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8 Are we losing our Minds? _ b Y p hilip eil

A graduation season guide to discussing Rhode Island’s so-called “brain drain.” Plus, a must-read list for students.

10 dining _bY bi ll rod ri gu ez

the rAthskeller is a welcome resurrection in Charlestown.

12 hoMegrown product _ b Y chris con ti

Mic check: a hometown hip-hop roundup

13 theAter _bY bi ll rod riguez

Triumph of the will: the Wilbury gets to cAbAret’s heart and soul.

14 Art _ bY gre g cook

A diverse display: eight standouts at the “risd grAduAte thesis exhibition 2014.”

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“Short Takes” on locke, belle, and blended.

the uSuAL Stuff 5

phillipe & Jorge’s cool, cool world

Lusi, you’ve got some ’splainin’ to do | Renaissance? | Would the Rhody GOP please stand up? | Women power

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this Just in

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“Minority” report: Tony Affigneon Latinos in America, environmental racism, and “D-Day” for white supremacists WaterFire; the Gaspee Days Arts & Crafts Festival; Tara Jane O’Neil; and Trinity Rep’s A Life of the Mind. Plus, setting The Best record straight.

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Phillipe + Jorge’s Cool, Cool World

lusi, you’ve got some ’splainin’ to do higher“learning”; room disservice; a red bandana for henry It truly pains P&J to see our

alma mater, Ashley Univerf sity, dragged through the mud

in the current Providence School Department imbroglio. For those who haven’t been following: it was revealed last week that Nancy Stevenin, a $94,000-per-year supervisor of transition and community development at Birch Vocational Academy (which falls within the Providence School Department), had listed on her resume a bachelor’s degree (a mandatory requirement for the job) from Ashley University, an online, non-accredited school. Later, an NBC 10 WJAR reporter was able to purchase a backdated PhD from the school for about $600 over the phone. So . . . big whoop! Ms. Stevenin was probably attracted to this institution of higher learning — as were your superior correspondents — assuming the school was founded by Ashley Wilkes, of Gone with the Wind fame. Who wouldn’t want to be associated with such an elegant gentleman? Of course, how were we to know at the time that the school was actually a subsidiary of Ashley Stewart, a fine purveyor of plus-sized clothing for women? This brouhaha led to a minor squabble between gubernatorial candidates. Republican businessman Ken Block complained that Providence Mayor Angel Taveras had been “asleep at the switch” by failing to act sooner in addressing the controversy, while Angel riposted that Block didn’t know nuthin’ ‘bout birthin’ schools. (Okay, that’s not what Angel actually said, but we’re still under the spell of Gone with the Wind.) On Monday, Stevenin resigned and it looks like the person responsible for hiring Stevenin, Providence School Department Superintendent Susan Lusi, is in some hot water, herself. Lusi cited Stevenin’s long experience in Providence schools as justification for her hiring — and continued employment, even after her bogus credentials were revealed — but now we suspect she could be facing her own summons to the Principal’s Office, or worse. As for P&J, we’re just sorry that Ashley University’s name has been besmirched. It is the place where we learned all we know about the plus-sized women’s clothing we so proudly prance about in.

Renaissance?

An interesting item appeared this week on Bob Plain’s politics blog, rifuture.com, concerning the pricey Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel (Vo Dilun de-

scription: that’s the place next to Veterans Auditorium, built on/ in the remains of the unfinished Masonic Temple). In 2008, a year after the Sage Hospitality Resources organization established the hotel, the Renaissance was named a “TAG-approved” facility. TAG stands for “Travel Advocacy Group” — a the designation awarded to “gay-friendly hotels, resorts and destinations across the United States.” In early 2013, the Procaccianti Group (TPG), a Cranston-based hotelier and development company, acquired the hotel from Sage and, by May 2013, the Renaissance was no longer TAG approved. RIFuture writer Steve Ahlquist surmises that this change was due to the fact that “one or more complaints concerning the violation of the non-discrimination policy” the hotel agreed to under TAG guidelines have been filed with the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights alleging “discriminatory practices” against LGBTQ employees. If this was reported, TAG would expect the Renaissance ‘”to adequately address and resolve the issues presented.” And if the hotel failed to adequately resolve the issues the hotel would have been “terminated as a TAG Approved member’ and the Renaissance immediately compelled to cease “using TAG Approved identification on promotional materials.” As these are currently just

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complaints and allegations (that are, presumably, being investigated by RICHR), records of ongoing investigations are not releaseable under Vo Dilun law. And, understandably, the Renaissance management is not talking about this. But, at Casa Diablo, inquiring minds would like to know.

Would Rhody Republicans please stand up

Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Block has told GoLocalProv his internal polling indicates he is nine points ahead of rival GOP candidate, Cranston Mayor Allan Fung. But Fung begs to differ. He claims his internal polling shows “a different race.” Of course, P&J suggest that it would probably be easier to call up all the registered Republicans in the state and ask them individually whom they plan to vote for. This should only take a couple of hours and you would most likely get much more reliable numbers. And you were thinking that the circus had left town.

a date to keep in mind

On Sunday, June 8 from 4 to 7 pm, the Red Bandana Awards will be presented at Nick-a-Nee’s. This is a “family oriented” event and people are urged to bring a potluck dish. The Red Bandana Awards were established last year to honor the spirit of the educator/writer/activist Richard

Walton. For many years, Richard held a potluck-style birthday party at his home near Pawtuxet Village. This continues that tradition. This year’s Red Bandana Award will be given to Henry Shelton, the longtime head of the George Wiley Center in Pawtucket (a grassroots organization aimed at alleviating problems associated with poverty) and a veteran activist whose work included advocacy for those struggling to pay utility bills, the homeless, the poor, and virtually any other constituency facing hard times. Also being honored at this event will be the Providence Student Union, cited as “an important voice in the debate over the value of high-stakes testing, challenging NECAP tests as a requirement for graduation from high school.” You can expect a large group of socially-concerned members of the Vo Dilun community to be in attendance and plenty of music.

