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July 9th-August 2nd, 2014

on the cover F illustration by matt bors

in thiS iSSUe p8

p 13 p 21

8 the 17th annUal mUzzle awards _ B y dan ken n edy

The Phoenix reviews the past year’s biggest enemies of free speech and personal liberties in New England.

12 theater _By B i ll rod rigU ez

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14 homegrown prodUct _ B y chris con ti

Now this is a party: the 15th annual liBertyfest puts the free in freedom, presenting 30-plus bands at Dusk on the Fourth of July.

21 film

“Short Takes” on snowpiercer, the immigrant, tammy, and deliver Us from evil.

the USUaL StUff 4

phillipe & Jorge’s cool, cool world

Gina dives in: on pols and pools | A family affair: the US embraces the beautiful game | See a genius (Laurel Casey) on July 4

Jen sorensen

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Buddy’s back: a reader’s digest, featuring the Most Profane Interview, the Most Entertaining Roundup of Cianci Shenanigans, and more

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Phillipe + Jorge’s Cool, Cool World

gina dives in pols and pools; the us embraces the beautiful game; see a genius on the 4th General Treasurer Gina Rai-

mondo definitely stole a f march on Providence Mayor An-

gel Taveras on his own turf at the opening of the Davey Lopes Recreation Center pool on June 30. Taveras had initially opposed renovation of the inner city pool in South Prov last year, which earned him an earful from local residents and city councilors before he ultimately pulled a U-turn and supported restoring the community resource. So naturally Hizzoner was conspicuously absent from the opening ceremonies to avoid any possible vitriol, sending an aide instead. Wow. Bow-wow. Not so his Democratic gubernatorial primary rival Raimondo, who soaked up praise from supporters in celebration of the pool’s opening, and doubtless won major points among the community in the process. She also joined attendees in joyously heading into the water in full campaign dress clothes to add the cherry on top. As Taveras always reminds us, he was brought up poor in La Prov. But we find it hard to believe he has forgotten how wonderful it was to be a kid and have a beautiful swimming pool at your disposal when the temperatures hit the 90s, as they have this past week. Judges’ score: Raimondo 1; Taveras 0.

A fAmily AffAir

In some countries, rabid fans would be considering burning down the house of US national team striker Chris Wondolowski, who missed an absolute sitter two yards in front of the goal against Belgium in the last minute of stoppage time in the World Cup group of 16 when the score was 0-0. It was a guaranteed gamewinner. Instead, Belgium went on to win 2-1 in the 30 minutes of extra time, with the US attacking for an equalizer like madmen down the stretch. Despite the game’s outcome, the US Team’s accomplishments at this World Cup are something to remember with pleasure. They upset all odds by advancing from the notorious “Group of Death” against Germany, Ghana, and Portugal, and into the final 16, while soccer glamour boys from Spain, Italy, and England were flying home. More importantly, they announced themselves as real “playahs” on the international scene — a team other national squads take lightly at their peril. And the last 15 minutes of extra time against Belgium showed

that good old-fashioned Davy Crockett, no-quit-in-us, leaveyour-hearts-on-the-field grit that brings a tear even to the eyes of an NFL-obsessed American macho man. Lots and lots to be proud of here. Thanks, boys. Phillipe has suffered through the decades-long chant from US soccer aficionados — “Soccer is only five years away from being a major sport here!” The national team’s performance in Brazil has added a few decibels to that claim. But the real major influence on the quality of US soccer lies at lower levels of the game: the kiddies and teenagers who continue to embrace the Beautiful Game. Players from other soccer-mad countries have played the game all their lives, and so have many of today’s American ’utes. But the difference is that foreign youngsters learned the game from a preceding generation that knew and played the game themselves.

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God bless the dedicated soccer moms and dads who devote time and energy to coaching kiddie soccer teams, but often these folks think the ball moves because there is a frog inside it. As interest in playing and watching soccer increases in the US over time, more and more of the folks who take time to teach our youth at early ages will have the previously-lacking soccer savvy. That time appears to be just over the horizon. And with the current trend of people being ashamed to say they don’t understand or like the game at risk of not “trending” with the times, it’s more likely to gain support from even the currently disinterested or oblivious. (For evidence, see the embarrassing ignorance of the sport seen daily from the talking hairdos on any major network’s morning news show who inevitably end each report with a pompom waving, “Go USA!”)

And thank you, John Harkes and Alexi Lalas. You know what for.

rAre lAurel CAsey AppeArAnCe

On Friday, July 4, one of the most independent spirits in the Biggest Little — the legendary Laurel Casey — will have rare performance at Sandywoods Center for the Arts, in Tiverton. She’ll be performing music and doing who knows what else; at a Laurel Casey performance, one never knows. There may be a few “special guests” as well. Phil Eil, the Phoenix’s news editor, recently conducted an email interview with Laurel and here are a few excerpts:

Can you give a bit of a desCription of what this show will be like? I’d love to talk about per-

formance art, guerilla theater, subversive cabaret, political and

social satire, situational ethics, cultural philosophy, and being possessed; instead I will say that I simply reflect back what I absorb — without a filter — in the moment. I also sing lovely jazz tunes with world-class jazz musicians. I have a gorgeous dramatic soprano voice and I wear pretty dresses. I am a genius and I dare you to think otherwise after you’ve seen my show.

you’ve been on somewhat of a hiatus from performing, and this show marks a kind of return. do you feel like talking about why you took this hiatus? why Come baCk for this show, on this day, at this venue? San-

dywoods is a wonderful performance venue . . . lighting, sound, grand piano. I won’t be singing next to a salad bar. I guess you know I was told by one club that they made more money on Meatball Monday than the night I performed. That wounded me. I took it personally. I happened to run into the owner of the club at the grocery, I asked for my gig back. He said, “No can do. You’re crazy.” Would he have said Jonathan Winters was crazy? Or Robin Williams? Sure, but fame trumps all. Damn sycophants.

what have you been up to for the last few years? I have a

studio space in Pawtucket, and I paint there, but I continue to clean my house in Vermont. I have to clean it because I rent it weekly and that’s the money I live on. I drive back and forth five hours too often. [On a recent] afternoon I was in the flooded gully with a shovel, diverting run-off from the foundation as Buddy announced his candidacy. There was a big celebration on Federal Hill with a singer and a band. [I was] covered in mud. I feel very sorry for myself.

given that this is a July 4 show, will the performanCe have any partiCular patriotiC theme? Everybody gets a little

flag. I’m planning a sing-a-long: “My Buddy,” segue into “My Way,” “Brother, Can you Spare a Dime,” the Marines Hymn, “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” and then I will reenact the song that got me fired from the Gatehouse [now the Waterman Grille] the night after 9/11: The Afghani National Anthem. Got the picture? An evening with Laurel Casey is like not other and P&J can guarantee that this will be a memorable experience. ^

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Buddy’s back: a reader’s digest

There’s no disputing the fact that Providence — and all of Rhode Island, for that matter — has Buddy Fever. The only question, then, after Vincent A. Cianci announced, “Today with a sense of humility, contrition, and confidence, I announce to you my candidacy for mayor of Providence,” during his June 25 radio show, is, “What are your symptoms?” If you’re like retired Providence Journal political columnist, M. Charles Bakst, the launch of the twice-convicted former mayor’s latest (and, likely, last) campaign triggered waves of nausea. “It makes me sick,” he tweeted after Cianci’s show ended. On the other hand, if you’re like any of the listeners who called in to that show (“The city of Providence needs you one more time,” “Providence is in an existential crisis right now. I can think of one prescription, and that’s Buddy Cianci”) you’re probably feeling something closer to euphoria. There will be plenty of time for you to sort through whatever visceral reaction Buddy’s return to the political arena stirs. The 73-yearold is running as an independent, which means that as long as he secures the 500 signatures necessary by July 11 to qualify for a spot on the November ballot, he’ll bypass the September primary and sail on through to Election Day. In the coming months, you can count on us to analyze his campaign message, follow his staffing choices, track his fundraising progress and, in general, treat him like any other mayoral candidate. But of course, he isn’t just any other candidate. None of his opponents appeared alongside Kim Jong-un and Bob Dylan in last week’s Boston Globe news quiz. (Buddy’s multiple-choice question: “Cianci’s first stint ended in 1984 after he was convicted of ____; he was reelected in 1990 but left office again in 2002 to serve four years in prison for ____.” Answer: “b) assault, racketeering.”) For now, as the era being called “Buddy 3.0” begins, it’s worth sifting through the tidal wave of press coverage — local and national — that followed his announcement.

victed, and 16 sentenced to prison for state and federal crimes.”

MOST MEMORABLE PHRASE(S)

Buddy’s announcement brought an end to months of speculation and analysis from the local press, much of it stoked by a sustained, vocal indecisiveness from the man, himself. In a June 22 essay for Rhode Island Public Radio, political analyst Scott MacKay dubbed this routine “Hamlet on the Woonasquatucket River,” a line that was only superseded by one from Buddy a few days later, when, during an interview with MSNBC’s Chuck Todd, he said, “I’ve never met a fence I couldn’t straddle.”

