In Providence: Checking In
“I have a lot of folks I check on. I just go by and knock on their door, and because now, we gotta think about not causing trouble for each […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
The Intelligent Treatment of Clothing: Reed McLaren on the sustainable wardrobe
Reed McLaren has spent time researching how to make timeless clothing pieces last. Initially helpful in the curation of her exquisite natural material vintage collection, The House of Ama, she […]
Reminiscences on Winning a Pub in Ireland: A conversation with Trevor O’Driscoll
While we greet St. Patrick’s Day in Rhode Island this year with parades cancelled, restaurants and pubs closed, and gatherings discouraged on account of the coronavirus pandemic, we’re looking back […]
Sham-Rocks, Plastic Paddies and Bar Brawls: Challenging the populist status quo
In 2019, “Saturday Night Live” aired a skit about an Irish date show that portrayed contestants as inbred knuckleheads with a reduced worldview and a propensity toward marrying their cousins. […]
In Providence: A Paper Elephant
“Nobody can ever find the house. Back in the days before cell phones, I’d have to be on the landline for half the night talking to people calling in from […]
Gang de Filles: A celebration of bad-ass womxn
Don’t even worry, your Saturday plans are booked and they are awesome. With International Women’s Day coming up (it’s Sunday) PVDLive and La Boheme Noir et. Co, an organization dedicated […]
Irishisms
As St. Patty’s, er — Paddy’s — Day approaches, we’ve created this handy guide to Irishisms so you at least can sound Irish while doing decidedly unIrish things, like drinking […]
Shifty Seasons: Seasonal time shifts are ridiculous and dangerous
Spring forward, fall back. This notion was standardized when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act in 1966, and it makes as little sense now as it did […]
Write This Way: Readers, writers, story-lovers — you’ve come to the right place
I think the assumption is that to make it as a writer, you have to live in New York or Los Angeles or some old Victorian mansion in Maine where […]
Deal Breakers?: Dealing with body hair and disclosing STDs
Dear Spyce, So I recently met this man who’s pretty wonderful. We have so much in common, share the same goals, and I even like his friends. The sex is […]