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‘i am providence’The H.P. Lovecraft Readathon | p 6

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The answer isn’t simple _by Philip eil | p 8

wHaT doeS iT mean To be a democraT in rHode iSland?

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p 14

p 15

8 whAT doeS iT meAn To be A democrAT in ri? _bY philip eil

It’s not a simple answer, but we asked local Party members to weigh in.

10 dininG _bY bill rodriGUez

In Newport, willY’S offers just the basics, thank you.

12 homeGrown prodUcT _bY chriS conTi

Homeward bound: rUnAwAY SAinTS’ long and winding road leads to the Met.

14 ArT _bY GreG cook

A world gone wrong: jennifer hrAboTA leSSer at AS220 Project Space.

15 TheATer _bY bill rodriGUez

Critical mass: dissecting ArT at Contemporary Theater Company.

21 film

“Short Takes” on cAvAlrY, if i STAY, and when The GAme STAndS TAll.

the USUaL StUff

4 phillipe & jorGe’S cool, cool world We’re unique: oh, really? | Get outta the house! | Farewell, Freddie

4 jen SorenSen

6 ThiS jUST in In a page from New Bedford’s book, Providence stages a Lovecraft Readathon

11 8 dAYS A week The Providence Polaroid Project goes out in style | Jim Jefferies brings the funny to Newport | The fabulous Summit Music Festival | City On the Move focuses on Woonsocket

22 moonSiGnS _bY SYmboline dAi

22 joneSin’ _pUzzle bY mATT joneS

red baraat | p 11


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contributing editors biLL rodriGUez, Johnette rodriGUez

contributing writers rUdy cheekS, chriS conti,

GreG cook, chiP yoUnG

contributing photographers nataLJa kent, richard

mccaffrey

graphic designers andrew caLiPa, Jennifer SoareS

sales director Shannon dUnniGan

account executives brUce aLLen, micheLe camPeLLone,

Scott hanna, Leah Schroeder

advertising operations Manager adam oPPenheimer

director of adMinistration rachaeL mindich

senior accountant kathryn SimoeS

Media operations coordinator ryan mccabe

circulation kevin dorGan

StePhen m. mindich publisher + chairMan

everett finkeLStein chief operating officer

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contentsAUGUST 22 , 2014

p 6

p 14

p 15

8 whAT doeS iT meAn To be A democrAT in ri? _bY philip eil

It’s not a simple answer, but we asked local Party members to weigh in.

10 dininG _bY bill rodriGUez

In Newport, willY’S offers just the basics, thank you.

12 homeGrown prodUcT _bY chriS conTi

Homeward bound: rUnAwAY SAinTS’ long and winding road leads to the Met.

14 ArT _bY GreG cook

A world gone wrong: jennifer hrAboTA leSSer at AS220 Project Space.

15 TheATer _bY bill rodriGUez

Critical mass: dissecting ArT at Contemporary Theater Company.

21 film

“Short Takes” on cAvAlrY, if i STAY, and when The GAme STAndS TAll.

the USUaL StUff

4 phillipe & jorGe’S cool, cool world We’re unique: oh, really? | Get outta the house! | Farewell, Freddie

4 jen SorenSen

6 ThiS jUST in In a page from New Bedford’s book, Providence stages a Lovecraft Readathon

11 8 dAYS A week The Providence Polaroid Project goes out in style | Jim Jefferies brings the funny to Newport | The fabulous Summit Music Festival | City On the Move focuses on Woonsocket

22 moonSiGnS _bY SYmboline dAi

22 joneSin’ _pUzzle bY mATT joneS

red baraat | p 11

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fIn case you missed it, The New York Times ran an item by

Josh Barro on August 14 titled, “Welcome to Rhode Island, America’s Least Polarized State.” Mr. Barro bases this claim — which would have prompted a profound, “No shit, Sherlock” from most Biggest Little voters — on an analysis by two political scientists of legislative voting records from 1996 to 2013.

It’s always nice to be paid at-tention to by America’s organ of record. Although the residents of the Independent Man’s state, often said to have one million people and one million different opinions, might find some fault in this generalization of our po-litical landscape.

