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Contents September 2012
This Month 18 First in the Arts This year’s FirstWorks event promises to be the best yet
20 A Side-Splitting Tale An East Sider films his comedian brother’s journey to the top
23 A Slightly Less Bumpy Road The Thayer Gilbane project negotiations roll on
29 East Side Primaries
Photography: Donald Saracen
Get the inside scoop on this season’s hot political races
Every Month
18 41 On the Menu
54 Finance
And on the fifth day, he built a deli
The importance of avoiding one-sizefits-all investment advice
42 Dining Guide
57 Calendar
Your resource for eating out
5 Letters/Editorial 8 Other Side 11 Community News
46 Art
39 Movies
50 Education
Total Recall and The Dark Knight Rises
Providence Street Painting Festival
All the info on September’s happenings
A subtle yet politically-charged exhibit visits from China
66 East of Elmgrove See the world through a different lens
On the Cover
Back to school and to standardized testing
The Providence Street Painting Festival photography by James Jones
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Working Together to Eliminate Political Hand-offs After the recent “surprise” decision by Senator Perry to file re-election papers and then resign a few days later, a move that caught most of the general community somewhat flat-footed, we have talked to several local good government types to see if there is a way to protect against this kind of “controlled departure.” The obvious problem is that there is very little to prevent an incumbent from filing and then never turning in the required signatures. One suggestion is to introduce legislation mandating that if an incumbent
withdraws from running during the accreditation period for any reason change of heart, health, burn-out, failure to collect signatures or whatever - the filing period be extended for an additional week to allow other people the opportunity to consider running for the now-vacated office. Even with the extension, there would be plenty of time to meet state mandated deadlines, mount a campaign, etc., and the public would obviously be well-served. We suggest our political powersthat-be consider doing the right thing
and reform what seems to be a clear abuse that provides an unfair advantage to incumbents of either party. Reform and transparency always ought to be an integral part of the political system. It is even more essential in a state as small as ours, which pretty much functions as a one-party entity. The East Side often leads the way on initiating much-needed political reforms. This might provide another opportunity for our local political leadership.
To the editor: Last month, the City Council approved land use changes for 257 Thayer Street, subject to conditions that met the requirements presented to the Ordinance Committee by the Steering Committee, CHNA and Sam Shamoon. I will introduce a resolution to urge the City Planning Commission to conduct public hearings to review the project carefully. The Planning Department will undertake a comprehensive review of the Thayer Street neighborhood with input from all of the key stakeholders. The Providence Preservation Society intends to make best use of the developer’s unprecedented $200,000 matching grant to save the maximum number
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of historic structures. In these ways, I believe this project will benefit both the neighborhood and the City. Sam Zurier Providence City Councilman, Ward 2
An Unfortunate Series of Events To the editor: I’d always had dreams of serving as a State Senator. On Wednesday, the final day of the three-day sign-up period, I placed a call to headquarters. When I was informed that Senator Rhoda Perry was running for re-election, I decided to hold off on giving my name. After her 22-year reign, it seemed a helpless cause. In what seemed like mere minutes after the sign-up window closed, Senator Penny withdrew herself from the race. I can’t help but to wonder what
would have happened had she never said she would run in the first place. Clearly, I would have been a contender, and one can only assume others would have signed up as well. Did Senator Perry ever truly plan on running or was her retirement in place all along? Name Withheld Upon Request
Boating Bonanza To the editor: As a frequent stroller of India Point Park, I am ashamed to admit that I have always been too intimidated to approach the Community Boating Center. Last month’s story [“A Sailor’s Life For Me,” August 2012] convinced me otherwise. What an exhilarating experience – the wind, the boat cruising across water. Everyone should try it. Thanks for the push. Jeffery Mason
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The Brown Bears Come Out of Hibernation Brown Football Goes Saturday Night Live
On September 22, Brown Bears Football will continue its wonderful new tradition of hosting a night game at the stadium to kick off its season. The opponent will be Harvard, one of the key matchups that will determine who takes it all in the Ivy League this year. Better yet, the game will also be televised live on the NBC Sports Network (formerly VERSUS) so those of us who are planning to attend better plan on behaving ourselves. The game starts at 4:30pm. Two years ago, 17,000 fans attended, a sell-out. It was also refreshing to see the Brown students enthusiastically enjoying themselves just like they do at Big Ten games. It’s a fun night. Go and enjoy.
stitutional support and some creative leadership: put it all together, and we’re happy to report the good folks on Hope Street know how to throw great community-building parties. Their next effort comes on Sunday, September 23 when they hold their annual Miriam Hospital Fall Festival on Hope Street from noon to 4pm. The event offers
While most of the streets are in the heart of campus, Olive Street is the one that has generated the most community concern since it also provides much needed parking for Thayer Street businesses. In the event of Angell Street being closed, without access to Olive, the potential bottleneck would indeed be daunting. Al Dahlberg, Director of State
The Art... of Art!
We take special pride in saluting the success of our former art columnist Martina Windels as she launches a new PBS program on Channel 36 called Art Rhode Island. A jewelry designer and former faculty member at RISD, she also ran the successful retail operation on North Main Street that bore her name. After the success of a pilot run in January, the expanded series will air four new episodes beginning on September 5. The executive producer of the show is Dr. Joe Chazan, a longtime supporter of the local art scene in the state. There will also be two public viewings of the show scheduled on the East Side: September 12 at the RISD Museum’s Chace Center and September 19 at Brown’s Granoff Center of the Creative Arts. Both screenings will be at 6:30pm and are free and open to the public. The new episodes will run on Wednesdays at 7pm and Sundays at 9:30am. Congrats to Martina on her new show. We’re happy to say we knew her when and are excited for the well-deserved attention she will be bringing to the local art community.
The Party Never Stops on Hope Street
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students have built a community garden for the John Hope Settlement House in South Providence. Funded by the Swearer Center’s Engaged Scholars Initiative, which connects faculty research with community need, the program supported over 600 students in assorted programs across 17 disciplines. DeMaster points out that the learning at John Hope cuts both ways. “Brown students learn what it’s like to grow a garden, about the cultural background of the children and their cultural preferences for food; the kids at John Hope take away knowledge about the garden and nutrition. The summer program was for children from 3 to 12 who had one of those rare opportunities to actually eat the fruits of their labor.”
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sidewalk sales, non-stop live entertainment, great food, all manner of familyfriendly activities and a full complement of free health initiatives and screenings courtesy of Miriam. More importantly, it makes for a good time and a great way for neighbors to meet neighbors.
Brown Prepares to Take to the Streets
As part of its recent deal with the City, Brown will be giving the City more money in lieu of taxes but in return was given several streets from the city along with 250 parking spaces, which they will control for portions of the day through a resident sticker program.
and Community Relations at Brown, reports that the school has just begun to discuss its plans and welcomes input from the community. The school does not actually take over control of the streets until January 1, and promises to share its plans with the community as they develop. We’ll let you know as soon as we know.
Planting the Seeds of Hope... at John Hope
And while we’re on the subject of Brown, kudos to Kathryn DeMaster, a visiting professor who teaches an environmental course called Sustenance and Sustainability. This summer, her
Looking for something different to do this month? Check out the 2nd Annual Providence Rotary Paint-Off, scheduled for 6pm on Wednesday, September 19 at the Providence Art Club. What is a “Paint-Off” you ask? Something quite different and wonderful, say we. Eight local artists, many of them well-known members of the Art Club like Anthony Tomaselli and Hartley Bartlett, will be setting up their easels; they have two hours to create an original work of art that will be then auctioned off to raise money to support the arts and children of the city. Meanwhile, the rest of us stroll through the art club, encouraging the artists, eating and drinking of course, and enjoying a wonderful and unusual night at the club. There will be additional auction items to bid on: a weekend stay in NYC with gallery passes, a private lunch with Mayor Taveras at the Art Club and private art tours in Boston. You get the picture (and in this case they mean it literally). A great cause, a most unusual evening and a lot of fun. Visit www.providencerotary.org for more information. Tickets are $35.
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Summit By Kerry Kohring Summit Neighborhood Association Phone Number: 272-6323 Website: www.SummitNeighbors.org Email: sna@sna.providence.ri.us Mailing Address: SNA, PO Box 41092, Providence RI 02940 Annual yard sale set for September; local musicians offered opportunity Summit For Sale, SNA’s annual yard sale, will be held from 10am to 2pm on September 29 at the Church of the Redeemer, 655 Hope Street. Participants may secure a spot for $15 or a spot with a table for $20 and offer their wares. All profits go to the sellers. An added feature will be live music by local groups. We can’t pay you more than our gratitude, so come try out new material in front of an audience or debut that kazoo trio you’ve been working with. If you’re interested, please contact Britt at britt.page@gmail.com with a brief description, the length of set you’d like and the time you’re available to play that day. BYOA (amplification). There also will be offerings from area food trucks. To sell items fill out the form in the SNA newsletter or on the SNA website and return it with a check to Summit Neighborhood Association, Box 41092, Providence, RI 02940. Tot lot community garden moves ahead An SNA committee promoting a com-
munity garden at the back of the “tot lot” playground at Ninth Street and Summit Avenue reports that Bob MacMahon of the City Parks Department is supportive. He has determined that the space could accommodate 30 garden beds, 10 feet by 4 feet, and has irrigation water available. MacMahon also was receptive to suggestions about improvements to the play areas including new equipment, benches with shade and a track around the whole area for wheeled toys. He said proposals from the City’s landscape architect would be forthcoming. Lippitt Park bench improvement sought Parks Department head Bob MacMahon also discussed repairs and additions to the benches in Lippitt Park with SNA, which has funds available from Parents For Parks, The Miriam Hospital and its own money. Snow-shoveling assistance being planned The SNA is trying to get a jump on winter by trying to organize a brigade of volunteers to help clear the walks of our elderly and disabled neighbors. If you would like to volunteer, or you or a neighbor could use assistance, send an email to SNAsnow@ gmail.com or call Tom at 241-0242. Utility pole clutter investigated The placement of signage on city-owned property is prohibited by City of Providence Ordinance Ch. 3, Sec. 3-3 to 3-5. After being contacted by SNA about the proliferation of signs, Providence Police Lt. John Ryan said that he would begin investigating the situation soon. Farmers’ market expands offering The Hope Street Farmers’ Market, in Lippitt Park is now open on Wednes-
days also, from 3pm to 6pm. Residents invited to directors meetings The board convenes at 7pm on the third Monday of every month in the cafeteria of Summit Commons, 99 Hillside Avenue. The meetings are open and neighborhood residents are encouraged to attend.
