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8 thE hEart of thE city _By philip Eil Haven Brothers: Legacy of the American Diner, directed by Jeff Toste, tells the tale of Providence’s iconic food truck.

10 diNiNg _By Bill rodrigUEz You’ll shout “Ole!” after a meal at toro rEstaUraNt.

12 homEgrowN prodUct _By chris coN ti Sizzling sounds: local music abounds in the havEN BrothErs film.

13 thEatEr _By Bill rodrigUEz Hard truths: Trinity Rep’s stunning a liE of thE miNd.

14 art _By grE g cook History lesson: works by NaNcy ElizaBEth prophEt; plus, “NoNspacE” at GRIN.

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Your superior correspondents Rip, Dennis McCaRthy ago, but returned to Rhode Island provided by the Budare Grille. The traffic in the capital city. It looks falways find it difficult to Early Monday evening, word be- in early 2011. featured event of the evening will to Phillipe & Jorge that, if Gina keep up with potential and actual gan to spread in the Rhode Island At the time of this writing, be “engaging presentations of doesn't win election as governor, criminal activities at Halitosis music community that the be- there is no information on fu- literature by Renee Hobbs, Deloris she should definitely get together Hall, particularly when the legis- loved singer Dennis McCarthy had neral arrangements. Our hearts Grant, Scott Palmieri, some excel- with the crew who conceived and lature is in session. But we do our passed away. This was not only and prayers go out to his family lent CF Students” (and, of course, shot these ads to make an enter- best. The dominant story these unbelievably sad, but shocking, — especially his son, Jefferson. Alec Baldwin). Get tickets at taining sitcom. days is, of course, the who/what/ since in recent months Dennis Dennis gave us years of solid mu- baldwinforbooks.ticketbud.com; Meanwhile Allan Fung, where/when/why of the 38 Stu- had been looking and sounding sic and entertainment and his all proceeds will go to the library. the Cranston mayor also vy- dios meltdown. Suffice to say, if better than ever. From regular impact and presence will be felt ing for the governorship, has Biggest Little taxpayers are going gigs at Nick-a-Nee’s in Providence for decades to come. seleCteD tv vieWing released a zany ad that doesn’t to pay through the nose — and, to the Met in Pawtucket to the As you already know, the politi- actually say anything about Al- one way or the other, we will Ocean Mist in Matunuck to Chan’s aleC BalDWin in cal season never ends here in the lan Fung but has plenty to say — we’ll want to see somebody in Woonsocket to dozens of other Olneyville? Biggest Little. But that special about his Republican primary hauled off to the pokey for creat- clubs throughout the area, Dennis This Saturday, June 7, big time time for political advertising has rival, Ken Block, and Block's sup- ing this debacle. seemed to be playing everywhere (and controversial) screen star, now officially arrived. General porters. Yes, the “Blockheads” The latest prime candidates the past few years. Alec Baldwin will be appearing at treasurer and gubernatorial can- ad is currently sweeping the would appear to be former House Dennis was a veteran perform- the Olneyville New York System didate Gina Raimondo has been state with some loose talk and Speakers Bill Murphy and Gordon er, who started in the 1970s with in a heroic eating . . . no, sorry. the first one out of the chute this funny graphics. Your superior Fox and unelected lawyer/tax cred- stellar bands like the Groovemas- That’s wrong. year and her latest ad features a correspondents heard a radio it broker/wheeler dealer/ Prince ters and the Dynamic Johnsons, But Alec Baldwin will indeed be family biking adventure in Provi- interview with one of Fung’s of Darkness, Michael Corso. Last playing the original Met and in Olneyville at Fête for a benefit dence. Yes, they are all wear- operatives who claimed that this week, WJAR Channel 10’s I-Team Lupo’s on a regular basis. His performance/meet-and-greet in ing helmets and her son is also “wasn’t an attack ad.” We guess discovered that Murphy, Fox, and specialty was soul and blues but support of the Central Falls Public sporting a Superman cape. We it was just a great opportunity Corso initially made contact with he could sing most anything with Library. The evening will start out figure they had to shoot this early for the Fung creative team to bloody-socked video game entre- great conviction and power. He with a performance by the band on a Sunday morning because, show what zany guys they are by preneur, Curt Schilling, in early moved to Miami over a decade Denver Boot and there will be food magically, there appears to be no poking fun at their rival. October of 2009, months before the fundraiser at Schilling’s home MORe BaD neWs where then-Governor Don Carcieri fOR neWspapeRs reportedly first met Schilling and jen sorensen The Halifax Media Group, which became interested in 38 Studios. bought The Worcester Telegram and For Murphy’s part, he claims Gazette three weeks ago, let go his only involvement with 38 about 20 of its 80 news staff on Studios was to facilitate their Monday. (Michael Redding, CEO negotiations with the legislature of Halifax, maintains that the in Massachusetts. But now it layoffs “will not impact our news appears that he, along with Fox coverage in any way.”) And, of and Corso, signed non-disclosure course, this happened while the agreements with the company on Other Paper is up for sale in Our October 8, 2009. Little Towne. Meanwhile, on Monday, a So it goes in the daily news- Superior Court jury found former paper business, not just in New state representative Leo Medina England but throughout the guilty of “unlawful appropriation country. As you have read here of funds.” The charges came from many times, the continued loss an allegation that he had stolen of daily newspapers is something $28,000 from a life insurance that we consider a grave threat to policy of a friend’s daughter, who our democratic republic. P&J hold passed away in 2007. He faces a onto hope for a working model potential 20 years in prison for that can deliver daily news as this. Medina served one term as written, researched, and vetted representative for District 12 in by real professionals. Without Providence from 2011 to 2013, and that, we’re in big trouble. happens to be facing a misde- meanor and a felony charge on KuDOs anD COngRats . . . separate matters. . . . to former state representative Frank Montanaro (D-Providence) MiniMuM Wage neWs for avoiding the General Assembly As Vo Dilunduhs undoubtedly Police log by paying the $3869 in know, there’s been a raging bat- fines he owed the State Board of tle in Providence over raising the Elections for quite a few years. (He minimum wage here. It might be lost his seat in the legislature in of interest, then, to note that on 2004). Luckily, Frank has bounced Monday, June 2, Seattle’s nine- back from his troubles as, this member city council unanimous- week, he started his new job as ly approved an increase in the executive director of the office minimum wage to $15 per hour. that runs day-to-day operations at The mayor of Seattle, Ed Mur- the General Assembly, the Joint ray, ran his most recent success- Committee on Legislative Services ful campaign for the office on a (JCLS). The job pays $111,298 a pledge to increase the minimum year. One door closes (very slowly) wage to $15, so there appears to and another one opens. be no obstacle to this becoming Isn’t life at Halitosis Hall real policy. grand? ^ 6 JUNE 6, 2014 | thE providENcE phoENix | providENc E.thEphoENix.com

“I wanted to connect workers’ struggles today to the struggles of workers in the past, and make it clear that the fight continues.” This Just In _iAN cozzENS

Excursions Hidden Heritage at slater mill, a people’s In Burrillville, Peepshow history of pawtucket

