News across Providence County
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Aries: You need the cooperation of others. Sharing and mutual help goes a long way in reaching your goals. This isn’t your usual mode of operation. You usually go lone-wolf style. You are not afraid of change or starting something new. Now you are ready to give this new change a…
Ghosts in The Arcade
help me wash my laundry in the little machines that are kept downstairs. I haul my bag of whites & darks & towels & sheets & they each hold a corner, tossing in the fabric softener, handing me my satin pouch of dirty coins. When I’m lonely, light-blue ghosts help fold my…
THE GRIMWOOD VAMPIRE
As dusk descended on Halloween, Karl Vincent turned on the outdoor porch light of his charcoal gray, gabled house on Grimwood Street in Providence to let the Trick-or-Treaters know that he was now “awake.” For fun, he’d open the front door with a Transylvanian-accented “Good…
WALK IN DEAD, FIT RIGHT IN AT DEADBEATS: Runners and crawlers also welcome at scary bar
“October is our Super Bowl,” says Jeff Angell who, with his wife Courtney, owns Deadbeats on Knight Street in Providence. The horror-themed bar has something planned for the good evenings in the lead-up to Halloween and beyond. For instance, every Thursday this month, Deadbeats…
Bands Battle Fiercely in Great Weather
RI Battle of the Bands had a smooth run this year, every performance dodging the monsoons that have plagued past iterations. The year started out with 16 highly accomplished, but not necessarily well known (yet) bands, old and new, selected from 89 applicants to take part in four…
Amplify Her
Amplify Her is a unique fundraising event for Tune In & Tune Up, an organization that provides support and resources for music professionals; the event shines a spotlight on just a small portion of the many talented female musicians this state has to offer. “Women have always…
Roots Report
Okee dokee folks… I mentioned this in my column a few months ago and now it is coming close to being (IS) a major issue. GASOLINE. Before the mango moron started his war of distraction gas was around $2.70. It is now $4.50 per gallon and rising. Diesel fuel is much higher. Most…
WITCHES BREW AND SPOOKY BEERS
We all know that women were the first to make beer, right? It was discovered by accident when grains were used to make other foods digestible. Dried grain was stored and used to make bread. Some of the grain was exposed to water. This caused the yeast to ferment the sugars in the…