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Contents Photography: (L) James Jones, (R) Michael Cevoli

May 2014

Metalsmith Ned Miller at work

This Month 14 Saving the Bay A lesson in marine ecology

16 The Business of Art

A breath of spring in Rumford

21 Live Well A fabric-inspired home in Rumford 22 Homestyle 24 Shop Around 26 Whole Body 27 Connoisseur

29 Taste Unexpected flavor twists in Fall River 31 Review 32 Connoisseur 33 News Bites 34 Rhody Bites

Making your passion into a thriving career

Every Month 5 Editorâ€™s Note/Letters 6 TheBayMagazine.com

7 The Buzz The Herreshoff Museum celebrates

37 Gallery A cartoonist lends his skills to kids in need 38 Calendar 41 Artistry

42 Taste Test Bright lemon bars chase away the grey skies

On the cover: Jeweler Tiffany Peay in her Tiverton store. Photographed by James Jones.

110 years and recreates history 8 On the Bay 9 Bay Views May 2014 | The BAY

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“Laurel Park” contemporary “salt box” showcases 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, gleaming hardwoods. Waterviews. Private beach association. Great for year round or seasonal living. Buyer home warranty! Bring your sailboat, kayak, and fishing pole!

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artists get creative in promot-

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ing their work. “I really wanted to know how local artists handle

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words of support for the local art-

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Editor’s Note Creative Financing Admit it. When you hear someone say “I’m an artist,” you probably think “yeah, but how do you make money?” While Rhode Island is forward thinking when it comes to supporting the arts through grants and tax-free districts, it still isn’t easy to make a career out of raw talent. It takes creativity and passion, yes, but it also takes a head for business and a lot of self-promotion. This month, we talk to four local artists about

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People and places on the bay

Modeled After Success Reliance & Shamrock III

Nathanael Herreshoff is a household name in Rhode Island. His unprecedented yacht designs broke several records and were renowned for their beauty and grace. The Herreshoff Museum is designing a replica of Reliance, the largest Americaâ€™s Cup competitor of all time. Turn the page to learn more about this massive ship, which is featured on our state quarter.

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Buzz on the bay Defending America’s Cup The 1903 champion is memorialized

Construction on the 1/6 scale replica of Reliance has begun and can be viewed in Bristol

The Herreshoff Museum is constructing a 1/6 scale replica of Nathanael Herreshoff’s sailing yacht, Reliance for the ship’s 110th anniversary. This replica is a celebration of Herreshoff’s innovative engineering and graceful design. Reliance is one of six Herreshoff sailing yachts that defended America’s Cup for nearly three decades. She is the largest Cup competitor, as well as one of the largest single-mast yachts of all time. The 1903 champion towered over 200ft above water and she required 64 men to race (by comparison, the clearance for the Newport Bridge is 205ft). This ship is also emblemized on our state quarter. Reliance had a unique design that took advantage of a loophole in the Seawanhaka 90ft-rating rule. At its waterline, Reliance was 90ft long, but she had a dramatic overhang that was a sweeping 200ft from the tip of the bowsprit to the end of the boom. When the ship ‘heeled,’ or tipped to the side, the waterline increased significantly, which allowed Reliance to gain incredible speed and claim the Cup. However, after the victory, Herreshoff proposed the Universal Rating Rule (replacing the Seawanhaka’s) to avoid using such extreme and dangerous vessels. This disallowed Reliance from being a future contestant, but her legacy lives on. The replica should be complete in 2015, but the exterior will be open to the public this summer in Building 28 of the Museum’s campus. Life-size pieces of Reliance will also be on display so visitors can appreciate the size and beauty of this gargantuan ship. Follow the progress at www.therelianceproject.com. Herreshoff Marine Museum & America’s Cup Hall of Fame, Building 28. 1 Burnside Street, Bristol. 401-253-5000. –Elizabeth Lorenz

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SaIL aWaY

A Bristol Resident Competes in the World’s Toughest International Sailing Competition Within the modern world of comfort there exist fringe individuals risking life and limb for the sake of scratching the itch for adventure. Charlie Enright, 29, a resident of Bristol, is one such member of the fringe, for he devours longdistance sailing competitions the way others devour dinner. A sailor through and through, Charlie led the Genuine Risk 90’ to victory in the Newport-Bermuda Race and skippered for the Oakcliff All-American Offshore Team, which earned victories in the Transatlantic and Rolex Fastnet Races in 2011. He was also a four-time College Sailing All-American while studying business economics at Brown University. “I started sailing at the age of five, by virtue of being from Bristol,” says Charlie. “I’m a pretty competitive guy, so racing became the obvious next step, and I’ve been doing that since I was eight. It just kind of grew from there; I sailed in high school and in college, and now I work as a salesman of sails for North Sails Rhode Island.” However, Charlie was not content with merely winning some long-distance sailing competitions. No, he set his sights on the apex long-distance sailing competition, the Volvo Ocean Race. “That is the top,” he says. “The one that means everything.” The Volvo Ocean Race is a nine-month sailing race around the world, spanning some 39,000 nautical miles (or 44,880.42 landlubber miles). Normally, someone wanting to enter the race would have to earn a spot on one of the already established teams competing in the race, but Charlie – true to his fringe behavior – forwent the mainstream, by building a

Charlie Enright will embark on a nine-month voyage

$21 million professional sports franchise to create his own team, All American Ocean Racing. How one goes about building such a huge franchise is too long a tale to tell here, but the longstory-short is that Charlie starred in a movie by Roy E. Disney, nephew of Walt Disney, competed in numerous long-distance sailing races, attracted the attention of Volvo race chief Knut Frostad and then landed a sweet sponsorship deal with Istanbulbased medical tech company Alvimedica. Remember, though, all of that is what Enright did just to get into the nine-month race, which doesn’t start until October 2014. “Really, for me, the race basically begins on Sunday, [March 30],” says Enright, who from April to October will by flying around the globe to finalize race preparations. “Of course my aspirations are to win, but if we don’t, we’ll just have to do it again.” Follow the adventure at www.allamericanoceanracing.org or on the team’s Facebook page. –Dale J Rappaneau, Jr

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A Middletown-Based Author Offers a Glimpse Into Her Fictional Worlds There are few things better than escaping into the world of good books. This Memorial Day weekend, Rhode Island-based author Marie Force is offering readers the chance to visit Newport for a chance to experience first hand the setting of her captivating stories. The event, which will take place May 23-26, was created in response to readers who expressed interest in visiting the place Marie writes about in her books. “I really wanted to give my readers a first-hand experience with the places I write about in my books: Newport and Block Island in particular,” Marie says. “The Reader Weekend came from years of hearing the readers say they’d sure love to come to Rhode Island. We’re

hoping to make it a somewhat regular event.” The weekend will feature tours of Newport, Marie’s hometown and the setting for her romance novels: Treading Water, Georgia on My Mind, The Fall and Love at First Flight. Marie also has a series of novels called The Gansett Island series, which is set among the beach bluffs and lighthouses of southern Rhode Island and Block Island. The weekend will also feature a day on Block Island to experience the places that inspire her stories. Marie, who currently lives in Middletown, has had five New York Times best sellers, sold over two million copies and plans to release several more books in 2014. www.marieforce.com –Daren DeFrank

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No child will want to miss an opportunity to play with friends and explore Blithewold’s daffodil wonderland. Take nature hikes, trips to the gardens, bamboo forest, and frog pond, as well as indoor activities such as exploring the Mansion, performing in theatrical skits, and taking part in games and spring arts and crafts.

