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The Geography of Cranston's Facebook Pages
Dominating Cranston’s Facebook landscape are the brambles of the groups from Cranston West and Cranston East. Alumni from various years make up the bulk of the vegetation, but scattered throughout are various others such as Cranston West Hockey, the ironic Welcome to the Ghetto Cranston East, Cranston West Owns Planet Fitness, and Screw You! I was/am in the Cranston East Choir.
Opening up beyond the Tangles are the Foothills of Light Sports, both Real and Imagined. This is where you find Cranston Ping Pong League, Cranston Boats, Cranston Kickball, and Wicked Cool Lifeguards at the Y. Nestled in the valleys are the groups You Know You Live in Cranston When… and Cranston Is Not One of the Worst Places to Live in America. A small mesa sits nearby sporting Residents of Cranston, RI, which currently has a population of two – almost half as many as the Cranston Style group before it was decimated by the malady known as Purposeful Group Removal Syndrome.
On the fringes of These Wild Places of Facebook is Everyone Loves Cranston, a group that actually sits just beyond Cranston’s virtual borders. Everyone Loves Cranston is a Facebook homage to a Canadian named Ryan Cranston. On a billboard Outside of Town is the group Find the Tallest Structure in Cranston, RI, a group that hopefully isn’t looking for somebody’s hair.
Not too far from The Most Undefined Quadrangles of Hazy Coordinates is Cranston Paranormal Research, whose web site reads “Welcome to our organization. We have been ghost hunting for a few years now. Our organization is Cranston’s finest. We would like to help our local, and not so local residents with any type of paranormal type situation. We do ask that you email us at jfdwer@ccri.edu for any questions. We are a fairly new organization or investigations are limited for now. Thank you – CPS.”
The Picture is “Cranston Is Not One of the Worst Places to Live in America” as a graph using Sala’s graphing applet.
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Saturday November 13, 2010
New Music Series to Feature RI Songwriters
On November 19, members of Rhode Island’s songwriting community will play new, previously unperformed music at the Black Box Theater in Cranston. You’ll hear GW Mercure’s visceral Americana, Kim Lamothe’s driving rhythmic poetry, Chris Monti’s inventive instrumentals, Judith Bingham’s propulsive and provocative compositions, Frank Martyn’s wry rockabilly, and Jacob Haller’s blues/folk stylings. The performers will play three songs each.
moreThursday November 4, 2010
How To Recycle Your Lawn Signs
Lawn signs are recyclable, but they should not be tossed in the standard residential blue bin. The metal stakes should be removed from the sign and both materials can be delivered to the Central Landfill or to one of the local recycling centers listed below. The plastic signs will go in one container, and the metal stakes will go into a different container. There is no charge to recycle either material.
moreWednesday November 3, 2010
The Lexingtons
The Lexingtons are an interesting local band in that they don’t neatly fit into Rhode Island’s music scenes. The Cranston pop trio sounds like they’ve been mining the Beach Boys, Burt Bacharach and other pop musicians of the time, and the indelible sixties vibe puts them somewhere on the same... more
Tuesday October 5, 2010
Wednesday Is Walk To School Day
Wednesday is Walk To School Day. Cranston Public Schools aren’t officially participating, but it doesn’t mean your family can’t hoof it. Good Magazine has some interesting notes about walking to school: In 1969, 88 percent of students who lived within a mile of their grade schools got there by bike or... more
Thursday September 23, 2010
A Guerrilla Style Street Band, Giant Cartoon Airplane and Art History Revisited Through Carnival Games
Witness a giant airplane, handcrafted in painted recycled wood. Step into the shoes of Bob Cratchit and land a part in “A Christmas Carol.” Wonder at a calvacade of small dogs in suits. Laugh at a Superhero. Fall into Thai Yellow Leaf Hammocks and pick up a scrabble tile... more
Josh,
I also ran Cranston through the Facebook search when I joined and found some of those same groups. I did miss the paranormal group and the Big Hair one though.
— Rachel McNally · Nov 14, 11:11 AM · #