(1.28) You have to think that Saturday Night Live will be a little different this weekend. For one thing, the cast will probably be packing their overnight bags for a sleepover with Willem Dafoe and Katy Perry! Will Pete have a new girlfriend by Sunday? Will Colin and Scarlett’s love nest be wiped off the …
Providence hasn’t fared too badly the past two days. Despite the shrill “flash flood warning” that blared from my phone at 2:35am, the remnants of Hurricane Ida did not unload on us the way it has elsewhere. The scope of this disaster (and all the others) will take months to assess . . . if …
Hope for the best — prepare for the worst. There were at least two dozen of these rigs, along with several support vehicles, gathering in their usual staging area. If your power gets knocked out, help will be on the way. The crews I spoke with had traveled up from Tennessee and Kentucky. I was …
You must be this tall . . . to survive the Hurricane of 1938. This plaque, located on the southwest corner of the Old Market House on North Main Street, shows the high water mark of the catastrophic inundation resulting from the storm. Directly below it is an earlier plaque marking the previous record set …
Should you head out into the storm today think of Roger Williams who spent 14 weeks surviving outdoors in just such conditions — exposed, hungry, and wearing 17th-century boots. Following his banishment from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for his “new and dangerous opinions,” Roger learned he was to be deported back to England, and headed …
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You’re not going anywhere for a while, and official travel bans goes into effect at midnight. Hurricane force winds? Feets of snow? Yikes. Let the eating-drinking-smoking begin. (We’ll see if there’s a baby boom in nine months . . . kids named Juno.) Blogs can’t help you now . . . go watch TV. Or, …
Just as in ancient Rome, salt is becoming a precious commodity around these parts. Transportation officials around the state are scrambling to replace dwindling supplies of road salt. ABC6 News reported yesterday, While the state DOT was getting new sand deliveries today, the salt supply is running out. Transportation officials insist they ordered enough salt, …
(1.2) The Brown Athletic Department reports; Due to the impending snow event, the game time of the 155th men’s basketball meeting between Brown and Rhode Island scheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, January 2 at the Pizzitola Sports Center, has been changed to 6pm. Tickets can be purchased here or in-person on Thursday at the Pizzitola Sports …
First the bad news: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has just issued its outlook for the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season* and they are forecasting “an active or extremely active season this year.” Now the good news: Last night on “All In with Chris Hayes” the host (Brown ’01 B.A. Philosophy) discussed the problems the …
Tonight’s Jeff Mangum show at Lupo’s has been postponed to February 18th, but it looks like AS220 is up and running again with the Down and Outs, Eisenfront, A Minor Revolution, and the Brunt of It starting at 9:30pm. From the Mayor’s Office a reminder regarding residential snow removal obligations. Please remember that property owners …
Oh just park anywhere. (Actually, firemen are busy digging out the fire hydrants. Feel free to pitch in with that effort; the life you save may be your own.) Governor Chafee has declared a statewide travel ban for the day so just stay home and eat your food. Zappa plays Zappa at Lupo’s has been …
I think we can forget about the ‘Weekend in Music’ feature this week. Known cancellations: AS220 has cancelled all activities for Friday and Saturday; the Met has postponed the Friday Neighborhoods show to April 27; Firehouse 13 has postponed Friday’s Madball; Fête has postponed its Mardi Gras party. Does any of this really need to …
Boy, the Brown students sure picked the wrong week to go home for Christmas. First the Brown victory over PC and now this. Come back everybody, these snowballs* aren’t going to throw themselves. Fun fact: the first Brown University bear mascot — a live bear, in 1905 — was named Helen. *Primo stuff out there.
Nice piece by Linda Borg in today’s ProJo about the new fencing surrounding the downtown skating rink (In Kennedy Plaza, a fence catches the eye). It almost goes without saying that the Steel Yard is behind this project, with funding from the $200,000 “Our Town” grant from the NEA. The fence represents the combined work …
[Update: Just got back from the truck. Asher says the response has been great. You still have until 6pm today, Thursday; and all day tomorrow, Friday, 10am until 6pm. See list below for what to bring. BC] Okay people, this is legit. The good, and super-organized, people over at Frog & Toad (Yay, Schofield family …
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