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Saving the Bay, One Salt Marsh at a Time Wading through ecology with Wenley Ferguson, Save the Bay’s head of restoration by Cindy VanSchalkwyk

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and bluefish, quiet places to walk by the water and homes along the shore. For 24 years, Wenley Ferguson has worked for Save the Bay. As their restoration coordinator, she has helped restore damaged marshland ecosystems after human development or natural sea level rise altered their environment. Save the Bay’s mission to protect Narragansett Bay and its watershed is an extensive task. Wenley is often juggling more than a dozen projects at one time, in multiple stages of development. Most of the marsh sites are located in Rhode Island, with a few in Massachusetts. Wenley works with town and city leaders, federal, state and local environmental groups, and many volunteers, from original assessment to restored marshland. The first step is to hammer out a plan, depending on what a specific site needs. Problems addressed may include flooding in heavy rains or loss of fish habitat. Save the Bay helps with both design and implementation, utilizing funding from local, state and federal sources. Wenley says it’s not a solitary effort. “We’ve been on the ground working with partners for about 15 years,” she explains. It’s not an easy task. In some cases, culverts installed years ago are now clogged. Wind and storms affect the way water flows into and out of a marsh. Canadian geese can do a considerable amount of damage by feeding on the roots of marsh plants. Once the plants are gone, the stability of the marsh is affected. Healthy plants can build up soil and keep up with sea level rise, which she says has increased over the last century due to climate change. Wenley explains that it doesn’t take much to affect the delicate ecosystem: “marshes historically have pools and fish habitat but if one continually has water, it’s not going to survive. In a marsh, an extra millimeter a year can be enough to make or break it.” Save the Bay modifications may include removing standing water that is damaging vegetation. This can be accomplished in various ways, including removing tidal restrictions or creating micro channels that draw water away from the land. Native grasses are an important part of the marsh ecosystem. The restoration process often involves planting specific types of grasses depending on the elevation. Lower marsh grasses can handle being flooded twice in 24 hours, higher marsh grasses only occasionally.

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Current Projects Among the current projects Wenley has underway are two in Barrington: Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Beach and Barrington Beach, which is just a short distance away along the shore. Late in March, Wenley met at the RISD site with RISD supervisor for buildings and grounds, Joe Melo. Joe said it’s not just a job. He sees preserving the marsh as a legacy to his children and grandchildren. “It means a lot because we’re saving the marsh,” he says. “Pretty soon, if we didn’t do this, the marsh would be gone.” During the RISD site visit, Wenley and Joe talked about water drainage and the work still to be done. Algal mats had formed on areas of the lower marsh, signaling standing water that kills vegetation and reduces the ability of the marsh to regenerate new plants. They discussed the best approaches to drain the water as well as upcoming dates for planting beach grasses. Wenley commented on how last fall’s plantings in one area were holding up. “I’m very excited to see how the high marsh has responded,” she says. “If we hadn’t done this project all these little tufts of grass you can see out here would have been gone after this year.” Just a few days later, Wenley was back on site at Barrington Beach. She worked with about a dozen volunteers to plant beach grass on low sand dunes

recently put in place by town workers. The dunes create a buffer zone between the parking lot and the high tide line. The grasses, once established, will help hold the sand in place. Sally Johnson and Barry Atkinson were among the volunteers. Barry commented on the work: “it’s kind of like eating ribs. You kind of get down and dirty in it. You’ve just gotta dig in, there’s no knife or fork.” Sally, from Riverside, said she has a background in Marine Studies and a desk job, and was delighted to be able to be doing something meaningful outside on one of the first nice days of the spring season. As she dug holes and planted little tufts of beach grass in sand, she said, “it’s amazing to think any plant would prefer this way to grow.” Wenley says beach grass is one of the quickest plantings to see results. In many projects, restoration is slow, and is often affected by the time it takes to find funding. “Securing funding for the projects continues to be an ongoing challenge.”

Working With Nature There are a number of resources Wenley and those who work with her utilize when improving an ecosystem. Old aerial photographs and observation of current conditions at low and high tide levels are helpful. Wenley says the changes noted while monitoring

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a marsh are sometimes dramatic. “At Gooseneck Cove (in Newport) we watched the change in marsh elevation,” she says. “The marsh was literally sinking.” At that site a new culvert improved the tidal flow to bring life back to the marsh; osprey and snapping turtles, blue crabs and egrets were later spotted in the area. In many cases, Save the Bay projects allow salt water back into an area where it had been blocked, naturally bringing some balance back into an ecosystem. Silver Creek, a 13-acre salt marsh at the northern end of Bristol, is one of the places where this concept was utilized. Work at Silver Creek involved removing tidal restrictions, including fill on a walking path. The fill was removed and replaced with a boardwalk, which allowed access without severely affecting tidal flow. Once tidal flow was restored, salt water killed off invasive Phragmites that had taken over some of the area. Some projects require heavy equipment to affect major changes, from creating a new path for water to flow in and out of the bay to more technical improvements. At Big Mussachuck Creek in Barrington, Save the Bay and partners installed a self-regulated tide gate. The gate improves tidal flow, reduces flooding and offers improved fish habitat in several adjacent bodies of water.

Opening up or replacing blocked culverts is often an integral part of marsh restoration. At Jacob’s Point in Warren, three new culverts were installed under a footpath, the clogged creek was cleared and new fish reservoirs created. In Westerly, Save the Bay staff and town employees worked with volunteers on a project at Winnapaug Pond. Mosquito abatement strategies were part of the goals for the project. An excavator and hand tools were employed to dig small creeks, allowing trapped marsh water to drain. Wenley wrote about the project and says initial results showed marsh plants becoming reestablished and life returning. “During restoration, as the water began to drain off the marsh, a variety of shorebirds migrating to northern breeding grounds foraged in the newly exposed mud flats.” Some of the projects have taken 15 years from the initial planning, through funding, permitting and implementation. Even when the planned site work is complete, it’s not forgotten. Wenley says the projects are revisited on occasion to see how the work is holding up, what changes may have occurred and what future adaptations may be needed. As she explains, “Funding ends, but there’s no such thing as being done with a project.” www.savebay.org

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The

Business of Art

by Nina Murphy • Photography by James Jones

“Follow your bliss“ has become a catch phrase meaning ‘just do what you love to do,’ but the late mythologist Joseph Campbell who coined the term would also say what has gotten lost in his message is that it will likely not be easy, there will be struggles and many hurdles to overcome. But by following what you love to do, he says, “doors will open where you didn’t know they were going to be.” Look at a handmade ring, a painting or sculpture. You are captivated by the beauty of the object. But for the artist there is the reality of selling that art and carving out a business in order to do what they love. Meet four different artists from Bristol, Tiverton and Warren on the business of selling art.

From Tiffany’s to Tiffany Peay

How a jewelry designer’s business formed from a diamond in the rough It all began 17 years ago this month for Tiffany Peay with an order from Barneys New York for 144 of her Moving Stone rings, and her smart request for payment upfront, which helped establish her in business. Ten years later, in 2007, she took the big step of expanding her wholesale jewelry line and opened a retail shop, Tiffany Peay Jewelry located in a renovated historic Tiverton Four Corners building. Full of natural light, the warm unpretentious space, which functions as both shop and work studio, is feminine and relaxed reflecting her collection of necklaces, rings and bracelets handcrafted with different shades of gold, gemstones and pearls. As a fresh graduate from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, where she studied metalsmithing and glass working, Tiffany headed to NYC with only the guarantee of subletting from a friend for three months. It was an exciting time to be in the city

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chasing down a job the old fashioned way by circling want ads in The New York Times and faxing off paper copies of her resume. Just as her housing was ending she landed her first job which gave the then 21-yearold a business acumen which has served her well to this day. “I worked for a company that made highend jewelry for Tiffany’s and Van Cleef and Arpels. I learned at a young age how to break down the cost of making a piece of jewelry, everything from the pricing to the weight of the stone,” she says. “They also sent me to diamond grading school and I learned so much about the business of making jewelry.” That knowledge affects her designs to this day. “My work is really based on the gem and the search for the gem,” Tiffany explains. “It will sing to me and if I put the right necklace on you, it will sing to me. Gems are powerful with each one having its own attributes, which can really affect you.” A big benefit of Tiffany’s shop location is that Tiverton Four Corners is a sales tax free zone and she credits her landlord Rosalind and late husband Jim Weir for fostering and promoting working artists in the village. “In New York City there was always fashion

pressure and so much stimulus going on around me it was overwhelming,” says the designer whose work has been carried by Barneys New York, Barneys Japan and Banana Republic, to name a few. “My work is so much more of a beautiful complete collection here in Tiverton. I have really changed and gotten away from all of that negative energy and have embraced community here, which is so much better for everything. “ Thanks to the shop’s success, Tiffany is able to employ five including herself, two seasonal sales associates, a part-time bookkeeper and Hannah Soares, who year round handles sales and the active special events and marketing programs which Tiffany feels are an integral part of her success. This month the store will have its annual Mother’s Day sale May 10-11 and will participate in year two of the popular Tiverton Four Corners Nestival. Tiffany knows that to be a successful jewelry store it is important to attract customers of all means and to create a welcoming atmosphere for the most causal buyer. “We like to think anyone can come in and we will educate them and share the knowledge and the experience of gems and how jewelry is made even if

