Events:
The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Locale Profiles: Santa’s Elves
Local farmers pose for Santa’s Elves to help feed the hungry in RI When you think of your average calendar girl or guy, the first image to come to mind […]
Locale Profiles: The Fertile Underground
Part communal garden, part co-op, part grocery store, part cafe, and entirely local. The Fertile Underground Natural Cooperative is two years strong into its quest to change the way Providence […]
Funda Turns Sweet 16
Rhode Island Black Storytellers’ (RIBS) annual event welcomes in its 16thyear as the state’s premier, longest-running and only black storytelling festival: Funda Fest I have been on both sides of […]
Five Questions: An Interview with Alison Blackwell
Self-described as a “roller derby girl, budding accordionist, lover of all comics,” Alison Blackwell brings to the artistic table a wealth of eccentricities – none more impressive than her […]
New Years Eve Events
2014 NYE Masquerade Ball is an annual event that draws thousands of masked dancers to the Rhode Island Convention Center. This ball has confetti, champagne toasts, live music, a dozen […]
Holiday Arts, Crafts, and Bazaars
Buy local this holiday season with some handmade and salvaged gifts The Artists’ Co Op Gallery of Westerly Celebrate the Joy: Art as the Perfect Gift, 7 Canal St, Westerly. […]
Mike D’s Top Five — Can’t Miss Shows of December
Five of the biggest concerts happening in RI this December 1. Saturday, December 7: A Wilhelm Scream (Partycrasher CD release!), Half Hearted Hero, The Holy Mess, The Down and Outs. $12 advance / […]
A Chorus of Christmas Carols
Nominal Christians (or “Chreasters” as some like to call them) are often derided for the practice of showing up to church once or twice a year at the Big Masses […]