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march 8, 2013

contents on the cover F ILLUSTRATION By Tj KELLEy III

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p 25

6 school reform _by david scharfen b erg

Can Providence rise to the greatest civil rights challenge of our time?

14 homegrown product _ by chris con ti

dylan sevey & the gentlemen invite you to Join the Club. Plus, “Off the Couch” with cactus attack, torn shorts, atlantic thrills, forever young, and more.

16 art _ by greg cook

A wondrous window: the “2013 risd faculty biennial.”

17 theater _by bi ll rod rig uez

Paying their dues: Ocean State Theatre Company’s rent.

25 film

“Short Takes” on oz the great and powerful, dead man down, jack the giant slayer, the last exorcism part ii, and 21 and over.

in every iSSue

STEvE W EIgL

6 phillipe & jorge’s 4 cool, cool world

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F rock star confidential!

In her long career, Madonna has run afoul of some of the world’s most powerful institutions — the Catholic church, the Puerto Rican congress, David Letterman, the Catholic church again. Now her provocative antics may get her thrown off Instagram! Plus, Marilyn Manson’s latest shocking and blasphemous acts! David Thorpe spills it all at thePhoenix.com.

Thanks, Dr. Koop | Hoping for fresh air at the EPA | ‘Vatileaks’ | TV party

6 47 the city _by der f 5 this just in 10

David Shields on how literature saved his life | In search of Cumberlandite

10 dining 11 Hot spot, Jamaican style: the Half Way Tree.

12 8 days a week 12 Festival Ballet Providence, Sublime Frequencies, Magic Lantern, Social Creatures, and more.

26 moon signs 30 _ by sym b o l in e da i 26 jonesin’ _puzzle by matt jones 30

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phillipe + Jorge’s cool, cool World

Thanks, Dr. koop

Ya gotta have heart; hoping for fresh air; more dirt at the vatican You may have noticed the passing of former US Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who turned in his famous braided Salvation Army captain’s uniform on February 25, at age 96. So put out that Kool 100 cigarette in memory of the man, an anti-smoking crusader who also brought early attention to the threat of AIDS. Ya done good, Ev. Koop also played a major role in Phillipe’s life, in a strange and wonderful way.

P. was born with a hole in his heart.

At the time, open-heart surgery was in its infancy, and there was no way to put a child under anesthesia for the eightto-10 hours required for the operation.

You couldn’t just give a 100-pound kid half the gas you might give a 200-pound adult. Keeping a young patient alive during such an ordeal would require a more inventive approach.

So a nine-year-old P. was put on a waiting list at Philadelphia Children’s Hospital in hopes that doctors could come up with a life-saving approach before time ran out.

Along came Dr. Koop, who was head of pediatrics at Philadelphia Children’s at the time.

He and his staff came up with a plan: drop the youngster into a tub full of ice water to slow his blood flow and administer just enough anesthesia to put him under without sending him into a coma.

In a pre-surgery visit to the hospital, an X-ray-enabled catheter helped to identify the location of hole (word to the wise here, if a doctor ever asks if you’d like to view your innards via a tube

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shoved through your vein and out a hole in your heart, take a pass). And soon thereafter, Phillipe became one of the first 10 kids in the country to undergo open heart surgery.

(The modern version of the procedure leaves about a six-inch scar. P. got a “patent pending” incision that runs halfway around his body — and the requisite broken sternum and pried-apart ribs, to boot.)

If not for Koop’s genius, and that of his fellow pediatricians, Phillipe would have been unable to take part in gym class after age 12. And he would have been a goner, almost surely, by age 20.

Instead, with a repaired ticker, P. was named an All-American soccer player at Brown and has soldiered into AARP membership eligibility with nary a problem. He’s even enjoyed a perk: P. is able to impress his friends and frighten his enemies with his human can-opener chest scar.

Take a deep breaTh

For what it’s worth, Phillipe & Jorge have heard good reports on President Obama’s choice to head the US Environmental Protection Agency, Gina McCarthy (though we might have preferred Jenny McCarthy, to add a touch of sexiness to the too-sterile EPA).

EPA chiefs, like the heads of Little Rhody’s Department of Environmental Management, have traditionally served as legislators’ whipping boys and girls.

Indeed, with the GOP attacking her every time she opened her mouth,

McCarthy’s predecessor Lisa Jackson resigned with a hearty flip of the bird to Congress.

McCarthy is a good, rock-ribbed Bostonian who appears ready to talk shit and take none from the GOP. She will enforce stricter regulations — especially in the area of air pollution, a division she led in the EPA prior to her nomination.

She also worked for Mitt Romney when he was governor of Massachusetts on global warming issues, which shows she can communicate effectively with even the most ignorant animals in the jungle.

Good luck, Gina. You’ll need it.

‘VaTileaks’

Quite a coincidence that Pope Benny Andajets headed for the hills just after receiving a dossier that reportedly revealed a group of prelates at the Vatican (aka, Hot Sheets-Roma) were facing blackmail for their sexual proclivities — and we don’t mean celibacy.

The exposure of these sordid games couldn’t have happened to a better bunch of guys than the fast-exiting Pope, the College of Cardinals, and the international circuit of paedo priests.

Sure, this rings of Catholic-bashing.

But P&J can’t think of any of our local Catholic friends — and they are legion — endorsing the behavior of their entitled clergy.

Perhaps the Vatican could use a visit from the skilled diplomat who just took a jaunt to North Korea: Dennis “The Worm”

Rodman. We are sure he would find all the clerics “awesome guys.”

TV parTY

Jorge’s proposed television project with Nate Flynn for Rhode Island PBS, Meet Me at the Met, dipped a toe in the water on Monday evening when the generous folks at the station gave the pair an entire evening to promote and raise money for the new show.

As we mentioned last week, the aim of Meet Me is to showcase Rhode Island musicians playing live at the Met Cafe in Pawtucket.

We certainly hope those who viewed the program had as much fun as the people in the studio. Members of the board of directors of the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame answered the phones amid great in-studio performances by Nolan Leite, the 10-year-old guitar prodigy, the Jess Lewis Band, Kevin Williams and the Invisible Orphans, Mark Cutler and Don “DC” Culp, and the ethereal Allysen Callery.

Also nice to have Roomful of Blues leader and guitarist Chris Vachon stop by to say hello and remind folks that it’s Roomful’s 45th year and the band will be celebrating soon with three nights at the Ocean Mist in Matunuck (P&J will let you know when that’s happening).

Thanks to all for making this a fun night and the start of something very special indeed. ^

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“I’m not sure anything really registers for me unless it’s language.”

This Just In

_dAVid ShiEldS

Q&a

David Shields on How Literature Saved My Life

In the fourth chapter of his new book How Literature Saved My Life, Brown alumnus David Shields contemplates nothing less than the meaning of life: “Isn’t everyone’s project, on some level, to offer tentative theses regarding what — if anything — we’re doing here?”

The chapter is vintage Shields.

One moment he quotes Barack Obama’s eulogy for a young victim of the 2011 mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona; the next, he is quoting Nietzsche; then Rembrandt; then Ice-T; then Burt Reynolds’s immortal Hollywood dictum: “First, it’s ‘Who’s Burt Reynolds?’

Then it’s ‘Get me Burt Reynolds.’

Then ‘Get me a Burt Reynolds type.’

Then ‘Get me a young Burt Reynolds.’ And then it’s ‘Who’s Burt Reynolds?’ ” This “collage” approach to writing, Shields explained during a book tour stop at RISD on Monday evening, first occurred to him in the shower while he was working on his third book, 1992’s A Handbook

BY THE BOOK Shields. for Drowning. (How Literature Saved My Life is Shields’s fourteenth.) Yes, an epiphany in the shower is the ultimate cliché, Shields acknowledges; but it was a revelation nonetheless.

“All literary possibilities opened up for me,” he said. “The way my mind thinks — everything is connected to everything else — suddenly seemed transportable into my writing. I could play all the roles I wanted to play: reporter, fantasist, autobiographer, essayist, critic.”

A few minutes later, he elaborated for a RISD audience.

“I’m not interested in collage as the refuge of the compositionally disabled,” he said. “I’m interested in collage as, to be honest, an evolution beyond narrative.” Conventional memoirs and novels are constructed on the false premise that the world is a coherent whole that can be wrapped up in a tidy revelation by story’s end. “Life, though — standing on a street corner,

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channel surfing, trying to navigate the web or a declining relationship, hearing that a close friend died last night — flies at us in bright splinters,” Shields said.

Before his presentation, I spoke with Shields over coffee at the Brown Bookstore. Our conversation, like Shields’s writing, was wildly digressive. We discussed the difference between handsome and ugly male writers (“The former veer toward wise-depressive; the latter, toward brilliant-bitter,” Shields writes); the author’s inability to change a tire; and the experience — detailed unforgettably in Literature — of reading his Brown girlfriend’s diary without her knowledge. The interview has been edited and condensed.

THERE ARE FEW SETTINGS MORE LOADED FOR THIS INTERVIEW THAN A BOOKSTORE AT BROWN UNIVERSITY. I can’t tell you how much time I spent here in college; here, and the library. I was here [from] ’74 to ’78. That’s, my goodness, 35 years ago. It’s hard to believe. I feel like I totally grew up here, to the degree that I’ve ever grown up.

In high school, I was just completely emotionally [underdeveloped]. I was just very, very, very shy. I had a bad stutter, I had very bad acne. I was like 5’4”, weighed 100 pounds; I was like this little shrimp [who] really had trouble speaking. And I just said, “Just forget it. It ain’t happening in high school.”

Not that everyone at Brown was a genius, but at Brown, I found people I could be literary with. I just found my way into my head and into the world. So I still feel unbelievably nostalgic and affectionate toward Providence.

YOU SAY IN THE BOOK THAT “EVERYONE’S AMBITION IS UNDERWRITTEN BY A TRAGIC FLAW.” WHAT’S YOURS? I actually literally

say what it is in that chapter on reading that girl’s journal.

[He takes out a copy of the book and reads aloud] “The language of the event was at least as erotic to me as the events themselves and when I was no longer reading Rebecca’s words, I was no longer very adamantly in love with Rebecca.

This is what is known as a tragic flaw.” For me it’s all bound up with language. As a kid who stuttered really badly, I got very invested in language as my mode of escape. The irony for me — the tragic flaw — is that I think, for better or worse, I’ve gotten a little trapped in language. I say this in the book: something like, “I’m not sure anything really registers for me unless it’s language.”

THIS BOOK DISCUSSES EVERYTHING FROM PROUST’S REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST TO WORLD OF WARCRAFT TO TIGER WOODS’S ILLICIT TEXT MESSAGES TO A PORN STAR. HOW DO YOU DEFINE “LITERATURE”? WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE BOUNDARIES? Well I haven’t sort of worked it out in any sort of super-duper careful literary critical theory way, like “x is literature and [y] isn’t.” But for our purposes, I do go to this line of David Foster Wallace’s that I really like, that I probably quote at least indirectly in the book, which is, “We’re existentially alone on the planet. You can’t know what I’m thinking and feeling and I can’t know what you’re thinking and feeling. And a book, at its best, can construct a bridge across the abyss of human loneliness.” To me, if a work absolutely foregrounds the question of how the writer saw being alive, that’s literature. That’s what I think is a great book. Samuel Johnson said, “A book should either allow us to escape existence or teach us how to endure it.” And the books I really love — the books that this tries to be — they really err on the side of teaching us how to endure existence. That, to me, is literature.

YOU DON’T SEEM TO BE A FAN OF “BEACH READS.” This is true. I

literally don’t get them. Obviously, everyone in the world is reading that stuff. I’ve been traveling for a month, I have two more months of travel. Everyone on the plane is reading that [kind of book]. It kinda goes back to an earlier book of mine called, The Thing About Life is that One Day You’ll Be Dead. I’m only 56 and I’m sort of — knock on wood — healthy. But I’m very, very, very aware that I’ll be dead in 50 years and this is it. This is our journey, our existential journey. And I want a book that seizes me by the throat and sort of helps me understand what I’m doing on the planet.

_Philip Eil

Geology dept.

Rhode Islanders are fond of saying “only in Rhode Island,” even when it’s not true. This isn’t the only state teeming with corruption, long-toothed palookas, or landmarks that “used to be” something else.

Come on, everything “used to be” something else.

Cumberlandite, however, is a uniquely Rhode Island object. Dense, prone to rust, and capable of holding a magnet, it is our state rock. All the Cumberlandite in the world comes from, you guessed it, Cumberland.

I recently went hunting for the intrusive, igneous rock. My guide: Will Vaughan, 23, a Brown University planetary geology grad student who looks like a young, less menacing Willem Defoe.

Slight and soft spoken, he considers questions carefully before answering, is quick to admit when he doesn’t have the answer, and is not at all surprised that a reporter is interested in a man who studies rocks. “Who wouldn’t be?” he says.

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I pick him up on Thayer Street and we head out for the source of all Cumberlandite. Vaughan has been to the spot before on his bicycle; he does not own a car. From his backpack he pulls printed turn-by-turn directions. It occurs to me that I haven’t seen directions on paper in years.

“Why not use your phone?”

“I don’t have that kind of phone,” he says.

Our man Vaughan admits he is a bit of a contrarian. No smartphone, no car, no designs on using his geology prowess to make big bucks in the fracking business. Even among his peers, he is the exception. Geologists are typically outdoors types. Vaughan, the only child of two Chicago librarians, is an indoors guy.

But he manages well when we get to the snow-covered rocks of Iron Mine Hill. He is wearing what appear to be hospital slippers, or knockoff Vans, and yet he ascends the rocks as if floating. On our hunt we find empty domestic beer cans on the ground. Someone has assembled wood for a fire that wasn’t lit. Small

pieces of our state rock are underfoot, but Vaughan calls them poor specimens.

He has a beauty tucked away in his backpack. I call the rock a “stunt fish.” He doesn’t know the term. I explain that a stunt fish is one you keep in the cooler in case you don’t catch anything.

A stunt fish, though, will not be necessary today. Huge boulders of Cumberlandite wait for us at the top of the hill. They’re impressive, as boulders go, and Vaughan plays a neat little trick: taking a magnetized ID badge that reads “William Vaughan, Graduate Student” and sticking it to the rock.

“People say Cumberlandite is weird,” Vaughan says. “It’s sort of like salad dressing, how the oil separates from the vinegar. It’s the chemistry. You’ve got this white rock that basically separated from the black rock and when you put the rocks together you get Cumberlandite. It’s unique from a geology standpoint.”

Only in Rhode Island. Really.

_Victor Paul Alvarez

Victor PAu l AlVAr Ez

In search of cumberlandIte

ROCK STAR Vaughan.

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school reform

Can ProvidenCe rise to the greatest Civil rights Challenge of our times? _By dav id s Cha rf e n Berg

Standardized test scores — cold, flawed, too often depressing — come and go with little notice these days; an ugly drumbeat we’d prefer to ignore.

But pause for a moment, and you’ll hear the sound of a crisis as urgent as any in Rhode Island.

Our urban schools are failing, from Central Falls to Pawtucket to Woonsocket. And nowhere is the emergency more dire than in our capital city.

At Hope High School in Providence, just three percent of juniors tested “proficient” in math on the latest round of exams. At Central High, two percent.

At Alvarez one.

And a new requirement tying test scores to graduation means two in three of the city’s juniors may not be able to walk the stage next year.

It is a problem of breathtaking scope.

In a city-state like Rhode Island, it is something like a mortal threat to our weak economy. For the thousands of black, brown, and low-income families who send their kids to Providence schools, it is something like the civil rights struggle of our time.

And for a mayor with gubernatorial ambitions — a mayor who has put this big, seemingly intractable problem at the top of his agenda — it may be the defining fight of his young career.

“These kids are me,” says Mayor Angel Taveras, who grew up poor in the Providence Public Schools. “I go into the classroom and I see a lot of little Angels.”

