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Secluded 4000+ sq. ft. home with 4 bedrooms and 3 baths situated on a private lane in the Ocean Road Estate area. 1.84 acres of lush grounds and stone walls. Outdoor entertaining area with stone patio surrounding in-ground pool and hot tub. Home offers open floor plan, granite eat-in kitchen, stainless steel appliances, sunroom, wet bar, great room with cathedral ceilings, 3 sided fireplace, and hardwoods. Master suite with dressing area, custom built-ins, and luxurious bath. Upper level has bedroom, bath, kitchen, and sitting area – wonderful for visiting guests or in-law apartment. Central air, standby generator, alarm system, surround sound. Minutes to the beach. $1.5 million. Marnee, ext. 109 or Kathy, ext. 114
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Mint condition cape with 3 bedrooms and 2-1/2 baths. New roof, furnace, windows, kitchen, baths, appliances, carpeting, interior paint, and vinyl siding – all renovations done with quality materials. This home is better than new! $415,000 Alyce, ext. 121
Build your dream home on this waterfront lot situated on small pond with gorgeous ocean views. All approvals in place and ready to go. Town water available. Renowned area for surfing or fishing or just relax at the beach. $379,900 Randall, ext. 104
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Three bedroom, 2-1/2 colonial situated among pine trees on almost an acre. Granite, hardwoods, central air, Andersen windows, 2 car garage, and much more. Low maintenance – energy efficient. Be in for summer! $360,000
You’ll fall in love with this charming, totally renovated home with convenient location near the bike path. Beautiful hardwoods, built-in china cabinet, arched doorways, efficient pellet stove. Spacious living area. Expansion potential on second level. $250,000 Kathy, ext.114
Beautifully landscaped setting with pond and stone wall views for this 4 bedroom 2-1/2 bath home in desirable South County Hills. Open and spacious living with hardwoods, family room with fireplace, master bedroom suite – all in move in condition. $525,000 Kathy, ext. 114
Three bedrooms, 2-1/2 bath colonial to be built. Hardwoods, granite, gas heat, central air, 2 car garage, and a fireplace are a few of the amenities included in this home. Enjoy sitting on your Farmer’s porch. Close to town, parks, and schools. Room to expand. $369,000 Karen, ext. 111
WATCH HILL - OCEANFRONT Majestically poised overlooking an expansive white sandy beach and the Atlantic Ocean. Ideally located on Bluff Avenue, this residence captures the luminous beauty of the ocean from all vantage points. Features 3 acres of sprawling lawn and gardens $10,750,000 401-348-1999
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Block Island - OCEANVIEWS Spectacular Clayhead views from this 1850's home. 4 bedrooms, Conveniently located close to South East Lighthouse, Mohegan Bluffs. $925,000 401-466-8777
NEwport - Dudley Newton Victorian has 4 fireplaces, library, 6 beds & spacious master suite. Steps from Bellevue Ave grounds offers complete privacy, fishpond w/ waterfall. $1,875,000 401-848-2101
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charlestown - QUONNIE Beach house includes an open floor plan, floor to ceiling stone fireplace, first level master suite. Large yard perfect for entertaining. $975,000 401-348-1999
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Jamestown- BEAVERTAIL Spacious 3 bedroom cottage, w/ stone fireplace & wood stove. Separate guest quarters. Deck, patio & pool. Close to Mackeral Cove Beach & Beavertail park $693,000 401-423-3440
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KENNETH COTE RENEWAL CENTER Providing you the classic salon experience since 1977
in 1985 opened our second location in East Greenwich. We expanded in East Greenwich in 1996 and then again in 2010 and became the Best of Rhode Island salon and spa that you still enjoy today 36 years later.
All Hair by Kenneth Cote
1980s
But through all the changing styles and fashions, the ups and downs of the economy, six American presidents, the invention of the internet, etc. one thing has remained consistent: our focus on you. Our salon culture is still based on the core principles of teamwork, ongoing education, customer service and outstanding services at reasonable prices. Your salon experience is classic.
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Celebrating 36 Years: 1977-2013 I’m Kenneth Cote. I’m a professional stylist, salon owner for 36 years and a father. In 1977, I was a busy stylist trained in the relatively new Vidal Sassoon technique of precision hair cutting. The Dorothy Hamill wedge and Farrah Fawcett flip were the rage. When I looked around most salons at that time were still operating as 1950s beauty shops… not very uptodate with the latest trends… not very professional. I decided I wanted to create a different type of salon culture for myself and for other stylists. I wanted to create a new salon experience for Rhode Island clients. So I decided to open my first salon on North Main Street in Providence above a poodle grooming parlor called Puppy Luv! It was a labor of love. I had a mission. I wanted to enhance the professionalism of the salon industry in 1970s Rhode Island and provide fellow salon professionals a work environment that focused on camaraderie, teamwork and ongoing education. And guess what… it worked! I became a guest artist for Redken Labs and had the honor of traveling the world teaching American hairstyling techniques. We did fashion shows and models and politicians and television personalities.. we even styled the hair of the first female President of Ireland! As our reputation for providing uncompromised outstanding services grew, we moved to Hope Street and
2000s So visit us today for the first time, or the hundredth time, and experience the culture that helped shape the salon industry in Rhode Island. We were the first and the original and I would argue that we’re still the best. My staff and I will prove it to you each time you visit us so call us soon. Visit our website for special offers and thank you for being part of this amazing journey these past 36 years.
Best Salon 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 & 2012 Best Facial 2009 Best Spa 2010, 2011 & 2012 Best Massage 2012
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JUNE 2013
A South Kingstown family is one with nature
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This Month 25 Swim with the Animals
An inside look at the marine mammal training program at Mystic Aquarium
Monkfish Bouillabaise at the Wilcox Tavern in Charlestown
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41 So Stylish Modern living in a historic farmhouse 42 Life/Style 45 Tastemaker 46 Whole Body 48 What’s in Store
53 So Delicious Elegant comfort food in Charlestown
31 Misquamicut Recovery
Communities come together to pick up the pieces after Superstorm Sandy
54 Review 57 Tastemaker 58 Foodie Journal 60 Dining Guide
67 So Entertaining Laugh out loud at open mic night in Westerly
Every Month 11 Letters 12 SO Web List
17 So Happening Climb to success at a South Kingstown rock gym 18 So & So 22 Social Network
69 Calendar 72 On Stage 74 Art View
76 So Approved Specialty salads tantalize our taste buds with the season’s bounty On the Cover: Colin Discordia and Andrea, Logan, Caden and Peter Christina at Hands Along the Sands, which celebrated the reopening of Misquamicut Beach in May. Photographed by Hilary Block June 2013 | SO RHODE ISLAND
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Dr. William Slade is pleased to be welcoming new patients, sixteen and over, into his practice at Coastal Medical Wakefield.
William Slade, DO
This office is an award winning medical practice that has been recognized as a level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home. We provide exceptional care and services to our patients. In addition to well visits, we offer same day sick visits, 365 day access to sick visits and an on-site laboratory.
Letters Make Way For Summer
L E A D E R S I N H E A LT H C A R E
Russ Corcoran, MD
Shelly Johnson, MD
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Where
will you go for rehab services after surgery? Well, you could stay home. But what if you need health services? Our nurses, physical and occupational therapists provide professional and personal care, while you recouperate in less stressful, more familiar surroundings. Call 401.751.9660 or visit us at CathleenNaughtonAssoc.com
Summer in Rhode Island is a coveted time for both natives and visitors. Everyone knows that the first weekend there is even a hint of enough sunshine to be at the beach, it will be packed. But even locals don’t know everything that South County has to offer, so you may notice a little something extra inserted into this issue, SO Block Island. It is everyone’s guide to the who, what, when and where of our little island getaway. Also available at newsstands is SO Summer, our annual guide to the ins and outs that make summer in South County so amazing. Know what else makes South County so wonderful? Its residents. And it may not surprise you to know that
even after the community took such a hard hit from Superstorm Sandy, many businesses and restaurants are up and running, and ready to take this summer by storm – even the hardest hit area, Misquamicut. Read on to see how Misquamicut Beach and the surrounding businesses and residents have come together to rebuild a place that is beloved to people near and far.
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Continuing this week’s celebration of all the amazing things retirees are doing in Rhode Island, check out this month’s SO Rhode Island Magazine story on The Unofficial Mayors of South County. All four of these
great South County residents have plenty of energy to spare and southern Rhode Island is certainly lucky they spend so much of it bettering our communities! –Southern Rhode Island Volunteers
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Get a Summer Membership at the Y today!
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Contributor
Publishers Barry Fain Richard Fleischer John Howell Publishing Director Jeanette St. Pierre Executive Editor Julie Tremaine Associate Editor Grace Lentini Special Projects Manager John Taraborelli Digital Manager Samantha Pezza Art Director Karli Hendrickson Assistant Art Director Meghan H. Follett Advertising Design Director Layheang Meas Graphic Designer Veatsna Sok
Alicia Kamm Writer Alicia Kamm is a native Rhode Islander who graduated from URI and writes the Style Tastemaker column for SO Rhode Island. “To me, writing is akin to being a psychologist. It’s my job to uncover the most insightful and authentic part of someone’s story and share it with the world. I’m honored to do this.” She is also a regular contributor to our sister publication Providence Monthly. As the founder of
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Alicia is a proud mom who empowers other moms to max out
Account Managers Louann DiMuccioDarwich Ann Gallagher Nicole Greenspun Kristine Mangan
Illustrator Caleigh McGrath Photographers Hilary Block Marylou Butler Ron Cowie
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Contributing Writers Sarah Bertness Cheryl Butler Marylou Butler Bob Cipriano Bob Curley David Dadekian Jared DiMascio
Alicia Kamm Andrea E. McHugh Stacey Place Erin Swanson Bethany Vaccaro Leigh Vincola
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Adam Baffoni Courtney Melo
their mom game. “I used to be insatiable for martinis. I’ve given
Elizabeth Riel Dan Schwartz Chelsea Sherman Kim Tingle
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up martinis for motherhood, but I still get a buzz.”
