The best part of the holiday season is tradition. Many families plan activities year in and year out, which is something most people look forward to (minus the jaded teenagers). Holiday movies are a tradition that shouldn’t get tiresome because they’re enjoyable, they help enhance the holiday spirit, and most importantly they can be watched […]
It’s a familiar story that has been shown for several years at Gamm Theatre and spans decades on TV in black and white, but the feeling of It’s a Wonderful Life never diminishes. Like the scent of pine in the air and the sparkle of twinkling lights on a tree, the story of how a […]
The holiday season is here, which means parties, giftgiving, acts of kindness, and yummy food. It’s the time of year to not only give and receive, but also to celebrate the different ways to celebrate, so that we can relate to one another. And what better way to do that than to see what’s cooking […]
What better way to get into the Christmas spirit than to spend it on Miserable Spring, Italian style! The Academy Players present A Christmas Carmella, written and directed by Comedian Frank O’Donnell (and co-directed by Shannon Donnelly, also plucked from the audience as Bella) so it’s sure to make you laugh. Dickens would be rolling […]
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittensLarge silver kegs filled with craft beer, I’m smittenRaising pint glasses with good friends to cheerThese are a few of my favorite beers What happens when a third beer is born to a family? A “Middle Child’’ is born. This is not a middle child with a syndrome of […]
Cellar Stories: Closing the book… store When it comes to finding unique used books, Cellar Stories is unmatched. As the largest used and rare bookstore in RI, the store’s 40 years of operation have carved out an important space for book collectors, the stop-by-once-per-year crowd, and everyone in between. In the shop, you’ll find around […]
It’s as if Director Aileen Wen McGroddy threw out the rule book when coaxing her vision of the classic “A Christmas Carol” to life at Trinity Repertory Company this year. And we are all so much better for it. Charles Dickens’ powerful Christmas tale of greed, penitence, and second chances is an annual treat at […]
What do you want for Christmas? Put aside your wishes for world peace and that shiny new bike, here’s one better: A Santa Stroll. What’s a Santa Stroll you might ask? Picture a group, on the larger side, all dressed up as their versions of Santa, strolling together from bar to bar with activities and […]
What the fuck do I want for Christmas?! Lucas Fine clamped his mouth shut before he could yell in his mother’s face. He swallowed the half-bite of dissolving corn flakes, picked up the bowl, stood, scraped the rest into the trash, put the bowl and spoon into the dishwasher and walked out of the house. […]
Trinity Repertory Company’s annual production of Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol features a top-notch cast of adults and children and some truly inventive staging. Fred Sullivan Jr. plays Ebenezer Scrooge, a cranky old miser who treats everyone with disdain, including his long-suffering employee Bob Cratchit (Stephen Thorne). One night, Scrooge is visited by his deceased […]