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Contents
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SEPTEMbEr 2011
28 This Month 25 The Independence Trail Take a stroll through our city’s history
28 Street Styles Check out local fashion in our Providence Look Book
Every Month 8 Editor’s Note 11 Feedback
60 45 City Style Artful living on the West Side 47 The Look 48 Shop Talk
55 Feast The latest tastes on the waterfront 57 In the Kitchen 59 On the Menu 60 Review 55 In the Drink 63 Behind the Bar 65 Dining Guide
75 Get Out Meet and greet with local artists 76 Calendar 78 Theatre 81 Music 82 Art
84 The Last Detail The first name in fall arts
15 Providence Pulse Ride the mighty Woonasquatucket
On the Cover: Corey Grayhorse was photo-
16 City 18 Malcontent 21 Scene in PVD
graphed on South Water Street by Jonathan Beller
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Editor’s Note
PROVIDENCE MONTHLY
Publishers Barry Fain Richard Fleischer John Howell Publishing Director Jeanette St. Pierre Executive Editor Julie Tremaine Special Projects Manager John Taraborelli Art Director Alli Coate
The Look of the City Take one trip to Boston and it will be clear to you that Providence is, hands down, the most fashionable city in New England. Maybe it’s because we have such an eclectic mix of people, talent and culture in the city. Or maybe it’s because, well, we’re a little bit cooler than them. This year, we take our Fall Fashion Issue out of the studio and into the streets of the city to take a look at what real people are wearing right now. From vintageinspired trendspotting on the East Side to what
the most fashionable professionals are wearing to work, it’s a fresh look at fashion in Providence. Take a look, get inspired, and create your own sartorial statement.
Assistant Art Director Karli Hendrickson Advertising Design Director Layheang Meas Graphic Designer Meghan H. Follett Account Managers Louann DiMuccio-Darwich Ann Gallagher Nicole Greenspun Nellie Lima Dan Schwartz Sharon Sylvester Elizabeth Riel Jessica Webb Illustrators Karli Hendrickson Ashley MacLure Photographers Laurel Mulherin Jonathan Beller Melissa Stimpson Mike Braca Dawn Temple Stacey Doyle Kate Kelley
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Emily Dietsch is a long time columnist for Providence Monthly, and has written extensively for our sister magazine, East Side Monthly, as well. A native of
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England and a Brown graduate, Emily is currently in Washington, DC working on her doctorate at George Washington University. Of course, she still finds time to visit and explore her beloved Providence, such as this month, in which she writes about the newly minted Independence Trail. “Providence is a singular place, and yet all too often plays second fiddle to Boston,” she says of her adopted home. “Writing about the Independence Trail, I learned how that raw deal has played out in history – thanks, Harvard! – and reveled in a project that aims to correct it.”
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I was more than pleased reading John Taraborelli’s “The Biggest Little” (Malcontent) article in the June issue. Frankly, it needed to be said and needs to be constantly repeated, like a drum beat. I was born in Providence and have lived and worked in its metropolitan area. I have lived in and traveled to over 70 American cities in the past few years. I know them well, and believe that I have a good perspective with which to assess Providence. What the article articulated is so true. In almost all of the cities I travel to, I get a sense of a general public acceptance of what they are, perhaps inflated, but no overt pessimistic attitude. I have found that pessimistic pronouncements are a Providence thing, and that attitude extends to its suburbs. That is the very attitude that must be purged. It is self-defeating, unbecoming and,
more importantly, not justified. Consider this. If Providence added the land area of Pawtucket, Central Falls, North Providence and East Providence, it would be of equal land size to Boston, and result in a core city population of over 370,000 – a very large city, indeed. So let’s compare apples to apples. Who do we compare with based on core city population? In addition to Jacksonville and Salt Lake City, we can include Jackson, Mississippi and Knoxville, Tennessee, among others. Ever hear of them in any movie, TV show, culinary, historical, travel or cultural discussion? Yes, we are between two larger cities and metro areas. But, let me let you in on a little secret: Providence does compete with, and is in the same type of discussions with Boston – cultural events, culinary arts, higher education and city life. And we often win. In a head to head comparison of the Travel and Leisure’s “America’s Favorite Cities” poll mentioned in the article, Providence beats Boston and many other larger cities. The tongue-in-cheek “Providence – it’s not the size, it’s how you use it” phrase is funny and true. But the word or inference “little” should never be used to describe Providence. Let’s stick with the motto we have and implore the people of Providence and its metro area to start experiencing, recognizing and believing in what Providence is: a great, vibrant, robust, major American city. Dr. Steven L. Castiglioni Warwick Public Safety Commissioner (retired)
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Watershed Council works to restore the river and the green space surrounding it to make the land an asset to Rhode Island. It also promotes use of the river, and in particular, biking along its banks. The organization’s Red Shed Bike Shop, located at Riverside Park on Aleppo Street in Olneyville, is a community-run effort inside a bright red shipping container and offers low-cost sales, rentals, repairs and classes. If you need your bike fixed, you even have the option to trade some work in the park in exchange for repairs. The Red Shed also offers programs for kids that teach them the ins and outs of bicycles, including how to build them, and through their work in the shop they can earn one to keep. Dave Zacher, who runs the shop along with the youth programs, emphasizes just how important a program like this is in the community. “To me it is helping to teach [the kids] job skills,” he says. “When they get their bike they usually take better care of it because they earned it.” All of the programs aim to get people on the path, even if they don’t have access to a bike. “Getting kids on a bike is just one piece of it; for me it’s [about] building lifelong riders,” he adds. continued on next page...
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Along with the regularly scheduled classes and group rides, the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council is holding its annual Woony River Ride fundraiser on September 24 along the scenic river path. The ride is open to all levels from kids and fami-
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Monetizing Mom Are you like me? Do you think you qualify as a digital mom because you have a Facebook page and a smart phone? Think – rather, tweet – again. Brown grad and Warwick resident Audrey McClelland is redefining motherhood in the digital age. Caught between wanting to be a stay-at-home-mom and wanting to contribute to the household income, Audrey found a creative and lucrative way to have the best of both worlds. She started a blog, MomGenerations.com, which quickly became a booming business that lined up contracts with Estée Lauder, T.J. Maxx and Suave. And now she’s sharing her social media secrets in The Digital Mom Handbook, a book recently released with co-author and fellow mommy blogger Colleen Padilla. A breezy and inspiring read, the book is full of tips on how to make money by tweeting, blogging and vlogging (that’s video blogging, for you novices). Even if you’re not
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parking in Providence. A pilot program has worked well on the West Side, and the prolonged debate seems an unnecessary and arbitrary distraction from more pressing problems facing the city. As of now, the only hours parking is not permitted are 2-5am, when the streets are at their emptiest. Meanwhile, we’re wasting thousands of potential green spaces on parking lots. With budget woes, school closings, a weak tax base, labor disputes and myriad other issues to resolve, problems with easy solutions are exceedingly rare. We shouldn’t make enacting them any more difficult than it needs to be. -John Taraborelli
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A Trunk Full of Goodies Head to Wayland Square for Clad In’s Providence Trunk Show, September 24-25, to experience a taste of international style. Clad In is a unique shopping experience with a wide variety of designer clothes and fashion stylists to help you find your personalized look. The focus is on creating an outfit rather than simply selling individual pieces. The September Trunk Show features designer Ray Harris from London, and jewelry from local RISD graduate Leo Narducci. Harris’ style “blends a mix of antique, recycled, & ethnic
textiles from all over the world with modern easy-care fabrics to create clothes for contemporary lifestyles.” Natural forms and silhouettes inspire his collection and he believes in designing with art in mind rather than passing fashion trends. Narducci has earned a reputation working for the iconic Iris Apfel and he will be showing his collection of jewelry handcrafted in the Philippines. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to shop these chic trends while they are in town. 497 Angell St. 454-8442, cladin.com -Samantha Gaus
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knot-tying and terminology-learning lessons, his pep talk would have made about as much sense to me if he had given it in Arabic. Sailing has an extensive glossary. After a few minutes it was into the water. I focused on my first personal goal: getting into the boat without capsizing it right there at the
dock. Once that was accomplished, I focused on my next personal goal: staying out of the way and not capsizing the boat out on the bay. As we set sail, Bo acted as skipper and manned the mainsheet (the rope that controls the boom to which the sail is affixed), while Jill took control of the tiller (the handle that moves the rudder), and I practiced ducking (strategically lowering one’s head so as not to be struck by the boom as it swings back and forth). Bo seemed
to have a pretty good command of not only the boat, but the terminology and the theory of sailing as well. He claimed it was simply the result of reading one book, but compared to Jill and I, he sounded like an admiral. Will would periodically buzz up alongside us in his little motorboat to dispense advice and compliments, like some sort of friendly, helpful Somali pirate. After a few laps around the course, I was given control of the tiller. I steered us through several turns, feeling surprisingly capable as we made a pretty smooth lap. However, on the second lap, perhaps bolstered by overconfidence and Will telling me I was “a natural,” I suddenly developed a knack for steering us directly into the wind, bringing the boat to a dead stop (“in irons” is the term for it). I gave up the tiller, and after a brief, awkward attempt to control the mainsheet, I chose to sit back and let Bo take over, as he ably guided us through another couple of laps around the course. Finally, it was time to head back in, strip the boat of its sail and rudder, and haul her out of the water. As I was climbing back onto the dock, I unknowingly cut a small gash in my knee, which I didn’t discover until several minutes later. “You’re bleeding; are you okay?” one of my fellow sailors asked. “Yeah, I’m fine,” I reassured her, adding with pride, “It’s my first sailing injury.” Want to get on the water yourself? Check out the Community Boating Center at 109 India Street (next to India Point Park), call them 454-SAIL or visit them online at communityboating.com. – John Taraborelli