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Welcome to the Neighborhood
A Bee’s Buzz
Marketplace of Antiques & Handcrafts
Last month Taylor Swift dropped a cool $17 million in cash on a home in Watch Hill. We shared a photo of the waterfront mansion with our Facebook fans that received an
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overwhelming response. Some of you wished her well on her purchase, while others wished she had passed over RI, ensuring that our state stays paparazzi free. “So beautiful. Idk why everyone is hating on her and the fact the she paid 17 mil in cash. Get over it. Its her life. Leave her be,” Amanda Nicole Ginish responded. A few of you offered your services as a gardener, doorman, contractor or house sitter. “Nice. Do you need a housekeeper?” asked Dawn Birkbek. Regardless of your stance on our new neighbor, things in Watch Hill are sure to get a whole lot more interesting.
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Our annual tourism guides to South County and Block Island hit newsstands this month. If you can’t get your hands on a hard copy, you can find them on SoRhodeIsland.com. While the guides are aimed at our legions of summer visitors, we think even the locals can find some handy info (and interesting trivia) inside.
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A Taste of Block Island We are proud to be a sponsor of the 5th Annual Taste of Block Island (May 31-June 2). We’re looking forward to a trip to BI once the weather warms up and this gives you samples of the best the island has to offer all in one weekend. Attendees can purchase a button for $5, which will give them access to shopping and dining discounts throughout the island. www.tasteofbi.com
Psychological Associates of Warwick Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ADHD Testing, ADHD Counseling
Individual and Family Therapy along with Couple Counseling Anxiety and Depression Management Anger Management
Offering Neuro-Psychological Testing, Study Skills & Professional Coaching for all ages
Barry Josephson, Ph.D. • William D’Amico, Ed.D. Deanna Voisine, Ph.D. • Crystal Dussault, Ph.D. Betty Mongeau, LICSW 889 Centerville Road, Warwick, RI 401-826-8875 • New Patients Dial ext. 18 www.psychologicalassociateswarwick.com
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AlExAnDEr SCAgnEllI, MD, PC Children, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatry 889 Centerville Road, Warwick, RI 401-821-4100, x19 South County Commons: 35 South County Commons Way Unit D11 South Kingstown
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SUMMER PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
College Application Assistance Three evening workshops to help parents and students begin the application process THE COMMON APP July 17, 2013
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DATES: Start Date- June 23rd End Date- July 14th Academic Services: • 1:1 Tutorial • Social Pragmatics • Writer’s Workshop • Academic Electives in Science and Math
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Discover our top-rated day and overnight camps for ages 5-17. Your summer adventure awaits! Get started at www.altonjonescamp.org. 401 Victory Highway, West Greenwich, RI 401-397-3304
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So Happening
Good Deeds The Matty Fund 5K returns to URI this month
The Matty Fund is an institution in Rhode Island that not only serves children with epilepsy, but also their families and the community. Read on to see how the Matty Fund is celebrating its ten year anniversary. June 2013 | SO RHODE ISLAND
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Westerly Gets Some Literary Love
A Big Milestone The Matty Fund Celebrates its Ten-Year Anniversary
Taylor Swift purchases a $17 million dollar mansion on the beach in Watch Hill and suddenly the national spotlight is focused on this tiny section of Westerly. Just east of her property, past Maschaug Pond, sits the honky-tonk Misquamicut beach, where soon the masses will be camped out in front of Paddy’s, soaking up the sun and flipping through their summer reads. If you want to keep it Rhode Island-centric this year for beach reading, we have the perfect book, The Burn Palace, by the nationally acclaimed writer (and local resident) Stephen Dobyns. Dobyns’ most recent work is based in the fictional town of Brewster, a thinly disguised analogue of Westerly. The reader will know all the neighboring cities and landmarks mentioned in the story, and certainly will recognize all the quirky personality types. Something has gone terribly wrong in Brewster: a newborn baby is stolen from the hospital and what remains is a snake in the crib. Enter violence, the occult and some super aggressive coyotes, which the befuddled citizenry now have to deal with. Dobyns also works a heavy dose of humor into the story. Even Stephen King is a fan, “You can’t ask for more than this book gives. I loved it.” Well Taylor and company, you have something fun to read this summer between dips in the ocean. -Dan Schwartz
LOCAL LANDMARKS
The Matty Fund, an organization for the awareness and care for children with epilepsy, is celebrating its ten-year anniversary this year. Founders Richard and Debbie Siravo, a couple who lost their son Matty to epilepsy at age five, are passionate about raising its awareness to those who are not personally affected and strive to help those who are. “Matty was a happy little boy who just brightened the room when he walked in,” says his mother Debbie. “[When] he passed away on Mother’s day, we tried to take something so tragic and make it into something positive.” Since 2003, during the same year as Matty’s passing, The Matty Fund’s generosity has not gone unnoticed. From providing a twice-a-year horseback riding camp for children with epilepsy (called Camp Matty) to helping hands-on through the organization’s workshops and awareness programs, The Matty Fund has truly had a successful ten years. “It started out at the kitchen table of the parents, Richard and Debbie, and has turned into an organization that now has the only resource center in Rhode Island for families and children dealing with epilepsy,” says Linda Lynch, The Matty Fund’s Director of Development and Outreach. To celebrate its ten years, The Matty Fund is holding its 11th Annual Matthew Siravo Memorial 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, June 8. The 3.1-mile run offers not only rejuvenating exercise, but a free barbecue, refreshments and a raffle. Each runner is considered a winner, but cash prizes of $150 will be awarded to first-place winners and record-holders. For the tots will be a race called Matty’s Mighty Dash, which takes place before the start of the 5K at 9am. “All children receive a metal, plus little gifts donated from organizations,” Lynch mentions. The race will be held at the University of Rhode Island. Registration will be held at 8am and the 5K will start at 9:30am. To continue its anniversary celebration, The Matty Fund will also hold a Lobster and Seafood Bake on Sunday, June 30. This event will be held in a relaxing atmosphere at the Dunes Club in Narragansett. Musical entertainment will be provided by Brother to Brother. Tickets are $75 per person and the event will start at 5pm. For more information, please contact 401-789-7330 or visit mattyfund.org. –Jacleen Charbonneau 18
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South County Just Got More Delicious Mother Nature hasn’t been kind to the Ocean State over the past year. Between Superstorm Sandy ravaging our coastline to Winter Storm Nemo turning everything into a frozen wasteland, it seemed like we just couldn’t catch a break. That was especially true for two beloved landmarks: The Coast Guard House in Narragansett and Tara’s Tipperary Tavern in Matunuck. Sandy turned the CGH into a pile of rubble last fall, and the subsequent renovations lasted all winter and spring. Tara’s, after repairing all of Sandy’s damage, caught even more trouble from Nemo and had to do an especially difficult second round of repairs. But, there’s good news. Both places are back up and running, and just in time for summer. Tara’s reopened in early May, serving delicious Irish and American favorites which taste even better in sunny weather on their expansive deck. The Coast Guard House opened at the end of the month. For now, only the outside deck is open, but an oceanfront cocktail sounds perfect right about now. Cheers to perseverance. Tara’s: 907 Matunuck Beach Road, Matunuck. 284-1901, www.tarasfamilypub.com. CGH: 40 Ocean Road, Narragansett. 7890700, www.thecoastguardhouse.com -Julie Tremaine
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Richard Siravo and his family
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Thursday night, rental shoes, looking at an empty lane. My friend leans over my shoulder, “You gotta go for the left one, and then just hope to reach the one on the right.” I nod my head, shake my hands and take grip. The cold feel of plastic… plastic? That’s right, no bowling ball, no pins. Just me and the wall in front of me. A few weeks ago my roommate came home and said four words: “Rock climbing. Let’s go.” We jumped in his Jeep and drove to the new Rock Spot Climbing in Peace Dale. To be honest, from the outside, it didn’t look like much, but on the inside… wow. Two floors, two bouldering walls (one with a slide!) 40-foot walls on one floor and 24-foot walls on the other. We walked in and saw a group of pre-teens doing a lesson, some experienced climbers spiderman-ing up a wall and others (like us) just there to have some fun and get some exercise. Forty foot walls, varying levels of difficulty (I still can’t get past that 5.9 on the back wall, but that’s a hurdle I’ll have to overcome), trainers and ropes and ropes. We climbed for a few hours before my arms started to feel like spaghetti and my fingers were about to snap off on some of the hand holds. Talking with Kat Waterhouse, their Director of Marketing, I learn that it has been open since the beginning of March and had started construction at the beginning of last summer. This place was unbelievable. Nearly empty, and I had free reign to climb route after route. I’ve always been an active person; playing sports in middle school, high school and college, avid ultimate Frisbee player (yes, it’s a real sport). This was something different. You against the wall - either with an auto-belay or a friend below holding your life in their hands. You either make it or you don’t, and then you try again. It’s a sport, it’s exercise, it’s a release. So skip the Mews, skip O’Mist, skip the beach this summer. If you’re looking for a place to have some fun, Rock Spot is definitely recommended (but be warned of how addictive it may be, and of how miserable your arms will feel the day after). Rock Spot Climbing, 1174 Kingstown Rd., South Kingstown. 789-SPOT, www. rockspotclimbing.com. –Jared DiMascio
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here are things you don’t get to say every day. “I got bit by a penguin” is definitely one of them. But since I spent one sunny spring day being a Trainer for a Day at the Mystic Aquarium, going behind the scenes in some of their most popular exhibits and getting face time with some amazing sea creatures, I’ve been saying it to anyone who will listen. I’ve been bitten by a penguin, and I’ve lived to tell the tale. Okay, so maybe it wasn’t a bite. Maybe it was more of an inquisitive love nibble, the penguin asking “who’s this new person in my home?” Regardless, it happened, and it’s a good story. But I left Mystic that day with a lot of good stories. Though, I’m getting a bit ahead of myself. Let’s start at the beginning. Mystic Aquarium is unique for a lot of reasons: their abundance of events and unique programming, like the after-hours Cocktails with the Whales, a twice-monthly catered cocktail party outside the beluga habitat complete with “Belugatinis”; their outreach to the community (recently they crowdsourced the name for a rescued harbor seal they took in after marine biologists decided Coral needed an aquarium’s protection to survive); their partnership with Dr. Robert Ballard, who discovered the sunken RHMS Titanic, to create an insanely cool Titanic - 12,450 Feet Below experience. Just the whole layout of the aquarium is different – half inside, with tanks of jellies and seahorses, and half outside, so you can get so close to the sea lions and belugas that you can feel the spray from their blowholes. (That happened to me, too. Right in the face. Don’t worry – I’m pretty sure you can’t catch anything just from reading a story I wrote.) If you can’t tell, I really love the place. I have a thing for sea life in general. My non-negotiable when traveling is that if I’m going to a place with an aquarium, I’m going to it and that’s that. I’ve seen an albino alligator in North Carolina, pet a bamboo shark in California, stood a leetle too close to a piranha tank in Baltimore, made faces at a walrus in
Quebec City, quoted Finding Nemo at a centenarian sea turtle in Tennessee, made friends with a starfish in the Bahamas. One thing I hadn’t done, though, is get up close and personal with a penguin, and it had long been on my bucket list. I knew Mystic did encounter programs with penguins and whales where you get to get a bit closer than your average visitor, but I had no idea they did an immersive, all-day trainer program. I signed up immediately.
