Winter Guide

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 three spectral visitors in A Christmas Carol, a holiday staple across stage and screen. However, in Mark Brown’s The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge, now playing […]

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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? Please suggest) as ‘cool and slay’ as youngsters who have already memorized the Tik Tok. (Ah, the good old days of Musically and Vine, all […]

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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 Co-directed by former Trinity Rep Artistic Director and Emmy Award–winner Richard Jenkins and acclaimed choreographer Sharon Jenkins. Due to ongoing renovations of the theatre, this […]

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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 Department of Environmental Management, the interior of the state (that is, not along the immediate coast) each year averages five days with a minimum temperature […]

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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. The fact that my ears are assaulted with Christmas music starting before Halloween and lasting until the year is over is truly annoying. Christmas music […]

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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 is a good measure of how great a city is. The greatest are inexhaustible. Among smaller cities known for an attractive downtown to walk around […]

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