Women poWeR

On Wednesday, May 28, the Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC) of Rhode Island will be holding a “Women’s Equity Breakfast” at the Providence Marriott from 8-9:30 am. The organization’s mission is to provide training and employment services to underserved populations and they will announce at the breakfast that they are planning a program for women’s training

and employment in non-traditional occupations. The keynote speaker at the breakfast will be Dr. Mary Gatta, a Senior Scholar for the Wider Opportunities for Women, a Washington, DC-based institution that advocates for women’s rights and matters of economic security. Tickets are $30; get ’em at eventbrite.com/e/oic-of-rhodeisland-womens-equity-breakfasttickets-11280619637?aff=WEB TicketFormQRCode.

music tips

This Friday, May 23, your superior correspondents’ favorite country band will be playing at our favorite local dive. Biscuit City will be at Nick-a-Nee’s starting around 9 pm. Come early and talk to the radiant singer, Paula Clare Ciminero, about furniture. P&J also recommend you make reservations for a performance by one of the masterful musicians here in the Biggest Little, the saxophonist Greg Abate. Greg will be performing at Chan’s in Woonsocket, on May 31 with Gary Smulyan on baritone sax, Tim Ray on piano, John Lockwood on bass, and Mark Walker on drums. Greg teaches music at RIC and plays all over the world and, if you’ve never seen and heard him, you really should. He is truly world class. ^

Send mulch and Pulitzer-grade tips to p&j@phx.com.

from derf backderf: i’m ending “The city” after 24 years. This strip is the last one. in glorious b&W, just like the first strip. i'm ending the strip so i can concentrate full-time on graphic novels. i'm not slinking away from a failed endeavor as a washed-up has-been. i'm leaving it behind in a blaze of glory, as a newly minted, internationally-best-selling comix creator. The past couple years have been the best of my career. after 30 years of toil as (at best) a cult favorite to suddenly find success? i'm loving every fucking minute of it! even though i’m moving on to bigger and better things, i have nothing but love for my long career in the weekly press. [i first developed the strip at the coffee exchange on Wickenden, as an alternative to my boring job at the ProJo. it’s always been a special thrill to run in the Phoenix for that reason.] i’d be nothing with this cranky, quirky little comic strip and all the papers and magazines — by my count, 174 — that ran it over nearly a quarter century. i’m grateful to you.

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This Just In

‘California already has a white population minority. Most cities in the US have white minorities. So we don’t have to wait to 2043 to see what it looks like.’

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Tony Affigne on Latinos in America, environmental racism, and ‘D-Day’ for white supremacists

Perhaps the only thing more striking than the demographic stats in Latino Politics: The Search for Latino Identity and Racial Consciousness — the new anthology co-edited by two Brown University professors, Marion Orr and Evelyn Hu-DeHart, and Providence College professor of political science and Black studies, Tony Affigne — is the premise of the book itself. First, the numbers. At different points in Latino Politics, we learn that the US Latino population has jumped from 29 million in 1990 to more than 53 million today, and that it’s expected to exceed 128 million by 2060. We learn that “every one of the fifty states and the District of Columbia saw growth in the Latino population from 2000 to 2010” and that, during this window when the national Latino population grew by 43 percent, the non-Hispanic white population rose by just one percent. At one point in the book, Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada) is quoted telling a Las Vegas crowd in 2011, “I would not be the majority leader in the United States Senate today, but for the Hispanics in Nevada.” It’s numbers and quotes like these which make it all the more disturbing to learn that, as Affigne explains in an introductory chapter, Latinos were essentially invisible to political scientists for nearly a century. Between 1880, when the first poli-sci department in the country was founded at Columbia University, and 1970, “not a single book was published anywhere in the United States in which the political behavior, policy interests, or political leadership of the nation’s Latino population were the subject,” he writes. “In fact, the long history of positivism also parallels, to an unfortunate degree, the history of scientific racism and institutionalized bias,” he writes later. “Most commonly in the social sciences, such biases manifest themselves in the researcher’s choice of subject; anathema topics are simply ignored.” Latino Politics feels like a leap forward in the field’s ongoing efforts to catch up. There are chapters examining Latino attitudes about Americanness, tracking differences in opinions among Latinos in New England and the South, exploring political cynicism among Latinos, and observing how ties to home countries (contacting friends and family, making return visits, sending back funds) vary among Latinos. We caught up with Affigne — the first Latino to run for public office in Rhode Island, as a candidate for Providence City Council in 1982 and the state’s first Latino candidate for

People scratch their heads, “Now why the hell is that? I thought all they cared about [was] immigration.” Well, wait a minute. Who lives next to the river in Albuquerque? Who lives downwind and down-river from the Intel plant? Who lives in old buildings [with] lead paint [and] lead poisoning? Who lives right next to the toxic waste incinerator? The reality is Latinos have been subject to environmental racism almost as much — and in some parts of the country, much more — than African Americans. It’s not a puzzle why African Americans would support clean air, clean water. It’s really not much of a puzzle why Latinos do, either. Latinos are much more supportive of environmental protection, much more aware of environmental hazards than the average, non-Hispanic white American.

governor in 1986 — recently over coffee on Wickenden Street in Providence. Our conversation has been edited and condensed.

TOWARD THE END OF THE BOOK YOU PLACE THE WORD “MINORITY” IN QUOTATIONS WHEN REFERRING TO LATINOS. AT SOME POINT, WILL LATINOS CEASE TO BE A STATISTICAL MINORITY IN THE US? In 2043 the Census Bureau predicts

that non-Hispanic whites will fall below 50 percent of the population for the first time. That’s right around the corner. And in . . . that population majority [of] what we call “minorities” in 2043, Latinos will be by far the largest group. Twenty-seven percent, I think, of the total US population will be Latino at the time that 51 percent is [cumulatively] Latino, Asian, black, and Native American. So for white supremacists, 2043 is like D-Day, Zero Hour, or the apocalypse or something. California already has a white population minority. Most cities in the United States have white minorities. So we don’t have to wait to 2043 to see what it looks like. And if you go to California, you see that even though the non-Hispanic white population is less than 50 percent, they still control everything. And we know that . . . the white minority in South Africa was able to control the country for almost 50 years, without any political influence from the much larger black majority. So it’s a little bit of a puzzle also as to whether that transition will mean anything politically. This is a challenge to political science and civics and social studies. We’re learning that democracy might not be closely linked to population. Because there’s an assumption, especially among white supremacists on the negative side and among minority activists on the other, that when the minority population becomes a majority of the country, things will change. We have ample evidence that that’s not the case, that political power is not a direct function of population size.

HOW DO THE ISSUES EXAMINED IN THIS BOOK RELATE TO RHODE ISLAND? In

Rhode Island, the Latino sub-groups are much more balanced, in terms of the size. No single group dominates Rhode Island politics. Most places in the country don’t find that. The [national] Latino population is very diverse ethnically, racially, in terms of religion, gender, ideology — any dimension you can think of. But that diversity has often been hidden somewhat behind the dominance of one or another ethnic group, religion, and so on. Rhode Island is also very diverse, the Latino population, but it’s diverse

THERE’S SO MUCH IN THIS BOOK ABOUT POLITICAL SCIENCE BEING OBJECTIVE AND UNBIASED. BUT CLEARLY IT’S ALSO QUITE PERSONAL FOR YOU. HOW DO YOU REMAIN DISPASSIONATE? The

FROM CAMPAIGN TO CLASSROOM Affigne. in ways that do not hide or do not mask the complicated reality. [This] meant that, for those of us who live in Rhode Island who participated in putting this book together, we started with a much more complex framing than we often see in Latino political studies. We started looking for the intra-Latino complexity; we didn’t discover it at the end of the work. And that has turned out to be a very important starting point.