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Bottoming Out Our political lowest common denominator keeps getting lower As of this writing, the approval rating of Congress hovers around 13%, with a record high disapproval rating of 84%. (It would be interesting to see a followup survey establishing what percentage of that 13% is members of Congress, their families and employees.) Minnesota congresswoman Michele Bachmann, “the champagne of Sarah Palins,” emerged victorious from the unduly important Iowa Straw Poll. Somehow it qualifies as front-page news when 17,000 people in a state whose chief export is boredom cast meaningless votes at an informal gathering. It’s all just a feeble effort to milk further unearned significance from their “first in the nation caucuses,” which don’t occur for five months or, in more appropriately political terms, approximately 2,354,673.76 news cycles. Meanwhile, Standard and Poor’s rating agency downgraded our credit from the stellar AAA to the apocalyptic-sounding AA+. The cause cited was not our fiscal insolvency, but our political instability and hysterical infighting, as Congress held hostage the entire nation’s economy, and possibly the entire worldwide recovery, hostage while they waited until the very last minute to determine whose two-inch killer ultimately had the most girth. Elsewhere, Democrats challenged Republican control of the Wisconsin state legislature with a series of recall elections. These heated campaigns caused national political machinery to rattle and hum beyond capacity – which likely would have resulted in exorbitant overtime costs if not for the fact that the governor had already stripped the unions of collective bargaining rights. In the end, nothing happened, with Republicans retaining control of the legislature and thus the nation’s vital and hugely influential powerbase of cheese. Into the middle of this fray dove Texas governor Rick Perry, who threw his 10-gallon hat into the Republican primary just as Michele Bachmann was making
a victory lap around Iowa. Perry brings considerable weaponry to the campaign, including the support of the Tea Party, a frontrunner’s fundraising ability and actual weaponry. The gun-toting Texan apparently even carries a sidearm while jogging, presumably just in case he accidentally wanders into an action sequence from an ‘80s buddy cop movie. He injects new enthusiasm into a political base that is already displaying the indiscriminant excitement and wild-eyed sense of discovery of a 13-year-old boy at a porn convention. As we approach the 2012 election cycle in earnest, all signs point to a political system that will hit a new and previously unfathomable low. It’s a shame, because buried in the murk of all this is a faint glimmer of hope for our next presidential cycle. Hidden way back in second-to-last place of the Iowa Straw Poll, with a measly 69 votes, was former Governor of Utah and Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman. Dashing, smart, experienced, conservative in the true sense of the word yet socially moderate, and promising to run a campaign that isn’t based on tearing down his opponents, Huntsman is allegedly the candidate the Obama team fears most in a general election. To that end, they have been trying to kill Huntsman with kindness, emphasizing the cordial relationship between the two men. It appears they even went so far as to leak a thank-you note Huntsman sent Obama calling him a “remarkable leader,” knowing that the president’s embrace would be a poison touch in the Republican primary. However, if Huntsman can manage to catch some momentum, we could wind up in a primary election that forces voters to choose between two qualified, intelligent, thoughtful leaders willing to try to remain above the fray and address the issues that matter in a ways that make sense beyond party ideology. Clearly, Americans aren’t ready for that kind of responsibility.
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Pulse | Scene in PVD The Almost Home Rescue of Rhode Island hosted the Ruff Run last month, a 56 mile motorcycle ride to raise money for local dogs in need. The third annual bike run spanned from Providence to Central Village, CT and included live music, raffles and a gourmet buffet prepared by Tomaselli’s Italian Kitchen. almosthomersq.org Photography by Mike Braca.
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A Walk Through the Past Charting a path through the city’s history with the Independence Trail By Emily Dietsch Robert Burke is a man of action.
A whirling dervish who has helmed downtown’s Pot au Feu for almost four decades, Burke is also an amateur historian who has, slowly and tenaciously, forged Providence’s new Independence Trail. “Forge,” in this case, is meant quite literally: from archival research and site selection to route design and recorded narratives, the Independence Trail primarily owes its existence to Burke’s handiwork. “Can-do” seems to be Burke’s only operational mode. When I first called him, in fact, Burke was clad in painters’ clothes, primed to lay the trail’s stripes with the help of his dishwasher at Pot au Feu, Jose Sosa. Asked to chat about the project, Burke answered with a blunt and enthusiastic, “Yes!” His ringing affirmative shook my phone. A good time? “Now!” he said. This from a man clenching rollers and gallons of green paint. Formally inaugurated just last month, three miles of green stripe now mark a path through Providence, and transport walkers through four centuries of the city’s history. Pause, repeat: Four centuries. Even Boston’s Freedom Trail, a clear antecedent, only reaches back some two and a quarter centuries. Whereas Boston showcases 16 sites, Providence boasts 75, and veers outside of strictly historical matters to encompass the city’s culture, architecture and folklore. In one painted line, we have unprecedented opportunity to learn Providence’s formidable roots in an accessible way, while also one-upping an urban rival and drawing tourist dollars to a still-struggling economy. Four years ago, Burke conceived the Independence Trail as an answer to Boston’s famed trail and a way to celebrate – and bolster – his own beloved city. A fourth-generation Rhode Islander, Burke’s love for both history and Providence cuts deep. As a La Salle stu-
dent in 1973, Burke earned the Herbert C. Pell Award for Excellence in American History. He went on to study Political Science in college, and made a career in the restaurant business with his much-loved bistro (hallowed by none other than Ms. Julia Child, America’s patron saint of French cuisine). While stewarding out-of-towners, business types, and university parents at Pot au Feu, Burke often received questions about what to see and do in Providence. Despite a wealth of historical organizations and visitors’ bureaus, Burke felt he lacked one central thing to recommend – at least, nothing on par with Boston’s Freedom Trail. Burke and his wife, Annie, endeavored to give Providence something comparable, and culled local sites and anecdotes from a combination of research and pavement-pounding. Once the Burkes winnowed down potential stops to a manageable number, they mapped them out and connected the dots to form a trail. Forgoing formal advertising, the couple announced plans to give a guided tour along that route in 2008. Local press caught wind and boosted public awareness. Still, nothing predicted the tour’s surprising popularity: for its first run, 1000 people lined up, and more stopped their cars to listen as a bowtied Burke regaled them by megaphone. Beyond consumer interest, Burke was driven by a historian’s impulse to tell good history, as well as a Providence native’s natural rivalry with Boston. “Boston’s famous because Harvard wrote the history books,” Burke charges. Consider the Boston Tea Party: while that act is widely credited with kickstarting revolution, Providence’s more incendiary Gaspee incident is overlooked. The former involved the fairly tame offense of dumping tea that didn’t even belong to King George. The latter occurred first, and involved
true acts of war: drunken louts who set fire to a royal warship and shot its captain in the groin for good measure. “I ask you,” Burke teases, “if you were the king of England, which matters more to you?” Equally regrettable, the Freedom Trail narrative exercises hero worship at the expense of more clear-eyed accounts. Consequently, it’s more than a bit dull– the whitewashed stuff of school pageants rather than gripping, complex history. What the Independence Trail offers, by contrast, is a thoroughly modern history, which invokes Providence’s heroes and cads equally, and appeals to scholars and schoolchildren alike. One neatly illustrative example owes to the Browns’ knotted family tree: the Independence Trail comments upon its unusual split between slave traders and devout abolitionists, dredging up Rhode Island’s nettled relation to the slave trade in the process. Such even-handed treatment is unusual, even daring, for a public attraction. Museum buffs may remember the Enola Gay controversy several years ago, in which the Smithsonian riled the public with an ambivalent depiction of U.S. atomic warfare; unflattering facts were deemed slanderous, and excluded in the final instance. Yet somehow, perhaps by some lucky combination of intellect and charm, Burke has managed to tell good stories without sacrificing scholarly credibility or offending listeners. Improving over Boston’s trail further still, Burke was able to draw on digital cloud technology that suits today’s self-service, 24/7 mentality. To walk the trail, simply find the nearest stretch of green – clearly visible on downtown thoroughfares, and mapped on the city’s website at providenceri.com – and begin wherever you please. Instead of purchasing a ticket or waiting for an appointed tour, you need only carry a cell phone and dial posted numbers to hear recorded audio. Even
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those recordings reflect a provenance in the age of interactive technology: by no means the last word, they will evolve with new research findings and visitor feedback. What appears to be a slam-dunk for the city – a viable attraction at zero cost to citizens – has not been above critique. Most naysaying has come from College Hill residents disquieted by the sudden appearance of green paint snaking near their sidewalks. While respectful of Burke’s intentions, these residents chafed against a seeming lack of due process since no meetings were held with neighbors to prepare them for the arrival of a green line across their sidewalks, and feared that the trail’s “visual noise” might rattle their neighborhoods.