MOST PROFANE BUDDY INTERVIEW

The “will he or won’t he?” act reached a crescendo when the national news website, The Daily Beast, sent a reporter to Providence as the declaration deadline loomed to attend a Buddy Cianci Show broadcast, ride around town in Buddy’s Lincoln Town Car (license place: “VAC”), and hold court over espresso and cake on Federal Hill. Buddy has a history of letting f-bombs fly when national publications come to town. (In 2002, he told The New Yorker’s Phil-

MOST ENTERTAINING ROUNDUP OF CIANCI SHENANIGANS

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If you’re amused by Buddy’s return, you’ll find plenty to chuckle about in a post from The Washington Post’s “The Fix” blog called, “The Most Interesting Man in Rhode Island Is Running For Office. Again.” It’s all there: nicknames for both the man (“P.T. Barnum of Providence”) and his toupee (“The Squirrel”); the pasta sauce; the time he “resigned in 1984 after burning the eyelids of his wife’s alleged lover with a cigarette”; Buddy Cianci: The Musical (sample song: “The Ass You Have to Kiss Today”); and the tale of the website launched by an anti-Buddy contingent during the Plunder Dome trial that doled out cash prizes for essays on topics including, “How Buddy Cianci Can Be Lawfully Removed From Office.”

YEP, HE’S RUNNING Cianci in DePasquale Square. ip Gourevitch, “Yeah, I punched a guy in the mouth for fucking my wife.”) So his profanity during this interview was hardly a shock. Over the course of their time together, David Freedlander reported Providence’s longestserving mayor saying, “If I did the kinds of things I was accused, of, I mean, it’s like Mario Puzo wrote the fucking story!”; “[W]hat goes on now, it’s the same fucking people doing the same fucking thing . . . just today there was a story about they fired three tax assessors because they were taking people off of the rolls. Now, if it was my administration, BOOM — they would have had the Navy SEALs in there, the CIA, everybody”; and “There have been books written about me, documentaries. It’s all there. The only thing they don’t have from me is a fuckin’ stool sample!”

MOST MEMORABLE HEADLINE

The honor goes to businessinsider.com, for its June 25 post, “‘Poster Boy Of US Political Scandals’ Announces Comeback Bid.”

BEST ONE-LINER FROM A COMPETING MAYORAL CANDIDATE

On June 25 at 3:55 pm, just minutes after Buddy’s on-air announcement, the campaign of Democratic mayoral candidate, Brett Smiley, sent out a press release that included the quote, “If we want to turn the page on corruption in Providence, the last thing we should do is bring back the guy who wrote the book.”

BEST RESPONSE FROM BUDDY TO A COMPETING MAYORAL CANDIDATE

After Smiley sent out another press release two days later, challenging Buddy to a debate “on the topic of ethics, government accountability, and the cost of corruption to the city,” Buddy issued a response, via an article by News Talk 630 WPRO anchor and reporter, Kim Kalunian. “Mr. Smiley has to gain that nomination on September ninth. I’d be very happy to debate him after that,” he said. “And perhaps we could pick a venue right now, perhaps we

could do it at his father-in-law’s nightclub, the Foxy Lady.”

BEST ON-SCENE MULTIMEDIA COVERAGE

We’ve talked a lot about the withering ranks and resources of The Providence Journal. But we’re also happy to note Buddy Mania brought an explosion of inspired coverage from Fountain Street’s news team. In particular, reporters Karen Lee Ziner and Alisha Pina, along with the Journal’s photographers and videographers, offered a rich, textured portrait of Buddy’s announcement in an article headlined, “Scene Was Vintage Cianci from Start to Finish.” The article — which noted that some of Buddy’s supporters in DePasquale Square on the evening of his announcement were “tethered to oxygen tanks” as “the Nightlife Orchestra blared ‘Rhode Island Is Famous For You,’ Cianci’s talk show theme song” — was accompanied by YouTube videos of his on-air announcement speech and big band-backed arrival on Federal Hill, plus a photo slide show of a Buddy glad-handing and posing for selfies with supporters.

MOST SUCCINCT — AND EYEPOPPING — ILLUSTRATION OF CIANCI-ERA CORRUPTION

Buddy told The Daily Beast that it was an aberration when his former staffer Frank Corrente was caught on camera accepting a cashstuffed envelope. “There are 7000-8000 workers in City Hall,” he said. “Some guy down the hall took a G-note. You think I knew about that?” We can thank Providence Journal columnist Ed Fitzpatrick for adding a dash of reality to that statement. In a column published the day after Buddy’s announcement, Fitzpatrick quoted a forthcoming book, Secrets and Scandals: Reforming Rhode Island, 1986-2006, by former Common Cause Rhode Island executive director, H. Philip West. “[F]raud, extortion, scams, kickbacks and conspiracies flourished in [Cianci’s] administration,” the excerpt read. “Thirty subordinates were indicted, 22 con-

BEST ONE-TWO PUNCH OF NO-FRILLS REPORTING

WPRI Channel 12 investigative reporter Tim White wasn’t laughing when Buddy declared his candidacy. In the 48 hours following Buddy’s announcement, White produced two hard-hitting investigative pieces: one, covering the so-called “Buddy Amendment” to the Rhody constitution in 1986 allowing felons to run for state and local office three years after completing their prison sentence; the other, grilling Buddy on the exorbitant five- and six-percent compounded-interest cost of living pension increases (COLAs) for retirees he implemented as mayor in the early 1990s. Asked about his role in contributing to the Providence pension fund’s current $830 million deficit, Buddy said, “We were just part of the culture of the time. Money was more plentiful.”

THE MAN TO WATCH FOR ALL THINGS #PVDMAYOR

Speaking of WPRI, if you’re just getting interested in the Providence mayor’s race — which, it should be said, extends far beyond the “Prince of Providence” — you’ll want to keep an eye on wpri.com reporter (and former Phoenix contributor), Dan McGowan. He has the Buddy angle covered nicely with stories like, “Here’s What Happened to Buddy Cianci’s Campaign Fund When He Was In Jail.” But he is also covering seemingly every other facet of the race, from City Council president Michael Solomon’s recent endorsement by the Providence Democratic City Committee, to Brett Smiley’s plan to implement a “master teacher” program in Providence schools, to play-by-play accounts of the most recent mayoral forums. McGowan — who has created an open Facebook group called “2014 Providence Mayor’s Race,” for posting articles and information — is in a perfect position to respond to allegations that the media has blown Buddy’s entrance into the race out of proportion. “Total number of #pvdmayor candidate policy proposals in June: 2,” he recently tweeted. “Don’t like the Cianci coverage? Do something.” _Philip Eil

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The 17Th AnnuAl

Muzzle AwArds spotlighting those who diminish free speech _By dan Ke n n e dy

A US senator from Massachusetts who wants the federal government to monitor so-called hate speech on television, radio, and the Internet. A local official in Rhode Island who disparages complaints about an unconstitutional law prohibiting anonymous political speech as “absolute nonsense.” A Maine official who pleads with legislators to reinstate a ban on releasing 911 calls, even though such calls are public records in most states. These are just a few of the cases that comprise the 17th Annual Muzzle Awards — a Fourth of July round-up of outrages against free speech and personal liberties in New England during the past year. The New England Muzzles, sadly, are a reflection of repression at the national level. Last year at this time, we were learning from Edward Snowden the extent to which the government spies on our email, telephone, and other electronic communications. This year, a New York Times journalist, James Risen, faces jail for refusing to testify in the trial of a former CIA agent charged with leaking classified information to him. In February, the New England First Amendment Coalition presented Risen with the Stephen Hamblett Award for his staunch defense of the First Amendment. The award is named after the late publisher of the Providence Journal. “The choice is get out of the business — give up everything I believe in — or go to jail,” Risen said, according to a Boston Globe account. “They’ve backed me into a corner.” The Muzzle Awards, launched by the Phoenix in 1998, are intended to single out the dramatic and the petty, the epic and the absurd. The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech and of the press. Yet as these examples

show, the battle to maintain those freedoms must be fought every day. Before we get to this year’s winners, a blast from Muzzles past: In 1999 we awarded a Muzzle to two Massachusetts legislators, Susan Fargo and Paul Demakis, for pushing a buffer zone to keep protesters at a distance from abortion clinics. Fifteen years later, the US Supreme Court agreed, ruling that such buffer zones are an unconstitutional abridgment of the First Amendment. The Court outlined several less instrusive, constitutionally permissible alternatives to protect women, and we hope the Massachusetts state legislature will act quickly. The arguments put forth by challengers of the Massachusetts law were similar to those being used by plaintiffs in a Portland case that seeks to throw out the city’s buffer zone; US District Court Judge Nancy Torresen had said she was waiting to see the outcome of the Massachusetts case before ruling. Last week, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England released this statement: “We believe the buffer zone ordinance in Portland fairly balances the First Amendment rights of individuals with the rights of our patients to access health care free of harassment and intimidation. We still experience regular protesters at our health center and they are still able to get their message out. What is different since the buffer zone has been enacted is that we no longer see the sort of harassment and intimidation we saw previously. We are taking a close look at today’s ruling and examining how it impacts Portland’s buffer zone.” The envelopes, please.