YOU FOUNDED THE STATE’S GREEN PARTY IN 1982, YOU’RE THE PARTY’S CURRENT CHAIR, AND YOU’RE ALSO A MEMBER OF THE STATE COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL (CRMC). IS THERE OVERLAP BETWEEN YOUR INTEREST AND INVOLVEMENT IN LATINO POLITICS AND GREEN ISSUES? Well, yeah. Of course, from a num-

ber of different perspectives. Latinos are the most environmentally conscious sub-group in American politics today. Most people don’t realize that. You might have heard that Rhode Island, at 92 percent, has the largest [population] share of any state in the country that acknowledges the reality of anthropogenic climate change. Ninety-two percent! Where are the climate deniers in this state? The same kind of interesting reality [exists] among Latinos. Latinos are much more likely to express confidence in the reality of anthropogenic global warming. They’re much more likely to support aggressive environmental protection. They’re much more likely to support clean air, clean water, and so on.

method is your discipline. The classic scientific method begins with observation. You notice something. You frame a question about it: “Why is it like that?” You go out and do observations. You gather data based on those observations. And then you use whatever technique makes sense to analyze those data. And then based on what you find, you then identify conclusions or findings. And then, in a well-constructed piece of research, you then tie those conclusions back to your initial observation or initial question. Where is the subjective emotionality in all that? It’s not in there, except at the beginning and the end. What am I curious about? If I’m a white political scientist in the 1890s...I don’t see black people, because in my social world, black people are servants and domestic workers and farm workers. Picture the slave-owning family sitting around their table in the South somewhere. They’ve got on their lace and they’re using their silver and the black slaves are serving, going in and out of the kitchen, and the family is talking about the slaves, talking about the Civil War, talking about those “damned Abolitionists.” These people are invisible. The invisibility of the servant class is one of these weird things people do psychologically. Now, on the other hand, if you’re [W.E.B.] Du Bois or if you’re William Monroe Trotter and you’re a well-educated, intellectual African American, all you can see is this gap between white and black and the political marginalization and the political exclusion of black people. That’s why, almost invariably, the people who begin asking these questions about black politics, about Latino politics, are themselves black political scientists and Latino political scientists. You use your passion or your emotional content or your subjectivity ...in the questions that you ask.

_Philip Eil

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are we losing our minds?

A grAduAtion seAson guide to discussing rhode islAnd’s so-cAlled “brAin drAin” _by Ph il iP eil It’s college graduation season in Rhode Island, which means a few things. One, when you walk into a local grocery store, you’re liable to see a sign listing graduation dates (“CCRI May 16,” “Providence College May 18,” “Johnson & Wales May 24,” etc.) and corresponding color schemes (“URI . . . Blue & White,” “Brown University . . . Brown & White”) to steer your flower purchases. Two, when you flip on talk radio, you’re liable to hear angry neighbors calling to complain about epic parties like the “riot” — complete with airborne mailboxes and 18 arrests — that took place off-campus at URI earlier this month. And, three, you’re liable to hear pundits, politicians, business owners, and perhaps a few family members blaming a portion of Rhode Island’s economic woes on the “brain drain.” We’ll leave you to handle Topics #1 and 2 on your own. But Number 3 is worth examining a bit more closely. It’s common knowledge that, for more than six months, Rhode Island has had the highest unemployment rate in the United States. What you may not know, however, is that according to the National Center for Education Statistics, we also have the highest annual per-capita-bachelor’sdegrees-awarded rate in the nation, at 0.86 degrees per 100 people. This is not a winning combination. But how big of a problem is our socalled “brain drain”? How much of our economic malaise can we rightly pin on this donkey? And, to flip the issue upsidedown, would we even want a scenario in which 100 percent of graduating seniors — more than 10,000 students annually — stayed within our borders? These are some of the questions we set out to answer. Think of what follows as a guide to crafting an informed response when Uncle Mark starts rattling on about the “brain drain” at your cousin’s graduation party in Cranston. Oh, and look out for flying mailboxes.

WHAT IS A “BRAIN DRAIN?”

The term “brain drain” is ubiquitous enough these days to have its own Merriam-Webster definition: “a situation in which many educated or professional people leave a particular place or profession and move to another one that gives them better pay or living conditions.” Here in Rhode Island, you may have seen the phrase in a Providence Journal Letter to the Editor (“that Rhode Island is losing the best and brightest of its youth is a real shame, and indicative of the lack of vision and leadership found here”), a sound bite from a state senator (“[Senate Bill 2014-S 2079] will slow down the brain drain and help us retain our local college graduates.”), or a dire op-ed on golocalprov.com (“The issue could make many of our current political headaches, including pensions and structural deficits, much worse in the long run”). In 2007, we covered the issue ourselves in a story by thennews editor (and current Rhode Island Public Radio political reporter) Ian Donnis, who described “how the state, which has struggled to recapture the economic glory of the Industrial Revolution, lacks enough good jobs, leading smart young people to often pick up stakes and move elsewhere.”

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HE STUCK AROUND seidel, at the business innovation Factory. Seven years, one national financial crisis, one prolonged recession, and an epic 38 Studios $75-million-in-taxpayer-cashdown-the-shitter meltdown since Donnis’s article, we’re still hearing the words “brain drain” echo across the airwaves and Little Rhody’s halls of power. What’s going on?

DO WE KNOW ANY ACTUAL FACTS? Everyone in Rhode Island basically knows everybody else, so it’s not surprising that many of us can think of folks who have grabbed a suitcase and traveled elsewhere to find work, buy a home, raise a family, and do all of the things that folks do when it’s time to “grow up” after college. (Personal note: I am one of three brothers raised in Rhode Island. I returned home after stints in Michigan, New York City, and California. My older brothers, however, “drained” to New York City, to manage a restaurant, and Washington, DC, to work for the federal government, respectively.) But anecdotes shouldn’t be the basis for major policy decisions and investments of public funds. Nor should they be the final word in any intelligent conversation on the subject. So, do we actually know any solid facts about Rhody’s “brain drain”? A 2011 study co-commissioned by the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Rhode Island (AICU RI) on this very subject is a good place to start. There’s plenty of good info to absorb here, like the fact that 42 percent of respon-

dents cited “Job prospects are better elsewhere” as their reason for leaving (“Live closer to home,” was second at 19 percent, followed by “Continue my education,” at 15) and that only 46 percent of respondents said they even considered living here after graduation. Most significantly, though, the report found that, of the approximately 2500 ’06 and ’07 graduates from RI colleges and universities polled, 34 percent remained in Rhode Island three years after graduation, while 66 percent had headed elsewhere. Thus, our “brain drain” batting average, as of 2011, was 0.340. If you ask AICU RI president Dan Egan, this is nothing to be ashamed of. For Egan — as staunch an anti-“brain drain” believer as you’ll meet in this state — what the Ocean State needs is a tweak in its outlook. “The ‘brain drain’ is a myth,” he says. Anyone who believes that we ought to retain the more than 85,000 students studying in Rhode Island in any given year — nearly 15,000 of whom will graduate every spring — is “crazy,” he says. “You go to college for the experience,” he adds. “If [we] can keep some of those folks, post-grad, that’s a win.” Charles Kelley, executive director of the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority, has a similar, if slightly toned-down, outlook. He’s quick to remind us that Rhode Island is a net importer of students. “That’s one of the most important facts: we bring in a large number of students from out of state,” he says. We might not manufac-

