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Night at the Athenaeum The library’s evening programming revives the literary salon College Hockey Heats Up the Ice pg 21
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Contents April 2013
This Month 15 Engaging in Culture Spend your Friday night at the Athenaeum
21 College Hockey Prospects Two strong goalies from Brown and PC
23 The Brown Folk Festival Bringing folk music communities to Providence
25 Tradition on the Seekonk River The Narragansett Boat Club celebrates 175 years
26 High Fashion at The Wheeler School The ins and outs of the annual sale
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The salon series at the Athenaeum
33 Movies
43 Finance
36 On the Menu
45 Calendar
38 Dining Guide
54 East of Elmgrove
Capsule reviews of the latest cinematic openings
What the bear bond market means for your 401(k)
A Rhode Island tradition of curing meats
Photography: Melissa Stimpson
Every Month 5 Letters/Editorial 6 Other Side 11 Community News
Your resource for eating out
All the info on April happenings
A new twist on comfortable intimate wear
40 Education
Taking a smarter stance on bullying
On the cover
41 Art An Iraqi refugee’s artistic approach
The Providence Athenaeum photographed by Melissa Stimpson
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Editorial Mayoring It has been said
that if the police and fire departments show up, the garbage gets picked up, the snow gets plowed, and the potholes get fixed then you can be mayor for a long time. Fix the schools and you can be mayor for life. In fairness to Mayor Angel Taveras, he inherited a public works department that was directed by leaders who threw out common sense and experience because they were smarter and used to accounting methodology instead. The police department is starting to turn around and the mayor gets credit for the new chief and his actions. The City used to have garbage trucks plow the streets, and for some amazing
reason, they were able to go curb to curb through most of the city. They were big, loud and often driven by men who were working double shifts, but they did a great job. Go figure. During the blizzard (Nemo), there were streets that were untouched 48 hours after the snow stopped. It was virtually impossible to get from Broadway to Atwells Avenue. Most of the East Side side streets could not have been reached by a hook and ladder truck if there had been a fire. Five days later most of Fox Point and Mt. Hope remained virtual one way streets with cars parked into snow banks. Then came the potholes, and they
were everywhere. And, they were huge. But the bigger issue is that they were no one’s priority. And, it wasn’t just the East Side. The problem, is that people remember when they hit a pothole. But the real problem is when it hits them in the wallet with repair bills for a flat or an alignment. Bottom line, the crews should have been out day and night repairing this mess, and if there are any accounting supervisors left in the Operations Department they should have been on the streets documenting every pothole caused by poor patching by a utility company and collecting for the damage. - Steve Triedman
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In Favor of Chair Stumps
A Teacher’s Lament
To the Editor: In response to the dour letter written by the anti-chairstump curmudgeon in January’s issue (“Stop the Stumps!”), I would like to express my admiration and delight for the quirky, creative, sculptural work of the East Side Chair-Stump artist. In her letter, the writer bemoans the fact that the beautiful old chair backs which are to be found on a dozen or so random tree stumps around the East Side are “inconvenient and unsafe when kids want to play” on the stumps. She expresses concern that children will not be able to play on stumps in their natural state, i.e. sans chairbacks, and cries “will no stump remain unmolested in this town?” - a rather churlish, and childish, question. For the record, I am personally acquainted with a number of children (and adults) who adore the chairstumps. As for, “every rooty tree crevice sport[ing] a little Winnie the Pooh door” or, “every gnarled tree hav[ing] a wooden face pegged to it” (huh??) I have yet to find any on the East Side. As a visual artist, and someone who appreciates creative mystery, I find myself smiling every time I discover a different chair stump as I ride my bike or drive around the East Side. I know I am not alone. To decry something as simple, surprising, creative and playful as the stump chairs of Providence’s East Side shows a sad and misanthropic approach to life. It wouldn’t be difficult to imagine who removed the recently and carefully installed rocking-chair back from a stump on Blackstone Boulevard. Karen Rand Anderson
To the Editor: It is teacher layoff notification time in Rhode Island - a legislatively imposed policy that rivals in its frank stupidity the mindless budget cuts of the Sequester. Rhode Island General Law states that no teacher may be laid off unless notification of intent to layoff is given by March 1. There are a lot of problems with this law, but the most practical one is that cities and towns do not know their budget situation on March 1, so they are forced to notify of layoffs on spec - required to send notices lest the cities and towns find themselves unable to make layoffs later in the year. With great frequency, teachers handed layoff notifications in March often find themselves safely in their jobs once the budget is known - but not without substantial harm incurred along the way. The harm that accrues to teachers and students because of this misguided policy is extraordinary. One of my dear friends teaches in the Pawtucket school system, which just issued layoff notices to many of their teachers. This teacher provided me with material deserving of at least three different opinion pieces, but I will only pull quotes relevant to this topic today, saving the others for another day. I have condensed and reformatted this material. “[Teachers] receive this [layoff] letter regardless of job performance and student achievement, so this tells me what I do every day truly does not matter. I have data that proves I kick ass in the classroom... my students make significant
gains and maintain these gains in [subsequent] years, yet through no fault of my own I am at risk of losing my job. [The impact of receiving a layoff notice] is to immediately feel deflated and worthless. My attention shifts from my student’s needs to my survival needs for myself and my family. I feel that I am not valued, not important and worthless. I have been a teacher for seven years and I have received a layoff notice for each of those seven years. As the layoff notifications roll in, it is important to note that the same job loss possibilities seldom occur within the infrastructure of the school administration. It is galling to me that Pawtucket has six people handling medical and payroll issues [for the school administration] while the [grade that I teach] has 28 students with no working computers, leaking ceilings, no science curriculum, no intervention resources and no academic after school programs.” It is insane that we put our teachers through this kind of mental anguish for no good reason. Since March 1 is too soon for anyone to know what the school district’s finances will be for the next year, it should be a no-brainer to move the layoff notification date to later in the year. And yet, several attempts in past years to change this law in the Rhode Island General Assembly have failed. Here is hoping that Rhode Island’s teachers unions drop their reluctance to moving these layoff dates to June 1. It is the right thing to do for our teachers and most importantly, for our kids. Ken Block
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Other Side by Julie Tremaine
The Next Chapter Rochambeau loses its librarian under questionable circumstances An Abrupt Goodbye
Tom O’Donnell was abruptly fired in late February from his position as librarian for the Rochambeau Branch and the community isn’t happy about it. Supporters have rallied to protest the firing: they created a Facebook group (“Friends of Tom O’Donnell,” which has 400 likes as of press time), are holding regular meetings through Friends of Rochambeau and have been picketing in front of the library with signs of support. O’Donnell himself has kept quiet about the firing, but was up for a hearing to review the decision as we went to press.
Before the Lights Go Out
The Cable Car has been an East Side institution for over three decades, but the iconic theatre is now in danger of losing its ability to play movies. Several major film producers have announced plans to only release digital movies going forward, rendering the film projector at the Cable Car virtually obsolete. In an effort to upgrade itsequipment, the theatre has launched a Kickstarter campaign. As of press, over 300 people have donated a total of $23,000, which is just under halfway to their goal of $48,500. The campaign lasts until March 31. To donate, visit www. kickstarter.com and search for “The Cable Car Cinema and Café: Digital Transformation.”
Recognizing Distinguished Alumni
Classical High School will once again honor its graduates at the 7th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards Dinner. This year’s honorees include Mayor Angel Taveras (class of ’88), Raymond Armstrong (class of ’42 and former financial advisor to Ronald Reagan), Clark Sammartino (class of ’55 and founder of Donated Dental Services), Robert Wittes (class of ’50, former physicianin-chief for Sloan Kettering Cancer Center), Susan West Kurz (class of ’67 and co-founder of Dr. Hauschka Skin Care) and Shelley Woods Whiting (class of ’87, works in Commercial Development, Marketing and Sustainability for Georgia Pacific Chemicals). Louis Toro, a guidance counselor at Classical, is also being honored for his stellar work in helping students both in and out of school. The dinner takes place on April 22 at the Providence Marriott. For more information, visit www.classicalalumni.org.
A New Kind of Running of the Bulls
You don’t have to travel to Pamplona (and risk life and limb) to experience the thrill of being chased by bulls down a city street. The Providence Roller Derby is holding a fundraiser, Get Gored for Good, in support of Amos House. On April 28, the ladies of the Roller Derby
Providence Roller Derby’s roller bulls are ready to gore for good.
will chase supporters through the streets of Providence armed with their skates, horned helmets and red-tipped paint brushes. Afterwards, celebrate with a party in the streets of downtown. It’s all to benefit the good work that Amos House does to help the homeless and hungry in the city.
