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8 the 17th annUal mUzzle awards _By dan kennedy written by Kathryn Walat The Phoenix reviews the past year’s biggest enemies of free speech and personal directed by Aubrey Snowden liberties in New England. July 9th - 12th& August 1st at 8pm 12 theater _By Bill rodrigU ez A so-so-satire: Contemporary’s the rescUe is toothless.

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4 phillipe & Jorge’s cool, cool world chris smither INDIAN Gina dives in: on pols and pools | p 11 A family affair: the US embraces the beautiful game | See a genius (Laurel Casey) on July 4 SUMMER 4 Jen sorensen written by Gregory S. Moss 6 this JUst in directed by Kenneth Prestininzi Buddy’s back: a reader’s digest, featuring the Most Profane July 16th - 19th & & July 31st at 8pm Interview, the Most Entertaining Roundup of Cianci Shenanigans, and more 11 8 days a week The Bluegrass On the Pawtuxet festival; the New Bedford Folk Festival; the Empire Revue THE DROLL turns eight; and more. 22 moonsigns written by Meg Miroshnik _By symB oline dai directed by Mia Rovegno 22 Jonesin’ _pUzzle By matt Jones July 23rd - 26th & July 30th at 8pm

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Phillipe + Jorge’s Cool, Cool World gina dives in pols and pools; the us embraces the beautiful game; see a genius on the 4th

General Treasurer Gina Rai- that good old-fashioned Davy God bless the dedicated soccer And thank you, John Harkes social satire, situational ethics, fmondo definitely stole a Crockett, no-quit-in-us, leave- moms and dads who devote time and Alexi Lalas. You know what cultural philosophy, and being march on Providence Mayor An- your-hearts-on-the-field grit that and energy to coaching kiddie for. possessed; instead I will say that I gel Taveras on his own turf at the brings a tear even to the eyes of soccer teams, but often these simply reflect back what I absorb opening of the Davey Lopes Recre- an NFL-obsessed American macho folks think the ball moves be- rAre lAurel CAsey — without a filter — in the mo- ation Center pool on June 30. man. Lots and lots to be proud of cause there is a frog inside it. As AppeArAnCe ment. I also sing lovely jazz tunes Taveras had initially opposed here. Thanks, boys. interest in playing and watching On Friday, July 4, one of the with world-class jazz musicians. I renovation of the inner city pool Phillipe has suffered through soccer increases in the US over most independent spirits in the have a gorgeous dramatic soprano in South Prov last year, which the decades-long chant from US time, more and more of the folks Biggest Little — the legendary voice and I wear pretty dresses. earned him an earful from local soccer aficionados — “Soccer is who take time to teach our youth Laurel Casey — will have rare per- I am a genius and I dare you to residents and city councilors be- only five years away from being at early ages will have the previ- formance at Sandywoods Center think otherwise after you’ve seen fore he ultimately pulled a U-turn a major sport here!” The national ously-lacking soccer savvy. for the Arts, in Tiverton. She’ll my show. and supported restoring the com- team’s performance in Brazil has That time appears to be just be performing music and doing munity resource. So naturally added a few decibels to that claim. over the horizon. And with the who knows what else; at a Laurel you’ve been on somewhat of a Hizzoner was conspicuously ab- But the real major influence current trend of people being Casey performance, one never hiatus from performing, and sent from the opening ceremo- on the quality of US soccer lies at ashamed to say they don’t under- knows. There may be a few “spe- this show marks a kind of re- nies to avoid any possible vitriol, lower levels of the game: the kid- stand or like the game at risk of cial guests” as well. turn. do you feel like talking sending an aide instead. Wow. dies and teenagers who continue not “trending” with the times, it’s Phil Eil, the Phoenix’s news edi- about why you took this hiatus? Bow-wow. to embrace the Beautiful Game. more likely to gain support from tor, recently conducted an email why Come baCk for this show, Not so his Democratic guber- Players from other soccer-mad even the currently disinterested or interview with Laurel and here on this day, at this venue? San- natorial primary rival Raimondo, countries have played the game oblivious. (For evidence, see the are a few excerpts: dywoods is a wonderful perfor- who soaked up praise from sup- all their lives, and so have many embarrassing ignorance of the mance venue . . . lighting, sound, porters in celebration of the pool’s of today’s American ’utes. But the sport seen daily from the talking Can you give a bit of a desCrip- grand piano. I won’t be singing opening, and doubtless won difference is that foreign young- hairdos on any major network’s tion of what this show will be next to a salad bar. major points among the com- sters learned the game from a morning news show who inevi- like? I’d love to talk about per- I guess you know I was told munity in the process. She preceding generation that knew tably end each report with a pom- formance art, guerilla theater, by one club that they made more also joined attendees in joyously and played the game themselves. pom waving, “Go USA!”) subversive cabaret, political and money on Meatball Monday heading into the water in full than the night I performed. That campaign dress clothes to add the wounded me. I took it person- cherry on top. ally. I happened to run into the As Taveras always reminds Jen sorensen owner of the club at the grocery, us, he was brought up poor in La I asked for my gig back. He said, Prov. But we find it hard to be- “No can do. You’re crazy.” Would lieve he has forgotten how won- he have said Jonathan Winters derful it was to be a kid and have was crazy? Or Robin Williams? a beautiful swimming pool at Sure, but fame trumps all. Damn your disposal when the tempera- sycophants. tures hit the 90s, as they have this past week. what have you been up to for Judges’ score: Raimondo 1; the last few years? I have a Taveras 0. studio space in Pawtucket, and I paint there, but I continue to A fAmily AffAir clean my house in Vermont. I In some countries, rabid fans have to clean it because I rent it would be considering burning weekly and that’s the money I down the house of US national live on. I drive back and forth five team striker Chris Wondolowski, hours too often. [On a recent] af- who missed an absolute sitter two ternoon I was in the flooded gully yards in front of the goal against with a shovel, diverting run-off Belgium in the last minute of from the foundation as Buddy stoppage time in the World Cup announced his candidacy. There group of 16 when the score was was a big celebration on Federal 0-0. It was a guaranteed game- Hill with a singer and a band. [I winner. Instead, Belgium went was] covered in mud. I feel very on to win 2-1 in the 30 minutes sorry for myself. of extra time, with the US attack- ing for an equalizer like madmen given that this is a July 4 down the stretch. show, will the performanCe Despite the game’s outcome, have any partiCular patriotiC the US Team’s accomplishments theme? Everybody gets a little at this World Cup are something flag. I’m planning a sing-a-long: to remember with pleasure. They “My Buddy,” segue into “My upset all odds by advancing from Way,” “Brother, Can you Spare the notorious “Group of Death” a Dime,” the Marines Hymn, against Germany, Ghana, and “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” and Portugal, and into the final 16, then I will reenact the song that while soccer glamour boys from got me fired from the Gatehouse Spain, Italy, and England were [now the Waterman Grille] the flying home. More importantly, night after 9/11: The Afghani they announced themselves as National Anthem. real “playahs” on the international scene — a team other national Got the picture? An evening squads take lightly at their peril. with Laurel Casey is like not other And the last 15 minutes of extra and P&J can guarantee that this will time against Belgium showed be a memorable experience. ^ INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME AT THE NEWPORT CASINO ALEX AND ANI STAGE FRIDAY, AUGUST 1 Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra w. Wynton Marsalis Dee Dee Bridgewater fea. Theo Croker - To Billie with Love

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the political Scene Buddy’s back: a reader’s digest There’s no disputing the fact that Provi- victed, and 16 sentenced to prison for state fdence — and all of Rhode Island, for that and federal crimes.” matter — has Buddy Fever. The only question, then, after Vincent MOST ENTERTAINING ROUNDUP A. Cianci announced, “Today with a sense OF CIANCI SHENANIGANS of humility, contrition, and confidence, I If you’re amused by Buddy’s return, you’ll announce to you my candidacy for mayor of find plenty to chuckle about in a post from Providence,” during his June 25 radio show, The Washington Post’s “The Fix” blog called, is, “What are your symptoms?” “The Most Interesting Man in Rhode Island If you’re like retired Providence Journal politi- Is Running For Office. Again.” It’s all there: cal columnist, M. Charles Bakst, the launch nicknames for both the man (“P.T. Barnum of of the twice-convicted former mayor’s latest Providence”) and his toupee (“The Squirrel”); (and, likely, last) campaign triggered waves of the pasta sauce; the time he “resigned in 1984 y nausea. “It makes me sick,” he tweeted after after burning the eyelids of his wife’s alleged Buddy Cianci: The Musical

Cianci’s show ended. On the other hand, if affr E lover with a cigarette”; C you’re like any of the listeners who called in c (sample song: “The Ass You Have to Kiss To- m to that show (“The city of Providence needs day”); and the tale of the website launched by

