CLICK HERE TO VOTE The nominations are in and the results for the 2013 music award nominees are in! So here’s how it works… We contact over 50 area venues’ booking agents and present them with a list of categories. They send us back a nominee from each category that pertains to their expertise. […]
Head Trick Theatre’s production of Tonight We Improvise is 1930s improvisation modernized Some theater strives to create the illusion of reality – to coax the audience into forgetting that they are watching actors on a stage, and immerse them in the story and emotions playing out before them. Other shows break the fourth wall, addressing […]
An attempt to understand the recent rise of dangerous drug use Bodies are accumulating. A populace is scared. Poison flows in the streets with impunity. It is almost as if a deadly plague were spreading through our homes and backyards. An infestation that crosses social, racial and ethnic barriers. An epidemic that has claimed dozens […]
Folds Magazine discusses cannabis movement I started 13 Folds Magazine just over a year ago, on January 13, 2013. It was an idea dreamed up on a 4th of July weekend, spent with three of my best friends, on good ol’ Cape Cod. We ate great food, drank a lot of beer, gave cheers to […]
Dog detects high and low blood sugar Like many boys, Matt Tokarski always wanted a dog. Last summer, Matt, his twin brother Gavin, and his two sisters got their wish when a 4-month-old purebred golden lab named Pilot became the newest member of the family. But Pilot is not just a pet; he arrived with a job […]
Mike Kelly’s experience with The Hummel Report The million dollar advertising campaign is one that you probably have seen on television, on Facebook or on billboards around the state. And it was one of those ads that caught Mike Kelly’s attention in December. So he checked out HealthSourceRI’s website and quickly got the answer he was […]
It is the building where many Rhode Islanders got their first driver’s license or had a car registered. The old DMV on Smith Street left more than two decades ago, allowing the state Department of Transportation to take over its first-floor offices. Let’s just say that time has not been kind to the building, which […]
The opening ceremony for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi occurs at 8:14pm Sochi time. In the horoscope erected for that time, the first thing that pops out is Mercury, a mere 18 hours into retrograde motion, together in the sky with Neptune. Mercury is the planet of the news media, transportation and information of all […]
A Providence elementary school introduces a new initiative that focuses on school absences and aims to get children, who walk to school, there and on time. It’s the end of another school day at the Mary Fogarty Elementary School in South Providence and hundreds of kids scatter in different directions. Some take a bus home, […]
Letting go of the fear and muscling through the pain was all part of being able to deliver Rice Krispie Treats with love. What is Valentine’s Day all about? Is it just a silly lovers’ holiday that revolves around chocolates, flowers and obnoxious displays of affection? That’s all good and fun, but it all had […]