When One Door Closes
The Johnson and Wales Culinary Museum is filled with food treasures – too many of them, in fact. The museum announced that it will be closing its doors for more than a year to remodel and reevaluate its holdings, hiring former RISD president Roger Mandle to take the lead on the renovations. The museum will
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Fox Point by John Rousseau Fox Point Neighborhood Association Phone Number: 270-7121 Website: www.fpna.net Email: fpna@cox.net Mailing Address: P.O. Box 603177, Providence, RI 02906 Events This Month: FPNA will hold its Monthly Board Meeting April 8 in the Community Room at the Vartan Gregorian Bath House Library, 455 Wickenden Street. Friends of India Point Park call for volunteers to its annual Spring Clean Up at the park Saturday, April 20. Rain date has been set for Sunday, April 21. Pike Street Intersection Developments Local elected officials offered support to the Fox Point Neighborhood Association, FPNA, in its efforts to restore the Pike Street Intersection as a way to slow traffic entering the neighborhood via the I-195 South Main Street exit. State Rep. Chris Blazejewski, State Senator Gayle Golden and Councilman Seth Yurdin updated their constituency on numerous issues affecting residents, but also offered advice and support on the topic that has been identified as FPNA’s number one issue. Blazejewski, who actively supported the Complete Streets legislation that was passed last year, promised to use his influence to make sure the law was upheld by the Rhode Island Department of Transportation, RIDOT. “Senator (Gayle) Golden and I will be happy to write letters to RIDOT asking for a review of safety issues,” he added. Yurdin, majority leader and co-author of Providence’s Complete Street Ordinance, directed the board to seek out an opinion of Reuben Flores Marzan, the new director of the Providence Department of Planning and Development. “The first step would be to set up a meeting with the new director, “to review the situation.” Yurdin pointed to the cooperation that was achieved (between FPNA and RIDOT) to reduce the I-195 noise by identifying the problem and then addressing it through remediation. “That was a successful outcome,”
he explained. Jonathan Harris, Chapter Chair of the Sierra Club’s Complete Streets Executive Committee, spoke first at the event explaining the recently passed law considers the needs of all users. “It’s possible to push on the Pike Street Intersection, but the rest (of the I-195 configurations) is final,” he offered. “You have to tell them that walking is a priority,” noting that an engineer may believe there are “not enough pedestrians,” to warrant the safety measure. Ani Haroian, Community Relations Director from the Mayor’s Office has agreed to set up a meeting with Reuben Flores Marzan, the new planning director, other parties and FPNA. FPNA Explores Monument Restoration Beth Charlebois, director of Neighborhood Parks and Services, presented photos of the plaques that are available to be restored to the 1906 Roger Williams Landing Park Monument. Unfortunately, only two of the plaques are the original ones that were cast for the monument, she reported prompting calls from the audience for re-casting the lost plaques. Two of those include the main west-facing 1906 plaque, which was a relief of Roger Williams and company landing on the shore and a small round plaque of the City of Providence’s official seal. The project would require some research and funding, but would be a worthwhile project, Charelbois agreed. FPNA Executive Secretary John Rousseau has sent these photos to different historians, who might have access, photos and/or information about the original plaques and to historical foundations and governmental officials, who might have funding ideas. “Some of our membership has been asking for the restoration for a long time, even suggesting that a fundraising campaign should be initiated.“ As you recall, FPNA has received funding for a historical marker to be constructed on the Seekonk Shoreline in Gano Park that directs visitors to this monument. The location of the marker has been established at a spot from which the monument can be seen across Gano Street. As part of the Council for Humanities grant, FPNA agreed to provide publicity for a double dedication ceremony of the marker and the restoration of the monument’s plaques. Resolutions and some photos are said to exist for the plaques, according to the city’s archivist, Paul Campbell. If you have ideas on restoration of the plaques, contact fpna@ cox.net or by calling 270-7121.
Blackstone Parks by Jane Peterson Blackstone Parks Phone Number: 270-3014 Website: www.blackstoneparksconservancy.org Mailing Address: P.O. Box 603141, Providence 02906 “Why not think of the tulip poplar on the Boulevard as a metaphor for what we’re trying to do in the woodland?” asked City Forester Doug Still. This in response to the question, “How do we know how much to intervene in the Blackstone Park Conservation District?” The “we” refers the Providence Parks Department and the Blackstone Parks Conservancy, collaborating in the care of the two Blackstone Parks. The tulip poplar metaphor means: Work with nature where possible, intervening only as much as necessary to redress the negative impacts of human interference. The story of the great old tulip poplar on Blackstone Boulevard between Lloyd and Irving, which was toppled by Hurricane Irene in 2011, illustrates a relatively new approach to landscaping the Boulevard. A dozen or more sturdy sprouts emerged from the stump, indicating that at least part of the root system was still healthy. Earlier, a typical reaction would have been to clip off the sprouts in the interest of tidiness - in fact, this is what happened in 2011. Then, later, a replacement tree would have been planted. But in 2012, we jointly decided to take the advice of a scientist who volunteers as a consultant to both the Conservancy and the Parks Department to try the thousand-year-old technique called coppicing. Next, a volunteer forester working at the city’s direction singled out the strongest-looking one and cut off the others to help the tree regenerate. Virtually no expense! There are two compelling reasons for a relatively cautious approach to intervening in a conservation area, where people want to protect a natural landscape: incomplete knowledge and scarcity of resources. More and more, the idea of minimal intervention seems to be where exploratory conversations between dedicated environmentalists settle. Norway maples display all the attributes that give invasive plants an advantage over native plants, enabling them to disrupt the diversity essential to long-
term forest health. First, invasive plants are often imported as ornamentals - people want them for their beauty as well as their vigor. Norway maples were planted across the United States in the mid-20th century to replace dying elms. The second reason for invasive plants’ dominance is their strength. Norway maples are more prolific than most native trees, sending out great numbers of seeds that are widely scattered by the wind. These trees are also unusually hardy, adapting readily to poor soil and urban pollution. The next question is whether to replace invasive plants with natives, as is widely recommended, and if so, what kind and how? This intervention carries its own set of risks, as our leading science advisor reminds us. Events • Annual Meeting Tuesday April 2, 2013, at Lippitt House, 199 Hope Street. Street parking available. Talk by landscape historian Mack Woodward at 6:45pm. • Trail Day with Appalachian Mountain Club, Saturday, April 6. See our website for details. • April 20, Earth Day, 9am-12pm, Blackstone Parks Conservancy and Friends of Blackstone Woods. See our website for details. Kindly send your Eastside Marketplace receipts to the P.O. Box above.
Summit by Kerry Kohring Summit Neighborhood Association Phone Number: 489-7078 Website: www.SummitNeighbors.org Email: sna@sna.providence.ri.us Mailing Address: SNA, PO Box 41092, Providence, RI 02940 Annual Meeting Elects Larger Board, Discusses Future The members of the Summit Neighborhood Association, at their annual meeting on February 25, elected an expanded board of directors, heard reports from elected officials and participated in a wide-ranging discussion of the future of the neighborhood, the city and the state. Re-elected at the gathering in Summit Commons on Hillside Avenue were directors Dean Weinberg as president, Jesse Polhemus as vice president and Harriet Hemphill as treasurer. Elected as secretary was board member Thomas Schmeling. Also re-elected were Anthony Arrigo, Grant Dulgarian, Howie April 2013 East Side Monthly
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Community News Gladstone, Claude Goldman, Kerry Kohring, Daniel MacLellan, Britt Page, Sheila Perlow, Mary Ann Rossoni and Peter Sandby-Thomas. Newcomers approved as a slate were Sierra Barter, Chris Bull, Daren Bulley, Colin Carlton, Martha Fraenkel, Anneliese Greenier, Volkan Gural and Joan Retsinas. Nominated from the floor and elected were Jim Barfoot and Jamal Carvalho. The discussion of the future was begun by a panel of neighborhood thinkers and activists including: Sierra Barter, of the PVD Lady Project; Jon Howard, Cause & Effect, Inc.; Coryndon Luxmoore, Buildium; and Jef Nickerson, Greater City Providence. The group was moderated by Weinberg and Arrigo. The panelists seemed to agree that the quality of life in the neighborhood was good and improving, but that more work needed to be done, especially in education and “walkability.” They also stressed that increasing population density is a good trend as “people who are residents by choice” drive economic and cultural growth. Luxmoore said the area “needs more residents rather than parking spaces.” Better public transportation was also urged, as Barter said she wished Providence had “a system that makes sense for people after six o’clock.” But the school system generated the most reaction from the audience, especially as local schools increase in quality and there is competition for student space. One resident cited a breakdown in information from education officials about registering for school. Councilman Jackson said that local schools are supposed to have 80 percent enrollment from the neighborhood but that is not always happening. Panelist Nickerson said there is “something fundamentally broken” in the way the state funds schools and they should be statewide “and all good.” Arrigo closed the discussion by asking “What can SNA do?” The advice of the panel was summed up by Nickerson as “continue to discuss quality-of-life issues” and “lean on” elected officials. Easter-egg Hunt Prompts Discussion of Inclusiveness The SNA board voted at its February 18 regular meeting to go ahead with an Easter-egg hunt on March 30, but only after a lengthy discussion of the implications of celebrating a Christian holiday in a neighborhood with a large Jewish population. Some Jewish members of the board asked if the Easter event would imply that the organization
is ignoring the beliefs of many members of the community, including such faiths as Muslim or Hindu, and would be insulting to them. After some soul-searching, the board decided that the event, marking an officially recognized holiday, was being planned not with a sense of excluding people of non-Christian faiths, but with the purpose of including as many people as possible. The board debated calling it a “spring” event, but decided that “Easter eggs” were uniquely recognizable and acceptable. Members of the board said during the discussion that they had no intention of denigrating any faiths and encourage suggestions from people of all faiths to suggest ways to celebrate the diversity of the Summit neighborhood. Residents Invited to Directors Meetings The board convenes at 7pm the third Monday of every month in the cafeteria of Summit Commons, 99 Hillside Ave. The meetings are open and neighborhood residents are encouraged to attend.