“You go to college for the experience,” Egan says. “If [we] can keep some of those folks, post-grad, that’s a win.”

ture jewelry as much as we once did, but education — which pumps millions of dollars into our economy annually via jobs, housing, food service, entertainment, and more — is an industry, itself. “[It’s] a terrible phrase,” Kelley says, “but we ‘manufacture’ bright young people by bringing them in and educating them and then exporting them.” Such arguments pushing back against the “brain drain” were actually much easier to find than arguments subscribing to it during our reporting. It’s not that the folks we spoke with deny that college students are leaving the state in large numbers after graduation — it’s that they just don’t think this is such a bad thing. Take Allan Tear, co-founder and managing partner of the Providence start-up accelerator Betaspring. “Fundamentally, when I hear the words ‘brain drain,’ ” he says, “I think, ‘It’s a concept developed by older people who forgot what it was like to be young.’ Because the only thing I wanted to do when I graduated from college was get the hell out of where I went to college.” The movement of bright young people in and out of the state — what Tear calls “flow” — is healthy both for the state and those students, he says. What matters more is our prime location and thriving colleges and universities that continue to draw people. “We sit in this incredible corridor between Boston and DC that’s built on flow; literally we have a high-speed train that runs through this place,” he says. “We have an in-flow of new brains and they constantly refresh themselves every freshman class.” Sam Seidel, director of the Student Experience Lab at Providence’s Business Innovation Factory (who himself is an outof-stater who attended Brown, then stuck

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around), has at least three compelling reasons why we shouldn’t lose sleep over the “brain drain.” First is related to the phrase itself: when we use those words “brain drain” what are we actually saying? “There’s this sort of implicit, or sometimes explicit, assumption that the brains that are most valuable only come through a certain set of institutions,” he says. “And also that they’ve mostly come from outside, as opposed to all of the wisdom and brilliance of people who were born and raised in a particular place, regardless of their educational achievement.” When it comes to addressing the challenges of a particular place, he says, who understands them better than the people who have come up in that place? Second is the fact that part of the mission of higher-ed institutions — whether it’s Brown or RISD or Providence College or Salve Regina or URI or anywhere else — is for students to take their new knowledge and skills out into the world. The fruits of the educations provided by our local institutions “shouldn’t all be hogged here,” he says. Finally, Seidel brings up the 100-percentretention scenario. What would happen if, say, all Brown grads stuck around, every year? Rents would soar. Local residents would be priced out of their neighborhoods. “You’re just going to completely change the complexion and tenor of the city in a way that I think is not ideal,” he says.

WHAT’S BEING DONE?

Even among “brain drain” naysayers, though, few people argue against trying to increase the state’s college-grad retention rate. (AICU RI’s report set a 2015 goal for 40 percent retention, a six percent up-tick from what they encountered among ’06 and ’07 grads.) So how do we go about doing that? That is, aside from the whole stop-beinghighest-in-the-nation-in-unemployment thing? One way is to make sure students

INVESTING IN GRADUATES Pearson. know about the opportunities that actually exist here. Enter: bridge.jobs. Despite its slightly awkward use of capitalization, the “bRIdge” program — a social networkesque web portal run by the Rhode Island Student Loan Authority that connects local college students with Rhode Island employers and organizations looking for interns — is worth celebrating (see our sidebar for more details). The folks at RISLA tell us that there are currently 1800 student accounts on the site, 650 employer accounts, and 540 active internship opportunities (44 percent of which are paid). Page views have increased nearly seven-fold, since last fall, up to more than 13,000 in April. Secondly, consider the article in the FY 2014 budget, proposed by Governor Chafee and passed by the General Assembly, setting aside $500,000 for a “State Work Immersion Program” — aka a program to subsidize paid internships at Rhode Island

companies. Via this program, the state has helped support 148 college student internships at 58 local companies — from A.T. Cross to Marguerite Concrete to Soul Food, Inc. to the United Way of RI — reports Rick Brooks, executive director of the Governor’s Workforce board. Eligible businesses can be reimbursed for 50 percent of the wages paid to an intern for up to 200 hours of work experience during a 10-week period, and if the student is hired by the company at the program’s end, the state ups their input to 75 percent of the internship’s cost. “The purpose of this is precisely to increase the connection between college students and Rhode Island businesses before that college student graduates,” Brooks says. Lastly, there are currently two “brain drain”-related bills in the legislative pipeline on Smith Hill. (How likely the bills are to pass is a matter of debate and a subject best left for another day.) In the

House, Representative Chris Blazejewski (D-Providence) is one of five reps backing a bill that offers tax-credit support to Rhody grads with college debt if they a) stick around Rhode Island after graduating, and b) work for start-ups in the fields of “mathematics, applied mathematics, computer science, information technology, physics, biophysics, chemistry, biochemistry, biology, neuroscience, marine biology, oceanography, engineering, architecture, graphic design, and industrial design.” Meanwhile, over in the Senate, 26-yearold first-term senator Ryan Pearson (D-Cumberland, Lincoln) is part of a coalition that has submitted what he describes as a “cousin” of the house bill: the “Stay Invested in RI Tax Credit” program. If passed, the state will annually, for 10 years, offer a tax credit equal to up to 10 percent of the cost of loans for students who stay in Rhody. “So the idea is that over 10 years, the state, through tax credits, will incent[ivize] you to stay in the state, live in the state, and work in the state — [and] over the 10 years, help you pay back that student loan debt,” Pearson says. Such a scenario will also give Rhode Island businesses a leg up if a recent grad is weighing comparable jobs on either side of the state border. As one of the youngest members of the Assembly, Pearson says he not only represents his constituents, but a generation of Rhode Islanders. “I’m a young professional in my 20s and I can’t tell you how often I look around at people that I’ve graduated with . . . [for whom] student loans are just a crushing debt,” he says. Pearson — a VP at a local financial services firm — tells us that, according to the most up-to-date estimates, nearly 18,000 degree holders in Rhode Island would be eligible for the program, if enacted. And as someone who, himself, left college with almost $90,000 in debt, he would be one of them. ^

Philip Eil can be reached at peil@phx.com. Follow him on Twitter @phileil.

STUDENTS! DON’T LEAvE RI BEFORE READING THIS the “stickiness” of rhode island for graduating college students isn’t simply a matter of public policy. students, themselves, bear some responsibility for making sure they’ve seen, heard, tasted, and learned about all of the goodies they’re leaving behind if they haul ass out of rhode island, diploma in hand. if that word “responsibility” scares you; here’s another way of putting it: there’s a lot of cool stuff worth checking out here that isn’t found on your college quad. some of it might even be worth sticking around for. here’s a quick list. (note: this isn’t just for graduating seniors. For underclassmen, think of it as an “enhanced orientation” road map.)

girls rock! ri, chifferobe — were founded by out-of-staters who stuck around after school. Also, for more on the local arts scene, hop on one of the free bus tours available on the next gallery night, June 19.

