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Locale Profile: The Torchbearer — Professional Tattooing by True Artists
If you’re old like me, you remember a day when getting a tattoo was considered edgy, even deviant. Nowadays, tattoos are much more mainstream, and yet another means of self expression. For many, the...
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Evolving Tools of the Trade
The world is changing, and so is tattooing. Social media has made it easier than ever for artists to market themselves to vast audiences at no cost. Reality shows helped to bring tattoos into the...
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So You Want to Get a Tattoo
You have a great idea for a tattoo and you’re ready to showcase your love of pizza, your dog, tiger lillies, Nintendo, your wandering spirit or your mom; preferably not all in one tattoo. So how do you...
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Healing Scars with Art
Pictured: Kera Scars come with stories. They can be badges of honor, the result of an adventure or some sort of valiant act. But they also can serve as a representation of a dark or painful time,...
View ArticleAdvice from the Trenches: Deb’s Dilemma
Dear C; My girlfriend Stacy is getting married in about three weeks. I’ve known her since we were in high school and I was thrilled for her when she got engaged. She has a good handle on her career,...
View ArticleTop 5 Fun Things To Do: February 21 – February 27
WED 21 – SAT 24 STYLEWEEK 2018: The biannual business of fashion convention returns. 5:30pm. 1 Sabin St, PVD. riconventioncenter.com FRI 23 Tigers Jaw: PA punk rockers. 7pm. The Met, 1005 Main St,...
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Come Talk to the BOEM
At the behest of the head-in-the-sand Orange Haired Monster and his band of enablers, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be hosting a public meeting in Providence, as well as many other...
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Alt-Health: New Blood Pressure Guidelines
On November 13 last year, the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association made headlines with a startling announcement: Nearly half (46%) of all Americans now qualify for the...
View ArticleGod Is Not A Black Woman
On December 12, 2017, during the Alabama Senate elections, Roy Moore — who was close to losing — stated on video that “God is always in control,” as he refused to concede. The next day, as the election...
View ArticleA Plastic Ramble
Sunshine and 60 degrees! Last week’s weather brought us a couple tauntingly beautiful days to remind us of the coming spring. It was warm enough to forego coats and hats. The snow and ice had melted in...
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Advice from the Trenches: Arming Teachers
Dear C, I am as horrified as everyone else about the sheer number of school shootings, and I am so proud of those kids who have stormed the capital and are forcing the president to sit down and discuss...
View ArticleA Night at the Death Café
A death cafe may sound like an Agatha Christie novel or a long-lost Edgar Allen Poe poem, but it is something real and can be found right here in Rhode Island. I was brought to my first one by a dear...
View ArticleHow Pure Is Your Drinking Water?
On February 6, I received a letter from the City of East Providence Public Works announcing that they had “recently violated a drinking water standard.” Since this was not the first such notification...
View ArticleCalling the 2018 Roller Derby World Cup
It took nearly six years, but this year, I found myself overseas among some of the world’s most inspiring and resilient athletes representing their nations for several days of fierce competition. Was I...
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Sarah Fraza: Climbing Walls and Breaking Ceilings
Sarah Fraza is a local boulderer turned sport climber, a woman successful in a sport traditionally dominated by men. I spoke with her the day before she moved to California to join a wildland fire...
View ArticleCatch You at the Flip Side
Pinball seems to be everywhere. In any given bar, movie theater lobby or arcade, you can find the games. However, Flip Side in Westerly caters exclusively to pinball players, and holds tournaments in a...
View ArticleA Bout of Badassery: The Roller Derby Experience
How much do you really know about roller derby? Unless you lace up your skates regularly and hit the flat track, you’re like me — a total newbie when it comes to this nearly all-female sport. Before...
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Girls Shred Too: An Interview with Mariana Myer
Mariana Myer, 13, of Rhode Island, is already very accomplished. Her background is in surfing, skating and snowboarding, and she’s received a lot of exposure in RI as one of the best young skaters in...
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Advice from the Trenches: Help Me Help Him!
Dear C; My friend Rick is driving me crazy. He has type 2 diabetes and knows that he should not be eating sugar or drinking on an empty stomach. But he does this over and over again. I’ll hear him...
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Alt-Health: Who’s Responsible for Opioid Addiction?
As adults, we are responsible for the choices we make. But when we ask trusted caregivers for help and are given instead a prescription that leads to our doom, we are no longer making choices; we are...
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