The pressure is enormous, then, on the small cohort of district and union officials, principals and teachers, thinkers and doers at the leading edge of the push to turn around Providence’s schools.

But that pressure has produced some intriguing ideas — ideas that have attracted regional and, in some cases, national attention; ideas that have generated a bit of optimism — or, at least, a bit of hope — in some corners of the city’s sprawling educational complex.

Is it a hope justified? The state’s future rests, in no small measure, on the answer to that question.

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PROVIDENCE UNITED?

Rhode Island has long been a place of gritty, confrontational politics. And the schools have not escaped their snarl.

Just three years ago, Central Falls became a national symbol of dysfunction and decay when the school board fired the entire staff at the city’s failing high school in a dispute over how to turn the place around.

And in February 2011, Mayor Taveras put Rhode Island schools in the New York Times again when he pink-slipped every teacher in the city at the height of a major budget crisis.

The mass firing was, in some respects, just another in a long line of brutal labor-management clashes in Providence.

For decades, union officials viewed school district headquarters as dictatorial. And former superintendent Melody Johnson recently recalled the Providence Teachers Union (PTU) as “one of the most radical and entrenched in the country.”

But the relationship, however troubled, began to shift in the late aughts. Washington-based think tank Education Sector had convened years of national, off-the-record meetings of school district and union officials — including PTU president Steve Smith

— aimed at forging a new approach to education reform.

And the group, in what amounted to a radical revision of an historically adversarial relationship, developed a template for joint management of troubled schools. The model complete, the next step was to try it out in the real world.

Smith said he could make it work in Providence.

As an Education Sector report titled “Unlikely Allies” would later note, the experiment required a partnership between two very different characters.

Smith, a former teacher and state legislator, was a “short fast-talking populist from the wrong side of town.” ThenSuperintendent Tom Brady was a retired Army colonel who’d honed his crisp management style in the Washington DC and Philadelphia schools. “Be brief, be bright, and be gone” was his motto.

Both men faced considerable political risk in entering into an alliance. After years of battle, rank-and-file teachers were suspicious of upper management. And for Brady, a partnership with the union could make him look weak.

But there were powerful forces drawing the two together: the accountability regime of the No Child Left Behind Act, the promise of federal funds, and a recognition that teachers unions — increasingly under fire in the national press — had to be part of the reform movement or risk being swallowed by it.

In time, they forged a first-in-thenation partnership known as United Providence!, with dominion over four struggling schools. The idea was to trade a certain amount of flexibility for enhanced accountability.

The plan won widespread attention.

Education Sector wrote its report. And US Education Secretary Arne Duncan took to singling out the effort on a national stage.

But radical change does not come easily. Members of a new school board, which hadn’t been part of the process, were skeptical about whether it could work.

And when Taveras took office and fired all the teachers, the promise of collaboration seemed to collapse.

Brady left the district shortly thereafter. And by the time incoming Superintendent Sue Lusi sat down with Smith at the Parkside Rotisserie & Bar on North Main Street in June 2011, a martini at her fingertips, the union chief was vowing to leave his post after negotiating one final teachers contract.

But the contract came and went. And Smith, still in place, agreed to revive United Providence! in time for the current school year. The focus would be on a new batch of troubled schools: Carl Lauro Elementary School, Gilbert Stuart Middle School, and Dr. Jorge Alvarez High School.

It took UP! some time to get off the ground. The non-profit operated for months with no formal staff. A first round of interviews for an executive director didn’t turn up any suitable candidates. And officials didn’t install their eventual choice, Sheri Miller-Williams, until August 27.

There have been problems since the school year began. Limited funding means UP! can only afford one math specialist and one English specialist for the three schools, when the challenge calls for a math and English specialist at each school.

And when the district transferred Stuart principal Jeff Goss as part of a larger reshuffling at six struggling schools, teachers staged a public protest.

One UP! instructor told the Phoenix the non-profit is a weak presence at her school.

Promises of enhanced professional development have fallen short, she says. And the panel that’s supposed to be making

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Short,

‘This is where The magiC is’ Principal gara field in a classroom at Pleasant view elementary school. decisions at her school — an “instructional leadership team” with a heavy teacher presence — is without authority.

“Nothing has been different from last year,” she said, “at all.”

But even she voiced long-run hope for the model. And it’s not hard to find similar sentiment elsewhere in the district.

Not least in the person of Miller-Williams, the executive director, who recently met with the Phoenix in UP!’s small offices in the PTU building on Corliss Street.

A Houston native, she’s possessed of a soft, Texas drawl. But it doesn’t conceal her intense drive. Miller-Williams, a former teacher, is sharp, put together, and oozing competence.

As principal of a high poverty, K-8 school in Detroit, she helped boost academic achievement by some 50 percent in two years. Executive positions with for-profit charter operator Edison Schools followed.

And when she launched a pioneering principal training program in her native Houston, she brought in big thinkers like Harvard University education guru Tony Wagner and New York University sociologist Pedro Noguera to advise.

Noguera serves on an UP! advisory board that paid its first visit to Providence just a few weeks back. And while the panel found promise in the model, MillerWilliams says, it found plenty wanting — starting with a less-than-welcoming environment at some of the schools.

UP!’s first charge — and this fits neatly with Miller-Williams’ own philosophy — is to improve that environment. Research, she says, shows that struggling schools can’t hope to boost achievement without a climate shift.

That means building parent-teacher organizations, posting and celebrating attendance gains, and, at Lauro, asking home improvement behemoth Lowe’s to donate the plexiglass bulletin board covers required by the state fire code. Only then can the school display student work.

The path from plexiglass to proficiency is a long one. But Miller-Williams insists UP! can get there; insists administrators

and teachers can build a real and transformational partnership. “This won’t work if schools feel we’re here to do something to them,” she says.

Miller-Williams knows there’s a lot riding on the UP! experiment. If it flops, she says, observers around the country will conclude that labor-management collaboration can’t work. And the local impact could be just as dispiriting.

“Right now, there is a glimmer of . . . light shining on Providence,” she says, “and I think if [UP!] fails, it might dim a bit.”

PLEASANT VIEW

Principal Gara Field marches down the hallways of Pleasant View Elementary School with the lumbering, energetic gait of an athlete.

She was a jock growing up in New Hampshire. She played soccer in high school and college and went to work for ESPN afterward. But she had an epiphany during an Outward Bound course at Big Bend National Park in Texas; television, she decided, wasn’t for her.

Her second epiphany came in 2009 when her mentor, education reformer Ted Sizer, died. Field, then a professor of education psychology at the University of Georgia, decided she had to leave the academy.

“I needed to be in the struggle,” she says, “I needed to work.”

On this morning, she’s greeting a parent at the front door, calling out kids by name, and pointing out dozens of college banners that line the cafeteria walls — the University of Connecticut, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State.

In a year-and-a-half, Field has effected the cultural transformation the UP! schools envision. “It’s like night and day, compared to what it was,” says physical education teacher and union delegate Joseph Murray, a set of keys dangling from his neck.

And Pleasant View, with its large populations of low-income and special needs students, is already realizing some academic gains.

The numbers aren’t high enough. Just half of the students here test “proficient”

reading and one-third in math. But over the last three years, Pleasant View is one of just two schools in the district to improve test scores in all three bedrock subjects: math, reading, and writing.

It’s not entirely clear, though, that the school’s progress can be replicated.

Shortly after Field arrived in the fall of 2011, the state identified Pleasant View as a school in need of turnaround. The designation gave the principal the chance to replace a quarter of the teaching staff, extend the school day, and win a $425,000 grant she’s used to fund a full slate of afterschool programming and teacher training from a University of Connecticut math specialist.

Field says she has colleagues — principals at other schools — who “know exactly what they would do” if they had the chance to engage in the process.

Pleasant View is also distinguished by a $470,000 technology grant that has transformed a school without even a wireless Internet connection into a hub of smart boards, iPads, and laptop computers.

The devices allow teachers to provide more in the way of “differentiated instruction.” On a recent morning in a Pleasant View classroom, a few kids play laptop math games attuned to their specific skill level, while a teacher offers one-onone instruction to a kid who has fallen behind. “This,” Field whispers, standing nearby, “is where the magic is.”

Pleasant View has also taken advantage of an accident of history that placed 11 of the district’s 24 pre-kindergarten classes in the school.

Because pre-K students don’t participate in the extended day that came with transformation, Field floods the upper grades with pre-K teachers and other adults — called “Dream Teams” — three mornings per week.

One morning is an “advisory” period — one-on-one mentoring. And a second morning will soon be devoted to “enrichment academies,” with kids pursuing subjects of personal interest — part of a larger Continued on p 8

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do portfolios, we’ll do performance-based assessment,’ ” Silva says, “and all of those things could work, and can work, and in some instances do work. But it’s much easier said than done.

“There’s a reason why a time-based unit has survived for so long. And that reason is largely because we understand it. It’s simple, it is universally understood, and it is the only measure that people have been able to come up with in all this time.”

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effort to connect students’ education to the larger world and get them excited about learning.

But for all that’s unique to Pleasant View, it seems clear that the single most important factor in Pleasant View’s upward trajectory is not money or time or flexibility — it’s leadership.

Yes, the transformation process allowed for an extended day at the school, but it is difficult to imagine the Dream Teams without a principal who could win the participation and buy-in of the faculty.

Of course, producing leaders of Field’s caliber is no easy task. She’s an optimist, a doer, a font of ideas. In just two hours of conversation with the Phoenix, she cited philosopher John Dewey, workplace and pop science author Daniel Pink, and New Yorker staff writer Malcolm Gladwell.

But Miller-Williams of UP!, who started the principal training program in Houston and has offered to do something similar here, insists leadership can be cultivated.

“You can’t train character,” she says; you can’t teach a principal to believe in kids. “But you can train people.”

You can offer intensive workshops on school strategy, Miller-Williams says.

You can assign would-be school leaders to shadow master principals for a year.

The district, as Providence schools chief Lusi acknowledges, does not have strong principal training programs at the moment. And that’s a real problem.

But in the meantime, leadership is developing elsewhere.

OUTSIDE INFLUENCE

It is school vacation week and Drew Milligan, a third-year science and special education teacher at the Juanita Sanchez high school complex meets me at a bar and restaurant downtown.

Milligan, who is working toward a masters in urban education policy at Brown University, has been impressed with the political energy unleashed by Rhode Island’s education crisis.

The General Assembly has approved a funding formula that allows for a more equitable distribution of state dollars.

Education Commissioner Deborah Gist has led an aggressive charge to improve achievement. And Mayor Taveras, he says, seems to have embraced the cause.

But between the leadership and Providence kids, Milligan says, there is “this big monster” — a school system filled with too many mediocre administrators and too many old-school teachers who can’t attach a document to an email, never mind use new data systems meant to provide a richer view of student strengths and weaknesses.

Improving schools, he is convinced, is about cultivating talent and then giving schools, which know their kids better than anyone else, greater autonomy.

One way to build human capital is to make use of outside organizations like Teach for America, which places highachieving college graduates like Milligan — a Cornell alumnus — in urban classrooms.

Milligan was the only TFA teacher in the building his first year. In his second year there were 11 TFA instructors, he says, and it meant a significant shift in the school’s culture (if not, yet, the school’s achievement levels).

But TFA, a relative newcomer to Rhode Island, is aiming for influence beyond individual classrooms. Its nationwide mission is to build a cohort of young reformers, baptized by their classroom experience, who will serve as principals, run school districts, and win elective office.

TFA is not the only ambitious outsider

THE RETHINK

Short,

‘You Can’T Train CharaCTer, buT You Can Train people’ Sheri Miller-Williams of UP! that’s come to Providence of late. Rhode Island Teaching Fellows trains college graduates and mid-career professionals to become impact teachers. City Year, the urban peace corps program, has placed teams of young, low-wage, red-jacketed workers in urban schools across the state.

And with the district staring down a stunning attendance problem — about one-third of kindergartners and five in 10 ninth graders were deemed “chronically absent” last year — Family Service of Rhode Island has launched a “walking school bus” at Fogarty Elementary school on the south side of the city.

Every morning, a Family Service staffer, teachers, and volunteers don bright yellow pinnys and walk the neighborhood, picking up kids who live too close to the school to qualify for bus service, but are often late or absent because a parent is chronically ill or works the late shift.

Then there’s the nine-year-old Providence After School Alliance (PASA), which has become something of a national model in exploiting one of the hottest commodities in education these days: time.

Much of the national discussion on time has centered around extending the school day. But analysts say simply adding 15 or 20 minutes to the schedule — and doing more of the same — does not have much of an impact.

More promising is a PASA-like push for experiential, hands-on learning that can make math or science more interesting and, ideally, spark a broader interest in learning inside and outside of the classroom.

PASA sees its central role as facilitator: connecting well-meaning businesses and non-profits that may not have the staff or patience to navigate the school bureaucracy with kids they can serve.

Students in PASA’s well-established middle school program, AfterZone, and its newer high school project, The Hub, take water samples from Narragansett Bay and use satellites to retrace their families’ immigration to the United States.

On a recent afternoon, a small group of The Hub’s Juanita Sanchez complex students learned how to build their own hot-air balloons in a program called “Wing It” run by Brown University engineering students.

First, a quick lesson on the phenomenon of thermal expansion. Then, a small square made of tinfoil, some birthday can-

dles melted into place, and after some trial and error, a slowly expanding dry cleaner bag that lifted the makeshift contraption off the ground.

The Hub’s offerings now qualify for academic credit, which is a coup in and of itself. But the organization is also awarding students digital badges — think online versions of Boy Scout badges — for completing a Hub course or engaging in a valuable, one-off activity.

Rhode Island College is already accepting the badges as part of the college application process. And PASA hopes to use data from the badge system for its own purposes in time — developing a more robust feel for students’ interests and possible career paths.

Damian Ewens, director of The Hub, says he envisions an Amazonstyle recommendation engine: 62 percent of the students who engaged in these four Hub activities went on to study film, say, or land an IT job.

PASA’s offerings and digital badge system put the program at the leading edge of a national re-imagining of what, precisely, constitutes an education. Does it have to happen from 9 am to 3:30 pm? Does it have to be with a certified teacher?

Elena Silva, a senior associate with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, says educators have long pondered a move from the standard measure of educational attainment — seat time — to a competency-based system: analyzing what students have learned, regardless of where they’ve learned it.

But the idea has only become viable in recent years, she says, with advances in technology; the Internet has made distance learning, for example, a real possibility.

Technological advance, though, doesn’t guarantee success. The movement, she says, still has to answer the persistent question of how we can effectively measure out-of-school learning.

“There’s a lot of people that sort of glibly say, ‘Oh, we’ll have badges or we’ll

Indeed, it is easy to see limits in even the most promising efforts in the Providence schools.

No one expects after school programming, however smartly executed, to be a major driver of school turnaround. And programs like Teach for America, which can boast some impressive results, are not terribly scaleable.

TFA teachers reach a relatively small sliver of the nation’s struggling students and are only obligated to stay in the classroom for two years (though many stay in education, in some capacity, for the long term).

And when it comes to the big, marketdriven reform movement at the heart of American education for the last decade — charter schools, standardized tests, the new accountability — the record is mixed at best.

Since state Commissioner Gist, local champion of the market-based approach, swept into town four years ago, Rhode Island has made only modest progress toward testing goals.

Gist, in a recent interview at her office, said she was disappointed in the stagnant scores. But if the results are not there yet, she said, the state is making real progress on systems reform — rolling out a stronger curriculum and more rigorous teacher evaluations, making better use of data.

Still, she said, even these reforms won’t go far enough. They are, in the end, “just improving what we should’ve been doing well in the first place.”

In the long run, Gist suggested, the state needs to make far-reaching changes: it needs to overhaul its basic governance structures, for instance, and reimagine the high school — blurring the lines between school and college and career.

