Rhode Island

The Five Most Stressed Out U.S. States

Surely this is an honor New York State deserves, to make up for the fact that Miss New York never seems to win enough national pageants. But nooo! The five most stressed out states, according to a new survey, happen to be: West Virginia, Rhode Island, Kentucky, Utah, and Massachusetts. How can th ... More >>

Porsena's Monday Night Abruzzi Menu

First course: local sardines A friend and I went to Porsena last week to check out the menu from Abruzzi being mounted there every Monday in February (including tonight and next Monday night) as part of a regular series of regional menus from Italy. Abruzzi is the remote region which lies on the o ... More >>

NY GOP's Post-Election Memo: Hispanic Voters Exist

The New York State Republican Party put out its post-election memo over the weekend and -- after blaming President Obama for the ills of the world (and the NYS GOP) -- Chairman Ed Cox echoed what political experts have been saying since Tuesday (and we've been saying for the last five years): Republ ... More >>

Live: Witch Mountain Bring A Little Too Much Polish To Saint Vitus

Witch Mountain w/Lord Dying, Pilgrim, Bezoar Saint Vitus Friday, June 8 Better than: Kittie? Maybe? In theory, Witch Mountain—whose heavy, bluesy fuzz is fronted by the expressive, theatrical Uta Plotkin—should work. But on Friday night at Saint Vitus, Plotkin and her band could only ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Dispensaries In Rhode Island Could Be Open By Fall. New York Still Weighing The "Risks"

The Rhode Island House of Representatives passed a revised bill yesterday that paves the way for the opening of three medical marijuana dispensaries that likely will be open by fall. Governor Andrew Cuomo's "progressive" New York, however, is still assessing the "risks" of legalizing prescription po ... More >>

Midtown Jewelry Maker's Showroom For Bunnies, Bunny-Lovers

It's Easter weekend, which means it is time for bunny-related news. The New York Daily News today draws our attention to Sequin, a jewelry showroom-cum-bunny home, in Midtown. Dottie, Biggles, Badger, Lollie and Fanny hop around in the showroom along with four rescued kitties. The owners of Sequin a ... More >>

Alleged Serial Groper Felt Up Four Teens In Two Hours; Told Victims "God Bless You"

​There's good news: an alleged serial groper who felt up four teenage girls in about two hours last week in Inwood has been arrested. Believe it or not, the suspect's a convicted sex offender who's currently wanted in Rhode Island.Danis Pelaez, 35, was arrested last week after the alleged March 22 ... More >>

Speedy Romeo Dishes Up Some Yummy Baked Bivalves

Speedy Romeo (376 Classon Avenue, 718-230-0061) opened up recently on the border of Bed Stuy and Clinton Hill, offering a menu of wood-fired pizzas, steaks, and grilled seafood in a cozy setting. The spot, which is named after one of the chef's family's racehorses, offers a selection of inventive p ... More >>

Live: Pilgrim Plant The Doom Metal Flag At Public Assembly

Pilgrim Public Assembly Thursday, March 1 Better than: Seeing what new lows The Office has sunk to. A few things you should know about Pilgrim before we even get started. The band members are named The Wizard, Count Elric the Soothsayer and, perhaps most awesomely, Krolg Splinterfist, Slayer of Ma ... More >>

Photo Memories: What Was I Thinking?

I mean, the zippered suede cape with the floral motif, the tugboat-shaped cowboy sombrero the size of Rhode Island, the swatch of chiffon shit around my neck, and the imperious-socialite-with-a-gastrointestinal-disorder facial expression. WTF? And more importantly ...

Back Forty Stages an Oyster Showdown. Slurpers Mark Calendar.

ChefMattRockWellfleets will try their damnedest.​ There have been numerous East Coast-West Coast feuds: Biggie vs. Tupac, David Chang's "Fig-Gate," and now a bicoastal oyster rivalry. The country's bivalve bookends will go head-to-head at Alphabet City's Back Forty on November 19 from 3 p.m. t ... More >>

STILL CRAZY

Deer Tick’s boys will be boys

Most College Students Sext, But Only 10 Percent Are the Ones You Should Worry About

​Sexting! How many college kids are doing it? If you thought most, you would be right. But rely not on your assumptions, because there are now actual numbers to put with the sex-texts. A 200-person survey from the University of Rhode Island found that 78% of students had gotten "sexually sugge ... More >>

The Olivia Tremor Control Will Play Le Poisson Rouge This September

​This just in: Athens pop outfit the Olivia Tremor Control, members of the sprawling Elephant 6 collective and experts at blending the outlandishly pop with the brain-twistingly not, will tour this fall on a jaunt that includes a September 21 stop at Le Poisson Rouge. Ticket info is on the way ... More >>

The Brooklyn Flea Will Bestow Briny Bivalves Upon the Borough

​Good news for bivalve freaks: when the Brooklyn Flea's outdoor incarnation returns on April 2, it will add oysters to its menu. Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Patch reports that the oysters will come courtesy of Oystergirl, a spin-off of Brooklyn Fish Camp. Priced around $3 apiece, they'll be sourc ... More >>

Bobo Chef Patrick Connolly Is Getting Excited for Ramp Season: Interview Part 2

Adrienne GrunwaldPatrick Connolly: bad at school, good at cooking.​ Yesterday we celebrated St. Patrick's Day with Bobo chef Patrick Connolly. Today we shift gears back to the American heartland as he tells us about seasonally driven, local cooking.