Brown Street Park by Wendy Nilsson Friends of Brown Street Park Phone Number: 454-8712 Website: www.friendsofbrownstreetpark.org Email: wendy@friendsofbrownstreetpark.org Mailing Address: 30 Pratt Street, Providence, RI 02906 Events This Month Save the Date of Saturday, April 20 for our 7th Annual Earth Day Cleanup and Celebration with Joe’s Backyard Band time TBA. Please check our website for updated times and activities. Join in the cleanup, and then join us for a city-wide volunteer appreciation party at Roger Williams Park Temple to Music hosted by Mayor Angel Taveras from 12-3pm with live music, snacks and more. To learn more about clean-ups and Earth Day events at over 17 neighborhood parks in Providence, the Roger Williams Park clean up or to make your own park cleanup, go to www.providenceparks.org or www.facebook.com/ PartnershipForProvidenceParks. If you are interested in starting or joining a
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Wayland Square by David Kolsky Neighborhood Discussion Group at Books on the Square Website: groups.yahoo.com/group/ waylandsquare Monthly Meetings Wednesday, March 27 and Wednesday, April 24, at 7pm, Books on the Square, 471 Angell Street at Elmgrove, next to CVS. Free and open to all. Local Notes Not much local news to report. The Olive Tap on Wayland Square held a Grand Opening, and the Ugly American on Ives Street closed. The former Tedeschi’s (Store 24) on Thayer and Angell was still empty in early March. As in many parts of the city, snow clearance and sidewalk clearance was very uneven after February’s storms. Narrow streets like University Avenue suffered great congestion, while the need to keep wide paths open for fire engines around the Humboldt Ave. Fire Station (between Irving, Cole and Elton) dumped huge, persistent mountains of snow over the storm drains around the Glady Potter tot lot, and made even well-shoveled sidewalks unreachable. Similar snow mountains and sidewalk barriers rose along the many arteries that cross the Square (Wayland, Elmgrove, Gano, Lloyd, Angell, Waterman, Pitman, Butler and Blackstone Boulevard). Nearby on the East Side, the City Plan Commission gave final approval to the Gilbane project to build a single apartment complex at 257 Thayer Street, taking up nearly the whole block behind Johnny Rockets and now occupied by nine houses that will be demolished or perhaps moved. A broader Thayer Street study is being conducted this spring to consider all the different influences, needs and
Community News effects of stability and change, but the Gilbane project will apparently march on regardless. My personal feeling, expressed at several public hearings, is that the building of this monolith will complete an institutional-commercial wall that will split the residential neighborhood of College Hill in two. The Providence Preservation Society is soliciting support for a proposal to expand the existing historical and architectural preservation district towards Governor Street, and thus closer to Wayland Square. More Local News Check our Yahoo! Group’s public message board (above) to stay abreast of current local events and issues. Or join the group to receive regular announcements by e-mail, including select notices of neighborhood meetings, civic affairs and cultural events.
College Hill by Allison Spooner College Hill Neighborhood Association Phone Number: 633-5230 Website: www.collegehillna.com Email: chna@collegehillna.com Mailing Address: CHNA, P.O. Box 2442, Providence, RI 02906 CHNA Board Takes a New CommunityFocused Direction The CHNA Board has approved new bylaws! We now welcome residents inside and outside of our borders, representatives of local businesses, organizations and institutions to become members of CHNA. Why become a new member or renew your membership? Your membership offers the means for the College Hill Neighborhood Association to address issues and provide support to our community. Our charge is to advocate for our neighborhood, build community and preserve the quality of life and unique character of College Hill. CHNA Members are invited to attend all Board meetings that will include featured presentations. Members will receive the CHNA enewsletter that brings you notification of city and community news, events, crime alerts and invitations to all CHNA special events and meetings. As an added bonus, CHNA members will be provided with special offers during featured events.
CHNA Solicits New Board Members With the CHNA bylaws and operations firmly in place, along with the formal shift to a more collaborative approach to issues on College Hill, the next step is to grow the board so that CHNA can be more productive. We encourage all within our newly widened membership to consider applying for a Board seat! Simply email chna@collegehillna.com with your contact information and interests as a first step. Cocktails on College Hill Begins Again CHNA is gearing up for another round of Cocktails on College Hill starting this summer. Building community is a priority for CHNA and this is a wonderful opportunity to bring our community together. It has been two years since our last event series was held in homes throughout College Hill and we have heard that it is missed. We are now looking for new doors to open for the upcoming Cocktails on College Hill event series. If you are interested in hosting a Cocktails on College Hill event please send us an email at chna@collegehillna.com. More details forthcoming here, in our e-newsletter and on our website at www.collegehillna.com. CHNA February Social Event Our great thanks to Kartabar for hosting our first social event of 2013! We had a terrific turnout with new faces and many that are familiar. Thanks to all of our neighbors who came out to enjoy great conversation and delicious fare.
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Bringing History to Life Illuminating ideas and sparking connections at the Athenaeum salon series By Molly Lederer • Photos by Melissa Stimpson
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Friday last month, a lively crowd gathered at the Providence Athenaeum on Benefit Street. Sipping wine and sherry, nibbling fresh fruit and spinach squares, they mingled and chatted. Then, in a buzz of excitement, they sat around café tables to watch three erudite lecturers shed light on a shocking art show, a scandalous ballet and a groundbreaking novel - from 1913. The subject matter dated back 100 years; the setting and format of the evening were older still. But the main draw of this salon was active
engagement in the present moment. Christina Bevilacqua, Director of Programs and Public Engagement at the historic library, began the salon series with an eye toward bringing different members of the community together to discuss history, philosophy, science and the arts. Inspired by a New York exhibit on salons through the centuries, she held the first gathering on a cold, February night in 2006. She recalls, “The topic was the history of social conversation, which is not exactly the sexiest topic in the world. I
just assumed for the first few months, I was going to have to bribe my friends to come and hope that eventually it would start to catch on.” No bribes required. Over 40 people attended the first salon, and the popularity rose rapidly from there. These days, around 120 participants come each week, enjoying drinks and light bites to start, presentations to follow and spirited discussion at the end. The free series, held from 5–7pm on Fridays, has become a great “gateway to the weekend,” as Bevilacqua puts it. The
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informative and unexpectedly humorous. In examining the political context of the Armory Show in New York City, for example, Dr. Marilyn S. Kushner of the NY Historical Society noted Teddy Roosevelt’s reaction to seeing Marcel Duchamp’s Nude Descending a Staircase: frankly, he preferred his own bathroom rug. And, while discussing the publication of Marcel Proust’s Á la Recherche du Temps Perdu, Dr. Arnold Weinstein of Brown University detailed an awkward cab ride the writer once shared with James Joyce. The two literary geniuses apparently could find nothing to talk about. Frequent salon-goers express unabashed enthusiasm for the series.
Carl Farmer of Benefit Street considers it “the only way to start the weekend in Providence.” Risa Gilpin, the Athenaeum’s former program director, gives kudos to Bevilacqua for choosing consistently fascinating subjects. Steve Coon attends as often as possible, regardless of whether the topic is familiar or foreign to him. He trusts that he’ll learn something new either way, run into friends and acquaintances, and get a chance to exchange ideas. With a corporate career at Textron, Coon feels that Athenaeum programs like this one help him maintain “a connection to a literary life.” Marilyn Soscia of Warwick, a former cab driver and deliverer of singing
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where you could hear something that may change your life or your way of doing things.” With such a high number of regular attendees, critical analysis and discussion often continues long after each salon ends. Bevilacqua finds, “You have this kind of meta-conversation. There’s a thread that weaves through all these nights as you go though the weeks and the months and the years. And so these resonances happen without anybody really trying to make them happen.” In contrast to the myriad modern options for logging in and opting out of human interaction, the salon series at the Athenaeum offers a fun, free way to engage with others, explore new ideas and connect with the community at large. That doesn’t happen often, and certainly not with sherry and spinach squares. As Bevilacqua concludes, “It’s modeling a certain kind of civic discourse that we don’t get very much opportunity to practice in the world that we live in. And in a democracy, that’s key.”
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A A Tale Tale of of Two Two Goalies Goalies Brown’s Anthony Borelli and PC’s Jon Gillies are leading from the net by Dan Schwartz
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Brute strength was once the hallmark of great hockey teams. Then dynamic skating and speed became all important. Now we’ve entered the age of the goalie, where having a stellar net minder is a basic requirement for success. Brown senior Anthony Borelli came out of nowhere his senior year to lead his team, almost by himself, into the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) playoffs with home ice advantage. Across town at Providence College, freshman goalie Jon Gillies put up ludicrous numbers in February, helping Providence stay at the top of the Hockey East conference. Borelli at Brown is an unlikely hero, as he didn’t play last season. Then this year, after the Brown Bears suffered a 7-0 beating by Providence College eight games into the season, Borelli finally got his chance. And since then he’s been lights out: a 1.77 Goals Against Average (ranked 5th in the country) and an astounding .943 Save Percentage. Brown coach Brendan Whittet says, “A goaltender can change everything. Anthony has allowed us the opportunity to have a run in the playoffs and he’s given our guys the confidence to execute on the offensive side. That’s a powerful thing.”