line sprang up – and conceivably, it did come as a vivid shock – Burke worked attentively over the past four years to reach this point. He waded through red tape as necessary to gain City and State approval, consulted historic preservation interests, and surveyed the local business community and residential organizations. Many meetings transpired, in which Burke laid out his vision and sought others’ input. In those meetings, which drew various State and City representatives and Hall on behalf of PPS, an ongoing dialogue cultivated the trail’s content over time. So democratic is Burke that recently he yanked the green line from all but commercial areas once he gauged that residential objections were strong
Whereas Boston showcases 16 sites, Providence boasts 75, and veers outside of strictly historical matters to emcompass the city’s culture, architecture and folklore. Not just grouchy Mr. Wilsons, irked by the slightest menace to a neatly pruned hedge, these residents have good cause to feel protective of their streets. After all, it wasn’t so long ago that much of College Hill qualified as seedy. Only after decades of civic work have those areas become what we know them now to be: picturesque, safe, quiet and esteemed. Intimately familiar with that developmental history, the Providence Preservation Society’s (PPS) director, James Hall, strikes a carefully diplomatic position on the Independence Trail. Hall sympathizes with residents’ proprietary feelings about local spaces and pathways. Yet, as a historian and booster for the city of Providence, he can’t help but support a project that could raise historical IQs and local prestige. Hall harbors obvious respect for Burke’s labor and passion as well, not to mention his sizeable chutzpah. In fact, he seems frankly awed by the organic, DIY, low-fi nature of Burke’s success. “Perfect is the enemy of good,” Hall wryly notes. “Bob just keeps going.” Of course, such a simplification does disservice to the deliberation that Burke has poured into the Independence Trail project, as Hall himself takes care to note. Despite what local residents feel about the suddenness with which the
enough. Although the change compromises some of the trail’s historicity, Burke felt that discord with locals ran against the point of the project, and thus ceded ground. Formerly disgruntled East Siders have been mostly receptive to Burke’s placating move. One resident, who declined to be named for this piece, confided that the trail now seems a “win-win” for the city, although he and fellow neighbors remain cautious about future expansion. Given Burke’s amenability thus far, he added, residents have confidence that sensitive development will continue. While Burke makes no attempt to disguise the project’s lucrative potential. Burke hints that the trail’s chosen green color isn’t coincidental to his hopes that it lures business to the city. In his view, the Independence Trail does not compartmentalize civic and financial gain, and isn’t weakened by their communion. Such thinking blasphemes traditional rules for the public humanities, and conceivably will rankle some locals. Yet listening to Burke’s unabashed love for Providence, it’s not hard to be swayed, or at least to see value in bucking order. “We’re more fun,” he says, nodding implicitly to our northern brethren. “It’s always more fun with the sinners than the saints.”
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Photographed in Olneyville Tell us about this outfit. I think about color first and then how I want something to fit. These shoes are by a Korean company called What I Want. I love that they’re orange and purple together. I’m really feeling the pencil skirt for fall. Classic seems to be really in right now. What inspires your fashion sense? I like to mix contemporary and vintage style. I love color, and things that are loud and can speak for themselves. I don’t follow trends; I just wear what I like. The trend is what you make it. How would you describe style in Providence? I don’t think enough people take the time to dress themselves to the nines. I see amazing style here, but I’d like to see more people get involved in fashion.
JOnATHAn JOSEPH PETERS, fASHIOn DESIGnER What’s your personal style? My style is eclectic, multi-layered and a bit humorous. Who influences your personal style? I am more influenced by silhouettes, texture and fabrication than by trends or by someone else’s style. I like to wear flattering silhouettes that work for my body. Tell me about this particular outfit. I am wearing a black button-down shirt from H&M, Genetic Denim jeans, and a Kenar sweater. My bracelet is custom-made by House of Cach. I like to mix dark colors, like blue, black and gray, and I love the texture and flowy lines of the sweater. How would you describe style in Providence? Anything goes - a lot of interesting artistic visions and eclectic style. I would like to see a bit more polish.
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What’s your personal style? Conservatively stylish. (I hope!) Not flashy, but with some flair. Who are your biggest style influences? When I was young, I noticed that my father had custom-made suits with silk-lined pants in his closet. Also, his name was sewn into the suit jackets and I thought that was pretty cool. My mom dressed pretty trendy back in the day (1970s), and remains beautiful and elegant to this day. Today, it’s my beautiful wife Diane, who was a fashion model. She advises me from time to time on what I should wear. Tell us about this particular outfit. It’s a linen suit I bought off the rack at Nordstrom: dress shirt by Hugo Boss; silk tie by Canali and dress shoes by Cole Haan. When it’s over 80 degrees, I like to wear linen.
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What’s your personal style? Sexy, feminine, and conservative with a twist. I create my own trends. As a makeup artist, I mix new colors into the season. I do my own thing. Who are your biggest style influences? Dolce and Gabbana, Valentino, my mom (who was a supermodel in the 1970s), and Queen Noor of Jordan. Tell us about this particular outfit. Comfortable, very summery, and a reflection of me not trying too hard. I love white on white in the summer. How would you describe style in Providence? It’s definitely on the upswing. We are getting more and more stylish boutiques and restaurants, and we are now hosting StyleWeek.
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Christine: 1. I painted this, about a year after we moved in. It’s a cubist interpretation of the stairs themselves. To get the composition, I took a number of different photographs of the stairs and overlaid them. I love cubism, and I love those stairs from different points of view. 2. The stairs were put in by the guy who did most of the renovations, Ed Gregory. They were fabricated by Lindsey Ahlborg, who lived next door at the time and ran Perfecto Ironworks on Westminster. The story I heard is that it took them three tries to fit the piece in because it’s such a strange curve. They were there when we moved in, and when John and I toured the house, we had the same moment that everybody does, where your jaw kind of drops. It really made us fall in love with the house. 3. This is a print by Lu Heintz, a painter and sculptor who was part of the Monohassett Mills crowd. I bought it at one of the Monohassett Mills Holiday Shows. When I asked her what it was of, she just gave me a wry smile. 4. The chair I got from Linda Carlson, who was a big West Side activist for many years. When she moved to Florida, we were sad to see her go, but we stay in touch – and we have her chair.
