East Side Monthly April 2018

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Last Bow The Gamm stages one final production before closing the curtain in Pawtucket Plus: 10 more can’t miss spring performances

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CONTENTS East Side Monthly • April 2018

Inside the battle between the Teacher’s Union and City Hall (p. 22)

This Month

10 A Brown alum’s documentary shines a light on the untold stories behind DACA

22 TEACHERS VS. ELORZA Dan McGowan explains why the mayor got drowned out at his State of the City speech

12 Preservationists breathe easier as Brown reconsiders its demolition plans

28 GOODBYE TO THE GAMM

14 A recent grad and gun violence prevention organizer is back in town and already running for office

As the theater departs for Warwick, we look back at how far it’s come in its Pawtucket home – plus a look at the exciting spring theater offerings around the city

Every Month 6 Editorial and Letters 16 In the Know 18 Neighborhood News

15 A new cafe offers free drinks, funded by headhunters

Close to Home 32 Home of the Month: Lolita Healy of Designs by Lolita gets creative in her Craftsman Colonial

On the Town 39 Flavor of the Month: Farm Fresh RI’s Veggie Box makes it easy to eat local 40 On the Menu: The Eat Drink RI Festival returns with four days of fun and flavors 42 Restaurant Guide

Calendar 49 Calendar: Events you can’t miss this month

East Sider 58 Jagdish Sachdev on the more than five decades he’s spent on Thayer Street, and why he fell in love with the US

34 Education: Now more than ever, teachers must figure out how to engage students with issues of prejudice, oppression, and power

Community 9 A notorious piece of Providence history, Buddy’s Power Street lair, can be yours to rent

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36 East of Elmgrove: The quest to repair a century-old home fixture

Artistic Director Tony Estrella on stage at the Gamm. Photography by Mike Braca

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The Curtain Falls on the Follies Last month, another great Rhode Island tradition came to an end… even if it took place in Massachusetts.

The Providence Newspaper Guild held its 45th Annual Follies at the Venus de Milo and sadly bowed to the inevitable, announcing that this would indeed be their final show.

Over recent years, the Newspaper Guild, which once boasted over 500 members in Providence, has shrunk to about 90. This left fewer writers and performers to put together a Follies show, which is an enormous undertaking, several months in the making, and usually involves upwards of 20 song parodies and stand-up routines. Appropriately, they went out offering a touching blend of heartfelt nostalgia and the usual zingers to our own political elite – replete with a few Trump jokes, of course – and finally ended with a moving finale.

The Follies have always been held the last Friday in February and have generally attracted around 1,000 attendees. But the strength of the evening was the broad diversity of people who’d show up. Journalists, of course, both union and non-union. A who’s who of local politicians, some on the way up, some there to remember the old days. Liberals. Conservatives. Progressives.

Occasionally even a Cool Moose or two.

After an hour or so of rubbing shoulders with the political cognoscenti over drinks, everyone would line up for a sumptuous buffet, including the many officeholders in attendance – perhaps the Guild’s way of fattening them up for the kill. Then, at the end, like a perfect after-dinner drink, a mystery guest would appear. Usually it was a wellknown politician who had been on the front page of the Journal during the year and would be allowed to take humorous retaliatory shots at the paper in response to the evening’s political parodies.

While much has been said recently of supposed “fake news,” there wasn’t any of it in evidence as the Follies said farewell.

There certainly wasn’t anything fake about the well-deserved pride expressed by old Guild members like Carol Young, who started this wonderful tradition in the first place.

Nor about the talents and commitment of the current journalists (and in some cases their spouses) who have worked so hard over the years to keep the Follies tradition alive. Instead there was a wistful sense of sadness from those of us who have enjoyed the shows over the years as we lament the irreplaceable loss of one more piece of our uniquely local Rhode Island landscape.

The Follies provided a much-needed aura of civility, perspective, and humor that is sadly disappearing from the larger political scene, to the detriment of us all. It will be missed.

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Buddy’s Palace on Power Street

The site of the famous fireplace log debacle can now be your home

By Ben Berke Buddy was known to give speeches from the second-floor balcony into this cavernous living room

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a reader of means can call Residential Properties and live out a first-rate Providence fantasy: renting the former home of Buddy Cianci. A low-slung, neocolonial structure with a decorative central turret, Buddy’s house at 33 Power Street slightly resembles a first-generation Howard Johnson’s. A retaining wall keeps the property flush with Benefit Street, affording a picture-perfect view of the city while Power careens downhill.

It was during divorce proceedings in 1982 when Mayor Buddy Cianci moved in – renting, in fact, from future governor Bruce Sundlun. Buddy’s wife was asking for $500,000, and in the sunken living room, complete with full bar, Buddy tortured her alleged lover with a fireplace log and lit cigarette in an attempt to extort the entirety of the settlement.

The assault cost Buddy his mayorship, but he soon bought the house from Sundlun and it was once again palace to the Prince of Providence.

Or at least a section of it was – during a second run of victorious mayoral elections in the 1990s, Buddy subdivided 33 Power Street to avoid foreclosure. He kept the (currently available) unit with the cavernous living

room, into which he was known to give speeches from the second-floor balcony.

It was from the foyer of this unit that Buddy opened the door to FBI agent Dennis Aiken in 1999. Buddy sold the home soon after, ostensibly to fund his legal battle against the 27 charges arising from Operation Plunder Dome, which Aiken had knocked on his door to discuss before raiding City Hall. By December 2002, Buddy was serving a five-year prison sentence for racketeering conspiracy.

In retrospect, Buddy could hardly have found a home with more appropriate symbolism. Residing halfway up College Hill, the city’s first Italo-American mayor never truly summited that well-preserved bastion of Yankee power. And of all houses to be perched halfway up College Hill, this one was a former horse stable, McMansionized to express an outdated concept of power: gold chandeliers, dark wood panelling, a recurrent haze of cigar smoke.

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A Dreamer’s Reality

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When President Trump rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program in September 2017, Brown alum St. Clair Detrick-Jules felt compelled to take action. The daughter of an Afro-Caribbean immigrant, Detrick-Jules grew up with immigrants from all over the world in a diverse neighborhood of Washington, DC. “I knew many members of my community would be affected,” says Detrick-Jules, “and I wanted to do something to help. I think part of being an ally is elevating the voices of those who are oppressed, and so I figured I’d create a documentary featuring the stories of Filmmaker St. Clair Detrick-Jules aimed to spotlight the diversity of Dreamers’ experiences DACA recipients.”

Detrick-Jules began filming DACAmented, a 36-minute documentary about nine DACA recipients, from While DACAmented presents the chalMexico and El Salvador to Zambia and lenges of young Dreamers, it also spotSouth Korea. lights their resolve and the diversity of Like the young people Detrick-Jules undocumented experiences. profiles, DACA recipients come from many “I’m really happy that the people who countries, and their fate under the Trump agreed to be interviewed for DACAmented administration has become increasingly unare so diverse because intersectionality is certain. DACA was introduced in 2012 by important,” says Detrick-Jules, emphasizing President Obama to curtail deportations the importance of giving queer and disof undocumented young people brought abled immigrants a platform. to the United States as children. Though it It is important to recognize, too, that does not provide a pathway to citizenship, DACA is an imperfect solution. the status is renewable every two years. Its “There are 11 million undocumented immirecipients – often referred to as the Dreamgrants in the United States,” Detrick-Jules ers, after the 2011 Dream Act – are eligible points out, and DACA currently covers less for benefits such as work permits, and even than 10 percent of this population. in-state tuition rates in some states.

