Providence students tell their stories with their public art
A new piece of public art on the side of Empire Loan, at the corner of Broad and Somerset streets in Providence, is a bit of an optical illusion. Incorporating sculptural elements on a chain-link fence, spray-painted designs on the asphalt, and a mural on the building’s side, the piece comes together only when one […]
The URI Rams are Rhode Island’s winter pastime
I don’t put much faith in Punxsutawney Phil and I don’t live so close to the land that the actual weather makes much practical difference to my life. For me, winter officially ends in the Ocean State when URI plays their last basketball game of the season. There’s still snow on the ground but, as […]
Author Nancy MacLean on James Buchanan and the origins of the radical right
Nancy MacLean was in Providence Tuesday to talk about her book Democracy in Chains, about little known economist James Buchanan, whose ideas shaped the Koch Brothers’ bid to permanently disable the democratic process in favor of unrestrained free-market capitalism.
Muslims, many recent refugees, serve the homeless in Providence
Rhode Island Muslims and recent refugees came gathered in Cathedral Square in Providence to feed the homeless.
Protesting protest: Love, respect and burning stuff
Maybe Shane was right. Maybe this protest wasn’t about racism and Trump. Maybe this protest was all about love and respect. But it was also about anger. And burning stuff.
New mural celebrates musical history Providence’s Mt Hope neighborhood
“Every time I drove up this hill and saw that big gray wall I said, ‘This wall needs something. It needs a mural,'” said Hannah Resseger, “I wanted it to be something about the history.”
Crenca paints downtown Providence with 5 new murals
The art consists of five portraits that have been six months in preparation and almost two weeks in execution.
K-Love must continue WBRU tradition of engaging with ACI, prison populations
That Rhode Island’s 95.5 WBRU has, for around 50 years, served as Rhode Island’s alternative radio station and our state’s lifeline to the national music scene is only half of its significance. WBRU is also one of the community’s most direct communicative links into the Adult Correctional Institution. Listen to WBRU on Sundays and you’ll […]
Dusk cancels heavy metal band over accusations of white supremacy
“I’d rather have you guys always loving and enjoying Dusk,” wrote Dusk’s owner Rick Sunderland As a result of my introspection. I am not gonna allow the show to take place. Respect to all everyone.”
Black Lives Matter demands diversity on 630WPRO
Officers of the East Providence PD arrived and told the protesters that they were prohibited from protesting on the side of the state highway or on private Cumulus Radio property, to which one of the protesters replied, “That’s racism!”
Celebrating Liberian Independence Day in Providence
Though my pictures and video can provide a glimpse of the beauty and culture on display, I can’t give you a taste of the amazing food.
Providence under water: A portable flood line gives a hint of what that might look like
A couple dozen climate activists took to the streets of Providence during PVDFest Saturday afternoon carrying a “portable floodline” to demonstrated what 11 feet of sea level rise might look like in our city by 2100.
From high above Providence, poet laureate Christopher Johnson speaks on race and resistance
“When you see me, I reflect my best parts, because I am you, we are one heart.”
The Sheldon Whitehouse healthcare policy Inception
Though lacking in sci-fi pretense and cutting edge special effect visuals, there’s evidence that US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse had an idea planted in his head some weeks ago, an idea with important healthcare policy implications.
‘Impressions of Resistance’: A RISD thesis by Stacy Smith
Stacy Smith is one of the 235 artists exhibiting work at the Rhode Island School of Design Graduate Thesis Exhibition at the Convention Center in Providence starting this week. There’s an opening reception on Wednesday, from 6 to 8pm, and the show is open daily from 10:30am to 6pm until June 4. Smith’s project, which […]
Political art is all over exurban Rhode Island
No sooner did I post a piece on a political art show in Narragansett, than I got a press release about a similarly-themed exhibit in Tiverton. Protest art isn’t just a Providence thing anymore. Fans of this genre can traverse across exurban Rhode Island this weekend and hit up both openings. The “Nothing To See […]
Progressive politics on display at ‘Nothing To See Here’ art show
“Fear of the clear blue sky,” explained artist Scott Moran. “It’s supposed to instill some fear of your world.”
Conversion therapy autobiographer to speak at Point Street Reading Series Tuesday
It’s a shame Garrard Conley couldn’t be in Rhode Island last month when a bill banning conversion therapy was being discussed at the State House. As the author of a highly-acclaimed memoir of his struggles with sexuality, religion, and family told through his personal experience with conversion therapy, he certainly would have lent an interesting […]
Anti-Fascist Cinemas: The Spider’s Stratagem
The Spider’s Stratagem evokes a dreamy haze as its narrative weaves in and out of an elliptical structure, attempting to uncover the truth about one village’s most celebrated anti-fascist hero years after the war.
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