Jewelry Designer

Tiffany Peay An Unexpected Haven

Jacqueline S. Vaughn’s journey to owning an art studio Jacqueline S. Vaughn came to the realization that a career in law was not to be her journey. A series of events led the 2011 Roger Williams Law School graduate to her ah ha moment after many months of deep mediation, reflection, gardening, and her daily practice of yoga at the Bristol Yoga Studio. “I had found courage in this room and when I heard Tracy (Tracy Ramos owner of Bristol Yoga Studio) was moving to a different location I knew I wanted to use this space,” she says. “I found my voice here and this space was sacred to me.” Jacqueline, who identifies herself as a closet artist and a business person, looked around Bristol and thought about what she could do with the space. The idea of bringing art to the lives of others came one night as she painted a scene of a beautiful winter night’s sky outside her bedroom window. In February

she opened The Bristol Art Studio at 676 Hope Street. This had not been the road map in 2009 when Jacqueline and her family moved from New Jersey to Bristol for her to attend law school. Life in the East Bay was to be a brief stop before returning to New Jersey where she would pursue her lifelong dream of being a lawyer and with it the fast paced lifestyle of New York City. But in 2010 her husband Jeffrey was diagnosed with a rare form of neuroendocrine cancer in his ileum. After his diagnosis she recalls, “it became very apparent that we would have to make some drastic changes to our lifestyle.” Between the illness and expecting their third child, she felt it had become very apparent they were moving fast in the wrong direction. Growing up, Jacqueline had always set her mind on being a lawyer and majored in political science in college while pushing aside any thoughts of pursuing a career in the arts. “I think I was never excited about really living my life as an artist because of that whole starving artist agreement we make that it has to be that way,” she says. “But I now don’t think that it has to be, and I would like kids to know that there are

Art Studio Owner

Jacqueline S.Vaughn

they don’t buy here.” While there are many high end pieces in the shop, Tiffany also offers a make your own gemstone charm necklace with a price point starting at $30 per charm. “I have customers who will spend hours selecting gems for a charm necklace. It is not a complicated piece of jewelry but it is special and allows the customer to be very much involved in the process.” She recently started teaching Intro to Wire and Metalsmithing at Newport Art Museum and is not limiting her instruction to the physicality of creating but plans to share the businesses part of being a jeweler. The reason customers come into her shop is simple says Tiffany, “jewelry is fun to wear. Who doesn’t want to support a local artist and our shop?” After so many years in business, what is Tiffany’s biggest challenge these days? “I have an intuition which I act on and make things that sell. I have more ideas for jewelry than I have time to make.” 3851 Main Road, Tiverton. 401-816-0878, www.tiffanypeay.com

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Metalsmith

Ned Miller

arts.” When asked about that plan to return to New Jersey, she answers without hesitation, “Oh no, this is home.” 676 Hope Street, Bristol. 401-253-5621, www. bristolartstudio.com options. By being strategic and having a good business head and the right education tools, you can do well.” Her vision for Bristol Art Studio is to serve a need for both children and adults who want to explore art but are intimidated by big established and costly programs like Providence’s Rhode Island School of Design. She has assembled instructors with different backgrounds and is offering everything from group lessons and drop-in classes for adults during the morning hours, afternoon classes geared towards children and in the evenings Cocktails and Creativity for those who want to combine sociability with art. Private lessons are also on tap and the space is available to rent for art related activities. A highlight this summer will be an Arts Enrichment Camp for children, featuring drawing to sculpting to sewing, dance/ movement and yoga and more. Working with a blank slate she is excited to develop partnerships with other businesses including a traveling class program to Carolyn’s Sakonnet Vineyard for art in the fields. Jacqueline, fueled with passion and her knowledge as a current MBA student at Providence College, feels confident with the business side of opening Bristol Art Studio. The goal is to reach the segment of the population which has an interest, curiosity or a longing to be part of an artistic community. She feels it has a broader reach than the established artist who is likely already involved in an arts community. The mission of Bristol Art Studio is to be a place to explore, express, create. “We will provide fundamental tools to teach you and this is a place where you will have a sense of safety to explore and then create what you want to create,” she shares. Life for Jacqueline and her family is about living a life fulfilled today. “Jeffrey is significantly better but part of living with his cancer is having a compatible lifestyle,” and for the artist entrepreneur, “I have to proceed with something that feeds my soul and I know now that is primarily through expressive

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Creating Sparks

Ned Miller makes steel his business For Ned Miller of Miller Metals, the artistry of his work comes with his torch and his inspiration to take a hand rail or fireplace grate and create something functional and beautiful. A metal bench appears to float up from the soil in a bucolic garden setting, a bronze cast sculpture with intricate renderings of a lion’s face hypnotizes the passerby and a restored massive wrought iron gate made in previous centuries provides regal privacy. This is the art of our everyday landscape. During his senior year at Providence Country Day School, the Little Compton native needed a senior project to complete his studies. “My teacher reminded me how much I had enjoyed taking a class with Connecticut sculptor Nicholas Swearer, who had been at school a few years before for an Artist in Residency program.” Ned reached out to the renowned sculptor about doing an internship for school credit. It was to be the beginning of a mentorship that has grown over the years beyond the lessons of sculpture to Swearer and his wife Joan being a valuable influence in Ned’s life to this day. After high school, Ned worked for Nicholas learning more about the intricacies of welding equipment, the power of heating and bending metals and the art of sculpting. Then it was on to a metal fabricator where he continued to get more experience in the everyday work of making things to pay the bills. Approximately ten years ago, shortly after his father John passed away, Ned made the decision that if he was going to continue in metal work he was going to work for himself. “It was time to go out on my own with the goal of making functional art, putting a more

creative spin on the work with railings and furniture being the most obvious opportunity,” he says. When Ned begins a project he tries to add an element to the design connecting the piece to the customer. “With an order for stair railings for a nautically themed ‘man cave’ basement I presented the idea of braiding the steel round bars, not easy to do, to give the effect that it looks like boat rope. The customer loved it.” Tucked away on a dead end street in Warren, Miller Metals is located in a steel cavernous windowless building, formerly occupied by an iron works company, adjacent to a two-family home the artist owns. Income from the extra rental unit and the sublet of some garage space help contribute to Ned’s business, allowing him to keep doing what he loves to do. His office space on the second floor of the garage is dominated by a massive and, no coincidence, steel roll top desk with brass inlays, which is buried under sketches and piles of paperwork reflecting the one man operation. “Up until a year ago I was doing 95% of everything from quoting, billing, creating the work, to delivering and installing it. I was stretched real thin,” Ned says. He took the big step to hire an extra set of hands to help with the work. When it comes to marketing and promoting his business, Ned is the first to admit his weakness. “I am so bad at marketing my own work,” he says. “After ten years in business I finally bit the bullet and hired a website designer a few months ago to do my website and I still need to write descriptions for the photos. I’ve done well with word of mouth but it is a slow process to do it that way. It’s tough for me to compete with things moving so fast, people posting their work online, which is wonderful because it links so many people together who would never be connected before. But if you don’t do it, then you can miss out.” An effective advertisement is when he drives his truck, which features a sculpture that also serves as a rack across the back window. Functional by protecting the back glass window, the eye-catching piece is finished in various shades of orange and red, resembling rays of light emanating from a setting sun. “I often get people asking about it in parking lots, or

