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Jerkus Circus Comes To Providence

Find true love at JERKUS CIRCUS this Saturday, March 20 at the AS220! Comedy, Burlesque, and Freaks! Voted best Neo Vaudeville by the Boston Phoenix in ’09. Produced, Created, and Hosted by the World Famous Steamy Bohemians.

Speaking Of Drunk Authors…

Tonight’s Action Speaks will discuss the 1957 publication of Norman Mailer’s “The White Negro: Superficial Reflections on the Hipster,” an essay that seemed really cool when I had to read it in eleventh-grade English class.  (Although that may have had to do with the fact that we had just spent four weeks discussing “The Fall …

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NYT: Living in Providence After College Makes You Super Lame

by: Lissa Jean Yesterday, the New York Times ran an article about college grads who don’t leave town once they’re done suckling from the teat of higher education, and guess what? Brown/RISD students took center stage. From start to finish, the entire piece is tinged with an air of quiet desperation, and you get the …

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