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8 wHAt’s so funny? _By pHilip eil Comedy goes under the microscope at URI.

10 Bottles & CAns & just ClAp youR HAnds _By lou pA pineAu Heady times for craft beer. Plus, ’Gansett’s new mashup with Del’s.

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Phillipe + Jorge’s Cool, Cool World one cool(ey) dude PC makes us Proud; kudos for LinC; homegrown sCi-fi

With all due respect to Olym- reasons. This wasn’t something about the women who ran the Williams National Memorial. In small role of Clancy. The film is fpic medalists Marissa Castelli every coach would do, but it was New York City telephone opera- particular, the Blackstone Valley being distributed in the US by IFC and Elizabeth Beisel — and, of clear the man has his principles, tors’ department back when you Commission thrived under his Midnight, so keep your eyes open course, the 2013 World Series even if his future employment need an operator to complete leadership. for it. The whole thing was shot Champion Boston Red Sox — hinges on a win-loss record. The calls: “Talk shit, take none.” Jan will replace Kelly Mahoney, in the Biggest Little. there isn’t a better local story in suspensions left his depth chart Thanks to Ed Cooley, this another compatriot of P&J’s, who SportsWorld than the Providence as thin as a wedding veil. year has been a gift to all the PC did an excellent job in the Chafee art and muSic at SandywoodS BOWL YOUR BRAINS OUT College Friars basketball team. But these are just the basket- fans and, if they’re honest about administration and who is now Only As you may be aware if you ball-related issues. As his team it, even fans of archrivals like off to work for gubernatorial can- This Saturday (the 22nd), there 95 haven’t been locked inside a seesawed through the early part URI or Brown. This is what col- didate Clay Pell. will be a showing of photographs OUR MOST INCREDIBLE SPECIAL EVER! discarded refrigerator, the Fri- of the season, looking like heaven lege sports are supposed to be all There’s no truth to the rumor by Rick Farrell of Mojo Photogra- $8. ! ars shockingly won the Big East or hell depending on the night about: principles off the court, she’ll be in charge of locating phy, Garrett Sheehan, and our $8.95 Gets You tournament at Madison Square and/or the opponent, Cooley guts on it, and surprise gifts like space cadet Clay’s autos when favorite singer/songwriter, Mark Garden on March 15, and thus managed to stick to a weight-loss an unexpected major conference he loses them after a trip to the Cutler, at the Van Vessem Gal- 3 Hours earned a trip to the NCAA’s March surgery program that weaned 100 championship. 7-Eleven for a late night sub and lery at Sandywoods in Tiverton. Of Unlimited Bowling & Free Shoe Rental Madness — aka the Final Judg- pounds from his, how can we say Thanks, Mr. Cooley. Ya done Dr. Pepper. The opening reception is from 5 9PM til Midnight ment. The tourney kicks off right it, rather rotund, 300-plus-lb. us proud, no matter where the Have another on us, Clay. to 8 pm and, after that, the great Sunday-Thursday Evenings Only Phoenix Not Available During Holiday Periods after the hits the streets body. Then his East Greenwich NCAAs take us. bluesman, Paul Geremia, will this week, and one can only hope house burned down. No joke. almoSt Human be performing in concert at the that offering them praise here So while his team was trying Smart iS aS Smart doeS No, we’re not talking about the Sandywoods Center for the Arts isn’t the kiss of death when they to win an NCAA spot — or at least A tip of the sombrero to Governor recently-cancelled Fox TV show, next door. The photo show runs 508-695-BOWL (2695) take on the mighty University of respectability — he ended up liv- Linc Chafee for appointing our but the new 80-minute indie film, through April 27. North Carolina in the first round. ing with his family in an extend- old friend and colleague Jan Reits- also titled Almost Human, created by The saga of this team of up- ed-stay motel in Coventry. We’re ma as his new “special adviser for the Vo Dilun-born duo of Joe Begos KudoS and congratS . . . 71 Washington Street starts, which sounds more like it sure that is the home of choice for policy and legislative affairs.” and Josh Ethier. Joe wrote and di- . . . to writer/journalist and fre- North Attleboro, MA 02760 Phoenix www.northbowllanes.com came from Hollywood than Our other coaches like (ex-Friar) Billy Jan has always been one of the rected the film, while Josh edited, quent contributor, Victor [email protected] Little Towne, revolves around the Donovan of #1-rated Florida, and most hard-charging and intel- did the sound design, and starred. Paul Alvarez. Victor has written head coach. Native son Ed Cooley Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, both ligent people we’ve worked with, Both are 26 years old. the foreword to a new anthology came to PC in 2011 after coaching of whom make more money off and he deserves the post. He’s no It’s a horror/sci-fi/action mov- about legendary Los Angeles poet at Connecticut’s Fairfield Univer- sneaker contracts than Cooley shrinking violet, so you can bet he ie featuring what the filmmakers and author, Charles Bukowski, Long sity for five years. At that point, will see from his coach’s pay in a will make his voice heard with the promise is “plenty of bloodshed” Distance Drunks: A Tribute to Charles the PC program was a zombie — decade. guv, whether Linc likes it or not. (four people are murdered within Bukowski, released on March 9, the half-dead, hollow, and wreaking But somehow he pulled off (Which is another reason why we the first 25 minutes). The plot has 20th anniversary of the writer’s havoc in the community. The a winning run at season’s end like Linc: he’s smart enough to something to do with Ethier’s death. The book is available at players, some of whom appeared that even hardcore Friars fans know he can be dumb at times.) character (Mark) being under sus- Amazon, on Kindle, and at Barnes THE ICONIC FILM - NOW A STAGE MUSICAL to be total sociopaths, were wouldn’t have bet their change Jan was former director of the picion he was abducted by aliens. & Noble. Nice going, Victor. welcomed with about as much from a McDonald’s Happy Meal Department of Environmental And when Mark returns to Earth, Of course, Bukowski was the enthusiasm as a band of Hell’s on. Now the operative phrase Management, where he ruffled much to the chagrin of his former subject of the 1987 film Barfly Angels at a church picnic. from all the blowhard sports ana- some feathers, but that’s what girlfriend, who has settled in — highly recommended by P&J Cooley had grown up desper- lysts is, “This is a team no one we should want from our elected with a new guy, trouble ensues. — starring Mickey Rourke as the ately poor in South Providence, wants to play,” which is high and appointed officials. He has Your superior correspondents poet and featuring a cameo from but he excelled for Central High praise from the Toy Department’s most recently been executive di- were also delighted to see our Mr. Bukowski himself. ^ School on the court, twice win- soi disant geniuses. But they’re rector of the Blackstone River Val- buddy, Chuck Doherty (more ning Rhode Island Player of Year. right. This Friars team embodies ley Heritage Corridor Commission recently seen at Nick-a-Nee’s, as Send Pringles and Pulitzer-grade He then became one of the far- Toni Morrison’s famous phrase and superintendent of the Roger opposed to outer space), in the tips to [email protected]. too-few who escape the Prov con- crete jungle, going on after a prep school year to Stonehill College, where he continued making his THE CITY _By derf basketball talents a ticket to ride. After he graduated he got into the big rinse cycle of coaching, which drains college assistants NEXT WEEK ONLY – dry for about the same money you find beneath the cushions GOOD SEATS STILL AVAILABLE! in your sofa (he worked with Al Skinner as an assistant coach at URI in 1996 and at Boston College for nine years). But he eventu- ally climbed his way up to the top spot at Fairfield, and delivered MARCH 25 - 30 well enough to have PC come a- knockin’. Hiring him was one of the smartest moves the Friar (401) 421-ARTS (2787) athletic department has made in recent memory. For use against a white or light background Since then, Cooley has admi- www.ppacri.org rably stuck to his guns regarding the off-court behavior of players, PART OF THE BROADWAY SERIES SPONSORED BY: whether it hurts the team or not. This year, after losing his start- ing point guard for the season to injury, he still had the guts to suspend two more valued players before Christmas for disciplinary

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This Just In ARD mean when we say “marijuana bust photo- ington have done. Since then we’ve seen tRanSfeRS h graph” and a symbolic stand-in for an entire Associated Press headlines like “Colorado Col- moVIeS RIC Crenca genre of news photography — somewhere lects $2M In Recreational Pot Taxes.” We’ve SlIDeS warm and sunny to live out the rest of its days also seen articles like Sunday’s Providence Jour- PRIntS to DVD institutions away from the public eye. nal PolitiFact report that confirmed as “TRUE” We cannot speak on behalf other local a recent New England NAACP claim that media outlets: newspapers, radio stations, African Americans are 3.7 more likely than custom framiNg & photo boutique TV channels, or online outlets like Coventry whites to be arrested on pot charges in the 766 Hope St, Providence RI Bert Crenca talks nooses, nuclear meltdowns, and ‘Building AS220’ Patch, which ran this pic under the headline US. While the local pot-arrest disparity isn’t (401) 273-5367 BUILDING WITH GRAFFITI AND CONSTRUCTING tHecameRaweRkS.com Our initial plan for interviewing AS220 industries, expand on the youth “Coventry, Scituate Police Make $250,000 as bad as the eight-to-one rate seen in other m-f 10-5:30 Sa 10-2 fco-founder and artistic director Bert program. Work ourselves into A DOME OVER DOWNTOWN PROVIDENCE. HERE Pot Bust in Joint Investigation,” on March states, African Americans are still arrested for Crenca involved a third participant: longtime retail; help serve more of the WE ARE A YEAR LATER AND THE BUILDING IS 14. (There’s a nice “joint” pun tucked in pot 2.6 times as often than whites in Rhode Providence Journal arts writer Channing Gray. local economy of artists by help- STILL VACANT. IF YOU WERE HANDED THE KEYS, there.) We can only speak for ourselves. Island, the article reported. (According to WHAT WOULD YOU DO? After all, it was Gray’s scathing 1982 review of ing provide outlets for them to There’s something And we see no legitimate reason to unironi- National Household Survey on Drug Abuse Thurs. 3/20: Free! everY MoN. Free Crenca’s first major show in Providence (see sell their work. [Create] a conven- about some of my radical proposals that is cally, uncritically publish a Rhode Island and Health numbers from 2001 to 2010, usage The house coMBo sidebar) that is referenced in the title of Cren- ing place for tours of AS220, but really about going out to the extreme just police department’s visual tally of how much rates between blacks and whites were never The DeNNIs MccArThY ca’s upcoming exhibition at Machines with also as a potential way of market- to get the people to meet me halfway. So of a dried plant they successfully snatched separated by more than 5 percentage points.) You Never KNow Magnets in Pawtucket, “Puzzled: Ode/Owed ing all of the culture in the city. when I say, “Why don’t we do a hundred- from the folks who grew and/or sold it. In Now, we’re not faulting the Coventry BAND whAT wILL hAPPeN! to Channing,” and that helped inspire Crenca An expanded media lab. Some year graffiti project and put staging on every this case, it was 3.5 pounds from Coventry, and Scituate police for conducting these in- to launch AS220. But, alas, Journal manage- transitional residency for youth building in downtown and get every graffiti and 10 pounds from Scituate. There were ap- vestigations. They’re doing what they’re paid weDs. 3/26: ment wouldn’t green-light an on-the-record [who] we work with coming out artist in the world to start graffiti-ing all parently no guns or pills involved. to do: enforce the law. And we’re not specifi- BLueGrAss ThroeDowN! commingling between Journal and Phoenix, of prison. Potentially help de- of the buildings from the top all the way Pot bust photos had a good run. For decades cally picking on Coventry Patch either. Search FrI. 3/21: perhaps because doing so would involve ac- velop some additional space for down?” and “What kind of economic boon — at the very least, since President the Internet for recent marijuana busts and PAuL ToNY wATT & souTheAsT knowledging our existence. So our interview the Trinity/Brown MFA program and tourist attraction would that be?” and Richard Nixon declared drugs “public enemy you’ll find stories from numerous RI news or- eXPresswAY with Crenca stayed one-on-one. and theater that we’re now also “What would that do?” and “The entire his- number one” in a famous 1971 press conference ganizations accompanied by variations of the GereMIA Not that this was a problem. Crenca’s ex- involved with, through our black tory of graffiti could be encapsulated in one — they were a frequent reminder, produced “Look How Much Pot We Scored!” pic. coMING uP hibition offers plenty of fodder for conversa- box [theater]. city — similar to the Five Points project [in by law enforcement and happily reprinted by Speaking of local news outlets, we un- 3/28: The AuTomATics, tion. It includes an appearance by his Mobile Queens], which is getting knocked near [the news outlets, that cops were winning the War derstand that they don’t play by the same 3/29: Dime BAg criminAls Urban Gentrification Unit; prayer flags made YOU’RE 63 YEARS OLD, WHICH IS AP- Museum of Modern Art’s] PS1,” that’s just to on Drugs. Like the preceding Prohibition-era rules alt-weeklies do. Which is why we’re not sAT. 3/22: 4/2: BroThers rye , from newspapers criss-crossing the gallery; a PROACHING TRADITIONAL RETIRE- get the people to think differently and openly snapshots of authorities proudly flushing bar- expecting everyone — from WPRO to WJAR 4/9: mArk kiliAnski & The mural-sized, Dali-esque explosion of shapes MENT AGE. WILL YOU EVER RETIRE? about possibilities. [The same goes for] put- rels of alcohols into storm drains, such images to WPRI to newspapers from The Westerly Sun The BArKING sPIDers moonshine rAmBlers and colors titled “Puzzle”; and numerous Retire from what, though? My life ting a dome over downtown so we can make aimed to stir within readers the sense that jus- to The Woonsocket Call — to immediately follow smaller paintings and drawings that address at AS220 is extremely blurred with it a terrarium and have palm trees and perfect tice was being served. The photo meant fewer our lead in making pot-bust photos a thing issues ranging from President Obama to the my being an artist. I think AS220 climate. We may have to do it, also, in reac- fellow citizens would be getting stoned, and a of the past. But perhaps they can toss some Nick-A-Nee’s nuclear meltdown in Japan to marijuana to is a grand-scale work of art with tion to the rising waters . . . with the melting few Bad Guys would perhaps go to prison. And questions into their pot-bust reports when 75 South St., Providence 861-7290 abortion to the origins of the universe. “Little many artists participating and of the polar caps. this, apparently, was news. the next opportunity arises. things,” Crenca says. many players. It’s a great social Somebody wanted to talk to me…the other But this time-honored transaction isn’t A few to consider: The opening also comes days before work of art. And I mean that like day and they said, “I felt like I really needed nearly as simple these days. For starters, the Should we, as citizens, be proud or trou- aids project rhode island aids project rhode island aids project rhode Crenca takes the stage with various artists, I breathe. So I don’t know what to talk to you, because you’re an out-of-the- War on Drugs has been widely condemned as bled by the fact that the Coventry-Scituate musicians, and AS220 staffers at Trinity I’d be [retiring from]. That would box thinker.” I said, “Listen, I’m trying to a failure. This was the verdict from the Global bust was the result of a “six-week joint inves- island aids project rhode island aids project rhode island aids project Rep for “BUILDING AS220: PAST. PRESENT. be saying leaving AS220 is part of figure about how I get my way into the box.” Commission on Drug Policy, an international tigation”? Should news outlets start reporting rhode island aids project rhode island aids project rhode island aids FUTURE,” an event Crenca describes as a “a retiring as an artist. And, frankly, that’s the push and pull with group of former presidents, prime ministers, potential tax revenue estimates alongside project rhode island aids project rhode island aids project rhode kind of ‘State of AS220’ address.” “BUILDING” I would expect my role here . . . AS220. and US and UN officials, who collectively numbers like the “street value of $250,000” island aids project rhode island aids project rhode island aids project will, in part, untangle the dizzying web of will change. There may be a day There’s times when I put on a suit. There’s vowed “fundamental reforms in national and from the Coventry bust? How exactly do we FREE departments that make up AS220; tell the