In Providence, Superintendent Lusi is outlining a radical transformation of her own.

With 23 of the district’s 37 schools in the turnaround process, she says, “we need to fundamentally rethink the district.”

Lusi’s vision: shrink the central office and push resources and decision-making closer to the schools themselves.

The new administrative unit, she says, could look something like United Providence! — an outside group, whether labor-management partnership or education consultancy, overseeing a cluster of three or four schools.

It is an intriguing idea: more of the autonomy that’s helped schools like Pleasant View make strides, combined with the support — and accountability — offered up by figures like Miller-Williams.

But Lusi will have trouble selling the idea if UP! falls short. Just a little more pressure on a group that’s already feeling it. ^

Superintendent Lusi’s vision: shrink the central office and push resources and decisionmaking closer to the schools themselves.

David Scharfenberg can be reached at dscharfenberg@phx.com. Follow him on Twitter @d_scharfenberg.

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The Half Way Tree restaurant, named after a Kingston neighborhood, has a small sampling but a good representation. A modest place, it has just a few tables in front of a bar operated by the nightclub upstairs, Lot 401. Owner Ted “Dr. TKO” Panagiotis, whose other occupational interests include marketing and professional boxing, has offices in Jamaica. He says that in RI he was “brought up on reggae music.” Heading the kitchen is Shatte Max, with 22 years experience in cooking dishes from his native Jamaica.

Our friendly Bahamian waitress Danielle promptly brought me my beer — Red Stripe, of course, richer than most American lagers and brewed on the island. There were also appropriate refreshments for my luncheon companions: a zippy pineapple and ginger juice drink and a sorrel and ginger.

One side of the menu has the main items, less than two dozen, and the other lists beverages, garden and jerk chicken salads (each in two sizes), plus a few sides, such as fried dumplings ($2 for two) and bulla (misspelled “bula” but making up for that by also being only $2), a cake-like bread containing molasses and ginger.

We started with an order of “Festival” ($2), and out came four of what looked like stretched-out doughboys the size of small cigars. They were tasty from the fresh corn oil they were fried in as well as a little sugar in the batter. The peppery salt fish fritters ($3 for two) were even more flavorful.

We also had two of their four varieties of chicken wings ($6/$9) — the teriyaki, which was as delectable as expected, and the “Authentic Jerk Chicken Wings.”

The latter was a good way to sample the jerk spice rub that all of them start out with, since they weren’t overwhelmed with the Buffalo or BBQ options. They were mildly hot, and I learned afterward that standard ingredients include garlic, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Baked, not fried.

And delicious.

Each table has a pair of hot sauces, and we’re not talking Frank’s or Tabasco. One is red and labeled “Very Hot”; the other one is deceptively yellow, the color making it look mild rather than like a warning that the bottle contains the fire of a thousand suns. It’s made from the Caribbean scotch bonnet hot peppers. They are sweeter than their cousin the habaneros, but both of them have a Scoville heat unit rating of 100,000-350,000, which com-

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I did. I mixed a little bit with a fork full of rice, then did the same with the red hot sauce and continued with that one, since I could use more and thereby get more flavor. It was white rice and “peas” (what we call kidney beans). The other items on every entrée plate are two pieces of fried plantain, that banana look-alike that is firmer and not as sweet, and a mix of cabbage and red peppers.

The main component on my plate was a favorite of mine, curried goat ($9 or $13 — all of the main courses are available in small or large platings at lunch and dinner time). The stewed meat was falling-offthe-bone tender. Don’t be put off by goat if you see it on a menu; the taste is mild. The curried chicken ($7/$10) I took home was as delicious, though the meat understandably didn’t assert itself through the spices.

My favorite dish on the table was across from me, the brown stew chicken ($7/$10), because of the tasty gravy. But let me warn you away from the oxtail ($9/$13) — tough and fatty. Red snapper ($15) is also on the menu, either fried or steamed. On Fridays and Saturdays only, you can get the famously traditional Jamaican dish ackee (a tiny fruit related to lychees) and saltfish ($9/$13).

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“Freedom Through Art.” The program provides “opportunities for people with disabilities to create, express, discover and have fun.” You can support the cause at Roots Cultural Center, 276 Westminster St, Providence. The musicmakers are What Cheer?

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The Divine River: Ceremonial Pageantry In the Sahel details the “music, ritual, life, and landscape along the Niger River”; Vodoun Gods On the Slave Coast explores West African possession ceremonies in Benin, the “birthplace of voodoo.” The event will also feature Robert Jaz DJing from the Sublime Frequencies catalog. The exotica begins at 8 pm | $10 | 401.383.1112 | fetemusic.com

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Sevey’s talented band of Gents includes lead guitarist David Ponte, bassist Denis Murray, drummer Keaton Albro, and Brendan Moore on keys. Ponte, Sevey, and Murray grew up in the South Kingstown area (Moore is a Warwick guy and Albro ANTE UP ponte, albro, Sevey, murray, and moore. hails from West Greenwich). Moore and Sevey first teamed up during young bucks probably grew up flipping through dad’s retheir freshman year at URI in the jazz/rap collective Milkcord crates, inspired by retro platters by the Beatles, Tom bread. Keaton joined URI’s music department the followPetty, and the Band. Sevey also cites My Morning Jacket ing year and is considered by Sevey as the “final piece of and Wilco as major influences. the yet-to-be-formed puzzle.” Multi-instrumentalist and “As long as we keep the songs real and honest, I like lead singer Sevey is the Gents’ primary songwriter; the forto think we can have a distinct and unique sound,” Sevey mer drummer took the helm after founder Dan Swain had said. to leave the band to attend college.

Sevey works part-time at Looney Tunes in Wakefield, “It was originally Dan Swain and the Gentlemen, with which helped inspire Join the Club’s high-quality CD packme behind the kit, and Brendan, Denis, and I helped Dan aging, which includes a 16-page color booklet. record an EP in 2011, and then David joined the group for “I absolutely love holding a tangible product in my live shows,” Sevey said earlier this week. “For a couple hands, and while digital downloads are fine and dandy, shows, Dan and I switched places so I could do a few of nothing beats having a physical copy,” said Sevey. “The my songs as well. album cover, lyrics, liner notes, and pictures are key piec“Eventually, Dan had to leave but I didn’t want to es to the whole work of art that is the album. The packagstop,” Sevey noted. He recorded and released a three-track ing cost a lot more money but it was totally worth it, and EP last year. “The EP received such a positive enough reI’m glad to see people responding to it positively.” sponse that I got back to trying to find a drummer, and Dylan Sevey and the Gentlemen will continue to push when Keaton expressed interest I knew it would be a great the album locally, with plans to possibly hit the road fit,” Sevey continued. “So we got permission from Dan to later this year. retain the name and immediately got the ball rolling.”

“We’re just trying to get our name and music out The songs from the EP re-appear on Join the Club. “Yearthere,” Sevey said. “The Providence scene is unbelievably long Autumn” jumpstarts the disc with some nice guitar supportive and filled with so many great bands, so it’s work from Sevey and Ponte. Dylan’s vocals shine on the been a lot of fun trying to work our way into that. bluesy pop number “Good Week” and the stellar “Lights “We’re taking this one gig and one opportunity at a Out.” A horn section adorns “Bessie James,” while Sevey time,” he said. “Hopefully, if we continue to hone the and impressive guest vocalist Gianna Mia mesh well on songs and live shows, and stay gentlemanly, something “Same Rain.” A personal favorite would be the slow-burngood will happen.” ^ ing closer “Content,” with Ponte and Moore stealing the show while Sevey sneers, “My woman told me, ‘Go undress before you leave, no other way to tell that there’s DYLAN SEVEY & THE GENTLEMEN + SMITH & WEEDEN + nothing up your sleeve.’ ” THE WASHINGTONS + VUDU SISTER | Friday, March 8 @ 9 pm | A few spins through Join the Club and it is evident these AS220, 115 Empire St, Providence | $6 | 401.831.9327 | as220.org grEgOry TurNE r

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Buzelli’s vivid, cartoon-real ode to Providence is one of the wonders of the “2013 RISD Faculty Biennial” at the RISD Museum (224 Benefit St, Providence, through March 17). It is big, fun smorgasbord. The art isn’t organized around any themes, but the show is a window into what Providence’s most prominent art institution is up to. And, damn, these folks can make the art.

The illustration department in particular. Check out Kelley Murphy’s creepy-cute oil and acrylic painting of girl discovering a hidden passage for the cover of Behind the Bookcase; Antoine Revoy’s ink drawing of some sort of monkey/ raccoon/bird/plant vortex blooming over a city to reveal a marauding skeleton army; Trent Burleson’s honey-hued Horror anD HUmor Thompson’s Dress-Up: Big Foot. surreal painting of flowers; and the selection of printouts reproducing Judy Sue Goodwin Sturges’s kids book covers. Also Mary Jane wrong with an adorable infant, but Begin’s pencil, pastel, and watercolor Prewitt-Freilino’s imagination and My Little Pony Under the Sparkling Sea is execution are freakin’ formidable. about as OMG twinkling fabulous as The Biennial continues with the title suggests. handsome faceted geometric abstracSculpture teacher Dean Snyder’s tions like Carl Fasano’s oil painting Flavia is a giant, glistening, red-freckWall Piece I and Joshua Enck’s slate led, violet plant pod-thing sproutblue geometric wood sculpture Subing stems that end with red orifices duction (they’re both the foundation resembling pitcher plant vases. studies teachers). Furniture design It’s made of carbon fiber and epoxy teacher Deborah Folz’s Spira Table is colored with pink pearl auto paint. an ingeniously clever mix of crisp It feels both natural and alien and futuristic design and nostalgia in a oddly sexy — like something trying to clear acrylic end table with geometlure you close with its otherworldly ric Spirograph designs of fishing line beauty so that it can suck your face embedded in it. Sculpture teacher off and plant its spores in your belly.

Lucky Leone’s DanSAT2 seems to be a Jennifer Prewitt-Freilino of the hissatellite transmitting via radio and tory, philosophy, and social studies flashing lights messages of mnemondepartment presents her ridiculously ic devices to remember the lengths of cute Lillie Art photos. These are shots of months and such to the universe. a baby girl posed in costumes amidst Big Nazo founder and “creaturedolls and (what look to be) customcreation” teacher Erminio Pinque’s sown stages. She seems to be an astroSkull-bot is a giant skeleton puppetnaut in space, lounging at the beach, costume made out of painted foam, running a race, dancing under a rubber latex, and wood. It has glowViViD Buzelli’s ICON 7: Drawn Together. rainbow, sailing a ship. It’s hard to go ing red eyes, an evil fanged smile, and bloody guts hanging down from its rib cage. It’s designed for a performer to strap it on like a backpack and Velcro on the arms and be ready to haunt a parade. Jesse Thompson who, like Pinque teaches in the film, animation, and video department, offers his gray cast resin Dress-Up: Big Foot. With impressively detailed realism, the sculpture depicts a prepubescent girl sliding a giant, gnarled human foot over her own. It mines horror show humor out of the contrast between the girl’s smooth naked skin and the Frankenstein’s monster foot. Is it just me, though, or is it weird (unnecessary?) to so specifically render the elementary school girl’s private parts?

Painting teacher Howie Chen’s Untitled (United Toward Individualism), which he apparently made with the help of 16 other folks (a class of students?), is a yellow T-shirt reading “Hurley RISD” stretched over a square made from wooden painting supports. It leans against the gallery wall in a dim corner radiating bemused weirdness. And painting teacher Angela Dufresne’s video The Man That Got Away/My Only Child, which features her naked and clothed in bed, in a library, wading in a culvert, in the woods, and fishing as she sings otHerWorLDLY Snyder’s Flavia. about some lost love is another good gonzo curveball. ^

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Down the hall is potential love inter­ est Mimi Márquez (Nora Fox), who knocks on their door to ask for a match.

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THE APARTMENT | Providence | The Gantry AS220 | Providence | 9:30 pm | White Prism + Triangle Forest + Clementine & the Galaxy + Dynasty Electric CADY’S TAVERN | Chepachet | Open mic blues jam hosted by the Rick Harrington Band CORINNE’S | Pawtucket | 5 pm | Open jam with Wolf & the Daddies ELEVEN FORTY-NINE | Warwick | 10 am | Milt Javery GILLIGAN’S ISLAND | Westerly | Steve Chrisitan JAVA MADNESS | Wakefield | 11 am | Poor Howard KNICKERBOCKER CAFE | Westerly | 8 pm | Rusted Root + Adam Ezra Duo + Joel Plasket

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| Lincoln | 2 pm | Dean & Marilyn THE LOCALS | North Providence | 10 am | Sarah Windsor MARINER GRILLE | Narragansett | 4:30 pm | Jason Colonies MURPHY’S LAW | Pawtucket | Sunday Night Jam NARRAGANSETT CAFE | Jamestown | 1 pm | Big Cat Blues NICK-A-NEE’S | Providence | 3 pm | Acoustic jam hosted by Vic Foley 133 CLUB | East Providence | 7:30 pm | Brother to Brother O’ROURKE’S BAR & GRILL | Warwick | 5:30 pm | Gary Gromolini THE PARLOUR | Providence | Soulful Sunday with Cadillac Jack PERKS & CORKS | Westerly | The Moon & You PVD SOCIAL CLUB | Providence | Sunday Night Mics hosted by Lingo with DJ Head Honcho RI RA | Providence | 9:30 pm | Karaoke contest with Big Bill THE ROOTS | Providence | 3 pm | Sunday Doo-Wop | 7 pm | Blues/jazz jam with the Who Dat Band SIMON’S 677 | Providence | 7 pm | Bad Rabbits WARD’S PUBLICK HOUSE | Warwick | 6:30 pm | Traditional Irish Session with Bob Drouin

MONDAY 11

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BOVI’S | East Providence | John All-

mark’s Jazz Orchestra GREENWICH HOTEL | East Greenwich | 7 pm | Hotel Jam Night NICK-A-NEE’S | Providence | The House Combo THE PARLOUR | Providence | Reggae Night hosted by Upsetta International PERKS & CORKS | Westerly | 8:30 pm | Songwriters’ open mic PVD SOCIAL CLUB | Providence | 7 pm | Canvas: A Truly Open Mic THE SPOT | Providence | 8:30 pm | 990WBOB’s Mondays on Blast

TUESDAY 12

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THE BEACH HOUSE | Portsmouth | Karaoke with Johnny Angel FÊTE LOUNGE | Providence | 8:30 pm | The Alternate Routes + Sarah Blacker + Dylan Sevey GREENWICH HOTEL | East Greenwich | 7 pm | Open mic LOCAL 121 | Providence | 10 pm | DJ Nook NEWS CAFE | Pawtucket | Pulse OCEAN MIST | Wakefield | DJ Peter Dante THE PARLOUR | Providence | Vintage Vinyl Breakdown with the Colonel PATRICK’S PUB | Providence | 8 pm | Irish session PERKS & CORKS | Westerly | Josiah Leming THE ROOTS | Providence | 7 pm | Strictly Jazz Jam with the Mango Trio THE SALON | Providence | 8:30 pm | Kimi’s Movie Night THE SPOT | Providence | 7 pm | Cre-

ation Tuesday hosted by Matt Martin & Psychedelic Clown Car

BILLY GOODE’S | Newport | Open mic BOVI’S | East Providence | Brother to

WEDNESDAY 13

BRITISH BEER COMPANY | Bristol |

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AS220 | Providence | 9:30 pm | David Lee + more BRITISH BEER COMPANY | Bristol | Open mic night DUSK | Providence | Metal Night EAST BAY TAVERN | East Providence | DJ Midnight FÊTE | Providence | 8:45 pm | Flux Pavilion with Michael Savant FÊTE LOUNGE | Providence | 8:30 pm | The Funky Autocrats GILLIGAN’S ISLAND | Westerly | Karaoke with DJ Deelish KNICKERBOCKER CAFE | Westerly | 8 pm | Shiny Lapel Trio LOCAL 121 | Providence | 10 pm | Blade Mon & DC Roots THE LOCALS | North Providence | 7:30 pm | Open mic hosted by Joe Auger NICK-A-NEE’S | Providence | The Bluegrass Throedown series presents No Spare Parts NOREY’S | Newport | Milton 133 CLUB | East Providence | Karaoke with Big Bill O’ROURKE’S BAR & GRILL | Warwick | Mark Quinn THE SALON | Providence | 10 pm | BSR DJ Night with DJs from Brown Student & Community Radio THE SPOT | Providence | Free Funk All-Stars + Rapplesauce

THURSDAY 14

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Brother

Robin & Jon of Deluxe Edition

CITY SIDE | Woonsocket | Sweet Tooth & the Sugar Babies

EAST BAY TAVERN | East Providence | DJ Midnight

FIRE LOUNGE & GRILL | Warwick | DJ Sterbyrock

FIREHOUSE 13 | Providence | Master

+ Sacrificial Slaughter + Fisthammer + Bog the Infidel GILLARY’S | Bristol | DJ Scotty P. GILLIGAN’S ISLAND | Westerly | Open mic hosted by Bob Lavalley GREENWICH HOTEL | East Greenwich | Hotel Songwriter Sessions IRON WORKS TAVERN | Warwick | 8 pm | Betsy Listenfelt KNICKERBOCKER CAFE | Westerly | 8 pm | Open mic LOCAL 121 | Providence | 10 pm | DJ Adam Autry THE LOCALS | North Providence | 7 pm | Timothy Alexander + Hannah Devine

LUXURY BOX SPORTS BAR & GRILL | Seekonk, MA | Chris from What Matters?