guins at the aquarium are identified by combinations of colored beads on bands around their wing. Unlike whales and sea lions, they look too similar to have unique names.) The tiny penguin chicks were too little to be out with the general population, and were still getting used to being around people, standard feeding procedures, even being in the water. Josh showed me where they nest, which was littered with little stuffed animals, including a penguin. Then he walked me through
The Trainer for a Day program allows guests to go inside the beluga whale habitat
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manda Wheeler, a bubbly brunette with a lot of energy and a clear passion for sea life, met me bright and early on a Friday morning at the aquarium’s front gate. As my guide for the day, Amanda would be giving me the tour of the facility, and introducing me to the various trainers I’d be shadowing. After her introduction, we headed to the penguin habitat, just in time for feeding time. Behind the scenes in the penguin house, Josh, my trainer, introduced me to Purple Red and Purple Gray. (Pen-
the feeding procedure: I would sit next to him in the habitat, holding my hand out in a V to simulate a beak, and feed the birds their fill of whole capelin, a smallish silver fish. It turns out, feeding penguins isn’t that easy. They can be food aggressive, trying to take the fish from your hand too quickly, and they can’t eat anything that has fallen on the ground. (There’s penguin poop there. Would you eat something that touched penguin poop?) My first couple of attempts were misfires. The bird pulled
one way, I pushed the other, and all of a sudden the fish was on the ground and out of commission. Come to think of it, maybe that’s why I got that little nip on the ankle. Was Blue Blue just trying to tell me to get it right already? Penguins also prize relationships, both with each other (they mate for life) and with their trainers, which is why I wasn’t allowed to pet them. It takes a long time for a penguin to trust a person. If I reached out to pet one, I’d get a real bite, not what Amanda explained was just a curiosity nibble on my ankle as I walked through the waddle of them. I was a new element in the penguin environment, and he was just wondering what I was. “He was checking you out,” she said. While it did leave a little mark, it didn’t hurt at all. (Though I’ve subsequently played up the drama of the experience for comedic effect.) While I viewed getting to be so close to them as a privilege, Amanda explained that I was actually good for the penguins, too. One thing that’s really important to the animals’ well-being is enrichment: being exposed to new sights and sounds, things outside of their daily grind of swimming and eating fish. Trainers give them toys, blow sea-safe bubbles into their habitat, bring them to see different fish tanks in the morning before the aquarium opens to the public. As an outsider, someone whom they don’t see every day, I counted as enrichment to the penguins. Clearly my selflessness was paramount here. I mean really, it’s all about giving back. Never mind the fact that I was squealing with delight, even as I peeled fish scales off of my hands.
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getting him to display his frill on command. Then, it was onto the sea lion show. The aquarium houses six California sea lions, all of whom are trained to perform speed swimming, vocal cues, jumps and shape recognition. It’s as fun for them to do as it is for us to watch – and the fish they get as food rewards don’t hurt, either. Normally, Amanda explained, we would go behind the scenes in the sea lion habitat as the third part of the trainer program. But, because it was the first day of the season (and I was their first test subject of the year), we were going to skip it for now. Fine with me. I had a date with a whale, and I had been looking forward to it forever.
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f we’re being honest, I’m surprised that Amanda and I didn’t have more of an issue with the fact that we’re both totally crazy about Juno. She spends as much time as she can working with the youngest beluga, and the silver pendant that hangs her neck is an imprint of his tail. She had it specially made in Florida. For me, it was love at first sight. Juno swam up to me as I walked into the enclosure, inquisitive and curious. I leaned over, putting my face as close as I could to his, when all of a sudden, blam. He blew water and air out of his blowhole, spraying it all over my face. Then he did it again. I couldn’t even be upset. It was like Juno was saying, “Hello. You are my new best friend. Let’s play.” It was almost feeding time for the
Juno is one of New England’s only four beluga whales
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whales, and there was still some preparation that needed to be done, so Amanda led me into the food prep area of the beluga enclosure. Belugas eat 60-70 pounds of fish every day, so really, there’s always some food prep that needs to be done. I dug my hands into the 27 pounds of capelin and squid that needed to be cleaned and inspected for Naku, a 30-year-old female whale. They tried to sell me on this being a privilege, but when you’re spreading apart a raw squid’s tentacles to check for any suspect marks, it doesn’t really feel that way. It’s kind of like how little kids are “such good helpers” for playing the cleaning the house game. Later, when the trainers were using that fish to reward the whales for doing cool tricks, the unpleasantness was totally erased. After washing my hands very, very well, Amanda introduced me to my trainer, Kathryn. She and I would be feeding and playing with ten-year-old Juno. (You remember, my new best friend.) As he swam over, his youth was evident. He just seemed so energetic and playful. I swear Juno was smiling when he came over to us. Kathryn explained that because belugas are tactile animals, touch is a reward for good behavior and a way to bond with them. They love being pet and being tapped on their domes, but the ultimate way to bond with a beluga is to lovingly slap it on the tongue. “Really? You want me to stick my hand in a whale’s mouth?” I asked. “Do it,” Kathryn said. “He loves
African penguins tour the aquarium for before-hours animal enrichment
“I was squealing with delight, even as I peeled fish scales off of my hands.” it. You’ll be fine.” So I did, and he did, and our friendship was solidified. In the same way that I was enrichment for the penguins, I was training for the belugas. A lot of the behaviors that the trainers teach the whales has to do with animal husbandry. When Juno was floating on his back and I was petting his smooth underbelly, I was teaching him that he can trust a stranger to do that and not be scared of it. That way, when he needs care from a vet, the sensation won’t be unfamiliar. Then, the fun stuff. Juno has several visual cues that result in him making on-command noises and gestures. Tapping by his blowhole results in him making a raspberry noise with it. Swipe under his chin and he makes a pterodactyl noise. Gesture as though you’re pulling on a rope and he’ll sound a foghorn. Pull your earlobe and he’ll whistle. Every so often Juno would swim away to do a quick lap, but was always back for more petting and more fish. After, we broke out the toys. A long stick with a ball on the end shows Juno how high he should be trying to reach out of the water. A Frisbee is a target for him to spit seawater at. Kathryn didn’t tell me that one until after it was too late. We were all laughing. “Sorry,” she said. “He never used to be that
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The day after Superstorm Sandy virtually wiped out Misquamicut Beach, Lisa Konicki, the executive director of the Greater Westerly-Pawcatuck Area Chamber of Commerce, called an emergency meeting of the chamber’s board of directors. The result: a curious handwritten diagram comprising a circle within which are the words “Chamber’s Hurricane Sandy Recovery Efforts,” and 16 lines radiating out from the circle like spokes in a wheel. Each line is labeled with a recovery initiative: t-shirt sales, fundraising events, Small Business Development Centers (SBDC) satellite location, donation jars, Small Business Administration (SBA) satellite location, resident passes, $15,000 Jump Start grant, volunteer recruitment, media relations, meals for volunteers, town beach presence, supply recruitment, Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) satellite location, information hub, donation of staff time and meetings/advocacy. The diagram, taped to the wall in Konicki’s office, would turn out to be the foundation of the recovery effort. The chamber kicked off the “Bring Back the Beach” program. A cornerstone of the program is raising money for businesses to use to rebuild by collecting donations and selling tshirts and hoodies emblazoned with the program’s logo: a pair of hands forming a heart with the beach in the background. Konicki, an energetic mother of three, managed to get Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones
to sign a few hoodies for auction. The response was astounding. Konicki keeps a three ring binder with copies of the checks and letters that came pouring in. A restaurant in Florida collected
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Ray and Amy Bozicinik and Nicki Bauer. We hope this will help the victims of Sandy. Wishing you all a happy holiday and a better 2013. Sincerely, Maureen Salliman A $1,400 check was sent in from a couple from Wilmington, North Carolina. A $30 check from a woman in Warwick came with this note attached: To help for the rebuilding of the area. This donation is my cousin’s Christmas present. We love this area and enjoy it in the summer.
