05/18/2008

Mark Patinkin’s: A little bit of this, a little bit of that
The next time you’re on a weeklong bike trip in cooler weather, never end the day at an inn that’s on high ground. Beginning downhill on a cold morning will leave you doubly frozen. Far better to start each day on an uphill so you can warm up.

Odds, ends collected from lifetime of reporting
The next time you’re on a weeklong bike trip in cooler weather, never end the day at an inn that’s on high ground. Beginning downhill on a cold morning will leave you doubly frozen. Far better to start each day on an uphill so you can warm up.

05/19/2008

The ESSENTIALS
HEALTH

05/17/2008

Picking the kit that fits
It happens to all of us. You fall in love with someone’s looks ... but then he’s not quite what you expected. Even, sometimes, if he’s a cat.

Bright ideas, anyone? PBS is casting Edisons
Ingenious ideas for inventions wanted. Everyday Edisons, the Emmy Award-winning show on PBS, is conducting a casting call today in Providence. About 2,000 people are expected to present proposals for inventions at the Rhode Island Convention Center, 1 Sabin St. The doors open at 7 a.m.

05/18/2008

Seize Sunday: Free admission to Newport Art Museum
Free art today

05/17/2008

Tickets for Idol tour at Dunk go on sale today
Whether it’s David Archuleta or David Cook who wins American Idol next week, both singers will be part of the show’s annual concert tour.

05/19/2008

Seize Monday: Benjamin Franklin scholar at Providence Public Library
That clever Ben

Plaza Hotel honors beloved — yet fictitious — resident
Eloise, the Plaza hotel’s most famous fictitious resident, has officially returned to the storied New York City landmark following a $400 million renovation — with a portrait of the mischievous 6-year-old prominently displayed near its famous Palm Court dining room.

Kristi really wants Dancing trophy
The disco-ball trophy that goes to the winner of Dancing With the Stars is big, glittery and, some would say, oh so tacky. But right about now it’s looking like a thing of dazzling beauty to Kristi Yamaguchi, who would love to put it on display in her Alamo, Calif., home.

05/17/2008

Memo to Indy: Real archaeologists don’t use whips
Indiana Jones managed to retrieve the trinket he was after in the opening moments of Raiders of the Lost Ark. He pretty much wrecked everything else in the ancient South American temple where the little gold idol had rested for millennia.

05/18/2008

A dog’s best friend
Steve McGarva went to the beach to kite surf, not to crusade.

Weeding with white vinegar
Problem

Photographer documents plight
Photographer documents plight

Gayelle: If the L-word doesn’t quite fit
It’s a women’s short-sleeve, heather gray T-shirt, V-neck cut, with the word Gayelle printed in a rainbow of capital letters across the front.

05/17/2008

Ben Barnes has a lock on fame as star of new Narnia film
There’s a changing of the guard in the Walden-Disney movie franchise The Chronicles of Narnia. The young actors who were the leads in 2005’s The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and in the new film, Prince Caspian, are giving way to the title character in that second film. Ben Barnes, a 26 year-old British stage actor best known for his work in the theater and a few small film roles, plays Prince Caspian, introduced in Prince Caspian and the leading figure in the next chronicle, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.

05/18/2008

Web sites help you size your carbon footprint
NEW YORK — Laurel House always considered herself environmentally friendly, so she knew that flying roundtrip a half a dozen times a year between her home in Kansas City, Mo., and Los Angeles for business interests wasn’t helping global warming.

05/17/2008

Video game review: Take Speed Racer for a rental drive
SPEED RACER

05/18/2008

Grant provider has opportunities for all
The Corporation for National and Community Service plays a vital role in supporting the American culture of citizenship, service and responsibility. They are a supporter for the ideal that every American has skills and talents to give. CNCS is the nation’s largest grant-maker supporting service and volunteering. Through their many programs, including the AmeriCorps, CNCS provides opportunities for Americans of all ages and backgrounds to address critical community needs.

Enjoy Save the Bay’s Family Bay Days
Want to take the kids out on the Bay? Try Save the Bay’s Family Bay Days, which begin next Saturday (May 24). Cruises leave from the Save the Bay Center in Providence at 10 a.m. and at noon. You’ll head out on the educational vessel M/V Swift to collect local species from the water and enjoy some fabulous views. Educators on board will talk about the marine creatures you find and on the importance of the Bay.

Westerly fair; second no-frills grocery market
About 25 to 30 vendors from Rhode Island and Connecticut will sell annuals, perennials, trees, shrubs, vegetables (some organically grown), herbs, and garden accessories at the Wilcox Park Garden Market Fair today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Westerly.

Child whining should be nipped in the bud
Q: “My 4-year-old daughter is whiny. It drives me insane. It is one behavior I cannot stand.”

Could you handle sex every day?
When her husband’s 40th birthday approached, Charla Muller wanted just the right gift.

05/16/2008

Kanye West in his own world on Tweeter’s stage
MANSFIELD, Mass. — It ain’t easy being Kanye West. Just ask him.

