Local
Aug 2, 10:39 AM (Issue #22)
Contributor: Agenda Staff
Cryptic Providence is an international art event taking place over the next three months (until September 28, 2008) in the North Burial Ground on North Main Street. Fifteen projects by visual artists and performers from…
Jun 6, 01:18 PM (Issue #17)
Contributor: Ted Rao
by Ted Rao
IN THIS ISSUE: PROVIDENCE
DRIVES WHILE WHITE.
(Actual
dialogue between myself and the cop who pulled me over last week on Valley
Street while I was driving my truck with: 1. no front plate, 2. a busted
headlight, 3. no inspection sticker, 4. an expired license, 5. expired
insurance, and 6. no plausible exhaust…
Jun 5, 10:25 PM (Blog)
Contributor: Adam Bradley
Don Mollis would like to remind youse that if you voted in one party's presidential primary (presumably the one that still counted by the time Rho Dylanders got our turn) and would like to vote in another party's primary in September (presumably the party that doesn't count in Rho Dyland),…
Apr 7, 12:13 PM (Issue #20)
Contributor: Ashley Mercado
Interview: Ashley Mercado | Images: Jill Palumbo
Music is one of those curious realms where people are actually respected for rising above the fast fads and cheap phases. If you manage to maintain your integrity in the business at the end of a decade before you’re on to the next, people…
Apr 5, 10:20 PM (Issue #13)
Contributor: Ted Rao
By Ted Rao
[This article first appeared in The Agenda #13, December 2005]
In the first column I listed my ten favorite Providence bands ever. Apparently, this was one of the more popular aspects of the column, since people started giving me their own lists as well. Again, gimme some shit; I’ll…
Mar 25, 12:19 PM (Issue #12)
Contributor: Ted Rao
By Ted Rao
[This article first appeared in The Agenda #12, November 2005]
Cranston Mayor Steve Laffey is a complete idiot. I don’t care that he’s got an MBA from Harvard; so does our President, and there’s a guy that my cat could beat at Scrabble. He will not, repeat, will not…
Mar 8, 01:01 PM (Blog)
Contributor: Adam Bradley
The Providence Journal reported yesterday (on its news blog that Belo Corporation, parent company of ProJo and such closely related companies as Texas Cable News, KONG-TV Seattle, and The Dallas Morning News, saw its first quarter profits decline compared to 1Q06. Belo earned a mere $15.5 million last quarter,…
Mar 3, 05:47 PM (Blog)
Contributor: Adam Bradley
But, but Jef... we need more luxury condos.
I am writing on behalf of Greater City: Providence in regards to the petition being heard by the City Council Ordinance Committee on Monday, March 3rd to change the zoning of Lots 344 and 345 on Zoning Map 18 from Waterfront Mixed-Use…
Feb 28, 03:51 PM (Blog)
Contributor: Adam Bradley
“As voters prepare to cast their ballots to nominate their choice for the next President of the United States, I want to make sure they know exactly where to go to cast their ballot,” says Providence Mayor David Cicilline in a press release today. Providentians seem to have divested…
Feb 18, 07:47 PM (Issue #20)
Contributor: Ted Rao
by Ted Rao
This marks the tenth appearance of I Am Providence in this paper. Thanks to everyone who has sent or continues to send questions, comments, or lists to iamprov@gmail.com.
I think I'll try a Narragansett. It's this rad new beer.
I don't have too much to write about this time…
