Weekend Music Festivals: DOT AIR, Summit and FloodFest
On Saturday, August 15, you have your pick of music festivals. You can’t make a bad choice, but we’re here to help you make the best choice. From 4pm till […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
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Phillipe & Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Vote, Damn It, Signs of Football Season, Art and Presidents
A Cryin’ Shame There is an old joke about asking someone for the definition of “ignorance and apathy,” to which the person curtly responds, “I don’t know and I don’t […]
Broadway Brunch
In the warmer months, you’d be hard-pressed to drive down Broadway on a weekend around midday without spotting pockets of pedestrians running amok. Clusters of hungry brunchers of all ages […]
Rhode Island Spotlight: Text to Be an Ex
Despite the warnings. Despite the messages. Despite all of the public education, teenagers are still smoking. The good news is that Rhode Island has the second lowest percentage nationwide of […]
Interview with Michael League of Snarky Puppy
Usually a band has at least 4 people in it with the classic assortment of bass, drums and guitars along with the occasional keyboards. If you add a horn section, […]
The Hummel Report: Blocking the View
Nearly everywhere you look, there is water. With the Newport Bridge to the west, Fort Adams to the south and Newport Harbor to the east, the condominiums on Goat Island South […]
Phillipe and Jorge’s Cool, Cool World: Chickens and a Fox with Sox
Chickening Out With the big flap at Halitosis Hall this legislative session over chicken coops and the birds’ wingspans (OK, that is a horrible pun, but blame the hot weather), […]