How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Wall
“Drive Sober or get pulled over” the gigantic sign said. “Why,” I cried out, raising my fist in defiance. “Those are not the only two choices. Why can’t it be […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
The Hummel Report: How Clean Is Clean Enough?
The science tells us that Narragansett Bay has not been this clean in 150 years. The days of floating debris and sometimes raw sewage after heavy rainstorms are squarely in […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Staying Current, Golf and Gigi
Complaint Bureau Through our 38 years of writing the Cool, Cool World, people have chided Phillipe and Jorge for having the easiest job in the world, given the constant fodder […]
Top 5 Fun Things To Do: May 3 – May 10
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2017 Music Award Winning Profiles
AMERICANA Ian Fitzgerald – Winner, Best Act-Americana, Americana Singer-Songwriter, Americana Breakthrough Act, Folk Act Ian Fitzgerald has been working hard in music for many years. When he first started out […]
Mother’s Day
Tina Cane – Poet Laureate of Rhode Island Our tradition is simple: We like to go out for a lunch or dinner outside on the water some-where. My three children and […]
RI Spotlight: Nowell Academy
On a Friday afternoon, at the end of the school day, Gioconda Ruiz and Krissia Barraza head out the back door, ready to start their weekend. Before heading home, though, […]
Downtown Design Review Committee Review: The Cambridge Innovation Center
The Downtown Design Review Committee (DDRC) meets monthly to approve all renovation and construction in Providence’s D-1 zoning district. The Downtown Design Review Committee Review (DDRCR) relays the meeting’s […]
Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Press, Press Secretary, Dumpster fire, Hard Drivin’, Bombs
Huge Blunder at Urinal? Phillipe and Jorge fear that GateHouse Media, absentee owners of the Biggest Little’s organ of record, The Urinal, may have made a colossal mistake – not […]
News Analysis: Why Are Rolling Papers Taxed As Cigarettes?
Rhode Island is unusual among the states for a tax policy that treats rolling papers as equivalent to cigarettes, such that a package of 20 sheets of rolling paper is […]