The Ticket Cost: On theater and elitism
Soon after graduating from college with a degree in theater and a lot of uncertainty as to what my next steps should be, I decided that networking might be the […]
Events:
The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
What’s Cooking?: Vaccination goals in RI are a recipe for failure
At the weekly COVID-19 press conference on Thursday, April 8, Gov. Daniel McKee and RI Department of Health (DoH) Director Nicole Alexander-Scott made clear that economic reopening plans were conditioned […]
Vote Uncle Dan!: Wearing cool shades and drinking something non-dairy, new gov takes the state by storm
And Now for Something Completely Different In keeping with the time honored tradition of sponsoring the natural environment with state names, Rhode Island is now considering adding a “state coral” […]
A Hairy Situation: Don’t fix yourself up for us, gov
Tales of Monsieur Pompadour A tip of the beret and sombrero to Governor Dan (Who He?) McKee for following the Biden-Harris playbook and selecting the highly respected Providence City Council […]
The Cabinet
Salutations fellow louts and clodhoppers! Horace Popinjay here with another choleric jeremiad on our liliputian state’s brobdingnagian political dysfunction. Once again I have combed the pages of more reputable reportage […]
Picking on Poor People: Outlawing minibikes and ATVs
Providence and Cranston seem to regard themselves as cities under siege from two-wheeled minibikes and four-wheeled all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) on their streets. “The use of dirt bikes and ATVs on […]
Hard Hitting Headlines: Perhaps Ms. Gaga should resurrect the meat suit
Big News If the pandemic hasn’t worn you down and depressed you entirely by now — and what did happen to winter? — perhaps looking at what news is attracting attention will be further […]
Cowboy’s Movie Corner: Ms. Raimondo Goes to Washington
Woo-ee! Hollywood’s addiction to remakes, reimaginings and reboots has no shame. The latest moving picture to get this rehashed, cashed-in treatment is that beloved American classic and scourge of 10th […]
Who Was That Masked Man?: The looey guv steps out of the shadows
P&J reckon that eight put of 10 Vo Dilunders could’t tell you the name of our looey guv, while nine out of 10 couldn’t ID him in a police lineup. Not […]
Living for the We: Raising children, mothering a community, stepping into greatness
Black women hold multiple identities. My identities include Black woman. Mother. Activist. Community leader. Healer. Each identity can stand on its own, yet it is difficult for me to separate […]