnut St, PVD. fb.com/Askewprov SAT 12 – MON 14 Scituate Art Festival: Three days of juried selected arts, crafts and food. 10am. Village Green, 554 Greenville Rd, North Scituate. scituateartfestival.org SAT 12 Hari Kondabolu: Political comedy. 7:30pm & 10pm. 39 […]
The climate strike held at the State House was the first public and global protest that I attended since turning 18, legally an adult. And that shift changed my thought process and the way my brain wrapped itself around everything happening at the State House that day. What I realized, or I should say what […]
No sense in sugar-coating it; the stray cat population in Rhode Island is out of control. Shelters are over-populated and the rescue groups are doing all they can to help cut down on feral cats multiplying non-stop. A female cat’s pregnancy only lasts about two months, and she gives birth to an average litter of […]
FRI 4 Muddy Ruckus: Folk rock/Americana music/Punk blues. 9:30pm. Ocean Mist, 895 Matunuck Beach Rd, Wakefield. oceanmist.net SAT 5 TEDxProvidence 2019: The pre-eminent speaking event of the season. 10am. The VETS, 1 Ave of the Arts, PVD. thevetsri.com Michael Ian Black: You might know him for his cringey Twitter presence and being on Wet Hot […]
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: In my opinion, cannabis is WAY safer than alcohol. But what happens when the two are combined? I’m not talking about getting crossfaded after you decide to take a puff or two after a night of drinking — I’m talking canna-beverages. Weed beer and wine have […]
You know what sometimes can get the creative juices flowing? Beer. And you know what’s creative? Brewing. That’s kind of the idea behind the free event Crafts and Craft at the Artists Exchange in Cranston. Crafters, makers, doers and brewers are invited to their space to try some beer samples from Beer on Earth Brewery, […]
Dear C and Dr. B;Help! My daughter and her middle school best friend, Jeanne, were both in the artsy group and at the time they were both picked on by the in crowd. Since they’ve entered high school, things have changed. My daughter has actually joined the in crowd. She’s now friends with a lot […]
Two weeks ago, while I was waiting for The Hold Steady to take the stage in Cambridge, I heard that Ric Ocasek from The Cars passed. The Hold Steady, knowing they were in the hometown of The Cars, handled it with so much class, pumping up the house music to “Since You’re Gone” by The […]