PROVIDENCE

Slavery unchained
Brown's Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice confronts the university's — and America's — shame - BY PHILIP EIL

Giving Jack Kirby his due in 'Comic Book Creator'

Superheroes
"Am I a comic book weirdo?" Jon B. Cooke yells. "No," the owner of the Time Capsule — Cranston's beehive for comic-book lovers — calls from behind the counter.

By: PHILIP EIL | May 01, 2013

A Fine vision for health care in Rhode Island

Q&A
It's no easy task to schedule an interview with Dr. Michael Fine. The man has a lot on his plate.

By: JEFF BYERS | May 01, 2013

Circulation problems

Phillipe & Jorge's Cool, Cool World
The ProJo's mounting woes; bus riders unite; making musical memories

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | May 01, 2013

Jacqueline Frole's 'Family Room' at AS220; J.A. Segal at Craftland
Among the handsome Washington Street storefronts of AS220's renovated Mercantile Block building, with their neo-old-timey signs, is the residents' entrance to the building. It is against AS220's religion to leave any space empty that can be filled with art. So the lobby is the AS220 Resident Gallery, which occupants of the building take turns filling with their stuff.

By: GREG COOK | April 30, 2013

Feeling the pain

Vudu Sister aren't a folk band, either
Singer-songwriter Keith McCurdy corralled an impressive host of friends to plug in and rock-the-fuck-out on Vudu Sister's brand-new sophomore effort, 'Household Items ,' the fantastic follow-up to the 2012 Vudu debut Bastard Children and the debut release from the Columbus Recording Company.

By: CHRIS CONTI | May 01, 2013

A tangled web

Paula Hunter's 'Away From Home'
In an ongoing series of monologues that began with Paula Hunter's Home Alone more than five years ago, this comic commentator on life as she (and we) know it is currently presenting Away From Home.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | April 30, 2013

Clandestine couplings

Epic stages Pinter's time-twisting 'Betrayal'
Although prolific British playwright Harold Pinter directed much of his professional attention to the outer world of political affairs, he focused it most narrowly in a little play about more intimate affairs. ' Betrayal' charts the gradual emotional changes of three people as they go through their dances of deception over several years.

By: BILL RODRIGUEZ | May 01, 2013

The Phoenix's Best of 2013

The 135 choices YOU made! Plus, pix from The Best Awards Show!
Plus: See what happened at The Best Awards Show on April 24!

By: PHOENIX STAFF | April 30, 2013

Photos: Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame

The Class of 2013 induction ceremony
Honoring Steve Smith & the Nakeds, the Cowsills, Paul Geremia, Bill Flanagan, and more

By: RICHARD MCCAFFREY | April 29, 2013

The Best 2013: Editors' picks

Local color and local flavor
A few of our favorite things

By: PHOENIX STAFF | April 25, 2013

Local heroes 2013

People helping people
In this 16th annual edition of the Providence Phoenix 's Best issue, we highlight people and organizations who are doing exceptionally good work — local heroes who often labor behind the scenes to change their communities for the better.

By: PHILIP EIL | April 25, 2013

In Boston, Chris Faraone reports from Heartbreak Hell

Letters
Chris Faraone was a block and a half from the finish line of the Boston Marathon, en route to a bar called Forum on Boylston Street, when the bombs went off. The day's shift from carnival to chaos is preserved impeccably on his Twitter feed.

By: PHILIP EIL | April 24, 2013

The guru of advanced hindsight

A talk with Dan Ariely
A talk with Dan Ariely

By: PHILIP EIL | April 24, 2013

Wedding bells?

Another step toward equality; Big @#!%-ing Papi; musical musings
There is little mystery where your superior correspondents stand on marriage equality. We are for it, as we have been for full equality and rights for Vo Dilanduhs of all sexual orientations for the entire 33 years of this column.

By: PHILLIPE AND JORGE | April 24, 2013

Such great heights

Sara Azriel soars on her stunning new EP
Add another incredible voice to the list of exceptional female singer/songwriters here in Rhode Island — Sara Azriel.

By: CHRIS CONTI | April 24, 2013

In the city

Neal Walsh and Scott Lapham at 186 Carpenter
One of the distinguishing characteristics of the Providence art scene is how the city itself has been such a rich subject. A decade ago, the city became a galvanizing topic as artists fought to protect the old mills that served as their homes and studios from demolition — with mixed success. But lately, the community's industrial architecture itself has attracted artists' attention.

By: GREG COOK | April 23, 2013