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lead Designer/Founder of modern Shades of Grey How did Modern Shades of Grey come about? I’ve always had an interest in vintage fashion, and in finding vintage things at yard sales and antique stores. Sometimes I would find a necklace I liked but it was broken, or there was only one earring and not a pair. So I started a business to design and make necklaces, hair pieces and earrings with vintage findings, fabrics and recycled materials. It’s become really popular; our designs incorporate a modern twist. I started a little bit over a year and a half ago; since then we have been at StyleWeek Providence last January and will be again at the end of August.
Showing at Style Week
Tell about your designs. I try to make things that are unusual. Every piece is different, but still in style enough that people will want to wear it and it can go with anyone’s style. We’re coming out with a new zodiac collection, Cusp, made completely of vintage findings. Its name comes from being on the cusp between signs.
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Where do you find these vintage gems? I’ve found a lot on Etsy; people around the world sell the pieces that they find. I get a lot that way. I also do a lot of thrift shopping with my mom on the weekends. I try to keep it low cost, and that’s the fun of it. Do your designs pull from your personal style? My style is reflected in most of my pieces: I like clean cut and simple that also makes a statement.
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What else defines your personal style? At least one part of my outfit is always vintage, whether it’s the jewelry, shoes or belt – whatever it is. Usually any purse or clutch I carry is vintage; they seem to appeal to me more. I always wear something that makes a statement, just one little pop. Tell me about this look. Is the jewelry yours? The shoes are actually gray and were made by Mallory Musante. She’s a Rhode Island designer who hand paints everything – all genuine leather and unique. That’s another thing I love: to wear pieces by local designers to show support. The spiky gold bracelet is Martin & Ricci, which is the line from the directors of StyleWeek. The earrings are mine and the ring is from our Cusp collection, which are glass, flat back cabochons set on a filigree-type metal ring. It’s pretty simple but really cute. What are you doing at StyleWeek? We are part of the accessories showcase and will be there from Wednesday to Saturday. Our feather earrings will also be in Kara Wickman’s runway show. I’m super excited; I know the shows will be an amazing experience.
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What do you look for when choosing
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Often overlooked,
yet wholly fundamental, Angostura bitters plays the part of a character actor in many vaunted drinks. If the classic martini were a black-and-white movie, for instance, gin would be its square-jawed idol, vermouth its sexy-daffy starlet, and bitters its hardworking linchpin. If Angostura’s name rings no bells, its face likely does: squat brown glass wrapped in crumpled, off-white paper, stamped with old-timey blue font and capped with a sunny-yellow top. Among serious-minded barflies, the antique elixir — devised as a health tonic for the Venezuelan army in 1824 — is revered as the sine qua non of a wellmade, classic cocktail. Lose the Angostura, some say, and we must also bid farewell to the martini, manhattan, sazerac, old-fashioned, champagne cocktail, pisco sour and more. Much to cocktail hounds’ surprise and dismay, we very nearly did just that, and sharply renewed our appreciation in the process. Two years ago, a mysterious, temporary supply shortage — deemed “Bittersgate” in the press — transpired. Abruptly deprived of a crucial, one-of-a-kind ingredient, the cocktail industry flew into hysteria. Major cities like New York fared worst. “I believe it is the end of civilization as we know it if we can’t have bitters,” legendary New York barkeep Tracy Westmoreland prophesied. And, for a time, Manhattan’s bar scene evoked something from Communist-era Berlin. Consumers stockpiled Angostura as if on the brink of either war or the second coming of Prohibition. Merchants doubled and quadrupled prices for dwindling reserves. One barkeep reported stashing bottles out of plain sight to protect them from sticky-fingered clientele. Online message boards lit up with queries and conspiracy theories. What happened? When will it end? More importantly, hush-hush,
where can we score a drop? Happily, rumors of Angostura’s death had been greatly exaggerated. According to manufacturers, production never slowed or stopped; rather, a problem with a supplier sim-
ply thwarted movement from factory vats to bar shelves. Alternatively, unofficial chatter points to instability in the Angostura company itself, which underwent tumult like many smaller businesses in the late aughts’ global recession. Regardless, eventually bottling resumed, and Bittersgate lapsed late this past spring. Providence’s straits hadn’t exactly been terribly dire, truth be told. Most patrons, myself included, were blissfully unaware of a major meltdown in drinking culture. Nevertheless, Bittersgate did make a local impact. David Mangiatine, who masterminds the bar at La Laiterie in Wayland Square, slimly avoided crisis by sheer luck. “Fortunately, right before it happened, I had ordered a case,” Mangiatine says. Other bars and restaurants were not so lucky, however, and many months passed with no Angostura in sight. “Literally for a time, I think that we were the only place that had Angostura bitters,” Mangiatine recalls. “It was pretty amusing.”
Regular distribution resumed before his one case ran out, so La Laiterie patrons were none the wiser. On the West Side of town, drinks writer Michael Dietsch likewise sidestepped a drought, but through quick action rather than by good timing alone. Dietsch, who mans the (appropriately titled) blog A Dash of Bitters, says that he stocked up the moment rumors began to circulate. Judiciously nursing his supply throughout Bittersgate, he survived handily. We can all dash with abandon now that Angostura is no longer endangered. Frankly, though, I never worshiped it, and don’t plan to begin. Whatever bitters brand is available, I’ll use, and I like to depart the commercial grid whenever possible. Inspired by medieval tincture traditions, for instance, I’ve plugged all manner of aromatics into vials of grain alcohol to see what happens. Successes — herbaceous, floral and citrus versions — far outnumbered flops, and even those weren’t half bad. Still, to admit my promiscuity with bitters comes with a tug of shame. In cocktail-mad circles, heterodoxy is often tantamount to character flaw, whether one of poor discipline or bad taste. Such thinking goes like this: playing fast and loose with the rules expelled us from Cocktail Eden, and enlightened piety buys a ticket back. The logic isn’t entirely bunk, but it is stifling. If anything, Bittersgate laid bare the ways in which a rarefied cocktail culture can quickly become a hamstrung one. Drinkers in cities like New York choked at the prospect of departing from scripture. By contrast, our bar scene seems unencumbered by a forced choice between reverence or creativity. Cocktail authorities here certainly know their craft, and generously share it, yet they do not dictate the alpha and omega of what’s to drink. In the bitter end, we’ll have it our way, as ever.
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robert Harrison brings rustic charm to mill’s Tavern Tell me about your journey to becoming a chef. I went to culinary school later than most chefs. I had a job doing telecom sales, selling high-end data networks. The money was good, but I wasn’t satisfied. I was in my late 20s and wasn’t really sure what I wanted to do. A family friend at Kendall College knew I wanted a change and that I was a pretty good home cook, so he encouraged me to take a tour of the college. Going to culinary school was a surprisingly hard decision; I struggled with the idea of turning a hobby into a career. I started at the bottom, the same as any other cook, though I was older. My first job was at the salad station of the Ritz Carlton in Chicago. It’s a different experience when you’re 30, having a job like that. Were there any benefits to becoming a chef later in life? I think it did have benefits. The kitchen is very different than an office environment; the criticism is a lot blunter. I could manage it better as an adult because I could step back and see the whole picture. It was easier to take the criticism and improve. I also think people took me seriously because I invested a lot to make a major change in my life.