when they change all the locks been occasions where I have put a tie on, but global drug control policies are urgently need- explain to Rhody children the fact that our rhode island aids project rhode island aids project rhode island aids story of how the nonprofit’s annual operating Thanks for that review. That’s become the and I come to work and I can’t get in. I don’t the reality is, I feel like it’s a noose. Someone ed,” in a 2011 report. Closer to home, Rhode state allows marijuana use for medicinal project rhode island aids project rhode island aids project rhode budget has risen from $800 to $4.1 million foundation of my life. All of the events that think that would be an unreasonable thing else is going to have to tie a noose around my Island Department of Health director Dr. purposes, yet our federal government still island aids projectHIV rhode islandTESTING aids project rhode island aids project in 29 years; and address how the organiza- occurred following that are the reason for the for them to do. I can always recede to my stu- neck; I’m not doing it myself. It’s symbolic Michael Fine told us in a February interview, classifies it alongside heroin, LSD, ecstasy, rhode island aids project rhode island aids project rhode island aids tion will continue to pursue its mission — existence of AS220, and my mission in life. dio very happily — to a point. Because, many to me of how the dominant culture works: to “I was around when President Nixon coined and peyote as a Schedule 1 banned substance 4 Couples and IndIvIduals “Envision[ing] a just world where all people years ago, I did a three-month sabbatical and be successful, the first thing they ask you to the term . . . And I remember how incredibly “with no currently accepted medical use”? project rhode island aids project rhode island aids project rhode can realize their full creative potential” — in THAT’S PRETTY BIG. It’s huge, because then came to realize that I need the interaction of do in the morning is tie a noose around your effective it was in putting African Americans And will the guys busted for possessing island aids projectPRIVATE rhode island aids CLEANproject rhode island aids project the upcoming decades. there was an op-ed piece written. And then society. I need to be attempting to make a dif- neck. Are you fucking kidding me? in jail and creating a huge racial disparity banned plants in Coventry and Scituate do rhode island aids project rhode island aids project rhode island aids Our conversation with Crenca, which took there was a manifesto written. [Again, see ference out in the world. I need those social Machines With Magnets (400 Main St, Pawtucket.) and not effective at all at ending addiction or more time in prison than Charles Moreau, place in AS220’s FOO(D) café on Empire Street sidebar.] interactions or my studio, as bright a place it will host an opening for “Puzzled: Ode/Owed to Chan- reducing deaths from drugs.” the corrupt former mayor of Central Falls re- project rhodeFRIENDLY island aids project Painless rhode island aids project rhode in downtown Providence, has been edited is, can become very dark. ning,” on March 22 at 5 pm. “BUILDING AS220,” Marijuana prohibition, specifically, has cently released from prison after 13 months? island aids project rhode island aids project rhode island aids project and condensed. LET’S JUMP FORWARD A FEW DECADES. WHAT will begin on March 24 at 5:30 pm at Trinity Rep (201 faced similarly widespread, if not quite as _Philip Eil rhode island aids project rhode island aids project rhode island aids DOES THE FUTURE OF AS220 LOOK LIKE? ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT Washington St, Providence). Info @ eventbrite.com/e/ vIsIt More project rhode island aids project rhode island aids project rhode IF CHANNING GRAY WERE SITTING AT THIS TABLE, building development. Creating more space POSSIBILITIES FOR THE VACANT ‘SUPERMAN’ building-as220-tickets-9325704433. www.AIDSProjectRI.org WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO HIM? Thanks. to expand on a few programs: expand on the BUILDING. YOUR IDEAS INCLUDED COVERING THE _Philip Eil island aids project rhode island aids project rhode island aids project rhode island aids project rhode island aids project rhode island aids AS220’S ORIGINS: NEW CHALLENGES AND BAD REVIEWS Excerpt from the “New Challenge” manifesto, by Steven Emma, publications, art schools, and art museums. They reek of favoritism! insight into these often tragic situations; nor, for that matter, does Martha Dempster, and Umberto Crenca. First published in The Provi- We challenge the fairness of the methods of dispersing funds it unlock any of the emotions associated with them. dence Eagle, April 14, 1982. for the arts and we challenge the right or privilege of any art institu- We challenge the assumption that an art degree, education, tion, public or private, that receives state support either directly Excerpt from “The Work of Umberto Crenca,” letter to the editor by position, or monetary success, necessarily legitimizes an artist’s en- through grants or indirectly through tax write-offs, to discriminate Steven Emma. The Providence Journal-Bulletin, December 2, 1982. deavors, opinions, judgments, or gives credence to an artist’s work! in any way against an artist. Although today it may not be chic to be socially conscious, any- We challenge the award systems with their self-congratulatory We challenge the over-emphasis on technique and process one with a nominal background in art history knows that social com- aggrandizement that fosters the false premise that the winning of which has become a limiting and debilitating factor in art and which mentary has been a cornerstone of art. Indeed, some of the greatest awards, prizes, grants, and so on necessarily validates an artist’s has also become a primary criteria for judging artistic merit. and most moving works of art were created as social commentary. work, position, judgment or opinion. Goya’s etchings of the horror of war, Daumier’s biting carica- We challenge the pervasive notion that complete, unbridled, un- Excerpt from the “Art as Social Commentary,” by Channing Gray. The tures, Roualt’s portrayal of lawyers, judges, and prostitutes, Pi- censored freedom produces mediocrity and that excellence rises out of Providence Journal-Bulletin. November 5, 1982 casso’s “Guernica,” Kollwitz’s lithographs of the poor, are just some repression. It does not! Art is stifled and stagnates under repression Crenca is someone who appears to be deeply concerned about of the few that come to mind. whether that repression is overtly political or covertly economic, hence the injustices of the world. In fact, there is hardly an issue or event Mr. Crenca’s work, in particularly the small drawings, evoke a the historical exodus of artists and others from repressive states to that has escaped his attention. sense of a common link between those who participate in protest those more conducive to the free expression of ideas. The relegating of In this fairly modest show alone, Crenca speaks out against and those who suffer. They show the interconnectedness of those an artist to an arbitrary position of insignificance, anonymity, or pov- hunger, prejudice, the crises in Poland and Lebanon and the United who suffer, protest, and oppress, thereby pointing out to all of us erty by any group is a form of repression and must be challenged. States’ involvement in South America. the fragility of power, security, and life itself. We challenge the discriminatory practices of the hierarchically in- Unfortunately, his work — flat, post-like canvases, and abstract I urge the public to view the show themselves and judge whether the terconnected art associations, art clubs, art galleries, art councils, art concoctions of urethane, dead leaves and bones — offers very little “shortcomings” of Umberto Crenca’s art are in the art or in the review. 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poppy what’s so funny? Champlin Comedy goes under the miCrosCope at uri dan _By p hilip e il martin

When guests arrive at URI’s first-ever or both. But if a stand-up only makes you f humor symposium, “Open Mic, Open cry, some people might have some ques- Minds: An Exploration of Social Issues tions about the nature of that stand-up. Through Stand-up,” on Saturday, March 22, Unless they’re only making YOU cry, and they will receive “gag bags” that contain a everyone else is laughing at that. whoopee cushion or rubber chicken or elec- tric hand buzzer in addition to the usual JILLIAN BELANGER conference swag (folder, pen, water bottle). phd student in Writing and rhetoriC at It’s a fitting beginning for a conference that uri’s harrington sChool; “open miC, open straddles the line between academia and minds” symposium organiZer myq Jerry comedia — or whatever the name is for the Sometimes people laugh because some- Kaplan Zolten world where people ascend stages with the thing makes them uncomfortable. Or purpose of making their fellow humans sometimes people laugh because what laugh. “This is a chance for the theorists Chris Bliss [of the TED Talk, “Comedy Is This is going to sound so fucking cli- of people are thinking, what the majority history; that would take an entire semes- It’s not about our ethnic differences. to connect with the practitioners,” says Translation”] calls, “A verbal magic trick ché, but, truth, I think comedy is the of people don’t like. And then you make ter, and I do teach a course on the roots of And then ultimately I close with the Renee Hobbs, founding director of URI’s has been performed,” where you think a truth. If you’re lying to yourself onstage, a joke about it, like, “OK. This sucks. But stand-up comedy in America. Big Bang of Lenny Bruce. And along the Harrington School of Communication and sentence is going in one direction and it or you’re making stuff up to be funny, it’s now here’s a joke to let you eat it.” But I’m not just going to stand up there way, we touch on issues of comedy tech- Media, the event’s sponsor. “That’s what ends in another direction and the juxtapo- probably going to come off that way. But [In life,] we’re getting this shit, but we and yak. That’s boring. I have found video nique, the role of character in getting makes it so exciting.” sition or the mismatch makes you laugh I think if you just be yourself, that’s the still have to eat it. But here’s a comedian, clips that illustrate certain moments in laughs — creating a character — and the “Open Mic, Open Minds” caps off a because it has tricked your brain, basically. way to shine. Some people have different who’s going to put sugar on it so we can American stand-up comedy history and issues of freedom of speech, racism, gen- school-year’s worth of programming that Another area of research I’m inter- styles. The guys who do one-liners, guys eat it. I use them as a vehicle to make the case der. All of these things come out. That’s has included two stand-up shows on cam- ested in thinking about is what has been who do goofy stuff, that’s them. They’re that, in essence, stand-up in America what makes comedy such a fascinating pus (Amy Schumer and Jim Gaffigan), described as the “ladder of humor,” that being themselves and they’re getting JERRY ZOLTEN begins in racism and minstrelsy and mak- way to take a look at American cultural a “Think Like a Comic!” workshop (see starts out at unsophisticated slapstick genuine laughs. musiCian, produCer, author, assoCiate ing fun of ethnicity, before it evolves, history. The subtitle of my talk is “We our sidebar) and a “Last Ram Standing” humor and very physical comedy and then My brother is a heroin addict, so I proFessor oF CommuniCation arts & sCi- post-World War II, into something a little Were What We Laughed At.” ^ stand-up contest won by 20-year-old Hope it moves up the ladder, and irony and sort of have bits about growing up with enCe and ameriCan studies at penn state more observational and unifying. What I For more on URI’s humor symposium, go to Valley, RI native, Evan Little, who riffed sarcasm are supposed to be the height of that. I was abused as a child, so I have uniVersity; “open miC, open minds” sympo- mean by that: when Abbott and Costello openmicopenminds.com. on the ways that searching for a parking humor and you’re supposed to be smarter jokes about my dad and his alcoholism. I sium Keynote speaKer make fun of the game of baseball, every- spot at URI’s Kingston campus changes if you think that stuff is funny. But I have really dark jokes with stark images I’m going to do a history of standup [at body can laugh. We’re kinda laughing at Philip Eil can be reached at [email protected]. a person. “I’ve never killed anyone . . . think that a lot of that is cultural and [that] make people cringe and laugh. “Open Mic, Open Minds”]. Not a complete ourselves and it kinda pulls us together. Follow him on Twitter @phileil. but I have considered murder-suicides whoever came up with the “ladder of When I started stand-up, I weighed over in the parking lot,” he said, as the audi- humor” might not have been taking into 500 pounds. I weighed 625 pounds at my ence howled. Meanwhile, the PhD account what people in different places heaviest. Now I weigh under 300. I lost Writing and Rhetoric student who routines by Margaret Cho, Louis CK, Bill Read on for an up-close look at the frog’s and times have considered funny. about 400 pounds. In the four years I’ve an abridged intro to rhody humor organized the “Open Mic, Open Minds” Maher, and other comics; sessions to innards, and a couple side dishes, too. My whole mantra is that comedians are been doing stand-up, I wanted to improve conference, Jillian Belanger, took second facilitate the creation of original sketches smart, funny, conversationalists who use my image and my health so that I could place with a routine that included an and routines by attendees; and an evening MYQ KAPLAN rhetoric in their material. [But] I have a have longevity in comedy. So, that became VINCENT “BuDDY” veteran rhode islanders for two produced with a bit of pizzazz, observational bit about how bossy rappers performance by the actor (Young Adult, Big Comedian Featured on THE TONIGHT SHOW five-year-old, so I [also] laugh at fart jokes part of my life now and part of my act. CIANCI, JR. reasons. including photos and video.” can be. “All their songs are like ‘Drop that Fan), firebrand Twitter philosopher, and WITH CONAN O’BRIEN, THE LATE SHOW WITH every day. [Comedy is] a great release. has there ever been a more po- First, there are the Back in the day, though, ass down’ and ‘Grab the wall,’ and ‘Wiggle stand-up comic, Patton Oswalt. DAVID LETTERMAN, and his oWn Comedy Sometimes, I have people thank me for tent source of humor in rhode providence newspaper guild patinkin had some serious com- like you’re trying to make your ass fall And it’s all open to the public ($20 for Central speCial; Co-leader oF “ComiCs RENEE HOBBS some of the things I talk about, because island than the man known Follies, which held their 41st edy chops — most notably when off,’ ” she says. students, $30 for everyone else), which on politiCal topiCs” session at “open proFessor and Founding direCtor at they’re not able to talk about them in simply as “Buddy”? annual gala — per nonsensical he teamed up with cartoonist Belanger — whose research involves is why, to help whet your appetite, we miC, open minds” symposium, and opening uri’s harrington sChool their own life. Whether he’s recalling, in tradition — across the border in don Bousquet (an ocean state watching numerous stand-up specials got a preview of the funny feast from ComiC For patton osWalt I think comedy is joy. It’s the release of Politics and Pasta: How I swansea, massachusetts, at the humor legend, himself) on The and comedy documentaries each week — symposium guests. Ignoring E.B. White’s Comedy isn’t just one thing. It isn’t even tension. It’s the chance to see the world ANDREW CLARK Prosecuted Mobsters, Rebuilt airplane hangar-sized Venus de Rhode Island Dictionary. there has arranged a remarkable schedule for quote about the dangers of examining just one thing to me. afresh. Columnist, sCreenWriter, author oF a Dying City, Dined With milo restaurant. parody tunes are hours of laughs here. the symposium. There will be a keynote comedy too closely — “Analyzing humor I will say that it is one of the only art STAND AND DELIVER: INSIDE CANADIAN COME- Sinatra, Spent Five Years In included “Bridge over tolled sample entry: “disheea: address on the historical roots of stand-up; is like dissecting a frog. Few people are forms that has a very specific response DAN MARTIN DY, program direCtor at humBer College’s a Federally Funded Gated Waters” about the prolonged the current year. ‘now that workshops titled “The Comedic Portrayal interested and the frog dies of it” — we desired/required/expected for it to be con- proVidenCe natiVe, Comedian, host oF [toronto] Comedy Writing & perFormanCe Community, and Lived to Tell sakonnet river Bridge debacle the genrasemblee’s passed of Transgender People” and “Canadian aimed our questions straight at the sidered the art form that it is. That is to 990WBoB’s “ComiC’s Corner” podCast; program; WorKshop leader at “open miC, the Tale (the title of which, and “sandal scandal,” an ode mand’tory cah inshurnce, whan Comedy — Pod People From the North”; heart of the symposium’s subject: what say, a movie can be dramatic or comedic WorKshop FaCilitator at “open miC, open open minds” symposium itself, is a punchline), how, “if to miss universe and Cranston ah they gonna make roe dyelin screenings and discussions of stand-up is comedy? or thrilling; it can make you laugh or cry minds” symposium Comedy will always have to “fight” i had the power to bring back native olivia Culpo’s recent compeh’a’tive faw manna- for respect. And I’m not saying that it Jesus Christ but it had to be illegal photo shoot at the taj two decades of yuks, some fatchurin? disheea? dream on.’ ” should be held in the same esteem as approved by the city council, mahal. of the group’s work — includ- securities and flaws. that’s how you develop opera. But part of that is that comedy Jesus would have lost 16-11”; second, are the ocean state ing “Corruption,” their ocean THE FARRELLY a unique voice. always has a point of view. Comedy, when or whether he’s the one being Follies, run by Charlie hall, the state spin on Fiddler On the BROTHERS stand-up 101 it’s done right — even if’s the most innoc- recalled, as when dan Barry indefatigable comedian and Roof’s “tradition” — can still Few comedic traditions are Remember that the audience doesn’t uous sort of comedy in the world — will wrote in The New York Times cartoonist who’s made a career be found on youtube. hall tells more hallowed in rhode island • Magazine, “the tools used in off cracking wise at rhode us that if Buddy decides to run if you’re just learning about uri’s “open create a rough joke about it, and hone it know you. at a dinner party, the guests always offend someone. That’s the differ- than watching this duo’s films mic, open minds” event series, than you until it starts to improve. some people write have a shared experience and everyone’s ence. No one listens to, I hate to say it, a [his 1983 conviction for] assault island’s expense. though hall for providence mayor in 2014, — Dumb and Dumber, There’s probably missed Vermont-based comedian the joke word for word and then polish it cracking jokes together. stand-up is tough- jazz performance, and goes, “You know are so well known they might retired his Follies in 2012 after he may resurrect the gang for Something About Mary, Me, nathan hartswick’s “think like a Comic!” onstage; others write bullet points and use er; you’re cracking all the jokes, and this what? That outrages me. I’m disgusted as well be embossed the weeks preceding the Myself, & Irene, and others — to workshop at uri last fall. that’s oK; we the performance to flesh it out. the joke will audience doesn’t know your cousin rodney. by that. It violates everything I think and on the city seal: an election. spot the rhody references. missed it, too. start as a long, rambling mess and (hope- paint the picture for them — why should hold dear.” ashtray, a fireplace one you might have lucky for us, hartswick sent us a “7 fully) get shorter and more efficient. they care? Why is this funny? You go to a comedy event, that could log and a lighted ciga- The Rhode missed: when providence Ways to think like a Comic” list breaking happen. Even if it’s observational humor, rette,” a dissertation Island native and Federal Hill writer/ down what we missed: Try different ways of getting laughs. you Be self-aware. Knowing your strengths it’s very personal. And that’s why people could surely be written dIcTIonaRy director michael Corrente, in • • about how our most 1996’s Kingpin, asks Woody can act out a scene between characters, make and weaknesses will make it easier to im- get in an uproar. these days, veteran ProJo Keep your eyes open all the time. Find an analogy between two things, use misdirec- prove. maybe you have great writing skills famous felon has columnist mark patinkin harrelson’s character, “Can you •something funny in the world around you. it tion, exaggerate sarcastically — there’s no “one but you’re scared to perform. (maybe it’s the POPPY CHAMPLIN influenced humor in is funny for all the wrong get sick drinking piss? . . . even if might be something in the news, a strange way” to get a laugh. try everything. other way around.) Video or audio record your rhode island natiVe, Comedian Featured the ocean state. reasons: writing phrases it’s your own?” road sign, or the way you behave when sets; pay attention to how the audience is but not sloppily. don’t blame the crowd when on oprah, hBo, shoWtime, Comedy Cen- any takers, gradu- like “blow a lot of weed” you visit your mom’s house. if it’s strange, Embrace your flaws. nobody wants to receiving jokes and be honest with yourself a joke fails. Be on time. stick to your allotted tral, Vh1 and elseWhere; “open miC, open ate students? in an article about the pot THIS JOKE unusual, uncomfortable, awkward, or differ- •see a comedian who is a perfect specimen of about how you can make things better. don’t time. thank everyone. remember that with- minds” WorKshop leader smoking and marveling how many rhode islanders ent, chances are there’s something you find human existence. Comedy is personal; it’s be too hard on yourself, though! out the venue, the booker, and the crowd, Comedy, to me, is a social commentary, THE FOLLIES at a “quirky ‘social news’ does it take to change a light funny about it. a conversation with the audience, with you you’d still be telling jokes into a hairbrush. and it is a platform for free speech and rant- mere mention of the site called Buzzfeed” bulb? one, because there is only opening up to them. you shouldn’t be afraid Respect the room. make a good first For more on Hartswick, go to ing about what you don’t like in the world. word “follies” ought Dumb and Dumber that, in his words, “seems Woonsocket. • nathanstandup.com. to focus mostly on lists • Develop the joke. take that funny thing, to make jokes about your personal fears, in- impression on the crowd. dress comfortably, Because you take what you don’t like and I to get a chuckle from _p.e. feel like I can point out what the majority 10 MARCH 21, 2014 | tHe pRovidenCe pHoenix | pRovidenCe.tHepHoenix.CoM providence.thephoenix.com | the providence phoenix | mArch 21, 2014 1 1 RestauRant week all the time at opa call foR ReseRvation 401-351-8282 and mention this ad 29.99 sunday – thuRsday 230 atwells ave pRovidence Ri OUR RATING $ = $15 or less Bottles and Cans Outstanding XXXX $$ = $16-$22 Excellent XXX $$$ = $23-$30 Let us take you to Good XX $$$$ = $31 and up Food average X Based on average Lebanon for Dinner and Just Clap Your Hands Poor Z entrée price Heady times for craft beer boneheads wing bar Plus, ’gansett’s new mashuP and a whole lotta new brews an arctic blast chose to be taken care of without the hassle of ordering. sit back and let chef Joe prepare a mix of twelve “mezza” items ranging from _by l ou PaP ineau _by chris cO nti appetizers salads to seafood, vegetables and a mix from the grill including lamb, filet migon,chicken and kafta with mediterranean rice. we complete your meal with a chef’s choice desert. a real treat The Brewers Association, which reps craft brewers, FERME URBAINE, their Belgian-style saison (7.8%ABV) to Destination dining freleased its report for 2013, and the news is no sur- its year-round lineup, in four-pack cans, bombers, and fin . . . downtown prise: better beer is still on the rise. Craft volume grew on draft . . . REVIVAL BREWING has inked a deal to dis- West Warwick? Believe In the 18%, while the total US beer market dropped 1.9%; craft tribute in Connecticut . . . And make plans for the next it. In just under one heart of brews now account for 7.8% of suds consumption, up three great beer samplings: the 8th ANNUAL GREAt year, Boneheads Wing the Jewelry/ from 6.5 in ’12 (it was 4.4 in ’09). Dollar-wise, craft rang INtERNAtIoNAL SpRING BEER FESt, at the Rhode Island Bar has become a smash Knowledge dIstrIct up $14.3 billion (which is, coincidentally, 14.3% of the Convention Center on April 12 (1-4:30 pm and 6:30-10 pm, hit. The word is out, the $100 billion beer market), a 20% boost over ’12. At year’s $44, beerfestamerica.com); the 3Rd ANNUAL NEWpoRt joint is jumping and, oh end there were 2768 craft breweries CRAFt BEER FEStIVAL at the Great yes, Boneheads is well (and 54 non-craft): 1237 brewpubs, Friends Meeting House in Newport worth the journey to 1412 micros, and 119 regional craft on April 26 (12-3 pm and 4-7 pm, Arctic Village. companies (with a workforce of $45, newportcraftbeer.com); and The menu and layout 110K), with 413 new businesses the summer edition of the RhodE are steeped in rock ’n’ roll and only 44 closings. The BA pre- ISLANd BREW FESt, which was — vintage concert prints, dicts the increase will continue at Ninigret Park in Charlestown memorabilia, and gear to surge this year. So let’s get to in ’13, will get urban at the Provi- galore. Two of the four some new things to spend your dence Rink at the Bank of America owner/managers also play TAKE FLIGHT an array of wings at boneheads. beer money on. City Center on July 20 (4:30-7:30 in longtime local band 150 chestnUt st. pm, $35 thru June 21, $45 thru July Run For Covers: Matt ProVIdence COOL FUN IN 19, $55 at the gate, ribrewfest. Fazzina and Cranston native Matt Corona, broke the news that the bacon rub was (401) 808-6898 THE SUMMERTIME com/summer). the gregarious, burly, and bearded host who once again not available. Last August, I had a throwaway cruises the room and works the crowd like a The three of us enjoy blindingly oPen Mon. – frI. noon line in this space: “Hey, local NATIONAL BEER NEWS pro. The 23 tables are divided between a din- hot-and-spicy food, so I knew the diaboli- oPen sat.- sUn. 3PM brewers, here’s your big seller for SIERRA NEVAdA’s 4-WAY IpA ing room section and a lounge/bar side. The cal Hell’s Bells would be making an next summer: a shandy made with the shandy prototype variety pack just arrived, with fleet of servers (and lone bartender) tend to appearance. Ring the alarm — my face eVery thUrs: Del’s Lemonade. You’re welcome.” three exemplary new beers get slammed on weekends, but the staff is was on fire. I couldn’t see, yet I couldn’t no coVer When I sent the column link to from the craft standard-bearer: friendly and welcoming. stop. We also dialed up the Firestarter, one droP nIght ’Gansett CEO Mark Hellendrung I typed, “Get on that NooNER, a session IPA (4.8%); SNoW WIt, a white IPA My friends Tom and Tasha live within a mustard-based sauce laced with ghost dJ PaUl MIchael reggae! Del’s collab next summer, could be HUGE.” He replied: (5.7%) made with seven varieties of experimental dwarf walking distance and have been raving pepper and pineapple which was tangy chIll * Pool , darts, “How did you know about that?” Me: “Just an idea that hops and Belgian yeast; and BLINdFoLd, a black IPA about Boneheads since it opened in May. and more mellow. Tom and I debated KItchen oPen late hit me the other day when I saw a Leinenkugel shandy (6.8%). The dependable Torpedo Extra IPA anchors the There was a 30-minute wait for a table between creative standbys like Pump Up ad on TV. You mean it’s actually in the works.” “Sssssh- delightful dozen, which is a bargain at $15…And look for during a recent Friday night visit so we the Jam (a signature PB-n-J sauce) or the hhhhh . . . lots of work to be done on the flavor side but it the first of five Sierra Nevada Harvest Single Hop IPAs (in floated around the packed eight-seat bar strawberry-teriyaki for our wings, but would be epic . . . picture a tallboy of that Del’s cup . . . 24-ounce bottles), which features Yakima #291, an experi- in the back corner, watching the waitstaff stumbled upon Breakfast at Tiffany’s and frI. 3/21: you’re the only one outside of us and Del’s who knows mental hop with hints of blueberry in its flavor mix . . . dart about while eyeing the heaping plat- it was a no-brainer. This sticky, candied about it.” I zipped my lips for months. A few weeks ago, MAGIC hAt has added a new year-round beer for the first ters of wings and tenders (a mountain of bacon-and-maple sauce is culinary crack; PrIVate Party a ’Gansett rep posted a photo of a prototype of the ’GAN- time in nearly a decade: dREAM MAChINE is a nice take nachos earned a triple-take). The signature next time I’m adding that to the Chicken (asK aboUt haVIng yoUr eVent SEtt/dEL’S ShANdY can, and the reaction to the brew on the trendy India Pale Lager style, combining the bitter drink menu follows the musical motif & Waffles ($10). at the world famous sQUIrrel! news was very enthusiastic. With the lessons learned hop profile of an IPA with the smoothness of a lager. (White Room Cosmo, the new birdbath- I had bypassed the burger menu on the !! from the instant shelf-clearing that greeted the release It’s a nice option, equal to Sam Adams’ Double Agent, sized Budokan Bowls), and the craft beer past few visits, and clearly I was miss- NEEWW graduation, receptions, wakes, long N of the Autocrat Coffee Milk Stout in December, the ’Gan- but a step below Otter Creek’s seasonal Citra Mantra (and selection has come a way over the last ing out. There are new slider options pagan rituals. call (401) 808-6898) sett folks are gearing up to keep the shandy in stores all head to MA for the splendor of Hoponius Union, by Jack’s few months, with a handful of excellent (Angus beef, pulled pork, chicken), but I summer long. They just need to jump through a Abby) . . . Two highly-regarded breweries will debut choices rotating on tap (including locals was ready to knock down one of the half- few bureaucratic hoops. Sez Mark: “When you add in the state in the next month or so: thE BRUERY Foolproof, Newport Storm, and ’Gansett). pound fresh-not-frozen house favorites. something like lemon or blueberry or coffee to a (CA, which has a 99 rating at Beer Advocate), which I gladly slugged my way through a large The flavor combinations run wild, from beer, the gov’t gets involved and has to approve the does everything big — bottles, ABV, styles, flavor, (27-ounce) Southern Tier Crème Brûlée the Elvis Presley (PB-and-banana) to the eVery weds. recipe, and with the shutdown last fall they’re a and price; and Michigan’s NEW hoLLANd. We’ve Stout while scanning the 40-plus sauce op- behemoth Megadeth ($12). I settled in 8PM 3 Pool tables little behind. We expect approval any day now and smuggled a few of their beers in from Joisey; the tions, cleverly laid out and color-coded like with Willie Nelson ($9) — bacon, caramel- are aiming for a May 1 release.” Pucker up! Mad Hatter IPA and Rye P.A. Hatter are particularly a Billboard Top 100 chart, featuring some ized onions, cheddar, and a peach and ha- And ’Gansett is putting its spin on March Mad- good . . . A few bottles of doGFISh hEAd’s 120 MINUtE of the most unique and flavorful offerings bañero BBQ sauce called Georgia State of bca rUles 8 ball ness with REtRo CAN MAdNESS. They have a IpA — a dense imperial IPA weighing in at 18% you will ever find along with the stan- Mind cooked to a perfect medium. Sweet 16 array of distinctive designs, from 1911 to ABV — reached the better beer stores last week; dard Buffalo-style levels. BWB’s kitchen The homemade desserts ($5) include 1999. Daily match-ups will happen through early if you see one, grab it and have a memorable staff are either insane or ingenious, with the Final Countdown, with the afore- April at facebook.com/narragansettbeer. The (um, maybe) experience. And Dogfish’s NAMAStE, options like a balsamic-based chocolate mentioned waffles stuffed with ice cream finalists will face off on April 5 (the day of the a Belgian witbier (4.8%) made with coriander, cherry sauce (Cherry Bomb) or limited-run and a maple-cinnamon sauce; apple pie frI. 3/28: NCAA’s Final Four), and the winner will be lemongrass, and organic orange slices, will specials like salted caramel (outstanding empanadas; Pink Velvet Mousse Cake; no coVer featured on the brewery’s retro cans (contain- be available year-round for your sipping pleasure with a basket of sweet potato fries) and a and a Guinness chocolate sundae, which eVery 4th frIday ing fresh beer) in 2015. . . .G ooSE ISLANd has introduced 312 URBAN root beer-and-Jaeger-infused BBQ sauce, I am already eyeing for my next trip back pALE ALE (5.4%), a companion to its popular plus 20 or so dry rubs (all made in-house). to Boneheads. ^ of the Month- LOCAL BREW NEWS IthACA 10PM -2aM 312 Urban Wheat . . . is following its Wings and boneless tenders are available In 2006, NEWpoRt StoRM kicked off its Cy- superb Box of Hops with Box oF BELGIANS, ranging from a seven-piece order ($7/$8) to xxxx %%%% foUrth frIday fUnK clone Series, releasing a wide range of limited with two IPAs, a stout, and a tripel ale . . . 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the best thursDAY 20 2014 from reykjavik with love vote For uS get on the bus JOEl ThIbODEau guIDES DEaTh vESSEl back hOmE Today is the first day of SuPerbad $1 cheese is back! spring, and there’s no bet- _by chrIS cONTI ter sign of the season’s Thursday nighTs 12 am - 2 am arrival than the return of After a six-year absence, Joel Thibodeau’s Death This one leans more toward the Postal Service than the gAllerY night. The 18th fVessel has finally re-emerged with a new, critically “neo-indie-folk” tag. “Mercury Dime” gallops along like anToniospizza.com season kicks off with celeb acclaimed album titled Island Intervals (Sub Pop), and will a twisted fairy tale, with a trippy video (filmed at the Co- 256 Thayer sTreeT . providence ri 02906 hosts Dolores Rovnack and celebrate with a hometown record release show at the lumbus) to match. Jonsi lends vocals to “Ilsa Drown” and Ted DiLucia, antics from Columbus Theatre this Sunday (the 23rd). Thibodeau’s the results are stunning. “Island Vapors” is another per- the Big Nazo troupe, and hypnotic (and sometimes unsettling) signature falsetto sonal favorite, as Thibodeau cruises along with the subtle sat LIve muSIc treats from T’s Restaurant remains the star of the show, and the sound was further and steady waves of percussion. It’s easy to envision him mar and LaSalle Bakery. The art inspired this time around by a three-month recording penning a song like “We Agreed” under starry skies. 