Can You Separate an Artist’s Beliefs From Their Art?
Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic. – Oscar Wilde We let our eyes linger on a page. We brush across the strokes of a canvas. We […]
Events:
The Great Art Heist
August 15 - September 14Friday the 13th
Dark rock show featuring Final Resting Pose/ PABGAF/ Silent Spring/ Depressionista/ Nailed Shut/ I Have No Mouth/ Sophisticated Adult/ Dog Date/ sevencrimsonsuns/ A Monolithic Dome.
September 13 @ 7:00 pm - September 14 @ 12:00 amSelwyn Birchwood
A guitarist, lap steel player, songwriter and vocalist sets a course for the future of the blues.
September 13 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmSweet Baby James
Mexico, ohhh, Mexico! James Taylor tribute.
September 13 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmThis Is College
Back to School tour with Stuck Outside, Frizzle, 4hundo and Screwloose. Hip-hop and DJs. Guaranteed to make you feel old.
September 13 @ 10:00 pm - September 14 @ 1:00 amThe Machine
Performing Pink Floyd. Not just “another brick in the wall.”
September 14 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmJake Ash Band
Country music with a man in black.
September 14 @ 9:30 pm - September 15 @ 12:00 amMichelle Siegel
Punk rock. This coffee house is about to see something it’s never seen before.
September 15 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pmThe TeleDynes
Rockabilly from PVD. A dynamic core trio of electric guitar, upright slap bass and drums.
September 15 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pmCountry DnA:
Country, rock, pop, and everything in between. What’s between that, I can’t imagine, but am willing to find out.
September 15 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pmDanny Fleet
Singer-songwriter-guitarist.
September 15 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmThe John Allmark Jazz Quintet
Jazz night.
September 19 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pmStavros Halkias
Comedian, actor, and writer originally from Baltimore, Maryland and currently based in Queens, NY.
September 20 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pmCreedence Revived
Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute.
September 20 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmSatisfaction
International Rolling Stones tribute. Does it come with a guarantee? You decide.
September 20 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmStavros Halkias
Comedian, actor, and writer originally from Baltimore, Maryland and currently based in Queens, NY.
September 21 @ 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Can You Separate an Artist’s Beliefs From Their Art?
Can artists separate their beliefs from their art? At first glance, it would be easy to dismiss this question. After all, art is subjective. Art often reflects the artist’s worldview, […]
The Cool, Cool World’s Timeless Appeal: Revisiting the infamous legacy of satirists Phillipe & Jorge
Let’s face it. It’s been a whirlwind of headlines this month. It started with the attempted assassination of Donald Trump. Then came the withdrawal of President Biden from the Democratic […]
Mayor Smiley’s War on the Poor: “… because of Mayor Smiley’s actions, people will die.”
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Brown Student Arraignments: How does wielding the carceral system against peaceful protesters help to foster safe learning environments?
Despite months of student protest to demand divestment of the Brown University endowment from the Israeli military, the administration has tried to squash student activism through use of the criminal […]
The Past, Cast in Bronze: What happens when we allow white people to tell Black stories?
Last summer, a statue of a bronze man sitting alone on a bench appeared in PVD’s Market Square. Although he can’t introduce himself, his bench bears his name: Edward Mitchell […]
The Danger of Tying Anti-Semitism and Anti-Zionism
Since October 7, I have been glued to my phone watching video after video depicting the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Doctors are operating with sewing needles and without anesthetic, babies […]
Housing is a Human Right: A brief history of housing & how you can help end homelessness
In 1937, the federal government entered the world of public housing when FDR signed the Wagner-Steagall Housing Act into law. The law established the US Housing Authority, which created a […]
OPINION | Against Normalcy
“The more normal something appears to be, the more ideological it is.” – Angela Davis quoting Wahneema Lubiano in the Black Women Radicals, “Black Feminist Writers and Palestine” webinar (via […]
Rabbit is Rich
There is a new piece of public art a couple of blocks from my house, in the playground across the street from the Peace Dale Library. It is a fourteen […]