The 25th annual Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF), running Aug. 9-15, is a major destination on the Festival circuit and recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a Qualifying Festival in all short film more

BACKYARD SPACE NGC 1499, The California Nebula By Lucas Maguire Special to the Sun Rise In the constellation Perseus lies an emission nebula stretching 100 light-years long. The California Nebula gets is name from its similar shape to the State of more

Children's crafts and other summer activities are back at Green Animals Topiary Garden in Portsmouth, with a series of weekly programs inspired by the "David Rogers' Big Bugs" exhibition now on display. Every Tuesday morning through Aug. 31, "Pollinator more

20 years ago Child actor Haley Joel Osment starred in "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence," an imaginative sci-fi follow-up to "The Sixth Sense." "The Fast and the Furious" was at the Showcase. And here we are, 20 years later, still watching Vin more

At the Warwick Showcase BLACK WIDOW *** (For 'Avengers' fans) The Showcase was filled with Marvel Comics fans this weekend, plus this one movie reviewer. Joyce stayed home, along with most people over 30 who are waiting for a decent movie for adults. more

The Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) is pleased to announce that the theatre will host a free virtual "Wonders of the Wurlitzer" concert with PPAC House Organist Peter Edwin Krasinski on Independence Day, July 4. PPAC has offered the popular more

By DON FOWLER My love affair with Edgewood started in 1965, when I was hired by the Narragansett Council, Boy Scouts of America. Moving all of 100 miles from New Haven was a frightening experience for a young 25-year-old who had never ventured across the more

In preparation for the return to live, in-person productions, Trinity Rep has restructured and reorganized its staffing, including making three new hires to its senior management team. The organization will also be hiring dozens of new employees for all more

Green Animals Topiary Garden in Portsmouth will be buzzing this summer when “David Rogers’ Big Bugs” takes over from Friday, June 25, through Sunday, Oct. 3. Even the … more

The Wilbury Theatre Group has announced that this year's FringePVD: The Providence Fringe Festival will be extended to two weeks, July 18-31. Founded in 2014 by The Wilbury Theatre Group and presented since 2017 by The Wilbury Group in collaboration with more

The Preservation Society of Newport County will open Marble House and the gardens and grounds of The Elms, beginning Friday, May 28, just in time for the start of Memorial Day weekend. The Breakers and Green Animals Topiary Garden are both already open more

Lilit Pilikian's parents would've never met, and a new family and generation would've never formed, had her ancestors not been targeted and forced to flee their homeland during the Armenian Genocide in the early 20th century. Pilikian came to the grim more