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Flowers and bees are nature’s dynamic duo. While flowers provide nectar that bees need for honey, bees transfer pollen between flowers for pollination. It’s this

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To Cindy, educating people about the importance of pollinators and insects is something she feels is very important for Providence. “There are an estimated 150+ species of bees in addition to honey bees in this area that could use a hand,” she emphasizes.

Shelby Daggett, co-founder and program director of WCFF (a nonprofit flower farm), agrees. “With this year’s addition of honey bee hives to WCFF’s brownfield site [former industrial site], the population [of pollinators] will widen,” she says. “By inviting and stewarding pollinators [bees], we are working with nature the way nature wants us to.”

This month, visitors can get to know the busy bees behind the state’s pollination process. Both organizations will hold hive tours in addition to classes about beekeeping, local pollinators, and insects, plus a how-to course on creating a pollinator habitat. All classes this season will be hosted outdoors (weather permitting) by Cindy, alongside Shelby and the rest of WCFF staff. The group wishes to advocate healthy beekeeping practices in conjunction with the importance of the seed-to-harvest process that pollinators thrive on. They also plan to use participant feedback to tailor their classes to what people are most interested in.

As for the future, the two organizations share an enthusiasm to continue their collaboration, supporting each other for years to come.

WCFF and LRB encourage those interested in classes to sign up as soon as dates are posted, as class space and dates are limited. For the latest buzz on classes, both organizations recommend keeping up with their Facebook pages, Instagram, and websites. LittleRhodyBeekeeping.com, WhatCheerFlowerFarm.org.

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La Poeta Luisa Murillo’s trilingual poetry earned her a prestigious grant from the Rhode Island Foundation Four years ago, Luisa Murillo decided to take a course in poetry. She liked to write in private, but then she entered the classroom of Peter Covino, a respected poet and translator at the University of Rhode Island. The experience was a revelation.

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“He inspired me with his vibrant teaching and unconditional support of my writing in three languages,” says Luisa.

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This year, Luisa received a MacColl Johnson Fellowship from the Rhode Island Foundation, which provides $25,000 to a Rhode Island-based artist; this year’s two other winners were Mary-Kim Arnold of Pawtucket and Chrysanthemum Tran of South Kingstown. As Americans have become more cognizant of “whitewashing” in creative fields, this year’s fellows demonstrate a growing interest in diversity: Mary-Kim, a poet and novelist, is Korean-American, while Chrysanthemum, a performance poet, is Vietnamese-American and a transgendered woman.

“The selection of three women of color as MacColl Johnson fellows will inspire future generations of writers of color,” Luisa asserts. She notes that the Rhode Island Foundation partners with the advocacy group Alliance of Artists Communities, which oversees the application process. “For children to see writers of color publish and pursue such a noble dream makes it even more possible for them to believe in the dream of being a writer.”

This effect on others means a great deal to Luisa; during the day, she serves as director of special programs for Progreso Latino, a Central Falls-based organization that advocates for Latino residents and recent immigrants.

So, what will she write? Luisa’s manuscript is called Collita Love, a cycle of poems that combines personal experience with magical realism. The spirit of social justice pervades the manuscript, along with an intimate exploration of Bolivian life. In particular, Luisa has relished the opportunity to express herself in Quechua, a language that dates back to Incan civilization.

“I am in love with Quechua,” says Luisa. “My style of writing strives to convey the beauty of Quechua and promote an appreciation of Bolivian culture. There will also be a trilingual glossary to offer the translation of words in Quechua and Spanish. My poems are like a tricolor aguayo, weaving three languages to immerse the reader.” -Robert Isenberg

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This time last year, the song “This is America” went viral. The music video and lyrics together painted a powerful picture of race and gun violence in America. It debuted as number one in the US Billboard Hot 100 and had 78,000 downloads and 65.3 million streams within the first week. Then, in February, it took home four Grammys – and made history as the first

rap song to win Song of the Year. While artist/rapper Donald Glover (aka Childish Gambino) is the main name attached to its success, it was a team effort. And one of those team members was 26-year-old Rhode Island native Dacota Fresilli.

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“I got a call from a woman at RCA, and she asked me if I would be able to record Donald Glover tomorrow, so I said ‘Yeah, of course,’” Dacota remembers.

That day, one of the songs they worked on was “This is America,” which Glover had been toying with for a couple of years. “We did about 300 takes,” Dacota estimates. “A lot of times, an artist will hold onto music, or the powers that be will say ‘Let’s go in a different direction,’ and they won’t use some of it. I go into the situation and do my job and help the artist get the best takes and the best recording they can. At that point, it’s up to them if it’s something they want to use.”

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It wasn’t until later, when someone in the studio was on Instagram, that he recognized the music and saw it onscreen for the first time. “It isn’t the same without the video,” he insists, “because the video shows what the song is really about, that the lyrics don’t really tell you.

It was definitely a very nostalgic and surreal feeling to be part of that.”

This past September, Dacota made the decision to return to Providence to be closer to his younger brother, who just committed to play football at URI next year. “My family and this state mean a lot to me,” he says. So, for now, Dacota jets back and forth between the East Side and Atlanta for meetings and recording sessions.