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What is remarkable is that Borelli has done this all in his final year at Brown. In a phone interview he responded to what it was like to start after not playing earlier in college: “It definitely feels good. At first I felt overwhelmed with the pressure, but after a few games it became natural again.” “I’ve always told the guys that you can make a career as a senior,” Whittet says. “Anthony has gone though a lot of different emotions and challenges, and he’s come through with flying colors. He communicates to the young guys what it takes to be successful at this level.” The team had a strong year, and Brown was able to secure home ice advantage in the ECAC playoffs for the first time since 2005. And with their two regular season ties with number one ranked Quinnipiac, anything is possible in the postseason [by the time this issue goes to press the first round of playoffs will be decided]. At Providence College, 19-year-old Jon Gillies has been excellent in net, helping to keep the Friars among the six teams playing musical chairs all year for the number one slot in the Hockey East conference. Stat-wise he boasted a 2.09 Goals Against Average and an amazing .931 Save Percentage (Gillies was selected last year in the
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Fine Horticulture third round of the NHL Entry Draft by the Calgary Flames). In an interview Providence College Coach Nate Leaman commented on how rare it is to see this kind of skill from a first year player: “It is not overly unusual to see this level of ability, but to see this level of consistency in a freshman is unusual. He competes for the puck every night.” Just like Borelli has done for the Brown Bears, Gillies has given the Friars the confidence to challenge the top teams within the conference. Leaman added, “Jon is a highly talented and athletic goaltender, and this is in a year where goaltending has been outstanding in our league. He is among the best, and a candidate for Hockey East Rookie of the Year.” In an interview Gillies responded to the question of being a freshman leader: “I don’t feel any added pressure. It just has been a great situation to be in and I try and give my team a chance to win every night.” By the time this publication is printed, the playoffs will be in full swing for both the ECAC and Hockey East conferences. Then it’s on to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s Ice Hockey Championship tournament at the end of March, comprising of 16 teams that include the champions of each of the five Division 1 conferences (receiving automatic bids) with the remaining 11 teams decided by computer rankings. It is doubtful that Brown would continue to the NCAA playoffs without an ECAC championship, and there is no guarantee that Providence College would get a bid without a Hockey East championship. Adding some excitement is the fact that the NCAA regionals are being held this year at the Dunkin Donuts Center and hosted by Brown University. With Providence College surging into the playoffs and Brown holding their own, there are high hopes for the NCAA tournament. And it is clear both teams simply wouldn’t be where they are without Borelli and Gillies. Coach Whittet admitted, “Anthony has single-handedly put together one of the best seasons I’ve ever been involved with, either when I was a player or throughout my 15 years coaching.” Time will tell if these goalies can lead their teams to the promised land of conference championships – and when dreaming big – to NCAA Frozen Four national glory.
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Warmer weather means the return of music festivals, and I for one could not be more excited to kick off my outdoor season right on College Hill at this year’s Brown Folk Festival (April 13). Currently in its fifth year, the student-organized celebration brings the community out and onto the campus for a day and night of harmonicas, vocal harmonies and some of the best musical storytellers around. Drawing on Providence’s impressive young music base, and no doubt inspired in-part by Newport’s historic festival of the same genre, the Brown Folk Fest brings together up and comers exploring the various incarnations of contemporary ‘folk.’ Held outdoors in Simmons Quad and moved inside to Sayles Hall at night and in case of rain, the festival is free and open to the public. Last year’s folk fest tallied more than 2,000 attendees, bringing out the local neighborhoods and the Brown community alike. More than a gathering of music lovers, Brown folk organizer Julia Longoria, ’13, calls the festival a true “celebration of Providence,” with its support of local music, creative arts and businesses. Every year the Folk Fest hosts a number of local vendors, selling crafts, locally designed and produced merchandise, and of course food and beverages provided by Thayer Street’s beloved food trucks. I’m not sure whether Mijos Tacos or Mama Kim’s Korean BBQ go better with folk music, so there might have to be some taste-testing going on the day of. This year’s Brown Folk Fest lineup includes alums Tallahassee and Kyle Anne Carey, local favorites Smith&Weeden and The Mighty Good Boys, and local singer-songwriters Ian Fitzgerald and Hayley Reardon who will be performing a set specially crafted for the festival. Prior to the festival, folk organizers will hold a competition for current student bands to earn a spot in the lineup. Brown Folk Festival set times are yet to be announced, but you’ll find me up front for the following must-see acts: TALLAHASSEE Tallahassee’s 2011 release Jealous Hands is an album I’d put in the car to head out on a cross-country road trip. The band’s blend of rich, lyrical feel-good folk has
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female harmonies are as sweet as the band’s name would suggest, with some serious soul to match. Their timeless vocals channel back to the Andrews Sisters, with the synchronized dancing swapped for an immaculate banjo-ukelele-cello-mandolin combination. It’s always a pleasure to see these lovely ladies collaborate. www.thesugarhoneyicedtea.com THE MIGHTy GooD BoyS If you’re looking to dance, you’ll want to find The Mighty Good Boys’ on-stage honky tonk party. If you see a man in overalls playing a bass, you’re headed in the right direction. Hailing from Barrington, The Mighty Good Boys never fail to draw a crowd and raise a good-time ruckus. www.reverbnation.com/themightygoodboys GILL MoSS BAND With RISD roots, the Gill Moss band’s male/female vocal dichotomy of singers Naushon Hale and Leanne Luce, has that inviting quality that brings folk fans around a campfire, or in this case, a campus stage. The band’s sound adds a jazzy filter to the traditional finger picking, story-telling folk, while still maintaining a distinct sound. Though the folk festival will be my first time seeing the band in action, I have a feeling it won’t be the last. www.gillmossband.com
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Exchange Street is a secret kept in plain sight: the Blackstone River, and it is about to lose its identity. Quietly making the long trek from Worcester through Rhode Island towns like Woonsocket, it finally joins in a civil union with the Seekonk River as it “jumps the broom” over the Pawtucket Falls. Here, the Blackstone begins to become a tidal tributary and take on its partner’s name (hyphenation was not an option). The Seekonk River is the northernmost tributary to Narragansett Bay. Emptying the Blackstone’s freshwater contribution along with its own (“What’s yours is mine, dear”) into the brackish estuary – one of 13 rivers that are connected to the bay (I smell divorce). Imagine with me – if you will – sitting out in the middle of the Seekonk River. The chilly, spring morning air that smells
of rain and earth greets you as gulls and geese cry out in the distance. The white noise of water laps against a straight and narrow crew boat, as you scoop the water backwards with a musical splash and an intoxicating adrenaline rush. The Narragansett Boat Club (NBC) frequently launches people down this river. Celebrating 175 years of sharing an unprecedented passion for rowing this past March, it’s the perfect place to begin an adventure – be you a novice or an elite. The first session of this year’s adult rowing season beginning promptly on April 1 (no joke) and boasts multiple days and times to fit even the most compromising of schedules. So this month, I encourage – nay, I am telling you – to check out this historic club, which features the longest continuing operation of any boat club in America. Just about ten minutes away from Providence’s own India Point Park,
Sculling with the Narragansett Boat Club
NBC’s regatta on River Road places you just north – within eye-shot – of the Henderson Bridge and directly across from the East Providence shoreline. As you dip the bow of your boat into the nippy freshwater body, the current will actually pull you due south. The Seekonk River is also smack-dab in the middle of these two cities; a refreshing reminder that one can never be too far away from the coast in a New England metropolis. On your voyage, you might see a stealthy blue heron wading through the various grasses and reeds that cushion the opposing riverbanks, or a doublecrested cormorant stalking some fish (if you have an eye for the avian). The iconic old railroad bridge – now out of commission and known for misdemeanor, daredevil jumps – is locked in a raised position that seems to salute all those who pass beneath it. Mute swans have also been known to frequent these waters and spoil rowers with their graceful navigation of the river’s current. These dreamy visions of serenity broken only by the sight of the busy Henderson and Washington Bridges, maybe the Brown University Crew Team and the occasional power boat. Even if nature is not your thing, and trust me when I say no judgement there – I am a city girl myself – rowing can help you score some killer upper body and core strength. And I am sure that most folks would prefer rowing in open water with some good friends (and maybe even some new ones) over being “that guy” who struggles in the corner of the gym with the incessant whirring noise of a rowing machine. For more information visit the Narragansett Boating Club at www.rownbc.org or contact 272-1838, 2 River Road, Providence.
