Down a long corridor and up a hidden staircase is a magical world.

Open the gates and follow the river until you reach a little, blue boat—dappled with sunlight, gliding along under big white clouds—where Miss Christine sits conversing with Warwick’s children.

Listen in and discover what they’re talking about today.

Christine Kayal has been a children’s librarian at Warwick Public Library for 24 years and a book lover her whole life. She spends her commute to and from work listening to audiobooks which she absolutely believes counts as reading.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with City Historian and Warwick Historical Society Vice President Henry A.L. Brown about traveling in Warwick 100 years ago.

Have you taken a ride on the trolley from Warwick to Providence? Henry Brown did. Hear what it was like to get around Warwick in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, including walking, riding a horse, taking a horse-drawn trolley or an electric trolley, and riding a steam train.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Varnum Memorial Armory Military & Naval Museum⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

D.K. McKenzie—Warwick poet, pianist, and founder of The Poe Underground, a spoken word and music project—plays an original piano composition under his recording of Futility by Wilfred Owen and Ghost Hats by D.K. McKenzie.

Futility

Move him into the sun—

Gently its touch awoke him once,

At home, whispering of fields unsown.

Always it woke him, even in France,

Until this morning and this snow.

If anything might rouse him now

The kind old sun will know.

Think how it wakes the seeds—

Woke once the clays of a cold star.

Are limbs, so dear-achieved, are sides

Full-nerved, still warm, too hard to stir?

Was it for this the clay grew tall?

—O what made fatuous sunbeams toil

To break earth's sleep at all?

Ghost Hats

I come here to absorb the lunacy

of the mischievous sea

Fallen sailors

tip their ghost hats to me

bobbing up and down in the summer’s tide

The dreaming sun sinks

saying its last good-bye

while gently introducing

the unstoppable night

The scattering of sun

highlights a fragment of moon

bringing a prospect of peace to all the inhabitants of metropolis

Watch D.K. create his keyboard solos for Futility and Ghost Hats⁠.

Check out ⁠⁠The Poe Underground⁠⁠.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Cheryl Ursillo, founder and CEO of Grace’s Stuffies.

Grace’s Stuffies makes a savory, seafood treat that’s sold in grocery stores and markets in Rhode Island and throughout New England. Hear about the unique family recipe that started Grace’s Stuffies, where to buy their stuffies, how to cook them, and how putting seven-foot tall stuffies in airports around the U.S. may help Rhode Island and its most distinctive dish.

Visit the Grace’s Stuffies website.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Varnum Memorial Armory Military & Naval Museum⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Brian Jones, writer, director, and co-producer of the 2009 documentary The Tent: Life in the Round.

Brian started as an usher at the Tent at age 14 and worked his way up to assistant to the general manager. Hear his memories of the Bonoff family, what he learned from the Tent, why the Warwick Musical Theatre was called the Tent, tales about the documentary, and stories about the chairs, the stage, the number of seats, and Miley Cyrus finding a stray cat.

Read about The Tent: Life in the Round.

See memorabilia from the Bonoff Family Collection.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Varnum Memorial Armory Military & Naval Museum⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Good friends Martha Bottella and Catrina Ritchie have an honest conversation about synchronicity.

It’s been months since Martha and Catrina recorded a show, and they’ve hardly seen each other during that time. Hear them reconnect and talk about unexpected coincidences that make their lives richer and the journey fun.

Martha Bottella and Catrina Ritchie live in Warwick and can wave to each other from their back decks. They work in wellness and are colleagues at ⁠⁠Wellness New England⁠⁠.

Write to Martha and Catrina at [email protected].

Join Dave Englund, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and founder of Warwick Americana band In Lieu of Flowers, for a track-by-track look at the band’s self-titled, debut album.

Discover the story behind a song, and listen to the complete tune.

Today, hear about the song Princess Divorces the Toad.

Visit the In Lieu of Flowers ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

In April 2021, singer-songwriter Dave Englund called his longtime friend, bassist and songwriter Steve Wolfe and asked if he'd be interested in creating an acoustic/electric Americana band, leaving the loud guitars in the rearview and opting for a more vocal-driven, vintage, thumping sound. Steve agreed.

After running a series of specific ads tailored to each musician's seat, the phone calls started coming in. Drummer, percussionist and vocalist Mark Vadnais showed up to play on Dave's back deck. Immediately the snaky soulful grooves started happening. Two weeks later, Chris Taylor answered the ad, jumped on deck, opened his Gretsch case, and delivered his unique guitar vibe, insuring his ticket in.

In November, an old acquaintance of Dave and Steve's, violinist and mandolin player Ernie Lau got the phone call asking him to come jam and see if he'd be a good fit for this new group. His focus on classical violin as opposed to bluegrass fiddle brought a new and needed color, and he joined in November.

Rounding out the band a month later in December was pedal steel guitarist Jim Wishart who answered the final ad, having been a guitarist for many years but only recently started playing the steel guitar, his musicality and playing coated every song he played on. Jim was in and In Lieu of Flowers was complete!

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with City Historian and Warwick Historical Society Vice President Henry A.L. Brown about Spring Green Farm.

A member of the illustrious Brown family, Henry grew up on the property purchased by John Brown—Henry’s great-great-great-great-great-grandfather—in 1782. Hear about Spring Green Farm from its start in 1642 to its development in the 1920s, 30, and 40s, including Henry’s firsthand recollections of the growth of Governor Francis Farms.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Varnum Memorial Armory Military & Naval Museum⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Warwick entrepreneur and We Be Jammin’ owner Debbie Wood.

Debbie started the We Be Jammin’ RI shop in 2014 for her autistic son Jason, and she also runs We Be Jammin’ Events. Hear about We Be Jammin’ RI jams, BBQ sauces, condiments, and salsas and how the store partners with local vendors, and find out about festivals, National Night Out, and school and club fundraisers by We Be Jammin’ Events.

Visit the We Be Jammin’ RI website and Facebook page.

Go to the We Be Jammin’ Events website.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Varnum Memorial Armory Military & Naval Museum⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Brought to you by Warwick Radio and the Warwick Historical Society, the Warwick History Quiz Show delivers fascinating facts about the city and a challenge for our contestants.

Join host Jen Linton, Warwick Historical Society member Mark Brown, and contestants Anne Trainor and Jackie Petrarca for an exploration of Warwick's favorite question, “Remember what used to be there?”

Visit the What It Used To Be in Warwick, RI website to discover more.

If you would like to be a contestant on the Warwick History Quiz Show, write to [email protected].