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Did any memorable meals influence your decision to become a chef? There’s a pretty famous restaurant in Chicago – Tru – that has amazing tasting menus. I remember going there for a birthday and thinking, This is what I need to be doing. What struck me was the detail and passion necessary to create a dining experience like that. It involves such a high level of service and seriousness. What are some of your early food memories? My mom was Polish and Ukrainian. We’d celebrate every Christmas Eve with a Polish feast of galumpkis (stuffed cabbage rolls) and different pierogies stuffed with fruit, cabbage, meat and cheese. By tradition, we’d hide a coin in one of the piero-
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gies, and whoever found it would have good luck that year. My dad used to make old school, classic food. One dish I remember him making was finnan haddie, a Scottish dish with smoked haddock in a simple cream sauce served with toast. I have so many memories of the way he cooked, especially his annual turkey, which was his pride. Do you eat any Polish food these days? I make pierogies at home. My go-to recipe is from Chicago chef Grant Achatz of the restaurant Alinea. His family owned a diner and he published his own spin on their classic pierogi recipe. There’s sour cream in both the dough and in the filling, and they’re stuffed with mustard and potatoes. In June, my daughter had her first big Polish food experience at the annual festival at St. Adalbert’s Church on Atwells. She’s 11, and she loved everything. As a chef’s daughter she has a pretty expanded palate for a girl her age, but still I’m impressed. How does your culinary style fit at Mill’s Tavern?
I have a pretty strong background in Italian and Mediterranean food. I try not to overplay that influence because Mill’s is not an Italian place, but the influence still subtly comes through in my food. As the restaurant’s name suggests it is a tavern, but it’s more upscale than that – really, it’s sexier than a tavern. Similarly, my style is on the rustic side while still maintaining sophistication. What are some of your favorite places to eat in Providence when you’re not working? One of the places I admire the most is Chez Pascal; it’s definitely my pick for special occasions. I have a lot of admiration for Matt Gennuso’s work. But my tastes run the gamut, from Chez Pascal all the way to Olneyville New York System.
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Feast | on The menu
by John Taraborelli
A Little Bit, Often Providence finally gets a tapas bar
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The Spanish have
a saying: A little bit, often. (Not that I know from experience, but I read extensively and quite longingly about their food culture.) That’s their approach to the famed tapas bars that dot the streets of most cities and towns in Spain: a little bit here, a little bit there, and only the best from each. Of course, in America our approach to dining tends to be quite different. It could probably be summed up as: A lot, whatever it is. There is, however, much to be gained and experienced by taking the more Spanish approach of sampling lots of little plates, usually accompanied by drinks. Unfortunately, there haven’t been many options in Providence to encourage dining that way. Downtown, however, is looking more and more like a good place to enjoy a little bit, often. Tini (200 Washington Street) does nothing but small plates in a very small space. Just grab one of the handful of seats at the bar, and sample a little something or two. Local 121 (121 Washington Street) also offers a selection of small plates to pair with a good cocktail. Westminster Street adds a couple of good new options to the mix. The new Sura (232 Westminster) features a wide array of Korean, Japanese and Chinese dishes for sampling and sharing, including appetizers, sushi and izakaya (Japanese bar food). The recently remodeled Tazza (250 Westminster) boasts an excellent cocktail menu to go with the all-new “Tazza Plates,” cold and hot short plates of all sorts. The best news is that soon we will finally have tapas – actual tapas – something that has long been a glaring hole in Providence’s food scene. Later this month, Flan y Ajo tapas bar will open in the space formerly occupied by Farmstead Lunch (225 Westminster). Proprietors Diego Perez and Siobhan Chavarria, both of whom have spent time eating and exploring in Spain (Perez is of Spanish heritage, while Chavarria is from Costa Rica), are crafting an authentic tapas bar, complete with stand-up counter for noshing on a selection of small plates. What started as a mobile catering business and tapas cart quickly blossomed into a full-fledged tapas bar, one that Perez promises will not skew towards more modern, liberal interpre-
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Diego Perez and Sioban Chavarria in their new restuarant tations of the cuisine. “It’s great news that people have an interest in tapas,” he enthuses. “I have noticed the great lack of Spanish food in Providence, but also the misunderstanding of what traditional Spanish tapas really are.” To that end, they will be serving traditional dishes like tortilla española, which is not a tortilla in the way we would normally think (something for wrapping a taco), but rather a Spanish-style omelet with potatoes and onions. Though they intend to stick mostly to such beloved Spanish favorites, they will add their own signatures, such as their saffron flan, a different spin on the ubiquitous custard dessert. Chavarria sees it as a creative way to incorporate the spice, which is a staple of Spanish cuisine, into their menu. (Paella, the dish with which saffron is most closely associated, doesn’t figure into a tapas menu.) While Flan y Ajo will not serve booze, it will be BYOB, and foster a hand-in-hand relationship with Eno Fine Wines right next door. The store will offer plenty of wine and spirits to pair with tapas, and Perez and Chavarria will stock a house made sangria mix, which they will happily blend with your wine of choice for a truly Spanish experience. It’s a welcome addition to Downtown dining. Maybe one day we’ll be able to do as the Spaniards do and
spend the night roving the streets in search of only the best little bites. OUTSIDE PROVIDENCE After more than a year of reconstruction following the March 2010 floods, NYLO Hotel (400 Knight Street, Warwick) finally reopened last month. Perched on the bank of the Pawtuxet River, the boutique hotel took in more than four feet of water on its first floor, causing significant damage. The good news for diners is that the hotel’s stylish restaurant is also back in business. The chic, Miami-esque lounge space boasts a great patio overlooking the river and their menu promises “sophisticated comfort food.” It’s just one more success story of people and businesses rebuilding after the historic floods. The space formerly occupied by Cattails, a long time favorite among residents of East Providence, is now home to Vine Yard East (315 Waterman Avenue). As the name implies, the menu will be very much wine-influenced, continuing that address’s tradition of offering sophisticated takes on local favorites at reasonable prices. There are grilled pizzas, pastas and sandwiches, as well as appetizers and entrees with Italian and Portuguese flair: calamari, Portuguese kale soup, seafood fra diavolo, pork and clams, and more.
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Feast | review
by Linda beaulieu
South of the Border
mexican dining hits South water Street
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customers in the restaurant. At long last, our apps did arrive – along with everything else that we had ordered. Our waitress shrugged her shoulders and said, “Everything came out at once” as she placed appetizers, salads, entrees and side dishes before us on our now-crowded four-top table. I ended up eating in reverse, digging into my entree and sides before they got cold, and then getting into the salads and appetizers. One dish in particular made me so happy that I didn’t really care that I was surrounded simultaneously by three courses of food. (Perhaps the margarita also took the edge off what could have been an unpleasant dining experience.) That dish was the Elotes ($7), a single ear of corn on the cob done up in the style of Mexican street food. Yes, $7 for one ear of corn, but after one bite I was hooked. The nicely grilled ear was speared on wooden skewers for easy eating. After grilling, the sweet corn was brushed with lime-flavored mayonnaise and then rolled in ancho chile powder and dusted with cotija cheese. Cotija is a hard, crumbly cow’s milk cheese from Mexico with a flavor akin to feta. Salty and somewhat granular, this cheese does not melt when it meets hot food, such as the grilled corn. This intriguing combination of fla-
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vors and textures would make it impossible for me to not order this in the future. Regular corn on the cob now seems quite boring in comparison. That cotija cheese also made a dazzling appearance in the Pickled Beet Salad ($7), a generous serving of baby arugula topped with ruby red cubes of cooked beets, plenty of grated cheese, and a sprinkling of pumpkin seeds. Surprisingly bland in taste were the Baja-Style Fish Tacos ($13), which had much going on – battered haddock, limemarinated cabbage, house-pickled jalapenos and cilantro avocado cream – and yet failed to excite our taste buds. The Mission-Style Burrito ($8) was another winning dish. This massive burrito comes with a choice of meats (beef, chicken and pork), and we recommend the chicken tinga. The chicken is cooked in a tomato and chili chipotle sauce, and its wonderful smoky flavor lingers on your palate. Plenty of that tender shredded chicken is combined with rice, beans, lettuce, cheese and pico de gallo (a fresh uncooked salsa), then wrapped up in a huge flour tortilla, tender to the bite but sturdy enough to hold in all those substantial ingredients. For me, this is Mexican comfort food. The tostadas and fajitas were tempting, but we turned our attention to entradas, or dinner entrees that are served with traditional Spanish rice and slow-simmered beans. The rice is on the mild side, and the beans are tender and well cooked. Brian tackled the 12-ounce Carne Asada Grilled Ribeye ($18), served with tomatillo pico de gallo and cebillitos (grilled green onions). The chopped tomatillo made this more tart than the typical pico de gallo. The scallions had a slight spicy, pleasing taste. The steak was a bit fatty,
but that is quite common in Latin American restaurants, and the fat helps give the ribeye more flavor. The menu promised Grilled Salmon ($16) with chimichurri sauce, avocado puree and spicy tortilla strips. The salmon tasted fine, but seemed soggy. The dark green chimichurri sauce, made from garlic and parsley, is a classic accompaniment for steaks south of the border. The avocado puree (which I was really looking forward to) was nowhere on my plate, nor were the tortilla strips. From the limited dessert menu, we gave the House-made Churros ($8) a try simply because we had never had them before. Our waitress said they were “like doughboys,” but we thought they were more like skinny fried crullers, drizzled with a nutmeg crème. After a couple of bites, we decided to take the rest home. They were excellent the next morning, reheated and served with a cup of strong coffee. The cantina is the Mexican version of the neighborhood restaurant in America. It’s a fun place, popular with the locals, especially after work when it’s time to eat, drink and celebrate. Lola’s succeeds in bringing that concept here to Providence. Linda Beaulieu is the author of The Providence and Rhode Island Cookbook, available at stores throughout the state.