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Headquarter Creation Barbara Stillman, owner of the Atlantic Beach Casino, longtime Misquamicut
resident, and, as some say, the “mayor of Misquamicut,” can usually be found at the RV she’s parked at her property. The RV serves as the hub, or as one business owner put it, “the social club,” for local business owners, a place where they gather for drinks nightly to cry, laugh and hug. There is a fridge stocked with beer and wine. Norm Dufresene, whose food hut, called Sam’s, was obliterated, said, “There’s always someone in pain, so we needed a place to cry and commiserate.” Stillman, an intense, deeply tanned woman with reading glasses hanging from the tip of her nose and a distinct Rhode Island accent, spent the bulk of their time together in the social club fielding phone calls and greeting visitors. She was one of the first to survey the damage wrought
by the storm. Unable to get to her property, she called a friend with a plane, “I want to go up. Now.” So up they went. The sight was devastating: “The ocean and pond were connected,” she said as I thumbed through pictures she’d taken from the air. “I called Norm and told him, ‘you’re not there.’” Atlantic Avenue, the main drag that runs along the narrow spit of land separating the Atlantic Ocean from Winnapaug Pond, was buried under five feet of sand. The massive storm surge rushed northwesterly across this tiny sliver of land, taking with it homes, businesses, decks, septic systems, refrigerators, you name it, and, oddly, it dumped the bulk of the mess nearly half a mile away, on the north shore of the pond. Stillman was sick to her stomach when she got off the plane. Her home, the place she loved, was gone. Fueled by adrenaline, Stillman didn’t sleep for a week after the storm. A friend of Konicki’s, she went to the emergency meeting of
the Chamber’s board of directors. “The chamber, which is really just Lisa [Konicki], acted, while the town seemed shell shocked,” she says. “Lisa just took charge, and told the board what needed to happen.” She pulls out a copy of the wheel and spoke diagram. “This is what she did.” Stillman lost all of her utilities. Her water, septic system and electrical infrastructure were washed away. Her decks were gone, her pool filled with sand and sewage. It’s been a struggle to recover in time for summer. Her electricity only came back in midMarch, after spending $65 a day running generators for the contractors at her property. National Grid wasn’t much help; as she tells it, she had to corner the National Grid guy in his truck to get him to sort out her power. The septic system, not covered under insurance, has been one of the biggest pains. She’s gone back and forth with Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RI DEM), and still hadn’t received approvals to install a new septic system. June 2013 | SO RHODE ISLAND
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The volunteers were mainly recruited by Serve Rhode Island, a nonprofit organization headquartered in Providence, that, according to its website, “connects thousands of volunteers to service opportunities in the community annually.” The Chamber raised funds to provide the volunteers with lunch, tools and safety
property that day. Konicki, clad in gym gear, recommended I talk to one in particular. She told me his story. “He called me the first day and asked how he could help. He started by making cold calls for donations for the Bring Back the Beach fund. Then he went to the field and he’s been coming here every weekend since.”
A Force of Nature
Volunteers Heed The Call “Volunteers were like angels.” This is what Konicki told me on our first phone call. To date, an astounding 1,200 volunteers have been mobilized to help businesses and homeowners clean up debris, shovel sand and repair structures.
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Misquamicut Beach is no stranger to disaster. In fact, we can thank disaster for what is now the state beach area, which was created in 1959 after the hurricanes of 1938, 1944 and 1954. According to the RI DEM website, the “slate was wiped clean” by these hurricanes, and “just about every structure along the beach was flattened, washed out to sea or damaged to the point of being uninhabitable.” The state was fed up; after Hurricane Carol, in 1954, legislation was passed to allow the state to condemn the beach and acquire it via eminent domain. The one-mile strip of state beach is the result. But many homes and businesses remain alongside this strip. Packing a record breaking storm surge, Superstorm Sandy leveled or damaged hundreds of homes and 31 businesses. Sand dunes were simply gone. In the end, a contractor hired by the Town of Westerly cleaned up, stockpiled, sifted and redistributed nearly 67,000 cubic yards of sand. Massive mounds of sand were stockpiled in the state beach parking lot. It was painstakingly sifted through to remove rocks, gravel and debris. Redistribution of the sand, to the beach and to public lots, was completed by April 1, the deadline set by the US Fish and Wildlife Service in order to avoid adverse impacts to the piping plover. The sand on the beach is now pristine. The dunes are back. The only remaining debris in the state beach parking lot is the colossal mound of gravel sifted out of the sand.
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equipment. The Misquamicut Business Association managed volunteer efforts on the ground. One recent sunny Saturday morning, the beach was bustling with contractors and volunteers, who mainly work on the weekends. Stillman and Konicki were hanging out at the social club, Stillman’s RV. Four volunteers were working at Stillman’s
Konicki escorts me onto Stillman’s property and introduces me to him. His name is Mick Manfredi. He’s married, has two kids and is in his 30s. He tells me he started making phone calls for donations on behalf of the Chamber. Then he delivered lunches to the volunteers. Then he got involved with Serve RI and he’s been helping with clean-up and rebuilding
ever since. Manfredi, who was laid off prior to the hurricane, tells me that one of the most satisfying moments was when a total stranger walked up to him one day and thanked him. I ask what drives him to volunteer. “This beach was my life during the summer.” Konicki, back in the RV, echoes this sentiment. “Everybody loves this beach. There’s a strong emotional connection to it.” Across the street from Stillman’s RV was the Misquamicut Business Association’s volunteer check-in trailer, manned that day by Julie Cardinal. While we talked, volunteers, including a mother and a daughter, streamed in and filled out the required paperwork. Cardinal directed them where to go. There were 20 volunteers working that day. Many of them were working with Bernie Beaudreau and Cindy Myers of Serve RI to clean up the massive debris field on the north side of Winnapaug Pond. According to Cardinal, this is about an average day; typically, around 20 volunteers toil away each weekend. Most of them, she says, are not from the area. A life long Misquamicut resident, Cardinal notes, “It’s the most amazing thing in my life.” Caswelle Cooke, the executive director of the Misquamicut Business Association, arrives. He tells me that the MBA lost many of its programming materials in the storm. This included equipment used to put on their weekly summer events and seasonal events, including Springfest, which was held May 10-12. Nearly $8,000 dollars was raised in one week by the MBA to replace almost all of the equipment. “The governor,” Cooke says, “has been awesome. He pays attention.” He told me that the Westerly Town Manager Steven Hartford and Governor Chafee spoke at length after the storm. The talks were invaluable to business owners: regulators from the RI DEM, the Coastal Resource Management Council (CRMC) and the town got together and visited businesses, saving loads of time and money associated with coordinating the permitting process. He tells me that MBA volunteers helped clean 200 cottages after the storm. “Also,” he says, “Home Depot has agreed to replace the 50 street planters that were lost.”
The Community Comes Together I tracked down Bernie Beaudreau on the north side of the pond. Beaudreau, the executive director of Serve RI and native Rhode Islander, was
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Insurance hasn’t paid a dime. “All of the funding has come from the Chamber and from my own savings.” Norm, who’d been listening intently to Stillman, chimed in, “The thing is that it’s 1,000% Lisa. The bulk of the businesses the Chamber has provided money for aren’t even members.” Konicki, sitting next to me on a bench seat in Stillman’s RV, blushes. “Well,” she says, “it’s about doing the right thing.”
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wearing jeans, muddy boots, a tattered sweatshirt and work gloves. A knot of volunteers huddled around a table eating sandwiches donated by Subway. Cindy Myers, also of Serve RI, is there as well. Myers, who previously worked at Johnson & Johnson, has been instrumental in sorting out the Serve RI volunteers on the ground. While we walk down a path towards the debris field near the water, they run through the numbers. About 1,200 volunteers have spent about 6,000 hours on the clean-up effort – Serve RI’s biggest relief effort to date. About a quarter mile of pond shoreline had been cleaned, and about one and a quarter mile remain to be cleaned. Twenty-five tons of debris, including, incredibly, a couple of refrigerators, have been removed. “The big breakthrough came when the town and the Federal Emergency Management Council (FEMA) agreed to pay the tipping fees,” says Beaudreau. “The community response has been incredible,” says Myers. “We got 2,500 applications from volunteers.” We
arrive at the shore, where the wind is cold and brisk. Beaudreau points out the extent of the debris field. The next big push will be cleaning up a large section of shore to the east. The difficulty will be getting the debris from there to here; the distance renders carrying debris infeasible. The plan is to load the debris onto a large raft attached to a boat and ship it to where we are standing. From this point, the debris can be loaded onto a truck and driven up the path to the dumpster. Beaudreau hopes to utilize the Exeter Job Corps, a job training program for disadvantaged youth, to build the rafts. Their work is cut out for them: Beaudreau estimates that about 100 tons of debris remain scattered along the shore. It’s a daunting task.
