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A field guide to activism in Rhode Island

Issues + organizing = real-world experience
If you’re interested in becoming an agent of change, identify a cause close to your heart and connect with one of the groups working on it.

By MEGHAN GRADY | August 28, 2008

The biggest fun in Little Rhody

Adventures from Westerly to Woonsocket and beyond
When you’re in between studies, getting tired of playing beer pong, or looking for something new, here are a few tips for how to make the most of your time in the Ocean State.

By PETER IAN ASEN | August 27, 2008

The truth is up there

Clouds, sun dogs, and the dream of an atmospheric education . . . How one former TV reporter brought his sky gospel to the people
The sky’s on the move again, he can feel it.

By JAMES PARKER | August 22, 2008

Beijing sting

Exposed: A top-secret government memorandum, obtained this past week by the Phoenix, gives the games away
Greetings, faithful steward of information!

By JAMES PARKER | August 08, 2008

Ready or not (mostly not)

Beijing says it's ready for the Olympics. Uh, really, Beijing?
Oh, Beijing. You’re like the ex-boyfriend that I wanted so badly to love, but just couldn’t bring myself to face in the morning, once the booze wore off.

By SARA FAITH ALTERMAN | August 08, 2008

Facebook phobia

Thought high school was bad? Social-networking sites jack up Web-era insecurities
It’s safe to say that Facebook is now an omniscient, all-powerful tool that, in some way, traffics in dirt on nearly everyone you know.

By SHARON STEEL | July 16, 2008

It's easy staying green

New England offers a variety of eco-friendly lodging options
This summer, don't leave home without your environmentalism.

By DEIRDRE FULTON | June 09, 2008

Rage against the machines!

Could robots take over the world? In many ways, they already have.
We’re on the cusp of a perilous era. Our pitiful carbon bodies are evolving much slower than the silicon and steel gizmos we’re inventing. And the guys in the lab coats and pocket protectors are starting to worry we’ve opened Pandora’s hard drive.

By MIKE MILIARD | May 28, 2008

Steam dream

Steampunk bursts through its subculture roots to challenge our musical, fashion, design, and even political sensibilities
The All-in-One Victorian PC is the perfect little black dress of computer modifications.

By SHARON STEEL | May 19, 2008

Local heroes 2008

Ramon Martinez, Bill Harley, Ren Whitaker, and Bob Fusaro
In this, the eleventh annual edition of the Providence Phoenix’s “Best” issue, we highlight people and organizations who are doing exceptionally good work.

By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | April 17, 2008

The 100 Unsexiest men of 2008

Our annual survey of the planet's least lust-worthy lads
Our annual survey of the planet's least lust-worthy lads

By PHOENIX STAFF | March 28, 2008

What’s wrong with being sexy?

One woman’s story of gaining empowerment as a sex educator
“Laughing is good,” she tells them, and her students laugh uncomfortably. And then the lesson begins.

By AMY LITTLEFIELD | February 13, 2008

Narragansett hopes to brew locally in ’08

Hellendrung envisions a beer garden on Providence's West Side
During its old glory days, Cranston-based Narragansett was a Red Sox-sponsoring source of local pride, and sales hit an apex of more than one million barrels of beer in the early 1960s.

By IAN DONNIS | February 06, 2008

Beer: the next generation

Hopped-up brews are proliferating in Rhode Island, from neighborhood bars to the corner package store
Nikki’s Liquors, at first blush, seems like a typical liquor store.

By IAN DONNIS | February 06, 2008

The cuteness surge

Why, in desperate times, we turn to lolcats, twee songs, and mute kittens
Cuteness, of course, is the collective cultural cure-all to our problems.

By SHARON STEEL | February 01, 2008

Defending the universally loathed

The Phoenix looks with loving eyes at some of the worst people, places, and things in the world — and gives them a big hug
Forsaken entities deserve a second chance.

By PHOENIX STAFF | January 14, 2008

The best of times

Local notables share their favorite holiday traditions
Holidays and their attendant celebrations foster memories — of all kinds, to be sure — but it’s the good ones we strive to re-create.

By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | December 14, 2007

A compendium of regional recipes and tasty tales

Seasons
May your head dance with visions of sugarplums.

By JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | December 14, 2007

Green local heroes

Ten people and organizations highlighting Rhode Island’s environmental vanguard
Decades after the birth of the modern environmental movement, the US and other nations are still struggling to come to terms with humanity’s impact on the planet.

By IAN DONNIS | November 07, 2007

Voices in his head

John Roarke's multiple personalities
Even Jon Stewart can do Dubya. But John Roarke also does a good Al Gore, a very good Bill Clinton, and an uncanny Woody Allen.

By BILL RODRIGUEZ | September 18, 2007

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