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There’s much to like at Lola’s Tequila Bar and Cantina, near Corliss Landing. As we stepped inside this two-story waterfront restaurant, the wait staff greeted us like old friends, making us feel like we had just happened upon a party in the making. Then there’s the vibrant décor, with tall bar stools and outdoor tables painted in a riot of colors. All this, with a view of a sleepy marina and the city’s hurricane barrier, adds up to a new hot spot worth checking out. On this late summer day, the blazing sun was starting to sink down into the city skyline, and there was barely a breeze across the harbor. Seeking shade, we chose to sit inside at this open-air restaurant, which reminded us of the cantinas we’ve experienced in Cancun and Cozumel. Lola’s drink menu offers lots of fun cocktails, but the purist in me ordered a basic margarita on the rocks. The oversized, ice-cold drink was much appreciated as we studied the interesting menu. I was eager to try some traditional Mexican food as well as some exciting dishes I haven’t seen before. We munched on golden tortilla chips and refreshing salsa while we waited for our appetizers to arrive. And we waited… which puzzled us as it was early on a Wednesday night, and we were the only
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A Crafty Concoction meet union Station’s brewer extraordinaire, aaron Crossett How did you start brewing? I got really, really lucky. I was friends with Tim Pyne, the brewer who was here before me. I was home brewing and then I started working for Tim in exchange for beer. I’d get to take some home at the end of the day. From there I secured a paid assistant position. Tim left and went onto Boston Beerworks in 2007, and the company then offered me the position of head brewer.
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What is the beer selection at Union Station? We only serve our own beer here. We rotate a lot of styles in and out – about 30-35 beers year round. For the last two years, we’ve had the River Otter Ale on tap. It is a charity beer; 50 cents from each pint sold goes to support the River Otter habitat at the Roger Williams Park Zoo. We keep six to nine beers on tap and three to five in the brew house; it’s limited back there.
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How long does it take to make beer? It takes about three weeks from start to finish, sometimes as long as five weeks for a lager, which involves a different method of fermentation. We start with all raw ingredients, such as premium two-row barley, which is a little more flavorful; then we saturate it, mash it, heat it and filter it in enormous kettles. It is quite a process. Lager requires a different yeast strain that takes a little longer to ferment because of a significantly lower fermentation temperature. What inspires your beers? I always start with the beer itself; start with the finished product and work backwards. If I come across an excellent beer in my travels, I’ll try to make it. Or I’ll come up with a conceptual beer in an effort to fill a gap in something I like to drink. I start with the flavors I want and how I want the beer to look: bright, clear or unfiltered. The actual flavors of the beer determine what type of grain I am going to use. At the end of the day, you try to make something that tastes good and is different. What are you brewing for the fall? Oktoberfest and Pumpkin Spice will be coming out. Oktoberfest is a full bodied lager with a rich malt profile
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Crabmeat Stuffed Atlantic Cod. A bitter, hoppy beer goes well with BBQ. We smoke all our own pork and ribs on site. The hop bitterness will emphasize the spices. Half-Day IPA is a great beer for that. Pale Ale and burgers were made for each other. I like to do darker Belgian styles like the Abbey Ale with a steak dinner.
What’s your signature beer? Half-Day IPA. It’s a complex, high-end premium malt: citrusy aroma, piney bitterness, with a tea-like character that brings all the assertive flavors together. At seven percent alcohol, it also puts a little smile on your face. The Belgian Abbey Ale – a dark, complex, dry beer – is one of the best I’ve made; it has flavors reminiscent of black currant.
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BYBLOS 235 Meeting St.; 453-9727. Providence’s original hookah lounge offers more than just a relaxing smoke and chic atmosphere. You can also enjoy classic Lebanese dishes and light cuisine with your cocktail. LD $ CAFé PARAgON 234 Thayer St.; 3316200. This hip eatery serves sandwiches, pasta, and entrees at prices lower than the chic décor would have you believe. The adjoining Viva lounge is perfect for after-dinner drinks and private parties. BrLD $-$$ CASERTA’S PIZZERIA 121 Spruce St.; 621-9190. This Rhode Island tradition serves big pizzas with generous toppings and thick, rich tomato sauce. The Wimpy Skippy, a spinach pie with cheese and pepperoni, is not to be missed. LD $-$$ CAV 14 Imperial Pl.; 751-9164. The New York Times’ choice as one of Providence’s five best restaurants, CAV’s contemporary award-winning cuisine is available for lunch and dinner daily. They also feature Saturday/Sunday brunch. BrLD $$-$$$
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Come Feel the Warmth of Our Friday Afternoon Jewish School Community! OPEN HOUSE • Friday, September 9th • 4:00 - 5:30pm Lobby of Jewish Alliance of Greater Rhode Island (Formally Jewish Alliance Community Center) • 401 Elmgrove Ave, Providence The Friday School is a parent run, co-operative, Jewish education program for kids. We are a mix of traditional, unaffiliated, interfaith, cultural & secular Jewish families. • Grades K through 7
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Moules & Frites, Red Stripe’s menu is reasonably priced and made with passion. LD $-$$$ RICK’S ROADHOUSE 370 Richmond St.; 272-7675. With hand-cut, fire kissed steaks, gut busting burgers and fall off the bone ribs, Rick’s brings the best slow-cooked cuisine to the Ocean State. LD $-$$ RUE BIS 95 South St.; 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 $ RUE DE L’ESPOIR 99 Hope St.; 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 $$-$$$ RUTH’S CHRIS STEAK HOUSE 10 Memorial Blvd. (at the GTECH Center); 272-2271. Come celebrate their fifth year overlooking Waterplace Park by treating yourself to the best USDA Prime steak in Providence. Change your life one bite at a time. D $$$ SIENA 238 Atwells Ave.; 521-3311. Federal Hill’s Siena features authentic Tuscan cuisine in a warm and lively atmosphere. The extensive menu includes wood-grilled veal, steak and seafood entrees along with signature pasta and sauté dishes. D $$-$$$ TAMMANY HALL 409 Atwells Ave.; 831-3180. This Irish pub and parlor is the place to be for food, drink and a relaxing smoke. Enjoy their friendly service and great pub fare while lighting up your favorite cigar. LD $ TRATTORIA ZOOMA 245 Atwells Ave.; 383-2002. Located on historic Federal Hill, Zooma offers award winning Neapolitan cuisine in a beautiful, upscale setting, specializing in house made pasta, local fish, meats, vegetables and authentic wood fired pizza. LD $$-$$$
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ICHIgO ICHIE 5 Catamore Blvd., East Providence; 435-5511. The name roughly translates as “one encounter in a lifetime,” but you’ll want to visit again and again for the enchanting Japanese décor, and of course, the sushi and hibachi menus. LD $$ JACKYS gALAXIE 338 Metacom Ave., Bristol; 253-8818. Jacky’s offers an eclectic taste of Asia, including Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Cambodian and Vietnamese. Enjoy traditional recipes combined with modern technique and flair for a unique dining experience. LD $-$$$
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THE LOCALS 11 Waterman Ave., North Providence; 231-2231. Have a taste of locally grown food from an extensive menu at reasonable prices. The Locals offers live music and a great sense of being a part of the neighborhood. BLD $-$$
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RASOI 727 East Ave., Pawtucket; 728-5500. Rasoi, Hindi for “kitchen,” is the fruition of a dream by Chef Sanjiv Dhar to balance healthy food, personalized service and Indian culture. Featuring a full bar and famous weekend buffet. LD $-$$
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Greater Kennedy Plaza’s summer season is sizzling with a month-long Tape Art installation in the Bank of America City Center throughout June, the eclectic Burnside Park Beer Garden Music Series, and the return of Kidoinfo Providence Storytime!