FEEL-GOOD WORK there are more than 300 Americorps/VistA positions in rhode island — at places like As220, the institute for the study and Practice of nonviolence, local free medical clinics, and elsewhere — and many of them turn over every summer. these are

GET CREATIvE rhode island is an insanely fertile place for aspiring artists and arts educators. in fact, many of the amazing arts organizations — community music Works, new urban Arts, the steel yard,

pLUG IN TO A NETWORK While rhode island doesn’t have an official society of recent college grads (it should), it does have a plethora of regular events where young, smart, creative, and driven folks gather. generally, these revolve around themes: drinking liberally (politics), green drinks (environmental issues), Providence geeks (tech), clambake (design). but some of them — Providence Provision, PechaKucha — are just a place to have a few drinks and hear good ideas. Keep your ears perked for the next event.

CROSS THE BRIDGE A social network designed and operated by the rhode island student loan Authority doesn’t sound like the coolest place to spend your time. but, then again, you’re not going to find 500 rhode island internships on instagram. A $15/hour summer software development internship at the education tech company, metryx? A social media and marketing internship at dAsh bicycle in Providence? A mercury thermostat recycling internship at clean Water Action? they’re all currently advertised on bridge.jobs, and it takes literally 30 seconds to sign up for a basic account. “We’d like to have 1000 internships online at the end of this year,” rislA’s director of employer relations and internship development, Adrian van Alphen, tells us. (bridge isn’t just for students, either. if you’re unemployed or interested in transferring into a new career, you’re encouraged to join as well.)

accelerator and the folks who produced that map) a call to ask about their next open house or open-to-the-public business plan pitch-off. We also suggest perusing some of the state’s co-working spaces, those communal offices with rentable desks and free coffee and wifi to go with it. if you’re the startup-y type, there are few better (or more affordable) places to plan post-college world domination.

OpEN (CAMpAIGN) SEASON engaging, vital jobs on the front lines of key social issues. you’ll find more info at the state’s do-gooder online hub: serverhodeisland.org.

START ME Up rhode island’s a long way — literally and figuratively — from silicon Valley. but that doesn’t mean the local startup landscape is barren. swipely. g-Form. teespring. utlilidata. sproutel. shapeup. they’re all here in Providence’s bustling (if modest) start-up scene. you can start exploring this world from your phone or computer by googling “Providence start-up map,” but we suggest giving the folks at betaspring (rhode island’s lone start-up

Poli-sci majors, whatever your future ambitions are, if you leave rhode island now, you’re missing a major opportunity. the state is currently bursting with political campaigns for the bevy of elections for state and city offices taking place this fall. the governor of rhode island, secretary of state, general treasurer, seats in the state house of representatives and state senate, and Providence mayor — these positions are all up for grabs, come november. And until then, there are hundreds of volunteer and internship opportunities, and perhaps even a few paid gigs for the taking. the stakes? With rhode island’s morale and economy in the dumps, there’s an argument to be made that the very soul of the state is on the line.

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The hardbandcamp.com) will drop Evolution of the hitting “Vonnegut Busy” is White Wolf this summer (Brooklyn phenom out now, and Francis will deBlock McCloud recently signed Meta to his but the video for a song titled Disturbia Music Group). The Barrington“Grace” soon. Bearded brethren bred emcee just filmed a video for the album’s first single, “Evolution,” at Dusk. B. DoLan will hit the road on Meta is a natural-born performer and bora national tour through June derline batshit-crazy onstage; he recently (his spoof press conference adslayed crowds opening for Slaine in Newdressed internet trolls and was port (one of the most memorable hip-hop picked up by Spin.com), culmishows I’ve seen — such a blast) and Mobb nating in a hometown throwBACK IN TOWN meta p. Deep at Simon’s 677. Also look up his Poison down at Fête on July 4. ^

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theater triumph of the will the wilbury gets to cabaret’s heart and soul _ by b il l r o drig ue z Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we barely survive fascist takeover. That wasn’t exactly the motto of 1931 Berlin, but it might as well have been, as depicted in the musical Cabaret, set on the cusp of the Nazi rise to power. With music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Joe Masteroff, the 1966 Broadway production was based on a 1951 play adaptation of the 1939 novella Goodbye to Berlin, by Christopher Isherwood, which reflected his experiences there. The Wilbury Theatre Group is staging Cabaret (through June 7), carefully directed by Tom Gleadow, with the choreography by Shura Baryshnikov snappily upholding the family reputation. Music direction is by Mike Savignac, who leads the three-piece band. Isherwood was gay, therefore IN THE SPOTLIGHT travers as sally bowles. the story had to be heterosexualized for polite-society consumption. So when aspiring novelist Cliff Bradthough things seem to be going nicely shaw (Joshua Andrews) comes to Berlin, and everyone is smiling. It’s not much of hoping to also come to a novel-worthy a spoiler to note that by the end here the life, it is the flamboyant but insecure kindly man who befriends Cliff (and gets Sally Bowles (Katie Travers) with whom he him to do some harmless smuggling), Ludconnects romantically. wig Ernst (Brien Lang), shows up wearing She is a featured singer at the Kit Kat an armband with a twisted cross. Klub, which gives her the chance to warThere is another romance going on, ble such naughty numbers as “Don’t Tell for sentimental purposes as well as comic Mama” with the female ensemble, as well relief. Cliff’s stiff-back landlady, Fraulein as belt out the familiar title song. TravSchneider (Maria Day-Hyde), takes up with ers has a lovely voice and peppy presence, a Jewish fruit vendor, Herr Schultz (Roger both of which are put to good use in the Lemelin), who courts her with produce. In seductive “Mein Herr.” But the milieu is the absurd disproportions of these austere more deeply, and darkly, reflected by the times, a pineapple might as well be a mink smilingly sinister Emcee (Jo-án Peralta), coat, as we see in their amusing love duet whose opening song to the audience, “It Couldn’t Please Me More.” “Willkommen,” perfectly captures the seThe tenuous accommodations everyone ductiveness of both the hedonistic period had to make are underscored when one of and the political masquerade. Schneider’s boarders, reluctant prostitute Sally takes up with Cliff the morning Fraulein Kost (Rachel Dulude), brings one after she is thrown out by her boyfriend, so of her “nephews” to their engagement her motivation comes across as opportunparty. Adapting to survive is a theme ism rather than romance, with the text throughout, from Schneider’s shrug of a itself not bridging that emotional gap. song “So What?” to the blackly sardonic Travers knocks us out with her rendition of “If You Could See Her (Through My Eyes),” “Maybe This Time,” with the lines “everyin which the Emcee dances with a gorilla body loves a winner/So nobody loves me” that’s wearing a skirt, the punchline bepowering up the self-pity with anger. ing “she wouldn’t look Jewish at all.” Andrews smartly makes Cliff an inOur two leads and Peralta’s Emcee ably tense young man, though, so we know carry the show, nicely distracting us from he’ll fall hard. Almost as soon as she arthe fact that a talented little company like rives, Sally sings the lighthearted “PerWilbury can’t approach the production fectly Marvelous,” joined by Cliff, and it’s values such a musical invites. Of course, like watching children in sunshine dancanyone who has seen the marvelous 1972 ing around a maypole while dark clouds Bob Fosse-directed film version starring are rolling in from the horizon. And in Liza Minnelli, Michael York, and Joel Grey case we don’t notice from the fraught is bound to have flashbacks, especially financial circumstances characters find during some of the memorable, opulent themselves in, the Emcee and Sally’s production numbers. boppy song “Money (Makes the World Go But this staging is an encouraging reRound)” is here to remind us. minder that the heart and soul of such a Even without explicit foreshadowing, character-based story can be writ small as the historical context prompts trepidation, well as large, to good effect. ^