22 Great Food and Drink Specials buses will roll to two dozen session in Reykjavik, Iceland. And the ethereal chant on the closing track, “Loom,” ac- galleries, museums, and Island Intervals is Thibodeau’s third full-length release companies the chain-gang stomp while a contemplative historic sites from 5 to 9 (and second for Sub Pop) as Death Vessel, following Thibodeau notes, “I don’t know how to behave, when Fri 3/21 pm; home base is Regency 2008’s Nothing Is Precious Enough for Us and the ’05 debut Stay there’s nothing in my way.” Never a cover charge! World Premier Plaza | 401.490.2042 | gal- Close. His Providence music roots date back to the late ’90s The homecoming show this weekend will serve as a lerynight.info in the band as String Builder, alongside his brother, Alec tour kickoff for Death Vessel, with headlining dates in uPcomiNg eveNtS: K. Redfearn. We hadn’t heard much from Thibodeau over the US and Canada through the rest of the month, before Sat 3/29 Sat 3/22 the past few years until the Low Anthem invited Death they set sail for Europe in April supporting Marissa Adler. What matters friDAY 21 FRidAY | robert cray band Vessel to perform at the 2013 Newport Folk Festival’s Be sure to get to the Columbus early and catch a rare Full CirCle @ the “Homegrown” stage. He also welcomed an offer from set from Chris Daltry’s legendary Purple Ivy Shadows. Sigur Ros singer Jónsi Birgisson and producer Alex Somers Daltry also co-founded the ’Mericans, which covered Sat 4/5 look whAt i founD! Park Theatre Tribute to Providence to travel to Iceland to record the new album, with help Death Vessel on the excellent compi- remnantz Fri 3/28 the Rock It takes a fine curatorial eye from longtime collaborator and multi-instrumentalist lation, and Thibodeau recently debuted his new songs 325 Farnum Pike, Smithfield RI 02917 to unearth distinctive and Cinema, 204 South Main St, couple of choruses get the Pete Donnelly (NRBQ, the Figgs). Thibodeau clearly was during an intimate set at Daltry’s What Cheer Antiques & Sat 4/12 sidesplittingly amusing Providence, at 9:45 pm | $12 | job done when some six- inspired by the glacial surroundings and his reedy, im- Vintage shop. 401-349-3500 video entertainment. 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Acoustic Blues Trio escorts Thibodeau and the trudging rhythm before giv- @ 7 pm | Columbus Theatre, 270 Broadway, Providence | All for more than 20 years, and from a pal about the robert opens at 8 pm | $35 + $45 | ing way to the twinkling uptempo gem “Velvet Antlers.” ages | $12 | deathvessel.com Pool & Poker have been sharing (and CrAY bAnD show she’d just 401.467.7275 | parktheatreri. Best 8 Ball tournaments cracking wise about) their seen. She said that Bob, com Poker hosted by eastern Poker tour funny finds in the founD who likes to stress passion footAge festivAl since but keep things on the the low-Down 2004. The tenth anniversary suave side, was really break- the low Anthem have extravaganza will show- ing a sweat with his vocals been hibernating for a case a new exercise video and guitar playing. 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fwith viCtorY, reAson to fight, and more (401.714.0444). triple dip of the weekend goes c down FRidAY (the 21st) at the Met with JAY bernDt & the orphAns and CACtus AttACk open- ISLAND IN THE SUN Thibodeau makes a sonic leap on Intervals. ing for the mAllett brothers; the show is all ages and just $10 at the door, dial 401.729.1005 for details. plenty of action statewide on deck for SAtURdAY (the 22nd): the parlour presents the throttles, wilD sun, and shiftY eYe ($5, 401.383.5858); Boston’s forts/gAinesville (members of tallahassee) join excellent locals bArn burning, shArks Come Cruisin’, and still a PvD resiDent? Yes, i’m currently living on the west side Cactus Attack at AS220 (401.831.9327); Rhody rhyme crew just of providence with my gangly 11-year-old mystery pooch. Free Pool reziztAnze joins the funkalicious boo CitY at Fête (all This in! wedNeSdayS ages, 401.383.1112); and expect a sold-out house at Jimmy’s off the couch A feW WordS from JoeL hoW DiD you hook uP With JÓnsi anD alex, anD hoW ladieS Play Pool SuNday Saloon for slAine (of La Coka nostra fame, and also the DiD that exPerience affect or helP shaPe the album’s For Free getaway driver in The Town), bloCk mcClouD, and a slew Just before the templates went through the pipe to the printers, we sounD? i met Jónsi and Alex when performing as the support act 6 - cloSe of top-shelf local lyricists, including kee worDs and metA p ($15 day of show, 401.846.5121). And received Thibodeau’s responses to a few e-mailed Qs. on the north American Go tour. Jónsi proposed we write a song to- speaking of variety — SUndAY (the 23rd) includes the eriC frenCh bAnD supporting American Idol gether, one he’d already started. After getting to know them over star elise testone at the Met (all ages, 401.729.1005); then head to Local 121 and welcome home Where have you been the last six years? Nothing Is Pre- the course of the tour, Alex invited me to iceland to record my next SxSW superstar AllYsen CAllerY, with kim lAmothe opening (8 pm, 401.274.2121); or feast cious Enough for Us was released in the fall of 2008, when i was album with him. the added convenience of Alex and Jónsi living 108 beerS great on cranium-rattling sludge at Machines With Magnets courtesy of the boDY with guests work/ living in coventry, ri. i toured a lot for the next couple of years, together allowed for the ilsa drown collaboration. DeAth, sAnDworm, and fuCking invinCible ($8, 401.475.2655). on tUeSdAY (the 25th), it’s then began working on the next album in the fall of 2011 after available iN late thrashing pop-punk at the Met led by A fAYlene skY with outliers, mAriAnAs, and wAter- flying to iceland for a trial recording session. the record was put Who else Do you have With you for the touring banD? mArks ($10). And ahead to next tHURSdAY (the 27th), Strange Famous Records is back with the on hold for another year due to scheduling conflicts. during that Will you be Pulling out any olDies from the Dv cata- bottleS Night next “ChurCh of proviDenCe” installment, with Antipop Consortium legend beAns, as well as time i moved back to providence, then returned to iceland in late log? death vessel’s current five-piece touring lineup is com- aNd oN taP meNu louis logiC, Minneapolis wordsmith eCiD and, of course, all the usual Strange Famous mayhem 2012 with the intention of completing the album. After a few more prised of Jeffrey Underhill, chris Sadlers, rachel Blumberg, and (burlesque dancers, live wrestling, freestyle battles, etc.); all ages and just $10 at the door! scheduling conflicts, the album was finally completed in the sum- Liz isenberg. We’ll be playing much of Island Intervals along with mer on 2013. selections from the two previous albums. 14 MARCH 21, 2014 | tH e pRovidenCe pHoenix | pR ovidenCe.tHepHoenix.CoM providence.thephoenix.com | the providence phoenix | mArch 21, 2014 1 5 SICK OF WINTER BLAHS? March $20 DISCOUNT Deep Pore Cleansing Facial Madness theater theater or a One Hour Swedish Massage is here!

Starting March 6th, every Thursday BOGO Rejuvenate burgers from 4-9pm & 9pm - close or try living with the past feels like the first time your mind, body & soul Epic’s great god pan The gamm’s masTerful macbeth Formerly at the Westin/Omni Hotel our BOGO appetizers (special rules apply). _By Bill RodR iguEz _By Bill rodriguez 403 South Main Street, Providence RI 02906 Join us for March Madness on our 12 foot 401-454-7546 • spatirnanog.com • [email protected] What you don’t know So you’ve seen Macbeth so many times Macbeth’s battle valor is described, and TV screen with wings and pitcher specials! fcan’t hurt you. Right? fyou can repeat the “tomorrow, and a stylized animated image of him is pro- Well, maybe. Amy Her- tomorrow” monologue along with the jected, the bayonet in his hand growing zog’s The Great God Pan sug- doomed Scot? Well, reconsider. The inven- bloody, foreshadowing the “dagger I see Nominated AVN Awards 2012 Best gests that buried within us tive, powerful production at the Sandra before me” in his eventual guilt-provoked Mister Sister 540 central ave. rte 152 seekonk, ma 02771 508.761.6854 Boutique in USA may be long forgotten or Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (through April hallucination. www.boneyardbarbecue.com suppressed memories that 13) renews the classic in ways that make As Lady Macbeth, Jeanine Kane is a can affect our decisions and the timeworn tragedy disturbingly bold sinister match to Estrella’s eager, self-de- Erotica actions, reach up and grab and immediate. scribed “vaulting ambition.” It is Macbeth Lingerie + Fetish + our ankles like monsters in It’s directed with the same intelligent who grabs hold of the witches’ prediction children’s nightmares. attention by Trinity Rep veteran actor Fred and lets it tug him toward murder, but his Leather Gift Certificates Epic Theatre Company is Sullivan, Jr., as he has done with a half- wife proves to be even more darkly ambi- staging the play (at Theatre dozen other works of Shakespeare in the tious. When he seems to falter in resolve, 5th year in a row “ Saphire 82 through March 22), di- Gamm’s last eight seasons. Sullivan has a she is aghast. We can forget that when Award” Highest Rating rected by Juli Parker. It’s a knack for bringing 500-year-old sentiments Duncan is opportunely under the couple’s slight offering, little more and insights home to the heart, not letting roof overnight, Macbeth decides: “We Customer Satisfaction! than an hour, but that’s us escape identifying with them, even with will proceed no further in this business/ plenty of time to survey a hearts of darkness. As he says in his pro- He hath honour’d me of late.” But his More toys than the broad array of decisions to gram note about the temptation to do evil Lady is more than aghast, she is outraged, devil has sinners be made by its characters that the Macbeths succumb to: “Everyone objecting with perhaps the most shocking — made well, badly, or de- in my family works too hard and cares too image in all of Shakespeare: that rather Drawing on the rich energy and ingredients of the Mediterranean ferred indefinitely. deeply. Most people I know are theater peo- than violate such a pact she would have Sun-Mon: 12pm - 8pm • Tues-Thurs: 11am - 9pm • Fri-Sat: 11am - 10pm s region interpreted through our American traditions No time is wasted in ple and are the strangest marriage of narcis- “dash’d the brains out” of a babe at her 268 Wickenden st. • Providence RI 02903 • 401.421.6969 getting to the point. Frank sism and insecurity possible. The Macbeths breast. Now that’s motivation. MisterSisterToys.com (Michael Shallcross) has jill jon E don’t seem inhuman to me at all.” There’s never just one or two deaths Healthy, fresh, locally sourced, traveled across the state to WEIGHTY MATTERS crews and donnelly. Less or more than human are the three in Shakespeare, so Macbeth is driven to speak with Jamie (Kevin witches consorting amidst thunder and make worms’ meat out of the likes of his made from scratch Broccoli on opening night, lightning in the opening scene, looking friend and fellow soldier Banquo (Michael standing in for Michael Puppi, who had before are reason enough to have carrot forward to tempting Macbeth (Tony Es- Forden Walker), which prompts the new Extensive Wine and Beer Menu • Signature Cocktails to attend to an illness in his family), who sticks dipped in salsa for supper this week. trella) with a crown in his future. Inter- king’s first guilty imagining, seeing he hasn’t seen since they were boys 25 Even our health isn’t necessarily enough estingly, Shakespeare doesn’t have them and addressing Banquo’s ghost before oPEN 7 Days a week years ago. Frank says he recently recovered motivation for us to think straight. suggest knocking off Duncan (Richard noble guests at a banquet. Another fel- Chef Michael McHugh memories of being sexually abused in his Sometimes we can’t accurately antici- Donelly), King of Scotland — planting low thane, Macduff (Steve Kidd), had the Lunch M-F 11-4 childhood by his father; he’s bringing a pate how people close to us will respond. such an ambition in a warrior accustomed foresight to flee the country, along with Dinner M-tH 5-10, F, SA 5-11 Ask us about special events in our back room. criminal case against the man and has When Jamie tells Frank’s grim news to to bloody hands is enough. Duncan’s rightful heir, Malcolm (Jordan Saturday & Sunday Brunch 10-3:30 come to ask if Jamie recalls being molested. his mother, Cathy (Mary Paolino), he is The past is brought to the present, near Ahnquist). Macbeth settles for sending “No” is Jamie’s immediate and definite surprised that she isn’t as sympathetic to- enough so, early on. Scottish soldiers on cutthroats to Macduff’s castle and hav- WWW.tHEBArStoWri.CoM 800 ALLEN’S AVE, ProViDENCE ri • (401) 785-1818 answer. But the certainty is about the ward his childhood friend as he expected, a battlefield are wearing gas masks and ing everyone slaughtered — wife (Wendy memory, not about the possible abuse. especially since she is a social worker. We WWI helmets as well as Glengarries. The Overly), children, servants, everyone. Their babysitter at the time, Polly (Car- get another inkling of his possible home rusty drips on the back wall evoke blood. This provides opportunity for the most ol Drowne), is gradually losing her memo- life when his father, Doug (Bradford J. poignant scene of this tragedy, when ry in a nursing home, so she is no help in Greer), enters; though they hadn’t seen Macduff — elated over victory in battle determining what happened to Jamie. each other in many weeks, they shake — is brought the awful news. Malcolm Although the play doesn’t leave us up hands instead of hug. tries to distract his shock by prompting in the air about what if anything hap- Oh what a tangled web we weave when revenge, but Macduff’s immediate reply pened (informing us and Jamie about that our day-to-day practices deceive ourselves, is: “He has no children”; equaling the at the end), the more interesting offering never mind deceive others. outrage would be impossible. The scene is is about such uncertainty. To that pur- Shallcross effectively presents Frank as a painfully on-the-money psychologically, pose, several other characters enter. man with laser beam focus, powered by the as Macduff keeps asking about what he Jamie has been living with Paige (Al- trauma of his past, aiming to shed light on already knows (“All my pretty ones?”), his lison Crews) for six years. His not making a the truth. Broccoli has a subtle challenge in mind not yet capable of fully engaging QUIT FOR HEALTH decision about getting married is common portraying Jamie, which he accomplishes with the truth. Powerful stuff. reggae night enough these days, but another choice well, in conveying a haunting but unspo- As much so as the brief concluding Women: has suddenly come up. She is pregnant, ken uncertainty about his past. The play it- soliloquy by Macbeth, calmly resigned, every monday at so now not only marriage but abortion is self is equally nuanced, letting us draw our defeated, having just received news that Want to Quit Smoking in 2014? a question. We meet her the day after she own conclusions about these people. his wife is dead. “There would have been broke the news, when they are deep into The playwright’s choice of title is an a time for such a word,” Estrella responds, The Quit for Health research study is a 12 –week program with strategies an argument. She is angry and he is apolo- interesting emphasis. Pan, a minor god of and then creates a smart transition. “To- to help you quit smoking , such as exercise and the nicotine patch. 1119 north main st providence gizing for his initial shocked response. As nature, hanging out with wood nymphs morrow,” he says, full stop, establishing hosted by upsetta international befits the play’s subtext of uncertainty be- and tooting his pipes, could be a seduc- that time. But Shakespeare’s text has this • Must be 18-65 and not a regular exerciser • We provide 10 weeks of featuring natural element band ing the human condition, for a while we tive creature — there is that naked lower begin a new thought: “Tomorrow, and • Must be female and generally healthy the nicotine patch and don’t know what they’re talking about. He half of a goat, after all. Jamie and Frank’s tomorrow, and tomorrow/Creeps in this • Must be able to attend 3 times a week compensation up to $593. asks for a week to think about how he feels babysitter innocently quotes an Elizabeth petty pace from day to day/To the last syl- about the situation, and Paige agrees. 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erg CALL (877) 688-4247 to see if you qualify! Joelle (Meghan Rose Donnelly), who gives doing, the great god Pan/Down in the full of sound and fury/Signifying noth- another example of the fallibility of free reeds by the river?” But it continues with ing.” Rather than blind obedience to the You can also find us online at www.quitwithbrown.org/ourprojects will. The young woman has an eating dis- “Spreading ruin and scattering ban . . . .” er gold B Bard, in this telling we get clarity.

