As of this writing, the ACA – its common moniker, Obamacare, now gets bandied about as both a holy grail and a curse, depending on who you’re talking to – is still a thing. The current administration is working on undercutting it, so there is a high possibility of change coming – but what’s actually […]
In regard to your recent review of The Slave, I had to read it more than a few times to be sure I understood this critic’s detailed negativity toward the production and her position on why this play was too offensive to be produced (*and with full disclosure, said critic is a longtime colleague and local […]
Charles Manson finally died last night, at 11:13pm Eastern Time Sunday. I don’t think anyone who is too young to personally remember the 1960s can come close to understanding why his particular brand of evil never quite faded, and why he still received about four fan letters daily until his death. I believe that the […]
Our trash and recycling miraculously evaporate each week. We fill bins with discarded odds and ends, we pull them out to the curb whether in Coventry or Little Compton, and “poof!” the bins are empty the next time we look. Of course, there are magicians behind this trick. Few people get a grade on […]
THU 16 CAT HAS CLAWS/ Super Natural/ Triangle Forest/ Thug Honey: Electronic Rock / Synth-pop. And an EP release party. Dusk, 301 Harris Ave, PVD. duskprovidence.com FRI 17 7th Annual Masquerade Ball: A benefit for Soujourner House’s efforts to help victims of sexual violence. Visit the gilded age of Hollywood, including cocktails, a live auction, […]
We all have that one family member who goes insane for the holidays — planning their shopping weeks before Thanksgiving, up late at night making comprehensive gift lists, leaving dinner on Thursday to take a nap before waiting in a line in the freezing cold for a chance to grab a flat screen at half […]
AltFacts, really meant as a joke about national-level distortion of information, took on a frightening new meaning locally in November, when a series of ugly police-related incidents spiraled out of control. Now, with social media, information distortion can truly explode into digital panic. On one day, two police incidents that felt related took place. In one, […]
Whiskey and coffee are a classic pairing that Cooper’s Coffee, based in Exeter, embraces. They offer a line of liquor barrel aged coffee beans that impart a distinct flavor of alcohol with none of the buzz, save for that from the caffeine. I spoke with John Speights, co-owner of Cooper’s Coffee, about how he and […]
Village of the Damned As our childish, lip-pursing President Tweetybird continues to fill in his top echelon of advisors and Cabinet members with people chosen from a casting call of incompetents, Phillipe and Jorge are becoming alarmed at the way these people look. That is to say, if you saw them coming toward you on […]
Last year, when Trinity Rep announced their season, I was almost giddy. It is an educator’s dream, beginning with Arthur Miller’s classic Death of a Salesman. I read it as a student and taught it this past summer; however, I have never seen it staged live. Then I learned that the show would be played […]