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Two of the 50 private rooms inside the new hospital across Hartford Avenue from Amazon will cater specifically to morbidly obese patients.
Inside the pair of specialized rooms await a …
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By RORY SCHULER
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7/24/24
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Since summertime is the perfect time for thrilling suspense movies, the Warwick Public Library has transformed its August crime film, “Zodiac,” into its own electrifying, four-part …
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7/24/24
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Want to escape to another world for a few hours?
Take the Newport Ferry from Providence for a comfortable, smooth cruise to downtown Newport.
I left the Providence dock at 9:30 a.m., …
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By DON FOWLER
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7/24/24
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For the next two weekends, the seaside city of Newport is going to be a live music hub with the Newport Folk & Jazz Festivals taking place at Fort Adams. There’s an abundance of talented …
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By ROBERT DUGUAY
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7/24/24
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The Olympics have begun! Most people join me in admiring the figure skaters, relay racers, gymnasts and other athletes who jump, throw the shot put, discuss or javelin, jump hurdles and pole …
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7/24/24
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The 26 th Rhythm & Roots Music, Dance and Food Festival will feature headliners Emmylou Harris, Old Crow Medicine Show and Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, who will join …
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7/24/24
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His name was Herbert Ephraim Manning but the world knew him as “Spud” – the fearless delayed parachute jumper who traveled around the country making adrenalin race. The son of …
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7/24/24
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NETFLIX
HILLBILLY ELEGY * * * (J. D. Vance memoir)
Who would have thought that after reading J. D. Vance’s memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy,” that he would be the Republican …
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7/24/24
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The bingo room at the Johnston Senior Center was at full capacity Wednesday for a performance by renowned illusionist Lyn Dillies. Each audience member was on the edge of their seat, unable to …
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By GRETA SHUSTER
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7/24/24
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Free concert series FirstWorks Summer Beats concludes this Sunday, July 21 at 6:00 p.m. at the Roger Williams Park Bandstand.
The popular summer concert series began with Dobet Gnahoré, a …
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By DON FOWLER
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7/17/24
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LONGLEGS * * ½ (Weird, Confusing Horror Flick)
If you like weird, “Longlegs” is the movie for you.
If you don’t like confusing plots that don’t always add up, …
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7/17/24
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I’m not sure what it is about getting older, but it has made me less inhibited and more capable of handling everyday challenges, though not always in the most conventional way. Every morning …
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7/17/24
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Floyd Clayton Oulton fired several shots from his revolver before throwing the weapon into the brush near his Johnston home. The 31-year-old clerical worker had come to the United States from New …
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7/17/24
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West Bay Community Theater will present an in-concert production of the classic ‘50s musical “Grease” on Saturday, Aug. 17 at 7:30 p.m. on the North Kingstown Town Beach.
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7/17/24
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Warwick native Andy Stone has a way of creating music that’s very balanced. While being rooted in vintage rock & roll, there’s elements of pop and new wave blended in with the …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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7/17/24
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Yachtley Crew, one of the hottest singing groups on this summer’s concert tours, sails into the Providence Performing Arts Center for one performance only on Saturday, July 27 at 8:00 p.m.
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By DON FOWLER
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7/17/24
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Do you ever wonder where your food comes from? Or how the cabbage in the premade coleslaw gets from the farmer to the supermarket? Cranston’s Eastland Foods is the local linchpin of the produce …
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By GRETA SHUSTER
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7/17/24
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For many, hearing aids are necessary to communicate. The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California did a study on the effect of hearing loss in relation …
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By EMILY SWANSON
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7/17/24
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Television has been inundated with ads for Shark Week, including shows “Big Shark Energy”, “Deadliest Bite” and “Sharks vs Nazis”. My favorite Sharks are the ones …
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7/10/24
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CRANSTON – “After one year from the ratification of this article, the manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation …
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7/10/24
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