THE TRIAL OF EBENZER SCROOGE
The Curmudgeon strikes back! There are few literary characters whose names have become synonymous with transformation as much as Ebenezer Scrooge. Charles Dickens’ miserly protagonist’s cold heart is warmed by […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
How to Gift Your Conservative Relatives A New Perspective This Holiday Season: Satire
How did we get to wearing blue overalls while attempting Taylor Swift’s dance in “The Fate of Ophelia” music video, trying to be as (‘cool?’ Is that the right word? […]
A CHRISTMAS CAROL: Making Merry
Trinity Repertory Company presents its 49th annual production of A Christmas Carol, adapted from the novella by Charles Dickens, with original music by Richard Cumming. This year, the production is […]
POEMS: by Hellen Schweizer
The Fox Are you quite certain that you’re safe in your bedroom? Were you not warned about the fox that’s been let loose from the zoo and prowls the hills […]
Warming Centers Save Lives: Local facilities open for protection during extreme cold
Even normal winter conditions can be life-threatening to anyone without proper hats, clothes, and footwear, but extreme conditions are life-threatening for anyone outside of heated shelter. According to the RI […]
Holiday Hangups: Why Holidays are the worst, and how to make them better.
Thanksgiving is still weeks away as I write this, yet there are now five aisles where it looks like Santa and the Hebrew Hammer have vomited up every holiday decoration […]
Roots Report: Holy daze
Okee dokee folks… People apparently totally gloss over Thanksgiving now, not that I care. I am a vegetarian and the ritual slaughter of turkeys for holidays has always bothered me. […]
2 Feet 2 Bucks: Explore all of Providence
Just walking around has been a favorite pastime of city dwellers and tourists ever since cities were invented. How many long walks it takes to see all that’s worth seeing […]
Solstice Rituals: How humans handle the longest night
The Winter Solstice is upon us and with it the longest night and the shortest day of the year. The word solstice is from the Latin words “sol” (sun) and […]
Warwick Slips Into the Ice Arena
[Motif sent local figure skater Charlotte O’Gorman to talk to Warwick Mayor Frank J. Picozzi and discuss the city’s new outdoor ice rink.] By Charlotte O’Gorman Coming soon this Winter, […]