Blackstone Parks By Jane Peterson Blackstone Parks Phone Number: 270-3014 www.blackstoneparksconservancy.org Mailing Address: P.O. Box 603141, Providence, RI 02906 Blackstone Park Conservation District Two mornings a week for four weeks this summer, about 20 middle-schoolers from the Urban Naturalists Program at Nathan Bishop Middle School headed to the Blackstone Park Conservation District to discover something new. In early July next to the Seekonk River at York Pond, it was a baby blue heron and a black crowned night heron. The mud snails and leeches generated less enthusiasm – some kids balked at putting their hands in the water the way Audubon teacher April Alix did. In a way, Blackstone Park Conservation District is the kids’ park, for they are among its most enthusiastic visitors. Rain or shine except on the stormiest days during the school year, they visit the park, to observe, learn and collect data. On the pond visit, they took a water sample to analyze in the classroom for nitrogen, dissolved oxygen and ammonia. The Providence After School Alliance, PASA, makes it all possible by hir-
ing Audubon to run the program. Nathan Bishop teacher Rick Taylor and PASA Program facilitator Eva Dayon also work closely with the kids. On one of the swampiest days of the summer, July 18, the urban naturalists did hand-to-hand combat with Japanese knotweed, one of the most formidable invasive plant species in the park. This plant cannot be controlled with herbicides. A few Blackstone Parks Conservancy volunteers explained the need to push back against invasive species like knotweed and Asian bittersweet. Until this summer, the 12-to-14year-olds had no idea what an invasive plant was. But now they did and the idea of protecting the woodland that they love caught their fancy. Teachers showed them pictures of knotweed over six feet tall, packed tightly like soldiers at drill. Some of the boys seized on the idea of front lines. Kids had to be reminded to stop for water as they went after what they dubbed “the mother lode.” Spurring each other on in a competition to fill the most large garbage bags, they filled nearly a dozen and proudly posed behind them. For the kids’ account of their battle with knotweed, see their blog at http:// audubonsummer.blogspot.com/. On the Boulevard The gardens flourished, and the South Garden received a much-needed facelift by Providence Groundwork, paid for with funds raised by the Conservancy. Not only are city coffers down, but the Conservancy’s are as well. How to do more with less? Between Lloyd and Irving Avenues on the lower boulevard we’re trying out an old technique for replacing trees. Rather than dig out the substantial stump of a rotted old Tulip Poplar that came down the year before last and purchase a new tree, we are let-
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ting new sprouts compete. They will be thinned this fall and then later cut back to a single sprout once it becomes apparent which is the most vigorous. Existing roots will help nourish the “new” tree. We will watch closely to see if this method should be used again. Four summer concerts drew many more fans to the Trolley Shelter, now graced by the bench donated by Sandy and Richard Bornstein in memory of her parents, Lillian and Sol Koffler. Please keep sending your East Side Market receipts to the address above. And check our website, www.blackstoneparksconservancy.org.
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Friends of Brown Street Park Phone Number: 454-8712 www.friendsofbrownstreetpark.org wendy@friendsofbrownstreetpark.org Mailing Address: 30 Pratt Street Providence, RI 02906 Events this month We are grateful to all our programming providers this summer: Elyse Rotondo at OM Kids Yoga, Cat Sutton for leading YMCA Hybrid Training, Sean St. Onge from 212 Health & Performance, Mike Liberatore and Crossfit, Parkour, Meditation, Stacie Nichols from the East Side/Mt. Hope YMCA for coordinating their hybrid training, child care and yoga, Sarah Robinson for leading Strollerfit, Lindsey Shaw and the Providence Athenaeum for the story hours, ACT at St. Andrews for Rapunzel, Camp Ramah for cleanup, Brad Marston for Meditation, Jonathan Montalbano for Parkour. We are also grateful to Bonnie Frechette at Whole Foods, Janine Schwartz at Arts, Culture and Tourism, Pat Vetere and the team at Brown University, The Providence Department of Parks and Recreation, Mayor Angel Taveras and the Neighborhood Performing Arts Initiative. Thank you David and Carolyn Beal and Kara Kelley for organizing an outstanding summer, and the many families that made BSP part of their summer fun. Fitness classes continue in September Please check our website for updates on the classes that continue into September, including YMCA Hybrid Training, 212 Health & Performance, Crossfit, Parkour, Meditation, Adult Yoga Strollerfit and more. Most classes are free.
Halloween Save the date for our 6th Annual “Fiends” of Brown Street Park Halloween event on Tuesday, October 31 from 3:30-5:00pm. We need Fiends to help plan this event. Please email Wendy at wnilsson@cox.net if you want to help make this year’s event more Spooktacular than ever. Playful fun The City of Providence was recently named as a “Playful City USA” by KaBOOM!, a national non-profit dedicated to saving play for America’s children. On September 7-9, the Partnership for Providence Parks will hold a Playful City Celebration to bring city wide recognition to this award and to our incredible parks and volunteer groups (Friends) that help make spaces in which play can happen. Please visit the Friends of Brown Street Park website for more information including dates and locations of “Playful” activities in our neighborhood parks. Please contact wendy@ friendsofbrownstreetpark.org to find out how you can donate or get involved check the website.
Wayland Square by David Kolsky Neighborhood Discussion Group at Books on the Square http://groups.yahoo.com/group/waylandsquare Monthly meetings Wednesdays, August 22, September 26 and October 24 at 7pm, Books on the Square, 471 Angell Street at Elmgrove, next to CVS. Free and open to all. Candidates’ forums The four primary-election candidates for General Assembly seats on the East Side agreed to come to our meeting on Wednesday, August 22 at Books on the Square. House District 2: State Representative Chris Blazejewski is in his first term representing the area south of Angell Street (Fox Point plus half of Wayland Square and College Hill) and is being challenged in the September 11 Democratic primary by Dirk Hennessey. Senate District 3: Two candidates are contending for the Democratic nomination to succeed retiring state Senator Rhoda Perry (representing most of the East Side except Mount Hope and
University Heights): Maryellen Butke and Gayle Goldin. The winner of each of these primaries will face no opposition on November 6. However, Rep. Edith Ajello, whose First House district is on the other side of Angell Street from Chris Blazejewski’s (and represents the rest of College Hill and Wayland Square), while unchallenged in the primary, will face an independent candidate, Francisco L. González, in the November general election. Rep. Ajello has agreed to come to our pre-election meeting on Wednesday, October 24 (also 7pm at the bookstore). That October meeting might also, depending on circumstances, invite the East Side’s other state senator, Harold Metts, and state representative, Speaker Gordon Fox, together with their November 6 opponents, although those two districts are far closer to North Main Street and Pawtucket than to Wayland Square. Neither incumbent is being challenged on September 11. Please check our Yahoo! Group’s public message board (above) for current and final details. September meeting We’ll be meeting in the bookstore at 7pm on Wednesday, September 26. One possible topic might be informal reports back from the various political parties’ national conventions by East Siders who attended as delegates, alternates, observers or volunteers. Brief commercial notes Teas and Javas, which also serves ice cream and sandwiches, has opened up in the space on Wayland Avenue next to Alex and Ani’s that was left by The Edge’s departure. Kyureo antiques, formerly next to UPS/Mail Boxes Etc., on South Angell Street, has left Providence to be replaced by a yoga studio. The other antique store on South Angell, What Cheer?, which used to occupy the basement below Myopic Books, has now moved further up Angell to Thayer Street, above Chipotle restaurant.
Fox Point by John Rousseau Fox Point Neighborhood Association Phone Number: 270-7121 Website: www.fpna.net Email: fpna@cox.net Mailing Address: P.O. Box 603177 Providence, RI 02906 Events this month FPNA Monthly Board Meeting, 7 to
WWW.HARUKISUSHI.COM 8pm, Monday, September 10 at the Vartan Gregorian Bath House Library. FPNA completes historical marker design The Fox Point Neighborhood Association, FPNA, is moving ahead with plans for construction of a historical marker at Gano Park while it seeks additional support for the project. FPNA presented the marker’s graphic design to the Mayor’s Office. The mayor, who considers the marker worthwhile, passed the design, budget and other information along to his Deputy Chief of Staff Arianne Lynch, asking her to follow up with the Providence Department of Parks and other sources for assistance. So far, FPNA has contributed $1,000 for research and copy development by a local historian and has made an in-kind contribution of the design by board member Paul Carter. His design can be reviewed at the association’s web site, www.fpna.net. FPNA hopes to maintain continuity of the marker’s appearance with the other horizontal historical markers along the Seekonk River in India Point Park. FPNA also has asked Councilman Seth Yurdin’s office to help find necessary funding or other means to encourage further improvements at the site where it is hoped that marker will be erected this season. Some of those improvements include replacing a nearby, dilapidated gate; removal of an unused softball backstop; ongoing maintenance of the shoreline and installation of some benches near the proposed site of the historical marker. Last year, FPNA received $2,500 from the Providence/Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau’s Community Relations Fund to construct a historical marker on the Seekonk Shoreline in Gano Park. The signage also will direct visitors across Gano Street to the monument at Roger Williams Landing Park that is considered Williams’ actual debarkation point. FPNA has asked to review the plaques that the Parks Department plans to install on the Roger Williams Landing Park monument. FPNA recommends Provconnex Do you ever walk by neglected properties in Fox Point and become irritated with property owners who fail to take care of basic maintenance, like mowing their lawns or removing snow from the sidewalks? Doing something about it has never been easier. At the web site, www.providenceri.com/provconnex, FPNA reminds residents that they can register com-
plaints with the City for ordinance violations and other problems, including animals, garbage, graffiti, unkempt yards and parks. FPNA supports Cabral event FPNA has contributed $100 in support of a Playful Providence Celebration at Cabral Park on Saturday, September 8 from 2 to 4pm. The allinclusive kids event will feature music by Joe’s Backyard Band, an art mural project, a bubble station and of course the park’s new handicap accessible playground structure that was constructed in June. The celebration is being organized through the newly established Partnership for Providence Parks through the Providence Department of Parks to encourage families from around the city to visit new parks and try different ways of playing. Cabral Park has been selected as one of 13 public parks to represent the city during the weekend-long event. The Play! Move! Create! event at Cabral Park will showcase the improvements that provide access to the elevated play structure with a series of ramps and bridges, and the addition of wheelchair accessible play panels. The playground at Cabral Park, 515 Wickenden Street, becomes the city’s second wheelchair accessible playground; the other is the Hasbro Playground at Roger Williams Park.
