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MEOWS, MALTS, DOGS AND DRAFTS: Have a pint to rescue a paw
Can art by Joey Visco Dogs and drafts? Is there any better way to celebrate yappy hour? If you are an animal and craft beer lover, this is an event you do not want to miss!...
NOW ITâS OUR TURN: Local team seeks to keep up positive momentum from World Cup
Photo by Sindayiganza Photography. The FIFA World Cup tournament was full of thrills, drama, chaos, unity, and live television shots of devastated children in tears after their team lost a heartbreaking match. The final whistle brought...
Boatload of music: Titanic drama
Matthew Provençal as Thomas Andrews in âTitanic: The Broadway Musicalâ at Bill Hanney's Theatre By The Sea July 23 â August 15, 2026. Photo by Mark Turek. The challenge to staging a production of âTitanic: The...
2026 Tattoo Awards Gallery Wall
The Tattoo Awards featured a gallery wall populated by local artists. Here is a selection of the artwork on display! By Brianne Elizabeth @foxhallowart By Victori Leo Riel Grab Your Heart & Go by Allie Boyer @peaceflowercreations MONSTROELIZASUE by...
BTS with DMK: Lily Spencer
Photo by Jess Lee Images. I met Lily Spencer in an acting class taught by Eric Lutes, whom many television fans will remember from the 1990s sitcom âCaroline in the City.â Eric, who now lives in...
2026 Tattoo Award Winners
Rachel WS. Favorite Animal/ Favorite Floral Tara DâAgostino â Iron Lion Tattoo By the numbers, Tara DâAgostino got her first tattoo at the age of 15, picked up her own tattoo machine at the age of 19, opened...
The Long Game: River Shook Arrives Home
Photo by Jillian Clark. âThereâs no feeling quite like finally being able to fully step into your own, to truly embrace your whole self and carry yourself through the world with that mentality. Not an identity...
Roots Report
Kai Nanfelt. Okee dokee folks⊠Last weekend I went on a ten-hour, each way, road trip to play a show. The drive wasnât so bad, but the music was horrible. As I have mentioned before, I...
The Butterflyâs Shadow
Photo by Isaac Laliberte Wards 2, 9 and 12 all report the same. Mendez wins in each! It appeared that Providence was perfectly poised to usher-in its first female mayor in history. The polls were closed and...
A Flicker of Flame
âYouâre late, Brother,â she said, hovering outside the weathered cottage near a pebbly beach, indistinguishable from the shadows cast by moonlight that hit the thick hydrangeas. It was late in the evening of a seawind-chilled...
NecronomiCon Comes to Providence
The NecronomiCon is a biennial celebration of the works of HP Lovecraft and beyond, and throughout the genre of âweird fiction.â Centered in downtown Providence, it boasts four days of literary panels, readings from various...
American Caesar Salad
Itâs almost Cthulhu â pardon my hiccup, I meant, âelectionâ â season again. And if the tactics of these times donât make your head swim and your bowls ache, as if you were being eviscerated...
ON THE COVER: Bob Eggleton
When cover artist Bob Eggleton of Warwick first got interested in art and started sketching nightmarish creatures, he recalls, an aunt asked him, âWhatâs drawing a monster gonna get you in life?â Heâs spent the last...
GREASE
Skyler Shields (Kenickie) and the cast of the Theatre By The Sea (Wakefield, RI) production of âGreaseâ running thru July 18, 2026. Photo by Mark Turek. âA-wop-bop-a-loo-bop! A-wop-bam-boom!â BY ALISON OâDONNELL ON JUNE 27, 2026 Grease is the...
Between Worlds with Sheila Isham: Resurrecting the American abstract expressionist at the Newport Art Museum
Isham, Sheila. Teth (#8 Creation Series). 1972. Acrylic spray on canvas. Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI. (Image courtesy of the Newport Art Museum.) Quite some time ago, I read a quip that the art of diplomacy...
Rhode's Clothes: Part 3 - A Strut Down Memory Lane
As an international student a year into Rhode Island, yet still only a breath into America, I finally found a question that I might be able to answer â this is my continued exploration of: What...
Discover Providence's Hidden Gem: Siren Spirits in Olneyville
Tucked inside the historic Harrison Steam Complex in Providence's Olneyville neighborhood, Siren Spirits is redefining what a visit to a distillery can be. Equal parts neighborhood gathering place, cocktail destination, and craft spirits experience, this...
Crank Up The Music -- It Makes Me Hoppy
Music makes beer taste better? In 2016, Vrije University in Brussels, Belgium, conducted a study that showed scientific evidence that music has an impact on our taste of beer. This study concluded that lower audible...
Roots Report
Cold Chocolate. Okee dokee folks⊠Well, summer is here and for me, summer is HELL! A few years back I wrote a song about my disdain of Summer for the Empire Revueâs âCoolâ show. Here are...
Small Habits That Can Lead to Big Financial Rewards
America, the focus of this issue, runs on wealth. So hereâs how to get yourself some. Itâs the perfect opportunity to launch a new column aimed at helping non-one-percenters with financial matters. Feel free to...