The Challenges of Reopening Miraculously, all but one of the 31 impacted businesses, the Andrea
Hotel, plan to reopen for the summer season. This is in no small way directly related to Konicki’s fundraising efforts. Twenty-nine businesses have received funding from the Bring Back the Beach program. Funding is distributed monthly and Konicki personally delivers the checks. I went along with Konicki on one of her monthly check delivery routes. She was scheduled to visit, among others, Paddy’s, Windjammer and the Sea Shell Motel, distributing over $30,000 on this one day alone. The total to date that has been granted to businesses: over $330,000. The first stop is the Sea Shell Motel on Winnapaug Road. Only a small backyard separates the pink and white two-story building from
the pond. Several contractor trucks are parked in the small parking lot when we arrive. Tom Riley, the owner, emerges from one of the ground floor rooms covered in dust. He looks tired, but his face noticeably brightens when he spots Konicki. They exchange easy pleasantries like old friends. Konicki hands Riley an envelope. Holding off tears, he manages a small ‘thank you’ and wraps Konicki in a bear hug. He’s been working around the clock to get the motel back up and running in time for the summer season. He had to gut the entire first floor of the hotel. He points to a brown line just under one of the door knobs on an exterior door: “That was the water line.” The storm surge rushed over June 2013 | SO RHODE ISLAND
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Riley told me that there were FEMA and SBA funds available but that the criteria were overly strict. The recovery, he reckons, is down to two things: the chamber and the community. “You want to see something strange?” He led Konicki and me into the backyard. There was the pond, shimmering blindingly on this clear day. “This whole yard was covered in trash, debris. There were entire walls, septic systems, wood, trash.” Riley, with the help of volunteers, cleaned it all up. But they left behind one object, one Riley wanted to keep. “Check this out.” We walk over to the rear of the building. “Of all the things that washed up here, this landed here.” And there it was: a giant pink metal sea shell. “I have no idea where it came from, but I’m keeping it.”
What the Future holds May was a big month for the beach. There was Springfest May 10-12. On May 17, thousands of people joined hands in an event called Hands Across the Sand to signal the kick off of the summer season and the revival of the beach. On May 18, a 5K obstacle course event, the BoldRDash, was held at the beach, with proceeds going to the Bring Back the Beach program. It’s amazing to think that, after a mere seven months or so, nearly all businesses will be open and that thousands of people will be able to actually stand on Misquamicut Beach. And, it’s astounding that, for all intents and purposes, the lion’s share of the effort can be chalked up to three things: the generosity and
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resiliency of the community, the hard, hard work of volunteers, and the remarkable leadership of Lisa Konicki, who leveraged the resources and the platform of the Chamber to develop a soup to nuts recovery program. Not only did she raise nearly $400,000 for businesses to tap into, she, with help from Chamber staff and volunteers, helped to bring organization to the chaos that followed immediately after the storm. Going way above and beyond the normal duties of a Chamber of Commerce, she developed and managed a badging system for residents and contractors to access the impacted area. The recovery is a testament to the resiliency of this community and the deep connection people have to this beach. This resiliency will surely be tested again, and soon, what with the looming spectre of sea level rise and the new normal of frequent Sandy-like
superstorms. In recognition of this growing threat, the CRMC has begun work on a beach special area management plan. But here’s the thing, we’re not only protecting natural resources or simply a strip of sand. What I learned is that Misquamicut Beach, for better or for worse, is much, much more than that. You can’t put your finger on it, but it’s there: the beach is memories, people, a lifetime, a childhood, a livelihood. And there’s something else. The recovery effort is nothing short of a much needed reminder that, despite the daily news reports, this is a world filled with abundant, overwhelming good, a world full of people willing and ready to do the right thing, to restore the cynic’s faith in humanity. And these are people just like you and me, who are capable of what, in my humble opinion, is the best kind of deed: helping people and seeking nothing in return.
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the pond and struck the back of the motel, depositing all manner of debris in the small backyard. He spoke of insurance woes, and battles with the bank to save his business, his livelihood. Lloyd’s of London, who carried his wind policy, was, he said, “absolutely useless.” He went on, “We had a lawyer look at the policy, and he said that the way it’s written makes it virtually impossible to make any claims against it.” Riley is considering suing his insurance broker. He received a little money from Travelers, his flood insurance carrier, but not before a battle with the bank. The property is mortgaged by Newport Federal. A clause in the mortgage stated that the bank could take any insurance proceeds paid out on the property. According to Riley, two days after the storm he and his wife received a letter from the bank stating that “they will consider whether or not to take any insurance proceeds.” Konicki adds, “You’ll hear stories like this from almost all of the business owners.” “Basically,” says Riley, “they sent us a letter telling us they haven’t decided whether or not to put us out of business.” At one point, one of the two checks that Travelers sent was held up at the bank, and the Rileys were running out of money. Riley’s wife called the bank’s CEO at home to plead her case. It worked, the check arrived a couple days later. “At one point, we did run out of money,” Riley says. “We had to take the carpenters off the job.” Riley, an earnest man with a nervous air, again fights back tears. “But the Chamber came through with a $4,000 check and it made a huge difference. We could get back to work.”
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So Stylish
Living History The Greggs have turned this mid-19th century South KingsText here town farmhouse Text hereinto a home. With acres of orchards and farmland surrounding their home, there’s to limit on what can grow with a little imagination and a lot of hard work. June 2013 | SO RHODE ISLAND
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Though there were competing bids on this home, the Gregg family’s promise to preserve its history swayed the owner
For the Love of History and Nature David and Teri Gregg
loved their life on Providence’s East Side in the early part of the past decade. Art and cultural attractions, acclaimed restaurants, unique shops – it was all what made life in the Renaissance City an ideal place to call home. But as their two- and fouryear-old children grew, the couple realized they wanted more open space for their family to roam. “The yard was tiny,” says David, and at that time he worked at the University of Rhode Island, so house hunting in South County quickly commenced. Their wish list included a home on about two acres that allowed for room to wander and to store their boat. When David and Teri first saw a particular South Kingstown listing, though, they knew they had hit it right. “When
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we pulled in, we were the first ones there,” David recalls. “It was the first day of the listing and it just absolutely spoke to me… [My wife] knew I had fallen in love.” Teri adds, “We arrived at the property and I was smitten with the land; the proximity to town and the house reminded me so much of the farm house I grew up in Killingworth, Connecticut. However, I did not think the house would pass David’s critical eye. He took one pass around the property and came back with a grin on his face and excitement in his eyes. He too had seen the amazing potential here. I knew we had found our home.” The property spoke to a handful of others as well, because by the time they explored the home and surrounding property, a trio of pickup trucks
lined the driveway. Where David and Teri saw a mid-19th century home, albeit in need of some TLC, others saw the land’s development potential. David took pen to paper and wrote the owner, an elderly widow, an impassioned letter about how he and his family would care for the home the way she and her late husband had done. “She didn’t want it developed,” David says. Soon after, the home was theirs. “For me, it was a sense of place, of history; just the feeling when you look at the house and land that many hands have been here before me.” The house was built between 1850 and 1855, David estimates. “In style, it’s called an ‘upright and wing.’” The residential architectural style was one of the more predominate ones from the
mid- to late 19th century and consists of a two-story gable main block with either a one or two story wing. “Upright” denotes to the vertical part of the house, while “wing” refers to the lower side section. (Other names for the style include “temple and wing” or “gable front and wing.”) “It’s a very rural version of Italianate,” says David. “It looks a little like a classical revival except the gable faces the street.” Though the Greggs were equally curious and eager to learn about the history of the home and property, it didn’t take an extensive amount of work. “There are families that have been here 300 years and are still here,” he says of the Wakefield-Peace Dale area.” There’s lots of history.” A neighbor happily offered the family a photograph of the
Photography: Hilary Block
One family adds modern touches to a mid-19th century farmhouse
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home, where Saugatucket Road crosses the Saugatucket River, dating back to 1890, and they were able to secure another from 1910. “It’s one of the oldest roads [here], laid out in the 1690s. That corner has been there for 300 years.” David understands a farm north of the river was divided continually through the years, assessing that his acreage was likely carved out around 1850 with the house soon to follow. “The first owner, Roland F. Gardner, had a number of farms in South County and in the area. This is the one where he lived; I think that’s why he had the money
to build this big house – big for back then.” Gardner’s heirs sold the house in the early 20th century. Years later, it became a dairy farm, which is when David suspects the barn was built. Its architectural style is consistent with the “sanitary dairy barns” of the day, with milking stalls and a cement floor to wash away waste. “That there now was probably built in 1915,” he says of the barn. “The government was promoting that style of barn [at the time].” While the home’s exterior maintained the fundamentals of a historic build, the interior was decidedly
modern – from when it was renovated in the 1970s. Before even moving in, the couple was busy removing an inordinate amount of seafoam green carpet, wood paneling and Brady Bunch details. They stopped short, however, of removing everything completely. “We left a significant amount of the 1970 detail – it’s part of the history of the house,” he laughs. “You walk in and immediately think its 1972, but with a contemporary color on the walls without the paneling, it looks like its own thing.” They were cautious not to gut the place and try and create a
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What are some of this summer’s hottest sunglasses styles? Is it more of the same (aviators, big black butterfly glasses, wayfarers) or is it something new entirely? Anything metal is still hot. Of all metal styles aviators still rule, but they don’t always look great on every face. If the teardrop is a little too droopy for you, try alternate shapes in metal frames to get that effortless, modern look. Cateye shapes are also super popular (both traditional and updated looks), as well as lighter weight styles. Women are still into big - but light and airy - sunglasses, nothing clunky and definitely less bling. The biggest trend is about color and texture: two-tones, patterns, woodgrains, fades and mirrors. What’s the most important criteria to consider when picking a new pair of shades? Besides proper fit, the most important criteria is the lens. The primary use of your sunglasses, for instance, if you’ll use them for driving, everyday use, cycling or boating, helps determine the appropriate lens tint and material. Most have options for lens tint. We are constantly taking customers outside the store to look at certain street signs and the ocean so they can see the difference between tints. Lens material is also
