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contents on the cover F ILLUSTRATION By STEvE WEIgL

in thiS iSSue p 12

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5 tug of war _dav i d scharfen b erg

Senate president Teresa Paiva Weed controls the final struggle over gay marriage. Plus, the Phoenix projects the final vote count.

11 homegrown product _by chris con ti

Father figures: Tim O’Keefe and James Franco are back as daddy.

12 art _ by chri s cont i

Astonishing visions: “x-tra zeus! new comics & drawings” at World’s Fair.

14 theater _by bi ll rodriguez

2nd Story’s masterful amadeus; and fools at Ocean State Theatre Company.

20 film

“Short Takes” on warm bodies, stand up guys, oscar nominated short films (live action, animated, and documentary), movie 43, and parker.

in every iSSue 6 phillipe & Jorge’s 4 cool, cool world

Why we still read the Urinal | Music and politics | Waiting for the Cowsills | Animal talk

AM AN DA BO UcH ER

6 4 the city _by der f 7 6 this Just in

online exclusives! F why i hate GIRLS! We spent

the first season of girls being told how insightful and bold and voiceof-a-generation it all was, and frankly, we’re ready to puke. Michael Braithwaite vents at thePhoenix.com.

Smokestacks and stereopticons: 19th-century Providence in 3D | Harry Belafonte on a narcissistic

8 bottles & cans From our own backyahd: Foolproof’s 11 great new beers. 10 8 days a week TempleCon, Becca Stevens, Little Red 12 Riding Hood, Lindsey Stirling, Magic Lantern Cinema, and more.

22 moon signs 30 _ by symb o l in e da i 22 Jonesin’ _puzzle by matt Jones 30 providence

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phillipe + Jorge’s cool, cool World

Why We still read the Urinal Hats off to Mark and Mark; our ‘faMily’ band; farewell, inky Two excellent pieces in this

week’s BeloJo reminded Philf lipe and Jorge why we continue

to be devoted readers of Our Little Towne’s organ of record. The first, by columnist Mark Patinkin, focused on P&J’s old friend Bruce Melucci. We have shared a cocktail or 80 with Bruce in his time, and there has never been a shrewder political operative in The Biggest Little. Unfortunately, his career was cut short by a stroke he suffered in 1987 at age 43. It seems the Big Pink One literally crossed paths with Melucci, who was slowly making his way down the street, and struck up a conversation. His piece offered a wonderful window on Bruce’s still-sharp mind — and will power out the keister. There are many politicians, on the campaign trail or in office, who could still benefit from Bruce’s shrewd advice. And P&J have a strong suspicion many still do. Melucci was a Leo’s and Lupo’s regular when those two nightclubs ruled the scene in ProHo and Downcity. His forays with Rich Lupo and co. to an Italian dining spot in Silver Lake were always good for a night’s worth of stories. Patinkin offered a taste of this man-about-town persona. But the most important thing he did was to remind people of Bruce’s political legacy. He was one of those swinging geniuses who operated out of the public eye, but helped create policies that influenced all of our lives, whether we knew it or not. A second tip of the sombrero to Mark Divver, the Urinal’s assistant sports editor, for his tremendous piece on the late hockey legend Harvey Bennett, recently inducted into the American Hockey League Hall of Fame. Harvey played for the Providence Reds and was one of the most outstanding goalies in AHL history. Back in those days there were only six teams in the National Hockey League; in today’s game of dozens of teams, Bennett would have been a lock as a starter, if not a star, on three-quarters of the clubs. Bennett stuck around Rhody after his playing days and turned out the most famous hockey family in the state, with sons Curt, John, Harvey, Jr., Bill, and Jim — the latter now Providence’s economic development director — all playing professional hockey. Phillipe attended Brown with Curt and John. And it is no stretch to say that Curt was the

finest American-raised player of his time — and among the most exciting players ever to play in the NCAA. P. remembers living across the street from Curt the summer before he went to his first NHL camp and watching the player do martial arts exercises in front of his house. The exercises are provocative enough, but when the guy doing them is 6’4”, weighs 225 pounds, and has steel cables for muscles, they border on intimidating. The training came in handy, though. Phillipe ran across Curt’s Brown hockey coach later that fall and asked for an update. It seems Curt, as he’d written in his most recent letter, had to fight the toughest player on the opposing team every night just to prove he was hard enough for the NHL. In the early and mid-1970s, you see, players who came to the league via college were regarded as toffee-nosed wussies. After awhile, Curt decided to drop his gloves and pound away at the other team’s enforcer as soon as the game began, just to get it out of the way. That kind of hard-nosed attitude is what made all the Bennett brothers a success, and Divver did a great job pointing that out in his piece.

Waiting for the CoWsills

A tip of the beret to Herb “Mr. Pawtucket” Weiss. Herb, the economic and cultural

the CitY _by d er f

affairs officer for the city, serves with Jorge on the board of the Rhode Island Music Hall Of Fame and is very excited about the imminent induction of the Cowsills, America’s first popular “family” band. Herb wrote an excellent profile of the group for the January 25 edition of The Times of Pawtucket. And Jorge was struck by one particular nugget Herb dug up for the piece. In the mid-’60s, it seems, radio station WPRO ran a contest urging listeners to vote for their favorite single. The two choices were “The Sound of Silence” by Simon and Garfunkel and “All I Really Want To Be Is Me” by the Cowsills. The Rhode Islanders won, hands down. The excitement is starting to build for this great band’s return to its home state to perform at the RIMHOF concert and induction ceremony April 28. We urge you to get your tickets for the show now, as it’s sure to sell out quickly. Tickets can be purchased at rhodeislandmusichall offame.com.

animal talk

Since our team is not playing in the Super Bowl, we have little interest in the codpiece ballet this year. Instead, you will find on the giant screen in the Boom Boom Room the far more exciting (not to mention lovable) Puppy Bowl, to be aired by the Animal Planet cable network. The Puppy Bowl will apparently

feature 63 puppies, 21 kittens, and nine baby hedgehogs. No wagering is allowed at Casa Diablo. In fake animal news, our intrepid research associate JEM informed us of a story in The Onion featuring a western lowland gorilla who escaped from the San Diego Zoo and went on a killing spree at a local shopping plaza. The story explained that the incident had inspired skyrocketing gorilla sales. “After seeing yet another deranged gorilla just burst into a public place and start killing people, I decided I need to make sure something like that never happens to me,” Nick Keller of Atlanta told The Onion, shortly after purchasing a 350-pound mountain gorilla from his local gorilla store. “It just gives me peace of mind knowing that if I’m ever in that situation, I won’t have to just watch helplessly as my torso is ripped in half and my face is chewed off. I’ll be able to use my gorilla to defend myself.” To our knowledge, there are no gorilla stores in the Biggest Little. However, we have contacted the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation and suggested that an investment in gorilla store start-ups could be the “game changer” we’ve all been waiting for. And in a final bit of animal news, a much beloved cat — Inky — recently passed away. We found some solace in an excerpt from the singer, songwriter,

author, and sometimes political candidate Kinky Friedman’s 1993 tome, Elvis, Jesus and Coca-Cola, about the passing of Kinky’s feline companion Cuddles. “I dug Cuddles’s grave with a silver spade in the little garden by the stream behind the old green trailer where both of us lived in summertime,” Kinky wrote. “Her burial shroud was my old New York sweatshirt and, in the grave with her is a can of tuna and a cigar . . . Dogs have a depth of loyalty that often we seem unworthy of. But the love of a cat is a blessing, a privilege in this world. They say when you die and go to heaven, all the dogs and cats you’ve ever had in your life come running to meet you.” This is exactly how we feel about Inky. Looking forward to seeing you in heaven.

musiC and politiCs

Speaker of the House Gordon Fox will be discussing the history of Motown Records and talking about his favorite Motown tunes at 4 pm on February 2 at the RISD Library, 15 Westminster Street in the capital city. It’s sponsored by the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society with all proceeds going to that important organization. For more information or tickets ($25), go to the RIBHS web site (ribhs.org) and click the “events” tab. ^