How to Throw a Party for 7 Billion People

​It's Friday: Let's throw a party for the world's entire population (about 7 billion people). We've made the Facebook invite but spent so much time trying to make it funny (what should the picture be? A cat wearing a party hat? Charlie Sheen?) that we forgot to add a location. How much space w ... More >>

Inside the Nitrous Mafia, an East Coast Hippie-Crack Ring

Summer concert season means jamming to the familiar hiss of 'hippie crack'

Math the Band+Peelander Z+Uncle Monsterface

Tweeting Chefs Are Tricky; More Salami Recalled

​Rhode Island-based Daniele International is expanding its recall of salami products due to possible salmonella contamination. Another 115,000 pounds of salami is being recalled following 1 million pounds recalled last month. [AP] Burger King plans to enter the coffee wars by selling Starbuck ... More >>

Locavorism Gone Loco: Rhode Island Chef Certified to Cook Roadkill

Today's local, seasonal special: roadkill.​Knowing exactly where your food is from is a source of pride these days. Patrons of a Providence, Rhode Island sportsman's club, however, might prefer to stay in the dark. Richard Bourque, the chef at Smithfield Sportsman's Club, is on the state's Dep ... More >>

Tonight! Javelin, Dylan, Big Star, The Dirty Projectors, And Air Waves

So here we have Rhode Island electro-rap duo Javelin, regaling MOMA patrons alongside some sort of anarchist dance collective with an 8-bit-sounding jam titled "Soda Popinski," named of course after one of the trickier adversaries in Mike Tyson's Punch Out; such a reference is all that's really re ... More >>

'Osso Quartet:Sufjan Stevens' The BQE'

Gay Marriage Fights Continue, Sparking Celebrity Nude

​As Vermont unites homosexual couples in matrimony for the first time -- celebrated by Ben & Jerry's with limited-edition Chubby Hubby to Hubby Hubby ice cream -- the fight for marriage equality continues elsewhere. In an attempt to keep gay marriage from claiming all of New England, Rhode Isl ... More >>

Deer Tick

News Roundup: Leonard Cohen, The Decemberists, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Guitar Hero

​--Tickets for Leonard Cohen's October 23rd gig at Madison Square Garden are now available via Fan Club Pre-Sale: the password is CENTRALPARK. Regular seats for the Garden show go on sale August 10th at 10 a.m. through Ticketmaster for all the general public schmucks. The 74-year-old legend re ... More >>

Sriracha, Spotted Everywhere

While eating with my in-laws at a stodgy fish restaurant in suburban Massachusetts, I asked the waiter for Sriracha, almost just to see what he would say. But he nodded knowingly, and brought out a dish of the red, garlicky hot sauce. That's when you know that Sriracha has hit the mainstream. That, ... More >>

Gay Marriage Wins in Maine; D.C. Fights to Recognize It

Maine's got gay marriage. Governor John Baldacci signed a marriage equality bill that passed the state legislature this morning. New England is kicking New York's ass. Massachusetts got the ball rolling. New Hampshire's lawmakers have passed a gay marriage law that waits on the governor. Vermont o ... More >>

East Coast Oysters vs. West Coast Oysters, Bout One

The pugilists (clockwise beginning at the lower left): Beaver Tail, Fire Island, Meximoto, Phantom Creek   "In this corner, defending the honor of East Coast oysters," the ringmaster intoned, "are Beaver Tails from Rhode Island, and Fire Islands from Long Island." "And in that corner," h ... More >>

Tonight: Pissed Jeans at the Knitting Factory

Friday

Last Meal: Watermelon/Feta Salad Recipe for You!

Patrick Vaccariello's last meal

. . .requires watermelon and feta

"Ruff, Ruff"

The soul-sucking moments of Pet Fashion week

'After Innocence'

Marriage Equality, State by State

Jump the Shark

Summer gets off to a swimming start at Second Stage Uptown

Division Streets

Up close and political: Israeli foundation's series shows complexity on both sides of the fence

Timid Script Stifles Bernie Mac in Race-Reversed Remake

Film

Letters

Complex personality matched with personality complex

Connect the Dolts

Of human bondage: The Farrelly brothers attempt incredible two-headed genre transplant

The Meter's Running

To Pay for the Meters' Not Running

Stop The Violence

Sports

Mome Raths Outgrabe

Outsider Rockers Come Inside With Vorpal Swords in Hand and God in Their Din

Disco Inferno

New York Nightclubs Fend Off Conflagration

On Edge

Aggressive Skaters Have to Choose Between a Living and a Life

Me, My Panties, and the Mayor