If there was a sun. I don’t know quite when this happened but Abe’s is now open — at the site of the old Babe’s of course. Their best innovation so far is having United BBQ deliver to your barstool. But that may move down to second-best innovation if it’s true they are hiring friend-of-the-dose Michael to tend bar. Hope so.
I’m not sure whether the teenaged versions of our beloved-yet-MIA-for-many-many-months-now Jersey Girls appear in the 1994 documentary Wildwood, NJ, but I sure hope so! The ever-amazing Rich Juzwiak from fourfour has compiled a four-minute montage of clips from what appears to be the most amazing movie ever:
I can’t even pick a favorite. I was going to say Michigan-sweatshirt Girl, but then I remembered Fake-Nails Girl, and Payphone-Girl at the end.
I was eyeing rainboots at Berk’s and Spectrum-India the other night, but then I thought, would I really wear these, even if they have little skulls and crossbones on them?, and walked away. What a dummy. Now, with this crappy weather streak, I’m soaked from toes to bum for walking a measly 3 blocks downtown earlier this morning, and even borrowing a hairdryer from a (strangely prepared) co-worker hasn’t alleviated my misery. Another colleague is trapped in flooded Warren and is snapping cell phone photos of cars and homes flooded up to their doors. Bottom line: if you must be out and about today, a full-body poncho wouldn’t be a bad idea. Or maybe an ark.
It was an eclectic blend of rhythmic story telling, headlined by some good old rock & roll, as Stalemate, Brook Pridemore, and Mutiny Amongst Friends, played AS220 on Tuesday, June 23rd.
Mutiny Amongst Friends was first to take the stage. A four piece from Connecticut, this group could be described as more »
Really interesting news — especially as she was generally perceived to be the most progressive of the likely Democratic candidates. It could mean an influx of left-leaning Dems into the Chafee camp, even before the Dem primary is resolved.
Her letter to supporters:
Dear _____,
I want to share with you the news of my 2010 campaign plans (below), which I’m announcing today. I appreciate your support, and I look forward to working with you not only on my re-election campaign, but most importantly, on the critical issues facing Rhode Islanders.
Sincerely,
Elizabeth
Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts Announces Re-Election Campaign
It might go something like this. And maybe some day you can look at it through the new telescope at the Margaret Jacoby Observatory at CCRI. Algol is from the Arabic ‘The Ghoul’ because it was spooky or something, and The Pleiades is a true star group (not a constellation) known in Japan as Subaru which explains the logo of the car by the same name. At any rate, the observatory did finally manage to pop the cherry on its new toy on June 17th at its First Light party, when apparently the clouds parted (although I have no memory of such a cataclysmic event). Tonight is another scheduled open house, but the observatory would not be opened under rainy skies. Check the website for weather updates. Check out Sky & Telescope for cool news, including how to impress your friends on the Fourth of July while waiting for the fireworks.
Open House (weather permitting) 9pm to 11:30pm, Wednesday, CCRI, Knight Campus
Swansea parents might want to think again next time they try to attend a town meeting with kids in tow: the South Coast Herald reports that they won’t be allowed inside.
April Sousa wasn’t allowed inside a special town meeting on Monday, because she couldn’t find a sitter and made the grievous error of bringing her two-year old along. That didn’t sit well with meeting moderator Paul Burke, who explains his rationale for banning the pair from the meeting: more »
After nearly eight months of waiting, almost 20,000 pages of legal briefs, and millions of dollars in election costs, Al Franken emerged Tuesday as the next United States senator from Minnesota, ending one of the most protracted election recount battles in recent memory.
Today was long and my brain is currently jiggling like a bowlful of jelly and/or Santa’s belly, so forgive me if I’m not my usual witty self and I just copy and paste the press release I wrote about what’s happening at the nine neighborhood libraries tomorrow (tomorrow being Wednesday.) David already mentioned it, but a couple of details have been added since then. You won’t have to pay fines on overdue books from the neighborhood libraries, you can buy fancy commemorative t-shirts, and depending on where you live you can sing, hear music, garden, or watch movies about bigfoot.
With a leasing agreement freshly signed between the city and the Providence Public Library (PPL), the Providence Community Library (PCL) is ready to take over the nine buildings formerly managed by the PPL. Tomorrow, July 1, from the Southside to the North End, each library will be holding a celebration to mark this uniquely historic transition.
Ribbons will be cut and commemorative t-shirts will be sold. Fines on overdue books from the PCL system will be waived. Books will ceremonially be relayed around the city from library to library. Additionally, each branch will be holding its own celebration. Here is a complete list of activities by community:
Fox Point: Food, live music by Annikki Dawn and Orion Rigel Dommisse, crafts for kids, and storytelling. 5-7pm.
Knight Memorial: Potluck. 6pm.
Mount Pleasant: Refreshments and kids’ crafts. 4-6pm.
Rochambeau: Musicians, origami, and storyteller Mark Binder. 3-5:30pm.