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

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tug of war

Senate PreSident tereSa Paiva Weed controlS the final Struggle over gay marriage _By dav id S cha rfe n Berg It was a lopsided vote. The Rhode Island House of Repre sentatives approved samesex marriage by a 5119 margin last week — thrilling openly gay Speaker Gordon Fox and a small army of advocates who had been pushing for the legislation for some 16 years. But the considerable enthusiasm in the House chamber that night was tempered by a sober reflection on the bill’s Senate prospects. Before the lower house even cast its historic vote, the Providence Journal quoted Senator Michael McCaffrey, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in no particu lar hurry to hold hearings on the matter. “Sometime in the spring,” said McCaffrey, who opposes samesex nup tials. “Obviously there are more important things to worry about than gay marriage in the state of Rhode Island right now.” And while Senate President M. Teresa Paiva Weed, who is also opposed, offered Fox congratulations after the vote, it was a cool commendation; no fierce urgency of now in the upper house. Indeed, however powerful the momen tum surrounding Rhode Island’s most important piece of social legislation in years, the ultimate fate of the bill is uncertain. The Senate leadership has promised an upordown vote in the Judiciary Committee, but nothing more. And a Providence Phoenix vote count shows the full chamber is split right down the middle. This will be a close, conten tious fight. Here’s who and what to look for:

THE PRESIDENT

Rhode Island is the only New England state that hasn’t legalized samesex marriage. And no one has more power over whether the state will join the club than Paiva Weed, a cagey Newport Democrat in the home stretch of her political career. The Senate president has made her opposition to gay nuptials clear. But she’s created what looks like a deliberate ambiguity over the final disposition of the bill. Case in point: her decision to appoint a Judiciary Committee that looks split down the middle on the issue — 55. Insiders speculate that she’ll use that ambiguity to extract concessions on other matters from Speaker Fox. Paiva Weed, though, will have to consider ques tions not just of power politics, but of legacy. Blatant horse trad ing could look unseemly, given all the talk of civil rights and religious prin ciples animating the debate. And in the long run, the Senate president will have to decide whether she wants to be

remembered as a principled defender of traditional marriage or a leader who put aside her personal beliefs to allow for the steady march of history.

THE COMMITTEE

Gay marriage legislation has to make it through the 10member Judiciary Commit tee if it’s to land on the floor for a final vote. But parsing out who on the committee is in favor of the legislation and who is opposed is a bit of a mug’s game. Surely, observers say, the Senate president has appointed a committee she can bend to her will. Consider the lineup. Paiva Weed has put four solid “yes” votes on the panel: Donna Nesselbush, an openly gay Pawtucket Democrat who is the lead sponsor of the Senate bill, Erin Lynch (DWarwick), Stephen Archambault (DSmithfield), and Dawson Hodgson (RNorth Kingstown). A fifth member, Providence Democrat Paul Jabour, has wavered on gay marriage, but says he’ll vote “yes” in committee so the full Senate can decide the matter.

POWER PLAYER Paiva Weed is in the home stretch of her political career.

There are four solid “no” votes, too: McCaffrey, Harold Metts (DProvidence), Leo Raptakis (DCoventry), and Frank Lombardi (DCranston). That leaves freshman Bill Conley, an East Providence Democrat yet to declare his position, in the pole position. If he sides with proponents, he would give them a 64 majority and push the bill onto the floor. If he sides with opponents, the 55 vote would effectively kill the legis lation — or allow Paiva Weed and Majority Leader Dominick Ruggerio, who are ex officio members of the committee along with Minority Leader Dennis Algiere, to sweep in and break the tie. A member or two could also abstain — “take a walk,” in Smith Hill parlance — to achieve the desired result. However Paiva Weed plays the commit tee vote, you can read it as a pretty good indicator of the bill’s final disposition: if samesex marriage gets out of committee, there is every reason to believe it will pass the full chamber.

media guru Cameron Tolle to the cause. MERI campaign director Ray Sullivan says the campaign’s energy — dozens of volunteers in the office and spilling out into the hallways at peak times — reminds him of Barack Obama’s 2008 Ocean State push. And samesex marriage advocates, this time around, can make a reasonably strong argument that a “no” vote will have electoral consequences for legisla tors. Though activists didn’t fare as well they’d hoped in last fall’s elections — a highprofile push to oust McCaffrey, the Senate Judiciary chairman, fell short — they did enough to make lawmakers nervous going forward. The Catholic Church, on the other side, can’t flex the same kind of electoral mus cle. But it does claim a deep hold on the local culture that gay marriage advocates — however sophisticated — can’t match. We’ll see which force is more potent.

THE ADVOCATES

If samesex marriage advocates hope to convince Paiva Weed to release the bill from committee and allow an upordown vote on the floor, they’ll probably need to demonstrate they have a majority in the 38member Senate. Only then can they make an effec tive appeal to Paiva Weed’s democratic instincts and political selfinterest — a Senate president who thwarts the will of her chamber risks alienating the rank andfile. Advocates on both sides are tightlipped about their whip counts — their senator bysenator analyses of where the chamber stands. And that’s understandable. They don’t want to discuss strategy or alienate the senators they’ve been courting. But the Phoenix has put together its own list (see the “Not for Nothing” blog at providencephoenix.com for the complete rundown). It is fluid, of course. Subject to change. And a final vote, should the bill make it to the floor, could look quite different than the current count: if the measure appears headed for passage, after all, members who are on the fence now — even leaning no — could hop on board to ensure they’re on “the right side of history.” Caveats notwithstanding, the Phoenix counts 14 “yes” votes and 14 “no” votes. That leaves 10 senators in play — some of whom appear to be leaning in one direc tion or the other.

Paiva Weed’s decision could be shaped, at least in part, by the effectiveness of advo cates on either side. Start with the opposition. The Catholic Church was, perhaps, the single most potent force in spiking samesex nuptials legislation the last time it came to a head in 2011. The church tapped parish priests and their flocks to pressure lawmakers. Bishop Thomas J. Tobin called legislators person ally. And Reverend Bernard Healey, the church’s lobbyist, worked the State House hard. They’re back. Healey is roaming the halls. Tobin has reached out. Senator Nick Kettle (RCoventry) tells the Phoenix parish ioners from one church in his district have passed a single phone around and bom barded him with calls. The church isn’t alone in fighting the bill. A network of urban, evangeli cal ministers, many Latino, have taken a stronger role in opposing the measure this time around. And the country’s lead ing antigay marriage group, the National Organization for Marriage, is on the ground again. The state’s leading gay marriage advo cacy group, Marriage Equality Rhode Island (MERI), was riven by internal con flict during the last legislative push. But a coup in the middle of the 2011 campaign empowered a more politically savvy team — a team that remains in place today. And the advocacy effort, this time around, looks stronger. The locals have enlisted plenty of rov ing, national talent, including Matt McTighe, who ran last fall’s successful gay marriage referendum campaign in Maine, and Amy Mello, a Rhode Islander who has served as field director for campaigns in several states. Three staffers with the Human Rights Campaign, the largest gay, lesbian, bisexu al, and transgender civil rights organization in the country, have registered as lobby ists with the state. And Freedom to Marry, another national group, has leant social

THE WHIP COUNT

• Jabour (DProvidence), a member of Senate Judiciary, has indicated he’ll vote samesex marriage out of committee so the full body can decide. He has wrestled with where he personally stands on the issue, but says he’ll listen to his relatively liberal constituents. The Phoenix rates him a lean yes. • James Doyle (DPawtucket) tells the Providence Journal he’s opposed to gay nuptials. But insiders aren’t convinced that’s where he’ll land. We’ll rate him a lean no for now. • Daniel DaPonte (DEast Providence) said during an electionseason debate that Continued on p 6

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he would support “a form of” samesex marriage. But he hedged a bit afterward, advocating longshot legislation that would make all marriages civil — and therefore, equal before the law. He’s a tossup. • Elizabeth Crowley (DCentral Falls), a deeply religious person, sides with liberals when it comes to protecting social servic es. She’s been a bit squeamish on samesex marriage, but the Phoenix rates her a lean yes. • Conley (DEast Provi dence), the freshman with the key vote on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a lean no based on his past state ments on marriage. • Roger Picard (DWoon socket) seems opposed to samesex nuptials. But there may be some wiggle room there. He’s a lean no. • Nick Kettle (RCoven try), a 22yearold student in his second term, tells COVERAGE the Phoenix he is personally the gay in favor of gay marriage, marriage but will weigh the opin saga has ion of a constituency that been frontseems mostly opposed. We page news rate him a lean yes. since 2009. • Paul Fogarty (DGloces ter) tells the Journal he is against samesex mar riage. And it seems likely he’ll land there. But he may be persuadable. He’s a lean no for now. • David Bates (RBar rington), the minority whip, seems partial to a popular referendum on the question. But he tells the Phoenix he would “consider” a samesex marriage bill that offers substantial protections for religiously affiliated institutions that don’t want to recognize gay nuptials. We’ll rate him a tossup. • Dennis Algiere (RWest erly), the minority leader, looks like a tossup at the moment. The Phoenix whip count, in toto, comes to 14 yeses, three lean yeses, 14 nos, four lean nos, and three tossups. Couldn’t be much closer. For samesex marriage supporters looking to demonstrate a clear edge, that murky environment is a tough one. And legislators in the shadows may have rea son to remain there until the end — to avoid alienating advocates on either side and to build leverage for horse trading. Still, a majority is within sight.

