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On the Ball and Off the Wall: Tokyo Olympics — Down and Dirty (and Deadly?)
This column is for non-sports fans who would like some enlightenment and hopefully humor beyond being sports fanatics. Anybody want to buy 160,000 condoms, cheap? If so, contact the International Olympics Committee in Tokyo, where they plan to hand out that stockpile of rubbers to the 11,000 athletes who will be competing in these audience-free […]
Meeting of Minds: RI Theater Coalition hosts its first meeting to address sexual impropriety
Leaders of Rhode Island’s theaters and theater community gathered in person and on Zoom for more than two hours on July 26 to address weaknesses in their internal processes and policies that have allowed incidents of sexual harassment and abuse to occur in the community. The meeting included a panel discussion and loose roundtable discussion […]
All’s Fair?: Two readers find out that maybe not all is fair when it comes to love
Dear Spyce, I’m finding myself attracted to my best friend’s brother and I don’t know what to do about it. I have known him for many years, but never really saw him in this light. But recently that’s changed, and I can’t get him out of my mind. I don’t want to make things awkward […]
All That Jazz: Our expert tells you the can’t miss sets at Newport Jazz Fest
It has been a long time for jazz fans to wait, but we are finally nearing the date when the historic Newport Jazz Festival will make its triumphant return to Fort Adams on July 30. For those who haven’t purchased your tickets yet there is still time but as we get closer and this incredible […]
Jazz Insights: Joe Holtzman
Rhode Island’s veteran drummer Joe Holtzman stills pats the snare and bass drums in greater Providence.In 1954, while growing up in South Carolina, Holtzman joined The Brooklyn-Cayce Marching Band. After a few beginners lessons, he taught himself the basic artform of drumming, began winning drum competitions and joined The All-State Band. In Junior High School, […]
Quarter Life Crisis: The rug was pulled from beneath this recent grad. Now what?
Dear C and Dr. B; I am in my last year of college and will soon have to figure out a career. I know that I have some big decisions to make. I am trying to be optimistic, but everything in my life sucks! My mother just died and this means I am losing my […]
The RI history we don’t talk about: Hard Scrabble and Snowtown
Recently, conservatives have been campaigning to keep critical race theory (a theoretical framework that states that race is a social construct designed to oppress people of color) from being taught in schools. Although it is not taught in most public education systems to begin with, these attempts to prevent people from learning about the more […]
FringePVD 2021: An opinionated list
FringePVD 2021, the annual festival of off-off-off-Broadway unjuried theater performances, running now through July 31, adopts a hybrid model with both live outdoor and online virtual performances. Coordinated by the Wilbury Group, all five of the live performance venues are in the Olneyville neighborhood of Providence: Farm Fresh, ISCO, Nicholson File Art Studios, The Steel […]
Dancing on Air: Amid COVID restrictions, local family of circus artists turns their yard into a stage
Twinkling lights spin down from the trees then disappear, while ribbons of music infuse the night – Rise Like a Phoenix, a three person, multi-act circus show, ran for four magical nights in June 2021. The performance was the work of Air and Silk, a family trio of circus artists who brought the enchantment of […]
Texting Treachery: Should this reader confront her husband?
Dear C and Dr. B; My cell phone died and I had to text my daughter, so I borrowed my husband Paul’s phone – he’d left it in the car. I got the shock of my life when I saw my husband’s last message to a co-worker. The subject was “the smokin’ hot” new receptionist […]