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Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Vote, Damn It, Signs of Football Season, Art and Presidents
A Cryin’ Shame There is an old joke about asking someone for the definition of “ignorance and apathy,” to which the person curtly responds, “I don’t know and I don’t care.” Well, you can apply that to more than half the eligible voters in RI, along with the observation that they are assholes who don’t […]
Broadway Brunch
In the warmer months, you’d be hard-pressed to drive down Broadway on a weekend around midday without spotting pockets of pedestrians running amok. Clusters of hungry brunchers of all ages congregate because, per capita, the West Side is quite possibly the best destination in all of Providence when it comes to brunch options. There isn’t […]
Rhode Island Spotlight: Text to Be an Ex
Despite the warnings. Despite the messages. Despite all of the public education, teenagers are still smoking. The good news is that Rhode Island has the second lowest percentage nationwide of teenage smokers — 8%. But how to get the anti-tobacco message to them, especially if they’re trying to quit? If you have a teenager, you […]
Interview with Michael League of Snarky Puppy
Usually a band has at least 4 people in it with the classic assortment of bass, drums and guitars along with the occasional keyboards. If you add a horn section, then you’re talking about a band that can have as many as 8 members. Now imagine a band with 40 members. Yes, 40 members. Enter […]
The Hummel Report: Blocking the View
Nearly everywhere you look, there is water. With the Newport Bridge to the west, Fort Adams to the south and Newport Harbor to the east, the condominiums on Goat Island South have been a select slice of Rhode Island real estate since the late 1980s, after condos went up on land formerly owned by The U.S. […]
Phillipe and Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Chickens and a Fox with Sox
Chickening Out With the big flap at Halitosis Hall this legislative session over chicken coops and the birds’ wingspans (OK, that is a horrible pun, but blame the hot weather), Phillipe and Jorge are reminded of a famous story by journalist, author and very funny guy Calvin Trillin. In New York City’s Chinatown, there is […]
Providence International Arts Festival – Video
Here’s a look at the epic and history-making Providence International Arts Fest 2015. It’s a story so big, it needed three chapters (but they’re really short, interesting chapters) See video playlist Or, watch here: Shooting and editing by Alex Speiss