College Hill by Allison Spooner College Hill Neighborhood Association Phone Number: (401) 633-5230 Website: www.collegehillna.com Email: chna@collegehillna.com Mailing Address: CHNA, P.O. Box 2442 Providence, RI 02906 3rd Senate seat candidate discussion CHNA is working on organizing a candidate discussion with Gayle Goldin and Maryellen Butke prior to the Democratic primary. Since there are no other candidates, this will effectively determine our next State Senator. Please visit our website for updates.
ing. There is no timetable established, but there will be opportunities for the public to offer their suggestions. Thayer Street District improvement Initiative The City has agreed to head an initiative, as recommended by the Thayer Street Steering Committee, to approach the Thayer Street District in a more holistic manner moving forward. The planning process will be more deliberate to account for all aspects including the historic fabric of the neighborhood, parking, beautification efforts and economic development. Graffiti abatement Our initial test results of grafitti barrier clear coats on stop signs were not encouraging - the drying time was extensive for one, and both peeled off after one power wash. We are continuing our testing on additional materials including wood and stone. We will keep you posted on the progress. In the meantime, Adler’s Hardware on Wickenden Street offers three options for graffiti removal, from completely green to more chemical-based. Residents and businesses should be removing tags as soon as they are created. This is the first step in successful abatement. CHNA will also be scheduling the Graffiti Task Force to remove graffiti throughout the Thayer Street District during the fall months.
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“founded on the idea that the arts can make a huge contribution to solving civic problems and building a better community,” says Kathleen Pletcher, founder of FirstWorks. Each fall the organization kicks off their year-round programs such as art exhibitions and youth education events with an annual festival, usually featuring local or regional talent. This year, however, thanks to an Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the FirstWorks Festival is reaching an unprecedented new level, bringing together local, regional and international artistic acts. “There will be over 200 performers, Bandaloop being one that we’ve been trying to bring to Providence for the past six years,” says Pletcher. “Some of the other groups I’m excited about are the RI Philharmonic, Festival Ballet and a group called Squonk Opera.” According to Pletcher, Squonk Opera is a “zany and deeply artistic spectacle” that is expected to perform on a retrofitted monster truck, accompanied by a blimp with a face
and a working jaw. Don’t ask, it’s better to experience it firsthand. The festival, Pletcher explains, came about due to partnerships between FirstWorks, Lynne McCormack from the Department of Art, Culture + Tourism, the Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy and Mayor Taveras. “Truth be told, though,” says Pletcher, “with this many people contributing in many ways, there are too many partnerships to name. But I especially want to thank Mayor Taveras and Lynne McCormack for all their hard work.” FirstWorks has the NEA to thank for the fact that the event is free to the public. Earlier this year, the NEA welcomed applications for its Our Town grant program. All applications had to feature a partnership between a non-profit organization and a local government entity, with each local government only able to apply once. After all applications were collected, the NEA chose one partnership from each state to receive an Our Town grant. For bigger states, this could
have proved problematic, but Rhode Island made out like a bandit. “The grant we got was one of the larger Our Town grants given out, and I believe that’s from what the NEA saw as the power of partnership in Providence,” says Pletcher, adding that this grant has given FirstWorks the opportunity to “take partnerships to the next level while including the best of Providence’s art scene.” More importantly, the festival has given the City an opportunity to revolutionize the image of Kennedy Plaza, and this kind of urban re-imagining is exactly what the NEA intended with their Our Town grants. “We all looked at Greater Kennedy Plaza, saying that we have this historic hub - a transit and community hub - and we wondered about how people could experience it as a vital part of the community, a transformative part of our community,” says Pletcher. “The Festival has to do with rejuvenating and animating space, improving business viability and safety and bringing people together.” All
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of this is an important part of creative placemaking, the idea that a community’s attitude reflects onto the community’s environment. For an example of creative placemaking, one has to look no further than what AS220 did for Empire Street, says Lynne McCormack. “Before AS220, Empire Street was not a great place to be, and then they came in and turned it into a vital streetscape.” She goes on to cite Trinity Rep, the Steel Yard and the Providence Performing Arts Center as other instances of creative placemaking. If the individuals in a specific space feel energized and enlightened, their surroundings shine as bright as their passion. And with this year’s lineup for the FirstWorks Festival, Providence is about to shine brighter than ever before. Besides the previously mentioned performance groups, some of the other featured festival acts include Papermoon Puppet Theatre, an Indonesian strolling theatrical performance group; Zili Misik, an all-female music collective from Boston; and the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, an award-winning ensemble that specializes in New York City salsa. A full WaterFire will accompany the evening’s activities. “In addition, some RISD public art classes created illuminated projects for Burnside Park,” says Pletcher. “And Bandaloop will be illuminating a 30-story building where they will be performing. WaterFire will have an installation, so when people come into the Plaza, it’s going to be glowing.” With the bus depot located right next to Burnside Park, one can imagine that the festival will be a cluttered nightmare. But don’t worry - FirstWorks and their partnerships have planned for everything: “The night before the event, the busses are go-
ing to be moved out of the plaza,” says McCormack. “They’ll be moved to the edges of Exchange Terrace and in front of the Convention Center, similar to when the City was resurfacing the road.” According to McCormack, RIPTA has been cooperative every step of the way, willing to accommodate to the festival’s needs. “And that’s what’s so astonishing about this,” says Pletcher. “It’s the culmination of what we’ve learned from past events in Providence, and it’s clear that RIPTA and the fire and safety services are working together to help bring something special to the city.” She continues, “We’ve been meeting for over a year, conceptualizing the project, and now it’s finally happening.” But what’s the true point of the festival and creative placemaking? Why go through all this work to just reinvent Kennedy Plaza? “Really, it’s about national recognition of the arts that are in Providence, in addition to the city’s growing role as a creative place and a creative community,” says Pletcher. “People will be coming from all over specifically for this event, because it’s the kind of arts festival that is truly unique.” And it’s true: We may be the smallest state, but events like FirstWorks prove that our determination and artistic integrity far exceed our small borders. “[The festival] is about giving people a chance to sink their teeth into art,” says Pletcher. “If people want to dance the night away or stroll WaterFire or encounter street surprises or eat from local food trucks, it’ll all be right there at Kennedy Plaza, and admission is free. All I can say is, it’s going to be a kinetic extravaganza.” To plan out your festival activities, or to see performance times, head online to the FirstWorks website for an itinerary. www.firstworks.org
The 13th Annual Providence Rotary Street Painting Festival returns to the Bank of America Skating Rink on September 29, the same day as the FirstWorks Festival. Happening between noon and 9pm, the Street Painting Festival pits artists against each other for fame, glory and cash prizes, in addition to gift certificates to local venues. Think of it like a gladiatorial arena of local artistry. “The rink will be transformed into a sea of color, creativity and activity as nearly 300 artists of all ages and talent create imaginative masterpieces on the concrete floor with artist-grade pastel chalk,” says Suzanna Cannon, a member of the Rotary Club of Providence. Each artist is given a 4’x4’ or 8’x8’ plot of skating rink cement, depending on what the artist requested during the application process and available space. Using the provided 48 colors of pastel chalk and bottled water, artists must then make a piece of artwork based on this year’s theme: Peace Through Service and Providence’s 375th Anniversary Celebration.
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“Each year, five to six well-known regional artists judge the event,” says Cannon. At 6:30pm, these celebrity judges hand out first, second and third place prizes to each age category. In addition, the audience can purchase $1 tokens that allow them to vote for their favorite piece of artwork. When it comes time for judging, the three artists with the most tokens win the first, second and third place People’s Choice awards, the highest paying awards of the whole event. All proceeds from the Street Painting Festival benefit the Providence Rotary Charities Foundation, which makes grants each year to organizations that enrich the lives of underserved children in and around Providence. “This signature event is one clearly identified with Rotary, run by Rotarians and benefiting Rotary charities,” says Cannon, adding that FirstWorks attendees will be able to walk through the skating rink and buy food and drink while enjoying the drawings.
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nify how far the Birbiglias have come in the six years since Joe has joined the team. Mike has said goodbye to his anxiety-laden nights and hello to an exciting career on stage. While Mike’s accomplishments in standup are stellar on their own, it’s his transition from jokes to storytelling that has begun to define his career. Mike made his theatrical debut in 2009 with a one-person show that was produced by Nathan Lane and chronicled his sleepwalking episodes. After much critical acclaim, the show was turned into a book called Sleepwalk With Me & Other Painfully True Stories. Following the success of the book adaptation, the Birbiglia brothers took it one step further: With the help of Ira Glass, host and producer of This American Life, they made their first feature film, Sleepwalk With Me. From that Hope Street office, Joe helped pen the script, which has gone on to win the NEXT Audience Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, and was also selected as a “Festivals Favorites” at the South By Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas. Sleepwalk With Me is now being distributed by IFC Films. After the hype garnered at the festivals, Mike and Joe began a grassroots campaign to get the film shown throughout the United States. Initially, it was set to open in 24 theaters, but through the help of This American Life (and Mike’s many fans), the film will open on 80 screens, with one of them being in Providence. On Friday, September 7, Sleepwalk With Me will premiere at the Cable Car, leaving us East Side residents in an enviable position of going out supporting the effort and having a few hundred laughs in the process. www. sleepwalkmovie.com
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for Gilbane to pull the trigger on its deal to build a high-end apartment/dorm on Thayer Street, it seems September 1 will become the new D-Day, as in “Decision.” Here are how things stand, as we go to press. Led by former director of planning Sam Shamoon, a compromise of sorts was accepted by the City’s Ordinance Committee and the developer, which made some adjustments that limited what would be allowable with the changes the City Plan Commission and the City Planning Department had originally sought. There will now be restrictions on permissible entertainment in the revised zone. A second proposal, the hotel project from Ed Bishop, would have to go through an independent evaluation separate from the Gilbane apartments to be permitted. And finally, the area covered by the new ordinance was also reduced. Traditionally the City Council tends to support the wishes of the councilman in whose ward the project will be constructed. With the support of Councilman Sam Zurier, the full council approved the change in the existing Providence Plan. So what happens next? According to Bob Gilbane, Richard Schwaery - who owns the buildings Gilbane will need to purchase and demolish to begin the project - has given him an option to purchase that expires on September 1. If not exercised, the owners have said they would then be forced to seek out other prospective purchasers of the nine properties they had assembled. For its part, Gilbane has agreed with most of the points sought by the College Hill Neighborhood Association and the Providence Preservation Society. While he refused to extend the time deadline both groups had initially sought, saying it was beyond his control, Gilbane did agree to continue making design changes to lessen the size impact of the building and provide an array of aesthetic amenities. Details remain in process, but generally there was consensus that the designs are being improved. But some sticking points remain unresolved, most significant of which is
that the developer is required to exercise his option without real assurance that he can work out a tax agreement with the City. The Schwaery properties currently pay about $150,000 in taxes to the City. And while the developer has suggested the new project will generate “two or three times what’s currently being paid,” Councilman Zurier and some neighbors, over 400 and counting, suggest that the math doesn’t work. They note that the $28,000,000 project at an estimated 3% of annual assessed value, should produce closer to $800,000 a year for the City. Says councilman Zurier, “The City is on record as saying that it will consider a tax treaty (locking in current tax rates for a specific period) but that we will not consider a tax abatement (an actual reduction in tax fees). If he exercises his option with the seller on September 1, then he is doing it without a tax agreement that has been approved by the City Council and will have to take his chances. And once he signs the deal, he also commits that the project will remain on the tax rolls going forward. Of course, he can also either sell the project rights to another party, though the restrictions remain in place, or abandon the project.” Zurier expects two major things to happen if the project is to go forward. First, he expects the City’s planning department to conduct “a more rigorous than normal” review of plans for the project, an estimated 6-8 month process that will also provide opportunity for more public input from the community in terms of design and scale. He also expects that any additional projects, most notably the hotel project being sought by Ed Bishop for the next block over, will not be considered until the end of Gilbane design process. In addition, Zurier is asking the Providence Plan Commission and the City to undertake a total review of the entire area with hopes of identifying a more comprehensive way to deal with this important but quite fragile area that incorporates institutions, commercial and residential needs. Zurier notes that last month, the City Council approved land use changes for 257 Thayer Street,
subject to conditions that met the requirements presented to the Ordinance Committee by the Steering Committee, CHNA and Sam Shamoon, the former head of planning who has been helping the council formulate a position on the proposed zoning changes. Zurier went on to say he will introduce a resolution to urge the City Planning Commission to conduct public hearings to review the project carefully. He is also asking the Planning Department to begin a comprehensive review of the Thayer Street neighborhood with input from all of the key stakeholders. Among the other concessions is that the Providence Preservation Society intends to make best use of the developer’s unprecedented $200,000 matching grant to save the maximum number of historic structures during the project. “In these ways, I believe this project will benefit the neighborhood and the City,” Zurier maintains. Seth Kurn, a Bowen Street resident and 30-year resident of College Hill, doesn’t share the councilman’s optimism. Reflecting the sentiment of many of the over 400 signatories to the neighborhood petition, he suggests the parties who should be protecting the neighborhood, their property values and the City’s long commitment to historic preservation have abandoned the neighbors. “The mayor, his administration, the City Council, and Councilman Sam Zurier, abetted by the unprecedented passivity of the College Hill Neighborhood Association and the Providence Preservation Society, in endorsing these changes to the City’s Comprehensive Plan, have provided a 38 Studios-like government bailout for the private gain of the developers.” Kurn goes on to say that, “By encouraging the institutional encroachment on the neighborhood, resulting in a five-times increase in density and the concomitant increase in traffic; the City has decided that it can approve any development for any neighborhood, historic or not, at any time for any reason, regardless of what the tax-paying residents think. This is unfortunate and misguided in my estimation and sad for the city we love.”
