Culture & Community
Arts, culture, and community
Lock Arms for Peace: The guns aren't growing here...
"Five years ago Kobe Dennis and myself decided that there was a lot of violence that was going on in the community so we decided to start a new organization called Lock Arms for Peace," said Diana Garlington to the more than two dozen pe...
To the Moon and Beyond: A month long series of presentations kicks off at the WaterFire Arts Center
To the Moon and Beyond, a series of events planned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing on July 20, kicked off Monday evening with the opening reception for “Museum of the Moon,” an enormous art installation by English a...
To raise money for women's reproductive health: A Benefit Reading of Will Brumley's “The Clinic”
Artists from Rhode Island’s incredible theatre community are coming together to participate in a Benefit Reading of “The Clinic,” by Will Brumley. The reading will take place Tuesday, July 9, in The Wilbury Group Theatre space located at...
The case against HP Lovecraft
HP Lovecraft was a racist, an antisemite, and a white supremacist. And it’s time for Rhode Island to deal with those exclusive facts about the influential author that the state tirelessly lionizes. Celebrated with walking tours, film fes...
Locking arms for peace and against gun violence
"The violence has to stop because, if that's our future, we've lost," said a father at the Lock Arms for Peace vigil held in Providence Friday evening. "We've got to stand for something other than that. Guns are for war, not for killing...
Photos from 2019 RI Pride
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The Seventh Annual Red Bandana Awards ceremony
Note: Thank you very much to the Red Bandana Fund for awarding me the Red Bandana Award for my work this year. The Seventh Annual Red Bandana Awards ceremony was held on June 9 at the Providence Fire Fighters Union Hall. Awards were give...
Providence's First Annual People of Color Dyke and Trans March
Every year, around the country, Dyke and Trans Marches are held "to give voice to communities either not represented well or at all in traditional Pride events." This year marks the beginning of an annual Rhode Island event, centered on...
Moms Demand hold Wear Orange event in memory of gun violence victims
The Rhode Island chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, part of Everytown for Gun Safety, hosted a community event at the Southside Cultural Center on Sunday to "to honor the lives of those affected by gun violence and t...
Rhode Island's LGBTQI+ community and allies rally to repudiate Bishop Tobin's hateful comments
Hundreds of people crowded Cathedral Square in Providence late Sunday afternoon to renounce the words of Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin, who tweeted on Saturday morning that "…Catholics should not support or attend LGBTQ 'Pride Month' ev...