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Salt of the Earth Roasted oysters served with sriracha-chorizo butter, Hawaiian sea salt and cilantro-lime marinade at Wilcox Tavern
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Inspired Eats The unexpected meets the traditional at Wilcox Tavern that you can dine in a building that’s older than the United States. More often than not the restaurants that inhabit colonial era structures tend to serve food that almost seems as old — Yankee pot roast or boiled dinner or the like. So I was pleasantly surprised when I perused the menu at The Wilcox Tavern to see listed ingredients such as srirachachorizo butter, Narragansett Creamery ricotta and Japanese quinoa. Then I was further impressed when we walked into the gorgeously maintained nearly 300-year-old structure to see a list of “Local Suppliers” available, a list that included most of my favorite Rhode Island farms and producers such as Aquidneck Honey, Schartner Farms, Hopkins Southdowns and The Local Catch. We all know by now that it’s best to eat local, for a number of reasons. One of these is freshness, which translates to the diner as, “it tastes really good because it just came out of the ground or sea.” The Wilcox Tavern impressed me on several levels, not only in serving very good local ingredients in an exquisite space, but also in serving me one of the best Southern dishes I’ve had in Rhode Island. Yes, that’s right, a Southern dish — made right off of Route 1 in Charlestown, Rhode Island,
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not Charleston, South Carolina — but more on that later. First, let’s talk history. I wouldn’t usually focus this much on the past, but roll this date around in your head: 1730. The main house of The Wilcox Tavern was built in 1730. It was the birthplace of General Joseph Stanton, who was a member of the Colonial Congress as well as a Senator from Rhode Island to the First Constitutional Congress. After Stanton’s death, part of his estate passed to the Wilcox family who eventually turned the house into a tavern around 1850. So clearly this building has been steeped in Rhode Island history and the current owners, while adding modern amenities like a restaurant kitchen and a full bar, have maintained the historical look and feel. There are fireplaces in every room and an overall warm, inviting atmosphere. We started dinner with some local shellfish and a salad. The Roasted Oysters ($12) are farmed in nearby Rhode Island waters and are served with sriracha-chorizo butter, Hawaiian sea salt and a cilantro-lime marinade. They were a great starter. The oysters were just slightly roasted so they curled a little, but still had a little bite to them. The sea salt had a great minerality to it and the spiciness of the butter was cooled by the marinade. There was also a nice
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arugula salad on the plate. The Caesar Salad ($7) was definitely an attempt to serve the traditional Caesar flavors in a different way. It was made up of baby romaine, ciabatta croute, parmesan flan, Caesar dressing and a balsamichoney reduction. It was a lot on the plate, but it did work and invoked a
Caesar. The parmesan flan, while a bit rich and heavy, was excellent. For dinner we tried the Ricotta Gnudi ($13), Seafood Wilcox ($25) and Shrimp & Grits ($24). The Gnudi, cheese dumplings, were made from local Narragansett Creamery ricotta with baby arugula, herbed white wine pomodoro, lemon zest and pesto. They were fantastic. Narragansett Creamery ricotta is the best ricotta cheese I’ve ever had and it worked so well in these dumplings. They were perfectly formed and cooked, with just a bit of sear on them, but still holding their form. The sauce was light and complementary. Overall, a very well made dish, with a good price, and vegetarian to boot. The Seafood Wilcox was also sauced and put together very nicely. Made up of pappardelle pasta topped with local sea scallops, Gulf shrimp, Maine lobster meat and crab in an herb-infused San Marzano tomato fennel-broth and topped with lemon aioli, it was a seafood lover’s dish. All the various seafoods were properly cooked and the sauce was again, very complementary. Clearly the chef at The Wilcox Tavern gave some great thought to these dishes, but for me the best was yet to come.
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I’ve eaten a lot of shrimp and grits. It’s a dish I make often too, and I’ve become leery of trying it outside of the South. But the menu listing at The Wilcox Tavern offered too much to pass up: jumbo Gulf shrimp, spices, tasso gravy, fresh milled grits, creamed chard. Very few places here make grits right, let alone use tasso properly or cream chard. So I tried it, and wow, was I happy I did. The grits were proper grits, not the too often not-cooked-down-enough stuff I’ve had around here. The tasso gravy was on point. There was that slight burn from the spice and just a little bit of smoke. The creamed chard almost reminded me of collards, just a tiny bit sweeter than you’d expect, but that worked very well with the tasso gravy. Needless to say the shrimp were
well-prepared as well. The Wilcox Tavern offers a selection of desserts for $7 each. We tried the Chocolate Cake and New York Cheesecake, both of which were nice desserts to close a meal, but the stars of the dinner were definitely the savory courses. I look forward to returning as the local growing season progresses to see what their summer and fall menus offer, though it’s going to be hard for me not to revisit that Shrimp & Grits again.
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Ben Wood is the co-owner of UMelt and CEO/Founder of Fire and Water Restaurant Group. Read on to see how he infuses gourmet into grilled cheese.
aioli, pickles and more. We also roast our own turkey and make a delicious honey whipped goat cheese. All of our soups are hand crafted.
So the concept of UMelt is gourmet grilled cheese. How did you come up with this? We really wanted to create something different that nobody had done before. The quick service world was saturated with the same stuff like burritos and burgers. We thought grilled cheese would be something fresh and unique so we went for it.
You’re on the URI campus. Do the college kids get into these sophisticated takes on the classic grilled cheese? Surprisingly yes. The college crowd does not shy away from things like shallots and truffle oil. It’s wonderful to see. And the professors are equally pleased.
What ingredients make your sandwiches a cut above? Most everything is made from scratch in house. I think that really sets us apart in this industry. We make our own shallot fig jam, pesto, garlic
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Which gourmet grilled cheese will be your favorite?
But it’s not just regular grilled cheese. Your sandwiches are unique and gourmet. What are some of your popular menu items? A favorite seems to be the White Trash, which has pulled pork, cheddar cheese and mac n’ cheese on sourdough. It sounds like a lot, but people love it. One of my favorites is the Wild. This one has Swiss cheese, sliced apple, caramelized onions and truffle oil.
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What do you see in the future for UMelt? We’re opening a second location in downtown Providence in the middle of June. We’ll see how that goes and take it from there.
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Gourmet to Go A new taco spot opens in Jamestown’s Dutch Harbor Chef Jake Rojas of Newport’s Tallulah on Thames is opening a new counter service taco joint on the beautiful Dutch Harbor in Jamestown. Chef Rojas is an El Paso, Texas native, so tacos are in his blood. He left Texas to work in some world renowned restaurants including Joel Robuchon at the Mansion and Alain Duccase’s miX. While working in a restaurant in Malibu, California, he met his wife and business partner, Kelly Ann. He then moved from California to Rhode Island. Jake and Kelly Ann opened Tallulah on Thames in 2010 to rave reviews. When searching for a location to open this new endeavor, Chef Rojas took the recommendation of a loyal customer and found the small freestanding “shack” to be the perfect place to open a taco spot. The Shack will feature tacos, burritos and homemade beverages. When asked what makes a great taco, Chef Rojas answered with one simple word “flavor” and couldn’t commit to a favorite kind of taco saying “all of them [are favorites], as long as they have flavor.” The tacos are currently being featured around the state at farmer’s markets (including one on Saunderstown’s Casey Farm) and are sure to be a hit in their new permanent Jamestown location. www.tallulahonthames.com. Check out Chef Jake Rojas on Twitter @tallulahstweet JUne HappenIngS at tHe OCean HOUSe The Ocean House in Westerly is hosting a Farm & Vine Dinner on June 5 at 7pm in Seasons, featuring a threecourse dinner prepared by the threetime James Beard Award nominee, Chef Nemo Bolin of Providence’s Cook & Brown Public House. The meal will feature food from White Barn Farm located in Wrentham, MA, as well as wine pairings from Napa Valley’s Viader Vineyard. The cost is $95 (plus tax and gratuity) per person which
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includes hors d’oeuvres, the threecourse dinner and wine pairings. What’s more of a New England summer food than lobster with drawn butter? On June 19 at 7pm, the Ocean House will be featuring the aforementioned lobster on its “Cooking Through the Seasons” Dinner. After a meet and greet demonstration with the Ocean House chefs, diners will enjoy hors d’oeuvres, and a threecourse dinner with wine pairings. Much of the food will come from the local Shartner Farms, and the wine hails from J Vineyard in California’s Russian River Valley. The cost is $85 per person (plus tax and gratuity). Besides dining at the Ocean House, there are also cooking classes. On June 22, you can attend “Mastering the Five Mother Sauces” to learn how to make béchamel, espagnole, hollandaise, veloute and tomato sauces while pairing them with vegetables and proteins. The course costs $95 a person and includes an Ocean House apron. For reservations, call 5847000. www.oceanhouseri.com. JUne BIteS Sail away to Block Island for their first annual Restaurant Week. From June 14-23, over 25 restaurants will be participating. The restaurants include Block Island favorites such as Eli’s, The Manisses and Ballard’s Beach Club. Restaurants will be offering breakfast specials and three-course specially priced prix fixe lunches and dinners. Prices vary by restaurant. Smith’s Castle in North Kingstown is hosting its annual Strawberry Festival on June 15 from 12-4pm. Help celebrate the humble fruit known as the strawberry once enjoyed by the early colonists. Besides enjoying strawberry shortcake, there will be pony rides, balloon art, vendors, musicians, food, and early childrens’ games and crafts and a tour of the first floor of the Castle. Admission is $7. grey Sail Brewing of Rhode Island
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located in Westerly, has rolled out its summer seasonal brew called Hazy Day Belgian Wit. It’s available on draft and in 16 oz. four packs. This unfiltered brew is reminiscent of the white beers made in the Wallonia region of Belgium and is perfect for a hot summer day. Holistic health coach and raw food chef Katie McDonald is offering a cooking class on raw entrées in her private kitchen overlooking Narrow River in Saunderstown. The class will focus on “the exquisite flavors and textures of raw entrées.” It is being held on June 19 from 7-8pm and costs
$60. To reserve a seat call 965-4486. The Greene School in West Greenwich is hosting a 100 Mile Radius Dinner on June 14 at 6:30pm in Schaub Hall at Canonicus in Exeter. The fundraising event for the school will feature foods from local farms. Students will be presenting the dinner as a culminating event for their learning expedition on local food and agriculture. Send all food, beverage, restaurantand chef news to Stacey Place at ridining@gmail.com. Follow Stacey on Twitter @ridining. Find further adventures in dining on Stacey’s website www.adventuresinridining.com.
