Providence French Film Festival 2017
An annual event since 1998, the Providence French Film Festival will be held this February 25 through March 4, with all screenings at the Cable Car Cinema. Although the event is […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Providence Bagel: Best thing since sliced bread
The deceptively humble bagel is a culinary art form: bagel connoisseurs are notorious for their exacting demands for just the right hard crust, just the right soft interior, and of […]
PVD Children’s Film Festival: No Happy Meals or Plush Toys
In its eighth consecutive year, the Providence Children’s Film Festival will run a series of feature films and short film packages February 17-26. The festival uses a number of venues […]
Preview: Epic Revisits the Red Scares in a One-Off Performance
Epic Theatre Company has announced “a series of programs designed to respond to the country’s political climate,” beginning on Sunday, January 22, with a one-off performance of Are You Now […]
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof: Marking its Territory
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is one of the most well-known and recognizable plays of the past century. The film version starring Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman and Burl Ives […]
Rabbit Hole: Have a Carrot
Anyone who has lost a child or a sibling to premature death finds the experience inexplicable and unique, and even parents who lose the same child together will cope differently […]
American Life Expectancy Unexpectedly Declines
Life expectancy is a measurement that summarizes almost everything about quality of life in a society, and therefore even tiny increases or decreases are indications of profound changes with deep […]
Zika virus: Pregnant Women in RI Should Take Precautions
Zika virus infection poses a significant risk in pregnancy as it “is a cause of microcephaly and other severe fetal brain defects” according to the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Book review: Taking Charge
Taking Charge: Collected Stories on Aging Boldly by Herb Weiss, available in paperback and for Amazon Kindle https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692688706/ After 36 years in journalism Herb Weiss, known for his regular newspaper […]
Donald Trump: At Long Last, Have You No Sense of Decency?
I never expected to live in a fascist state. I’m old enough to have grown up in the United States acquainted with people who escaped real fascists. One of my […]