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RiSd muSeum’S ‘ciRcuS’ goeS Behind the Big top _by greg cook | p 15

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of primary importance The cost of winning a General Assembly seat, the worst TV ads, and more! _by philip eil | p 8

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Blackstone River Party/Taste of the Valley September 5th • 6 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Slater Mill • Admission $10, children under 12 free Fat City Band • Ruben Moreno & Zydeco Re-evolution The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre September 4th - 28th • Grounded by George Brant 15th Annual RI Chinese Dragon Boat Races & Taiwan Day Festival* September 6th (rain date Sept. 7th) • 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Festival Pier • Free Admission S.A.M. Steampunk Soiree* September 6th • 7 p.m. – 11 p.m.

Slater Mill • Admission $10 S.A.M. Festival* September 6th & 7th • Sat. 11a.m. - 5 p.m. Sun. 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Slater Mill • Free Admission Sun. 2 p.m. - 3 p.m. Michelle Cruz* Big Band Hasbro Presents “From sketches to product, the development of a TRANSFORMER” September 7th • 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Pawtucket City Hall • Free Admission Sponsored by Pawtucket Advisory Commission on Arts & Culture

Louisiana Night September 12th • 5 p.m. - 11 p.m.

Pawtucket Town Landing (Taft Street) Admission $20 pre-sale, $30 the day of Tavares, JJ Caillier & Zydeco Knockouts, Slippery Sneakers Forget-Me-Not Gallery* & The Samaritans presents “Reflections of Africa” September 12th • 5:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

67 Park Place • Free Admission Rhode Island Watercolor Society Fall Art Experience* September 13th & 14th • 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Slater Park • Free Admission Slater Park Fall Festival September 13th & 14th • 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Slater Memorial Park • Free Admission 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. • Slater Park Ramble presented by Stone Soup* Pawtucket Teachers’ Alliance presents “Pops In The Park” with the RI Philharmonic Orchestra September 13th (Rain date Sept. 14) • 5:30 p.m.

Fireworks to follow • Slater Memorial Park • Free Admission Third Annual James McNally Wilson Irish Music Festival September 13th • 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Murphy’s Law Irish Pub • Free Admission Arts MarketPlace* September 20th & 21st • 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

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Five Mills in the Armory District • Free Admission Central Falls Bright Future Festival September 20th • 12 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Jenks Park • Free Admission Aurea Presents*: Not About Heroes September 21st • 7:30 p.m. - 10 p.m.

Slater Mill • Free Admission Mixed Magic Theater* September 24th - 25th • 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Slater Mill • Free Admission Boys & Girls Club - Day for Kids September 27th • 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

One Moeller Place • Free Admission 15th Annual Pawtucket Film Festival September 26th - 28th Visitor Center • $10 (Includes T-Shirt, Music, Food & Beverages) City of Pawtucket 15th Annual Photo Contest Awards* September 28th • 4 pm Visitor Center • Free Admission * Sponsored by The Pawtucket Arts Review Panel

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8 of primAry imporTAnce _ B y p hilip eil

Election 2014’s first day of reckoning: facts, observations, and analysis.

10 BoTTleS & cAnS & jUST clAp yoUr hAndS _ B y lo U pA pin eA U

Blast from the past: BAllAnTine ipA is back; and a slew of brew news.

12 homeGrown prodUcT _ B y chriS con Ti

Tough love: hAyeS goes all in on Entering Providence.

14 mUSic _By B oB GUllA

Digging in: get ready for the rhyThm & rooTS feSTivAl.

15 ArT _ By Gre G cook

Life is a carnival: the RISD Museum’s “circUS” goes behind the big top.

16 TheATer _By Bi ll rod riGUez

A royal romp: monTy pyThon’S SpAmAloT at Theater By the Sea.

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“Short Takes” on frAnk and Sin ciTy: A dAme To kill for.

the USUaL StUff 4

phillipe & jorGe’S cool, cool world

Primary shades of grey | Walking the talking

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jen SorenSen ThiS jUST in

Cutting through the info-fog in the PVD mayor’s race | A musical experiment in Pawtucket

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8 dAyS A week

The Rustic Tri Vue Drive-In offers three throwback double bills | The Original Living Legends Reggae Fest | The Gamm presents Grounded | Trinity Rep does Chekhov’s Ivanov

22 moonSiGnS _ By Sy mBol in e dA i

22 joneSin’ _pUz z l e B y mA TT j o n eS

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Phillipe + Jorge’s Cool, Cool World

Primary shades of grey vote — or else; help the african airwaves; tunes to go Never mind that probably

two-thirds of Biggest Little f residents don’t even know that

primary elections are being held on September 9 — or, if they do, they aren’t planning on disturbing their binge-watching of Real Housewives of Central Falls to actually vote. Your superior correspondents still have the responsibility to give our unrequested thoughts on the political races, as informed by the Magic 8-Ball and dreams disturbed by two or t’ree Pernod and grapefruits before bedtime.

We simply don’t know what to make of the gubernatorial primary. While P&J like Clay Pell, Angel Taveras, and Gina Raimondo personally — they’re all smart and charming, and Angel was all pumped up when we saw him recently — questions remain about each. You have Angel bailing out on La Prov so soon without really being able to make any major progress as mayor, seemingly to continue his Head Startto-Harvard-to-Halitosis Hall dream. Meanwhile, the distrust among commoners of Our Gina’s Wall Street financial connections runs deep and wide. And Clay Pell remains a cipher, though in our travels we’ve heard an undercurrent of, “What the hell? How bad can he be?” and “He’s too rich to steal.”

(Note: While Raimondo’s Narragansett Beer-inspired ad was undoubtedly the most appealing TV commercial of the lot, big points were deducted for the pesky little fact that it was totally misleading — read: bullshit — about her job creation in Rhode Island. Most Narragansett Beer jobs were actually created out of state. Hi, neighbor!)

Oh yes, there is also a Republican gubernatorial primary with Allan Fung facing off against Ken Block. But if you like the odds for either of them taking the gov’s seat at the State House come 2015, it comes in a package bet on the Cleveland Browns and “Johnny Football” making the Super Bowl.

Meanwhile, the mayoral race in Our Little Towne is coming down to Dems Michael Solomon and Jorge Elorza essentially fighting for the right to run against the Bud-I and the GOP’s Daniel Harrop, a political ménage a trois that Buddy welcomes as much as a lot of guys would welcome a three-way in the usual sense of the phrase. (For more on this race, see “This Just In” on page 6.)

In other statewide tilts, P&J see a lot of folks we like; unfortunately, in some cases, they’re running against each other.

Guillaume deRamel (yeah, we can spell it, Billy) and Nellie Gorbea in the secretary of state’s race, Frank Ferri in the lieutenant gov’s race, and Seth Magaziner in the race for general treasurer all have legitimate chances to stay in the hunt. On the GOP side for looey governor, Catherine Taylor will be waiting as a formidable opponent for whomever emerges from the Democratic primary.

P&J would also like to offer our thanks, along with the Screaming Lord Sutch Monster Raving Loony Party award, to husband and wife team Christopher Young and Kara Russo Young, who are running for Prov mayor and lieutenant governor, respectively. As has become tradition, these two free us from the surly bonds of Earth every time they open their mouths, although we're a bit disappointed Chris couldn’t upend a table during a debate. That’s what

jen sorensen

happens when the years get to you, we suspect.

Finally, while we fear this plea will fall on more deaf ears than we would wish: please vote in the primary on September 9, as a grateful member of a free Democratic society that affords you that right. Otherwise, as the saying goes, you lose your bitching rights — not that this has ever hindered most morons from loudly sounding off.

Walking the talking

P&J’s longtime friend and colleague, Topher Hamblett, has begun an ambitious and admirable campaign to help combat the menace of Ebola in Western Africa.

Topher, for years one of the leading advocates at Save the Bay, is a former Peace Corps Volunteer in Sierra Leone and current president of the Foundation for West Africa (tfwa.org), which raises

funds for community radio stations in Sierra Leone and Liberia.

He returns to Sierra Leone every year, as he modestly tells P&J, “to help build the country’s radio infrastructure, the ‘voice for the voiceless’ as they say over there.”

His past work has led to a terrific documentary, Leh Wi Tok (Let Us Talk), that's required viewing for anyone concerned about how email, Facebook, and Twitter have replaced true social interaction and destroyed the passing along of real and valuable news.

When events like the Ebola outbreak occur in places like poverty-stricken West Africa, most people in the US feel powerless to help. But Topher’s initiative is providing something meaningful to do: support a Sierra Leone community radio station, Radio Moa 105.5 FM, that’s assisting healthcare professionals by providing timely, critical, credible and live-saving information — in

this case, on the causes, transmission, and spread of the Ebola virus — to hundreds of thousands of people.

Topher helped Radio Moa get started in 2003 in the remote eastern area of Sierra Leone, now the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak.

It's a farming region without central electricity, an illiteracy rate of about 70 percent, and roads so bad that they’re impassible for most vehicles. Radio Moa needs to upgrade its infrastructure to keep the station going: a new generator to replace an aging, malfunctioning one; three motorcycles for journalists to use to reach the most remote areas; and hand-held, digital recorders for journalists to get the voices of healthcare workers, community leaders, and everyday people on the air.

The fundraising effort has a goal of $20,000 to help Radio Moa combat both the disease, and the fear around it, with accurate information. As the Phoenix goes to print, nearly $10,000 has been contributed. You can help us reach the goal by visiting gofundme.com/d0sm0o, or contacting Topher directly at topher@tfwa.org.

P&J are already on board with donating, and would appreciate you joining us.

Music in the park and at the fort

This weekend (August 29-31) is the 17th Annual Rhythm & Roots Festival at Ninigret Park in Charlestown. The fest boasts five stages and an amazing lineup of bands, including Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, the Travelin’ McCourys, C.J. Chenier, Bill Kirchen, Donna the Buffalo, Jim Lauderdale, and many more.

There are 92 sets of music in all, and kids under 12 get in for free!

This year, many of the main stage acts will be captured for Rhode Island PBS’ TV show, Rhode Island Live. (Disclosure: Jorge — aka Rudy Cheeks — is the host and a co-producer of that show.) This is a don’t-miss event for music lovers.

Meanwhile, the Newport Rocks the Fort summer music series at Fort Adams wraps up on Friday (the 29th). The bill includes Rhett Tyler and Early Warning, Hey Nineteen (a Steely Dan tribute band), and the legendary Rick Derringer. Derringer was the leader of the McCoys, whose “Hang On Sloopy” topped the charts in 1965; he later scored a solo hit with “Rock ’n’ Roll Hoochie Koo.” The show starts at 7 pm.

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“DOT Air is an absolute positive thing. It’s about being forward-thinking, it’s about looking at what’s actually going on in Pawtucket right now rather than looking back on its industrial past.”

