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Cleaning House: Maid in RI makes busy people less busy
The basic upkeep of a home can be daunting, leading people to put it off, which only makes for more work. While some people find it to be therapeutic (seems like people like to either cook or clean;...
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These Hips Don’t Lie: But what are they saying?
Beginning belly dancers at The Rhody Center I’ve wanted to take a belly dancing class for years, but always found a reason not to — lack of time, lack of confidence, lack of the ability to move my...
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In Providence: Flames
“He brought Flames to the party. The boy ain’t playin’ around none, is he?” She told me to bring chicken if I was going to bring anything, and she said to make sure it was spicy. I went to Flames on...
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Let Justice Roll: Stages of Freedom programming illuminated Benefit Street
There are many things that people don’t know about the country’s smallest state. There is one area code. It’s called Rhode Island, but there are 30 islands in the state. There were more than 1,000...
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In Providence: Design for Life
“He was in a cop movie I think. I don’t know. I don’t watch cop movies. But it was a cop movie I think. He was a cool guy.” They want to crash a nearby gala. It might be something to do with charity....
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Doing It!: CSPH executive director Alicia Gauvin reflects on 10 years of sex...
Alicia Gauvin Violet Vanderslice: Tell me a little about the Center for Sexual Pleasure Health’s upcoming 10 year anniversary event, “Curiosities.” Alicia Gauvin: We wanted to do an annual event...
View ArticleDeal Breakers?: Dealing with body hair and disclosing STDs
Dear Spyce, So I recently met this man who’s pretty wonderful. We have so much in common, share the same goals, and I even like his friends. The sex is amazing and I am attracted to him but … he’s...
View ArticleShifty Seasons: Seasonal time shifts are ridiculous and dangerous
Spring forward, fall back. This notion was standardized when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act in 1966, and it makes as little sense now as it did then. The notion was conceived...
View ArticleWrite This Way: Readers, writers, story-lovers — you’ve come to the right place
I think the assumption is that to make it as a writer, you have to live in New York or Los Angeles or some old Victorian mansion in Maine where you write about killer clowns. You don’t really think...
View ArticleIrishisms
As St. Patty’s, er — Paddy’s — Day approaches, we’ve created this handy guide to Irishisms so you at least can sound Irish while doing decidedly unIrish things, like drinking green beer and pinching...
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Gang de Filles: A celebration of bad-ass womxn
Don’t even worry, your Saturday plans are booked and they are awesome. With International Women’s Day coming up (it’s Sunday) PVDLive and La Boheme Noir et. Co, an organization dedicated to hosting...
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In Providence: A Paper Elephant
“Nobody can ever find the house. Back in the days before cell phones, I’d have to be on the landline for half the night talking to people calling in from pay phones. ‘No, you missed it. It’s the first...
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Sham-Rocks, Plastic Paddies and Bar Brawls: Challenging the populist status quo
In 2019, “Saturday Night Live” aired a skit about an Irish date show that portrayed contestants as inbred knuckleheads with a reduced worldview and a propensity toward marrying their cousins. And it...
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About Your Graduation: A letter to the class of 2020
A few years ago, I wrote an “Always Wear Sunscreen” type essay for my writing students at their request. Since then, I’ve recycled that piece and given it to my students every year around this time....
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College of Corona: How are students in higher ed dealing with shutdowns?
COVID-19 is causing global shutdowns, but these closures affect more than businesses or already planned weddings. Colleges have felt the brutal impact of coronavirus, but more importantly, the...
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To the Class of 2020: Recognition to the class no one will ever forget
We’ve rounded up the best advice from teachers, college students and those living through graduating in the time of corona. Check it out here. A Letter from Your English Teacher, by Shannon McLoud A...
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In Providence: Staying in Providence
Providence Rhode Island skyline in 2017 There was a plan. When I started writing this column, it was Labor Day. The weekend when Providence comes back to life with students and people who, for...
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Dancing with Jim Reaper: We spoke with the spooky specter about the man...
On May 30, just hours before Rhode Island enters Phase 2 of the governor’s reopening plans, Rhode Islanders Against Excessive Quarantine will hold a rally outside the State House protesting the...
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The Great Outdoors: Our intrepid outdoorsman explores the woods under quarantine
For much of the country, March 15 marked the official beginning of quarantine. That morning, I took to the woods with two of my good friends. I figured the three of us could manage to spend the day...
View ArticleLove in Lockdown: Dealing with conflict and bedroom boredom
Dear Spyce, My boyfriend and I have differing opinions on many things, which is usually ok, but in current times, it feels like our differing opinions are a matter of life or death! I am a...
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