you one more time,” “Providence is in an ex- har D an anti-Buddy contingent during the Plunder istential crisis right now. I can think of one Dome trial that doled out cash prizes for essays prescription, and that’s Buddy Cianci”) you’re by ri C on topics including, “How Buddy Cianci Can probably feeling something closer to euphoria. Be Lawfully Removed From Office.” hoto S There will be plenty of time for you to sort P through whatever visceral reaction Buddy’s YEP, HE’S RUNNING Cianci in DePasquale Square. BEST ONE-TWO PUNCH OF return to the political arena stirs. The 73-year- NO-FRILLS REPORTING old is running as an independent, which WPRI Channel 12 investigative reporter Tim means that as long as he secures the 500 ip Gourevitch, “Yeah, I punched a guy in the could do it at his father-in-law’s nightclub, White wasn’t laughing when Buddy declared signatures necessary by July 11 to qualify for mouth for fucking my wife.”) So his profanity the Foxy Lady.” his candidacy. In the 48 hours following a spot on the November ballot, he’ll bypass during this interview was hardly a shock. Buddy’s announcement, White produced two the September primary and sail on through to Over the course of their time together, Da- BEST ON-SCENE MULTIMEDIA hard-hitting investigative pieces: one, cover- Election Day. vid Freedlander reported Providence’s longest- COVERAGE ing the so-called “Buddy Amendment” to the In the coming months, you can count on serving mayor saying, “If I did the kinds of We’ve talked a lot about the withering ranks Rhody constitution in 1986 allowing felons to us to analyze his campaign message, follow things I was accused, of, I mean, it’s like Ma- and resources of The Providence Journal. But we’re run for state and local office three years after his staffing choices, track his fundraising rio Puzo wrote the fucking story!”; “[W]hat also happy to note Buddy Mania brought an completing their prison sentence; the other, progress and, in general, treat him like any goes on now, it’s the same fucking people explosion of inspired coverage from Fountain grilling Buddy on the exorbitant five- and other mayoral candidate. But of course, he doing the same fucking thing . . . just today Street’s news team. In particular, reporters six-percent compounded-interest cost of liv- isn’t just any other candidate. None of his op- there was a story about they fired three tax as- Karen Lee Ziner and Alisha Pina, along with ing pension increases (COLAs) for retirees he ponents appeared alongside Kim Jong-un and sessors because they were taking people off of the Journal’s photographers and videographers, implemented as mayor in the early 1990s. Bob Dylan in last week’s Boston Globe news quiz. the rolls. Now, if it was my administration, offered a rich, textured portrait of Buddy’s an- Asked about his role in contributing to (Buddy’s multiple-choice question: “Cianci’s BOOM — they would have had the Navy SEALs nouncement in an article headlined, “Scene the Providence pension fund’s current $830 first stint ended in 1984 after he was convicted in there, the CIA, everybody”; and “There have Was Vintage Cianci from Start to Finish.” million deficit, Buddy said, “We were just of ____; he was reelected in 1990 but left office been books written about me, documentaries. The article — which noted that some of part of the culture of the time. Money was again in 2002 to serve four years in prison for It’s all there. The only thing they don’t have Buddy’s supporters in DePasquale Square more plentiful.” ____.” Answer: “b) assault, racketeering.”) from me is a fuckin’ stool sample!” on the evening of his announcement were For now, as the era being called “Buddy “tethered to oxygen tanks” as “the Nightlife THE MAN TO WATCH FOR ALL 3.0” begins, it’s worth sifting through the MOST MEMORABLE HEADLINE Orchestra blared ‘Rhode Island Is Famous For THINGS #PVDMAYOR tidal wave of press coverage — local and na- The honor goes to businessinsider.com, for You,’ Cianci’s talk show theme song” — was Speaking of WPRI, if you’re just getting tional — that followed his announcement. its June 25 post, “‘Poster Boy Of US Political accompanied by YouTube videos of his on-air interested in the Providence mayor’s race — Scandals’ Announces Comeback Bid.” announcement speech and big band-backed which, it should be said, extends far beyond MOST MEMORABLE PHRASE(S) arrival on Federal Hill, plus a photo slide the “Prince of Providence” — you’ll want Buddy’s announcement brought an end to BEST ONE-LINER FROM A show of a Buddy glad-handing and posing for to keep an eye on wpri.com reporter (and months of speculation and analysis from the COMPETING MAYORAL CANDIDATE selfies with supporters. former Phoenix contributor), Dan McGowan. local press, much of it stoked by a sustained, On June 25 at 3:55 pm, just minutes after He has the Buddy angle covered nicely with vocal indecisiveness from the man, himself. Buddy’s on-air announcement, the campaign MOST SUCCINCT — AND EYE- stories like, “Here’s What Happened to In a June 22 essay for Rhode Island Public Ra- of Democratic mayoral candidate, Brett Smi- POPPING — ILLUSTRATION OF Buddy Cianci’s Campaign Fund When He dio, political analyst Scott MacKay dubbed ley, sent out a press release that included the CIANCI-ERA CORRUPTION Was In Jail.” But he is also covering seem- this routine “Hamlet on the Woonasquatucket quote, “If we want to turn the page on corrup- Buddy told The Daily Beast that it was an aber- ingly every other facet of the race, from City River,” a line that was only superseded by one tion in Providence, the last thing we should ration when his former staffer Frank Corrente Council president Michael Solomon’s recent from Buddy a few days later, when, during an do is bring back the guy who wrote the book.” was caught on camera accepting a cash- endorsement by the Providence Democratic interview with MSNBC’s Chuck Todd, he said, stuffed envelope. “There are 7000-8000 work- City Committee, to Brett Smiley’s plan to “I’ve never met a fence I couldn’t straddle.” BEST RESPONSE FROM BUDDY ers in City Hall,” he said. “Some guy down implement a “master teacher” program in TO A COMPETING MAYORAL the hall took a G-note. You think I knew Providence schools, to play-by-play accounts MOST PROFANE BUDDY CANDIDATE about that?” of the most recent mayoral forums. INTERVIEW After Smiley sent out another press release We can thank Providence Journal columnist McGowan — who has created an open The “will he or won’t he?” act reached a cre- two days later, challenging Buddy to a debate Ed Fitzpatrick for adding a dash of reality to Facebook group called “2014 Providence scendo when the national news website, The “on the topic of ethics, government account- that statement. In a column published the Mayor’s Race,” for posting articles and infor- Daily Beast, sent a reporter to Providence as ability, and the cost of corruption to the day after Buddy’s announcement, Fitzpatrick mation — is in a perfect position to respond to the declaration deadline loomed to attend a city,” Buddy issued a response, via an article quoted a forthcoming book, Secrets and Scandals: allegations that the media has blown Buddy’s Buddy Cianci Show broadcast, ride around town by News Talk 630 WPRO anchor and reporter, Reforming Rhode Island, 1986-2006, by former Com- entrance into the race out of proportion. “To- in Buddy’s Lincoln Town Car (license place: Kim Kalunian. mon Cause Rhode Island executive director, tal number of #pvdmayor candidate policy “VAC”), and hold court over espresso and cake “Mr. Smiley has to gain that nomination H. Philip West. “[F]raud, extortion, scams, proposals in June: 2,” he recently tweeted. on Federal Hill. Buddy has a history of letting on September ninth. I’d be very happy to de- kickbacks and conspiracies flourished in “Don’t like the Cianci coverage? Do some- f-bombs fly when national publications come bate him after that,” he said. “And perhaps [Cianci’s] administration,” the excerpt read. thing.” to town. (In 2002, he told The New Yorker’s Phil- we could pick a venue right now, perhaps we “Thirty subordinates were indicted, 22 con- _Philip Eil

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The 17Th AnnuAl

Muzzle AwArds spotlighting those who diminish free speech

_By dan Kennedy

A US senator from Massa- show, the battle to maintain fchusetts who wants the fed- those freedoms must be eral government to monitor fought every day. so-called hate speech on television, Before we get to this radio, and the Internet. A local of- year’s winners, a blast ficial in Rhode Island who disparages from Muzzles past: In 1999 complaints about an unconstitutional we awarded a Muzzle to two law prohibiting anonymous politi- Massachusetts legislators, cal speech as “absolute nonsense.” A Susan Fargo and Paul Dema- Maine official who pleads with legisla- kis, for pushing a buffer zone tors to reinstate a ban on releasing 911 to keep protesters at a distance calls, even though such calls are public from abortion clinics. Fifteen records in most states. years later, the US Supreme Court These are just a few of the cases agreed, ruling that such buffer zones that comprise the 17th Annual Muzzle are an unconstitutional abridgment Awards — a Fourth of July round-up of of the First Amendment. The Court outrages against free speech and per- outlined several less instrusive, con- sonal liberties in New England during stitutionally permissible alternatives the past year. to protect women, and we hope the The New England Muzzles, sadly, Massachusetts state legislature will are a reflection of repression at the na- act quickly. tional level. Last year at this time, we The arguments put forth by chal- were learning from Edward Snowden lengers of the Massachusetts law were the extent to which the government similar to those being used by plain- spies on our email, telephone, and tiffs in a Portland case that seeks to other electronic communications. This throw out the city’s buffer zone; US year, a New York Times journalist, James District Court Judge Nancy Torresen Risen, faces jail for refusing to tes- had said she was waiting to see the tify in the trial of a former CIA agent outcome of the Massachusetts case charged with leaking classified infor- before ruling. Last week, Planned mation to him. Parenthood of Northern New England In February, the New England First released this statement: “We believe Amendment Coalition presented Risen the buffer zone ordinance in Portland with the Stephen Hamblett Award for fairly balances the First Amendment his staunch defense of the First Amend- rights of individuals with the rights ment. The award is named after the of our patients to access health care late publisher of the Providence Journal. free of harassment and intimidation. “The choice is get out of the busi- We still experience regular protesters ness — give up everything I believe at our health center and they are still in — or go to jail,” Risen said, accord- able to get their message out. What ing to a Boston Globe account. “They’ve is different since the buffer zone has backed me into a corner.” been enacted is that we no longer see The Muzzle Awards, launched by the sort of harassment and intimida- the Phoenix in 1998, are intended to sin- tion we saw previously. We are tak- gle out the dramatic and the petty, the ing a close look at today’s ruling and epic and the absurd. The First Amend- examining how it impacts Portland’s ment guarantees freedom of speech buffer zone.” and of the press. Yet as these examples The envelopes, please. providence.thephoenix.com | the providence phoenix | July 4, 2014 9

Ed MarkEy: His HatE-spEEcH for this particular Muzzle Award. We are bill could opEn tHE door to choosing John Roberts because, as chief cEnsorsHip justice of the Supreme Court, he is also Whenever the free-speech rights of the chief administrative officer of the Sesame Street characters are threatened, federal court system. If he were to sup- US Senator Ed Markey is ready to stand port television in federal trials, there up and be counted. For instance, consider is little doubt that the entire judiciary what happened in 2012 after Republican would quickly fall into line. Yet Roberts presidential candidate Mitt Romney and has failed to embrace the idea of televis- his running mate, Paul Ryan, threatened ing Supreme Court hearings, saying to cut off funding for the Corporation for in 2006, “There’s a concern about the ruling and ordered that the tran- Public Broadcasting. Markey — then a impact of television on the func- scripts of 911 calls in a murder case congressman — issued a statement say- tioning of the institution. We’re be released. ing, “A Ryan-Romney ticket buys admis- going to be very careful before we “It’s a strong endorsement of the sion to a budget match-up where Big Oil do anything that might have an ad- public’s right to know and the value of wins and Big Bird loses.” verse impact.” public records,” Press Herald lawyer Sig- Unfortunately, Markey, a Massachu- Given that, eight years later, the mund Schutz said in an article for the setts Democrat, is less enthusiastic when justices still prohibit cameras during oral New England First Amendment Coalition arguments, “very careful” is apparently written by the paper’s executive editor, Roberts’s way of saying “forget about it.” “It seems we are witnessing a back- Cliff Schechtman. “We all want law en- Several WGBH journalists are outspo- lash of sorts against more transparency,” forcement to be able to catch bad guys. ken supporters of televised trials. Emily said Rosanna Cavanagh, executive direc- I don’t think this harms their ability to Rooney, the host of Beat the Press, has tor of the New England First Amendment do that. I think it says you need a level of raised the issue on numerous occasions. Coalition, in an interview with The Provi- transparency in how you do that.” And Jim Braude, the co-host of Boston dence Journal. This spring, though, a Republican Public Radio, wrote a guest commentary Legislators, naturally, said the new state senator from Whiting, retired state for the Boston Globe Magazine last year argu- public-safety exemption would protect trooper David Burns, filed legislation ing that television is a logical extension children. But Steven Brown, executive making it a crime to release 911 calls the public’s right to attend trials. director of the ACLU of Rhode Island, of- related to a pending criminal case. As US Senator Charles Grassley, an fered a different interpretation. Burns acted on behalf of the Maine Iowa Republican, recently told WBUR and The new requirements, Brown wrote, Department of Public Safety, whose law- Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, “You know “would unfairly leave parents in the dark yer, Christopher Parr, earns the Muzzle what the Founding Fathers said about the about what schools were doing to protect for defending the censorious bill in tes- trials and being open: They ought to be their children. Without public input, timony before the legislature’s Judiciary held in front of as many people as would schools will be more likely to adopt flawed Committee. The bill, Parr said, would choose to attend.” school safety plans, and nobody will be prevent the “premature public disclosure” The public’s eyes and ears — unmedi- able to determine if schools are meeting of the transcripts — notwithstanding the ated by journalists — are an important safety standards.” fact that 911 calls are public records in it comes to supporting the right to speak check on the criminal-justice system. It’s most states. offensively on television, radio, and the time to drag the federal courts from the andré ravEnEllE: scHool Fortunately, the bill was killed in the Internet. This past April, Markey pro- 19th into the 21st century. supErintEndEnt suspEnds closing days of the legislative session. posed legislation to monitor so-called hate aidE for — wHat, speech that might instigate “crimes based lincoln cHafEE: ri govErnor Exactly? on gender, race, religion, ethnicity, or signs bill to covEr up scHool Working as a professional model sexual orientation.” The monitoring proj- safEty plans in various states of undress is a ect would lead to a congressional report. Following the Columbine High School perfectly legal way to make a “We have recently seen in Kansas the shootings of 1999, Rhode Island legislators living. So, for that deadly destruction and loss of life that did something very smart. They passed matter, is helping hate speech can fuel in the United States, a law requiring school districts to adopt special-education kids which is why it is critical to ensure the safety plans in public, and only after giv- as a classroom aide. Internet, television and radio are not en- ing members of the public an opportunity Kaitlin Pearson was do- couraging hate crimes or hate speech to comment. ing both — though not at that is not outside the protection of the Several years later, however, the the same time — until one day First Amendment,” Markey said in a state’s lawmakers did something stupid. last January, when Fitchburg press release. After the Sandy Hook Elementary School schools superintendent André Despite Markey’s assurances that his massacre of 2012, the legislature inexpli- Ravenelle found out about her bill would not threaten constitutionally cably took the opposite approach. Law- part-time job posing partially protected speech, others aren’t so sure. makers exempted all documents related nude for publications such as Civil-liberties lawyer Harvey Silverglate to a “school safety plan” from the state’s ModelsMania. Ravenelle sus- told the Boston Herald, “This proposed Access to Public Records Act (ARPA). And pended her with pay after someone legislation is worse than merely silly. It Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee anonymously sent some of her is dangerous.” signed the bill into law. photos to the school department. And Harvard Law School professor Alan The public-safety bill was just one of “The only comment I would Dershowitz put it this way in an interview a series of exemptions to the 2012 over- make is, we would be committed with the conservative website NewsMax: haul of ARPA — widely praised as a step to take action on anything that “I have never in my life seen a successful toward open government at the time, we’re knowledgeable of that effort to define hate speech that does not but soon bogged down with amendments would pose any concern of some- interfere with rights of free expression.” protecting the identities of public em- one working with students,” Ravenelle ployees and removing other information told the Sentinel & Enterprise of Fitch- scott HolcoMb: principal JoHn robErts: tHE cHiEf from public view. burg. punisHEs studEnt for JusticE fails to lEad on Not surprisingly, Pearson’s story went twEEting on His own tiME courtrooM caMEras viral, spreading across the country and A public high school sends out a tweet The 2013 trial and conviction of the notori- overseas, with Britain’s racy Daily Mail that classes have been canceled in ous James “Whitey” Bulger captured the weighing in with a story and many, many advance of a snowstorm: “No school public’s attention in a way not seen in pictures. But Pearson had done nothing tomorrow — see you in June.” A student Boston since the era of Nicola Sacco and wrong. School officials soon reinstated retweets it, adding his own message Bartolomeo Vanzetti. But because the her. And Pearson’s modeling career got a profanely pointing out that graduating murdering mobster was tried in federal huge boost. seniors won’t be affected: “Fuck off rather than state court, no television cam- “I’m not going to stop pursuing some- #seniors #nomakeup #chirpchirp.” eras were allowed. thing I love,” Pearson said in an interview The student — 18-year-old Nick Bar- The same will be true later this year, WBZ-TV. “I love my kids and I love teach- bieri, a gamer and social-media maven when Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is due to be tried ing them and I love modeling.” — sent out his retweet from home, on his for his role in the Boston Marathon bomb- own time. So what should North Attle- ings. Tsarnaev faces the possibility of so- cHristopHEr parr: MainE borough High School officials have done? ciety’s ultimate punishment — the death official asks lEgislators The possible answers: (a) ignore it; (b) call penalty. But even if Tsarnaev is sentenced to rEinstatE 911 sEcrEcy Barbieri in for a friendly (or maybe not so to die on behalf of the public, members of The Portland Press Herald won an important friendly) chat; or (c) order Barbieri to re- the public will not be allowed to watch as freedom-of-information case last Novem- move the offending tweet and several re- justice is or isn’t carried out. ber. On a 7-0 vote, the Maine Supreme lated tweets or risk a five-day suspension, There are many potential candidates Judicial Court overturned a lower court’s Continued on p 10 10 July 4, 2014 | theprovidence phoenix | providence.t hephoenix.com