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The Lost City Photography exhibit looks back on the 1960s through the lenses of Carmel Vitullo and Harry Callahan Imagine Providence circa 1960: Shopping at Shepard’s and navigating traffic around Suicide Circle. Buying newspapers from kiosks on Westminster Street or candy from Fannie Farmer. The Providence Album, Vol 1 revisits this bygone era through the lenses of Carmel Vitullo and Harry Callahan, whose powerful photographs captured the city during this time of tremendous change.

Carmel, now 94 and still living in Providence, documented Federal Hill; her photographs are a love letter to the neighborhood where she grew up, revealing its vibrant street life and inimitable characters. Harry moved from Chicago in 1961 to found RISD’s photography department. Already a wellknown experimental photographer, he would go on to become one of the most significant of the 20th century. His photos of Providence resemble film noir stills, documenting dark and deserted downtown streets.

Marisa Angell Brown curated the exhibition with four Brown graduate students.

“The 1960s aren’t that far away, yet these photographs are like images of a lost city,”

she says. “They are also so different, in such interesting ways – it’s as though [they] lived in two completely different cities, yet many of their locations are less than a mile from each other.” This is the first of three planned photography exhibitions focused on Providence in the 1960s-90s.

The Providence Album, Vol I: Carmel Vitullo and Harry Callahan (May 4 – July 19) Carriage House Gallery, John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities, 357 Benefit Street Opening reception: May 4, 5-7pm Check YearOfTheCity.com for details on gallery talks and walking tours.

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We are pleased to introduce Rhody Gem, a new monthly column in Providence Monthly. We’re always being thanked for spotlighting the “hidden gems” of the state, and in our ongoing efforts to leave no stone unturned, we’re putting the call out to our readership! Each month we’ll spotlight a Rhody Gem: a business, artisan, or place lead to us by our faithful readers.

What it is: The old brick mill in Pawtucket may seem like an odd place for a nursery, but owners Darin Wildenstein and Jordan Ford love their 4,000 square feet of semi-tropical showroom. Jordan’s Jungle displays 150 varieties of air plants, a low-stress genus of perennials that thrive inside almost any New England home.

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How Providence County became a craft beverage hotspot

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When it comes to craft beer, there’s so much to talk about.

The aroma. The body. The flavors. The finish. What were those hints, those secret ingredients? How long did the recipe take to perfect? While regular beer gets poured into a plain old pint glass, craft beer demands tulips, goblets, snifters, pilsners, stanges, and mugs. In a regular bar, you’re free to knock back big-label lagers till the tap is kicked; yet craft beer is designed for sips, sharing, discussion. As the hops ease through the bloodstream, and the brewer stands across the bar, waxing poetic about the fermentation process, craft beer becomes a full-body experience, a living art that is (literally) as old as the pyramids.

And man, Rhode Islanders love their beer.

“I think it will get to a point where every town has its own brewery,” says Mathiew Medeiros, marketing advisor for Revival Brewing Company. “I think it’s still that way in parts of Germany. But I feel like we will eventually get to that point in Rhode Island.”

In the bustling microbrewery business, Revival is the perfect Cinderella story. The tale starts with Trinity Brewhouse, that pioneering gastropub in downtown Providence. Trinity was among the first independent breweries in the state; for

more than a decade, the chief brewmaster was Sean Larkin, the mythic Rhode Island beer maker. In 2009, Sean teamed up with homebrewing enthusiast Owen Johnson, and they cofounded Revival.

Sean set up shop in Brutopia, a restaurant in Cranston. For several years, Revival remained a separate business. Sean opened a tasting room in the basement, distributed cans around the state, and provided Brutopia with much of its stock. The arrangement worked well – until this winter, when Brutopia closed its doors.

The kitchen and dining room were now available, and Revival eagerly filled up the space.

The result isn’t a new restaurant, but an enormous “tasting room” that showcases Revival beers and happens to serve food. Visitors will find a pool table, SkeeBall, and cult movies projected on the far wall. Revival beers are well known for their playful names – Night Swim’ah Belgian Wheat Ale, Elder Dweller Chocolate Stout – and the new food menu complements the selection; the Blood Orange Bushido Ale, which uses sake yeast, goes nicely with the popular ramen bowl.

“We’ve always had this fun, quirky, punny quality,” says Mathiew, who also teaches about the marketing of craft beer for the University of Vermont. “That’s just the Revival vibe. We have funky sours. We have heavy, roasted stouts. We have some light, wheat, fruit stuff.

It’s easier for you to tell me what you usually like, and I’ll find something that matches your palette and that you’ll love.”

“The market has evolved,” he adds. “Beer customers are more apt to go to breweries and tasting rooms – partly because you get that personal experience. It’s a different customer journey.”

GETTING INTO THE SPIRITS There’s nothing “new” about small-batch spirits. The term “microbrewery” dates back to the 1980s. Trinity Brewhouse was founded in 1995, before many legal drinkers were born. Union Station is another long standing brewpub, a sturdy link in Boston’s John Harvard’s chain. Craft beer has been a well established part of Providence nightlife since Seth MacFarlane was still a student at RISD. What’s changed is the sheer number of alcohol-based artisans now operating in Providence and its environs.