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Art a diverse display Eight standouts at thE “Risd gRaduatE thEsis Exhibition 2014” _by gREg co o k The annual “RISD Graduate Thesis

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through May 31) is so vast — with work by around 175 graduating master’s degree students filling the 28,000 square-foot hall — that it’s not unusual for friends to tour the thing separately, compare notes afterward, and find out not only did they admire different works, but they didn’t even notice the stuff the other person saw. It’s just so big. That’s what’s impressive and a bit daunting when the national art education powerhouse opens its doors to reveal what it’s been up to. So to help you on your way, here are eight artists not to miss.

MattHew MaHoney | The exhibit opens

with “On the Edge of the Desert,” a knockyour-socks-off sculptural installation of larger-than-life demons and corpses and flowers and hovering insects and beer cans made from tape, cardboard, and crepe paper. Naked ladies float into the air. A crow

eats away at what’s left of a skeleton. A cobra slithers out of a faun’s eye. Look close at the details — a mouse dead in a trap, skeleton pixies, gas pump nozzles, lizards, tongues wagging, erect penises. There’s a raucous hair band, Day of the Dead party vibe. It’s the glam, rainbow bright, garbage apocalypse, but that’s just the circle of life, dude.

Hyo Jin yoo | Watching this video can make you feel like a pervert. You perch on a stool in a dark room and peep into a window cut into the wall to see (what looks to be) a woman. String is laced through hooks adhered to her lips and pulled tight by (what look like) man hands to force smiles and grimaces. Knees are clasped together with snaps adhered to skin. When she opens her legs, the skin stretches until part of the snap peels off. Strings connected to hooks across her face twist her nose out of joint until the hooks snap loose from the skin. The script to this sort of S&M body art can

STITCHED detail from narrett’s She Whispered and They Tried Things On. seem overly familiar, but it still has a painfully visceral magnetism. Plus the added charge of questions about the relationship between gender and power.

glowing with undersea greens, and a (purposefully) naïve style that might bring to mind Stanley Spencer, Dana Schutz, Balthus, or sideshow banners.

SopHia narrett | Swooning, goth, romantic embroideries depict a ballet manifesting in a dark wood, shoppers standing awkwardly around a dream-world playground-turned-clothing-boutique, and naked women crawling around a verdant midnight garden.

anqi Li | An absurdist cosmetics counter offers a paint roller and breast-like pompon applicators — and signals a feminist critique. In videos, a woman uses those pompons, a violin bow, and something resembling a toilet brush to apply mascara and blush. She comes out looking like a raccoon.

Hao ni | Car headlights spotlight a tablelike contraption with (what looks like) rain falling across the rocks of a Zen water garden inside. Note the odd details: ski masks, sculptures made from cigarette ash. Lovely execution and strange in that way that makes you want to look and look. toMMy MiSHiMa | Three weirdo oil paintings depict charged scenarios right out of anxiety dreams — or a guy’s wet dreams. In one, a doctor holds a brawny little boy’s arm up so Santa Claus can give him a shot. In another, a woman sprawls on a chair underneath a Christmas tree, her clothes scattered on the floor, wearing just her underwear and a small towel. She lifts her leg seductively/awkwardly. They’re painted with a flat, matte, scrubbed-in touch,

HO, HO, HO Mishima’s Formative Years 3.

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The Flower Eaters depicts (it seems) a pair of women sleeping on a floral-upholstered couch as flowers and leaves — rose reds and putrid greens — seem to overtake them, and become a swirl of abstraction. The brushwork has a rococo juiciness.

oLivia wendeL | Large, lush, drippy, dreamy pastoral silk banners with paint and dye depict a sunny picnic. A girl holds a bunny toy. Babies toddle. Women stand and sit about. Dogs wander. It feels like a family outing, both friendly and awkward, with lots of green, green grass. Like something out of Jane Austen crossed with Maira Kalman and Florine Stettheimer. ^

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TARA JANE O’NEIL WITH ARCH CAPE | 9 pm | Columbus Theatre, 270 Broadway, Providence | $10 | columbustheatre.com

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KELLY KITTEL will read from, discuss, and sign her memoir, Breath: A Memoir of Motherhood, Grief, and Family Conflict | 7 pm | Books On the Square, 471 Angell St, Providence | 401.331.9097 | booksq.com

TUESDAY 27

GOTPOETRY LIVE! | An open mic | 8 pm | Blue State Coffee, 300 Thayer St, Providence | $3 | 401.383.8393 | facebook.com/groups/36169437169

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CENTO, readings of erasure poetry

and the DSM by AS220 artist-inresidence John Bonnani, plus Brian Folan, Jason Curzake, Shey Rivera, and many more | 8 pm | Psychic Readings, 95 Empire St, Providence | $TBA | 401.831.9327 | as220.org

THURSDAY 29

CAROLE MARSHALL will read from, discuss, and sign her new book, Stubborn Hope: Memoir of an Urban Teacher | 7 pm | Books On the Square, 471 Angell St, Providence | 401.331.9097 | booksq.com

TALKS FRIDAY 23

SATURDAY 24

“A FOLKTHOUGHT,” a roundtable

discussion with Elmo Terry-Morgan and several Rites and Reason artists focusing on the impact of the theatre’s approach, which was pioneered by George Houston Bass with Rhett S. Jones | 11 am | George Houston Bass Performing Arts Space at Brown University, 155 Angell St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/ about/commencement/about%20 commencement/forums

“BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC, FROM THE MUSIC TEACHING STUDIO TO THE COLLEGE BOARDROOM,” a forum with Lee Eliot Berk

‘64, president emeritus of Berklee College of Music, and Joseph Butch Rovan, professor of music and chairman of Brown’s Department of Music | 9 am | Brown University’s Granoff Center, Martinos Auditorium, 154 Angell St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/about/commencement/ about%20commencement/forums