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_james toomey

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Three major Democratic matchup would be “the king candidates for Providence of the ‘know-a-guy’ running mayor held press conferences against the former king of the at Prospect Terrace Park in the ‘know-a-guy’ system,” Smiley last week. On Friday morntold reporters at his press coning, August 22, Jorge Elorza ference. On the other hand, and Brett Smiley stepped to when Solomon was asked at his a podium together to tell the presser whether he is, indeed, crowd that Smiley is dropping a “know-a-guy” guy, he said, out and endorsing his former “I wasn’t appointed as a housopponent. Pointing specifiing court judge [like Elorza]. cally to City Council President And I wasn’t appointed to the Michael Solomon as “someone Providence Water Supply Board currently under investigation [like Smiley] . . . I was the only by the Ethics Commission who candidate that was elected in has a $400,000 unpaid sweetthis race.” heart loan to the city,” Smiley said, “In recent weeks, it’s be• We know that on August 24, the ProJo “enthusiasticome increasingly clear that it cally” endorsed Jorge Elorza, will be an enormous step backarguing he “would bring to the wards for Michael Solomon to job great intelligence, high lead our city.” Elorza followed energy and a unique ability to by saying that if Smiley had unite a very diverse city.” stayed in the race, it was possible Solomon could win the PRosPeCts Elorza and Smiley; primary, then lose to Cianci • We know reporters have Solomon and supporters. been trying to fairly and accuin November. “And Brett and I rately describe Solomon’s verboth agreed that there was no bal skills. Rhode Island Public Radio’s Ian Donway we could allow that to happen.” nis wrote he “wrestles with challenges in public Solomon’s conference took place four days communication”; WPRI.com’s Dan McGowan later, mere paces from where his opponents described him as “a poor communicator.” had set up. It gave him a chance to do a few things. First, he was introduced by former city councilman, former state representative, and • We know that, as of the last campaignfinance filing deadline on August 11, Solomon human stamp-of-liberal-approval, David Segal, had about two-and-a-half times the funds on who ticked off items from Solomon’s “strong, hand ($404,269.13) as Elorza ($160,621.28). obvious progressive governance record,” ranging from spearheading the council’s vote to divest from fossil fuels to his work to protect • We know the alliance between Elorza and Smiley extends past a simple one-candidateand expand affordable housing in the city. drops-out-to-endorse-another press conference.

Solomon proceeded to apologize for the errors In recent days, they have appeared together at he made in the ethics filings (the grounds for farmers markets and meet-and-greets around the Commission’s inquiry), but he stood by his the city, and Jorge Elorza posted a press release still-unsettled Providence Economic Develop— “Team Elorza Gains Momentum, Shows Uniment Partnership loan from the 1980s intended ty with Addition of Former Smiley Staffers” — to help re-purpose a building on Westminster accompanied by a photo of a storefront displayStreet. (He and his partners reduced the prining their campaign signs, side-by-side. Asked cipal by $50,000 last year, Solomon said, and, whether this new partnership was akin to a in the first place, “That project created jobs. dual ticket, Elorza said, “Perhaps it is.” This, of It spurred economic development.”) Before he course, has fueled speculation about whether spoke, a campaign consultant handed out press Smiley and Elorza made a behind-the-scenes arreleases with polling data that — though the rangement for a City Hall position for Smiley, in full methodology of the poll was not released the event of an Elorza victory. (Camp Solomon and Republican candidate, Dr. Dan Harrop’s describes their partnership as a “last minute name was misspelled “Harrup” — suggested backroom political deal.”) Of this, Elorza would Solomon has a 36 versus 35 percent edge in a only say, “I look forward to working with Brett potential Cianci showdown, while Elorza faces and I look forward to having his advice and his a seven-percent deficit in a hypothetical Cianci counsel as we turn this city around.” battle. “Solomon Campaign Releases Poll Showing He’s the Only Candidate Who Can Defeat Cianci,” the release proclaimed.

• We know that Primary Day is Tuesday, September 9, and the victor will step into the ring That Solomon poll admitted to a 4.6 percent with a 73-year-old, twice-convicted, former margin of error and, in general, things are getprosecutor/cancer survivor/on-hiatus talk radio ting pretty foggy out there, info-wise. So we host who’s probably both the most famous and tried to sift through the spin and sound bites, infamous man in our city’s 378-year history. to offer few things we know to be true.

• We know that Smiley and Elorza are trying to

portray Solomon and Cianci as old-school politicians cut from the same cloth. A Cianci/Solomon

• We know, if nothing else, this will be a hell of a lot of fun to watch.

_Philip Eil

It’s a sunny, breezy day on Saturday, August 23 and I find myself slouched over, grimacing at the pavement under a bridge in Pawtucket. There are several frequencies — some very high, others low, all incredibly loud — reverberating off the bridge’s beams and pylons. I close my eyes and it sounds for a moment like I’m in some hellish factory where the machinery is revolting against the workers, or I’m inside a tunnel, listening to the screeching metal of a train that is about to kill me. Eventually, the screeching metal gives way to beautiful, bass-y oscillations and spacious white noise, reminding me I’m not about to die, I’m at the DOT AIR experimental music festival and Work/Death is playing.

Work/Death is Scott Reber, a long-time contributor to Providence’s noise music scene who is known to use anything from synths and modulators to plastic bags and scraps of metal to create sounds that are sometimes harsh and grating, often sublime and cathartic. It’s fitting that his set is evocative of an industrial nightmare — the festival’s name is an acronym for “death of the American Industrial Revolution.”

That name sounds dark, but the event’s concept is anything but, according to James Toomey, director of marketing for the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council, which co-organized the event with the Pawtucket recording studio, Machines with Magnets.

“DOT AIR is an absolute positive thing; it’s about being forward-thinking, it’s about looking at what’s actually going on in Pawtucket right now rather than looking back on its industrial past,” he explains in between sets at the show. “Right now there’s a couple hundred people just hanging out by the river, and they’re here to support art — new art, different art.”

Willa Van Nostrand, manager at Machines with Magnets, says the show’s name did create some confusion in the weeks leading up to it. “We got some phone calls from people wanting to know if the French band, Air, was playing,” she says. “I was like, ‘Under a bridge, in Pawtucket?’ . . . No.”

LILtING DIssoNaNCe The Eyesores.

Air isn’t on the bill, but eight local acts are, along with several craft booths, food trucks, and an estimated 500 attendees temporarily taking over Taft Street. According to Toomey, the location was chosen for its unique acoustics and to showcase the multicolored array of lights on the newly renovated bridge, which was completed last summer, and took about $81 million and three years to build. (Incidentally, the lights aren’t working properly this evening, but no one seems to mind.)

Van Nostrand and sister Glenna opened the day’s lineup with a performance involving a kiddie pool, several large jugs of water, and a small pitcher of live feeder fish. The pair took the stage in white swim caps and vintage swimsuits, making themselves comfortable alongside the fish in the contact-miked pool, using modulators and singing through snorkel mouthpieces outfitted with plastic tubing. It was strange and lovely.

The Providence-based Assembly of Light women’s choir sang at dusk, in an ethereal, commanding performance led by composer and singer Chrissy Wolpert.

Later, the accordion-fueled lilting dissonance of Alec K. Redfearn & the Eyesores seemed right at home in the middle of the road under a highway overpass, and Pawtucket-based three-piece band Psycle played a happy, raucous set.

After that, Boston-based musician Kevin Micka led the Animal Hospital Ensemble, a rotating cast of dozens of musicians which played in a circle surrounding the audience. The ensemble was comprised mostly of guitar players, whose mesmeric droning, loops, and buzzes inspired the audience to spontaneously mill around the band’s inside perimeter, forming a rotating concentric circle to observe the musicians as they played.

The night ended with the crowd assembling into a sort of big sweaty doughnut, at the center of which was Black Pus, the solo project of artist and musician Brian Chippendale, whose lunatic drumming, frenzied oscillations, and expansive sparkly energy made us all feel like a happy family of under-bridge dwellers.

Will it happen again next year?

Toomey says we’ll have to wait and see.

And what happened to the feeder fish? They’re starting a new life in the Blackstone River, which we hope is now clean enough to support them, despite all those years of industrial pollutants. _Liz Lee

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of primary importance election 2014’s first day of reckoning: facts, observations, and expert analysis _by ph il ip e il It’s often said that instead of a major professional sports team, Rhode Island has politics. And now, in late August, we’re entering the playoffs.

Millions upon millions of dollars have been spent in a Democratic gubernatorial race that, according to a recent Providence Journal/WPRI poll, has General Treasurer Gina Raimondo leading Providence Mayor Angel Taveras by 5.4 percent and upstart newcomer Clay Pell by 6.6 percent. But, in delivering this news, ProJo politics reporter Kathy Gregg was quick to note the poll of 503 “likely Democratic voters” has a 4.38 percent margin of error, “which means any of the candidates could actually be up — or down — by that percentage.” As local polling guru Joe Fleming told Gregg, “The Democratic primary for governor still remains wide open.”

Meanwhile, the Providence mayoral race remains as jumbled and tense as ever. Independent Lorne Adrain and Democrat Brett Smiley have dropped out since the Phoenix’s meet-the-candidates cover story in June, and Smiley recently tossed his support behind fellow Democrat Jorge Elorza. Following the press conference where this alliance was announced, Republican candidate Dr. Dan Harrop told us that the shifting landscape affects him little. “This is all Democratic Game of Thrones and whoever emerges on primary day is fine with me,” he said. That same day, a waiting-in-thewings Buddy Cianci — who is running as an Independent — quipped to reporters, “There are more dropouts in the mayor’s race than in the Providence schools.’’ (We have more analysis of the mayor’s race in “This Just In,” page 6.)

In short, things are getting ever more interesting in the local political arena.

And, in case you need a reminder of the stakes of RI’s 2014 elections, look at the most recent US employment rankings, which have the Ocean State crawling out of last place and ahead of Mississippi and Georgia to claim the third-worst unemployment rate in the nation. It’s bad news when this is good news.

With all of this in mind, we thought we’d feed you some facts, observations, and expert analysis as the first Election 2014 day of reckoning — Primary Day, September 9, which holds outsized importance in a state as lopsidedly Democratic as ours – draws nigh.

Let’s do this.

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The BasiCs

The 2014 elections won’t mean much if you don’t — or can’t — vote. So let’s go through a pre-election checklist.

First, are you registered?

The deadline for the upcoming primaries has, alas, already passed; it was August 10, 30 days before Primary Day. But it’s not too late to register to vote in the general election on November 4 — the deadline for that is October 5. In order to register, as long as you meet the necessary requirements (you’re a legal US citizen, you live in RI, you’ll be 18 years old by the time you vote), you’ll want to head to elections.state.ri.us/voting/registration.php to print and fill out the proper form, then mail it to your local board of canvassers.

Once you’re registered, it’s time to prep for election day. This means heading to sos.ri.gov/vic to review your voter information and status, party affiliation, and polling place location. That site is also where you’ll find a list of your state and federal elected officials, better known as “the people you can complain to when you have a government-related problem.”

Then there’s the question of proper ID. Regardless of your feelings about voter ID laws, Rhode Island currently has one in place. So on voting day, you’ll need to bring a driver’s license or passport or educational ID or US military ID or government- or state-issued ID (a RIPTA bus pass, for example) or governmentissued medical card. If you don’t have any of those, bring a utility bill, bank statement, or similar document to the Secretary of State’s office to obtain a special voting ID, or check upcoming stops on the SoS office’s ongoing voter-IDdispensing tour at sos.ri.gov/elections/ voterid/schedule. Little-known fact: you actually can vote in elections without an ID, but you’ll be given a provisional ballot to fill out and sign, and your signature will be compared to the one on file from your voter registration to determine whether the vote will be counted.

Finally, you’ll want to get informed about the issues and candidates involved in the upcoming election. This really is an endless process better known as “consuming journalism.” But, at the very least, you should download a preview version of the primary ballot (available at at the previously-mentioned SoS Voter Information Center site. The exact number of races varies depending on where you’re voting, but if you are, say, a Democrat in Providence, you’ll be asked to select candidates for US senate, US representative, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, general treasurer, state senator, state rep, mayor, and city council. In some categories, like with Democratic US Senator Jack Reed, who is running

unopposed in the primary, only one name will appear on the ballot.

X-Ray (Campaign) Vision

What’s happening behind the scenes at each of these campaigns right now?

Rhode Island Deputy Secretary of State Paul Caranci — who previously served for 17 years on the North Providence City Council, among other elected and appointed positions — has a pretty good idea.

