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FEATURES 22 The Women’s Resistance

25 The Future of Providence Place

31 A Neighborhood on the Rise

Rhode Island women are taking an increasingly active role in local politics

Retail’s taking a hit across the country – what does that mean for the mall?

Growing art and food scenes have Olneyville and Valley neighborhoods primed for another renaissance

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9 Online Exclusives 10 Commentary

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53 MUSIC: Lame Genie rocks out

62 REVIEW: Aroy-D Thai proves

39 AT HOME: The owner of Carmen

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64 ON THE MENU: A business

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15 Free Play is a video gamer’s

40 THE LOOK: Rhody style with a

paradise downtown

nod to the Lone Star State

16 A local cyclist is making a

43 SHOP AROUND: Find locally

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67 IN THE DRINK: Julian’s gets into

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68 RESTAURANT GUIDE: Mix up your dinner plans this month

59 TREND: Thanksgiving’s easier

Harrington’s new album gets personal

to eat than ever on a doughnut

18 Roz and the Rice Cakes return

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49 THE MUST LIST: This month’s

60 IN THE KITCHEN: The West

74 Peek under the Beneficent

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End’s Bucktown is gaining

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19 A new book explores the city’s

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On Lorne Adrain’s final day of rest before embarking on a two-month-long, 3,000mile bike ride from Seattle to Providence, he stopped by the Seattle Department of Human Services to hear firsthand about the city’s efforts to reduce homelessness. For Lorne, a former candidate for mayor of Providence, founder of Social Enterprise Greenhouse and chairman of the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education, biking across the U.S. requires exploring how other communities are addressing the same challenges that are facing Providence. It’s not a ride across the country, he says. It’s “Community Across America.”

The ride has been a dream since Lorne spent a summer three decades ago biking across Europe. He’s been a regular on the East Bay Bike Path in the intervening years but has never come close to testing himself with the demands of a

nationwide tour. But with a high-tech game plan developed in part with the team at Providence Bicycle on Branch Avenue, including a solar charger for his phone, a long-distance-optimized bike and apps to connect him to clean beds and warm showers, he feels he has all the support he needs.

By transforming the solitary transcontinental trip into a social experience designed to bring distant communities together, Adrain sees his ride as an adventure not only for himself but for the friends, family members and supporters who will be able to track his every movement on GPS and through social media. A two-wheeled Kerouac, he hopes to inspire his children to never give up on their dreams and to return to Providence energized to begin a new cycle of his life. But right now, he’s taking it one rotation at a time. Follow Lorne’s trip on Facebook @ Community Across America –Adam Toobin

Local Comedian Ray Harrington’s New Album Is Hilariously Personal I wasn’t familiar with Providence comic Ray Harrington’s (RayHarringtonComedy. com) act until I sat down with his new album, Overwhelmed, which is as good a first impression as any. He introduces himself to the crowd in “Boston-adjacent” Somerville as a man made up of “90% flannel, 10% pumpkin spice,” the type of person who would be found in the woods by a jogger at the beginning of a Law & Order episode.

This won me over early, but when he later states, correctly, that the Reese’s Peanut Butter Egg is the best candy he’s ever had, it’s clear that Ray’s not just my kind of comic, he’s someone I’d like to have a beer with.

Ray covers a lot of ground across this record’s 16 tracks, from his favorite winter activities (Netflix and seasonal affective disorder) to the absurdity of adults with hamsters to his objection to being called a grammar Nazi despite meeting the criteria.

What’s overwhelming are the nightmare gigs, swearing in front of his toddler and the cruel pranks our bodies play on us as we get older. He’s infectiously charming in his delivery, and even when the material gets a little dark or debauched (fair warning, the track “Sex and Candy” has some great spit takes in it), it never feels cynical. There’s plenty of cynicism to go around, so it was nice to get away from it for a bit to spend some time in Ray’s head, even if he’d be the first to admit that that’s a terrifying prospect.

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PULSE • City

Roz and the Rice Cakes (l to r): Roz Raskin, Casey Belisle, Justin Foster

Feast on New Music from the Rice Cakes The Providence trio continues their voyage into far-out sounds on their latest release With vague psychedelic musings, Roz and the Rice Cakes’ (Facebook: Roz and the Rice Cakes) latest record Devotion continues where the Close Encounter EP left off in their discovery of new sonic spaces.

While their last full record captured a pure energy, Devotion takes a step back to explore what lies between moments of explosion. The band works to pack each track full of breathable moments driven by contemplation and meditation. Lines and

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phrases that repeat like mantras create a cyclical atmosphere that allows lyrics and pieces of songs to reshuffle and reorder themselves to be remembered – but not quite in the same way as when they were first heard.

Devotion is marked by the strict triangle of instruments that make up the Rice Cakes. Justin Foster on bass, Roz Raskin on keyboards and Casey Belisle on drums form the backbone of these songs, with each instrument standing out as an independent piece of the whole. Roz’s lyrics offer both surreal and hyper-literal commentary on the times we find ourselves in. While Roz usually handles the vocals, Casey takes the lead on a couple of tracks this time, including a standout, “Revolving.”

The track “Houdan the Mystic” brings the album to its satisfying near-conclusion, fully embracing the pseudo-spiritual realm the band is exploring. Mysterious, swirling and contemplative, Devotion brings the Rice Cakes into a broad new territory, unafraid of what lies in the great beyond.

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Though Rebecca independently authored the project, it was through the support and collective efforts of the statewide community that she was able to bring it to life. Her insider research and information came from “a lot of people talking over a lot of years,” she says. As a result, much of what you’ll find inside the pages of Secret Providence falls outside of what you might expect to see in a typical tourist’s guide (although Providence natives will likely be familiar with at least a handful of the most “quintessentially Rhode Island” features throughout the book.)

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with people who are unhappy and angry or not?” Wendy LaPlante recalls asking herself after the November 2016 election. The answer came quickly: “I do, if they are more pragmatic and action-oriented.”

Wendy has been attending monthly women’s caucuses run by the RI Democratic Party since March. As the meetings rotate around the state, some women stick to attending the ones near where they live; Wendy, however, goes every month. The caucus’s co-chairs are four current state legislators – Sen. Gayle Goldin, Rep. Lauren Carson, Rep. Grace Diaz and Rep. Shelby Maldonado. A primary goal, says LaPlante, is to “help women have a voice in the Democratic Party.” Others are “to get more women running for office, working on campaigns, talking to their legislators about issues that are important to them and advancing legislation that advances gender equality.”