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East Side Politics Newcomers Square Off to Replace Perry State Senate District 3 Maryellen Butke vs. Gayle Goldin By Barry Fain With the unexpected decision of Rhoda Perry to retire after 22 years in the State Senate, what was slated to be a predictable race likely dominated by a popular longtime incumbent should now be an interesting primary race between two Democratic newcomers, both of whom have solid political policy backgrounds. Casting a shadow over the candidates, unfortunately, is the way in which the senator chose to resign. After signing up as a candidate for reelection on a Monday, the first day of the three-day sign up period, it appeared that Perry was preparing for one more two-year lap around the Smith Hill legislative oval. By Wednesday, a couple of relatively unknown Democratic women had submitted their names as well, but that was it. Then, on Thursday, the Democratic State Senatorial Committee, which includes such East Side stalwarts as Linda Kushner, Myrth York and Edie Ajello, endorsed newcomer Gayle Goldin as their candidate in the primary at the request of Senator Perry. On the following Monday, Perry announced she wasn’t going to run after all and retired. According to one of the candidates, the situation gets even more bizarre. Maryellen Butke had heard that Rhoda might retire and decided to put her name in “just in case.” As she headed toward City Hall she bumped into another current senator and close friend of Rhoda’s. “She tried to discourage me from signing candidacy papers, assuring me Rhoda was running,” Butke says. But in a state like Rhode Island, where the term “political transparency” is an oxymoron, should any of us really be surprised? All this said, the reality is that the Democratic primary on Tuesday, September 11 will determine who will represent the East Side in the State Senate regardless, so it behooves us all to get to know the two candidates, neither of whom are local household names. Fortunately both seem to know something about public policy, both consider themselves pro-
gressives and, more important, both seem to be well-educated, well-motivated and looking to do the right thing.
Maryellen Butke If there is anything that delineates her from her opponent Maryellen Butke feels it’s practical experience. “I’ve run two businesses; I’ve been a practicing social worker; and I certainly have been a spokesperson for educational reform.” It is in the latter arena that Butke has made a name for herself. Butke ultimately ran several divisions within the well-regarded Met School, which has been recognized nationally for many of its programs. As director of organizational development, Butke was responsible for strategic planning, fundraising, strategic partnerships and professional development. She went on to become the co-founder of Rhode Island Is Ready, a grassroots educational reform group that played a leadership role in helping to fight for an equitable funding formula for Rhode Island’s public schools. Butke has made a name for herself recently as the founding executive director of RI-CAN, the Rhode Island Campaign for Achievement Now. Says Butke: “Our group has lobbied to try and make our state a leader in educational innovation and excellence while ensuring the students graduate with the skills they need
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to succeed.” Most recently the group advocated successfully on behalf of the Achievement First charter school, which will be opening as part of Mayor Taveras’ Mayoral Academy next year. While clearly Butke’s experience in education is impressive, she has run two successful businesses, the largest of which was a center that housed up to 30 separate operations, mostly women-run. “Having seen things on a firsthand basis, one of my first priorities will be to work on creating a business friendly environment in our state to ensure job creation.” In terms of overall policies, Butke is proud to call herself progressive as well. “Again, the difference is while my opponent talks about the issues, I actually live them. I came out as gay when I was at PC, but also feel we need to keep extremist policies out of Rhode Island. I am unequivocally committed to protecting a woman’s right to choose, access to family planning and equal rights to all Rhode Islanders.” Interestingly, both candidates have adopted children and have worked together on adoption issues. Butke lives on Firglade Avenue where she and her partner Josephine are raising their two children. She has a PhD in Social Work from Smith and recently completed the leadership program for state and local leaders at the Harvard Kennedy School.
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Gayle Goldin Though born in Montreal, Gayle Goldin moved with her family to Atlanta when she was seven years old. Ultimately, she went to McGill for college before going on to earn her Masters in Public Policy at Tufts. She sees arriving in Providence as a newcomer in 1998 as a plus. As stated in her campaign literature, “When my husband and I arrived on the East Side 14 years ago, we didn’t know anyone. Today I’m grateful for my experiences of being a newcomer. They taught me that it’s as important to hear as well as to be heard.” Goldin prides herself on her understanding of public policy. “I know how to do research; I know how to build coalitions, which I feel is applicable to all issues. And I want to hear what my constituents have to say.” Goldin is proud to call herself a progressive Democrat. She worked with Perry on legislation to allow adopted children access to birth records. As the mother of an adopted child herself, Goldin was determined that all children, regardless of their birth status, have the opportunity for equal access to information and worked with the senator on the successful passage of legislation that in fact made this happen. Goldin is the Strategic Initiative Officer for the Women’s Fund where she oversees advocacy efforts and runs the Women’s Policy Institute. Previously she has served as a consultant for several non-profit organizations assisting with grassroots advocacy, grant writing and research. She also served as the Director of Community Partnerships for Volunteers in Health Care for eight years. Already Goldin has amassed an impressive array of progressive supporters, including Mayor Taveras, and hopes to continue the liberal traditions of Senator Perry. In terms of the issues, Goldin prefers to be cautious. “It’s my background; I prefer to do research before jumping in.” Married to Jeff Levy, a local attorney, Goldin and her husband live on Brown Street with their two children. Sepetmber 2012 East Side Monthly
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integrity and commitment to jobs creation and who actually plan to vote in the primary.” Gemma, who recently sold his advertising company to Alex and Ani before embarking on the campaign, feels he has a “secret sauce” in terms of maxing out the
Anthony Gemma This time around for Gemma, there have been a series of missteps almost from the beginning, which suggests either the campaign is flaming out or they are engaged in a sophisticated stealth campaign that is going to surprise us all. On the day we interviewed Gemma, for example, about four weeks before the primary, we got a sampling of both. It turned out to be the same day Gemma’s field manager resigned, and the supporting staff that appeared with him certainly seemed young and “short in the tooth,” as they say. Yet under questioning, the candidate came across as supremely confident, citing his own polling numbers that show him as the only one who can beat Republican nominee, former state police head Brendan Doherty. “When I win this primary, the Democrats will rally around my candidacy to ensure we don’t lose this seat to the Republicans. If I lose, you’ll see even more switch over to Doherty,” he maintains. Gemma explains what people are misreading as inactivity in his campaign to date: “We are concentrating on a sophisticated approach to targeting people who believe in our
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effectiveness of social media advertising. So far it has produced more punch lines than punch when it was revealed that he has over a million people signed on as followers, about equal to the entire population of the state. So what can we expect from him during the final weeks before the pri-
mary? Here a more confident candidate leans forward and promises all will be revealed shortly and it’s going to be big. Without going into detail, Gemma suggests there will be a blockbuster piece of new information coming that will expose some voter fraud and integrity issues of major magnitude that are going to change the way people will talk about the campaign. Much of it, Gemma maintains, will not be focused on his opponent, but rather at more systemic corruption problems that involve all levels of government. Guess we’ll have to wait and see. As for his campaign, Gemma feels it’s all about convincing voters that his experience and proven success at job creation in his own business will translate into kick starting a state that occupies the bottom rungs of the national economic ladder. His pledge is that his eight-point economic plan will bring in 10,000 new jobs to Rhode Island over the next five years. “And that’s a conservative number,” he argues. “We can leverage some private foundation opportunities to help too. And we can concentrate on jobs that are consistent with the real Rhode Island. We’re a blue-collar state, a state where people like to make things with their hands, and we’re good at it. That’s what we need, not just high tech, pie in the sky jobs.” Gemma feels people misread him so he’s trying to change their perception of him this time around. “Basically I’m first and foremost an honest guy who has worked hard for everything and knows business. And I’m not really negative. In addition, I need to convince people that I really am almost as liberal as David. I’m pro-marriage equality; I’m pro-choice; and I actually feel my immigration policies would be more liberal than the Congressman’s. But, most important, of all three candidates, I’m the only one that really understands business and has actually created jobs.”
