Since 2015, Shey Rivera has been co-artistic director of AS220 with Shauna Duffy. At the beginning of this year, however, Rivera decided to depart AS220, leaving Duffy to take over a newly created executive director position, backed by a leadership team made up of Anjel Newmann, Ruth Harvey and Marina Balko. We wish Duffy continued […]
In the normal course of conversation, if you hear the words “booze” and “axes” together, you might conjure an image of Vikings and leave it at that. But not in Rhode Island. No, in Li’l Rhody we have gone the extra step and opened an ax-throwing club (equipped with a healthy supply of beer, wine […]
The nominations are in, and now it’s time for the picking. Help us honor some of the best tattoo art in our fair state by choosing your favorite in the categories of Overall: Color, Overall: B&W, Line Work, American Traditional, Calligraphy / Typography, Geometric, Best Character, Blackwork, Floral and Cover Up. Vote now! Winners will be awarded […]
WED 13 The Riot Act: Standup-comedy night. 7:30pm. Alchemy, 71 Richmond St, PVD. alchemyri.com THU 14 AHA! New Bedford: A Valentine’s and Black History month citywide arts night encompassing a number of related events. 6pm. Downtown New Bedford, Mass. ahanewbedford.org FRI 15 Valentine’s Tea: Enjoy a classy caffeinated beverage in one of Rhody’s most stunning […]
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The extraordinarily talented John Rego agreed to illustrate this issue’s cover with his version of avian love, and if his cityscape feels like a bit of a mashup, that’s because it is. Who knew PVD loomed so large that even those in Boston’s Public Garden remain aware of its presence? Rego said of the cover […]
According to the CDC, RI divorce rates have declined from 2006 to 2016, from 3 divorces per 1,000 people to 2.8 divorces per 1,000 people. Of course the divorce rate is going down! No one is getting married, right? With crippling debt, poor job prospects and a mom who won’t let your spouse move into […]
This wall display at Twenty Stories in Hope Artiste Village beckons bibliophiles to belly up to a different than perhaps their usual type of bar. The Poetry Bar’s headphones offer browsers the opportunity to listen to some of the poems that are tucked into the collections for sale in the store. Alexa Trembly, who co-owns […]
Last Christmas, a police operation shut down the Foxy Lady on prostitution charges, but it was only a short decade ago that sex work was effectively decriminalized in RI. In a confluence of events that truly was peak Rhode Island, sometime in the early 2000s, a federal judge discovered a legal loophole going back to […]