Continued from p 9 exempt from the state’s public-records law. The Constitution does not allow you to in the dark. Late last year, the ACLU of then slap him with six hours of detention Not that Patrick’s predecessors were any address these problems with such a broad Massachusetts filed a Freedom of Infor- even after he complied. better. But the governor built his repu- stroke,” the ACLU’s legal director, Zach- mation Act request pertaining to the Unfortunately, the answer NAHS tation on the rhetoric of openness and ary Heiden, said at the time of passage, Todashev shooting and to the state’s par- chose to follow was (c), which led to the reform, and his actions are at odds with according the Portland Press Herald. ticipation in Joint Terrorism Task Forces. involvement of the ACLU of Massachu- those ideals. Sure enough, the ACLU sued. According to the ACLU, the FBI refused to setts. Our Muzzle goes to principal And last February, US District Judge provide information about Todashev and Scott Holcomb. To Holcomb’s credit, George Singal ruled that the ordi- Ortiz never responded. In April, the he quickly backed down and can- nance was unconstitutional. ACLU filed suit in federal court. (Ear- celed the detentions, telling the Sun Ironically, it was the council’s lier this year, Boston magazine and the Chronicle of Attleborough, “The school attempt to protect political speech public radio program This American Life system is looking to work with the that provided the ordinance’s undo- collaborated on an investigation looking ACLU to figure out how to handle ing. A provision that allowed people into harassment by law enforcement of free speech issues while promoting James onto medians with campaign signs Todashev’s friends and associates.) and enhancing digital citizenship in showed that the ordinance was not This is Ortiz’s third Muzzle in three the 21st century.” But he should have content-neutral, Singal said. years. In 2012, she was singled out for her known better. “The ordinance favors one catego- abusive prosecution of Sudbury pharma- One way for Holcomb to begin his ry of speech, campaign signs, over cist Tarek Mehanna, an Al Qaeda sympa- process of self-education is by recog- all others and permits only those thizer whose constitutionally protected nizing that his authority to interfere messages in the traditional public propaganda activities were portrayed as with his students’ First Amendment Archer forum,” Singal rights stops at the schoolhouse door. wrote, according Given that he’ll soon become an assis- to the Press Herald. “A law tant superintendent, let’s hope he’s a EdMund alvEs: ri town’s may no more favor one fast learner. lawyEr Mocks call to type of message because upHold first aMEndMEnt of agreement with it dEval patrick: govErnor Anonymous speech has been a vital part than it may disfavor a EncouragEs sEcrEcy witH of public discourse from the earliest days message because of dis- confidEntial sEttlEMEnts of our country’s history. Just ask Publius, approval.” If state officials settle a lawsuit brought the pen name used by Alexander Ham- The real issue, though, by an employee who claims she or he has ilton, James Madison, and John Jay in was that the council been falsely accused of wrongdoing, dis- writing The Federalist some 225 years ago. sought to ban the very criminated against, or otherwise treated The US Supreme Court reaffirmed that presence of panhan- unfairly, the taxpayers should have the anonymity is constitutionally protected in dlers rather than right to know about it. Incredibly, the its 1995 McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission crack down on ille- heads of many state agencies disagree. decision. gal behavior. For tolerating and even encouraging But town officials in Smithfield, such secrecy, Governor Deval Patrick Rhode Island, appear to believe that the carMEn ortiz: has earned one of our coveted Muzzle First Amendment doesn’t apply to them. fEdEral prosEcutor statuettes. Because in March 2013, Smithfield police rEfusEs to rElEasE Confidential settlements paid with arrested a Democratic political consultant todasHEv filEs terrorism. In public money have long been a scourge named Robert Horowitz and charged him This past May, The Boston Globe revealed 2013, we called attention in Massachusetts. Way back in 2006, with violating a state law by distributing some disturbing information about the FBI to the case she brought then-state treasurer Tim Cahill received negative anonymous campaign materi- agent who was in charge when Ibragim against Aaron Swartz, a a Muzzle for buying the silence of former als targeting Republican House candidate Todashev, a friend of Boston Marathon fragile young Internet visionary who com- employees with golden gag orders. The James Archer and several other Republi- bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was shot to mitted suicide while awaiting trial — and most recent outbreak of this practice was can politicians. death in Florida while being interrogated. a possible prison term — for downloading State Attorney General Peter Kilmar- Todashev and the elder Tsarnaev were the academic papers without permission. tin’s office dismissed the charges against leading suspects in a triple murder that And the beat goes on. Ibragim Toda- Horowitz, citing the 1995 Supreme Court took place in Waltham in 2011. shev’s testimony could have been of in- decision. But when the ACLU of Rhode Is- During a four-year stint as a police calculable value in the trial of Dzhokhar land called on Smithfield police to refrain officer in Oakland, California, Aaron Mc- Tsarnaev. If mistakes by law enforce- from enforcing the unconstitutional law Farlane, the Globe reported, had been in- ment led to Todashev’s death, the pub- in the future, Smithfield’s town solicitor, vestigated because of allegations that he lic has a right to know about it. Ortiz Edmund L. Alves Jr., called the ACLU’s po- had engaged in several instances of abu- shouldn’t be allowed to get away with sition “absolute nonsense,” according to sive behavior and had taken the Fifth at a covering up the truth. ^ an article in The Valley Breeze. Alves added: corruption trial. He retired on a $52,000 “It’s not up to police departments to de- disability pension, yet was deemed fit Dan Kennedy is an associate professor of journal- cide which laws they’ll enforce.” enough for the physically demanding ism at Northeastern University and a panelist on Perhaps not. But certainly it’s up to work of an FBI agent. WGBH’s Beat the Press. He has been compiling the town’s chief lawyer to advise police If US Attorney Carmen Ortiz had her the Muzzle Awards since their debut in 1998. He can not to make the same mistake twice. By way, though, the public would still be be reached at [email protected]. failing to do so, Alves not only earned a Muzzle — he goaded the ACLU into filing a federal lawsuit. Isn’t a good lawyer supposed to keep his client out of trouble? portland city council: anti- panHandling ordinancE reported in January by The Boston Globe, rulEd unconstitutional which found that the Patrick administra- This is a tough one. No one likes to be tion spent years fighting public-records stopped in traffic only to be subjected to requests for the details of such secret the importunings of an aggressive pan- agreements. When documents were final- handler. And it’s dangerous. The panhan- ly released, some of the details had been dler could be hit by an oncoming car. Or a blacked out, making it hard to determine driver who stops to hand out money could exactly what had happened. cause an accident. “For years,” as the Globe put it, “the Still, the Portland City Council should state has used confidential settlement have known better when members voted and severance deals to make embarrass- last July to ban people from median strips. ing problems go away, often requiring After all, the councilors had voted down workers to promise to keep the payments the same measure the previous year after secret and avoid saying anything critical advocates for the homeless objected. And about the agencies.” when council members finally approved Such secrecy is hardly out of character the ban, they did so knowing that the for Patrick. As CommonWealth magazine ACLU of Maine was considering a lawsuit reported in 2011, Patrick sought — and was to overturn it. granted — a ruling by Secretary of State “We feel it goes too far in burdening William Galvin that the governor’s office is constitutionally protected activities. providence.thephoenix.com | the providence phoenix | JULY 4, 2014 1 1 feditors’ picks go fourth! _compiled by lou papineau

