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Phillipe + Jorge’s Cool, Cool World

sterling-silver Big Bad don gets clipped; meanwhile, in spain . . . ; musical memories It’s always rewarding and

almost heartwarming to f see an unrepentant bigot get

his comeuppance. And we don’t mean the frothing loon and slavery enthusiast Cliven Bundy, the illicit Las Vegas rancher who would do well in the future to keep his eyes skyward, not to praise the Almighty, but to look out for drones. Phillipe and Jorge are, of course, alluding to the abominable Donald Sterling, owner (for now) of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers. Sterling is an unspeakable California arriviste, replete with trophy mistress. Unfortunately for the octogenarian, he picked a young goomah who knows how to use a tape recorder, and who managed to record his vile racist remarks about his distaste for her posting Instagram photos of herself with black men, and appearing with them at Clippers home games. Sterling’s singling out of Magic Johnson as one of those men couldn’t have been stupider, since Magic will win a popularity contest against about 99 percent of the people on the planet. (Despicable Don told his paramour, “V,” that he didn’t mind if she was hosing black guys on the side; he just didn’t want people to see her with them in the stands at the Staples Center.) Thankfully, the other shoe dropped very quickly once Sterling’s remarks became public via TMZ, which is to respectable journalism what McDonald’s is to Al Forno. But Sterling fits right into the fauxcelebrity river of slime that TMZ cruises along on. Following a “shocked, shocked!” outcry from the media that finally got the Malaysian airliner and Korean ferry off the front pages, and a rather tame, but heartfelt protest by Clippers players before their next playoff game (which they lost amidst the race-fueled bedlam), NBA Commissioner Adam Silver landed on Sterling’s head like he had jumped from the 15th floor wearing a pair of hobnailed Doc Martens. As P&J headed to deadline, the newbie commish, who has been in office a mere three months before encountering the Sterling shitstorm, banned Sterling from the NBA for life and slapped him with a fine of $2.5 million — the maximum allowed by the league’s bylaws. Big Bad Don will also have to sell the Clippers, provided his fellow owners produce the necessary

three-quarters majority vote to oust this walking bag of ordure from their ranks. Unfortunately, there is a chance they might not get that majority if it is a sealed ballot decision. But P&J would never be skeptical of a pack of rich white guys taking a vote involving a race issue, right? Actually, yes. The owners have already overlooked past Sterling charges of ousting blacks from a housing development he owned, and attracting a lawsuit partially based on racial discrimination by his former general manager, Elgin Baylor. (Baylor is a former LA Lakers star and NBA Hall of Famer who is regarded as one of the nicer players ever to play the game. He’s not some over-litigious whack job.) So given the fact the owners turned a blind eye to these early advertisements of Sterling’s warped views, the chance they might somehow reduce his punishment is worth Silver demanding every owner’s vote be made public.

Bananarama

Lest you think racism in sport at the highest level is confined to scumbag Donald Sterling, think again. On the same weekend of Sterling’s bigoted remarks, there was an incident in a top Spanish football league (La Liga), involving Barcelona and Villarreal, at the latter’s home stadium, El Madrigal. Some idiotic European fans have shown a saddening

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and maddening strain of racism through the years, often demonstrated by making “monkey noises” when a black player has the ball, or throwing bananas on the field near to them. How clever! In this case, Barcelona’s Dani Alves had a banana thrown from the stands next to him as he prepared to take a corner kick. This was not only disgusting, but bizarre. Alves, also a member of the glamorous Brazilian national team and arguably the best right back in the world, is far from being dark-skinned. In fact, he looks much like a typical product of the wonderful puree of genetics and race found in most Brazilians: green-eyed with a slightly dark complexion. Rather than look quizzically toward the stands for the moron who threw it, or walk off the field as other players have done in the past, Alves simply reached down, picked up the banana, peeled it, and calmly ate it in front of the opposing crowd before taking the kick. That bit of humor took some steam out of the boorish local fans. (Note: the banana-tossing culprit was tracked down by Villarreal officials within 24 hours, had his season tickets taken away, and banned from El Madrigal for life. Slip on that, pendejo.)

Duke anD Cheryl

As a member of the board of directors of the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame, Rudy Cheeks (Jorge) was thrilled to have two old

friends voted in to the “Class of 2014”: Duke Robillard and Cheryl Wheeler. They are both masters of their craft and good, generous people. J heard Duke play with the Tombstone Blues Band when he was in college. But he didn’t actually meet Duke until he ran into him at Big Al Pavlow’s record store on Eddy Street in downtown Providence in the early ’70s. J was playing in a band by then (the Fabulous Motels) and Duke was working with Roomful of Blues. Eventually they shared a number of stages together in double bills featuring Roomful and the Young Adults. Lots of crazy gigs. Later on, after Duke left Roomful and the Young Adults stopped playing, J put together a band with Thom Enright, Tom DeQuattro, Chris Vachon, and John Rufo called Rudy Cheeks and the Works. Somehow, the Works didn’t work and Duke decided that he wanted to try a “power trio” called Duke Robillard and the Pleasure Kings. He plucked Thom and Tom out of J’s band and they went on to have a long and successful run. One memorable night, New Year’s Eve, 1980, Duke and the Pleasure Kings and the Young Adults played at the Center Stage, perhaps the best small concert venue ever in Vo Dilun. Making the evening even more memorable was our “special guest,” Charles Rocket, a former member of the Fabulous Motels who at the time was doing the “Weekend Update” segment on

Saturday Night Live. Those were great days. Of course, Duke has gone on to be one of the most honored guitarists in the country. His stint as Bob Dylan’s guitar player last year is an indication of the respect he commands from fellow musicians. Cheryl Wheeler arrived in Providence back in the mid-1970s and J used to see her playing her songs at Panache, a club on North Main Street. They struck up a friendship (she has a wicked sense of humor) and some nights after her shows, she would walk over to J’s loft on the top floor of the Conrad Building at the end of Westminster Street (the original Lupo’s was on the ground floor) and they’d play music and talk all night. J always urged Cheryl to put together a backing band, but he was wrong about that. She became a superb solo artist and one of the best on-stage raconteurs in the business. Both artists will be inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame on Sunday, May 4, at the Met on Main Street in Pawtucket. And, better yet, both will be performing at the induction ceremonies. Anyone interested in the history of the music in Rhode Island for the past 40 years or so should try to attend. It will be a wonderful evening. (For more on this year’s RIMHOF class, head to page 8.) ^

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‘There is no shame [in addiction] The only shame is if another person dies [whom] maybe we could have reached out to.’

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No excuse not to be informed about RI’s addiction and overdose epidemic

On the morning of Thursday, April 17, Rhode Island State Police Superintendent, Colonel Steven O’Donnell, stepped to a podium at the Anchor Recovery Community Center in Pawtucket. Wearing the RISP’s distinctly elaborate uniform — complete with flat-brimmed hat and thick leather gloves that remained on his hands as he spoke — O’Donnell told the assembled crowd, “We lost 65 people last year on our highways. We’re on pace to lose 350 people from heroin overdose [this year].” A moment later, he added that this OD pace is 10 times last year’s rate of homicides in Rhode Island. O’Donnell wasn’t the only one delivering grave news to the assembled reporters, public officials, and citizens. Minutes earlier, RI Department of Health director Dr. Michael Fine said, “My job is to report the numbers. And they’re tragic.” At least 85 Rhode Islanders, ages 20 to 62, have been lost to overdose since New Year’s Day, he said. The deaths occurred in 26 different cities and towns. Thirty-eight people died with drug paraphernalia at the scene — “so you can imagine . . . how sudden and intense it was.” By now the fact that Rhode Island is in the midst of what Dr. Fine calls an “epidemic” of drug addiction and fatal overdose isn’t news. But the recent news coverage of that crisis is, well, newsworthy. Three projects, in particular, stand out: Kristin Gourlay’s hour-long audio documentary, Killer Drugs: Tackling Opioid Addiction and Overdose, which aired in March on Rhode Island Public Radio; Rhode Island PBS’ 38-minute documentary, No Hero in Heroin: A Hard Look At the Rhode Island Epidemic, which premiered on April 3 on WSBE Channel 36 and re-aired throughout the month; and The Providence Journal’s ongoing, wide-ranging, multi-platform series, “Overdosed.” Let’s start with the ProJo, an institution we’ve often criticized in these pages. Not this time. For a paper ravaged by layoffs and other ill effects of soulless, absentee ownership (the paper has finally been put up for sale by the Dallas-based A.H. Belo Corporation), the Jour-