“I think that everything we purchase and accouterments: the cotton gin, the Popeye and electric shocks fhas a history of exploitation behind looms, the high-speed braiding machine, Few Rhode Islanders “But if you look at the pic- it, whether it be the time the laborer gives the oil portrait of Samuel Slater hanging fseem to know it, but ture on top, the soldiers up of their life . . . the unsafe conditions on the wall. But they’ll also find panels ex- the World’s Oldest Penny are actually still in World they work in and the low pay, or the peo- plaining what happened during a tumultu- Arcade is located in the War I-era uniforms.” ple who were colonized in order to steal ous week in May of 1824. “On Monday last northwest corner of the Bateman gets excited the resources necessary to make whatever there was a meeting of the manufacturers, state. That’s the claim when asked about how ‘goods.’ What we buy is dripping with which was generally attended, and an made by Spring Lake Ar- scoring in pinball has blood and we are trained not to notice un- agreement made to run the mills about an cade, which opened in changed over the decades, less we are the laborers themselves.” hour longer, and to reduce the wages of 1931 and features a num- or the little machine from This is Chelsea Carl — a 23-year-old art- those who worked by the piece, after the ber of machines that pre- the 1940s that intention- ist, teacher, and RISD Film/Animation/ 1st of June, about 20 percent,” reads one date its opening. Located ally delivers an electric Video grad — talking about her large, contemporaneous newspaper account. just outside of Glendale (a shock. (The jolt “Increases black-and-white digital illustration en- “On Wednesday evening a tumultuous village so small that the Your Circulation” and titled “it’s illegal to commit suicide” in crowd filled the street,” it continues, “led US Census doesn’t recog- “Purifies Your Blood,” the new show at the Slater Mill Historic by the most unprincipled and disorderly nize it) the arcade faces it promises.) The oldest Site in Pawtucket. “suicide” is a dystopian part of the village, and made an exces- Spring Lake, a freshwater game of all is Rose Bowl, maelstrom featuring surveillance cam- sive noise — they visited successively the beach owned by the Town which looks downright eras, shopping malls, radioactive products houses of the manufacturers, shouting, of Burrillville. In Rhode primitive today. Faceless sliding down conveyor belts, barbed wire exclaiming and using every imaginable Island driving terms, it’s football players in hel- fences, and assembly line workers maimed term of abuse and insult.” about 10 minutes past mets and knit sweaters and handcuffed by clocks — all of it circling In all, 102 women walked off the job Wright’s Farm. move their delicate legs text that reads, in part, “BEING SUBJECT that week, protesting decreased wages The parking lot is divid- in unison, looking more TO THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, and increased hours. After a week of such ed into separate areas for like dancers than football FOUNDED ON OUR ENSLAVEMENT, WE protests — “screaming & shouting thro the locals and non-residents, players. The whole thing THE PEOPLE DEMAND AN END TO THE IM- streets,” as one diary entry on display de- but on Memorial Day the looks a little like a child’s PERIAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AND ITS ALLI- scribes — prior conditions were restored. dozen or so cars in the out- papier-mâché project, ANCES AND GLOBAL CAPITALIST REGIME!” Yes, the Mill may be the world-re- siders’ lot all had Rhode but the game has been at It’s a surprising piece to be exhibited nowned “Birthplace of the Industrial Revo- Island plates. Visitors Spring Lake since before inside a factory-turned-museum where lution,” but it’s also the birthplace of the included a few groups of the arcade was even built. a plaque announcing “THE BIRTHPLACE labor movement, DeFrancesco says. “A few middle school-aged kids, a A Cumberland native, OF THE COTTON MANUFACTURING IN- decades later, after the building of the first dad playing a racecar game Bateman started collect- DUSTRY IN AMERICA HERE IN 1793” hangs factory, you get the first massive strike.” with a Baby Bjorn strapped AMUSEMENTS at Spring Lake. ing coin-operated ma- near the front door and the chipper line In addition to Chelsea Carl’s print, to his chest, and a handful chines in the mid-1970s, “Where Innovation Starts” plays promi- there are paintings (by Christine Ashley of people from Providence acquiring some original nently on its logo. But, well, the “The and Kristina Brown) paying homage to the who made the trek up to see a beloved place from items from Spring Lake along the way. He Mother of All Strikes: The 1824 Textile strike’s participants, and a series of aprons their childhoods. There was even an elderly bought the arcade in 1989 and now balances Worker Turnout,” is a surprising show. overlaid with a pattern of 102 threads (Pris- woman who met her husband nearly 50 years penny and nickel games with the fifty-cent The concept comes from Joey DeFran- cilla Carrion). Of his installation of large, ago on the old Arcade’s porch. games that allow the business to stay in opera- cesco, a local musician, artist, and orga- bright pink letters spelling “A-U-T-O-N-O- Though the business dates back to the tion. With Spring Lake open from Memorial nizer perhaps best known for his star turn M-I-A,” hanging from the room’s ceiling, Great Depression, the original arcade build- Day to Labor Day, he keeps busy the rest of the in the 2011 viral video, “Joey Quits.” That local artist Ian Cozzens says, “I wanted to ing was razed in the 1990s to make room for a year by leasing contemporary games to other video, in which he hands his Renaissance connect workers’ struggles today to the sturdier, more waterproof structure. Today’s area arcades and consulting on a variety of Providence Hotel boss resignation papers struggles of workers in the past, and make single-story building is split roughly in half, other entertainment businesses. as the What Cheer? Brigade blasts a cel- it clear that the fight continues — right with around 50 antique games occupying one Since the arcade is on a beach in one of ebratory tune on horns and drums, has now, with the struggles of fast-food work- side and the larger, more modern games on the Rhode Island’s most remote areas, its busi- been viewed more than four million times ers across the US and here in Rhode Island other. (There’s a bit of crossover. Area 51, an ness is almost completely weather-dependent. on YouTube. But by the time the video for a $15-an-hour minimum wage, among Atari game from 1995, rests with the antiques, Memorial Day is chilly and overcast, but that was edited and uploaded, Joey already had many other battles.” while the newer section boasts Peepshow Pop- doesn’t stop a few dozen diehards from show- a new job — one he still holds — working DeFrancesco, who describes his politics eye, an example of something called a Muto- ing up. Even with relatively little foot traffic, as a tour guide at Slater Mill. He has since as “pretty far left,” says that the show‘s scope, which is sort of like a flipbook you crank the arcade floor gets sandy quickly; about half added “Program Creator” to his title. bottom-up historical approach isn’t neces- by hand and watch through a tiny window.) the game players are barefoot. Visitors to the Mill for “Mother of All sarily a partisan statement. It’s simply “On a slow day like this, people come here A century ago, before arcade games existed, Strikes” find the museum’s usual artifacts thorough and accurate history. for the antique games they remember when the site was the center of a popular beach re- “Whatever your they were kids,” says John Bateman, the ar- sort with a hotel. On the arcade wall, an 1894 ideology is, it is factu- cade proprietor. “But on a hot weekend day, advertisement mentions a dance-hall, merry- Cozzens’s ally inaccurate to push it’s all kids playing the ticket games. They all go-round, and shooting gallery, as well as fish- “A-U-T-O-N-O-M-I-A” this perspective that want to win tickets.” ing rods for the men, pond lilies for the ladies, these factories came Ticket games keep the business afloat, but and “a good barber for those who need tonso- here and everyone said, Bateman waited until 2006 to install them. rial treatment.” There was also a bar, popular ‘Oh, yay! We have jobs They’re just not as charming as the antiques, among Italian immigrants who rowed their now. Isn’t this great?’ ” which include Ski Jump, a deceptively simple way over for a drink after finishing shifts at the he says. “That just did but maddening game requiring navigating a granite quarry across the pond. Those are all not happen.” marble down a slope. There’s also Sky Fighter, gone now, as are the original buildings, which “The Mother of All a missile shooting game from 1939 featuring were replaced in the 1990s when the town took Strikes” runs at Slater a screen backlit with two incandescent bulbs; the beach over from its prior owners. Mill (67 Roosevelt Ave, the white one lights up when you insert your Spring Lake Arcade is located at 52 Old Hillside Dr Pawtucket) until July 31. nickel, and the red one lights up when you hit in Glendale. It is currently open on weekends, and opens For more info, including your target. “It came out right as World War seven days a week from June 14 through Labor Day. For listing up exhibition-related II was breaking out,” says Bateman, who is more info, go to springlakearcade.com. events, go to slatermill.org. happy to talk about the history of every game. _Matthew Lawrence _Philip Eil ael Guy ael by mic H by n esi G O an D t Faulkner • PHO • Faulkner ritt “A mesmerizing, b emotionally & Grills benjamin raw play...” —Variety

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Grefe is one of more than 100 interview- ees in the film. Aside from Paolino, there are other ex-politicos. Buddy Cianci recalls late nights working on budgets at City Hall when he would sneak out for beans and burgers. “Haven Brothers is kind of like the original squatter,” he says. “Don’t know how the hell they got permission to be where they are, but no one’s gonna move ’em!” Former Congressman Eddie Beard (US Rep from RI’s 2nd District from 1975-1981), meanwhile, says a trip to the diner was an effective gauge of public opinion. “If you were worth your weight in salt, politically, you’d better make sure you got in there,” he says. “If things were not going good, people let me know.” But Toste — a commercial filmmaker who spent three years working on Haven Brothers, his debut feature — says he active- ly steered away from making a film with too many lengthy interviews. “I wanted to tell a story that was more about a collec- affrey

c tion of voices speaking together to make a c point,” he says. And so we hear from great grandchildren of Anne Haven, a professor of nutrition at URI, Tony Lepore (aka the

