Top November Alt Shows in the greater RI area 1. Friday, November 8: Tim Kasher (of Cursive/The Good Life), Laura Stevenson, Littlefoot. $12 advance / $14 day of. 8 pm doors / 9 pm show. All ages. The Met, 1005 Main St., Pawtucket, RI. Tim Kasher is one of my favorite songwriters. His songwriting themes of love, […]
Opened It feels like every week we list a new taco joint. Is Mexican food replacing Chinese as Americans’ favorite foreign treat? Decide for yourself at Tacos Don Nacho in Woonsocket. If you find your tacos not nearly spicy enough, drive a few miles south to Sassy Mama Cuisine and pick up a few bottles […]
Terrifying walk-throughs, haunted hay rides, ghosts and family fun in Rhode Island and Southern New England this Halloween season A-Mazing Halloween Party, Escobar’s Farm, 255 Middle Rd, Portsmouth. Come in costume and try to find your way through the huge corn maze. Oct 26 11am – 4pm escobarshighlandfarm.com Boo at the Zoo, Buttonwood Park Zoo, […]
Government shutdown, government shmutdown Fie! Fie I say to the government. A plague on both your houses! For the past two weeks, we have run into snags in our lives since the U.S. Government shut down. Some people even lost jobs. Public outrage has grown as we see more and more poignant pictures of elderly […]
Opened Mexican food might be the trend of 2013 with the arrival of another taco joint, Amigos Taqueria Y Tequila, to Canal Street in Westerly. It delivers what its name promises: tacos and tequila, combining swanky ambiance with authentic recipes like corn on the cob with mayo, lime, queso and chili powder. Like your Mex […]
Federal Hill shows its colors at Providence’s art crawl As most humans know, Gallery Night in Providence is a blast with busloads of art enthusiasts staging art attacks at various shows. I hit two galleries on September 20 that were holding openings. They were held at the Gallery Z and the Chabot Fine Art. The Z had the […]