Paulette Hartlett Carr sets the scene for her

paintings

Paulette Hartlett Carr’s narrative is as multifaceted as the tools she works with to create her art. The Bristol resident is a two dimensional and a three

Painter / Sculptor

Exhibiting Individuality

dimensional artist known for sculptures that can tower as high as eight feet and oil paintings of big sky minimal landscapes. Growing up with a mother (a painter), a father (a musician) and a move from Pennsylvania to Madagascar by way of Paris in her preteens, it was only natural that at age ten she picked up a paint brush to express the environment around her. Years later on a still spring day at the end of a garden path her sculpture Josephine’s Dress catches one’s breath with its life-like haunting form playing tricks to the observer’s eye, suggesting movement of the gown’s finery from a breeze that doesn’t exist. Whether she is manipulating her welding torch with materials as varied as burlap, steel wood and patina to create a layering effect of fabric design for an imposing sculpture or using oil paint, palette knife and brush on canvases both large and small, it is the memory of the hand that guides her. “There is memory to your hand and as any artist knows it is a memory to your gesture when you are working after years and years of practice,” she says. “Each artist has his or her very own rhythm, pattern and it comes with experience.” Experience has taught Paulette what works for selling her art. “I always tell young artists it is important to start to focus on what you really love. Do you like to paint trees? Do you like to paint, in my case, big sky minimal landscape? It takes several years, as long as a decade to find out what you are really good at,” she explains. Paulette discovered the value of developing a style and look that the public can recognize and identify as her work. “It will make the artist much more marketable. The public needs that in order to relate to you,” she points out. A member of the Providence Art Club, Paulette participates in the annual Little Picture Show held before the holidays and always sells out her inventory of 25 or more pieces. “It’s a good cash and carry event and exposes me to a lot of people who like my work.” A solitary painter who has been influenced by

Paulette Carr

thumbs up as they drive by” Ned says, and it has generated some business by customers requesting it. Ned appreciates the collaborative process. He recently completed an ornate hand railing for a Manhattan retail store thanks to a contractor from Bristol who had heard about his work. He is also currently finishing a 32’ drink rail for a bar in Providence made of stainless steel sheet metal with mahogany trim details in with another “functional artist” Stephen Kinnane of Little Compton. Upcoming orders will keep Ned’s work in Warren with railings for The Harbor Animal Hospital the recently renovated Handkerchief Building and galvanized bike racks for the new food incubator, Hope & Main on Main Street. Ned, whose daughter Imogen turns five-years-old this month, loves the lasting effect of his art, “I always knew I was going to use my hands. I always had a desire to create things and thought it might be carpentry. But it was the heat and versatility of working with metal which has fewer constraints than wood that got me. When I first began as a young kid with the metalsmithing it was all about the torch, the sparks flying. As I have gotten older it has become more about the permanence of what you can create as a metal fabricator artist. I love that long after I’m gone, my work will live on.” 5 Palmer Avenue, Warren. 401-662-8900, www.millermetalsri.com

Rhode Island’s geographic beauty and open access to the ocean since moving to the state, she is already at work producing works for the 2014 holiday show. Paulette will often have four to eight paintings going on at the same time. “I paint emotion of what I am feeling, those days when we look at the sky and we go ‘wow,’ or it might be a dark day. It is a visceral response to the reaction to the day but for each viewer that connection is going to be different.” Paulette’s professional career in the work force had always been an extension of her art whether it was merchandising with mannequins, interior design, broadcasting or renovating buildings and houses (including a full restoration in 1986 of the Nathanial Porter Inn in Warren, a significant historic architectural building). Her insatiable appetite to learn new artistic mediums over the years has led her to the Rhode Island School of Design, the DeCordova Museum, The Foundry, Corning Museum of Glass and The Steel Yard. Since 2000 Paulette has been able to focus on producing and selling her art and with it the luxury to be very deliberate where she exhibits. A past chair of the Bristol Art Museum who values her community of artist friends, Paulette undertook in 2010 the publication of Vestiges, Sculpture in the Gardens a book produced for her installation exhibit at Blithewold Mansion in Bristol. In 2012 she was asked to exhibit at Edith Wharton’s The Mount in Lenox, Massachusetts by the highly regarded organization SculptureNow. “I have developed a following but it takes years as with almost any business until you really get established. I used to exhibit here and there and enter lots of contests but I don’t do that anymore,” which doesn’t mean she isn’t out promoting. “I consider myself an exhibiting artist. I’ve always felt my work needs to be seen in a setting. Years when I don’t exhibit I don’t sell; years I exhibit I do well. I believe you are only as good as your last show.” www.paulettehcarr.com

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Live Well Home Style

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Between the Sheets Before opening the shop bearing her name in Providence’s East Side in Wayland Square, Wendy Brown had already established herself as a fine linen specialist throughout the capital city and beyond. Design, it was clear, was Wendy’s wheelhouse. Twenty-three years ago, well before the shop opened, she and her husband Otis were looking for a home in their Rumford neighborhood that would better accommodate a family. When they found an ideally located worn and weary two-story colonial that other prospective buyers passed on for obvious reasons, Wendy saw possibility. “It was a dog of a house,” she says with a laugh. “It definitely needed some character. I mean it had aluminum awnings, but it had good potential; good bones.” The home also had a generous yard with mature trees, which would be great for children and of course, four-

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legged friends. She and Otis, who grew up on Providence’s East Side, also liked the close proximity to downtown. The diamond in the rough was theirs. Though the couple wasn’t in a rush to complete all the renovations that needed to be done, they agreed that the wall to wall orange shag carpet and its years of absorbing unpleasant odors (the painted-shut windows didn’t help), was the first order of business. The Browns had hardwood floors installed and a fresh coat of paint applied to every wall. The two refrained from making structural renovations until they lived in the home a few years and could truly identify their wants and needs. “It was a project we were willing to take on, and [were] excited to do it,” recalls Wendy. “We were young… We knew we’d do the kitchen and family room down the line.” Years after they moved in, the Browns embarked on a complete kitchen renovation as well as

an addition that included a new master bedroom and bathroom. “It was a tiny little galley kitchen. We basically opened it up.” In time, the four bedrooms, all on the second floor complete with a laundry room and three bathrooms, were filled with a son and three daughters. Though Wendy exercised her passion for design, color, textiles and home accessories in her own home and at clients’ homes, her name became synonymous with these when she opened Wendy Brown Fine Linens in 1998. Today, the eponymously named store, known for exquisitely orchestrated shop windows, carries top lines Yves Delorme, Bella Notte, Sferra Brothers, Anachini, John Matouk, Abyss, Peacock Alley, Dans nos Maison, Le Jacquard Francais and Kim Syber. Wendy also practices what she preaches. “I am passionate about linens and textiles in all forms… Linens are one of those things that just feel good.

I grew up with cotton sheets that were ironed. I loved the feeling and have always continued ironing my sheets.” A believer in buying good quality, Wendy, who sleeps on Egyptian cotton percale sheets, says she’d rather go without than to pay for something that won’t last. “If I was to advise what one should invest in, it is two sets of good sheets for your bed. Most of us spend a third of our life in bed. Your sheets should cost more than that cocktail dress you only will wear a handful of times. You sleep in your bed every single night!” she theorizes. “I still have sheets from 25 years ago and they feel like butter,” she says. The same approach goes for good towels. “A good Egyptian cotton towel will last four times, at least, of a towel made in China. Cheap is expensive!” The home, Wendy says, reflects what her store and philosophy is all about. “I love color – lots of color; color and texture.” She cites the living room’s

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New Clients cozy in a glazed navy blue. It’s more of a reading room but there is a television in there,” says Wendy. “We usually have sports on since my husband is a golf fanatic.” Wendy’s self-described “traditional meets transitional” modern design aesthetic creates a comfortable but cozy atmosphere with a polished finish. Before the formal artwork has you believe that this home takes itself entirely too seriously, you’ll spot the entry’s zebra print wallpaper, albeit in swaths of cream on taupe. “It’s amazing what a little color can do.” If there were any doubts to the old adage “the cobbler’s children have no shoes,” fear not. Adds Wendy, “My children all have an appreciation for a well-made bed!”