Pawtucket claims 11 breweries and two distilleries; this proliferation earned Pawtucket its own semi-formal motto, “the craft beer capital of Rhode Island.” Technically, not all of these are Ocean State brands; Great North Aleworks is a New Hampshire company, and NBPT refers to Newburyport, Massachusetts. But the beer is all made in Pawtucket, and there is a strong fellowship here. Everyone seems to know everyone, and, over the years, many of these brewers have apprenticed and collaborated with other local outfits.

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Revival’s founding team, Owen Johnson and Sean Larkin

Revival holds group tours to showcase how their beer is made and canned in Cranston

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ew Brews Local beer-makers create a range of springtime flavors – in a can

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Foolproof Brewing Company presents its new rosé saison, flavored with hibiscus, in a slender cylinder.

Chubby Unicorn At 8.5 percent alcohol by volume, this new Imperial IPA by Smug Brewing Co. is as bold as the rhinoceros on its cover.

Nefy Nefy is a powerful imperial red ale from Revival Brewing Co..

The name is a cheeky allusion to Queen Nefertiti of Egypt.

Hefeweizen This “crowler” contains 32 oz. of sweet hefeweizen, making Crooked Current Brewery’s latest an entire party in a can.

Del’s Watermelon Shandy Narragansett Brewing Company is back with a fresh take on its Del’s Shandy, adding a watermelon option to the summer mix.

Startups are usually lean operations, and metro breweries are no exception – most were founded by a couple of homebrewers and their thirsty comrades. Smug Brewing was founded in a Pawtucket warehouse by Robert DaRosa and his cousin. Morgan Clark Snyder basically started Buttonwoods Brewery in Cranston as a solo operation. Carlo Catucci, a high school physics teacher, opened White Dog Distilling with a handful of friends. All of these companies have opened within the past year.

But hardworking brewers can hit real paydirt. Long Live Beerworks is based in the West End, the microbrewery is well known and respected across the state; yet Beerworks only uses seven barrels, and the tasting room is the size of a studio loft. On weekends, visitors wait in long lines just to enter the doorway and refill their growlers.

The operation will soon move to a larger location closer to Providence, and from there – who knows?

“For me, the biggest surprise is that we already have regulars,” says Cathy Plourde, cofounder of Rhode Island Spirits in Pawtucket. “We had regulars by the third weekend.”

Rhode Island Spirits opened in March, after a laborious approval process. Owners Cathy and Kara Larson struggled against the government shutdown, which delayed every aspect of their operation. But when the tasting room opened, visitors found a brightly lit room with sofas and coffee tables. The bottles of flavored vodka and gin are sleek and attractive; as patrons sip, they can gaze through antique windows at the Blackstone River flowing below. The distillery is newborn, and it’s not easy to find – like many tasting rooms, it stands at the end of a dusty corridor in an old brick building – yet travelers have come from as far as Connecticut to sample their stock.

“We put a lot of work and a lot of thought into the tasting room,” says Kara. “We see people walk into the room and go, ‘Oh, wow.’ People come in, they stay for awhile.

They come back, and they bring friends.”

THE GUILDED AGE Picture the word “beer hall” in your mind. What do you see? A voluminous room? Spartan walls? A long bar? A snack station? Communal wood tables? Vertical, handwritten menus? Maybe a cornhole game set up in the corner? Something like that?

In November, The Guild brought this vision to life. The Guild is a large industrial space, housing no fewer than eight different breweries. The diverse craftsmen share a roof, machinery, and marketing, almost like a coworking office, except with access to fermenters the size of grain silos. Even the mighty Narragansett Beer produces its craft portfolio at The Guild, which has helped the company revitalize after a slump in the '80s and '90s. Most Rhode Island beer fans are familiar with The Guild, frequenting the modest tap room that used to open around weekends. Now, that modest taproom has become the beer hall, and Guild enthusiasts are ecstatic.

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Owners Cathy Plourde and Kara Larson are meticulous about their product and operation

Rhode Island Spirits is new to the scene, offering inventively flavored vodka and gin

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avarian Rhapsody You can find craft beer all over the place – mugs at the pub, flights at the tasting room, and make-your-own-sixpacks from the liquor store. Yet one of the great Old World traditions is the “biergarten,” large communal spaces for nibbles and malted refreshment, where the beer is often brewed directly on the premises. Rhode Island is slowly being introduced to such Germanic pleasures, and Providence has several major destinations.

Bayberry Beer Hall Bayberry is open and spacious, and patrons cluster around big tables. On a busy night, the atmosphere is frenzied with youthful conversation. One wall is covered in leafy plants, like a vertical garden, enhancing the modernist decor. The menu is a global medley of spaetzle, gyros, and gumbo, and the beer menu is a who’s who of regional favorites.

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Malted Barley makes pretzels to order, and it pours no fewer than 37 craft beers, along with 60+ bottles and cans.

Located right in the middle of downcity, Trinity Brewhouse is a great place to pregame before a show at Trinity Rep, celebrate after a game, or just spend an evening sampling the

The latest addition to the Pawtucket craft beer scene is The Guild’s beer hall, which is roughly the size of a small airplane hangar. Stay tuned for an expanded munchies

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house-made ales and stouts. The rotating menu offers such beer-friendly delicacies as Lobster Risotto Cakes and Grilled Salmon Teriyaki.

