Spare Change News

Category: TV & Movies

  • Editorial: Empty gestures on homelessness

    It’s easy to fault Rhode Island’s recently passed Homeless Bill of Rights as a gimmicky gesture. The bill, among other things, guarantees a person the right to use public sidewalks, parks and transportation as well as public buildings “without discrimination on the basis of his or her housing status.” It also guarantees a “reasonable expectation…

  • HBO’S Got It: Vicious Queens and Viking Vampires

    Photo above: Creepy Prince Joffrey (Jack Gleeson) glowering with Menace. Photo: Helen Sloan Patty Wittnebert Tomsky Spare Change News Dude. Gimme a fantasy with long velvet dresses and hot guys in leather and armor. Gimme Viggo as Aragorn. Or gimme a hot vampire and a heroine with killer curves. (Kristin Stewart need not apply). Gimme…

  • Nick Flynn: From Boston’s Pine Street Inn to Hollywood

    Nick Flynn: From Boston’s Pine Street Inn to Hollywood

    Nick Flynn grew up on Boston’s South Shore and spent six years working at the Pine Street Inn, Boston’s largest homeless shelter. Raised by his mother, Jody, who committed suicide when he was 22, Flynn hadn’t seen or spoken to his father in 18 years, until Jonathan Flynn called Nick out of the blue and…