THE END GAME

The most important component of the gay marriage end game may remain hidden from public view: if Paiva Weed and Fox come to some kind of accommodation, the bill should pass, if they don’t, it probably won’t. But there are other elements to consid er. First, the US Supreme Court is expected to hear oral arguments on a pair of gay marriage cases in late March and issue rulings in late June. The decisions will probably come after the General Assembly closes up shop for the year. But the tone of the oral arguments

could impact the Rhode Island debate. And opponents are already arguing that the Senate should wait to see what the high court rules before taking any action on samesex nuptials. If the measure does make it to the Senate floor, amendments seem likely. The House bill includes boiler plate lan guage stating that no religious institution or religious leader is required to perform samesex marriages. That leaves room for additional religious protections that could provide Paiva Weed and senators on the fence with some political cover, should they allow the bill through. One model: the so called Corvese amend ment, attached to the civil unions law the leg islature passed two years ago. The amendment, named after the represen tative who authored it, exempts reli giously affiliated institutions like Catholic hospitals from recognizing civil unions. Its expan sive language — reaching beyond churches to the sort of institu tions that serve the broader public — is anathema to gay rights activists. But if its inclusion in a same sex marriage bill secures passage, those activists would probably accept it. The Senate could also approve a referendum — putting the question to voters and providing an out, in the process, for Paiva Weed and sena tors reluctant to cast an upordown vote on gay nuptials. Senator Frank Ciccone has proposed a referen dum on a constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union of a man and a woman. That’s going nowhere. But a referendum on samesex marriage, itself, might have a shot at Senate passage. Fox and Governor Lincoln Chafee, also a gay nuptials supporter, have rejected the idea, though — arguing that the legisla ture needs to do its job and that the major ity shouldn’t be able to vote on the rights of a minority. Many in the gay and lesbian community have deep misgivings about a referendum, too. It would be painful, after all, to see neighbors planting “No on Question 1” signs in their lawns. And before the 2012 elections, advocates were 032 in samesex marriage referenda fights around the country. But public opinion is shifting rapidly. And after gay nuptials proponents won four ballot question campaigns last fall in Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, and Washington — reversing the long losing streak — one could imagine Rhode Island advocates warming up to the idea in the coming years if the Senate remains an immovable object. ^

David Scharfenberg can be reached at dscharfenberg@phx.com. Follow him on Twitter @d_scharfenberg.

This Just In History Dept.

Smokestacks and stereopticons: 19th-century Providence in 3D

Forty strangers walk into a bar, turn off the lights, and put on 3D glasses. It’s not the build-up to a bawdy punch line; it’s the Tuesday evening scene inside the Roots Cultural Center on Westminster Street. Visitors sit in rows of chairs facing a projection screen lit up by a blurry, black-andwhite image. Through their glasses, the image becomes a sharp, textured, three-dimensional snapshot taken from a spot near Prospect Terrace Park. There are no iron fences or Roger Williams statues in the photo, though, just a tree perched on a sloping hill in the foreground and rows of steeples and pitched roofs stretching for miles beyond it. And as local historian and preservation consultant Ned Connors says from the front of the room, there are plenty of smokestacks. “Providence had the highest per-capita income in the United States in 1890,” he says. The city was booming thanks to a locomotive factory and metal parts manufacturing juggernauts like Nicholson File and Brown & Sharpe. “Smokestacks were everywhere. If you owned a factory and you hired an engraver to come do an illustration of you, you always had an engraver make smoke because smoke was a sign of wealth.” The 3D College Hill vista is one of hundreds of stereo photographs in the Rhode Island Historical Society’s collection. They’re a relic from an era when photographers roamed Providence’s streets with special cameras rigged with two lenses set eyewidth apart. Once developed, the photos were printed side-by-side on cards that were inserted into handheld wooden viewing gadgets called “stereopticons.” When viewers peered through the stereopticon’s goggles, their brains combined the two images, creating an impression of lifelike depth and perspective. It was Gilded Age parlor entertainment. A quirky neighbor hooked Connors on stereo photography with 3D images of Taj Mahal and other blues musicians from Newport Folk Festivals taken during a revival in stereo photography after World War II. He combined that obsession with his love of local history to present slideshows like this one around town, organized by the Rhode Island Historical Society. (“I don’t know anybody who has a time machine, but this is as close as you can get,” RIHS executive director Morgan Grefe said before the show.) Connors’s projectionist this evening is his daughter Audrey, a senior graphic design

student at Rhode Island College who helped her dad scan the old photographs into Photoshop and brush away coffee stains and other imperfections before sending the images off to Wisconsin to be converted to 35 mm slide film. “I don’t know of any other statewide historical societies that are doing what we’re doing . . . as far as mining their collection of historical stereo views and projecting them using modern technology,” Connors says. “It almost looks like someone punched a hole in the side wall of Roots and that black and white world is outside and we’re just kind of looking through the hole in the wall.” And, indeed, the whole bar has turned into one giant stereopticon for tonight’s show. Staring at the screen through their goofy glasses, the crowd sees bygone 19th-century structures like the “WHAT CHEER” building (now the site of RISD’s Chace Center), municipal water-pumping stations that look like cathedrals, and Thomas Tefft’s grandiose, Romanesque train station. It sees Weybosset and Westminster streets teeming with horse-drawn wagons and trolleys; a boy no older than eight poses jauntily in one shot, puffing a cigarette. It sees enormous crowds — men in dark suits; women shaded under parasols and wearing elaborate frilly dresses — swarming downtown for the dedication of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument. It sees baby carriages and butchered meats inside the Sprague Company General Store and rows of hulking, impossibly intricate linotype machines inside the Journal and Bulletin printing offices. The crowd is dazzled and, as the libations flow (this is happy hour, after all), the presentation soon becomes interactive, with participants shouting anecdotes and identifying photos by landmarks like the Grace Church steeple. Marco Lomazzo, a senior at La Salle Academy, is slightly more demure, but no less entranced. He periodically looks down from the screen to scribble excitedly in a pocket notebook. He’s fond of reading historical plaques around Providence, he explains at the intermission, so tonight’s show is like catnip. It bumps his homework — reading Hamlet — a bit further down his to-do list. “I’ll read that later; I can do SparkNotes for that,” he says. “This is more important.” There is no definitive date for the next show, but Connors, the Historical Society, and the Roots, all seem interested in making the presentations a regular happening. Check rihs.org for more information.

SEEING DOUBLE A vintage image from the Rhode Island Historical Society.

_Philip Eil

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Harry Belafonte on a narcissistic america Singer Harry Belafonte, now 85, has engaged in a social activism of extraordinary breadth. The Calypso singer, best known for “The Banana Boat Song” with its signature “Day-O” refrain, bailed Martin Luther King, Jr. out of the Birmingham City Jail and financed the Freedom Rides. He joined the fight against AIDS in South Africa and was a sharp critic of the Bush Administration. In widely published remarks, he called Bush’s Secretaries of State Colin Powell and Condoleeza Rice “house slaves,” prompting public rebukes from both. Belafonte was in Providence January 29 to offer the keynote speech at the end of a month-long celebration of King at RISD. The speech, “Artist as Activist,” was as provocative as always — urging black America to get more involved in the gun control movement and asserting that President Bush “stole” the 2000 election, among other things. Before he took the stage, Belafonte sat down for a brief interview with the Phoenix at RISD’s Market House — his voice raspy, dignified, and ever-radical. The interview is edited and condensed.

YOUR TALK IS TITLED “ARTIST AS ACTIVIST.” IT SEEMS THERE’S A DEARTH OF ACTIVISM THESE DAYS IN MUSIC, IN THE FINE ARTS, ON THE SCREEN. ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED? I think that there

are some really small exceptions to that rule. I think Bruce Springsteen’s Wrecking Ball is an attempt by a very high-profile artist to make a social statement. I think that the last outpouring of art and social consciousness really can be found during the 1960s, ’50s, and so on. And well before that, because what we inherited in our day was art that had a sense of social purpose. Then came the great harvest of the postcivil rights period when everyone began to turn to meism. Most artists ARTIST/ACTIVIST Belafonte. turned away from social activism. They were encouraged to, because if you are too outspoken, corporate America will silence you. They would not give you the platform for endorsements, they would not sponsor your shows. It’s almost like an act of McCarthyism, censorship. What’s happened is that that contamination has taken over almost completely. The inordinate sums of money that people are paid for the work that they do has changed their whole sense of the mission of art. Art has become an instrument of technology. All the things that you see are more about manipulating the technical device. The content is thrown away.