“songs of adventure and courage.” And Beaucoup Blue, Zoë Lewis, Chrissy Crowley, and Warner will ask the rhetorical question, “So You Thought You Knew Folk Music?” More than 50 performers — including top-billed vets Chris Smither, Jonathan Edwards, John Gorka, and Vance Gilbert — will have seven stages to call home during the two-day affair at the Whaling National Historical Park (33 Wil- liam St) and the Zeiterion Theatre (684 Purchase St). There are also food and crafts and kids’ activities. The music runs from 11 am to 9 pm ($20 each day, $25 for a weekend pass, free under 12) | 508.493.3872 | newbedford folkfestival. com sat + sUn | chris smither @ the New Bedford Folk Festival sunday 6 a mighty empire tuxet festival in Pawtuxet Tonight the empire revue friday 4 Village and at Rhodes-On- celebrates eight years of the-Pawtuxet in Crans- laughs, burlesque, music, ton, which runs through and inspired silliness. happy birthday Sunday. Angry Lobster A slew of special guests Here’s your 4th of July Events head ramrod Tom (Joanne Lurgio, Mark Cut- plan. Sleep late, skip that Bousquet has put together ler, Bettysioux Tailor, Rick 229th Annual Bristol Civic, a star-studded lineup for Canavan, David Rabinow, Military, and Fireman’s this event: Blue Highway, Denise Bracken Moffat, Parade (you can see it on SteelDrivers, Tony Trischka and Leigh Hendrix) will teevee), and head to Glo- & Great Big World, Pete and add to the fun at AS220, 115 cester for the 88th annual Joan Wernick, the Carter Empire St, Providence, at 8 ancients & horribles pa- Brothers, Suzahn Fiering, pm | $8 advance, $10 door | rade, which is highlighted Kropp Dusters, George 401.831.9327 | as220.org by a slew of devilishly Harper, and more. There inspired (and sometimes will be master class work- delightfully insipid) floats shops ’n’ jam sessions ’n’ wednesday 9 commemorating the foi- crafts ’n’ a farmers’ market bles of local and national ’n’ more. Tix for the eve- newsmakers (plus the ning shows at Rhodes are a batty family usual array of waving dig- $35 on the 4th and $37.50 The brown/trinity play- nitaries, beauty queens, on the 5th | bluegrassonthe wright rep kicks off its and cute kids). It kicks off pawtuxet.com three-play season of new at 4 pm on Main Street. Se- works with Kathryn riously, it’s worth sitting Walat’s See Bat Fly, which is in the two-lane traffic and saturday 5 described as “a play about the hike down Main Street the aerodynamics of bats, to join the throng. Hit the magic of an all-night glocesterri.org/parade. folK city diner on Route 66, and htm for more info. And We like the way the new the dysfunctional tequila Brains out then: you need the rocket’s bedford folK festival dots Christmas that sets Mela- Bowl your red glare? The bombs burst- its programming with nie free.” Who’s Melanie? ing in air? Leave Main Street specific themes. There’s a “Bat biologist Melanie lands Our MOst IncredIble specIal ever! in your rear-view mirror wealth of acoustic musi- in Albuquerque, looking and head to the indepen- cians performing at the for an experimental treat- $9.95 Gets you dence day celebration at rootsy bash and, with ment for her nightmares, India Point Park in Provi- certain players participat- but what she finds is her 3 Hours Only dence. The Rhode Island ing in certain shows, it’s nerdy physicist brother, the Of Unlimited Bowling & Free Shoe Rental Philharmonic Pops Orches- a sharp way of organiz- wisdom of a short-order- 9PM til Midnight 95 tra will trot out their patri- ing the talent pool. One cook-turned-shaman, and Sunday-Thursday Evenings Only $9. ! otic fare at 7:30 pm, and the grouping is called “Play the a Christmas Eve so weird Not Available During Holiday Periods fireworks will start around Chords of Love,” with Cliff it might be the new family 9:15 pm | providenceri.com Eberhardt, Martina Evans, tradition. A play about life’s Craig Bickhardt, and Jeff mysteries and finding one’s 508-695-Bowl (2695) red, white ’n’ Warner singing about af- way in the dark.” It’s at bluegrass fairs of the heart. In the Leeds Theatre, 77 Waterman If you’re passionate about session titled “As I Rode St, Providence, through the 71 Washington Street world-class pickin’ and Out One Summer’s Day,” 12th ($12, $10 seniors, $5 North Attleboro, MA 02760 high ’n’ lonesome harmo- Michael Johnson, Chris students; 401.863.2838). For www.northbowllanes.com nies, then you’ll be lovin’ Pahud, Joe Crookston, and info on the other works, go [email protected] the bluegrass on the paw- Kate Campbell will share to playwrightsrep.com 12 JULY 4, 2014 | the providence phoenix | providence.t hephoenix.com

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And there’s this foundering com- country would relinquish all its oil on favor- pany that manufactures only tire patches able terms. That (surprise!) it’s only palm and personal vibrators. What happens oil isn’t expanded into a plot complication, when a representative of the latter is sent merely mentioned initially for a laugh. to improve conditions in the former? Dynamo Systems is the company chosen It all unfolds with the ridiculousness because their application for supplying and confusions you’d expect, in The Rescue, “emergency relief systems” didn’t make by local playwright Ron Maine, premier- clear that it was describing tire patching ing at Contemporary Theater Company, kits. So Junior and $50 million in aid, mi- directed by Maggie Cady (through July 5). nus a two-percent service charge, ship off It’s an enterprising piece of DIY theater, along with a government representative, some of the acting strong, some shaky, soon-to-be-buddy Karl the Advisor (Rico the tale imaginative but with a careless Lanni). They get to know each other and plot and occasionally stretching its out- eventually sit down for a couple of banter- landish gags past the breaking point. ing interludes. The actors do well in es- Political parody is the attempt, but tablishing a growing connection between what could be pointed satire is blunted on the two emissaries, especially through one a soft target that offers no resistance: for- lengthy, entertaining discussion of politics. eign aid. It’s no secret that US economic The aid is designed to eliminate pov- largesse can be wasted, but the example erty and establish democratic values, devised here for laughs bears no resem- but we are told that the people of Lesser blance to an actual instance, so the satiric Mondraga are comfortable enough as they bite is toothless. are. The country has a goat- and rutabaga- In the offices of General Dynamo Sys- based economy, with each citizen en- tems Inc., the CEO (Ron Giles) is fuming titled to 17 goats and one rutabaga patch, over the company’s latest negative bal- though none of the vegetables are actually ance sheet. He chews out the executive grown there. Don’t ask; it’s as puzzling as responsible, Junior (Peter Bucci), who has Republican economics. been spending too much money purchas- The Super-Power President is easily ing ads from a pretty blond sales rep he exasperated as he consults with his Sec- has his eye on, but since he is the boss’s retary of State (Laura Orabone) and Press son, he smirks rather than repents. Secretary (Daraja Hinds), the General Meanwhile, in the Oval Office of a (Chris Maxwell), and Karl. Price is very Super-Power President (Dave Price), this funny, the best thing about the produc- boss is curious that his country’s foreign tion, whether he is fuming or fussing, aid is going to “cattle rustlers and horse and he gets to do a lot of both. thieves.” He’s too mad to calm down by The President of Lesser Mondraga (Terry playing with the toy soldiers on his desk, Simpson) doesn’t have much to say here. $1 cheese is back! but he does come up with an idea to get Nevertheless, an aide or government func- businesses to act as intermediaries in tionary named Lonsdale (Sami Avigdor) has Thursday nighTs 12 am - 2 am dispersing money to developing countries the job of translating his “gibberish,” as and supplying their particular expertise. Lonsdale puts it, to the people. Not that the anToniospizza.com The president wants the first recipient President can do much harm in this country, country to be one so undeveloped that the since the place is run by a committee. 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Books lives on the edge hester kaplan’s unravished

_By johnette rodriguez

No one would dispute the fact fthat Hester Kaplan’s writing is effective and well-crafted, as she digs into the underbelly of American society in her latest book of short stories, Unravished. She skillfully takes the reader through the everyday worries and fears of people that contribute — like never-ending water droplets in a waterfall — to everyone’s worries and fears about society at large and the world as a whole. But because these characters (mostly) don’t like themselves or are carrying such burdens of guilt or shame or confusion that they can’t seem to shake themselves free of it all, it’s hard for the reader to work up much empathy or understanding for the psychologi- cal problems they somehow hope to resolve. There’s the successful wife and mother remembering her brief affair with the mayor who’s on the verge of being indicted for corruption. Sound familiar? (Kaplan lives in Providence.) “The School of Politics” has enough This is Today’s Country Music pointed local references to be un- RAW AND LUCID kaplan. mistakable, and Kaplan nails the pervasive corruption of a powerful man in a powerful position. grasps the caged nature of his teenaged The most personal story is also one of neighbor’s life. #CATITUDE the most disturbing. “Cold-Cocked” refers In “Natural Wonder,” a frozen wa- to a mother’s outrage at the attack on her terfall is sought out by a mother (Tess) teenaged son, who had been out trick-or- grieving over the numerous ways her treating with his friends. That violence adult daughter freezes her out of her life. against someone she cherishes spins her In that same story, Tess keeps recalling a brain into multiple memories of an old weekend with her newlywed husband in boyfriend, whose revelations to her of a a small town near this “natural wonder” violent attack on him have never left her. and the other couple who had been with It’s a sharp reminder of how much psychic them. When she finds the house where trauma lingers for those touched by physi- they stayed, and the front door is opened cal harm from other people, be it to them- by an older version of the young woman selves, family members, or friends. of that couple, her reminiscing turns to So many of these characters have had something different: “Her attachment their hearts broken — by loving too much to the past struck her as dangerous. Now or too little, by misplaced affection, by and then was likely to slam shut and not having been loved themselves. Their she’d be caught in the middle, her fingers searches for some measure of resolution squeezed in the hinges.” Quite the image. to their pain are, in Kaplan’s prose, quite From the opening title story, “Unrav- painful too. Sometimes there’s a desper- ished” (referring to an undeveloped piece ERICCHURCH ate trust by the main character that the of beach property), to the final one, “This people around him or her will change, Is Your Last Swim,” Kaplan has an un- become nicer somehow, but they seldom canny ability to build suspense that often do, and the reader is left with a dull and leads to surprise endings. Just when you disheartening sense of so many lost souls think you understand the motivations of a out there, damaged beyond repair, beyond character, something else from his or her the ability to change. past pops up, and the puzzle pieces fall to- Kaplan’s metaphors, whether in a gether. The last story is apocalyptic, so its phrase, a setting, or an action, are inci- two women characters really do want to sive and, for the most part, not over-used. understand each other better; as terrible There are physically painful visits to an as their truths are, at least they speak uncaring dentist for the agonizingly inse- them out loud, giving added depth and cure and anxious protagonist in “The Aeri- meaning to the last hours of their lives. alist”; that same dentist’s daughter trains These are eight tough tales in this on the trapeze to escape the earthly bonds collection. Kaplan’s observations and imposed by her mother. In “Companion her insights are challenging for their Animal,” a lonely man who tends caged rawness, but her writing remains as CatCountry.com and sickly dogs at a shelter eventually lucid as ever. ^ 14 JULY 4, 2014 | the providence phoenix | providence.t hephoenix.com Brought to you by the Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy PR WN OV TO ID N E N

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_by chrIS cONTI THURSDAY JULY 3rd • 4:30-7:30pm The 15th annual LibertyFest bash has outgrown its Burnside Music Series fSmith Hill roots and will relocate to Dusk (301 Harris and Beer Garden Ave), and hot-damn, it’s a doozy. We’re talking 13 hours and more than 30 musical acts performing on two stages Food Trucks + Family Fun! rain or shine — all free of charge! What? In this economy? The event’s core group of organizers are the folks to Featuring The Mansﬁeld Hornets thank — Dave Rocha, Devon Nickerson, Travis Sherman, All your favorite Balkan, Irish, Cajun, Turkish, and Chandler Hearn — for corralling this badass lineup. Country, Jazz and Rock songs and dances “Everyone works tirelessly to come up with a solid mix through a heavy psych ﬁlter! that represents the varied styles and characters of this great city,” Rocha said when I checked in earlier this week. “It’s a bit of a painful process at times, but it also J speaks to the wealth of talent and an eagerness to take Downtown Tuesdays! JULY-OCTOBER part in the raddest party of the year.” 3-6pm //Downtown Farmers Market with Farm Fresh RI! Rocha noted the majority of artists approached them RoaRIng BacK lolita black. 3-6pm // Kidoinfo Play in the Park - Family Friendly Fun! to join the LibertyFest roster and perform (free of charge), which only fortifies the event’s DIY spirit. “LibertyFest Thursdays on the Plaza! JULY + AUGUST attracts a multitude of acts because it’s a neighborhood will serve as masters of ceremony during the late-night 10:30am-12:30pm // Kidoinfo Storytime and Art in the Park: Maurice Sendak's Wild World! party at a city-wide scale,” he said. “We all get together outdoor sets (word is Dirty Ice and Grem will drop some 11:30am-1:30pm // PVD Food Trucks @ Kennedy Plaza! to celebrate freedom, community, and rock and roll.” new material on us). Call it a reunion/comeback of sorts 4:30-7:30pm // Burnside Music Series and Beer Garden The LibertyFest crew proposed the idea to Dusk co- for Lolita Black, which played its first show in ages last owner Rick Sunderland, who was “immediately keen to month at Dusk. New songs “Serpentine,” “The Burning,” the idea, which not only opened up a great deal of new and “Going Nowhere” were vicious yet catchy, as lead DPPC, 30 Exchange Terrace Suite 4, Providence RI, 02903 // www.kennedyplaza.org options, but allowed us to keep it as close to the neigh- singer Scarlett Delgado worked the room (and climbed borhood as possible,” said Rocha. The location may have out of the windows) like a seasoned lunatic. A few weeks sponsored by PR WN OV TO ID N E N W PROVIDENCE C O E