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In response to

heated objections from preservationists, Brown Urban Environmental Lab (UEL) students, and residents concerned about traffic and lack of parking, Brown has decided to resubmit a revised plan for its proposed new performing arts center. The new plan will relocate the building along the Walk but one block north, between Angell and Olive Streets. By so doing, the project will not require the teardown of any historic houses, much to the delight of the Providence Preservation Society (PPS), which had listed the five houses on its annual “Most Endangered Properties” list in January.

With a smaller footprint than the original site, the new location is not above the bus tunnel and hence will allow the building to put much of its classroom and rehearsal space below ground, thereby significantly reducing the massing of the building. The building will also be designed to be more vertical than horizontal, though well within the height allowed by city regulations.

According to architect and campus designer Collette Creppell, the new building will be surrounded comfortably by other Brown buildings that will range from two to six stories. The building itself will still be designed by the award-winning architect Joshua Prince-Ramus from the New York City–based firm REX. In addition to the new arts center, the revised plan calls for relocating the 1873 Sharpe House, home to Department of History faculty and

staff, to a lot adjacent to the Peter Green House to create more of a residential edge on Brown Street.

In her letter to College Hill residents announcing two public meetings before the City Plan Commission meeting on March 20, Katie Silberman from Brown’s Office of Government and Community Relations explained that the new plan allows the school “to remain true to its most important requirement, a location with adjacency to other arts-centered academic facilities in the heart of the campus to allow access by undergraduate and faculty whose other academic activities are centered on College Hill.”

Both PPS and the College Hill Neighborhood Association had written strong letters in opposition to the original site selection. While encouraged by Brown’s decision to move the site, PPS executive director Brent Runyon, among the most outspoken opponents of the original plan, still has some concerns. “We commend Brown University for their responsiveness to most of the concerns of the neighborhood,” he says. “The newly proposed site will preserve in situ five historic places, including the remarkable UEL and its passionate environmental community. The primary determinant as to whether the new building will contribute to the character of the College Hill Historic District will be its design and how well it engages Angell Street and respects the adjacent Green and Sharpe houses.”

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The revised plan will require the relocation of the Sharpe House, home to the Department of History faculty and staff

Community East Side News

From Student Council to City Council

Just months after graduating from college and returning to Providence, Kat Kerwin is running for office

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Kat Kerwin just

got back to Rhode Island and she’s hitting the ground running. After graduating from University of Wisconsin (UW) early, the 20-yearold La Salle graduate is running communications for the Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence (RICAGV) and campaigning to unseat Councilman Terrence Hassett for Ward 12’s city council seat. We spoke to Kerwin just two weeks after she had launched her campaign for city council in January.

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How long have you been involved in political work?

I remember being a high schooler and interning in the mayor’s office for constituent services; I’d be the youngest one there by four or five years. I worked on Angel Taveras’s gubernatorial campaign as the youngest staff member. I also interned on Senator Whitehouse’s reelection campaign in 2012.

I started getting involved in organizing, fighting for student power rights and gun violence prevention at UW, when we woke up the morning after the 2016 election and planned a post-election march with other student activists. Four thousand people showed up.

Why did you decide to move back to Rhode Island this past December?

I was here all summer working for the mayor as an Art, Culture + Tourism fellow, and I was meeting people at the [Democratic] women’s caucus meetings and interacting with so many community organizers. I started to feel that there was

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a sense of urgency to get involved now.

Madison is a great city and I loved my time there, but I wanted to be back doing this work in the community where I was raised.

How has the transition been from your organizing work at UW? Rhode Island is a picnic compared to Wisconsin. The work there was an uphill battle, really defensive. The state is always on the brink of passing campus carry and workplace carry. Not to say that lobbying here is extremely easy but it’s different – people here are a lot more receptive to progress.

Has the coalition’s work shifted since the shooting in Parkland, Florida?

Originally our focus was the Safe Schools Act; now it looks like we’re going to be driving home the Safe Schools Act and assault weapons ban. We have gotten so many inquiries from high school organizers inspired by the Parkland students’ activism. It’s been tough for the gun violence prevention community to be thinking about this so much, but at the same time we’re seeing so much good come out of tragedy. KatKerwinForPVD.com

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By Amanda M. Grosvenor A new cafe with a groundbreaking business model has selected Providence as its first U.S. testing site. Deliberately situated in close proximity to Brown University, right off the corner of Thayer and Angell Streets, SHIRU CAFE is slated to officially open its doors for business this month.

The Japanese word “shiru” means “know” and “knowledge” in English according to Alex Inoue, general manager of SHIRU’s U.S. operations. The mission of parent company ENRISSION Inc., he says, is “to create a place where students can learn about the professional world and envision their future careers.” To accomplish this goal, each SHIRU location opens near a prominent university and provides complimentary beverages to its students, as well as a WIFI connection, outlets, and comfortable spaces to study or hang out. Only students, faculty members, and staff/administration members at universities are allowed to frequent the new cafe by registering via an app.

Non-student Brown community members can purchase $1 drinks.

How can SHIRU offer free beverages?

Through sponsorships from corporations eager to cultivate relationships with students that they hope to someday employ. Over the school year, up to 30 companies will schedule small group meetups and information sessions through the cafe with interested students. And cups feature a rotating selection of sponsor company logos.

The first SHIRU CAFE in Japan opened in October 2013; the first one in India opened in April 2016, and others have since opened on the Indian Institute of Technology’s campus.

Now the company is expanding in the U.S.: in addition to Providence, branches near Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Amherst are set to open by Summer 2018. American sponsors have yet to be announced, but those in Japan include Microsoft, Panasonic, Accenture, Brother, Nissan, and Suzuki.

“We strongly believe and hope that [our cafes] will bring students great opportunities to gain knowledge about companies, society and themselves,” Inoue says.

SHIRU Providence, with a 2,500 square-foot space, offers typical American cafe fare: coffee, espresso, lattes, and juice, as well as baked goods and pastries (though the latter do cost money). To-go cups cost $1.

The Providence SHIRU is directly adjacent to Brown University’s career services office “just by luck,” Inoue says. At the time of this interview, he was set to meet with the CareerLAB to explore potential collaboration opportunities.

When asked if the potential public response to a Brown-exclusive cafe concerns them, “We worry,” Alex admits. “We will have to explain our business model, that we are sponsored by many companies for free drinks – that is the reason why we can provide them. But we know that there are a lot of other good coffee shops right nearby.” Global-SHIRUCAFE.com

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The Book Stops Here By now most of us have come to accept the endless jokes about how small our state is. Whether it’s comparisons to the size of those big ranches in Texas, runaway icebergs from Antarctica, or acreage burnt out in California, the measuring stick is always the same: Bigger or smaller than the state of Rhode Island? But occasionally our size actually proves to be advantageous. Such is the case with the popular annual Reading Across Rhode Island program in which everyone in the state is encouraged to read the same book. Now in its 16th year, the program’s 2018 selection is The Hate U Give, the best seller by first-time novelist Angie Thomas.

A fictional story told through the eyes of a 16-year-old African American girl from a poor neighborhood who attends an upscale, majority-white high school, it focuses on the challenging intersection of the Black Lives Matter movement with the lives of inner-city families of color trying to make it. As it turns out, the author will be making two appearances in our state this month: April 12 in Westerly and April 13 at RIC. Contact Kate Lentz at Kate@RIBook.org or call 273-2250 for details and to find out if any seats are available for what one reviewer called “a literary rarity, a book that’s both important and a f**king good read.”

been substantially reassembled inside the Arts Center. Owned by Parks’ niece Rhea McCauley and artist Ryan Mendoza, many now feel that abruptly ending the project would also end a unique opportunity to take advantage of this historic artwork and provide a teachable moment for the students of our state to come together to discuss a subject that continues to tear our country apart. As we go to press, a decision as to whether Waterfire can save the project remains unclear.