YOU APPEARED IN A CAMPAIGN COMMERCIAL FOR JFK IN 1960. CAN YOU IMAGINE DOING THAT FOR ANY PRESENT-DAY POLITICIAN? I’d

gladly do it for every politician I met if they had [the] values, platform, and purpose that I thought commanded my support.

DOES ANYONE COMMAND THAT SUPPORT THESE DAYS? Barack

Obama did. And in a way, he still does. But there are many questions here. We’ll see what happens with his second term. I do believe if he fails, and we fail, to use this moment to take America to another level and to another set of values and objectives, we will have lost the ability to change this country in a way that it needs to. I think that we’ll be just on an express to Hell. It’s all too fast, it’s much too much, it’s all scattered — where we are and our sense of purpose.

DO YOU BELIEVE PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS PAID ENOUGH ATTENTION TO BLACK AMERICA? Not at all. As a matter of fact, that’s part

of why I hesitate [to fully endorse him]. I don’t think he’s paid enough attention to black America. And there’s so many reasons why he should. We have the largest prison population in the world, made up mostly of people of color. Nobody in his Cabinet sits to look at this phenomenon. He doesn’t talk very much about the poor. Certainly talks about the middle class — and that is not to be dismissed, but it was not meant to suffocate all other issues. There’s more to America than just how well the middle class does. So everybody gets rich, but where is the emotional, the philosophical, the social sense? What are we going to use that middle-class power to do? Who do we serve other than ourselves? Very narcissistic, self-serving stuff.

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have it this good. But when it comes to comics and graphics, we have some of the best artists anywhere — no question. So even a seemingly small, quick, pick-up show like “X-TRA ZEUS! New Comics & Drawings” can astonish. It’s a roundup of 20 comics artists with ties to Providence (some have since moved to New York and western Massachusetts). There are certainly some traditional superhero doodlers around town, but this show highlights Providence’s comics strength: weirdo, feral, personal, punk, outsider, sci-fi shenanigans. The show decorates the walls of World’s Fair, which opened at the recording studio and music venue Machines With Magnets (400 Main St, Pawtucket, through February 15) last November. “We’re a gallery with a cocktail bar,” explains Willa Van Nostrand, an artist CHARMING AND OBSESSIVE a drawing by silander clark. and curator. Her background includes studies of theater, writing, printmaking, and slow food. Lately she’s been working with Proviof, say, superheroes, Willy Wonka, and Alice in Wonderland. And dence’s Buonaccorsi + Agniel gallery while also operating Chippendale fills all his pages with buzzing marks. her own “cocktail catering company,” Little Bitte. Mickey Zacchilli’s visionary drawing shows a cigaretteRight now the gallery is “open for music shows. We’re smoking wolf-headed minotaur-thing with a snake dick. also open by appointment,” Van Nostrand says. She aims to The image emerges from amidst drips and splatters, as put on new group shows every two months and eventually be if she was drawing on the edge of spinning out of conopen four days a week. “The idea is to be program-driven and trol. Her art is always filled with an amazing, wild, feral have really great events,” she says. “We have a performance crackle. It’s past due for someone to put together a solo series coming in March.” show of her comics, draw“X-TRA ZEUS!” features ings, and screenprints. Katrina Silander Clark’s The show also features drawings from her 2013 CF’s cosmic surreal advencalendar. A woman and tures, Clayton Schiff’s bizarro her dog stick their heads wanderings of a turtle and among the steaks and popworm, Tom Bubul’s cartoonsicles in their freezer on a ish abstracted fever dream of scorching summer day; a washing dishes, and Cybele woman (the ladies seem to Collins’s clawed, fire-breathbe self-portraits) reading ing lady monster. Many of up on “Snake Care” as she the artists favor the tried and lounges in bed with her cat true underground comics mix and two giant snakes. The of funny/creepy animals, drawings are charming and gonzo gags, monsters, and obsessive. Her mix of careful raunchy jokes. But the patron observation and dreaming is saint of this stuff is surely convincingly noted in scenes punk visionary Gary Panter, packed with psychologicallya New Yorker who is perhaps charged details. better known for his awardBrian Chippendale’s fivewinning set designs for Peepage comic Hey Hider is about wee’s Playhouse. a scarecrow-like fellow with Providence comics’ bench an invisible face winning a is so deep that even the kind gunfight — unarmed. And of shitty comics here have an then getting threatened inspired nutty magnetism, with public exposure by a like Bryan Dufresne’s goof pair of creeps. With Chipabout Michael Jackson actupendale, you often feel a bit ally being a space alien, by lost — in a good, intriguing way of Roswell, New Mexiway — in a claustrophobic co. There’s no way you’ll be world of rundown factobored. ^ ries, overgrown parks, and haunted temples. It’s like a Read Greg Cook’s blog at FERAL CRACKLE an untitled work by Zacchilli. paranoid freakout mashup gregcookland.com/journal.

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theater Music and Madness 2nd Story’S maSterful AmAdeus _ by bill ro drig ue z covelli) as both “the voice of God” and “the voice of an obscene child.” Mozart’s middle name — “loved by God,” indeed — is an insult and affront to his upright rival. By the end of Act One, crazed with envy,

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Poor Antonio Salieri. Try as he might to make his compositions sound more Germanic, the Lombardy-born court composer was forever grouped with other Italians in their suspected nefarious cabals. Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus gleefully wrings out every drop of anguish in the man rumored to have poisoned Mozart, and 2nd Story Theatre exquisitely draws out the misery of both of them in a gripping production (through February 17). Salieri is such a delectable role that the company’s artistic director, Ed Shea, couldn’t resist stepping out and taking the part, directed by 2nd Story co-founder Pat Hegnauer. We begin with voiceover whispers around Vienna that Salieri was responsible for the death of his poor (literally) rival. Salieri is an old man at this point, wracked by a guilt likely prompted more by senility than by earlier actions. In telling the story, the playwright has him don the garb of a younger man — by six years — and step back in time. But this production smartly underscores that this is a memory play by having Shea continue throughout in night clothes, carrying a lit candle like a weary Diogenes looking for illumination, if not honesty. The play is a good example of the effectiveness of theatrical exaggeration. Shea gets thoroughly into the old man’s anguish on first hearing the music of young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Andrew Ia-

the milkmaid who holds her cow upside down, hoping to get more cream? She marches by too. Yeah, yeah, junior high schoolish, but sometimes don’t you just want to put your brains in a bucket and go with the flow? Then you can appreciate the fishmonger here who is selling flowers as fish because the fishermen had a bad day and “Why should I suffer?” Words being taken literally is another source of amusement; imagine the possibilities around the reply “I can’t say that I have.” Sophia’s parents are not much brighter than she. There is Dr. Zubritsky (Alexander Cook), who doesn’t accept payment for his services, telling a patient he can give him something if he ever goes to medical school. And there is his wife, Lenya (Stacey Geer) who occasionally provides background entertainment while others converse by grimacing with effort as she pushes a door that needs to be pulled open. Leon learns that the curse is 200 years old, imposed by the prospective father-inlaw of an historical Sophia Zubritsky because her suitor was illiterate. If Leon can successfully educate the current Sophia within 24 hours of arriving in the village, the curse will be lifted; if he can’t he has to flee or become stupid himself.