Caranci isn’t running for office this year.

But in June he published a book titled The Essential Guide to Running for Local Office: How to Plan, Organize, and Win Your Next Election, covering everything from “A Reason to Run for Public Office” (Chapter 1) to “Reacting to Election Results” (Chapter 15), with plenty of info (“Effective Campaigning on a Budget,” “Getting Press Coverage”) in between.

A sit-down conversation with Caranci is about as close as you’ll get to peering with x-ray goggles at the many campaigns happening around the state. So, last recent weekend, we did just that.

Here’s what he says is happening as the days, hours, and minutes tick down to Primary Day: “You’re going to have different tiers of volunteers running those campaigns. The top tier is interested in policy, and those people are right now writing the final ads that are going to be on TV, radio, in the newspaper [and online]. And they’re gearing them toward issues that have already been identified through polling as the issues people are responding to. So, early on, you saw that Gina Raimondo was talking about family issues. And, of late, she’s switched to

the beer commercial [touting her previous investment in Narragansett Beer, as a venture capitalist] [and] business-related issues, [how] she’s going to build jobs and stuff. That’s a shift in idea that wasn’t probably hashed out early in the campaign. It’s probably them reacting to polling data that they’re getting in, saying, ‘This is working, that’s not. People want to hear about that.’

“There’s a next layer of volunteers that’s organizing the ‘grunts’: the people that are going to be out in the field doing the work. And those people are busy organizing leaflet drops that are going to hold the message that the candidate wants to get out. They’re going to be organizing last-minute rallies and doing all the things that are visible in the campaign and meant to sway voters, one way or another, by getting the message out there.

“And then there’s another tier of volunteers that’s working on what’s going to happen on Election Day. And those are the people that are focused on . . . identifying the vote, how they’re going to get [voters] out that day, getting the volunteers that are going to make the calls. In the big campaigns, those are unions and organizations that are doing it; in the little campaigns for council and school committee, it’s family or friends and a few people [who] just volunteered because they like you. “[Meanwhile,] fundraising continues, because you can spend money right until the last day. Maybe [it’s] not on television and radio, because those ads had to be placed. But you’re probably in debt and need to raise the money that’s going to be used to pay off a lot of the debt you have. [And] you’re hoping you’re going to win and your campaign’s going to go on, so you need money for the general election. That’s usually organized by the big boys. The candidate, himself, will be on the phone, trying to raise money, [and] the campaign consultants will be working that out too and trying to organize fundraisers.”

The CosT oF a seaT

Speaking of fundraising, we know that this year’s governor’s race is one for the record books. As of August 25, the three Democratic gubernatorial reported a combined $11.03 million in spent or soonto-be-spent funds.

Let’s pause a moment to just ponder that.

But let’s also ask, “How much does it cost to get elected to the RI General Assembly?”

The answer isn’t a mystery, thanks to public campaign finance info and a corps of dedicated interns at a Providence-based PR firm. The New Harbor Group has published fundraising-breakdown reports on Rhode Island General Assembly races since the early 2000s. And its latest, Survey of Campaign Finances in the 2012 Elections for the

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campaign 2014 — and, therefore, the campaign 2014 tv ad season — is far from over. We still have more than two months until the general election on november 4. but the freewheeling pre-primary days, when money flies out of campaign coffers and the evening news offers back-to-back-toback political spots during commercial breaks, are about to end. so it’s a good time to recognize ads from the last few months that stood apart for reasons good and bad. ok, mostly bad. it’s not the oscars. it’s not the emmys. We’re calling it the chestnuts, in honor of chestnut street in providence, where the Phoenix is headquartered. read on to meet your winners.

WoRsT idea

Most attack ads go after candidates, not their supporters. so perhaps cranston Mayor and republican gubernatorial candidate allan Rhode Island General Assembly, delivers info on exactly how much both victorious candidates and their unsuccessful opponents raised and spent in races for the senate and house of reps.

For example, after reading the report, we know that former House Speaker Gordon Fox was tops on Rhody-land with $151,470 raised and $150,627.81 spent to maintain his seat in District 4.

This exceeded his runner-up in spending (and successor as House Speaker), Representative Nicholas Mattiello by more than $85,000. Meanwhile, we know that money similarly flowed in and out of the top perch of the Senate chamber in 20123, with Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed ranking highest in both funds raised ($121,649) and spent ($99,761.46).

But Fox and Paiva Weed are outliers.

Perhaps most interesting about the NHG report is what it tells us about winning rank-and-file, non-leadership-related races. The median spending for victorious House candidates was just $12,918, and 28 representatives won races by spending less than $10,000. Senate seats demanded pricier campaigns — median spending there was $20,546 — but, still, someone like, say, Harold Metts in District 6 in Providence, could win his seat by spending only $5786.

What does it all mean?

It means “a seat in the General Assembly is probably more accessible than people realize,” says New Harbor founder (and former campaign manager and communications director for Governor Bruce Sundlun) David Preston. “If you can raise these modest amounts of money and are willing to effectively ring doorbells you can be a very viable candidate.”

Preston suspects that mail and postage costs account for the biggest expenses in General Assembly races, followed by things like yard signs, bumper stickers, online and newspaper ads, and paying staffers to effectively manage data.

In all, though, “Money is an advantage, but at some point you have ‘enough,’ and that point comes surprisingly soon,” he says. “Generally speaking, if you are smart, focused and committed in the other aspects of an Assembly campaign you can be very competitive.”

So, next election cycle, you can cross “it costs too much” from the list of legitimate excuses for not running for local office.

Just ask House Deputy Majority Leader and Rules Committee Chair, Rep. Samuel Azzinaro (D-Westerly), who spent a mere $1653 on his way to reelection in 2012. ^ For more on the NHG report, go to what-counts. org/government-affairs/280-rhode-island-politicsby-the-numbers.

Philip Eil can be reached at peil@phx.com.

Follow him on Twitter @phileil.

you that the capital city of the state you’re running to govern — it’s called providence; you can find it on google Maps — is less than 50 percent white, according to the 2010 census? or were you just being honest about your target audience?

mosT duBious phRase

“gina saved my life, twice,” says andrea Martin in an ad for gina raimondo. there’s no disputing Martin — who escaped from a violent husband to the crossroads shelter in providence (where raimondo serves on the board of directors) and received payments from the ri crime victims compensation program (which raimondo administers as general treasurer) after being beaten by a landlord — has a powerful story. but words matter. and unless the general treasurer moonlights as an eMt, it sure sounds like her “life-saving” skills are exaggerated.

BesT “sponTaneous” momenT

campaigns are all about the tightly-scripted, poll-tested appearance of spontaneity: the smile, the chuckle, the non-sexual touch of a voter’s arm, the time-honored point-to-the-invisible-personin-the-crowd while taking the stage before a debate. but the guy who “spontaneously” yells “hey, angel!” while driving by at the end of taveras’s Warren-based “Main street” spot, wins the day. We salute you, Unscripted/scripted taveras-supporting truck driver. “hey, angel!” indeed.

mosT eaRly Buzz and undeliVeRed pRomise

providence mayoral candidate brett smiley’s Wes anderson-esque “Man With a plan” ad depicting him publishing a “plan for recess” in fifth grade and proposing to his husband via powerpoint presentation was catnip for liberals nationwide (Slate called it “the most adorable campaign ad ever made”). but smiley’s premature departure from the mayoral race kinda undermined the whole “man with a plan” thing . . . unless his plan was never to be mayor, which would just be weird. fung thought he was breaking new ground when he released an ad depicting fans of his opponent ken block saying and doing silly things (like attempting to stick a fork in a toaster), with their heads digitally altered to look like “blocks.” “don’t be a blockhead. say no to ken block,” the ad implores at the end, but it was fung who ended up looking blockheaded for insulting voters as a campaign tactic.

WoRsT douBlespeak FRom a Campaign suRRogaTe

“i’m not a political guy,” local ironworker rich scalzi writes in a ginaraimondo.com blog post accompanying an ad in which he drives around providence, blaming Mayor taveras for the fact that he’s

BesT FoReign Film

the fung campaign would never officially confirm or deny whether their folksy, biographical ad declaring rhode island “open for business” was filmed outside of rhode island. but the owner of tommy’s diner in columbus, ohio said that the ad was filmed there, the decor in the ad seems to match tommy’s (hat tip to golocalprov for first noticing this), and fung’s campaign finance reports indicate a $127,000 expenditure to an ohio-based communications firm. compounding the gaffe was the campaign’s unwillingness to give a yes or no answer about the ad’s provenance. “We stand by the message of this ad,” campaign spokesman rob coupe told rhode island public radio. Unfortunately, when you film an ad in ohio for a rhode island gov’s race, it sends a message louder than all others.

WhiTesT ad

Usually, republicans are self-conscious about their party’s whitebread image. apparently not republican gubernatorial candidate and barrington businessman ken block. While ringing doorbells in a tv ad to tell voters about his “3-2-1” tax/spending-reform plan, he doesn’t encounter a single asian, african american, or latino voter — just middle-aged white folks. (he encounters two more while strolling streets between houses.) Um, Mr. block, might we remind

“hardly worked in three years.” sorry, rich — you just starred in a negative campaign ad, which is as political as it gets. spare us the bullshit.

WoRsT JuXTaposiTion

seth Magaziner is a fresh-faced candidate vying for general treasurer against a scion of the uber-connected caprio family, frank caprio. but Magaziner tripped over himself when he released an ad that derided “insider politics” before quickly pivoting to tout an endorsement from former president — and longtime advisee of seth’s father, ira, who currently serves as ceo of the clinton foundation’s health access initiative — bill clinton. at this point, the video appears to have been scrubbed from the internet. smart move.

WoRsT uninTended message

pro-tip: dual attack ads often come across as a plea for help, more than anything else. such is the case with angel taveras’s recent 30-second ad taking jabs at both clay pell (“nine jobs in eight years”) and gina raimondo (“her venture capital firm secured a secret, no-bid contract funded by taxpayers”). that said, we do give team taveras points for the ad’s dramatic, minimalist title: “neither.” _p.e.

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by Pabst) and contract brewing (including a stint at Narragansett in Cranston) literally diluted the brand, which used to be aged for a year in oak storage tanks. But now Pabst is rebooting the IPA. Pabst’s master brewer, Gregory Deuhs, was tasked with conjuring the classic beer. “I began this project with a simple question: ‘How would Peter Ballantine make his beer today?’ There wasn’t a ‘secret formula’ in anyone’s basement we could copy, so I conducted extensive research looking for any and all mentions of Ballantine India Pale Ale, from the ale’s processing parameters, aroma and color, alcohol and bitterness specifications.

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(and three ciderists) will share their wares, including all of the locals and far-flung heavy hitters (Allagash, Firestone Walker, Green Flash, Lagunitas, Maine Beer, Nebraska, New Holland, Sebago, Sixpoint; the complete list is here: rwpzoo.org/2014brewers). While you sample you can delight in “animal encounters” and live music. Tix are $50 ($25 designated driver), which benefits education and conservation programs and zoo improvements . . .

As summer fades, the ’GanSett/Del’s Shandy mania is in the rear-view mirror.

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The lineup is stacked with Jamaican artists with deep roots and irresistible rhythms: Everton Blender, Admiral Tibet (aka Mr. Reality), Philip

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More big music fest action: the Newport Concert Series presents a blues Jam with the Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band, and a boatload of local talent: Roomful of Blues, James Montgomery & Bruce Marshall, and Big Cat Blues. The rockin’ R&B kicks off at 4 pm at the Yachting Center | $25.50-$45.50 | newportwaterfronevents. com

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Labor Day is gone and the curtains are going up. The Gamm is starting its 30th season — congrats, folks!