The Power of a Tower?

Now that the showdown with Brown seems to be heading towards a successful resolution, what building battles can we look forward to next? According to Executive Director Brent Runyon, the Providence Preservation Society Design Committee will be looking at the two 15-story apartment buildings planned for Canal Street to see if there are any reconfigure possibilities. But the big elephant in the room, he reports, will be how to deal with the proposed 45-story building for the I-195 land by developer Jason Fane (mercifully no relation to yours truly, by the way). It would clearly be a game changer for Providence. In checking on some of his other projects, it should be noted he is not shy about requesting major tax incentives to make his projects work. Stay tuned.

Parks Project Cancelled

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Brown’s unexpected last-minute decision to cancel plans to display the tiny home where civil rights icon Rosa Parks lived for a short time when she left the South and moved to Detroit in the ‘60s has created quite a quandary. The exhibition had been scheduled to open in the Waterfire Arts Center in Olneyville on April 4. But facing what they call a complicated legal interfamily dispute, Brown has decided to “step away from the event out of respect for the legacy of Rosa Parks.” Unfortunately, by then, the house itself had already

We’re happy to report that after two months, Andreas, an iconic Thayer Street institution since the 1970s, has finally reopened. Nick, co-owner of the Greek-American restaurant, explains that the closure was the result of pipes bursting after the January “bombogenesis” snowstorm and the subsequent delay as insurance companies representing the building owner and the tenant battled it out. For the many of us for whom Andreas is irreplaceable, thank goodness. And not a moment too soon.

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Thursday, April 5, 2018, 8 p.m., Leeds Theatre The first 25 replies to community@brown.edu will each receive two free tickets. Replies after that will receive a discount offer.

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Community Neighborhood News

Neighborhood News is a space that East Side Monthly makes available to community organizations free of charge. The content does not necessarily reflect the views of the editors of this publication.

Summit Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting SNA’s Annual Meeting and election of our board and officers will be held on Monday, April 23, at 7pm at The Highlands at 101 Highland Avenue. Members and all neighbors interested in learning more are welcome. If you are interested in donating time and energy by joining our board, please contact us.

Members and Volunteer Writers As always, we welcome new members who are interested in supporting our neighborhood events, community projects, candidate forums, and advocacy.

Memberships are affordable and you can sign up at SummitNeighbors.org. Additionally, SNA is seeking local volunteers to provide occasional content for our long-running neighborhood newsletter.

Please contact us for more information.

Snow Brigade Our volunteer snow shovelers have had another successful winter, helping neighbors who are disabled or elderly and financially unable to afford to pay for snow removal to keep their paths and driveways clear and safe. For information for next year, email SNASnow@gmail.com.

Lippitt Park Outdoor Films Following our very successful 2017 outdoor screening in partnership with the Providence Children’s Film Festival, we’ll be bringing a series of family outdoor showings to Lippitt Park this year! Stay tuned!

Residents Invited to Monthly Meetings The SNA Board of Directors meets at 7pm on the third Monday of every month in the cafeteria of Summit Commons, 99 Hillside Avenue. The sessions are open and

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neighborhood residents are encouraged to attend. Summit Neighborhood Association, PO Box 41092, Providence RI 02940. SNA. Providence.RI.us, SNAProv@gmail.com –Ethan Gyles

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Fox Point Neighborhood Association FPNA Seeks Opinions on Fane Proposal As East Side neighbors may know, the I-195 Commission and the Providence City Council are considering a building proposal by New York–based developer Jason Fane for a 46-story residential highrise that would be located on the western edge of the Providence River near the new pedestrian bridge, on a piece of land known as Parcel 42 of I-195 Commission land. The building would include residential condos with a parking garage on the bottom floors as well as retail spaces and/ or restaurants.

At time of publication, the Fane proposal has passed two stages of a three-step approval process by the I-195 Commission.

The third step, arguably the largest and most decisive hurdle, is contingent on a vote by the City of Providence to change its current zoning regulations related to the height of the building. Current regulation allows for a maximum of eight stories (or 100 feet) in this area of the Jewelry District. Fane is requesting 46 stories, the lowest portion of which would be devoted to a six-story “pedestal” that rises above the parking garage.

The FPNA is concerned about this proposal. While any sizable investment in Providence could benefit the city, this building may be so tall that it would wall off the river, the new pedestrian bridge, and the nearby park, lessening their appeal and usability. Still, we are eager to hear neighbors’ opinions. Earlier this winter, the Jewelry District Association created an opinion poll to gauge neighbors’ thoughts on this proposal. If you have not already weighed in on this important issue, we urge you to do so. It can be found at goo.gl/TbXZ4m.

Events This Month Board Meeting, Monday, April 9 at 7pm.

Please join us at our monthly FPNA Board Meeting in the Community Room of the Vartan Gregorian Elementary School, 455 Wickenden Street. The public is welcome.

Meet Up With Us! Please join us for drinks and casual conversation at the next FPNA Meet-Up. Check our FPNA News e-newsletter for timing, usually the third Tuesday evening of the month at 7pm at The Point Tavern. All are welcome.

The Fox Point Neighborhood Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of life in Fox Point and protecting its historic integrity and resources. The FPNA speaks out on neighborhood issues and builds community through local events. Our monthly board meetings are open to the public. Please join us! Fox Point Neighborhood Association, PO Box 2315, Providence, RI 02906, FPNA.net, Fox-

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Mount Hope Neighborhood Association Spring! So much will be sprouting around Mt. Hope. Please go to the Plan4Health Facebook page to follow our open garden hours, events such as Earth Day at the end of the month, and come meet our Resident Gardener. The mini-orchard at Billy Taylor Park with its blueberry and raspberry bushes and pear and cherry trees will be landscaped to invite all up the hill to sit and enjoy the sunset in time for Earth Day! Find out also what we will be planting and come give us your compost!

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that will be held in the park in July, August, and September.

Chocolate Milk Café Rhode Island is now hosted once a month at the Mt. Hope Neighborhood Association (MHNA) and corresponds with the MHNA WIC. It is held on the first Thursday of every month from 4:30pm until 6:30pm. Chocolate Milk Café RI is an Afro-centric peer to peer breastfeeding support group. Founded by Executive Director Hakima Tafunzi Payne, MSN, RN, CNE, IBCLC of Uzazi Village, it fosters health equity in establishing a sacred space to support African Americans to receive evidence-based breastfeeding education and support.

Remember other supports, Tax Day is coming. MHNA still has free tax help from VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance).

Again, eligibility is for people who make $54,000 or less, persons with disabilities and limited English–speaking taxpayers.

IRS-certified volunteers provide free basic income tax return preparation with electronic filing to qualified individuals. Walkin service: Tuesdays 2:30–6pm, Wednesdays 1:30–8:30pm, and Fridays 11am–3pm.

The hours of the WIC Program at MHNA have changed. The WIC office hours: Tuesdays 11am-3pm, Thursdays 1–7pm, Fridays 9:30am–3:30pm, and Saturdays 9am–1pm. Call today for an appointment, 521-8830. The program provides nutrition counseling, referrals, breastfeeding support, and food vouchers. It serves pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children up to age five.