Olneyville: Karaoke and refreshments. 5-7:30
Smith Hill: A cookout in the back garden, with kids’ activities inside. 4-7pm.
South Providence: Cookout in front of the library. Raffles and a
commemorative poster to sign. 3-6pm.
Wanskuck: A ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by flower-planting and
refreshments. 1pm.
Washington Park: A Bigfoot film festival, including a debate and snacks. 2pm.
A list of each library’s hours on that day is available at providencecommunitylibrary.org, as is the relay schedule. The race will begin at 2:30 at Knight Memorial on Elmwood Ave, then travel counter-clockwise around the city by foot, car, and horse until it arrives back at Knight for 7pm.
Glorious clips of the peregrine falcons, and greater downtown Providence. All the more special for being unmolested by the crap-brown concrete lattice of the Textron Building, as that’s whereupon the birdies are perched.
Local band Deer Tick made Jon Caramanica’s Playlist last Sunday in The New York Times. The following is not language I would use to describe my favorite musicians, but there you are. Caramanica praises (I think) their second album “Born on Flag Day”. . .
. . . which sounds as if someone had run over some old Hank Williams sides with sandpaper: loose, gloomy, desperate country, written entirely, it seems, while looking in a cracked mirror. Lyrically it’s a vacuum of joy.
Okaaaay. At any rate, they are on tour and will return to Rhode Island on August 2nd for the Newport Folk Festival. (photo: Kendall Pavan)
Reps Gemma and Almeida duke it out. Reads like it’s the East Side Monthly (minus the typos) but it’s actually in the New York Freaking Times.
Rep. Mike Rice tells NPR why he’s against it (though he voted to put it on the ballot).
And, the pro-gay, pro-pot, pro-prostitution Peanut Gallery has never been terribly sensitive to issues of race and thinks the change “is ridiculous” at a 9-to-1 clip:
How much of America do they want to take away? Why don’t we just call this little mexico - I am sorry but enough is enough. THINGS SHOULD STAY THE SAME - IT ISN’T HURTING FRIGGIN ANYONE. “IN GOD WE TRUST” GOD BLESS AMERICA. IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BE AMERICAN THEN GO HOME
This invitation comes from the people behind the Woolly Fair.
Like Woolly Fair? Want to be part of its material infrastructural creation? Enjoy a cold beer and a drill gun? Come to Monohasset Mill this Wednesday at 4:30 pm for the first of the Woolly Wednesday Build Out Sessions. We’re making life guard stands and docking stations. Good fun. No back talk. Woolly!
Lifeguard stations?! What the hell goes on at these things? And please keep in mind the immortal words of The Young Adults — a power tool is not a toy. Don’t drink and drill.
I hope to write more on this later — and write more, more generally, as I emerge from my hole. The Providence Community Library begins operating the branches this week, in the near-culmination of a decade-long struggle to achieve community control over Providence’s libraries. (Which have been owned and operated by private entity, even while about 2/3 of their funding has come from the city and state.)
There a celebratory events at each of the branches, all afternoon on Wednesday — and an amnesty on fines. Check out that PCL link, for lots more info about the history of this struggle and the plans for PCL, including how you can participate in the selection of the new Executive Director.
Tonight is the Pub Quiz at the Wild Colonial Tavern. There are several categories like current events, local trivia, world religion, French literature, 80’s television; and it always ends with a 12-question music category with audio snippets. Form a team of one to four people, eat, drink and write your answers down on a piece of paper and hand it in. It’s all explained as you go along. There are cool prizes for win, place and show.
Sunday, starts 8pm, 250 South Water Street, 621.5644
If her hair is blue, she’s at work — if it’s pink, she’s performing. Roz Raskin inadvertantly got herself some free press when (unbeknownst to her) she crossed paths with a ProJo reporter who dubbed her the ‘girl with the blue hair’. Roz had served her at Blue State Coffee and made such an impact that the meeting ended up becoming not one, but two columns by Rita Lussier. Roz is just one of those special fun people and she has a fantastic voice. Roz Raskin and the Ricecakes perform tonight at AS220 with Slow Drive and the Classical High School Band(?).
If there was a sun. I don’t know quite when this happened but Abe’s is now open — at the site of the old Babe’s of course. Their best innovation so far is having United BBQ deliver to your barstool. But that may move down to second-best innovation if it’s true they are hiring friend-of-the-dose Michael to tend bar. Hope so.
It was an eclectic blend of rhythmic story telling, headlined by some good old rock & roll, as Stalemate, Brook Pridemore, and Mutiny Amongst Friends, played AS220 on Tuesday, June 23rd.
Really interesting news — especially as she was generally perceived to be the most progressive of the likely Democratic candidates. It could mean an influx of left-leaning Dems into the Chafee camp, even before the Dem primary is resolved.
Reps Gemma and Almeida duke it out. Reads like it’s the East Side Monthly (minus the typos) but it’s actually in the 
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