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Clothing & More Sale is celebrating its 65th anniversary of bargain shopping and unbelievable savings. Mark your calendars because the sale is just around the corner, April 18-20. Here’s the first thing you need to know: admission is free, so there is no excuse not to go. The “pop up” department store is perfect for discount shoppers looking for a great find for the spring season, whether it’s clothing, books, sports equipment, kitchen gear, décor, accessories or toys. Dana Salvadore and Chris Murphy are the co-chairs for this year’s event and are overwhelmingly excited. “Nothing compares to watching people shop throughout the three day sale,” Murphy says of the experience. “When I began volunteering for the sale, I had no idea that it benefited so many people in our community.” All proceeds support the Wheeler Scholarship Fund and Breakthrough Providence. Anything leftover after the sale is donated to charities and non-profit organizations, so nothing is wasted. The sale started as a way for parents to raise money for their children’s school and grew into a massive annual sale. It is sponsored by the Wheeler
School Parents Association and everyone donates thousands of volunteer hours. “Parents use their vacation time to work the sale in April,” says Salvadore. “They bring in grandparents, aunts and babysitters to help out during the two weeks of set up and sale.” Colleen Hanna has also been hard at work to make this event truly unforgettable by speaking with parents directly and making sure the atmosphere is “electric.” This event is a big hit for the parents whose children attend the Wheeler School because of the fundraising and educational benefits. “Working together with other volunteering women gave me an ‘in’ into the Wheeler community and let me feel a part of something bigger,” says a wheeler mom volunteer. “Of course, when you’re talking about a 65-yearold tradition, we are all standing on the shoulders of giants. So many people through the years have honed and finessed the process, altered it and amended it to fit the times, that it really does seem like it runs itself.” April 18, 10am-8pm; April 19, 9am8pm; April 20, 9am-4pm. 407 Brook Street. 421-8100, www.wheelerschool.org.
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For more than 15 years, Gail Glanville has been helping women (men too) shift out of depressed states and into self-confidence, fulfilled potential and an improved ability to get things done. Rather than traditional talk therapy or medication, she uses complementary approaches to help change the negative patterns, neural pathways and bioelectric frequencies of depression. Everyone’s story is different, but Gail mentions that there are three recognizable self-sabotaging patterns that underlie depression. Along with NLP practitioners (Neuro-linguistic programming), she can define these menacing archetypal patterns as Control, Deprivation and Rejection. An over-controlling or critical parent can create a people-pleasing little girl who struggles for power in her relationships as an adult. Her unleashed talent and inner power collapse into hopeless depression and anxiety. Deprivation, which occurs when a parent focuses on their own needs and ignores their child’s, leads to an adult who is unable to recognize his/her true needs or get them met. Deprivation leads to addiction and a kind of helpless depression. Rejection by a parent includes a basic lack of kindness and results in low selfworth (or its opposite, self-aggrandizement). Rejection can trigger a tenacious depressive despair. Maybe you’ve spotted how these archetypes feed into each other. That’s why taking a linear approach to depression seldom works. It takes holistic, or even holographic methods, to lift the mask that many depressed people have learned to wear, so their ability to hope and trust is revivified. What makes the difference in many complementary systems, like what Gail does, is the extra support that comes from the use of energy modalities. These modalities are the secret to boosting the body/mind system in a new direction. Bioenergetic support could include shining a pink light into a heart-related meridian point that is specifically effective in lifting depression. Or sound, movement and breath modalities. Or the kind of fragrance that bypasses the conscious mind and heads directly for stored emotional memory imprints that need to be diffused. The result? Research has shown that “95% of customers feel better to a lot better at the end of their session.” And the first 90-minute session is free!
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be becoming the rule rather than the exception lately, and the resulting unwelcome tree damage is more and more frequent. Most property owners will generally take care of storm damage impacting their homes immediately, but often wait to address trees in the landscape. “Spring is the time to get a good look at affected trees,” Tom explains. “We inspect them for broken stubs and cracked limbs, which should be pruned out properly to prevent future decay and problems.” A good preventative measure is end weight reduction pruning of overreaching limbs, which helps reduce breakage from snow load and excessive wind. It’s also a good time to see if you have the type of trees that can be protected from damaging insects. Part of Tom’s Integrated Pest Management program is winter moth control, which should be done when the buds of the host tree are opening in order to be most effective, generally starting in mid to late April. April is also the month of Arbor Day, and as the proverb goes: “The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” If you’ve lost trees, or trees need to be removed because they’ve been compromised, April is a great time for planting because new trees have the entire season to establish. Tom says, “Planting a tree helps replace lost canopy, or just to increase canopy, in your yard.” Tom has recently acquired Whipple Tree of Westport and will now have two divisions covering east and west bay. Tom’s Tree Care will also now become TF Morra Tree Care, Inc. to reflect this expansion. Tom and his team leaders are ISA Certified Arborists, and Tom himself served for 15 years as arborist and Tree Resource Manager for the City of Providence. He views the trees he’s worked on as his charges. “I drive by the trees I’ve planted all the time and ask myself ‘how’s that one doing?’” Tap into Tom’s expertise, and allow your leafy friends in the yard to flourish all season long.
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Movies
by Bob Cipriano
At the Movies Dim the lights, lower the bar This season’s B-grade films
that bridge the gap between 2012’s end-ofyear award winners and the summer’s big productions are particularly dreary. Except for a pleasant surprise or two, like last month’s Parker and this month’s Side Effects, there’s little to discuss and even less to savor at the cinema. Currently hanging around are: Snitch: Sandbagged, framed and betrayed, Dwayne Johnson’s 18-year-old son (Jon Bernthal) is facing ten years in prison. Johnson must make an unholy alliance with the US government, embodied by a ferocious Susan Sarandon and her snake of a right-hand man, Barry Pepper, to get some time off of the kid’s sentence. So far, so good. The first half of Snitch features some good father-son moments and even better negotiation tension as Johnson reluctantly agrees to transport drugs to catch bad guys and further Sarandon’s career. But when the plan inevitably falls apart, Snitch becomes a series of highway chases and shootouts. They’re all well filmed, and director Ric Roman Waugh, who co-wrote the script with Justin Haythe, doesn’t allow the mayhem to completely obliterate the father-son drama or the political implications of Sarandon’s high-handedness. It’s just that Johnson can’t quite play a regular guy who’s got action hero chops. He is body and soul an action hero who isn’t much credible as a regular guy. Snitch is okay, but to really work, Johnson would have to stretch as an actor beyond what he seems capable of. A Good Day to Die Hard: Bruce Willis can stretch, as we all know. Five Die Hards, one Sixth Sense and so many others. In fact, it seems safe to say that in the increasingly prevalent geezersgone-wild genre, no geezer is more glorious that Bruce. Film historians may well cite, “Yippee-ki-yay” over, “I’ll be back” as the 20th century’s most memorable action tag line. But this is the 21st century, and even Mr. Willis can’t overcome a simplistic, cliché-ridden plot consisting of elaborate but ultimately boring action set pieces filled with car chases, fireballs and automatic weapons. Another father-son dilemma is at the
artificial heart of this enterprise, with Willis in Russia to help his superspy son out of a jam. That’s the plot. Make way for all special effects all the time, cowboy-wit replaced by grumpy old man one-liners (the aforementioned “Yippeeki-yay” notwithstanding), and no villain remotely reminiscent of Alan Rickman and Jeremy Irons, whose existence ensured the two classic Die Hards a place in action movie history. Phantom: Ed Harris plays Dmitri, the physically and emotionally wrecked captain of a Soviet sub, sent on a final mission tied to the 1968 sinking of another sub. He drinks, he suffers badly filmed epileptic seizures, and is further unhinged by the replacement of his usual crew with a bunch of K.G.B. punks led by a miscast David Duchovny. Needless to say, nuclear missiles and World War III are in the mix, but you wouldn’t know it, given the most monotonous filming technique ever applied to what is supposed to be a tension-filled submarine. If you stick around until the end, you’ll find the finale is even more ridiculous than the film’s premise and all the nonsense in between. The Last Exorcism: Part II: this opportunistic sequel, here mainly to take advantage of the first film’s deserved success, at least features the fine Ashley Bell, reprising her role as the Louisiana teenager possessed by the demon, Abalam. Also like the first film, this one concentrates on atmospheric tension and minor scares, as opposed to graphic violence, sex and nudity. It belongs to the Paranormal Activity school of horror, suggesting there is some intellect behind the mayhem, some puzzle to be solved if you watch closely enough. The reason to see this film would be to get some answers about the abrupt but effective ending of the first film. They’re not here, any more than they have shown up in Paranormal Activity 2, 3 or 4. The atmosphere and Ashley Bell’s strengths as an actor make the film watchable, but too many of the first film’s characters and too much of its intrigue have been exorcised from this one, leaving just another teasing demonic possession to endure without a pay-off. Dark Skies: Another horror thriller, this one steeped in the threatened family/haunted house tradition. So it’s the
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children who are in serious jeopardy, the youngest of whom dreams about a menacing ‘sandman’ that claims to be his friend. Add suicidal birds, and that scene where somebody has tacked up newspaper clippings and photos of previous victims. Paranormal surveillance footage is here, too, as the skeptical Dad films bedrooms and staircases to find out what’s really going on in his house. All this is shot well by director/writer Scott Charles Stewart. And he’s added little sub-plots about middle class life, where a compromised job market keeps dad unemployed, and the compromised real estate market forces mom to try and sell bad houses to people who can’t afford them. There’s even a little bit about the effect of Internet porn on teenagers struggling to mature into having romantic relationships. There’s also a terrific performance at the center of the film, as Keri Russell effectively juggles absolutely everything thrown at her, including those damn birds. But it all goes nowhere. Someone must have suggested that we’ve been deluged with demons of late and so this time aliens from another world are the villains, out to literally steal the kid, not possess him. Why? What’s the point? At least demons have plans to wreak some havoc once they’re inside you. When the inevitable climactic scenes kick in they are listless, un-scary and, finally, preposterous, even in a genre
