The Coastal Resource Management Council is in dire need of reform and it looks like we may be on track to make that happen. Save the Bay has made it a legislative priority: The RI Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC)—the agency charged with protecting the coastal environment, ensuring public access to and along the shoreline, […]
(2.15) Head down to the Providence Performing Arts Center this Wednesday and donate some blood. There are always snacks and juice at these things, and you can just lie there, gazing up at the ceiling. Could there be a more beautiful setting in which to donate blood than the PPAC grand lobby? Make an appointment
Check out “Decision to Leave” now playing at the Avon Cinema. Director Park Chan-wook hits the ground running so don’t be late. Manolha Dargis writes in the New York Times, Park drops you into the movie so abruptly that you would be forgiven for thinking that you had missed the first 15 minutes (or a
(9.10) The Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History will be conducting a plant walk this Saturday. Join us for a walk around Roger Williams Park and learn about the various flowering trees, shrubs and herbs of the season. Binoculars are not required, but encouraged for animal sightings. Recommended for all ages. Walks meet at
(5.16) Weather permitting, skywatchers here in Providence will be treated to a total lunar eclipse starting late Sunday night. NASA has all the details: The eastern half of the United States and all of South America will have the opportunity to see every stage of the lunar eclipse. Totality will begin at 11:29 a.m. EDT
(3.17) You don’t have to drink to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day . . . why not grab some popcorn enjoy the 1952 classic ‘The Quiet Man’ on the big screen. Celebrating 70 years, John Ford’s The Quiet Man is simply one of the greatest love stories ever told. John Wayne is retired boxer Sean Thornton
(2.9) Head down to the Providence Performing Arts Center this Wednesday and donate blood. There will be snacks and juice. Walk-ins will be accepted if safe spacing permits, but why not go here to make your appointment now. It helps them to plan. Could there be a more beautiful setting in which to donate blood
People should need no encouragement this year to do their shopping locally. Our sources assure us that there are zero supply chain issues between local store shelves and your secret hidey-hole in the attic. You walk into a store, you buy a thing, you take it home and you hide it. Then you can relax
(9.25) Head downtown Saturday for the AS220 ‘Out the Trunk’ marketplace to be held outdoors at the Dean Hotel with vendors, food, drinks, and live screenprinting. Come down and check out AS220 Industries members and AS220 residents who will be vending including Sir Milky Quartz (handmade pressed-floral accessories), Andre Lee Bassuet (handmade books, printmaking, laser cut jewelry, postcards, embroidery art), Rhizosphere Prints (fine
(7.24) The Providence Rock & Roll Yard Sale returns this Saturday to the Trinity Beer Garden downtown between the rink and the Biltmore. Locally sourced vendors will be selling a great mix of records, vintage, and DIY handmade goods. You can also eat, drink and be merry throughout the Trinity Beer Garden and its surrounding
The latest chapter in the saga of the Crook Point Bascule: The Charring. And this blaze was going pretty good too — check out the footage at WPRI. I missed all that somehow but checked in today to see what the situation was. I happened upon a member of the Providence Fire Department — they
A new round of funding for arts and culture workers from the Artist Relief Fund (ARF) is now available. The application deadline is June 14 at 8pm. Since last spring, ARF has been providing small grants to RI artists and culture workers, who have experienced hardships due to the pandemic. This funding has helped members
(6.6) The Industrious Spirit Company, Providence’s first distillery since Prohibition, will be offering behind the scenes distillery tours starting this Sunday, June 6th. Start the day off right by learning the ins and outs and secrets tricks of how we make our vodkas, gins and bourbons directly from assistant distiller Eric Olson . . .
People play fast and loose with the word “hero” these days. (See: Republican carpetbagger Scott Brown and his courageous battle against government regulations.) But from now on, this will be the gold standard: Health care workers in West Africa. These people are risking their lives to help total strangers. ProJo staff writer Karen Lee Ziner
[youtube]2r3Oi467P24[/youtube] A big thanks to loyal Dose reader Heywood Jablome for tipping us off to this segment from Jimmy Kimmel Live exposing a recent pranking of our local NBC 10 news team. Coming as it did right between Sandy and the election, it kind of got lost in the shuffle. Also, we immediately had qualms
In 2009, the Daily Dose reported that Providence diner The Liberty Elm was in trouble. Local media had announced at the time that Liberty Elm was one of 1200 Rhode Island businesses facing closure over a sales tax issue. Elm owners and staff appealed for help, including advanced purchases of gift certificates, and I remember