Yes, in strict Tim Russert-ian, red-and-blue state analysis, Little Rhody is indeed a one-party state, when held up against the partisan sewer that is Washington, DC. And Barro relies on a simple prem-ise: “It’s common for Republicans in heavily Democratic Northeast-ern states to be moderates. What makes Rhode Island stand out is the number of conservatives within its Democratic legislative supermajority.” Well, you can thank the Catholic Church and heavy-handed elitism by GOP pols and businessmen in the state’s evolution for that. Because the state is the most Catholic in the country (Barro cites 2013 Gallup data indicating 54 percent of Vo Dilunduhs are devotees of Il Papa), and politicians need votes to get elected (seemingly their sole goal in life), it’s no wonder we have so many public servants with a “D” after their name who publicly get their knickers in a twist over abor-tion or same-sex marriage.

P&J will make a long story short by citing Republican state Senator Dawson Hodgson chief’s concern about our unpolarized situation, which he expressed to Barro: “We are a unique state with a unique governing culture — and I would submit, a uniquely bad governing culture.”

Sleep tight, Roger Williams. (And for more analysis of Rhody’s peculiar political climate, head to page 8.)

Git outta the house!P&J recently had the chance to work with the RI Land Trust Council on its fabulous, ongoing Land Trust Days, which should be a must for all Rhode Islanders and their families.

Land Trust Days are a chance to yank your Internet-obsessed kids out of the their (un)social media comas and get outside for more than a run to the packie for

Cheetos before Duck Dynasty comes back on. Continuing through September 28, LTDs offer more than 50 guided walks, family festivals, farm tours, scavenger hunts, kayak trips, campfire storytelling sessions, barbecues, and other activities designed to make fresh air and nature a part of your diet. This is a statewide celebration that Land Trusters say “showcase[s] the best of the outdoor places that make Rhode Island a special place to live.”

P&J agree. At the LTD kick-off event at Mt. Hope Farm in Bristol, we were treated to a tour of lands where Rhody (and America’s) early history was shaped, ending in a visit to King Philip’s Seat. King Philip — aka Metacom — was the head of the Wampanoags, who eventually went to war with early colonists in some of the most famous battles in our nation’s history, many of which took place right outside your back door.

This special chance to enjoy special events at special places shouldn’t be missed. And Land Trust sites aren’t just located in the boonies. If you live in Provi-dence and have never seen the view Native Americans and early settlers saw from Neutaconkanut Hill, you’re missing a vista that will spark your soul.

The full lists of events and other details are available at RILandTrustDays.org, facebook.com/pages/RI-Land-Trust-Days/ 201753389978755, and twitter.com/RILandTrusts. And if you take the kids, P&J recommend they get tripped “accidentally” on the trail so they can find out what a grass stain or scraped knee re-ally looks and feels like.

Bonus info: it’s impossible to talk about Rhode Island’s early history and natural resources without suggesting Nathaniel Philbrick’s dazzling book, May-flower: A Story of Courage, Community,

and War. Philbrick lays out the lives of the colonists and Native Americans in a narrative that reads like a novel. So much of it revolves around Rhode Island that it will totally change your view of areas you drive by in your car without a second thought.

Rhythm & Blues and expeRimental music in pawtucketThere will be two completely dif-ferent but excellent musical events in the Bucket this weekend. First, on Saturday (the 23rd), under the new, illuminated Pawtucket River Bridge at 40 Taft Street, is the DOT AIR Experimental Music Festival, presented by the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council and Machines with Magnets.

There are many interesting performers scheduled for this event, including Casa Diablo favorites Alec K. Redfearn & the Eyesores and the richly talented

oh, really?We're unique!; take it outside; genre-jumping in the Bucket

Phillipe + Jorge’s Cool, Cool World

Van Nostrand sisters, Willa and Glenna (their aunt, the actress, Amy Van Nostrand, is an old buddy of P&J’s). The whole thing kicks off at 4 pm and runs until 11. You can get more informa-tion at dotair.wordpress.com. It promises to be a feast for the eyes and ears.