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And five minutes later, I’m dying. But somehow, perhaps through sheer stubborn will, I don’t give up. It also helps that everyone in the class seems to be supporting each other – whether it be with an intermittent “whoop!” or “yeah!” or a smile of encouragement reflected in the mirror. After 15 minutes of constant squats, push-ups and jumping jacks, I don’t quit. When Lizzie asks us to plant our hands on the floor and hop over an invisible obstacle for minutes at a time, I persevere. I falter slightly, sure, but I surprisingly find myself enjoying this. As the hour winds down my beet red, steamy self begins to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Lizzie slows the pace, we begin to stretch and as I catch what little breath I have left, the lyrics from Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” echo through the room: “I’m capable of anything…” Sing it, Katy… because apparently, I am capable. More than capable. Not only that, as I leave I feel an endorphin rush that beats out any kind of artificial high I could have gotten from sitting on the couch watching the latest twist in a Game of Thrones episode. Insanity? Bring it on.

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Fifteen years ago, Deborah Winthrop of Deborah Winthrop Lingerie had a dream (literally) that she opened a lingerie store. Without any retail experience but armed with some research and desire, her dream became reality in 1999 with her first store in Middletown. That store moved in 2008 to Clock Tower Square in Portsmouth and in 2012 she opened a second location in Newport. She credits Flora Tougas Doré, who worked for many years in Newport retail, as a major influence teaching Deborah the skill of accurate bra fitting. The Newport native, mother to three and grandmother soon-to-be of seven, Deborah lives in the Fifth Ward with her husband Harry. We talked about cups, loose bra straps and the changing female form. What is the most important step in buying a new bra? You need to be professionally fitted. The customer needs to have someone measure her rib cage and have that number match the band size. Customers think that a B cup is a B cup but it is not. If someone is a 32B and this other person is a 40B, they are very different in size. All cups are not alike! Flora taught me how to eyeball the chest for sizing and I am usually right on. What are some of the biggest complaints women have? Back fat! I will have the skinniest girl with the smallest shape come in and I will put her in a bra and she will say, “I can’t wear this bra, it shows my back fat.” Or I will have a large customer who looks great in a well-fitted bra but then they will talk about their back fat. I don’t know where this comes from. Fitting is not just about the breast, it is about the shoulders and the excess under the armpits, which becomes more apparent in the late 40s and 50s. I work with all of this to create illusion. If the bra fits correctly nothing is going to fall out. What are some misconceptions? Unfortunately today, young women are influenced by Victoria Secret’s advertising, which shows models wearing bras

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In January, The Bay ran an article called “Dining in the Riv,” which was a great culinary tour of many Fall River gems. Unfortunately, those kinds of articles inspire know-it-all – and often biased – critics to tell you that you missed this place and that place. Those people are annoying. Fortunately, I’m not a know-it-all, but I do write the magazine’s monthly food column, so I feel it’s my journalistic duty to tell our loyal readers that we really did miss a place. For any given style of restaurant, you can usually predict half the menu before you even walk in. The Italians have their parmigianas and marsalas (chicken or veal), the Portuguese have their bitoque (steak and egg) and alentejana (pork and littlenecks), and even the Irish – not exactly known for their cuisine – have their fish and chips and shepherd’s pie. Of course, all these dishes are staples for a reason, and great execution can elicit downright cravings. But once in awhile, you just crack open that menu and hopelessly sigh “this again?” Viva Comida owners Alex Tavares and Louie Silva would agree with this, and that’s why their slogan is “Rethink Your Food.” Yes, the menu is dominated by burgers and burritos, and the world hardly needs more of those. But the descriptions on this menu are not the same old, same old. When most of

a menu makes you say “they put that, in there? I need to try it” – you’ve found an inventive place to eat. The restaurant opened in the fall and is located on Pleasant Street in the heart of the city’s gritty Flint neighborhood. For Tavares, it’s a return to his roots as several family members owned businesses up and down the street for nearly three decades. The restaurant space itself has the feel of a hipster diner, with an open kitchen, chalkboard menu, bold colors and artwork. But don’t misinterpret the whimsy and casual vibe – Tavares earned his chops in the serious kitchen of Newport’s luxurious The Chanler at Cliff Walk Hotel. In my most recent experience at Viva Comida, I brought a small group of first-timers. We started with the Portuguese Steak & Cheese Empanadas ($6), which were light and flaky – almost croissant-like – and bursting with steak. How often do places make something similar with a terrible fillingto-dough ratio? I was even more impressed with the Clams Casino Stuffed Quahog Cakes ($5), a stuffed quahog re-thought and served out of shell with a side of onion relish that packed just enough kick to replace hot sauce. Two folks opted for burritos – one a Chicken Mozambique Burrito ($9) filled with chicken Mozambique, Spanish rice,

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vinegar peppers, sour cream, cheddar jack and green onion and the other a Paella Burrito ($12), a similar concoction with the chicken swapped out for shrimp and chourico. The choice of side included curly fries, rice and a salad, but it’s not much of a choice because who doesn’t pick curly fries? Another diner opted for the Chicken Mozambique Bowl ($10), which comes with fries and rice. All were in agreement that the food was hearty and tasty, with the Mozambique sauce a highlight – slightly thicker than many other versions, avoiding the “greasy”

without going so far as “creamy.” I went with the American Dream Burger ($9.50) – a hamburger with bacon and American cheese on a malasada donut bun. For those who don’t know, a malasada is the Portuguese version of a doughboy – basically fried dough coated in sugar. I’ll admit, I was hesitant to eat this, as I’m not a fan of overly-sugary food and the Chourico & Chip Burrito was shouting my name. But in the spirit of Viva Comida (translated as “live food”), I needed to leave my comfort zone. I was pleasantly surprised. The malasada was not as sweet as I had feared, and the burger itself was excellent. I look forward to trying other versions of Viva Comida’s burgers that are served on sweet bread buns. While the American Dream Burger is not something I would eat regularly, it turns out it’s one of the most popular items on the menu. We ended our meal with a plate of Fried Arroz Dolce (“sweet rice,” $4). Here, Portuguese sweet rice is made into balls, lightly fried (very lightly… “coated” may be a better description) and served with fudge and caramel dipping sauces. It was a unique spin on a very traditional Portuguese dessert, and it disappeared from the table in the blink of an eye.

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Taking a close look at wine trends in Warren Anne Sage, with her husband Jesse Sgro, owns Sage Cellars of Warren. The business opened in 2011, specializes in American wines and is starting to expand into the foreign wine market. Anne, who studied under the instruction of Sandy Block, the first American Master of Wine and did additional studies at Le Cordon Bleu Paris with the sommelier from the Paris Ritz, received the Advanced Certificate from London’s Wine and Spirit Education Trust (WSET). The Barrington native now makes her home in Middletown. We talked over coffee (it was not even close to 5 o’clock) about varietals, stemware and wine with barbeque.

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What are some wine trends in terms of grapes and geography? There will always be a marketplace for high-end Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons. They are beautiful grand wines that can also be cellared for extensive periods of time so they can be an investment. With white wine, Rosé has been a nice trend I have enjoyed seeing the past couple of years. We make some very nice Rosés here in the US similar to the Provincial Rosé; Provence is home base to the best Rosés in the world. We now have so many beautiful varietals available to market in the US including lighter whites like Pinot Gris and Pinot Grigio, which is Italian, and Sauvignon Blancs from the US, New Zealand and Australia. Is there a new “it” country for wines? There are countries that will always have a relationship in the market with wine. Italian wines will always have a place in the marketplace and they certainly have one here in Rhode Island. But I do see Americans becoming more dedicated to American wines. The emerging places in the US, other than of course California, are the Finger Lakes and Long Island, New York. Because of the weather conditions they primarily produce white wine varietals and these wines are earning very high marks. There is a term called New World wines – Australia, New Zealand, South America, US and Canada.

