Rhode Island’s Sweet Little Variety Show
“All the world is a Sweet Little Variety Show and all of our LBGTQ friendly humans merely feminist, anti-racist, queer-positive, body positive players in a cabaret,” to paraphrase William Shakespeare. […]
Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Jared Paul Celebrates His 19th Vegan Birthday At Ada Books on April 19
Providence activist, artist, poet and musician Jared Paul has never been a stranger to radical political thought. He also has been a huge advocate for the rights of all, including […]
Dinner for One — Poems, Reflections and Photography by David Paul
In my experience, all too often someone will put their best efforts toward a book of poems only to fall short. Even with the best of intentions, they may pave […]
Book Review: Jeff Danielian’s Seasonal Ramblings
It took me a bit of time to find a connection with Jeff Danielian’s first book of poetry, Seasonal Ramblings. As I read through the first section, “Through Time & […]
The Next Crop of Poets
Don’t tell me that the current generation of young people has fried its collective brain with too much screen time. Don’t tell me either that teenagers spend their days playing […]
Fluxus Cock Fight
It’s hard to describe just what’s going on when a Fluxus event takes place. We explored it in more depth with Shey Rivera, the organizer and instigator of this series […]
Jared Paul: The Underground Voice of Providence
By Melanie Rainone Jared Paul is a poetic and musical powerhouse that calls Providence home. As a nationally acclaimed spoken word poet and hip-hop artist, he draws his inspiration from […]
Local and National Poets Slam the Mic at AS220
By Despina Durand and Khrysta Ryan Thursday June 19 the Providence Poetry Slam held an open mic night at AS220 including members from the youth team as well as new […]
Only Blue Body — A Poetic Journal
The book reads like a poetic journal, as if a different day in the life of one person Rosalynde Vas Dias’s book Only Blue Body proved to be an amazing […]
Featured Poet: Nancy S. Foley, aka MC Hugs
Nancy S. Foley is a holistic mental health counselor with a private practice in Providence who also works at Tomas & Associates in North Smithfield. She is the present host […]