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to this I had not been very active politically,” she says. “I love reading and talking about politics, but, like many people after the election, I realized that doesn’t mean I’ve been politically involved.” She volunteered with the Rhode Island Women’s March and soon after started to attend the caucuses, realizing she could learn from the Dems’ preexisting infrastructure, including trainings on how to do phone banks and run campaigns.

It’s been inspiring, she says, “to be around the other participants. Some of them have been very politically involved for decades.

Others are more new to it.”

And the group itself seems to be shaping itself intentionally to the needs of participants; new attendees arrive at each meeting, so each session begins with participants articulating their reasons for being there and what they want to get out of it. Various speakers have come to educate attendees: Governor Raimondo has spoken at a meeting and Secretary of State Gorbea showed up at another to explain how to register people to vote. Eventually, the plan is for the caucus to be chaired by members, rather

than the legislators, whose time is limited.

“We’re trying to lay the groundwork quickly,” LaPlante says; if the group is successful, by the 2018 election there will already be more women running and doing campaign work behind the scenes.

Kelly Nevins, executive director of the Women’s Fund of RI, points to the women’s caucuses and to groups like Resist Hate RI as examples of groups that have started or grown post-election, “that are coming together to say, ‘Something’s not right, we need to do something about it.’” Her organization collaborated with VoteRunLead to hold a training session for women interested in getting involved in politics: “We weren’t expressly saying, ‘We want to address the fact that President Trump got elected,’” she explains. “It was just a lot of people recognizing that more women need to be in positions of leadership, so we wanted to capitalize on it.”

State Rep. Marcia Ranglin-Vassell (Dist. 5) recalls that women without political experience turned out in large numbers to volunteer with her short but successful campaign

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As her central campaign message expanded beyond gun control to include a $15/hour minimum wage and addressing the school-to-prison pipeline, women, Ranglin-Vassell says, could clearly connect to it. Women “know how gun violence impacts them or their community,” she says. “When it comes to economics, women are the ones going shopping, paying the bills. The fact that women are running our households, we recognize that we have to be that leading voice.”

The recent spate of wins by progressive and female political novices may have juiced women’s involvement this year just as much as the national election. Last August, progressive activist Dawn Euer (Dist. 13) won M. Teresa Paiva Weed’s senate seat and progressive Nirva LaFortune (Ward 3) won Kevin Jackson’s seat on the city council. In 2016, State Rep. Moira Walsh and State Senator Jeanine Calkin rode their experience in grassroots activism all the way to the State House. “A lot of people realized that a regular person can run,” Ranglin-Vassell says. Women are rising up and realizing that we’re powerful when we’re together.”

Wendy LaPlante recalls that some criticized the Women’s March as simply a mass complaint about the state of things.

On the contrary, she says, the march was intended as a warning. “It’s to remind the people in power that people are watching,” she says.

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One of the mall’s more significant changes came this summer when they announced that shoppers would get two free hours of parking in their newly expanded parking

garage. This initiative was introduced in response to guest satisfaction surveys indicating that traffic and parking difficulty was a major pain point in the customer experience.

But are the improvements in parking enough to withstand what has been called “the retail apocalypse?”

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ith mall visits declining nearly 50 percent between 2010 and 2013, malls around the country have had to be strategic in their decision-making so as to incentivize customers to visit. But the opportunity cost of the parking garage expansion can’t be ignored. The space could have welcomed an attractive assortment of retail, dining or entertainment

spaces, curated specifically to address shifting national trends emphasizing sharable experiences and social connectivity, and less focused on the physical retail mix.

The past several months saw the closure of thousands of well-known mall-based retail stores across the country, and more are expected to come. The Limited, Bebe, Guess, JCPenney and Joe’s American Bar and Grill are just a few of the stores that have closed their doors at Providence Place, while others like Pottery Barn and Crate & Barrel have departed for Garden City.

Many of these closures come as a result (at least in part) of the national retail landscape shifting heavily towards online commerce, with retail giants like Amazon at the frontier.

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The “90 percent” of retail sales rolled into this data include sales from items that are unlikely to be purchased online, like fuel, automobiles and restaurant sales. It also doesn’t reflect evidence that definitively demonstrates that online sales growth significantly outpaces brick-and-mortar growth. In addition, American spending habits have shifted to prioritize travel, dining and experience-spending while growth diminishes in categories like apparel and accessories. For traditional malls whose retail mix is made up largely of the latter, this presents a serious problem.

Americans are still getting the bulk of their shopping done in actual brick-and-mortar stores, which makes it reasonable to believe that the Providence Place Mall will find ways to weather the challenges that they and so

many other shopping malls face. Despite large-scale closures of brick-and-mortar retailers, GPP points out that “change is a constant in the shopping center industry,” and that “occupancy at Providence Place is consistently very strong and we are nearly 100 percent leased. We’ve had store closures, but have repurposed the space by bringing in new tenants.” This includes a newly expanded H&M and the forthcoming debut of a MAC store and a Tilly’s.

Along with the rise in e-commerce, data also suggests that consumers are increasingly interested in supporting local and regional businesses. In an effort to provide shoppers with an opportunity to shop local, Providence Place Mall has introduced the “PVD Mall Market,” that “gives local businesses a platform to grow and reach new customers.”

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Harris Avenue, to Valley Street, to Eagle Square, Olneyville and its cohort of once-abandoned mills is famous for its formerly underground art scene, full of squatters and spirited rebels: Now, with the city having cracked down on safety issues and as rising rents in Providence’s center have pushed people outwards, Olneyville is growing in some very new and exciting ways. As newcomers generally strive to respect and preserve the area’s architectural landmarks and its already existent communities, and with a spirit of neighborly collaboration, innovations in arts, culture, nature, and dining are thrusting Olneyville into the spotlight.

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Olneyville is all about creative spaces, like the one-of-a-kind hidden treasure on West Park Street: Pop Emporium (EmporiumOfPopCulture.com). Owner Darren Hill has worked in the music industry for decades and toured the world picking up unique vintage pieces that catch his eye. His collection spans eras, even containing dinosaur bones and ancient meteorites, but is mainly focused on 1950s-70s pop culture memorabilia.

When the amount of items became too much for his and partner Donna Castricone’s home, they set out to open a store and chose Olneyville for the price point: “I sort of sensed with the Steel Yard down the street that maybe somebody else would come along and connect the dots,” Darren says. “But it wasn’t a big concern initially, because we knew Pop was going to be a destination.”

Pop, a wonderland of antiques curated as beautifully as a museum, hosts live music and other creative events in a large adjacent room and food trucks in the courtyard. “We’re melding visual art with performance art,” says Darren. “I wanted to be an incubator of sorts to get creative people together and do different fun stuff.”

