A plethora of Earth Day events are on tap this week — you can start by saving Thursday night for a ‘Clean Water Action Rhode Island’ fundraiser to be held Thursday, April 22, in the Local 121 Speakeasy. Free pizza from, who else, Nice Slice. Also, prizes will be raffled off. Suggested donation is $10. […]
Providence needs another empty ‘luxury’ condo tower like it needs another pothole. The Providence Journal has an article about the competing interests (and it is complicated) regarding the old Shooters site at India Point Park. The Fox Point Neighborhood Association as well as Head of the Bay Gateway, a local advocacy group, are pressing for
And will continue to do so for some time to come. Head over to the “We Are Haiti” benefit concert being held tonight (Friday) on the Brown Campus. An evening of Haitian music, dance, poetry, fashion, theater, art, and Creole cuisine will raise funds for two nonprofit groups working outside Port-au-Prince. The 7pm event in
Tonight at Brown University, NPR national political correspondent Mara Liasson will deliver the 10th annual Casey Shearer Memorial Lecture on Thursday, April 8, in the Salomon Center for Teaching, De Ciccio Family Auditorium. The presentation, titled “The View from Washington,” is free and open to the public. The lectureship, sponsored by Brown University and the
Two of my favorite things — enlightenment philosophy and ice cream. Wayland Square is apparently getting an ice cream shop (where Spoons used to be). In the meantime, the ice cream tempura at Haruki will have to do. There is a sign in the window that would indicate the owners are hiring. Info after the
Is Homer Simpson beyond redemption? Ned Flanders tries his best to bring Homer into the fold in this recent Simpsons’ Easter episode. The Simpson family joins Flanders and the Reverend Lovejoy on a trip to Jerusalem (“Where B.C. turned into A.D.”) with predictable results. Pictured here, an exasperated Ned confronts Homer, caught napping in the
Tickets are now on sale for the Perishable Theatre production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Performances will run from April 16 through May 9. Written by John Cameron Mitchell with composer Stephen Trask, Hedwig is . . . . . . a boisterous, exuberant story of failed and redeemed love. This is a story
April 5th is the registration deadline for the upcoming Zine Fair 2010, A day-long celebration of independent media and self publishing at New Urban Arts through workshops, panels, and the selling of small press publications. Register now to sell or distribute your comic, poetry, chapbook, zine, hand-bound letterpress, or any other independently published works. There