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Thee Euston-Fairweather Registry of Hyper Links
New Stage
The new Park Cinema, now online, is also online and somewhat spartan. Bob Kerr believes in The Mailbox Fairy, and the Park, I mean Rhode Island Center for the Performing Arts, will be the place to see it.
Big Stage
The same stage will offer a big Cranston Style Tiny Tim.
Stage Left
Steve Laffey left Cranston for South County to get in touch with his inner surfer.
Stage Coach
RIPTA released the Metropolitan Providence Transit Enhancement Study. It includes plans to expand the bus system, introduces a form of Bus Rapid Transit (RIPTA 11 riders rejoice), and reintroduces streetcars to metro PVD. Streetcars!
HoStage
The almost 3 million a year just to operate the streetcars might induce sticker shock, but consider the endless funds we’ve been siphoning into our crumbling automobile infrastructure.
Personally I’m looking forward to realtime bus updates. In fact I wouldn’t mind if the 22 texted me if it was running late. I’d go: LOL NBD, 22, and grab another bowl of Special K.
Enough of bus sweet talk. Remember to eat your vegetables.
Image from a photo by Caro’s Lines
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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