[youtube]QaDk0wG-HWk[/youtube] ‘Drunk History’ returns for a new season Tuesday, July 1st, at 10pm on Comedy Central. The series is co-produced by writer, comedian, and Moses Brown grad, Seth Weitberg. Go Fighting Quakers! ‘Drunk History’ is the liquored-up narration of our nation’s history. Host Derek Waters, along with an ever-changing cast of inebriated storytellers and top …
(6.15) Watch the Season 4 finale of Game of Thrones with like-minded people and Wildling cocktails, Sunday at Machines With Magnets. Where are the dragons? What’s Bran doing? What will happen to Tyrion Lannister and will he ever shut up about the damn beetles? These are some of the questions examined at The New York …
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Somebody please explain this sign to me. It can be “All lanes prepaid or credit card only” or “Cash only” but it can’t be both. This is the right fork in what should be the last decision prior to getting the hell out of the Providence Place Mall garage. But lately — turn the corner, …
Purveyors of food and wine in Wayland Square are engaging in a little horizontal integration all the better to get us hooked on their wares. On Thursdays from 6pm to 8pm, Wayland Square Fine Wine and Spirits at 210 Wayland Avenue holds a wine tasting. Cheese is provided by Farmstead and olive oils and crusty …
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So we are back to the tree-lighting discussion (ProJo 11.28.12). Governor Chafee had hoped to avoid the whole mishegas by not having an official lighting ceremony, but nooooo, out came the usual suspects. For one, we have roused that cynical demagogue and “Devout Catholic” Bill O’Reilly, who once again aims to inspire the low-information Christians …
(10.10) An evening of craft cocktails and pairings at Farmstead in Wayland Square this Wednesday. Bully Boy Distillers, Boston’s first craft distillery, will join chef Matt Jennings of Farmstead, Inc., to showcase their craft-made spirits at an intimate tasting event at the Providence restaurant. Bully Boy founders, brothers Will & Dave Willis, will sample their …
Populism, yea, yea. Spend your weekend with the original American bad ass, Andrew Jackson. Check out The Wilbury Group production happening down at the Butcher Block Mill Building, 25 Eagle Street and see the 7th president of the United States rise to power by the will of the people, ruin his marriage, relocate thousands of …
(7.5) Aah, this is the life. The salt wind in your hair, a cold can of Narragansett beer . . . what could possibly go wrong? Find out this Thursday in the next installment of Movies on the Block. New York Times movie critic Vincent Canby gave “Jaws” a fairly short review. It’s a noisy, …
Craft beer emporium Nikki’s Liquors (home of the popular Mix-a-Six) is hoping to relocate to Broadway from its current outpost on Smithfield Road. They have their eye on the long vacant pharmacy at the corner of Broadway and Vinton, right across the street from Julian’s. Pictured here is a mock-up of their proposal. Julian’s manager …
(12.21) This invitation comes from Kate Brock over at Ocean State Action to come hang out at the Jobs with Justice holiday gathering. Come meet other community and labor activists. This is NOT a fundraiser so come by and enjoy some food, drink and camaraderie. 5pm to 7:30pm, Wednesday, December 21, Nick-A-Nee’s, 75 South Street, …
Attention beer lovers who can prove they are at least 21 years old with a driver’s license or some other government issued form of ID — the Great International Beer Festival will be in town Saturday, November 5. Local brews Newport Storm and Narragansett will be representing as well as Crispin Cider (not to be …
People love, love, love this movie, and with reason. Paul McGann and Richard E. Grant star as a couple of totally inept, perpetually sozzled, out-of-work actors who “go on holiday by accident.” According to Roger Ebert, It is said that Bruce Robinson, the film’s writer and director, based it largely on his friendship in the …