MEDIATOR STAGE | Providence | 7 pm | Open mic hosted by Don Tassone THE MET | Pawtucket | Keller Williams MURPHY’S LAW | Pawtucket | 7 pm | Tom Lanigan NEWPORT BLUES CAFE | Newport | Felix Brown 133 CLUB | East Providence | 8:30 pm | Mac Odom Band THE PARLOUR | Providence | Drunk Robb & the Shots PVD SOCIAL CLUB | Providence |

Shock! Thursday [moombah + dubstep + electro + trap] RALPH’S DINER | Worcester, MA | Autocataltica + Scourge + Eyes of the Dead RI RA | Providence | 10 pm | Blockhead THE ROOTS | Providence | 7:30 pm | Sweet Little Variety Show THE SALON | Providence | 10 pm | Tighten Up! [soul + funk + boogie + early hip-hop] THE SPOT | Providence | Jimkata VINTAGE | Woonsocket | 7 pm | Ken Vario Quartet THE WHISKEY REPUBLIC | Providence | 9 pm | DJ Vinny Vibe

COMEDY THURSDAY 7

LOL THURSDAY hosted by Frank

O’Donnell | 7:30 pm | Catch A Rising Star at Twin River, 100 Twin River Rd, Lincoln | $10 | 877.82RIVER | twinriver.com IMPROV JONES | Thurs + Sat 10 pm | 95 Empire St, Providence | $5 | improvjones.com GODFREY | Thurs-Sat 8 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, 350 Trolley Line Blvd, Mashantucket, CT | $20-$40 advance | 860.312.6649 | foxwoods.com

FRIDAY 8

STATION FIRE MEMORIAL FOUNDATION COMEDY SHOW hosted

by Dee Snider and featuring Craig Gass, Don Jamieson, Jim Florentine,

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CLUB DIRECTORY THE APARTMENT | 401.228.7222 | 373 Richmond St, Providence | theapartmentri.com AS220 | 401.831.9327 | 115 Empire St, Providence THE BEACH HOUSE | 401.682.2974 | 506 Park Ave, Portsmouth | beachhouseri.com BIKI’S BAR | 401.921.3377 | 2077 West Shore Rd, Warwick BILLY GOODE’S | 401.848.5013 | 23 Marlborough St, Newport BOVI’S | 401.434.9670 | 278 Taunton Ave, East Providence BRITISH BEER COMPANY | 401.253.6700 | 29 State St, Bristol | britishbeer. com/local/bristol BROOKLYN COFFEE & TEA HOUSE | 401.575.2284 | 209 Douglas Ave, Providence | brooklyncoffeetea house.com CADY’S TAVERN | 401.568.4102 | 2168 Putnam Pike, Chepachet | cadystavern.com CAROUSEL GRILLE | 401.921.3430 | 859 Oakland Beach Ave, Warwick | thecarouselgrille.com CHAN’S | 401.765.1900 | 267 Main St, Woonsocket | chanseggrollsand jazz.com CHIEFTAIN PUB | 508.643.9031 | 23 Washington St [Rt 1], Plainville, MA | chieftainpub.com CITY SIDE | 401.235.9026 | 74 South Main St, Woonsocket | citysideri.com CLUB ROXX | 401.884.4450 | 6125 Post Rd, North Kingstown | kbowl.com COACH’S PUB | 401.349.5650 | 329 Waterman Ave, Smithfield | facebook.com/pages/Coachs-Pub/ 334119930001164 CORINNE’S | 401.725.4260 | 1593 Newport Ave, Pawtucket | corinnesbanquets.com CUBAN REVOLUTION | 401.932.0649 | 60 Valley St, Olneyville | thecubanrevolution.com DAN’S PLACE | 401.392.3092 | 880 Victory Hwy, West Greenwich | danspizzaplace.com DEVILLE’S CAFE | 401.383.8883 | 345 South Water St, Providence | devillescafe.com DUSK | 401.714.0444 | 301 Harris Ave, Providence | dusksprovidence.com EAST PROVIDENCE YACHT CLUB | 401.434.0161 | 9 Pier Rd, East Providence EFFIN’S LAST RESORT | 401.349.3500 | 325 Farnum Pike, Smithfield | effinsri.com

1150 OAK BAR & GRILL | 401.654.4466 1150 Oaklawn Ave, Cranston | facebook.com/1150Oak ELEVEN FORTY NINE | 401.884.1149 | 1149 Division St, Warwick + 1149 BAR & GRILL | 508.336.1149 | 965 Fall River Ave, Seekonk, MA | eleven fortynine restaurant.com FÊTE | 401.383.1112 | 103 Dike St, Providence | fetemusic.com FIRE LOUNGE & GRILL | 401.467.8998 | 557 Warwick Ave, Warwick | facebook.com/FireLoungeAnd Grill FIREHOUSE 13 | 401.270.1801 | 41 Central St, Providence | fh13. com GAME 7 SPORTS BAR & GRILL | 508.643.2700 | 60 Man Mar Dr, Plainville, MA | game7sportsbar andgrill.com GEORGE’S OF GALILEE | 401.783.2306 | 250 Sand Hill Cove Rd, Narragansett | georgesofgalilee.com GILLARY’S | 401.253.2012 | 198 Thames St, Bristol | gillarys.com GILLIGAN’S ISLAND | 401.315.5556 | 105 White Rock Rd, Westerly GREENWICH HOTEL | 401.884.4200 | 162 Main St, East Greenwich | myspace.com/greenwichhotel INDIGO PIZZA | 401.615.9600 | 599 Tiogue Ave, Coventry IRON WORKS TAVERN | 401.739.5111 | 697 Jefferson Blvd, Warwick | theironworkstavern.com JAVA MADNESS | 401.788.0088 | 134 Salt Pond Rd, Wakefield | javamadness.com JR’S BOURBON STREET ROCK HOUSE | 401.463.3080 | 1500 Oaklawn Ave, Cranston | mardigrasmulti club.com KATRINA’S COUNTRY KITCHEN | 401.727.1090 | 502 Roosevelt Ave, Central Falls THE KNICKERBOCKER | 401.315.5070 | 35 Railroad Ave, Westerly | theknickerbockercafe.com LADDER 133 | 401.272.RIBS | 133 Douglas Ave, Providence | ladder133.com LIGHTHOUSE BAR AT TWIN RIVER | 877.82.RIVER | 100 Twin River Rd, Lincoln | twinriver.com LOCAL 121 | 401.274.2121 | 121 Washington St, Providence | local121.com THE LOCALS | 401.231.2231 | 11 Waterman Ave, North Providence LUPO’S HEARTBREAK HOTEL | 401.331.5876 | 79 Washington St, Providence | lupos.com

THE MALTED BARLEY | 401.315.2184 | 42 High St, Westerly | themalted barleyri.com MARINER GRILL | 401.284.3282 | 142 Point Judith Rd, Narragansett | marinergrille.com McNEIL’S TAVERN | 401.725.4444 | 888 Charles St, North Providence THE MEDIATOR | 401.461.3683 | 50 Rounds Ave, Providence MERRILL LOUNGE | 401.434.9742 | 535 North Broadway, East Providence THE MET | 401.729.1005 | 1005 Main St, Pawtucket | themetri.com MOZZARELLA’S | 401.305.3112 | 1021 Mineral Spring Ave, North Providence | mozzarellas grill.com MULHEARN’S | 401.48.9292 | 507 North Broadway, East Providence MURPHY’S LAW | 401.724.5522 | 2 George St, Pawtucket | murphys lawri.com NARRAGANSETT CAFE | 401.423.2150 | 25 Narragansett Ave, Jamestown | narragansettcafe.com/ NEWPORT BLUES CAFE | 401.841.5510 | 286 Thames St | newportblues. com NEWPORT GRAND | 401.849.5000 | 150 Admiral Kalbfus Rd, Newport | newportgrand.com NEWS CAFE | 401.728.6475 | 43 Broad St, Pawtucket NICK-A-NEE’S | 401.861.7290 | 75 South St, Providence NOREY’S | 401.847.4971 | 156 Broadway, Newport | noreys.com THE NUTTY SCOTSMAN | 401.710.7778 | 812 Putnam Pike, Glocester | facebook.com/TheNuttyScotsman OAK HILL TAVERN | 401.294.3282 | 565 Tower Hill Rd, North Kingstown | oakhilltavern.com OCEAN MIST | 401.782.3740 | 895 Matunuck Beach Rd, Matunuck | oceanmist.net OLIVES | 401.751.1200 | 108 North Main St, Providence | olivesrocks.com 133 CLUB | 401.438.1330 | 29 Warren Ave, East Providence ONE PELHAM EAST | 401.847.9460 | 270 Thames St, Newport | thepelham.com O’ROURKE’S BAR & GRILL | 401.228.7444 | 23 Peck Ln, Warwick | orourkesbarandgrill.com THE PARLOUR | 401.383.5858 | 1119 North Main St, Providence | facebook.com/ParlourRI PATRICK’S PUB | 401.751.1553 | 381 Smith St, Providence | patrickspubri.com

PEARL LOUNGE | 401.331.3000 | 393 Charles St, Providence | pearl restaurant ri.com PERKS & CORKS | 401.596.1260 | 48 High St, Westerly | perksand corks.com PERRY’S BAR & GRILLE | 401.284.1544 | 104 Point Judith Rd, Narragansett | perrysbarandgrille.com POWERS PUB | 401.714.0655 | 27 Aborn St, Cranston | powerspub.com PVD SOCIAL CLUB | 71 Richmond St, Providence RALPH’S DINER | 508.753.9543 | 148 Grove St, Worcester, MA | myspace.com/ralphsdiner RHODE ISLAND BILLIARD BAR & BISTRO | 401.232.1331 | 2026 Smith St, North Providence | RIBBB.com RI RA | 401.272.1953 | 50 Exchange Terrace, Providence | rira.com THE ROCK JUNCTION | 401.385.3036 | 731 Centre of New England Blvd, West Greenwich | therock junctionri.com THE ROI | 401.272.2161 | 150 Chestnut St, Providence | theroiprov.com THE ROOTS | 276 Westminster St, Providence | 401.272.7422 | rootscafeprovidence.com THE SALON | 401.865.6330 | 57 Eddy St, Providence | thesalonpvd.com SIDEBAR BISTRO | 401.421.7200 | 127 Dorrance St, Providence | sidebar-bistro.com THE SPOT | 401.383.7133 | 101 Richmond St, Providence | thespotprovidence.com STELLA BLUES | 401.289.0349 | 50 Miller St, Warren | stellabluesri. com 39 WEST | 401.944.7770 | 39 Phenix Ave, Cranston | 39westri.com TINKER’S NEST | 401.245.8875 | 322 Metacom Ave, Warren VANILLA BEAN CAFE | 860.928.1562 | Rts 44, 169 and 97, Pomfret, CT | thevanillabeancafe.com VANITY | 401.649.4667 | 566 South Main St, Providence | vanityri. com VINTAGE RESTAURANT | 401.765.1234 | 2 South Main St, Woonsocket | vintageri.com WARD’S PUBLICK HOUSE | 884.7008 | 3854 Post Rd, Warwick | wardspublickhouse.com WHAT CHEER TAVERN | 401.680.7639 | 228 New York Ave, Providence | whatcheertavern.com WHISKEY REPUBLIC | 401.588.5158 | 515 South Water St, Providence | TheWhiskeyRepublic.com

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Continued from p 19 Stephanie Peters, Ace Aceto, Mike Murray, and Tom Stewart | 8 pm | Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St | $30 + $40 | 401.421.ARTS | ppacri.org JOHN MOSES | Fri 8 pm; Sat 8 pm + 10:15 pm | Comedy Connection, 39 Warren Ave, East Providence | $15 | 401.438.8383 | ricomedyconnection. com HARDCORE COMEDY SHOW | 10:30 pm | Comedy Connection, East Providence | $15

FUNNIEST COMIC IN NEW ENGLAND CONTEST WINNERS | 8 pm | COMIC HYPNOTIST FRANK SANTOS JR. | 10:15 pm | Catch A Rising

Star at Twin River, Lincoln | $22 THE BIT PLAYERS | Fri-Sat 8 pm | Firehouse Theater, 4 Equality Park Pl, Newport | $15 | 401.849.3473 | firehousetheater.org

CHARLIE WIENER + RON PLACONE

| Fri 8 pm; Sat 8 pm + 10:15 pm | Comedy Zone at Showcase Warwick, 1200 Quaker Ln | $10 | 401.885.1621 | showcasecinemas.com BRING YOUR OWN IMPROV | Mar 8 10 pm at 95 Empire, 95 Empire St, Providence + Mar 10 6 pm at the Warwick Museum of Art, 3259 Post Rd | $5 | bringyourownimprov.com FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE with improvised song + dance + skits + more | 8 pm | Everett, 9 Duncan Ave, Providence | $5 | 401.831.9479 | everettri.org

PROVIDENCE IMPROV GUILD

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featuring Skypunch! and Short Stack | 8 pm | Providence Improv Guild, 393 Broad St, Providence | $5 | improvpig.com J-TRAIN COMIX EXPRESS with Jared Freid, Allison Leiby, Andrew Short, Anthony Devito, Greg Stone, and Michelle Wolf | 10:30 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $15-$25 advance GODFREY | See listing for Thurs

SATURDAY 9

BILL COSBY | 8 pm | Providence Per-

Every Friday:

Flava Fridays Music by “THE ONE” J SLEAZY Hosted by Jahpan / Ft. The ASAP Dancers Wed + Thurs DJ MiDNiGHT

Fri + Sat DJ SLEAZY

Every Fri & Sat: Go Go Dancers!