pe T and scroll down to the Quit for Health study for more information order. While she has agreed to eat enough Frank’s father was cheerful and friendly, Clarity throughout, in this fresh new to gain a pound a week, she rationalizes but anyone who looked closely enough POWER COUPLE estrella and Kane. take by a skillful company and a bold and link to answer our screening questions online. that the two pounds she put on the week might have seen cloven hooves. ^ director. Wonderful. ^ 16 MARCH 21, 2014 | tH e pRovidenCe pHoenix | pR ovidenCe.tHepHoenix.CoM providence.thephoenix.com | the providence phoenix | march 21, 2014 1 7

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THE LAST RESORT | Smithfield | GREENWICH HOTEL | East Greenwich GILLIGAN’S ISLAND | Westerly | World Premiere | 7 pm | Open mic Steve Chrisitan CLUBS LIGHTHOUSE BAR AT TWIN RIVER INDIGO PIZZA | Coventry | Mary Day HANK’S DOWN SOUTH | Narragan- assured abstractions | Lincoln | 8:30 pm | Boogie Nights Band sett | 3 pm | Second Avenue LOCAL 121 | Providence | Cadillac Jack IRON WORKS TAVERN | Warwick | JAVA MADNESS | Wakefield | 11 am | ‘we don’t make mistakes’ at the chazan gallery THURSDAY 20 LUPO’S HEARTBREAK HOTEL | Gary Gramolini & Roger Ceresi Harold Ambler See Club Directory for phone numbers and Providence | 7 pm | A Cry On Deaf JAVA MADNESS | Wakefield | 11 am | LIGHTHOUSE BAR AT TWIN RIVER addresses. Lincoln _By greg cook Ears + Scriptures + It Lives It Jacob Haller | | 2 pm | Domenic THE BEACH HOUSE | Portsmouth | Breathes + Machinez & Magnetz + JOE’S CAFE & LOUNGE | Westport, LOCAL 121 | Providence | Allysen Kinky Karaoke with Johnny Angel Noxii Arena MA | 4 pm | Open jam hosted by Callery CITY SIDE | Woonsocket | Crunchy THE MALTED BARLEY | Westerly | Angry Farmer | 9 pm | Likk MANCHESTER 65 | West Warwick | “The golden age of abstraction is right now,” KNICKERBOCKER CAFE Westerly fARTnews Monkey Toneshifters | 7 pm | Amy Helm + Joanne Lurgio + informed me last spring. The evi- THE CONTINENTAL | Smithfield | MANCHESTER 65 | West Warwick | 8 pm | Rick Russell & the Cadillac Kait Clavette + Thayer Cabin dence, the national magazine explained, is that 7 pm | Mitchell Kaltsunas | 8 pm | OSG Takeover with M Dot Horns THE MET | Pawtucket | 6 pm | Elise there’s a shitload of “good abstract art being made DUSK | Providence | The Warriors + + P.Y.D. Records + PlayBoy Nyse & THE LAST RESORT | Smithfield | Testone + Eric French Band $25 MURPHY’S LAW Pawtucket today, and the best of it is as good as the best Victory Revilers + Reason to Fight + Mystik + Rob Lyfe + Ladie Tune + D What Matters? | | 8:30 the Damn Garrison Gazz + D3 + resident DJs Beat Punks LIGHTHOUSE BAR AT TWIN RIVER pm | Sunday Night Blues Jam abstract art of the past.” Also museums are filling GILLIGAN’S ISLAND Westerly MARINER GRILLE Narragansett Lincoln 133 CLUB East Providence THE MET IS LOCATED AT 1005 MAIN STREET, PAWTUCKET, RI | | | | | | 8:30 pm | Those Guys | | 7:30 pm | their halls with the stuff. Open mic hosted by Bob Lavalley Two-Way Street LOCAL 121 | Providence | West End Brother to Brother LEARN MORE AND BUY TICKETS AT WWW.THEMETRI.COM That’s the context for a show like “We Don’t IRON WORKS TAVERN | Warwick | THE MET | Pawtucket | The Mallett Disco with Patterson O’ROURKE’S BAR & GRILL | LUXURY BOX SPORTS BAR & Warwick Make Mistakes,” a group exhibition of abstract 8 pm | Betsy Listenfelt Brothers + Jay Berndt & the Orphans | 4:30 pm | Phenix Ave KNICKERBOCKER CAFE | Westerly | + Cactus Attack GRILL | Seekonk, MA | Mercy Bullets THE PARLOUR | Providence | Memo- paintings and sculptures by local artists at the 6 pm | 3rd Annual Celebrity MURPHY’S LAW | Pawtucket | Marc THE MALTED BARLEY | Westerly rial concert for Doreen Mooney Wheeler School’s Chazan Gallery (228 Angell St, Bartender Rock’n Roty Event with Philip | WSQ PERKS & CORKS | Westerly | 8 pm | Providence, through March 27). A lot of the ab- Atlantic Ave. + Styff Kitty NARRAGANSETT CAFE | Jamestown MANCHESTER 65 | West Warwick | Sandy Allen THE LAST RESORT Smithfield PLATFORMS Providence straction that is prominent nationally tends to be | | | Blue Ribbon Rhythm Band Northeast Traffic + Family + Kizos + | | Sunday College Night with DJ Peter C. NEWPORT BLUES CAFE | Felix Hobo Chili + Rad Thursday + Boot- Night Salsa flashy and spectacular or odd and hermetic. The Oki’s LOCAL 121 | Providence | Kevin James Brown strap Molasses RHINO BAR & GRILLE | Newport | art in this show feels serious, measured, thinky, MARINER GRILLE | Narragansett | NEWPORT GRAND | Triad MARINER GRILLE | Narragansett | Latino Night with a live band assured, reserved. 7 pm | Ray Kenyon NICK-A-NEE’S | Providence | Paul 7:30 pm | Jason Colonies RI RA | Providence | Karaoke hosted MEDIATOR STAGE | Providence | Geremia THE MET | Pawtucket | Lee DeWyze + by Nikki Back! This local flavor is particularly apparent in the OAK HILL TAVERN North Kingstown THE WHISKEY REPUBLIC 7 pm | Open mic hosted by Don | Collington + Great Big Circles | way the artists are attuned to their materials. In Tassone | Uncle Chubby Duo MURPHY’S LAW | Pawtucket | 6 pm | Providence | Live acoustic karaoke Rhode Island’s Original part, it’s the craftsmanship — that often seems re- A GIANT SURFACE Fesmire’s A Misplaced Work Ethic. MURPHY’S LAW | Pawtucket | 7 pm | ONE PELHAM EAST | Newport | Steve Fredrick | 9 pm | DJ Franko with Mark Beauchemin Hibachi Restaurant lated to what they teach at RISD. In part, the paint- Tom Lanigan Green Line Inbound NARRAGANSETT CAFE | Jamestown NEWS CAFE | Pawtucket | Blues @ 133 CLUB | East Providence | Stone | Nasty Habits MONDAY 24 ings seem to reflect Providence’s architecture — the NEWPORT BLUES CAFE See Club Directory for phone numbers and IS NOW OPEN! Foundations #2 the News with Joshua 2 & the Dark Leaf | Wayz & rust of bridges, the layers and layers of paint on walls Shawn Gilheeney’s 2014 painting is Horse Band PERKS & CORKS | Westerly | John Means addresses. The Fresh, Authentic Japanese Food You Loved with of old mill buildings, the way the life and history of the composed of minimalist horizontal stripes — bare wood NICK-A-NEE’S | Providence | Dennis Fries & Corina Malbaurn NEWPORT GRAND | Mondo Soul BOVI’S | East Providence | John place is apparent in its well-used structures. smeared with white paint, then a band of matte black, McCarthy & Friends POWERS PUB | Cranston | Dynamite NEWPORT GRAND EVENT CENTER Allmark’s Jazz Orchestra 133 CLUB East Providence GREENWICH HOTEL East Greenwich a Newly Remodeled, Upscale Interior. Neal Walsh, the gallery director at AS220, offers his then wood again, and a band of white, thin and washy, | | 8:30 pm Shack | Tusk [Fleetwood Mac tribute] | | Mac Odom Band RALPH’S DINER | Worcester, MA | NEWS CAFE | Pawtucket | Point | 7 pm | Hotel Jam Night painting tinker’s curse, which you may recall as the best perhaps sanded down. Like Walsh, Gilheeney evokes Redesigned Lounge with Big Screen TVs and THE PARLOUR | Providence | The The Scotty Dunbar Band + the Erot- Street Bridge + Nympidels NICK-A-NEE’S | Providence | The piece in his show at 186 Carpenter last year. The four-foot- old industrial architecture with the way he layers and Denver Boot + Elison Jackson + ics + Demons Alley + the Low Babies NICK-A-NEE’S | Providence | The House Combo State of the Art Sound System. square painting divides into two halves that contrast thin smears his paint. 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Providence LOCAL 121 | | DJ Nook pm; Sat 8 + 10:30 pm | Comix at ALONZO BODDEN | See listing for Salon, 57 Eddy St, Providence | $TBA THE RAT PACK: A TRIBUTE | 2 pm | “WHOSE BODY IS IT ANYWAY?” | An West Warwick MANCHESTER 65 | | Foxwoods, 350 Trolley Line Blvd, Thurs | 401.865.6330 | thesalonpvd.com Stadium Theatre, 28 Monument Sq, evening of improv comedy by Sea Tea 7 pm | Behind the Silence + more Mashantucket, CT | $20-$40 advance Woonsocket | $21-$36 | 401.762.4545 | Improv, cocktails, and food, to benefit TALKS MARINER GRILLE Narragansett SATURDAY 22 WEDNESDAY 26 Listings | | | 860.312.6649 | foxwoods.com stadiumtheatre.com Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island 7 pm | Ray Kenyon THE COMEDY FACTORY with JAMES GOFF | 8 pm | Comix at Fox- | 6:30 pm | Roger Williams Park Ca- MEDIATOR STAGE Providence | | 7 pm FRIDAY 21 Johnny Joyce, John Perrotta, Chris- woods, Mashantucket, CT | $10-$20 CLASSICAL sino, 1000 Elmwood Ave, Providence THURSDAY 20

| Open mic hosted by Don Tassone THE FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL, tina Thomas, Dennis Mello, Tim advance | $75, $45 under 35 | giving.ppsne.org/ “CAN HEALTH REFORM FIX Pawtucket THE MET | | Zumo Kollie the 10th anniversary show of odd O’Leary, Pat Bowlby, and Russ whose-body-providence HEALTH CARE?” | A talk by Ira Continued from p 17 & Friends + Spocka Summa + Khary and hilarious found videos, hosted Gelfuso | 9:30 pm | Asia Grille, 622 THURSDAY 27 SATURDAY 22 C. Magaziner, a former advisor of Providence NICK-A-NEE’S | | The Durgans + Cesar Luciano + Hil Holla by Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett | George Washington Hwy, Lincoln | LENNY CLARKE | 8 pm | Comix at COMMUNITY MUSICWORKS SATURDAY 22 policy development for President Bluegrass Throedown with Tony + Cam Bells + Roger + Lunch Bagg 7:30 pm | Cable Car Cinema, 204 $15 | 401.334.3200 | comedyfactoryri. Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $25- PRESENTS THE MICHAEL NYMAN “OPEN MIC, OPEN MINDS: AN Clinton | 4 pm | Warren Alpert Medi- Pawtucket Watt & Southeast Expressway MURPHY’S LAW | | 6 pm | South Main St, Providence | $12 | com $50 advance QUARTET performing Schubert’s EXPLORATION OF SOCIAL ISSUES cal School of Brown University, 222 Newport NOREY’S | | Dynamite Tom Burgess 401.272.3970 | foundfootagefest.com PROVIDENCE IMPROV GUILD IMPROV JONES | See listing for Thurs Quartet #13 | Mar 22 4 pm @ Westmin- THROUGH STAND-UP” | A sympo- Richmond St, Providence | brown. Pawtucket Johnny NEWS CAFE | | Blues @ BRODY STEVENS | Fri 8 pm; Sat 8 + presents the Relay Play Series | “Ev- PROVIDENCE IMPROV GUILD | See ster Unitarian Church, 119 Kenyon sium with a multimedia presenta- edu/academics/public-health/2014- 133 CLUB East Providence | | Karaoke the News with Joshua 2 & the Dark 10:15 pm | Comedy Connection, ast ery Saturday in March, we present listing for Thurs Ave, East Greenwich [$10 suggested tion on the historical roots of stand- paul-levinger-lecture thecoffeeexchange.com with Big Bill Horse Band Providence | $20 the first 10 minutes of a different donation] + Mar 23 4 pm @ First up comedy by Jerry Zolten of Penn “KHRUSHCHEV IN POWER: UN- O’ROURKE’S BAR & GRILL 133 CLUB East Providence HARDCORE COMEDY SHOW | | | 8:30 pm hosted play by a local playwright and im- Unitarian Church of Providence, 1 Be- State Altoona; workshops (topics FINISHED REFORMS, 1961-1964” wickenden street Warwick | 8:30 pm | Bill Gannon | Mac Odom Band by Brian Beaudoin | 10:30 pm | Com- provise the rest, live in front of the nevolent St [$15 suggested donation] | include the use of humor in the bat- | A panel discussion with Sergei THE PARLOUR Providence PERKS & CORKS Westerly | | The | | Men edy Connection, East Providence audience” | 8 pm | Providence Im- CONCERTS communitymusicworks.org tle for same sex marriage in Rhode Khrushchev, son of former Soviet est. 1984 Funky Autocrats With Guitars | $15 prov Guild, 393 Broad St, Providence EIGHT STRINGS AND A WHISTLE Island; tips on writing stand-up and Premier Nikita Khrushchev | 5:30 Westerly Cranston PERKS & CORKS | | 8 pm | POWERS PUB | | Mike & FRANK SANTOS + FRANK | $5 | improvpig.com will perform works by C.P.E. Bach touring; stand-up routines that ad- pm | Brown University’s Watson O’DONNELL ALONZO BODDEN Sean W. Spellman + Thor Jensen Mark | 10:15 pm | Olives, 108 | See listing for POPULAR and Schubert, and modern compos- dress issues in race, gender, politics, Institute, 111 Thayer St, Providence | Providence Worcester, MA PLATFORMS | | Ladies’ RALPH’S DINER | | North Main St, Providence | $22 | Thurs ers John Newll, Robert Davidson, and religion); and a performance 401.863.2809