richard M “Dancing Cop”), restaurateurs, a visit- THE LEGEND the diner, ready for action. ing BBC television host, college students, archivists, diner enthusiasts, a former doorman at the State House, a homeless Haven Brothers Diner will be parked Providence,” but there was a rationale, diner’s current owner, Sal Giusti, says in poet, and a Providence Police officer who foutside the Columbus Theatre on he says. “Haven Brothers was attracting the film. “You know how politics is.” says, “If I were to ever be killed in the line Saturday, June 7 when Jeff Toste’s docu- a large amount of motorcycle groups and Today, the iconic red script on the din- of duty, I’d want the Haven Brothers truck mentary, Haven Brothers: Legacy of the American gangs into that area,” he says, “and I er’s shining metal exterior still reads, “A at the graveside.” Diner, premieres inside. thought it was disruptive and . . . a great PROVIDENCE TRADITION — SINCE 1888.” At one point, a wheelchair-bound This is a great idea. deal of noise pollution.” The ensuing Vietnam veteran recalls returning from the Not only does the truck — which, brouhaha, stoked in part by talk radio living history war to the Providence train station at 3:30 at various times in the film is called a hosts and what Paolino describes as “lib- Haven Brothers is not America’s first food am and heading straight to his beloved “fixture,” a “landmaahk,” and “A shin- eral reporters” is proof, the former mayor truck. That distinction, as a recent New diner. In another moment, Providence Journal ing food oasis in a desert of night” — says, of how political opponents will use York Times Magazine article points out, goes reporter Karen Lee Ziner sings an old Haven richly deserve the food truck equivalent “the smallest, dumbest thing” as a weap- to another street vendor from our capital Brothers tune from a bygone Providence of a stroll down the red carpet. But the on against you. city. “In 1872, a vendor named Walter Newspaper Guild Follies routine: “I’m a arrangement makes perfect business In the end, the diner got the Rhode Scott cut windows into a small covered Haven Brothers hot dog. I’m a gastronomic sense. The 75-minute film has an uncanny Island version of a “happily ever after” wagon and parked it in front of a local treat. Smothered in tons of . . . condiments, way of eliciting cravings for chili fries; ending. Paolino invited Haven Brothers newspaper office in Providence, R.I.,” you can smell me from 30,000 feet.” At hot dogs slathered in onions, relish, and back to its parking spot, and proceeded to the May 2 article “Who Made That Food another point, a former Providence Civic mustard; and Haven Brothers’ world- throw a 100th-anniversary “Champagne Truck?” begins. “Sitting on a box inside, Center (now the Dunkin’ Donuts Center) famous “Triple Murder Burger,” a greasy and Hot Dogs” gala in its honor. Never he sold sandwiches with pies and cof- security guard remembers how the Beach tower of ground beef, melted cheese, mind that the year was 1988 and the diner fee to journalists and pressmen working Boys were “too drunk to get out of the fried egg, bacon, onions, mushrooms, was founded in 1893. “They figured . . . it late.” “You can trace this whole industry limo, so they had the driver come and get and condiments wedged between two was close enough,” Ivan Giusti, son of the to him,” Johnson & Wales Culinary Arts the food for ’em.” halves of a bun. Once the film Museum director Richard Gut- What emerges is a memorable — and ends, there will be a feeding man told the magazine. mouthwatering — portrait of a business frenzy for the ages. But Haven Brothers was a pio- that seems as much a feature Rhode Island’s But the sight of Rhode neer in other ways. Despite its natural landscape as Conanicut Point or the Island’s favorite late-night chow masculine name, it was actually bluffs on Block Island. There are shots of spot positioned under a theater founded by an Irish immigrant the “NO PARKING AFTER 5 PM — HAVEN marquee on Broadway will also and mother of six, Anne Haven, BROS. DINER — TOW ZONE” sign that be a little weird — a bit like, say, with the insurance money left now sits on the diner’s allotted space at if the Big Blue Bug were to flut- when her husband died. At the City Hall. Patrons recall having gone to the ter its wings, go airborne, and time, single women weren’t diner for 20, 30, 40, even 50 years. To one come to rest on the other side of allowed legal custody of their of them, the diner is a the reminder of the I-95. One of the key moments in own kids, let alone the chance to crazy aunt who drove there before flying Toste’s film occurs in the mid- run their own businesses. That to California to pack an Igloo cooler full of 1980s, when then-Providence is, unless they were widows. Haven Brothers wieners, then take them on mayor Joseph Paolino, Jr. booted And so, in 1893, an institu- the plane so she could proudly hand them the diner from of its timeworn tion was born, serving hot meals out to her West Coast friends, upon arrival. spot on Fulton Street next to at odd hours to, among other To another, it’s a reminder of the night she City Hall. Petitions, protests, customers, workers coming and was enjoying a meal on the steps of City and angry letters to The Providence going from the city’s more than Hall, only to see a man on the steps nearby Journal followed. 1500 factories. Booming cit- “jerkin’ his gherkin.” Paolino, interviewed decades ies have big appetites. In Haven One of the film’s themes is authen- later for the film, is both con- Brothers, Rhode Island Historical ticity — “I don’t think anything could trite and defiant when discuss- Society executive director C. be more symbolic of that than Haven ing this. He acknowledges that Morgan Grefe calls the diner Brothers,” AS220 artistic director Bert evicting the diner was “prob- a symbol of “in many ways, Crenca says — and Toste doesn’t shy away ably one of the dumbest things “SUFFERING FOR MY ART” toste. [the] best economic moment in from what he calls the “dark side” of I ever did when I was mayor of our history.” that authenticity. There’s iPhone footage providENcE.thEphoENix.com | thE providENcE phoENix | JUNE 6, 2014 9

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OUR RATING $ = $15 or less  outstanding XXXX $$ = $16-$22 excellent XXX $$$ = $23-$30 Good XX $$$$ = $31 and up Food average X Based on average Poor Z entrée price Toro resTauranT and the crowd shouts “ole!”

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I don’t know about fyou, but $5 appetizers all day Thursdays — not just at appie hour — can  make me a regular. And it’s that same price for the classic Margarita at Toro Restaurant, to keep things happy. The space  was formerly occupied by Blush Wine Bar, and the glow remains. As befits a place with the self-confidence or blithe audacity to open on Atwells Avenue, Provi- dence’s restaurant row,  you can’t pass by with- EYE-CATCHING toro’s colorful interior.  out your attention being  yanked to Toro’s unusu-  ally colorful interior. The blocky wooden In addition to the starters, every week- chairs are cheerfully painted in kinder- day the lunch specials are quite ample for garten colors: warm yellows and hot reds, $8.50. There are 10 choices, from as simple Award Winning with a wall-length mural full of saguaro as tostadas, tacos, and taco salad, to as spe- cactuses and mountains against an orange cial as the tomatillo pork. One of my lunch sky. Just looking around makes you need companions had the latter, and the plenti- Pizza * Calzones * Burgers a beer. And nothing against sports bars or ful chunks of meat were tender and deli- ESPN, but it’s refreshing to see only two cious. All specials are served with refried big flat-screens, tuned to CNN at that. beans (topped with melted cheese, as it Call me cheap, greedy, or just hungry, should always be) and jalapeño-packed rice. Wings * Nachos * Salads but I appreciate the hospitality of chips I was at Toro because one of my foodie and salsa being set down unasked for, and friends at the table had been so impressed uncharged for, at a Mexican restaurant. with the shredded beef enchilada, in My mango margarita was a cooling com- both size and taste, that he insisted I plement while I munched and perused the go. But today we enjoyed and I sampled Thursday menu, though you should ask for yours other dishes on that lunch specials list: without ice if you want to sip longer with- a cheese-filled poblano chile relleno as out it diluting. Our server was owner Efrel delicious as any I’ve had; and shredded  Lopez, and he’s eager to help. chicken quesadillas that contained plenty Let me give a thorough rundown of of white meat, though it could have used those eight appetizers, since on Thursdays more sauce on top. you can assemble a delightful little tapas Family-friendly restaurants like Friday meal quite inexpensively from them ex- Toro have to have a kids menu. Here clusively. The regular prices range from the items “Para Los Ninos” include a taco $6.25 for the pickled jalapeno cheese dip and burrito, as well as chicken fingers  and the shrimp cocktail, to $10.50 for a and a cheeseburger. three-cheese and olives sampler. There are From among the five desserts ($4.75), also chicken wings, fried baby shrimp, which include churros and sopapillas, nachos, and taquitos. we enjoyed a flan that was creamy with Saturday I can highly recommend those last little condensed milk and a tres leches cake that treats, six half-tortilla-wraps stuffed with was even more rich and sweet. When you marinated and shredded beef, red sauce- go, to end your meal ask if they have Gua-  topped and accompanied by generous temalan coffee, which is extra bold from amounts of sour cream, guacamole, and the delicious silt that will be left in the a slightly sweet slaw called escabeche. If cup, like Turkish coffee. It’s sent up by the you like ceviche, the coctel de camarones, mother of Erica Lopez, the heart and soul though called a shrimp cocktail, looks more of the kitchen. Sunday like the former, in pieces rather than whole You’ll eat heartily at Toro. Any day of shrimp. Since they’re not marinated in lime the week. ^ juice, you might want to ask for more than  the wedge with which it’s served. xxxx %%%% They have black bean, tortilla, and even chicken noodle soups, but no way I  wasn’t going to have the pozole ($4.25), TORO ResTAURANT a favorite of mine; not every Mexican 401.455.2328 | tororestaurant.net restaurant serves it. The Toro version is 332 atwells ave, Providence sun-wed, 11:30 am-midniGht; thurs-sat, bowl-size at a cup price, but I would have 11:30 am-1 am Free Pool - Darts - NTN Trivia preferred it smaller and thicker, both with ingredients and the fairly flavorful broth major credit cards itself. Yet there was plenty of pork, plus Full bar  shredded cabbage and cilantro on the side sidewalk-level accessible to add — lots to love. providence.thephoenix.com | the providence phoenix | JUne 6, 2014 1 1 feditors’ picks get ready for terror con! _compiled by lou papineau