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How does the novice wine drinker make the right choice? I say to them that we have a lot of wine stores in Rhode Island that focus on customer service and the owners have educated their staff to reduce the intimidation factor. They also have designed the layout of the wine section whether by region, grape varietals, full, medium or light body wines to be helpful. A lot of times there will be shelf talkers to describe and make suggestions for food and wine parings, which can also help reduce the anxiety. Most consumers know what they like or don’t like so that is not up for debate, but they need help from the salesperson to name what that wine is. If someone wants to be adventurous with wine and they have $20 to spend I suggest they walk up and down the aisles, look at the labels and the shelf talkers, have fun with it and just give something a shot. What are your suggestions for a celebratory event, summer gatherings and warm weather food pairings? White Zinfandel was hugely successful in the 1980s, still has a dedicated consumer base and is very much a party wine. For summer entertaining I love the idea of having the choice between a Rosé and a lighter-style white like a Pinot Gris or an Albariño. We carry an Albariño from California, which has a

little bit of a lemon peel to the palate, is a little heartier than a Pinot Gris and goes very well with seafood. Other white wine varietals like a Chablis, Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Gris are beautiful entertaining wines and all have enough of a balance of acidity and fruit that cut very beautifully with appetizers. But there are occasions in the summer I will serve a red wine like a Burgundy or a chilled Pinot Noir. It’s late Saturday afternoon and you heat up the grill for a barbeque. What will you have to drink? Ah, lots of options. There is a grape varietal, Iona, that is a slightly sweeter Rosé from Arbor Hill, which is indigenous to the Finger Lakes, NY wine region and is perfect for barbeque. Also a Riesling or a Traminette, which is a white wine from Arbor Hill, are good choices. For me, after a week of work I have a Sauvignon Blanc with my barbeque that is from Titus Vineyards in California – it is beautiful, straightforward, clean and I love it!

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Iggy’s Doughboys & Chowder House Classic clam shack fare, plus famous doughboys. 889 Oakland Beach Ave, Warwick, 737-9459; 1157 Point Judith Rd, Narragansett, 783-5608. LD $

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259 Thames St, Bristol 401-254-2005

Kartabar Mediterranean-style cuisine, chic setting. 284 Thayer St, Providence, 331-8111. LD $-$$

Oak St. B&B Delicious, inventive burgers and breakfast. 87 Oak St, Westerly, 315-2520. BLD $

Kon Asian Bistro Sushi and hibachi, stylish bar scene. 553 Main St, East Greenwich, 886-9200. LD $$

Oceanside at the Pier New England fare overlooking the Atlantic. 1 Beach Street, Narragansett, 7923999. BrLD $$

Lim’s Restaurant Upscale Thai and fresh sushi. 18 South Angell St., Providence, 383-8830. LD $$ Luxe Burger Bar Build your own creative burger. 5 Memorial Blvd, Providence, 621-5893. LD $ Mariner Grille Creative seafood, pub atmosphere. 140 Point Judith Rd, Narragansett, 284, 3282. LD $$ Meeting Street Cafe Huge sandwiches and cookies. 220 Meeting St, Providence, 273-0166. BLD $ Mews Tavern Family dining, with a whiskey bar. 456 Main St., Wakefield, 783-9370. LD $-$$ Mile & a Quarter Eclectic cuisine and wine bar. 334 South Water St, Providence, 331-1500. LD $-$$ Mill’s Tavern Historic setting for New American gourmet. 101 N Main St, Providence, 272-3331. D $$$ Nami Fun, stylish sushi and hibachi. 198 Atwells Ave., Providence, 3836559. LD $$$ Nonni’s Italian Restaurant Traditional Italian eatery and pasta shop. 1154 Stafford Rd, Tiverton, 624-3087. LD $$

Paragon & Viva Contemporary dining and nightlife. 234 Thayer Street, Providence, 331-6200. BrLD $-$$ Parkside Rotisserie & Bar American bistro specializing in rotisserie meats. 76 South Main St, Providence, 331-0003. LD $-$$ Pavilion Steakhouse & Banquets Grand, banquet-hall style dining. 15A Frontier Road, Hopkinton, 377-9900. BrLD $$$ Public Kitchen & Bar American food with changing daily inspirations. 120 Francis Street, Providence, 9195050. BrLD $-$$ Rasa Authentic and contemporary Indian. 149 Main Street, East Greenwich, 398-2822. LD $$ Rasoi Vegetarian-friendly Indian cuisine. 727 East Ave., Pawtucket, 7285500. LD $$ Red Stripe Casual French-American bistro. 465 Angell St, Providence, 4376950. BrLD $$ Rick’s Roadhouse House-smoked barbecue. 370 Richmond St, Providence, 272-7675. LD $-$$ Rue De L’Espoir American cooking with

French soul. 99 Hope St., Providence, 751-8890. BBrLD $$ Scampi Seafood and Italian with expansive water views. 657 Park Ave, Portsmouth, 293-5844. LD $$ Seasons Fine dining at the Ocean House. 1 Bluff Ave, Westerly, 584-7000. BLD $$$ Siena Impeccable Italian cuisine. locations in Providence, East Greenwich, Smithfield. sienari.com D $$-$$$ Sweet Cakes Coffee shop and gourmet bakery. 1227 Kingstown Rd., Peace Dale, 789-5420. BL $

The Sea Goose Seafood with New England and Southern flair. 265 Post Rd., Westerly, 315-0788. LD $$-$$$ The Twisted Vine Romantic wine bar with tapas and full meals. 3 Canal St, Westerly, 596-4600. D $$ Trinity Brewhouse Rhode Island’s original brewpub. 186 Fountain St., Providence, 453-2337 LD $-$$ UMelt Fun twists on grilled cheese. Providence and Kingston, 383-6732. LD $ Vetrano’s Ristorante & Pizzeria Italian cooking like grandma made. 130 Granite St., Westerly, 348-5050. LD $$

T’s Restaurant Plentiful breakfast and lunch. Locations in Cranston, East Greenwich, Narragansett, 946-5900. BL $

Vittoria’s NY Pizza Best pizza north of Manhattan. 224 Post Rd, Westerly, 3221901. LD $-$$

Tara’s Tipperary Tavern Oceanside Irish-American pub fare. 907 Matunuck Beach Rd., Matunuck, 284-1901. BLD $

Waterman Grille Riverfront New American dining. 4 Richmond Sq., Providence, 521-9229. BLD $$$

Tavern by the Sea Waterfront European/American bistro. 16 W Main St, Wickford, 294-5771. LD $$

Wes’ Rib House Missouri-style BBQ, open late. 38 Dike St, Providence, 4219090. LD $$

The Dorrance Fine dining with exquisite cocktails. 60 Dorrance Street, Providence, 521-6000. D $$$

Whiskey Republic Delicious dockside pub fare. 515 South Water St., Providence, 588-5158. LD $-$$

The Malted Barley Gourmet pretzels and craft brews. 42 High St., Westerly, 315-2184. $

XO Cafe Creative cocktails and New American fare. 125 N Main St, Providence, 273-9090. BrD $$

The Restaurant at Weekapaug Inn Quintessential New England fare. 25 Spray Rock Rd., Westerly, 322-0301. BLD $$$

Zooma Trattoria Fresh Italian using house-made pasta. 245 Atwells Ave, Providence, 383-2002. LD $$

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in the heart of historic Wakefield, featuring a classic diner downstairs, a handsome dining room upstairs, and a gorgeous rooftop patio. They offer hearty portions of all your favorite comfort foods

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This sperm whale tooth depicting the ship Pacific of Nantucket hunting whales was engraved around 1825 by whaleman Edward Burdett (1805-1833), America’s first master scrimshaw artist.

Top 5 Events in May Photo: Courtesy New Bedford Whaling Museum

May 16-18: Drop by the New Bedford Whaling Museum for its 26th annual Scrimshaw Weekend featuring a nautical antiques show, lectures, workshops, panel discussion, gala banquet and film. This internationally renowned event is the world’s only forum where collectors, dealers, curators, folk art and whaling history buffs can share their interests in the indigenous art of whalers. $295 members; $335 non-members; $75 dinner and film only. 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford. 508-997-0046, www.whalingmuseum.org.