Night Salsa Heavy Petals + Bent Shapes + Onslo 401.751.1200 or olivesrocks.com THE BIT PLAYERS | See listing and Pete Jona Korn | 7:30 pm | Goff by Patton Oswalt and Myq Kaplan “THE DANGER OF THE SINGLE Cranston Newport POWERS PUB | | Open mic RHINO BAR & GRILLE | | THE BIT PLAYERS | Fri-Sat 8 pm | for Fri THURSDAY 20 Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Rd, [8 pm in Edwards Hall] | 9 am-5 pm STORY: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND Providence RI RA | | 7:30 pm | Josh Snailtoons with DJ Dayo Firehouse Theater, 4 Equality Park BRODY STEVENS | See listing for Fri LADY LAMB THE BEEKEEPER + Rehoboth, MA | $16, $14 seniors, $6 | University of Rhode Island’s Swan ANTI-COLONIAL STRUGGLE” | A Providence Cramoy RI RA | | Wicked Awesome Pl, Newport | $15 [$10 Sat @ 10 pm] | IMPROV JONES | See listing for WHITE HINTERLAND + DR. JONES students + children | carpenter Hall Auditorium, 60 Upper College talk by Dr. Carol Anderson, an as- Providence THE SALON | | Reggae Karaoke Contest hosted by Ronnie 401.849.3473 | firehousetheater.org Thurs & THE SHINERS | 9 pm | Columbus museum.org/Arts.htm Rd | $30, $20 students [includes sociate professor of African American Providence Dancehall with DJ Red Beard & THE SALON | | DJ Hand- BRING YOUR OWN IMPROV | “OPEN MIC, OPEN MINDS: AN Theatre, 270 Broadway, Providence | RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC, lunch and evening performances] | studies and history at Emory Univer- Friends some J Fri 7 + 9 pm; Sun 6 pm | Warwick EXPLORATION OF SOCIAL IS- $10 advance, $12 day of show | with violinist Philippe Quint, per- Complete details @harrington.uri. sity | 5:30 pm | Brown University’s SUES THROUGH STAND-UP” THURSDAY 27 Museum of Art, 3259 Post Rd | $5 | | See columbustheatre.com forming works by Udow, Stravinsky, edu/open-mic-open-minds/ Smith-Buonanno Hall, 95 Cushing St, 401.737.0010 | bringyourownimprov. “Events” and Tchaikovsky | 8 pm | The Vets, 1 Providence | brown.edu/academics/ LET US MODIFY See Club Directory for phone numbers and com FRIDAY 21 Avenue of the Arts, Providence | ri- TUESDAY 25 race-ethnicity/events-programs/carol- addresses. FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE SUNDAY 23 COMEDY featuring JOHNNY A | 8 pm | Narrows Center phil.org | 401.421.ARTS | $15-$70 JILLIAN MICHAELS: MAXIMIZE anderson-danger-single-story-african- Providence YOUR GUITAR AS220 | | 10 pm | Demen- improvised song, dance, and skits | COMEDY SHOWCASE | 8 pm | Come- For the Arts, 16 Anawan St, Fall YOUR LIFE TOUR, a show about americans-and-anti-colonial-struggle tiacat + Running Maid + more 7 pm | Everett, 9 Duncan Ave, Provi- dy Connection, East Providence | $10 River, MA | $25 advance, $28 day of SUNDAY 23 health, wellness, and fitness | 7:30 Portsmouth THE BEACH HOUSE | | THURSDAY 20 dence | $5 | 401.831.9479 | everettri. MICK FOLEY | 8 pm | Comix at Fox- show | 508.324.1926 | narrowscenter. COMMUNITY MUSICWORKS pm | The Vets, 1 Avenue of the Arts, SUNDAY 23 BEYOND Kinky Karaoke with Johnny Angel $5 FUNNIES: A WICKED FUNNY org/what/stage/fnl woods, Mashantucket, CT | $25-$40 org PRESENTS THE MICHAEL NYMAN Providence | $25-$150 | 401.421.ARTS | SANDRA MOYER AND THOMAS Woonsocket CITY SIDE | | Batteries SHOWCASE | 8 pm | Comedy Con- PROVIDENCE IMPROV GUILD advance THE LOW ANTHEM | 9 pm | Sandy- QUARTET | See listing for Sat thevetsri.com WORTHINGTON will discuss and YOUR WILDEST Not Included nection, 39 Warren Ave, East Provi- presents Aeropuerto + Part of a Bal- BRING YOUR OWN IMPROV | See woods Center For the Arts, 43 Muse sign their new book, Cranston Revisited West Greenwich DAN’S PLACE | | dence | $5 | 401.438.8383 | ricomedy anced Breakfast | 8 pm | Providence listing for Fri Way, Tiverton | $15 [BYOB + food] WEDNESDAY 26 | 2 pm | Cranston Public Library, Atlantic Avenue connection.com Improv Guild, 393 Broad St | $5 | | 401.241.7349 | sandywoodsmusic. THE ARTEMIS STRING QUARTET 140 Sockanosset Cross Rd | Free | DREAMS! Westerly GILLIGAN’S ISLAND | | IMPROV JONES | Thurs + Sat 10 pm improvpig.com MONDAY 24 com will perform works by Brahms, 401.943.9080 | cranstonlibrary.org FILM Open mic hosted by Bob Lavalley | 95 Empire Black Box, 95 Empire St, JOY BEHAR | 9 pm | MGM Grand THE COMEDY FACTORY with John THE MACHINE: PINK FLOYD TRIB- Kurtág, and Beethoven | 7:30 pm THE TUNE IN & TUNE UP RHODE Warwick IRON WORKS TAVERN | | Providence | $5 | improvjones.com at Foxwoods, 350 Trolley Line Perrotta and friends | 8 pm | Legion UTE | 8 pm | Stadium Theatre, 28 | Sapinsley Hall at Rhode Island ISLAND MUSICIANS HEALTH

8 pm | Betsy Listenfelt PROVIDENCE IMPROV GUILD Blvd, Mashantucket, CT | $35-$55 Pub, 661 Park Ave, Cranston | Free | Monument Sq, Woonsocket | $29 + College, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave, THURSDAY 20 AWARENESS PROGRAM will Westerly GUITAR REPAIR • AMP REPAIR • ACCESSORIES KNICKERBOCKER CAFE | presents Zonkey and the Moddell | 866.646.0050 | mgmatfoxwoods. 401.781.8888 | comedyfactoryri.com $36 | 401.762.4545 | stadiumtheatre. Providence | $25 + $35, $5 students | THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND present a forum about coverage | 8 pm | Open mic with host band Brothers | 8 pm | Providence Improv com com 401.456.8144 | ricmc.org FILM SERIES presented in conjunc- and the enrollment process | 4 pm |

Wayne Burrows & Students Guild, 393 Broad St, Providence | $5 | SPINNATO’S HYPNOTIC HYSTERIA TUESDAY 25 ROBBIE O’CONNELL | 7:30 pm | Lin- tion with the upcoming exhibit, Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad www.NOLLGUITARS.com THE LAST RESORT Smithfield COMEDY OPEN MIC HOSTED BY | | improvpig.com | 10:30 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, den Place, 500 Hope St, Bristol | $20 | “Wonderland: Through the Looking St, Cumberland | 401.725.9272 | 173 Macklin St. Cranston, RI

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ALONZO BODDEN | Thurs-Fri 8 Mashantucket, CT | $15-$25 advance JAMES CREELMAN | 8:30 pm | The 401.253.0390 | lindenplace.org Glass” | This week: Mar 20, Alice riverfolk.org ROBERT CRAY BAND | 8 pm | Park DANCE (Neco z Elenky) (1988), a “free adapta- (401) 275-0880 Theatre, 848 Park Ave, Cranston | tion” of Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland MONDAY 24 $35 + $45 | 401.467.7275 | parktheatre directed by Jan Svankmajer | Mar 27: COKIE ROBERTS will discuss her ri.com PERFORMANCE Alice In Wonderland, a 1982 Broadway book, Founding Mothers: Remembering CLUB DIRECTORY stage performance first shown on the Ladies [the event will be held in SATURDAY 22 PBS’ Great Performances | 6 pm | Provi- the Campus Recreation Center Gym- ENTER THE HAGGIS | 8 pm | Nar- FRIDAY 21 dence Public Library, 150 Empire St | nasium] | 7:30 pm | Roger Williams www.narrowscenter.org ALL AMERICAN GRILL | 401.332.1512 THE FATT SQUIRREL | 150 Chestnut St, MANCHESTER 65 | 65 Manchester THE PARLOUR | 401.383.5858 | rows Center For the Arts, 16 Anawan MOSCOW FESTIVAL BALLET per- Free | 401.455.8000 | provlib.org University, 1 Old Ferry Rd, Bristol | 20 minutes from Providence | 1759 Mineral Spring Ave, North Providence | 401.808.6898 St, West Warwick | manchester 1119 North Main St, Providence | St, Fall River, MA | $22 advance, $25 forms Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty THE RHODE ISLAND INTERNA- Free | 401.253.1040 | pdq.rwu.edu Providence FÊTE | 401.383.1112 | 103 Dike St, 65.com facebook.com/ParlourRI 16 Anawan Street, day of show | 508.324.1926 | narrows | 7:30 pm | Garde Arts Center, 325 TIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS STEVE KRASNER will discuss and AS220 | 401.831.9327 | 115 Empire St, Providence | fetemusic.com MARINER GRILL | 401.284.3282 | 142 PERKS & CORKS | 401.596.1260 | Fall River MA 02721 center.org State St, New London, CT | $49 | SHORTS FROM IRELAND | 7 pm | sign his book, The Longest Game, with Providence GAME 7 SPORTS BAR & GRILL | Point Judith Rd, Narragansett | 48 High St, Westerly | perksand (near Battleship Cove) LEGENDS OF THE CELTIC HARP 860.444.7373 | gardearts.org Jamestown Arts Center, 18 Valley St behind-the-scenes tales of the Paw- THE BEACH HOUSE | 401.682.2974 | 508.643.2700 | 60 Man Mar Dr, marinergrille.com corks.com (508) 324-1926 FEATURING PATRICK BALL, LISA STATE BALLET OF RHODE ISLAND | $10 | 401.560.0979 | jamestownart Sox and Boston Red Sox | 6:30 pm 506 Park Ave, Portsmouth | Plainville, MA | game7sportsbar THE MEDIATOR | 401.461.3683 | 50 PERRY’S BAR & GRILLE | 401.284.1544 LYNNE, AND ARYEH FRANKFURT- presents “Cowboys, Cadets, and center.org | Cumberland Public Library, 1464 Doors open @ 7pm beachhouseri.com andgrill.com Rounds Ave, Providence | 104 Point Judith Rd, Narragan- ER | 8 pm | Blackstone River Theatre, Collaborative Works” | Fri 7:30 pm; A SCREENING OF FINDING VIVIAN Diamond Hill Rd | Free [reservations Show starts @ 8pm BOONDOCKS BAR & GRILL | GILLIGAN’S ISLAND | 401.315.5556 | MERRILL LOUNGE | 401.434.9742 | sett | perrysbarandgrille.com 549 Broad St, Cumberland | $15 | Sat 2 pm | Roberts Hall Auditorium MAIER, a documentary about the recommended] | 401.333.2552 | (unless otherwise noted) 508.673.2200 | 46 Water St, Fall 105 White Rock Rd, Westerly 535 North Broadway, East PLAZA MEXICO BAR & GRILL | 401.725.9272 | riverfolk.org at Rhode Island College, 600 Mount street photographer | Cocktails and cumberlandlibrary.org River, MA | myboondocks.com THE GRANGE | 401.831.0600 | Providence 401.762.0383 | 2120 Diamond Hill PAUL GEREMIA + Chris Monti | 8:30 Pleasant Ave, Providence | $30, $20 hors d’oeuvres [6 pm], film [7 pm], BOUNDARY BREWHOUSE | 166 Broadway, Providence | THE MET | 401.729.1005 | 1005 Main Rd, Woonsocket | plazamexicobar pm | Sandywoods Center For the students, $16 under 13 | 401.334.2560 and post-film Skype conversation WEDNESDAY 26 Winner Best Venue for Folk 2013 401.725.4260 | 1593 Newport Ave, providencegrange.com St, Pawtucket | themetri.com andgrill.com Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton | $18 | stateballet.com with director Charlie Siskel [8:30 “FINGERPRINTS” | A talk by Mark Pawtucket | facebook.com/ GREENWICH HOTEL | 401.884.4200 MULHEARN’S | 401.48.9292 | 507 POWERS PUB | 401.714.0655 | 27 Aborn advance, $20 door [BYOB + food] | pm] | Newport Art Museum, 