PROVIDENCE
Does the obsession with losing weight do more harm than good?
A few months ago, for Jenna Broccolo’s 15th birthday, she and her family took a trip to New York City to attend a festival in Little Italy. Jenna, a sophomore at Westerly High School, asked her mom for one more gift: a full-length mirror. “You go, girl!” said her mom, Ann Marie Broccolo.
Providence scene and heard: Verbana Darvell
Frenzied post-hardcore a la At the Drive-In, with throat-strangling screams interspersed with near-classical violin passages.
A rebuke to Alito’s nationalistic supporters
I am an Italian-American and proud of my roots in Italy. I speak Italian fluently, travel to Italy regularly, and treasure the ethic of my grandparents — and so many like them — who came here with nothing but hope and built solid lives for themselves and their progeny.
A filmmaker assesses the quest for happiness
Saying no is not the same as selfishness. To Thomas Jefferson, the pursuit of happiness was a vital human necessity worthy of inclusion in the Bill of Rights. Jefferson made enjoying one’s life sound downright patriotic.
Rhode Island follows through on medical marijuana
When it comes to the legalization of medical marijuana in Rhode Island, the question has generally been when — not if — it would happen.
JUGGLING WITH THE PASSING ZONE
Thank goodness that when Jon Wee and Owen Morse met at a juggling convention in 1986, neither had the urge to get a real job and become an investment banker or fireman.
Bright Night Providence will ‘ooh!’ and ‘aah!’ you into the New Year
If anyone can get their act together, it should be musicians, storytellers, actors, puppeteers, acrobats, and the like.
A Portuguese-inspired feast
If you liked the marinated smelts here when the place opened in 1972, the popular appetizer still tastes the same today.
Ace Combat 5 soars
Ace Combat 5 soars
LUCKNOW, India (AFP) - In what may be the world's longest act of sexual congress, Indian scientists have discovered two fungal cells in a union that began some 65 million years ago.
LUCKNOW, India (AFP) - In what may be the world's longest act of sexual congress, Indian scientists have discovered two fungal cells in a union that began some 65 million years ago.
Xbox 360 rocks. Microsoft's newly minted, next-generation game console is packed with a fire-breathing processor, an outlandish graphics processing unit, and high-definition TV outputs for blasting pixels onto huge HDTV screens. It even looks sweet, with a curvaceous, Apple-esque design that both soothes and entices. There can be no doubt: This month Xbox 360 will incite store riots and lure grown men into acts of depravity, just to have one by the end of 2005.
Xbox 360 rocks. Microsoft's newly minted, next-generation game console is packed with a fire-breathing processor, an outlandish graphics processing unit, and high-definition TV outputs for blasting pixels onto huge HDTV screens. It even looks sweet, with a curvaceous, Apple-esque design that both soothes and entices. There can be no doubt: This month Xbox 360 will incite store riots and lure grown men into acts of depravity, just to have one by the end of 2005.
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwanese agricultural authorities plan to turn 2,000 hectares (4,940 acres) of rice paddies into "green fuel farms" in an effort to cut the island's dependence on imported fossil fuel.
TAIPEI (AFP) - Taiwanese agricultural authorities plan to turn 2,000 hectares (4,940 acres) of rice paddies into "green fuel farms" in an effort to cut the island's dependence on imported fossil fuel.
AMMAN, Jordan - Moustapha Akkad, the Syrian-born filmmaker and producer of the "Halloween" horror movie franchise, died Friday from wounds sustained in the triple hotel bombings in Jordan. He was 75. His daughter, Rima Akkad Monla, 34, also was killed.
AMMAN, Jordan - Moustapha Akkad, the Syrian-born filmmaker and producer of the "Halloween" horror movie franchise, died Friday from wounds sustained in the triple hotel bombings in Jordan. He was 75. His daughter, Rima Akkad Monla, 34, also was killed.
NEW YORK (Billboard) - As it prepares for its maiden tour of South America, which begins November 22 in Santiago, Chile, Pearl Jam is still working on its first studio album since 2002's "Riot Act."
NEW YORK (Billboard) - As it prepares for its maiden tour of South America, which begins November 22 in Santiago, Chile, Pearl Jam is still working on its first studio album since 2002's "Riot Act."
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