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Ed MarkEy: His HatE-spEEcH bill could opEn tHE door to cEnsorsHip

Whenever the free-speech rights of Sesame Street characters are threatened, US Senator Ed Markey is ready to stand up and be counted. For instance, consider what happened in 2012 after Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, threatened to cut off funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Markey — then a congressman — issued a statement saying, “A Ryan-Romney ticket buys admission to a budget match-up where Big Oil wins and Big Bird loses.” Unfortunately, Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, is less enthusiastic when

it comes to supporting the right to speak offensively on television, radio, and the Internet. This past April, Markey proposed legislation to monitor so-called hate speech that might instigate “crimes based on gender, race, religion, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.” The monitoring project would lead to a congressional report. “We have recently seen in Kansas the deadly destruction and loss of life that hate speech can fuel in the United States, which is why it is critical to ensure the Internet, television and radio are not encouraging hate crimes or hate speech that is not outside the protection of the First Amendment,” Markey said in a press release. Despite Markey’s assurances that his bill would not threaten constitutionally protected speech, others aren’t so sure. Civil-liberties lawyer Harvey Silverglate told the Boston Herald, “This proposed legislation is worse than merely silly. It is dangerous.” And Harvard Law School professor Alan Dershowitz put it this way in an interview with the conservative website NewsMax: “I have never in my life seen a successful effort to define hate speech that does not interfere with rights of free expression.”

JoHn robErts: tHE cHiEf JusticE fails to lEad on courtrooM caMEras

The 2013 trial and conviction of the notorious James “Whitey” Bulger captured the public’s attention in a way not seen in Boston since the era of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. But because the murdering mobster was tried in federal rather than state court, no television cameras were allowed. The same will be true later this year, when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is due to be tried for his role in the Boston Marathon bombings. Tsarnaev faces the possibility of society’s ultimate punishment — the death penalty. But even if Tsarnaev is sentenced to die on behalf of the public, members of the public will not be allowed to watch as justice is or isn’t carried out. There are many potential candidates

for this particular Muzzle Award. We are choosing John Roberts because, as chief justice of the Supreme Court, he is also the chief administrative officer of the federal court system. If he were to support television in federal trials, there is little doubt that the entire judiciary would quickly fall into line. Yet Roberts has failed to embrace the idea of televising Supreme Court hearings, saying in 2006, “There’s a concern about the impact of television on the functioning of the institution. We’re going to be very careful before we do anything that might have an adverse impact.” Given that, eight years later, the justices still prohibit cameras during oral arguments, “very careful” is apparently Roberts’s way of saying “forget about it.” Several WGBH journalists are outspoken supporters of televised trials. Emily Rooney, the host of Beat the Press, has raised the issue on numerous occasions. And Jim Braude, the co-host of Boston Public Radio, wrote a guest commentary for the Boston Globe Magazine last year arguing that television is a logical extension the public’s right to attend trials. As US Senator Charles Grassley, an Iowa Republican, recently told WBUR and Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, “You know what the Founding Fathers said about the trials and being open: They ought to be held in front of as many people as would choose to attend.” The public’s eyes and ears — unmediated by journalists — are an important check on the criminal-justice system. It’s time to drag the federal courts from the 19th into the 21st century.

lincoln cHafEE: ri govErnor signs bill to covEr up scHool safEty plans

Following the Columbine High School shootings of 1999, Rhode Island legislators did something very smart. They passed a law requiring school districts to adopt safety plans in public, and only after giving members of the public an opportunity to comment. Several years later, however, the state’s lawmakers did something stupid. After the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre of 2012, the legislature inexplicably took the opposite approach. Lawmakers exempted all documents related to a “school safety plan” from the state’s Access to Public Records Act (ARPA). And Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee signed the bill into law. The public-safety bill was just one of a series of exemptions to the 2012 overhaul of ARPA — widely praised as a step toward open government at the time, but soon bogged down with amendments protecting the identities of public employees and removing other information from public view.

“It seems we are witnessing a backlash of sorts against more transparency,” said Rosanna Cavanagh, executive director of the New England First Amendment Coalition, in an interview with The Providence Journal. Legislators, naturally, said the new public-safety exemption would protect children. But Steven Brown, executive director of the ACLU of Rhode Island, offered a different interpretation. The new requirements, Brown wrote, “would unfairly leave parents in the dark about what schools were doing to protect their children. Without public input, schools will be more likely to adopt flawed school safety plans, and nobody will be able to determine if schools are meeting safety standards.”

andré ravEnEllE: scHool supErintEndEnt suspEnds aidE for — wHat, Exactly?

Working as a professional model in various states of undress is a perfectly legal way to make a living. So, for that matter, is helping special-education kids as a classroom aide. Kaitlin Pearson was doing both — though not at the same time — until one day last January, when Fitchburg schools superintendent André Ravenelle found out about her part-time job posing partially nude for publications such as ModelsMania. Ravenelle suspended her with pay after someone anonymously sent some of her photos to the school department. “The only comment I would make is, we would be committed to take action on anything that we’re knowledgeable of that would pose any concern of someone working with students,” Ravenelle told the Sentinel & Enterprise of Fitchburg. Not surprisingly, Pearson’s story went viral, spreading across the country and overseas, with Britain’s racy Daily Mail weighing in with a story and many, many pictures. But Pearson had done nothing wrong. School officials soon reinstated her. And Pearson’s modeling career got a huge boost. “I’m not going to stop pursuing something I love,” Pearson said in an interview WBZ-TV. “I love my kids and I love teaching them and I love modeling.”

cHristopHEr parr: MainE official asks lEgislators to rEinstatE 911 sEcrEcy

The Portland Press Herald won an important freedom-of-information case last November. On a 7-0 vote, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court overturned a lower court’s

ruling and ordered that the transcripts of 911 calls in a murder case be released. “It’s a strong endorsement of the public’s right to know and the value of public records,” Press Herald lawyer Sigmund Schutz said in an article for the New England First Amendment Coalition written by the paper’s executive editor, Cliff Schechtman. “We all want law enforcement to be able to catch bad guys. I don’t think this harms their ability to do that. I think it says you need a level of transparency in how you do that.” This spring, though, a Republican state senator from Whiting, retired state trooper David Burns, filed legislation making it a crime to release 911 calls related to a pending criminal case. Burns acted on behalf of the Maine Department of Public Safety, whose lawyer, Christopher Parr, earns the Muzzle for defending the censorious bill in testimony before the legislature’s Judiciary Committee. The bill, Parr said, would prevent the “premature public disclosure” of the transcripts — notwithstanding the fact that 911 calls are public records in most states. Fortunately, the bill was killed in the closing days of the legislative session.

scott HolcoMb: principal punisHEs studEnt for twEEting on His own tiME

A public high school sends out a tweet that classes have been canceled in advance of a snowstorm: “No school tomorrow — see you in June.” A student retweets it, adding his own message profanely pointing out that graduating seniors won’t be affected: “Fuck off #seniors #nomakeup #chirpchirp.” The student — 18-year-old Nick Barbieri, a gamer and social-media maven — sent out his retweet from home, on his own time. So what should North Attleborough High School officials have done? The possible answers: (a) ignore it; (b) call Barbieri in for a friendly (or maybe not so friendly) chat; or (c) order Barbieri to remove the offending tweet and several related tweets or risk a five-day suspension,

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then slap him with six hours of detention even after he complied. Unfortunately, the answer NAHS chose to follow was (c), which led to the involvement of the ACLU of Massachusetts. Our Muzzle goes to principal Scott Holcomb. To Holcomb’s credit, he quickly backed down and canceled the detentions, telling the Sun Chronicle of Attleborough, “The school system is looking to work with the ACLU to figure out how to handle free speech issues while promoting and enhancing digital citizenship in the 21st century.” But he should have known better. One way for Holcomb to begin his process of self-education is by recognizing that his authority to interfere with his students’ First Amendment rights stops at the schoolhouse door. Given that he’ll soon become an assistant superintendent, let’s hope he’s a fast learner.

dEval patrick: govErnor EncouragEs sEcrEcy witH confidEntial sEttlEMEnts

If state officials settle a lawsuit brought by an employee who claims she or he has been falsely accused of wrongdoing, discriminated against, or otherwise treated unfairly, the taxpayers should have the right to know about it. Incredibly, the heads of many state agencies disagree. For tolerating and even encouraging such secrecy, Governor Deval Patrick has earned one of our coveted Muzzle statuettes. Confidential settlements paid with public money have long been a scourge in Massachusetts. Way back in 2006, then-state treasurer Tim Cahill received a Muzzle for buying the silence of former employees with golden gag orders. The most recent outbreak of this practice was

reported in January by The Boston Globe, which found that the Patrick administration spent years fighting public-records requests for the details of such secret agreements. When documents were finally released, some of the details had been blacked out, making it hard to determine exactly what had happened. “For years,” as the Globe put it, “the state has used confidential settlement and severance deals to make embarrassing problems go away, often requiring workers to promise to keep the payments secret and avoid saying anything critical about the agencies.” Such secrecy is hardly out of character for Patrick. As CommonWealth magazine reported in 2011, Patrick sought — and was granted — a ruling by Secretary of State William Galvin that the governor’s office is

exempt from the state’s public-records law. Not that Patrick’s predecessors were any better. But the governor built his reputation on the rhetoric of openness and reform, and his actions are at odds with those ideals.

