Photo by Evan Zimmerman for MurphyMade. The party doesn't have to end after Halloween weekend. Keep the festivities going with a trip back to the Roaring Twenties when the North American tour of The Great Gatsby...
The 2026 Food Truck Awards are coming up soon – November 10, the day before Veteran’s Day. We’re excited to make it a true industry night – no food trucks will have to serve anything......
Artwork: AMOC by Ewa Romaszewicz in collaboration with Ambarish Karmalkar, PhD. For many of us, our most common run-ins with the scientific disciplines happen in two places: the classroom or a news headline. I think it’s...
What does it feel like to be in a room beaming with creative thinkers and artists? What does it look like when a group of motivational, dedicated, hard-working artists comes together? What creative forces can...
(New Harvest “It’s Party Time” poster; poster design: Britta Gustafson / New Harvest; photo credit: Sean Carlson) Photos by Ampersand Creative Co. From one former industrial site to another, New Harvest Coffee Roasters has expanded from humble...
L-R: President Patrick Canary and Secretary Chris Meringolo. Photo by Scott Barnett. Have you ever wanted to homebrew? Yes? I have great news! The RI Brewing Society is holding a “Learn to Homebrew Day.” The American...
When I sat down on a comfy couch at Big Nice Studio in Carrington, RI, for an interview with Space Cowboy Newt, one of the first things they told me was that they’re a rambler....
A new chapter for digital recording studio, The Proving Ground, has begun and owner and producer, Dylan Titus, is ready to celebrate two-and-a-half years of operation by putting together an event showcasing artists who have...
Okee dokee folks… Soon we should know whether this country is going to completely fall into fascism, erupt into civil war, or maintain democracy, as it should. A few weeks ago, Tom Morello presented the Power...
Swan Point Cemetery. Some of the eeriest places in RI are ready for you to check out, if you dare. As the first crisp, damp breaths of autumn begin to catch at the lungs and the trees...
Open: Rollers: A new sports bar has arrived in Providence as of June 12. Rollers hosts watch parties, serves a variety of diner-style food and drinks, and offers both private and semi-private party events. The spot...
1. Higher Education Facilities Bond Measure -- $275 million This bond would use $165 million to create an integrated health building at the URI campus, open to the public, which would also be used for labs...
For cover artist Mishki Thompson of Hopkinton, love helped her conquer a disability and embark on a journey of learning and practicing the art of beadworking, and passing on her Indigenous traditions to the next...
It’s 2003, Thursday afternoon, in a quiet little town called Eberndorf, in the deep south of Austria, surrounded by fields, trees, and medieval churches; 10-year-old me is in my parents’ living room, glued to the...
Photo by Cat Laine. The logistics, physical, and emotional demands of the production are mind-boggling – one actor spending 80 minutes morphing among 12 characters with unique accents and mannerisms while delivering lines almost non-stop and,...
Henry Nwaru in SAME DIFFERENCE at Wilbury Theatre Group. Photo by Erin X. Smithers. It’s 1993 in Providence. A gang leader from Harlem lands at his ex-girlfriend's apartment in the middle of the night — wounded,...
A reimagined production of the international, award-winning musical The Bodyguard will arrive at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC), October 23 – 25, 2026, as part of the Theatre’s 2026/2027 *Encore Series. Based on the 1992...
All photos by Lillian MK Photo. RI Battle of the Bands had a smooth run this year, every performance dodging the monsoons that have plagued past iterations. The year started out with 16 highly accomplished, but...
Okee dokee folks… I mentioned this in my column a few months ago and now it is coming close to being (IS) a major issue. GASOLINE. Before the mango moron started his war of distraction...
We all know that women were the first to make beer, right? It was discovered by accident when grains were used to make other foods digestible. Dried grain was stored and used to make bread....
Haunted Attractions 1. Factory of Terror Terror experience for all ages, including a variety of imaginative themes and thorough design. 120 Pearl Street, Fall River, MA 774-415-0153 factoryofterror.com 2. Scary Acres Fall festivities with the main attraction - a three-part terror experience...
Cover artist Nilton Cárdenas of Cranston refuses to stand still. “I am constantly moving, and creating art,” he says in an interview at Sharks Peruvian Cuisine on Broad Street in Central Falls. And when he’s not...
Photos by the author. Magda León is more than a multidisciplinary artist; she is an immigrant woman who uses art to explore her identity, her roots, and her connection to community. When I asked her how...