“CONCUSSIONS AND YOUR BRAIN: THE LINGERING EFFECTS FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD,” a

forum with Naline Lai, attending pediatrician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Care Network and blogger on Two Peds In a Pod; Charles Maddock, founder and president of the Charles Maddock Foundation; Sean Morey, Princeton University sprint football head coach, former NFL player, and a Super Bowl champion; and Brendan Whittet, head coach of Brown’s men’s hockey.; the discussion will be moderated by Neha P. Raukar, M.D., an assistant professor of emergency medicine at Brown | 11 am | Brown University’s Building for Environmental Research and Teaching at Carmichael Auditorium, 85 Waterman St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/about/commencement/ about%20commencement/forums

“CONTINUITY AMIDST TRANSFORMATION IN THE HUMANITIES,” a talk by James F. Egan, a professor of English at Brown, which will reveal the relationship between research and teaching, with a focus on new approaches to analyzing works | 11 am | Brown University’s John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, 10 Prospect St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/ about/commencement/about%20 commencement/forums

A CONVERSATION WITH DEBRA L. LEE, chairman and CEO of BET, who

will discuss her time at the network and how Brown played a role in her life | 12:30 pm | Brown University Salomon Center for Teaching, Room 001, College and Waterman sts, Providence | Free | brown.edu/ about/commencement/about%20 commencement/forums

“COVERING THE BASES: BROWN WOMEN IN SPORTS,” a panel dis-

cussion with Sharon Cohen, former competitive figure skater and founder and executive director of Figure Skating in Harlem; Laura Johnson, lecturer on studies of women, gender, and sexuality at Harvard ; the forum will be moderated by Jasmine Waddell, trustee of the Corporation of Brown University and a member of Pembroke Center Associates | 11 am | List Art Center, 64 College St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/ about/commencement/about%20 commencement/forums

“CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN OF COLOR IN ENTERTAINMENT,” a forum with Girlfriends

star Tracee Ellis Ross and Tricia Rose, a Brown professor of Africana studies and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America | 11 am | Brown University’s Granoff Center, Martinos Auditorium, 154 Angell St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/about/commencement/ about%20commencement/forums

“CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS IN CARDIOVASCULAR CLINICAL TRIALS,” a talk by Dr. Monica R. Shah about the achievements made in cardiovascular clinical trials at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; her discussion will lead into a conversation about the challenges of the trials and the future of the field | 12:30 pm | Brown University’s Smith-Buonanno Hall, 95 Cushing St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/ about/commencement/about%20 commencement/forums

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“EMERGING TRENDS IN MEDIA: POWER TO THE PEOPLE,” a panel

discussion focusing on the way marketers are changing their approach to meet the demands of viewers and how digital technology continues to transform the media landscape, with Bernadette Aulestia, vice president of affiliate marketing and product management at HBO; Carolyn Crawford, vice president of Dish Network; Lee Rolontz, senior vice president of VH1, Music; and Alexandra Shapiro, executive vice president of the marketing and digital media at USA Network; the discussion will be moderated by Richard Heller, partner and co-chairman of Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz, PC, and Entertainment Group | 3:30 pm | Brown University’s Metcalf Research Laboratory, 190 Thayer St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/ about/commencement/about%20 commencement/forums

“FINDING BROWN’S LOST MUSEUM,” a panel discussion with Susan

Alcock, director of the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World; Debra Balken, lecturer at the Rhode Island School of Design; Lily Benedict, M.A. in public humanities; and Lukas Rieppel, assistant professor of history | 11 am | Brown University’s Rhode Island Hall, 60 George St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/about/commencement/about%20commencement/ forums

“HOW TO CONQUER METASTASIS: TRUTH BEYOND FICTION,” a talk by Dr. David Lyden explaining new advances in the understanding of how cancer spreads and why it’s important to understand tumor growth in the first place | 11 am | Brown University’s Smith-Buonanno Hall, 95 Cushing St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/about/commencement/ about%20commencement/forums

“IN DEO SPERAMUS: THE SYMBOLS AND CEREMONIES OF BROWN UNIVERSITY,” a guided

tour of the exhibit by William Simmons, the curator of the exhibit and a professor of anthropology at Brown | 11 am | Brown University’s Haffenreffer Museum, Manning Hall, Lower Level, 21 Prospect St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/ about/commencement/about%20 commencement/forums

“IS THERE AN EDUCATION CRISIS?,” a talk by John H. Ewing,

president of Math for America, detailing how society developed an “apocalyptic” view of education, what the real problems in education are today, and how to return to a more rational and measured approach to make education work better | 11 am | Brown University’s Metcalf Research Laboratory, 190 Thayer St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/ about/commencement/about%20 commencement/forums “LOOKING BACK,” a talk by Lois Lowry about her books and Brown University’s impact on her writing | 11 am | Brown University’s Salomon DeCiccio Family Auditorium, Waterman and George sts, Providence | Free | brown.edu/about/commencement/about%20commencement/ forums

“PARTNERSHIP FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF HIV/AIDS SOCIAL SCIENCE IN AFRICA,” a forum with

Brown School of Public Health professors Mark Lurie, epidemiology; Abigail Harrison, behavioral and social sciences; Omar Galarraga, health services; Don Operario, behavioral and social sciences, and Caroline Kuo, assistant professor at the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies | 9 am | List Art Center, 64 College St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/about/commencement/ about%20commencement/forums

“STALKING A KILLER DISEASE AND ACCIDENTALLY UNCOVERING A REMARKABLE CELLULAR MACHINE,” a forum with Arthur

L. Horwich, a professor of genetics, pediatrics, and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Kimberly Mowry, a professor of biomedicine, molecular biology, cell biology, and biochemistry at Brown | 9 am | Brown University’s Metcalf Research Laboratory, 190 Thayer St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/

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“STARTUPS: JUMPING INTO THE NEXT BIG THING,” a panel discus-

sion with Brent Grinna, CEO and co-founder of EverTrue; Pamela Arya, CEO of Optensity; Jose Estabil, director of entrepreneurship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Max B. Winograd, CEO and co-founder of NuLabel Technologies; the discussion will be moderated by Darcy Travlos, founder of myFrontdoor | 11 am | Brown University MacMillan Hall, 167 Thayer St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/ about/commencement/about%20 commencement/forums

“STEWARDSHIP STRATEGIES FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF A RAPIDLY CHANGING PLANET,” a forum with

F. Stuart Chapin, a professor emeritus of ecology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks | 9 pm | Brown University’s Building for Environmental Research and Teaching at Carmichael Auditorium, 85 Waterman St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/ about/commencement/about%20 commencement/forums

“THE MANY FACES OF TOUSSAINT L’ OUVERTURE AND THE HAITIAN REVOLUTION,” a conversation with

Haitian artist Edouard Duval-Carrié and Brown professor Anthony Bogues | 12:30 pm | Brown University’s Granoff Center, Martinos Auditorium, 154 Angell St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/initiatives/ slavery-and-justice/many-facestoussaint-l-ouverture-and-haitianrevolution-conversation-haitianartist-edouard-duval-ca