EDCA’s (Empowerment Dialogues for Community Action) next meeting will be April 26 at MHNA, 199 Camp Street, at 6pm. The Food Security Coalition meeting is at 5pm. The Mt. Hope Housing Coalition is the second Thursday of the month at 5pm, on April 12. Lastly the MHNA board meetings are the third Thursday of the month at 5pm, on April 19. Mount Hope Neighborhood Association, 199 Camp Street, Providence, RI 02906, 5218830, Facebook: Mount Hope Neighborhood Association, MHNAInc@gmail.com.

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Mile of History Association The newly formed Mile of History Association (MoHA) is beginning an aggressive campaign to promote, preserve, and protect the historic character of the Benefit Street neighborhood and is actively pursuing members who are interested in supporting these efforts.

Under the umbrella of the Providence Preservation Society, MoHA will work collaboratively with city, state, private, and public institutions to: repair and r store sidewalks, crosswalks, streets, tree wells, lampposts, and signage; advocate for compliance with city building and zoning ordinances, landlord–tenant standards, and historic district guidelines; develop and enhance historic and cultural initiatives; and establish a Neighborhood Crime Watch.

We care about the Mile of History not only because we live here, but also because it is the face of the city for many who visit. Perhaps most importantly, we care about it because it is a crucial part of Rhode Island history and we need to preserve it for future generations.

You can support MoHA’s efforts by becoming a member. If you would like a membership form mailed to you, send an e-mail with “MoHA” in the subject line and include your name and full mailing address to Getgen@verizon.net. Mile of History Association, c/o Providence Preservation Society, 24 Meeting Street, Providence, RI 02903. MileOfHistory@gmail.com -Linda Getgen

Blackstone Parks Conservancy Necessary Losses, Hopeful Beginnings To the dismay of many people, three large red maples at the edge of Blackstone Field in Blackstone Park beside the Seekonk River were cut down in February. Efforts were made to avoid the loss, but in order to make way for shifting River Road twelve feet to the west (a project nearly ten years in preparation) tree roots would have to be cut and City Forester Doug Still deter-

mined that they could not survive.

In place of the maples, several young trees selected by the Blackstone Parks Conservancy (BPC) and Still and purchased by the Narragansett Boat Club (NBC) will be planted in May in a grove farther back from the road.

The grove’s location was chosen by the organizations working together to provide shade for youngsters – and all visitors – to Blackstone Field. BPC Vice-President Carrie Drake, who has worked with the NBC to figure out a solution to the impending dislocation of the road, sees a positive side to this loss. “Unlike the old trees,” she says, “these will be located in a place chosen for their protection, and they will receive better care from the beginning.”

Partners on River Road The new grove of trees represents not only compensation for the felled maples but also expanded cooperation between the two neighboring partners, which have long shared space at the river’s edge. Rowers annually stage several rowing regattas in Blackstone Field, and BPC volunteers enjoy the use of NBC facilities for volunteers and occasional events.

In addition to their proximity to the river, a love of the outdoors, and the mutual advantage of sharing “facilities,” the two non-profit organizations also share a commitment to nurturing young people. The NBC introduces young and old to rowing – not an easy sport – and the BPC education committee stages numerous programs that introduce children to aspects of nature and local history. Adding a few feet of space in front of the boathouse will allow room for rowing shells needed by increasing numbers of non-member rowers from area schools.

Education Programs in the Field and Woods BPC educators spend considerable time imagining and organizing events for young children and adults. “The Not So Spooky Trail Walk” each Halloween, the River Ride

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in September, and the February Duck Walk are among their popular programs.

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Healthy Urban Green Space for All. Blackstone Parks Conservancy, PO Box 603141, Providence, RI 02906, 2703014. Blackstone ParksConservancy.org, JaneAnnPeterson@gmail.com –Jane Peterson

College Hill Neighborhood Association At last month’s meeting, the CHNA Board voted to send a letter to the Downtown Review Commission in opposition to the current design of a plan to build a second fifteen-story tower on the corner of Canal and Steeple Streets that would adjoin the fifteen-story building already under construction. Together the two towers will house over 400 apartments and in our view, at their current size and configuration, would undermine the existing historic built streetscapes, including the iconic First Baptist Church in North Main Street.

In addition, the size of the second building as proposed would eliminate all the remaining parking spaces on the block. We join the MoHA (the Mile of History Association) and the several neighboring institutions (religious, institutional, and residential) who have concerns about the project as currently designed.

Brown Agrees to Relocate New Arts Center After joining over twenty-five groups of objectors, including students, faculty members, residents, and historic preservationists, all of whom testified in opposition before the City Plan Commission to Brown’s proposed amendment to its master plan that would have torn down four historic buildings and replaced them with a new 80,000-square-foot performing arts center, we are excited about the school’s decision to relocate the site one

block to the north, reduce the scale of the building, and place much of the classroom and rehearsal space underground.

While no actual design drawings have been created to date, we are appreciative of the new direction of the project which we feel is much more appropriate for our historic neighborhood while still meeting the academic needs of its students, the arts-loving general community, and the donors. The new Brown plans will be presented and discussed at the CPC meeting on March 20. An exciting element of the new design will be the relocation of the Sharpe house to anchor the historic edge of the campus on Brown Street, marking the continuation of the school’s long commitment to investing in the irreplaceable historic fabric of College Hill.

Prospect Terrace Beautification Project Continues Despite it being winter, construction continues on the ongoing plans to a long-needed upgrade of the Prospect Terrace. Stage One, which includes redoing the stairs, landing, and fencing around the Roger Williams statue, has been completed. Aided by funds generated by the recently passed bond issue, the walkways in the center of the park will be improved next and a handsome new “sitting wall” will be added. A new group called “Friends of Prospect Terrace” is being organized to raise additional funds to insure the continuation of the project and to establish a separate fund to insure the maintenance of the improvements going forward. Anyone interesting in helping in this long overdue but so very important project is encouraged to contact us. We certainly welcome the help.

CHNA welcomes all residents of College Hill to join our efforts to protect the neighborhood. For more information about joining and support CHNA and meeting your neighbors, please contact: College Hill Neighborhood Association, PO Box 2442, Providence, RI 02906. CHNAProvidence.org, CHNA@CHNAProvidence.org. -Barry Fain

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Class Disruption

What’s going on between Elorza and the Providence Teachers Union?

By Dan McGowan

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ong before nearly 1,000 teachers and protesters packed City Hall on the night of Mayor Jorge Elorza’s State of the City address in February, the leadership of the Providence Teachers Union was sounding the alarm bell about the status of their contract.

Last June, union president Maribeth Calabro posted a tweet complaining that the Elorza administration had “no sense of urgency in negotiating” a new agreement, which expired two months later. She took a calmer approach when the school year began, suggesting she was optimistic a deal could be reached by the end of 2017.

But tension between the union and the mayor grew rapidly between September and December, in part because dozens of school employees found themselves being placed on administrative leave for allegedly abusing students. No one was ever charged or terminated. The city blamed a mandate

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from the R.I. Department of Children, Youth and Families requiring officials to report all abuse accusations, but teacher morale plummeted.

As the two sides worked toward a resolution on the DCYF issue, their contract negotiations stalled. Calabro claims they had come to terms on minor language changes to their last 73-page agreement and “we were closer than we had been in terms of raises,” but the mayor’s office yanked the offer and told her pay increases in the first two years of the deal were off the table.