nal has shown it can still debreathing,” he encounters liver coverage that far exceeds at the scene of an overdose. any other Rhody news outlet Along the way, she pauses, on a particular subject. The rewinds, and leads listeners reporters, columnists, phothrough a history of opiates, tographers, videographers, from ancient pain treatments web designers, and others bederived from poppy plants hind “Overdosed” have done through Shakespearean referextraordinary work. ences to “drowsy syrups” to In this series, there are the modern-day pharmaceutiinteractive, color-coded maps cal goliaths that aggressively of the state, indicating how marketed drugs like OxyConmany accidental OD deaths tin to family practitioners have been reported in each who had little expertise in city and town between 2010 treating addiction. and 2012. There are in-depth Now, to say that such a articles exploring the many wealth of clear, confident, gray areas involved when dishumane reporting about addiccussing drugs and addiction: tion in Rhode Island is a cause how treating pain with opiate for celebration would be a mismedications can sometimes, use of words. The Boston Globe counter intuitively, lead to tactfully addressed a comparaTHE TITLE CARD from A Hard Look At the Rhode Island Epidemic. more pain via a condition ble situation when it tweeted, called “hyperalgesia,” or how “We understand our good forRhode Island’s Good Samaritan law, designed But the show also takes aim at any lingertune arose from the misfortune of others,” upon to give 911 callers who report overdoses immuing idea that addiction only afflicts certain news of winning a Pulitzer for coverage of last nity from drug charges, has yet to be fully adsegments of the state’s population. We are year’s Boston Marathon bombings. But Rhode opted or understood by local law enforcement. introduced to Abby, a pretty, young former Island’s abundance of high-quality storytelling There are memorable video interviews with cheerleader from Barrington who once was the on this topic is cause for appreciation. serial prescription forgers or first responders secretary of her high school Students Against After all, few subjects are more difficult to who describe administering the OD-reversing Drunk Driving (SADD) chapter. She was also a cover than pain, addiction, drug abuse, and drug Narcan. Heck, even Mark Patinkin, “full-blown addict” by age 15, who OD’d three overdose. Pain is impossible to test for and, whom we’ve previously blasted for his tonetimes and spent six stints in rehab before the thus, defies the kind of exact metrics — a deafness on drugs (he used the phrase “blow guilt from missing her grandmother’s funeral blood pressure reading, a blood-alcohol level, a lot of weed” in a recent column about maripushed her to turn her life around. a person’s weight — that reporters coverjuana), delivered a stirring 2300-word column And then there’s Kristin Gourlay’s Killer ing health are inclined to reach for. This is conveying the anguish of a mother who reDrugs for RIPR, which is so crisply produced further complicated by the fact that opiate ceives news her daughter, a recovering addict, and sharply reported that it almost makes medications (a profoundly complicated and has passed away from an overdose. you say, “Wait a second, this was made in controversial subject themselves) exist within Rhode Island PBS is equally deserving of Rhode Island?” Gourlay visits the ER at Rhode the confusing legal framework of the federal praise. The producers of No Hero In Heroin do Island Hospital to interview a doctor about the government’s Controlled Substances Act. An viewers the service of assembling an all-star seesawing concerns — proper pain treatment OxyContin pill might be illegal in one perteam for an in-studio roundtable discussion vs. preventing addiction and abuse — he son’s pocket, but perfectly legal, alongside of the crisis. (“There is no shame [in addicmust consider when prescribing painkillers. the proper prescription, in someone else’s. tion],” James Gillen, director of Anchor ReShe also rides along with a police officer in Then there’s the subject of addiction, which covery Community Center, says at one point. Quincy, Massachusetts (one of the first US can take weeks’ or months’ worth of interviews “The only shame is . . . if another person dies towns to equip its force with Narcan) who to understand before a reporter can distill those [whom] maybe we could have reached out to”). describes the involuntary gasps, or “agonal conversations into a few concise, clear sentences to present to readers who may approach the subject with a lifetime’s worth of deeply held beliefs. Add this to the fact that reporting on addiction and overdose often means running up against medical privacy laws that prohibit since the first of the year.” (Dr. Rhode Island Epidemic: viewaccess to basic details — a name, a date, loca• “According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and PrevenMichael Fine, at April 17 Anchor able on YouTube (youtube.com/ tion — nonfiction stories are built on. tion, enough prescription painRecovery press conference.) watch?v=Zw8PqYNyNXk&feature= All of this is to say, once you finish this killers were prescribed in 2010 to youtu.be) and Vimeo (vimeo. article, keep reading about the Ocean State’s STATE RESOURCES medicate every American adult com/91452535). current public health crisis. We suggest State of Rhode Island Departaround the clock for a month.” starting small — say, with one of the ProJo’s THE STATISTICS ment of Health: health.ri.gov/ (From Felice Freyer’s April 5 charts showing how opiate prescriptions in RI healthrisks/drugoverdose/ Providence Journal article, “The nearly quadrupled between 2003 and 2011, or • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports Epidemic Began With an Effort with their glossary explaining the differences State of Rhode Island Department that nationwide prescriptionto Reduce Pain; For Donna Read, between “dependence,” “tolerance,” and “adof Behavioral Healthcare, Developdrug overdose deaths among That Effort Led to Oxycodone.”) diction.” Then keep going. mental Disabilities & Hospitals: bhdwomen have gone up 400% in If this were any other kind of public health dh.ri.gov/misc/Narcan.php, bhddh. the last decade. (From RIPR’s emergency, wouldn’t you want to know as •“Narcan has been used by EMS in Rhode Island 428 times ri.gov/SA/treatDescription.php Killer Drugs) much as possible? _Philip Eil

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Providence Journal’s “Overdosed” series: providencejournal.com/ topics/special-reports/overdosed/ Rhode Island Public Radio’s Killer Drugs: Tackling Opioid Addiction and Overdose: ripr.org/post/killerdrugs-tackling-opioid-addictionand-overdose Rhode Island PBS’s No Hero in Heroin: A Hard Look at the

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A funky band of brothers from Fox Point. A Juilliard-trained conductor who changed the face of Rhode Island classical music. A beloved Providence club owner who was also a Little League coaching legend. A Pawtucketraised tenor sax man who achieved immortality with a solo onstage in Newport in 1965. This year the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame honors its third crop of local musicians, educators, and industry professional who have carved out a legacy in our state and beyond. Duke Robillard, one of this year’s inductees, is a fine example. He’s a Woonsocket boy known around the world as a top shelf bluesman who has played with the likes of the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Dr. John, and Ruth Brown. This year’s induction ceremony and concert event spans two days. On Saturday, May 3, a concert, featuring Tavares as well as a tribute to Freddie Scott led by Rhode Island’s own Mac Odom, will take place at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel in downtown Providence. The induction ceremony and concert is set for the next day at the Met and Hall of Fame’s brick-and-mortar home, in Pawtucket’s Hope Artist Village. That event will feature the unveiling of all nine 2014 inductee exhibits as well as performances by Cheryl Wheeler, Duke Robillard, the Mark II, and a tribute to Paul Gonsalves led by worldrenowned saxophonist Dan Moretti. So, who are all of these people? And why do they matter? Read on, music fans. (For more on the RIMHOF and its 2014 induction festivities, go to rhodeislandmusichalloffame.com.)