There is a wonderful villain here, Count Gregor Yousekevitch, played by Bruce Warren with a delicious verve that competes nicely with Rickard’s young-lover enthusiasm. He lives in the castle on an overlooking mountaintop, and the people believe that thunder signals his displeasure, to be followed by water that he hurls down upon them. The count proposes to Sophia twice a day, since her marrying a Yousekevitch is another way for the curse to be lifted. (As an unnecessary bonus, Simon has the curse also banish love from the village, which eliminates what would be a good reason for her marriage refusal. The people are supposed to be stupid, not the plot.) Needless to say, Leon wins the day and the perpetual cloud dimming the villagers’ wits is lifted. Thanks to the Ocean State Theatre Company performers, several of whom are Equity actors, we can applaud without embarrassment. Simon ended up succeeding with the play, in that it closed on Broadway after only 40 performances and thereby gave the intended gotcha to ex-wife Marsha Mason. Still, for theatergoers who just wanna have fun, Fools won’t make you feel foolish, just (intentionally) underserved by a playwright capable of much more. ^

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ocean State theatre company’S Fools _by bill ro drig ue z Neil Simon’s comic fable Fools is getting a talented and chuckle-packed production by Ocean State Theatre Company (through February 10), which might have mildly annoyed the playwright if he knew. You see, word has it that he penned the lighthearted trifle in the 1980s not wanting it to be one of his usual Broadway hits, since he’d agreed in a divorce settlement that his ex-wife would get half the profits of his next play. Funny bit. Sounds like it would make a great Neil Simon play. Maybe when he finally cools off. Directed by Amiee Turner, this is a finger exercise of a comedy, the theatrical equivalent of a string of Polish jokes. The time is 1890; the place, the Ukrainian village of Kulyenchikov. The premise of the tale is that every villager is cursed with stupidity, so their inability to spell Kulyenchikov is slyly indicated by scenic designer Kimberly V. Powers’s cartoon-colorful houses bracketed by direction signs

addition to Shea’s steady throughline, Iacovelli provides an especially boyish presence and spirit for Mozart, complemented perfectly by Westgate’s wide-eyed, spirited Constanze. John Michael Richardson is an enjoyably fatuous Emperor Joseph II, preening before the bows of courtiers (F. William Oakes, David De Almo). Among them, Chris Conte’s authoritative Prefect Gottfried van Swieten builds a dignified but intimidating authority as he tries to get Mozart to write an opera of properly noble personages rather than the ordinary people that eventually populate The Marriage of Figaro. Although its premiere was a well-encored success, it was performed only an average of once a month for the rest of its first year, a fact that the playwright uses here to intimate Italianate hanky-panky. Costume designer Ron Cesario and production designer Trevor Elliott effectively draw us into the period. Between their work and that of the actors, we don’t even care that Amadeus plays fast and loose with the facts, such as this prodigy’s supposed ability to dash off brilliant compositions without revision. As for any responsibility of Salieri for Mozart’s death, the rumor of a maniacal poisoning didn’t begin until many years later and has the credibility of alien abduction headlines. Career roadblocks are more plausible. Although Mozart and his overly controlling father suspected Salieri of undermining the advancement of the younger man, this likely had more to do with professional rivalry than wicked conspiracy. In any event, whatever disputes there might be about history, their music remains their best testimony. ^

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Salieri even declares war on his deity. Shaffer comes up with a delightfully extreme contrast in Mozart’s behavior, just the kind of thing that would infuriate the proper, courtly Salieri upon his first encounter. Mozart and fiancé Constanze (Valerie Westgate) are engaged in giggly, sexual play, supplemented by Mozart’s incessant scatological joking, with Salieri too embarrassed to announce his unseen presence in the room. Wonderful. What a cast, spot-on in their roles. In

for Pole-and and Kee West and such. Into this common-sense black hole steps schoolmaster Leon Tolchinsky (Matthew Rickard), bouncing with happiness over the prospect of teaching literature but quickly dismayed. The first person he meets is “Something Something” Snetsky (Mike Daniels), whose first name is too complicated for the villager to remember. He is known as the sheep loser, so a recurring sight gag has him searching for his woolly charges. A love interest for Leon soon appears, in the form of Sophia Zubritsky (Alyssa Gorgone) The 19-year-old lovely is so stupid, we are told, that she only recently learned how to sit down. This wincingly lame gag is fortunately the worst of the lot, which keep coming at a finger-snapping clip. More typical is the following exchange: “Do I have any mail?” “No — I’m the postman, and I have all the mail.” Speaking of which, did you hear about

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TEMPLECON 2013 | The “retrofuturist science fiction and hobby gaming convention,” with authors CJ Henderson, Leanna Renee Hieber, Ay-Leen the Peacemaker, Margaret Killjoy; performances by the Wandering Legion of Thomas Tew, the Copper Claw, Emperor Justinian Stanislaus of the Red Fork Empire, the Catastrophe Orchestra, the Boston Sprockettes, and more; plus dealers selling games, books, comic books, costumes, costume accessories, and other items; the Clockwork Bazaar, “Intersectional: Fashion, Flesh, and Biohacks,” with designs by Pretty Thoughts, Auralynne, Fairy Stitch Factory, Lazeya, Roland Marquis, and Icon Alchemy, and retro-futuristthemed performances by Ego Likeness, Psyche Corporation, Samara, Ameena, Troupe Moirae, Fong, Neylan, Creative Fusion Bellydance, Isobel Valo, Acacia, Caitlin Farley, Alan White, Bettysioux Taylor, Maurice Eighme, LizBeth, Elizabeth Joy, Sally the Altar Boy, Alizé, Kouri, Madame Ximon, Rory Raven, Lucas Simmons, the RKO Army, and more, as well as the gala “Neo-Sapien Ball,” with DJ ZNUH, and DJ Black/Mail | Crowne Plaza, 801 Greenwich Ave, Warwick | $20 Fri + Sun, $30 Sat, $55 weekend pass | templecon.org BIG BOOK SALE | Feb 1 + 2 9 am-5 pm + Feb 3 1-5 pm | Weaver Library, 41 Grove St, East Providence | Free | 401.435.1986 | eplib.org CES MMA PRESENTS LIVE CAGEFIGHTING with Mike “The Beast”

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Through Feb 21: “Material Matters: Social Content Through Process and Materials,” with works by Mary Hurwitz, Kat Cope, Christian Kozaki, and Henry Daniel Gatlin AS220 | 401.831.9327 | 115 Empire St, Providence | as220.org | Wed-Fri 1-6 pm; Sat 12-5 pm + by appointment | Feb 2-23: “Practical Tools For Shifting Reality,” new work by Ian Cozzens | “Found Object Paintings,” new works by Lyn Hayden | New photographs by Byron Hocker | New work by Indira Miller AS220 PROJECT SPACE | 401.831.9327 | 93 Mathewson St, Providence | as220.org | Wed-Fri 1-6 pm; Sat 12-5 pm + by appointment | Feb 2-23: “Echoes & Shadows,” new work by Stephen Brownell and Sarah Clover BANKRI GALLERY | 401.456.5015 x 1330 | 1 Turks Head Pl, Providence | bankri.com | Mon-Wed 8:30 am-3 pm; Thurs-Fri 8:30 am-5 pm | Through Feb 6: “Madworks: Scenes From Dante’s Inferno and Other Drawings,” by Ted DiLucia | Feb 7-March 6: “In the Land of Primrose,” illustrations by Alyssa Holland Short — 137 Pitman St, Providence | MonFri 9 am-7 pm; Sat 9 am-3 pm; Sun 12-4 pm | Through Feb 6: “In the

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Rhode Island Hospital is conducting a research study to determine if an injectable opiate-blocking medication called Naltrexone helps opioid dependent persons who are involved with the criminal justice system remain drug-free. Because of Naltrexone’s complete blocking action, it does not cause euphoria or mood alteration and if you stop taking it you do not have to go through withdrawal symptoms.

To be eligible you must: • Be 18 to 60 years old • Have a history of opiate addiction or current dependence. • Have a history of criminal justice involvement ( jail, probation, parole etc.) Participation is voluntary and confidential. You will be compensated for your time and transportation is provided.

If you are interested or have questions please call

(401) 444-6427 This project is being funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and approved by the Miriam Hospital IRB.

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| Mon-Fri 9 am-7 pm; Sat 9 am-3 pm; Sun 12-4 pm | Through Apr 3: “Construction Zone,” high-contrast photographs by David DeMelim

BANNISTER GALLERY AT RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE | 401.456.9765 |

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

8 pm | Feb 7-Mar 1: “Story/Line: Narrative Form in Six Graphic Novelists,” works by Gabrielle Bell, Ellen Crenshaw, Emily Flake, Kevin Mutch, Bishakh Som, and Karl Stevens BILL KRUL GALLERY | 401.782.1715 | 142 Boon St, Narragansett | billkrul gallery.com | Daily 10 am-8 pm | Through Jan 31: “The Vampire Chronicles,” illustrations by Corinne Adams | “My Way with Women,” photos by Bill Krul | Feb 1-28: “Chasing the Light from Sunrise to Sunset,” images by the photographers of the Sunrise-Sunset Workshop CADE TOMPKINS PROJECTS | 401.751.4888 | 198 Hope St, Providence | cadetompkins.com | Sat 10 am-6 pm + by appointment | Through Feb 28: “Double Legacy,” with drawings, prints, sculpture, and painting by artist pairs, including Nancy Friese and Sophiya Khwaja; Daniel Heyman and Stella Ebner; Julia Jacquette and Tedd Nash Pomaski; Dean Snyder and James Foster; and John Udvardy and Huckleberry Starnes CANDITA CLAYTON STUDIO | 401.533.8825 | 999 Main St, Unit 105, Pawtucket | canditaclaytonstudio.com | Wed 6-9 pm + by appointment + chance | Through Mar 6: “Through Time,” works by Kate Blacklock CRAFTLAND | 401.272.4285 | 235 Westminster St, Providence | craftland shop.com | Through March 2: “Love Nest,” a group exhibition of prints, paintings, sculpture, and drawings created for the second annual Valentine show | with works by Jill Colinan, Jen Corace, Jim Frain, Peter Fuller, Leif Goldberg, Corey Grayhorse, Cassi Jacobs, CW Roelle, Erin Rosenthal, Will Schaff, Deth P. Sun, Daria Tessler, Alec Thibodeau, Hilary Treadwell, Matthew Underwood, and Neal Walsh DAVID WINTON BELL GALLERY | 401 863.2932 | List Art Center, Brown University, 64 College St, Providence |

brown.edu/Facilities/David_Winton_ Bell_Gallery | Mon-Fri 11 am-4 pm;

EAST BAY TAVERN

East Providence’s Hottest Night Spot!