May 19: Save The Bay’s annual Golf Outing takes place at the beautiful Carnegie Abbey Club. Enjoy 18 holes of golf on the Scottish links course along with lunch, cocktail hour, dinner and special prizes. 11am registration; 1pm start. 125 Corys Lane, Portsmouth. 401-272-3540, www. savebay.org/golf.

May 7 & 14: The Meeting House at Tiverton Four Corners presents its bi-weekly Summer Film Series every other Wednesday evening. Be sure to pick up your frequent film card – attend five and receive a free gift. Free. 7:30pm. 3850 Main Road, Tiverton. 401-624-2600, www. fourcornersarts.org.

May 2-31: Bring the whole family to Becky’s New Car, running UpStage at 2nd Story Theatre. Becky Foster is stuck in a rut – middle age, middle management – when one day she’s offered a chance at a new life. $25. 3 & 8pm show times. 28 Market Street, Warren. 401-247-4200, www.2ndstorytheatre.com.

May 1 & 29:. Bristol and Warren’s art Night 2014 begins its season on May 1 with a season kick off party at The Brass in Warren from 5-8pm. On Thursday, May 29, a wealth of local galleries and studios will open their doors to the public. Hop aboard the trolley and prepare to feel creative by association. Free. 5:30-8:30pm. www. artnightbristolwarren.org.

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May May 1-4: See new works by students, faculty and guests at the RWU Dance Theatre in Concert $10; $5 students & seniors. 7:30pm Thursday & Friday; 2pm & 7:30pm Saturday; 2pm Sunday. 1 Old Ferry Road, Bristol. 401-2543626, www.rwu.edu. May 1-18: DownStage at 2nd Story Theatre this month it’s Sylvia by A.R. Gurney, Jr. This modern romantic comedy is memorable, hysterical and endearing. $25. 3 & 8pm show times. 28 Market Street, Warren. 401-247-4200, www.2ndstorytheatre.com.

opener in the historic ballroom of Linden Place mansion. He’ll perform with horn player Richard Partelo and oboe player Suzan Campagna. $12-$20. 7:30pm. 500 Hope Street, Bristol. 401253-0390, www.lindenplace.org. May 2: The Bristol Art Museum is celebrating 50 years with a juried exhibit of local artists. It kicks off with an artists’ Reception on May 2 and runs through July 6. 7-9pm. 10 Wardwell Street, Bristol. 401-253-4400, www. bristolartmuseum.org.

May 1-29: Every Thursday morning, Barrington Books hosts Children’s Story Hour followed by craft time in its charming children’s section. It’s the perfect way to cure that mid-morning itch. Free. 10am. 184 County Road, Barrington. 401-2457925, www.barringtonbooks.com.

May 2-30: Drop by The Coffee Depot in Warren on a Friday night for Open Mic Night. Try your hand on stage or just relax with a coffee and a snack while listening to some talented local performers. Because you need a break from the same old bar scene. Free. 7-10pm. 501 Main Street, Warren. 401-608-2553.

May 1-29: Rogers Free Library believes in promoting creativity. Every Thursday the staff presents Legos at the Library where children and teens can create anything they want. This is recommended for schoolaged children. Free. 3:30-4:30pm. 525 Hope Street, Bristol. 401-253-6948, www.rogersfreelibrary.org.

May 2-30: The folks at Westport Vineyards offer Public Tours and Wine Tastings every Saturday afternoon. You get a special edition etched wine glass and the chance to taste six wines ranging from sparkling to aperitif. $10. 1 & 3pm. 417 Hixbridge Road, Westport, MA. 508-636-3423, www.westportrivers.com.

May 1-29: Thursday night means it’s Open Mic Night at Tinker’s Nest in Warren. It’s the perfect time to finally perform that song you’ve been secretly perfecting in the shower. Free. 9:30pm. 322 Metacom Avenue, Warren. 401-245-8875.

May 2-30: Just because it’s spring doesn’t mean you can’t shop fresh. Check out the Mount Hope Farmers Market, which is open every Saturday year round with local growers, artisans, live music and kid-friendly programming. Free. 9am-1pm. 250 Metacom Avenue, Bristol. 401-2541745, www.mounthopefarm.org.

May 1-31: Warren’s Imago Gallery presents A Table! with featured member Pascale Lord. Thursday 4-8pm; Friday & Saturday noon-8pm. 36 Market Street, Warren. 401-2453348, www.imagofoundation4art.org May 2: Esteemed pianist and tenor Michael DiMucci performs a season

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May 2-30: Every Friday Newport Storm invites the public to Fridays@Six. Sign up on Facebook to be one of the fifty to sample craft beer for free. Sign up starts at noon every Friday. 293 JT Connell Road, Newport. 401-849-5232, www.newportstorm.com.

May 31: The Newport Concert Series at the Newport Yachting Center begins its season with The Wailers & Rusted Root. Enjoy live music while sipping drinks at The Point, a dockside waterfront bar. $39.50-$59.50. 4 Commercial Wharf, Newport. 401-846-1600, www.newportwaterfrontevents.com. May 3: Common Fence Music presents Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter ana Egge. Enjoy her earthy wit, kindness and uniquely affecting voice. $20 advance; $23 door. 7pm doors; 8pm show time. 933 Anthony Road, Portsmouth. 401-683-5085, www.commonfencemusic.org. May 3: Escape the Newport lights for some Star Gazing at Ballard Park. Settle down in the quarry meadow with experts Robert Horton and Scott MacNeill of Brown University; learn all about the spring constallations. Suggested donation of $5 person; $15 group. 8-10pm. 226 Bellevue Park, Newport. 401-6193377, www.ballardpark.org. May 3-31: Spend Saturday mornings at Coggeshall Farm for Breakfast in the Barnyard. Kids will hunt for eggs, milk the cow and brush the horse. All will see how jonnycakes were made in the 18th century hearth. $10 adults; $6 kids and seniors. 9am. 1 Coggeshall Farm Road, Bristol. 401-253-9062, www. coggeshallfarm.org. May 4: Drop by Blithewold Mansion and Gardens for a Spring Flowering Tree

Walk with assistant grounds manager Dan Christina. This fun and informal walk is perfect for people of all ages and levels of gardening experience. 1-2:30pm. 101 Ferry Road, Bristol. 401253-2707, www.blithewold.org. May 6-27: Each Tuesday, the public is invited to Roger Williams University for Zen Meditation at the Intercultural Center Prayer Room. Sit, relax and find your true way. Mats and cushions will be provided. 6-7pm. 1 Old Ferry Road, Bristol. 401-254-3626, www.rwu.edu. May 6-27: Are you smarter than a fifth grader? Great! Head to Wally’s Tap House every Tuesday night for Stump! Trivia to prove it. Winning teams go home with prizes so be sure to bring your smartest friends. 8pm. 13 Crandall Road, Tiverton. 401-624-1212, www. stumptrivia.com. May 6-27: All are welcome to the Tuesday Night Open Mic with featured performer Bill Molte at Sandywoods Farm. It doesn’t matter whether you play an instrument, sing, read poetry or do spoken word, there’s an audience waiting for whatever talent

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you bring. Free. 7-10pm. 43 Muse Way, Tiverton. 401-241-7349, www.sandywoodsmusic.org. May 7: Local artist and jewelry designer Kristen Aylward Sargeant will introduce her unique collection of copper and sterling naturethemed jewelry at a Wine and Cheese Reception at the Audubon Environmental Education Center. Free. 6-7:30pm. 1401 Hope Street, Bristol. 401-245-7500, www.asri.org. May 8-29: This spring Audubon’s Preschool adventures is back. Each Thursday, children ages 3-5 will enjoy games, hikes, crafts, songs, hands-on activities and more. Registration required. $40-$54 for four-week series. 10-11am. 1401 Hope Street, Bristol. 401245-7500, www.asri.org. May 11: Do something really special for mom this year. Take her to the elegant Mother’s Day Brunch at Rosecliff Mansion, including a lecture by Newport Art Museum curator Nancy Whipple Grinnell. Reservations required. $50 members; $60 non-members. 10:30am. 548 Bellevue Avenue, Newport. 401847-1000. www.newportmansions.org. May 15: The Jamestown Art Center and

the Rhode Island International Film Festival present the next in their Thursday film series: With a Twist. Relax in the center’s comfortable chairs and settle in for the evening. $10 donation. 7pm. 18 Valley Street, Jamestown. 401-5600979, www.jamestownartcenter.org. May 17: Celebrate the arrival of neotropical migrants with Birds and Breakfast at Caratunk. Walks for all levels and ages will be offered, as well as crafts and games for kids, so bring the whole fam. $6-$12. 8, 9 & 10am. 1401 Hope Street, Bristol. 401-2457500, www.asri.org. May 17: Coggeshall Farm hosts its 8th annual Sheep & Fiber Festival. Shop for handspun yarns and other crafts. Kids will enjoy sheep sheering demonstrations, hay rides, crafts, face painting and historic games. 9am-4pm. $8 adults; $5 kids and seniors. 1 Coggeshall Farm Road, Bristol. 401-2539062, www.coggeshallfarm.org.