cheryL wheeLer Bio | Wheeler was quickly recognized as one of the finest songwriters and singers to surface in a decade or more when she arrived on the rhode island folk scene in 1976 (she was born in Maryland). Soon established artists were covering her songs and acoustic venues throughout the northeast were begging to book her. When providence’s fledgling north Star records began searching for an artist to launch its label, Wheeler was the one. her self-titled first album, produced by Jonathan edwards in 1986, brought her national attention and a cover version of one of its tracks, “Addicted,” by superstar dan Seals, went to #1 on Billboard’s top 40 country chart in 1988. the follow-up, Half a Book, solidified her standing and she was picked up by the nashville division of capitol records for her third album, Circles & Arrows. her songs have been covered by artists from Kenny Loggins to Garth Brooks to Bette Midler and peter, paul & Mary. She continues to tour extensively. hits | “Addicted,” “half A Book,” “if it Were Up to Me”

freddie scott Bio | Scott, a providence native born in 1933, came into his own as a singer in 1963 with “hey Girl,” written by his friends carole King and Gerry Goffin. then it was off to columbia records in 1964 where he released two Lps and four singles. Sadly, major labels didn’t know how to nurture r&B talent in the early ’60s, so Scott left the label. (A singer named Aretha left columbia around that time, too.) Bert Berns, on the other hand, knew better. the r&B producer approached Freddie to sign with his newly-formed Shout label in 1966 and the next year he had the #1 r&B song in the US with “Are You Lonely For Me” — another classic with eventual covers by otis redding, chuck Jackson, Al Green, and the Grateful dead. Scott continued recording occasional singles, albums and jingles and even tried his hand at acting. his last album was 2001’s Brand New Man. LiNer Notes | though Scott died in 2007 at the age of 74, his legacy as one of the best soul singers and songwriters of the ‘60s is still intact. But it almost didn’t happen. early on he took a non-music turn, enrolling in medical school at Uri. But music — and new York city — called to him in 1956.

the mark ii Bio | Winston cogswell, of Warwick, has a knack for timing. After moving to Memphis, tennessee in 1954, he worked at Sam phillips’ Sun records as a guitarist, pianist, songwriter, arranger, producer and recording artist under the name Wayne powers. he shared the air — and the music — with the gods, Johnny cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and roy orbison. cogswell later moved to rcA victor in nashville as a songwriter, where he wrote hits for chet Atkins and Skeeter davis before deciding to pursue his writing career and returning to Warwick in 1960. it was the right move. he began collaborating with pianist/composer ray peterson; the duo formed Wye records with a third partner, engineer Ken dutton; and their 1960 debut release as the Mark ii, “night theme,” became a national hit. the song has been covered all over the world, including versions by Al hirt, the chantays, and Lawrence Welk. half a century later, cogswell and peterson are still rocking out together.

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tavares Bio | hailing from the providence’s Fox point neighborhood, the seven tavares brothers were born to be funky. their father, Feliciano “Flash” tavares, is famous in new england as the godfather of the cape verdean-American musical tradition. After Flash organized his boys into a band, his oldest son, John, helped them discover rhythm & blues, which inspired the sound of the group’s early ’60s incarnations, the del rios and chubby & the realities. capitol records signed them in 1968 as chubby & the turnpikes, and national attention followed. over the next four years, the act grew to include all six of the other brothers: ralph, Arthur (“pooch”), Antone (“chubby”), Feliciano Jr. (“Butch”), perry (“tiny”), and victor. After one final name change to tavares, they scored their first big hit, “check it out,” in 1973. tavares eventually steered straight into the funk and disco movements of the ’70s and ’80s. in all, they scored eight singles on Billboard’s top 40, 12 in the r&B top 10, three dance chart hits, 10 hit Lps, and a Grammy for “More than a Woman,” their contribution to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, one of the best-selling albums of all time. hits |“More than A Woman,” heaven Must be Missing An Angel,” “She’s Gone,” “Whodunit.”

fraNcis madeira Bio | rhode island philharmonic orchestra founder and conductor emeritus Francis Madeira (born 1917 in Jenkintown, pennsylvania) came to providence to teach music at Brown University in 1943 after completing his studies at the Juilliard School, in Manhattan. there was no professional symphonic orchestra in the state at the time. Madeira changed that by creating a 30-member ensemble that would bring the music of the european masters to auditoriums across the state. nowadays, the philharmonic has a roster of more than 70 musicians and a fully staffed music school that provides weekly lessons and ensemble experiences to more than 1500 students. As music director, Madeira established a home for the orchestra at the acoustically superior veterans Memorial Auditorium in providence and brought some of the best soloists in the world to the ocean State.

duke roBiLLard Bio | Born Michael robillard, the Woonsocket native was considered one of the finest blues guitarists in rhode island in the 1960s after stints with the short-lived original lineup of roomful of Blues, Ken Lyon’s tombstone Blues Band, and the Black cat Blues Band. that’s when they started calling him duke. in 1970, he discovered the horndriven energy of the jump blues via Buddy Johnson’s classic Lp Rock ’n’ Roll and reformed roomful with a three-piece horn section. national attention and the resurrection of the genre followed. duke eventually left the band to pursue a solo career. he leaned on the influences of texas masters charlie christian and herb ellis and released his first critically acclaimed jazz project, Swing, in 1987. though he’s one of this year’s best known riMhoF inductees, robillard is more likely to give a bump to the state than himself. “i always talk about legendary players in the jazz idiom from rhode island but also about great blues, r&B, and rock musicians from our little state,” he tells us. hits | “You Got Me,” “Let’s have A party,” “Low down And tore Up”

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Bio | When the pawtucket native was drafted into dizzy Gillespie’s band in the late ’40s, tenor saxist Gonsalves found himself in the middle of the evolution of post-war jazz, from swing into the modern era. even without the achievements that followed — a stint in the duke ellington orchestra, a string of highly respected smallgroup solo albums — his place in history was cemented by his famous 27-chorus improvisation on “diminuendo and crescendo in Blue” at the 1956 newport Jazz Festival. this epic solo nearly singlehandedly turned the festival from a buttoned-up event to the international outdoor jazz throwdown it is today. hits | “cookin’,” “humming Bird,” “tell it the Way it is”

Bio | Born in 1949, hien began working in the music business in 1971 when he took a job with a great-uncle who had purchased the decaying Loew’s theatre. they changed the name to the palace as a venue for rock concerts. hien managed operations until 1975, when he approached Arnold hahn, who had a small, failing jazz club called the Living room at the corner of Westminster and empire streets in providence. hien offered hahn his Jaguar xKe for the keys to the club and the liquor license. it was a done deal. By 1980 the club was the center of a blossoming original music scene (the Schemers, rash of Stabbings, neutral nation) with a dedicated clientele. hien set up the second Living room (aka the Big Bubble) in 1981 in a warehouse on promenade St, where his mother was famous for cooking dinner for many hungry touring musicians (including red hot chili peppers, r.e.M., and the replacements). that space closed in 1990 when the building’s owner didn’t renew hien’s lease; five years later, hien bought Living room #3 on rathbone St. during his entertainment career, hien was also a coach for the Lincoln Little League for 28 years. the rhode island music scene lost one of its greatest supporters when hien was killed by a motorist in 2006.

the castaLeers Bio | the rec center at providence’s doyle Avenue Grammar School was the place where aspiring teen vocal groups in the mid-1950s took shelter from the streets to hone their rhode island r&B sound. it’s there where the castaleers were born: richard Jones (lead, baritone/tenor), George Smith (baritone), dell padgett (bass), ron henries (tenor), and Benny Barros (tenor). released in 1957 by Felsted records, a US division of the mighty British decca company, the group’s “come Back” charted in providence, philadelphia, detroit, and Montreal. But the castaleers — all of whom had good jobs or were still in school — waited for something bigger before deciding to tour outside of the northeast. As a result, they were dropped from the label. the band was hot, but they never reached the top. they broke up in 1961. hits | “come Back,” “Lonely Boy,” My Bull Fightin’ Baby” LiNer Notes | the castaleers are recognized as rhode island originals who paved the way for national hits by Freddie Scott, the del rios (tavares), and dipsy & the doodles. their 45s are considered some of the greatest — and most collectible — records of the pre-soul r&B era.

