Journal photo/ Connie Grosch ... House doorkeeper Frank DiPaolo Jr. at 103 ... PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Centenarian Frank DiPaolo Jr., retiring doorkeeper of the state House of Representatives, grinned and gave a jaunty thumbs-up as House Speaker Gordon Fox on Wednesday bestowed on him the title of Honorary Speaker of the House ... DiPaolo, 103, impeccably dressed in a navy three-piece suit and polished shoes, stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Fox and U.S. Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy, whom DiPaola calls
Online ... The fragmentation of the local media market, long predicted, is finally a reality ... The fragmentation of the local media market, long predicted, is finally a reality ... The state’s political blogs break news on a regular basis. EcoRI, a non-profit media venture, is offering up a steady diet of environmental fare. Providence Daily Dose has been feeding the hipsters for almost three years. And Jim Hummel, a former investigative reporter at ABC6, has demonstrated — with a
It’s a Bash! tells the Neutral Nation story ... Acclaimed local director David Bettencourt immortalizes Providence-via-Attleboro punk pioneers Neutral Nation in his latest documentary, It’s a Bash! ... ... GETTING INTO IT Neutral Nation feeling gravity’s pull ... Acclaimed local director David Bettencourt immortalizes Providence-via-Attleboro punk pioneers Neutral Nation in his latest documentary, It’s a Bash! , premiering on Friday at Lupo’s (followed by a week-long run at the
PROVIDENCE, RI -- Basketball fans coming to Providence to cheer on their alma maters in the NCAA tournament in March will get to see the bright side of the city as the tourney planning group has found a sponsor for WaterFire ... Dunkin' Donuts will pay to create a limited version of the city's signature cultural event Friday, March 19 -- the off day that comes in the middle of the two-day college hoops tournament, according to the Providence-Warwick Convention and Visitor's Bureau. The WaterFire
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - - Days after stepping aside as House majority whip, state Rep. Peter Kilmartin, D-Pawtucket, has taken the first big step in his campaign for attorney general ... Kilmartin announced that he will be formally announcing his candidacy for the job currently held by the state's term-limited Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch on Tuesday, February 23, at the Portuguese Social Club at 31 School Street, Pawtucket. Lynch is running for governor ... Majority whip under former House
Wicked is a grand spectacle of sights and sound ... From L. Frank Baum's 1900 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz came the 1939 film; from Gregory Maguire's 1995 book Wicked came the 2003 Broadway hit of the same name ... ... WITCHY WOMEN Vivino and Schwartz ... From L. Frank Baum's 1900 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz came the 1939 film; from Gregory Maguire's 1995 book Wicked came the 2003 Broadway hit of the same name. That span of more than a century has embedded the story in the
Photographs by Andy Warhol and Stewart Martin ... "I started as a commercial artist, and I want to finish as a business artist," the Pop artist Andy Warhol wrote in 1975. "Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art." ... ... ON THE ROAD Martin’s Vermont Bus View Rt 30-VT ... "I started as a commercial artist, and I want to finish as a business artist," the Pop artist Andy Warhol wrote in 1975. "Making money is art and working is art and good business is the