Then on Sunday (the 24th), the Rhode Island Rhythm & Blues Preservation Society, in associa-tion with the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame, will present the 6th Annual Rhythm & Blues Heritage Month Festival at the Met in Paw-tucket. The show, which runs from 2 to 5:30 pm, will feature singer-guitarist-composer Phil Pegg and the R&B Preservation Hall Band, plus bassist Max Whit-ing, saxophonist Randy Ashe, guitarists Paul Williams and Dick Willner, organist Lonnie Gasperi-ni, and vocalist Jan Schmidt.

The whole thing ends with an R&B jam session. So if you’re a musician, bring your axe and sit in.

FaRewell, FReddieP&J would be remiss if we didn’t note the passing of former US Representative Fernand St Ger-main, who was a major force in Vo Dilun politics for decades. P&J always credited Freddie’s electoral successes to the “Max factor” — the fact that he wore far more makeup than any of the other candidates; he was a true pioneer in that area. His Con-gressional office was also known for its promptness and profes-sionalism in handling constitu-ent complaints and questions — another factor that undoubtedly led to his popularity.

Of course, Freddie’s journey from the working-class triple-deckers of Woonsocket to the es-tates of Newport wasn’t without controversy. He became chairman of the House Committee on Bank-ing, Finance, and Urban Affairs in the early 1980s and, along with Senator Jake Garn (R-Utah), was chiefly responsible for legislation that further deregulated savings and loan businesses (many of which happened to be big con-tributors to Freddie’s campaigns). This move eventually backfired, leading to the infamous Savings & Loan crisis of the late 1980s that cost US taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. The S&L controversy was enough to cause Freddie to finally lose his last election bid to Republican Ron Machtley, in 1988.

So long, Freddie. You were a mixed bag, a master of old-time politics who can be credited with doing a lot of good and a lot of bad. ^

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in a page from new bedford’s book, providence stages a readathon f

Today, there isn’t much scary about the Gladys Potter Garden, the sleepy chil-

dren’s park tucked next to the intersection of Humboldt Avenue and Elton Street on the East Side of Providence. Sure, the gates creak and you may come across a lone tricycle that looks like a prop from The Shining, but it’s mostly not a setting you’d link with legend-ary writer and Providence native H.P. Love-craft — the man Stephen King called “the 20th century’s greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.”

But a connection exists between the playground and Lovecraft’s short story, “The Tomb,” the tale of a boy obsessed with enter-ing a locked gravesite in the “mystic groves of the hollow” near his home. That story has Providence roots, says Elyssa Tardif, director of the Newell D. Goff Center for Education and Public Programs at the Rhode Island Historical Society. “That [the land] is a chil-dren’s playground today makes for a pretty terrific setting for a horrific story.”

Finding correlations between Lovecraft’s writing and Providence today will be part of the fun when the RIHS and Providence Public Library host the first Lovecraft Readathon at the PPL on August 23 — part of a series of events to celebrate Lovecraft’s 124th birthday (he was born August 20, 1890). A round-robin reading of “The Tomb,” Lovecraft’s first fic-tion published as an adult, will open the night, and readings of seven Lovecraft po-ems and the short story “The Haunter of the Dark,” as well as musical performances, will round out the evening.

Sample the catalogs of the three New England acts scheduled to perform between readings — Haunt the House, Ian Fitzgerald, and Vudu Sister — and there are enough songs about death to count them as apropos choices. “We chose musicians who pay close attention to the craft, but also handle darker themes,” Tardif says.

But the Readathon is meant to be more than a Halloween-comes-early celebration. Participant Donovan Loucks, webmaster of the H.P. Lovecraft Archive at HPLovecraft.com, helped curate readings covering terrain from the swamps of Chepachet to Second Beach in Newport that offer glimpses of the state in the early 20th century. One poem, “The East India Brick Row,” was originally pub-lished in The Providence Journal in 1930 as an impassioned plea to prevent the destruction of brick warehouses on South Main Street. Although Lovecraft ultimately failed — the site is now Memorial Park — one of his clos-ing stanzas could still be a call-to-arms for Providence preservationists: “So if at last a callous age must tear/These jewels from the old town’s quiet dress/I think the harbour streets will always wear/A puzzled look of wistful emptiness.”