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homegrown product melodic doom at its finest BlOODphEaSaNT’S Traum IS a DIrTy, Swampy DEBuT _By chr IS c ONTI How do you take your folk music? Served with a

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pheasant just swooped in with a must-hear hybrid of self-proclaimed “dirty, swampy, pissed-Doom Folk” on the new full-length debut, Traum (Tor Johnson Records). “Doom-Folk?” Hell yes. Bloodpheasant incinerates quieter moments with blood-curdling growls and low end thunder, and the result is a charred beast of a record. Traum will be available at the release show this Friday (the 2nd), or hit up torjohnsonrecords.com to stream and pre-order the album right now. Traum is what the people living under your stairs would rock out to while plotting their next move. The Bloodpheasant foursome’s loud-as-fuck lineup includes members of Yavinfive, Jesuscentric, and Weak Teeth (all Tor Johnson vets), plus lead singer/guitarist Shannon LeCorre of Gertrude Atherton. At this point I am pretty much a Gertrude groupie (still can’t get enough of GA’s 2013 debut EP, Isle of Skulls), so I had high hopes for Traum, and it certainly does not disappoint. Bloodpheasant’s origins can be traced back to southwest Virginia, where LeCorre was raised and developed a penchant for “eerie folk music.” She had been in contact with guitarist Chris Carrera about starting a band prior to relocating here, and soon after Derrick Garforth (bass) and Neil King (drums) joined on. The nine songs comprising Traum were built from song skeletons LeCorre penned while in Virginia which were fleshed out by Carrera. “As we kept writing songs, we developed a clear style and had no problem coming up with new parts organically,” LeCorre told me earlier this week. “Usually I provide the swampy, eerie sounding sections while Chris, Derrick, and Neil, who come from a hardcore and metal background, supply the heavy parts,” she continued. “We don’t always have similar musical taste but we have always agreed on heavy, melodic doom and dark ’90s grunge, so you hear a lot of that in our music. “I wanted to actualize some of my softer musical writing tendencies in a way that didn’t feel too vulnerable, so it made perfect sense to find a compromise.” Look up the mellow, early version of “Failure” that LeCorre recorded solo in 2011, then spin the full-blown take found on Traum — what started as a serene acoustic number has been recalibrated with the rhythm section

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Attleboro and catch Allysen CAllery (8 pm, 508.699.0778), f while portland-via-pvd musician GAvin CAstleton (formerly of Gruvis Malt) plays Fête’s lounge with HAppy Body slow BrAin opening ($10, 401.383.1112). head downtown to Grant’s Block on SAtUrdAY (the 3rd) for the annual BloCk pArty and providenCe roCk & roll yArd sAle (courtesy of What cheer records & vintage) starting around noontime. Action all over the state on a jam-packed Saturday includes the smitH & weeden album release at AS220 (401.831.9327) with tHe sun pArAde and local greats rAvi sHAvi; female-front-

hammering away (it’s like Helium versus Mastodon). The three songs that open Traum capture the band’s subtly bold sound. “A Bird and Its Wings” gives way to “Our Homes and Their Adornments,” with LeCorre’s vocals riding Garforth and King’s guttural growls. “The Drought” lumbers along and drops out until LeCorre and the gang detonate the track’s finale. The fits and starts of songs like “Annette” (LeCorre: “My cousin asked us to name a song after her”) and “Wyola” (named for a street in Bristol) come with little warning, while personal favorite “Farewell, Viking” evokes EVOL-era Sonic Youth. The song title references Nickelodeon’s The Adventures of Pete & Pete and is dedicated to a friend who passed away and loved the show. I asked LeCorre about the process of penning songs for both Gertrude Atherton and Bloodpheasant. “Each band has such separate vibes to me that as soon as I come up with a riff, I immediately know which band it feels right for,” LeCorre said. “I am able to take more of a backseat in Bloodpheasant guitar-wise, focusing on having my parts intertwine with Chris’s, whereas in Gertrude I am the only guitarist so I have to come up with bold parts that can stand up strongly on their own. “Another distinction is that there is a lot more organic writing during practice with Gertrude,” she continued, “whereas Bloodpheasant is a lot of stitching together separately written parts, but it keeps things interesting for me!” LeCorre will handle double duty on Friday when Gertrude Atherton opens for Bloodpheasant. “It’s fun to showcase the different styles of music I’m involved with,” she said. “Also, all my bandmates are awesome and I love having them all in the same room.” Bloodpheasant have a 10-day tour lined up with Weak Teeth (which features King and Carrera) from here to Kalamazoo, Michigan in August, with plans to book more shows this summer, according to LeCorre. “Providence City Limits can only contain us for so long!” ^

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ed power-pop from Austin, tx at the columbus theatre courtesy of meGAfAunA, with quality locals pArty piGs and CAnniBAl rAmBlers; Manchester 65 in West Warwick hosts a benefit gig for the ri Food Bank which includes tony Jones & tHe Cretin 3, tHe dirGe CArolers, and tHe stone unturned (8 pm, 401.649.0164); and rap heads will fill Jimmy’s Saloon (401.846.5121) for legendary Boston wordsmith reks along with linGo, mAyHem (of poison Man), squAre one, and more. A suppertime punk SUndAY (the 4th) at Firehouse 13 (401.270.1801) features tHe mcGunks, mArk linskey, drunk roBB & tHe sHots, and chicago’s voiCe of AddiCtion. party at dusk on cinco de Mayo MondAY (the 5th) with pixels, weld squAre, nympHidels, and tHe sAfes, all for just cinco dolares at the door. A busy week at dusk continues WedneSdAY (the 7th) with an indie-punk bill led by trust fAll (vA) with twin foxes, pink eye, and lAme Genie (9 pm, $6 cover).

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theater animal magnetism 2nd Story unleaSheS sylvia _By Bill r o drig ue z Magical realism was never a more

doggone hoot than in A.R. Gurney’s f Sylvia, which 2nd Story Theatre is unleash-

ing (through May 18) for a spirited romp, directed by Pat Hegnauer. Wouldn’t it be interesting if life were like the Get Fuzzy cartoon strip, in which animals and humans matter-of-factly converse? Playwright Gurney hopes we can become more human by learning to empathize with other species. That’s not terribly challenging when it comes to dogs. Because dogs are so trusting and men are such pushovers for batting eyes, it’s quite plausible that when a friendly mutt, Sylvia (Lara Hakeem), tries to pick up Greg (Ed Shea) in the park, she’s immediately successful. Since Greg’s wife, Kate (Sharon Carpentier), is reasonably agreeable rather than wide-eyed in adoration, there is bound to be a disruption when Sylvia is brought home. Kate is annoyed but agrees to test how the change will work out for a few days. Hakeem is a spirited natural for the role, easily giving Sylvia the buoyant spirit necessary, antennas up for humorous opportunities. We first see her in a scuffed brown leather jacket and distressed jeans, as befits a stray. When Greg springs for some fancy grooming, the French poodle part of Sylvia emerges, complete with beret, wide belt, and boots, all seductive red. Sylvia’s feisty personality comes out hilariously on a walk outside as Hakeem strains at her leash and explodes into a lengthy anti-cat rant. Sniffing objects, she says, “I’ve got to check my messages.” A fellow dog owner in the park (Jim Sullivan) warns Greg about letting Sylvia get between him and his wife, but that consequence is inevitable. When Greg is at an airport seeing Kate take off on a business trip, it’s hard to restrain a grin as Hakeem warbles Cole Porter’s “Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye” into a chew-toy bone (“When you’re near, there’s such an air

of spring about it/I can hear a lark somewhere begin to sing about it”). Sullivan has fun playing another character, a therapist Greg and Kate go to, an unconventional person of ambiguous gender who swings to yin or yang depending on the patient’s need. Greg hates his job and has been spending less time at it now that Sylvia is in his life, an undeniable obsession. Inevitably, his wife’s patience wears thin as the “few days” experiment drags on and their disagreement on the issue grows louder. Greg agrees to have Sylvia spayed, but her devotion remains undiminished. Under the influence of all that petting, Greg has become a better person, more open to his emotion, all of which is bound to rub off on his marriage relationship. So Sylvia becomes more than a funny shaggy dog story. It shows one way to humanize ourselves, ironically by using another species as a segue to our own. Shea is the theater’s artistic director, so taking on this role, as he does with absorbed attention, speaks to the significance of the character as a contemporary Everyman. With all the distractions we have in 21st-century life, who couldn’t be helped by a furry and affectionate little guide to connecting with others? The one aspect of the play that annoys me is a tacked-on happy-ending reversal. A plausible story seems to conclude, in which Greg agrees to send Sylvia off to a nice home in the country, since he can’t very well not accompany Kate on her six-month fellowship in England, which requires a six-month quarantine for dogs. OK. But then we get a coda: before Greg takes Sylvia away, she brings Kate a book she has hidden. Awwww . . . . Kate forgives her; all is well; Sylvia can remain. Nah. If Sylvia is to offer a lesson for us, we need to see Sylvia happily off to a new life and new loyalties. Let’s treat pets as generously as they treat us. ^