Speaking of incubators, one artist collaborative that has been fostering creative work under the radar for decades is Ajay Land Co. The massive mill along Harris Avenue which finally opened its doors to the public in July 2017, as part of the Valley Arts District open studios, quietly thrived underground through decades of pressure from nearby high-end condos and stringent city officials.

Joann Joseph is the daughter of Anthony Joseph (thus A.J. or “Ajay”), who purchased the mill in 1978 and rented out lofts to creatives, and she took over when her father retired. When a small fire occurred in 1998, the city cracked down, and artists could no longer live in the lofts, which were converted

Pop Emporium

to studios and rented to about 40 painters, ceramicists, musicians, clothing and jewelry designers and more, including RISD professors and Brown graduates.

Many artists have stuck around through years of building inspections and upgrades.

“We’ve been misrepresented as a building of squatters, which demeans our standards,” says property manager Thomas Cunningham.

“We are high-end professional artists who work their asses off.”

With an eye toward maintaining the identity of the neighborhood, Joann plans to stay artist-focused and affordable rather than sell out. “I’m all about trying to preserve history,” she says. “ The mill is beautiful and raw and when you walk in, it just has this energy that you would lose if you knocked the building down and put a brand new one in.”

Then there’s Grin Gallery (GrinProvidence.com), just a few doors down from Troop, which opened in 2013. Co-founders and directors Lindsey Stapleton and Corey Oberlander moved to Olneyville for its affordability and supportive creative community, and because they saw an unfulfilled niche in the local arts scene. The gallery showcases and exhibits “emerging or underexposed” interdisciplinary artists: “artists who are making things purposefully, thinking about every aspect from conception, to why they’re making the work, to how they’re executing it, to how it’s installed,” in Lindsey’s words.

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The gallery is structured as a sparse, “bright cube” with no text on the walls to explain what the art is, leading viewers to engage more with the work. “We show work that people can immediately identify and ‘get’ on some level even if they don’t have an art degree, and from there we can have a conversation with them and hear what they think rather than telling them ‘this is what the piece is, and this is what the show is,’” says Lindsey.

The couple curates larger group shows once or twice a year at the gallery, and about half of the artists they exhibit come from outside of the New England area – important “for artsts not based in major cities,” Corey points out.

“The goal is to always have people’s heads turning to look at what we have to offer here,” continues Lindsey, “but I don’t think that it can exist within a bubble. People have to know there’s something outside of Providence in order for it to sustain itself.”

Darren Hill of Pop

Barnaby Evans in the Waterfire Arts Center

The Wilbury Theatre Group (TheWilburyGroup.org) recently transformed an old mill space into a brand new performance venue on Sonoma Court. The innovative theater company, founded by Josh Short in 2010, differentiates itself with a “scrappy, cutting-edge, less-is-more” approach, “focusing on the development of big work, providing a home for local artists, and trying to champion the do-it-yourself methods to engage audiences,” Josh says.

The group previously operated out of a number of temporary spaces, including Olneyville where “we felt very underground and off-the-radar,” says Josh. He references the legendary days of Fort Thunder, when “mills were full of underground scenes. It seems like now there’s a really concerted effort to embrace the creative side and promote it as part of Olneyville’s identity.”

The theater’s first show in its new space, The Caretaker, opened on September 14. Josh credits fellow nonprofits like recently relocated WaterFire, the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC), The Steel Yard, and the Department of Arts, Culture, and Tourism with being extremely supportive and

welcoming. “Five years ago, we were just putting on a play in a warehouse and trying not to get in trouble,” he says. “Now, it feels like people really want us here.”

One of the most exciting developments has been the arrival of WaterFire (WaterFire. org) to the neighborhood. The crown jewel in Providence’s recurring cultural events lineup debuted its new Arts Center on Valley Street this past spring, in a former U.S. Rubber plant from 1929. The current state-of-theart space houses the organization’s offices, fleet of trucks and supplies and hosts events for WaterFire and countless partners, as well as classes and lectures. Executive Artistic Director Barnaby Evans shares that historic renovation tax credits from the city were key to being able to clean up old contamination and environmental conditions and installing brand new windows, plumbing and electrical systems, as well as elevators and ramps for handicap accessibility. Many historic details have been preserved, including a 15-ton industrial rolling crane and 40 feet of the railroad tracks – and, of course, “that old robust, muscular architecture that we love,” says Barnaby. The goal was to make the space as flexible and

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we all get along.” And one more culinary neighbor will be arriving in the coming years: a new food hall on West Park Street from Eat Drink RI (EatDrinkRI.com), including dining as well as food and drink production.

versatile as possible to facilitate community partnerships of all kinds and further WaterFire’s mission of inspiring the community.

“Having this space allows us to be helpful in many different ways,” says Barnaby.

More than just a base of operations for WaterFire, the Art Center is primed to be a creative hub for the surrounding area.

a growing restaurant scene Troop (Facebook: TroopPVD) is the anticipated new restaurant, bar and brainchild of the folks behind Laughing Gorilla catering, which launched in January 2016 with a focus on madefrom-scratch global street food favorites. After operating out of Kitchen’s space on Carpenter Street and doing popup stations and events all over the area, owners Jason Timothy, Leigh Vincola, and Sean Larkin – owner of Revival Brewing Co – teamed up with Chris Simonelli for this next chapter in the Laughing Gorilla team’s evolution.

Occupying the vast millspace on Valley Street which previously housed Bocado and Cuban Revolution, the team brought in Kyla Coburn Designs (responsible for designing hotspots like North, Wara Wara, and The Avery) to bring the vision of Panamanian skate and surf meets early-hip hop and punk rock

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to life, incorporating skateboards for barstool backs, a hip hop periodic table of elements, potted tropical plants, a huge mural of golden age musical legends, and vintage signs and themed tchotchkes as accents. Troop opens this month, and the bar will serve healthier options like smoothies alongside alcohol, with lunch and breakfast opportunities eventually.

Just up Valley Street, catering company Easy Entertaining (EasyEntertainingRI.com) hosts clients and diners in its bright, sunny space at Rising Sun Mills, with a cafe open for breakfast and lunch. Owner Kaitlyn Roberts has a strong tie to Rising Sun: “It was a jewelry company, Victoria & Co., and my father worked there for many years,” she says. As an adult, she moved in when the mill was converted into residences.

“I watched four businesses go in and out in this space in less than five years,” says Kait.

