Culture
Aug 3, 10:09 PM (Issue #22)
Contributor: Tyler Long
By Tyler Long
“Been surfin’ yet?” I hear it all the time. The warm winds blow and the sun cooks the cement. It’s mid-July and all attention is focused on the beach. But as normal as that question may seem, to a surfer it’s as absurd as onion mouthwash. The thing…
Jul 23, 04:43 PM (Issue #16)
Contributor: Evan Villari
The author continues his tradition of bizarre meditations on film
By Evan Villari
[Note: This article first appeared in The Agenda #16]
Cheat Sheet: An Eastern European family hires Evan to transfer some film to video. The film, from an orphanage in Russia, is of a little girl this family is thinking of…
Jul 20, 09:31 PM (Issue #22)
Contributor: Agenda Staff
With so many bands, groups, troupes, and DJs at IndieArts Fest 2008, The Agenda saw an opportunity to ask the entertainers some questions about the City of Providence.
Is there a lack of diversity in music venues in Providence?
The ‘Mericans: No - you just have to go to places…
Apr 4, 10:57 PM (Issue #19)
Contributor: Dan Verrier
By Dan Verrier
[This article first appeared in The Agenda #16, July/August 2006]
Hipness was around even before Lord Kelvin said “Now this is as cool as it gets,” and even just in the present day, there are any number of different definitions for it, depending on the clique being discussed. Analysis,…
Mar 9, 04:38 PM (Issue #19)
Contributor: Joan M. Wyand
By Joan M. Wyand
[This article first appeared in The Agenda #19, July/August 2006]
A Monday in March was a beautiful day for a bike ride. After
scoping out the construction of the impending 195 bridge, I biked up towards
India Point Park.
I passed a dilapidated marina club that my friends and I…
Feb 17, 08:52 PM (Issue #21)
Contributor: Miko
My partner and I have been interested in anal sex. We tried it once, but it was very painful. Any advice?– Dirty PennyAnal sex should not be painful, but if you go at it without taking the proper steps that’s often what happens. The anal area is loaded with thousands…
Feb 3, 12:22 PM (Blog)
Contributor: W.A. Dymoke
C'est tres triste, le foundeur de "franglaise," l'homme Britaine (pas d'etre confusee avec "Breton"), Miles Kingston, est morte, a ceci mardi.
Kingston ecriveree par Punch magazin pour la plus ans, producer un column allez, "Let's Parler Franglais!" avec pieces utiles comme, par example, un vendriere porte-a-porte qui dit, en assurance, "Je…
Oct 17, 02:12 PM (Blog)
Contributor: Matt Obert
Forwarded from Laura Travis:
Please help us save the stone!
The Providence Police and Fire Station is no more, but in this pile is TONS of usable sculpture-grade limestone. The plan is to save this stone for youth sculpture classes in the city parks, and potentially at AS220 and the…
Oct 8, 09:46 PM (Issue #11)
Contributor: W.A. Dymoke
The Joy of Nanowrimo
[This article first appeared in The Agenda #11, October 2005]
by Wesli AnneMarie Dymoke
This article is exactly 1667 words in length (not including the
headline, subhead, byline, or pull quotes). Let me set the stage here:
It's about twenty minutes to midnight, local time, on the 30th of
November, 2003, and…
Sep 1, 02:01 PM (Issue #14)
Contributor: James O'Connor
by James O'Connor
[This article first appeared in The Agenda #14, January 2006]
Brickway On Wickenden
234 Wickenden Street
Providence
(401) 751-2477
I'm guessing it was sometime after eleven-hundred hours that I received a call about a lunch mission; I was forced to decline. I refuse to skip a meal, especially one of the three most…