That’s how Elorza ended up in a situation where he was forced to shout his way through his 35-minute State of the City speech as chants of “We deserve a contract” (think Queen’s “We Will Rock You”) rang out through the City Council chambers. The protesters were so disruptive that Elorza chose to deliver the same address

from behind his desk a few days later and post it to YouTube.

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o where do things go from here?

For all the armchair quarterbacking that has taken place about why Elorza and the teachers are at odds, the truth is pretty straightforward: the school department is facing a shortfall that is projected to grow from $3.7 million next year to $37 million by 2023, and that hole would only grow if teachers were guaranteed raises of any more than 1 percent each year.

On the policy front, Elorza says he is seeking a “transformational contract,” but he has provided few details about what that type of agreement might entail.

“The truth is that our schools, in so many ways, are low-performing,” Elorza told reporters in February. “And we can’t tolerate the status quo. We need to do something

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As Calabro sees it, Elorza shouldn’t brag about Providence running two straight years of budget surpluses if he isn’t willing to give pay increases to teachers. And without raises, it’s unlikely her members will support substantial changes to the contract.

Calabro also argues that the mayor is taking a hard-liner approach to teachers because he’s not concerned about them being a threat come election time. Only 22 percent of her members lived in Providence during the 2016-17 school year, a trend that is similar among all of the major public employee unions in the city.

“I think the mayor is extremely comfortable in his position as mayor,” Calabro says. “I think that he is very comfortable in the fact that he doesn’t believe he has a formidable opponent in this mayoral race.

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till, where there is crisis, there is always opportunity. While neither Councilman Sam Zurier nor School Board President Nicholas Hemond have a direct role when it comes to contract negotiations, both say they’d like to provide a helping hand to Elorza and the union.

Zurier, a former school board member who now chairs the council’s new School Department Oversight Committee, says he wants to compare different parts of Providence’s expired contract with other teacher pacts around the state and region.

One of the benefits of negotiating a new contract, Zurier says, is the chance to review certain work rules that might not have a financial impact. During the Taveras administration, a similar analysis led to the city extending the school day by 15 minutes.

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“I’d like to know: Is there a way to raise salaries while keeping costs the same?” he says.

Hemond, who has the trust of both Elorza and Calabro, says he’s willing to do whatever it takes to bring them together to reach a deal. He has warned that the district’s bleak financial picture may result in cuts that will affect students, but he also worries that the perception that teachers are treated poorly in Providence will scare future educators away from the city.

Hemond says he is optimistic Providence won’t face the same fate as Warwick, which saw teachers at several schools repeatedly call out sick last year during a heated contract debate. But he is also quick to say he’d rather be having serious discussions about moving the needle on student outcomes than the current argument.

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The Gamm Says Goodbye After 15 seasons in Pawtucket, The Gamm makes a bittersweet move to Warwick

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September, The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre announced that it would be taking a final bow at its Pawtucket location and making a move to the former home of the Ocean State Theatre Company on Jefferson Boulevard in Warwick.

Though the change is tinged with sadness, folks at The Gamm are excited to watch the organization grow.

Board President W. Lynn McKinney has been with The Gamm since its early beginnings – back when it was founded as Alias Stage – and has witnessed its impressive impact on the Rhode Island theater scene. What stands out? “The quality of performances, the acting, and the choice of really provocative plays,” he says.

With so much history in Pawtucket, McKinney says that it wasn’t an easy choice to move, but that their current space has too many limitations, including a lack of space for performances and the artists.

“If you envision the theater, the back of the stage was the outside wall of the building,” McKinney explains. “This means that an actor departing stage left had to go outside and walk along the cars to reach stage right.”

This obstacle was particularly problematic in that The Gamm runs most of its plays in the winter. The current facility also lacks adequate rooms for the actors – the men currently use a bathroom as their dressing room while the women use a converted boiler room.

Though the move will give them the support space that they’re missing, McKinney understands why some may be hesitant about the change. However, he says, they will be renovating the new space to fit the intimate tone that they’ve established in their well-loved black box. “The new space has roughly 400 seats,” he says. “Our goal is to develop a theater with under 200 seats without losing the capacity to rent the space for bigger events.”

McKinney also wants to comfort those audiences worried about the drive to Warwick.

“I’ve actually gotten in my car and done some test drives from the East Side to the new location, and for almost everyone we are adding a maximum of 5 minutes,” he says. The new theater is also close to many restaurants and has a dedicated parking lot that will make finding a spot before a show much easier.

Managing Director Oliver Dow is also thrilled to move into a space with all the amenities that the theater needs. Though he’s only been with The Gamm for three years, Dow knew as soon as he joined that their current space wasn’t suitable. “I was in New York for 30 years and I was hired, really, to spearhead a move,” he says. “One of our biggest challenges was our real estate situation, and we didn’t have the long-term stability to invest in the property.”

In his short time here, Dow has already seen and facilitated The Gamm’s exponential growth. “When I got here, we didn’t have the support staff we needed, so that was my first job – build up our business development department,” he says. Now that they have the right team in place, Dow feels that this move is coming at the perfect time.

As for their many educational programs, such as the PLAY (Pawtucket Literacy and Arts for Youth) initiative, The Gamm will continue its commitment to the Pawtucket community.

“We were already taking it to new towns,” Dow says. “So now, being in the center of the state, we’re really going to be able to cover more ground.”

Artistic Director and Pawtucket native Tony Estrella also emphasizes that The Gamm will maintain its presence in the city. “When we first started here, Pawtucket was really hoping to use the arts for community building and we were proud to be the center of that,” he says. Through their education programs, The Gamm has partnered with almost every classroom in the city, from kindergarten through high school.

Estrella says that some of his fondest memories are of collaborating and working with students.

Thinking back, Estrella also points to a season where they performed Hamlet and a play called Festen – two dark pieces of family drama – back to back. “We did them like that to show the two poles of what we do: taking these epic stories and playing them in an intimate space,” he says. “That’s not a play that a lot of theaters will do because it asks a lot of the audiences, so that’s what I always point to as a perfect distillation of our identity.”

Estrella says that Pawtucket will always remain part of who they are, but that he’s excited for this next chapter.

“We’ll have a bigger area to play in,” he says. “It’s going to give our designers a lot more flexibility with what they can do as far as visual storytelling is concerned. It will give the audience a bit more comfortability, with that intimacy but also room to breathe.”

At their annual Gala on April 9, The Gamm will say goodbye with a look back at their time in Pawtucket, and they will close this season with As You Like It (April 19–May 27). “The chance to do Shakespeare one last time in the space that defined who we are is going to be very special,” Estrella says.

Of course, this goodbye will strike a sentimental chord.

“To call it bittersweet would be an understatement,” Estrella says. “So we’ll look back for a bit and then we’ve got to move on because we have a lot of work ahead of us.”

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10 More Can’t-Miss Spring Performances Thinner Than Water at Burbage Theatre Company, April–May

The Bolshoi Ballet live at the Avon Cinema, April 8

examines three characters at the turn of the 20th

Catch a live broadcast of the Bolshoi performing

century as their lives intersect in consequential

Three siblings reunite at the sickbed of their fa-

Giselle from Moscow, a tale of broken hearts and

ways. Washington Street, TrinityRep.com

ther in this intense production about the chal-

revenge. Thayer Street, AvonCinema.com

lenges of dealing with family. Roosevelt Avenue,

Festival Ballet’s Little Mermaid at The Vets, April 27–29

Pawtucket, BurbageTheatre.org

Forever Plaid at The Community Players, April 13–22

Native Gardens at Trinity Rep, April 5–May 6

In this morbidly funny play, four high schoolers in the

by Borodin, Debussy, and Glière, Festival Ballet brings

1950s form the musical group Forever Plaid and are then

the classic Hans Christian Andersen tale to the stage.

