Free Tuition at CCRI: The New Lively Experiment
The entering freshman class at the Community College of Rhode Island (CCRI) for fall 2017 includes the first beneficiaries of a new program that offers free tuition to RI residents […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Morris Nathanson, Pawtucket Revival Architect and Artist, Turns 90
The City of Pawtucket pulled out all the stops to honor Morris Nathanson on September 8, the day before his 90th birthday, at the “Curtain Up” gala opening of the […]
Knight of the Burning Pestle: Comedy Way Ahead of Its Time
Francis Beaumont is exactly the sort of obscure playwright of Elizabethan England whom Head Trick Theatre seeks to revive. Who knew the 1600s were such a rich supply of drama […]
Galileo at Burbage: A Masterful Portrayal
A familiar touchstone of the modern age is that the Roman Catholic Church and its Inquisition threatened Galileo with torture for the heresy of asserting that the earth orbits the […]
Mesh Networking: In Disaster Situations, Real Apps Can Do What Zello Cannot Do
Virally widespread misinformation claims that Zello is an app that can be installed on smart phones and tablets as backup in case the cellular network goes down in a natural […]
News Analysis: RI to Study, not Legalize, Cannabis
Every year a bill is introduced at the RI General Assembly to legalize recreational use of cannabis, regulating and taxing it similarly to alcohol. The state legalized medical marijuana in […]
Doors Open RI Free Citywide PVD Festival, Sep 23
“Behind Every Door is a Story,” Doors Open Rhode Island write on their website. Their mission is to acquaint Providence city dwellers and workers with the hidden-in-plain-sight places they may […]
Trinity Rep Kicks Off the Season with a Free Party
Trinity Rep invites the theater community to its annual season kick-off party to be held this year on Sunday, Sep 10, from Noon – 7pm. The event is open to […]
Opinion: The Pope on Galileo
(Originally published December 23, 2008; this is re-published here as a sidebar to my review of Galileo by Bertolt Brecht performed by Burbage Theatre: motifri.com/galileo-burbage-2017 ) Pope Benedict XVI in […]
Rent-to-Own: Desperation Financing
If you want furniture, small appliances, a television set or a computer, but you have bad credit or no credit, then it might seem tempting to shop at a “rent-to-own” […]