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WILCOX taVeRn 5153 Old Post Rd, Rt.1; 322-1829. With a redesigned menu, Wilcox continues to use fresh, local and seasonal products. Whether you want Roasted Oysters or the comfort of a Shrimp and Grits, be sure to
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BeSOS KItCHen & COCKtaILS 378 Main Street; 398-8855. With a breathtaking interior, this hip spot offers delicious food and a unique tapas menu. Stay for an after dinner drink as the restaurant morphs to a lounge each Thursday night. BrLD $$-$$$ FInn’S HaBORSIDe 38 Water St; 884-6363. This iconic location has changed hands, and still promises to offer the same seafood-focused
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BaSIL’S ReStaURant 22 Kingstown Road; 789-3743. Basil’s has been providing South County with fine, upscale French dining since 1984. Their menu features all the classics like coq au vin and escargots bourguignonne, and their wine list is the stuff of legend. D $$-$$$ COLVIttO’S pIZZa & BaKeRY 90 Point Judith Road; 783-8086. 60 South County Commons Way, South Kingstown 782-2285. For a great selection of fresh calzones, breads and pastries, visit Colvitto’s. They also offer fresh hot pizza with your choice of 13 toppings made to order along with pizza strips and party pans. BL $
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geORge’S OF gaLILee 250 Sand Hill Cove Road; 783-2306. What’s better than indulging in awardwinning seafood and watching the sun set over the Sound? At George’s you can dine al fresco, take food to-go, or simply enjoy one of the five dining rooms indoors. LD $-$$ IggY’S 1157 Point Judith Road; 7835608. A local favorite among the sports fans and clam cake/ doughboy enthusiasts alike, Iggy’s serves up everyone’s favorites. From all-American burgers and wings to fresh chowder and lobster rolls Iggy’s will keep you coming back for more! LD $-$$ MaRIneR gRILLe 140 Point Judith Road; 284-3282. Not to be missed by seafood lovers, the Mariner Grille is the place to unwind at the end of a long week, with an extensive wine list and an endless array of delicious seafood offerings. LD $-$$ OLDe LIgHtHOUSe DIneR 120 Knowles Way; 284-3883. You can BYOB to this charming diner, which serves large portions at a great price. Stop in before work for some bacon, eggs and pancakes or come in for dinner and try some of their creative dishes. BLD $-$$ t’S ReStaURant 91 Pt. Judith Road; 284-3981. With a menu that is creative yet traditional, T’s serves up farm fresh eggs, whole cheeses and homemade corned beef hash and other healthy and delicious bites. BBrL $-$$
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SOnOMa BIStRO anD WIne BaR 7366 Post Rd; 295-0800. Take advantage of their evening special Monday through Wednesday, which includes two entrees and a bottle of wine for just $34.99. Choose from a wide-range of wines and American/Mediterranean fusion entrees, such as Baked Pinot Noir Cavatelli. LD $-$$$ taVeRn BY tHe Sea 16 West Main Street; 294-5771. Located in historic Wickford, Tavern by the Sea offers a relaxed yet romantic atmosphere and an array of dishes such as seafood, burgers and a complete kid’s menu. LD $$
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CaV 14 Imperial Place; 751-9164. The New York Times’ choice as one of Providence’s five best restaurants, CAV’s contemporary upscale cuisine is available al fresco for lunch and dinner daily. They also feature weekend brunch. BrLD $$-$$$
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DRagOn paLaCe 1210 Main Street; 539-1112. Whether you’re in the mood for Chinese or Japanese, Dragon Palace has you covered. From classic Chinese like General Tso’s Chicken to fresh sushi and sashimi, they’ve got it all. Now open in Wakefield too. LD $-$$ eRnIe t’S 1219 Main Street, Wyoming; 491-9801. This “wee friendly pub” offers delicious food such as fish and chips, deli sandwiches and pasta entrees in a laid-back, casual environment. They serve dinner until 10pm and offer entertainment. LD $-$$
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BageLZ 99 Fortin Road, Kingston Emporium; 782-2295. 90 Pershing Avenue, Wakefield; 783-9700. This artsy bakery offers a wide variety of specialty bagels and spreads. Even better, they also offer delicious desserts, Fair Trade coffee blends and drinks. BL $ Cap’n JaCK’S 706 Succotash Road; 789-4556. For traditional New England fare in a family friendly atmosphere, Cap’n Jack’s is the place – and has been since 1972. Be sure to try their famous chowder or fish and chips. LD $-$$$ La StRaDa CaFÉ & pIZZeRIa 920 Matunuck Beach Road; 284-2253. Using fresh, local ingredients and a wood-fired oven, La Strada prepares impeccable pizza from a generationsold recipe brought to Rhode Island from the Bronx. LD $-$$ StatIOn HOUSe 3711 Kingstown Road; 783-0800. Located near the University of Rhode Island campus and Kingston Station, Station House serves breakfast and lunch with many tasty home-style options to choose from. BrL $
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DRagOn paLaCe 733 Kingstown Road; 789-2300. If you’re in the mood for delectable Chinese or Japanese cuisine, head over to Dragon Palace. They also offer an extensive sushi menu. LD $-$$ pHIL’S MaIn StReet gRILL 323 Main St; 783-4073. A food joint of many hats, Phil’s offers a variety of options from vegan chili to delicious prime rib, which can be enjoyed on their now open rooftop deck. BBrLD $-$$ SWeet CaKeS 1227 Kingstown Road, Peace Dale; 789-5420. Sweet Cakes is the perfect place to go to satisfy your sweet tooth. They offer cupcakes, pastries, brownies, tarts and more, guaranteeing you find something you love. L $ tRattORIa ROMana 71 South County Commons Way; 792-4933. Italianborn Chef Luciano Canova brings the cuisine of his homeland to the shores of Rhode Island. With comfortable dining at a reasonable price, you’ll think you’re in a Roman cafe. D $$
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eLLa’S FIne FOOD & DRInK 2 Tower Street; 315-0606. At Ella’s, diners can expect top quality appetizers, salads and entrees. Try a pâté or warm goat starter and an organic salmon entree. D $$-$$$ FRa’S ItaLIan gOURMet 57 Shore Road; 596-2888. It’s a pizza parlor, café and deli all rolled into one. Try one of their famous focaccia sandwiches or a classic Margherita pizza. BL $-$$ MeRMaID CaFe 19 Margin Street; 637-4225. This BYOB restaurant features fresh and seasonal ingredients, garden fresh produce and seafood from local fishermen, served in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. BLD $ SHeLteR HaRBOR 10 Wagner Road; 322-8883. This 24-room inn offers charming country dining, from decadent brunch items to creative tavern fair. Don’t miss their monthly Gourmet Dinners & Wine Tastings. BBrLD $-$$$ tHe tWISteD VIne 3 Canal Street; 596-4600. From gourmet grilled cheese to organic Malbec, this intimate and cozy restaurant with its fireplace and overstuffed leather chairs will make you feel welcome. D$-$$
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June 9: Plants and herbs have been used for medicinal purposes for hundreds of years and are often more affordable than modern pharmaceuticals. Learn all about the Medicinal Plants in Your Backyard with herbalist Kristin Minto on a walking tour of Jamestown’s historic Watson Farm. Tour participants will discover the
history of herbal plant use, identification and simple techniques for using herbs in daily life. Be prepared to make and drink some herbal infusions. Registration is required. $10 Historic New England members; $20 nonmembers. 10am-12:30pm. 455 North Road, Jamestown. 423-0005, www. historicnewengland.org. June 2013 | SO RHODE ISLAND
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June June 1 Enjoy endless samples at the 32nd Annual Polar Seltzer Great Chowder Cook-Off at the Newport Yachting Center. Oysters, wine, beer and entertainment cap off the event. $20-$25, kids under 12 are free with an adult. Noon-6pm Chowder Cook-Off; Noon8pm Oyster Festival. 4 Commercial Wharf, Newport. 800-745-3000, www. newportwaterfrontevents.com. June 1 Wakefield’s Contemporary Theater hosts Contemp-A-Gogo, a psychedelic fundraiser to benefit the theatre. Enjoy music, song, dance, skits, burlesque and maybe even a few puppets. 7pm. 327 Main Street, Wakefield. 218-0282, www.thecontemporarytheater.com. June 1 For one day only, head to Ocean State Theatre and enjoy American A Cappella, a show featuring the Coastline Show Chorus and the Narragansett Bay Chorus. 2:30pm and 7:30pm show times. 1245 Jefferson Boulevard, Warwick. 921-6800, www.oceanstatetheatre.org. June 1-7 Jamestown Art Center hosts The Ceramic Spectrum. The exhibit is curated by Seth Rainville, who is passionate about creating the perfect table-scape through his ceramic mugs, candlesticks, plates and more. 18 Valley Street, Jamestown. 560-0979, www. jamestownartcenter.org. June 1-8 Don’t miss the final week of In Cuba With Witness for Peace at the Hera Gallery. This exhibit portrays in photographs the people, culture and places of Cuba. The project’s mission is to spread a message of peace to all. Free. 10 High Street, Wakefield. 789-1488, www.heragallery.org. June 1-29 Head to Newport every Friday and Saturday night for Comedy Improv with the Bit Players. Enjoy improvisation with various games, diverse performers and audience involvement. Reservations suggested. $15. 8pm. 4 Equality Park, Newport. 849-3473, www.bitplayers.net.