D been upgraded but the free entry is here to stay, accord- later she was tethered to a hospital bed with a banged- PARKS + P A Y RECREATION R C K N S A C V y O N S E R ing to Rocha, who also said the organizing team is fo- up kidney. But Delgado is recovering and was all smiles cused on keeping the event a family-friendly affair. when I spotted her at Dusk last weekend, supporting her “This is still an all-ages event, and even in these last Lolita mates Kayleigh Melise and Bob Otis with their new few days we are working hard at trying to ensure that project Extinction Machine (alongside OSS wildman Dan there are activities for both the young, and the young at St. Jacques and bassist/beer god Sean Larkin). heart,” said Rocha. Local artists and various vendors will “Scarlett’s a warrior, and I have no doubt she’ll get up also be on hand. And while the long-running BYOB/pot- there and kill it,” Otis told me. “She was in her hospital REIMBURSEMENT luck aspect has been waived this year, the Dusk barstaff bed telling me how she’s ready to rock!” will be slinging cold brews and cocktails all day and night From eardrum-rattling goth-punk into some high-qual- (inside and outside), and mobile eats will be available ity booty-shaking, the outdoor stage wraps up with Lolita courtesy of Poco Loco Taco, Dad’s Dugout, and Julian’s. followed by Boo City. Sultry singer Tai Awolaju and multi- FOR YOUR TIME! The trucks will be stationed along the alleyway leading to talented partner Andrew Moon Bain front the soulful and the spacious back lot, with a large loading dock platform melodic collective, blending reggae and rock guitar riffs serving as the second stage. around jazzy R&B grooves. This is hands-down the party of Now let’s get to the music. There are many reasons to the year in Providence. See y’all there! ^ check in early at LibertyFest 15, with Boston dream pop • Are you a smoker? AND… LIBERTYFEST 15 | IndooR STagE: SEx SEa [11:45 am] + BEnEaTh ThE outfit Funeral Advantage and locals Swan Point (look up SphInx [12:15 pm] + Swan poInT [1] + JacquES LE coquE [1:45] + Salt • Do you use a cane, wheelchair, the debut EP ) slated to play around 1 pm. Get the ear- LITTLEFooT [2:30] + pIxELS [3:15] + SIRE [4] + gYm ShoRTS [4:45] + scooter, walker or braces, etc plugs ready for the kiddies for a monstrous suppertime paRapLEgIcS [5:30] + oSS [6:15] + moTo [7] + ThE VIEnnagRam [7:45] rock block starting with Gym Shorts, Paraplegics, and + waY ouT [8:45] + cannIBaL RamBLERS [9:45] + Vudu SISTER [10:45] to help you get around? Olneyville Sound System shredding the indoor stage. + woRLd’S gREaTEST LoVER [11:45] + BoRn caSuaL [12:30 am] | ouTdooR STagE: nERVouS VIRgInS [noon] + FunERaL adVanTagE Variety abounds on the outdoor stage, like back-to-back [12:45] + FREnzY oF TongS [1:30] + BIRd dog [2:15] + ThE YaBEauTI- sets from Classical High rap cats Reziztanze and Billy FuLS [3] + REzIzTancE [3:45] + ThE dEnVER BooT [4:30] + TEazER BE A PART OF A NEW Moretti’s acclaimed alt-country crew the Denver Boot. [5:15] + quahogS [6] + TapESTRIES [7] | pLuS: ThE FaBuLouS ITchIES LibertyFest welcomes the return of Vudu Sister (Keith Mc- [8] + KuRT SnELL + BETa moTEL [9] + LoLITa BLacK [10] + Boo cITY [11] RESEARCH PROGRAM! Curdy’s third appearance), and DJ Born Casual will cap | Friday, July 4 @ 11 am | dusk, 301 harris ave, providence | FREE | all ages | off the mayhem inside, while rhyme duo DirtyDurdie 401.714.0444 | facebook.com/providenceLibertyFest YOU WILL RECEIVE: • A state-of-the-art research program about improving (check back for a full feature on their new debut disc), lIngo, kID your health, reducing your stress, and if you’re ready, karma, and plenty more; tix are $25 day of show and it’s all ages, information about quitting smoking Musical fireworks call 401.270.6144 for details. on SUndAY (the 6th), catch von • 8 weeks of the nicotine patch at no cost! From von donovAn to tWin FoxeS Donovan with aBle thought at the parlour (401.383.5858). AS220 is the place to be on tUeSdAY (the 8th) for crust-punk on thUrSdAY (the 3rd) Seattle psych-punk duo Iska Dhaaf heroes DropDeaD (look up the brand new eps available now), UK You don’t have to quit smoking OR leave your home to participate! fwill rock the Fête Lounge, then head back there for a big one legends cress, and appalachIan terror unIt ($8 cover). You will be reimbursed for your time! www.ableprogram.org in the ballroom on independence day FridAY (the 4th) for Strange Another good one is there on WedneSdAY (the 9th) with grimy Famous bearded brethren sage francIs anD blues duo DetroIt reBellIon, achIng B. Dolan. Francis will be rocking plenty of new rIvers, the aDjuncts, and “funky, medi- material from Copper Gone (check our cover terranean madness” courtesy of Brooklyn’s feature in last week’s issue) and word is dolan off the couch tIpsy oxcart; dial 401.831.9327 for the may have a few advance copies of House of Bees scoop on both shows. Also on Wednesday, 3 available; doors at 8 pm and tix are $15 at the Firehouse 13 hosts an early bird 6 pm rager door ($35/reserved seating), call 401.383.1112 for info on both gigs. with swamps, Black celeBratIon, cruel hanD, and more Call or email us today | Available for a limited time only! And hip-hop heads will undoubtedly descend upon Simon’s 677 on ($12, 401.270.1801). And dusk (401.714.0444) does it again with a 401-793-8168 Or, Toll FREE: 1-855-401-ABLE (2253) SAtUrdAY (the 5th) for the chance to get up close and personal wild one set for next thUrSdAY (the 10th) featuring the vIenna- with rhyme legend rakIm — yes, that rakim — along with a ton of gram with txoka txoka, and a pair of must-hear locals in twIn Email us at: [email protected] local talent including monster house, everyBoDy luv Black foxes and the mighty gavage, all for just $5! providence.thephoenix.com | the providence phoenix | JUly 4, 2014 1 5

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THE SPOT UNDERGROUND | Provi- 52 Power St, Providence | $10 | THE SUPERCHIEF TRIO [and the | 6 pm | Fort Adams State Park, ment Sq, Woonsocket | $20 advance, | 401.568.6206 | glocesterri.org/ dence | 2nd Annual 7/10 Celebration 401.331.8575 x 34 | rihs.org Portu Galo food truck] | 6:30 pm | Harrison Avenue, Newport | Free | $25 door | 401.762.4545 | stadium parade.htm TIPSY SEAGULL DOCKSIDE PUB | Weaver Library, 41 Grove St, East 401.841.0707 | fortadams.org theatre.com ARNOLD MILLS JULT 4TH PARADE Fall River, MA | 7 pm | Matt Silva FRIDAY 4 Providence | Free | 401.434.2453 | VANS WARPED TOUR 2014 with | 11 am | Nate Whipple Hwy & Arnold THE WHISKEY REPUBLIC | Provi- BLUEGRASS ON THE PAWTUXET eastprovidencelibrary.org State Champs + Neck Deep + Thec- Mills Rd, Nate Whipple Hwy, Cum- dence | 8 pm | CatCountry 98.1 DJ | Evening shows at Rhodes-On-the THE LARRY BROWN SWING- ityshakeup + We the Kings + Vanna berland | 401.333.1381 | arnoldmills Meredith Thompson Pawtuxet: July 4 @ 6 pm, Steeldriv- LANE ORCHESTRA | 7 pm | Ballard + Ice Nine Kills + Bowling for Soup EVENTS parade.com ers + Pete & Joan Wernick + Kropp Park, Hazard Rd, Newport | Free | + Every Time I Die + Saves the Day BRISTOL FOURTH OF JULY PA- Dusters featuring Mike Kropp + the 401.619.3377 | ballardpark.org + Echosmith + Real Friends + Beebs RADE | Visitors are encouraged to Bill Thibodeau Band + more | July 5 @ & Her Money Makers + The Story THURSDAY 3 arrive before 8 am. The 229th parade COMEDY 5 pm, Blue Highway + Tony Trischka THURSDAY 10 So Far + and more | 11 am | Xfinity CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: VAREKAI | starts from the corner of Chestnut & Great Big World + the Carter Broth- BURNSIDE MUSIC SERIES AND Center, 885 South Main St, Mansfield, Thurs 7:30 pm; Sat 4 + 7:30 pm; Sun and Hope streets (Rte 114) at 10:30 ers + Suzahn Fiering + George Harper BEER GARDEN presents the Sugar MA | ticketmaster.com 1:30 + 5 pm | Dunkin’ Donuts Center, | Bristol Parade Route, Hope and THURSDAY 3 + Lizzie James & the Greystone Rail + Honey Iced Tea | 4:30-7:30 pm | 1 LaSalle Sq, Providence | $40-$145 | Chestnut sts, Bristol | 401.253.0445 | JOE DEROSA | Thurs-Fri 8 pm; Sat 8 the Tiny String Band + more | Plus, Burnside Park, Kennedy Pl, Provi- 401.331.6700 | ticketmaster.com july4thbristolri.com + 10;30 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, 350 master class workshops + jamming dence | Free | facebook.com/ INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRA- Trolley Line Blvd, Mashantucket, throughout the village + free outdoor KennedyPlaza DANCE FRIDAY 4 TION | with the Rhode Island CT | $20-$40 advance | 860.312.6649 | music + crafts and a farmers’ market THE CARLOS DE LEON LATIN JAZZ 4TH OF JULY ANTIQUES SHOW | 9 Philharmonic Pops and fireworks | foxwoods.com + food + more | $35 July 4, $37.50 July BAND | 6:30 pm | John Brown House am-4 pm | The Meeting House, 3852 7:30 pm | India Point Park, India St, 5, $65 both shows | bluegrassonthe Museum, 52 Power St, Providence | PERFORMANCE Main Rd, Tiverton | $7 | 401.273.5550 Providence | 401.421.7740 | FRIDAY 4 pawtuxet.com $10 | 401.331.8575 x 34 | rihs.org | tivertonfourcorners.com providenceri.com/ArtCulture THE BIT PLAYERS | Fri 8 pm; Sat LAUREL CASEY presents “Celebrat- REMINISCE | 7 pm | The Towers, 88TH ANNUAL ANCIENT & HOR- Tourism/art-culture-tourism- 8 + 10 pm | Firehouse Theater, 4 ing the First Amendment! An Eve- 35 Ocean Rd, Narragansett | $15 | SUNDAY 6 RIBLES PARADE | Local residents independence-weekend Equality Park Pl, Newport | $15, $10 ning of Dadaist Comedy and Jazz” 401.782.2597 | thetowersri.com RISING STARS DANCE ACADEMY and costumed marchers parody LIVE BAIT: TRUE STORIES FROM Sat @ 10 pm [BYOB] | 401.849.3473 | | 8 pm | Sandywoods Center For the SUNDOWN THURSDAY with Anne presents its 12th annual recital | 2 news and cultural events | Chepa- REAL PEOPLE | This month’s bitplayers.net Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton | $18 Marie & Rich Davis + James Ragland pm | Stadium Theatre, 28 Monu- chet Village, Rte 44, Chepachet Continued on p 18 LATE LATE NIGHT ALL-AMERICAN advance, $20 door [BYOB + food] | MICETRO IMPROV | 10:30 pm | 401.241.7349 | sandywoodsmusic.com Contemporary Theater, 327 Main St, Wakefield | $7 | 401.218.0282 | SATURDAY 5 + contemporarytheatercompany.com SUNDAY 6 FILTHY FRIDAY SINDEPENDENCE THE 19TH ANNUAL NEW BEFORD TH DAY COMIX with Pat Oates, Luis J. FOLK FESTIVAL with Barbo + HOT 4 OF JULY SALE! Gomez, and Dave Smith | 10:30 pm | Beaucoup Blue + Craig Bickhardt + Comix at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, Benoit Bourque + Kate Campbell + CT | $15-$25 advance Ronny Cox + Joe Crookston + Chrissy JOE DEROSA | See listing for Thurs Crowley + Cliff Eberhardt + Jona- than Edwards + Bob Franke + Gail SATURDAY 5 Finnie Rundlett + Marina Evans + BOB LEVY | 8 pm | Comedy Connec- Vance Gilbert + Bill Harley + Matt tion, 39 Warren Ave, East Provi- and Shannon Heaton + John Gorka dence | $15 | 401.438.8383 | ricomedy + Anne Hills + Pete and Maura Ken- connection.com nedy + Christine Lavin and Don IMPROV JONES | 10 pm | 95 Empire White + Mike Laureanno + Zoe Black Box, 95 Empire St, Providence Lewis + Grace & the RSO + the Mur- | $5 | improvjones.com phy Beds + the New Bedford Harbor JOE DEROSA | See listing for Thurs Sea Chantey Chorus + Chris Pahud + THE BIT PLAYERS | See listing for Poor Old Shine + Hayley Reardon + Fri RUNA + Sacred Harp with the Beans Book & lyrics by Jeanie Linders + Chris Smither + Steve Tilston + SUNDAY 6 Jeff Warner + Seamus Galligan + COMEDY SHOWCASE | 8 pm | Come- Molly O’Leary + Truck Cocteau & The Hilarious Celebration of Women and The Change!® dy Connection, East Providence | $10 MaryBeth Soares + Barbara Phaneuf COMEDY NIGHT OPEN MIC | 7 pm | + Joanne Doherty + Moldy Suitcases Stevie D’s Bar & Grill, 80 Manville + Martin Grosswendt and Susanne Hill Rd, Cumberland | 401.658.2591 | Salem-Schatz + the Pourmen + Mark stevie-ds.com Roberts and Andrea Cooper + Pump- SPINNATO’S HYPNOTIC HYSTE- kin Head Ted + Fourteen Strings RIA | 8 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, | Sat-Sun | New Bedford Whaling MEN Mashantucket, CT | $15-$25 advance National Historical Park, 33 William St, New Bedford, MA | $20/day, $25 LOVE IT MONDAY 7 weekend, free under 12 | Complete TOO! THE BIT PLAYERS present “Laugh- details @ newbedfordfolk festival. ter For Locals” | 8 pm | Firehouse com Theater, 4 Equality Park Pl, Newport | $10 [BYOB] | 401.849.3473 | bit SATURDAY 5 players.net DELBERT MCCLINTON | 8 pm | Nar- rows Center For the Arts, 16 Anawan WEDNESDAY 9 St, Fall River, MA | $75 | 508.324.1926 THE BIT PLAYERS present “Family | narrowscenter.ortg Friendly Funnies” | 7 pm | Firehouse THE LITTLE COMPTON BAND + Theater, 4 Equality Park Pl, Newport FOUR BRIDGES | 8 pm | Sandywoods NOW PLAYING THRU JULY 13 | $10 [BYOB] | 401.849.3473 | bit Center For the Arts, 43 Muse Way, players.net Tiverton | $10 advance, $12 door WACKY WEDNESDAY with Brian [BYOB + food] | 401.241.7349 | Beaudoin, Marty Caproni, and sandywoodsmusic.com Anthony DeVito | 8 pm | Comix at AMERICAN IDOL LIVE! 2014 with Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $10- C.J. Harris + Jena Irene + Caleb $20 advance Johnson + Jessica Meuse + MK Nobilette + Alex Preston + Dexter THURSDAY 10 Roberts + Majesty Rose + Malaya SUMMER SHOWDOWN SEASON IV Watson + Sam Woolf | 7 pm | MGM For tickets, go to foxwoods.com | 800-200-2882 — ROUND 1 | 8 pm | Comedy Connec- Grand at Foxwoods, 350 Trolley Line tion, East Providence | $5 Blvd, Mashantucket, CT | $40-$65 DUSTIN YBARRA | 8 pm | Comix at | 866.646.0050 | mgmatfoxwoods. Greater discounts for groups of 10 or more, call (888) 686-8587 x2 Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $20- com $40 advance SUNDAY 6 CHAKULLA & THE HUNGER BUS | 7 pm | Sandywoods Center For the CONCERTS Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton | Pay what you can [suggested donation GET 20% OFF! $10; BYOB + food] | 401.241.7349 | POPULAR sandywoodsmusic.com O.A.R. + PHILLIP PHILLIPS | 6 pm | MGM Grand at Foxwoods, 350 Trol- USE PROMO CODE: HEAT THURSDAY 3 ley Line Blvd, Mashantucket, CT | BURNSIDE MUSIC SERIES AND $55 + $80 | 866.646.0050 | mgmat BEER GARDEN presents the Mans- foxwoods.com OFFER GOOD THRU JULY 13 field Hornets | 4:30-7:30 pm | Burn- THE 19TH ANNUAL NEW BEFORD side Park, Kennedy Pl, Providence | FOLK FESTIVAL | See listing for Sat *Discounts do not apply to prior sales and may not be combined. Free | facebook.com/KennedyPlaza PAT BENATAR & NEIL GIRALDO | MONDAY 7 Tickets start at $39. Some restrictions and additional fees may apply. 8 pm | Twin River Event Center, 100 TUNES ON THE DUNES presents Twin River Rd, Lincoln | $45-$75 | Beatles For Sale | 6 pm | Westerly 877.82RIVER ticketmaster.com Town Beach, 365 Atlantic Ave | Free | SUNDOWN THURSDAY with Big tunesonthedunesri.com Cat Blues + the Conversation | 6 pm | Fort Adams State Park, Harrison Av- WEDNESDAY 9 BLUES ON THE BEACH enue, Newport | Free | 401.841.0707 | presents B. By special license from the Owner, Jeanie Linders’ company fortadams.org Willie Smith | 6 pm | Westerly Town THE AMERICAN BAND | 6:30 pm Beach, 365 Atlantic Ave | Free | tunes GFourProductions.com | John Brown House Museum, onthedunesri.com 18 JUly 4, 2014 | the providence phoenix | providence.t hephoenix.com

