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In Providence: Drive On In
“We put the screen up in the driveway and I’ll tell you the truth: I didn’t feel like taking it down. That’s all it was. I never thought much about it to tell you the truth.” If you drive to a certain...
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In Providence: The Republican that got away
If you had asked her four years ago if she’d still be hooking up with a Republican, she would have told you there was no chance of that happening. “There was this confidence I had that once I got my...
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Nicole Casey and her husband are teachers in Massachusetts who have a daughter entering kindergarten in Lincoln this fall. Out of concern for their daughter, they anxiously awaited RIDE plans for a...
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In Providence: Tommy’s Pizza
If you passed by a house near Charles Street at around eleven o’clock at night on Saturday, you would have seen a light on. “We hadn’t seen each other in 10 or 15 years. It’s been that long.” The two...
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In Providence: An American Girl
“I just can’t see myself leaving like this.” She was supposed to have left weeks ago. Months, actually. June 8 was her last scheduled day in Providence. “We’re at June 8. Okay. June 8. It’s here. And...
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In Providence: Greenline Apothecary
If you were with me on my birthday a year ago, you’d know that I spent an hour of it at Greenline Apothecary in Providence. Of course, you wouldn’t know this, because I was there alone. It was my...
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One Gun Gone is an anti-gun violence art project that takes one gun off the street, turns it into art and then sells that art for funds for a gun buy-back program, taking more guns off neighborhood...
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In Providence: The West Side Diner
If you stopped by the West Side Diner last year for an early morning breakfast, you might have seen her talking to her son about skipping school. “He did it once, and I told him once was going to be...
View ArticleWho Was That Masked Man?: Non-monogamy and dealing with a pandemic-induced...
Hi Spyce, So, I am a happily married gay male and have been non-monogamous with my husband for many years. A couple of years ago I met someone, and we developed a really intense and connected...
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Turning a School Bus into Home, Sweet Home: Local woman escapes the rent...
Skyrocketing in popularity in the last year, TikTok is widely known as an app for Gen Z to learn dances and lip sync along to their favorite songs. For 26-year-old Ashlee Moffitt in West Warwick, it’s...
View ArticleThe Con Must Go On!: Comic Con looks forward to big 2021 plans
Like superheroes momentarily defeated by a seemingly unbeatable enemy, comic book fans screamed a dramatic, “Nooooooo!” when RI Comic Con announced it was cancelling its November 2020 event. But every...
View ArticleLook Up!
Although three of our four local observatories are currently closed to the public, you can still get a glimpse of the stars on Friday nights at Frosty Drew Observatory. The telescopes are available...
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In Providence: A Year in Providence
A year ago this week, I stepped onto the Pedestrian Bridge in Providence. I was going to write a column about Providence. It was going to be a fun column. Lots of fun, I thought. So much fun. Like a...
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In Providence: The Sheriff
By Kevin Broccoli If you know who she is, then you call her The Sheriff. “That was a cute name they came up with for me. I’d come back this time of year and pull up to a party or something and they’d...
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In Providence: When there are nine
By Kevin Broccoli Photo credit: Small Frye Photography If you live in Providence, it may seem as though we’re always finding a reason to mourn. For what’s happening across the country, here in the...
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In Providence: Trinity Rep
By Kevin Broccoli Last week, Trinity Repertory Company announced that it would not produce in-person theater until late next year. While all of us have watched the hoped-for timelines for live...
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Advice with Spyce: Two readers seek the confidence to find love
By Spyce Dear Spyce: I have been single for a long time and I really feel like I am ready for a relationship. But I work a lot, don’t feel great about the way I look, and I haven’t had as many dates as...
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In Providence: The Biltmore
By Kevin Broccoli Biltmore Hotel, now “The Graduate” Hotel. Providence, Rhode Island. If you live in Rhode Island, you’re used to defiantly referring to things and people by their old names. I was once...
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In Providence: A Scream in Providence
By Kevin Broccoli If you were awake one night on Providence’s north side, you might have heard the scream. “It was long. It was a long scream. I popped right up in bed. I popped up and my wife– My wife...
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Hatchet Job: The Lizzie Borden house brings true crime and ghosts to fans of...
By Caitlin Howle The Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast Museum is located in Fall River, Massachusetts, and it’s the site of the infamous Borden family murders. For those of you who need a reminder of...
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