PVDFest Saturday: Art, food, music and space dinosaurs
Jack Reed meets a dinosaur For the second time Mayor Jorge Elorza has opened the City of Providence to a fantastic festival combing international and local artists and performers. Elorza envisions...
View ArticleJosh Fox’s HOW TO LET GO OF THE WORLD a tribute to places like Burrillville
Midway through Gasland director Josh Fox’s new film How To Let Go Of The World (And Love All The Things Climate Can’t Change), the filmmaker comes to the stark conclusion that most people in the...
View ArticleThe Pulse shooting and Pride through a different PrYSM
Last week’s violence in Orlando at a gay nightclub was a major motivator for the recent protest action by PrYSM at Pride this year. The action, however, was part of a larger multi-evening dialogue...
View ArticleOccupy The Free State of Jones
The Free State of Jones once existed in America and was, at the time it stood, a commune spanning a massive stretch of land through Mississippi, terrifying the Confederacy with a small army made up of...
View ArticleCelebrating World Refugee Day in Rhode Island
Omar Bah Rhode Island celebrated World Refugee Day on Saturday in the People’s Park (Burnside Park) in downtown Providence. The Rufugee Dream Center’s Omar Bah, a Gambian refugee and now a United...
View ArticlePower plant opposition dominates Ancients & Horribles Parade
Opposition to Invenergy‘s proposed $700 million fracked gas and diesel oil burning power plant, planned for Burrillville, dominated the 90th annual Ancients & Horribles Parade in neighboring...
View ArticleLeiko CD release party with XR-Tabs & The Viennagram at Columbus Friday
Leiko is a group that bears some striking resemblance to the first Velvet Underground album, back when Nico was lending her ethereal voice to the proceedings. They describe themselves as goth-folk....
View ArticleProvidence honors Alton Sterling and Philando Castile
Hundreds gathered in Providence last night to celebrate the lives of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two men killed last week by police. The celebration was organized by a myriad of people...
View ArticleDocumentary THE HEART OF AMILCAR CABRAL filmed in Rhode Island
The chronicle of Cape Verdeans, who celebrated their Independence Day this month, in the Ocean State has proven to be one of the most impressive demographic stories, with local African American leaders...
View ArticlePRONK! 2016 supports the Community Safety Act
For its 9th Annual Festival PRONK! partnered with the STEP UP Coalition to support to the Community Safety Act (CSA). The goal of the collaboration was “to use music, dance and art to bring attention...
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