Squid’s Ink: Victories for democracy
Our hackers still haven’t recovered from the December 1 opening of RI’s marijuana dispensaries. The fug of kind bud floats in the basement and the freezer is empty of frozen […]
Events:
The Performative Self-Portrait
Explores the body as material and medium and photography as vehicle to consider ways artists use self-portraiture to enact the self, question history, and articulate identity.
May 13 - November 12Ana Flores
Shaman Ladders and Other Stories.
May 20 @ 12:00 am - October 28 @ 11:59 pmAl Copley Quintet
Blues, jazz, and swing.
October 4 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmShadows of the ‘60s
Featuring top industry musicians and singers performing Motown hits spanning several decades. It’ll get you dancing in the street!
October 6 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmAn Evening with Tom Rush
Long-standing folk and blues phenomenon
October 6 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmChris Botti
Everything from jazz to pop to rock.
October 7 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmKelly & the Poor Boys
A female-fronted Creedence Clearwater Revival and John Fogerty tribute band.
October 8 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pmFolk U
Musician/band
October 8 @ 9:30 pm - 11:30 pmThe Sound of Music
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 13 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmAmy Helm
Singer-songwriter.
October 13 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmTake it to the Bridge
Funk, soul, and rock & roll.
October 13 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmThe Sound of Music
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 14 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pmHey Nineteen
Tribute to Steely Dan.
October 14 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmThe Sound of Music
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s final collaboration tells the true story of a governess who brought music and joy to the von Trapp household.
October 15 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pmJustus
High energy dance.
October 15 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pmThe Eagles Experience
Eagles tribute.
October 17 @ 7:30 pm - 10:00 pmThe Addams Family
The show is based upon The Addams Family characters created by Charles Addams in his single-panel gag cartoons, which depict a ghoulish American family with an affinity for all things
October 20 - October 29Vampire Circus
Part circus, theater, comedy, and cabaret.
October 20 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pmGoldilocks and the Three Bears
Ballet.
October 21 @ 1:30 pm - 4:30 pmLee Brice
Country music singer and songwriter.
October 21 @ 7:30 pm - 10:30 pm
Squid’s Ink: A few modest proposals
We sent most of our hackers off to fight Russian and Chinese hackers, so this month, we’re relying on a coffee cabinet of optimism and outrage. A Votive Candle for […]
Squid’s Ink: October Kerfuffles
Our hackers had an easy September. We floated under the waves at contaminated beaches, and lounged under the bridges as flood waters rushed past above. Yes, we dodged those lures […]
Squid’s Ink: Learn’n an Stuff
The Rhode Island school “system” is a lot like Rhode Island’s famous New York System – a lot of mystery-meat hot wieners on a griddle with a whole bunch of […]
Squid’s Ink: Top 10 Whines and Breaking News…
Before we get to our Top 10 Whines, this just in… Our hackers uncovered three subversive plots! One comes from a cowardly corporation, and another by what we call the […]
Squid’s Ink: Chum chum chum chum
Even as daylight lingers, here in the Ocean State, the ink is thick and dark with swirling chum and hidden agendas. Our hackers didn’t have to look far to find […]
Squid’s Ink: Sleight of handouts: a primer
The waters around Providence are particularly murky this month as the city government pushes to pass a $500 million “Pension Obligation Bond” in order to “Save Providence” while simultaneously handing […]
Squid’s Ink: Mayflies, Gadflies and Shoeflies
Several Random Fails Did anyone else notice that Providence Pizza Week coincided with Passover? As one organizer said, “What? Pizza is flatbread. Think of it as Italian matzah.” Maybe next […]
Squid’s Ink: April Fuels Edition
Has there ever been such a month? Our hackers unearthed a trove of so much chaos, we scarcely know where to begin. In response to the war in Ukraine, famed […]
Squid’s Ink: Merger Mania
Whether it’s the approved sale of Narragansett Electric/National Grid to PPL or the disallowed merger of Lifespan/Care New England (Spanker), corporate acquisition is in the news. Our research-bots found a […]