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HOLD ON TO HOPE: A BENEFIT FOR ANNIE POWERS, who was run

over by a van and is currently unable to walk | 4 pm | Comedy Connection, East Providence | $15 COMEDY SHOWCASE | 8 pm | Comedy Connection, East Providence | $10 COMEDY NIGHT OPEN MIC | 7 pm | Stevie D’s Bar & Grill, 80 Manville Hill Rd, Cumberland | 401.658.2591 | stevie-ds.com BILL MAHER | 7 pm | MGM Grand at Foxwoods, 350 Trolley Line Blvd, Mashantucket, CT | $35-$60 | 866.646.0050 | mgmatfoxwoods. com SPINNATO’S HYPNOTIC HYSTERIA | 8 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $15-$25 advance

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ANA EGGE | 8 pm | Common Fence

Point Community Hall, 933 Anthony Road, Portsmouth | $20 advance, $23 door | 401.683.5085 | commonfence music.org

THE ATWATER-DONNELLY BAND

| 8 pm | Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad St, Cumberland | $15 | 401.725.9272 | riverfolk.org CATIE CURTIS + the three finalists in the Rhode Island Songwriters Association’s 2014 Performing Songwriter Contest | 8 pm | Stone Soup Coffeehouse, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 50 Park Pl, Pawtucket | $18 advance, $20 door | 401.921.5115 | stonesoupcoffeehouse.com THE KENNEDYS + RAY MASON | 7 pm | Sandywoods Center For the Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton | $12 advance, $15 door [BYOB + food] | 401.241.7349 | sandywoodsmusic. com

MARK CUTLER & MEN OF GREAT COURAGE | 8 pm | Courthouse Cen-

ter for the Arts, 3481 Kingstown Rd, West Kingston | $15 | 401.782.1018 | courthousearts.org

PARTY PIGS + MEGAFAUNA + THE MONSIEURS + CANNIBAL RAMBLERS | 9 pm | Columbus Theatre,

270 Broadway, Providence | $7 | columbustheatre.com

PETE SEEGER’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION with Joyce Katzberg, Jan Luby, Sandy Pliskin, Marcia Taylor, and Jimmy Warren | 7:30 pm | Lily Pads, 27 North Rd, Peace Dale | $10 [half-price under 13] | musicatlily pads.org

SUNDAY 4

FRIDAY 2

AMY BLACK + Jesse Terry | 8 pm

SUNDAY 4

WEDNESDAY 7

THE RWU CHORUS SPRING CONCERT, featuring a program of choral

THURSDAY 8

TENOR CARMINE ORSINI with the Mount Saint Charles Orchestra | 7:30 pm | Stadium Theatre, 28 Monument Sq, Woonsocket | $15-$23 | 401.762.4545 | stadiumtheatre.com

DANCE PERFORMANCE THURSDAY 1 + FRIDAY 2 THE RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE DANCE COMPANY ANNUAL STUDENT CHOREOGRAPHY SHOWCASE | 7:30 pm | Helen Forman

Theatre at the John Nazarian Center For the Performing Arts at Rhode Island College, 600 Mt Pleasant Ave, Providence | $15 | 401.456.8144 | rid. edu/pfa

THURSDAY 1-SUNDAY 4 ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY DANCE THEATRE will perform

PARTICIPATORY

THE RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE CONCERT JAZZ BAND presents “A

Celebration in Music with Jimmy Greene” | 8 pm | Sapinsley Hall at Rhode Island College, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave, Providence | $10 | 401.456.8144 | ric.edu/pfa

TUESDAY 6

OPEN MIC WITH FEATURED PERFORMER BILL MOTTE | 7 pm

THURSDAY 8

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MONDAY 5

THURSDAY 8

CONCERTS

THE EASTERN CONNECTICUT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA |perform-

will perform a concert of jazz, bluegrass, and world music | 2 pm | The Towers, 35 Ocean Rd, Narragansett | $20 | 401.782.2597 | thetowersri.com

| Sandywoods Center For the Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton | Free | 401.241.7349 | sandywoodsmusic.com

SATURDAY 3

THE BERKLEE WORLD STRINGS

Rockin’ Joe Hebert, Mike Mulloy, Greg Johnson, and John Perrotta | 8 pm | Lou’s Cafe, 47 Summer St, Manville | 401.762.9741 | comedy factoryri.com

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Tiverton | $18 advance, $20 door [BYOB + food] | 401.241.7349 | sandywoodsmusic.com JEFFREY FOUCAULT | 7 pm | Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum, 199 Hope St, Providence | $12 advance, $15 door | 401.453.0688 | lippitthouse.org TENOR MICHAEL DIMUCCI, with Richard Partelo [horn] and Suzan Campagna [oboe] | 7:30 pm | Linden Place, 500 Hope St, Bristol | $20 | 401.253.0390 | lindenplace.org

ELLIS DELANEY + LARA HERSCOVITCH | 8 pm | Bell Street Chapel,

THURSDAY 1

ELWOOD’S EAST BAY CONTRA DANCE with caller Elwood Donnelly

and music by the First Time String Band, with Sally Rogers, Howie Bursen, Deck Neiforth, and Dan Lanier | 7:30 pm | Mary V. Quirk School, 790 Main St, Warren | $8 | 401.392.1322 | facebook.com/eastbay contradance.net

FRIDAY 2

COLLEGE HILL CONTRA DANCE with caller Steve Zakon-Anderson and music by Smurf Truck | 8 pm | Community Church of Providence, 372 Wayland Ave, Providence | $10, $7 students | providencecontra.com

SATURDAY 3

CAJUN MUSIC AND DANCE WITH MAGNOLIA | 7:30 pm | The German

Club, 78 Carter Ave, Pawtucket | $15 | 401.383.1333 | magnoliacajunband. com ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE with dance leader Martha Griffin and music by Jean Munroe and Julia Hartman | 7:30 pm | South Kingstown Land Trust Barn, 17 Matunuck Beach Rd, South Kingstown | $10 | 401.539.3009 | kingstonenglish countrydance.org

CLASSICAL FRIDAY 2

THE BROWN UNIVERSITY WIND SYMPHONY will perform works by

Krommer, Lauridsen, Ticheli, Reed, Muscente, Mozart, and Zimmerli | 8 pm | Brown University’s Salomon DeCiccio Family Auditorium, Waterman and George sts, Providence | Free | brown.edu/Departments/ Music/

EVENTS FRIDAY 2

LIVE BAIT: TRUE STORIES FROM

REAL PEOPLE | This month’s

theme: “You’re Getting Warmer” | If you have a story that fits the theme, put your name in the fishbowl; if your name is picked, share your tale [six-minute limit, no rants, no notes, no stand-up routines] | Hosted by Phil “The Host” Goldman, with offhand banter, musical accompaniment, and a theme song by Jerry “The Professor” Gregoire | 10 pm | 95 Empire Black Box, 95 Empire St, Providence | $7 | 401.489.2555

A MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR MARION SIMON, the former executive

RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY: LEGENDS | Fri 7 pm; Sat-

Sun 11 am + 3 + 7 pm; Mon 10:30 am + 7 pm | Dunkin’ Donuts Center, 1 LaSalle Sq, Providence | $!5-$85 | 401.331.6700 | ticketmaster.com

SATURDAY 3

33RD ANNUAL AUCTION AND FLEA MARKET [auction at noon] | 9 am | St. Michael’s Church Hall, 239 Oxford St, Providence | 401.781.7210