76 Bel- Zabinski, criminalist at the Rhode Fri. 3/21: Sat. 3/22: Boundarybrewhouse | 162 Main St, East Greenwich | North Broadway, East Providence St, Cranston | powerspub.com 401.241.7349 | sandywoodsmusic.com SATURDAY 22 levue Ave | $30 | 401.848.8200 | Island State Crime Laboratory | Part BOVI’S | 401.434.9670 | 278 Taunton facebook.com/greenwichhotel MURPHY’S LAW | 401.724.5522 | 2 RALPH’S DINER | 508.753.9543 | siNger / sONgwriter ROBBY HECHT + Will Houlihan of STATE BALLET OF RHODE ISLAND | newportFILM.com of URI’s Forensic Science Seminar Ave, East Providence HANK’S DOWN SOUTH | 401.792.9200 George St, Pawtucket | murphys 148 Grove St, Worcester, MA | Haunt the House | 8 pm | Bell Street See listing for Fri Series | 3:30 pm | Pastore Hall at the eNter tHe HAggis BROOKLYN COFFEE & TEA HOUSE | | 33 State St, Narragansett | face- lawri.com myspace.com/ralphsdiner Chapel, 5 Bell St, Providence | $15 THURSDAY 27 University of Rhode Island, 51 Lower 401.575.2284 | 209 Douglas Ave, book.com/HanksDownSouthRI NARRAGANSETT CAFE | 401.423.2150 THE RHINO BAR | 401.846.0907 | advance, $20 door | 401.273.5678 | WEDNESDAY 26 + URI FILM NIGHT, with screenings College Rd, Kingston | Free | chm. Providence | brooklyncoffeetea INDIGO PIZZA | 401.615.9600 | | 25 Narragansett Ave, Jamestown 337 Thames St, Newport | bellstreetchapel.org THURSDAY 27 of work by eight students | 7 pm | uri.edu/forensics/seminars.php house.com 599 Tiogue Ave, Coventry | | narragansettcafe.com/ therhinobar.com SALLY ROGERS & CLAUDIA ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY Hera Gallery, 10 High St, Wakefield CADY’S TAVERN | 401.568.4102 | indigopizza.com NEWPORT BLUES CAFE | 401.841.5510 RHODE ISLAND BILLIARD BAR & SCHMIDT | 8 pm | Stone Soup Coffee- JUNIOR/SENIOR DANCE CONCERT | Free [reservations encouraged] | THURSDAY 27 2168 Putnam Pike, Chepachet | IRON WORKS TAVERN | 401.739.5111 | | 286 Thames St | newportblues. BISTRO | 401.232.1331 | 2026 Smith house, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, | 7:30 pm | Roger Williams Univer- 401.789.1488 | heragallery.org OMAR BAH, a Gambian newspaper Ace guitArist cadystavern.com 697 Jefferson Blvd, Warwick | com St, North Providence | RIBBB. 50 Park Pl, Pawtucket | $16 advance, sity Performing Arts Center, 1 Old THE ALICE IN WONDERLAND FILM reporter who was forced to flee CHAN’S | 401.765.1900 | 267 Main St, theironworkstavern.com NEWPORT GRAND | 401.849.5000 | 150 com $18 door | 401.921.5115 | stonesoup Ferry Rd, Bristol | $10, $5 students + SERIES | See listing for Thurs his homeland after the country’s JOHNNY A Woonsocket | chanseggrollsand JAVA MADNESS | 401.788.0088 | Admiral Kalbfus Rd, Newport | RI RA | 401.272.1953 | 50 Exchange coffeehouse.com seniors | 401.254.3626 | departments. security officials targeted him as jazz.com 134 Salt Pond Rd, Wakefield | newportgrand.com Terrace, Providence | rira.com Sun. 3/23: rwu.edu/dance a “wanted” man, will discuss his CHIEFTAIN PUB | 508.643.9031 | 23 javamadness.com NEWS CAFE | 401.728.6475 | 43 THE SALON | 401.865.6330 | 57 Eddy SUNDAY 23 experience | 7 pm | Agnes Doody DOOrs 10:30 Am, sHOw 11Am Washington St [Rt 1], Plainville, MA JOE’S CAFE & LOUNGE | 774.264.9463 | Broad St, Pawtucket St, Providence | thesalonpvd.com MAGNOLIA CAJUN BAND | 3 pm | THURSDAY 27 Auditorium at Swan Hall at the | chieftainpub.com 549 American Legion Hwy, West- NICK-A-NEE’S | 401.861.7290 | 75 THE SPOT UNDERGROUND | READINGS tHis first time NArrOws eveNt will feAture A Roger Williams Park Botanical Cen- THE RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE University of Rhode Island, 60 Up- CITY SIDE | 401.235.9026 | 74 South port, MA | joescafelounge.com South St, Providence 401.383.7133 | 101 Richmond St, scrumptiOus bruNcH witH A HeAvY DOse ter, 1000 Elmwood Ave, Providence DANCE COMPANY, with Kellie Ann per College Rd, Kingston | Free | uri. Main St, Woonsocket | citysideri.com THE KNICKERBOCKER | 401.315.5070 | NOREY’S | 401.847.4971 | 156 Broad- Providence | thespotprovidence. | $10, free under 12, proceeds benefit Lynch and Elm City Dance Collective, THURSDAY 20 edu/news/releases/?id=6968 Of smOkiN’ blues!! tickets must be purcHAseD iN CLUB ROXX | 401.884.4450 | 6125 35 Railroad Ave, Westerly | way, Newport | noreys.com com the Botanical Center | 401.785.9450 present “Almost Porcelain” | 7:30 pm DAVID ALLEN SIBLEY will discuss RALPH PERFETTO, co-founder of Fri. 3/21 Post Rd, North Kingstown | theknickerbockercafe.com THE NUTTY SCOTSMAN | 401.710.7778 STELLA BLUES | 401.289.0349 | 50 Mill- ADvANce AND will stOp At 3pm x 250 | bccrwp.org | Helen Forman Theatre at Rhode and sign his new book, The Sibley QualityMetric Inc. and Response kbowl.com THE LAST RESORT | 401.349.3500 | | 812 Putnam Pike, Glocester | er St, Warren | stellabluesri.com EVIE LADIN & KEITH TERRY | 6:30 Island College, 600 Mt Pleasant Ave, Guide to Bird, Second Edition | 6 pm | Technologies Inc., will discuss his tHe NArrOws blues bruNcH witH THE CONTINENTAL | 401.233.1800 325 Farnum Pike, Smithfield | facebook.com/TheNuttyScotsman STEVIE D’S BAR & GRILL | pm | Sandywoods Center For the Providence | $15 | ric.edu/mtd/calen- Brown University’s MacMillan Hall, “unanticipated entrepreneurial feAturiNg | 332 Farnum Pike, Smithfield | thelastresortri.com OAK HILL TAVERN | 401.294.3282 | 401.658.2591 | 80 Manville Hill tHe mAtt stubbs bAND Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton | $15 dar_danceEvents.php 167 Thayer St, Providence | Reserva- journey” | 3 pm | Cherry Auditorium smithfieldcontinental.com LIGHTHOUSE BAR AT TWIN RIVER | 565 Tower Hill Rd, North Rd, Cumberland | stevie-ds.com DeNNis breNNAN adults, $10 children, free under 6 TAO: PHOENIX RISING, featuring tions are required; go to the website in the Kirk Center for Advanced DAN’S PLACE | 401.392.3092 | 880 877.82.RIVER | 100 Twin River Rd, Kingstown | oakhilltavern.com 39 WEST | 401.944.7770 | 39 Phenix | 401.241.7349 | sandywoodsmusic. Taiko drumming and choreography | or call to reserve | 401.863.3168 | Technology at the University of Victory Hwy, West Greenwich | Lincoln | twinriver.com OCEAN MIST | 401.782.3740 | 895 Ave, Cranston | 39westri.com com 7:30 pm | The Auditorium in Roberts brown.edu/campus-life/support/ Rhode Island, Upper College Rd, Thurs. 3/27: danspizzaplace.com LOCAL 121 | 401.274.2121 | 121 Matunuck Beach Rd, Matunuck | 2 PAULS’ CITY GRILLE | 401.228.7285 Hall at Rhode Island College, 600 bookstore/events Kingston | 401.874.7892 | uri.edu/ DEVILLE’S CAFE| 345 South Water St, Washington St, Providence | oceanmist.net | 315 Waterman Ave, East Provi- Mount Pleasant Ave, Providence | POET JOHN BURNSIDE will read news/releases/?id=6979 SISTER SPARROW & Providence | devillesPVD.com local121.com OLIVES | 401.751.1200 | 108 North dence | 2paulsgoodfood.com $35, $30 seniors, $15 students + un- from his work | 2:30 pm | Brown DUSK | 401.714.0444 | 301 Harris Ave, LUPO’S HEARTBREAK HOTEL | Main St, Providence | olivesrocks. UNCLE RONNIE’S RED TAVERN | der 13 | 401.456.8144 | ric.edu/pfa University McCormack Family THE DIRTY BIRDS Providence | duskprovidence.com 401.331.5876 | 79 Washington St, com 401.568.6243 | 2692 Victory Hwy, Theater, 70 Brown St, Providence | EAST BAY TAVERN | 401.228.7343 | Providence | lupos.com 133 CLUB | 401.438.1330 | 29 Warren Burrillville | uncleronniesred 401.863.3260 | brown.edu/cw 305 Lyon Ave, East Providence MACHINES WITH MAGNETS | Ave, East Providence tavern.com ART PROVIDENCE POETRY SLAM | 8 pm EIGHTY EIGHT LOUNGE | 401.437.8830 | 401.261.4938 | 400 Main St, Paw- ONE PELHAM EAST | 401.847.9460 | VANILLA BEAN CAFE | 860.928.1562 | | AS220, 115 Empire St, Providence | 55 Union St, Providence | facebook. tucket | machineswithmagnets. 270 Thames St, Newport | Rts 44, 169 and 97, Pomfret, CT | EVENTS $3 | 401.831.9327 | as220.org GALLERIES 3/28: Double CD Release Party! Girls , Guns and Glory/ com/EightyEightPianoLounge com thepelham.com thevanillabeancafe.com ELEVEN FORTY NINE | 401.884.1149 | THE MALTED BARLEY | 401.315.2184 | O’ROURKE’S BAR & GRILL | WHISKEY REPUBLIC | 401.588.5158 | THURSDAY 20 TUESDAY 25 Sarah Borges Band , 3/29: Crystal Bowersox (sold out) , 1149 Division St, Warwick | 42 High St, Westerly | themalted 401.228.7444 | 23 Peck Ln, War- 515 South Water St, Providence | GALLERY NIGHT PROVIDENCE GOTPOETRY LIVE! | An open mic | 8 AS220 | 401.831.9327 | 115 Empire St, 3/30: The Melodic, 3/31: Carolina Chocolate Drops, elevenfortyninerestaurant.com barleyri.com wick | orourkesbarandgrill.com TheWhiskeyRepublic.com | Gallery Night Providence, 1 Re- pm | Blue State Coffee, 300 Thayer Providence | as220.org | Wed-Fri 1-6 4/3: Hot Club of Cow Town gency Plaza, Providence | Free | St, Providence | $3 | 401.383.8393 | pm; Sat 12-5 pm + by appointment | 401.490.2042 | gallerynight.info facebook.com/groups/36169437169 Continued on p 20 20 march 21, 2014 | the providence phoenix | providence.t hephoenix.com providence.thephoenix.com | the providence phoenix | mArch 21, 2014 21

dents at Mount Hope High School URI PROVIDENCE CAMPUS CONTEMPORARY THEATER | | Through Apr 12: Works by Mary GALLERY | 401.277.5206 | 80 401.218.0282 | thecontemporary Project Ace Dondero, Ellen Ferrin, Paul Clancy, Washington St, Providence | uri.edu/ theater.com | 327 Main St, Wakefield prov Unless otherwise noted, these list- The Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University Listings Eileen Siobhan Collins, Rose Esson- | Mon-Thurs 9 am-9 pm; | Now showing: “The Springboard Dawson, Lisa Legato, Pascale Lord, Fri + Sat 9 am-4 pm | Through Season,” a series of special ings are for Thurs Mar 20 through is seeking alcohol drinkers to participate in a study looking at Eileen Mayhew, Linda Megathlin, Mar 28: “Rhode Island Women small-scale shows | Mar 21 +22 @ Thurs Mar 27. Times can and do The Allegory of the Well the effects of alcohol cravings on behavior. and Lenny Rumpler of Distinction,” photographs by 7 pm, , a new change without notice, so please JAMESTOWN ARTS CENTER | Munir D. Mohammed and Erin X. collaborative piece about culture, Continued from p 19 401.560.0979 | 18 Valley St | jamestown Smithers help, and storytelling | $7 call the theater before heading out. Through Mar 29: “Outsider Art,” artcenter.org | Wed-Sat 10 am-2 pm VAN VESSEM GALLERY | EPIC THEATRE COMPANY | Earn up to $150 for completing the study. new work by Sam Marshall and Dan | Through Apr 11: “Multi Media: 401.835.6639 | 63 Muse Way, Tiverton EpicTheatreRI.org | At Theatre 82, Film Marks | In the Youth Gallery, new Art and Invention,” works by Luke | sandywoodsfarm.org/vanvessem 82 Rolfe Sq, Cranston | Through WHO IS ELIGIBLE: work by Wilson Aguilar and Kassy Randall gallery.html | Mar 22-Apr 22: “Cutler Mar 22: The Great God Pan, by Amy Cardona MACHINES WITH MAGNETS | + Farrell + Sheehan,” with photo- Herzog | Fri-Sat 8 pm | $15, $12 AS220 PROJECT SPACE | 401.475.2655 | 400 Main St, Paw- graphs by Mark Cutler, Rick Farrell, students AVON CINEMA THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN | Thurs: Thurs: 12:15, 12:45, 1:15, 3:30, 4, 4:35, * Adults ages 18-65 401.831.9327 | 93 Mathewson St, Provi- tucket | machineswithmagnets.com | and Garrett Sheehan GAMM