Every Friday:

Flava Fridays Music by “THE ONE” J SLEAZY Hosted by Jahpan / Ft. The ASAP Dancers Wed + Thurs DJ MiDNiGHT

Fri + Sat DJ SLEAZY

Every Fri & Sat: Go Go Dancers! EAST BAY TAVERN 305 LYON AvE EAST PrOviDENcE 401-228-7343 OPEN EvErY DAY FrOM 3PM-1AM

Sat + Sun 1-4 pm | Through Feb 17: “Until the Kingdom Comes,” photographs by Simen Johan DEBLOIS GALLERY | 401.847.9977 | 138 Bellevue Ave, Newport | deblois gallery.com | Tues-Sun 12-5 pm | Through Jan 31: “Glass Exhibition” GALLERY AT CITY HALL | 401.421.7740 | 25 Dorrance St, Providence | Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4 pm | Through March 15: “Masters of the Craft: Gallery of Memory,” a photography exhibi8t commemorating the 80th anniversary of the founding of Local 1329 of the International Longshoremen’s Association in Providence, the first labor union in New England organized predominantly by Cape Verdeans GALLERY Z | 401.454.8844 | 259 Atwells Ave, Providence | galleryzprov. com | Wed-Sat 12-8 pm + by appointment | Through March 9: “Estate Show: Living and Non-Living Artists Represented and Exhibited with Gallery Z in the Past,” | with works by Aghassi, Francesco Agresti, Hagop Aprahamian, Hrair Aprahamian, Virginia Arakelian, Marc Awodey, Lara B., Jillian Barber, Anoush Bargamian, Midge Bovino, Colette Brésilla, Erik Bright, Sue Butler,Yevkine De Gréef, Linda Denosky-Smart, Adrienne Der Marderosian, Areg Eibekian, Robert Elibekian, Vagharshak Elibekian,

Samuel Gareginyan, Melik Gazarian, Benjamin Giguere, Fran HenryMeehan, Harutune Hovhanesian, Herbet C. Illium, Nonna Kazanskaya, Ivan Kazanski, Stephen Koharian, Alex Khomski, Janice Lawrence, Marty McCorkle, Stephanie Marzella, Eduard Matevosian, Alan Metnick, Kevork Mourad, Sevan Naccashian, Reuben Nakian, Valentina Nekrash, Karnig Nalbandian, Mathias Opperdorff, Paul Orzech, Nick Paciorek, Regina A. Partridge, Julian Penrose, Jeff Pullen , Ewa Romaszewicz, Piraji Sagara, Simon Samsonian, Donalyn Schofield, Michael Sherman, Mark Sposato, Helena Stockar, Kegham Tazian, and Ben Weiss

GREEN SPACE GALLERY AT THE T.F. GREEN AIRPORT | 2000 Post

Rd, Warwick | Through April 30: “On and Through and In Between,” new work by Deborah Baronas and Graham Heffernan HERA GALLERY | 401.789.1488 | 10 High St, Wakefield | heragallery.org | Wed-Fri 1-5 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm | Feb 2-23: “26th Young Adults’ Exhibition” | with work from students from Chariho High School, Exeter West Greenwich, La Salle Academy, The Lincoln School, Moses Brown School, the New Urban Arts Program, North Kingstown High School, Ocean Tides School, South Kingstown High School, and Westerly High School IMAGO GALLERY | 401.245.0173 | 36 Market St, Warren | imagofoundation 4art.org | Thurs 4-8 pm, Fri + Sat 128 pm | Feb 7-March 3: “Open Community Exhibit” JAMESTOWN ARTS CENTER | 401.560.0979 | 18 Valley St | jamestownartcenter.org | Wed-Sat 10 am-2 pm | Through Feb 8: “The First Annual Jamestown Arts Center Design Expo,” with works by DWRI Letterpress, Estes Twombly Architects, Ezra Smith Design, Focal Upright Furniture, groundSwell Designs, Hasbro, JAC Youth Design Studio, Jeff Soderbergh, Katherine Field and Associates, Lakuna Design, MAGUIRE Art Design, Mars Made, OCTO PD, Packaging 2.0, S. Barzin Architect, Studio Dunn, taste, Thames & Kosmos, and Ximedica JUDITH KLEIN ART GALLERY | 508.965.7396 | 98 William St, New Bedford, MA | judithkleinart.com | Mon-Tues + Thurs-Fri 12-5 pm; Sat 10:30 am-2:30 pm | Through Feb 23: “Love,” an invitational group exhibit with works on the theme “language of love”

KNIGHT CAMPUS ART GALLERY AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND | 401.825.2220 |

400 East Ave, Warwick | ccri.edu/art/ galleries/knight | Tues-Wed + Fri

10 am-4 pm; Thurs 10 am-7 pm | Through Feb 22: “Detritus,” works by Kyle Hittmeier KRAUSE GALLERY | 401.831.7350 x 174 | In the Jenks Center at Moses

Brown School, 250 Lloyd Ave, Providence | mosesbrown.org | Mon-Fri

8 am-4 pm + by appointment | Through Feb 1: “Touch of the Absurd,” works by Lisa Barthelson, Daniel Long, and Lucy Sceery

PAWTUCKET ARTS COLLABORATIVE GALLERY | 175 Main St | pawtucketartscollaborative.org |

Mon-Sat 10 am to 5 pm | Through Feb 22: “Past Present & Future,” works by Robert W. Easton, Mimo Gordon Riley, Timothy McCarthy, Paul Hitchen, Jules, Eileen McCarney Muldoon, Nancy GaucherThomas, Cindy Horovitz Wilson, John Fazzino, Gretchen Dow Simpson, Mary Ann Rossoni, Ewa Roselli, Paul M. Murray, Charles Morgan, Jean Patiky, Rob Mariani, Karen Rand Anderson, Ian Mohon, Sarah Roche, Marjorie Ball, Reed McLaren, Michele Mennucci, Kristin Street, Marc A. Jaffe, Bonnie Jaffe, Lucy B. Stevens, Mickey Ackerman, Steve Mason, David Kendrick, and Nathan Gurvitch

PORTSMOUTH ARTS GUILD GALLERY | 401.293.5ART | 2679

East Main Rd | portsmouth artsguild. org | Fri-Sun 1-5 pm | Through Feb 3: “Student Show”

PROVIDENCE ART CLUB |

401.331.1114 | 11 Thomas St | providenceartclub.org | Mon-Fri 12-

4 pm; Sat-Sun 2-4 pm | Through Feb 1: “Members’ Exhibition 2013” | Feb 3-22: “Inside & Out,” with works by Mary Dorsey Brewster and Pamela Neal | “Oil and Water, A Fine Mix,” with works by Sally Ann Martone and Marilyn Saabye

REILLY GALLERY AT PROVIDENCE COLLEGE | 401.865.2400 | 549 River

Ave, Providence | providence.edu/art/ reilly | Mon-Fri 11 am-4 pm | Through

Jan 31: “Describing Volumes,” works by James Watkins

RHODE ISLAND WATERCOLOR SOCIETY GALLERY | 401.726.1876 |

Slater Memorial Park, Armistice Blvd, Pawtucket | riws.org | Tues-Sat 10

SOUTH COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION | 401.783.2195 | 2587 Kingstown Rd, Kingston | southcountyart.org |

Wed-Sun 10 am-6 pm; Fri 10 am-8 pm | Through Feb 9: “Members’ Invitational”