THE FOURTH ANNUAL CINCO DE MAYO BLOCK PARTY with music

by DJ Studebaker Hawk + Brown University’s Mariachi Band and the Providence Rock ’n’ Roll Yard Sale and food trucks and more | Westminster St between Eddy + Mathewson sts, Providence | 12-6 pm | Westminster St, Westminster St, Providence | Free | downtown providence.com/5354

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SUNDAY 4

BLACK MARKET BLACK BOX FLEA MARKET with “a good mix of rare

media gems, the stupidest of comic books, some vintage clothes, records, and who knows what else!” | 12-4 pm | 95 Empire Black Box, 95 Empire St, Providence | as220.org SALUTE TO SPRING, with musician and historian Rick Spencer performing “Historic Songs of American Work and Trade” [1:30 + 3 pm]; spinning demonstrations in the Quebec farmhouse exhibit; “Simplifying Your Garden,” a talk by beekeeper Normand E. Peloquin and master gardener Roseanne Sherry; a display of JELL-O recipes from the 1950s and ‘60s by Dr. Elyssa Tardif; raffles; and a viewing of “The Way We Worked,” a Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition | 1:30-5 pm | Museum of Work and Culture, 42 South Main St, Woonsocket | $15, $8 under 12 | 401.769.9675 | rihs.org/ museums/museum-of-work-andculture

RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY: LEGENDS | See listing for Fri

MONDAY 5

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THURSDAY 8

FILM THURSDAY 1 + 8

THE HAIL! HAIL! ROCK ’N’ ROLL DOCUMENTARY FILM SERIES | May

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READINGS THURSDAY 1

ARTHUR SZE will read from his

LONG MILE HOME: BOSTON UNDER ATTACK, THE CITY’S COURAGEOUS RECOVERY AND THE EPIC HUNT FOR JUSTICE will

be discussed and signed by Boston Globe reporters Scott Helman and Jenna Russell and bombing survivor Heather Abbott | 7 pm | Books On the Square, 471 Angell St, Providence | 401.331.9097 | booksq.com PROVIDENCE POETRY SLAM with featured poet Jeanann Verlee | 8 pm | AS220, 115 Empire St, Providence | $4 | 401.831.9327 | as220.org

TUESDAY 6

GOTPOETRY LIVE! | An open mic | 8 pm | Blue State Coffee, 300 Thayer St, Providence | $3 | 401.383.8393 | facebook.com/groups/36169437169

THURSDAY 8

tor | 5 pm | Providence Athenaeum, 251 Benefit St | Free | 401.421.6970 | providenceathenaeum.org

SATURDAY 3

“EDUCATING LATINO STUDENTS IN RHODE ISLAND: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES” | 10 am | Brown

University’s Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St, Providence | Go to brown. edu/academics/latin-americancaribbean-studies for details

“EXHIBITING OVERSEAS: FROM TAIPEI TO BANGKOK,” a talk by

illustrator and educator Gretchen Halpert | 1 pm | RISD Waterman Bldg, 13 Waterman St, Providence | Free | 401.454.6451 “RACE IN THE GLOBAL ASIAS,” a symposium with Karen Shimakawa, associate professor at New York University; Jodi Kim, associate professor at the University of California, Riverside; Chie Ikeya, assistant professor at Rutgers University; and Judy Wu, associate professor at Ohio State University | The symposium will be presented in two sessions, each featuring two speakers, and will be followed by a conclusion presentation at 4 pm | 10:30 am | Brown University’s Stephen Robert ‘62 Campus Center, 75 Waterman St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/academics/ race-ethnicity/events-programs/ race-global-asias-symposium

MONDAY 5

“GOVERNING COERCION: STATES AND VIOLENCE IN ASIA,” a talk by

Paul Staniland, an assistant professor of political science at Brown University | 5 pm | Brown University’s Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St, Providence | 401.863.2809 | watson.brown.edu/ events/2014/paul-staniland-governingcoercion-states-and-violence-asia

WEDNESDAY 7

TALKS THURSDAY 1

“ADDICTION: THE SUBSTANCE BEHIND THE SUBSTANCE,” a panel

discussion with Brown University speakers Janette Baird, assistant professor of emergency medicine; Robert Swift, professor of psychiatry and human behavior; Traci Green, assistant professor of emergency medicine; and Jane Metrik, assistant professor of behavioral and social science | 6 pm | Brown University’s Alpert Medical Building, 222 Richmmond St, Providence | Free | brown.edu/academics/medical/ news/2012/10/norman-princeneurosciences-institute

FRIDAY 2

“FEMINISM, FEMINIST THEORY, AND SCIENCE: WHERE WE’VE BEEN AND WHERE WE ARE GOING,” a symposium in honor of

Brown professor Ann Fausto-Sterling’s 42 years of teaching, featuring a roundtable discussion on the future of feminist science studies and an exhibit featuring Sterling’s works. Sterling, professor of biology, is an expert on feminist theory, science studies, social justice in academia, and the operation of science on a world stage | 1 pm | Brown University’s Pembroke Hall, 172 Meeting St, Providence | Free | news.brown. edu/pressreleases/2014/04/af-s

“SOWING THE SEEDS OF COMMUNITY,” part one of “Reap-ing What

We Sow: Local and Global Issues of Growing Food In the 21st Century,” a talk by Dawn King, Brown University’s visiting professor of urban agriculture, and Ellen Cynar, the City of Providence’s Healthy Communities Office program coordina-

“IMPACT OF DIVERSITY ON INTERGROUP RELATIONS: THE MISSING DIMENSION OF INTERGROUP CONTACT,” a talk by Miles Hewstone, a

social psychologist at Oxford University | 4:30 pm | Brown University’s Metcalf Research Laboratory, 190 Thayer St, Providence | Free | brown. edu/Departments/CLPS/events

ART GALLERIES ARTPROV GALLERY | 401.641.5182 |

150 Chestnut St, Providence | artprovidence.com | Through May 15:

“Color Sense,” works by Judy Araujo Volkmann, Mary Jane Andreozzi, Nick Paciorek, and Kate Hoyer AS220 | 401.831.9327 | 115 Empire St, Providence | as220.org | Wed-Fri 1-6 pm; Sat 12-5 pm + by appointment | May 3-24: “All That Glitters,” new work by Anne Wolfe | “Dystopian Dreams,” new paintings by Joshua Harriman | “Stewed, Screwd & Tattooeed,” new work by RL | In the Youth Gallery: new work by Kassy Cardona and Wilson Aguilar AS220 PROJECT SPACE | 401.831.9327 | 93 Mathewson St, Providence | as220.org | Wed-Fri 1-6 pm; Sat 12-5 pm + by appointment | May 3-24: “Trials & Tribulations,” new work by Mario Read BANKRI GALLERY | 401.456.5015 x 1330 | 137 Pitman St, Providence | bankri.com | Mon-Fri 9 am-7 pm; Sat 9 am-3 pm; Sun 12-4 pm | Through June 4: Photographs by Norlan Olivo — 1 Turks Head Pl, Providence | MonWed 8:30 am-3 pm; Thurs-Fri 8:30 am-5 pm | Through May 2: photographs by Bob Dansereau — 1140 Ten Rod Rd, North Kingstown | Mon-Fri 9 am-7 pm; Sat 9 am-3 pm; Sun 12-4 pm | Through July 2: Clay paintings by Kate Champa

BANNISTER GALLERY AT RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE | 401.456.9765 |

600 Mount Pleasant Ave, Providence | ric.edu/bannister | Tues-Fri 12-8 pm

CHARLESTOWN GALLERY |

401.364.0120 | 5000 South County Tr, Charlestown | charlestowngalleryri. com | Thurs-Sun 10 am-5:30 pm |

Through June 10: “Made In Rhode Island,” works by Dean Richardson, Willy Heeks, Robert Rohm, Mark Freedman, Amy Goodwin, Kate Huntington, Shawn Kenney, Paula Martiesian, and more COASTAL LIVING GALLERY | | 83 Brown St, Wickford | coastallivinggallery.com | May 3-30: “Pop 1 Flash Premiere,” paintings by Karen Murtha DAVID WINTON BELL GALLERY | 401 863.2932 | List Art Center, Brown