ONE Queen Anne Sq, Newport | Suggested am-6:30 pm | Through Sept 5: “The 8-Aug 8: “Untitled/Unjuried: Small donation $5 | newportFILM.com Newport Folk Festival 2009-2014,” Format Tapestry 2014,” with more photographs by Richard McCaffrey than 240 works from 13 countries, WEIRD listings FINE ART AT CHAPEL VIEW | six continents, and 33 US states, 401.741.0718 | 4 Chapel View Blvd, presented by the American Tapestry TRICK LIT EVENTS Cranston | fineartatchapelview.co Alliance to score great | Thurs-Sat 12-6 pm; Sun 12-5 pm VAN VESSEM GALLERY | 401.835.6639 63 Muse Way, Tiverton lo-dough books + by appointment | Through July | | Continued from p 17 THURSDAY 3 13: works by Wolfgang Widmoser, sandywoodsfarm.org/vanvessem for summer reading! theme: “Free” | If you have a story PROVIDENCE POETRY SLAM | Francis Mesaros, Vincent Castaldi, gallery.html | Through July 20: to share, put your name in the featuring Will Evans | 8 pm | AS220, Daniel Dahlstrom, and Martin “Stare,” works by David Barnes and cellar fishbowl; it your name is called, 115 Empire St, Providence | $4 | Metzger Dan McManus come up and tell it [no notes, rants, 401.831.9327 | as220.org GALLERY 4 | 401.816.0999 | 3848 YELLOW PERIL GALLERY | stories stand-up routines, six-minute time Main Rd, Tiverton | gallery4tiverton. 401.861.1535 | 60 Valley St #5, com Providence yellowperilmedia.com/ Thousands and Thousands of greaT limit] | 10 pm | 95 Empire Black | Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun 11 | Box, 95 Empire St, Providence | $7 | am-5 pm | July 4-Sept 7: “Trio: Tex- gallery | Wed-Fri 3-8 pm; other days summer reads on The cheap! 401.489.2555 TALKS ture, Structure, Passion,” paintings by appointment | Through July 13: New books ½ price! by Ruth Hamill, Harry Nadler, and “Black Indians In Space: The Con- SATURDAY 5 Susan Strauss stellation,” mixed-media collages CAPE VERDEAN INDEPENDENCE MONDAY 7 GRIN 60 Valley St #3, Providence 111 Mathewson st. | by James Montford DAY CELEBRATION | Traditional DR.JOHN WORSLEY concludes a | grinprovidence.com | Sat 12-5 pm | Providence ri food, music, dance, arts and four-week jazz lecture series with Through July 12: “¡Super Vision!,” MUSEUMS crafts, and a children’s area | India “Rock” | 11 am | Hamilton House, works by Leah Piepgras (401) 521-2665 HERA GALLERY 401.789.1488 cellarstories.com Point Park, India St, Providence | 276 Angell St, Providence | Free | | | 774.488.4751 | ricapeverdeanheritage. 401.831.1800 | historichamilton.com 10 High St, Wakefield | heragallery. BRISTOL ART MUSEUM | webs.com org | Wed-Fri 1-5 pm; Sat 10 am-4 401.253.4400 | 10 Wardwell St | HALL OF FAME TENNIS CHAMPI- pm | Through July 19: “Old World,” bristolartmuseum.org | Wed-Sun 1-4 ONSHIPS | International Tennis Hall photographs by Viera Levitt | “Self pm | Through July 6: “50 Years,” a of Fame and Museum, 194 Bellevue Portraits: Under My Skin,” photo- juried exhibition C & L Ave, Newport | $30-$85 [youth $25- ART graphs by Amanda Swain Bingham NEWPORT ART MUSEUM | $70] | 401.849.3990 | tennisfame. HOPE GALLERY | 401.396.9117 | 435 401.848.8200 | 76 Bellevue Ave | com Hope St, Bristol | hopegalleryfineart newportartmuseum.org | Tues-Sat 11 Stables NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL POLO GALLERIES finecraft.com | Thurs-Sat 1-5 pm | am-4 pm; Sun 12-4 pm | Admission Goddard Memorial State Park, Warwick, RI SERIES | This week: USA vs. Ireland July 5-Aug 1: “Hot & Hazy,” paint- $10 adults; $8 seniors; $6 students | 5 pm | Glen Farm, Route 138, Ports- ings by Mary Ann Rousseau, Jessica and military personnel with ID; free Guided Public Trail Rides mouth | $20 + $12 | 401.846.0200 | ARTISTS’ COOPERATIVE GALLERY Wheeler, and Sue Prideaux | “New for children 5 and under | Through OF WESTERLY 401.596.2221 7 (17 Miles of Trails) nptpolo.com | | Beginnings,” paintings by Sue But- Aug 12: “Elizabeth Congdon: Heaven CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: VAREKAI | See Canal St, Westerly | westerlyarts.com ler, Ewa Romaszewicz, and Tatiana and Earth,” an exhibit of paintings TRAIL RIDES RATES: $30 PER HOUR Summer listing for Thurs | Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm | Through Roulin | Through Sept 1: “Marine Botani- IMAGO FOUNDATION FOR THE BEACH & BAYSIDE RIDES: $45-$65 Camps July 11: “9th Annual Silent Auction cals,” works by Mary Chatowsky SUNDAY 6 & Gala” ARTS | 401.245.0173 | 36 Market St, Jameson | Through Sept 7: “Magic (CALL FOR RESERVATION ACCORDING TO TIDE) CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: VAREKAI | See ARTPROV GALLERY | 401.641.5182 | Warren | imagofoundation4art.org | Gold, Full Sun,” paintings by listing for Thurs 150 Chestnut St, Providence | Thurs 4-8 pm, Fri + Sat 12-8 pm | Corinne Colarusso | Through Sept 14: Barn Phone: 401-886-5246 CAPE VERDEAN INDEPENDENCE artprovidence.com | Through July 6: Through July 19: works by member “Very Simple Charm: The Early Life DAY CELEBRATION | See listing “Inspired Color,” abstract works by Eileen Collins and guest artists and Work of Richard Morris Hunt In RIDING LESSONS: ENGLISH & WESTERN LESSONS AVAILABLE for Sat Linnea Toney Leeming Leigh Medeiros & Michaela Collins Newport” PONY RIDES: $5 Hours: HALL OF FAME TENNIS CHAMPI- AS220 | 401.831.9327 | 115 Empire St, JAMESTOWN ARTS CENTER | RISD MUSEUM | 401.454.6500 | ONSHIPS | See listing for Sat Providence | as220.org | Wed-Fri 1-6 401.560.0979 | 18 Valley St | 224 Benefit St, Providence | risdmu- Summer 10am to 6pm HALL OF FAME TENNIS CHAMPI- jamestownartcenter.org seum. org (We suggest calling for reservations) pm; Sat 12-5 pm + by appointment | | Wed-Sat 10 | Tues-Sun 10 am-5 pm http://candlstables.info ONSHIPS | See listing for Sat July 5-26: “Street Lights,” new pho- am-2 pm | Through July 10: “Recent [Thurs until 9 pm] | Admission $12; Closed Mondays (except holidays) TUESDAY 8- tos by Darvin Sanchez | “Doodles,” Work: Paintings and Monotypes,” $10 seniors; $5 college students, $3 We Accept Reservations Required new work by Gibson Prouty | In the by Lisa Barsumian ages 5-18; free every Sun 10 am-1 pm THURSDAY 10 Youth Gallery, new work by Antho- JUST ART GALLERY | 401.272.0820 | Through July 6: “Arlene Shechet: Spring, Fall & Winter HALL OF FAME TENNIS CHAMPI- 60 Valley St, Providence justart- Weekday Reservations ny Azanon and Bryan Freire | | Meissen Recast,” an exhibition of ONSHIPS | See listing for Sat AS220 PROJECT SPACE | gallery.com | Wed 1-5 pm; Thurs + sculptures | Through Aug 10: “Graph- 401.831.9327 | 93 Mathewson St, Fri 1-7 pm; Sat 12-5 pm | July 5-Aug ic Design: Now in Production,” Providence | as220.org | Wed-Fri 1-6 2: “Disambiguation,” works by Alex which explores some of the most vi- pm; Sat 12-5 pm + by appointment Delby brant graphic design work produced www.narrowscenter.org FILM | July 5-26: “Campaigns For the NARROWS CENTER FOR THE since 2000, including magazines, Sun,” new work by Jessica Lee Perry ARTS GALLERY | 508.324.1926 | newspapers, books, and posters 20 minutes from Providence | “Poem-Boxes and New Work” by 16 Anawan St, Fall River, MA | nar- WARWICK MUSEUM OF ART | 16 Anawan Street, THURSDAY 3 + 10 Deborah Liberti rows center.org | Wed-Sat 12-5 pm 401.737.0010 | 3259 Post Rd | warwick Fall River MA 02721 MOVIES ON THE BLOCK presents BANKRI GALLERY | 401.456.5015 | Through July 12: “Meadowridge museum.org | Tues + Wed + Fri 12-4 (near Battleship Cove) Woodstock [7.3] and Adaptation [7.10] | x 1330 | 137 Pitman St, Providence | Academy Annual Art Exhibition” pm, Thurs 4-8 pm, Sat 10 am-2 pm | (508) 324-1926 Movies On the Block, Westminster bankri.com | Mon-Fri 9 am-7 pm; Sat ONE WAY GALLERY | 999 Main St, Through July 19: “Summer Cruising: Doors open @ 7pm and Union sts, Providence | Free | 9 am-3 pm; Sun 12-4 pm | Through Unit 712, Pawtucket | onewaygallery. Art of the Auto,” | with works by com Show starts @ 8pm indowncity.com Aug 6: “Nicholas McKnight: Nature | Sat 10 am-2 pm | Through Aug illustrator Guy Cassaday, line artist (unless otherwise noted) Prints” 2: “The Black and Blues,” new work Jim Weicherding, and photogra- FRIDAY 4 — 1140 Ten Rod Rd, North Kingstown by S.W. 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AVON CINEMA TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINC- 260 Thayer St, Providence | TION 3D | 11:30, 3, 6:30, 10 401.421.3315 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINC- IDA | Thurs: 2:55 TION | 12, 1, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30, 7, 8, 9, THE IMMIGRANT | Starts Fri: 3:50, 10:30 | Thurs-Sat late show: 11:30 6:20, 8:45 JERSEY BOYS | 12:25, 3:25, 6:20, 9:20 | OBVIOUS CHILD | Thurs: 4:40, 6:30, Thurs-Sat late show: 12:15 8:20 | Fri-Thurs: 2 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 | 11, 1:30, 4:05, 6:35, 9:15 | Thurs-Sat late CABLE CAR CINEMA show: 11:45 204 South Main St, Providence | 22 JUMP STREET | 1:20, 4:20, 6:55, 401.272.3970 9:30 | Thurs-Sat late show: 12 IVORY TOWER | Thurs: 2:30, 4:30, EDGE OF TOMORROW | 1:15, 4, 6:45, 6:30, 8:30 9:25 | Thurs-Sat late show: 12:10 A HARD DAY’S NIGHT [50TH ANNI- THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | 1:05, 6:50 The Best in Independent Cinema VERSARY/DIGITAL REMASTER] | MALEFICENT | 1:50, 4:10, 6:40, 9:10 | Starts Fri: 5 Thurs-Sat late show: 11:40 SNOWPIERCER | Starts Fri: 7, 9:30 | X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | Sat-Sun: 12, 2:30, 7, 9:30 | Mon-Thurs: 3:55, 9:45 2:30, 7, 9:30 Yankee Magazineʼs Best Cinema in New England 2014 SHOWCASE CINEMAS CINEMA WORLD WARWICK MALL S N O W P I E R C E R A HARD DAYʼS NIGHT 622 George Washington Hwy, 400 Bald Hill Rd | 401.736.5454 Lincoln | 401.333.8676 DELIVER US FROM EVIL | 10:30, 1:10, 7/4 ... 7,9:30 These listings are for Thurs July 3-Mon 4:10, 7, 9:50 7/5 ... 12,2:30,7,9:30 50TH ANNIVERSAY July 7 only. Call for updates or go to EARTH TO ECHO | 12:05, 2:35, 5, 7:15, 7/6 ... 12,2:30,7,9:30 DIGITALLY cinemaworldonline.com. 9:30 AMERICA: IMAGINE THE WORLD TAMMY | 11:50, 12:20, 2:20, 2:50, 4:50, 7/7 ... 2:30,7,9:30 REMASTERED WITHOUT HER | 10:25, 1:20, 4:20, 5:20, 7:25, 7:55, 9:55, 10:25 7/8 ... 2:30,7,9:30 7:25, 10:05 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINC- 7/9 ... 2:30,7,9:30 DAILY SCREENINGS DELIVER US FROM EVIL | 11:15, 1:45, TION 3D | 11, 2:30, 6:05, 9:35 7/10 ... 