Yes it’s true. The Providence Daily Dose is celebrating ten years of uninterrupted operation! Ten years of art, music, progressive politics, and anything else we found interesting. (For those wishing to honor our efforts with gifts — the 10th anniversary is tin or aluminum.) I recently called a meeting of the founding fathers for a …
Just do what the man says and nobody gets hurt. This might be the perfect time to alert our readers to the latest entry in the local blogosphere — The Law and Order Party: 365 Things To Do In Rhode Island This Year. This is the latest project from former Dose contributor Matthew Lawrence of …
Our buddy Bob Plain over at RIFuture was cited by East Greenwich police recently for not wearing a seatbelt and having a small amount of marijuana in his car. Bob has of course written up an account of the event at RIFuture. I was given a ticket for not wearing my seat belt and having …
(1.31) Or, the ProBloPoHo for short. Attention readers and fans, you are invited to the blogosphere holiday party which we all throw in January when there is nothing to do. Bloggers will be in attendance from Greater City Providence, RIFuture.org, I {heart} Rhody, In Downcity, Get Along and Go, and more. Everybody come mill about …
Last week, our neighbors to the north got to celebrate Super Tuesday, while we remain booth-free until April 24th. However, we do get a vote of sorts: the Providence Phoenix has extended voting of its “Best of ’12” until Friday, March 16th. Go here to pick your favorite foods, bars, shops, arts, and more. The …
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I spent the weekend in Minneapolis at the annual lefty online activism shindig called Netroots Nation, where I had the pleasure of watching Sheldon Whitehouse announce that the 2012 conference will be held in Providence. That means around 3,000 politicos, journos, and geeks descending on downtown in the summer of a presidential election year — …
Well done Greater City: Providence! We here at the Dose have been huge fans all along, and now Providence Phoenix readers have voted it the 2011 ‘Best Local Blog’. It is certainly deserving of the honor. The writing, layout, and photography are always first-rate; and Jef Nickerson et al. are actually providing a public service. …
[Great Turnout! Let’s do it again next year!] Hey! We’re teaming up with the Geeks, GCPVD, RIFuture, Not for Nothing, On Politics, and maybe some others, for what we think is the second annual blog holiday(ish) get-together. It’s at The Salon, the new bar downtown behind City Hall (57 Eddy St.). More details and wittier …
That would be us! Third year in a row! Rhode Island Monthly held its annual ‘Best of 2010’ gala at the Providence Performing Arts Center tonight, and the Providence Daily Dose was named ‘Best Local Blog’! Again! (Our judicious use of exclamation points has not gone unnoticed.) Fox Television carried the special (our award at …
Nolan Treadway of Netroots Nation just posted this diary to Kos, as the 2010 convention gets underway in Vegas. They’re standing with the Westin workers, but would love to come to Providence — and the Westin — after the dispute is resolved: As I’m sitting in Las Vegas, ready to start the last prep day …
There’s been a lot of buzz online and in the mainstream media about Facebook’s increasingly serious invasion of its users’ privacy in support of private profit — even spurring massive Facebook “groups” urging the social networking site to relent. Local Attorney Peter Wasylyk — for whom I’m working — has just filed what we believe …
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Thank you readers!!! Once again you have taken the time out of your busy lives to make us Best Blog in the ‘City Life’ category of the Providence Phoenix Best of 2010 Readers’ Picks poll. We are particularly honored knowing how stiff the competition is. As we make abundantly clear day after day, we are …
BEER! WINE! ICE! What could possibly go wrong? GC:PVD is taking the lead on a random RI blogosphere hang-out sesh, this Friday. Come hang out! Impromptu blog meet-up at the Skating Center this Friday (3/19) at 5pm. We’ll be there enjoying the Beer/Wine Pavilion — all of our fans are welcome to join!
In our grand tradition of only bringing you news at the last possible second, we’d like to draw your attention to the second annual New England Art Awards, voting for which ends tomorrow (Sunday). Lots and lots and Providence artists and galleries got nominated for the awards, which are organized by Phoenix art critic Greg …
And we were finally able to put faces to some of the names. . . with mixed results. Of course there were some stragglers from the earlier party (lawyers!) so who knows. Big thanks to Chris at ‘The 201’ for helping with the pizza and letting us decorate his walls with all the ecumenical interfaith …