— with the New England premiere of George Brant’s Grounded. The one-woman show starring Liz Hayes shares the experiences of a fighter pilot whose unplanned pregnancy leads her to be reassigned to fly drones over Afghanistan.

Gamm artistic director Tony Estrella says, “It is a gorgeous, intense, electrifying piece of theater.

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It is a masterpiece in miniature, an incisive state-ofthe-nation play dissecting America at an historical crossroads.” Grounded runs through the 28th at 172 Exchange St, Pawtucket | $41 + $49 (previews $30 Sept 4-7) | 401.723.4266 | gamm theatre.org

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Trinity Repertory Company is opening its 51st season — with the theme “The Necessity of Human Connection” — with Anton Chekhov’s Ivanov, with a world premiere translation by artistic director Curt Columbus. It’s been in progress for a couple of years; Columbus says, “When we read it aloud, it was just this crazy, wild ride through the Russian countryside, and it’s a perfect play for our acting company.” Director Brian McEleney adds, “The thing that I keep coming back to when I think about Ivanov is if you translate the name literally into English, it’s John Seymour. He’s just writing about a guy [who’s a doctor], he’s not writing about a king, or a murderer, or some duchess. Chekhov saw people constantly, and he would observe them and all their strange, neurotic, contradictory behavior, and he said, ‘That is what drama should be about.’ ” Ivanov, which has been described as “the comic Russian Hamlet,” runs through October 5 at 201 Washington St, Providence | $28-$68 | 401.351.4242 | trinityrep. com

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for his rhymes and diatribes and provides a brutally honest perspective throughout the kinda-concept album. From government corruption to homelessness to the monotony of everyday life as just another Rhode Islander living that hand-to-mouth lifestyle, Hayes goes in hard. Throw those rose-colored glasses under a RIPTA bus tire and cue up Entering Providence. Hayes and his Night Enders team will perform as part of a variety show at Larry’s Lounge in Pawtucket on Friday (the 29th). You can pick up the disc at the show or download it at nightenders401.bandcamp.com for $5.

When I spoke with Hayes late last year following the release of u.s.A Cry for Help, he noted how his goal was to “make an album that had some depth and meaning.”

Society’s ills, mass consumerism, and personal demons were addressed with vigor, balanced by fun cipher jams like the Rhody rap anthem “Ocean State of the Art.” Hayes goes hyper-local this time around, drawing inspiration (and exasperation) from the capital city.

“I wanted to bring life to things I witness on the daily,” Hayes said this week. “I tried to mix happy and sad, good and evil, righteousness and cowardice, love and hate, and many other things into this album with the underlying goal to make it as real as possible.

“This album could represent any city, though it relates directly to my current life here in Providence,” he continued, “a place that’s both rich and poor in beauty and tragedy, and reflected in a multitude of art forms.”

On the title track, Hayes salutes the city “known for infamous mobster hits” as “a quaint place to get pockets picked” and hilariously shouts out TeleServe. His wordplay shines on “War of the Gods”: “Takin’ the bus, shit’s like a mansion for bums that hijack Codac for a ransom of drugs/Shout out to my peoples never leavin’ Rhode Island that get rich or die tryin’ locked up in the ACI, and those gettin’ by with a 7-Eleven diet/In line with a Hostess pie that’s eaten before they buy it.” His mission statement could be derived from this gem: “Solutions to the problems? I don’t got ’em/I write what I see, that’s me being honest/I spit toxic harder than weaning off Suboxone.”

Hayes returned to Beat Box Studios in Pawtucket with in-house maestro Vertygo who recorded, mixed, and mastered the album, and produced the first single, “Frozen Lemonade.” Hayes also enlisted an all-Rhody lineup of beat chemists (along with some vicious cuts by DJ Kellan and DJ John Gotem). He rides a crackling piano loop courtesy of Kid Carnage on “Cross Rhodes” as he vividly addresses three individuals battling homelessness. Carnage also provides the beats on “Shop Right” (“I’m hungry as Shop Rite on the first of the month”), and jazzy horns accompany

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THE VIEW FROM KENNEDY PLAZA hayes.

Hayes on “What’s Life?” as he declares, “The past won’t help me walk down the street/Moving forward as I chase ’round my dreams, til my homies are pouring one out for me.” Multi-talented phenom 8th Wundah serves up beats for “Guaranteed” and drops a verse on “Transmitting Live from RI” along with guests Milez Grimez and Night Enders crewmate Spoons. FourOhOne hooks up “War of the Gods” and “As I Is,” where Hayes announces, “I won’t be on the corner slangin’ shards to you/I’ll be on the block slangin’ Korean barbecue.” Yes, that’s Hayes working the grill on Mama Kim’s food truck (I recommended Beats, Rhymes & Bulgogi as a potential mixtape title) and yes, he usually has a copy or two on hand for sale. The final two cuts on Entering Providence are among his best: “Times Have Changed” features Spoons and Rhody rhyme hero Swann Notty, and “Conquer Them” was a standout when Hayes performed a razor-sharp set at Dusk a few weeks back.

And though Hayes may be clutching an empty bottle of Jameson on the album cover, he has been sober for over a year now: “It definitely allows my thought process to flow clearer,” he said. “Writing is a form of meditation for me and the best way to reflect and understand this thing called ‘life,’ though I still don’t understand it.” ^

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Get ready for the rhythm & roots festival _By BoB Gu lla What do you get

Payne, they can call it whatever they want.

It has the distinct possibility of bringing Saturday night’s festivities to a good, old-fashioned, jammin’, creole crescendo.

(9:30 pm)

if you take the f Brooklyn hip factor out

of the Newport Folk Festival and replace it with some global dance grooves? You get Rhythm & Roots, a gathering of kindred souls that has truly hit its stride. It has become an extraordinary celebration of traditional music (often with a modern twist) and is the premiere place to discover music, get enlightened (and dazzled at intimate workshops — and dance, dance, and dance some more.

Here are a handful of the acts we’re looking forward to checking out at the 17th annual event this weekend.

southern hosPitAlity

Now that we’re on the subject of Little Feat, you can hear some flecks of the Feat in this band, a rootsblues all-star combo featuring superacclaimed blues guitarists Damon Fowler and JP Soars, plus Memphis pianist and Pinetop Perkins adulator Victor Wainwright.

(Saturday 6:30 pm + Sunday 9:30 pm)

A.J. Ghent

MAtt Andersen

Ghent’s lap steel is slung around his neck and looks remarkably like a guitar, but that’s the end of his convention. With licks like Albert King and Ben Harper and vocals from the funky school of James Brown, Ghent’s southern soul is worth a close listen. (Sunday 3:45 pm)

ChArles BrAdley & the extrAordinAires

HEAR, HEAR matuto, andersen, and southern hospitality.

Speaking of JB, Bradley had a job impersonating him at NYC clubs before breaking out on his own. By now his rags-to-relative riches story is familiar, but no less riveting, and it comes to life when he sings as if his next meal depends on it. (Sunday 6 pm workshop + 7:45 pm performance)

MAtuto

OK, so stop me if you’ve heard this one before: North Carolina guitar player goes to NYC, gets a Fulbright scholarship to study local music in northeast Brazil; comes back and mashes it all up together.

Matuto features seven talented musicians from here and there, and produces something that is at the very least spicy as hell, and quite possibly astounding. (Saturday 3 pm + Sunday noon)

leftover sAlMon with Bill PAyne

They’re calling it “polyethnic Cajun slamgrass,” but with this kind of talent, plus the boogie fever generated by Little Feat’s

The burly but gentle dude from New Brunswick is red-frickin’ hot. He has a jillion plays on YouTube and his bags are packed for upwards of 250 dates for what is surely a banner year. He’s likable, sincere, gifted, and a songwriter on the rise. (Friday 8:45 pm + Saturday 2:30 pm)

triPle PlAys

There are a handful of great bands that will be all over the festival, meaning they have a slot on each day. The Pine Leaf Boys may be the least familiar, but the Louisiana act gins up real rock ’n’ roll energy with its accordion danceability and will surely be a festival highlight. You’ll also see a lot of the Duhks, an excellent band that explores vast terrain spanning from Celtic to blustery punk and jazz. Other hat-trickers include old-time music youngster Dom Flemons (Carolina Chocolate Drops co-founder) and sublime blues belter Sarah Potenza (of Sarah and the Tall Boys).

And re: Donna the Buffalo and Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys, let’s just say they’re the musical equivalents of your favorite old Birkenstocks.

The fact is that fans of R&R have come to trust the musical choices booking folks make, so most festival-goers head to Ninigret Park in Charlestown with open ears. Hit rhythmandroots.com to get tickets and your game plan, but chances are your favorite act will be a brandnew discovery. ^

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ANXIETY DREAM beckmann’s Behind the Wings.

life is a carnival the risd museum’s “circus” goes behind the big top _by g re g co o K To run away with the circus explains, “Pechstein embraced — it’s a glamorous metaAfrican and other non-European phor for “leaving a dull life for a art as an uncorrupted and more colorful one,” as the wise gurus authentic antidote to the stulat wikihow, whom I turn to for tified refinement of German all my life advice, inform me. It society.” speaks of merry tricksters and The circus was also one more rule-defiers, people who might antidote to the starched academjust as well seduce you as rip you ic realism of painters like French off. To say it is to dream of liberartist James Tissot, represented ation, to dream of escaping into here by his canvas of women in a world of brighter lights and crowns riding chariots before darker shadows and a friendlier a crowd of men in top hats and embrace of kinks and freaks. women in gowns inside Paris’s I was thinking of these things modern Hippodrome de l’Alma, when visiting “Circus,” at the all glass and steel illuminated by RISD Museum (224 Benefit St, electric lights. Tissot impresses Providence, through February with his verisimilitude, but 22), a small, but rich, two-room these “amazones” seem stiff and exhibition of century-old adverposed. He painted this in 1885 tising posters and fine art paintas the French Impressionists ings and prints of the spectacle, were scurrying across hayfields organized by Alison Chang. to break the old realist rules I kept thinking about the and bring back visions of the “colorful” part. An 1895 color countryside in accumulations of poster for Barnum & Bailey’s short, dashed brushstrokes.

“Greatest Show on Earth” adA quarter-century later, vertises its “Great Ethnological Pechstein’s purposely “primiCongress,” showcasing lions, tive” woodcut is part of a line camels, giraffes, bears, and hyof Western aesthetic thought, enas alongside Pacific islanders, running back through Pablo whirling dervishes, Russian CosPicasso’s cubism and Paul TRAPEZE ACT AS FILM NOIR curry’s Missed sack stomping, drumming AfriGauguin’s Polynesian sexcaLeap. cans, and dancing Native Ameripades, that imitated (caricacans in feathered headdresses. tured?) the styles of Africans, Race and ethnicity were among the featured enterblack Americans, Pacific Islanders, ancient Meditertainments of the circus — and still are. The Western cirranean cultures, children’s drawings, and the art of the cus has long been, by turns, a spectacle of United Nations mentally handicapped to let loose, go wild, and break multiculturalism and an orgy of Western colonial ogling through to fresh ways of making art. French artist Ferthat enforces racial stereotypes — see exotic, primitive nand Leger’s book of lithographs, Cirque (1950), is cubism specimens of critters and people from around the world! as colorful children’s doodles of acrobats, horses, and Artists were entranced by the circus’ mingling of races clowns. As an artistic move, “primitivism” was successand its fantasies of other ways of living. August Sander ful but, like the circus, it seems mainly to have left racial photographs a group of white and black performers sitdivides firmly in place. ting next to a circus caravan in 1926; Max Beckmann’s Picasso and other artists in France turned the circus 1922 circus etching shows a woman dancing to the music into a metaphor for themselves — avant-garde artists as of black musicians; in 1910, Max Pechstein depicts black dazzling, romantic outcasts. But then there’s Max Beckwomen doing a Somali dance to drums and pipes. mann’s 1922 portfolio of etchings, Annual Fair — a tight“Like many other German artists of his time,” a sign rope walker shrouded under a sheet balances high above a Ferris wheel; too many performers crowd into a too-small room; a topsy-turvy carousel of bulls and boars seems to spin off the rails. People keep looking over their shoulders as if fearing they’re being watched. The prints are an anxiety dream pulled from Germany’s collective unconscious. He turns circus sideshows into metaphors for the sordid, claustrophobic, traumatized society after its World War I defeat.

