It’s hard to describe just what’s going on when a Fluxus event takes place. We explored it in more depth with Shey Rivera, the organizer and instigator of this series of surreal experiences. At the Cock Fight edition, for example, there was the meditative, “What am I doing here,” experience of watching a woman in […]
Vintage Style Camping In 2008, during our annual trip to the Finger Lake Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance, we stumbled upon a Marilyn Monroe-style camper. This tiny trailer, not even 10 feet long, was decorated perfectly in vintage glory: tiny little curtains, a kitchenette that became a twin bed and a couch that folded […]
This weekend saw the opening of a very puzzling art exhibit at the Machines with Magnets studio in Pawtucket. Part bar, part performance space, part gallery and part recording studio, Machines with Magnets could be a called a puzzling environment on its own. In the gallery section of the space, you can now […]
Giving the people what they want for 30 years and counting We are fortunate to have theater enthusiasts throughout the state of Rhode Island. In fact, the demand for the arts has grown larger over the years. And within the past 10 years, residents finally have given in to travelling outside of their own neighborhoods […]
Don’t lose faith in the Paranormal! Hey folks! In my last column I wrote about Villanelle, one of the three films chosen to premier on Full Moon Streaming’s newest extension, called Wizard Studios. It sort of Provoked me to write my new column rather soon, because a new film has been picked up from RI, […]
By Jaclyn Wing Dilworth exhibits such depth as he portrays real world occurrences within his artwork The University of Rhode Island Department of Art and Art History and Africana Studies present Bob Dilworth’s Reframed, Revisited, and Reconstructed- Mixed Media Paintings exhibit through the end of February. Dilworth’s pieces are nationally recognized and exhibited and have […]
Letting go of the fear and muscling through the pain was all part of being able to deliver Rice Krispie Treats with love. What is Valentine’s Day all about? Is it just a silly lovers’ holiday that revolves around chocolates, flowers and obnoxious displays of affection? That’s all good and fun, but it all had […]
The good, the bad, and the unordinary: Motif talks to Jeselyn Online For thousands of years human beings have stretched, pierced, branded, tattooed and lacerated their skin in the name of love, gods, war or artistic expression. Body modification is certainly nowhere near as controversial or taboo of a topic as it once was in […]
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 consumes its sustenance. Grocery Store The Fertile Underground’s West End store front is reminiscent of a merger between an organic supermarket and a corner bodega. […]
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 the stage with Funda Fest as both a performer and an audience member, and I have to say the sheer power of this viva voce […]