thursday 5 thephoenix.com let’s GO tO the mOvies! A true sign of summer- ness is when the Rustic Tri Vue Drive-In opens its gate and uncorks its neck- craning double features on its trio of mega-screens. A month or so later is the urban equivalent, when mOvies On the BlOck starts projecting its always- engaging, genre-jumping, decade-spanning fare. The 2014 season kicks off with school’s-almost-out crew from The Breakfast Club (don’t you forget about them); on the 12th, Thelma and Louise hit the road. We’re getting our blan- fri + sat | roadhouse: the musical kets ready for Woodstock (hippies!) on July 4th Eve, @ the Wilbury Reality Bites (“My Sharona” group dance!) on July 24, and Moonrise Kingdom mythology of rural legend be a fan. Y’know? To truly (charming local color!) on while grappling with exag- love some silly little piece August 7. Shows are at the gerated moral dilemmas of music, or some band, so corner of Westminster and and neoclassical arche- much that it hurts.” Most PAWSOX Union sts in Providence. types. I don’t feel guilty of the people headed to the Check the whole season @ for liking any of that. Rhode Island Convention goprovidence.com/blog/ Road House also includes Center for the oddly titled TICKET post/2014/11/Movies-on- a monster truck. I don’t terrOr cOn certainly know the-Block-Returns/60/ feel guilty for liking that, what it’s like to feel that either.” It’s safe to assume silly little hurt so good. GIVE-AWAY that Brien Lang agrees The range of mostly-not- friday 6 with every word of that terrrifying (though some synopsis. He has written genuinely unsettling; Come in every Thursday from now until and directed roadhouse: it’s hugely subjective) ce- road wOrk The Musical , described lebrities includes movie June 19th to enter to win tickets to the When talk turns to guilty as “a new tongue-in-cheek stars Linda Blair, Michael (or not-so-guilty-at-all) tribute to everything that Biehn, and John Dugan Pawsox game on June 24th. pleasures, it doesn’t take is, at once, great about (from serial Texas chain- long for Road House, the the famous film in par- saw massacres); Walking 1989 film starring Patrick ticular and action mov- Dead-ers Irone Singleton, Swayze (as Dalton: “Pain ies and American music Lew Temple, and Vincent 540 central ave. rte 152 seekonk, ma 02771 508.761.6854 don’t hurt”), to be talked in general.” The concert/ M. Ward; rockers Stephen about. Here’s a great workshop (“mostly music Pearcy and Richie Scarlett www.boneyardbarbecue.com synopsis by Chuck Klos- with some narrative”) will and “rock goddesses” Lita terman: “This is a movie be presented today and Ford and Cherie Currie; TV I love. But I don’t love it Saturday at 10:30 pm by guys recent (David Guintoli because it’s bad; I love it the Wilbury Theatre Group and Russell Hornsby from because it’s interesting. at 393 Broad St, Provi- Grimm — first East Coast Thanks To all our friends and fans who voTed Outside the genre of sci-fi, dence | $5 | 401.400.7100 | appearance!) and vintage The duck & Bunny as BesT cupcake. you frigin’ rock! I can’t think of any film thewilburygroup.org/ (Butch Patrick, aka Eddie less plausible than Road new-works.html Munster). Oh yeah, and House. Every element of the two Dees — Wallace (E.T.’s story is wholly preposter- mom!) and Snider (still ous: the idea of Swayze saturday 7 Twisted). Plus wrestlers being a nationally famous (Kane, Charles Wright, bouncer (with a degree in Shelly Martinez) and philosophy), the concept Get yOur fan On! world-famous cosplayers of such a superviolent bar At the Editors’ Picks desk, (Lee Anna Vamp, Destiny having such an attractive we’ve embraced a sprawl- Nickelsen) and artists clientele, the likelihood of ing range of fandom — (John Febonio, Roger Kas- a tiny Kansas town having becoming singularly ob- tel) and paranormalists such a sophisticated hospi- sessed with music (the and mediums and props tal, et cetera, et cetera, et Strokes) and movies (Pulp from Jaws and a Dale Earn- cetera. Every single scene Fiction) and books (Nichol- hardt Sr. NASCAR and . . . includes at least one detail son Baker’s The Mezzanine) and we’ve kinda barely that could never happen and TV (do you have an scratched the surface of this in real life. So does that hour or 15 to hear about deep dish geekout. There make Road House bad? No. It Orphan Black?). Our favorite are photo ops, panel discus- makes Road House perfect. line about fandom is in sions, film fests, costume Because Road House exists one of our favorite mov- contests . . . . OKOKOK, in a parallel reality that is ies, Almost Famous, when we’re going! Sessions run more fanciful (and more Sapphire dismisses the today from 10 am-9 pm and watchable) than The Lord of new wave of groupies with on Sunday from 10 am-5 401-270-3300 | visit theduckandbunny.com the Rings. The characters in these words: “They don’t pm | $25 per day, $35 both 312 Wickenden st. Providence, ri 02903 Road House live within the even know what it is to days | terrorcon.net 12 JUNE 6, 2014 | thE providENcE phoENix | providENc E.thEphoENix.com

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boo city: “we’ll be Just Fine” songs In order of appearance chris monti: “haven” Jimmy warren: “beeline” lightning bolt: “assassins” Olneyville Sound System: “pimp machine” george m. cohan: “you’re a grand Old Flag” John Toste: “On you” cannibal ramblers: “last Night I Drank Too much” allysen callery: “honeymoon” Doomsday Student: “Slap That loud mouth” party pigs: “It’s all right” Joe Fletcher and the wrong reasons: “Say The Flying Ditchdiggers: “heart and Soul” la machine “baby chiffon” what you will” Kolour Kult: “run Down [Kodacrome remix]” cF James: “american Dream” cobra-matics: “he was a happy camper” Kanerko: “confessions” atlantic Thrills: “Day at the beach” midnight creeps: “mugshot” The Silks: “living In the world” Shawn waters: “get On home mama” craig howell: “headed To the city” haunt the house: “bright Star” Olneyville Sound System: “Dynamite II” allysen callery: “highway gone” brown bird: “Thunder and lightning” The Silks: “Smokey Eye” The Flying Ditchdiggers: “24 hours” The Silks: “big Talk” cobra-matics: “Tunnel of love” Shawn waters: “why’d you come To my Town” craig howell: “hard Day Slide” craig Kureck: “haven help us” Jimmy warren: “Table Set for Two” The Sugar honey Iced Tea: “Sister, Stay away” craig howell: “Downcity Shuffle” craig howell: “Sleepy lone banjo” Joe Doyle: “I want To go back” Jimmy warren: “Dog Town”

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theater hard truths trinity rep’s stunning a lie of the mind