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Archer EdMund alvEs: ri town’s lawyEr Mocks call to upHold first aMEndMEnt

Anonymous speech has been a vital part of public discourse from the earliest days of our country’s history. Just ask Publius, the pen name used by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in writing The Federalist some 225 years ago. The US Supreme Court reaffirmed that anonymity is constitutionally protected in its 1995 McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission decision. But town officials in Smithfield, Rhode Island, appear to believe that the First Amendment doesn’t apply to them. Because in March 2013, Smithfield police arrested a Democratic political consultant named Robert Horowitz and charged him with violating a state law by distributing negative anonymous campaign materials targeting Republican House candidate James Archer and several other Republican politicians. State Attorney General Peter Kilmartin’s office dismissed the charges against Horowitz, citing the 1995 Supreme Court decision. But when the ACLU of Rhode Island called on Smithfield police to refrain from enforcing the unconstitutional law in the future, Smithfield’s town solicitor, Edmund L. Alves Jr., called the ACLU’s position “absolute nonsense,” according to an article in The Valley Breeze. Alves added: “It’s not up to police departments to decide which laws they’ll enforce.” Perhaps not. But certainly it’s up to the town’s chief lawyer to advise police not to make the same mistake twice. By failing to do so, Alves not only earned a Muzzle — he goaded the ACLU into filing a federal lawsuit. Isn’t a good lawyer supposed to keep his client out of trouble?

portland city council: antipanHandling ordinancE rulEd unconstitutional

This is a tough one. No one likes to be stopped in traffic only to be subjected to the importunings of an aggressive panhandler. And it’s dangerous. The panhandler could be hit by an oncoming car. Or a driver who stops to hand out money could cause an accident. Still, the Portland City Council should have known better when members voted last July to ban people from median strips. After all, the councilors had voted down the same measure the previous year after advocates for the homeless objected. And when council members finally approved the ban, they did so knowing that the ACLU of Maine was considering a lawsuit to overturn it. “We feel it goes too far in burdening constitutionally protected activities.

The Constitution does not allow you to address these problems with such a broad stroke,” the ACLU’s legal director, Zachary Heiden, said at the time of passage, according the Portland Press Herald. Sure enough, the ACLU sued. And last February, US District Judge George Singal ruled that the ordinance was unconstitutional. Ironically, it was the council’s attempt to protect political speech that provided the ordinance’s undoing. A provision that allowed people onto medians with campaign signs showed that the ordinance was not content-neutral, Singal said. “The ordinance favors one category of speech, campaign signs, over all others and permits only those messages in the traditional public forum,” Singal wrote, according to the Press Herald. “A law may no more favor one type of message because of agreement with it than it may disfavor a message because of disapproval.” The real issue, though, was that the council sought to ban the very presence of panhandlers rather than crack down on illegal behavior.

carMEn ortiz: fEdEral prosEcutor rEfusEs to rElEasE todasHEv filEs

This past May, The Boston Globe revealed some disturbing information about the FBI agent who was in charge when Ibragim Todashev, a friend of Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was shot to death in Florida while being interrogated. Todashev and the elder Tsarnaev were the leading suspects in a triple murder that took place in Waltham in 2011. During a four-year stint as a police officer in Oakland, California, Aaron McFarlane, the Globe reported, had been investigated because of allegations that he had engaged in several instances of abusive behavior and had taken the Fifth at a corruption trial. He retired on a $52,000 disability pension, yet was deemed fit enough for the physically demanding work of an FBI agent. If US Attorney Carmen Ortiz had her way, though, the public would still be

in the dark. Late last year, the ACLU of Massachusetts filed a Freedom of Information Act request pertaining to the Todashev shooting and to the state’s participation in Joint Terrorism Task Forces. According to the ACLU, the FBI refused to provide information about Todashev and Ortiz never responded. In April, the ACLU filed suit in federal court. (Earlier this year, Boston magazine and the public radio program This American Life collaborated on an investigation looking into harassment by law enforcement of Todashev’s friends and associates.) This is Ortiz’s third Muzzle in three years. In 2012, she was singled out for her abusive prosecution of Sudbury pharmacist Tarek Mehanna, an Al Qaeda sympathizer whose constitutionally protected propaganda activities were portrayed as

terrorism. In 2013, we called attention to the case she brought against Aaron Swartz, a fragile young Internet visionary who committed suicide while awaiting trial — and a possible prison term — for downloading academic papers without permission. And the beat goes on. Ibragim Todashev’s testimony could have been of incalculable value in the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. If mistakes by law enforcement led to Todashev’s death, the public has a right to know about it. Ortiz shouldn’t be allowed to get away with covering up the truth. ^ Dan Kennedy is an associate professor of journalism at Northeastern University and a panelist on WGBH’s Beat the Press. He has been compiling the Muzzle Awards since their debut in 1998. He can be reached at dan.kennedy@neu.edu.

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“songs of adventure and courage.” And Beaucoup Blue, Zoë Lewis, Chrissy Crowley, and Warner will ask the rhetorical question, “So You Thought You Knew Folk Music?” More than 50 performers — including top-billed vets Chris Smither, Jonathan Edwards, John Gorka, and Vance Gilbert — will have seven stages to call home during the two-day affair at the Whaling National Historical Park (33 William St) and the Zeiterion Theatre (684 Purchase St). There are also food and crafts and kids’ activities. The music runs from 11 am to 9 pm ($20 each day, $25 for a weekend pass, free under 12) | 508.493.3872 | newbedford folkfestival. com

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Here’s your 4th of July plan. Sleep late, skip that 229th Annual Bristol Civic, Military, and Fireman’s Parade (you can see it on teevee), and head to Glocester for the 88th annual ancients & horribles parade, which is highlighted by a slew of devilishly inspired (and sometimes delightfully insipid) floats commemorating the foibles of local and national newsmakers (plus the usual array of waving dignitaries, beauty queens, and cute kids). It kicks off at 4 pm on Main Street. Seriously, it’s worth sitting in the two-lane traffic and the hike down Main Street to join the throng. Hit glocesterri.org/parade. htm for more info. And then: you need the rocket’s red glare? The bombs bursting in air? Leave Main Street in your rear-view mirror and head to the independence day celebration at India Point Park in Providence. The Rhode Island Philharmonic Pops Orchestra will trot out their patriotic fare at 7:30 pm, and the fireworks will start around 9:15 pm | providenceri.com

red, white ’n’ bluegrass

If you’re passionate about world-class pickin’ and high ’n’ lonesome harmonies, then you’ll be lovin’ the bluegrass on the paw-

tuxet festival in Pawtuxet Village and at Rhodes-Onthe-Pawtuxet in Cranston, which runs through Sunday. Angry Lobster Events head ramrod Tom Bousquet has put together a star-studded lineup for this event: Blue Highway, SteelDrivers, Tony Trischka & Great Big World, Pete and Joan Wernick, the Carter Brothers, Suzahn Fiering, Kropp Dusters, George Harper, and more. There will be master class workshops ’n’ jam sessions ’n’ crafts ’n’ a farmers’ market ’n’ more. Tix for the evening shows at Rhodes are $35 on the 4th and $37.50 on the 5th | bluegrassonthe pawtuxet.com

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We like the way the new bedford folK festival dots its programming with specific themes. There’s a wealth of acoustic musicians performing at the rootsy bash and, with certain players participating in certain shows, it’s a sharp way of organizing the talent pool. One grouping is called “Play the Chords of Love,” with Cliff Eberhardt, Martina Evans, Craig Bickhardt, and Jeff Warner singing about affairs of the heart. In the session titled “As I Rode Out One Summer’s Day,” Michael Johnson, Chris Pahud, Joe Crookston, and Kate Campbell will share

sunday 6 a mighty empire

Tonight the empire revue celebrates eight years of laughs, burlesque, music, and inspired silliness. A slew of special guests (Joanne Lurgio, Mark Cutler, Bettysioux Tailor, Rick Canavan, David Rabinow, Denise Bracken Moffat, and Leigh Hendrix) will add to the fun at AS220, 115 Empire St, Providence, at 8 pm | $8 advance, $10 door | 401.831.9327 | as220.org

wednesday 9 a batty family

The brown/trinity playwright rep kicks off its three-play season of new works with Kathryn Walat’s See Bat Fly, which is described as “a play about the aerodynamics of bats, the magic of an all-night diner on Route 66, and the dysfunctional tequila Christmas that sets Melanie free.” Who’s Melanie? “Bat biologist Melanie lands in Albuquerque, looking for an experimental treatment for her nightmares, but what she finds is her nerdy physicist brother, the wisdom of a short-ordercook-turned-shaman, and a Christmas Eve so weird it might be the new family tradition. A play about life’s mysteries and finding one’s way in the dark.” It’s at Leeds Theatre, 77 Waterman St, Providence, through the 12th ($12, $10 seniors, $5 students; 401.863.2838). For info on the other works, go to playwrightsrep.com