That psychological darkness pervades American works from the Great Depression. John Steuart Curry’s 1934 lithograph Missed Leap turns a trapeze act into film noir. Martin Lewis’s 1933 drypoint shows a crowd gathered outside circus tents at night at the edge of town. The world feels exhausted, but the glow emanating from under the big top is a tantalizing offer of relief, of escape from the drudgery — if only for one sequined night before the itinerant show travels on. ^

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monty python’s spamalot at tBtS _By Bill R od R igu ez It was inevitable that the country that

brought us staid Queen Victoria and f stiff upper lips was bound to eventually

loosen up and bring us Monty Python, the comedy gang that gave us The Meaning of Life and the Ministry of Funny Walks.

So it’s a treat that Theatre By the Sea, down in Matunuck, is bringing us Monty Python’s Spamalot (through September 7), directed and choreographed by Billy Sprague, Jr., complete with live orchestra.

With book and lyrics by troupe co-founder Eric Idle and music by Idle and John Du Prez, the musical is proudly and “lovingly ripped off,” as its credits declare, from the 1975 Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

It’s a wildly silly onslaught upon our sober faculties in a gleefully talented production. Any audience member not immediately compelled to put aside all thoughts of world problems should be promptly escorted out and medicated.

Any similarity to the legend of Camelot and King Arthur’s search for the Holy Grail is purely and shamelessly intended, although the original tale is beefed up with such additions as a pile of Black Plague corpses who leap up to sing and a murderous bunny rabbit.

This King Arthur (Al Bundonis) is followed about by an obliging lackey named Patsy (Brad Bradley), who clops coconut shell halves together as they gallop about (the technique also saves trouble later on when some tap dancing comes up). Needless to say, a king with the imagination and financial savvy to save on the cost and upkeep of a horse is bound to have lots of adventures.

Which include almost getting squished by the enormous feet of God (voiced by Buddy Cianci) descending toward the stage, soon balanced by the pleasant adventure of hooking up with the Lady of the Lake (Haley Swindal). Among those joining him are a peculiarly bloodthirsty Sir Lancelot (Jonathan Gregg) and Sir Dennis Galahad (Michael Andrako). The latter is recruited from among some peasants and is surprised to lose his lower-class accent upon being knighted. But not as surprised as Lancelot later on, who finds himself gaily and enthusiastically leading the ensemble in a colorful Carmen Miranda routine.

Plenty of production numbers come up, the stage swarming with singers, but “Find Your Grail” slows down enough for Swindal to impress us belting out diva variations, from Judy Garland to Cher to Lady Gaga. She had exercised both her pipes and her sly comic skill earlier in a parody duet with Andrako, “The Song That Goes Like This,” making fun of those obligatory musical moments of soaring emotional manipulation. Happy for us that Swindal has the talent to command her scenes so well, since she has five songs in Act One, and doesn’t appear again until almost halfway through Act Two when she complains about that tragic neglect with “The Diva’s Lament.”

As king and lackey, Bundonis and Bradley make a compelling funny team, the former playing dignified obtuseness with subtle restraint and his companion occasionally displaying a Jeeves-like common sense superiority.

Their problematical encounters include confronting the Knights Who Say Ni (a very annoying, high-pitched sound, though not as annoying as some weaponry) and standing before a castle wall being taunted by a gleefully insulting (“I fart in your general direction!”) and persistent (“Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!”) French soldier. More than hurt feelings ensue as Patsy is floored by a catapulted cow, and mixed feelings follow as they are attacked by cancan dancers.

Others are as busy as this duo, such as Round Table member Sir Robin (Harry Bouvy), who has a band of minstrels serenading him as he travels about. Robin is run off by the spunky Black Knight (Andrako), who maintains his feisty soldierly spirit even after Arthur whacks off every limb and impales him on a door. Most of these Python characters are nothing if not unrelenting.

Which is why the boppy ditty “Always Look On the Bright Side of Life” opens Act Two, led by King Arthur. “When you’re chewing on life’s gristle/Don’t grumble, give a whistle” — those indomitable Brits can prompt a tear, can’t they?

Monty Python’s Spamalot. Leave your dignity at the door and give in to the fun. ^

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| Lincoln | The Idol Kings LOCAL 121 | Providence | Reggae with DJ Blade Mon

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7:30 pm | Steve & Ted THE MET | Pawtucket | 8 pm | Thy Will Be Done + Full-Blown Chaos MURPHY’S LAW | Pawtucket | DJ Franco NARRAGANSETT CAFE | Jamestown | Detroit Breakdown NEWPORT BLUES CAFE | Those Guys NEWPORT GRAND | Damaged Goods NEWPORT GRAND EVENT CENTER | Playing Dead [Grateful Dead tribute] NICK-A-NEE’S | Providence | The Sugar Honey Iced Tea + the Mighty Good Boys OAK HILL TAVERN | North Kingstown | Dead Blues Society OCEAN MIST | Matunuck | Steve Smith & the Nakeds OLIVES | Providence | Dead Groove ONE PELHAM EAST | Newport | 3-7 pm | Brian Scott | 10 pm | Green Line Inbound 133 CLUB | East Providence | Full Circle PADDY’S BEACH | Westerly | 3 pm | Wild Sun | 10 pm | Darik & the Funbags PERKS & CORKS | Westerly | Zach Dustin & Friends POWERS PUB | Cranston | Elly & the Bear RI RA | Providence | The Rock THE SALON | Providence | 10 pm | Triangle Forest + Beta Motel + 24 Hours STEVIE D’S BAR & GRILL | Cumberland | Side By Each 39 WEST | Cranston | Steve Anthony & Persuasion TIPSY SEAGULL DOCKSIDE PUB | Fall River, MA | 3-7 pm | Scarlett | 7 pm | Lola & the Pall Bearers UNCLE RONNIE’S RED TAVERN | Burrillville | Swamp Rockets VANILLA BEAN CAFE | Pomfret, CT | 8 pm | Atwater-Donnelly THE WHISKEY REPUBLIC | Providence | 7 Day Weekend + DJ Danny Diggz

SUNDAY 31

See Club Directory for phone numbers and addresses.

ATLANTIC BEACH CLUB | Middletown | Never In Vegas BLU ON THE WATER | East

Guns | 10 pm | Dr. Westchesterson

CHELO’S WATERFRONT BAR & GRILLE | Warwick | 4 pm | Smear

Campaign DUSK | Providence | Wastelander + Rampant Decay + Crypter THE 88 LOUNGE | Providence | 6 pm | Danny Arico | 9 pm | Susan and Odie FINN’S HARBORSIDE | East Greenwich | 4 pm | The Senders GEORGE’S OF GALILEE | Narragansett | 2 pm | Second Avenue GILLIGAN’S ISLAND | Westerly | Steve Chrisitan JAVA MADNESS | Wakefield | 11 am | Buddy Cavaleri | 4 pm | Mike Monahan & Friends JIMMY’S SALOON | Newport | Fix Up Sunday with reggae DJs | Superadonai “The Vampire Slayer” + Street Fighter Sound + DJ Blacklist THE LAST RESORT | Smithfield | Steve Smith & the Nakeds MURPHY’S LAW | Pawtucket | 9 pm | Sunday Night Blues Jam NARRAGANSETT CAFE | Jamestown | 4 pm | Neal McCarthy Band | 9:30 pm | Neal Vitullo & the Vipers with Dave Howar NEWPORT BLUES CAFE | Newport | Darik & the Funbags OAK HILL TAVERN | North Kingstown | 4 pm | Rash Cat OCEAN MIST | Matunuck | 3:30 pm | Rhythm Incorporated | 9 pm | Badfish 133 CLUB | East Providence | 7:30 pm | Vintage Soul THE PARLOUR | Providence | Music of Many Colors: Afrobeat Dance Party

PERRY MILL TAVERN & MUSIC HALL | Newport | Omega Sound DJs PICASSO’S PIZZA & PUB | Warwick | Karaoke with DJ Bobby Devine

THE TAVERN ON BROADWAY |

Newport | 6 pm | The Kane Brothers

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dence | 9 pm | Kyle Nicholas Band | Midnight | DJ Naughty

MONDAY 1

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ATLANTIC BEACH CLUB | Middletown | Brass Force BOVI’S | East Providence | John Allmark’s Jazz Orchestra FINN’S HARBORSIDE | East Greenwich | 4 pm | Rugburn GEORGE’S OF GALILEE | Narragansett | 2 pm | Second Avenue GREENWICH HOTEL | East Greenwich | 7 pm | Hotel Jam Night NICK-A-NEE’S | Providence | The House Combo 133 CLUB | East Providence | 8:30 pm | Open mic night with Eric & Matt THE PARLOUR | Providence | Reggae Night with Upsetta International + the Natural Element Band PERKS & CORKS | Westerly | Songwriters’ open mic TIPSY SEAGULL DOCKSIDE PUB | Fall River, MA | 2 pm | GQ & the Lady

TUESDAY 2

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AURORA | Providence | 10 pm | Yairms + AihhiA + Mother Tongue + more GREENWICH HOTEL | East Greenwich | 7 pm | Open mic MURPHY’S LAW | Pawtucket | 7 pm | Groove E Tuesday with Joe Potenza, Ben Ricci, and Gene Rosati

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WEDNESDAY 3

AURORA | Providence | 7:30 pm | Salsa Night

GILLIGAN’S ISLAND | Westerly |

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THURSDAY 4

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tion [’80s night: retro, goth, punk, rock, alt, dance] THE FATT SQUIRREL | Providence | One Drop Thursdays: reggae with Mike Potatoes GILLIGAN’S ISLAND | Westerly | Open mic hosted by Bob Lavalley KNICKERBOCKER CAFE | Westerly | 8 pm | Open mic with host band Olds Cool

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COMEDY THURSDAY 28

JIM BREUER | 8 pm | Comedy Connection, 39 Warren Ave, East Providence | $25 | 401.438.8383 | ricomedy connection.com PROVIDENCE IMPROV GUILD

presents “Summer Camp!,” featuring PIG instructors, coaches, and guests | 8 pm | Providence Improv Guild, 393 Broad St, Providence | $5 | improvpig.com

SOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND COMEDY SHOWCASE | 8 pm | The Narra-

gansett Theater at the Pier, 3 Beach St, Narragansett | $10 | 401.284.2256 | theateratthepier.com MIKE HANLEY | Thurs-Fri 8 pm; Sat 8 + 10:30 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, 350 Trolley Line Blvd, Mashantucket, CT | $15-$30 advance | 860.312.6649 | foxwoods.com

FRIDAY 29

AHMED BHAROOCHA | 7 pm | The Spot Underground, 101 Richmond St, Providence | $10 advance, $15 door | 401.383.7133 | brownpaper tickets.com/event/728276