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pm; Sat + Sun 1-4 pm | ThroughMay 25: “Brown University’s 250th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition Part 2,” with works by Sarah Morris, Rob Reynolds, and Taryn Simon DEBLOIS GALLERY | 401.847.9977 | 134 Aquidneck Ave, Middletown | debloisgallery.com | Tues-Sun 12-5 pm | May 3-June 1: photography and ceramics by Chris Alvanas and Joshua Leonti GALLERY AT CITY HALL | 401.421.7740 | 25 Dorrance St, Providence | Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4 pm | Through May 12: “Quilted Together: Art & Community Well-Being,” a group show spotlighting the Recovery Quilt Project and Sojourner House’s Voices Unfold project GRIN | 60 Valley St #3, Providence | facebook.com/grinprovidence | Through May 10: “It’s Just Me,” works by Leslie Schomp HERA GALLERY | 401.789.1488 | 10 High St, Wakefield | heragallery.org | Wed-Fri 1-5 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm | Through May 3: “Landscape At the Edge: Contemporary Views,” with works by Scott Andresen, Deborah Baronas, Michelle Benoit, Sarah Bielski, Jeff Brown, Stephanie N. Bryan, Jerilynn Bush, Luke Buffenmyer, Adrian Deva, Anthony Falcetta, Robin Gibson, Amy Goldsmith, Leah Gose, Catherine Jennings, Ashlee Lambart, David Mangels, Armin Mühsam, Steven Roebuck, Chris Sancomb, Alison A. Smith, Alec Spangler, and Alice Valenti | May 7-31: “The 40th Anniversary Exhibition,” with works by founding members, including Frances Powers, Mary Jane Steimer, Roberta Richman, Marlene Malik, and Connie Greene, plus other former and current members, including Bethany Bonner, Claudia Flynn, Troy West, and Wendy Wahl

IMAGO FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS | 401.245.0173 | 36 Market St, Warren | imagofoundation4art.org

| Thurs 4-8 pm, Fri + Sat 12-8 pm | Through June 7: “A Table,” | featuring paintings by Pascale Lord, ceramic artist Cathleen Scanlan, furniture maker Robert Barrow, printmaker Mei Fung Chan, and photographer Angel Tucker, plus artist members, including Eileen Siobhan Collins, Rose Esson-Dawson, Mary Dondero, Lisa Legato, Eileen Mayhew, Linda Megathlin, Lenny Rumpler, and Michael Scriven JAMESTOWN ARTS CENTER | 401.560.0979 | 18 Valley St | jamestown artcenter.org | Wed-Sat 10 am-2 pm | Through May 23: “The Flower Show,” paintings by Georgia Marsh KRAUSE GALLERY | 401.831.7350 x 174 | In the Jenks Center at Moses

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am-4 pm + by appointment | Through May 11: Moses Brown Alumni Exhibit featuring Micheal McLaughlin MAD DOG GALLERY | 401.722.7800 | 65 Blackstone Ave, Pawtucket | maddogartiststudios.com | Mon-Wed + Fri-Sat 12-4 pm; Thurs 12-8:30 pm | Through May 30: “Silver Hippopotamus,” a “pop-up” showroom featuring industrial/modern furniture and artifacts, including tables, benches, lighting, and unique interior art and accents

NARROWS CENTER FOR THE ARTS GALLERY | 508.324.1926 | 16 Anawan St, Fall River, MA | narrowscenter.org

| Wed-Sat 12-5 pm | Through May 3: “Storytelling: Contemporary Illustration,” with works by Rachel Blumberg, Jennifer Daltry, Briana Horrigan, CW Roelle, and William Schaff

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pm | Through May 2: “3rd Annual Pawtucket City-Wide High School Art Exhibit”

PORTSMOUTH ARTS GUILD GALLERY | 401.293.5ART | 2679 East Main

Rd, Portsmouth | portsmouth arts guild.org | Fri-Sun 1-5 pm | Through

RHODE ISLAND WATERCOLOR SOCIETY GALLERY | 401.726.1876 |

Slater Memorial Park, Armistice Blvd, Pawtucket | rhodeislandwatercolor society.wildapricot.org | Tues-Sat 10

am-4 pm; Sun 1-5 pm | Through May 15: “RIWS Member Group Show,” with work by Elaine Gauthier, Linda Littleton, and Diane Taylor

SOL KOFFLER GRADUATE STUDENT GALLERY | 169 Weybosset St,

Providence | risd.edu/About/Galleries_ Exhibitions/Sol_Koffler | Sun-Fri 12-5

pm | Through May 7: “RISD Textiles Graduate Student Exhibition”

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pm; Fri 10 am-8 pm | Through May 24: “Open Juried Painting and Drawing Annual”

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Eagle St, Providence | galleryzprov.com | Through May 3: “Spring At Studio Z,” works by Francesco Agresti, Maggie Bouchard, Sue Butler, Kim Ellery, Judith Ferrara, Stacey Graham, Angin Jabaryan, Evelyn Luppi, Farnaz Mobbayen, Ian Mohon, Kevork Mourad, Julian Penrose, Cynthia Robinson, Erin Starr, Melissa Thyden, Artur Vars, V.F. Wolf, and more

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am-4 pm; Sun 12-4 pm | Admission $10 adults; $8 seniors; $6 students and military personnel with ID; free for children 5 and under | Through May 4: “The Art of Craft: Selections from the Aquidneck Island Region,” with furniture by George Warren, jewelry by Ruth Brandt and Tamar Kern, baskets by Helen Lee, rugs by Ron Caplain, and stone carving by Brooke Roberts and Nick Benson | Through May 4: “Delicate Armour,” works on paper by Deborah Coolidge | Through May 11: “Avian Aquidneck,” collages by Irving Barrett | Through May 18: “Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition 2014” RISD MUSEUM | 401.454.6500 | 224 Benefit St, Providence | risdmuseum. org | Tues-Sun 10 am-5 pm [Thurs until 9 pm] | Admission $12; $10 seniors; $5 college students, $3 ages 5-18; free every Sun 10 am-1 pm | Through May 11: “Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests,” short films made between 1964-’66 | Through June 29: “Andy Warhol’s Photographs” | Through July 6: “Arlene Shechet: Meissen Recast,” an exhibition of sculptures | Through Aug 3: “Graphic Design: Now in Production,” which explores some of the most vibrant graphic design work produced since 2000, including magazines, newspapers, books, and posters

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220 Weybosset St | Through May 11: The Book of Mormon, by Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone | May 1 + 2 + 8 + 9 7:30 pm + May 3 + 10 2 + 8 pm + May 4 + 11 1 + 6:30 pm + May 6 + 7 7 pm | $35-$93

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These listings are for Thurs May 1-Mon May 5 only. Call for updates or go to cinemaworldonline.com. VERONICA MARS | Thurs: 11:20, 1:55, 4:40, 7:15, 9:40 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 IN 3D | Thurs: 7, 10 | Fri-Mon: 10:45, 1:45, 4:45, 7:45, 9:45 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 | Thurs: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, midnight | FriMon: 10:15, 11:30, 1:15, 2:30, 4:15, 5:30, 7:15, 8:30, 9:15, 10:15 | Fri-Sat late show: 10:45 THE OTHER WOMAN | Thurs: 11, 12:15, 1:45, 4:30, 7:30, 10:15 | Fri-Mon: 11, 1:30, 4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 10 BRICK MANSIONS | Thurs: 11:15, 1:30, 4:45, 7:45, 10 | Fri-Mon: 11:25, 1:40, 4:55, 7:10, 10:20 THE QUIET ONES | Thurs: 11:35, 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:20 | Fri-Mon: 11:35, 1:55, 5:125, 7:50, 10;20 BEARS | 10:55, 12:55, 3, 5, 6:50, 8:45 A HAUNTED HOUSE 2 | Thurs: 10:55, 1:40, 4:55, 7:40, 9:50 | Fri-Mon: 4:40, 10 TRANSCENDENCE | Thurs: 10:50, 1:35, 4:20, 7:25, 10:10 | Fri-Mon: 1:50, 4:50, 7:35 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL | Thurs: 10:40, 1:20, 4, 7, 9:20 | Fri-Mon: 11:10, 1:20, 4, 7, 9:20 DRAFT DAY | 11:05, 1:25, 4:35, 7:20, 9:50 OCULUS | Thurs: 4:25 | Fri-Mon: 7:40, 9:55 RIO 2 | Thurs: 10:30, 11:45, 1, 2, 3:15, 4:15, 7:10, 9:35 | Fri-Mon: 10:40, 11:45, 1, 2:30, 4, 6:45, 10:10 CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER | Thurs: 10:20, 1:15, 2:45, 4:10, 7:15, 8:15, 10:10 | Fri-Mon: 10:20, 1:15, 4:20, 7:25, 9:25 GOD’S NOT DEAD | Thurs: 1:05, 4 NOAH | Thurs: 12:50 | Fri-Mon: 1:35, 6:55 DIVERGENT | Thurs: 10:15, 1:10, 4:05 | Fri-Mon: 10:35, 1:10, 4:05, 7:05, 10:05