The Readathon format is based on the annual Moby-Dick Marathon at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, where Mel-ville’s classic is read aloud nonstop by 150 readers. The event’s average running time is 25 hours. The Love-

craft Readathon, with 26 readers, is sched-uled to run a considerably saner three hours.

While the RIHS routinely hosts well-attended Lovecraft walking tours (one will take place on the morning of the Reada-thon), high-profile events honoring the “Old Gentleman of Providence” have been on the rise over the last year. In 2013, the Providence City Council officially dubbed the intersec-tion of Angell and Prospect streets “H.P. Lovecraft Square,” sculptor Bryan Moore’s Kickstarter-funded Lovecraft bronze bust found a home at the Athenaeum, and down-town hosted NecronomiCon Providence — a Lovecraft-centric convention that attracted hundreds of fans from across the globe.

Niels Hobbs, director of the Necronomi-Con, is happy to see local interest grow in the misanthropic writer. (Lovecraft once com-plained he was “so beastly tired of mankind” that nothing could interest him unless it dealt with “horrors unnameable.”)

“The complex history of Rhode Island . . . makes a great backdrop for a robust discus-sion of a man that is equally conflicted and conflicting in his views of fellow beings,” Hobbs writes in an e-mail. “[Those] views that were often as loathsome as the creatures Lovecraft created.”

The RIHS is counting on this multi-tentacled appeal for Saturday’s eventgoers. “What’s great about Lovecraft is, he can bring so many things to the surface,” Tardif says. “I don’t love sci-fi or horror. But I love Rhode Island.”

The H.P. Lovecraft Literary Walk will be held Saturday, August 23. The walk begins at 11 am from the John Brown House (52 Power St) in Providence. Tickets are $10; visit rihs.org for more info. Later that day, the RIHS and Providence Public Library’s Lovecraft Readathon will take place at 7 pm at the Providence Public Library (150 Empire St). Tickets are $10 and available in advance at lovecraftreadathon.com.

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asked are never going to be answered in just 3000 words. But now is as good a time as any to be asking them. (And if we can be a bit preachy: we urge readers to ask similar questions of their candidates and elected officials, before stepping into a voting booth.)

But a quick story before we begin.The most logical place to begin to our

quest was by reading the Rhode Island Democratic Party platform: the document listing the core principles and shared goals that define the party, at any particular time.

Accessing party platforms is incred-ibly easy in the Internet Age. Within minutes, anyone can see Connecticut Democrats assert “climate change is real and is impacting our way of life” or Massachusetts Dems highlight protect-ing “women’s reproductive rights and woman’s right to choose” and “eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities.” The Maine Democrats state how they “support a democratic government that . . . Opposes the legal concept of corporate personhood as it is applied to participation in the political process [and] Calls for the consti-tutional or legislative steps to establish that for political campaigns money is not free speech.” Vermont Democrats vow to “continue working to undo the damage done to Vermont’s infrastructure by eight years of a Republican administration’s neglect, abandonment, destruction, and deliberate disrepair.” Other platforms are available from parties in New Hampshire, California, Texas, Washington State, Utah, Idaho, Virginia, and many others.

But not Rhode Island.You won’t find a party platform among

that Rhode Island isn’t nearly as liberal as it might seem. They point to the 2011 pas-sage of a voter ID law (which Ann Coulter later used as a talking point), the state’s relative reticence to legalize same-sex marriage (we were last in New England), and House Speaker Mattiello’s “A+” rat-ing from the NRA’s Political Victory Fund. Last year, Governor Lincoln Chafee vetoed a bill that would have allowed the state to issue “Choose Life” license plates, the sales of which would partially go to a Christian organization called CareNet Pregnancy Center of Rhode Island. That bill passed out of the House and Senate with 40-26 and 23-13 margins, respectively.

So, what does it mean to be a Democrat in Rhode Island? And what does our state’s one-party dominance mean for how things function?

Surely these are important questions to ask in a year when Rhode Island only recent-ly edged ahead of Mississippi and Georgia to claim the third highest unemployment rate in the US, and when Democratic high-pro-file resignations — House Speaker Gordon Fox, in March; state Democratic Party chair David Caprio, in July — have overshadowed legislative achievements.