_By Bill rodriguez

No way we audi- fence members are going to sit back con- tentedly while the self- deluded characters in Sam Shepard’s A Lie of the Mind are the only ones shaken up. With this stunning Trinity Reper- tory Company production (through June 29), director Brian Mertes has been as creative as the playwright. At the outset, on Eu- gene Lee’s wide-open, purposefully cluttered set we see cartons of bot- $1 cheese is back! tled water. In an action not in the script, one Thursday nighTs 12 am - 2 am of the characters packs them into an oversize anToniospizza.com suitcase and throughout 256 Thayer sTreeT . providence ri 02906 the play struggles to lug mark turek around this untapped “HE IS MY HEART” Faulkner and grills. relief. In an even more prominent metaphor, the only door is set in a wall of electric was his mother, Lorraine (Janice Duclos). fans — at first inert, eventually balky, ul- She knows that he will never take his an- timately full-powered, as the unrelenting ger out on her or his brother Frankie, but SMOKERS NEEDED winds of change blast past all resistance. outsiders? — well, she observes, “inevi- Have you received treatment for In the opening, we don’t see the beat- table.” Duclos makes her scarily chirpy, drinking or drugging in the past year? ing that Jake (Benjamin Grills) has given increasingly smug as strangers perish, al- his wife Beth (Britt Faulkner), we just though we can’t help but love her spirit as hear his lamenting on the phone to his a survivor. Daughter Sally (Rebecca Gibel) A 6-month research study is being conducted to compare the effects ever-forgiving brother Frankie (Charlie is the one dragging around the suitcase of smoking cigarettes that vary in nicotine content for 6 weeks. Thurston). Jake is convinced that he killed but never slakes her existential thirst. her this time. But she survived, though Yet Jake is no facile villain. He seems May earn up to $599 in store gift cards. her face is black and blue and her head to feel victimized by his own anger, is clamped rigid in her hospital bed. Her though not to absolve himself; help- If interested call (401) 863-6464 mind is confused and her speech muddled less, rather. The proof is his getting so (“Who fell me here?”), but her brain dam- depressed, immobile, that even his mom- or toll free at 1-877-374-6577 age has given her a childlike simplicity my’s spoon-fed delicious soup can’t move (“I’m above my feet!”). And clarity. To her him. His jealousy, which prompted his comforting brother, Mike (Billy Finn), she violence, is entirely baseless and irratio- declares of Jake: “He is my heart.” nal, so there’s no chance it will stop. As Brown University That last line is a throwaway here, he calmly says to Beth, “Everything in me Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies observed lightly, though in the heart- lies. Tells me a story.” Jake hasn’t given wrenching interpretation at Trinity in up the desire to change, but he knows the 1980s it was so anguished that I can himself too well to think he can. still bring it to mind and feel a chill. This Self-identity and self-delusion merge QUIT FOR HEALTH production has taken a more balanced back and forth for the two central char- approach, with other troubled charac- acters. What are they going to believe — Women: ters sharing our sympathy. Sometimes their hard-fought senses of self or their ly- humor relieves the tension, as when Lor- ing minds? Beth and Jake love each other Want to Quit Smoking in 2014? raine uses a bag of ice cubes to breathe obsessively, she regardless of all reason, into like a paper bag, our only indication he despite truly believing his fantasy that The Quit for Health research study is a 12 –week program with strategies that she is stressed. she is constantly unfaithful to him. to help you quit smoking , such as exercise and the nicotine patch. Beth and Mike’s parents are scary Mertes’s intelligent direction leaves us American archetypes. Mother Meg (Anne rest spots to catch our breath and think • Must be 18-65 and not a regular exerciser • We provide 10 weeks of Scurria) is an ever-beaming, “yes, dear”- about what we just witnessed. Helping • Must be female and generally healthy the nicotine patch and ing adapter to spousal tyranny. Father this is the occasional scene-break music • Must be able to attend 3 times a week compensation up to $593. Baylor (Timothy Crowe), a Montana or song written and powerfully performed rancher, is the sort of bellowing, angry by Phillip Roebuck. “Get me a beer!” patriarch that keeps red A Lie of the Mind concludes Trinity Rep’s CALL (877) 688-4247 to see if you qualify! states crimson. Crowe makes him deeply 50th anniversary season, a fitting cap- unsettling; to say his temper is volcanic stone for a world-class company. If you You can also find us online at www.quitwithbrown.org/ourprojects sounds too passive. love theater and have another 50 years and scroll down to the Quit for Health study for more information Jake’s upbringing was hardly more in you, this remarkable production could benign. His father died when he was a very well echo in your recollection when and link to answer our screening questions online. young boy, so his only manly influence Trinity hits the century mark. ^ 14 JUNE 6, 2014 | thE providENcE phoENix | providENc E.thEphoENix.com