EAST BAY TAVERN 305 LYON AvE EAST PrOviDENcE 401-228-7343 OPEN EvErY DAY FrOM 3PM-1AM

forming Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St | $50.50-$80.50 | 401.421.ARTS | ppacri.org JOSH RABINOWITZ | 8 + 10 pm | Catch A Rising Star at Twin River, Lincoln | $22

NASTY SHOW WITH GODFREY

| 10:30 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $20-$40 advance IMPROV JONES | See listing for Thurs GODFREY | See listing for Thurs JOHN MOSES | See listing for Fri

CHARLIE WIENER + RON PLACONE | See listing for Fri

THE BIT PLAYERS | See listing for Fri

SUNDAY 10

KITTY LITTER & FRIENDS’ DRAG EXTRAVAGANZA | 7 pm | Comedy

Connection, East Providence | $20 COSTAKI ECONOMOPOULOS | 8 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $15-$25 advance BRING YOUR OWN IMPROV | See listing for Fri

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PARTICIPATORY

THURSDAY 14

SUNDAY 10

“CELEBRATING IRELAND IN MUSIC, SONG, AND DANCE,” with

FRIDAY 8

JOHN VALBY | 8 pm | Comedy ConBRET ERNST | 8 pm | Comix at Fox-

Catch A Rising Star at Twin River, Lincoln | $22

EAST BAY TAVERN

FOREVER YOUNG: A TRIBUTE TO NEIL YOUNG | See listing for Fri

nection, East Providence | $25

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BEST MExICAN rESTAurANT 2013!

Mark Shea | 8 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $10-$20 advance

hosted by Pat Oates with Francis Birch, Nick Caron, Cindy Foster, Samantha Gaus, Joey Healy, Brian Holland, Kristen O’Brien, Nicole O’Conner, Gary Pettinella, Josh Ramierez, High Register Sean, and

woods, Mashantucket, CT | $20-$40 advance LOL THURSDAY | See listing for Thurs IMPROV JONES | See listing for Thurs

CONCERTS POPULAR THURSDAY 7

“BLIND | THE WORLD WHERE I CAN’T BE BUT YOU LIVE IN,” | a

multimedia thesis concert by Akiko Hatakeyama | 8 pm | Grant Recital Hall- Brown University, 1 Young Orchard Ave, Providence | Free | 401.863.3234 | brown.edu/music/ events

CHRIS TRAPPER + YOUNG PANDAS | 8 pm | Columbus Theatre,

270 Broadway, Providence | $15 | columbustheatre.com CLIFF EBERHARDT | 7:30 pm | Zeiterion Theatre, 684 Purchase St, New Bedford, MA | $20 | 508.994.2900 | zeiterion.org

FRIDAY 8

FOREVER YOUNG: A TRIBUTE TO NEIL YOUNG | Fri-Sat 8 pm | Narrows

Center For the Arts, 16 Anawan St, Fall River, MA | $18 advance, $20 day of show [$30 for both] | 508.324.1926 | narrowscenter.org

THE MOON AND YOU + KIM LAMOTHE & CHRISTOPHER MOON |

8 pm | Sandywoods Center For the Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton | $10 advance, $12 door [BYOB + food] | 401.241.7349 | sandywoodsmusic. com

26TH ANNUAL ERIC ADAM BRUDNER ‘84 MEMORIAL CONCERT with

guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel and the Brown Jazz Band | 8 pm | Salomon Center for Teaching, Main Green at Brown University, Providence | Free | 401.863.3234 | brown.edu/music REGIS & JOY PHILBIN | 8 pm | Twin River Event Center, 100 Twin River Rd, Lincoln | $40-$90 | 877.82RIVER | twinriver.com

SATURDAY 9

BROWN BIRD | 8 pm | Common

Fence Point Community Hall, 933 Anthony Road, Portsmouth | $20 advance, $23 door | 401.683.5085 | commonfencemusic.org DANIELLE MIRAGLIA + Mark Greenbaum | 8 pm | Church Street Coffeehouse, 25 Church St, Warren | $10 | 401.245.8474 | churchstreet coffeehouse.com GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA | 7:30 pm | Park Theatre, 848 Park Ave, Cranston | $22 + $27 | 401.467.7275 | parktheatreri.com

“JIMMY AND JOYCE LOVE JOHNNY AND JUNE,” AN HOMAGE TO THE MUSIC, LIVES AND LOVE OF JOHNNY CASH AND JUNE CARTER

BY JOYCE KATZBERG AND JIMMY WARREN | 7 pm | Wharf Tavern, 215

Water St, Warren | 401.245.5043 | wharftavernri.com

LORI DIAMOND & FRED ABATELLI WITH MICHELLE LEWIS | 7 pm |

Sandywoods Center For the Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton | $15 advance, $18 door [BYOB + food] | 401.241.7349 | sandywoodsmusic.com MARIZA | Sat 8 pm; Sun 7:30 pm | Zeiterion Theatre, 684 Purchase St, New Bedford, MA | $45-$55 | 508.994.2900 | zeiterion.org MARTYN JOSEPH + Scott Alarik reading from his new book, Revival: A Folk Music Novel | 8 pm | Stone Soup Coffeehouse @ St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 50 Park Pl, Pawtucket | $16 advance, $18 door | 401.921.5115 | stonesoupcoffeehouse.com

RI CHAPTER OF THE PERCUSSIVE ARTS SOCIETY’S 13TH ANNUAL PERCUSSION FESTIVAL | 1 pm | Fine Arts Center Concert Hall at University of Rhode Island, 105 Upper College Rd, Kingston | Free | 401.874.2431 | uri.edu/music

Mary King, Phil Edmonds, and Hughie Purcell | 2 pm | Providence Public Library, 150 Empire St | Free | 401.455.8000 | problib.org CHERISH THE LADIES | 8 pm | Greenwich Odeum, 59 Main St, East Greenwich | $30 | 401.885.4000 | theodeum.org KARAN CASEY AND JOHN DOYLE | 7 pm | Blackstone River Theatre, 549 Broad St, Cumberland | $22 advance, $25 day of show | 401.725.9272 | riverfolk.org

RUFUS & THE MOONDOGS REUNION CONCERT | 1 pm | Sandywoods Center For the Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton | Donations encouraged | 401.241.7349 | sandywoods music.com MARIZA | See listing for Sat

MONDAY 11

“CELEBRATING IRELAND IN STORY AND SONG,” with Mary King,

Phil Edmonds, and Hughie Purcell | 7 pm | Weaver Library, 41 Grove St, East Providence | Free | 401.435.1986 | eastprovidencelibrary.org

WEDNESDAY 13

CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE + Dennis

Brennan | 8 pm | Narrows Center For the Arts, 16 Anawan St, Fall River, MA | $25 advance,$28 day of show | 508.324.1926 | narrowscenter.org

THURSDAY 14

RICHARD SHINDELL | 8 pm | Narrows Center For the Arts, 16 Anawan St, Fall River, MA | $30 advance, $35 day of show | 508.324.1926 | narrows center.org

CLASSICAL THURSDAY 7

COMMUNITY MUSICWORKS pres-

ents “Sonata Series Event #5,” with pianist Ellen Hwangbo performing works by Bartok, Ravel, and Cormier | 5 pm | RISD Museum, 224 Benefit St, Providence | Free with Museum admission | 401.454.6500 | communitymusicworks.org

SUNDAY 10

AMERICAN CHORAL SOUND | A

concert of choral music by American composers | 4 + 6 pm | George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High St, Westerly | $21-$60 | 401.596.8663 | chorusofwesterly.org CHATHAM BAROQUE performs “Suave Melodia,” with music by Vivaldi, Tartini, Locatelli, Bertali, and Frescobaldi | 3:30 pm | First Unitarian Church, 1 Benevolent St, Providence | $25, $22 seniors, $7 students | 401.274.5073 | museum concerts.org THE GREYBEARDS with special guest Catherine Hawkes performing works by Bach, Handel, Telemann, and Quantz | 3 pm | The Meeting House, 3852 Main Rd, Tiverton | $15 advance | 401.624.2600 | fourcorners arts.org

DANCE PERFORMANCE

REHOBOTH CONTRA DANCE with caller Nils Fredland and music by Riptide, with Alden Robinson, Glen Loper, and Owen Marshall | 8 pm | Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Rd, Rehoboth, MA | $8 | 508.252.6375 | contradancelinks.com/rehoboth. html

SATURDAY 9

ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCE with

dance leader Joanna Reiner, live music by Dawn Chung and Bill Ouimette | 7:30 pm | South Kingstown Land Trust Barn, 17 Matunuck Beach Rd, Kingston | $10 | 401.539.3009 | kingstonenglishcountrydance.org

SUNDAY 10

REHOBOTH COMMUNITY DANCE with music by the Sunday Night Jammers | 7 pm | Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Rd, Rehoboth, MA | Free | 508.669.5656 | contra dancelinks.com/rehoboth.html

EVENTS SATURDAY 9

KEITH MICHAEL JOHNSON PRESENTS BUBBLEOLOGY | 11:30 pm

| Ocean State Theatre Company, 1245 Jefferson Blvd, Warwick | $10 | 401.921.1777 | oceanstatetheatre.org

FILM SUNDAY 10

SEVERAL SHORT QUÉBÉCOIS SHORT FILMS presented as part of

the Ranger Day Lecture Series | 1:30 pm | Museum of Work and Culture, 42 South Main St, Woonsocket | Free | 401.769.9675 | rihs.org

SUBLIME FREQUENCIES NIGHT

with screenings of two films by Hisham Mayet [Vodoun Gods On the Slave Coast and The Divine River: Ceremonial Pageantry In the Sahel, a Q&A with Mayet, and Robert Jaz DJing music

by Sublime Frequencies bands, including Group Doueh, Group Inerane, and Group Bombino | 8 pm | Fête Lounge, 103 Dike St, Providence | $10 | 401.383.1112 | fetemusic.com

MONDAY 11

THE BLACK MARIA FILM FESTIVAL, presented by the Rhode Island

School of Design’s Film, Animation, Video Department | 7 pm | RISD Auditorium, Canal Walkway, Providence | Free | 401.454.6233

WEDNESDAY 13

MAGIC LANTERN PRESENTS | “From the Cloud,” a video program that looks at found footage “films” in the Internet age | 9:30 pm | Cable Car Cinema, 204 South Main St, Providence | $5 | 401.272.3970 | cablecarcinema.com

THURSDAY 14

“CRIME: PULP, ART, AND HOLLYWOOD” | A monthly film series with

facilitator Ron Hagell | Today: The Maltese Falcon, the 1941 film directed

by John Huston | 6 pm | Providence Public Library, 150 Empire St | Free | 401.455.8000 | provlib.org

FRIDAY 8-SUNDAY 10

FESTIVAL BALLET PROVIDENCE presents “Agon & Orchis,” with works by Balanchine and Plotnikov | Fri 8 pm; Sat 7:30 pm; Sun 2 pm | The Vets, 1 Avenue of the Arts, Providence | $20-$65 | 401.421.ARTS | ppacri.org

SATURDAY 9

RUSSIAN NATIONAL BALLET THEATRE PRESENTS CINDERELLA | 7:30 pm | Garde Arts Center, 325 State St, New London, CT | $45 | 860.444.7373 | gardearts.org

SUNDAY 10

KELLY SCHOOL OF IRISH DANCE | 2 pm | Providence Public Library, 150 Empire St | Free | 401.455.8000 | provlib.org

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discuss, and sign her first novel, Lovely, Dark, and Deep | 7 pm | Books On the Square, 471 Angell St, Providence | Free | 401.331.9097 | booksq.com

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sign his new novel, The Burn Palace | 7 pm | Providence Public Library, 150 Empire St | Free | 401.455.8000 | provlib.org TRAVIS STEWART will discuss his book, Chain of Fools: Silent Comedy and Its Legacies from Nickelodeons to YouTube, and screen American Aristocracy, a 1916 film starring Douglas Fairbanks which was shot in Watch Hill | 6 pm | Westerly Public Library, 44 Broad St, Westerly | Free | 401.596.2877 | westerlylibrary.org

TUESDAY 12

State Coffee, 300 Thayer St, Providence | $3 | 401.383.8393 | gotpoetry. com/News/topic=23.html SYRIAN POET ADONIS will read from his work | Part of “Urgent Witness: The Current Situation In the Middle East from the Perspective of Leading Writers” | 8 pm | Brown University MacMillan Hall, 167 Thayer St, Providence | Free | 401.863.3260 | brown.edu/cw

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PLAYWRIGHT JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY AND TRINITY REPERTORY COMPANY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CURT COLUMBUS will discuss the

world premiere staging of her play Social Creatures [at Trinity Mar 14-Apr 21] | 5 pm | Providence Athenaeum, 251 Benefit St | Free | 401.421.6970 | providenceathenaeum.org

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professor Victor Fay-Wolfe | Part of the Forensic Science Partnership Seminar Series | 3:30 pm | Pastore Hall at the University of Rhode Island, 51 Lower College Rd, Kingston | Free | chm.uri.edu/forensics/ seminars.php

DICK MARTIN will discuss and sign his book Mae, the story of L. Mae Martin, a Scituate native with big dreams during the Great Depression | 2 pm | Books On the Square, 471 Angell St, Providence | Free | 401.331.9097 | booksq.com STEPHEN DOBYNS will discuss and

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“COMPUTER FORENSICS: CYBER SECURITY ISSUES” | A talk by URI

“POETICS WITHOUT BORDERS: COMMUNICATING SENSIBILITY IN TIMES OF CHANGE,” a panel discus-

sion with Syrian poet Adonis, Syrian novelist Nihad Sirees, Indian novelist Shahriar Mandanipour, Iranian writer and civil rights attorney Mehrangiz Kar, and Robyn Creswell, assistant professor of comparative literature at Brown | Part of “Urgent Witness: The Current Situation In the Middle East from the Perspective of Leading Writers” | 3 pm | Brown University McCormack Family Theater, 70 Brown St, Providence | Free | 401.863.3260 | brown.edu/cw THE WORD ON WEDNESDAYS | An open mic poetry competition with Lisa Starr, Larry Krips, and others | 7 pm | The Roots, 276 Westminster St, Providence | $5 | 401.272.7422 | roots providence.com

THURSDAY 14

AN EVENING OF PERFORMANCE PRESENTED BY THE CLERESTORY JOURNAL OF THE ARTS, a bian-

nual literary and arts magazine that draws submissions from undergraduate students at Brown University and the Rhode Island School of Design | 9:30 pm | AS220, 115 Empire St, Providence | Free | 401.831.9327 | as220.org

TALKS THURSDAY 7

“RELIGION AND INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY: NEGOTIATING GLOBAL CONFLICT STABILIZATION” | A

talk by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Jerry White | 5:30 pm | Brown University MacMillan Hall, 167 Thayer St, Providence | Free | brown. edu/academics/religious-studies/ node/215/dug-events

FRIDAY 8

“CITIZEN CLAIM-MAKING STRATEGIES IN RURAL RAJASTHAN: WHO DEMANDS FOR PUBLIC SERVICES AND HOW?” | A talk by Gabrielle

Kruks-Wisner, PhD candidate in political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2:30 pm | Brown University’s Watson Institute, 111 Thayer St, Providence | Free | 401.863.2809 | watsoninstitute.