we’re familiar with and usually happy to accept on principle. Side Effects: By far the best of the lot, Side Effects, like Dark Skies, has two plotlines going for it, but this film makes the most of its psychological thriller plot before sleekly turning it into a surprising melodrama of greed, betrayal and murder. Director Steven Soderbergh, venturing into Hitchcock territory, concentrates on Rooney Mara struggling to maintain her sanity as her hedge fund criminal husband (Channing Tatum) unrepentantly returns from a four-year prison stretch. Psychiatrist Jude Law, sensitive but more than willing to push the pills provided by the highest pharmaceutical bidder, puts Mara on a regimen that produces some scary side effects. The fragile Mara seems in constant jeopardy from her husband’s callousness and her doctor’s prescriptions. But the pharmaceutical industrial complex and Wall Street greed get pushed aside when the film’s central event occurs and changes not only every life on screen but also every perspective in the audience. Things happen fast, almost too fast (Hitchcock would have taken a little extra time to separate the wheat of his characters’ motivations from the shaft of their actions). But no matter. Soderbergh’s skill in changing character identities via dynamic shifts in plot is a thing to behold. April 2013 East Side Monthly
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by John Taraborelli
Hog Wild A family food business doubles down on Rhode Island If you’re like me, then you’ve probably seen the Daniele Foods label in your local deli case countless times, but never realized that it’s locally made. The company has been family owned and operated for three generations. It began in Italy, where the grandfather of current owners Stefano and Davide Dukcevich began selling a paprika-spiced salami with its roots in Croatia, from whence the family migrated. Stefano and Davide’s father came to America in 1976 and established Daniele, Inc in Pascoag. Now the president and sales manager respectively, the two brothers continue to produce Italian-style sausages and charcuterie out of the same plant in which they played hide-and-seek as kids… for now. While the original Daniele factory remains a beloved site within their family, it can no longer efficiently manage their production. (It does, however, manage to house a quarter of a million individual legs of prosciutto.) After courting offers to foot the bill for a new plant from states like Virginia and Texas, the Dukcevich brothers decided to break ground on a $50-60 million state-of-the-art facility right down the street from their current home. “We did a lot of soul searching,” says Davide. “Do we want to invest this much? It’s scary because we’re a family – we’re not a multinational corporation.” With the new plant set to come online sometime in mid-2014, the brothers decided to double down on their commitment to Rhode Island. Hence, their new line of artisanal, locally made charcuterie to complement their conventional line, which is processed here in Rhode Island using pork from places like Iowa and the Midwest. This new venture is a small batch product, made only with pigs from New England farmers. “The new line is less than one percent of the total business,” explains Davide. “But it’s the most exciting.” Stefano adds, “It’s nice to keep that slow pace. We don’t want it to be mass-produced. We want it to
be really focused and special.” To close the loop on their local line, the Dukceviches reached out to RISD students to design the packaging, and asked chefs at Johnson & Wales to devise recipes using the new products, which are featured on the Daniele website. They will also be sold locally through Farm Fresh RI and Dave’s Market, and are available at restaurants like Farmstead and Avenue N. The line currently includes sopressata, mortadella, pancetta, capocollo, salame Milano, chorizo and, of course, prosciutto. These are made the right way – the old way – and Davide points out with a mixture of pride and amusement that once every few months the plant is visited by some octogenarian gentlemen from Italy that he calls “the prosciutto Jedi,” who monitor Daniele’s processes and quality. With a renewed commitment to Rhode Island, the Dukcevich family is bullish on the prospects for our ailing local economy. “So many people complain that it sucks here,” notes Davide. “Why? Let’s do something about it. We’re really proud to be here and celebrate it.”
A Big Weekend For Eating Local Speaking of Daniele, they, along with us, are sponsoring this month’s EatDrinkRI Festival. The three-day event (April 19-21) is the brainchild of local foodies David Dadekian, who runs the website EatDrinkRI and is the restaurant reviewer for our sister magazine, The Bay, and Brendan Roane, Director of Marketing and Events at Gracie’s. Key events include Friday night’s Cocktail Couture, an exclusive cocktail and fashion event produced in concert with StyleWeek Northeast at the Biltmore; the Saturday night Grand Tasting (also at the Biltmore), featuring over 40 food, wine, beer and spirit exhibitors, as well as cooking demonstrations from chefs like The Dorrance’s Ben Sukle and Persimmon’s Champe Speidel; and a Sunday morning Grand Brunch at Gracie’s, featuring chefs from Nicks on Broadway and north on the West Side, Warren’s The Sunnyside, the Boat House in Tiverton, and more. Tickets range in price per event, or you can attend the whole festival, including several smaller events and panel discussions, for $200 (standard) or $250 (VIP). Find more info at festival.eatdrinkri.com.
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Hope/Thayer BEttEr BUrGEr COMpANY 217 Thayer Street; 228-7373. With Angus beef burgers that are juicy and tasty, this casual spot is a no brainer for anyone looking for a quick, delicious and affordable meal. They serve wholesome veggie, falafel and salmon burgers too. LD $ BLAZE 776 Hope Street; 277-2529. Opened in 2005, this fun and friendly neighborhood establishment plays host to a unique bistro style of cuisine. There’s a variety of foods and flavors including Portobello Penne Pink Vodka or the Jamaican Jerk Chicken. LD $-$$
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Downtown CAV 14 Imperial Place; 751-9164. The New York Times’ choice as one of Providence’s five best restaurants, CAV’s award-winning cuisine is available for lunch and dinner daily. They also feature Saturday/Sunday brunch. LD $$-$$$ HEMENWAY’S 121 South Main Street; 351-8570. A true Providence classic, Hemenway’s has been serving top-notch seafood for 20 years. Their oyster bar features everything from the famed Prince Edward Island varieties to the local favorite Poppasquash Point. LD $$-$$$ JACkY’S WAtErpLACE 200 Exchange Street; 383-5000. Experience sushi, Chinese and Japanese food, noodles and much more in a stunning atmosphere, right in the heart of Waterplace Park. Sip an exotic drink while taking in the spectacular view. LD $-$$$ MILLS tAVErN 101 North Main Street; 272-3331. The only restaurant in RI to receive the Mobil Four Star Award for five consecutive years, Mills Tavern provides traditional American cuisine in a warm, friendly setting. D $$-$$$ MILE & A QUArtEr rEStAUrANt 375 South Main St, 331-1500. With new ownership, Mile & a Quarter
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boasts a sophisticated menu, fresh cocktails and excellent service in the elegantly renovated Barnsider Building on the riverfront. D$-$$
Wayland/Elmgrove HArUkI EASt 172 Wayland Avenue; 223-0332. The chefs behind this sushi bar provide a minimalist, upscale, comfortable dining experience. Try the toro ankimo – fatty tuna and monkfish liver pate with eggplant tempura, served with a black bean sauce. LD $-$$$ LIM’S 18 S. Angell Street; 401-3838830. Dive into the unique combination of Lim’s fine Thai cuisine and sushi served in an intimate and modern setting. LD $$ rED StrIpE 465 Angell Street; 4376950. Red Stripe serves classic comfort food with a French influence. Their food is reasonably priced and made with passion. LD $$-$$$ WAtErMAN GrILLE 4 Richmond Square; 521-9229. With its covered outdoor seating overlooking the Seekonk River, Waterman Grille offers seasonally inspired New American fare in a comfortable setting. BrD $$-$$$
CHEZ pASCAL 960 Hope Street; 4214422. Chef Matt Gennuso’s East Side kitchen offers French food with a modern twist. Try the Bistro Menu (Tue-Thur), which features three courses for $35 per person. Delicieux! D $-$$$ INDIA 1060 Hope Street; 421-2600. India maintains its traditional flavors and dishes while also serving up some local favorites. Try their Spicy Steamed Mussels followed by Lamb Chop Kabobs for a well-rounded experience. BrLD $-$$ kArtABAr 284 Thayer Street; 3318111. This European-style restaurant and lounge offers a full menu of unique dishes with Mediterranean flair and eclectic flavors. They also offer a top-notch wine list and martini menu. LD $-$$ kItCHEN BAr 771 Hope Street; 3314100. Offering contemporary comfort cuisine in an elegant setting, Kitchen Bar features daily specials and take-out. Try their Clams Zuppa or Coriander Encrusted Flat Iron Steak or have the kids order from the kid’s menu. LD $-$$ NICE SLICE 267 Thayer Street; 4536423. Hip and healthy are the best descriptions of this pizza place. It’s whole wheat, New York-style pizza with plenty of choices for toppings, including vegan and vegetarian options. LD $ rUE DE L’ESpOIr 99 Hope Street; 7518890. In business for over 30 years, the Rue has only gotten better. Beautifully prepared with the freshest ingredients, the innovative, constantly changing menu keeps diners on their toes. Check out their superb brunch. BBrLD $$-$$$ tOrtILLA FLAtS 355 Hope Street; 751-6777. A fixture on the Providence
restaurant and bar scene, this spot serves up fresh Mexican, Cajun and Southwestern food, along with top-notch margaritas and ice-cold cervezas. LD $-$ WUrSt kItCHEN At CHEZ pASCAL. 960 Hope Street, 421-4422. Come have lunch or dinner at the Wurst Kitchen, a small open kitchen located in Chez Pascal, featuring house made sausages, cured meats and more. Lunch is served Tuesday thru Saturday, 11:30am2:30pm and dinner also Tuesday thru Saturday, 5:30-9:30pm. LD $-$$
Wickenden ABYSSINIA 333 Wickenden Street; 4541412. Enjoy Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine, using your fingers (and Ethiopia’s famed flatbread) to sample richly spiced meat, fish and vegetable dishes. (Forks are available, but less fun.) LD $-$$ DOk’S DELI 146 Ives St, 369-7633. Providence’s only New York-style deli lives up to a high gastronomic standard by using fresh, local ingredients and housesmoked meats. Meats, sides and housemade pickles all sold retail, too. LD $ SAkUrA 231 Wickenden Street; 3316861. Enjoy traditional Japanese cuisine, fresh sushi and sashimi in this casual, unpretentious neighborhood spot. Choose a comfortable booth or take your shoes off and have a seat in the tatami room. LD $-$$
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Taking a proactive approach to bullying Until fairly recently, I have not spent a lot of time thinking about bullying at our neighborhood schools. While I don’t believe that the East Side is a magical conflict-free zone, and I have certainly heard about bullying incidents in school buildings, on school buses and other settings, neither do I think that bullying poses a virulent threat to our neighborhood. Nevertheless, my work (as director of publications and communications for Educators for Social Responsibility, a nonprofit that works with schools to improve school climate and culture and academic success for all learners) has opened my eyes to persistent prevalence of bullying and prompted me to better understand the ways that we (all of us who work and coexist with young people) need to take responsibility by moving from passive bystanders to active allies. Sticks and Stones: Defeating the Culture of Bullying and Rediscovering the Power of Character and Empathy is a fantastic resource that has informed me as I’ve gotten my thoughts organized about what adults need to do about creating safer environments for children. Author Emily Bazelon reports that bullying is verbal or physical aggression repeated over time involving a power differential between aggressor and victim. Bullying doesn’t describe the relationships of rivals, however contentious they may be, nor does it describe isolated violent incidents, however distressing they may be. Statewide school survey data reported in 2012 by Rhode Island Data Hub indicate that 57% of public school students in grades four through 12 report that they have experienced some form of bullying; as far as I am aware, no such statistics are available for independent schools. (If you wish to know the sorts of bullying students reported and the data for specific schools, you can dig into the report; visit www.ridatahub.org, click on Reports, and enter bully into the search box.) While the specific experiences that Rhode Island students reported may be somewhat broader than Bazelon’s bullying definition, the prevalence of such experiences shocked me.