URI FEINSTEN CAMPUS GALLERY

| 401.277.5206 | 80 Washington St, Providence | uri.edu/prov | Mon-Thurs 9 am-9 pm; Fri + Sat 9 am-5 pm | Jan 21-Feb 28: “Rhode Island’s AfricanAmerican Community: From the Colonial Period to the Present,” with fine art, photographs, documents, and artifacts from the Cape Verdean Museum Exhibit, the Haffenreffer Museum, Providence City Archives, the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, the Rhode Island Historical Society. the Rhode Island College Library Special Collections, Riverzedge, the South County Museum, the URI Library Archive Special Collections, and the private collections of Keith and Theresa Guzman Stokes and Onna Moniz Johns

WICKFORD ART ASSOCIATION GALLERY | 401.294.6840 | 36 Beach

St, North Kingstown | wickfordart. org | Tues-Sat 11 am-3 pm; Sun 12-3

pm | Feb 1-17: “All Media I,” an open juried show WORLD’S FAIR | 774.991.3206 | At

Machines With Magnets, 400 Main St, Pawtucket | machineswithmagnets. com | Viewings by appointment |

Through Feb 16: “X-TRA ZEUS! New Comics & Drawings,” with works by Joana Avillez, Katrina Silander Clark, Tom Bubul, Brian Chippendale, Cybele Collins, Bryan Dufresne, CF, Alexander West Guerrero, Jeff Leblanc, James Mercer, Zara Messano, Greg Pennisten, Clayton Schiff, Mike Taylor, Quinn Taylor, Thomas Toye, Nathan Tremblay, Willa Van Nostrand, Chloe Wessner, and Mickey Zacchilli YELLOW PERIL GALLERY | 401.861.1535 | 60 Valley St #5, Provi-dence | yellowperilgallery.com | Through Feb 10: “Vanish,” a collection of multi-media photography, video, and installation by Maralie

MUSEUMS 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 + military with ID; free under 6 | Feb 2-May 12: “Faculty Focus,” with works by Charlene Carpenzano and Dan McManus of the NAM art school | Feb 2-May 19: “Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition” | Feb 3-May 12: “Shelf Life,”paintings by Gerry Perrino | Through May 5: “Legacies In Paint: The Mentor Project,” with work from a four-month mentoring project with mid- to late-career Rhode Island painters [Paula Martiesian, David Barnes, Michele Provost, John Riedel, and Ida Schmulowitz] and younger painters [Buck Hastings, Mollie Hosmer-Dillard, Li Jun Lai, Erika Sabel, and Dan Talbot] RISD MUSEUM | 401.454.6500 | 224 Benefit St, Providence | risdmuseum. 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 am–1 pm | Through Feb 24: “Everyday Things: Contemporary Works from the Collection” | Through May 19: “Grisgorious Places: Edward Lear’s Travels” | Through June 9: “RISD Business:

Sassy Signs and Sculptures by Alejandro Diaz” | Through June 30: “Double-and-Add,” works by Angela Bulloch, Anthony McCall, and Haroon Mirza | Through July 14: “The Festive City,” an exhibit of rarely seen prints and books that provide a glimpse into the festivals of early modern Europe | Ongoing: “Subject to Change: Art and Design in the Twentieth Century” + Ancient and Medieval Galleries + Impressionist Galleries + Pendleton House + “A Grand Gallery: European Paintings from the Permanent Collection” + American Art from the Permanent Collection + “Exine” by Paul Morrison + works by Jonathan Bonner

THEATER CONTEMPORARY THEATRE | 327 Main St, Wakefield | Through Feb 9:

“Synonyms For Bizarre: A Night of Short Plays by Davidb Marchetti,” | Fri-Sat 7 pm | $7 ELEMENTAL THEATRE | 95 Empire

Black Box, 95 Empire St, Providence

OCEAN STATE THEATRE COMPANY

PROVIDENCE COLLEGE THEATRE

TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY

| 401.351.4242 | trinityrep.com | 201 Washington St, Providence | Through Feb 24: Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, adapted by Marilyn Campbell and Curt Columbus | This week: Jan 31 + Feb 7 7:30 pm; Feb 2 2 + 7:30 pm; Feb 3 2 pm; Feb 6 12 + 7:30 pm | $15-$68 THE WILBURY GROUP |

401.400.7100 | thewilburygroup.org | At the Butcher Block Mill, 25 Eagle St, Providence | Through Feb 9: The Elab-

orate Entrance of Chad Deity, by Kirstoffer Diaz | Thurs-Sat [plus Sun Jan 27] 7:30 pm | $25, $20 students + seniors [previews Jan 24-26 $20/$15]

WRITING IS LIVE 2013: A FESTIVAL OF NEW PLAYS IN PROGRSS |

writingislive.com | 201 Washington St, Providence | The fest runs through Mar 2; hit the website for descriptions of the plays | This week: at the McCormack Family Theatre, 70 Brown St, Providence, Lost Boys, by Katie Pearl [Jan 31 @ 8 pm + Feb 2 @ 2 pm] and Untitled, by Katie Ka Vang [Feb 1 @ 4 pm + Feb 2 @ 4:30 pm] | At the Production Workshop, 7 Young Orchard Ave, Providence, The Mechanical Opera, by Casey Llewellyn [Feb 1 @ 8 pm + Feb 3 @ 4 pm] | At the Carriage House, 9 Duncan Ave, Providence, Back East Out West, by Laura Colella [Feb 2 @ 8 pm + Feb 3 @ 2 pm] and Untitled, by Katie Ka Vang | At the Rites & Reason Theatre, 155 Angell St, Providence, He Is Here He Says I Say, by Margaret Namulyanga [Feb 7 @ 8 pm + Feb 9 @ 2 pm + Feb 10 @ 5 pm] | Free [reservations are suggested]

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Film

Unless otherwise noted, these listings are for Thurs Jan 31 through Thurs Feb 7. Times can and do change without notice, so please call the theater before heading out.

AVON CINEMA

260 Thayer St, Providence | 401.421.3315

QUARTET | 2:15, 4:20, 6:30, 8:35

CABLE CAR CINEMA

204 South Main St, Providence | 401.272.3970

CINEMA WORLD

622 George Washington Hwy, Lincoln | 401.333.8676

EAST PROVIDENCE 10

60 Newport Ave, East Providence | 401.438.1100

ENTERTAINMENT CINEMAS

30 Village Square Dr, South Kingstown | 401.792.8008

SHOWCASE CINEMAS WARWICK MALL 400 Bald Hill Rd | 401.736.5454

BAD GUYS Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Lucy Punch, and Alan Arkin in Stand Up Guys. LES MISÉRABLES | Thurs: 12:30, 3:55, 7:30 | Fri-Thurs: 12:20, 6:30 LINCOLN | 12:50, 4:05, 7:20

ISLAND CINEMAS 10 105 Chase Ln, Middletown | 401.847.3456

JANE PICKENS THEATER 49 Touro St, Newport | 401.846.5252

QUARTET | Thurs-Fri: 4:45, 7 | Sat-Sun: 12:15, 2:30, 7 | Mon-Thurs: 4:45, 7 2013 OSCAR SHORTS | Sat [animation] + Sun [live action]: 5

PROVIDENCE PLACE CINEMAS 16

Providence Place | 401.270.4646

SHOWCASE CINEMAS SEEKONK ROUTE 6 Seekonk Square, Seekonk, MA | 508.336.6789

SHOWCASE CINEMAS WARWICK 1200 Quaker Ln | 401.885.1621

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FUNERAL KINGS 2/2 ... 9 2/3 ... 8:30 2/4 ... 9

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SHOWCASE CINEMAS NORTH ATTLEBORO

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SWANSEA STADIUM 12

207 Swansea Mall Dr, Swansea, MA | 508.674.6700

Twenty minutes from Providence 16 Anawan St, Fall River MA (near Battleship Cove) (508) 324-1926 • Doors open @ 7pm, show starts 8pm unless otherwise noted.

