http://www.golocalprov.com en Copyright 2012 2012-02-04T05:02:35+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/kevin-costner-to-play-cranstons-park-theatre/ Kevin Costner is coming to Rhode Island this spring, and it's not on a big screen. It's on stage. And he's bringing his guitar. On Saturday, April 7, Kevin Costner and Modern West will rock the historic Park Theatre in Cranston for an intimate, once-in-a-lifetime concert event. Famous throughout the world for his successful acting career, Kevin’s first love has always been music – a talent he’s now bringing to Rhode Island. Tickets for the show go on sale Monday, February 6. 2012-02-04T05:02:35+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/actress-filmmaker-ayesha-khan-coming-to-providence/ FirstWorks will bring Pakistani actress and filmmaker Ayesha Khan to Providence next week to showcase her latest film, Made In Pakistan, and join local filmmakers and artists in a wide-raning panel discussion. Both events are part of Caravanserai, the international outreach and arts collaboration hosted in New England by FirstWorks. 2012-02-04T05:02:23+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/family-matters-valentines-projects-for-the-kids/ Whether your children make valentines for their entire the class or a handful for their grandparents and best friend, giving (and receiving) a handmade valentine is super special no matter how big, small, simple, or detailed the heart is. 2012-02-03T05:02:36+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/best-bar-super-bowl-parties/ Maybe you don’t have cable. Maybe you don’t have friends who have cable. Or maybe you just love a good party. No matter what your need, we've got the best places in the state to party down and cheer on the home team. Go Pats! 2012-02-03T05:02:15+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/good-is-good-should-boxing-be-a-womens-sport/ If you aren’t at least in your mid 40s you won’t remember what heavyweight boxing once was–the Super Bowl, the Olympics, and March Madness all rolled into one. 2012-02-02T05:02:48+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/better-living-sexy-romantic-and-paperless-valentines/ With America's big greeting card holiday on the horizon, let's take a minute to think about new ways we can share love, flirt, or just make someone's day without the paper. Consider how much money you spend on cards, envelopes, and stamps – and how much paper is wasted in the manufacture of those cards and envelopes – you may be ready to make a change. So join the e-volution! 2012-02-02T05:02:24+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/5-weekend-musts-international-auto-show-in-providence-more/ If you're looking for anything else to do this weekend, we've got 5 great ways to blow off steam before the Big Game. You know the one. 2012-02-02T05:02:15+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/grammy-nominees-to-headline-mardi-gras-party-in-ri/ Get ready to let the good times roll this month and meet a few Grammy winners while you're at it. Rhode Island's annual Cajun & Zydeco Mardi Gras Ball has pulled out all the stops for its 20th anniversary with an extended lineup of four bands and an earlier start time of 5pm on Saturday, February 18, at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet. 2012-02-01T05:02:58+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/seen-reality-tv-stars-more/ Was it real, or was it Reality Rhode Island? First, we had Bravo alums Alex McCord and her husband Simon van Kempen all about town when they returned to StyleWeek Providence for the second year running, clearly BFFs with SWP genius Rosanna Ortiz Sinel. 2012-02-01T05:02:04+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/new-governors-budget-honors-local-artist/ While the Governor's brand-new budget may elicit moans and howls, at least a local artist gets the cover. This year's budget contains cover art by Rhode Island artist Mark Davis of Pawtucket, part of an annual collaboration between the State Budget Office and the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts to feature original works of art by Rhode Island artists on the state budget document. 2012-02-01T00:00:29+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/new-college-crusade-of-ri-gets-national-award/ College Crusade of Rhode Island has just been honored with a national award from the College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, it was announced today in Boston. 2012-01-31T16:40:53+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/new-chanler-at-cliff-walk-makes-us-news-top-hotels-2012/ Newport's gracious Chanler at Cliff Walk has scored yet another national plum: this time being named to US News and World Report's brand-new Best Hotels in the USA 2012 ranking. 2012-01-31T15:39:09+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/new-brown-names-ruth-rosenberg-new-faculty-ombudsperson/ Ruth Kohorn Rosenberg, currently director of student mediation in the Office of Student Citizenship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been named faculty ombudsperson at Brown University. She will be responsible for promoting the well-being and mission of the faculty, postdoctoral research fellows and associates, and the University. She begins her duties Feb. 22, 2012. 2012-01-31T13:56:37+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/dear-john-1-31/ Dear John, Without really looking for a new job, I have received an offer that I’d be crazy to turn down. Better pay (which I could really use), better position, better company, etc. But there’s a major catch. A woman I had an affair with about ten years ago also works there. 2012-01-31T05:02:53+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/dont-miss-2012-providence-childrens-film-festival/ Lucky, lucky kids. This year's Providence Children’s Film Festival (PCFF) is bigger than ever, featuring six days of films, workshops and presentations with non-commercial, independent films offering diverse cultural themes and global perspective for children, youth and teens, February 16-21, 2012. 2012-01-31T05:02:01+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/new-hasbros-stretch-armstrong-is-next-film-project/ Stretch Armstrong, the iconic 1970s action figure that every kid loved to pull until its arms were freakishly thin, will be the new center of a live-action film, it was announced today by Hasbro's President and CEO Brian Goldner, and Relativity Media's Co-President, Tucker Tooley. Relativity will partner with Hasbro to develop and produce the tent-pole film based on Stretch Armstrong.  2012-01-30T19:33:35+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/modern-manners-etiquette-digitally-deleting-your-ex-more/ Etiquette concerns at the start of the new year come from former lovers revisiting expectations and desires to executives citing employees for everything from tardiness to complaints of bad body odor. Here's a sampling from around Rhode Island. 2012-01-30T05:02:16+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/college-admissions-sat-myths-busted/ For high school juniors, SAT time has arrived. Many are beginning test prep courses and going online to register for winter and spring test dates. The SAT has undergone some significant changes over the last 5 years, making it a very different test from when parents were applying to colleges. 2012-01-30T05:02:04+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/looking-for-venus-in-the-winter-sky/ If your commute takes you in a westerly direction, you may have wondered what that brilliant object in the sky was back in December. At first you might have thought it was the landing lights of a plane making its approach to Green State Airport. 2012-01-28T05:02:32+00:00 http://www.golocalprov.com/lifestyle/unmarried-couples-who-live-together-are-happier-than-marrieds/ With love's biggest holiday looming (you know the one), what better time for a bit of love science, and in this case, some research that questions the advantages of being married. These findings, in fact, point to living together unmarried as a happier state than marital so-called bliss. 2012-01-28T05:02:08+00:00