“CREATIVE FEMINISMS: ART, ACTIVISM, AND EVERYDAY ACTION” | 9 am-4:30 pm | An “unconference” with discussions led by Teresa Konechne + a panel with local artists and activists Anna Shapiro, Ju-Pong Lin, and Liandra Medeiros, moderated by Faith Wilding | 7 pm, a screening of Woven From the Land, a film by Konechne | URI Providence Campus, 80 Washington St, Providence | Suggested donation $25, but it is a paywhat-you-can event | 401.277.5206 | uriprovidenceurbanscape.wordpress. com/2013/02/07/unconferencecreative-feminisms-art-activismand-everyday-action/

“NEWPORT AS A MODEL OF URBAN LIVING: NEW LESSONS FROM OLD CITIES,” a talk by architectural

historian John Tschirch | 2 pm | Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave | $15, $6 students | 401.848.8200 | newportartmuseum.org

WEDNESDAY 13

“PLOTLESS STORIES AND POOR HISTORIANS: HYPOCHONDRIA’S CHALLENGE TO ILLNESS NARRATIVE” | A talk by Catherine Belling,

assistant professor of medical humanities and bioethics at Northwestern University | 5:30 pm | Brown University’s Pembroke Hall, 172 Meeting St, Room 305, Providence | Free | brown.edu/Departments/ Humanities_Center/events/ calendar.html

“WARFARE AND HUMAN SACRIFICE IN THE MOCHE WORLD: NEW DISCOVERIES AND CONTINUING DEBATES” | A talk by John Verano,

professor of anthropology at Tulane University | 5:30 pm | Brown University’s List Art Building, 64 College St, Room 120, Providence | Free | brown.edu/Facilities/Haffenreffer/ new/calendar.php

ART GALLERIES AS220 | 401.831.9327 | 115 Empire St, Providence | as220.org | Wed-Fri

1-6 pm; Sat 12-5 pm + by appointment | Through Mar 30: New works

by Jessica Thurber & Sarah Beck | Paintings by Brian Xavier | New works by Indira Miller AS220 PROJECT SPACE | 401.831.9327 | 93 Mathewson St, Providence | as220. org | Wed-Fri 1-6 pm; Sat 12-5 pm + by appointment | Through Mar 30: “Approximately 7,642 Pounds of Art, Stacked and Somewhat Arranged,” an installation by Thomas Morrissey | “Spectacles & Spectators,” artwork

by Keri King BANKRI GALLERY | 401.456.5015 x 1330 | 1 Turks Head Pl, Providence | bankri.com | Mon-Wed 8:30 am-3 pm; Thurs-Fri 8:30 am-5 pm | Through Apr 3: “Animal Fantasy,” paintings

by Abbot Low — 137 Pitman St, Providence | Mon-Fri 9 am-7 pm; Sat 9 am-3 pm; Sun 12-4 pm | Through Apr 3: “Moments In Color,” photographs by Stephen Spencer

— 1140 Ten Rod Rd, North Kingstown

| Mon-Fri 9 am-7 pm; Sat 9 am-3 pm; Sun 12-4 pm | Through Apr 3: “Construction Zone,” high-contrast photographs by David DeMelim

BANNISTER GALLERY AT RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE | 401.456.9765 |

600 Mount Pleasant Ave, Providence |

www.ric.edu/bannister | Tues-Fri

12-8 pm | Through Mar 29: “You Were Just Mine,” multimedia works

by Richard Goulis BILL KRUL GALLERY | 401.782.1715 | 142 Boon St, Narragansett | billkrul gallery.com | Daily 10 am-8 pm | Through Mar 31: “Mixed Media Images [Paintings, Drawings, and Photography],” by Jess Nalbandian and Nick McKnight CADE TOMPKINS PROJECTS | 401.751.4888 | 198 Hope St, Providence | cadetompkins.com | Sat 10 am-6 pm + by appointment | Through Apr 27: Work by Coral Bourgeois CHAZAN GALLERY AT WHEELER | 401.421.9230 | 228 Angell St, Providence | chazangallery.org | Tues-Sat 11 am-4 pm; Sun 2-4 pm | Through Apr 3: “Drawing Matters,” works by Luis Alonso, Leslie Bostrom, Dennis Congdon, Wendy Edwards, Nancy Friese, Bunny Harvey, Tayo Heuser, David Kinsey, Susan Lichtman, Jack Massey, Jerry Mischak, Jacqueline Ott,Gwen Strahle, Dan Talbot, Roger Tibbetts, and Michael Yefko CRAFTLAND | 401.272.4285 | 235 Westminster St, Providence | craftland shop.com | Through Apr 6: “Artificial Memories,” photographs

by Corey Grayhorse CRANSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY | 401.943.9080 | cranstonlibrary.org | 140 Sockanosset Cross Rd | Through Mar 29: “The Annual East Greenwich Art Club Artist Members’ Exhibit” DAVID WINTON BELL GALLERY | 401 863.2932 | List Art Center, Brown University, 64 College St, Providence |

brown.edu/Facilities/David_Winton_ Bell_Gallery | Mon-Fri 11 am-4 pm;

Sat + Sun 1-4 pm | Through Mar 17: “33rd Annual Student Exhibition,” with works by Ana Alvarez, Jennifer Avery, Gianna Badiali, Alessandra Castillo, Sarah Cheung, Eunice Cho, Rachel Haberstroh, Matthew Hill, Alex Hsu, You Bin Kang, Madeline Kau, Daniel Kelley, Elaine Kuckertz, Aimei Kutt, Jane Lee, Kat JK Lee, Kirby Lowenstein, Connor McManus, Angela Mellon, Anna Muselmann, Sofie Ramos, Nina Ruelle, Ben Sadkowski, Robert Sandler, Bridget Sauer, Sarah Schade, Todd Stong, Cally Tomlinson, Hannah Lutz Winkler, Tala Worrell, Diane Zhou, and Ethan Zisson DEBLOIS GALLERY | 401.847.9977 | 138 Bellevue Ave, Newport | deblois gallery.com | Tues-Sun 12-5 pm | Through Apr 2: “The Seven Deadly Sins,” a non-juried open show

DORRANCE H. HAMILTON GALLERY AT SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY | 401.341.2981 | Antone

Academic Center, Lawrence + Leroy aves, Newport | salve.edu/academics/ departments/art/gallery | Tues +

Thurs 11 am-6 pm; Wed + Fri 11 am5 pm; Sat + Sun 12-4 pm | Through Mar 20: “Do What You Must Do,” paintings by Sue McNally GALLERY AT CITY HALL | 401.421.7740 | 25 Dorrance St, Providence | Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4 pm | Through Mar 15: “Masters of the Craft: Gallery of Memory,” a photography exhibi8t commemorating the 80th anniversary of the founding of Local 1329 of the International Longshoremen’s Association in Providence, the first labor union in New England organized predominantly by Cape Verdeans GALLERY Z | 401.454.8844 | 259 Atwells Ave, Providence | galleryzprov. com | Wed-Sat 12-8 pm + by appointment | Through Mar 9: “Estate Show: Living and Non-Living Artists Represented and Exhibited with Gallery Z in the Past”

GREEN SPACE GALLERY AT THE T.F. GREEN AIRPORT | 2000 Post

Rd, Warwick | Through Apr 30: “On and Through and In Between,” new work by Deborah Baronas and Graham Heffernan HERA GALLERY | 401.789.1488 | 10 High St, Wakefield | heragallery. org | Wed-Fri 1-5 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm | Through Mar 30: New works

by Claudia Flynn, Connie Green, Jill McLaughlin, and Troy West IMAGO GALLERY | 401.245.0173 | 36 Market St, Warren | imago foundation 4art.org | Thurs 4-8 pm, Fri + Sat 12-8 pm | Through Apr

13: “10th Anniversary Invitational Exhibit” JAMESTOWN ARTS CENTER | 401.560.0979 | 18 Valley St | jamestownartcenter.org | Wed-Sat 10 am-2 pm | Through Mar 9: “2013 RISCA Fellowship Exhibition,” with works by Michelle Benoit, Nick Carter, Jill Colinan, Leslie Hirst, Ernest Jolicoeur, Aaron Jungels, Jay Lacouture, Denny Moers, Andrew Oesch, Frank Poor, Maria Scaglione, and Jesse Thompson; video and music stations in the gallery will feature works by choreographers Heidi Henderson and Kathleen Gordon Smith, music composers Glenda Luck and Brian Knoth, filmmakers Ann Fessler, and Steven Subotnick, and New Genres artist Aaron Jungels KEESEH STUDIO GALLERY | | 42 Rice St, Providence | Fri 11 am-2 pm; Sat-Sun 1-7 pm | Through Apr 5: The Art League of Rhode Island’s Annual Associates’ Exhibition

KNIGHT CAMPUS ART GALLERY AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND | 401.825.2220

| 400 East Ave, Warwick | ccri.edu/ art/galleries/knight | Tues-Wed + Fri 10 am-4 pm; Thurs 10 am-7 pm | Through Mar 29: “CCRI Ceramics Invitational,” with works by Mazon Adam, Rachelle Adam, Monica Bock, Josephine Burr, Erica Cioe, John Fazzino, George Garcia, Jay Lacouture, James Lawton, Chris Lee, Andrew Maglathlin, Nate Morrell, Tom Morrissey, Kate Oggel, Allison Randall, Roseanne Sniderman, David Swenson, Lawrence Timmins, Chris Tonsgard, Victoria Trofimova, John Vierbickas, and Mark Zellers KRAUSE GALLERY | 401.831.7350 x 174 | In the Jenks Center at Moses

Brown School, 250 Lloyd Ave, Providence | mosesbrown.org | Mon-Fri

8 am-4 pm + by appointment | Through Mar 31: “RIAEA Annual Teachers’ Exhibit”

MIXED MAGIC THEATRE ART GALLERY | 401.305.7333 | At Hope Artiste Village, 999 Main St, Pawtucket | mmtri.com | Wed 12-3 pm; Fri-Sat 5-7 pm; Sun 12-2 pm | Through Mar 17: Works by Morris Nathanson

MUSEUM OF NEWPORT HISTORY

| 401.841.8770 | 127 Thames St, Newport | newporthistory.org | Through

May 31: “Hearth In Home: Keeping Warm In Early Newport”

NARROWS CENTER FOR THE ARTS GALLERY | 508.324.1926 |

16 Anawan St, Fall River, MA | narrowscenter.org | Wed-Sat 12-5 pm

| Through Mar 30: “Strangers In Class: Gazing Across the Economic Divide,” wood sculptures by John Magnan

PAWTUCKET ARTS COLLABORATIVE GALLERY | 175 Main St |

pawtucketartscollaborative.org | Mon-

Sat 10 am to 5 pm | Through Apr 5: “Drawing From the Multiple,” a print exhibit with works by Courtney Sennish, Jessica Murray, Chase Taylor, Suruchi Kabra, Pippa Zornoza, Augustina Bello Decurnex, and Simonette Quamina

PORTSMOUTH ARTS GUILD GALLERY | 401.293.5ART | 2679 East Main

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

Apr 7: “Town and Country,” a juried exhibit PROVIDENCE ART CLUB | 401.331.1114 | 11 Thomas St | providenceartclub.org | Mon-Fri 124 pm; Sat-Sun 2-4 pm | Through Mar 15: “Color & Contrast,” works

by Nancy Rapelye Godfray and Brian Larkin | “Of Three Minds,” works by Jim Bush, Vincent J. Castaldi, and S. Chandler Kissell

RHODE ISLAND WATERCOLOR SOCIETY GALLERY | 401.726.1876 |

Slater Memorial Park, Armistice Blvd, Pawtucket | riws.org | Tues-Sat 10

am-4 pm; Sun 1-5 pm | Through Mar 22: “Bon Appetit,” an open juried show

SOUTH COUNTY ART ASSOCIATION | 401.783.2195 | 2587 Kingstown Rd, Kingston | southcountyart.org | Wed-

Sun 10 am-6 pm; Fri 10 am-8 pm | Through Mar 16: “Open Juried Print, Paint & Pastel Annual” URI ART GALLERY | 105 Upper College Rd, Kingston | uri.edu/artsci/ art/gallery | Through Mar 28: “Providence Under Pressure,” works by Yarrow Thorne and the “Avenue

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| 401.277.5206 | 80 Washington St, Providence | uri.edu/prov | Mon-Thurs 9 am-9 pm; Fri + Sat 9 am-5 pm | Through Mar 29: “Creative Feminisms: Art, Activism, and Everyday Action” | A mixed media exhibit focused on health, wellness, and empowerment of women — finding their voices, speaking their truth, presented in collaboration with the Hive Archive and featuring works

by Jennifer Antes, Sharon Armour, Nadine Almada, Deborah Baronas, Kameko Branchaud, Marlene Britto, Margie Butler, Eilinn Byrne, Tiffany Cabral, Jennifer Calhoon, Jill Cook, Elaine Devonis, Tamara Diaz, Jane Dillon, Melanie Ducharme, Susan Fossati, Carolyn Jayne, Eva Jiminez, Iwona Lapczyk, Saberah Malik, Titilola Martins, Bili Mason, Niloufer Moochhala, Kate Oggel, Elena Patino, Betsy Ritz, Hannah Resseger, Kate Salvi, Basma Samira, Rebecca Siemering, Jade, Erin Smithers, Emily Sorlien, Kathleen Sonier, Robyn Thomas, Simone Spruce, Jacqueline Sylvia, Jessica Thurber, Anita Trezvant, Leigh Waldron–Taylor, and Marsha G. Wienck, and Bolivian artists Rosario Moyano Aguirre, Minina Arce, Velia Calvimontes, Susana Castillo, Gladys CorveraBaker, Joyce Martin, Judith Campos Ordonez, Luz Maria Poma Huanca, Martha Lola Poma Huanca, Victoria Poma Huanca, Kuka Pradel, DafneRoberty Art, Telarana Weavers, and Jalq’a Weavers

UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND’S WOMEN’S CENTER | 22 Upper

College Rd, Kingston | Mon-Fri 124 pm | Through Mar 8: “In Our Family: Portraits of All Kinds of Families,” with photographs by Gigi Kaeser with interviews edited by Peggy Gillespie and Rebekah Boyd

WICKFORD ART ASSOCIATION GALLERY | 401.294.6840 | 36 Beach

St, North Kingstown | wickfordart. org | Tues-Sat 11 am-3 pm; Sun 12-

3 pm | Through Mar 10: “Members’ Invitational,” with works by Amos Trout Paine, Bill Krul, and Barry J. Butterworth YELLOW PERIL GALLERY | 401.861.1535 | 60 Valley St #5, Provi-dence | yellowperilgallery.com | Through Mar 17: “Navigation Paintings,” by Michael Childress

MUSEUMS MUSEUM OF NEWPORT HISTORY | 401.841.8770 | 127 Thames St | newporthistory.org | Through May

31: “Hearth In Home: Keeping Warm In Early Newport” NEWPORT ART MUSEUM | 401.848.8200 | 76 Bellevue Ave | newportartmuseum.org | Tues-Sat 11 am-4 pm; Sun 12-4 pm | Admission $10 adults; $8 seniors; $6 students + military with ID; free under 6 | Through May 5: “Legacies In Paint: The Mentor Project,” with work from a four-month mentoring project with mid- to late-career Rhode Island painters [Paula Martiesian, David Barnes, Michele Provost, John Riedel, and Ida Schmulowitz] and younger painters [Buck Hastings, Mollie Hosmer-Dillard, Li Jun Lai, Erika Sabel, and Dan Talbot] | Through May 12: “Faculty Focus,” with works by Charlene Carpenzano and Dan McManus of the NAM art school | Through May 12: “Shelf Life,”paintings by Gerry Perrino | Through May 19: “Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition” 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 Mar 17: “2013 RISD Faculty Biennial” | Through May 19: “Grisgorious Places: Edward Lear’s Travels” | Through June 9: “RISD Business: Sassy Signs and Sculptures by Alejandro Diaz” | Through June 30: “Double-and-Add,” works by Angela Bulloch, Anthony McCall, and Haroon Mirza | Through July 14: “The Festive City,” an exhibit of rarely seen prints and books that provide a glimpse into the festivals of early modern Europe

THEATER BROWN UNIVERSITY THEATRE |

brown.edu/academics/theatre-artsperformance-studies/phaedra | At Stuart Theatre, 77 Waterman St, Providence | Through Mar 10:

Phaedra, by Jean Racine | Thurs-Sat 8 pm; Sun 2 pm | $15, $12 seniors, $7 students

BROWN UNIVERSITY/TRINITY REP MFA PROGRAMS | trinityrep./

com | At the Pell Chafee Performance Center, 87 Empire St, Providence |

Through Mar 10: Rhinoceros, by Eugene Ionesco [Mar 7 + 9 7:30 pm] and Marison, by José Rivera [Mar 9 + 10 2 pm] | $10, $5 students + seniors

BROWN UNIVERSITY MCCORMACK FAMILY THEATER | 70 Brown

St, Providence | Mar 13 7:30 pm: A

staged reading of House of Games, by Syrian novelist and playwright Nihad Sirees | Free CONTEMPORARY THEATER | 401.218.0282 | thecontemporary theater.com | 327 Main St, Wakefield | Through Mar 9: 2000 Nickels: A Vietnam Legacy | A staged reading of an original contemporary drama, book by Margaret Brochu and music and lyrics by John Brochu | Fri-Sat 7 pm | $7 [free for veterans and active service] GRANITE THEATRE | 401.596.2341 | granitetheatre.com | 1 Granite St, Westerly | Mar 8-30: Catholic School Girls, by Casey Kurtti | Fri-Sat 8 pm [plus Thurs Mar 21 + 28]; Sun 2 pm | Call for ticket info

LITTLE THEATRE OF FALL RIVER

| 508.675.1852 | littletheatre.net | At the Jackson Performing Arts Center at Bristol Community College, 777 Elsbree St, Fall River, MA | Through Mar 10: Steel Magnolias, by Robert Harling | Thurs 7:30 pm; Fri-Sat 8 pm; Sun 2 pm | $20, $15 students + seniors, $10 under 13 MIXED MAGIC THEATRE | 401.305.7333 | mmtri.com | At Hope

Artiste Village, 999 Main Street, Pawtucket | Mar 1-17: Fences, by August

Wilson | Fri-Sat 7:30 pm; Sun 3 pm | $25, $22 seniors NEWPORT ART MUSEUM | 401.848.8200 | newportartmuseum. org | 76 Bellevue Ave | Mar 9 5:30 pm: The Marley Bridges Theatre Company presents A Diamond In the Rough, part of “Murder At the Museum,” an interactive theater experience | $25, $13 youth

Twenty minutes from Providence 16 Anawan St, Fall River MA (near Battleship Cove) (508) 324-1926 • Doors open @ 7pm, show starts 8pm unless otherwise noted.