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Union Station Brewery & Ale House With its sprawling patio and the hallowed architecture of a former train station, Union Station Brewery is a cozy spot to gather friends and colleagues. Anybody – including teetotalers – will love the diverse menu of gourmet pizza and burgers, but customers are most drawn to the rotating taps of craft beer, including their own award-winning pints.

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“It’s such an awesome old building,” says Jeremy Duffy, who cofounded The Guild with Devin Kelly in 2012. He gestures to the unadorned brick walls, the old vaulted ceilings. “We want the building to talk. We don’t want to take away from that. We really wanted to be as neutral as possible, for our partners’ sake. Our goal was to create a platform for The Guild itself. That was critical.”

As the small-batch industry continues to blossom, there are countless symbols of growing success, in Providence and across the state. But the Guild’s beer hall is the region’s biggest monument to artisanal libations, the surest sign that the industry is alive and thriving. Even diehard regulars are often surprised that The Guild only opened its doors in May of 2017. Last year, The Guild hosted 130 separate events. The new beer hall employs 14 bartenders, who are all fluent in the breweries’ output and industry trends.

“They all either have experience with bartending or just really love the craft beer movement,” says Jeremy. “When they’re hired here, they get a pretty strong regimen – to teach them what the Guild represents.

One of our brewers also does a beer school every month. It’s important that they talk

The Guild is more than just a craft brewery – it’s a community gathering place

about it, and talk about it in the right ways.”

For local brewers with skill and tenacity, 2019 brims with possibility. Mathiew may see his dream come true, of a brewery in every neighborhood and village, serving local fare to local people, and greeting connoisseurs from across New England. Like so much of Rhode Island’s small business world, cross-pollination occurs at a frantic rate; Revival has used Granny Squibb’s Organic Iced Tea, and Narragansett has mixed Autocrat coffee syrup and Del’s lemonade into its brews. Food trucks regularly set up at even the smallest brewery, matching munchies with suds.

If the small batch revolution could be summarized in a single number, Jeremy has it. In 2018, the Guild’s first full year in operation, the taproom welcomed 52,000 guests. Then he smiles impishly. “That doesn’t include dogs,” he says. “That would probably be another thousand.”

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My style can be described as vintage, vibrant, and elegant. I love pops of color, psychedelic floral patterns, naturally dyed materials, indigo, and batik. At work (Little Bitte Artisanal Cocktails and World’s Fair Gallery), we curate and coordinate our outfits for every event. We have a stunning collection of cocktail aprons ranging from retro floral to mod geometric patterns, to those made from hand-woven textiles. Our outfits are always intentional and considered. I love the style and flare of vintage cocktail dresses and that classic fifties glamour. I’ve always been drawn to ‘50s silhouettes because I naturally have an hourglass shape that fits into that era of fashion.

I live in cotton, linen, denim, and cashmere. I believe in well-made, handcrafted accessories. My favorite local companies are Lotuff Leather, R Form Jewelry, and Tiffany Peay Jewelry.

I look for flattering cuts, nothing too tight and no synthetic materials if I can help it. I’m more interested in buying one-of-a-kind statement pieces than brand names. I love high-waisted jeans, a silk kimono, and pearls – everyone needs a pair of pearl earrings.

Little Bitte was born in 2009 after I graduated from college with a degree in acting. I realized that I could merge my passion for cocktails, edible blossoms, theater, and costume into an art-infused cocktail company. I saw a niche in the farm-to-table movement and translated that through the lens of garden-to-glass.

I love having a business in Providence because we’re such a culinary-minded city. It’s also incredibly helpful how close everything is.

When I’m home, it’s 50/50 cocktails and natural wine. Specifically, margaritas and sparkling rosè. My all time favorite cocktail is the Bees Knees’ (gin, lemon, honey) and my favorite spirit is mezcal.

I own two businesses at the moment: Little Bitte and World’s Fair Gallery. At the gallery, I pair emerging 2D and 3D artists with an emphasis on vessels. For every show, we work with a ceramicist or glassblower to design a cup for the opening reception and have a pop-up cocktail bar with beverages designed specifically for the artwork and the vessel. I’m also in a band with my sister Glenna and her partner Ken called The Van Nostrand Sisters.

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When Rick Leon came across a bungalow with a “For Sale” sign on the lawn in the Elmhurst section of Providence, he couldn’t help but stop and take a look.

Turns out, someone was inside painting and let him wander around. Rick knew in an instant that his wife Magda would like both the home and the area, and she did. “I love the neighborhood. It’s quiet and safe for my children to play and ride their bikes,” Magda begins.

“And, for the house itself, I love how open it is, and that it has high ceilings and big windows.”

Magda, a busy mom of four and

print-making student at Rhode Island College, has outfitted the home with a seamless fusion of styles including reminders of her native Guatemala, resulting in a look that works for her family and guests as Airbnb “Superhosts”. In the large chef’s kitchen, you’ll find typical farmhouse trappings like beadboard on lower walls and a double apron sink, but the open shelving displays a collection of functional Mayan pottery, 15 years in the making.