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aritst Donald Gerola’s studio at Pawtucket’s Lorraine mill
to be an artist. Dreaming up visions, day after day, completely solo, with only your creative thoughts to keep you company. Putting paint upon canvas, eye to viewfinder, nail to wood, precious stones to metal, thread to fabric or glass to super high heat. Taking that abstract concept, that seed of an idea and patiently growing it until you wind up with - that? Just think how much easier things would be if you
had an honest opinion from an independent viewer. So, come on in, discerning viewer, to the Pawtucket Open Studios. Go ahead and offer up your unsolicited opinions. Artists dig that, exactly the same way you heart it when people come into your home and suggest changing the color theme of the living room. As long as you keep that concept in mind, everyone will get along just fine. openstudiospawtucket.org.
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This Month All month long The Warren Mill Project, a traveling exhibit documenting industrial history through a multimedia presentation, comes to you - because the East Bay is wicked far. Museum of Work and Culture, 42 South Main Street, Woonsocket. 769-9675, rihs.org September 2 Contestants in the PawSox Idol are competing for the opportunity to sing the National Anthem at McCoy in 2012, but only you have the power to choose who wins. McCoy Stadium. 1 Columbus Avenue, Pawtucket. 7247300, pawsox.com September 7 Think of the Print Exchange as like a cookie swap, only with 11x17 prints instead of macaroons. Stop by, look pathetic and hope someone gives you one out of his or her collection. AS220 Community Printshop, Martha Street. 831-9327, as220.org September 8-October 9 The games people play goes literal in Circle Mirror Transformation, as a community drama class loosens up with seemingly silly exercises, that quickly go surprisingly deep. The Gamm Theatre, 172 Exchange Street, Pawtucket. 723-4266, gammtheatre.org September 9-October 9 Granted, romancing your superior can have complications. Exhibit A: His Girl Friday, who’s trying to remarry, but her ex-husband boss is workin’ the sabotage angle. Trinity Repertory Company, 201 Washington Street. 351-4242, trinityrep.com September 10 They might look real – and really dangerous – but rest assured that any flames emanating from the mouths of the Chinese Dragon Boats on the Pawtucket River will extinguish on contact. School Street Pier, Pawtucket. 724-2200. dragonboatri.com September 14 What have you got that’s lasted 40
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by Dawn Keable
Turk Building 1 by Greg Geiger
Hit the Jackpot September 24: ah, the simple pleasure of daydreaming about how exactly you’ll spend those massive lottery winnings. the vision always starts slow and responsible: student loans, car note, mortgage. But before you know it, you’ve got a third vacation home in Fiji, a private jet to take you there and the multi-talented John travolta on your payroll as your house pilot. and then, predictably, someone harshly crushes your spirit, by matter of factly stating those astronomical odds of winning. Enter AS220 Photo Lottery 2011, where you don’t have to be a statistician to figure out a good thing. a hundred and twenty-five dollars not only buys you a ticket, but a winning ticket, to take home one of the 150 photographic masterpieces. Proceeds help build and sustain rhode island’s only full service, public access photo program. AS220, 115 Empire Street. 831-9327, as220.org/ photolottery_2011/index.htm.
Get Out | calendar years, outside of your mortgage? Blues legend and Grammy winner Taj Mahal leads you through his four-decade career, that once had a stop at UMass. Park Theatre, 848 Park Avenue, Cranston. 467-7275, parktheatreri.com September 14 Support three Short Films by Kyle King: Grizzled, a 16mm b&w; Brute Filth, a short drama about one radical girl’s plan to help homeless pals; and To The Bone, a tanking-relationship comedy. AS220, 115 Empire Street. 831-9327, as220.org September 15-18 Move over Sofia Vergara. The Providence Latin American Film Festival, showing works from Latin America, Portugal and Spain, says you’re not the only game in town. RISD Auditorium and Metcalf Theatre, Providence. Bryant Janikies Theater, Smithfield. plaff.org September 16 Repeat: Comedian Mike Epps, star of the movie Next Friday, is at PPAC this Friday. Providence Performing Arts Center. 220 Weybosset Street, Providence. 421-2787, www.ppacri.org September 17 Tell the Alliance Francaise they look pretty good for 110 years, at their birthday gala on Smith Street. 928 Smith Street, Providence. 272-6243, afprovidence.org September 20 Hail the Stanley Cup as the Baby B’s host the Boston Bruins Black and Gold Game at the Dunk. Dunkin Donuts Center. 81 Washington Street, Providence. 490-9760, providencebruins.com September 23-25 Gush over celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich at the Newport Mansions Food and Wine Festival. Rosecliff and Marble House. 548 Bellevue Avenue, Newport. 847-1000, newportmansions.org September 23-25 Those seriously sharp pint-sized playwrights of the Manton Avenue Project are at it again with 375 Roger (Over and Out), The Happy Birthday Providence Plays, acted by adults. The Media and Arts Center at Met Public, 325 Public Street. 331-7007, mantonavenueproject.org September 23-25 Who even knows the last time your city had a movie theatre, so you best enjoy the Pawtucket Film Festival while it lasts. Admission gets you a
by Dawn Keable
short and a feature length film, live music and a reception to hobnob with the artists. pawtucketartsfestival.org September 24 That rusty pile of scrap metal? To most people it screams tetanus booster. And that’s exactly why the Iron Chef is an elite competition, welding together immediate vision and fabrication skills. The Steel Yard, 27 Sims Avenue. 273-7101, thesteelyard.org September 24 Thank you, Silent Fine Arts Auction, for allowing the bidding on works by Maxwell Mays and Thomas Sgouros, among others, without the droning auctioneer. All Saints’ Memorial Church. 674 Westminster Street. 7511747, allsaintsmemorial.org September 25 Forget the ‘don’t touch’ gallery behavior. The Fall Out of Summer Arts Festival is all about interactive creativity. So go on, drape yourself in ribbon and fabric and take first prize in human art. Artists’ Exchange, 50 Rolfe Square, Cranston. 490-9475, artists-exchange.org September 25 That scene you had to cut from your 48 Hour Film? Two words: do over. Get it back to the Rhode Island Film Collaborative by September 23 for a take two screening. The Spot Underground, 15 Elbow Street. 383-7133, 48hourfilm.com/providence September 29 See dead people, as Ghost Hunters invade the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket. 28 Monument Square, Woonsocket.762-4545. stadiumtheatre.com. September 29 Come at dusk to see Purple Rain, because maybe a larger screen will help make it clearer to you why Price became a sex-symbol. Or not... Grant’s Block, corner of Westminster and Union Streets. 421-3300, facebook. com/group.php?gid=99983909480. September 29-October 2, 6-9 Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde weaves in courtroom testimony to showcase the writer’s downfall and the truth that real life’s way stranger than fiction. Leeds Theatre, 77 Waterman Street. 863-2838, brown.edu Got a cool upcoming event? Send the details, with plenty of advance warning, to dawn@providenceonline.com.