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David Cicilline, on the other hand, remains David Cicilline. He is surrounded by a professional staff that clearly knows what they’re doing. No one has ever questioned his work ethic or his ability to flood the airways with messages of his successes. But his poll numbers remain frighteningly low. And even some of his most loyal supporters, especially on the East Side, admit that he certainly didn’t leave Mayor Taveras and his team very many good cards to play. It took well over a year until the Congressman acknowledged that perhaps there were some things he could have, make that should have, done better. And many of the hard decisions Taveras and the City Council have been forced to take recently perhaps should have been implemented years ago. “I do regret, and I’ve admitted it publicly, that I overstated when I said in a debate that I was leaving the state in ‘excellent financial shape.’ That was a misstate-
to his efforts in Washington over the past 18 months, the congressman feels he’s on firmer ground. His work ethic is legendary and he proudly ticks off his successes in three general areas: the work he’s done solving problems quickly for constituents (and which form the basis of his current advertising campaign); the legislative work he has done in terms of Made in the US, education and infrastructure bills; and his successful efforts that have brought back funding to the state. As to the race against Gemma, he says, “I certainly am taking this race seriously and I expect it will be close.” Congressman Cicilline goes on to say, “When voters look at my record and what I’ve accomplished in my first term in Congress, I will earn their support. We need a strong progressive Democrat representing us to provide pushback especially as the Tea Party seems to have hijacked Boehner and his fellow House Republicans.” So here we are, down to just a few weeks before the primary, and with
It’s been eerily quiet so far though Gemma promises a wild last few weeks. ment, given the State had just cut us back by over $50 million in funding and the economy was worsening.” “I just hope people look at the mess we inherited ourselves when I took office and judge me by the entire body of work over our eight years in office. We reformed the police department, we initiated the first co-pays with City workers, we actually started funding our pensions, we balanced budgets. I made a decision during my final year that our residents could not absorb another tax increase but that there were some important city services that had to be maintained. We borrowed from the rainy day fund and hoped that the economy would improve or that the State would restore some funding. None of this happened. And quite frankly, if I had stayed as mayor and won a third term, I would have had no choice but to do what Mayor Taveras is doing so successfully.” So then why should voters trust him now in Washington and what special talents does he bring to an increasingly polarized House of Representatives? As the discussion turns
a well-funded Republican challenger ready to take on the winner, hoping for some bloodletting in the primary to help in his battle. It’s been eerily quiet so far though Gemma promises a wild last few weeks. He says there will be ads; that there is targeted marketing going on. And there is this big surprise he says is coming. Plus there remain some eyebrowraising elements to the Gemma campaign that keep puzzling us all. On the other side, there’s Congressman Cicilline, who is incredibly focused and hard working, a skilled political operative and debater who knows how to swing those elbows. And someone who knows how to raise money. After almost a decade in political office, he presents well and confidently. In addition, the changes in the redrawn district, especially in Providence, are likely to help him in the primary. So let’s all relax and await what should be an interesting end to a very strange campaign to date. And we’ll also await the real fireworks when the winner has to face a wellfinanced Brendan Doherty.
Representative District 2: Democratic Primary Chris Blazejewski vs.Dirk Hennessey
By Steve Triedman The race for State
Representative District 2 amounts to ideals vs. idealism. First-term incumbent Chris Blazejewski faces serial candidate Dirk Hennessey. The two will square off in the Democratic primary on September 11 and since there are no other candidates, this will determine the election. The biggest change in the landscape involves the district itself. It was realigned this year and the East Providence section was eliminated and replaced with a part of Upper South Providence and Silver Lake. The East Side/ Fox Point section grew by a few streets.
Chris Blazejewski Incumbent State Representative Chris Blazejewski wears a pedometer, and it’s getting a workout as he walks the district knocking on doors. Blazejewski’s entry into politics came through the progressive community as one of the founders of Drinking Liberally. When David Segal decided to run for Congress, he looked for someone who shared his platform and agenda, and Chris was ready. He has achieved a surprising number of successes for a freshman representative, including the passage of a bill to take the veil off campaigning through Super PACS and legislation that makes “Tip Theft” a misdemeanor for employers who skim some or all of their gratuities. He has been very active in the relocation of 195 and continues to shepherd the project. He supports the casino initiative and, the city’s $40,000,000 bond (as long as 100 percent of the bond goes to repaving of the streets by need, not politics). Blazejewski was a sponsor of 81 bills during his first session and has an ambitious agenda. Among them are bills that
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would allow employees to unionize without secret ballots if 70 percent of the workers sign authorization cards; provide tax credits to incentivize students to stay and work in Rhode Island by helping to pay off their student loans; give businesses greater access to federal dollars for research and innovation; and allow for-profit limited-liability companies to seek investments from charitable organizations, as well as private investors. Blazejewski is married, lives on William Street and is an attorney.
Dirk Hennessey Hennessey has run for Providence City Council, State Senator and State Representative because he believes that “no one should be unopposed” and “change in government is a good thing.” This is his third decade of campaigning; he took on Democratic Senate Majority Leader John Bevilacqua several times, once getting almost 40 percent of the vote. He considers himself a conservative Democrat, who is pro-choice and very concerned about the situation in Providence. He feels that the casino issue should be decided by the people. He supports Mayor Taveras but believes that former Mayor David Cicilline has put the city “in a very, very large hole.” The other issue that he is emphatic about is not voting for any legislation regarding money until he has read it. “It happens every session. They always ‘suspend the rules’ in the final session and end up adjourning at 3:30am and we all know that nothing good ever happens after midnight.” Hennessey has started walking the district and is finding some early encouragement. Hennessey lives on Chair Street, which is near Broad and works at Irving Oil in Olneyville.
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When it comes to purchasing big items for your home it feels good to save lots of money. Kitchen Guys will make you downright giddy because their entire selection of new, used and refurbished appliances are up to 70% off the retail price. Go ahead, that gleaming Thermador fridge and Viking Duel Fuel Range are within your budget. Business owner and East Side resident Michael Gaffin has over 30 years of experience in kitchen design and residential appliances. With his knowledge you will get the right model at a terrific price. “It’s all about the savings here,” he explains. Kitchen Guys has a warehouse feel with mazes of high-end refrigerators, gas and electric ranges, wall ovens, microwaves, dishwashers, cook tops, washers/dryers, ice machines and wine refrigerators. The atmosphere is pretty eclectic (Michael has a large fossil collection in his office) and his knowledgeable team can assist you in getting just what you need. All of the appliances come with a 90-day warrantee and they service what they sell. The 11,000 square foot showroom is teeming with appliances that rotate regularly, so you never know what you’ll find. Time to dump that dated refrigerator for a beautiful Electrolux ICON with its bright “Theatre Lighting.” You’ll be beaming when you see the price is half of what you’d pay at the big box store. Most of the appliances are stainless steel models, plus there are a large number of washer/dryer units including the Electrolux Steam washer. “I have the latest and the greatest,” Michael says.” You’ll see top brands like Thermador and Jenn-Air. Kitchen Guys is one of only two stores of its kind in New England and people drive from all over to see his selection. They can arrange delivery and installation if needed. Visit weekdays between 9am and 5pm or on weekends by appointment. Head to their website to view their appliances online. “Every client we have is our most important,” Michael says. Come experience great service and the best prices at Kitchen Guys.
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Total Recall and The Dark Knight Rises Confused Vision vs. Vision of Confusion If you’re going to
invest in hightech, blockbuster action with science fiction, politics and allegory thrown in, it helps if you have a central vision and a means of expression. Something must lie behind the narrative to suggest all the fighting is about something that mirrors, current reality. That narrative needs some logic and credibility too, translated through good acting. Total Recall, a remake of the 1990 Paul Verhoeven film, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger, brought with it some high expectations. The 1990 version wasn’t very good, considering it was based on a justifiably famous short story by Philip K. Dick (“We Can Remember It for You Wholesale”), which described a devastated Earth of the future, run by an evil horde of capitalists bent on squeezing whatever profit there was to be had from a beaten, hungry and increasingly angry populace. The film was silly and artificial, but we all bought just about anything Schwarzenegger was selling back then. Plus, Sharon Stone was made a potent villain as Schwarzenegger’s duplicitous, murderous wife. In the updated take, Colin Farrell, a hard-working, good actor (two competencies missing from Schwarzenegger’s portfolio) seemed like a good choice for the lead, and while Kate Beckinsale is no Stone, she’s become something of an effective action star herself (as seen in the Underworld films). Her husband, director Len Wiseman, hasn’t proven to be very good (citing the Underworld
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films again), but he had at his disposal the digital technology that was unavailable in 1990. The new version has even less to do with Dick’s story than the original. There’s a lot of chasing and fighting, all shot in overcrowded scenes that lack basic action-film effectiveness. And forget about narrative rationality. It’s fairly clear that Farrell is confused in a Jason Bourne kind of way, his mind messed up by former colleagues, preventing him from remembering he’s a super agent for the underground, fighting a guerilla war against a fascist government. But his confusion never realistically evolves into understanding. Nevertheless, they’ve messed with the wrong man, as you may surmise, and he relocates his old groove (if not his memory) quickly, while government agents hunt him. But information is tossed out haphazardly; they have Farrell escape or defeat hordes of enemy agents while simultaneously trying to elude the evil clutches of Beckinsale. Some of the things Schwarzenegger said and did in the original were memorable. You won’t be able to remember anything about Farrell. And Beckinsale, who can walk and run in spandex with the kind of flair reserved for European runways, can’t effectively walk and talk at the same time. She’s so busy looking good that she blows a lot of potentially effective villainous dialogue. Jessica Biel, as Farrell’s girlfriend from the underground movement, doesn’t have anything
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memorable to say either, plus she has a wardrobe that is positively shabby compared to Beckinsale’s (it helps to be married to the director). This Total Recall brought with it inevitable expectations and comparisons. When it turns out to be just a routine actioner about a tough, good-looking guy on the run and two tough, good-looking women on his case, it’s a bigger letdown than if its makers had just come up with some other excuse for mindless action and called it something else. Attempting to cash in on a known title was a major miscalculation. The Dark Knight Rises, on the other hand, like the two earlier Christopher Nolan films in the trilogy, defies the low expectations of filmed comic book superheroes, and turns out to be a nearperfect conclusion to an impressive series. Capitalizing on the darkness of a troubled, reclusive young man who fights crime while dressed like a bat, Nolan’s movies have envisioned a world where not just law but civilized behavior have broken down. A shut-in for the eight years that have passed since The Joker killed his girl and ruined his dubious reputation, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) endures the chastisements of his well-meaning butler (Michael Caine), and merely watches while a thief (Anne Hathaway) steals the family jewels. And even though a couple of resourceful old colleagues like the police commissioner (Gary Oldman) and technical wizard Lucius Fox (Morgan
