News in Pawtucket
Stink Tank
Stink Tank – It’s a name that evokes images of a feculent vat and provokes the question: What the hell is this? and Who came up with that name? Stink Tank published its first manifesto June 25, 2004 on the website ArtInRuins.com in an essay titled Compost and the Arts: How to…
Screech Sprays RI
“Sounds like it’s highlighting the chaos in the world we are living in today.” This was the reaction I got from my friend Nancy Teo when I sent her some of the photos I’d taken at Screech Sprays RI!, a live graffiti event held at Nick Paciorek’s Pitcher-Goff House in Pawtucket on…
Getaway: Drives too slowly, but gets you there
If there is such a thing as too much of a good thing, The Getaway Driver at Trinity Repertory Company is it. The world premiere of the two-person play by Deborah Salem Smith and Charlie Thurston that opens Trinity’s 2026-27 season runs one hour and 40 minutes with no…
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING: Or Maybe Malicious Melancholy, Masked Revelry And Tongue Fencing
Hark, spectators of the realm! If thy soul doth hunger for a “reverent irreverence” turning a 77-seat black box into a roaring arena of wretched romance, get thee to the Burbage Theatre Co! Director Stephen Thorne, who has been called “without question, one of the most electric…
BELL, BOOK & CANDLE: What if the life you’re supposed to want isn’t what you actually want?
Gillian Holroyd is a witch living in NYC’s Greenwich Village in the late 1950s. Upon encountering Shepherd “Shep” Henderson, she decides to cast a love spell to make him her own. What’s a nefarious witch to do when her nifty neighbor’s fiancée — her old college rival — can’t hold…
You’ve Still Got a Friend: Theater by the Sea presents a rousing world premiere tribute
Okee dokee folks… Tonight, at Theatre By The Sea in Matunuck, was the world premiere of You’ve Still Got a Friend: A Musical Tribute to the Lives and Friendship of Carole King and James Taylor. You’ve Still Got A Friend is not entirely what you would think it would be — a tribute…
Fall Theater Preview: Some new reasons to visit RI’s professional playhouses
In 1835, after sailing into Newport and then continuing his journey through the United States, famed French historian and apparent theater geek Alexis de Tocqueville wrote about the cultural and political revolution that was still taking place in this country. In his Democracy in…
BTS with DMK: Getting Schooled in Filmmaking, Rhode Island-Style
There’s something wonderful about talking to film students because you can usually pinpoint the exact moment when movies stopped being simply entertainment and started becoming something much more meaningful. For Robert Blue IV, that moment arrived courtesy of giant alien robots.…
Flickers 44: Celebrating film from around the world and right here in the Ocean State
The Rhode Island International Film Festival, also known as Flickers, took place August 4 through August 9, bringing filmmakers, actors, industry professionals, and film lovers from around the world to the Ocean State. This year’s festival received more than 7,000 submissions…
The Guide
The Moon covers my whole face in the woods. It helps them to see me. I’ll guide the lost, whatever they may be — creature or human — they will follow, and I’ll lead. The grass is comfortable and dewy, almost a cooling sensation. It’s been miles and […]
Welcome to the Neighborhood: RI’s Newest Black-Operated Museum
I think museums and the culture around them have historically gotten a bad rap. When you think of museums, you might associate them with classism, inaccessibility, and wealthy donors and patrons. There’s also the issue of who decides which art is displayed and whose history is…
75orLess: A party to celebrate 20 years of the community they helped create
By Bobby Forand and Alison Riendeau “Twenty years!” – Mark MacDougall 75 or Less Records has seemingly always been a part of the RI music scene. Mark MacDougall (Slick) knew from the start that the label wouldn’t get him rich, so he turned his focus to giving local bands a…