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Corralled at the Blood Farm: The rise of the uniquely American plasma industry
âForeigner.â I find it a harsh word that I hate seeing applied to others. Yet applied to myself, itâs the only word that half conveys how baffling I find this country at times. Iâd like...
On the Cover: William Schaff
In his final year at college, cover artist William Schaff truly learned what it was like to work in a studio. âI developed a course of study in general fine arts with one of my...
Next to Normal at Trinity Rep: Intensity shines
Rachael Warren as Diana. Photo by Mark Turek. The Next to Normal audience is exposed to waves of raw emotions drowning your soul and dampening your eyes. You may wish you had premedicated with any of...
Spoken Award Winner Writeups
Blaq Sav. Photos by Lillian MK Photography. Favorite Free Verse Spoken Word 2026 Ashley Hosa Sending out a big congrats to Ashley Hosa, who came to the Spoken Awards with a multitude of wonderful supporters (shoutout to Ryan!)....
Obituary: Julian Forgue
The founder of the long-standing hipster-ish West Side restaurant Julians hadnât been involved directly with the restaurant in quite some time. But his legacy persisted. A larger-than-life personality, you never knew at what event Julian...
Obituary: Lisa Gourley
Renowned supporter of local music and arts Lisa Gourley (Sometimes Lisa Gourleyx) passed away on June 15. Reading reactions on social media, you canât help but notice how often the words ânice,â âkind,â and âphotographyâ...
Summer Solstice
This beautiful Solstice moment, June 21, 2026 brings the winds of change into our lives. The pivotal points among the planetary movers and shakers of the Zodiac find Gemini, with Uranus and Ceres, reaching across...
2026 Tattoo Awards Photos
By Olivia Lunger By Lillian MK Photography ...
2026 Tattoo Awards Winners
Favorite Color Tattoo Evan Olin, Powerline Tattoo Runner-up: Luis Bold, Unicorn Ink Favorite Black & Gray Ryan Dowden, Dark Ritual Runner-up: Luis Bold, Unicorn Ink Favorite Black & Gray with Color Steven McDonough, Secret Safe Tattoo Runner-up: Rachel WS, Rachel WS Fine Art...
Stuff to Do
Croptober Fest
Our second annual Croptoberfest sponsored by Mother Earth Wellness Dispensary, an event where Halloween meets cannabis. Over a dozen local cultivators will be present, handing out info and swag to kick off your Halloweekend. Live music by Mighty Mystic (reggae rock) and Guess Method (funk) provide vibrations for the occasion, and there will be a […]
The Mousetrap
Attleboro Community Theatre (ACT) proudly presents The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie, skillfully directed by Marissa Simas. The production began as a short radio play written by Agatha Christie as a birthday present for Queen Mary, the consort of King George V. It was broadcast on May 30, 1947, under the name Three Blind Mice. The […]
FRANKENSTEIN: âALL I ASK IS THE POSSIBILITY OF LOVEâ
Who doesnât love Frankensteinâs monster, the hideous creature unnaturally created in a lab from deceased humansâ and animalsâ parts? Yes, he does evil things, but who can blame him? Since the publication of Mary Shelleyâs popular novel in 1818, the name “Frankenstein” has often been used, erroneously, to refer to the monster rather than to […]
Stars With Shirley: October 2024
Look to the Stars with Motifâs Shirley Prisco, bringing you your astrological horoscope for October 2024. Video filmed & edited by Eric Barao (@EricBarao).
Brand new food and drink tour launches in Providence: The Providence Prohibition Tour is guaranteed to be a fast favorite
Did you know that Rhode Island never actually ratified the Prohibition amendment? How about that Providence had hundreds of speakeasies? Or that the Narragansett Bay was the scene of over 30 different shootouts between rumrunners and the US Coast Guard? These are the subjects that guests explore on the brand new Providence Prohibition Tour, a […]
Re, Hello Earth: Poetry
Crossing over the desert brow spare ranges, sparse rivers I see the red lights south & how softly they wave their fingers Who are all these places we call home? Do all our roots have voices we can simply call or cut off? The pecan tree coughs fruit onto to the ground, mockingbirds sing for […]
BRUJA: Fiction
I have always loved cats, ever since I was a boy. Something about their selective socialization, isolated grace, and potential for fierce loyalty has spoken to me in ways no other species has. Not that I was allowed to keep any when I was young. We were a working-class family living in a neighborhood that […]
LA EXITOSA MAGIA DEL TEATRO ECAS/ THE SUCCESSFUL MAGIC OF THE ECAS THEATER
Hace año y medio tuve la oportunidad de entrevistar a Francis Parra Guerra, la Directora Ejecutiva y ArtĂstica del Teatro ECAS. DĂas antes de que se abrieran las puertas de lo que se convertirĂa en el primer hogar propio y permanente de la compañĂa teatral hispanohablante, camine con Francis hablando sobre la trayectoria y la […]
POTUS: Or, behind every great dumbass are seven women trying to keep him alive
Trinity Rep jump starts its 61st season with Selina Fillingerâs POTUS, directed by Curt Columbus. With all the debating and mudslinging of late, why not take a farcical break from the inevitable political frenzy! The folks at Trinity know many of us dread the upcoming election, and suggest we face our fears and laugh at […]