In addition to using the monikers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer, the LGBTQ community has others, one of which is “the tribe.” So it seemed appropriate for Tribe publisher Tony Aguilar to reach out to the LGBTQ tribe for inclusion. And the tribe, in turn, was only too happy to oblige. If I could […]
Visitors to Rhode Island will have the chance until June 29th to view the first annual State Native American Art Exhibit. The show, which features work from Eastern Woodland artists, is currently on display in the Atrium Gallery, One Capitol Hill in Providence. Painter and educator Deborah Spears Moorehead, the show’s curator, was kind enough […]
At some point during his years at Rhode Island School of Design, Eric Telfort was warned, “Many are called, few are chosen,” or words to that effect, by one of his teachers. Painting canvases in the 21st century doesn’t exactly come with job security, benefits and a pension. The financial demands of life after college […]
In 1907, the last piece of land belonging to the Wampanoag Tribal Nation, property adjacent to the northeast side of Watuppa Lake in Fall River, Massachusetts, was to become part of the reservoir that currently flows north of Interstate 195. This might well have been the end of the Wampanoag people of Fall River if […]
First an instance from my lips Then through nimble fingertips A poem I write to sum it up For you and me Yes, I linger too. Upon these keys Words flow with ease And I appease the torture that resides upon my brow. This torture of which I speak Not from a mouth weak nor […]
Saint Patrick’s Day is an internationally recognized annual religious and cultural holiday. It’s not a public holiday like Christmas and Thanksgiving in the United States—don’t take March 17th off and expect to be paid unless you live in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Newfoundland and Labrador (the easternmost province of Canada) or Montserrat. Saint […]
The Kinnaly is an ancient Laotian dance about mythical sisters living in the legendary Himmapan Forest. These “daughters of the sky” escape their father’s celestial playground to take part in human pleasures, such as bathing in a river. The dancers enact this visit to the river by gliding in unison with every bent knee, flat […]
What do an active female member of Rhode Island’s Hispanic community and an elderly gentleman who spends his days supervising his Mexican market have in common? An annoyance at what Cinco de Mayo has become in America: a holiday that has replaced tradition with margaritas. Marta Martínez, director of communications and fund development for Progreso […]
It’s quite difficult to walk down Main Street in Providence and not take note of the massive silk rug hanging in the window of Loominous—it’s a pleasing distraction to any passerby. The storefront is rich but simple, dark but light. The inside is a silk and woolen maze through an art form that dates back […]
Master of the djembe and dundun drums, Sidy Maïga had just returned from a pilgrimage to his hometown, Bamako, Mali in Western Africa. It appeared as if he barely had a minute to settle back into Eastern Standard Time. His suitcases were still unpacked and forgotten in a corner. His drums were still bundled—what was […]