She finally approached her landlords about relocating her catering business there from an office in Hope Artiste Village and a shared kitchen in Dartmouth, MA, and they agreed – with the stipulation that she add a cafe. Since the relocation, gross profits for the business have doubled. Kait is planning to expand the kitchen outwards and to spruce up new offices in a building nearby, with Olneyville neighbor Libby Slader doing the interior design.

“Olneyville lets me be me and Troop be Troop and L. Sweet Lumber be L. Sweet Lumber,” Kait says. “Everybody ‘does them’ and

The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council (WRWC.org) has played an essential and sometimes overlooked role in revitalizing the area, cleaning up the river and its surrounding parklands since the late 1990s. By adding green infrastructure to urban areas, WRWC “uses nature to mitigate stormwater issues, clean the water, and prevent flooding while also beautifying the area,” says Executive Director Alicia Lehrer.

WRWC recently completed a bike path behind Rising Sun Mills, and as of this writing are getting ready to construct a section of greenway on San Souci Drive behind Olneyville Square for an off-road bike lane. The hope is to one day connect the bike lanes on Broadway, through Olneyville Square, all the way down to Riverside Park.

WRWC also built fish ladders in Olneyville and opened up five dams, allowing river herring to spawn there again for the first time in

Photography by Savannah Barkley for Providence Monthly

Maintaining Urban Green Spaces

Photography (bottom) by Mike Braca

200 years, says Director of Projects Lisa Aurecchia. Now, around 50 volunteers regularly come out to count the fish each season. “It’s like the river is alive again.”

Alicia credits The Olneyville Collaborative, an initiative created by One Neighborhood Builders, for spearheading efforts with many different groups and individuals to revitalize the community through volunteer efforts and fun and exciting programming for area residents. WRWC has also created a park stage, playgrounds, murals and mosaics.

Alicia maintains that Olneyville’s renaissance has been in the works for decades thanks to community dedication and collaboration. “We are a model community not just for Rhode Island, but for the rest of the country in terms of how we all work together,” she says.

As the Woonsquatucket and its fishy residents come alive once more, so do many old abandoned mills that once generated the creative birth of the Industrial Revolution in America. As long as care is taken to preserve the historic richness and not to displace the current residential community while keeping space affordable for artists and creators, Olneyville might indeed serve as a model not just for Rhode Island communities but for the nation as a whole.

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A Vintage Philosophy A collector’s home in the Peerless Lofts is filled with old treasures Christine Francis is more than just a vintage collector. Finding old items and returning them to their kitschy glory is her life’s work, which she does at her store Carmen & Ginger in The Arcade. Her home is a reflection of her appreciation of the past. Christine’s loft in the Peerless Building, formerly the downtown Peerless Department Store, is filled with vintage items. Take, for example, those bright

orange fiberglass chairs from 1971, which she salvaged from a renovation project at the Brown Science Library.

Call collecting an occupational hazard. “I kept the egg chair from a house call a few years back,” Christine says. “It was just too fabulous to part with. Not long ago the same chair was appraised on Antiques Road Show for $4,000,” though hers, because it’s been

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Her favorite things in the house, though, aren’t pictured here. “My two cats Max and Petey chose to hide for this photo shoot,” she says, “but they do have their own Instagram account.”

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My suit is from Hugo Boss at Wrentham Outlets and my shirt is from Marc Allen on South Main Street. My tie was a Father’s Day present, a swatch of vintage cloth from Kreatelier on Hope Street.

My boots are handmade leather laceups from a cobbler in Paris. And my lapel pin is a nod to my Texas heritage; it says, ‘Humble,’ the name of the East Texas oil company where my grandfather worked as a roughneck.

I’m a fiction writer in my spare time, so I like to think that I add a little literary pomp to my presence… like a Tom Wolfe or Ernest Hemingway. I always seem to weave in a little story and a bit of Texas into my wardrobe – cowboy boots, pearl button shirts and wide-brimmed hats. And let’s not forget shoes, which have always been the foundation and the soul of any good outfit.

When I’m not working, I’m usually doing something active such as fly fishing on the Wood River, surfing in Matunuck, working out at the Brown University gym or seeing live music with my wife and friends. I like to be comfortable, while always incorporating a hint of flair.

I love the fall and early winter season in Rhode Island. Layering means more wardrobe options: cardigans, wool ties, colorful scarves and tweed caps.

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The progression is standard and enshrined in the very idea of Bikram yoga. Each class begins and ends with breathing exercises.

The time in between is divided into sections of standing, lying, and sitting poses. Each one is done twice, and is held static; there are none of the flowing movements you might find in a gentler yoga class.

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Bikram yoga is not a relaxing escape from the stresses of the day; it’s a real workout – which makes it oddly appealing. I love the benefits of yoga, but, as a bit of a glutton for punishment, I don’t believe exercise really counts unless I leave feeling like I just had my ass kicked. Rhode Island Hot Yoga kicked mine up and down that studio.

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I consider myself more heat tolerant than most. Summer is by far my favorite season and I’m perfectly happy on those sweltering days when everyone is complaining about the heat and pining for autumn. So when I was assigned a class at Rhode Island Hot Yoga, I figured, well, no sweat.

As you can probably already imagine, I was wrong. It was a lot of sweat. An absurd amount, really.

I knew I had underestimated things almost immediately upon arrival. My instructor, Juliana, greeted me at the front desk and asked if I needed a towel. I told her I brought my own. “A big towel?” she asked. I told her I thought it would do the job. It did not even come close.

As someone who only occasionally does yoga, I don’t really have the proper attire.

I showed up in my running clothes and figured they would suffice, as they have at other yoga classes in the past. Again, a miscalculation on my part. (I also neglected to bring a change of clothes for after, another big mistake.) I entered the studio and found a roomful of people wearing as little clothing as possible. The guys were all shirtless, and the women were mostly in tiny shorts and sports bras – a few even seemed to be wearing bathing suits. What’s more, most of them had the taut, sinewy physiques of frequent yogis. This was clearly not going to be a relaxing session of light stretching and deep breathing.

Though it may seem redundant to talk about the temperature at a hot yoga class, I really feel the obligation to say it. We’re talking 105 degrees with 40 percent humidity. It’s not like doing yoga in a sauna, it is doing yoga in a sauna.

Rhode Island Hot Yoga was formerly East Bay Bikram Yoga; they changed the name with the opening of their second studio in Olneyville in June. (Their original is in Bristol.) Thus, their classes adhere pretty strictly to the Bikram yoga method, which consists of a 90-minute sequence of 26 poses

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Geek Fantasies Come to Life at Comic Con November 10–12: No matter what your flavor of nerd, it’s going to be at Rhode Island Comic Con (RIComicCon.com). Stars from Stranger Things, The Walking Dead, Star Trek, The Princess Bride and tons of other awesome sci-fi, horror and fantasy movies, from William Shatner

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November 2: Feel the beat at PeaceLove Rocks, featuring world champion beatboxer Butterscotch. The fundraiser for PeaceLove Studios (PeaceLove.org) and its therapeutic art services, at The Met in Pawtucket, will have cocktails and small bites in addition to musical performances.