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| crowellsfineart.com | Through June SOCIETY GALLERY | 401.726.1876 | pm | Through July 6: “50 Years,” a 14: “Aqueous, an (Un)Watercolor Slater Memorial Park, Armistice Blvd, juried exhibition Show,” with works by Erica Adams, Pawtucket | rhodeislandwatercolor NEWPORT ART MUSEUM | Milton Brightman, Kim Carlino, society.wildapricot.org | Tues-Sat 10 401.848.8200 | 76 Bellevue Ave | Listings newportartmuseum.org John Fazzino, Nilsa Garcia-Rey, am-4 pm; Sun 1-5 pm | Through | Tues-Sat 11 Roger Kizik, and John Guy Petruzz June 12: “Reflections,” an open jur- am-4 pm; Sun 12-4 pm | Admission DAVID WINTON BELL GALLERY | ied exhibit of watermedia works $10 adults; $8 seniors; $6 students 401 863.2932 | List Art Center, Brown SOUTH COUNTY ART ASSOCIA- and military personnel with ID; Continued from p 17 University, 64 College St, Providence | TION | 401.783.2195 | 2587 Kingstown free for children 5 and under | May House, 276 Angell St, Providence | Free brown.edu/Facilities/David_Winton_ Rd, Kingston | south countyart.org | 31-Sept 14: “Very Simple Charm: | 401.831.1800 | historichamilton.com Bell_Gallery | Mon-Fri 11 am-4 pm; Wed-Sun 10 am-6 pm; Fri 10 am-8 The Early Life and Work of Richard Sat + Sun 1-4 pm | June 7-July 7: pm | Through July 5: “Earthworks: Morris Hunt In Newport” | Through “Going Nowhere: Alumni Artists in 41st Open Juried Clay Annual” Aug 12: “Elizabeth Congdon: Heaven Providence,” with works by Peter STUDIO Z/GALLERY Z BUTCHER and Earth,” an exhibit of paintings ART Glantz, Kevin Hooyman, Xander BLOCK MILL | 401.454.8844 | 25 | Through Sept 1: “Marine Botani- Marro, Jenny Nichols, David Udris, Eagle St, Providence | galleryzprov. cals,” works by Mary Chatowsky and Tatyana Yanishevsky com | Through June 7: “Photographs, Jameson | Through Sept 7: “Magic GALLERIES DEBLOIS GALLERY | 401.847.9977 | Prints, and Multiples,” with seri- Gold, Full Sun,” paintings by 134 Aquidneck Ave, Middletown | de- graphs by Anthony Quinn, works Corinne Colarusso bloisgallery.com | Tues-Sun 12-5 pm | by Marc Chagall, Mihail Chemiakin, RISD MUSEUM | 401.454.6500 | 224 ARTISTS’ COOPERATIVE GALLERY June 7-29: photography by Marc and Salvador Dali, Honoré Daumier, Benefit St, Providence | risdmuseum. OF WESTERLY | 401.596.2221 | 7 Bonnie Jaffe Albrecht Durer, Alan Metnick, org | Tues-Sun 10 am-5 pm [Thurs Canal St, Westerly | westerlyarts.com DEDEE SHATTUCK GALLERY | photographers David Black, Sandor until 9 pm] | Admission $12; $10 | Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm | Through 508.636.4177 | 1 Partners Ln, West- Bodo, Stephan Brigidi, William seniors; $5 college students, $3 ages June 29: “Flowers & Fantasy: Into port, MA | dedeeshattuckgallery.com Daby, Virginia Delgado, David 5-18; free every Sun 10 am-1 pm | the Wind,” paintings and prints by | Tues-Sat 10 am-5 pm; Sun 12-5 pm DeMelim, Linda DiFrenna, John Through June 29: “Andy Warhol’s Sadie Davidson DeVore and photo- | Through June 29: “Paint Pattern Hames, Valerie Kitchin, Aristide Photographs” | Through July 6: “Ar- graphs by Paul M. Murray Print Texture: Exploring the Blurred Maillol, Salvatore Mancini, Angelo lene Shechet: Meissen Recast,” an ARTPROV GALLERY | 401.641.5182 | Lines Between Textile and Paint,” Marinosci, Jr., Dore Page, Phillip exhibition of sculptures | Through 150 Chestnut St, Providence | with works by Daphne Taylor, Pat Palombo, Robert Peabody III, How- Aug 3: “Graphic Design: Now in artprovidence.com | Through July 6: Coomey Thornton, Sophia Narrett, ard Rubenstein, Howard Schulman, Production,” which explores some “Inspired Color,” abstract works by Elin Noble, and Eck Follen and other photographers/artists/ of the most vibrant graphic design Linnea Toney Leeming GALLERY AT CITY HALL | printmakers from the Gallery Z/Stu- work produced since 2000, includ- AS220 | 401.831.9327 | 115 Empire 401.421.7740 | 25 Dorrance St, dio Stable | June 12-July 12: paintings ing magazines, newspapers, books, St, Providence | as220.org | Wed-Fri Providence | Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4 pm by Alaina Mahoney and VF Wolf and posters 1-6 pm; Sat 12-5 pm + by appoint- | Through June 23: “The Colors of URI PROVIDENCE CAMPUS GAL- WARWICK MUSEUM OF ART | ment | June 7-28: “Damaged Dark- Southeast Asia,” a photography ex- LERY | 401.277.5206 | 80 Washington 401.737.0010 | 3259 Post Rd | warwick ness,” new photos by Lisa Maloney | hibit with works by Eva Sutton, Mi- St | uri.edu/prov | Mon-Thurs 9 am-9 museum.org | Tues + Wed + Fri 12-4 “Sometimes Reminded,” new paint- haela Hunayon, Sovann & Toby Pho- pm; Fri + Sat 9 am-4 pm | Through pm, Thurs 4-8 pm, Sat 10 am-2 pm | ings by Patrick Woods | New work by tography, and Ian Travis Barnard June 30: “The State of the Art: URI, Through June 14: “Visual Rhythms,” Hector Lorenzo Sosa | In the Youth GRIN | 60 Valley St #3, Providence RIC, CCRI,” a mixed media exhibit a juried exhibit with works by Rufus Gallery: “Caitlin’s Cabinet of Won- | facebook.com/grinprovidence | highlighting the fine arts educa- Abdullah, Robin Beckwith, Judith ders,” new work from Visuals | In Through June 14: “Nonspace,” guest tion at the three state schools, with Bertozzi, Cate Brown, Brad Caetano, the Resident Gallery: “REACTIONS,” curated by Matthew King, with works works by Nichole Dingee Allinson, Jennifer Cameron, Mary Carlos, photos by Norlan Olivo by Julia Csekö, Matthew King, Joseph Scott Allinson, Nadine Almada, Ben Gary Carlson, Cathy Chin, Diana AS220 PROJECT SPACE | Leroux, Clark McLean Graham, Jessica Anderson, Eric J. Auger, Mary Cap- Cole, Becky David, Cynthia DiDo- 401.831.9327 | 93 Mathewson St, Pinsky, and Nathan Wellman arrelli Bagley, Marjorie Ball, Lindsey nato, Joan Edge, Pat Edwards, Lynn Providence | as220.org | Wed-Fri 1-6 HERA GALLERY | 401.789.1488 | 10 Beal, Joe Belanger, Raymond Bel- Etchingham, Barbara Green, Jason pm; Sat 12-5 pm + by appointment High St, Wakefield | heragallery.org tran, Jeff Bertwell, Nathan Blaney, Hack, Diane Hoffman, Bonnie Jaffe, | June 7-28: “Manda Podere,” an | Wed-Fri 1-5 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm Donald Booth, Taylor Booth, Emily Marc Jaffe, David Kendrick, Tricia installation by Quintin Rivera Toro | | Through June 7: “19 On Paper,” Boucher, Mike Bryce, Kate Burke, Marcaccio, Larisa Martino, Rachel “Temporary Autonomous Moan: My works by Grace Bentley-Scheck, Jill Jennifer Cahoon, Michael Carlin, Marzocchi, Cate McCauley, Marilyn Month In Santa Fe,” recent work by Brody, Sally Caswell, Milisa Galazzi, Tony Carniero, Wendy Crooks, McShane Levine, Paul Murray, Joyce Nick Carter BL Green, Brooke Hammerle, Joan Susan Dansereau, Michael Dates, Neville, Nancy Nielsen, Wendy BANKRI GALLERY | 401.456.5015 Hausrath, Chris Kelley, Paul Murray, Audrey Davidson, David DeMelim, Radin, Patrick Ruff, Louise St. Pierre, x 1330 | 137 Pitman St, Providence | Trish Ellwood O’Day, Howard Ru- John DeMelim Elaine Devonis, Don Swavely, Warren Tassone, Elinor bankri.com | Mon-Fri 9 am-7 pm; Sat benstein, Myron Rubenstein, Hiroko Tamara Diaz, Melanie Ducharme, Thompson, and McDonald Wright www.narrowscenter.org 9 am-3 pm; Sun 12-4 pm | Through Shikashio, Kristin Street, Marion Lilian R. 