Happy National Dog Day. Providence has a handful of off-leash dog parks scattered about. This pup was running around like a crazy person in the spacious Waterman Street dog park. This park has everything: tall trees, winding paths, one big open space, and one special little enclosure for the smaller dogs. There are benches for …
Anyone in need of some fresh air and an infusion of joyous dog energy should head over to the Waterman Street dog park. They are not closed on the holidays. But keep your wits about you — these guys are bombing around and can surprise you from behind. It’s great fun, but impossible to photograph. …
Trust me, there are dogs in this picture, but they didn’t come to the off-leash Waterman Street Dog Park to pose for me. This place is huge and dogs make full use of the opportunity to stretch their legs and because . . . squirrel! One goofy young boxer zoomed around, wagged in my general …
(8.30) It’s the closing bash for “Dog Days,” AS220’s annual staff exhibition. Dance, comedy, music, and last chance to see the art. Islands, MonkeeHead, Betsy Miller & Gianna Rodriguez, Laurie Amat, Randy Bush, Rose Jermusyk, Chris Hampson, Rachel Lewallen MC Hoster: Michelle Mancone $5, 9pm, Saturday, August 30, AS220, 115 Empire Street
One of the best from this much beloved comedy gang — even if the actual Westminster Dog show is pretty much satire-proof. “Best in Show” was directed by Christopher Guest who, with Eugene Levy, also wrote the script. Roger Ebert liked it a lot. Dogs were not put on earth to pose, prance, sit, point …
Bring your dogs to the outdoor A-Bar garden at Aspire Restaurant downtown on Mondays. Last week’s event was sparsely attended (no dogs) so get a group together and make this happen. It seems like it could be fun. Drinks, apps, dog biscuits. At this time of the day finding a parking space is not all …
A new exhibit starts Thursday, June 2, at the BankRI Pitman Street Gallery, Upstream with Wanda and Lenny, paintings and assorted artworks by Ricky Gagnon. Wanda and Lenny are Gagnon’s two mini-dachsunds. Gagnon cheerfully admits, “It’s all about them. It’s my job to keep them happy, pay all the bills and drive them around.” In …
The Bay Colony Dog Show is in town. More than 160 breeds and seven groups of breeds plus a ‘miscellaneous’ group. How do you judge that? Fun fact from ProJo, One of the world’s oldest and rarest breeds, the Xoloitzcuintli, or Xolo, will be represented by a single entry, appearing both Saturday and Sunday. Archaeologists …
A low-cost spay and neuter clinic held an opening celebration for itself last Friday. According to the Providence Journal the Rhode Island Community Spay and Neuter Clinic has actually been open since the beginning of July, and has since neutered 900 cats and dogs. Initial funding came in the form of a $350,000 grant from …
Events continue today and through Sunday at the Rhode Island Convention Center as the Bay Colony Cluster Dog Show takes over downtown Providence. ‘Best of Breed’ judging culminates in the final ‘Best of Show’ event. We all know the drill by now — groups include sporting, working, terrier, toy (seen here; Pomeranian, aerial view). Go …
Acclaimed poet and National Book Award winner Mark Doty is reading at Rhode Island College tonight. Doty is scheduled to read from Dog Years, the bestselling 2007 memoir which centers around the companionship of his two retrievers. The event is part of Vet Week, a celebration of animals and their health organized which is by …
Echo’s a good dog. . . yes he is . . . yes he is. . . A Rhode Island terrier won best of breed yesterday at the Westminster Dog Show in Madison Square Garden. According to the ProJo, The winner, a Kerry blue, is known formally as Ch. Echo of Aran Cross the Rubicon, …
Get ready to OD on cuteness ! The Providence Animal Rescue League just put up a flickr page where people who adopted from the shelter can post success stories and pictures of animals they’ve adopted. The totally freaking adorable fellow to the right is Cappy, who’s currently living it up with a new owner in …
… just bad owners. That got repeated so often during last night’s Westminster Dog Show I almost started believing it. But then I remembered Manny (may he rest in peace). At any rate, it is easy to start falling in love with all these breeds, and certainly the announcer and commentators are completely smitten. But …
To be welcomed for the inexplicable RI filming of the movie Hachiko: A Dog’s Story. It’ll star and be produced by Gere, and is based on the story of Hachiko, a renowned canine owned by a Japanese professor. Hachiko used to meet his owner at the train station every evening. When the owner died, the …