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of flow, walls are painted a pale gray and accented with white moldings and trim. The bank of windows in the middle room is flanked with white panels to invite as much sunlight as possible. Funky metallic light fixtures and wall art draw the eye across, while richly patterned textiles add interest and warmth.

“I add color in bedding, pillows, and pieces I can easily get rid of once I become bored of them. This way, I’m not committed and free to change the mood throughout the year,” explains Magda. “I don’t have a particular decorating style, but you will find a lot of my heritage throughout the

house.” While not a big shopper, Magda notes that she has to love something to buy it, but it can be from anywhere, be it Guatemalan markets to flea markets to Walmart. What’s most important to Magda is for a home to be personal. “Be you, follow what you like, don’t try to follow the trends. Try to make your home welcoming, make it feel lived in, not like a museum.”

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FOOD & DRINK In the Kitchen • Food News • Experience • Restaurant Guide

SHAKIN’ IT UP Shake Shack brings its iconic burgers and shakes to Thayer, with a local twist For months leading up to March 19, there were rumblings that Shake Shack was going to open a storefront on Thayer Street. Residents on the East Side and beyond anxiously awaited the arrival of the classic burgers, crinkle-cut fries, and creamy shakes. Days passed, the seasons changed, and finally, the neon sign with a little green burger flickered on, signalling the restaurant’s opening.

When one hears about a chain opening on Thayer, skepticism often sets in. Questions like “Are we forgetting about our local community and its eateries?” or “Is this entire street going to become corporate businesses?” spring to mind. But, the famous burger joint is unlike many of its corporate counterparts. One of the reasons that Shake Shack decided to plant itself in the midst of the bustling college thoroughfare was to integrate the Brown, RISD, and neighboring schools’ communities into its business.

“The Thayer Street area is an area that has been calling us for a long

time…. We’ve been making great partnerships with RISD as well as Johnson & Wales… We have over a dozen JWU students employed here,” says Area Director Dave Yearwood.

Dave also remarks that one of the things that sets Shake Shack apart from other franchises is its willingness to introduce local products to the restaurants. According to Dave, the eatery has already fostered deep ties with other businesses here in Providence like PVDonuts, local breweries, and the Thayer Street District Management Authority. The most visible and immediate evidence of community involvement is a colorful mural painted on two walls of the establishment. RISD alum and freelance illustrator Jing Wei designed the mural with the help of current students from her alma mater, a work she says signifies her time on College Hill. 249 Thayer Street - Lauren Vella

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by Stephanie Obodda

Four Happy Hours Sarto resurrects the Italian tradition of aperitivo Sarto’s combination of simple decor and a sophisticated menu immediately won me over. Add inventive dishes like their Gem Salad with smoked bluefish and a sprinkling of crunchy seeds, and it quickly became my go-to choice for downtown lunch.

The bright space, with geometric tiles and chairs reminiscent of a mid-century schoolhouse (but more comfortable), has a casual lunch-counter feel during the day, but the space just as easily hosts an elegant dinner.

In between lunch and dinner? That’s when you can sneak in an aperitivo, the Italian equivalent of happy hour. Sarto serves

aperitivo from Tuesday through Friday from 2pm to 6pm. Aperitivo is meant to stimulate your appetite for dinner with bitter drinks and small snacks – that is, if you can avoid ordering most of the menu like I did.

I appreciate a cocktail that’s light on alcohol, and I’m a fan of bitter and herbal spirits like Campari or Amaro, so Sarto’s aperitivo cocktail selection is a dream for me. The Bicicletta, with Campari, white wine, and club soda, may be the archetypal aperitivo drink. My husband enjoyed the Sbagliato Rosa, made with Campari; Punt e Mes, a vermouth; and Scarpetta Timido,

a sparkling rosé. I also liked the Carciofo, with Cynar, Prosecco, and grapefruit juice.

All of these drinks were as refreshing as we expected. Of course, if aperitifs aren’t your thing, you can still order from the regular cocktail menu, an Italian-influenced selection with creative flavor combinations. In addition, Sarto has an intriguing selection of Italian beers, which can be difficult to find.

With our appetites piqued, we ordered from the menu of aperitivo snacks… and kept ordering. The ‘Nduja Deviled Eggs may be the best I’ve tried. ‘Nduja is a spreadable pork salumi; mixed with the egg yolk,

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it made for a smoky, faintly spicy deviled egg. The Spicy Pickled Vegetables were a much better version of the jarred Giardiniera I’ve picked up at the supermarket– crunchy and piquant. The Arancini, each stuffed with a little meatball, were as tasty as they were adorable.

My favorite aperitivo menu item might be the Fried Squash BagnaVerde, a variety of winter squashes sliced and fried tempura-style with bright green herb dipping sauce. The Calabrian Honey Wings had a sweet, warmly spicy sauce, sticky but definitely worth the mess. The Lobster Tramezzini was like an Italian version of a lobster roll, with an abundance of lobster meat dressed in a creamy sauce and sandwiched between slices of buttery white bread.

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When Providence dwellers think about elegant brunch, or really brunch in general, nick’s on broadway immediately comes to mind. Once you’ve been there for a meal, you don’t forget the artfully plated, colorful food that dazzles your palate. You also don’t forget that you woke up uncharacteristically early on a Sunday morning just to be able to get a seat at nick’s before the crowd arrives.