2:30,7,9:30 4:30, 7:50, 10:20 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINC- “THE BEST ACTION FILM EARTH TO ECHO | 10:45, 1, 3, 4, 7:15, 9:30 TION | 11:30, 12, 3, 3:30, 6:35, 7:05, OF 2014, AND PROBABLY 7/4 - 7/10 TAMMY | 10:15, 11, 1:15, 2:15, 4, 5, 7:15, 9:05, 10:05 THE BEST FILM, PERIOD.” @ 5PM 8, 9:45, 10:30 CRAZY TRAIN Tilda Swinton in Snowpiercer. JERSEY BOYS | 11:45, 3:15, 6:30, 9:25 SALON.COM TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINC- THINK LIKE A MAN TOO | 4:45, 10 TION 3D | 10:30, 1, 5, 8:30 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 | Providence Pheonix Best Cinema in Rhode Island 2014 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINC- 22 JUMP STREET | 1, 4:10, 7:20, 9:45 THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | 12:45, 6:35 11:15, 1:50, 4:15, 6:45, 9:40 TION | 10, 11, 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 7, THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | 6:40, MALEFICENT | 11, 1:20, 3:50, 6:20, 22 JUMP STREET | 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 204 S. MAIN ST. PROVIDENCE RI 02903 7:30, 8, 10:30 9:20 8:55 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:15 10:15 CABLECARCINEMA.COM 401.272.3970 JERSEY BOYS | 10:05, 1:10, 4:05, MALEFICENT | 12:30, 6:40 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | 10:15, 7:10, 10 3:40, 9:30 | Thurs-Sat late show: 12:25 1:40, 7:10 THINK LIKE A MAN TOO | 5:15, 7:35, ISLAND CINEMAS 10 MALEFICENT | 10:45, 1:15, 3:40, 6:40 10:10 105 Chase Ln, Middletown | RUSTIC TRI VUE HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 | 401.847.3456 DRIVE-IN SHOWCASE CINEMAS 10:30, 1:05, 3:40, 6:30, 9 DELIVER US FROM EVIL | 1:10, 4, Rt 146, North Smithfield | NORTH ATTLEBORO $1 OFF 22 JUMP STREET | 10:55, 1:50, 4:25, 7:15, 9:50 ARTISTS’ with this ad 401.769.7601 640 South Washington St, North 7:45, 10:20 EARTH TO ECHO | 12:30, 2:40, 4:45, EDGE OF TOMORROW + TAMMY | Attleboro, MA | 508.643.3900 EXCHANGE EDGE OF TOMORROW | 10:40, 4:35, 6:50, 8:50 Dusk DELIVER US FROM EVIL | 12:45, 3:40, p 10:25 TAMMY | 12:20, 2:30, 4:40, 7:25, 9:45 22 JUMP STREET + DELIVER US FROM 7:05, 9:55 82 rolfe square r artists-exchange.org Theatre 82 e THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | 10:20, TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINC- EVIL | Dusk EARTH TO ECHO | 12:15, 2:40, 5, 7:25, cranston, ri nt 401.490.9475 s e s 1:25, 4:15, 7:20, 10:15 TION 3D | 1, 4:10, 7:30 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 + 9:35 MALEFICENT | 10:10, 1:15, 4:10, 6:45, TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINC- TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION TAMMY | 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:55, 10:30 1 9:05 TION | 11:50, 1:30, 3, 4:40, 6:20, 8:15, | Dusk TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINC- the 9thact annual X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | 9:35 TION 3D | 11:30, 3, 6:30, 10 PLAY 1:40, 7:40 JERSEY BOYS | 12:40, 6:45 SHOWCASE CINEMAS TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINC- HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 | 12, SEEKONK ROUTE 6 TION | 12, 12:30, 3:30, 4, 7, 7:30, 10:30 festival EAST PROVIDENCE 10 2:15, 4:30, 7:10, 9:30 Seekonk Square, Seekonk, MA | JERSEY BOYS | 12:25, 3:50, 6:55, 10:05 60 Newport Ave | 401.438.1100 22 JUMP STREET | 12:50, 3:45, 7:25, 9:50 508.336.6789 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 | BRICK MANSIONS | Thurs: 7:30 EDGE OF TOMORROW | 4:20, 9:45 TAMMY | Tues: 8, 10 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 MOM’S NIGHT OUT | Thurs: 12:15, THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | 7, 9:40 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINC- 22 JUMP STREET | 12:40, 3:45, 6:50, 2:25, 4:40, 6:55, 9:20 MALEFICENT | 1:20, 3:40 TION 3D | Thurs: 9 | Fri-Mon: 12, 3:30, 9:50 wave i: july 25 - august 2 Written and Directed THE RAILWAY MAN | Thurs: 3:35 7, 8, 10:30 MALEFICENT | 12:10, 2:35, 4:50, 7:10 by Kevin Broccoli A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE JANE PICKENS THEATER TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINC- X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | wave ii: august 8 - 16 th th WEST | Starts Fri: 12:25, 3, 6:50, 9:25 49 Touro St, Newport | 401.846.5252 TION | Thurs: 9:15 | Fri-Mon: 12:30, 1, 9:30 July 11 - 26 NEIGHBORS | Starts Fri: 12:15, 2:25, CHEF | Thurs: 5:15, 8 | Fri: 4:15, 7 | Sat: 4, 4:30, 7:30, 10 82 Rolfe FridaysSquare Cranston, and Saturdays RI | 401.490.9475 at 7pm ARTISTS-EXCHANGE.ORG 4:40, 6:55, 9:20 4:15, 7, 9:30 | Sun: 1:30, 4:15, 7 | Tues: JERSEY BOYS | Thurs: 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 SWANSEA STADIUM 12 Artists’ Exchange CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER 4:15, 7 | Wed: 2:45 | Thurs: 3:15, 6 | Fri-Mon: 12:25, 3:50, 6:55, 10:05 207 Swansea Mall Dr, Swansea, MA | 82 Rolfe Square Cranston,Theatre RI82 | 401.490.9475 50 ROLFE SQ SOLDIER | 12:10, 3:05, 6:10, 9 THINK LIKE A MAN TOO | 12:55, 3:55, TICKETS | WWW.ARTISTS-EXCHANGE.ORG 508.674.6700 82 Rolfe Square, Cranston, RI CRANSTON RI HEAVEN IS FOR REAL | 12:30, 2:45, PROVIDENCE PLACE 7:25, 10:20 AMERICA | 11:20, 2:10, 4:55, 7:35, 10:15 5:05, 7:20, 9:35 CINEMAS 16 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 | DELIVER US FROM EVIL | 11:25, 2:15, THE OTHER WOMAN | 12:05, 2:30, Providence Place | 401.270.4646 Thurs: 12, 12:30, 2:25, 2:55, 4:50, 5:20, 5:05, 7:55, 10:50 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 DELIVER US FROM EVIL | 11:05, 11:35, 7:45, 10:10 | Fri-Mon: 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, EARTH TO ECHO | 11:40, 2:10, 4:50, RIO 2 | 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:20 1:45, 2:15, 4:25, 4:55, 7:10, 7:40, 9:55, 7:20, 9:45* [*no show Tues] 7:25, 9:55 BELLE | Thurs: 3, 5:15, 9:40 | Fri- 10:25 | Thurs-Sat late show: 12:35 22 JUMP STREET | Thurs: 1, 4, 7:30, TAMMY | 11:35, 2:05, 4:40, 7:15, 10 Thurs: 12:40, 3:20 EARTH TO ECHO | 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 10:15 | Fri-Mon: 12:40, 3:45, 7:05* [*no TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINC- DIVERGENT | 12:35, 3:25, 6:20, 9:10 7:05, 9:40 show Tues], 10:15 TION 3D | 11:15, 2:35, 3, 7, 10:10, 10:35 Get off stinky tobacco! NOAH | 6:10, 9 TAMMY | 11:50, 12:20, 2:20, 2:50, 4:50, EDGE OF TOMORROW | 1:05, 9:50 TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINC- THE LEGO MOVIE | 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 5:20, 7:25, 7:55, 10, 10:30 | Thurs-Sat THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | Thurs: TION | 11, 11:30, 3:30, 6:30, 7:50 9:40 late show: 12:20 1:10, 4:10, 7, 9:55 | Fri-Mon: 12:45, JERSEY BOYS | 1:30, 4:35, 7:40*, MR. 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XXXX imagined world. With John Hurt, Octavia THE IMMIGRANT Spencer, and Ed Harris. 117 minUtes | r | avon _J.R. Jones XXX James Gray has cited silent melodramas and Puccini’s Il Trittico as the main influences on TAMMY this towering period piece, and its raw ex- 97 minUtes | r | cinema worLd + enter- pressiveness distinguishes it from most 21st- tainment + isLand + providence pLace 16 century cinema. In a performance reminis- + rUstic tri-vUe drive-in + showcase + cent of Lillian Gish’s work for D.W. Griffith, swansea stadiUm 12 Marion Cotillard stars as a Polish immigrant Melissa McCarthy stars as a midwestern left to fend for herself in early-’20s New York loudmouth who, fired from her job at a after she’s separated from her sister at Ellis burger joint and furious that her husband is Island. She gets coerced into prostitution by having an affair, skips town with her wily, a childlike Jewish hustler (Joaquin Phoenix pill-popping grandmother (Susan Sarandon). at his best), then falls prey to the charms of Their sights are set on Niagara Falls, but a his magician cousin (Jeremy Renner), who booze-filled run-in with the police strands turns out to be an even greater threat to her them in Louisville. Like a classic road com- well-being. All three characters undergo edy, this tends to drift from scene to scene profound transformations; as they evolve, rather than adhere to a strict plot; the movie so too does the film, moving from sweeping revolves mostly around McCarthy, hilarious social drama to a portrait of spiritual epiph- in her best performance to date. She cowrote any. Beautifully shot (by Darius Khondji), the script with her husband, Ben Falcone, designed, and performed, this may well be providing her character with a nuance ab- Gray’s masterpiece. sent from her other starring roles; she shows _Ben Sachs XXX a more dramatic side, and not every joke is predicated on her weight. Falcone directed; SNOWPIERCER with Kathy Bates and Mark Duplass. 126 minUtes | r | cabLe car _Drew Hunt XW The human drive toward ecological collapse often seems like a screaming train that DELIVER US FROM EVIL can’t be halted, which gives this postapoca- 117 minUtes | r | cinema worLd + enter- lyptic thriller by Bong Joon-ho (The Host) tainment + isLand + providence pLace 16 a potency indivisible from its premise. + rUstic tri-vUe drive-in + showcase + Decades after an atmospheric experiment swansea stadiUm 12 to counteract global warming has instead In this Exorcist knockoff, Eric Bana plays a plunged the world into a new ice age, a little lapsed Catholic policeman who rediscovers High-Speed Ferries from community of survivors rides a passenger his faith while investigating a series of crimes train around and around the planet, the whose perpetrators are all possessed by the Pt. Judith, Newport & Fall River haves housed near the engine and the have- devil. Director Scott Derrickson (Sinister) dem- Only 30 Minutes from Pt. Judith nots suffering at the back; a rebellion led onstrates a knack for atmosphere but little (Newport & Fall River Summers Only) by two malcontents (Chris Evans and Jamie sense of pacing; some sequences are effec- Bell) and leading up through the cars intro- tively spooky (particularly one set at the Bronx Group Sales Available duces us to a succession of fantastic technol- Zoo), though just as many feel uninspired ogy and eccentric characters (not the least and the longer dialogue scenes stop the movie TOLL FREE (866) 783-7996 of which is Tilda Swinton as an officious dead in its tracks. There’s a nicely modulated Thatcher-like governess). As with The Host, performance from Edgar Ramirez, as a drug Get Your Tickets Online the political satire is teased out gradually addict-turned-priest, that hints at the more as the story progresses and never intrudes accomplished film this might have been. blockislandferry.com on one’s enjoyment of the movie’s richly _Ben Sachs BIF_ProvidencePhoenix.indd 1 4/22/14 5:40:35 PM

