Mount Pleasant and Elmhurt folks, take note: Today marks the very last farmer’s market at Rhode Island College (unless, of course, it becomes an annual tradition). It’s small, it’s cute, it’s fresh, it’s local. It’s a win-win. Rhode Island College, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave, Providence / 4-6 p.m.
Some Guns n’ Roses (or GNfnR for you potty-mouths) fans like adorable Justin at Patrick’s Pub are excited about the release of their new album, “Chinese Democracy,” for the music. Others are excited that Dr. Pepper promised a free can of soda to every American if the album was released this year. Both dreams are coming true: “Chinese
If you’ve never seen Bread & Puppet Theatre, they’ve been around since the early ’60s, using puppets and other visuals to tell stories without words. We’ve been to their museum in VT, enjoying 20-odd-foot-tall puppets, fresh baked bread, and cheap, zany artwork (our kitchen houses a screen print saying, “Let’s eat garlic and make out”). Tonight catch
No way! Jim Henson’s company is developing a Muppets, or at least puppets, movie for adults–a film noir called “Happytime Murders,” in which a puppet detective must solve a string of murders around a children’s show cast called the Happytime Gang. I hope the Muppets themselves aren’t suspects, although we all know Miss Piggy can
For those of us lacking cable and the stomach for reality shows, TV pickings are slim. Luckily, “Pushing Daisies” creates a vividly colorful world with quirky one-eyed aunties, magic, and character names like Emerson Cod and Olive Snook–all narrated by that pleasant old Brit from the Harry Potter audio books. The writers’ strike snipped “Daisies”
The RIC Farmer’s Market continues today from 4-6 with all-local produce, chocolates, ice cream, bread, soda, jams/jellies, teas, pet treats, body stuff, and maybe one or two other things I’m forgetting with apologies to their sellers. Rhode Island College, Parking Lot A (the one closest to Mt. Pleasant Ave.), Wednesdays 4-6 p.m. through October 29th
This is a black-crested (oops, make that black-crowned) night heron (except it seems to have some posture issues). Supposedly they’re fairly common, but we’ve never seen one until a few weeks ago, when one was eyeing pogies along Canal Street at a recent waterfire. Guess who has been spending her midnights since being dragged downtown