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May 29: The Tiverton Library brings Living Literature’s 45-minute adaptation of the novel Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Book Store to Sandywoods Center for the Arts. Free. 6:30pm. 43 Muse Way, Tiverton. 401625-6796, www.tivertonlibrary.org.

At Home on the Waterfront May 17: Greenvale Vineyards throws a 16th annual Restoration Celebration with live jazz, tractor rides and food samples from local producers. Take an intimate tour of the standing stalls and restored tack room, too! 1-4pm. 582 Wapping Road, Portsmouth. 401-847-3777, www.greenvale.com.

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Still Life

Steve Brosnihan uses his skill as a cartoonist to bring cheer to kids

Photography: Brian DeMello

“Dr. Seuss said, “Yes, you can!” You can draw, Steve Brosnihan! You can cartoon in a room, You can make a bird go ‘Boom!’ Make a beast from any letter, Make sick children feel much better. Figure out your future plan, You can draw, Steve Brosnihan!” -From the correspondences of Dr. Seuss to Steve Brosnihan

Steve Brosnihan is pen pals with Don Bousquet, was pen pals with Dr. Seuss and, of course, literally is a pen’s pal. Steve, 53, a unique Rhode Island pen-and-ink cartoonist, has spent countless volunteer hours distracting ill children and their families from the formidable diagnoses often given out at Hasbro Children’s Hospital. He began volunteering nearly a quarter century ago at the Potter Building, what he calls the “primordial children’s hospital” at Rhode Island Hospital soon after he lost a staff newspaper job and decided to try to support himself as a freelance cartoonist in 1991. This was just about the time his sixyear correspondence with Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel) ended. It was the famous children’s book author/illustrator who spurred the young man on. “He was a great inspiration. His advice was never technical, but pointed towards persistence in finding publishing opportunities. He was forthright about failures on the road to eventual success,” says Steve. “He touched me with his generosity of spirit and willingness to advise. Our son, Teddy, is named partly in tribute to him.” Steve’s whimsical, eclectic art stylings – and his devotion to volunteerism and getting children to smile and to draw – are the direct offspring of parental example. “My late parents had their own styles and were people of strong faith. My mother lived a life of service and loved the chance to help others and inspire smiles. Both of my parents were humor-oriented people and loved making friends and loyally keeping them,”

Cartoonist Steve Brosnihan volunteers his time to teach children how to draw

he says. “I consider my work with adults and children a chance to create new friendships, even if the contact is brief. Earning the trust and friendship of a child is tremendously rewarding.” He volunteers, creating cartoons and smiles, about eight hours per week, over two nights and one afternoon. Steve began his career with editorial cartoons for The Daily Dartmouth college paper and U.R.I.’s Five-Cent Cigar. These were unpaid. East Bay Newspapers gave him his first paid assignment in March 1984 (the year he began writing letters to Dr. Seuss). “Kindly Managing Editor Bruce Burdett threw me a bone. It was an illustration for an editorial on a bottle bill. I scored eight bucks and spent it all in the same place. I was 22,” laughed Steve. His style has evolved a great deal. He started conventionally, but improved when he, in his words, “stopped worrying about composition, balance, perspective, etc. I felt like I improved as an illustrator by not worrying so much about pursuing perfection. I enjoy striving for the ‘pleasingly weird’ as an alternative to the ‘perfect,’” he says. He is not as well known in R.I. as Don Bousquet or, perhaps, Charlie Hall, but is an icon on the state elementary school level. “Most of my cartooning

peers are kids I teach in school programs or meet at the hospital. They know me and my Cartoonagrams. Otherwise, I’m fairly anonymous in the local adult art world. People may have seen my work… like the ‘Rhode Island... Can Be Puzzling,’ stuff, but generally think that Don Bousquet did it. If people know my published work it’s most likely from my 12 years drawing for the newspaper The Providence Phoenix. I did quite a few covers during that time and was a weekly contributor.” He has had offers to work in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles for the shot at bigger success, but quality of life has always outweighed quantity of cash. “Rhode Island has all I ask for in a desirable place to live. Plus, I love the inter-connectedness of its population, though I know it drives some people nuts. I think the reason my ‘Rhode Island... Can Be Puzzling’ drawings are popular among Rhode Islanders is because we all believe we know everything there is to know about this place. You can’t find that mentality in any other state, even other small ones,” says Steve. “I’m most happy when I perceive that my work has moved someone from unhappy – or scared, anxious, nervous, uncomfortable – to happy. This happens most often at the hospital. I

deeply appreciate the feeling that my cartooning is helping take the edge off a rough time for a child or family,” he adds. “Not long ago, an adolescent med/psych patient at the hospital spent about an hour drawing with me in a group situation. When the lesson was over, he lingered behind the others and told me that while he was drawing with me he forgot that he was in the hospital. I told him that I couldn’t receive a higher compliment.” That compliment was even better than the one he got from actor Paul Newman when Steve volunteered at his Hole In The Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, CT. Paul encouraged him to finish his Cartoonagrams book because he believed it would be “great for the kids.” “He offered to help me publish the book, but his health ultimately got in the way,” says Steve of the late philanthropist. Children reinforce how powerful laughter can be as a healing tool. “Kids, even very sick kids going through a horrific life experience, will still seek every opportunity to be happy, to laugh,” says Steve. “It is an amazing thing to be part of a moment that reinforces that fact of human nature. No matter what I’m facing, I’ll be okay as long as I can keep humor in the mix.” Stevebcartoons.com or stevebfly@msn.com.

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Taste Test

by Grace Lentini

A Pop of Flavor

Scrumptious Crust

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“I would fight for a corner piece to get more crust,” were the sentiments of one of our staff members after eating this bar from The Beehive Café. This rustic looking, home-style bar had the most delicious crumbly, shortbread-style crust that held in the custard-like light lemon filling. It’s a bar definitely worth seconds. 10 Franklin Street, Bristol. 401-396-9994, www.thebeehivecafe.com.

The not-too-heavy lemon bars from Fatulli’s had the right amount of powdered sugar to filling ratio, which also helped to combat tartness. Their bright lemon flavor was complemented nicely by the crunchy crust, and to be honest they were almost too darn pretty to eat. Almost. 909 East Main Road, Middletown. 401-847-5166, www.fatullis.com.

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These slightly creamy bars from Sweet Addiction were dense yet surprisingly light. We loved the homemade look of these as well as the cookie-like crust. And what’s better than just a lemon bar? A lemon bar with a cookie! 233 Waseca Avenue, Barrington. 401-289-2812, www.sweetaddictioncake.com.

Who doesn’t love the Hostess Fruit Pies that ended up all over your face when you were a kid? The bars from The Cake Gallery brought us right back to those beloved moments. With a beautifully vivid yellow color, flaky crust and a light sweetness, it was nostalgia at its finest. 555 Hope Street, Bristol. 401-254-1911, www.thecakegalleryri.net.

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It’s spring, right? Maybe according to a calendar it is, but Mother Nature has seemed to disagree, until recently. Regardless of the weather, there are ways to bring the sunshine inside. We’ve tasted lemon bars from around the Bay, because really, what tastes more like sunshine than lemon?

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