And, anyway, shouldn’t people always be asking what it means to be a Democrat in Rhode Island, given the party’s endur-ing supermajority? To simply identify as a Democrat here, without further expla-nation, is no more enlightening than saying you’re a fan of the Red Sox or Del’s Lemonade.

So this week, we poked, prodded, and examined the Ocean State’s “blue”-ness to see if we could learn anything. We fully acknowledge that the questions we

fThe Governor of Rhode Island is a Democrat. So are the lieutenant gov-

ernor, secretary of state, general treasurer, and attorney general. So are the mayors of Providence, Pawtucket, Johnston, North Providence, Cumberland, Woonsocket, and Central Falls. So are 69 of 75 state rep-resentatives, and 32 of 38 state senators — a combined 89 percent of the General Assembly. So are all 15 members of the Providence City Council. So is our entire Congressional delegation, which has been across-the-board Democratic for the better part of a decade.

This political predominance compels writers and editors to reach for extreme headlines. A recent New York Times article dubbing us “America’s Least Polarized State” noted that “Rhode Island’s largely Democratic legislature has worked with Republican governors for most of the last three decades, but they have struggled to find an effective economic development strategy.” Meanwhile, “The Bluest State,” a lengthy City Journal article by consultant and policy blogger Aaron Renn earlier this year, described a near-dystopian malaise brought by left-leaning policies. Ticking off the accumulated effects of required-pay temporary disability insurance (TDI); unmatched land-use regulations; high lev-els of government-transfer payments for things like workers’ comp, food stamps, and Medicaid; “a crippling tax structure,” and other policies, Renn wrote, “Like Detroit, Rhode Island enjoyed success for so long that it came to believe that it could do whatever it liked, without consequenc-es — even when economic developments started to leave it behind.”

Local progressives, meanwhile, argue

the outdated press releases (most recent: “2012 Electoral College Unanimously Votes for Barack Obama”) and even more outdated photographs (the latest “Photo Album” pics appear to be from a 2010 Unity Dinner) at ridemocrats.org. We had to personally email the party’s executive director, Jonathan Boucher, to request a copy. And when did receive one — which we promptly published online in a Google Doc — it felt, absurdly, like we had landed some kind of scoop. “I’ve asked a couple of people over the years who do opposition research for the [Rhode Island] Republican Party, and they’ve never seen a platform document in at least the last decade or so,” says anchorrising.com blogger Andrew Morse, who wrote a 2013 post reporting that the most recent refer-ence to a Democratic Party Platform in the ProJo archives comes from 1988. “I’m kind of shocked that it exists at this point.”

So, what does it say?The five-page, undated document

includes embedded links that lead to dead websites, and a “CIVIL RIGHTS AND CIVIL LIBERTIES” section with a mismatched font that gives the whole document a cut-and-pasted feel. Though the platform does present some timeless ideas — “Democrats stand behind the right of every woman to choose,” “The Democratic Party wants to preserve and protect our natural envi-ronment,” “We shall put forth leaders that the public can trust and hold to the highest ethical standards,” — it also makes stale statements like, “Every Rhode Islander must have health care, and our Party is willing to work with national leaders to make this plan a reality.” When we inquired, Boucher told us the platform is from 2008. Though certain sections — like “During the Clinton Administration, Democrats have worked to dramatically transform the welfare system” — indicate that it’s even older than that.

So, perhaps the most telling thing about being a Democrat in Rhode Island is that three weeks before primary elections, in a ballot year of enormous importance, the über-dominant party only feels compelled to release a copy of its platform when a reporter asks for it, and the document it sends is at least six years out of date.

When we asked Boucher why the plat-form isn’t more current, he told us, “I’m not sure as to why the most recent platform is from 2008, you’d have to ask our former chairman or former executive director for that information.” (We’re still working on tracking them down.)

He added, “We intend on updating the platform at a later date, obviously we are in a transition at the Party with an acting Chair and have not had a chance to discuss a platform committee yet since we are in the middle of a very busy and conten-tious primary election season.” And he assured us that both the platform and the bylaws — which also weren’t online until we inquired about them — would be pub-lished by the September primary.