Hopefully, the wait will be a bit shorter because owner and chef Derek Wagner is opening nick’s on westminster this month.

Derek’s newest endeavor is a continuation of the “community-supported, high-quality” mission first started at the restaurant on Broadway. Located at 100 Westminster Street in the heart of the Providence Financial District, the new eatery will still strive to provide “fresh, local, delicious food to everyone who stops in.” What will be different at this location however, is the introduction of quick-service

and cafe options available on the menu.

Derek has stated that he chose the cobblestoned spot on Westminster because he felt it was a way to bring his signature creations to the heart of the city he loves.

“I have so much pride in Providence and I knew that when the time came to open a second location, it would be right here. This is a community that I love and that has supported me, and I am excited to capture the energy of nicks on broadway and bring it to a new audience.” The nature of the bustling financial district also gave Derek the opportunity to experiment with to-go options and meet people’s needs for efficiency.

Nick’s on westminster is poised to open this month serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as quick-service lunch, brunch, and to-go options Monday through Friday. 100 Westminster Street, NicksOnBroadway.com -Lauren Vella

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LET US CATER YOUR NEXT EVENT There are few things more distinctly Rhode Island than fresh seafood. The good folks at Fearless Fish Market, Providence’s newest one-stop fishery, are making the Ocean State’s bounty more accessible than ever. Owned by husband and wife duo Rose Manning and Stu Meltzer, the seafood purveyor aims to provide quality products for families and their palettes throughout the state.

For many newcomers, one of the most daunting parts of cooking seafood at home is the first step: Stopping by your market and careening through the myriad of options. Rose and Stu understand that it can sometimes be overwhelming to figure out how to cook your catch. That’s why they prioritize education, helping customers become knowledgeable and excited. For Stu, the business was an opportunity “to help people become more confident cooking fish.” To that end, the store has cookbooks, daily recipes for inspiration, and staff who are able to help the customers bring their culinary vision to life. In the future, Rose and Stu say that they plan on offering classes to help customers become experts at filleting, schucking, cleaning, and even making sushi.

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Food & Drink • In The Kitchen

by Lauren Vella

True North How James Beard nominee James Mark reconciles with national fame

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Mentoring young chefs is what gives James satisfaction and joy

to increase tourism in Providence, something that he is also passionate about.

What does give James fulfillment is helping members of his staff grow. Not only does he enjoy watching their progress, but the chef sees training his staff as a kind of preservation of dining culture that he says is disappearing.

“I think that in the next 10 years, unless we do something to address the stratification of wealth in this country, there’s going to be a lot of problems, but one of those problems is going to be – all restaurants are either going to become fast casual places…[or] there’s

going to be a few $400 tasting menus and there’s going to be nothing in the middle.

Because that’s the direction our industry’s going right now.”

If we continue going down this road, he laments, there will be a whole culture of skills that are lost. This is what his restaurant strives to preserve.

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James Mark has a full head of long, youthful, dark hair and a full beard to match, but he speaks with the deliberate wisdom of a graying man. Before the success of his acclaimed restaurant north (and now big king), James helped to open David Chang’s renowned Momofuku Ko and Christina Tosi’s bakery Milk Bar. Now a James Beard Award Semifinalist: Best Chef Northeast, James reflects on his success, keeping the accolades and attention at a healthy distance. What gives the chef satisfaction is the way his work helps to preserve a dinner culture that he says is rapidly disappearing.

James is a New Jersey native but went to Johnson & Wales for his culinary education.

During his time in New York, he would come back to visit friends who lived in Rhode Island and wound up falling in love with what the small state had to offer the burgeoning food scene.

“We spent time, we’d go canoeing or kayaking, you know, just exploring the city or the beaches...I really just fell in love with the city as a whole.”

Eventually he moved back up to the Ocean State, and after some time working with Chef Derek Wagner, owner of nick’s on broadway, decided it was time to start his own place to pursue his vision. north opened with the goal of sourcing the majority of the food from local farms and fishermen. When asked about his choice to make north an Asian fusion restaurant, he was quick to clarify that his cuisine is not Asian fusion. James says that by the nature of its very origin, his food is Rhode Island fare.

Following its success and a move to The Dean Hotel, north was nominated this year for a James Beard Award, an accolade that James is conflicted about. “I have a lot of complicated feelings about the James Beard Awards just because I don’t like the idea of outside groups determining worthiness, I don’t like the way it makes me feel. Either you win and you feel like an imposter, or you lose and you feel like you’re not doing good enough work.”

