Enjoying the Block Island Maritime Institute Tuesday Night Lecture Series? Great. But for a break and some fun next Tuesday BIMI is bringing back two of the island’s most popular singers of the late 1980s: Jon Campbell and Everett Brown. They will appear at the Cove Room at the BIMI Center on Tuesday, July 17 […]
The Block Island Summer Comedy Series returns to Yellow Kittens on Sunday, July 15 at 8 p.m. This is the second of four shows throughout the summer, future dates being Sunday, Aug. 26 and Sunday, Oct. 7. This particular show features the biggest name brought to the island thus far — Jessimae Peluso. Peluso was a cast
The following was submitted by Jayme Hennessy: Cameron Greenlee and Megan Hennessy will open the 2018 Saint Andrew Summer Concert series with new twists on jazz favorites. Come join them, on Wednesday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. for an evening of music that will enchant and draw you into the wonder and beauty of jazz. Greenlee,
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To perennially exist between seasons is to live year-round on Block Island. As a local, growing up on-island has given me a respect for the impermanence of familiar spaces; this liminality is what I choose to focus on in my photographs. My showing at The Spring Street Gallery opens on Tuesday, July 17, with an
Painter Eileen Miller and ceramic artist John Warfel will combine their work again this summer at The Spring Street Gallery, with an opening reception on Saturday, July 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. The public is cordially invited. Miller’s abstract oil paintings feature splashes of color and a build-up of texture to create a fresh
Island artists Sean and Leslie Hartnett will be showing their work at their home and studio on Saturday, July 21 from 4 to 7 p.m. (rain date is Sunday, July 22). Sean Hartnett’s sensuous stone sculpture will be on view in their living room gallery as well as in his barn studio. Larger sculptures are
The newly rebuilt Mill Pond Bridge was tagged with graffiti last week, resulting in swift condemnation by many and quick action by the Highways Department to clean it up. Town officials discovered the graffiti on the newly renovated structure on Thursday, July 12. The graffiti covered a portion of the culvert that contains new bricks
The Mill Pond Bridge has been vandalized by a graffiti artist, or artists. Town officials discovered the blemish to the newly renovated structure this week. The graffiti covers a portion of the culvert that contains new bricks that were merged with the original 100-year old bricks. The New Shoreham Highways Department said the paint cannot
The following is the first in the Block Island Health Services Community Health Outreach Series. The pace and pressures of daily life can place excessive demands on our time, attention, and even our health. As our responsibilities multiply it becomes increasingly difficult to stay connected to the present moment and to be truly in tune
Kinga Kaminska is sitting, relaxed, in her new hair salon on Dodge Street. The space once belonged to Mark Koch’s Beachcomber salon, but Kaminska has transformed the space to reflect her own casual elegance. There are art books on a narrow table sitting in front of a colorful divan. There is art made by local