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goats). And there’s this foundering company that manufactures only tire patches and personal vibrators. What happens when a representative of the latter is sent to improve conditions in the former? It all unfolds with the ridiculousness and confusions you’d expect, in The Rescue, by local playwright Ron Maine, premiering at Contemporary Theater Company, directed by Maggie Cady (through July 5). It’s an enterprising piece of DIY theater, some of the acting strong, some shaky, the tale imaginative but with a careless plot and occasionally stretching its outlandish gags past the breaking point. Political parody is the attempt, but what could be pointed satire is blunted on a soft target that offers no resistance: foreign aid. It’s no secret that US economic largesse can be wasted, but the example devised here for laughs bears no resemblance to an actual instance, so the satiric bite is toothless. In the offices of General Dynamo Systems Inc., the CEO (Ron Giles) is fuming over the company’s latest negative balance sheet. He chews out the executive responsible, Junior (Peter Bucci), who has been spending too much money purchasing ads from a pretty blond sales rep he has his eye on, but since he is the boss’s son, he smirks rather than repents. Meanwhile, in the Oval Office of a Super-Power President (Dave Price), this boss is curious that his country’s foreign aid is going to “cattle rustlers and horse thieves.” He’s too mad to calm down by playing with the toy soldiers on his desk, but he does come up with an idea to get businesses to act as intermediaries in dispersing money to developing countries and supplying their particular expertise. The president wants the first recipient country to be one so undeveloped that the slightest improvement would look substantial. That’s where the People’s Republic of Lesser Mondraga comes into the picture, a nation with no electricity, only three automobiles, and one truck, though the engine

in that last vehicle was sold, as was the airport that the Super-Power country supplied on a previous occasion. In return, the country would relinquish all its oil on favorable terms. That (surprise!) it’s only palm oil isn’t expanded into a plot complication, merely mentioned initially for a laugh. Dynamo Systems is the company chosen because their application for supplying “emergency relief systems” didn’t make clear that it was describing tire patching kits. So Junior and $50 million in aid, minus a two-percent service charge, ship off along with a government representative, soon-to-be-buddy Karl the Advisor (Rico Lanni). They get to know each other and eventually sit down for a couple of bantering interludes. The actors do well in establishing a growing connection between the two emissaries, especially through one lengthy, entertaining discussion of politics. The aid is designed to eliminate poverty and establish democratic values, but we are told that the people of Lesser Mondraga are comfortable enough as they are. The country has a goat- and rutabagabased economy, with each citizen entitled to 17 goats and one rutabaga patch, though none of the vegetables are actually grown there. Don’t ask; it’s as puzzling as Republican economics. The Super-Power President is easily exasperated as he consults with his Secretary of State (Laura Orabone) and Press Secretary (Daraja Hinds), the General (Chris Maxwell), and Karl. Price is very funny, the best thing about the production, whether he is fuming or fussing, and he gets to do a lot of both. The President of Lesser Mondraga (Terry Simpson) doesn’t have much to say here. Nevertheless, an aide or government functionary named Lonsdale (Sami Avigdor) has the job of translating his “gibberish,” as Lonsdale puts it, to the people. Not that the President can do much harm in this country, since the place is run by a committee. Apparently, judging from the absence of rutabagas, there should have been a farmer on it. The Rescue has some effective moments of charm and entertainment, but the play needs rescue by a good script doctor. ^

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and more than 30 musical acts performing on two stages rain or shine — all free of charge! What? In this economy? The event’s core group of organizers are the folks to thank — Dave Rocha, Devon Nickerson, Travis Sherman, and Chandler Hearn — for corralling this badass lineup. “Everyone works tirelessly to come up with a solid mix that represents the varied styles and characters of this great city,” Rocha said when I checked in earlier this week. “It’s a bit of a painful process at times, but it also speaks to the wealth of talent and an eagerness to take part in the raddest party of the year.” Rocha noted the majority of artists approached them to join the LibertyFest roster and perform (free of charge), which only fortifies the event’s DIY spirit. “LibertyFest attracts a multitude of acts because it’s a neighborhood party at a city-wide scale,” he said. “We all get together to celebrate freedom, community, and rock and roll.” The LibertyFest crew proposed the idea to Dusk coowner Rick Sunderland, who was “immediately keen to the idea, which not only opened up a great deal of new options, but allowed us to keep it as close to the neighborhood as possible,” said Rocha. The location may have been upgraded but the free entry is here to stay, according to Rocha, who also said the organizing team is focused on keeping the event a family-friendly affair. “This is still an all-ages event, and even in these last few days we are working hard at trying to ensure that there are activities for both the young, and the young at heart,” said Rocha. Local artists and various vendors will also be on hand. And while the long-running BYOB/potluck aspect has been waived this year, the Dusk barstaff will be slinging cold brews and cocktails all day and night (inside and outside), and mobile eats will be available courtesy of Poco Loco Taco, Dad’s Dugout, and Julian’s. The trucks will be stationed along the alleyway leading to the spacious back lot, with a large loading dock platform serving as the second stage. Now let’s get to the music. There are many reasons to check in early at LibertyFest 15, with Boston dream pop outfit Funeral Advantage and locals Swan Point (look up the debut EP Salt) slated to play around 1 pm. Get the earplugs ready for the kiddies for a monstrous suppertime rock block starting with Gym Shorts, Paraplegics, and Olneyville Sound System shredding the indoor stage. Variety abounds on the outdoor stage, like back-to-back sets from Classical High rap cats Reziztanze and Billy Moretti’s acclaimed alt-country crew the Denver Boot. LibertyFest welcomes the return of Vudu Sister (Keith McCurdy’s third appearance), and DJ Born Casual will cap off the mayhem inside, while rhyme duo DirtyDurdie

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will rock the Fête Lounge, then head back there for a big one f in the ballroom on independence day FridAY (the 4th) for Strange Famous bearded brethren sage francIs anD B. Dolan. Francis will be rocking plenty of new material from Copper Gone (check our cover feature in last week’s issue) and word is dolan may have a few advance copies of House of Bees 3 available; doors at 8 pm and tix are $15 at the door ($35/reserved seating), call 401.383.1112 for info on both gigs. And hip-hop heads will undoubtedly descend upon Simon’s 677 on SAtUrdAY (the 5th) for the chance to get up close and personal with rhyme legend rakIm — yes, that rakim — along with a ton of local talent including monster house, everyBoDy luv Black

RoaRIng BacK lolita black. will serve as masters of ceremony during the late-night outdoor sets (word is Dirty Ice and Grem will drop some new material on us). Call it a reunion/comeback of sorts for Lolita Black, which played its first show in ages last month at Dusk. New songs “Serpentine,” “The Burning,” and “Going Nowhere” were vicious yet catchy, as lead singer Scarlett Delgado worked the room (and climbed out of the windows) like a seasoned lunatic. A few weeks later she was tethered to a hospital bed with a bangedup kidney. But Delgado is recovering and was all smiles when I spotted her at Dusk last weekend, supporting her Lolita mates Kayleigh Melise and Bob Otis with their new project Extinction Machine (alongside OSS wildman Dan St. Jacques and bassist/beer god Sean Larkin). “Scarlett’s a warrior, and I have no doubt she’ll get up there and kill it,” Otis told me. “She was in her hospital bed telling me how she’s ready to rock!” From eardrum-rattling goth-punk into some high-quality booty-shaking, the outdoor stage wraps up with Lolita followed by Boo City. Sultry singer Tai Awolaju and multitalented partner Andrew Moon Bain front the soulful and melodic collective, blending reggae and rock guitar riffs around jazzy R&B grooves. This is hands-down the party of the year in Providence. See y’all there! ^ LIBERTYFEST 15 | IndooR STagE: SEx SEa [11:45 am] + BEnEaTh ThE SphInx [12:15 pm] + Swan poInT [1] + JacquES LE coquE [1:45] + LITTLEFooT [2:30] + pIxELS [3:15] + SIRE [4] + gYm ShoRTS [4:45] + paRapLEgIcS [5:30] + oSS [6:15] + moTo [7] + ThE VIEnnagRam [7:45] + waY ouT [8:45] + cannIBaL RamBLERS [9:45] + Vudu SISTER [10:45] + woRLd’S gREaTEST LoVER [11:45] + BoRn caSuaL [12:30 am] | ouTdooR STagE: nERVouS VIRgInS [noon] + FunERaL adVanTagE [12:45] + FREnzY oF TongS [1:30] + BIRd dog [2:15] + ThE YaBEauTIFuLS [3] + REzIzTancE [3:45] + ThE dEnVER BooT [4:30] + TEazER [5:15] + quahogS [6] + TapESTRIES [7] | pLuS: ThE FaBuLouS ITchIES [8] + KuRT SnELL + BETa moTEL [9] + LoLITa BLacK [10] + Boo cITY [11] | Friday, July 4 @ 11 am | dusk, 301 harris ave, providence | FREE | all ages | 401.714.0444 | facebook.com/providenceLibertyFest

(check back for a full feature on their new debut disc), lIngo, kID karma, and plenty more; tix are $25 day of show and it’s all ages, call 401.270.6144 for details. on SUndAY (the 6th), catch von Donovan with aBle thought at the parlour (401.383.5858). AS220 is the place to be on tUeSdAY (the 8th) for crust-punk heroes DropDeaD (look up the brand new eps available now), UK legends cress, and appalachIan terror unIt ($8 cover). Another good one is there on WedneSdAY (the 9th) with grimy blues duo DetroIt reBellIon, achIng rIvers, the aDjuncts, and “funky, mediterranean madness” courtesy of Brooklyn’s tIpsy oxcart; dial 401.831.9327 for the scoop on both shows. Also on Wednesday, Firehouse 13 hosts an early bird 6 pm rager with swamps, Black celeBratIon, cruel hanD, and more ($12, 401.270.1801). And dusk (401.714.0444) does it again with a wild one set for next thUrSdAY (the 10th) featuring the vIennagram with txoka txoka, and a pair of must-hear locals in twIn foxes and the mighty gavage, all for just $5!