When two couples start to disagree over their

run over by a bus on the way to their first performance.

Avenue of the Arts, TheVetsRI.com

back gardens, there’s room for a lot of ill will to

Luckily, they return from the dead to pursue their dreams

grow. Native Gardens, about the clash between a

once more. Pawtucket, TheCommunityPlayers.net

Zora Neale Hurston’s Sweat and The Gilded Six Bits at Mixed Magic Theatre, May 4-20

in a well-off area of Washington, DC, is a comedic

Ragtime at Trinity Rep, April 26–May 27

Mixed Magic Theatre founder Ricardo Pitts-Wiley adapts

take on the little things that can blossom into big

The classic musical Ragtime, written by Terrence

and directs two short stories written by celebrated Afri-

messes. Washington Street, TrinityRep.com

McNally and based on the novel by E. L. Doctorow,

can American author Zora Neale Huston for the stage,

young, Latinx couple and an older white couple

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Menopause the Musical at The Vets, May 10 “Inspired by a hot flash and a bottle of wine,” this musical is here to bring “the Silent Passage” out into the open, with a whole bunch of pop song parodies and lots of celebration. Avenue of the Arts, TheVetsRI.com

Pirates of Penzance at The Wilbury, May 17–June 3 An irreverent take on an old classic, this performance by the Wilbury will be stocked with songs, wordplay, and pirates, as well as banjos, beach balls, and guitars. Sonoma Court, Providence, TheWilburyGroup.org

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CLOSE TO HOME Home and Family | Education

At Home on the East Side

Pouring on the Charm

Wine glass designer Lolita Healy channels the city’s creativity in her work and her home

By Julie Tremaine

“From my house

on the East Side, it’s hard to believe that all of this is happening,” says Lolita Healy, founder of Designs

by Lolita. In just over 15 years, she’s taken her hand-painted wine glasses from a one-woman hustle to an operation that has sold 24 million pieces worldwide. “It sounds easy,” she says, “but it’s not without blood, sweat, and tears.”

The Virginia native moved to Providence 10 years ago, and designs all of her glasses from her home, a 1915 Craftsman Colonial near Wayland Square. Other parts have been updated, but the living room is totally original to the house. “I love the feeling of old with new,” Lolita says. “This room is my personality: it’s sunny, it’s warm, it’s fun. That’s my heart.” The only detail that has changed from

the century-old design is the sunroom to the far right, which used to be a porch. “I can open the doors and dine alfresco. It’s a beautiful home to host in.” Upstairs in her studio is where the wine glass magic happens. “I absolutely adore being in Providence, and on the East Side,” she says. “It’s got such an artistic, creative vibe. I just feel inspired living here.” DesignsByLolita.com

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In 1968’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire put forth the idea of critical consciousness: an in-depth understanding of the world’s social and political mechanics. Freire posited that exposing students to these varying and often contradictory structures at an early age would help them more easily recognize, and even take action against, oppressive elements in their own lives and better their communities through understanding. With that being said, everyone has biases, and presenting a balanced argument for both sides of a conflict can be a slippery task even with the best intentions.

That’s why Pickering v. Board of Education (also in 1968) ruled that a teacher has a constitutionally protected right to speak on issues of a public nature. However, in the fall lead-up to the 2008 presidential election, a federal court upheld a policy that New York City teachers could not wear campaign buttons in classrooms, arguing that individual school districts

had the right to determine if buttons interfered with learning. The lesson here is that educating American kids on sociopolitical topics isn’t easy, but neither is interpreting the U.S. Constitution.

Even one hundred years prior to the creation of that document, Rhode Island’s founder Roger Williams called the complicated freedoms of a melting pot “a lively experiment.” And that’s something East Side educators take seriously.

At Gordon School, eighth graders have visited locations significant to the civil rights era in Georgia and Alabama since 2002 as part of their humanities curriculum. The school also conducts three day-long “teach-ins” over the course of the year regarding issues of social justice. In January, eighth graders conducted mixed-grade workshops, one of which was focused on Islamophobia.

Last year’s commencement speaker at Lincoln School’s graduation was Madonna Badger, whose #WomenNotObjects campaign focuses on the advertising industry’s retouching of photos of women to sell consumer products.

The all-girls school is rigorously working on its STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) curriculum in order to prepare young women to compete in traditionally male-dominated fields.

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school year; the opportunity to address the function of unions and the role of government, among other issues, is what Paolo Freire had in mind back in 1968. Classrooms throughout Providence have also been alight with discussions of school safety, gun laws, and mental health services in the wake of the February school shootings in Parkland, Florida. These particular topics of policy and debate are the kind that have invaded all of our nation’s schools with urgency.

There have always been outside political issues clamoring to be brought into our classrooms, but those discussions, however messy, must be done constructively and with purpose. As President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, “Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.”

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I’m on a kick to fix things in my house. It started with lamps and then progressed to kid ceramics, kid art, kid magnets, picture frames, ripped clothing, door hangings, torn pillows, dresser tops, side tables, and a shoeshine kit. My kids broke, or disfigured, most of the stuff when they were toddlers.

Instead of tossing out the remains, I put them in a closet and went on with my life, with the intention of returning to the sorry sacks one day. My busted-up stuff was always on my mind. There it sat, in darkness and dust, until the urge to make repairs seized me.

First, the lamps. My mother-in-law and her relatives appreciated lamps. I remember walking up to her top floor years ago and seeing a dozen lamps in a corner, each one exquisite in its workmanship and detail.

We inherited the lamps when she passed, but I was wise enough to store them until the teenage years. Boy, that was a mistake.

I should’ve waited until middle age. Teenagers are as clumsy as toddlers. Tables shook;

lamps tumbled. Fortunately, they were salvageable. Off to Breeze Hill Lamp and Shade Shop in Riverside, where the proprietor worked his magic. A century-old floor lamp with dried flowers in its smoke-stained shade was saved, as was a brass lamp as heavy as an anchor. The art is on display again. Fingers crossed.

From there, I moved to the medicine cabinet on our third floor. The manufacturer’s sticker is still affixed to the door: General Bathroom Products Corp., Illinois.

I searched for the cabinet up on eBay and discovered that I have a mid-century specimen with two fluorescent bulbs on each side and removeable glass shelves, and that it is “exemplary.”

My problem: only one bulb worked. I searched for that too, and figured out that I could fix it with a power gear fluorescent starter, which I bought on Amazon for $14.03. Sadly, the new starter only worked for a day. Undeterred, I called my friend Val,

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who fiddled with it for a few seconds and got it to work. High-fives all around.

Then I turned my attention to the toilet. I’ve always wondered about it since we moved into our house 18 years ago. It’s purple, along with the sink and tub. RISD professors owned our house at one time, and I thought they installed the bathroom during the swinging ’60s. The toilet was running so I lifted up the lid and spotted the date of its birth: “1932 Standard.”

Another online search revealed that we were in possession of an Orchid of Vincennes toilet, tub, and sink manufactured

by American Standard from 1927 to 1950.

Today, we would call that color lavender.

Back then, it was considered purplish/ pink. I know these scrumptious details because I found a website, RetroRenovation.com, that helps kooks like me remodel, renovate, and decorate their homes in authentic mid-century style. My bathroom was featured in an old advertisement in a posting about pink bathrooms, which, according to the site, were popular mid-century – thanks, in part, to First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, who loved all things pink.