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AVON CINEMA THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | Thurs: 9 | X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | Thurs: 260 Thayer St, Providence | Fri-Thurs: 12:40, 3:45, 7, 9:35 Thurs: 12:55, 3:20, 3:50, 4:50, 6:25, 9 | Fri-Thurs: 1:10, 1:40, 4:10, 4:40, 7, 401.421.3315 MALEFICENT | 12:15, 2:30, 4:40, 6:55, 9:20, 9:50 | Fri-Thurs: 12:20, 1:20, 7:30, 10, 10:30 BELLE | Thurs: 2, 4:10, 6:20, 8:30 6:50, 9 3:25, 4:25, 6:25, 7:25, 9:20, 10:35 MALEFICENT 3D | 9:45 THE LUNCHBOX | Starts Fri: 2, 4:10, A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE GODZILLA 3D | Thurs: 1:10, 3:55, 6:40, MALEFICENT | 11:45, 12:15, 2:15, 2:45, 6:20, 8:30 WEST | 1:10, 4:20, 7:20, 9:40 9:25 | Fri-Thurs: 1:15, 4:20, 7:05, 10:05 4:45, 5:15, 7:15* [*no show June 5], NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: A SMALL X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | GODZILLA | Thurs: 4:55, 7:40, 10:25 | 7:45, 10:15 FAMILY BUSINESS | Thurs [6.12]: 2, 7 12:25, 3:30, 6:35, 9:30 Fri-Thurs: 11:05, 2, 4:50, 7:35, 10:30 A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE MILLION DOLLAR ARM | Thurs: 12:30, NEIGHBORS | Thurs: 11:35, 1:55, 4:45, WEST | Thurs: 11, 1:20, 1:50, 4:10, CABLE CAR CINEMA 4 | Fri-Thurs: 3:40, 9:20* [*no show 7:35, 10:05 | Fri-Thurs: 1:25, 3:50, 6:35, 4:40, 7:20, 7:50, 10:10 | Fri-Thurs: 1:05, 204 South Main St, Providence | June 12] 9:40 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:10 4:05, 6:45, 7:55, 9:40 | Fri-Sat late 401.272.3970 GODZILLA | Thurs: 3:45, 6:30 | Fri- THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 | show: 10:40 ERNEST & CELESTINE | Thurs: 2:30 Thurs: 12:50, 7:10* [*no show June 12] Thurs: 12:15, 3:30, 7:05, 10:15 | Fri- BLENDED | Thurs: 1:10, 3:55, 6:50, 9:35 JODOROWSKY’S DUNE | Starts Fri: NEIGHBORS | 4:20, 9:40* [*no show Thurs: 3, 6:20 | Fri-Thurs: 2:30, 5:10 2:30, 6:45 | Sat-Sun: 12, 4:15, 8:30 | June 12] X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | Mon-Thurs: 2:30, 6:45 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 | RUSTIC TRI VUE Thurs: 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 | Fri-Thurs: PALO ALTO | Thurs: 4:30, 6:45, 9 | Fri: Thurs [6. 12]: 7 DRIVE-IN 12:55, 3:55, 4:25, 6:50, 7:25, 9:50, 10:20 4:30, 8:45 | Sat-Sun: 2, 6:15 | Mon- 22 JUMP STREET | Thurs [6. 12]: 7, Rt 146, North Smithfield | GODZILLA | Thurs: 4:15, 7:10, 10:05 | Thurs: 4:30, 8:45 9:30 401.769.7601 Fri-Thurs: 12:45, 3:40, 6:30, 9:30 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST + MILLION DOLLAR ARM | Thurs: 4:20, CINEMA WORLD ISLAND CINEMAS 10 EDGE OF TOMORROW | Fri-Sun: dusk 7:05 | Fri-Thurs: 1:25 622 George Washington Hwy, 105 Chase Ln, Middletown | MALEFICENT + BLENDED | Fri-Sun: NEIGHBORS | 12:35, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50, Lincoln | 401.333.8676 401.847.3456 dusk 10:10 These listings are for Thurs June THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 | NEIGHBORS + A MILLION WAYS TO THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 | 5-Mon June 9 only. 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X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST 3D | EDGE OF TOMORROW 3D | Thurs: 9 | Thurs: 12, 3, 6:30, 9:15 SHOWCASE CINEMAS SHOWCASE CINEMAS Fri-Mon: 7:45, 10:30 EDGE OF TOMORROW 3D | Starts Fri: SEEKONK ROUTE 6 NORTH ATTLEBORO EDGE OF TOMORROW | Thurs: 8, 12:30, 3:20, 6:45, 9:10 Seekonk Square, Seekonk, MA | 640 South Washington St, North 10:30 | Fri-Mon: 11, 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, EDGE OF TOMORROW | Thurs: 8 | Fri- 508.336.6789 Attleboro, MA | 508.643.3900 9, 10 Thurs: 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 9:45 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST IN 3D X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST IN THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | Thurs: 9 THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | Thurs: 9 | | Thurs: 12:25, 3:20, 6:40, 9:40 3D | Thurs: 12:15, 3:35, 6:40, 9:35 | Fri-Mon: 10:30, 11:45, 1:15, 2:30, 4:15, Fri-Thurs: 1:10, 4:10, 7, 9:40 EDGE OF TOMORROW 3D | Thurs: 8 | EDGE OF TOMORROW 3D | Thurs: 8 | 6:15, 7:15, 9:55 MALEFICENT 3D | 1:15, 3:40, 7:30, 9:40 Fri-Thurs: 12:35, 3:50, 7:05, 9:40 Fri-Thurs: 1, 4, 7:10, 9:55 CHEF | 10:50, 1:50, 4:50 7:50, 10:20 MALEFICENT | 12:15, 2:25, 4:35, EDGE OF TOMORROW | Thurs: 9:35 | EDGE OF TOMORROW | Thurs: 9:35 | MALEFICENT 3D | Thurs: 5, 10 | Fri- 6:50, 9 Fri-Thurs: 1:05, 4:20, 7:35, 10:10 Fri-Thurs: 1:30, 4:30, 7:40, 10:25 Mon: 12, 2:45, 5:45 A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | Thurs: 9 | THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | Thurs: 9 | MALEFICENT | Thurs: 11:15, 12:15, 1, 2, WEST | 1, 4:10, 7:20, 9:50 Fri-Thurs: 1:10, 4:10, 7, 10 Fri-Thurs: 1:10, 4:10, 7, 10 3, 4, 7, 7:45, 9:15 | Fri-Mon: 10:15, 11:15, BLENDED | Thurs: 12:50, 3:30, 7, 9:30 MALEFICENT | Thurs: 12, 1:30, 2:30, MALEFICENT 3D | 7:05, 9:35 12:15, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9:15, 10:15 | Fri-Thurs: 12:50, 6:40* [*no show 4:30, 5, 7:30, 10 | Fri-Thurs: 12, 1, 2:30, MALEFICENT | 12:05, 1:40, 2:35, 4:40, A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE June 12] 4:30, 5, 6:50, 7:20, 10:15 5:05, 7:35, 10:05 WEST | Thurs: 1:15, 4:45, 7:30, 10:15 | X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | 1, MALEFICENT 3D | Thurs: 7, 9:30 | A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE Fri-Mon: 10:20, 1:15, 4:45, 7:45, 10:25 3:50, 7:10. 9:50 Fri-Thurs: 9:45 WEST | 1:35, 4:35, 7:45, 10:30 BLENDED | Thurs: 4:10, 7:20, 9:55 | MILLION DOLLAR ARM | Thurs: 12:40, A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE BLENDED | Thurs: 1:15, 4:10, 7:25, 10:15 The Best in Independent Cinema Fri-Mon: 11, 1:35, 4:10, 7:35, 10:10 3:20 | Fri-Thurs: 3:20, 9:10 WEST | Thurs: 1:20, 4:10, 7:20, 10:10 | | Fri-Thurs: 4:45, 7:25, 10:15 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | GODZILLA | 1:20, 4, 7:15, 9:50 Fri-Thurs: 12:55, 4, 6:55, 9:50 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | Thurs: 10:15, 11:15, 1:15, 2:15, 4:15, 5:15, NEIGHBORS | 12:10, 2:20, 4:40, 7:30*, X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | 12:45, 4:15, 7:20, 10:10 7:15, 7:45, 10:15 | Fri-Mon: 10:25, 11:20, 9:45* [*no shows June 12] Thurs: 1:25, 3:50, 4:20, 7:10, 7:40, 10:10 GODZILLA | Thurs: 12:55, 3:55 | Fri- Jodorowskyʼs DUNE PALO ALTO 1:20, 2:20, 4:15, 5:15, 7:05, 8:05, 9:50 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 | | Fri-Thurs: 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:35 Thurs: 12:55, 3:55, 6:50, 9:45 GODZILLA | Thurs: 10:45, 1:40, 4:30, Thurs [6. 12]: 7 BLENDED | Thurs: 1:10, 4:05 | Fri- NEIGHBORS | 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:20 7:45, 9:35, 10:25 | Fri-Mon: 10:45, 1:40, 22 JUMP STREET | Thurs [6. 12]: 8 Thurs: 12:50, 10:05 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 | 4:25, 6:40, 7:40, 9:25, 10:25 GODZILLA | 4:15, 7:15 Thurs: 12:30, 3:40, 6:55, 9:55 | Fri- MILLION DOLLAR ARM | 10:35, 1:30 JANE PICKENS THEATER NEIGHBORS | 12:10, 2:40, 5:05, 7:25, 9:55 Thurs: 4:20, 9:50 NEIGHBORS | Thurs: 11:05, 1:30, 4:55, 49 Touro St, Newport | 401.846.5252 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL | Thurs: 1:40, 7:40, 10:05 | Fri-Mon: 11:10, 1:55, 4:35, BELLE | Thurs: 4:30, 7 SHOWCASE CINEMAS 4:15 | Fri-Thurs: 1:05, 7:25 7:55, 10:05 THE LUNCHBOX | Starts Fri: 4:30, 7 | WARWICK RIO 2 | 1:25 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 | Sat: 2:15, 4:30, 7, 9:15 | Sun: 2:15, 4:30, 1200 Quaker Ln | 401.885.1621 Thurs: 10:35, 1:45, 4:40, 7:35, 10:30 | 7 | Mon-Wed: 4:30, 7 | Thurs: 5:30, 8 EDGE OF TOMORROW 3D | Thurs: 8 | SWANSEA STADIUM 12 Fri-Mon: 4:20, 7:20 BROADWAY ON SCREEN: DRIVING Fri-Thurs: 1, 4, 7:10, 9:55 | Fri-Sat late 207 Swansea Mall Dr, Swansea, MA | THE OTHER WOMAN | Thurs: 1:55, MISS DAISY WITH ANGELA LANS- show: 12:30 508.674.6700 4:35, 7:25, 10:10 | Fri-Mon: 7:10, 9:30 BURY AND JAMES EARL JONES | EDGE OF TOMORROW | Thurs: 8, 9:35 CHEF | Starts Fri: 1:25, 4:35, 7:40*, 6/6 ... 2:30, 6:45 6/6 ... 4:30, 8:45 RIO 2 | Thurs: 1:05, 3:35 | Fri-Mon: Sat-Sun: 12:30, | Fri-Thurs: 11, 1:30, 4:30, 7:40, 10:25 | 10:35* [*no shows 6.12] 10:55, 1:10, 4:05 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: A SMALL Fri-Sat late show: 12:30 EDGE OF TOMORROW 3D | Thurs: 6/7 & 6/8 ... 12, 4:15, 8:30 6/7 & 6/8 ... 2, 6:15 FAMILY BUSINESS | Thurs [6.12]: 2 THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | Thurs: 9 | 8, 10:35 | Fri-Thurs: 1:20, 7:10* [*no 6/9 - 6/12 ... 2:30, 6:45 6/9 - 6/12 ... 4:30, 8:45 EAST PROVIDENCE 10 Fri-Thurs: 1:10, 1:40, 4:10, 4:40, 7, 7:30, show 6.12] 60 Newport Ave | 401.438.1100 PROVIDENCE PLACE 10, 10:30 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:20 EDGE OF TOMORROW | Thurs: 8, 10:35 BRICK MANSIONS | Starts Fri: 12:35, CINEMAS 16 MALEFICENT 3D | Thurs: 7, 9:30 | Fri- | Fri-Thurs: 4:15, 10:10* [*no show 6.12]