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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 142 minUtes | pg-13 | cinemA world + entertAinment + islAnd + providence plAce 16 + showcAse + swAnseA stAdiUm 12 Amazing is a word so overused it no longer has any impact, which makes it the perfect adjective for this second installment of the second franchise based on the Marvel Comics superhero. The Green Goblin, featured in the first installment of the first franchise back in 2002, returns for another go-round, though SpiderMan spends most of the movie contending with the high-voltage Electro (Jamie Foxx), whose attack on Times Square is the central action sequence. As the hero and his adolescent alter-ego, Andrew Garfield continues to be the new series’ most valuable player; his tender, modestly written scenes with Sally Field as his widowed aunt and with Emma Stone as his best girl offer a welcome respite from the spectacle. That’s about all I can think of at the moment — imagine how tough this will be once we get to the third installment of

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the third franchise. Marc Webb directed; with Dane DeHaan and Paul Giamatti.

_J.R. Jones

BRICK MANSIONS 90 minUtes | pg-13 | cinemA world + entertAinment + islAnd + providence plAce 16 + showcAse + swAnseA stAdiUm 12 Camille Delamarre — who edited Transporter 3 (2008), Taken 2 (2012), and other high-speed actioners for Luc Besson’s EurpaCorp studios — makes his directorial debut with this similar-minded crime thriller, a remake of District B13 (2004). Besson wrote that movie and this one, transplanting the story from a Parisian banlieue to a Detroit housing project but keeping the story intact: an undercover cop (Paul Walker, in one of his final roles) and an ex-con (David Belle, reprising his character from the original) try to take down a powerful slumlord (rapper RZA). This is shamelessly cartoonish B-movie fare, but at least it has a social conscience.

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‘aMaZiNG’ Garfield in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

capsule reviews XW CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE

WINTER SOLDIER | 2014 | This

sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) trades that film’s 1940s setting for a contemporary one and its genial tone for a blithe cynicism more typical of Marvel Studios. The convoluted story involves the sabotage of SHIELD — the secret agency of Captain America (Chris Evans) and his superhero peers — by another organization that’s rooted in Nazi Germany. Unless you’re intimately familiar with the so-called Marvel universe (or you really love CG explosions), little of this will resonate; directors Joe and Anthony Russo race through everything but the special-effects set pieces, assuming that fans will compensate for the lack of nuance by drawing on their knowledge of the comic books. The impressive supporting cast includes Anthony Mackie, Scarlett Johansson, Frank Grillo, Robert Redford, and Samuel L. Jackson. | 136m |

XXX DOM HEMINGWAY | 2014

|“Jude Law is Dom Hemingway,” reads the poster for this British comedy — just in case you needed some persuading that the poised, delicately handsome actor could pull off his role as a brutal, randy, flamboyant, explosively angry ex-con. He does, but the real star here is writerdirector Richard Shepard (The Matador), who pumps enough comic juice into the story to revive its shopworn

premise of a career criminal hitting the streets again after years in the can. (Typical of Shepard’s sly wit, and Law’s deft handling of it, is the scene in which Dom tracks down the guy who slept with his wife while he was away, beats him bloody, then relaxes into some nostalgic banter with the man’s coworker as if nothing has happened.) Richard E. Grant, a wonderfully baleful character actor too seldom seen on these shores, costars as Dom’s safecracking accomplice, whose prosthetic hand tends to fly off in stressful situations. | 93m |

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HOTEL | 2014 | Set largely in the

run-up to World War II, history is the incursion that motivates Wes Anderson’s most antic and most somber work. The bulk of the film is set in 1932. The hotel is at the peak of its success under the watchful eyes of M. Gustave (Ralph Fiennes), a dapper concierge who elicits and responds to the sexual desires of wealthy elderly visitors, including Madame D. (Tilda Swinton) Madame D.’s death is the inciting incident of the film, and the narrative that unfurls in its aftermath is the most efficient, irrelevant, and elaborate that Anderson has conceived. The story’s major punctuation marks are a series of surprisingly abrupt, brutal, funny acts of violence. A second viewing allows Anderson’s greater

achievement to blossom. Using an array of self-reflexive techniques (callbacks to cast members from previous films, Alexandre Desplat’s tremendous score), Anderson inserts his system of references into a historical moment already freighted with its own. It’s a bold and rather curious conceit, but one replete with unique insights on cinematic mediation and historical memory. | 100m |

XW TRANSCENDENCE | 2014 |This expensive sci-fi feature marks the directorial debut of Christopher Nolan’s longtime cinematographer Wally Pfister; like Nolan’s Inception, it’s conceptually rich and impressive on a technical level, but also heavyhanded as drama and surprisingly rudimentary in its sense of character. Reminiscent of the cult classic Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970), the film considers what might happen if an artificial intelligence came to surpass the intellectual capabilities of human beings. Johnny Depp, in what may be his most joyless performance, plays a scientist whose intelligence gets implanted into an A.I. system after his death; Rebecca Hall plays his widow, who becomes servant to the system once it starts speaking in Depp’s voice. There are some wonderful ideas here, but Pfister lacks the storytelling chops to make them come alive onscreen. With Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy, and Morgan Freeman. | 119m |

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Waxing moon in Leo, moon void-of-course 6:50 am until 2:24 am thursday. an all-day voc moon compromises information, and can also make going from one place to the next exceedingly difficult, but ultimately very fun, particularly for Leo, cancer, Sagittarius, Libra, aries, Gemini, and virgo. taurus, Scorpio, aquarius, capricorn, and pisces: don’t look for trouble, which means listening carefully before responding. 10 29

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Waxing moon in cancer, moon void-of course 4:46 am until 1:55 pm when it moves into Leo, cinco de Mayo. Make no decisions in the morning — that voc moon alters perceptions. Wait until the moon is firmly in Leo (the sign of sales!) to try to persuade others. Willing to gamble: cancer, Scorpio, pisces, Sagittarius, aries, and Leo. not seeing the fine print: Libra, Gemini, aquarius, taurus, virgo, and capricorn. 27 8

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this horoscope traces the passage of the moon, not the sun. Simply read from day to day to watch the moon’s influence as31 it moves through the signs of the zodiac. | 30 32 When the moon is in your sun sign, you are beginning a new 28-day emotional cycle, and you can expect increased insight and emotionality. When the moon moves into the sun sign opposite yours (see below), expect to have difficulties dealing with the opposite sex, family, or authority figures; social or romantic activities will not be at their best. | When the moon is in aries, it opposes Libra, and vice versa. other oppositions are taurus/Scorpio, Gemini/Sagittarius, cancer/capricorn, Leo/aquarius, and virgo/pisces. the moon stays in each 15 16 sign approximately two and a half days. | as the moon moves between signs, it will sometimes become “void of course,” making no major angles to planets. consider 31 32 this a null time and try to avoid making or implementing decisions if you can. But it’s great for brainstorming. | For Symboline dai’s sun-sign horoscopes and advice column, visit our Web site at thephoenix.com. Symboline Dai can be reached at sally@moonsigns.net.

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