Freeman) stand ready to serve, it takes a new villain, Bane (Tom Hardy), calling forth nothing short of the French Revolution in Gotham City to get a rise out of the Batman. In scenes that resonate with terrorist tactics, Bane beats up Batman and stages a violent takeover of Gotham City with revolutionary zeal, appealing to a city confused about its heroes and vulnerable both to attack and the rhetoric of its aftermath. Kangaroo courts dole out executions that pass for justice. Is there no one who can see the evil passing itself off as good? That’s the real brilliance of Nolan’s trilogy, of course: there is duality everywhere. Batman’s justice has seemed evil-minded to many, and Bruce Wayne himself is simultaneously two different people, one a philanthropic man of wealth, the other a harsh avenger. To work all this out, Nolan adds Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a low-key, but keenly observant city cop and Marion Cotillard as a philanthropist who encourages Wayne to get involved in what’s right again. In addition, Anne Hathaway, charming and clever as the jewel thief, gets better and better as her Selina Kyle evolves into Catwoman. It’s significant that Batman doesn’t do it alone this time: the concerted effort by small and large groups to make things right, is as much at the heart of this exceptional story as the action, tension and humor that make it up. Nolan’s screenplay artfully fixes the world he previously demolished. Sepetmber 2012 East Side Monthly
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The East Side finally has a NY-style deli again It’s a question that’s plagued the East Side for what seems like ages, Oy ve, would it kill anybody to have some decent pastrami around here? For an area so rich with Jewish culture, the East Side is tragically devoid of a good, New York-style Jewish deli. I mean, even Framingham, MA has a Jewish deli – but on the East Side of Providence, bupkis. We’re happy to report, however, that things have just changed for the better. The all new Dok’s Deli on Ives Street (in the former home of United BBQ), while not a full-on Jewish deli, is certainly modeling itself very much in the mold of New York institutions like Katz’s and 2nd Ave Deli. Chef Tyler Doktor is a Boston native, but he grew up on family trips to the classic New York delis and has experience with kosher catering, and he’s intent on solving the Great East Side Pastrami Problem. “I see it as a combination of a gourmet sandwich shop mixed with a New York-style deli,” he explains of his vision, noting that in order to succeed, “You have to have good corned beef and pastrami.” Doktor, a former Johnson & Wales student who was most recently head chef of Leona’s in North Attleboro, believes he’s got a product that can stack up with the best of them. “My sandwiches aren’t quite as big as Katz’s, but I think the quality of the meat will rival anything this side of New York,” he maintains. A lot of work goes into backing up that tough talk: his house-made pastrami takes roughly three weeks, from brining (two weeks) to desalination to five hours in the smoker he inherited from United BBQ to resting for a week to being steamed and sliced; it’s a “labor of love,” he says. That smoker is the linchpin of Dok’s operation, as all his meats are carefully sourced (the beef is all Angus) from a local purveyor, and then smoked in-house, including pastrami, turkey, whole chickens for his chicken salad, and, of course, bacon. Attention to detail and commitment to doing things the right way are evident throughout the menu: all the fixings are house-made as well, from the
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pickles, to the chips or apple cider slaw that accompany the sandwiches, to the Swayze Sauce (a spicy, garlicky mustard) that garnishes the signature Roadhouse sandwich (pastrami, corned beef, bacon and cheddar on sourdough). The produce and dairy are locally sourced, too. The deli just opened the first week of August, and it’s already evident that this kind of food is in demand. Doktor says he went through 60-70 pounds of corned beef in the first three days, and he’s already had at least one inquiry about wholesaling it. (The meats are available by the pound, deli style.) When football season comes around he plans to pay tribute to the location’s popular former resident by offering pulled pork, chicken and other barbecue items. So, if you’ve been craving that New York deli taste without the three-hour drive, schlep on over to Ives Street and say “Mazel tov” to the new neighbor – and, like the menu says, “Eat. You’ll feel better.” 146 Ives Street. www.doksdeli.com Downtown’s New Hot Spot Another opening that has previously gone unheralded in these pages is Providence Coal Fired Pizza (385 Westminster St.), which arrived downtown earlier this summer. Its custom built oven is fired with Pennsylvania coal, making it unique among other pizzerias in this state. The result is a crust with that perfect bal-
ance of crispy outside and chewy inside, and the menu offers a variety of simple, but well-chosen options. There are the classics like Margherita and Tomato and Mozzarella, and fancier choices like the Clam (rosemary, pancetta, clams, fingerling potatoes and Parmigiano Reggiano) and the Conrad (roasted onion and peppers, sausage, rosemary, mozzarella and Pecorino). The Baby Bella, topped with oyster mushrooms, truffle oil, mozzarella and ricotta, is a textural marvel, with the gooey melted cheese playing off the meatiness of the mushrooms and the crispy crust underneath. The oven is also put to good use on starters like the Coal Fired Wings with sea salt, rosemary and roasted onions. The spacious, comfortable restaurant also has a full bar and is open seven nights a week, as well as lunch on weekdays. It’s a welcome addition to downtown. Going Undercover The local nonprofit Project Undercover, which provides things like socks, underwear and diapers to needy children, is going to have a good day on Tuesday, September 18. How do we know? Because on that day all three Rhode Island Whole Foods locations (601 North Main St., 261 Waterman St. and 151 Sockanosset Crossroad, Cranston) will donate 5% of the day’s sales to benefit the charity. And with Whole Foods’ prices, that’s likely to buy a lot of undergarments for children all over Rhode Island. Sepetmber 2012 East Side Monthly
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NICE SLICE 267 Thayer Street; 4536423. Hip and healthy are the best descriptions of this pizza place. It’s whole wheat, New York style pizza with plenty of choices for toppings, including vegan and vegetarian options. LD $
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CAV 14 Imperial Place; 751-9164. The New York Times’ choice as one of Providence’s five best restaurants, CAV’s award-winning cuisine is available for lunch and dinner daily. They also feature Saturday/Sunday brunch. LD $$-$$$
LIM’S 18 Angell Street; 401-383-8830. Dive into the unique combination of Lim’s fine Thai cuisine and sushi served in an intimate and modern setting. LD $$
HEMENWAY’S 121 South Main Street; 351-8570. A true Providence classic, Hemenway’s has been serving topnotch seafood for 20 years. Their oyster bar features everything from the famed Prince Edward Island varieties to the local favorite Poppasquash Point. LD $$-$$$ JACkY’S WAtErpLACE 200 Exchange Street; 383-5000. Experience sushi, Chinese and Japanese food, noodles and much more in a stunning atmosphere, right in the heart of Waterplace Park. Sip an exotic drink while taking in the spectacular view. LD $-$$$ MILLS tAVErN 101 North Main Street; 272-3331. The only restaurant in RI to receive the Mobil Four Star Award for five consecutive years, Mills Tavern provides traditional American cuisine in a warm, friendly setting. D $$-$$$
Wayland/Elmgrove HArUkI EASt 172 Wayland Avenue; 223-0332. The chefs behind this sushi bar provide a minimalist, upscale, comfortable dining experience. Try the toro ankimo – fatty tuna and monkfish liver pate with eggplant tempura, served
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rED StrIpE 465 Angell Street; 4376950. Red Stripe serves classic comfort food with a French influence. Their food is reasonably priced and made with passion. LD $$-$$$ WAtErMAN GrILLE 4 Richmond Square; 521-9229. With its covered outdoor seating overlooking the Seekonk River, Waterman Grille offers seasonally inspired New American fare in a comfortable setting. BrD $$-$$$
Hope/Thayer BEttEr BUrGEr COMpANY 217 Thayer Street; 228-7373. With Angus beef burgers that are juicy and tasty, this casual spot is a no brainer for anyone looking for a quick, delicious and affordable meal. Serving wholesome veggie, falafel and salmon burgers too. LD $ CHEZ pASCAL 960 Hope Street; 4214422. Chef Matt Gennuso’s East Side kitchen offers French food with a modern twist. Try the Bistro Menu (TueThur), which features three courses for $35 per person. Delicieux! D $-$$$ kArtABAr 284 Thayer Street; 3318111. This European-style restaurant and lounge offers a full menu of unique dishes with Mediterranean flair and eclectic
tOrtILLA FLAtS 355 Hope Street; 7516777. A fixture on the Providence restaurant and bar scene, this spot serves up fresh Mexican, Cajun and Southwestern food, along with top-notch margaritas and ice-cold cervezas. LD $-$$
Wickenden ABYSSINIA 333 Wickenden Street; 4541412. Enjoy Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine, using your fingers (and Ethiopia’s famed flatbread) to sample richly spiced meat, fish and vegetable dishes. (Forks are available, but less fun.) LD $-$$
Jewelry District/ Waterfront rUE BIS 95 South Street; 490-9966. This intimate eatery provides breakfast and lunch in a cozy, neighborhood bistro atmosphere – all with the gourmet pedigree of Hope Street dining staple Rue De L’Espoir behind it. BBrL $ BAkEr StrEEt rUE 75 Baker Street; 490-5025. The Rue De L’Espoir empire expands with this comfortable neighborhood café serving “upscale diner food.” BBrL$
Outside Providence LJ’S BBQ 727 East Avenue, Pawtucket; 305-5255. LJ’s features ribs, pork, chicken and beef cooked low and slow in their customized pit, made with recipes from co-owner Bernie Watson’s grandmother, Miss Leola Jean. It’s great food at a great value. LD $-$$
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787 Hope Street, Providence; 8313400. Beautiful murals and décor set the mood for delicious Cambodian and Southeast Asian cuisine, spicy curries and noodle dishes. The tamarind duck is a must. LD $-$$
rUE DE L’ESpOIr 99 Hope Street; 7518890. In business for over 30 years, the Rue has only gotten better. Beautifully prepared with the freshest ingredients, the innovative, constantly changing menu keeps diners on their toes. Superb brunch. BBrLD $$-$$$
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Jin Shan’s My dad is Li Gang!
This month, a new show is opening at Brown’s Bell Gallery: The work of emerging Chinese artist Jin Shan will take center stage amidst all the usual activity in September. In the new exhibit, My dad is Li Gang! 我爸是李刚!, Shan creates a large-scale installation referencing a space station that was launched by the Chinese back in 2011. In addition to the space station, Shan has included a bicycle – the vehicle used by many poor migrant workers living in China. The title of his latest show is a social meme in Chinese contemporary pop culture, addressing the nation’s corrupt financial and political elite who avoid taking responsibility for their impact on others. The combination of the bicycle and the space station reflect on the installation’s title, because it is on the broken backs of China’s working class that the 2011 space station was created. In the last couple of years, the rest of the world started to tune into the struggle that many Chinese artists face regarding freedom to create work that invokes a social commentary on government. Despite being unable to talk openly about the state of artistic
freedom in their country, contemporary Chinese artists have found a way to comment about what is happening in their country through their work. Jin Shan’s work has instigated his audience to label him as a sensationalist or a jester. Shan chose to take the humorous and satirical route simply because it allowed him to subtly say what he wants, believing that approach to be more effective than outright criticism. Fellow Chinese artist Cai GuoQiang also tackles social commentary in his work, some of which was exhibited this past year at the Cohen Gallery at Brown’s Granoff Center. Ian Alden Russell, who curated the Cai Guo-Qiang exhibit, is also the driving force behind Shan’s exhibit. My dad is Li Gang! features his largest work to date and will be only the second time Shan has exhibited solo in the States, a very exciting coup for Providence. Russell has tapped into an important art world trend: Contemporary Chinese art is in popular demand among institutions and buyers, especially as more cutting-edge work trickles across the Pacific, and Chinese artists seek artistic asylum.