So what are we to do? In Sticks and Stones, which dives into specific cases of bullying and harassment, including cyberbullying, Bazelon explores solutions and recommends that we have collective responsibility for our own communities. Schools, as the main institutions that impact the lives of children, clearly play a role. In 2012, the Providence Public Schools launched a campaign that took a stand against bullying and offered some educational components. The campaign likely helped raise awareness among adults. This is critical, because bullying is worse in schools where students don’t think that adults are listening and responsive. Schools that support good behavior and implement strategies for addressing persistently challenged and challenging students tend to see a reduction of bullying. Some of our city’s schools are working on implementing such measures and all must find ways to do so effectively. At the same time, we cannot expect schools to be the only source of solutions for bullying or for any of the other difficulties that young people face. Many forms and instances of bullying, particularly cyberbullying, happen outside of school. Sticks and Stones offers compelling analysis of adolescent cyberbullying and its potentially devastating impact. Online taunting, accusations and threats spread easily
and are often difficult to delete. What happens online does not stay online; it follows young people to school and through time. Bazelon argues that Facebook and other social media outlets must do more to collaborate with schools and families to educate their younger users and keep them safe. Those of us who are parents must take primary responsibility for our children’s well-being. As this relates to bullying, it means both protecting them and helping them build resilience. Though statistics tell us that many of our children will neither be aggressors nor victims, some of us will need to face this with our kids. Our best move is to help them become empathetic so they will not become bullies and to build character to help them navigate difficult situations. Both empathy and character will also help them stand up for their peers who are being bullied. Most of all, we need to communicate well. In whatever ways make sense for us, we need to keep the channels open so we can listen to what’s happening in our kids’ lives. Asking questions, paying attention, and getting help when needed can make all of the difference. Because their worlds can be rough, be a safe haven for the kids in your life. Jill Davidson can be reached at whathappenedatschool@gmail.com or her blog, providenceschools.blogspot.com
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Bond Funds in Your 401(k) Interest and income and bear markets, oh my Much has been written about an impending bear market in bonds. Interest rates are expected to rise in the future and that could mean a decline in the value of your bond holdings and added risk to your portfolio. Forewarned is forearmed. Right? Well, not always. What if you are a participant in a 401(k) with limited fixed income offerings: how easy will it be to get out of the way of this storm? Most 401(k)s have sufficient equity fund options. But when it comes to fixed income, many plans are lacking in choices. It is not unusual to see a plan provide only one stable value fund and one intermediate term bond fund. Other plans might add a short term government bond fund or a high yield option. However, effectively handling a long term bear bond market could require more than a handful of offerings. Not all bonds or bond funds are created equal. Various sectors of the bond market can react differently to increases in interest rates. However, in general as interest rates rise, bond values fall. In addition, characteristics of bonds, including duration and credit quality can also affect performance. When interest rates do increase, government bonds could be the sector most at risk, yet this sector is deemed by many investors to be the safest. So what can you do about your 401(k)? The first recommendation is to talk to your human resources department. Ask for more fixed income options. Suggest the addition of a ‘strategic income’ or ‘unconstrained’ bond fund, where the bond manager has the ability to move between fixed income sectors and make adjustments designed to mitigate the downside of rising interest rates. A range of short term and international bond funds could also be helpful, along with sector specific options such as floating rate or high yield. A goal for conservative investors is to have a place to camp out during the bond bear without incurring too much volatility. Here are five suggestions if you can’t change your 401(k).
1. Sign up for a brokerage linked (selfdirected) option on your 401(k), if it is available. This opens the door to many fund options. 2. Consider making your retirement plan more growth oriented and your outside assets more conservative. It is important to keep your overall risk level consistent with your risk tolerance, but you don’t have to have the same risk exposure in each account. 3. Reduce the duration of your 401(k) portfolio. This means selecting short term bond funds, preferably ones not limited to US treasuries. You may also increase your exposure to stable value or money market funds, even though returns could be modest. The goal of this strategy is to limit the downside, not capture return. 4. Utilize the most conservative target date fund as a portion of your allocation. These funds often have several underlying bond holdings in their index. But look under the hood. Not all target date funds are created the same, and simply owning these funds is no guaranty that you have a properly diversified mix of fixed income. 5. Ask your retirement plan provider
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April music | performance | social happenings | galleries | learn | sports
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10 events at the top of our list Get Gored For Good. April 28 at 11am in Downcity Providence. www.getgoredforgood.org.
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Induction Ceremony and Concert. April 28 at 7pm at The Met. www.rhodeislandmusichalloffame.com.
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Harlem Globetrotters. April 5 & 6 at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. www.dunkindonutscenter.com.
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DUNKIN’ DONUTS CENTER April 9: Green Day. 1 LaSalle Square, Providence. 331-6700, www.dunkindonutscenter.com.
Tweed Ride. April 28 at the RISD Museum. www.risdmuseum.org.
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FIREHOUSE 13 April 5: WBRU Presents IAMDYNAMITE with The Virginmarys. April 14: Born Ruffians with Magic Man. April 22: Sean Bonnette with Ian Graham and The Skinny Millionaires. 41 Central Street, Providence. 270-1801, www.fh13.com. FOXWOODS April 5: Yes. April 6: Alicia Keys. April 12: Sunidhi & Ali Zafar. April 13: Natalie Cole. April 20: Marc Anthony. 350 Trolley Line Boulevard, Mashantucket, CT. 800-200-2882, www.foxwoods.com. LUPO’S HEARTBREAK HOTEL April 4: Pentatonix. April 7: Carolina Chocolate Drops. April 28: Bassnectar. 79 Washington Street, Providence. 3315876, www.lupos.com. THE MET April 5: Brown Bird. April 12: Graham Parker & The Rumour. April 20: The Feelies. April 27: The Neighborhoods. April 28: Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame’s 2013 Ceremony and Concert featuring The Cowsills, Steve Smith & The Nakeds, Paul Geremia and more. 1005 Main Street, Pawtucket. 729-1005, www.themetri.com.
MOMIX Botanica. April 27 at 7:30pm at the Park Theatre. www.parktheatreri.com.
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MOHEGAN SUN April 1: The Happening. April 5: Eric Clapton with The Wallflowers. April 5: The Reverend Horton Heat. April 6: Green Day. April 12: The Presidents of the United States of America. April 13: Muse. April 13: Burton Cummings. April 19: Locksley. April 20: Fleetwood Mac. April 20: ABBA The Concert. April 26: The Fab Four Ultimate Beatles Tribute. April 27: Reba. April 27: Kris Allen. 1 Mohegan Sun Boulevard, Uncasville, CT. 888-226-7711, www.mohegansun.com. PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER April 21: Experience The Beatles with Rain. 220 Weybosset Street, Providence. 421-2787, www.ppacri.org.