So, with all of that said, let’s talk about Democrats in Rhode Island, shall we?

Note: some of following quotes have been edited and condensed for length and clarity.

WENDY SCHILLERASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY AT BROWN UNIVERSITYA 2014 Democrat [in the US] tends to be-lieve that government can be a positive force in society in helping those who are in need of assistance, and also to promote education and economic development. On social issues, Democrats tend to be supportive of reproductive rights, racial equality, and marriage equality, although not all Democrats are equally committed to those issues.

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(Theanswer

isn’Tsimple)

_By philip eil

What does it mean to be ademocrat in rhode island?


RI Democrats tend to be more socially and fiscally conservative than other Democrats around the country; they want government to fulfill its obligations but not in an intrusive way. The history of RI Democrats is [dominantly] working class and dominantly Catholic and both those groups tend to be more socially conser-vative. The history of the Rhode Island Republican Party towards those groups more than a hundred years ago is not a positive one, and even though that is a long time ago, there is still a lot of resis-tance to voting Republican.

SHELDON WHITEHOUSEDEMOCRATIC US SENATOR FROM RHODE ISLAND I’m a Democrat because I believe all Ameri-cans deserve a fair shot at a good living and a dignified life. For generations, Demo-crats have fought for that principle and for laws that have helped it to become a real-ity: Social Security, Medicare, Pell Grants, civil rights, and gay rights legislation and, more recently, the Affordable Care Act. These laws have made a real difference for Rhode Islanders, and they make me proud to call myself a Democrat.

MARK SMILEYCHAIRMAN OF THE RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICAN PARTY“What it means to be a Democrat in RI?”

It means very little, at least as far as what the rank and file Democrat thinks it’s supposed to mean. There are Union-backed Democrats, Liberal Progressive Democrats, and Conservative Democrats. There are Pro-Life and Pro-Choice Democrats. Pinning down exactly what the Democratic Party stands for is very difficult since many of these groups counter each other.

The preponderance of Democrats at all levels of government has manifested

itself as there being little to no oversight of our government. When there is a strong opposition party, there’s someone there watching the actions of the majority party. Since there are so few Republicans there we have to rely on law enforcement agencies to watch over our government. That’s how we get midday raids on the Speaker of the House’s office in our own State House.

CARA CROMWELLRI-BASED PUBLIC AFFAIRS CONSULTANTThe Democratic Party in Rhode Island is similar to what occurs when two people from huge families get married: you have aunts, uncles, cousins who all share the same family names but have little else in common. Democrats from Woonsocket are far different ideologically from Democrats on the East Side of Providence, but sharing the same party label gives them all secu-rity in a state where it’s hard to get elected as anything else. Democrat is in the “eye of the beholder” since there is very little direction given by the state party and no platform to speak of. This is a huge ad-vantage for Democrats in Rhode Island be-cause they can take any position and there are few consequences.

While the GOP tent is similarly huge, you rarely hear Democrats attacking other Democrats (outside of a primary situa-tion), while Republicans seem to air their dirty laundry regularly, making it even less appealing to associate with them.

Democrats have been smarter about squabbles within the “family” because they know that those who stir the pot end up on the outside.

NELLIE GORBEADEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR SECRETARY OF STATEI have never forgotten where I came from or the people who have been there for me

during life’s biggest chal-lenges. For example, as a woman I have experienced the challenges of raising three children while working full time. As a Latina, I have had experiences that moti-vate me continue to work for civil rights and equality.

Over the course of our country’s history, the Democratic Party has worked hard to help people like me reach their potential. Being a Democrat is about being a part of something that’s big-ger than yourself for the bet-terment of all. Community building is at the core of our values as a party.

That’s why I am commit-ted to serving the people of our state and proud to call myself a Democrat.

DAVID SEGALEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEMAND PROGRESS, FORMER DEMOCRATIC RI STATE REP (DISTRICT 2-PROVIDENCE) AND GREEN PARTY PROVIDENCE CITY COUNCIL-MAN (WARD 1)The state would pass much more progres-sive legislation if, say, the 25 percent of Dems in the House and Senate who are the most conservative were Republicans instead, even if the same exact people, holding the same exact beliefs, were still in office. But because they’re Democrats, the leadership feels obligated to consider their opinions, and that pulls the whole Democratic caucus to the right.