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November 2–12: Explore your creative side at the Providence Art and Design Festival (ProvidenceCinematheque.com), the country’s only film festival exclusively dedicated to screening films about art and design. Showings include The Square, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes this year.

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November 2–12: Practice Defiance! when you see Sylvia Ann Soares star in her one-woman show about Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, the first African American woman to graduate RISD, at AS220 (AS220.org). The show features real art by Prophet, and excerpts of her writing.

November 2–18: Open your mind to New and Dangerous Ideas at The Wilbury Theatre (TheWilburyGroup.org). The show, written and directed by Providence poet and playwright Christopher Johnson and receiving its world premiere, is a work of documentary theatre rooted in interviews about race in America.

November 4: Don your finest black tie for Powered by Preservation, a 60th-anniversary gala for Providence Preservation Society (PPSRI.org). The fundraiser is at the South Street Station, once on PPS’s most endangered properties list, with music by Danielle Ponder and the Tomorrow People.

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November 12–19: Get Up Close on Hope at Festival Ballet (FestivalBalletProvidence.org), when ballet dancers bring performances of artistic director Mihailo Djuric’s Magnificat to life at their Hope Street performance space.

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According to Jeff McGowan of Lame Genie, the music from Super Nintendo’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time is what turned a SoundCloud hobby into the best known local vintage video game cover band, complete with a video display at live shows and a YouTube channel that brings together die-hard gamers and aficionados of pentatonic, speed-soloed soundscapes.

In 2012, before vintage arcade games started popping up in Providence, Jeff, Mike Costigan and Kyle Sawaia started posting technical arrangements of video game music online and performing them in local venues. The result is part homage, part rock concert and part comedy show.

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rearranging retro 8-bit soundtracks by ear for a rock format. “Jeff whistles along to the track and figures it out that way,” Mike says. “We learn everything on the fly during the recording and arranging phase,” adds Kyle.

The coupling of nostalgic video game sequences with live music has brought Lame Genie into the world of video game music, which includes performing at video game conventions – “it’s definitely a niche genre,” Jeff says.

Lame Genie plays music that speaks to a very specific, shared nostalgia that appeals to anyone with fond memories of gaming’s late-80s/early-90s golden age. Mike recalls one particular show as a favorite “based solely on the fact that some big bearded man came up to me afterwards and said that he shed a tear during the fairy fountain part of our Zelda medley.”

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PIG’s growth also speaks to the changing comedy scene in Providence, which Melissa has observed for about a decade. “Back then, it was more siloed, and now there’s so much more collaborative effort and ways to perform at any level,” she says. But Melissa is most excited to see how PIG has become a central part of the thriving Providence comedy community. “We all care – probably too much – about each other,” she says.

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It’s no secret that Providence is a hub for all types of creative art, including a booming comedy and improv scene. One central part of this community is the Providence Improv Guild (PIG), a group dedicated to providing space and opportunities for improv enthusiasts.

Melissa Bowler, PIG’s executive director, says the group was formed by independent artists and performers looking for stability in a chaotic comedy environment. After banding together, they began offering consistent classes, shows and stage time, and things took off from there. “Apparently it wasn’t just us looking for dedicated spaces for improv,” she says.

In its five years since opening, PIG has fostered a community that includes both new and experienced improv artists. “It’s a nice way for anyone to get into comedy,” Melissa says.

“You can be brand new and we have a way for you to get ten minutes to try it out.”

PIG puts on shows every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with a rotating roster of troupes and improv students taking the stage alongside house groups Seagull Related Fish Fight, Real Mature and Fool’s Pudding. Aside from providing performance opportunities, the group also helps artists network, which leads to more interesting pieces and collaborations.

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GET OUT • Art

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Art and Soul East Providence’s new HeARTspot Gallery inspires all kinds of creativity

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At the new 2,200-square-foot HeARTspot Art Center, gallery exhibits now rotate through the center, and classes are taught ranging from the basics to more advanced in tons of mediums. A small gift shop sells affordable original artwork and merchandise like jewelry, mugs and magnets from featured artists who “understand their own voices and create art that reflects who they are.”

Jennifer’s philosophy behind HeARTspot is offering “art for the everyperson. My strong belief is that art can be taught to anybody, and it can be a powerful tool for overcoming the stresses of everyday life or dealing with things like dementia and depression.” Jennifer hopes to provide “access to this very powerful meditative therapeutic tool, getting you into that quiet space that we don’t often give ourselves in our day-to-day lives.”

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Jennifer Gillooly Cahoon loved the 20 years she spent teaching art and special education at East Providence High School. She never imagined that she would one day open her very own gallery and teaching space just down the street.

Jennifer had taken art classes at EPHS, but it wasn’t until 2011 – well into her career, when she was serving as chair of the high school’s art department – that she discovered her own painting talents. Her work began to sell locally and even internationally, and in 2015, she resigned from teaching to focus on art.

A board member of the East Providence Arts Council, Jennifer knew many artists in the East Providence Art Club and beyond who were interested in gallery space. She decided to combine her passions for painting, teaching and helping other artists and creatives into a center focusing on “everything I’ve loved doing professionally and personally.” It took some time to come together, but after looking for space so long she nearly gave up, a local realtor friend unexpectedly connected Jennifer with a great location within eyesight of the very high school classrooms where she had studied and taught.

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FEAST In the Kitchen • On the Menu • Review • In the Drink • Restaurant Guide

GIVING THANKS FOR THANKSGIVING DOUGHNUTS Back in the dark days before Instagramming our food was a national pastime, we had limited options for ways to eat Thanksgiving dinner. It was on Turkey Day itself (and the several days of diminishing leftovers returns after that), or on an uninspired Thanksgiving sandwich from the deli. Not anymore. Last year, PVDonuts (PVDonuts. com) turned the holiday on its head with Friendsgiving: a brioche doughnut topped with mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, fried chicken

and cranberry glaze. The Franken-doughnut caught the attention of Refinery 29 and Cosmopolitan, in addition to hundreds upon hundreds of Providenizens who had to try it, but not before putting a photo on social media (we’re #guilty of it too, but it was #delicious, so #sorrynotsorry). This year, it’s coming back for another delicious pre-Thanksgiving feeding frenzy. Get there early to get one for yourself, or risk major food #fomo: the Friendsgiving sells out fast.