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CITY SIDE | Woonsocket | Funhouse THE 88 LOUNGE | Providence | Brooks Milgate

FETE LOUNGE | Providence | 8 pm | Iska Dhaaf + Phones

FINN’S HARBORSIDE | East Greenwich

| 8 pm | DJs

GEORGE’S OF GALILEE | Narragansett | Steve Demers

GILLIGAN’S ISLAND | Westerly |

Open mic hosted by Bob Lavalley

KNICKERBOCKER CAFE | Westerly | 8 pm | Open mike with host band TBA

LANG’S BOWLARAMA | Cranston | DJ Flahko

LEGION PUB | Cranston | Karaoke hosted by Tommy Tunes

PERRY MILL TAVERN & MUSIC HALL | Newport | Omega Sounds DJs PICASSO’S PIZZA & PUB | Warwick |

FRIDAY 4

See Club Directory for phone numbers and addresses. BLU ON THE WATER | East Greenwich | 8:30 pm | Kick

DUSK | Providence | LibertyFest | In-

door stage: Sex Sea [11:45 am] + Beneath the Sphinx [12:15 pm] + Swan Point [1 pm] + Jacques Le Coque [1:45 pm] + Littlefoot [2:30 pm] + Pixels [3:15 pm] + Sire [4 pm] + Gym Shorts [4:45 pm] + Paraplegics [5:30 pm] + OSS [6:15 pm] + MOTO [7 pm] + the Viennagram [7:45 pm] + Way Out [8:45 pm] + Cannibal Ramblers [9:45 pm] + Vudu Sister [10:45 pm] + World’s Greatest Lover [11:45 pm] + Born Casual [12:30 am] | Outdoor

Stage: Nervous Virgins [noon] + Funeral Advantage [12:45 pm] + Frenzy of Tongs [1:30 pm] + Bird Dog [2:15 pm] + the YaBeautifuls [3 pm] + Reziztance [3:45 pm] + the Denver Boot [4:30 pm] + Teazer [5:15 pm] + Quahogs [6 pm] + Tapestries [7 pm] | Plus: the Fabulous Itchies [8 pm] + Kurt Snell [9 pm] + Lolita Black [10 pm] + Boo City [11 pm] FINN’S HARBORSIDE | East Greenwich | 4:30 pm | Alger Mitchell | 8:30 pm | The Remains GEORGE’S OF GALILEE | Narragansett | Second Avenue THE LAST RESORT | Smithfield | Brother to Brother

LIGHTHOUSE BAR AT TWIN RIVER

NEWPORT BLUES CAFE | Fast Times NEWPORT GRAND | Gary “Guitar”

ONE PELHAM EAST | Newport |

Gramolini a& the Grinders

NEWPORT GRAND EVENT CENTER

THE SALON | Providence | Turn Up

UNCLE RONNIE’S RED TAVERN | Burrillville | Swamp Rockets

THE WHISKEY REPUBLIC | Providence | DJ Soulo + 7 Day Weekend

SUNDAY 6

See Club Directory for phone numbers and addresses. AS220 | Providence | 8 pm | The Empire Revue’s 8th Annivsersary Showwith the Superchief Trio + the

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THE PARLOUR | Providence | The

MONDAY 7

WEDNESDAY 9

THE LAST RESORT | Smithfield | 3

MARINER GRILLE | Narragansett |

TUESDAY 8

CHELO’S WATERFRONT BAR & GRILLE | Warwick | 4 pm | Brother to Brother

FINN’S HARBORSIDE | East Greenwich | 4 pm | Dawn Patrol

GEORGE’S OF GALILEE | Narragansett | 2 pm | Second Avenue

GILLIGAN’S ISLAND | Westerly | Steve Chrisitan

JAVA MADNESS | Wakefield | 11 am | Andrew Spatz

pm | Mercy Bullets

HEMENWAY’S SUMMER MUSIC SERIES | Providence | 6 pm | Lydia Harrell

LOCAL 121 | Providence | Born Casual THE MET | Pawtucket | Llama Sanchez

NEWPORT BLUES CAFE | Reggae

Night

NICK-A-NEE’S | Providence | 8:30

THURSDAY 10

CITY SIDE | Woonsocket | The Sweet Beats

DAN’S PLACE | West Greenwich | Mickey Lamantia

THE 88 LOUNGE | Providence | 8

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THE SPOT UNDERGROUND | Providence | 2nd Annual 7/10 Celebration TIPSY SEAGULL DOCKSIDE PUB |

COMEDY THURSDAY 3

JOE DEROSA | Thurs-Fri 8 pm; Sat 8

+ 10;30 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, 350 Trolley Line Blvd, Mashantucket, CT | $20-$40 advance | 860.312.6649 | foxwoods.com

FRIDAY 4

LATE LATE NIGHT ALL-AMERICAN MICETRO IMPROV | 10:30 pm |

Contemporary Theater, 327 Main St, Wakefield | $7 | 401.218.0282 | contemporarytheatercompany.com

FILTHY FRIDAY SINDEPENDENCE DAY COMIX with Pat Oates, Luis J.

Gomez, and Dave Smith | 10:30 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $15-$25 advance JOE DEROSA | See listing for Thurs

SATURDAY 5

BOB LEVY | 8 pm | Comedy Connec-

SUNDAY 6

SPINNATO’S HYPNOTIC HYSTERIA | 8 pm | Comix at Foxwoods,

Mashantucket, CT | $15-$25 advance

MONDAY 7

WEDNESDAY 9

THURSDAY 10

SUMMER SHOWDOWN SEASON IV — ROUND 1 | 8 pm | Comedy Connec-

tion, East Providence | $5 DUSTIN YBARRA | 8 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $20$40 advance

CONCERTS POPULAR THURSDAY 3

BURNSIDE MUSIC SERIES AND BEER GARDEN presents the Mans-

52 Power St, Providence | $10 | 401.331.8575 x 34 | rihs.org

FRIDAY 4

BLUEGRASS ON THE PAWTUXET | Evening shows at Rhodes-On-the Pawtuxet: July 4 @ 6 pm, Steeldrivers + Pete & Joan Wernick + Kropp Dusters featuring Mike Kropp + the Bill Thibodeau Band + more | July 5 @ 5 pm, Blue Highway + Tony Trischka & Great Big World + the Carter Brothers + Suzahn Fiering + George Harper + Lizzie James & the Greystone Rail + the Tiny String Band + more | Plus, master class workshops + jamming throughout the village + free outdoor music + crafts and a farmers’ market + food + more | $35 July 4, $37.50 July 5, $65 both shows | bluegrassonthe pawtuxet.com LAUREL CASEY presents “Celebrating the First Amendment! An Evening of Dadaist Comedy and Jazz” | 8 pm | Sandywoods Center For the Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton | $18 advance, $20 door [BYOB + food] | 401.241.7349 | sandywoodsmusic.com

THE SUPERCHIEF TRIO [and the

THURSDAY 10

BURNSIDE MUSIC SERIES AND BEER GARDEN presents the Sugar Honey Iced Tea | 4:30-7:30 pm | Burnside Park, Kennedy Pl, Providence | Free | facebook.com/ KennedyPlaza

THE CARLOS DE LEON LATIN JAZZ BAND | 6:30 pm | John Brown House

Museum, 52 Power St, Providence | $10 | 401.331.8575 x 34 | rihs.org REMINISCE | 7 pm | The Towers, 35 Ocean Rd, Narragansett | $15 | 401.782.2597 | thetowersri.com SUNDOWN THURSDAY with Anne Marie & Rich Davis + James Ragland

SATURDAY 5 + SUNDAY 6

ment Sq, Woonsocket | $20 advance, $25 door | 401.762.4545 | stadium theatre.com

EVENTS THURSDAY 3

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: VAREKAI |

Thurs 7:30 pm; Sat 4 + 7:30 pm; Sun 1:30 + 5 pm | Dunkin’ Donuts Center, 1 LaSalle Sq, Providence | $40-$145 | 401.331.6700 | ticketmaster.com

FRIDAY 4

DANCE

4TH OF JULY ANTIQUES SHOW | 9

am-4 pm | The Meeting House, 3852 Main Rd, Tiverton | $7 | 401.273.5550 | tivertonfourcorners.com

PERFORMANCE SUNDAY 6

RISING STARS DANCE ACADEMY presents its 12th annual recital | 2 pm | Stadium Theatre, 28 Monu-

88TH ANNUAL ANCIENT & HORRIBLES PARADE | Local residents and costumed marchers parody news and cultural events | Chepachet Village, Rte 44, Chepachet

| 401.568.6206 | glocesterri.org/ parade.htm

ARNOLD MILLS JULT 4TH PARADE | 11 am | Nate Whipple Hwy & Arnold Mills Rd, Nate Whipple Hwy, Cumberland | 401.333.1381 | arnoldmills parade.com

BRISTOL FOURTH OF JULY PARADE | Visitors are encouraged to

arrive before 8 am. The 229th parade starts from the corner of Chestnut and Hope streets (Rte 114) at 10:30 | Bristol Parade Route, Hope and Chestnut sts, Bristol | 401.253.0445 | july4thbristolri.com

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION | with the Rhode Island

Philharmonic Pops and fireworks | 7:30 pm | India Point Park, India St, Providence | 401.421.7740 | providenceri.com/ArtCulture Tourism/art-culture-tourismindependence-weekend

LIVE BAIT: TRUE STORIES FROM REAL PEOPLE | This month’s Continued on p 18

HOT 4TH OF JULY SALE!