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mary gauthier 3/16: Comedy Night! Brad mastraNgelo & artie JaNuario

3/17: dr JohN (sold out) 3/21: JoaN osBourNe 3/23: amy helm 3/28: todd sNider 3/29: haPa, (“the souNd oF maui” ) 3/31: aN aCoustiC eVeNiNg with aleJaNdro esCoVedo aNd the seNsitiVe Boys

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| newportplayhouse.com | 102-104 Connell Hwy | Through Mar 24: Greet-

ings, by Tom Dudzick | $49.95 dinner + theater + cabaret, $34.95 theater + cabaret | Fri-Sun, doors 6 pm, buffet 6:15 pm, show 8 pm | Matinees Wed + Thurs + Sun [and selected Tues + Sat], doors 11 am, buffet 11:30 am, show 1 pm

OCEAN STATE THEATRE COMPANY

| 401.921.1777 | oceanstatetheatre. org | 1245 Jefferson Blvd, Warwick | Through Mar 9: Rent, by Jonathan Larson | Mar 7 + 9 2 + 7:30 pm; Mar 8 7:30 pm | $39-$54 [$25 student rush tickets one hour prior to curtain] — Mar 10 7 pm: A staged reading of They Walk Among Us, by Nicholas O’Neill, the youngest victim of the Station fire | 7 pm | $20, partial proceeds benefit the Station Fire Memorial Foundation 2ND STORY THEATRE | 401.247.4200 | 2ndstorytheatre.com | 28 Market St, Warren | March 8-April 7: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, adapted by Dale Wasserman from the novel by Ken Kesey | This week: Mar 8 + 9 8 pm; Mar 10 3 pm; Mar 14 7 pm | $25, $20 under 22 [previews Mar 8-10 $20] STADIUM THEATRE | 401.762.4545 | stadiumtheatre.com | 28 Monument Sq, Woonsocket | Mar 8-10: Encore Kids presents Seussical Jr. | Fri-Sat 7 pm; Sun 2 pm | $16

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| 401.351.4242 | trinityrep.com | 201 Washington St, Providence | March 14-April 21: Social Creatures, by Jackie Sibblies Drury | This week: Mar 14 7:30 pm | $28-$68 YOUR THEATRE | 508.993.0772 | yourtheatre.org | 136 Rivet St, New Bedford, MA | Mar 14-24: The Whales of August, by David Berry | Thurs-Sat 8 pm; Sun 2:30 pm | $15

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LES MISÉRABLES | Thurs: 1:10, 7:20 DEAD MAN DOWN | Starts Fri: 11:25, 1:55, 4:40, 7:25, 10 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL 3D | Starts Fri: 11, 1:45, 2:45, 4:30, 5:30, 7:30, 10:15 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL | Starts Fri: 10:30, 12, 1:15, 4, 7, 8:15, 9:45 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER 3D | 5, 7:45* [*no show Mar 7], 10:15 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER | Thurs: 1:15, 2:15, 4:15, 7:25, 9:45| Fri-Thurs: 10:30, 11:45, 1:05, 2:30, 4:15, 7:10, 9:40 THE LAST EXORCISM PART II | Thurs: 11:35, 1:55, 5:30, 7:45, 10 | Fri-Thurs: 11:35, 1:55, 5:25, 7:55, 10:25 21 AND OVER | 11:20, 1:35, 5:10, 8, 10:10 QUARTET | 10:45, 1, 4:25, 7:05, 9:20 DARK SKIES | 5:20, 10:20* [*no show Mar 14] SNITCH | 10:55, 1:30, 4:45, 7:20, 10:05 ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH | 10:35, 1:10, 4:10, 6:30 A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD | Thurs: 10:40, 1:25, 4:50, 7:40, 9:55 | Fri-Thurs: 10:40, 1:20, 4:20, 7:10, 9:35 SAFE HAVEN | 11:05, 1:40, 4:20, 7:20, 9:50 IDENTITY THIEF | 11:10, 1:50, 4:55, 7:35, 10:10 WARM BODIES | Thurs: 11:45, 2, 5:55, 8:10, 10:20 | Fri-Thurs: 11:15* [*no show Sun], 2, 7:50* [*no show Mar 14] ZERO DARK THIRTY | 1:50, 7:10 SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK | 10:50, 1:25, 4:05, 6:45, 9:30

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60 Newport Ave, East Providence | 401.438.1100

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DJANGO UNCHAINED | Thurs: 8:45

Unless otherwise noted, these listings are for Thurs Mar 7 through Thurs Mar 14. Times can and do change without notice, so please call the theater before heading out.

A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD | Thurs: 1:45, 4:30, 7:25, 9:30 SIDE EFFECTS | Thurs: 1:20, 7:15 SNITCH | Thurs: 4:10, 9:35 DEAD MAN DOWN | Starts Fri: 1:15, 4:10, 7:05, 9:40 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL 3D | Starts Fri: 3:45, 9:25 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL | Starts Fri: 1, 6:40 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER 3D | 1:40, 7 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER | 4:25, 9:30 21 AND OVER | 1:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:40 ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH | 1:20, 4, 6:30, 8:45* [*no show Mar 7] SAFE HAVEN | 1:05, 4:20, 6:50, 9:15 IDENTITY THIEF | 1:30, 4:15, 7:10, 9:35 SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK | 1, 4, 6:45, 9:20

DARK SKIES | Thurs: 12:15, 2:35, 5, 7:50, 10:10 | Fri-Thurs: 5:20, 10:20 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:35 SNITCH | Thurs: 11:50, 2:25, 5:05, 9:45 | Fri-Thurs: 12:455, 3:50, 6:45, 9:25 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:55 ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH | 12:20, 2:30, 4:40, 6:50 A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD | 12:35, 7:30 SAFE HAVEN | Thurs: 1:15, 4, 6:40, 9:25 | Fri-Thurs: 12, 2:40, 7:40 IDENTITY THIEF | 1:25, 4:10, 7, 9:35 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:15 WARM BODIES | 12:05, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:40 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:05 SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK | 12:40, 3:40, 6:35, 9:20 LIFE OF PI | Thurs: 1:40, 7:25 | FriThurs: 12:15, 3:20, 6:40, 10:10

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SHOWCASE CINEMAS SEEKONK ROUTE 6

105 Chase Ln, Middletown | 401.847.3456

DEAD MAN DOWN | Starts Fri: 1:30, 4:20, 7:20, 9:55 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL 3D | Starts Fri: 12:30, 3:20, 6:30, 9:20 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL | Starts Fri: 1:15, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50 | SatThurs: 9:50 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER 3D | 4:10, 9:30 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER | 1:10, 7 THE LAST EXORCISM PART II | 1:30, 4:10, 7:40, 9:55 21 AND OVER | 1:20, 3:50, 7:30, 9:50 DARK SKIES | 1:40*, 4:20* [*no shows Fri], 7:40, 9:50 SNITCH | Thurs + Sat-Thurs: 1:10, 3:45, 7:20, 9:45 ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH 3D | 4:30*, 8:50* [*no shows Fri] ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH | Thurs + Sat-Thurs: 12:10, 2:20, 6:45 | Fri: 1:10, 3:45 A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD | Thurs + Sat-Thurs: 6:30, 8:45 SAFE HAVEN | 12:40, 3:30, 7:10, 9:35 IDENTITY THIEF | 1, 4, 7:10, 9:45* [*no show Fri] SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK | 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:35 ARGO | Thurs: 12:45, 3:40 | Fri: 9:35 | Sat-Thurs: 12:45, 3:40, 9:35

JANE PICKENS THEATER 49 Touro St, Newport | 401.846.5252

AMOUR | Thurs: 4, 7 | Fri: 4:15, 7 | Sat: 1:30, 4:15, 7 | Sun: 2, 7 | Tues-Thurs: 4:15, 7 NOTRE DAME DE PARIS: BALLET FROM TEATRO ALLA SCALA IN MILAN | Sun: 11 am SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN | Sun: 4:30

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Providence Place | 401.270.4646

ARGO | Thurs: 6:55 DJANGO UNCHAINED | Thurs: 9:20 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER: THE IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE | Thurs: 3:15, 6:15 PHANTOM | Thurs: 2:30, 5:05, 7:25, 9:50 SIDE EFFECTS | Thurs: 4:40, 10:20 DEAD MAN DOWN | Starts Fri: 1:45, 4:25, 7:10, 9:50 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:35 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL 3D | Starts Fri: 1:30, 1:55, 4:30, 5, 6:30, 7:30, 8, 9:30, 10:30 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:30, 12, 12:30 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL | Starts Fri: 12:30, 3:30 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL: THE IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE | 1, 4, 7, 10 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER 3D | Thurs: 1:20, 4:15, 10:15 | Fri-Thurs: 1:05, 3:45, 6:35, 9:15, 9:45 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:55, 12:25 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER | Thurs: 12:50, 3:45, 7:35 | Fri-Thurs: 1:35, 4:15, 7:05 THE LAST EXORCISM PART II | Thurs: 2:25, 3, 4:45, 5:15, 7, 7:30, 9:45 | FriThurs: 1:15, 3, 4:05, 5:15, 6:55, 9:15, 9:55 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:35, 12:10 21 AND OVER | Thurs: 12:25, 12:55, 2:40, 3:10, 4:55, 5:25, 7:10, 7:40, 9:55 | Fri-Thurs: 1:50, 4:20, 7:15, 9, 9:30 | FriSat late show: 11:15, 11:45

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DARK SKIES | Thurs: 12:20, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35, 9:55 DEAD MAN DOWN | Starts Fri: 12:35, 3:35, 7:20, 10:20 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL 3D | Starts Fri: 12:30, 3:45, 7, 9:55 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL | Starts Fri: 1, 4:15, 7:30, 10:25 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER 3D | 6:50, 9:45 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER | 12:50, 4 THE LAST EXORCISM PART II | 10:15 pm 21 AND OVER | 12:40, 3:05, 5:25, 7:40, 10 SNITCH | 1:05, 3:50, 7:15, 10:10 ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH | 12:25, 2:35, 4:45, 7:25 SAFE HAVEN | 12:45, 3:40, 6:45 IDENTITY THIEF | 12:55, 4:05, 6:55 10:05 ZERO DARK THIRTY | Thurs: 12:45, 4, 7:30 | Fri-Thurs: 9:30 SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK | 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 9:50

SHOWCASE CINEMAS WARWICK 1200 Quaker Ln | 401.885.1621

DARK SKIES | Thurs: 12:15, 2:45, 5:05, 7:35, 10 SNITCH | Thurs: 1:40, 4:20, 7, 9:35 ZERO DARK THIRTY | Thurs: 9:55 DEAD MAN DOWN | Starts Fri: 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 10:20 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:15 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL 3D | Starts Fri: 12:30, 1, 3:30, 4, 6:30, 7, 9:30, 10 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:30 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL | Starts Fri: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 | FriSat late show: 12 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER 3D | 1:15, 4:15, 6:55, 9:25 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:05 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER | Thurs: 1:45, 4:30, 7:35 | Fri-Thurs: 1:45, 4:45, 7:35, 10:15 THE LAST EXORCISM PART II | Thurs: 12:10, 2:25, 4:35 | Fri-Thurs: 9:15 | FriSat late show: 11:40 21 AND OVER | 12:25, 2:50, 5:10, 7:45, 10:05 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:25 ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH | 12:05, 2:15, 4:40, 7:05 A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD | 9:55 QUARTET | 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:20, 9:45 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:110 SAFE HAVEN | 1:20, 4:10, 6:50, 9:35 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:10 IDENTITY THIEF | 1:10, 4:05, 7:15, 9:50 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:20 SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK | 12:55, 3:40, 6:35, 9:20 LINCOLN | 12, 3:15, 6:40 ARGO | 1:05, 3:45, 6:40, 9:40 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:20

SHOWCASE CINEMAS WARWICK MALL 400 Bald Hill Rd | 401.736.5454

DARK SKIES | Thurs: 12:20, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 10 DJANGO UNCHAINED | Thurs: 9 A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD | Thurs: 12:15, 2:35, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45 DEAD MAN DOWN | Starts Fri: 1:15,

4:15, 7:15, 10:20 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:10 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL 3D | Starts Fri: 12:30, 1, 3:30, 4, 6:30, 7, 9:30, 10 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:30 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL | Starts Fri: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 | FriSat late show: 12 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER 3D | 12:55, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:20 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER | 1:25, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10* [*no show Mar 7] THE LAST EXORCISM PART II | 12, 2:15, 4:45, 7:05, 9:25 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:50 21 AND OVER | Thurs: 12:25, 2:45, 5, 7:40, 9:55 | Fri-Thurs: 12:25, 2:45, 5, 7:50, 10:15 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:25 SNITCH | 1:10, 3:50, 6:55, 9:45 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:15 ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH | 12:10, 2:20, 4:35, 6:45 SAFE HAVEN | 12:50, 6:35 IDENTITY THIEF | 1:40, 4:20, 7:25, 10:05 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:30 SIDE EFFECTS | Thurs: 1:10, 4:15, 6:50, 9:30 | Fri-Thurs: 3:45, 9:35 WARM BODIES | Thurs: 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45, 10:05 | Fri-Thurs: 9