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FEAST • In The Kitchen

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I’ve been cooking since I was able to reach the stove (and that was pretty early because I’m tall). My mom and grandmother were constantly cooking. They would work a full day and still have the energy to make a huge meal. I didn’t want to do anything else.

How did you and Adam cook up Bucktown?

My classmates and I were doing a cleanup for the West Broadway Neighborhood Association and Adam was our cleanup captain. We have the same view on food: Food shouldn’t be a bunch of frills and a million ingredients; it should be something that’s done correctly – home cooking that’s flavorful and good. He mentioned the concept of Bucktown and I loved it.

What are the most popular items on the menu right now?

It’s the chicken and waffles, a new item.

The chicken biscuit – a flaky biscuit with chicken tenders, cheddar cheese and honey butter – is definitely popular, and so are the po’ boys. We have three kinds: catfish, oyster and shrimp. My personal favorite item on the menu is the fried whole chicken with the bone-in pieces.

That’s what I grew up eating. I probably ate fried chicken at least once a week growing up.

What’s different about your restaurant?

It’s nice to have the kind of environment we have. We have college students, police officers and auto mechanics from down the street all eating here. We have communal tables, so it kind of forces people to converse and be friendly. It’s also a nice, casual spot to come in and grab something quickly – I don’t think there are enough of those kinds of restaurants in Providence.

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that list, so it was great to wake up to. It means that all of this – the blood, sweat, tears and hard work from me, Adam and our team – hasn’t gone to waste. We’ve definitely gotten a little busier, too. It’s been great walking in, seeing everyone enjoying the food and having fun. It’s just an amazing feeling.

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FEAST • Review

by Stephanie Obodda

A Spicy Trip through Thailand

Though Thai food isn’t usually why I go to Atwells Avenue, I’d heard so many people raving about the new Aroy-D Thai Cuisine that I had to check it out. We met friends there on a Saturday night, early enough to beat the weekend traffic, and found the restaurant quiet, with simple but tasteful decor.

Aroy-D Thai’s menu is extensive. We started with two appetizers, one classic and one creative. Fresh Rolls are a staple: a clear rice wrapper filled with thin rice noodles, vegetables, Thai basil and the protein of your choice (we chose chicken). The accompanying sour/sweet dipping sauce has a touch of vinegar and fish sauce. Our second appetizer was Saydey’s Roll, a house specialty. A tail-on shrimp was rolled up in an eggroll wrapper with cheese and scallions, deep fried and served with a tangy, spicy dipping sauce.

The restaurant is BYOB, but we left the alcohol at home in favor of a heady Thai Sweet Iced Tea, a milky drink based on strong, house-brewed black tea.

I often overlook soups on a large menu, so

we made a point to try two. Tom Yum Soup and Tom Kha Soup are like siblings of different temperaments. Though both have lemongrass, lime juice and mushrooms, their personalities are on ends of the spectrum. Tom Yum has a sour tang and, as you might guess from the red-dotted surface, a spice that slowly builds as you sip. On the other hand, Tom Kha is a soothing, coconut-based soup, with a sharp and citrusy note.

Not wanting to miss a curry dish, we ordered the Red Curry, with tofu, bamboo shoots, baby corn, green beans, bell peppers, carrots and mushrooms. We also felt that a noodle dish was in order. The Crispy Hot Basil Pad Thai, which we ordered with pork, features fried noodles, the kind you sometimes find garnishing a salad. These were piled on top of a saucy base with onions, peppers and basil leaves. Though the sauce was good, I have to admit I’m a fan of dense, chewy noodles, and I felt some regret in not ordering the Pad Kee Mao, or Drunken Noodles, which are supposed to be especially good (and spicy) here. The Tamarind Duck, was quite delicious. The sweet and sour tamarind sauce Chicken Fried Rice

and pineapple provided a nice contrast to the crispy duck skin.

If you order the Papaya Salad, a fresh slaw made from unripe papayas, you’ll be asked how spicy you want to go. Consider this question carefully! We asked for a three out of five, and despite being spice fiends, it was challenging.

Imagine our amazement a few minutes later when our waitress got a takeout order for a papaya salad containing about five times as many peppers as ours. If your mouth is on fire, you’ll appreciate the sticky rice that accompanies this dish, served in a small woven basket. Eat the rice however you’d like, but know that in northern Thailand or Laos, you’d be forming a mound of sticky rice with your hands and dipping it in the sauce or using it to pick up a piece of food.

We enjoyed the housemade Thai Sausage, flavored with lemongrass and spices. I also heartily recommend the Larb. Traditional to Laos and Thailand, larb is a spiced ground meat salad served with sticky rice. The spice profile on this one was fantastic, and we were eager for the

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A traditional Thai/Laotian salad, made of minced meat, mint, basil and red onions, dressed with lime juice and ground red chilies and served with sticky rice.

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Tom Kha Soup

Mild and delicious coconut soup with galangal, lemongrass, mushroom and lime juice.

Pad Kee Mao (Drunken Noodles)

Photography by Stacey Doyle

Pan-fried big flat noodles with bell pepper, broccoli, onion, carrot and fresh basil prepared with a mixture of fresh chili and garlic.

next day’s leftovers.

To calm our papaya salad burn, we shared two desserts. The Fried Bananas were like tiny banana egg rolls; we ordered ours with ice cream. My favorite was the Sweet Sticky Rice with Mango, a Thai classic with wonderfully ripe, slippery mango pieces alongside a rich, sweet, sticky rice pudding. Did I mention that “aroy dee” means “yummy” in Thai?

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Cooking Up Big Ideas Foodworks, a food startup incubator, is making delicious things happen on the West Side

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Rhode Island now has a new major resource helping to launch small food businesses: Foodworks (TheFoodworks.com/Providence), the city’s first shared commissary kitchen and “food incubator.” Like Hope and Main in Warren, Foodworks is designed to empower local food entrepreneurs. Foodworks removes barriers to entry into the industry by providing small businesses with a space for commercial cooking and dining. But their services extend far beyond just the physical space. They also offer growth opportunities like educational

workshops, access to local mentors, food photography and rentable space for pop-up eateries and private functions. To date, Foodworks’ inaugural location in Brooklyn has served more than 100 food businesses, jumpstarting many of them into thriving and successful ventures.

Foodworks’ new location in the West End features brand new equipment, high ceilings and great natural light. With room for up to 50 food businesses onsite, they are currently accepting applications from candidates interested in using the shared kitchen space.