2:45, 5:10, 7:15, 9:20 Providence Place | 401.270.4646 Thurs: 6:30, 9 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:30 THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | Thurs: 9 204 S. MAIN ST. PROVIDENCE RI 02903 LEGENDS OF OZ: DOROTHY’S MALEFICENT: AN IMAX 3D EXPERI- MALEFICENT | Thurs: 2, 2:30, 4, 4:30, | Fri-Sun: 1, 1:30, 4, 7, 7:30, 10 | Mon- CABLECARCINEMA.COM 401.272.3970 RETURN | Starts Fri: 12:45, 2:50, 5, ENCE | Thurs: 11:30, 2, 4:30, 7, 9:30 5, 6:30, 7:30, 10 | Fri-Thurs: 11:30, 12, Thurs: 1, 4, 7, 10 7:05, 9:10 EDGE OF TOMORROW: AN IMAX 3D 1:25, 2, 2:30, 3:50, 4:25, 5, 7:05, 7:25, MALEFICENT 3D | Thurs: 4:30, 7:30, THE RAILWAY MAN | Starts Fri: EXPERIENCE | Starts Fri: 1, 4, 7:10, 9:30, 10:05 | Fri-Sat late show: 12 9:30 | Fri-Thurs: 1:35, 4:45, 7:45, 10:15 Burbage Theatre 12:40, 3:05, 5:50, 8:30 9:55 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:30 A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE MALEFICENT | Thurs: 12, 4, 7 | Fri- Company presents DRAFT DAY | Thurs: 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7, EDGE OF TOMORROW 3D | Thurs: 8 | WEST | Thurs: 11, 12, 1:50, 4:20, 4:50, Thurs: 1:55, 4:05, 4:25, 7:05*, 7:25, 9:20 | Fri-Thurs: 12, 2:20, 6:45 Fri-Thurs: 9:25 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:25 7:20, 7:50, 10:10 | Fri-Thurs: 1:20, 4:20, 9:35* [*no shows 6.12], 9:55 GOD’S NOT DEAD | Thurs: 12:40, 3:10, EDGE OF TOMORROW | Thurs: 8, 9:35 7:20, 10:10 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:45 A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE Orson’s 5:50, 8:30 | Fri-Thurs: 12:15, 4:50, 7:10 | Fri-Thurs: 11, 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, BELLE | 11:15, 1:35, 4:15, 6:40, 9:15 WEST | Thurs: 12:50, 1:20, 4, 4:35, 7, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL | 6:40, 7:40, 10:25 CHEF | Thurs: 1:05 | Fri-Thurs: 1:05, 9:55 | Fri-Thurs: 1:05, 1:40, 3:55, 4:40, Shadow 12:20, 2:30, 4:40, 6:50, 9:15 THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | Thurs: 9, 4:05, 6:50, 9:45 6:50, 7:50, 9:50, 10:40 by Austin Pendleton MUPPETS MOST WANTED | 12:30, 9:30 | Fri-Thurs: 1:10, 1:40, 4:10, 4:40, BLENDED | Thurs: 1:10, 4:15, 7:05, 9:50 BLENDED | Thurs: 12:40, 4:05 | Fri- 2:50, 5:05, 7:20, 9:35 7, 7:30, 10, 10:30 | Fri-Sat late show: 12 | Fri-Thurs: 12:55 Sun: 4:30, 10:30 | Mon-Thurs: 1:30, NOAH | 12:10, 3, 6:10, 9 MALEFICENT 3D | Starts Fri: 11:45, X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 OCULUS | Thurs: 12:15, 2:35, 4:50, 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 | Fri-Sat late Thurs: 1, 1:30, 3:55, 4:25, 6:55, 7:25, X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST IN 7:05, 9:25 | Fri-Thurs: 2:35, 9:35 show: 12 9:55, 10:30 | Fri-Thurs: 12:30, 3:25, 3D | Thurs: 12:30, 1, 4:20, 7:35, 10:45 | RIDE ALONG | Thurs: 12:45, 3, 5:10, MALEFICENT | Thurs: 2:30, 4, 5, 6:30, 3:55, 6:25, 6:55, 9:25, 9:50 | Fri-Sat Fri-Thurs: 12:50 7:20, 9:30 | Fri-Thurs: 4:40, 9:30 7:30, 9, 10 | Fri-Thurs: 11:15, 12:25, 1:45, late show: 12:25 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | THE LEGO MOVIE | 1, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 2:45, 4:15, 5:15, 6:45, 7:45, 9:15, 10:15 | GODZILLA | Thurs: 12:15, 12:45, 3:40, Thurs: 12:45, 3:40, 3:55, 7:15, 10:30 | 9:40 Fri-Sat late show: 11:30, 12:35 4:10, 7:15, 10:05 | Fri-Thurs: 12:15, 3:40, Fri-Thurs: 4:10, 7:15. 10:25 MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN | 12:50, A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE 6:345, 9:35 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:15 GODZILLA | Thurs: 4:55, 7:50, 10:45 | 2:55, 4:55, 7, 9:05 WEST | Thurs: 11, 12:50, 1:20, 1:50, NEIGHBORS | 12:10, 2:35, 4:55, 7:35, Fri-Thurs: 12:55, 3:50, 6:55, 10:05 3:40, 4:10, 4:40, 6:50, 7:50, 10:10 | 10:15 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:35 MILLION DOLLAR ARM | Thurs: 10:10 ENTERTAINMENT Fri-Thurs: 11:10, 11:40, 1:50, 2:20, 4:40, pm | Fri-Thurs: 1:10 rd th May 22nd - June 7th CINEMAS 5:10, 7:20, 7:50, 10:20 | Fri-Sat late SHOWCASE CINEMAS NEIGHBORS | Thurs: 1:50, 4:50 | Fri- May 23 - June 29 show: 10:50 WARWICK MALL Thurs: 1:15, 4:20, 7:20, 10:20 8pm | tickets $15 30 Village Square Dr, South ARTISTS-EXCHANGE.ORG | 490.9475 Kingstown | 401.792.8008 BLENDED | Thurs: 11:30, 1, 4:05, 6:45, 400 Bald Hill Rd | 401.736.5454 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 3D | ARTISTS-EXCHANGE.ORG EDGE OF TOMORROW 3D | Starts Fri: 9:30 | Fri-Thurs: 12:15, 9:10 EDGE OF TOMORROW 3D | Thurs: 8 | Thurs [6. 12]: 8, 10:30 Artists’ Exchange 12:30, 4:30, 7:40 X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST IN Fri-Thurs: 1, 4, 78:10, 9:55 HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 | Theatre 82 50 ROLFE SQ EDGE OF TOMORROW | Thurs: 8 | 3D | Thurs: 1:25, 4:20, 7:25, 10:20 | Fri- EDGE OF TOMORROW | Thurs: 9:35 | Thurs [6. 12]: 8, 10:30 82 Rolfe Square, Cranston, RI CRANSTON RI Fri-Thurs: 1, 3:50, 7:15, 9:45 Thurs: 12:50, 3:55, 6:55, 9:50 Fri-Thurs: 11, 1:30, 4:30, 7:40, 10:25 22 JUMP STREET | Thurs [6. 12]: 7, 10 providence.thephoenix.com | the providence phoenix | JUne 6, 2014 2 1 Cellar Stories Used Science Fiction our raTing Browsatorium Masterpiece XXXX WHERE YESTERDAY’S Good XXX TOMORROW BECOMES film Okay XX YOUR TODAY! Not Good X Z Stinks thephoenix.com Short Takes movie reviews in brief

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Ar- travel (north, for lovers of the sunny south, ies, pisces, capricorn, and cancer could be or inland, for those who live for the beach). on17 through 18 19 the solstice. 20 21 But 22 do 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 easily frustrated (and maddening to those Also a fine day for joke-telling, particularly bear in mind that Mercury is around them). for Sagittarius, Libra, Scorpio, capricorn, retrograde (from June 7 through Aquarius, Leo, Aries. Gemini, virgo, pisces, July 1). Some folks thrive during sunday June 8 taurus, and cancer: this will sound rude but these three weeks, but you will Waxing moon in Libra, moon void-of- so be it: today, please get over yourself. definitely want to double-check course 3:47 pm until 6:38 am monday. Fri 6/6 Fri 6/131 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 maps, directions, and data. 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