“Orchid of Vincennes is a tribute to the high degree of artistry attained by the craftsmen of the potters of old Vincennes in the time of Louis XIV of France.” the ad said. After reading that, I felt enormously protective of my bathroom. I washed the porcelain with lemon juice. I polished the faucets with Quick-Glo. Only one problem marred the set’s authenticity: the toilet seat. It was white, a contemporary Bemis. The original had broken long ago.

I searched up vintage toilets. “This Old Toilet” popped up. I emailed the owner, asking if he had an original Orchid of Vincennes seat. Get real, lady, he thought, but did not utter. Instead, he replied, “See attached memo about substitutions.” My new seat – dyed Orchid of Vincennes – should arrive any day. It’s been a long, strange journey, for sure.

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SOUTHERN RI Public Kitchen & Bar American food with changing daily specials. 120 Francis St, Providence, 919-5050. BrLD $-$$ Red Stripe Casual French-American bistro. 465 Angell St, Providence, 437-6950; 455 Main St, East Greenwich, 398-2900. BrLD $$

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Tavolo Wine Bar and Tuscan Grille Classic Italian cuisine with an extensive wine and beer list. 970 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, 3494979. LD $-$$ The Grange Vegetarian restaurant serving seasonal dishes with a juice bar, vegan bakery, and cocktail bar. 166 Broadway, Providence, 831-0600. BrLD $-$$ The Salted Slate An agri-driven American restaurant with global influences. 186 Wayland

Beach Rose Cafe A neighborly mix of cafe and diner, with sandwiches and seafood. 85 Brown Street, North Kingstown, 294-7900. BL $-$$ Celestial Cafe Fresh, locally sourced ingredients from farms and fisheries for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. 567 South County Trail, Exeter, 295-5559. BLD $$ Coast Guard House A new American menu with a seafood emphasis and extensive wine list, open seven days a week. 40 Ocean Rd, Narragansett, 789-0700. BrLD $$$ Colvitto’s Pizza & Bakery Pizza Calzones and baked goods made fresh daily. 91 Point Judith Rd, Narragansett, 783-8086.

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392-3092. LD $-$$$ Dan’s Carriage Inn Stone-walled pub serves burgers, wings, and barbecue, and can host large groups. 1065 Tower Hill Road, North Kingstown, 294-0466. LD $-$$$ Dante’s Kitchen American food with Southern flair. 315 Main St, East Greenwich, 398-7798. BL $-$$ Eleven Forty Nine City sophistication in the suburbs. 1149 Division St, Warwick, 884-1149. LD $$$ Fitzy’s Pub Casual family restaurant full of pints and comfort food. 5702 Post Road, East Greenwich, 884-1009. LD $-$$$ Frankie’s Italian Bistro Fine dining with imported wines from around the world. 1051 Ten Rod Rd, North Kingstown, 295-2500. D $-$$$ George’s of Galilee Fresh caught seafood in an upscale pub atmosphere. 250 Sand Hill Cove Rd, Narragansett, 783-2306. LD $-$$

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Mariner Grille Seafood, steaks, and pasta in a fun setting, with live entertainment. 140 Point Judith Rd, Narragansett, 284-3282. LD $$ Pasquale’s Pizzeria Napoletana Authentic Neapolitan wood-fired pizza with exclusive ingredients imported from Naples. 60 S County Commons Way, South Kingstown, 783-2900. LD $-$$ Red Stripe Casual French-American bistro. 465 Angell St, Providence, 4376950; 455 Main St, East Greenwich, 398-2900. BrLD $$ Rocco’s Bistro Top-notch pub and grill specializing in burgers. 219 Main Street, East Greenwich, 398-2940. LD $-$$$

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Each office is independently owned and operated

April music | performance | social happenings | galleries | sports

THE TOP OF OUR LIST:

10 events you can’t miss this month

April 6–June 17: Observing Nature: Edna Lawrence & Cabinets of Curiosities at the Providence Athenaeum

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April 6–June 17: The Providence Athenaeum goes wild with Observing Nature: Edna Lawrence & Cabinets of Curiosities. The exhibit pairs unusual specimens from the RISD Nature Lab with rarely seen items from the Athenaeum’s Natural History Collection. Benefit Street. ProvAth.org April 5–15: Wade into the storm at Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea at Brown’s Leeds Theatre, a comedy written and directed by MFA students, which tells the story of a Little Rain Cloud who falls in love with a human. Waterman Street, Brown.edu

April 7: At the Bauhaus Bash, the first DesignxRI Designers Ball, the WaterFire Arts Center will become early modern Germany for one night only, with inventive costumes and Bauhaus-era music and performances. 475 Valley Street. DesignxRI.com

April 12: Dweezil Zappa continues the weird, wild legacy of his old man and his band, the Mothers of Invention. Catch him at the Columbus for his Choice Cuts World Tour and remember: don’t eat the yellow snow.

Broadway. ColumbusTheatre.com

April 12–14: The 70th annual Famous Wheeler Clothing & More Sale is back for three days of bargain hunting in support of The Wheeler School. 407 Brook Street. WheelerSchool.org April 14: Steve Martin and Martin Short give PPAC An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life, with stand-up comedy, musical numbers, and storytelling. 220 Weybosset Street.

PPACRI.org April 24: Jen Sincero, best-selling author of You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Live an Awesome Life, comes to The Guild for the paperback release of her new book You Are a Badass at Making Money. Pawtucket, JenSincero.com

April 26–29: Superheroes descend on The Dunk for Marvel Universe Live! Age of Heroes, when Spiderman, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Avengers join forces to save the world from evil. 1 LaSalle Square. DunkinDonutsCenter.com

April 27: Favorites in the local music scene, The Silks bring their unique brand of bluesy Southern rock to The Met for one night only, supported by Sam Morrow. Pawtucket.

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April 17: Sarah Kay with Charlotte Abotsi. April 26: Joseph (Trio), Becca Mancari. 270 Broadway, Providence. 621-9660, ColumbusTheatre.com FETE MUSIC HALL April 6: Skeletal Family with The Long Lasts & November Party. April 7: B-Day Bash for Justin Sane & EJ Krauss (6 Foot Silence) with Bloodline Theory, 6 Foot Silence, Patient O, Fear the Masses, Carpathia, Inverter. April 12: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong with Swimmer. April 14: Space Jam. April 16: Built to Spill & Afghan Whigs with Rituals of Mine. April 17: Stars with

Dan Mangan. April 19: The Rain Within with HexHeart, Bellerophon, DJ Atrox, DJ EviLiz. April 21: Dumbfoundead. 103 Dike Street, Providence.

383-1112, FeteMusic.com HAMILTON HOUSE April 8: A Sunday Afternoon Concert Series – John Miranda Band. 276 Angell Street, Providence. 831-1800, HistoricHamilton.com THE MET April 1: Marshall Crenshaw, The Bottle Rockets.

April 8: BT/ALC Big Band. April 11: Buckethead.

April 21: Project Object Celebrating the Music of Frank Zappa. April 23: Sofi Tukker. April 27: The Silks, Sam Morrow. April 30: Frankie Cosmos. 1005 Main Street, Pawtucket. 729-1005, TheMetRI.com PPAC April 8: Celtic Women: Homecoming Tour.