Part of James does want to win the award, but not to boost his ego. The award would be great for his restaurant, but it would also help

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A R T & C U LT U R E Calendar • On Stage • Art • Music

ON THE RUN May 5: The Providence Marathon is not just another 5K – it’s a symbol of how small but mighty our state is and measures up as a major qualifier for premier runs like the Boston Marathon. This month marks the 12th year where runners can jog or sprint the 26.2-mile loop from

Fox Point to Barrington and back to Downtown while raising money for local nonprofits. It’s a chance to take in the city and East Bay from a new vantage point, plus celebrate the finish with some local sips and savors. RunRI.us

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ART & CULTURE • Calendar

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THE MUST LIST 10 essential events happening this month

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May 2: Learn about the healing powers of herbs to relieve stress and anxiety during Forty Winks: Herbal Sleep Pillow Workshop at Wanskuck Library. Make your own pillow so you can catch a few more Zs. 233 Veazie Street, Providence, ProvComLib.org

May 4: Come to see the PawSox take on the Rochester Red Wings, but stay for the postgame fireworks, which for this special night, are set to a Harry Potter musical theme. One Columbus Avenue, Pawtucket, MiLB.com

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May 3: RISD’s newest exhibit opens this month, Gorham Silver: Designing Brilliance. It details the 120 years of art and industry behind the largest silver company in the world, which started in Providence. 224 Benefit Street, Providence, RISDMuseum.org

May 10-12: Festival Ballet Providence presents Swan Lake, one of the most well-known ballet dramas that captivates audiences with a lush score, elegant dance, and timeless storyline. One Avenue of the Arts, Providence, FestivalBalletProvidence.org

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May 10-12: JERSEY BOYS steals the stage at PPAC, one of the best musicals about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons. Featuring hit songs and scenes that’ll have you saying “Oh What a Night.” 220 Weybosset Street, Providence, PPACRI.org

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May 11: Time to take the kids to the zoo – and not just for the animals, but for a Rock-A-Baby Concert at the Butterfly Arts Center. Sing and dance along with the puppet trio Rhythm, Melody, and Harmony. 1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RWPZoo.org

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May 12: Enjoy a cocktail or cold one by the water at Hot Club for Cheers to Public Art, a chance support The Avenue Concept. Ten percent of all sales will go back to TAC, so raise a glass – or two!

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May 12: Give your mom a gift she’ll remember: A Mother’s Day Boat Ride through the Providence River, Riverwalk, Waterplace Park, and Providence Harbor. Plus, don’t forget the complimentary prosecco. 525 South Water Street, Providence, ProvidenceRiverBoat.com

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May 16 -31: Trinity Rep’s season will close with José Rivera’s Marisol, an award-winning play about a young woman’s attempt to find hope among and make sense of the chaos left in a wartorn world between God and the angels.

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May 21: Get ready to rumble!

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ART & CULTURE • Music

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Chaos Controlled Bill Keough’s You’ll Disappear, Just Like They All Do is a revelation of midlife angst

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“Therapy without the doctors bills I suppose.”

That’s the way Bill Keough muses about his most recent set of songs off his newest album You’ll Disappear, Just Like They All Do. The songs on this latest effort come out at various points with biting tone, apathetic reflections, and shades of gray humor that create an album tempered and moody, yet a raucous call

TOP TRACKS: Beds: With a Pixies-esque simple twochord shuffle, this track glides in with a surfy-guitar solo for the first two minutes followed by the one-verse of the song. Truly non-linear, truly-punk, and a short-lived gem on the album.

Gentle Smile: Catchy, chaotic, and evolving into far-reaching places. “Gentle Smile” shows off multiple, fuzz guitar solos with minimalist lyrics that stick with you. This track is a great starting place for this album and one worthy of a steady head bob.

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for celebration and heartfelt earnestness.

“I went through a two year stretch (during the writing and recording process of the record) where the up-to-then always solid walls of my life were caving in all around me,” Bill says. “Death, deception, divorce, self doubt… you name it, it all found its way to me. This led to a lot of re-self discovery and an honest reckoning of what had transpired and where it had dropped me off at after the tumultuous trip. Perfect timing if one is looking for subject matter for songs for sure.”

The title You’ll Disappear, Just Like They All Do sets the tone in a Rust Never Sleeps kind of Neil Young-resignation, along with a distinctive ‘90s garage, grunge, post-punk style reminiscent of Modest Mouse or Pixies. With those elements at play, mood becomes a big aspect of this record.

I can’t think of a local record quite as moody or style-focused as this one in recent memory.

With the lead-off track (complete with a music video) “I Am the Lighthouse,” Bill presents a noise-driven collection of music that uses

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Celebrate the Long Summer Days With Just the Right Treat time and space, sparse lyricism, and chaotic guitars to bring stark reality to the forefront, but allows it to linger over lush musical arrangements. The tracks “Bed” into “Gentle Smile” offer the best expression of Bill’s Frank Black approach to lyrics spat out between long forays into dual guitar interludes that follow unexpected chordal changes.

“I feel it’s vital to present a story in a series of songs where attention to sequencing of the songs from beginning to end plays an important role,” Bill says. “It sets a tone and lays a fluid foundation for the mood, whether it’s the one you intended or what the listener walks away with and comes back to. My songs are deeply personal. I have no reservations in parting my ribs to share my heart in hopes that it might strike a chord with anyone willing to listen and relate on their own level. It’s what’s always been special to me about music, hearing that song that hits you in such a way you never expected.”

Along with his 75 or Less Records counterparts, Bill falls in with artists given the artistic space to be themselves both in the studio and out. Listening to You’ll Disappear, Just Like They All Do plays like an album meant to be heard recorded. Yet, each song can clearly be imagined to take on a life of its own, unafraid to exist as something unique to what is heard on the album.