Winner Providence Phoenix Best Venue for Folk 2012! Thurs. Jan. 31:

JOHN MAYALL Fri. Feb. 1:

JOY KILLS SORROW

“This five piece Boston band of twenty somethings should be able to get by by instrumental prowess alone, but they have so much going for them than hot fingers.“ - Sing Out

Sat. Feb. 2:

JOHN LENNON RE-IMAGINED

by The Nutopians

2/8: RED MOLLY, 2/9: RICHARD SHINDELL, 2/10: DONNA tHE BUFFALO,2/15: LIZ LONGLEY – CD RELEASE, 2/16: tAB BENOIt (SOLD OUt), 2/20: StEVE KIMOCK BAND WItH BERNIE WORRELL, ANDY HESS AND WALLY INGRAM

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WARM BODIES

97 minuteS | cinema world + entertainment iSland + providence place 16 + ShowcaSe + SwanSea Stadium 12 The cinema of young-adult-novel adaptations has given us some gonzo plotlines: Twilight explored the politics of sexual repression via a vampire, a woman, and a wolf; The Hunger Games gave us Elizabeth Banks, dressed like Marie Antoinette, forcing children into battles royal. But can either of those top Warm Bodies, in which a zombie named R (Nicholas Hoult, who rarely has dialogue, speaking through voiceover for most of the film) eats the brains of dutiful young Perry (Dave Franco) and then creates a hostage situation-cum-romance with Julie (Teresa Palmer), the girl that Perry left behind? Complete with riffs on Romeo and Juliet and John Malkovich playing the angry dad who needs to lighten up and let his daughter date a zombie? I think not. Sadly, though, the product doesn’t live up to the pitch. Director Jonathan Levine (of The Wackness and 50/50 and who, despite some pleasurable CinemaScope framing here, seems to be in full sellout mode) panders to the teen set with a fervor that would make Stephenie Meyer blush. The flashbacks are filmed in a gold-tinted faux-8mm style that feels more like Instagram than home movies, and the main character can’t remember his name but has no problem articulating his preference for vinyl over iPods. So it’s less than surprising when Julie gets R’s heart beating again with a redemptive kiss. Said kiss leads to a big fight scene, with humans and intelligent zombies joining together to battle CGI villains (bonies — zombies without skin). The fight ends with everyone learning lessons about empathy and tolerance. The rare gag lands, sure — Perry chastises R, “You can’t dream, corpse! Dreaming’s for humans!,” as if he were in a Trix commercial. But for every laugh, there are a handful of groaners — like “This date is not going well. I want to die all over again.” Forget Shakespeare; this hardly earns comparison to 10 Things I Hate About You. Warm Bodies may be about zombies, but it’s more of a Frankenstein’s monster. It steals the “brain-dead culture” subtext from George Romero, the idea of rewriting classic romantic fiction for teen audiences from Clueless, and its best jokes from Shaun of the Dead. It’s more like fan fiction than a coherent script. At one point, Levine even dedicates a close-up to a copy of the grindhouse classic Zombi 2. The only

emotional reaction he conjures is a desire to watch other movies. _Jake Mulligan

STAND UP GUYS

100 minuteS | cinema world + providence place 16 + ShowcaSe Has Al Pacino ever looked so small? Slouched and sadly more Dunkaccino than Serpico, he plays the career criminal Val in this sentimental hokum directed by Fisher Stevens. Released from prison after 28 years, he’s picked up by best pal Doc (Christopher Walken, pure restraint next to Pacino’s ham), and soon the bad-hair buddies stage a “comeback.” Or, as Val relates to a priest in the inevitable morning-after confession: “I shot a guy in the kneecap, and another one in the arm; I stole a bunch of prescription drugs and a sweet-ass car. And I fucked a Russian hooker . . . four times.” After suffering Viagra-fueled priapism, Val wonders if he’s going to die. “Not tonight,” says his nurse (Julianna Margulies), who — wouldn’t you know it! — is the daughter of old pal and getaway driver Hirsch (Alan Arkin), who’ll be sprung from a nursing home soon enough. Ah, but Doc’s been ordered to execute Val. Not if Pacino kills his career first. _Brett Michel

MOVIE 43

90 minuteS | cinema world + entertainment + iSland + providence place 16 + ShowcaSe + SwanSea Stadium 12 As this omnibus film from producer Peter Farrelly (The Three Stooges) begins, your immediate reaction might be “this film looks like shit” (at least, that’s the first thing I scribbled in my notepad, citing the camcorder-grade images captured by four cinematographers) — and that’s before the third of 15 segments finds Anna Faris asking Chris Pratt to “poop on me.” Don’t subject yourself to this crap, which is credited to nine writers and 12 directors, among them Farrelly, Steven Brill (the auteur behind Adam Sandler’s Little Nicky), Steve Carr (Paul Blart: Mall Cop) and (sigh) Brett Ratner. The framing segment has Greg Kinnear playing a movie producer hearing pitches from Dennis Quaid, appearing as a gun-wielding screenwriter, who begins with his idea about “a smart career woman played by Kate Winslet” going on a blind date with a man played by Hugh Jackman . . . who has a scrotum hanging from his neck. Did Farrelly hold these A-listers at gunpoint as well? _Brett Michel

GEORGE ROMERO MEETS CLUELESS Hoult and Palmer in Warm Bodies.

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OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS: LIVE ACTION AND ANIMATED 114 minuteS [live action]; 88 minuteS [animated] | cable car + jane pickenS

Highlights of the live-action shorts include the beautifully direct performances by Somali refugees in “Asad,” a contemporary story (with folkloric undertones) of a boy who wants to be a pirate; the del Toro-esque fantasy setting of “Death of a Shadow”; the blend of dark comedy and gritty drama in the New York story of a little girl and her blacksheep uncle, “Curfew”; and the warmth of memory giving way to cold reality for an elderly man in “Henry.” The weakest is “Buzkashi Boys,” a tale of boyhood dreams meeting family duty, shot in Kabul. Its overblown style makes it feel contrived. The roster of animated shorts is strong as well. The charming “Paperman” depicts a romantic pursuit waged with paper airplanes. “Adam and Dog,” droll character animation over gorgeous backgrounds, tells a story left out of Genesis. “Head over Heels” uses clay animation in a metaphor about a marriage in trouble. “Fresh Guacamole” is a funny burst of stop-motion surrealism. _Betsy Sherman

PARKER

118 minuteS | cinema world + iSland + providence place 16 + ShowcaSe + SwanSea Stadium 12 I didn’t think any action hero could sustain as much damage as Arnold Schwarzenegger did in The Last Stand, but Jason Statham as the title thief in this adaptation of the Richard Stark (aka Donald E. Westlake) novel Flashfire might have him beat. Here he’s beaten, stabbed, shot, beaten some more, tossed from a speeding car, and stigmatized with a knife. Adding insult to injury, he wears a 10-gallon hat and drawls like Matthew McConaughey. But it’s all worth it for the slick, sadistic, and ingenious payback to come. In a replay of Westlake’s Point Blank, Parker pulls off a heist, but his crew takes his cut and leaves him for dead. He tracks the

creeps to Palm Beach and gets help from Leslie (Jennifer Lopez), a down-on-her-luck real-estate agent who mostly gets in the way. Lopez has lost some of her shine since she kicked ass for the FBI in Out of Sight. So has director Taylor Hackford, who was nominated for an Oscar for Ray. As for Statham, I fear he might get beaten up at the box office like Arnold too. _Peter Keough

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OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS: DOCUMENTARY 206 minuteS | cable car | Feb 3 @ noon

For this year’s program of Oscar-nominated documentary shorts, it’s best to bring tissues. They can get emotional. It’s a cold soul who won’t get hooked by Inocente. The San Diego 15-year-old, Inocente, profiled by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, is a talented artist whose makeup and clothes are as arrestingly colorful as her canvases. She and her mother are homeless undocumented immigrants. Kief Davidson’s Open Heart travels with eight Rwandan children whose heart maladies (preventable in the developed world) require surgery. The nearest facility for subsidized modern treatment is in Sudan. The film examines health care in Africa by speaking with the children and their parents and doctors. The rewarding Mondays at Racine, by Cynthia Wade, spotlights a group of cancer patients who are experiencing hair loss and receive free beauty treatments and access to hats and wigs at a Long Island salon. Crucially, the clients receive moral support from each other as they struggle with the feeling that they’re losing their identities. Sari Gilman’s Kings Point takes place in a South Florida retirement village. It’s about New Yorkers who moved south with their spouses and are now alone among peers with whom they play cards and line dance. The subjects are candid about the superficiality of Kings Point relationships and their longings for something deeper. (A fifth Oscar-nominated short documentary, Redemption, by Jon Alpert and Matthew O’Neill, was not available for review.) _Betsy Sherman

FAlso Playing BULLET TO THE HEAD | 2013 | United by two gruesome murders, a hitman (Sylvester Stallone) and a young NYPD detective (Sung Kang) band to investigate high-stakes corruption on the streets of New Orleans. Walter Hill directs. | 91m | XXW MAMA | 2013 | This creepy

Guillermo Del Toro-produced horror flick (his hallmarks are all around the smudgy edges) demonstrates convincingly that step-parenting is a real bitch. Especially when a deranged she-demon from beyond the grave has laid all the groundwork. The step-mom is Annabelle (Jessica Chastain, miles away from The Help or Zero Dark Thirty) who

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