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Moon signs _by syM boline DAi

A week of early waxing moon before commitment. partnership is a refuge Wednesday. A day for cutting things close, f for libra, Aquarius, Gemini, Scorpio, virgo, but amazing for romance that makes you and red, white, and balloons leo, or Sagittarius. laugh, or makes you feel more intense than for all means a nice dark night for usual, particularly for virgo, libra, Scorpio, fireworks. Waxing moons are best saturday July 5 Sagittarius, capricorn, cancer, and pisces. for new endeavors and this week, First quarter moon in libra. Finding Feeling “less than” could be a theme for tau- look back on events that occurred harmony is a theme—so is indecisive- rus, leo, Aquarius, Aries, and Gemini. do you 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 around June 25-28. Did something ness (for capricorn, cancer, taurus, pisces, have an urge to travel? today through Friday and Aries, who will resent being rushed by is great for booking a trip. come to a screeching halt? Did you others). libra, leo, virgo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, 17 get 18 a fresh 19 perspective? 20 21 22 Build 23 on 24 Gemini, 25 and 26 Aquarius 27 have28 great 29 energy 30 for 31 Wednesday 32 July 9 ideas, and deepen relationships writing and communicating—don’t hesitate to Waxing moon in Sagittarius. As the with those who can assist. Given go “over the top” in correspondence, particu- full moon approaches (on Friday), this that the Friday1 Fourth 2 gives3 4an 5 larly 6 if you 7 are pursuing 8 a9 romantic 10 interest. 11 12 is an13 excellent 14 day 15 for assessing 16 your prog- early start to the weekend, this is a ress in 2014, particularly for libra, Scorpio, sunday July 6 Sagittarius, capricorn, Aquarius, Aries. is fine time to 17invite 18 new 19 folks 20 to the 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Waxing moon in libra, moon void-of- your job easier? more difficult? Are you drift- traditional barbeque. Especially course 3:31 pm until 7:33 pm when it ing away from certain friends? Sagittarius 1 2 if 3 they 4 enjoy 5 cooking. 6 Gardeners 7 8 9 moves 10 into 11 Scorpio.12 An afternoon 13 14 void-of- 15 16 moons are for being “fancy free” although should delight in the long days as course moon generally means that plans go pisces, virgo, Gemini, taurus, and cancer well as the waxing moon—keep awry, and improvisation is the word of the day. could get wrapped up in a concept of “fair- 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 adding to your garden. this is also a time when some folks (libra, vir- ness” that slows them down. go, Scorpio, leo, Gemini, Aquarius, Sagittarius) try to find harmony at all cost. capricorn, can- thursday July 3 cer, pisces, taurus, and Aries: wait until tomor- Waning moon in virgo. take a fine- row for making commitments. you don’t have Moon KeyS all the information now. toothed comb to projects. or encourage this horoscope traces the passage of the moon, not the 1 2 3 4 5 6 others 7 to do8 so. v 9 irgo moons 10 bring 11 out12 the 13 14 15 16 sun. Simply read from day to day to watch the moon’s macroscopic vision, so if you’re flipping out Monday July 7 influence as it moves through the signs of the zodiac. | over trifles—well, you’re in tune with the Waxing moon in Scorpio. this moon is When the moon is in your sun sign, you are beginning 17 18 19 20 21 22 moon. 23 m ore 24 likely 25 to look 26 before 27 they leap:28 29 30 excellent 31 for 32 removing anything that a new 28-day emotional cycle, and you can expect 1 2 3 v 4irgo, l ibra, 5 Scorpio, 6 leo, 7 cancer, 8 t aurus, 9 and 10 troubles 11 you—once12 13 it’s gone, 14 it’s 15 gone. 16 A fine increased insight and emotionality. When the moon capricorn. Slightly accident-prone (or just day for making subtle distinctions, particular- moves into the sun sign opposite yours (see below), expect to have difficulties dealing with the opposite sex, acidic): Sagittarius, virgo, pisces, Aquarius, ly for virgo, libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, capri- 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 corn, 27 cancer,28 and 29 pisces. 30 your perceptions31 32 are family, or authority figures; social or romantic activities and Aries. will not be at their best. | When the moon is in Aries, sharpened -- whether you like this or not. A it opposes libra, and vice versa. other oppositions are Friday July 4 good day for a hair-cut or reducing something taurus/Scorpio, Gemini/Sagittarius, cancer/capricorn, Waxing moon in libra (moon void-of- to its smallest most useful parts (diced vege- leo/Aquarius, and virgo/pisces. the moon stays in each course 4:21 am to 9:43 am in virgo). A tables for salsa, text reminders of loyalty to sign approximately two and a half days. | As the moon 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 feeling 8 of 9hopefulness 10 should 11 prevail12 for13 the 14 folks). 15 Aquarius, 16 taurus, Aries, Gemini, and moves between signs, it will sometimes become “void left-brained types (all those pieces clicking leo could be agitated and needing attention of course,” making no major angles to planets. consider this a null time and try to avoid making or implementing into place). it’s hard to have a “bad” inde- from others. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 decisions if you can. But it’s great for brainstorming. | For pendence day, given the emphasis on spec- Symboline dai’s sun-sign horoscopes and advice column, tacle and picnic food, but Aries, capricorn, tuesday July 8 visit our Web site at thephoenix.com. Symboline Dai can cancer, pisces, and taurus might hesitate Waxing moon in Scorpio, moon void- be reached at [email protected]. of-course 10:32 pm until 1:24 am 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

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