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A return to standardized testing For anyone who has ever attended, sent kids to or worked in schools (and especially for those of us who fall into all three categories), September is the alpha month; it’s the start of a brand new school year, with all of the hope that new beginnings entail. However, the immediate reality of picking up the loose threads of learning from June quickly tarnishes September’s shine. Although I’ve expressed some ambivalence about required summer reading, summer learning loss is a real phenomenon that hits struggling students most detrimentally. Moreover, in our state’s public schools, high-stakes standardized tests assess learning from the previous year in October of the following year (with the exception of science, which is tested in the spring). Newly minted fourth graders will have the opportunity to demonstrate their third grade learning when they take the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) tests next month. As much as we’d love for September to be a fresh start, it’s actually a critical time to recap, reinforce and review previous learning. Not that there’s necessarily anything wrong with that. No matter when - or if - the NECAPs were administered, some review would clearly be needed in order to start the new school year on firm footing. My concern about the timing of the NECAPs is aimed at raising awareness about the practice of according these tests the considerable power that they currently possess, even though they tell only a small part of a school’s story. If you want to get into the pros and cons of high-stakes standardized tests in a big way, let me take you out for a cup of coffee and we’ll have a fine time hashing it out. Seriously, I’d love that, but I am not going to do so right here in detail. What I am going to do is question
whether the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) made the right move by ranking and labeling schools according to 2011 NECAP scores. In order to qualify for a waiver from some of the requirements of the United States Department of Education’s No Child Left Behind legislation, RIDE created a new way to identify struggling schools, which resulted in a ranking and labeling of all of our state’s schools. Schools labeled commended, leading and typical require no interventions. Vartan Gregorian Elementary School at Fox Point fell into the typical category. Schools labeled warning, focus and
priority make up the majority of our city and neighborhood’s schools. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School received warning status; Nathan Bishop Middle School and the two schools within Hope High School - Hope Arts and Hope Information Technology - were designated as focus schools. If you crave more detail, visit RIDE’s website. The system strove to identify schools that had not made enough overall progress according to the NECAPs and schools that were not doing enough to close the achievement gaps among the
subgroups that comprise their student bodies. Over the course of the school year, negatively labeled schools are required to develop and implement plans to address their identified shortcomings. What does this tell us? Nothing new. Just about all of the professionals and many students and family members who are part of our school communities know that their schools are serving some students very well and others less so. Our schools - especially the elementary and middle schools are tremendously diverse, and with the proven value of that diversity come real challenges. Educators know full well that they are accountable for serving all students effectively. With the data that RIDE used to create its rankings, in combination with arguably more meaningful measures, schools have already been addressing their challenges. Not only do RIDE’s new labels not enlighten us, they don’t come with any meaningful support. Very little federal and no new state funding is available for schools to develop and implement improvement plans. Moreover, this focus on test scores suggests that we should dwell on the meaning of the small slice of data that high stakes standardized test scores provide. While this may not have been the intention, RIDE’s labels have had the effect of needlessly shaming schools and obscuring their complex realities without offering any real support. For anyone who feels that our neighborhood’s schools are somehow diminished as a result of this rejiggering, please know that you don’t know the whole story. I am confident that this will not knock our educators off their game, and I hope that September can retain at least a bit of its shine for those young people who need it most. www.ride.ri.gov JIll Davidson can be reached at whathappenedatschool@gmail.com or her blog, providenceschools.blogspot.com
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Most advisors know how to talk about investments and sell what they do. It is an experienced advisor who can actually get inside the client’s head, understand where the client is coming from and then develop a desired course of action that the client can achieve. As advisors, we are handicapped by time. Unlike therapists, most of us don’t have weekly sessions with our clients. We meet several times a year with them and check in periodically through e-mails and phone calls. But we need to size up a situation pretty quickly and develop a strong rapport with our clients if we want to offer the best financial planning advice. And even once we get to know our clients well, we need to be able to readily adapt to a client’s changing circumstances. All of this means that how client meetings are conducted is extremely important. It can be the difference between an advisor offering highquality, individualized advice and pat answers to questions. The job of the advisor is to look at a broad range of possibilities, ask focused questions and narrow those possibilities to the one or ones that could work best for the client. In turn, the client needs to be forthcoming about their situation, recognizing that financial planning is inherently nosy. Let’s take a simplified example. A couple has $50,000 from an aftertax bonus (or life insurance proceeds or accumulated savings) sitting in the bank. They want to know what to do with it, as they are tired of it earning next to nothing. Usually the client couple has several ideas they want to review, so the advisor should start there. Let’s say this couple wants to know if they should pay down their mortgage. We begin by reviewing the givens: Sheila and Mark own a house worth $400,000. Their mortgage (30 year fixed rate of 4.50%) is $150,000. Both have good jobs with reasonable salaries. There is no other debt. The advisor’s initial reaction might be: “Don’t pay down the mortgage
and apply the $50,000 to some other use.” After all, the mortgage would appear affordable; the rate is good, and the couple has enough cash flow to support it. But we really don’t have enough information to draw that conclusion or to know how best the money could be spent if debt reduction is ruled out. $50,000 is a lot of money. It is just too easy to throw it at the first solution that comes to mind. What if the husband’s job is shaky? It might be best to keep the money as an emergency reserve. Or perhaps the couple is eight years away from retirement and wants the mortgage paid off by then? Maybe refinancing for a shorter period, a better rate, less principal and smaller payments might enable them to get to their goal. And what if they want to downsize in retirement? Adding the $50,000 to retirement savings might better help their cash flow when they leave their current jobs. Other situations are possible. They may have a child who is two years away from attending college and is aiming for a private institution – the $50,000 might be better applied there. Or the advisor could have discussed with the couple the possibility of a Roth conversion; the $50,000 could help with the up-front taxes. While most answers point to Sheila and Mark not paying down the existing mortgage, if they are already in retirement and hate debt, then denting the mortgage might give them much desired peace of mind. Addressing financial issues is a unique process for each individual. As a client, you want your advisor to recognize all the factors that could go into your decision-making. Therefore, it is important for your advisor to say things like:
• “Here is what I am hearing you say.” This gives you a chance to see if the person is really listening and helps to clarify your thoughts. • “Let’s look at a couple of choices, and I’ll give the rationale for and against each of them.” This allows you to identify with one or more ways of thinking that you might not have come up with yourself. • “I am changing my mind after talking to you further.” This shows that the advisor does not have his/her own agenda to foster, but is focused on you. • “Let’s not rush this decision. I don’t think that you are comfortable yet with the answers we are coming up with.” Financial decisions can be complicated; they don’t need to be boxed up in a one-hour meeting. Ultimately, any decision on your finances is your decision. The advisor is there to assist, so select individuals who can help you get the advice you deserve. Betsey Purinton, CFP® is Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer at StrategicPoint Investment Advisors in Providence and East Greenwich. You can e-mail her at bpurinton@ strategicpoint.com.
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Advisors should facilitate client-focused investment decisions
Taste of the Hill
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September
music | performance | social happenings | galleries | learn | sports
DON’T MISS THIS MONTH: 10 events at the top of our list FirstWorks Festival: On the Plaza. September 29 at Kennedy Plaza, www.kennedyplaza.org
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King Lear. September 1330 at Trinity Rep. www. trinityrep.com
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The Three Tenors. September 6 at Slater Mill, www.operaprovidence.org
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Design the night: You are Here. September 27 at the RISD Museum, www. risdmuseum.org
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bob Dylan. September 8 at Mohegan Sun, www. mohegansun.com
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arena & club | classical ArenA & Club MOHEGAN SUN September 2: Chips Ahoy! & Ritz Present: American Idol Live! Tour ‘12. September 8: Bob Dylan. September 16: The J. Geils Band. September 21: The Fresh Beat Band. September 26: Gotye with special guests Missy Higgins & Jonti. 1 Mohegan Sun Boulevard, Uncasville, CT. 800-4776849, www.mohegansun.com. CHAN’S September 7: Dr. Peter Debaisio Quartet. September 14: Reverend Raven and the Chain Smokin’ Altar Boys. September 15: Nick Moss and the Flip
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6 Tops. September 21: Sugar Ray and the Bluetones. September 22: Brazilia featuring Greg Abate and Dan Moretti. September 28: The Love Dogs. September 29: Popa Chubby. 267 Main Street, Woonsocket. 765-1900, www. chanseggrollsandjazz.com. FOXWOODS September 2: Jon Herington Band. September 8: El Gran Combo. September 9: KungFu String Girls Band. September 15: Doo Wopp Hall of Fame of America. September 19: The Osmonds. 350 Trolley Line Boulevard, Mashantucket, CT. 800-2002882, www.foxwoods.com. LUPO’S September 1: August Burns Red. September 7: Odd Future. September 11: The Offspring. September 19: 95.5
WBRU Presents Dr. Dog and Delta Spirit. September 21: A$AP Rocky featuring Schoolboy Q and Danny Brown. 79 Washington Street. 331-5876, www. lupos.com. THE MET September 8: Joe Fletcher & The Wrong Reasons featuring The Silks and Coyote Kolb. September 10: Less Than Jake and A Wilhelm Scream. September 12: 95.5 WBRU Presents The Wombats and Morning Parade. September 13: Aer, Special Guest and Yonas. September 14: Bad Larry, The Down and Outs, Short Handed Goal and Soundoff. September 21: Skeletonwitch, Havok and Early Graves. September 29: Mutemath and Civil Twilight. Hope Artiste Village, 1005 Main Street, Pawtucket. 729-1005, www.themetri.com.
Adult Weekend FastTrack II Sailing lesson. September 1 at the Community Boating Center, www. communityboating.com
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Downtown Sundown Series. September 15 at Roger Williams National Memorial, www.nps.gov/rowi
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brown bears Football. September 22 at Brown Stadium. www.brownbears. com
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Pawtucket Arts Festival Gala. September 7 at the Pawtucket Visitors Center, www.pawtucketartsfestival.org
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COmeDY COMEDY CONNECTION September 1: Orlando Baxter. September 3: Ralphie May. September 6: Sullivan & Sons. September 8: Frank Santorelli. September 13: DL Hughley. September 14 & 15: Nate Bargatze. September 16: Sebastian Maniscalco. September 20: Norm McDonald. September 21 & 22: Paul Mecurio. Every Friday: Hardcore Comedy. Every Sunday: Comedy Showcase. 39 Warren Avenue, East Providence. 438-8383, www.ricomedyconnection.com.
PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER September 12: Bon Iver. 220 Weybosset Street. 421-2997, www.ppacri.org ClASSICAl & SuCH ROGER WILLIAMS NATIONAL MEMORIAL September 15: Downtown Sundown Series featuring Tammy Laforest, Lisa Couto, Ray Cooke and Glenda Luck. 282 North Main Street. 5217266, www.nps.gov/rowi. THE BILTMORE Thursdays: Thursdays on the Terrace. Live jazz 5-8pm. 11 Dorrance Street. 421-
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Who is Silvia? 28 Market Street, Warren. 247-4200, www.secondstorytheatre.com. THE GAMM September 13-30: After the Revolution. 172 Exchange Street, Pawtucket. 723-4266, www.gammtheatre.org
SOCIAL HAPPENINGS expos | fundraisers | seasonal FOr FOODIeS BOTTLES FINE WINE & CRAFT BEER Thursdays: Come enjoy a selection of fine wines and cheeses at this free weekly event. 141 Pitman Street. 3722030, www.bottlesfinewine.com. FARMERS MARKET Wednesdays and Saturdays at Lippitt Park. 1059 Hope Street. www. farmfresh.org FeSTIvAlS KENNEDY PLAZA September 29: FirstWorks Festival: On the Plaza in 2012 featuring free music, dance and performance. 2 Kennedy Plaza. 421-4278, www.kennedyplaza.org. PAWTUCKET ARMORY September 8 and 9: Arts Marketplace: Pawtucket Fine Art and Contemporary Craft Show and Sale. 10am-4pm. 172 Exchange Street, Pawtucket. www.artsmarketplacepawtucket.com RHODE ISLAND CONVENTION CENTER September 27: Butler Hospital Presents: Tom and the Lion. 1 Sabin Street. 455-6565, www.riconvention.com. THE INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY & PRACTICE OF NONVIOLENCE September 7: Open Mic Nights: Spoken Word Poetry. 7-9pm. Come out and showcase your spoken word talents. Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence, 265 Oxford Street. 7852320, www.nonviolenceinstitute.org.
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GALLERIES GALLERY Z September 6-30: Larry Sykes Conjugraphs. September 20 & 27: Opening Receptions. 259 Atwells Avenue. 4548844, www.galleryzprov.com. GALLERY NIGHT September 20: Visit over 24 galleries, museums and historic sites. 490-2042 www.gallerynight.info.
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kIDS + FAMILy BROWN UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE Saturdays: Children’s Story Time, cozy up in the children’s book section every weekend for a reading adventure. 11am. 244 Thayer Street. 863-3168, www.bookstore.brown.edu. IN DOWNCITY Thursdays: Movies on the Block. September 6: One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. September 13: The Dark Knight. September 20: Hero. September 27: Thief. Grant’s Block 260 Westminster Street. www.shopdowncity.com/news/ PROVIDENCE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Every Saturday and Sunday: Imagination Playground. September 6 & 7: Math Works. September 13 & 14: Re-Constructors. September 27-28 Wood Works. 100 South Street. 2735437, www.childrenmuseum.org. BURNSIDE PARK Thursdays: Storytime at Burnside Park followed by Art in the Park. 2 Kennedy Plaza. 331-5588, www.kennedyplaza.org. PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY September 27: Book Talk and Signing: What-ever Happened to Sunday Sepetmber 2012 East Side Monthly
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Fall 2012 Courses Begin October 1 Join the conversation, gain perspective, and meet like minds.
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Dinner? by Dr. Edward Iannuccilli. 150 Empire Street. 455-8000, www. provlib.org. ROGER WILLIAMS PARK ZOO September 1-30: Animal Feedings. 9414998 x316, www.rwpzoo.org.
RISD MUSEUM OF ART September 27: Design the Night: You are Here. 5-10pm. Museum Galleries + Chace Center Plaza. 20 North Main Street. 4546500, www.risdmuseum.org
HOPE ARTISTE VILLAGE Tuesdays: Family Yoga. 5:30-6:30pm. $20. OM Kids Yoga Center, 999 Main Street, Suite 702, Pawtucket. 3053667, www.omkidsyogacenter.com.
SMITHFIELD HISTORICAL SOCIETY September 15: Make a Corn Husk Doll. 1-4pm. Smith-Appleby House Museum. 220 Stillwater Road, Smithfield. 2317363, www.smithapplebyhouse.org
LEARN discussion | instruction | tour DISCuSSIOn RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY September 20: Gallery Night Lecture: Roberta Mudge Humble, “The Historic Armories of Rhode Island.” John Brown House Museum, 52 Power Street. 273-7507, www.rihs.org. InSTruCTIOn COMMUNITY BOATING CENTER September 1: Adult Weekend FastTrack II Sailing Lesson. 9am-6pm. Community Boating Center, India Point Park, 109 India Street. 4547245, www.communityboating.com. HAMILTON HOUSE Tuesdays: Tai Chi. Wednesdays: Kundalini Yoga. Thursdays: Comedy Film Series, improv classes and wine tastings. 276 Angell Street. 831-
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SPORTS PAWTUCKET RED SOX BASEBALL September 1-3: Home vs. Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre Yankees. McCoy Stadium, 1 Columbus Avenue, Pawtucket. 724-7300, www.pawsox.com BROWN MEN’S SOCCER September 7 and 9: Brown Classic. September 29: Home vs. Columbia. Stevenson Field, Hope at Lloyd. www.brownbears.com BROWN BEARS FOOTBALL September 22: Home vs. Harvard. Brown Stadium, 400 Elmgrove Avenue. www.brownbears.com To have your listing included in the East Side Monthly Calendar, please send press releases or event information to esm@providenceonline. com. Please send submissions at least one month prior to event date.
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East of Elmgrove
by Elizabeth Rau | illustration by Ashley MacLure
Day Tripping On remembering the stories that were I spent a lot
of time this summer going back to my old haunts. My son had baseball games close to towns where I used to live and I couldn’t resist checking out the territory once again to see if things had changed. One of the places I visited was Norwich, Connecticut, where I had my first job as a reporter for the local paper, The Norwich Bulletin. When I was there, in the mid-1980s, the town was a dump. Most of the buildings were boarded up. Flophouses lined Main Street. For a cub reporter, it was heaven. The Mashantuket Pequots had just received approval to build an enormous bingo hall. That was big news. Bigger news was to come, long after I left. Bingo led to slot machines, craps tables and Wayne Newton at Foxwoods, that monstrous casino a hop from Norwich. The Foxwoods workers have to live somewhere and my guess is that they all set up house in Norwich. I barely recognized the town during my drivethrough. Coffee shops, restaurants and upscale shops were all over the place. My old apartment building on Jail Hill, named for the prison that used to sit there, was gone. I like Norwich better the way it was, down-and-out. I couldn’t wait to return to the ballfield. I also took a drive to nearby Ledyard. My beat was town government, but my most memorable story was about a stubborn Swamp Yankee named Amos Banks. One day, Banks noticed fuel oil bubbling up in his front yard. He was furious. “Smell it,’’ he said, holding up his callused fingers, coated with slimy black stuff. He blamed a faulty pipe installed by a hot shot oil company. The company insisted the culprit was a buried oil tank that had cracked. Many frontpage stories later, the company was vindicated. The tank was removed, and Banks had a bathtub-size hole in his yard for weeks. He never apologized to the oil company and made sure the executives picked up the removal bill. My most memorable trip, though, was to Westerly. After a year at the
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Bulletin, I left for The Providence Journal, to work in the paper’s Westerly bureau. Westerly is a great town. Wilcox Park and the public library are treasures. Napatree Point is stunning. I drove down High Street and stopped at Immaculate Conception, a Catholic church founded in the 1880s. I thought of Henry. Henry Joseph Wennmaker IV. His mother, Mary Dolores, would sprinkle holy water on his face when they went to church there. Henry couldn’t reach the font. He was born with Werdnig-Hoffman disease, a genetic disorder that paralyzes the nerves that activate muscles. Confined to a wheelchair, he could move only his forearms, thin as reeds. He was four-feet-tall and weighed 38 pounds. His bed was an 850-pound iron lung.
I met him through a friend and thought he had a story to tell. My article ran on a Sunday. Self-pity is destructive and Henry, at the very young age of 14, knew this. He had no time to ask, why me? There was so much to accomplish: trips to the park to feed the pigeons; chats with Ernie, the parking lot attendant; books to read. His mother would turn the pages. Henry played the drums. Drumsticks were too heavy for him to hold. Mary Dolores came up with another idea: chopsticks. She wrapped the tips with tape so he could hold them. They were a team. She called him “Hen.’’ Henry had a crush on the rock star Stevie Nicks of “Landslide” fame. Posters of her hung on his wall. Once, he dialed random numbers in Beverly Hills
to try to track her down. The phone bill was $200. “I just flipped the bill – all 14 pages,’’ Mary Dolores said back then. “He got the message.’’ My story helped spread the word about Henry’s lady love. A short time later, he got to meet Nicks through the Wish Come True foundation. Photos of the two are still on the Internet. Henry couldn’t move, but his eyes danced. They said to the songstress: I adore you. I knew Henry was a special kid, but I got so wrapped up in my job I lost touch with him after I moved to another beat for the paper, in another town. Reporters swoop in to get the story and then make a hasty exit, a shameful downside of the profession. Back in Providence, after the baseball tournament, I dug up my Henry story. The memories came flooding back. Sitting in his dining room as he taps his snare. A grilled cheese cut into tiny squares for lunch. His mother gently wiping his lips with a tissue. “I want to go somewhere exciting,’’ Henry once said. “Different.’’ He died in the winter of 1991. He was home, watching TV, when he inhaled a sip of water into his lungs. His lungs were too weak to cough up the water. He died an hour later at the hospital. He was 18-years-old. All those years battling infections and a sip of water kills him. A selfless optimist, he would say life is fair, but, from my perch, I would say it isn’t. The good guys always seem to go first. Now I see how gutsy he was. He taught us something about how to live. Every day, fresh from his iron lung, was a gift. Cynics bored him. I once asked him what his favorite subjects were in school. Vocabulary and algebra, he said. He hated social studies. “I don’t know why you have to know what happened in the past,’’ he told me. “I figure that was then, this is now.’’ He’s buried at Saint Sebastian Cemetery in Westerly. Next time I’m down there, I’m going. I’m going to see Henry. Elizabeth Rau can be reached through her blog, www.eastofelmgrove.com.
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