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A Faire to Remember Get a sneak peek at a royal scene Ligers and tigers and and beers, oh my! ‘Tis time for King Richard’s Faire. The fun-filled, family-owned fantasy land opens for its 30th anniversary season this month in Carver, Massachusetts. With eight stages and 80 acres of forest, entertainment options including magicians, musicians, jugglers, jousters and acrobats, and incredible animals – like, say, a 900-pound liger (half lion, half tiger – believe it). PM chatted with two veteran faire performers to learn more about the royal treatment in store for attendees, and what happens behind the scenes. “This is like opening up a book and diving into it for eight hours, only there are real people standing around you. There are real knights jousting right in front of you. There’s a king that you can touch, right there,” explains John McNiff, a mainstage actor and director of the faire’s apprentice program. “All the fantasies that play around in people’s heads from the stories they heard growing up come to life right there, and people get to be part of it.” McNiff, a ranger at the Roger Williams National Memorial on North Main Street and a part-time pirate with the historical re-enactment troupe Free Men of the Sea, started working at the faire back in ’88. He recalls that the scene was bawdier then, and since has become more familyfriendly, but it always has been big on
escapism. In training the apprentices, he helps them to create sustainable, larger-than-life characters to entertain fairgoers and immerse them in another era. Unlike acting on stage or screen, faire performers must improvise without scripts for hours on end. They have to find the right dialect, to be able to move easily through a crowd and immediately be identified as part of the action. Done right, McNiff says, “People pay attention to you, and then you’ve got an audience. When you have an audience, then you can play.” McNiff himself plays a member of the Royal Court called Seamus Kiely, the Earl of Kilkenny, Admiral of the Inland Sea and Lord-Protector of the Realm. He’s a bouncer-type, “a caricature of all the tough guys you can imagine,” whose swordfighting skills are often featured in the daily musical revue on the King’s Stage. He is also a shameless flirt who dishes compliments as he passes by. “So I get to go around all day long and tell people how wonderful they look. You watch people start to glow. It’s just a matter of sending out a wave of good cheer, if you would, to all the people that are there.” Thomas A. Epstein plays King Richard, a slightly more regal position than his day job with the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. He presides over jousts and knighting ceremonies.
While some world leaders wrestle with weightier issues, the biggest challenge this kindly king faces is getting from one side of his village to the other. “People want photos, and it’s a pleasure, but if I’m running late, it’s a pleasure with a twist,” he admits. This is but a trifle in the royal scheme of things. Of one of the many rewards, the king declares, “It’s so much fun to say hello to the children, to see their eyes. With so much fantasy going on around them, it really can be just a marvelous thing. I often get hugs. It’s very sweet.” Among the new acts this year are stiltwalkers, bagpipers, giant puppets and dueling swordsmen who promise to “teach the kids the value of ‘mercy’.” Designed to evoke a 16th century English marketplace at festival time, the faire is one of the only places near Providence where you can buy crafts from artisans, dress in period costumes, swill mead and devour spit-roasted turkey. Oh, did we mention there’s a liger?
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is about connections. That idea often permeates into our music scene, where friends of well-known bands or friends of bar and club owners are able to break in, providing that very necessary and opportune hookup. But, with live music, if you aren’t getting the crowd moving and providing a good time, your connections are as good as the Dow’s latest performance. Combine that pressure with the stigma of being a woman in the business, and you’ve got a tough road ahead. The Union Street Collective, a group of four female DJs, were aware of the aforementioned issues, but decided they were too passionate about spinning and creating music to surrender. With strict coaching from a Parisian DJ and constant practicing, the ladies were able to establish themselves as regulars at reputable and happening clubs in Providence, allowing them to take off rather quickly. The Collective got started last fall after attending the Peerless Building’s annual rooftop party, where DJ Nick de Paris was spinning. DJ Mercedes, one of the four, says after finding mutual friendships with fellow DJs Niki, Alissa and Rachel, the girls all had the desire to learn how to master the turntable. DJ Nick, Rachel’s husband, offered to be the girls’ turntable guru. “Initially it wasn’t about starting a group or going public. For three or four months, we met
in Nick and Rachel’s loft and he’d teach us how to spin,” Mercedes reflects. Every girl brought to the table a different level of experience and musical taste. Mercedes had spun during her undergrad career in Chicago for a few years; Niki was a long-time electronic music enthusiast; Alissa stumbled into the craft; and Rachel started learning how to mix through her friend-turnedhusband in Paris in 2004. Despite their varying abilities, Nick schooled the girls on the fundamentals and finer intricacies of spinning, starting them out on vinyl, making them beat match and eventually coaxing them to burn their own music on CDs. The opportunity to display their skills live came when mutual friend and DJ Tim O’Keefe told the girls about the opening of The Salon, an ideal club for DJs. That was when the four formed the Union Street Collective, titled for their common connection to Union Street. “We all lived or grew up in cities that were very house music-oriented and somehow all had the Union Street connection,” Rachel says. “The name made sense, as we play a lot in local bars. It gives it that neighborhood familiarity. The name is intuitive.” Initially, the girls were unfamiliar with spinning live in a foursome. Using Nick’s mix deck and speakers, each DJ tried to bring her own aesthetic and sound. Ra-
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When the earthquake and tsunami occurred in Japan on March 11 of this year, Providence-based photographer James P. Jones felt compelled to document the human impact of the devastation. Jones is of Japanese descent, and grew up in both Tokyo and Boston. In June, about three months after the catastrophe, he landed in Tokyo and made his way to the affected areas of Japan, photographing each step of the challenging journey on behalf of a nonprofit organization planning the rebuilding effort in the town of Kesennuma. The heartbreak he encountered is emblazoned on his every photo, from panoramas of town after ruined town to portraits of young and old residents in evacuation centers and on the debris-strewn streets, still trying to make practical and emotional sense of the disaster. Some of the most affecting images he encountered, he says, were of personal items and works of art that had been upended in the disaster and placed with hopeful care by passers-by onto the corners of the foundations of destroyed homes, should their owners
come back. Fishing and trade villages, ancient temples and shrines had been leveled—and with the massive scale of the disaster, may never be rebuilt. Jones returned to Providence with a heightened sense of the individual hardships facing the emotionally reserved Japanese people – a society that is generally reluctant to ask for help. Meanwhile, Hiroko Shikashio, a Rhode Island-based artist of Japanese descent, had a desire to keep the situation in Japan on people’s minds even as other world events overtook the news cycle. She contacted Mary Brewster, a partner at Brewster Thornton Group Architects in Providence and a painter inspired by Japanese aesthetics, and suggested putting together an art event to benefit the country’s earthquake and tsunami victims. Brewster, whose daughter attends Tama Art University in Japan, took that kernel of an idea and ran with it, assembling a group of artists willing to donate their work, with proceeds going to the American Red Cross’ Japan Relief fund. The group set up a booth at the Black Ships Festival in New-
port in July, and will do the same at the Providence Open Market in Lippitt Park on September 10. Among the 30+ participating artists are members of the Wickford Art Association, the Rhode Island Watercolor Society, the Art League of Rhode Island, the Newport Photo Guild and 19 on Paper – plus Jones and Shikashio. The artistic venture is a way of keeping Japan’s plight in the public eye locally six months after the disaster, and a lowcost way of ensuring the maximum donation can be sent to help this ancient society currently in distress. Donated works will be available for viewing and purchase at the Providence Open Market on Saturday, September 10 from 10am-2pm. For more information about the market, visit providenceopenmarket.com. Read more about James P. Jones’ experiences in the disaster-stricken areas of northern Japan at photographyri.com. Visit Hiroko Shikashio’s website and view her artwork at hirokoart.com. And to donate directly to the American Red Cross for Japan relief, visit american.redcross.org.
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Fall into the Arts The transition into fall means the arts scene starts to get into full swing again after a sparse summer. Sure, the warmer months bring festivals and block parties, but theaters, big venues like PPAC, galleries and other arts organizations generally go quiet during that time period. Ease back into the arts later this month as FirstWorks launches its eighth year, which runs September 22-November 12. The multimedia, multi-venue, multi-everything arts festival is a showcase for first-rate and cutting edge performers and
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artists, offering everything from films to dance to music to theater to visual art. It’s a tradition that is simultaneously cosmopolitan, bringing acts from around the world into our fair city, and uniquely Providence, given its flair for the avant-garde and eclectic. The full schedule is available at their website, first-works.org, but be sure to check out this particular performance by Momix, the shape-shifting dance troupe pictured here, who return year after year as one of the highlights of the festival. -John Taraborelli
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