THEATRE | 401.723.4266 | 260 Thayer St, Providence | FIRE | 12:10, 3:05, 6, 8:55 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 | Fri-Thurs: 11:25, 1:45, 6:45, 7:15, 7:45, 10, 10:30 dence | as220.org | Wed-Fri 1-6 pm; Sat Mar 22-Apr 27: “Puzzled: Ode (Owed) WICKFORD ART ASSOCIATION gammtheatre.org | 172 Exchange 401.421.3315 THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF 4:05, 6:40, 9 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:20 MUPPETS MOST WANTED | Thurs: *Alcohol drinkers 12-5 pm + by appointment | Through To Channing?,” an exhibit by Um- GALLERY | 401.294.6840 | 36 St, Pawtucket | Through Apr 13: STRANGER BY THE LAKE | Thurs: SMAUG | Thurs: 1:15, 4:30, 8 | Fri- 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE 3D | Thurs: 7, 9:30 | Fri-Thurs: 11, 11:30, 1:40, 2:10, Mar 29: “Land Studies,” new work berto Crenca Beach St, North Kingstown | Macbeth, by William Shakespeare 4:05, 8:50 Thurs: 12:15, 5:35, 8:40 4:05, 6:30, 9 | Fri-Thurs: 11:50, 2:15, 4:45, 4:20, 4:50, 7, 7:30, 9:45, 10:15 WHAT IS INVOLVED by May Babcock | “Exploring Lions,” MAD DOG GALLERY | 401.722.7800 | wickfordart.org | Tues-Sat 11 am- | This week: Mar 20 + 25-27 7 pm + HER | Thurs: 1:30, 6:20 THE NUT JOB | Thurs: 5:35, 7:20, 9:20 | 7:10, 9:45 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:10 NEED FOR SPEED 3D | 6:55, 9:50 new work by Jen Booth 65 Blackstone Ave, Pawtucket | 3 pm; Sun 12-3 pm | Through Mar Mar 21 + 22 8 pm + Mar 23 2 + 7 pm | OMAR | Starts Fri: 1:30, 6:20 Fri-Thurs: 12:50, 2:45, 4:45, 6:35, 8:215 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE | 12:20, 2:45, NEED FOR SPEED | 1:05, 4:15, 7:25, BANKRI GALLERY | 401.456.5015 maddogartiststudios.com | Mon-Wed 30: “Members Show” $38 + $48 AMERICAN HUSTLE | Starts Fri: 3:30, JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT | 5:15, 7:40, 10:15 10:20 * Complete three sessions x 1330 | 137 Pitman St, Providence | + Fri-Sat 12-4 pm; Thurs 12-8:30 pm WOODS-GERRY HOUSE | GRANITE THEATRE | 401.596.2341 8:20 Thurs: 12:20, 2:35, 4:50, 7:05, 9:20 | NON-STOP | Thurs: 1:10, 4:30, 7:50, TYLER PERRY’S THE SINGLE MOMS bankri.com | Mon-Fri 9 am-7 pm; Sat | Through Apr 11: “Human Nature,” 401.454.6141 | 62 Prospect St, Provi- | granitetheatre.com | 1 Granite St, Fri-Thurs: 3:20, 8:45 10:20 | Fri-Thurs: 1:25, 4:20, 7:20, 9:55 CLUB | Thurs: 1:10, 4, 7:40, 10:20 | Fri- in 3 weeks 9 am-3 pm; Sun 12-4 pm | Through a juried sculptural exhibit featuring dence | risd.edu/About/Galleries_ Westerly | Through Mar 30: Same CABLE CAR CINEMA NEBRASKA | Thurs: 1:50, 4:15, 6:40, | Fri-Sat late show: 12:25 Thurs: 7:10, 9:55 Apr 2: clay paintings by Kate interpretations of the human form Exhibitions/Woods_Gerry | Mon- Time, Next Year, by Bernard Slade | 204 South Main St, Providence | 9:05 | Fri-Thurs: 12 SON OF GOD | Thurs: 11:55, 3:10, 6:20, MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN 3D | 11:20, Champa and spirit Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun 2-5 pm | Mar Thurs-Sat 8 pm + Sun 2 pm | $20, $17 401.272.3970 DALLAS BUYERS CLUB | 2:20, 4:40, 9:25 | Fri-Thurs: 12:10, 3:35, 6:55, 10:10 1:50, 4:30 * Each Session lasts about 1 hour — 1 Turks Head Pl, Providence | Mon- PAWTUCKET ARTS COLLABORA- 21-Apr 8: “RISD Senior Exhibition: seniors, $12 under 13 LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON | Thurs: 4:30, 7, 9:25 ROBOCOP | Thurs: 9:35 MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN | 11:50, Wed 8:30 am-3 pm; Thurs-Fri 8:30 TIVE AT THE MILL GALLERY | Painting” LAKESIDE PARK THEATRE | 7, 9:30 THE LEGO MOVIE | 11:30, 1:55, 4:25, 2:20, 5, 7:20, 9:40 The Best in Independent Cinema If interested contact Rebecca am-5 pm | Through Apr 2: prints by 560 Mineral Spring Ave | pawtucket YELLOW PERIL GALLERY | 401.762.4545 | stadiumtheatre.com NYMPHOMANIAC: VOL I | Starts Fri: ENTERTAINMENT 6:50, 9:20 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE | 12:10, 2:35, (401) 863-6614 Jessica Nalbandian artscollaborative.org | Through Mar 401.861.1535 | 60 Valley St #5, Provi- | At the Stadium Theatre, 28 Monu- 4:30, 7 | Sat: 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 11 | Sun: CINEMAS GRAVITY 3D | Thurs: 11:05, 1:20, 3:45, 3:05, 5:10, 7:35, 10:05 BANNISTER GALLERY AT RHODE 28: “2014 RISCA Fellowship Exhibi- dence | yellowperilmedia.com/gallery | ment Sq, Woonsocket | Mar 26 7:30 7, 9:30 | Mon-Thurs: 4:30, 7, 9:30 30 Village Square Dr, South 6:10 | Fri-Thurs: 1:20, 3:50, 6:25, 9:05 | NON-STOP | Thurs: 11:35, 1:20, 2:10, E-mail: [email protected] ISLAND COLLEGE | 401.456.9765 | tion,” with works by visual artists Wed-Fri 3-8 pm; other days by pm: The Diary of Anne Frank | $19 FOUND FOOTAGE FESTIVAL: VOL. 7 Kingstown | 401.792.8008 Fri-Sat late show: 11:30 4:15, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25 | Fri-Thurs: 600 Mount Pleasant Ave, Providence Bob Dilworth, Ernest Jolicoeur, appointment | Through Apr 20: NEWPORT MURDER MYSTERY | | Fri: 9:45 SON OF GOD | Thurs: 3:40, 6:30, 9:20 RIDE ALONG | 7:25, 10:25 11:45, 2:25, 5:05, 7:40, 10:25 | ric.edu/bannister | Tues-Fri 12-8 pm Kirstin Lamb, Judith Larzelere, “Retropical,” an exhibition of pho- 401.848.8200 | newportartmuseum. THE PROPER BINGE: AN AFTERNOON MUPPETS MOST WANTED | Starts Fri: FROZEN | Thurs: 11:20, 2, 4:20, 6:55 | SON OF GOD | Thurs: 12:30, 3:30, 6:30, | Through Mar 22: “Parallels: Inves- Jon Laustsen, Olivia McCullough, tography, video, drawing, and org | At the Newport Art Museum, WITH JULIA CHILD, PART DEUX | 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30 Fri-Thurs: 12, 2:30, 4:50 10:10 | Fri-Thurs: 12:30, 9:30 tigations of Geometry and Gesture,” Quintin Rivera Toro, Eleanor Sabin, installation by Anabel Vázquez 76 Bellevue Ave | Through Apr 26: Sun: 2 DIVERGENT | Thurs: 8 | Fri-Thurs: THE LEGO MOVIE | Thurs: 11, 2:05, works by Juan Jose Barboza-Gubo, Jonathan Sharlin, Steven B. Smith, Rodríguez Something Wicked This Way Comes | Sat 7 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:30 SHOWCASE CINEMAS 4:40 | Fri-Thurs: 3:50, 6:30 CINEMA WORLD NEED FOR SPEED 3D | 4:25, 9:35 SEEKONK ROUTE 6 FROZEN | 11:15, 1:55, 4:25 Book Your James Cambronne, Wilson Harding and J.R. Uretsky; video and music pm | $25, $20 seniors, $15 students + Lawrence, Nona Hershey, Laurel stations in the gallery with works MUSEUMS 17 and under 622 George Washington Hwy, NEED FOR SPEED | 1:30, 7 Seekonk Square, Seekonk, MA | Events at Chan’s! Sparks, and Roger Tibbetts by choreographers Ali Kenner-Brod- 95 EMPIRE BLACK BOX | 95 Empire Lincoln | 401.333.8676 MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN | Thurs: 508.336.6789 SHOWCASE CINEMAS eat chinese tonight! CADE TOMPKINS PROJECTS | sky and Danielle Genest, composers St, Providence | Mar 20-23: The Blue These listings are for Thurs Mar 20- 12:20, 2:25, 4:30, 6:30, 8:30 | Fri-Thurs: 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE 3D | Thurs: NORTH ATTLEBORO 401.751.4888 | 198 Hope St, Provi- Paul Phillips and Kirsten Volness, NEWPORT ART MUSEUM | Collar Clown | The piece “tracks Eliza- Sun Mar 23 only. Call for updates or 12:50, 3:50, 6:30, 9 12:50, 4:40, 7:05 640 South Washington St, North Found Footage Fri. 3/21 • 8pm $15 dence | cadetompkins.com | Sat filmmakers Xander Marro and Wil- 401.848.8200 | 76 Bellevue Ave | beth Anne Keiser’s artistic journey go to cinemaworldonline.com. 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE 3D | 4:15, 9:40 DIVERGENT | Thurs: 8, 8:30 | Fri-Thurs: Attleboro, MA | 508.643.3900 Film Festival 10 am-6 pm + by appointment | liam Smyth, and New Genres artists newportartmuseum.org | Tues-Sat 11 from doing film and theater in New ABOUT LAST NIGHT | Thurs: 3:20, 8 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE | 1:10, 7:15 12:25, 12:55, 1:25, 3:30, 4, 4:30, 6:35, 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE 3D | Thurs: The Proper Binge: Professor Louie & ENDLESS LOVE | Thurs: 1:50, 7:25 12 YEARS A SLAVE | Thurs: 12:30, 3:30 7:05, 7:35 | Fri-Sat late show: 9:40, 10:10 1, 4, 7:10 nymph()maniac Through Mar 29: “Selfies & Friends: Megan and Murray McMillan am-4 pm; Sun 12-4 pm | Admission York to endeavoring to reach the volume 1 ONE NIGHT ONLY An Afternoon with The Crowmatix Contemporary Portraiture,” with PROVIDENCE ART CLUB | $10 adults; $8 seniors; $6 students minds and souls of inner city youth POMPEII | Thurs: 10, 1:05, 5:35 | Fri-Thurs: 12:30, 4:10, 7:25 MUPPETS MOST WANTED | Thurs: 7, DIVERGENT | Thurs: 8, 8:30 | Fri- 401.331.1114 11 Thomas St ROBOCOP | Thurs: 4:40, 9:55 NON-STOP | Thurs: 1:35, 4:10 | Fri- 8:30 | Fri-Thurs: 12:45, 4:35, 7:10 | Fri- Thurs: 12:40, 1:10, 3:50, 4:20, 7, 7:30 | Julia Child Enjoy a night of rompin stompin’ roots rock, sweet works by Eckhard Etzold, Julie Gear- | | and military personnel with ID; in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, 3/21 ... 4:30, 7 (Part Deux) providenceartclub.org DIVERGENT | Thurs: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Fri- Thurs: 4, 9:20 Sat late show: 9:45 Fri-Sat late show: 10, 10:40 3/22 ... 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 11 MARCH 21ST an, Aaron Gilbert, Buck Hastings, | Mon-Fri free for children 5 and under | and Rhode Island using comedy Sunday March 23 ballads and roadhouse blues. 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PROVIDENCE RI 02903 | | and David Witbeckn | “A Road George Warren, jewelry by Ruth Sat 8 pm + Sun 3 pm | $TBA dence | chazangallery.org | Tues-Sat Less Traveled,” drawings by Susan Brandt and Tamar Kern, baskets OCEAN STATE THEATRE COMPA- 9:30 | Fri-Sun: 10:15, 11, 11:30, 12:15, 1, 105 Chase Ln, Middletown | CLUB | 7:25 | Fri-Sat late show: 10:05 show: 10:20 CABLECARCINEMA.COM 401.272.3970 11 am-4 pm; Sun 2-4 pm | Through Hardy and photographs by Carole by Helen Lee, rugs by Ron Caplain, NY | 401.921.6800 | oceanstate 1:45, 2:45, 3:30, 4:15, 5:15, 6:05, 7, 7:45, 401.847.3456 MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN | 12:15, NEED FOR SPEED | 1:20, 4:20, 7:25 Fat City Band Mar 27: “We Don’t Make Mistakes,” P. Kenny and stone carving by Brooke Roberts theatre.org | 1245 Jefferson Blvd, 9:40 | Fri-Sat late show: 10:15 POMPEII | Thurs: 1:15, 3:35, 7:20, 9:40 2:35, 4:55, 7:15 | Fri-Sat late show: 9:35 TYLER PERRY’S THE SINGLE MOMS Always fun, always entertaining and always with works by Sam Duket, Bradley PROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY | and Nick Benson | Through May 4: Warwick | Mar 26-Apr 13: The Diary of NEED FOR SPEED 3D | Thurs: 10:45, MUPPETS MOST WANTED | Starts Fri: 300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE | Thurs: CLUB | Thurs: 1:40, 4:25, 7:15 | Fri- Fesmire, Shawn Gilheeney, Buck 401.455.8000 | 150 Empire St | provlib. “Delicate Armour,” works on paper Anne Frank | This week: Mar 26 7:30 1:30, 4:15, 7:15 | Fri-Sun: 11:20, 4:55 11:45, 2:10, 4:30, 6:55, 9:20 12:20, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35 | Fri-Thurs: 1, Thurs: 6:45 | Fri-Sat late show: 9:25 a chance to get your dance on! org NEED FOR SPEED | Thurs: 10:30, 1:15, DIVERGENT | Thurs: 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | Fri- 4:25, 6:55 | Fri-Sat late show: 10 MR. 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