People: Hugh Grant, Liz Hurley win photo suit
Two photo agencies have agreed to pay $113,000 to Hugh Grant, his ex-girlfriend Liz Hurley and her husband, Arun Nayar, for taking photos of them while they were vacationing in the Maldives.

Seize Friday: Bike to Work Day in Providence
Wheel deal

The fall schedule
Fox’s primetime schedule for this fall:

The ESSENTIALS
GARDEN

05/15/2008

Boat show comes ashore in Newport
The 34th annual Newport Spring Boat Show will bring hundreds of 35- to 65-foot power yachts and sailboats to the Newport Yachting Center, America’s Cup Avenue in Newport, tomorrow through Sunday. About half the boats will be shown on land, and the other half in the water. All are for sale and ready to be launched for the season. There will also be all kinds of boating equipment for sale, and information on services and products will be available from exhibitors. New this year will be a Marine Consignment Tent selling used marine equipment. Educational seminars are offered on all three days of the show.

Jolie confirms it’s twins
Angelina Jolie is indeed expecting twins, and it was Jack Black who let the news slip with a Brady Bunch crack.

Seize Thursday: Rare chance to explore wildlife sanctuary
Rare chance to explore wildlife sanctuary

Columnist Mark Patinkin: For the star of my dog book, many characters to choose from
I try hard to celebrate the successes of others, but I’m miffed that a Philadelphia columnist is far richer than I am because he wrote about his dog before I wrote about mine. His name is John Grogan, and not only was his book Marley and Me a mega-best-seller – now there’s a movie based on the book starring Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson.

Dart over to the Mohegan Sun
The world’s top professional dart-throwers will join promising young throwers from North America at the 2008 International Darts Competition, coming to the Mohegan Sun casino complex in Uncasville, Conn., tomorrow through Sunday.

Highland festival all things Scottish
Pick your plaid. Wear your kilt. And bring your appetite for sheep intestines.

The ESSENTIALS
FASHION

05/14/2008

Brown grad wins award for play
Paul Grellong, the Brown University graduate who now writes for the popular television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, has won an Elliot Norton Award for his Radio Free Emerson, a play about a silver-tongued radio talk show host from Rhode Island.

A titan of American art
Robert Rauschenberg, the irrepressibly prolific American artist who time and again reshaped art in the 20th century, died at his home on Captiva Island, Fla., Monday night. He was 82.

Step up your spring fashions with a pair of trendy pumps
This spring, fashion types are buzzing about neon, florals, sculptural details and transparency. But donning a stoplight-yellow jacket or a splashy, peony-covered frock has plenty of fashion-victim potential. Our solution? Stick to small-scale doses. A trendy pair of pumps will get you in step with the season without turning you into a fashion don’t.

The ESSENTIALS
GARDEN

Sinatra legacy thrives with Nancy’s help
MIAMI It was 40 years ago, but the memory still shimmers: Exhausted and incognito, Nancy Sinatra was sitting at a back table at the Fontainebleau relaxing the best way she could imagine — listening to her dad sing. Suddenly the show took an unexpected turn. “My daughter’s here, just back from Vietnam,” Frank Sinatra told the audience. “Chicken, why don’t you come up here and sing one?”

05/12/2008

1996 Rauschenberg interview: Bad boy of the art world is still making waves
In 1996, Providence Journal Arts Writer Bill Van Siclen sat down with Robert Rauschenberg. Here is that interview:

05/14/2008

Seize Wednesday: RISD film fest in Providence
RISD film fest

05/13/2008

Magician David Copperfield at PPAC
Magic will appear at PPAC

Mark Patinkin: Where we rank in things that matter
Providence is the fourth most romantic city for baby boomers, has one of the top 10 Little Italys, and comes in ninth nationally in how often its people visit the dentist.

Too tall tales
Some tales are so tall that they trip over their own improbable feats, narrative cracks and melodrama. That one-on-one playground victory over Kobe Bryant back in the day; the 34 hours in labor without painkillers; the former girlfriend or boyfriend who spoke eight languages and was a secret agent besides.

The ESSENTIALS
FASHION

Judge: Preliminary divorce OK
Sometimes love isn’t all you need.

05/12/2008

Finally, smart, ambitious teens have their own reality show
AUSTIN, Texas At long last, a reality show that doesn’t make my skin crawl. Actually, this one made me stand up and cheer.

Indiana is on our minds
LOS ANGELES Marion Ravenwood might have been speaking for us all when she set eyes on Indiana Jones for the first time in years.

The ESSENTIALS
HOME

Whoopi to host Tony Awards next month
It will be Whoopi and Tony.

Indiana is on our minds
LOS ANGELES Marion Ravenwood might have been speaking for us all when she set eyes on Indiana Jones for the first time in years.

The ESSENTIALS
HOME

Indiana is on our minds
LOS ANGELES Marion Ravenwood might have been speaking for us all when she set eyes on Indiana Jones for the first time in years.

Whoopi to host Tony Awards next month
It will be Whoopi and Tony.