SHOWCASE CINEMAS NORTH ATTLEBORO

640 South Washington St, North Attleboro, MA | 508.643.3900

DARK SKIES | Thurs: 2:55, 5:05, 7:15 A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD | Thurs: 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:45 DEAD MAN DOWN | Starts Fri: 1:50, 4:35, 7:25 | Fri-Sat late show: 10:10 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL 3D | Starts Fri: 12:45, 3:55, 7 | Fri-Sat late show: 9:55 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL | Starts Fri: 1:15, 4:25, 7:30 | Fri-Sat late show: 10:25 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER 3D | 1:05, 4, 6:50 | Fri-Sat late show: 9:35 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER | 1:35, 4:30, 7:20 | Fri-Sat late show: 10:05 THE LAST EXORCISM PART II | 12:55, 3:10, 5:30, 7:50 | Fri-Sat late show: 10:15 21 AND OVER | 12:50, 3:05, 5:20, 7:35 | Fri-Sat late show: 10 SNITCH | 1:40 4:20, 6:55 | Fri-Sat late show: 9:40 ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH | 12:30, 2:35, 4:55, 7:10 SAFE HAVEN | Thurs: 1, 3:40, 6:30 | Fri-Sat late show: 9:20 IDENTITY THIEF | 1:20, 4:15, 7:15 | FriSat late show: 9:50 SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK | 1, 3:45, 6:45 | Fri-Sat late show: 9:30 LINCOLN | 12:40, 3:50, 7:05

SWANSEA STADIUM 12

207 Swansea Mall Dr, Swansea, MA | 508.674.6700

DEAD MAN DOWN | Starts Fri: 1:20, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL 3D | Starts Fri: 12:30, 1, 3:30, 4, 6:30, 7:30*, 9:30, 10:30* [*no shows Wed] OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL | Starts Fri: 7, 10 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER 3D | Thurs: 1:30, 2, 4:40, 6:55 | Fri-Thurs: 1:10, 4:10, 4:40, 7:25, 9:35, 10:05 JACK THE GIANT SLAYER | Thurs: 4:10 | Fri-Thurs: 12:40, 6:50 THE LAST EXORCISM PART II | Thurs: 1:50, 4:30, 7:35, 9:55 | Fri-Thurs: 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:40, 10:20 21 AND OVER | Thurs: 12:50, 3:10, 5:30 | Fri-Thurs: 12:25, 2:45, 5:05, 7:50, 10:15 SNITCH | Thurs: 1:40, 4:25, 7:10, 10:10 | Fri-Thurs: 12:50, 4:20, 7:15, 9:55 ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH 3D | Thurs: 4:45, 7:15, 9:35 | Fri-Thurs: 4, 9:20 ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH | Thurs: 5, 9:30 | Fri-Thurs: 12:15, 2:30, 4:45 SAFE HAVEN | Thurs: 1:35, 4:15, 7:05, 9:45 | Fri-Thurs: 12:45, 4:15, 6:55, 9:40 IDENTITY THIEF | Thurs: 4:35, 7:15, 9:50 | Fri-Thurs: 12:55, 4:25, 7:10, 9:45 SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK | Thurs: 1:20, 4:05, 6:50, 9:40 | Fri-Thurs: 12:35, 4:05, 6:45, 9:25

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OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL

123 minUteS | cinema world + entertainment + iSland + providence place 16 + ShowcaSe + SwanSea StadiUm 12 Sam Raimi nearly overcomes the unenviable burden of revisiting a classic by delivering dazzling footage, but not so the performances. Dorothy Gale is yet to be born when carnival magician Oscar Diggs (James Franco) journeys over the rainbow to assume control of Emerald City. Franco stumbles in this role; his contemporary touches are jarring.

Mila Kunis bewitches as Theodora, but is out of her depth when her character transforms into the Wicked Witch of the West. Ten years ago, Rachel Weisz would have owned that role, but she’s stuck playing Theodora’s older sister Evanora. And if this seems more Tim Burton than Sam Raimi, thank production designer Robert Stromberg (Alice in Wonderland), who melds art deco and art nouveau, and frequent Burton collaborator Danny Elfman, who contributes the incandescent score. Oz the Great and Powerful isn’t great, nor is it powerful, but it is competent and entertaining. _Jordan Riefe

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DEAD MAN DOWN

118 minUteS | cinema world + entertainment + iSland + providence place 16 + ShowcaSe + SwanSea StadiUm 12 Following the stunning success of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Danish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev makes his English-language bow with this bleak film noir that values character over tension. Set in lower Manhattan, it stars Colin Farrell as Victor, a gangster working under a sadistic crime boss, Alphonse Hoyt (Terrence Howard).

Victor endures the abuse because he seeks revenge for Hoyt’s involvement in the murder of his wife and daughter. Meanwhile, Beatrice (Noomi Rapace), who lives next door, complicates matters, blackmailing Victor into killing the drunk driver responsible for scarring her face. J.H. Wyman’s nuanced screenplay offers complex characters expertly played by Farrell and Rapace, who are well supported by Isabelle Huppert, F. Murray Abraham, Armand Assante, and Dominic Cooper. At times their inner lives bog down the pacing, but Oplev delivers a movie that easily outdoes his wildly overrated Dragon Tattoo and is tonally precise and brimming with humanity. _Jordan Riefe

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JACK THE GIANT SLAYER

114 minUteS | cinema world + entertainment + iSland + providence place 16 + ShowcaSe + SwanSea StadiUm 12 Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: a farm boy dreams of adventure, finds it, and falls in love with a princess along the way. (For everyone’s sake, let’s just hope she’s not his sister.) Leading our hero on his journey to rescue her royal highness (Eleanor Tomlinson) is Obi-Wan Kenobi — err, Ewan McGregor — in his role as head of the King’s Guard. As for our hero, his name’s Jack (Nicholas Hoult, showing less life than as the zombie he plays in Warm Bodies), and he’s harboring a bag of magic beans with “the power to change the world.” Yes, that Jack. He’s off to slay some giants, first and foremost General Fallon and his lieutenants: Fee, Fye, Foe and Fumm. Fallon’s motioncapture and vocal performance is provided

by Bill Nighy (well, for one of his heads), the

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE? Franco and Kunis in Oz the Great and Powerful. actor behind Pirates of the Caribbean’s superior Davy Jones, which only serves to accentuate the shoddy effects work on display in 3D in director Bryan Singer’s colossal stumble. _Brett Michel

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THE LAST EXORCISM PART II

88 minUteS | cinema world + iSland + providence place 16 + ShowcaSe + SwanSea StadiUm 12 You probably thought you’d never miss the found-footage gimmick, but at least The Last Exorcism (2010) did a few interesting things within the genre tropes, including a twist ending that added evil cult doings, along with some kind of demonic birth in the woods. Ed Gass-Donnelly’s follow-up is the afterbirth, and it’s one hell of a mess. Now that the shaky-cam nonsense has been left behind, what remains are textureless, overlit, sub-TV-quality visuals that only accentuate the fact that our protagonist, Nell Sweetzer (Ashley Bell), is at least a decade older than the 17-year-old exorcised sect-escapee that she’s playing. Frank (Muse Watson), the head of the halfway house where she’s reintegrating into society, tells her, “I don’t believe in demons, but I do believe in evil. It’s done by people.” Yes, people like Gass-Donnelly and his co-writer, Damien Chazelle.

Wait — the talented mind behind Guy and Madeline On a Park Bench? Now that is evil! _Brett Michel

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93 minUteS | cinema world + entertainment + iSland + providence place 16 + ShowcaSe + SwanSea StadiUm 12 As one of the Asian stereotypes in this hit-or(mostly)-miss comedy from writer/directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore says, “Fuck kids these days. Every one of you is drunk, stupid and fat.” In other words, they’re following the beats of The Hangover, which Lucas and Moore also co-wrote. I guess it’s not theft if you’re stealing from yourself, right? But then, they’re also borrowing from Ferris Bueller’s playbook, except neither Casey (Skylar Astin) nor Miller (Miles Teller) have the personality or timing of Matthew Broderick. Back in high school, they were part of a triumvirate of friends, but college split them up. Now, to mark the 21st birthday of third bud Jeff Chang (Justin Chon), they reunite to take their pre-med pal out for “just one beer.” Uh huh. Jeff spends the remainder of the film dead drunk, in an extended lift from Weekend at Bernie’s. But before passing out, he stands atop a bar, drops trou, and pisses all over the patrons. I know how they feel. _Brett Michel

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ogy horror collection featuring 26 segments, each directed by a different director. Each director was assigned a letter of the alphabet and then given free rein as to the focus of their sequence. Notable participants include Ti West and Xavier Gens. | 123m | XXW AMOUR | 2012 | The master of bleakness, depravity, and bitter irony Michael Haneke has at last made an unabashedly romantic love story, and his most upbeat movie to date. But the film’s remorseless litany of decline, incapacity, despondency, and death won’t leave you with an extra spring in your step.

Two of the world’s best actors, JeanLouis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva, play Amour’s octogenarian couple, so it’s surprising that the characters aren’t very interesting.

Haneke meticulously depicts lives so uneventful that when Anne (Riva) freezes practically in mid-sentence from a stroke, it takes a while for Georges (Trintignant), and the viewer, to notice anything amiss. As her condition deteriorates, Georges cares for her obsessively, firing the nurses, whose work he finds “unprofessional,” massaging her pale legs, lugging her to the toilet, and putting off his promise to pull out a pillow and end it all. Many of Haneke’s films depict the self-immolation of a stifling social unit. As such, Amour aspires to a romantic ideal of a differ-

ent sort — the liberation of the individual from all social ties, including those of love. | French | 127m |

XXW DARK SKIES | 2013 | “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe or we are not.

Both are equally terrifying.” Arthur C. Clarke’s quote is the first thing we see in this spare new thriller from writer/director Scott Stewart (Legion), so it comes as little shock when a “Grey” appears, even if the superbly off-kilter sound design adds effective juice to that first scream-inducing moment. Nothing coming after quite tops it in a film that borrows liberally from Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Poltergeist, Paranormal Activity, Signs, and even The Birds. What it lacks in originality, it almost makes up for with strong performances from the Family Under Siege: Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton as Lacy and Daniel Barrett, recession-battered parents of Jesse (Dakota Goyo) and Sam (Kadan Rockett). J.K. Simmons as a resigned E.T. expert is just gravy. The paranoia driving Daniel to a gun shop before the Fourth of July–set finale adds a welcome dose of social satire. | 97m | XX A GOOD DAY TO DIE HARD |

2013 | In this fifth iteration of the Die Hard franchise (launched in 1988), Bruce Willis’s John McClane is heading to Moscow to help his son Jack (Jai

Courtney) protect an enemy of the state from a corrupt government official. A car chase leads to a standoff in a high-rise and a midnight run to Chernobyl, where a conspiracy to trade enriched uranium comes to light. Along the way there are double-crosses, shootouts and the supposedly touching scene when Jack starts calling his father “dad” instead of “John.” A Good Day To Die Hard is a movie for people who like blowin’ stuff up, evidently a favorite pastime of director John Moore, whose action scenes make about as much sense as his script, which was likely written on a cocktail napkin. Yippee ki-yay? Try yippee kinyet, Mother Russia. | 97m |

XXW IDENTITY THIEF | 2013 |

Melissa McCarthy didn’t get awards for Bridesmaids for pishing in a sink, she got them for the 180-degree shift to where she gives a moving toughlove speech to Kristen Wiig. Identity Thief isn’t so daring or deep, but it too gives McCarthy a counterpoint to her multitude of hilarious pratfalls: eventually, the tacky con-woman she plays shows her vulnerable side to the mark played by Jason Bateman. Seth Gordon directs this funny, though formulaic, mismatched-duo comedy in which Bateman’s straight-laced family man must nab McCarthy, the identity thief who has ruined his credit, and haul her from Florida to Denver for prosecution. Yeah, Bateman’s playing his

basic Michael Bluth, fussy and secure in his righteousness, but he’ll freshen it with a certain gesture or inflection.

McCarthy, with bouncing-off-thewall energy and commitment to her character’s facility for fiction, is at the start of what will be a wonderful movie career. | 108m |

LET FURY HAVE THE HOUR | 2012 | From IMDB: “A documentary that

chronicles how a generation of artists, thinkers, and activists used their creativity as a response to the reactionary politics that came to define our culture in the ’80s.” | 100m |

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man takes it slow and easy with his initial foray behind the camera. Very veteran British actors nibble on the scenery in this pleasant, harmless adaptation of Ronald Harwood’s 1999 middlebrow play set in a retirement home for ex-opera performers. As one can surmise, each character is delightfully eccentric, none more so than the self-absorbed one-time diva (reliable Maggie Smith) whose sudden arrival at the home causes havoc. Will she, or won’t she, have a rapprochement with the ex-husband (Tom Courtenay) whom she walked out on? Will she, or won¹t she, join the others on stage in a quartet rendition of Verdi? Not to worry: it all unravels splendidly in this teeth-ina-glass comedic drama. | 98m |

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was the second film I had seen in one day that owed a debt to Hitchcock and featured a presumably psychotic, possibly homicidal female.

So maybe I’m overreacting when I see regression in Hollywood’s attitude toward women. That is, they are demonizing them. Let’s start with Hitchcock. As with Psycho, the studio has forbidden anyone from entering a screening of Steven Soderbergh’s Side Effects after the film begins because of its “non-linear nature.” I assume that refers to its extensive, and awkward, use of flashbacks, because the story isn’t so much full of surprises as it is riddled with plot holes. But the proviso does put pressure on critics to reveal as little as possible for fear of spoilers.

So,in brief, Emily (Rooney Mara), whose husband (Channing Tatum) has just returned from a prison term for insider trading, is depressed. A shrink (Jude Law) prescribes a new drug and, well, it apparently has side effects. And then there are the ruthless lesbians and. . . . Maybe I’ve said too much. Side Effects looks classy, keeps your interest, and has attractive actors. Soderbergh says that it is his last movie. Ironically, the filmmaker who started his career with sex, lies and videotape, a film boosting female sexuality and empowerment, now ends it with a so-so thriller that resorts to the same old

misogyny. | 106m | XX SNITCH | 2013 | Dwayne “the

Rock” Johnson idles through this Ric Roman Waugh–directed action thriller as John Matthews, a construction company owner who infiltrates a cartel to persuade the DEA to set free his wrongly imprisoned son. Johnson’s character is more vulnerable than his usual brute — Matthews is mugged, held at gunpoint, forced to do drugs — but his flinty expressions and delivery don’t show it. More versatile is Jon Bernthal as one of his employees, a tense two-striker who’s trying to stay clean but can’t resist introducing his boss to the back alleys when money’s on the table. Though Waugh adeptly raises the stakes as the duo’s schemes snowball, the tension dissipates like a plume of spilled cocaine during the too-brief final shootout.

But hey, at least you get to see the Rock blast thugs with a shotgun and maneuver a semi with blown-out tires — at the same time. | 112m |

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March 8 30 31 32 Waning moon in aquarius; moon voidof-course from 5:08 pm until 1:19 am on Sunday (yes, a two-day void-of-course, stay loose). Look for the unusual person, the quirky idea, or the eccentric notion. this is an excellent weekend for socializing, but not so good for sticking to routine (listen up, Leo, taurus and Scorpio). Fantasy — especially about the potential of new relationships — is alluring, particularly for aquarius, Libra, Gemini, aries, capricorn, 1 pisces, cancer, virgo and Sagittarius.

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March 9 32 Waning moon in aquarius; still in that two-day void-of-course moon until 1:19 am Sunday. novelty appeals, but nothing is finished. it will be easy to get excited by something that is, upon reflection, unremarkable. the long void-of-course moon will stir up the easily agitated, and Leo, taurus and Scorpio could be ill-tempered. however, excellent potential for romance if you’re aquarius, Libra, Gemini, aries, capricorn, 16 pisces, or Sagittarius.

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March 11 2 4 5 6 new1 moon in pisces;3 moon void-of-course from 3:51 pm until 7:17 tuesday morning. as yesterday, decisions made today will not hold — but interruptions should be noted.21What 22 17 18 19 20 are you supposed to learn by traveling down this unexpected path? take others along for the ride, particularly aries, Leo, Sagittarius, Libra, Gemini, and aquarius, who may feel social, and awkward if too long alone. capricorn, taurus, virgo, Scorpio, cancer and pisces: make space for “aha!” moments.

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