ridaily - February 2012
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2012-03-07Witnesses to Hunger in Rhode IslandMore than 60,000 people across Rhode Island depend on food pantries around the state each month to get enough to eat. One in three of those people is a child under eighteen. “Since the recession, we’ve seen an increasing variety of circumstances that lead people to hunger,” says Cindy Elder, a spokeswoman for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank, which oversees a network of 163 food banks around the state. “Often the food pantry is their last stop when all their resources have been exhausted.” The Community Food Bank was looking for a way to show people what it’s like to go hungry in Rhode Island. Based on a model developed at Drexel University, they asked four mothers who relied on food pantries and other forms of assistance to document... Posted at 11:21 AM in ridaily State of Mine | Permalink | Comments |
2012-03-02On the Red Carpet at the Oscar Night America PartyLocal personalities donned their finest fashions to celebrate Rhode Island's Oscars connections. Posted at 10:58 AM in ridaily State of Mine | Permalink | Comments |
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2012-03-01Local Comedian Brian Beaudoin is "Last Comix Standing"Amateur comedian Brian Beaudoin of Coventry earned the title “Last Comix Standing” at Comix at Foxwoods by defeating sixty of the region’s up-and-coming comics. Posted at 09:39 AM in ridaily State of Mine | Permalink | Comments |
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2012-02-29This Wild Idea in JohnstonPhotographer Theron Humphrey is spending a year crossing the United States, meeting one new person every day and telling their stories through images and sound. The project, which is being funded in part by donations, is called This Wild Idea. The seventy-ninth person Humphrey featured was Jim Dame of Johnston. His family has farmed there for generations. But as Dame explains to Humphrey, the state seized a portion of the land by eminent domain, to build a park. The park was never built, and now Dame rents back the land. While the history may not be pretty, Humphrey’s photographs of Dame and the farm are beautiful and his words are compelling. And to find out more about Dame Farm, go here. Posted at 11:43 AM in ridaily Real Estate | Permalink | Comments |
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2012-02-28Oh, the Grandeur, the Intrigue!Cirque de Ville inspired early-century grandeur in the city. Posted at 11:49 AM in ridaily State of Mine | Permalink | Comments |
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2012-02-27How to Enjoy Winter in Rhode Island (Before it's too Late)Are you disappointed that we seem to have skipped winter (so far)? Do you actually miss the snow covering the ground and frozen ponds and lakes? Here are a few solutions for getting your winter fix before spring officially sets in. Posted at 11:15 AM in Family Time ridaily | Permalink | Comments |
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2012-02-25Monster Jam Rolls into ProvidenceMonster trucks are tearing up the dirt pit at Providence's Dunkin' Donuts Center this weekend. Posted at 08:36 PM in ridaily State of Mine | Permalink | Comments |
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2012-02-23Five Great Running RoutesFavorite running routes in Rhode Island Posted at 01:54 PM in ridaily State of Mine | Permalink | Comments |
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2012-02-22Columbus’s ‘Sparrow Grass’ Dark, AmbitiousTrinity Rep’s Artistic Director Curt Columbus is best-known for his creative interpretations of great works of art: Crime and Punishment, The Dreams of Antigone, and now Racine’s Phedre, reworked in his latest production, Sparrow Grass. Columbus pushes Racine’s tale of a woman’s misdirected love far over the edge of reason, for his modern-day audience to watch spiral downward, crash, and burn. Paula Pope, played by Phyllis Kay, lives with her teenage daughter, Teddie, in a lavish city apartment, though the family’s maid, Izzie, says they have run out of money. Paula is married to a man she refers to as the Colonel, who hasn’t been home in three years. But at the start of the play, we learn he’s headed home. The secrets start to... |
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2012-02-22Celebrate Rhode Island's Oscars Connections at a Red Carpet GalaRhode Island represents this year at the Oscars with Central Falls native Viola Davis, who been nominated for her second Oscar, and Portsmouth High School graduate Deb Adair, who has been nominated for best sound mixing in Moneyball. Posted at 12:05 PM in ridaily State of Mine | Permalink | Comments |