THE 19TH ANNUAL NEW BEFORD FOLK FESTIVAL with Barbo +

Beaucoup Blue + Craig Bickhardt + Benoit Bourque + Kate Campbell + Ronny Cox + Joe Crookston + Chrissy Crowley + Cliff Eberhardt + Jonathan Edwards + Bob Franke + Gail Finnie Rundlett + Marina Evans + Vance Gilbert + Bill Harley + Matt and Shannon Heaton + John Gorka + Anne Hills + Pete and Maura Kennedy + Christine Lavin and Don White + Mike Laureanno + Zoe Lewis + Grace & the RSO + the Murphy Beds + the New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus + Chris Pahud + Poor Old Shine + Hayley Reardon + RUNA + Sacred Harp with the Beans + Chris Smither + Steve Tilston + Jeff Warner + Seamus Galligan + Molly O’Leary + Truck Cocteau & MaryBeth Soares + Barbara Phaneuf + Joanne Doherty + Moldy Suitcases + Martin Grosswendt and Susanne Salem-Schatz + the Pourmen + Mark Roberts and Andrea Cooper + Pumpkin Head Ted + Fourteen Strings | Sat-Sun | New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, 33 William St, New Bedford, MA | $20/day, $25 weekend, free under 12 | Complete details @ newbedfordfolk festival. com

| 6 pm | Fort Adams State Park, Harrison Avenue, Newport | Free | 401.841.0707 | fortadams.org VANS WARPED TOUR 2014 with State Champs + Neck Deep + Thecityshakeup + We the Kings + Vanna + Ice Nine Kills + Bowling for Soup + Every Time I Die + Saves the Day + Echosmith + Real Friends + Beebs & Her Money Makers + The Story So Far + and more | 11 am | Xfinity Center, 885 South Main St, Mansfield, MA | ticketmaster.com

Book & lyrics by Jeanie Linders

The Hilarious Celebration of Women and The Change!®

MEN IT O L VE O TO !

SATURDAY 5 DELBERT MCCLINTON | 8 pm | Narrows Center For the Arts, 16 Anawan St, Fall River, MA | $75 | 508.324.1926 | narrowscenter.ortg THE LITTLE COMPTON BAND + FOUR BRIDGES | 8 pm | Sandywoods

Center For the Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton | $10 advance, $12 door [BYOB + food] | 401.241.7349 | sandywoodsmusic.com AMERICAN IDOL LIVE! 2014 with C.J. Harris + Jena Irene + Caleb Johnson + Jessica Meuse + MK Nobilette + Alex Preston + Dexter Roberts + Majesty Rose + Malaya Watson + Sam Woolf | 7 pm | MGM Grand at Foxwoods, 350 Trolley Line Blvd, Mashantucket, CT | $40-$65 | 866.646.0050 | mgmatfoxwoods. com

SUNDAY 6

CHAKULLA & THE HUNGER BUS | 7 pm | Sandywoods Center For the Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton | Pay what you can [suggested donation $10; BYOB + food] | 401.241.7349 | sandywoodsmusic.com O.A.R. + PHILLIP PHILLIPS | 6 pm | MGM Grand at Foxwoods, 350 Trolley Line Blvd, Mashantucket, CT | $55 + $80 | 866.646.0050 | mgmat foxwoods.com THE 19TH ANNUAL NEW BEFORD FOLK FESTIVAL | See listing for Sat

MONDAY 7

TUNES ON THE DUNES presents Beatles For Sale | 6 pm | Westerly Town Beach, 365 Atlantic Ave | Free | tunesonthedunesri.com

NOW PLAYING THRU JULY 13 For tickets, go to foxwoods.com | 800-200-2882 Greater discounts for groups of 10 or more, call (888) 686-8587 x2

GET 20% OFF! USE PROMO CODE: HEAT OFFER GOOD THRU JULY 13 *Discounts do not apply to prior sales and may not be combined. Tickets start at $39. Some restrictions and additional fees may apply.

WEDNESDAY 9

BLUES ON THE BEACH presents B. Willie Smith | 6 pm | Westerly Town Beach, 365 Atlantic Ave | Free | tunes onthedunesri.com

By special license from the Owner, Jeanie Linders’ company

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listings

LIT EVENTS Continued from p 17

lo-dough books

theme: “Free” | If you have a story to share, put your name in the fishbowl; it your name is called, come up and tell it [no notes, rants, stand-up routines, six-minute time limit] | 10 pm | 95 Empire Black Box, 95 Empire St, Providence | $7 | 401.489.2555

for summer reading!

cellar stories

Thousands and Thousands of greaT summer reads on

The cheap!

SATURDAY 5

New books ½ price!

CAPE VERDEAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION | Traditional

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food, music, dance, arts and crafts, and a children’s area | India Point Park, India St, Providence | 774.488.4751 | ricapeverdeanheritage. webs.com

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Closed Mondays (except holidays) Reservations Required Spring, Fall & Winter Weekday Reservations

www.narrowscenter.org 20 minutes from Providence 16 Anawan Street, Fall River MA 02721 (near Battleship Cove) (508) 324-1926 Doors open @ 7pm Show starts @ 8pm (unless otherwise noted) • Special low-noiSe air conditioning SyStem •

sat. 7/5:

fri. 7/11:

of Fame and Museum, 194 Bellevue Ave, Newport | $30-$85 [youth $25$70] | 401.849.3990 | tennisfame. com

NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL POLO SERIES | This week: USA vs. Ireland

| 5 pm | Glen Farm, Route 138, Portsmouth | $20 + $12 | 401.846.0200 | nptpolo.com CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: VAREKAI | See listing for Thurs

SUNDAY 6

listing for Thurs

CAPE VERDEAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION | See listing for Sat

HALL OF FAME TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS | See listing for Sat HALL OF FAME TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS | See listing for Sat

TUESDAY 8THURSDAY 10

HALL OF FAME TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS | See listing for Sat

FILM THURSDAY 3 + 10

MOVIES ON THE BLOCK presents

Woodstock [7.3] and Adaptation [7.10] | Movies On the Block, Westminster and Union sts, Providence | Free | indowncity.com

FRIDAY 4

FRIDAY NIGHTS DRIVE-IN | This

MONDAY 7

ARKHAM FILM SOCIETY presents

DELBERT McCLINTON

My Name Is Jonah | 8:30 pm | 95 Empire Black Box, 95 Empire St, Providence | $5 | as220.org

SHAWN COLVIN sat. 7/12:

Up-and-coming lyricist / guitarslinger

TUESDAY 8

BIG SCREEN MOVIES ON THE BEACH | This week: Monsters Univer-

sity | Atlantic Beach Park, 321 Atlantic Ave, Westerly | Free | 401.596.7761 | public.westerlychamber.org/ events/details/big-screen-movieson-the-beach-2014-07-15-2014-5565

THURSDAY 10

NEWPORTFILM OUTDOORS

presents Bella Vita, with pre-film music by Cameron & the Trenton St. Collaborative and a post-film Q&A with director Jason Baffa and producer Scott Griest | Film begins @ sunset [approx. 8:20 pm] | Queen Anne Square,

SAMANTHA FISH 7/17: 6pm Block-a-palooza feat. Buckwheat zydeco and Girls , Guns and Glory on fall river’s south main st. free! , 7/18: tim o’Brien and darrell scott, 7/24: trampled under foot, 7/31: leon russell (sold out)

THURSDAY 3

PROVIDENCE POETRY SLAM |

featuring Will Evans | 8 pm | AS220, 115 Empire St, Providence | $4 | 401.831.9327 | as220.org

TALKS MONDAY 7

HALL OF FAME TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS | International Tennis Hall

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: VAREKAI | See

(CALL FOR RESERVATION ACCORDING TO TIDE)

RIDING LESSONS: PONY RIDES: $5

Queen Anne Sq, Newport | Suggested donation $5 | newportFILM.com

ART GALLERIES ARTISTS’ COOPERATIVE GALLERY OF WESTERLY | 401.596.2221 | 7

Sat + Sun 1-4 pm | Through July 7: “Going Nowhere: Alumni Artists in Providence,” with works by Peter Glantz, Kevin Hooyman, Xander Marro, Jenny Nichols, David Udris, and Tatyana Yanishevsky DEBLOIS GALLERY | 401.847.9977 | 134 Aquidneck Ave, Middletown | debloisgallery.com | Tues-Sun 12-5 pm | July 5-27: new work by Dan McManus and sculpture by Barbara Alpert DEDEE SHATTUCK GALLERY | 508.636.4177 | 1 Partners Ln, Westport, MA | dedeeshattuckgallery.com | Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun 12-5 pm | Through July 27: “The Contemporary Figure,” with paintings by Anne Leone, Dan Ludwig, and John Borowicz, and sculptures by Sergei Isupov and Walter Horak DRYDEN GALLERY | 401.421.6196 | 27 Dryden Ln, Providence | providence pictureframe.com | Mon-Sat 8:30

am-6:30 pm | Through Sept 5: “The Newport Folk Festival 2009-2014,” photographs by Richard McCaffrey FINE ART AT CHAPEL VIEW | 401.741.0718 | 4 Chapel View Blvd, Cranston | fineartatchapelview.co | Thurs-Sat 12-6 pm; Sun 12-5 pm + by appointment | Through July 13: works by Wolfgang Widmoser, Francis Mesaros, Vincent Castaldi, Daniel Dahlstrom, and Martin Metzger GALLERY 4 | 401.816.0999 | 3848 Main Rd, Tiverton | gallery4tiverton. com | Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun 11 am-5 pm | July 4-Sept 7: “Trio: Texture, Structure, Passion,” paintings by Ruth Hamill, Harry Nadler, and Susan Strauss GRIN | 60 Valley St #3, Providence | grinprovidence.com | Sat 12-5 pm | Through July 12: “¡Super Vision!,” works by Leah Piepgras HERA GALLERY | 401.789.1488 | 10 High St, Wakefield | heragallery. org | Wed-Fri 1-5 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm | Through July 19: “Old World,” photographs by Viera Levitt | “Self Portraits: Under My Skin,” photographs by Amanda Swain Bingham HOPE GALLERY | 401.396.9117 | 435 Hope St, Bristol | hopegalleryfineart finecraft.com | Thurs-Sat 1-5 pm | July 5-Aug 1: “Hot & Hazy,” paintings by Mary Ann Rousseau, Jessica Wheeler, and Sue Prideaux | “New Beginnings,” paintings by Sue Butler, Ewa Romaszewicz, and Tatiana Roulin