FRED ORDOñEZEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DIRECT ACTION FOR RIGHTS AND EQUALITY (DARE)[In] Rhode Island, there is absolutely no quality control when it comes to calling yourself a Democrat . . . the word “Demo-crat” doesn’t mean a thing. And so I’ve always been like, “Isn’t there some kind of network or board that can challenge whether people can call themselves ‘Dem-ocrat’ or not, based on where people fall on a basic set of policies that most of the Democrat party supports?” I don’t think there is. [But] there should be.

Do you fall on the side of women’s rights or not? Do you fall on the side of policies that are favorable to the LGBTQ community or not? Do you see focusing on the most marginalized as important, or do you see that as hand-outs or some kind of safety-net program that’s costing us too much money? Where do you fall on the dog-whistle politics stuff, like “family values” or “business-friendly,” which to us, as far as “busi-ness friendly” [goes], translates into this one-percent-versus-the-99-percent sort of topic, where the one percent is con-stantly sucking up all of even our public resources at the expense of the 99 percent, which [is] squeezed tighter and tighter? Environmental issues. Criminal justice issues — whether you take a “tough on crime” or “smart on crime” [approach]. Where you fall on drug prohibition.

I actually have, in this particular state, a little bit more respect for the few Republicans that exist. At least, with the Republicans, they’re straight-up. There isn’t as much deceit. They’re clearer with their intentions and not just straight- out lying.

It’s a weird state.

ANDREW MORSECONTRIBUTOR AT ANCHORRISING.COMI would say [the absence of a platform is] in the nature of the way that the Demo-

cratic Party runs here. In-side the party, regardless of the ideas they believe in, the actual political struc-ture is very top-down and planned and controlled.

I don’t think they like to talk about ideas a lot. I think they like to say, “These are the guys in charge, and you follow them. And you follow along long enough, maybe you get some of your issues put to the forefront. But we don’t want to talk a whole lot about what we actually believe in.”

MARK GRAYPRESIDENT OF THE YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF RHODE ISLANDThe thing I’ve learned about being a Democrat in Rhode Island is something I desper-

ately want to share with any young reader — because I remember when I was young-er, I paid a lot of attention to national poli-tics, not so much to state and local stuff.

[And] I would want any young reader to know these three things:

1) If your national Democratic party heroes are the likes of Elizabeth Warren or Sheldon Whitehouse: I am sorry to disappoint you, but the most powerful Democrats at the State House generally want to continue to cut taxes on rich people and corporations, like they did this year. Many of them want stop women from being able to make their own health care decisions. A lot of them support the seriously evil predatory lending industry.

2) We have some solidly Democratic Democrats in state government as well: the kind who recognize the damage that income inequality is doing to our communities and aren’t afraid to stand up against corporate tax giveaways. The kind who believe that a woman’s health care decisions are between her and her doctor.

3) Unfortunately, the Speaker of the House, the most powerful elected Democrat in state government (and described by Brown political science pro-fessor Wendy Schiller as “basically . . . a Republican”), is openly dismissive of “pro-gressive” issues and is actively supporting primary opponents against real Democrats while the Party power structure withholds resources from candidates who would typically have access to them — these blacklisted candidates all support payday lending reform, by the way.

And since Democrats — no matter what their political beliefs and values — just seem to always win in Rhode Island gen-eral elections, the most important election becomes the primary in September.

So the takeaway is: vote in the pri-mary on September 9! Primaries are often decided on razor-thin margins, which makes your vote extra valuable. It can be the difference between a real Democrat representing you at an important level of government, or an imitator.

For more on what it means to be a Democrat in RI, head to providence.thephoenix.com, where we’ll be posting additional answers, along with copies of the Rhode Island Democratic and Rhode Island Republican Party platforms. We also invite you to tell us what being a Democrat means to you, via Facebook (facebook.com/ProvidencePhoenix), Twitter (@provphoenix), or email ([email protected]). ^

Philip Eil can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter @phileil.