June 1-30 This month, the Alta Luna Gallery hosts Cruisin’… A Car Show, a unique sampling of paintings by Kathy Kittell and photographs by Carl Heitner. Stop by on June 28 between 6-9pm for some very fitting ‘50s music by Doug Botelho. 10am-6pm Tue-Sat; 12-5pm Sun. 688-0396, www.facebook.com/ altalunagallery. June 2-30 Every Sunday night it’s family-friendly Bring Your Own Improv night at the Warwick Museum of Art. Actors instruct audience members to participate to their comfort level. $7 adults; $3 children under 15 and seniors over 65. 6pm. 3259 Post Road, Warwick. 261-7678, www.bringyourownimprov.com. June 3 Bring your copy of Adriana Trigiani’s The Shoemaker’s Wife to the East Greenwich Free Library for its monthly Book Club in the Silverman Room. Free. 1-2:30pm. 82 Peirce Street, East Greenwich. 885-1699, www.eastgreenwichlibrary.org. June 4-25 Head to the Mews Tavern every Tuesday night for Stump! Trivia. This team trivia contest will test your knowledge on a variety of subjects from anatomy to literature to history. Winning teams go home with prizes so bring your smartest friends. 8pm. 456 Main Street, Wakefield. 783-9370, www.stumptrivia. com. June 4-25 Infants and toddlers from birth to 24 months and their caretakers are invited to the Peace Dale Library every Tuesday morning for Wigglers Story Time featuring music, movement and rhymes. Free. 10:30-11am. 1057 Kingstown Road, Peace Dale. 783-8254, www.skpl.org. June 5 Treat yourself to a little mid-week stress relief by taking part in a Cigar Dinner. The affair begins with a cigar, passed appetizers and a liquor sampling at The Humidor and concludes
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Eighty Years and a Million Memories June 4-30: The historic Theatre by the Sea celebrates its 80th anniversary season, having seen many incarnations since it first opened in 1933. Each summer, the Matunuck theatre presents four musicals. This month, audiences have the opportunity to catch two shows: Nunsense (now through June 16) and Cats (opening on June 19). Tickets can be purchased online or at the onsite box office. $39-$59. 2pm, 4pm & 8pm show times, Tue-Sun. 364 Cards Pond Road, Matunuck. 782-8587, www.theatrebythesea.biz.
with a sit-down dinner in Siena’s Wine Room. $65. 6pm. 6500 Post Road, East Greenwich. 885-8850, www.sienari.com. June 5-26 Dance on into The Towers on a Wednesday evening for Social Dance Classes.
Try your hand at ballroom from 6-8pm or tango from 8-10:30pm. Individual lessons are $15 or stay the whole night for $22. 35 Ocean Road, Narragansett. 782-2597, www.thetowersri.com. June 5-29 Visit the Artists’ Cooperative Gallery June 2013 | SO RHODE ISLAND
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June 23 Bring your leather jacket and some hair gel and head to Westerly as the Ocean House presents Movie Night – Grease in the Seaside Ballroom. Enjoy a movie and a dinner buffet. $18 children; $32 adult. 6pm. 1 Bluff Avenue, Westerly. 315-0579, www.oceanhouseevents.com. June 23 With our busy schedules and stressful lifestyles, it’s important to take time to relax and reflect. Join All That Matters for Early Morning Sadhana, a time to practice your individual meditation within a group. Free. 5-7:30am. 315 Main Street, Wakefield. 782-2126, www. allthatmatters.com. June 26 The talented Lafayette Band kicks off its schedule of summer concerts with an opening night performance at the North Kingstown Free Library. The musicians are led by Joe Pelosi, now in his 50th year as conductor. Free. 6:30pm. 100 Boone Street, North Kingstown. 9465855, www.lafayette-band.com. June 27 Newport’s Casino Theatre will host Girl Rising, a fashionable event to benefit both Child & Family and newportFilm. The evening will consist of a cocktail party, exclusive StyleWeek Northeast designer installations and a StyleWeek presentation. $40. 6-9:30pm. 9 Freebody Street, Newport. 649-2784, www. newportfilm.com. June 28 Help support the South County Museum’s programming by attending its 80th Birthday Fundraiser party featuring live music, delicious hors d’oeuvres and a fully-stocked wine bar. 5-7:30pm. 35 Kingstown Road, Narragansett. 7835400, www.southcountymuseum.org.
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Dan Lord and the Big Shots play at the Knick
It’s easy to see a show at a big concert venue. It’s harder to see really good local talent before it gets big. Want to be the first to be in the know? Well, at the Knickerbocker Café in Westerly, Shawn Allen has arranged that for you. Every Thursday at 8pm, the Knick hosts an open mic night, which is open to any and all performers. “Most performers that have performed over the last few months are musicians, but we are open to all kinds of talent,” says Allen, who has been organizing the open mic night since last fall. “I like an open mic that has performers that stratify music genre, talent and skill. Amateurs are encouraged to come.” The Knick boasts a large stage and back line, complete with a grand piano, B3 organ, various instrument amps and a drum set. “The equipment is premier, wellmaintained, lending to musicians and bands sounding their best,” Allen says.
Typically, a host band is pre-booked for the night, which will open with a 15-minute set, and come back out to close with a 45-minute set. Other than that it is a first come, first serve for sign ups, and it is recommended to get there early because usually there are only ten other spots open. Bands are usually local, and some come out from New Haven, Hartford and Providence. A duo recently came down from the Poconos to perform. Each performer who wishes to play can select up to three songs, and sometimes people are partnered up on the spot, if there is a solo drummer and a solo guitarist. Bands have ranged from Keep it Rolling, Down for Maintenance, No Recall, Blue Steam and Atlantic Avenue, to Lead By Example and Dan Lord and the Big Shots, and have performed all different genres from hard rock and classic rock to bluegrass, alternative and pop.
“The audience size has varied but overall we’ve been happy with the growing attendance and interest. We have many who are returning to see the great local talent and to play,” says Allen, who comments that a lot of younger performers usually draw a crowd of friends and family, as well. If you are in a band, or know anyone who wishes to be a host band for the open mic night for July or August, you can contact Shawn at Shawnallen1115@gmail.com, or through the Knickerbocker’s Facebook page or website.
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Concrete Dreams OneWay Gallery builds and expands on success Stephen Cook’s work is a mix of the abstract and the concrete, and that’s meant literally: as an artist, his work tends toward the enigmatic, while his day job as a general contractor has him pouring foundations and framing houses. The third hat Cook wears, as owner of the OneWay Gallery in Narragansett, taps into both aspects of his life: there’s the business acumen that has seen him grow and expand the Boon Street gallery over the course of the last nine years, and the pleasure of promoting the works of about 50 far-flung contemporary artists. “Everything I do involves movement and composition, whether that’s painting, putting on a show, or designing and building a house,” he says. Cook co-founded OneWay in 2004 with photographer Christian Harder, who shifted to full-time photographic work last year but still exhibits his work at the gallery. Big changes are in the works as OneWay closes in on its 10th anniversary, with a second location opening at the Hope Artiste Village in Pawtucket. There are also occasional exhibits at off-site venues like Tazza in Providence and an expansion in Narragansett that will create a total of 11 artists studios behind the
gallery, including two upstairs with water views (the property owner is funding the project, but Cook’s company is doing the construction work). That’s all pretty impressive for a small gallery on a side street in a summer town that gets pretty sleepy in the off-season, and much credit goes to Cook for boldly staging challenging shows that worldly seasonal visitors favorably compare to those they’ve seen back home in New York and Boston. “Our customers are people who are looking for something different and unique – one-of-a-kind pieces,” says Cook. The gallery space itself – a former garage once used to store school buses – has an urban-chic feel as well, with high ceilings, exposed trusses and whitewashed walls broken up with sections of exposed brick. Cementing all this success are the relationships that Cook has built with his business partners and a core group of artists that includes Marc D’Ambra, Justin McGill, S.W. Dinge and Amanda Albanese. D’Ambra, for example, occupies the sole artist’s studio at the new OneWay gallery in Pawtucket and has been instrumental in getting the new location up and running. In Narragansett, the Silver Tides jewelry boutique shares space with the
gallery, and artist Amber Bettez (along with her mom, Sher) lends a hand with customers when Cook is in the studio or on a construction job. The arrangement benefits both artists: “It’s nice for me to have a permanent place rather than bouncing around between jewelry shows,” says Bettez. Cook jokes that his business acumen comes from collecting and trading baseball cards as a child, but despite his self-taught success as a contractor and gallery owner, it’s clear that what fires his passion is his own painting (which he’d like to spend more time on) and the thrill of curating gallery shows that introduce compelling works to an audience that grows larger with each passing year. “For me, it’s mostly about the artists, and the quality of the artwork,” he says. “I still think of myself as an artist first – I’m a painter who happens to own a gallery.”
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South Kingstown; Private, charming home renovated in 2009. New 3 bed septic. RISE energy audit completed, programable thermostats. Hardwoods. Hot/ cold water outside/ $245,000
South Kingstown; Oceanfront condo, live on the beach! Sip in the panoramic views, sunrises and Sunsets, calming ocean sounds and breezes. Steps to the ocean,your own private Path. Imagine coming home to this everyday! Weekend retreat, or cozy year round Living. $368,000
South Kingstown; 2 bedroom Townhome available! Featuring: Open Living, hardwood floors, central A/C, low fees, deck. Very close to Wakefield, URI, ocean beaches, shopping, restaurants, recreation, bike path, and more. Ideal primary, investment, or 2nd home. $$167,500 - 189,000
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