Photo by Scott Lapham. For the Rhode Island artist, educator and muralist, creativity has become a way to open doors, strengthen community and help others discover possibilities within themselves. For Nilton Cárdenas, giving back does not begin...
Every Hispanic Heritage Month, we are given an opportunity to look back.We celebrate the pioneers who came before us, the traditions they preserved, the institutions they built, and the sacrifices they made so generations that...
Photo by Dave Cantelli. Ever rummaged through your spouse’s sweater drawer expecting to find argyles, yet instead stumbling across a secret fetish so utterly demented that it immediately sent you bolting toward a new life? Deftly...
Rachael Warren as Clare. Photo by Mark Turek. If there is such a thing as too much of a good thing, The Getaway Driver at Trinity Repertory Company is it. The world premiere of the two-person play...
Photo by Jesse Dufault. Hark, spectators of the realm! If thy soul doth hunger for a "reverent irreverence" turning a 77-seat black box into a roaring arena of wretched romance, get thee to the Burbage Theatre...
RI Music Hall of Fame plaque honoring Rudy Cheeks/The Fabulous Motels/The Young Adults. (Photo: Michael Bilow) Much has already been written on the passing Sep 18 at age 76 of Bruce McCrae, who used the stage name...
Crook Point Brewing Company, 65 Massasoit Ave., East Providence; photo credit: Sean Carlson Over the past year, The Grind has gleamed as one of Rhode Island’s coffee gems. Set up at Crook Point Brewing Company (65...
Opened: Lobanton: Moving into PVD’s popular Weybosset Street, this spot boasts gourmet Asian street food. Taking a peek at their insta is enough to tell that they’re not lying! Man, those dumplings look tasty, just begging to be dipped in sauces. Open Monday through Sunday, from 11am – 3:30pm…. Get em’ while it’s hot! @lobanton.ri […]
Persistence is a means of resistance for this queer arts collaborative By John Picinich Recently, Binch Press x Queer Archive Work (BinchxQAW) found itself thrown into the front lines of the White House’s renewed culture wars. The collaborative nonprofit was notified that its $15,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Arts had been withdrawn. […]
In Pawtucket, a van with a cosmic logo quietly pulls into a farmers market. It’s not delivering produce or crafts — it’s Artemis, a mobile bike shop run by Civi (they/them), a queer, Puerto Rican bicycle mechanic with a mission to make cycling more accessible, inclusive, and joyful. Civi’s journey into bike repair began in […]
Elected – Withdrawn Inexplicable desire to tidy the kitchen sweep the floor move geraniums into southern sun slant of light on the new mousepad— Positano seascape, or somewhere in Liguria each evocative locale charged & relieved you were mostly unconscious when they stormed the rotunda; dead almost at sunrise on the morning of the inauguration […]
Recurring Dream i dream of being [cold] without cover spilling from my mouth pearl strands of quilted grieving i spit into the Atlantic i spit toward the Moon in the morning crystal-bright at night i swallow my teeth & dream unraveling sunset into bowls of emeralds buckets of beloved hand-food & docks salted in mourning […]
By Mikayla Lee The Swimwear Struggle Starts Here My eternal search for the perfect bathing suit began back in the Summer of 2016. I had just gotten my license, Tumblr had reached its peak, and I was gayer than ever before. Having spent the school year experimenting with men’s jeans, boxers, and an embarrassing yet […]
By Holly Eva Allen “…our friend the poet comes into my room where I’ve been writing for days, drafts, carbons, poems are scattered everywhere, and I want to show her one poem which is the poem of my life. But I hesitate, and wake. You’ve kissed my hair to wake me. I dreamed you were […]
You probably don’t remember me well so I’ll cut to the chase. I think I had just taken a math test or quiz or exam. I don’t remember what it was on, but I can still hear the rumbling static and Kill Bill sirens prowling out from the back of my mind, thunder approaching from […]
The high-energy, thunderous sounds of the John Allmark Orchestra have a new home at Alchemy in Providence’s Jewelry District. The Orchestra is keeping alive a classic jazz tradition which originated at Bovi’s, an iconic club in East Providence, until it closed its doors ten years ago. Duke Ellington, one of the legendary big band leaders […]
The members of the PVD City Council who asked on May 14 to fly a Palestinian Arab flag in their chamber and in front of City Hall, and held a May 16 sidewalk ceremony attended by cheering supporters, engaged in an act of clueless privilege: They are not threatened by terrorists whose explicitly stated goal […]
