The RI economy is so bad that my friends from other states, many of them expatriates themselves, keep trying to talk me into leaving it. Come to New York, or Texas, or Florida, they say. What’s most appalling is that I cannot deny they have a point. I’m worried that I have in the past […]
If your head is still nodding from the great spread of hip-hop shows this past winter, then it’s time to spread the cardboard boxes out for all the b-boys and b-girls to get moving. RI is bumping from Woonsocket to Westerly with great local hip-hop, bringing more rhymes in the summer than musty under-arms (credit […]
To the Editor, I was horrified to read in the May 20 Providence Journal article entitled “Mattiello: Next pitch is the state’s” that the Speaker of the Rhode Island House is still trying to make a deal over the baseball stadium. Obviously he is not listening to the public. I attended the public forum […]
Speaker Nicholas A. Mattiello, I have been carefully watching the discussion about the effort to move the Pawsox to the Providence waterfront. I do not think it is a good idea, and the public seems to overwhelmingly oppose providing subsidies to this effort. Sometimes it appears that you are the only person publicly talking about […]
To The Editor: The May 27th commentary that dominated the editorial page with yet another large, beautifully rendered artist’s conception of the proposed AAA ballpark features the headline DOWNTOWN PARK WILL BE R.I. GEM needs careful scrutiny. If only we could substitute ‘park’ wherever ‘ballpark’ is featured in the commentary’s twelve paragraphs, we could join […]
The talk these days in Rhode Island is that we have to give large real estate tax breaks to speculators looking to build in the 195 lands if we are to get the “development” that will save the Rhode Island economy. The reality is that give aways to the rich harm economies through promoting greater […]
Trinity Repertory’s Company’s 19th Annual Pell Awards takes place June 15 and honors a diverse foursome. The Pell Awards, developed by former Artistic Director Oscar Eustis, honor Senator Claiborne Pell, who worked to support the arts and provide new opportunities for artists. He was responsible for establishing the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities in […]
Aries: You’re having fun these days, living in the moment and enjoying every bit of it. At times, you can’t quite keep up with all that is going on around you. As the Moon winds down to the Last Quarter phase, sudden actions, events and news act like lightning bolts jarring you into a reassessment of […]
Summer is finally here and with it, early morning sun flooding in through your windows interrupting your hangover sleep, mosquitoes and unbearable humidity. With it also comes idling the days away on the beach and cooking like a piece of bacon. Personally, I could do without the sand everywhere, long lines for parking lots, kids […]
King Snake Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That’s how it goes Everybody knows – Everybody Knows; Leonard Cohen You could add […]