Governor Gina Raimondo and DOH director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott gave the weekly COVID press briefing today at 1pm. First, the data since yesterday. Rhode Island saw 160 new COVID cases since yesterday. One hundred thirty-one people are in the hospital, 13 of those people are in the ICU, and four are on ventilators. DOH reports […]
We talked to many of the local candidates running for public office in the upcoming 2020 election. We asked each of them the same set of questions, with the promise to print their answers only lightly edited for clarity. The following answers are from Brandon Potter (D), running against Maryann Lancia (R), for RI House District 16. Motif: What […]
Governor Gina Raimondo and DOH director Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott gave the weekly COVID press briefing today at 1pm. Rhode Island has seen 145 new cases of the coronavirus according to data provided by DOH this morning. The governor announced during her comments today that the state performed 9,524 tests with a percent positive rate of […]
A wealthy prince, thinking himself protected from a plague that sweeps his land, hosts a lavish party in his castle, inviting all his wealthy friends to eat, drink and play, waiting for the plague to burn itself out and focusing on their own interests. Now imagine that prince is the President, his castle the White […]
Alexia Reyes is the talented artist behind our cover art this month, and we talked to her about what inspired her design. “I’m not sure if there was a message in mind when creating this,” Reyes said, “but there were a lot of goals. I wanted to portray the scientist as a woman, but not have the […]
Soyoon Cha’s art is a study in contradiction. Her photographs of models in the forest wearing diaphanous gowns seems something from a fairy tale. But some of her sculptures, installations and video projects feel fueled by nightmare. “With my artwork, I’ve always fixed on the shadow of the self through Jungian theory about how you […]
After 16 years of service in the Ocean State, Resources for Human Development Rhode Island (RHD-RI) closed its doors at the end of last month. Compared to Rhode Island’s other developmental disability (DD) providers, it’s a small agency, serving approximately 120 clients and only providing daytime service. Its closure was the inevitable result of years […]
There was rain today that came in waves, the first a sun shower and the second gray.And I’m grateful, ‘cause now my dying plants is saved.At the window I rest my head, and soften my gaze over the hood — assess the lay of the land.A big red pickup parks, and out comes a man.Some […]
William Schaff is a Warren-based artist who has lent his talents to many endeavors, but is perhaps most well-known for his skulled-up faces (check out his signature style on the faces of Gina Raimondo and Allan Fung he illustrated for our October 2018 cover). His most recent project is the skulled-up face of Donald Trump […]
November 3 — so close, yet so far. But here are some earlier dates you should mark on your calendar. Rhode Island is mailing absentee ballot applications to every Rhode Island voter, and your local election office must receive your completed application by October 13 in order for you to mail in your vote. Early, […]