PROVIDENCE

Hell on wheels
Providence roller derby — fast action, big fun, and grrrl power on skates - BY MARION DAVIS

Co-dependent? The US and China

Action Speaks!
Action Speaks!, the panel discussion series at Providence art space AS220, continues its fall run with a conversation about the increasingly dependent relationship between the United States and China.

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | October 14, 2009

Rhode Island’s pride is showing

Finally, some good ‘news!’ Plus, Brown slips, the Patriots slide, and more
There was much to-do and flexing of cultural muscles and civic pride as Our Little Towne placed in the top 10 in many prestigious categories in Travel & Leisure magazine’s 2009 survey of “America’s Favorite Cities.”

By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | October 14, 2009

Purging demons and exes

Dr. Lovemonkey answers your questions
Dear Dr. Lovemonkey, I suffer from debilitating mental disorders that I have spent years working to manage ...

By DR. LOVEMONKEY | October 14, 2009

Review: Couples Retreat

Couples (and everyone else), retreat.
This movie has the power to make any date feel as endless and soul-sucking as the lifetime’s worth of defective, hateful marriages that doom the film’s protagonists.

By SHAULA CLARK | October 14, 2009

Baroness | Blue Record

Relapse (2009)
For a band of ultra-prosaic album titlers, Baroness are big thinkers when it comes to their music.

By MIKAEL WOOD | October 14, 2009

Paramore | Brand New Eyes

Fueled By Ramen (2009)
If you haven’t spent time in a rock-and-roll band, you’ll probably never understand how every outfit, no matter how united in appearance, is made up of supremely self-conscious individuals continually teetering on the brink of a meltdown.

By DANIEL BROCKMAN | October 14, 2009

Lightning Bolt | Earthly Delights

Load (2009)
I’m not sure why people are so worried about the Hadron Collider, especially since Lightning Bolt have been tearing black holes in the fabric of Providence on a regular basis for the past 15 years.

By MICHAEL BRODEUR | October 14, 2009

Scooting the city

Cruisin'
Move aside four-wheelers. On Wednesday nights, it's scooter time.

By ABIGAIL CROCKER | October 14, 2009

Zooma

Traditional cuisine updated
Being a ristorante on Federal Hill is a lot like being just another olive tree in the grove.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | October 14, 2009

A veteran TV reporter tries something new

On the Air
Months after leaving ABC6, investigative reporter Jim Hummel was chatting about his future over lunch with public relations guru Dante Bellini. Plans to take up with WJAR's news team, long the ratings leader in the Providence market, had evaporated with the downturn in the economy.

By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | October 14, 2009

Review: Where the Wild Things Are

Jonze, Eggers, and Sendak aren’t kidding around
I can’t speak for the kids, but I would rate Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s 40-page children’s picture book up there with Up and Wall•E as topping the recent renaissance in children’s movies. If pressed, I’d rank it close to The Wizard of Oz .

By PETER KEOUGH | October 13, 2009

Real Guitar Heroes

Zing go the strings at the Colonel’s Super Dooper Guitar Party
Johnny "The Colonel" Maguire's legacy is carved in stone around these parts, from his shredding with the Amazing Royal Crowns to his Lucky Diamonds and, most recently, a re-gathering of his beloved Cobra-Matics crew.

By CHRIS CONTI | October 13, 2009