Five Fun Things To Do: July 17 – 23
THRU JULY 28 Museum of the Moon: Free lunar exhibit sponsored by NASA in honor of the first moon landing’s 50th anniversary. Find out if we really landed there. WaterFire Arts Center, 475 Valley St, PVD. waterfire.org THU 18 Design the Night: Design your own summer night with mind-bending installations, quirky art-making and treats from […]
Redemption Songs: Vince Hill talks about his latest album and the beast within
Like many of us, Vince Hill works a 9-5 job, putting years of schooling and experience toward bringing home the bacon. But his passion, his hustle, his grind, his starvation for good music has created an extraordinary man, steadfastly determined. And now, after seven years honing his craft and finding his voice, Hill has unleashed […]
Will Write for A Living: Traveling poet writes on the spot
Instead of getting kicked out of the Providence Flea Market for being too close to the action, the poet Ben Bernthal was invited to be a part of it. He set up there with his portable typewriter, his triangular table and his small rectangles of paper, doing what he’s done for several years now: Writing […]
It’s Just Business: We uncovered local companies doing work for CBP
The summer’s been broiling. ICE performed its long-promised mass raids in American cities over the weekend. Eighteen people were arrested protesting outside the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls (charges have since been dropped). US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the agency primarily responsible for border control has come under fire for the deaths of […]
Make Way for the Highway
Thanks to Interstate 95, travelers can drive all the way from Miami to New Brunswick without ever needing to leave the highway. Artists from Jimmy Buffet to the Front Bottoms have struck a chord singing about it, but a project from the Preservation Society of Pawtucket hopes to shed light on another, less-discussed aspect of […]
Phillipe and Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Take Three Shots, Gigi!: The gov screwed up again
Gigi’s Catering Service It seems every time Governor Gigi Raimondo is involved in an enormous deal by the state that involves big corporations, she, to put it politely, soils the bed. That is because, as Phillipe and Jorge have said countless times in this space, she always thinks she is the smartest person in the […]
Five Fun Things To Do: July 10 – 16
WED 10 The Great American Hemp & Blues Festival: Musical performances include a Grateful Dead tribute, folk rock, country and reggae. Headliner is James Montgomery Blues Band. Vendors, artisans and speakers throughout the day. Followed by a Phish concert. 1pm. Mohegan Sun Earth Ballroom, 1 Mohegan Sun Blvd, Uncasville, Conn. mohegansun.com THU 11 7th Annual […]
Advice from the Trenches: Sibling Rivals
Dear C and Dr. B; My sister is mentally ill, and can also be just mean. This Saturday, on her birthday, I was supposed to call her at 10am. As I was reaching for the phone at 10:01am, it rang. It was my sister, yelling: “You were supposed to call me at 10!” I humored […]
Local Filmmaker’s Latest Casting
Breaking limbs – even fake breaking limbs – is never fun, unless you work for Motif. It was a Sunday, or was it a Saturday? Either way it was a good day to (fake) break something. As Jeune Plasson and I strolled into work we hardly knew what to expect. Richard Griffin sat at our […]