Brown Men’s Baseball. April 20 & 21. Brown Vs. Harvard at Murray Stadium. www.brownbears.com.
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ROOTS CULTURAL CENTER Tuesdays: Jazz Jam. Fridays: Ladies Night. Sundays: Sweet P and the Who Dat Band. 276 Westminster Street, Providence. 2727422, www.rootsprovidence.com. TWIN RIVER April 5: Bret Michaels. April 6: Lotus Land. April 12: Storm Front – Billy Joel Tribute Band. April 13: Those Guys. April 19: Sabrina & The Tramps. April 20: Who’s Next – Who Tribute Band. April 26: Mac Odom. April 27: The Bronx Wanderers. 100 Twin River Road, Lincoln. 723-3200, www.twinriver.com. VETERANS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM April 7: Brit Floyd: The World’s Greatest Pink Floyd Show. 1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence. 221-1467, www.vmari.com.
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PARK THEATRE April 5: An Intimate Concert Event with Engelbert Humperdinck. April 6: Din Check, a Bollywood band. 848 Park Avenue, Cranston. 467-7275, www.parktheatreri.com.
CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER April 20, 26 & 27: Paula Hunter: dance, monologue and music. 655 Hope Street, Providence. 331-0678, www.redeemerprovidence.org.
RICCO April 14: The Songs of Love, Songs of Reverence – The Music of Brahms and Britten. St. Sebastian’s Church, 67 Cole Avenue, Providence. 521-5670, www. ricco.org. FOLK STONE SOUP COFFEEHOUSE April 6: The Gnomes preceded by an open mic. April 20: Liz Longley and Seth Glier. 50 Park Place, Pawtucket. 921-5115, www.soup.org
PERFORMANCE comedy | dance | theatre COMEDY COMEDY CONNECTION April 4: Bob Marley. April 5 & 6: Laurie Kilmartin with Mike Finoia. April 5, 12, 19 & 26: Hardcore Comedy. April 7, 14, 21 & 28: Comedy Showcase. April 12 & 13: Frank Santorelli. April 19 & 20: Brian Beaudoin. 39 Warren Avenue, East Providence. 438-8383, www.ricomedyconnection.com. EVERETT Every Friday: Friday Night Live. 9 Duncan Avenue, Providence. 831-9479, www.everettri.org. FOXWOODS April 4-6: Rachel Feinstein. April 5: Latino COMIX. April 11-13: Colin Kane. April 12: Anjelah Johnson. April 13: Jim Jefferies. April 13: Nasty Show. April 18: Nick Di Paolo. April 20: Steven Wright. April 27: Bill Engvall. 350 Trolley Line Boulevard, Mashantucket, CT. 800-200-2882, www.foxwoods.com. VETERANS MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM April 14: Gabriel Iglesias. 1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence. 221-1467, www. vmari.com.
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2ND STORY THEATRE April 4-7: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. April 26-28: The Rose Tattoo. 28 Market Street, Warren. 247-4200, www.2ndstorytheatre.com.
BOTTLES Fridays: Beer Tasting. Saturdays: Wine Tasting. April 4: Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon Dinner. 141 Pitman Street, Providence. 372-2030, www.bottlesfinewine.com.
SOCIAL HAPPENINGS expos | fundraisers | seasonal FESTIVALS RHODE ISLAND CONVENTION CENTER April 4-7: Rhode Island Builders Association’s Home Show. April 12-14: 20th Annual Rhode Island RV and Camping Show. April 20: Spring Beer Show. 1 Sabin Street, Providence. 458-6000, www.riconvention.com. RHODE ISLAND MUSIC HALL OF FAME April 28: 2013 Induction Ceremony and Concert featuring The Cowsills, Steve Smith & The Nakeds, Paul Geremia and more. The Met, 1005 Main Street, Pawtucket. 225-8860, www. rhodeislandmusichalloffame.com. RISD MUSEUM April 28: First ever Tweed Ride, a leisurely bicycle parade for stylish gents and ladies. 224 Benefit Street, Providence. 454-6500, www.risdmuseum.org. FOR FOODIES AIDS PROJECT RI April 25: Annual Dining Out for Life
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GALLERIES CHAZAN GALLERY AT WHEELER April 1-3: Drawing Matters. 228 Angell Street, Providence. 421-9230. www. chazangallery.org. KEESEH STUDIO GALLERY April 1-5: The Art League of Rhode Island presents its Annual Associates’ Exhibition. 42 Rice Street, Providence. 316-2872, www.keeseh.com. DAVID WINTON BELL GALLERY April 3-30: Wafaa Bilal’s The Ashes Series. April 3-30: Daniel Heyman’s I am Sorry It is Difficult to Start. 64 College Street, Providence.
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We Can Do It! Inspiring entrepreneurship for everyday incidents Move over, fellas.
The Kates are in town. Actually, their names are Julie, Sharon, Amanda, Lissy, Lauren and Zoe, but among the fashion crowd and people who like cool products they’re known as the Dear Kate team. Maybe you’ve heard of them. They make and sell lingerie with a patent-pending lining to protect women from life’s little surprises. If you’re giggling right now or a deep shade of crimson, get over it. This allwomen business, headquartered a hop from the East Side at Davol Square in Providence, is making a name for itself and not just here in Little Rhody. Style magazines across the country are keen on the product, and even the talking heads at Fox & Friends gave the intimates a shout-out on live television. What appeals to me about the company is that it is run by smart, young, energetic women who are working hard to make the business a success. Plus, the boss, Julie Sygiel, is an East Side resident who graduated from Brown University with a degree in the very brainy field of chemical engineering. The second-in-command, Sharon Ruggieri, hails from nearby Cranston and has a master’s degree in business from MIT’s Sloan School of Management. Like all great inventions, the story of Dear Kate begins with an “aha’’ moment. Five years ago, Julie decided to take an entrepreneurship class at Brown, deviating from her usual engineering courses. Encouraged by feedback from her lady friends, she created something that is useful every single day somewhere in the world: leak-resistant undies. Each pair is lined with three layers: two absorbent and wicking inner layers, and a bottom, liquid-resistant outer layer. The undies are machine washable and pretty darn attractive. Let’s put it this way: you are not wearing your grandmother’s panties. Buoyed by the good response, Julie promptly launched a company called Sexy Period, a name that’s a wee bit hard to snuggle up to. Sharon came on board after meeting Julie at a networking event for startups in Providence in 2011. The two hit it off, and a rebranded version was born as Dear Kate.
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Back in the Sexy Period days, the company focused on women during that time of month. The entrepreneurs soon discovered that pregnant women experiencing incontinence and women doing jumping jacks in the gym were looking for extra protection too. (Yet another “aha’’ moment for the team!) Sales soared during the winter holiday season and now the team is psyched for what is expected to be another good year offering everything from high-rise briefs to hipster styles. Pairs range from $28 to $38. Locally, the big news is that Mrs. Robinson, the iconic lingerie shop at Wayland Square, will carry the line starting in April. The company is also coming out with a spring collection of underwear
with lace waistbands. Finally, look for two new colors: black and pink. Julie, a mere 25, is the first to admit that she never thought she’d be running an underwear company. But she says her generation was taught to embrace challenges. “I think our generation heard a lot of people tell us to follow our passion,’’ she says. “Sometimes what makes you happy is not going to work for a large company, so following your passion means doing your own thing.’’ Julie is from a small town in eastern Kentucky, where she excelled in school, learned how to sew in a 4-H program, and got some business experience under her, uh, sash. She sold 10,000 Girl Scout cookies as a young girl. Honest. Since graduating from Brown in 2009,
she has happily “done underwear,’’ even sewing test panties in her Wayland Square apartment. Julie is also co-founder of the PVD Lady Project, a growing nonprofit group that connects and showcases female entrepreneurs and creative souls in Providence. Sharon graduated in 2007 with a degree in mechanical engineering and Spanish from the University of Rhode Island. She received a Fulbright in Mexico to work in banking and eventually got her master’s in business from MIT. She was looking for new opportunities when she connected with Julie at the Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, a statewide hub to launch business ventures. It helped that Sharon was a devoted Girl Scout, too. The company’s website is a delight. Clever with crisp writing, it’s that rare combination of professional and fun. Check out the video of marketing coordinator Amanda Eller, another East Sider, demonstrating, with a glass of water, the “wicking and leak resistant-properties” of the underwear. Now that’s bold! I’m a big fan of the Dear Kate blog. One day, we get self-defense tips from kick-boxer Sharon; the next day we see Julie at her sewing machine experimenting with different styles. (I say go for the high-waisted retro undies!) Everyone in the office seems to be having a blast. “It’s been an incredible experience to lead a company of all women,” says Julie. “Women are making the decisions and calling the shots. It’s inspiring.” As for the company’s name, well, it’s a perfect fit. Julie told me the name conjures the idea of an advice column from Kate, a name beloved by many. Think of all the fabulous Kates through history – Russian Empress Catherine the Great, the writer Kate Chopin and Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham. Then there are the lesser-known Kates – the model Kate Moss, the designer Kate Spade and the make-believe character Kate Austen on Lost, a television series about oddballs and derring-do types stranded on a mysterious tropical island. I bet Ms. Austen could use a pair from Dear Kate. Elizabeth Rau can be reached at erau1@verizon.net.
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