This is out of a Steel Yard press release that I should’ve posted a few days ago:

The Steel Yard’s Olneyville Trash Cans find a Home

The Steel Yard announced today that artist Lu Heintz’s sculptural trash cans will be installed in Olneyville, the neighborhood for which they were initially intended.

The industrial arts-focused non-profit spent many months negotiating a new location for the cans after the original clients were unwilling to accept the cans due to differences between the design concept they approved and the final product. Public input helped the Steel Yard create a short list of possible locations that were considered based on criteria including public accessibility and the potential for stewardship….

The cans will be installed on Aleppo Street, a road that runs between Riverside Park, a reclaimed brownfield, and Riverside Townhomes affordable housing for Olneyville residents.

Atlantic Mills, from Art In Ruins

I’ve gotten wind of a rumor that Olneyville Discount Furniture (green awning) which currently occupies 3,000 -4,000 square feet of Atlantic Mills may be moving to Eagle Square. Run Away Jim wrote about a Projo article that says PriceRite will be moving from it’s current location adjacent to Atlantic Mills to Eagle Square to fill the void left by Shaw’s. Which makes we wonder where the furniture store would fit in at Eagle Square unless the former Shaw’s location was going to be subdivided. It also makes me worry about what will happen at Atlantic Mills if the larger retail spots start to empty out. I’m hoping for the world’s largest Dunkin’ Donuts, which will would be literally around to corner from everything.

Ian’s having a pretty good day over at Not for Nothing. Now he brings us word of Grover Norquist’s upcoming visit to Cuban Revolution:

Offering proof positive that politics makes strange bedfellows, the December 12 visit to Rhode Island by leading conservative strategist Grover Norquist — a benefit for the Ocean State Policy Research Institute — is slated to take place at the Cuban Revolution in Olneyville! Holy black bean soup!

Maybe this ( tickets run from $50 to $250 for a meet-and-greet) makes a little sense. The two-front Cuban Revolution was started, after all, by Ed Morabito, who worked as a key aide to former GOP Governor Lincoln Almond.

Here he is from last night’s Repub Youtube debate:

Oh, wait. Here it is:

Mad bands (not angry, but mad as in the cali-slang for a surfeit) play Building 16 tonight near Olneyville Square. Get there early at 7:30 for a free showcase featuring The One Time String Band (ol’timey openers), Metropolis (psycho/electro/metal/funk), Adelit@s (punk/folk/latin) - all the way from Portland OR on their “Spreading Joy and Rebellion Across the Land” tour. Local faves Killing Pablo round out the evening riding their oh-so-emotronic wall of sound.

 As I’m sure all of you know we are currently smack dab in the in the middle of Sukkot, the Jewish Feast of Booths or if you prefer, the Feast of Tabernacles. I know you’ve been meaning to celebrate but have been just too busy watching Latin American films. Well not to worry, Olneyville resident Miriam Goldberg will be hosting a Sukkah party tomorrow so you don’t have to. What’s a Sukkah you ask? Well in the words of the hostess ”it’s a temporary outdoor dwelling built to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot — kind of like a tree-house, but this one is in an alleyway in Olneyville.”

• When: Tomorrow, 9/30, 1pm ’til whenever. drop by anytime.
• Where: 32 Tuxedo Ave, Providence, RI
• What: Hang out in a Sukkah, eat goodies, bring a friend
• Optional: bring a (meatless) snack or a drink to share

So be you jew or be you goy, see you tomorrow under the leafy boughs.