April 11: Tony Bennett. April 14: Steve Martin

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It isn’t really spring until you get to that first Pawtucket Red Sox game. For the first game of the season, the PawSox take on Lehigh Valley on April 6. Though Rhode Island may be more evenly split on the Red Sox/Yankees debate (we’re looking at you, Johnston Yankees fans) than our neighboring commonwealth to the north, there’s no denying who our state’s real team is. Boston can have Red Sox Nation – this is PawSox Country. Pawtucket. PawSox.com

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Dr Daniel Valicenti & Sean Eden PA-C and Martin Short. April 26: Joe Bonamassa. April 28: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Concert with the Rhode Island Philharmonic. 220 Weybosset Street, Providence. 421-2787, PPACRI.org

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THE STRAND April 4: Sylvan Esso, Suzi Analogue. April 7: Cordas Do Sol. April 13: Badfish–A Tribute to Sublime, Zach Deputy. April 14: Lonny Johnson & Ricky Boy. April 20: Get the Led Out. April 21: Ja Rule & Ashanti. April 23: Bartenders Industry Ball. 79 Washington Street, Providence.

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April 16: Ray William Johnson. April 19: Joselito Dapuppet. April 20–21: Brian Beaudoin. April 26: Bobby Collins. April 27–28: Dan Soder. 39 Warren Avenue, East Providence. 438-8383, RIComedyConnection.com THEATRE TRINITY REP April 5–May 6: Native Gardens. April 26– May 27: Ragtime. 201 Washington Street, Providence. 351-4242, TrinityRep.com

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On the Town Calendar

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PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY LIBRARY April 2, 9, 16, 30: Girls Who Code. April 3, 10, 17: ESOL for Beginners. April 3, 10, 17: Babybooks. April 3, 10, 17: Zumba4Toddlers.

April 4, 11: Preschool Story Time. April 7: Community Restorative Yoga. April 9: Rhode Island Collition Against Gun Violence Partner/ Member Meeting. April 11: Book Chat. April 12: Rochambeau Readers Book Discussion. April 13: La Leche League of Providence. April 16, 18, 21: Dungeons and Dragons for Kids. April 17: Books and Movies of Faith. April 20–30: Rochambeau Friends Spring Book Sale.

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SOCIAL HAPPENINGS

expos | fundraisers | seasonal FOR FOODIES BOTTLES Thursdays 5–7pm: Spirit tasting. Fridays 4–7pm: Beer tasting. Saturdays 4–7pm: Wine tasting. 141 Pitman Street. 372-2030, BottlesFineWine.com FARM FRESH RHODE ISLAND Saturdays 9am–1pm: Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market at Hope Artiste Village. 1005 Main Street, Pawtucket. FarmFreshRI.org

GALLERIES RISD MUSEUM Through July 8: Un/Settled. Through August 19: From the Loom of a Goddess: Reverberations of Guatemalan Maya Weaving.

20 North Main Street, Providence. 454-6530, RISDMuseum.org GALLERY Z April 4–May 6: Armenian Artists. Receptions

held every third Thursday of the month.

Free and open to the public 5–9pm. 259 Atwells Avenue, Providence. 454-8844, GalleryZProv.com

SPORTS BROWN UNIVERSITY April 1: Women’s Softball vs. Penn; Men’s Baseball vs. Yale. April 4: Men’s Baseball vs.

Hartford. April 6: Men’s Tennis vs. Harvard; Women’s Tennis vs. Harvard. April 7: Men’s Baseball vs. Princeton; Women’s Softball vs Cornell; Women’s Lacrosse vs. Cornell; Men’s Lacrosse vs. Penn. April 8: Women’s Tennis vs. Dartmouth; Men’s Tennis Vs. Dartmouth; Women’s Softball vs. Cornell; Men’s Baseball vs. Princeton. April 10: Men’s Baseball vs Rhode Island. April 11: Women’s Softball vs Rhode Island. April 14: Men’s Baseball vs Columbia; Women’s Softball vs. Columbia; Men’s Tennis vs. Penn; Women’s Tennis vs.

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Columbia, Women’s Tennis vs. Columbia; Women’s Lacrosse vs. Columbia, Men’s Lacrosse vs. Cornell. April 22: Women’s Softball vs. Yale, Men’s Tennis vs. Cornell; Women’s Tennis vs. Cornell, Men’s Baseball vs Harvard. April 24: Men’s Baseball vs. Siena; Men’s Lacrosse vs. Bryant. April 28: Men’s Baseball vs. Dartmouth; Women’s Lacrosse vs. Dartmouth; Women’s Softball vs. Harvard; Men’s Lacrosse vs. Dartmouth; Men’s Tennis vs. Yale. April 29: Men’s Baseball vs.

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Various venues, BrownBears.com PROVIDENCE BRUINS April 6: vs. Hartford Wolf Pack. April 8: vs. Lehigh Valley Phantoms. April 13: vs. Charlotte Checkers. April 15: vs. Springfield Thunderbirds.

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EAST SIDER

By Amanda M. Grosvenor

While getting his masters in architecture, Jagdish visited 23 US cities and “fell in love with America,” he says

The Host of Thayer Street Jagdish Sachdev never

planned to stay in the United States for more than a few years, but somehow has owned and run SPECTRUM-INDIA on Thayer Street for more than five decades. Outlasted only by nearby Andreas Restaurant and the Avon Cinema, the shop is one of the oldest businesses on the street, and certainly the oldest retailer. How did an architecture student from New Delhi end up spending 51 years (and counting) thriving at something he never set out to do?

“I think it’s some luck,” Sachdev says, smiling.

His boisterous hospitality at the shop is legendary. Everyone, paying customer or not, receives a free gift: a couple of small, brightly colored bangles or, on their birthdays, a long, iridiscent peacock feather.

Sachdev knows his approach is unique: “Somebody said to me one time, ‘You don’t run a business, you run an ashram.’” Although he still spends 90 to 100 hours a week overseeing the business, chatting up visitors, and doing most of

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the buying, “I don’t call it work. I enjoy the people. I’m blessed to be happy no matter what situation I’m in.”

Close to six decades ago, Sachdev chose the University of Manitoba – “the least expensive school in all of North America,” which offered him a teaching assistantship and stipend – for his masters in architecture. His plane ticket from India was one-way, but he always planned to return home. The summer after his first year, he visited 23 US cities on a grant from the university.

“I fell in love with America,” he says. Eager to spend a few years here after graduation and knowing that work sponsors were hard to come by, he sent out 122 job applications in one weekend. Within a week, Providence’s director of city planning called and spoke with one of Sachdev’s professors for three hours. The job was his.

Sachdev arrived in Providence in 1962. In 1967, as a city planner in Warwick, he had paid off his student loans and was saving money to fly

home to India when his brother, who lived there, contacted him about starting an export business. Sachdev opened a small shop part-time; the shop soon moved, expanded, and eventually grew into a huge retail and wholesale business with locations in the US and overseas, merchant catalogs, and huge warehouses.

Now, in the Internet era, the large Thayer Street shop and a small warehouse in Woonsocket are all that remain. “I still say I have more now than what I started with, and I’m as happy as can be,” Sachdev says. He credits much of his happiness to his “fantastic wife,” writer Elaine Decker, with whom he lives part-time in Connecticut, spending the rest of his week in Providence.

But he can’t resist sharing his “original plan” for a life in Rhode Island, based solely on street and town names: start on Hope and Power, then move on to Prospect Street, and Benefit Street, and finally retire on Benevolent. “Aren’t they great names?

And all in Providence.”

Photography by Mike Braca

Jagdish Sachdev on luck, love, and the power of hospitality

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