DAVE RUSSO | Fri-Sat 8 pm | Comedy Connection, East Providence | $15 HARDCORE COMEDY SHOW hosted

by Brian Beaudoin | 10:30 pm | Comedy Connection, East Providence | $15 THE BIT PLAYERS | Fri 8 pm; Sat 8 + 10 pm | Firehouse Theater, 4 Equality Park Pl, Newport | $15, $10 Sat @ 10 pm [BYOB] | 401.849.3473 | bitplayers.net BRING YOUR OWN IMPROV | 7 [family-friendly show] + 9 pm | Warwick Museum of Art, 3259 Post Rd | $5 | 401.737.0010 | bringyourown improv.com MICETO IMPROV | 9:30 pm | Contemporary Theater, 327 Main St, Wakefield | $7 | 401.218.0282 | contemporarytheatercompany.com PROVIDENCE IMPROV GUILD

presents Hell’s Lemonade | 8 pm | Providence Improv Guild, 393 Broad St | $5 | improvpig.com DUELING COMIX PIANOS | 10:30 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $10-$20 advance MIKE HANLEY | See listing for Thurs

SATURDAY 30

AMY SCHUMER | 7:30 pm | Newport Yachting Center, 4 Commercial Wharf | $47 | newportcomedy.com GABRIEL IGLESIAS | 9 pm | The Grand Theater at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $40-$60 | 866.646.0050 | foxwoods.com MIKE HANLEY | See listing for Thurs DAVE RUSSO | See listing for Fri THE BIT PLAYERS | See listing for Fri

SUNDAY 31

COMEDY SHOWCASE

| 8 pm | Comedy Connection, East Providence | $10 COMEDY NIGHT OPEN MIC | 7 pm | Stevie D’s Bar & Grill, 80 Manville Hill Rd, Cumberland | 401.658.2591 | stevie-ds.com JOHN VALBY | 8 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $25-$50 aAdvance

WEDNESDAY 3

LULZ! COMEDY NIGHT hosted by Randy Bush with Rob Greene + Mike Mulloy + Kevin Steinhauser‘s Com-

edy Robot | 8:30 pm | AS220, 115 Empire St, Providence | $6 | 401.831.9327 | as220.org

LAST COMIX STANDING COMEDY CONTEST | 8 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $10 + $20 advance

THURSDAY 4

SUMMER SHOWDOWN SEASON IV: FINALS | 8 pm | Comedy Connection, East Providence | $5

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at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $15-$30 advance

CONCERTS POPULAR THURSDAY 28

BURNSIDE MUSIC SERIES AND BEER GARDEN presents M.A.K.U.

SoundSystem | 4:30-7:30 pm | Burnside Park, Kennedy Pl, Providence | Free | facebook.com/KennedyPlaza

STEVE RILEY & THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS | 7 pm | The Towers, 35 Ocean Rd, Narragansett | $15 | 401.782.2597 | thetowersri.com SUNDOWN THURSDAY with Triple Threat | 6 pm | Fort Adams State Park, Harrison Avenue, Newport | Free | 401.841.0707 | fortadams.org

FRIDAY 29-SUNDAY 31

RHYTHM & ROOTS FESTIVAL with Leftover Salmon + Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys + Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires + Masters of the Fiddle featuring Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy + the Travellin’ McCourys with Cody Kilby +Anders Osborne + Donna the Buffalo + C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band + Elizabeth Cook + Matt Anderson + Southern Hospitality + the Yves Lambert Trio + Courtboullion (with Wayne Toups, Steve Riley, Wilson Savoy, and Eric Frey) + Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys + the A.J. Ghent Band + Terrance

CLUB DIRECTORY AS220 | 401.831.9327 | 115 Empire St, Providence ATLANTIC BEACH CLUB | 401.847.2750 | 55 Purgatory Rd, Middletown | atlanticbeachclub.com ATLANTIC SPORTS BAR | 401.816.5996 | 70 Shove St, Tiverton | facebook. com/atlanticsportsbarandrestaurant AURORA | 401.272.5722 | 276 Westminster St, Providence | aurora providence.com BLU ON THE WATER | 401.885.3700 | 20 Water St, East Greenwich | blueonthewater.com BOONDOCKS BAR & GRILL | 508.673.2200 | 46 Water St, Fall River, MA | myboondocks.com BOUNDARY BREWHOUSE | 401.725.4260 | 67 Garrity St, Pawtucket | facebook. com/Boundarybrewhouse BOVI’S | 401.434.9670 | 278 Taunton Ave, East Providence CADY’S TAVERN | 401.568.4102 | 2168 Putnam Pike, Chepachet | cadystavern.com CHAN’S | 401.765.1900 | 267 Main St, Woonsocket | chanseggrollsand jazz.com CHELO’S | 401.884.3000 | 1 Masthead Dr, Warwick | chelos.com/ waterfront-entertainment.php CHIEFTAIN PUB | 508.643.9031 | 23 Washington St, Plainville, MA | chieftainpub.com CITY SIDE | 401.235.9026 | 74 South Main St, Woonsocket | citysideri.com CLUB ROXX | 401.884.4450 | 6125 Post Rd, North Kingstown | kbowl.com THE CONTINENTAL | 401.233.1800 | 332 Farnum Pike, Smithfield | smithfieldcontinental.com DAN’S PLACE | 401.392.3092 | 880 Victory Hwy, West Greenwich | danspizzaplace.com DIVE BAR | 401.272.2000 | 201 Westminster St, Providence DUSK | 401.714.0444 | 301 Harris Ave, Providence | duskprovidence.com

88 LOUNGE | 401.437.8830 | 55 Union St, Providence | 88pianolounge. com THE FATT SQUIRREL | 150 Chestnut St, Providence | 401.808.6898 FÊTE | 401.383.1112 | 103 Dike St, Providence | fetemusic.com FINN’S HARBORSIDE | 401.884.6363 | 38 Water St, East Greenwich | finnsharborside.com GAME 7 SPORTS BAR & GRILL | 508.643.2700 | 60 Man Mar Dr, Plainville, MA | game7sportsbar andgrill.com GILLIGAN’S ISLAND | 401.315.5556 | 105 White Rock Rd, Westerly GREENWICH HOTEL | 401.884.4200 | 162 Main St, East Greenwich | facebook.com/greenwichhotel INDIGO PIZZA | 401.615.9600 | 599 Tiogue Ave, Coventry | indigopizza.com IRON WORKS TAVERN | 401.739.5111 | 697 Jefferson Blvd, Warwick | theironworkstavern.com JAVA MADNESS | 401.788.0088 | 134 Salt Pond Rd, Wakefield | javamadness.com JOE’S CAFE & LOUNGE | 774.264.9463 | 549 American Legion Hwy, Westport, MA | joescafelounge.com THE KNICKERBOCKER | 401.315.5070 | 35 Railroad Ave, Westerly | theknickerbockercafe.com THE LAST RESORT | 401.349.3500 | 325 Farnum Pike, Smithfield | thelastresortri.com LIGHTHOUSE BAR AT TWIN RIVER | 877.82.RIVER | 100 Twin River Rd, Lincoln | twinriver.com LOCAL 121 | 401.274.2121 | 121 Washington St, Providence | local121.com LUPO’S HEARTBREAK HOTEL | 401.331.5876 | 79 Washington St, Providence | lupos.com MACHINES WITH MAGNETS | 401.261.4938 | 400 Main St, Pawtucket | machineswithmagnets.com THE MALTED BARLEY | 401.315.2184 |

42 High St, Westerly | themalted barleyri.com MANCHESTER 65 | 65 Manchester St, West Warwick | manchester 65.com MARINER GRILL | 401.284.3282 | 142 Point Judith Rd, Narragansett | marinergrille.com THE MEDIATOR | 401.461.3683 | 50 Rounds Ave, Providence THE MET | 401.729.1005 | 1005 Main St, Pawtucket | themetri.com MURPHY’S LAW | 401.724.5522 | 2 George St, Pawtucket | murphys lawri.com NARRAGANSETT CAFE | 401.423.2150 | 25 Narragansett Ave, Jamestown | narragansettcafe.com/ NEWPORT BLUES CAFE | 401.841.5510 | 286 Thames St | newportblues. com NEWPORT GRAND | 401.849.5000 | 150 Admiral Kalbfus Rd, Newport | newportgrand.com NEWS CAFE | 401.728.6475 | 43 Broad St, Pawtucket NICK-A-NEE’S | 401.861.7290 | 75 South St, Providence NOREY’S | 401.847.4971 | 156 Broadway, Newport | noreys.com OAK HILL TAVERN | 401.294.3282 | 565 Tower Hill Rd, North Kingstown | oakhilltavern.com OCEAN MIST | 401.782.3740 | 895 Matunuck Beach Rd, Matunuck | oceanmist.net OLIVES | 401.751.1200 | 108 North Main St, Providence | olivesrocks.com 133 CLUB | 401.438.1330 | 29 Warren Ave, East Providence ONE PELHAM EAST | 401.847.9460 | 270 Thames St, Newport | thepelham.com O’ROURKE’S BAR & GRILL | 401.228.7444 | 23 Peck Ln, Warwick | orourkesbarandgrill.com PADDY’S BEACH | 401.596.2610 | 159 Atlantic Ave, Westerly | paddys beach.com

THE PARLOUR | 401.383.5858 | 1119 North Main St, Providence | facebook.com/ParlourRI PERKS & CORKS | 401.596.1260 | 48 High St, Westerly | perksand corks.com PERRY MILL TAVERN & MUSIC HALL | 401.846.0907 | 337 Thames St, Newport | perrymilltavern.com PICASSO’S PIZZA AND PUB | 401.739.5030 | 2323 Warwick Ave, Warwick | picassosrocks.com POWERS PUB | 401.714.0655 | 27 Aborn St, Cranston | powerspub.com RALPH’S DINER | 508.753.9543 | 148 Grove St, Worcester, MA | myspace.com/ralphsdiner RHODE ISLAND BILLIARD BAR & BISTRO | 401.232.1331 | 2026 Smith St, North Providence | RIBBB.com RI RA | 401.272.1953 | 50 Exchange Terrace, Providence | rira.com THE SALON | 401.865.6330 | 57 Eddy St, Providence | thesalonpvd.com SIMON’S 677 | 401.270.6144 | 677 Valley St, Providence | facebook. com/simons677 THE SPOT UNDERGROUND | 401.383.7133 | 101 Richmond St, Providence | thespotprovidence. com STEVIE D’S BAR & GRILL | 401.658.2591 | 80 Manville Hill Rd, Cumberland | stevie-ds.com TAVERN ON BROADWAY | 401.619.5675 | 16 Broadway, Newport | tavern onbroadway.com 39 WEST | 401.944.7770 | 39 Phenix Ave, Cranston | 39westri.com UNCLE RONNIE’S RED TAVERN | 401.568.6243 | 2692 Victory Hwy, Burrillville | uncleronniesred tavern.com VANILLA BEAN CAFE | 860.928.1562 | Rts 44, 169 and 97, Pomfret, CT | thevanillabeancafe.com WHISKEY REPUBLIC | 401.588.5158 | 515 South Water St, Providence | TheWhiskeyRepublic.com

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Simiem & the Zydeco Experience + Dom Flemons + Gangstagrass + Ten Strings & A Goatskin + the Handsome Family + Matuto + the Pine Leaf Boys + Jim Lauderdale + Jeffrey Broussard & the Creole Cowboys + Sarah Potenza + the Revelers + the 24th Street Wailers + Ed Poullard & Preston Frank + Mo’ Mojo + Magnolia host band the Duhks | Fri-Sun | Ninigret Park, 4890a Old Post Rd, Charlestown | $45 Aug 29, $65 Aug 30 + 31, free under 13 | 888.855.6940 | rhythmandroots.com