“THE NEW AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL,” a discussion with Nancy Faust Sizer and Jed Lippard | 12:30 pm | List Art Center, 64 College St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/ about/commencement/about%20 commencement/forums

“THOUGHTS ON CREATIVITY: FEATURING THE BROWN READER” | Speakers will discuss how the creative process can help people think of great ideas, “flex mental muscles,” and produce awardworthy work. The Brown Reader is a collection of essays, comics, and poems celebrating the university’s 250th anniversary. Panelists include Sean Kelly, illustrator at Sean Kelly Studio; Dawn Raffel, author and features editor of books at Reader’s Digest; Pamela Constable, deputy foreign editor at The Washington Post; Ira Magaziner, vice chairman and CEO of the Clinton Health Access Initiative; Joan Hilty, editor-inchief at Pageturner Graphic Novels; David Levithan, an executive editor and novelist; the discussion will be moderated by Judy Sternlight, editor of The Brown Reader | 3:30 pm | Brown University’s Building for Environmental Research and Teaching at Carmichael Auditorium, 85 Waterman St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/about/commencement/ about%20commencement/forums

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am-4 pm + by appointment | Through May 30: “Reflections From My Garden,” a macro exhibition of photographs by Elaine Dickson MAD DOG GALLERY | 401.722.7800 | 65 Blackstone Ave, Pawtucket | maddogartiststudios.com | Mon-Wed + Fri-Sat 12-4 pm; Thurs 12-8:30 pm | Through May 30: “Silver Hippopotamus,” a “pop-up” showroom featuring industrial/modern furniture and artifacts, including tables, benches, lighting, and unique interior art and accents

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Wed-Sat 12-5 pm | Through May 31: “Fall River Portraits: People, Neighborhoods, and Community,” works by BMC Durfee High School and UMass Darmouth photography students PROVIDENCE ART CLUB | 401.331.1114 | 11 Thomas St | providenceartclub.org | Mon-Fri 12-4 pm; Sat-Sun 2-4 pm | Through May 30: “Three Worlds Considered,” works by Nina Ackmann, Carol Shelton, and Judy Vilmain | “Color, Pattern, and Form,” works by Paulette Carr and Elena Obelenus PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 401.455.8000 | 150 Empire St | provlib. org | Mon + Thurs 12-8 pm, Tues + Wed 10 am-6 pm | Fri + Sat 9 am5:30 pm | Through June 5: “The Whale Guitar, a “work of art with a mission: to increase awareness of the plight of whales and to preserve endangered cetaceans,” by creator Jen Long and luthier Rachel Rosenkrantz | Through July 25: “Block Island Idyll: Memories of Manisses,” with materials and artifacts from the Rhode Island Collection at Providence Public Library and the Block Island Historical Society

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Waning moon in pisces, moon void-ofcourse 2:25 am until 12:01 pm when it moves into aries. a morning of psychological driftiness followed by an afternoon of “mustfinish-immediately” impulsiveness. pisces, aries, cancer, Leo, Scorpio, and Sagittarius 28

Waning moon in pisces. Water sign moons can prompt a deeper-than-usual emotional response and the pisces moons ignites an interest in nostalgia (photographs, music, escapism). all very pleasurable for pisces, cancer, Scorpio, taurus, and aries. Watch your mouth: Gemini, Sagittarius, virgo. prone to procrastination: Libra, Leo, capricorn, and aquarius. 12

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The week of the waning moon is always good for lunar gazing. You can see the maria (the black basalt seas) in full relief, and a decent pair of binoculars reveals the jagged edges of the craters as the Earth’s shadow falls across the moon. This week, you’ll want to continue developing projects that began earlier in the month, but also look for shortcuts. I love this lunar phase because no matter what else is going on, that urge to shop prevails (thus tidily negating emotional or intellectual upheaval). So go through your closet, and try new combinations. Don’t you love a forecast this shallow? For more, email sally@moonsigns.net.

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Waning moon in aries. the waning moon is about “ends” not “beginnings,” but it’s a great time to start a diet or stop a habit. the theme is “barbeque” and creativity, so those home-cooks will have fun devising unlikely marinades. those in tune with the moon: aries, pisces, Sagittarius, Leo, aquarius, taurus, and Gemini. Slightly peeved: cancer, capricorn, virgo, Scorpio, and Libra. 29

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Waning moon in aries, moon voidof-course 11:58 am until 5:28 pm when it moves into taurus. Midway through the long weekend, you’ll find old friends bring the greatest joy, particularly for the socially-shy. avoid arguments with cancer, capricorn, virgo, Scorpio, and Libra, and pay attention to the desire for “new” things in your life because the bargains are out there. hot to trot: aries, Sagittarius, Leo, aquarius, pisces, taurus, and Gemini. 30

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Waning moon in taurus. consumerism wins! acquisitive and luxury-loving, the taurus moon gives permission for all kinds of indulgence, and having a kickback Monday comes easiest to pisces, cancer, aquarius, Scorpio, virgo, and Libra. Luxury-loving Leo, aries, Sagittarius, Gemini, taurus, and capricorn could be derailed by unexpected social opportunities. 31

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dark of the moon in taurus, moon void-of-course 5:10 am until 2:40 pm Wednesday. the “dark” interlude means accidents can happen, mainly due to rash32

ness. Misunderstandings arise over trivia (“i don’t like how you said that”), and it can be an accident-prone time. however, “random encounters” could bring a change of direction worth exploring. do not make firm decisions and if you do, hold off on announcing them. easy to lose small stuff (where are the keys?). But do try a new path, or a new tactic. this goes for all 12 signs.

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new moon in Gemini. Fresh starts beckon, particularly if you enjoy writing. a good day for a stylish haircut, or even buying a car. Gemini, Libra, aquarius, and even cancer are all over the place, and should do the important stuff first (hint: this means p-a-u-s-e and figure out what the important stuff is). aries, Leo, taurus, and Scorpio need to do something new — the old will not suit. virgo, Sagittarius, capricorn, and pisces may “presume” something (to their detriment). 1

Moon KeyS this horoscope traces the passage of the moon, not the sun. Simply read from day to day to watch the moon’s influence as it moves through the signs of the zodiac. | When the moon is in your sun sign, you are beginning a new 28-day emotional cycle, and you can expect increased insight and emotionality. When the moon moves into the sun sign opposite yours (see below), expect to have difficulties dealing with the opposite sex, family, or authority figures; social or romantic activities will not be at their best. | When the moon is in aries, it opposes Libra, and vice versa. other oppositions are taurus/Scorpio, Gemini/Sagittarius, cancer/capricorn, Leo/aquarius, and virgo/pisces. the moon stays in each sign approximately two and a half days. | as the moon moves between signs, it will sometimes become “void of course,” making no major angles to planets. consider this a null time and try to avoid making or implementing decisions if you can. But it’s great for brainstorming. | For Symboline dai’s sun-sign horoscopes and advice column, visit our Web site at thephoenix.com. Symboline Dai can be reached at sally@moonsigns.net.

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