Laugh hysterically while witnessing the mayhem of a 1950s sitcom desperately trying to stay afloat in the ratings in the Ocean State Theatre Company’s production of Neil Simon’s Laughter on the 23rd Floor. Ocean State Theatre Company marked its one year anniversary with the opening of Neil Simon’s Laughter on the 23rd Floor. And, thanks […]
Discover the future filmmaker in your children while attending one of the many wonderful independent films at the Providence Children’s Film Festival. With school vacation fast approaching, the demand to go the movies will surely be forthcoming. This demand can be a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, your kids sit quietly for […]
Live music becomes a gateway to love It’s easy to become consumed with finding the right partner. Our primal urges combined with ego fulfillment turn love into something to be obtained, rather than something that is all around us. As a conscious being, will you ever truly be happy fulfilling these animal instincts? Joy does […]
“A more groove orientated T. Rex kind of Electric Warrior feel.” –Swan Point’s upcoming album Salt Whelp, the polar vortex has metamorphosed into a balmy-January-by-New-England-standards vortex. So let’s continue with a heat wave and talk about a new band that’s ready to catch some waves in Swan Point. I caught Swan Point a number of […]
“Despite all of the multi-layered wit, much of the play depends upon non-verbal communication by the cast.” — Epic Theatre’s Tribes at Theatre 82 The challenge of a play about tribal affiliation is that literally any arbitrary characteristic can be yanked out of thin air and turned into a criterion in order to draw a circle around […]
Murderous Aunts and a delusional nephew make for a wacky family dynamic in Aresenic and Old Lace The Community Players are having a bloody good time bringing the classic farce Arsenic and Old Lace to life on the stage of the Jenks Auditorium in Pawtucket. The show runs until January 19. Written in 1941 by Joseph […]
” This is a show that deals with life, death and everything in between–” The Lyons at 2nd Story The lives of a dysfunctional family take center stage in the black comedy The Lyons, which opened in previews January 10 and is running through February 9 at Warren’s 2nd Story Theatre. The Lyons was written by Nicky Silver […]
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. […]