“I keep it pretty simple [live],” Bill says, “just an electric acoustic guitar and a few pedals heading back through my amp. I have not had the joy of playing with a full band for the last few years although nothing is more euphoric than that experience for sure, musically. I definitely fall into the category of a recording artist who plays their songs live.

It used to be the opposite back in the day.”

Bill Keough is currently working on another video from the album to be released soon.

Find the recent release on Bandcamp, and 75 or Less Records, as well as on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube and Amazon Music.

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ART & CULTURE • On Stage

by Robert Isenberg

Desperate Measures Four plays tell stories of tough protagonists struggling to break free

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Trinity Rep presents Little Shop of Horrors through May 12

Fun Home In 2006, the cartoonist Alison Bechdel tried something unusual: She illustrated the story of her childhood, frame by frame. The result was “Fun Home,” a graphic novel about Alison’s complex relationship with her father. Not only did the book garner critical acclaim, but it was adapted into a Broadway show, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical. The Wilbury Theatre Group brings this story to Olneyville, where Alison’s tragicomic memoir can again come to life. Directed by Wilbury veteran Josh Short, with songs by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori, “Fun Home” explores themes of family, creativity, and sexual identity, all within the eerie confines of the Bechdel Funeral Home.

May 23-June 16, TheWilburyGroup.org Marisol Anarchist angels! Uzi-wielding homeless people! The apocalyptic ruins of New York City!

José Rivera’s play is as wild and free-wheeling as theater gets, and at the center of his story is Marisol, a Manhattan-based copy editor. Marisol Perez didn’t expect to wake up in the middle of a metaphysical battle for the universe, but here she is, and if she can just avoid getting struck with a golf club or ice cream cone, she might survive to tell about it. Trinity Rep stages this surreal dark comedy from 1993 – but if that plot sounds a little too avant-garde, remember that Trinity is also

presenting “Little Shop of Horrors,” the beloved cult musical about a nerd, a ditz, and the man-eating plant that brings them together. Marisol performs May 16-June 16; Little Shop of Horrors continues through May 12.

TrinityRep.org Waitress: The Musical “Waitress” isn’t your typical musical-comedy: Jenna works at Joe’s Diner, she has an

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abusive husband, and she’s just learned she’s pregnant. How does she turn her life around? She enters a pie-making contest. Based on the indie film of the same name, Waitress was nominated for six Drama Desk Awards. Catch the touring production at the Providence Performing Arts Center, with original songs

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This month, Providence artist-of-all-mediums Alan Metnick will show work at two galleries simultaneously. At Candita Clayton Gallery in Pawtucket, find 70+ pieces curated from five decades of artmaking, and at the Providence Art Club, photography of centuries-old Jewish cemeteries in Poland.

Careful, methodical synthesis of smaller elements is an evident theme in Alan’s work. From elaborate stained glass “wall and tunnel” sculptures to exquisitely detailed paintings of old mill buildings in Providence, Alan takes as much time as a piece requires. A wooden letterpress box he found two decades ago and painted black

was only recently populated and completed with found natural objects: seeds, grasses, and pinecones found both in Poland and Swan Point.

In the late 1960s, with no prior experience but a BA in History from the University of Wisconsin and a few years of sales under his belt, he applied to RISD as a summer transfer student in photography.

“There was really a creative energy there, and I didn’t really understand what it was at the time, but I wanted to make stuff and use my hands,” says Alan. “I thought I could take pictures.”

Inspired by mid-century European documentary photographers like Bill Brandt,

Photography by Savannah Barkley for Providence Monthly

A shocking search for hope among the ruins

When you give a child a book, his whole world changes.

Robert Capa, and Robert Frank, Alan saw the camera as an accessible jumping-off point to artmaking. At RISD, he discovered a natural knack for other visual mediums, like drawing. He later found silkscreening, which led to stained glass, which led to quilts, and so on.

Alan first visited Poland in 2004 to explore ancestral roots and document Auschwitz; when he brought home the first batch of black-and-white film to develop, he was struck by an image of a tombstone carving.

“I developed the film, saw the negative, and said, ‘Wow,’” says Alan. When it developed into a print, “It was a bigger wow. I never did anything like that before. Photographs I had done, but I never considered them beautiful photographs.” The experience was revelatory.

Now, Alan visits Poland multiple times a year to explore centuries-old cemeteries across the country. Some were razed by the Nazis during WWII, with few or no stones remaining; in others, the elements have worn down the headstones – “matzevahs” in Hebrew – over time, with no one to tend to them after the war, and subsequent waves of antisemitism caused most of the Jewish population to flee Poland during the 20th century. Alan carefully documents what remains, sometimes spending hours in just one graveyard.

“All of these places have their own stories,” he says. The photographs are “a visceral response to what I’m seeing.” Since switching to digital in 2013, Alan estimates that he has taken well over 300,000 photographs in Poland’s cemeteries alone.

Alan’s Silence and Stones will be up at the Dodge House Gallery from April 22 until May 9, with an opening reception on April 28 from 2-4pm. Projects and Selections runs at Candita Clayton Gallery from April 18 to May 25.

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