We have been big fans of Warwick-based Music on the Hill (MOTH) for many years now, enjoying the two-week-long festival of concerts at churches and sites in East Greenwich, Cranston and Warwick as …
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By DON FOWLER
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6/11/25
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A common thing I hear from people when talking with them about their cats is, “my cat doesn’t want to play.” I get it. Sometimes it seems that way. Working in an animal shelter for …
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By CATHY SIMONINI
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6/11/25
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Tickets are now on sale for the wildest party of the year – Roger Williams Park Zoo’s 33rd annual fundraising bash, “Zoobilee! Party With a Purpose,” presented by …
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6/11/25
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20 Years Ago
Gamm Theatre’s “The Beard of Avon” was a “bawdy good time.” Directed by Tony Estrella, it starred Steve Kidd as Shakespeare and Casey Seymore as his …
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By DON FOWLER
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6/11/25
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Pearl Cleage’s 1930’s social drama hits the right notes at Trinity Rep.
Directed by Jackie Davis and acted by five outstanding actors, the story takes place during the Harlem …
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Theatre Review by DON FOWLER
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6/11/25
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Many years ago, I was driving my mini-van full of children, my own two and a few extra foster blessings, on our way to Roger Williams Zoo. It was supposed to be a fun day of lions, monkeys, and …
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6/11/25
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Treasures Inside the Museum is back for its sixth season, continuing the journey into the hidden backrooms of some of New England’s cherished museums and historic sites. The Boston/New England …
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6/11/25
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The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) announces four additional performances of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches. Directed by Brian McEleney, this …
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6/11/25
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At Highland Memorial Park Cemetery in Johnston, the members of Rhode Island’s most musical family lay at rest. The Zackarians – better known as ‘the Zacks’ – took …
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6/11/25
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Rhode Island Music Hall of Famer and rock legend Mark Cutler, Cranston native, is always up to something. He’s usually playing around the area with his band the Men of Great Courage at various …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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6/11/25
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WARWICK SHOWCASE
BALLERINA * * * (Action-Packed Violence)
This is not about the Bolshoi Ballet, folks! It is about a sweet young girl who watches her father be murdered, is …
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6/11/25
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The best moments in a show are when there is a collaboration between the performer and the audience. A call-and-response moves to a whole new level when hundreds of people are taking part in it, and …
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By ROB DUGUAY
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6/11/25
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In Sally Miller Gearhart’s 1978 novel The Wanderground, a group of psychic women known as the Hill Women live their lives completely free of men, communicating with plants and animals and …
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By MATTHEW LAWRENCE
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6/11/25
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Producer Bill Hanney brings “Always…Patsy Cline” back to the Theatre By The Sea after 22 years, and it is still as entertaining as ever.
The two-character musical tribute to …
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Theatre Review by DON FOWLER
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6/4/25
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Getting older is a natural part of life.
As I have aged, I have mellowed out, which has lowered my stress level and made these later years more enjoyable. While I was never a fashionista, I no …
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6/4/25
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The Garden City Applebee’s was regarded as “something good in the neighborhood.” The restaurant is missed by the families in the area.
But there are still two nearby …
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Restaurant Review by DON FOWLER
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6/4/25
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For the past 15 years, there have been a ton of bands starting in and around Providence turning up their amps, micing the drums and letting their music rip with sheer emphasis. These talented acts …
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6/4/25
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Seventeen-year-old Chloe Cordeiro isn’t your typical high school student. While most teens are juggling homework and college applications, Chloe is also keeping the pulse of American …
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By IDA ZECCO
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6/4/25
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“My father made me a list of movies when I was a teenager that I had to see,” Lucas Hallauer told me over the phone from Hartford, Connecticut, where he was starring as Marty McFly in the …
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By DON FOWLER
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6/4/25
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Last week, a team of researchers and nature enthusiasts joined together at Salter Grove in Warwick to hunt for a high-tech satellite tracking tag that had fallen off a striped bass—a fish …
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By JASON MAJOR, Beacon Media Contributor
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6/4/25
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