Need some food inspiration before the holidays? This fall, Al Forno (AlForno.com) on South Water Street is offering a series of Local Harvest Cooking Classes. Participants will work with Al Forno’s renowned chefs to learn how to prepare a delicious upscale meal at home. Each class features a new menu and showcases seasonal ingredients from a local purveyor. After two hours in the kitchen, classes end with a celebratory meal where participants get to enjoy the fruits of their labor. Class size is limited, so early sign-up is encouraged. November 4’s class will feature produce from Steere Orchard in Greenville, and the November 18 class sources food from Hillside Mushrooms in Little Compton.

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The brown-spirits renaissance shows no signs of slowing, and the city is celebrating this most beloved tradition with Bourbon Street Providence (RIConvention.com). Dozens of vendors including the best area distilleries and restaurants will gather at the Rhode Island Convention Center on November 4 to showcase their revered whiskey, scotch and bourbon selections. Live music from Mickey Lamantia and Neal and the Vipers will set the mood for a spirited evening as guests enjoy neat tastings, inspired cocktails and delicious food pairings. Interested guests can also participate in an exclusive tasting with the ambassador of a renowned Macallan distillery. What better way to stay warm and tingly in this chilly fall weather?

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FEAST • in The Drink

by Emily Dietsch

Call to Make an

Appointment Good Spirits for Bad Spirits Julian’s works its magic on a seasonally inspired cocktail Julian’s on Broadway is inarguably iconic, known for being open from early breakfast through last call and late-night munchies. Most folks know about Julian’s carefully curated beer selections, too, which are always offbeat and seasonal. Far fewer, however, recognize that the bar team makes the same kind of choices for their never-boring mixed drinks list.

Case in point is this autumn’s new entry, called the Ghost Blocker. It has the Julian’s stamp of semi-nerdy swagger to it, too, since bar manager Kendra Plumley stumbled into the concept while researching New England folklore. “It turns out,” she says, “that people used to put fennel seeds in their door locks to

ward off spirits, particularly witches.” Fennel also happens to be perfectly autumnal, and a famed note in cocktails, so Kendra tinkered with a toasted fennel simple syrup and the rest evolved from there.

To further channel fall, Kendra chose to base the cocktail in a smoky mezcal (think fireside in a glass) and then plumped it up with fresh grapefruit juice. “It’s not overly boozy but it has heartiness to it,” she explains, “so it’s a good crossover drink.”

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GHOST BLOCKER Serves one • 2 oz mezcal • 1.5 oz fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice • 3/4 oz toasted fennel simple syrup, recipe below • 2 lemon wedges and a lemon swath (thin bit of peel)

Photography by Meghan H. Follett

Muddle the lemon wedges lightly in a cocktail shaker, then add the other ingredients. Shake hard with ice and double strain into a coupe glass.

Toasted Fennel Simple Syrup: 1) Toast the fennel by warming up an ungreased (“dry”) sauté pan.

Add the fennel seeds and briskly move the pan back and forth for 3-4 minutes or until fennel is lightly browned.

2) Make the syrup using a 2-2-1 ratio: 2 parts water, 2 parts sugar, 1 part fennel seeds. Heat up the water, add fennel and simmer for roughly 15 minutes, then add sugar and stir until dissolved.

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F E AT U R E D R E S TA U R A N T

Character’s Cafe

Inspiration comes easy at Character’s Café.

Everything here is creative, from breakfast and lunch offerings to the cozy and colorful atmosphere. The made-from-scratch, seasonally focused menu includes egg specialities, fruit-topped pancakes, angus beef burgers, local seafood, desserts and much

more. Owned and operated by Gateways to Change, an organization that empowers adults living with developmental disabilities, Character’s Cafe is the only non-profit restaurant in the state. With amazing food and a great cause, every experience here is truly feel-good.

82 Rolfe Square, Cranston 781-2200, CharactersCafe.org

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PROVIDENCE AREA 10 Prime Steak & Sushi Fashionable prime steakhouse with award-winning sushi. 55 Pine St, Providence, 453-2333. LD $$$

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Blake’s Tavern Premier Irish pub with two event rooms in the heart of downtown Providence. 122 Washington St, Providence. 274-1230. LD $$ Cafe di Panni Italian American dining with

an available banquet facility. 187 Pocasset Ave, Providence, 944-0840. LD $-$$ CAV Eclectic cuisine and art in a historic setting. 14 Imperial Pl, Providence, 7519164. BrLD $$-$$$ Centro Restaurant & Lounge Contemporary cuisine and cocktails. 1 West Exchange St, Providence, 228-6802. BLD $$$

Chapel Grille Gourmet food overlooking the Providence skyline. 3000 Chapel View Blvd, Cranston, 944-4900. BrLD $$$ Character’s Cafe & Theatre 82 Hybrid art space with all-day breakfast, coffee and theatre-inspired entrees. 82 Rolfe Sq, Cranston, 490-9475. BL $ Harry’s Bar & Burger Called the “Best Burger in America” by CNN. Over 50 craft beers. 121 N Main St, Providence, 228-7437; 301 Atwells Ave, 228-3336. LD $-$$ Haruki Japanese cuisine and a la carte selections with casual ambience.

Locations in Cranston and Providence, HarukiSushi.com. LD $-$$ Iron Works Tavern A wide variety of signature American dishes in the historic Thomas Jefferson Hill Mill. 697 Jefferson Blvd, Warwick, 739-5111. LD $-$$$ Julian’s A must-taste Providence staple celebrating more than 20 years. 318 Broadway, Providence, 861-1770. BBrLD $$

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LaMei Hot Pot Authentic Chinese cuisine in a unique, casual setting. 256 Broadway, Providence, 831-7555. LD $$ Luigi’s Restaurant & Gourmet Express Handmade Italian classics and prepared foods to go. 1457 Hartford Ave, Johnston.

455-0045, LuigisGourmet.com. LD $$ Luxe Burger Bar Build Your Own Burger: You dream it, we build it! 5 Memorial Blvd, Providence, 621-5893. LD $ McBride’s Pub Traditional Irish pub fare in Wayland Square. 161 Wayland Ave, Providence, 751-3000. LD $$ McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood & Steak Mixed grill selections and signature fish dishes

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Meeting Street Cafe BYOB eatery with large menu of breakfast, lunch and dinner served all day. 220 Meeting St, Providence, 273-1066. BLD $-$$ Mill’s Tavern Historic setting for New American gourmet. 101 N Main St, Providence, 272-3331. D $$$ Ocean State Sandwich Company Craft sandwiches and hearty sides. 1345 Hartford Ave, Johnston; 155 Westminster St, Providence, 282-6772. BL $-$$ Parkside Rotisserie & Bar American bistro specializing in rotisserie meats. 76 South Main St, Providence, 331-0003. LD $-$$ Pat’s Italian Fine Italian favorites, natural steaks and handcrafted cocktails. 1200 Hartford Ave, Johnston, 273-1444. LD $-$$$ Pizza J A fun, upbeat atmosphere with thin-crust pizza, pub fare and gluten-free options. 967 Westminster St, Providence, 632-0555. LD $-$$ Public Kitchen & Bar American food with changing daily specials. 120 Francis St, Providence, 919-5050. BrLD $-$$ Red Stripe Casual French-American bistro.

