The joy of summer in Rhode Island is something North Kingstown artist Pam Sammartino knows a little bit about. A yogi by trade, teaching at Raffa Yoga in Cranston for nearly two decades, Pam stretched her sea legs during the pandemic by creating quirky and whimsical sea-themed mixed media pieces for friends and colleagues, and to sell on Etsy.
Sammartino never considered herself an artist. Though she has been recently recognized as gifted in this area, first by supportive friends and colleagues, and more recently by the Wickford and South County Art Associations, she has never allowed any of those platitudes to go to her head. Read moreArtist Profile: NK resident Pam Sammartino finds a ‘new narrative’ for life through art
Color evokes many emotions, memories and ideas, which local school children are putting in a kaleidoscope of colors on display at the North Kingstown Public Library.
It is all part of International Colour Day — marked on March 21 to celebrate color. The International Colour Association (abbreviated as AIC for its French name, Association Internationale de la Couleur), created the annual celebration held in more than 30 countries.
Greek mythology, a New Orleans jazz club, hell, and contemporary songs from a 2010 album improbably come together in the new musical “Hadestown,” next up at the Providence Performing Arts Center.
On Broadway, the show won eight 2019 Tony Awards along with a multiple awards from Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, including Outstanding New Broadway Musical, and the Drama League. The cast album earned the 2020 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.
Even though they started out in the underground punk scene during the early ‘80s, Minneapolis alt-rock act Soul Asylum didn’t get their big break until 1992. That was when their sixth studio album “Grave Dancers Union” was released, which eventually went triple platinum the following year while spending nearly three months on the Billboard charts.
Joshua Harmon’s provocatively titled play “Bad Jews” is heating up the stage — and the sidewalks (see below) — at the Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre.
The “heat” outside was a peaceful protest about the title, but inside it was all about the scintillating performances by a cast of four, directed with insight and even-handedness by Tony Estrella, The Gamm’s artistic director.
The URI Theatre premiered “By The Way, Meet Vera Stark,” a cuttingly hilarious play from the mind of unprecedentedly successful two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage last weekend for the start of a two-week run of the production in the campus’ Will Theatre. Nottage has risen to success taking on the voices of the voiceless, the marginalized, and the exploited throughout her playwriting career.
Another season of “Whodunit? An Improvised Murder Mystery” starts Saturday at The Contemporary Theater Company and will have the audience — and the actors in the performance — guessing who committed murder and got away with it.
It takes place during the French Revolution, and the actors all have names for their aristocratic characters. The only other thing the cast knows is that someone will not survive the night.
The joy of summer in Rhode Island is something North Kingstown artist Pam Sammartino knows a little bit about. A yogi by trade, teaching at Raffa Yoga in Cranston for nearly two decades, Pam stretched her sea legs during the pandemic by creating quirky and whimsical sea-themed mixed media pieces for friends and colleagues, and to sell on Etsy.
Sammartino never considered herself an artist. Though she has been recently recognized as gifted in this area, first by supportive friends and colleagues, and more recently by the Wickford and South County Art Associations, she has never allowed any of those platitudes to go to her head.
Sarah Swift enjoys the intimacy and tactile quality that comes from working with textiles
In a letter to the editor of the Journal of Paris in 1784, Benjamin Franklin wrote, “Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” In his advocacy for people to wake up and leverage the day, Franklin joked there should be a tax on window shutters, candles should be rationed, and canons should be fired at sunrise.
People often ask me, what’s my secret to a long and healthy li…
Vitamin D is often referred to as the “sunshine vitamin”. This is because it is synthesized in our skin in response to sunlight. The beauty of Vitamin D is that it’s free — a great model for “all things in moderation” too.
Citing "analyses of similar roles within RI state government and other state governments" Rhode Island Department of Administration spokeswoman Laura Hart said this week that a proposal to grant raises of up to 20% for nearly 400 state employees was necessary in an effort to "remain competitive in the current marketplace" and attract and retain the best candidates in a number of key positions within Gov. Dan McKee's administration. The move comes following criticism last fall of a similar proposal that would have boosted pay for many of the same employees by up to 43%, a move that was met with public backlash and led to smaller, phased-in raises instead. Wednesday's announcement was met with criticism by Senate Minority Whip Gordon Rogers who said comparing the salaries of directors in other states doesn't tell the full story. "Should we not also compare Rhode Island’s budget, population, and government effectiveness to those in other states? The Governor’s proposed budget increased despite his campaign rhetoric that it would not. And average hard-working Rhode Islanders are left to pay the price.” Do you believe the state should increase pay for officials in Gov. McKee’s cabinet and other key positions? Why or why not? Let us know in this week's poll question below.
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