IMAGO FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS | 401.245.0173 | 36 Market St, Warren | imagofoundation4art.org |

NARROWS CENTER FOR THE ARTS GALLERY | 508.324.1926 |

16 Anawan St, Fall River, MA | narrows center.org | Wed-Sat 12-5 pm

| Through July 12: “Meadowridge Academy Annual Art Exhibition” ONE WAY GALLERY | 999 Main St, Unit 712, Pawtucket | onewaygallery. com | Sat 10 am-2 pm | Through Aug 2: “The Black and Blues,” new work by S.W. Dinge PROVIDENCE ART CLUB | 401.331.1114 | 11 Thomas St | providenceartclub.org | Mon-Fri 12-4 pm; Sat-Sun 2-4 pm | Through July 11: “Mixing It Up,” works by Marjorie Ball, Kenneth MacDonald, Ruth Emers, and Robin Halpren | “The Nature of Art,” works by Judith Skoogfors-Prip and Beverly Thomas 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 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

RHODE ISLAND WATERCOLOR SOCIETY GALLERY | 401.726.1876 |

Slater Memorial Park, Armistice Blvd, Pawtucket | rhodeislandwatercolor society.wildapricot.org | Tues-Sat 10

am-4 pm; Sun 1-5 pm | Through July 10: “RIWS Member Group Show,” with work by Alyce Crowell, Jacquelyn Hayes, Sherri Snyder, Kristin Stashenko, and Norma Sumner

SOUTH COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION | 401.783.2195 | 2587 Kingstown

Rd, Kingston | south countyart.org |

Wed-Sun 10 am-6 pm; Fri 10 am-8 pm | Through July 5: “Earthworks: 41st Open Juried Clay Annual”

STUDIO Z/GALLERY Z BUTCHER BLOCK MILL | 401.454.8844 | 25

Eagle St, Providence | galleryzprov. com | Through July 12: paintings by Alaina Mahoney and VF Wolf

URI PROVIDENCE CAMPUS GALLERY | 401.277.5206 | 80 Washington

St | uri.edu/prov | Mon-Thurs 9 am9 pm; Fri + Sat 9 am-4 pm | July

8-Aug 8: “Untitled/Unjuried: Small Format Tapestry 2014,” with more than 240 works from 13 countries, six continents, and 33 US states, presented by the American Tapestry Alliance VAN VESSEM GALLERY | 401.835.6639 | 63 Muse Way, Tiverton |

sandywoodsfarm.org/vanvessem gallery.html | Through July 20:

“Stare,” works by David Barnes and Dan McManus YELLOW PERIL GALLERY | 401.861.1535 | 60 Valley St #5, Providence | yellowperilmedia.com/ gallery | Wed-Fri 3-8 pm; other days by appointment | Through July 13: “Black Indians In Space: The Constellation,” mixed-media collages by James Montford

MUSEUMS BRISTOL ART MUSEUM |

401.253.4400 | 10 Wardwell St | bristolartmuseum.org | Wed-Sun 1-4

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THE IMMIGRANT 117 minUtes | r | avon James Gray has cited silent melodramas and Puccini’s Il Trittico as the main influences on this towering period piece, and its raw expressiveness distinguishes it from most 21stcentury cinema. In a performance reminiscent of Lillian Gish’s work for D.W. Griffith, Marion Cotillard stars as a Polish immigrant left to fend for herself in early-’20s New York after she’s separated from her sister at Ellis Island. She gets coerced into prostitution by a childlike Jewish hustler (Joaquin Phoenix at his best), then falls prey to the charms of his magician cousin (Jeremy Renner), who turns out to be an even greater threat to her well-being. All three characters undergo profound transformations; as they evolve, so too does the film, moving from sweeping social drama to a portrait of spiritual epiphany. Beautifully shot (by Darius Khondji), designed, and performed, this may well be Gray’s masterpiece.

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SNOWPIERCER 126 minUtes | r | cabLe car The human drive toward ecological collapse often seems like a screaming train that can’t be halted, which gives this postapocalyptic thriller by Bong Joon-ho (The Host) a potency indivisible from its premise. Decades after an atmospheric experiment to counteract global warming has instead plunged the world into a new ice age, a little community of survivors rides a passenger train around and around the planet, the haves housed near the engine and the havenots suffering at the back; a rebellion led by two malcontents (Chris Evans and Jamie Bell) and leading up through the cars introduces us to a succession of fantastic technology and eccentric characters (not the least of which is Tilda Swinton as an officious Thatcher-like governess). As with The Host, the political satire is teased out gradually as the story progresses and never intrudes on one’s enjoyment of the movie’s richly

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DELIVER US FROM EVIL 117 minUtes | r | cinema worLd + entertainment + isLand + providence pLace 16 + rUstic tri-vUe drive-in + showcase + swansea stadiUm 12 In this Exorcist knockoff, Eric Bana plays a lapsed Catholic policeman who rediscovers his faith while investigating a series of crimes whose perpetrators are all possessed by the devil. Director Scott Derrickson (Sinister) demonstrates a knack for atmosphere but little sense of pacing; some sequences are effectively spooky (particularly one set at the Bronx Zoo), though just as many feel uninspired and the longer dialogue scenes stop the movie dead in its tracks. There’s a nicely modulated performance from Edgar Ramirez, as a drug addict-turned-priest, that hints at the more accomplished film this might have been. _Ben Sachs

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Moon signs A week of early waxing moon and red, white, and balloons for all means a nice dark night for fireworks. Waxing moons are best for new endeavors and this week, look back on events that occurred around June 25-28. Did something come to a screeching halt? Did you get a fresh perspective? Build on ideas, and deepen relationships with those who can assist. Given that the Friday Fourth gives an early start to the weekend, this is a fine time to invite new folks to the traditional barbeque. Especially if they enjoy cooking. Gardeners should delight in the long days as well as the waxing moon—keep adding to your garden.

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thursday July 3

Waning moon in virgo. take a finetoothed comb to projects. or encourage others to do so. virgo moons bring out the macroscopic vision, so if you’re flipping out over trifles—well, you’re in tune with the moon. more likely to look before they leap: virgo, libra, Scorpio, leo, cancer, taurus, and capricorn. Slightly accident-prone (or just acidic): Sagittarius, virgo, pisces, Aquarius, and Aries. 7

Friday July 4

Waxing moon in libra (moon void-ofcourse 4:21 am to 9:43 am in virgo). A feeling of hopefulness should prevail for the left-brained types (all those pieces clicking into place). it’s hard to have a “bad” independence day, given the emphasis on spectacle and picnic food, but Aries, capricorn, cancer, pisces, and taurus might hesitate

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First quarter moon in libra. Finding harmony is a theme—so is indecisiveness (for capricorn, cancer, taurus, pisces, and Aries, who will resent being rushed by others). libra, leo, virgo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Gemini, and Aquarius have great energy for writing and communicating—don’t hesitate to go “over the top” in correspondence, particularly if you are pursuing a romantic interest. 9

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Waxing moon in libra, moon void-ofcourse 3:31 pm until 7:33 pm when it moves into Scorpio. An afternoon void-ofcourse moon generally means that plans go awry, and improvisation is the word of the day. this is also a time when some folks (libra, virgo, Scorpio, leo, Gemini, Aquarius, Sagittarius) try to find harmony at all cost. capricorn, cancer, pisces, taurus, and Aries: wait until tomorrow for making commitments. you don’t have all the information now. 10

Monday July 7

Waxing moon in Scorpio. this moon is excellent for removing anything that troubles you—once it’s gone, it’s gone. A fine day for making subtle distinctions, particularly for virgo, libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, capricorn, cancer, and pisces. your perceptions are sharpened -- whether you like this or not. A good day for a hair-cut or reducing something to its smallest most useful parts (diced vegetables for salsa, text reminders of loyalty to folks). Aquarius, taurus, Aries, Gemini, and leo could be agitated and needing attention from others. 30

tuesday July 8

Waxing moon in Scorpio, moon voidof-course 10:32 pm until 1:24 am

Wednesday. A day for cutting things close, but amazing for romance that makes you laugh, or makes you feel more intense than usual, particularly for virgo, libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, capricorn, cancer, and pisces. Feeling “less than” could be a theme for taurus, leo, Aquarius, Aries, and Gemini. do you have an urge to travel? today through Friday is great for booking a trip. 16

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Waxing moon in Sagittarius. As the full moon approaches (on Friday), this is an excellent day for assessing your progress in 2014, particularly for libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, capricorn, Aquarius, Aries. is your job easier? more difficult? Are you drifting away from certain friends? Sagittarius moons are for being “fancy free” although pisces, virgo, Gemini, taurus, and cancer could get wrapped up in a concept of “fairness” that slows them down. 13

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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