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Men in Black: Providence Performers on Tonight’s Tribute

As Beth noted, tonight is the all-star Johnny Cash tribute show at RISD Auditorium.  Although the ‘Mericans do have a Daily Dose connection (ahem, some of us were tossing our panties on the ‘Mericans’ stage before Mr. Smith came along—although I’m still not sure Smurf underoos were the best choice), I’m also a big fan of …

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Pay To Have Other People Read For You. (No, Really!)

We’re now halfway through the Summer Readathon that Not About The Buildings* organized for the local chapter of Books Through Bars. The miserable weather we’ve had has actually been ideal for the twenty-one volunteer readers, each of whom is raising money by sitting home with their nose in a book. For every title they read …

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Support Your Local Reader

Just a little heads-up on an upcoming event I organized:  Not About The Buildings is holding a summer Read-A-Thon to benefit the Providence chapter of Books Through Bars. Basically, a bunch of people have volunteered to read books over the summer, and we’re looking for people who want to sponsor them.  It’s sort like one …

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