FRIDAY 29

THE ACOUSTIC VIBE OF JACK BABINEAU | 7:30 pm | Stadium Theatre,

28 Monument Sq, Woonsocket | $21 | 401.762.4545 | stadiumtheatre.com NEWPORT ROCKS THE FORT with Rick Deringer + Rhett Tyler & Early Warning +Hey Nineteen [Steely Dan tribute] + Chakulla | 7-11 pm | Fort Adams State Park, Harrison Avenue, Newport | $35 | 401.841.0707 | newportrocksthefort.com

WILL WOODSON AND ERIC MCDONALD | 8 pm | Sandywoods Center For

the Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton | $12 advance, $15 door [a one-hour workshop/lecture/Q&A will take place at 6:30 pm; $8 advance/$10 door; $18 advance/$20 door for workshop + show] | 401.241.7349 | sandywoodsmusic.com

SATURDAY 30

THE ORIGINAL LIVING LEGENDS REGGAE FESTIVAL with Everton

Blender + Admiral Tibet + Mikey Melody + Michael Palmer + Philip Fraser + Ranking Joe + Ken Serious backed by a live band | 11 am-11 pm | Stepping Stone Ranch, 201 Escoheag Hill Rd, West Greenwich | $60 | facebook. com/events/1445069959096647 RED EYE FLIGHT + BOB KENDALL | 7:30 pm | Sandywoods Center For the Arts, Tiverton | $12 advance, $15 door [BYOB + food] | 401.241.7349 | sandywoodsmusic.com THOMPSON SQUARE | 2 pm | Indian Ranch, 200 Gore Rd, Webster, MA | $37-$54.50 | 508.943.3871 | indian ranch.com

SUNDAY 31

BLUES JAM WITH THE KENNY WAYNE SHEPHERD BAND, Room-

ful of Blues, James Montgomery and Bruce Marshall, and Big Cat Blues | 4 pm | Newport Yachting Center, 4 Commercial Wharf | $25.50-$45.50 | 401.846.1600 | newportwaterfront events.com

RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC SUMMER POPS | 6 pm | Independence

Park, Thames + Oliver sts, Bristol | Free | 401.248.7000 | riphil.org ZZ TOP + JEFF BECK | 7 pm | The Grand Theater at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $55 + $80 | 866.646.0050 | foxwoods.com

THURSDAY 4

DAN BLAKESLEE + TALLAHASSEE + WILL DAILEY | 9 pm | Columbus

Theatre, 270 Broadway, Providence | $10 advance, $12 day of show | columbustheatre.com SUNDOWN THURSDAY with the Merge & Friends | 6 pm | Fort Adams State Park, Newport | Free

EVENTS SUNDAY 31

BEYOND WRESTLING PRESENTS THE BATTLE OF NEW ENGLAND | 4

pm | Feête, 103 Dike St, Providence | $20 advance, $25 day of show | 401.383.1112 | fetemusic.com

WEDNESDAY 3

PITCH: AN EVENING OF EXPERI-

MENTAL FILM & PERFORMANCE (NIGHTVISIONS NO. 3) with new

works by Planchette + Magical Approach (Ken Linehand + Brittany Gravely) + Glenna Van Nostrand & Willa Van Nostrand | 8 pm | Grant’s Block, Union and Westminster sts, Providence | Free | 401.831.9327 x 114 | as220.org

THURSDAY 4

WATERFIRE PROVIDENCE | A basin lighting begins at 7:14 pm | Downtown Providence | Free | waterfire providence.org

FILM THURSDAY 28+ 4

MOVIES ON THE BLOCK presents

The Wizard of Oz [8.28] and Dazed and Confused [9.4] | Movies On the Block, Westminster and Union sts, Providence | Free | indowncity.com

THURSDAY 28

NEWPORTFILM PRESENTS A SCREENING OF EMPTYING THE SKIES, a documentary that chron-

icles the poaching of migratory songbirds in southern Europe | 6:30, pre-party with food from Glorious Affairs + libations by Spiked Seltzer, film at 7:45, followed by a Q&A with producer/co-director Roger Kass | Norman Bird Sanctuary, 583 Third Beach Rd, Middletown | $30 preparty + film, $5 suggested donation for film only [proceeds benefit newportFILM + Norman Bird Sanctuary] | 401.846.2577 | newport FILM.com

A SCREENING OF CITY ON THE MOVE, a documentary about Woonsocket by Derek Dubois | 7 pm | Stadium Theatre, 28 Monument Sq, Woonsocket | $15 | 401.762.4545 | stadiumtheatre.com

THURSDAY 4

NEWPORTFILM presents Mission Blue, a documentary about oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle’s wake-up call to save the world’s seas, with a post-film Q&A with director Robert Nixon | Sunset, with pre-film music

by Lainey Dionne with Izzy Marcil [picnics welcome; rain site: Casino Theater, 9 Freebody St] | King Park, Wellington Ave, Newport | Free | newportFILM.com

LIT EVENTS THURSDAY 4

PROVIDENCE POETRY SLAM | An open mic followed by a slam featuring Ian Rosales, Naomy Gutierrez, Alice Rayner, Joely Barrios, Seth Larbi | 8 pm | AS220, 115 Empire St, Providence | $4 | 401.831.9327 | as220.org

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

Canal St | westerlyarts.com | Tues-

Sat 10 am-5 pm | Through Aug 28: “Character Development,” works by Diane Brown and Mark Perry | Sept 3-28: “A Change of Seasons,” works

by John Fast and Nina Briggs ARTISTS’ EXCHANGE | 401.490.9475 | 50 Rolfe Sq, Cranston | artistsexchange.org | Through Sept 13: “Convergence,” an exhibit by artist and curator Reed McLaren, the third installment in her Integrated Exhibitions series, which will highlight work from Resources for Human Development RI, Flying Shuttles Studio, and (gallerie ellipsis) ARTPROV GALLERY | 401.641.5182 | 150 Chestnut St, Providence | art providence.com | Through Sept 6: “Patterns & Perspectives,” works by Marjorie Hellman, Nick Paciorek, Jeff Schneider, and Nina Weiss AS220 | 401.831.9327 | 115 Empire St, Providence | as220.org | WedFri 1-6 pm; Sat 12-5 pm + by appoint-

ment | Through Aug 30: “Dog Days,” the AS220 staff and residence show | In the Youth Gallery: new work by KAnema Miller and Natasha Vega AS220 PROJECT SPACE | 401.831.9327 | 93 Mathewson St, Providence | as220. org | Wed-Fri 1-6 pm; Sat 12-5 pm + by appointment | Through Aug 30: “Scapegoat,” new work by Jennifer Hrabota Lesser | “RIPE: 3d Anthology,” Xeroxed pressings from the RI Independent Publishing Expo

BANNISTER GALLERY AT RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE | 401.456.9765 |

600 Mount Pleasant Ave, Providence | ric.edu/bannister | Tues-Fri 12-8 pm

| Sept 4-26: “Graphic Design from Konkuk University,” “where traditional Korean culture melds with Western communication media, featuring posters, package designs, book designs, advertisements, and website designs” BERT GALLERY | 401.751.2628 | 24 Bridge St, Providence | bertgallery.com | Mon-Fri 11 am-5 pm; Sat 12-4 pm | Through Sept 26: “Summer Tides,” paintings celebrating the end of the summer season CHARLESTOWN GALLERY | 401.364.0120 | 5000 South County Tr, Charlestown | charlestowngalleryri. com | Daily 10 am-5:30 pm | Through Sept 16: “Diamonds & Rust,” paintings by Amy Goodwin and Mark Freedman COASTAL LIVING GALLERY | 83 Brown St, Wickford | coastalliving gallery.com | Through Aug 29: paintings by Antoinette CampbellHunter | Sept 2-29: “Sunsets & History,” photography by Andre Louis DEBLOIS GALLERY | 401.847.9977 | 134 Aquidneck Ave, Middletown | debloisgallery.com | Tues-Sun 12-5 pm | Through Aug 31: “30th Anniversary Gala,” with new works by Kathleen Morton, Valorie Sheehan, Lisa May, Valerie Debrule, Kathleen Armor, Michael Guertin, Rodie Siegler, Ron Caplain, Felicia Touhey, Helen Poniatowski, Izabella Casselman, Rosemary Day, Marion Wilner, Dan McManus, and Karen Nash DEDEE SHATTUCK GALLERY | 508.636.4177 | 1 Partners Ln, Westport, MA | dedeeshattuckgallery. com | Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun 12-5 pm | Through Sept 6: paintings by Richard Whitten and painted wood works by Emi Ozawa 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 GALLERY 4 | 401.816.0999 | 3848 Main Rd, Tiverton | gallery4tiverton. com | Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun 11 am-5 pm | Through 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 Sept 13: “tttrip.,” a group exhibit of installation and sculpture

by Claudia O’Steen, Garret Gould, and Sophia Sobers HERA GALLERY | 401.789.1488 | 10 High St, Wakefield | heragallery. org | Wed-Fri 1-5 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm | Through Aug 30: “current,” an exhibit which “will explore the current bodies of work from artist members,” including Amanda Swain Bingham, Uli Brahmst, Alexandra Broches, Connie Greene, Susan Hayward, Jeanette Jacobs, John Kotula, Viera Levitt, Jack Massey, Barbara Owen, Barbara Pagh, Roberta Richman, Myron Rubenstein, Jason Smith, Mara Trachtenberg, M.J. Yeager, and Mike Yefko

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

| Thurs 4-8 pm, Fri + Sat 12-8 pm | Through Aug 30: “Water,” a group exhibit with works by artist members Linda Megathlin, Eileen Siobhan Collins, Rose Esson-Dawson, Mary Dondero, Carl Keitner, Pascale Lord, Lisa Legato, Eileen Mayhew, Howard Rotblat-Walker, Lenny Rumpler, Michael Scriven, and Howard Windham, and guest artists Jan Douglas Armor, David Gonville, Chris Sancomb, and Pat Warwick | Sept 4-Oct 11: works by featured member Lisa Legato and guest artist Christiane Corbat

JAMESTOWN ARTS CENTER |

401.560.0979 | 18 Valley St | jamestown artcenter.org | Wed-Sat 10 am-2 pm

| Through Sept 1: “Paper-Made,” an exhibit which “explores paper’s transformation from an everyday object into an exquisite threedimensional sculptural artwork,” featuring Jo Lynn Alcorn, Molly Bosley, Heather Cherry, Heather Cox, Jiyoung Chung, B.L. Green, Joan M. Hall, Xander Marro, Courtney Watson McCarthy, Barbara Owen, Jessica Palmer, Lisa Perez, Kim Salerno, Michelle Samour, Matthew Shlian, Rebecca Siemering, Randal Thurston, and Wendy Wahl JUST ART GALLERY | 401.272.0820 | 60 Valley St, Providence | justartgallery.com | Wed 1-5 pm; Thurs + Fri 1-7 pm; Sat 12-5 pm | Through Sept 6: “Wander the Paths,” paintings by Lee Chabot MYSTIC ARTS CENTER | 860.536.7601 | 9 Water st, Mystic, CT | mysticarts.org | Daily 11 am-5 pm | Through Sept 20: “The 58th Regional Show,” an all-media juried show with work from local and regional artists | “Figures, Faces, and Food,” oil paintings by Doug Aaberg

NARROWS CENTER FOR THE ARTS GALLERY | 508.324.1926 |

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

| Through Aug 30: “A Collaborative Journey,” with works by 27 participating individuals from People Incorporated with various abilities and artist Vania Noverca Viveiros PROVIDENCE ART CLUB | 401.331.1114 | 11 Thomas St | providence artclub.org | Mon-Fri 12-4 pm; SatSun 2-4 pm | Through Sept 5: “16x16 Members’ Exhibition” | “Travel Posters From the Permanent Collection” 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 Oct 30: “Protecting Providence: Three Centuries of Policing In Rhode Island’s Capital”