465 Angell St, Providence, 437-6950; 455 Main St, East Greenwich, 398-2900. BrLD $$ Rick’s Roadhouse Honest, authentic BBQ with a large selection of whiskey. 370 Richmond St, Providence, 272-7675. LD $-$$

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Siena Impeccable Italian cuisine.

Locations in Providence, East Greenwich and Smithfield, 521-3311. D $$-$$$ T’s Restaurant Plentiful breakfast and lunch.

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Narragansett, TsRestaurantRI.com. BL $ Tavolo Wine Bar and Tuscan Grille Classic Italian cuisine with an extensive wine and beer list. 970 Douglas Pike, Smithfield, 349-4979. LD $-$$ The Grange Vegetarian restaurant serving seasonal dishes with a juice bar, vegan bakery and cocktail bar. 166 Broadway, Providence, 831-0600. BrLD $-$$ The Salted Slate An agri-driven American restaurant with global influences. 186 Wayland Ave, Providence, 270-3737.

BrLD $$-$$$ The Village Lively bar and grill with comfort fare, bar bites and beer. 373 Richmond St, Providence, 228-7222.

BrLD $-$$ Tortilla Flats Fresh Mexican, Cajun and Southwestern fare, cocktails and over 70 tequilas. 355 Hope St, Providence, 7516777. LD $-$$ Trinity Brewhouse American pub fare and craft beer in a downtown setting, with lunch, dinner and late-night menus.

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Twin Oaks Family restaurant serving an extensive selection of Italian and American staples. 100 Sabra St, Cranston, 781-9693. LD $-$$$ The Vig Contemporary sports bar with craft tavern fare. 21 Atwells Ave, Providence, 709-0347. LD $-$$

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256 Great Island Rd, Narragansett, 7833152. LD $-$$ Coast Guard House A new American menu with a seafood emphasis and extensive wine list, open seven days a week. 40 Ocean Rd, Narragansett, 7890700. BrLD $$$ Colvitto’s Pizza & Bakery Pizza Calzones and baked goods made fresh daily. 91

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Point Judith Rd, Narragansett, 783-8086.

BrLD $ Dante’s Kitchen American food with Southern flair. 315 Main St, East Greenwich, 398-7798. BL $-$$ Eleven Forty Nine City sophistication in the suburbs. 1149 Division St, Warwick, 884-1149. LD $$$ Frankie’s Italian Bistro Fine dining with imported wines from around the world.

1051 Ten Rod Rd, North Kingstown, 2952500. D $-$$$ Fresco Italian American comfort food with international inspirations. 301 Main St, East Greenwich, 398-0027; 140 Comstock Pkwy, Cranston, 228-3901. D $-$$

George’s of Galilee Fresh caught seafood in an upscale pub atmosphere. 250 Sand Hill Cove Rd, Narragansett, 783-2306. LD $-$$ Jigger’s Diner Classic ‘50s diner serving breakfast all day. 145 Main St, East Greenwich, 884-6060. BL $-$$ Maharaja Indian Restaurant Indian cuisine and traditional curries in a warm setting.

1 Beach St, Narragansett, 363-9988. LD $-$$ Mariner Grille Seafood, steaks and pasta in a fun setting, with live entertainment.

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Neapolitan wood-fired pizza with exclusive ingredients imported from Naples. 60 S County Commons Way, South Kingstown, 783-2900. LD $-$$ Phil’s Main Street Grille Classic comfort food with a great rooftop patio. 323 Main St, Wakefield, 783-4073. BBrLD $ Red Stripe Casual French-American bistro. 465 Angell St, Providence, 4376950; 455 Main St, East Greenwich, 3982900. BrLD $$ Siena Impeccable Italian cuisine.

Locations in Providence, East Greenwich and Smithfield, 521-3311. D $$-$$$

Narragansett, TsRestaurantRI.com. BL $ Tavern by the Sea Waterfront European/ American bistro. 16 W Main St, Wickford, 294-5771. LD $$ Twin Willows Fresh seafood and water views in a family-friendly atmosphere.

865 Boston Neck Rd, Narragansett, 7898153. LD $-$$ Tong-D Fine Thai cuisine in a casual setting. 156 County Rd, Barrington, 2892998; 50 South County Common Way, South Kingstown, 783-4445. LD $-$$

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Bluewater Bar and Grill Casual restaurant with modern seafood dishes, patio seating and live music. 32 Barton Ave, Barrington, 247-0017. LD $$-$$$ Ichigo Ichie Traditional Japanese cuisine, creative sushi and hibachi. 5 Catamore Blvd, East Providence, 435-5511. LD $-$$$ The Old Grist Mill Tavern Fine dining located over the Runnins River. 390 Fall River Ave, Seekonk, 508-336-8460. LD $-$$$ The Wharf Tavern Serves fresh seafood and steak with bay views from almost every table. 215 Water St, Warren, 2892524. BrLD $-$$$

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by Robert Isenberg

Photo by Christian Scully / Design Imaging Studios

HIDDEN PVD

Stairway to Heaven Inside the off-limits dome of the Beneficent Congregational Church The dome of Beneficent Congregational Church on Weybosset Street, a hallmark of the Providence skyline, is a cavernous, attic-like room crisscrossed with beams of two-century-old lumber. According to lore, the reverend James “Paddy” Wilson wanted the church to match a domed custom house in his native Dublin. Much has been added to the church since 1810: ionic columns, a crystal chandelier, and a pipe organ donated by the Rockefellers. As Greek Revival gained

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popularity, builders crowned the dome with a wooden monument to Lysicrates, the classical god of music; it’s now covered in a weather-resistant copper casing. Although guests aren’t allowed to climb the rickety staircase to the top, the dome received 508 visitors in September, thanks to the Doors Open Festival Rhode Island. “Some of them just stayed inside the church,” says Matthew Hird, a church member. “They didn’t realize there was even more to see.”