RHODE ISLAND WATERCOLOR SOCIETY GALLERY | 401.726.1876 | Slater Memorial Park, Armistice Blvd, Pawtucket | rhodeisland watercolorsociety.wildapricot.org |

Tues-Sat 10 am-4 pm; Sun 1-5 pm | Through Sept 4: “Celebrating The Rhode Island Watercolor Society with 1000 Works On Paper”

URI PROVIDENCE CAMPUS GALLERY | 401.277.5206 | 80 Washington

St | uri.edu/prov | Mon-Thurs 9 am-9 pm; Fri + Sat 9 am-4 pm | Sept 2-30: “Bringing Guantánamo Home: Guantánamo Public Memory Project,” a traveling exhibit of stories, images, and documents from before 9/11 and after, co-curated by Brown and 11 other US universities. In Providence, the exhibit will feature newsletters written by detainees at Guantánamo, plus works by Mary Beth Meehan, Chris Simms, and students at the International Charter School in Pawtucket, to connect the themes of migration, security, refuge, and human rights with our communities

WICKFORD ART ASSOCIATION GALLERY | 401.294.6840 | 36 Beach

St, North Kingstown | wickfordart. org | Tues-Sat 11 am-3 pm; Sun 12-3 pm | Through Sept 14: “Members’ Invitational”

MUSEUMS HAFFENREFFER MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN MANNING HALL | 401.863.2065 | College + Wa-

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am-4 pm | Free admission | Through Aug 31: “Images of Power: Rulership In the Grasslands of Cameroon” | Through Aug 31: “In Deo Speramus: The Symbols and Ceremonies of Brown University” | Ongoing: “Reimagining the Americas,” an exhibition “bringing together the innovative cultural diversity of the Americas before European contact”

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ILLUSTRATION | 401.851.8949 |

492 Bellevue Ave, Newport | american illustration.org | Sat + Sun 11 am-5 pm

[guided tours Fri 3 pm] | Through Oct 30: “Paul Szep: Famous Fames” an exhibit of caricatures NEWPORT ART MUSEUM |

401.848.8200 | 76 Bellevue Ave | newportartmuseum.org | Tues-Sat 11

am-4 pm; Sun 12-4 pm | Admission $10 adults; $8 seniors; $6 students and military personnel with ID; free for children 5 and under | Aug 30-Jan 4: “Palate to Plate: Prints & Recipes From Members of the Boston Printmakers” | Through Sept 1: “Marine Botanicals,” works by Mary Chatowsky Jameson | Through Sept 7: “Magic Gold, Full Sun,” paintings by Corinne Colarusso | Through Sept 14: “Very Simple Charm: The Early Life and Work of Richard Morris Hunt In Newport” RISD MUSEUM | 401.454.6500 | 224 Benefit St, Providence | risd museum.org | Tues-Sun 10 am-5 pm [Thurs until 9 pm] | Admission $12; $10 seniors; $5 college students, $3 ages 5-18; free every Sun 10 am1 pm | Through Nov 16: “UuDam Tran Nguyen: Waltz of the Machine Equestrians,” a video installation | Through Feb 22: “Circus,” with 40 circus-themed paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and posters from 1850-1960 WARWICK MUSEUM OF ART | 401.737.0010 | 3259 Post Rd, | warwick museum.org | Tues + Wed + Fri 12-4 pm, Thurs 4-8 pm, Sat 10 am-2 pm | Through Aug 29: “Merge,” an exhibit of works on paper

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btctheater.webs.com | At the William Hall Library, 1825 Broad St, Cranston | Through Sept 7: Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare | This week: Aug 28 + 30 + Sept 4 8 pm | $15, $12 students + seniors CONTEMPORARY THEATER | 401.218.0282 | thecontemporary theater.com | 327 Main St, Wakefield | Through Sept 6: Art, by Yasmina Reza | Thurs-Sat 7 pm | $20 Fri + Sat, pay-what-you-can Thurs FIRST HAND THEATRICAL | At 95 Empire St, Providence | Sept 4-7: Interrupting the Sermon, by Kevin Olson | “A gentle story-play about the evolution of a theologically conservative kid from the Midwest into an intellectually progressive religious thinker over the course of a 50-year career as a minister and educator” | Thurs-Sat 7:30 pm + Sun 2 pm | Free GAMM THEATRE | 401.723.4266 | gammtheatre.org | 172 Exchange St, Pawtucket | Sept 4-28: Grounded, by George Brant | A one-woman play “about a hot-rod fighter pilot whose unexpected pregnancy ends her career in the sky. Reassigned to fly remote-controlled drones in Afghanistan from a windowless, airconditioned trailer near Vegas, ‘The Pilot’ hunts terrorists by day and goes home to her family at night.

But what happens the boundaries blur between the desert in which she lives and the one she patrols?” | This week: Sept 4 7 pm | $41 + $49 [previews Sept 4-6 $30] POINT PRODUCTIONS | At 95 Empire St, Providence | Aug 29 8 pm: Everything of Any Value, “a new, original work of unimaginable strength and overwhelming cowardice” by Theresa Buchheister, Ryan William Downey, Scott Ries, Spencer Campbell, and Catrin Lloyd-Bollard | $5 2ND STORY THEATRE | 401.247.4200 | 2ndstorytheatre.com | 28 Market St, Warren | Through Aug 31: And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie | This week: Aug 21 + 22 7:30 pm — Through Aug 29: Hay Fever, by Noel Coward | This week: Aug 23 + 24 + 28 7:30 pm — Sept 4-14: Sylvia, by A.R. Gurney, Jr. | This week: Sept 4 7:30 pm | $30, $21 under 21 THEATRE BY THE SEA | 401.782.TKTS | theatrebythesea.biz | 364 Cards Pond Rd, Wakefield | Through Sept 7: Monty Python’s Spamalot | This week: Aug 20 8 pm + Aug 21 2 + 8 pm | $42-$62

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AS ABOVE, SO BELOW | Starts Fri: 1:30, 4:15, 7:30, 9:45 THE NOVEMBER MAN | 12:45, 3:20, 7:15, 9:35 IF I STAY | 1:10, 3:50, 7, 9:20 SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR 3D | 4:15, 9:45 SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR | 1:40, 7:25 WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL | 12:40, 3:30, 6:50, 9:20 THE EXPENDABLES 3 | 12:30, 6:50 THE GIVER | 12:50, 3:45, 7:20, 9:40 LET’S BE COPS | 4:10, 9:40 THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY | 1, 3:40, 6:45, 9:15 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES | 1:15, 4, 7:10, 9:30 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | 1:20, 4:20, 7, 9:35

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AS ABOVE, SO BELOW | Thurs: 8, 10:15 | 12:40, 2:55, 5:10, 7:50, 10 | FriSat late show: 12:15 THE NOVEMBER MAN | 1:35, 4:05, 7, 9:40 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:20 IF I STAY | Thurs: 12, 4:15, 7:15, 9:55 | Fri-Thurs: 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 9:55 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:20 SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR | 11:55, 2:20, 4:50, 7:35, 10:05 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:30 WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL | 1:15, 4:10, 7:10, 9:45 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:25 CAVALRY | 11:35, 2, 4:25, 6:50, 9:20 | Fri-Sat late show: 12 MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT | 11:50, 2:10, 4:30, 7:05, 9:30 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:50 THE GIVER | 11:45, 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:10 LET’S BE COPS | 12:15, 2:40, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:30 BOYHOOD | 11:40, 3, 6:30, 9:55 THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY | 12:45, 3:45, 6:35, 9:35 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES | 11:30, 1:55, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:40 A MOST WANTED MAN | Thurs: 12:50, 6:40 | Fri-Thurs: 3:30, 6:40, 9:25 | FriSat late show: 12:10 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | Thurs: 1:40, 2:15, 4:20, 5, 7:20, 10:20 | Fri-

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FRANK 95 minUteS | r | avon Despite the contemporary setting, this offbeat British comedy was inspired by the career of ’80s avant-pop musician Chris Sievey, who performed wearing a giant papier-mâché head and calling himself Frank Sidebottom. Director Lenny Abramson and screenwriters Jon Ronson and Peter Straughan couldn’t be more determined in their courtship of cult status: their title character (Michael Fassbender), hiding beneath his ovoid mask 24/7, calls to mind every loony-bird rocker from Roky Erickson to Daniel Johnston, and the players in his backup band (among them Maggie Gyllenhaal) are comically icy krautrock archetypes. Playing Nick Carraway to this geek Gatsby is a talentless songwriter (Domnhall Gleeson) who joins the band on keys, posts video from its secret recording sessions to YouTube, and lands it a

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SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR 102 minUteS | r | cinemaworld + entertainment + iSland + Providence Place 16 + ShowcaSe + SwanSea StadiUm 12 Reviewers were forbidden from posting a word about this sequel until opening day, lest we give away the shocking secret that it’s a carbon copy of its predecessor, Sin City (2005). Of course, the carbon is the whole point: directors Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez, adapting Miller’s black-and-white neonoir comics, take all the key elements of hard-boiled fiction and boil them down even harder, till there’s nothing left but a crusty residue of vicious thugs, cynical losers, crooked politicians, viperish women, and flying glass as people get punched out and crash through windows. The visual design is stunning, with stark blackand-white photography and striking use of spot color to emphasize the good things in life (neon signs, car taillights, cigarette embers, sexy redheads, etc). The icon-heavy cast includes Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Powers Boothe, Dennis Haysbert, Ray Liotta, and Stacy Keach, the latter buried under tons of prosthetic makeup and looking like a human mud slide.

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gins to describe this maudlin tearjerker, adapted from a young-adult novel, about a 17-year-old girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) who suffers a nasty car accident, slips into a coma, and has an out-of-body experience. Her parents and younger brother have died in the crash, so she has to de-

cide whether she wants to move on to the next life with them or stay on earth with her on-again, off-again rocker boyfriend (Jamie Blackley).

In the fashion of melodrama, every moment is impossibly huge, and the movie is occasionally compelling in its brazen lack of subtlety.

There are even shades of Bergman in the existential premise, but director J.R. Cutler is more interested in the young leads’ cookie-cutter romance, and the clunky nonlinear plot precludes any sort of comprehensive narrative. With Joshua Leonard and Mireille Enos. | 107m |

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retreating into the Jazz Age again for a blunt, listless thesis film about the limits of rationality. An arrogant stage illusionist (Colin Firth) is hired to discredit a fake mystic (Emma Stone) but soon falls under her spell; the story takes place in the late 1920s and most of the action transpires at an estate on the French Riviera, so there are good tunes and lovely scenery to distract one from the tossed-off script. As usual the writer-director has attracted a strong cast (including Marcia Gay Harden, Jacki Weaver, Simon McBurney, and

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against the middle, this fact-based drama about high school football coach Bob Ladouceur and his De La Salle Spartans makes a commendable effort to invest the inspirational sports movie with some deeper meaning but simultaneously labors to keep all the genre cliches firmly in place. Ladouceur led the Concord, California, team through a record 151-game winning streak from 1992 through 2004; the movie chronicles the string of defeats that followed before the Spartans roar back with their hard-fought 2001 victory against Long Beach Polytechnic.

(Yeah, I know that’s achronological, but I told you it’s fact-based.)

Along the way the jocks learn that teamwork is more important than individual glory and sports is about building character, not muscles. Of course, what really builds character is losing, something the Spartans seldom did. Thomas Carter directed; with Jim Caviezel, Michael Chiklis, and Laura Dern. | 115m |

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