‘Since Democrats seem to always win in Rhode Island general elections, the most impor-tant election becomes the primary in September.’


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over-achievement, of luaus and foie gras and molecular gastronomy, sometimes we simply want to chomp into a nice, juicy hamburger or hot dog. Just that simple pleasure to relieve the teeth-tingling.

If you’re strolling down lower Thames Street one of those times, a place likely to draw you in is Willy’s. They mainly serve burgers and dogs, food so American you might find yourself saluting it, with chicken completing the menu, to remind you of those Sun-day suppers at Granny’s.

It opened this spring where Asterisk used to be. A big, prominent lime green sign says it’s a burger bar and rotisserie, with their signature rooster next to the name to crow about it. It’s open to the street, with a scattering of café tables outside and plenty more in the sprawling room, each provided with napkin dispens-ers and condiments, diner-style.

I had my choice of six Angus beef burg-ers, from the Classic ($6.25) to the Bach Burger with goat cheese, mushrooms, and pesto ($8.75). If you want to pile on the protein, you can get two patties for $12. The kobe beef version is $14.25, and then they throw on a slice of beefsteak tomato. Both the beef and the chicken are hor-mone- and antibiotic-free.

The Texas Burger ($8) appealed to me. The patty apparently wasn’t thick enough to come out medium rare as I had ordered, but the toppings made it delicious: ched-dar cheese, chili, and Frito-esque corn crisps for crunch. I was pleased with the burger on a thick brioche bun, but it looked awfully lonely by itself on the large aluminum platter, pickle or po-tato chips being extra, as are french fries ($2.25/$4.25). Not a consumer-friendly policy for an eight-buck burger. But then, you have to pay extra for fries with the 12-buck burgers as well, so I wasn’t being discriminated against.

I could have had an ahi tuna or crab cake burger ($12.50). Or the black bean burger ($7.25) that Johnnie took home and praised for being so flavorful. It was gar-nished with lettuce and tomato, and there was also a goodly amount of chipotle mayo provided on the side. I took home a Chi-cago Dog ($4). It was worth the extra buck more than a plain one, since the toppings included relish and pickles plus tomato, cucumber, and onions, under a good sprin-kling of celery salt.

If you want to be creative, you can de-sign your own hot dog, piling on avocado or bacon, chili or cheese sauce, or even a fried egg, for $1.25 per item.

Johnnie had the rotisserie chicken ($13.50), half a bird with beautifully crispy skin, and loved it. Our server said the green herb sauce was the most popular choice, but she opted for chicken gravy, which she didn’t care for as much as I did, followed by barbecue sauce, which she found too sweet. The chicken came with twice-fried skin-on fries and a pile of shredded cucumber that salt easily rescued from blandness.

If none of the above is tempting, you can have a beef or chicken sloppy joe ($6.50) or a salad ($8), the spinach one containing strawberries, walnuts, and blue cheese. Iceberg lettuce has regained its place in proper restaurants, after a long exile when mesclun took over, so that salad is available, with bacon and blue cheese dressing.

It’s summer, so you’ll probably be thirsty if you check out this place. I enjoyed my Grey Sail Hazy Day (a Belgian-style wit-bier), one of several local beers they stock, along with a dozen American craft beers on tap that they rotate. And Johnnie enjoyed her Maine Root ginger beer.

By the way, for anyone ambling down Lower Thames with kids in tow, Willy’s is family-oriented. As well as chocolate cake and cheesecake, desserts include frozen candy bars and ice cream bars. Promise them one if they finish their sloppy joes. ^

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candid cameraYou read about the Providence Polaroid Project in our July 25 issue, right? The space at 235 Westminster has been functioning as a camera shop, photo gallery, and portrait studio — but the PopUp PVD project is over on the 21st. But they’re not going quietly: they’re host-ing a big bash as part of Gallery Night, where you can see the final results — and take home your Po-laroid if you participated. There’ll also be music and food and adult beverages. You can still get your turn with the 1971 Big Shot or the other magical instant-photo machines through Sunday (the 17th). Hit pvdpolaroid.com for all the details.

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funny stuffYou likely know jim jefferies from his (recent-ly cancelled) series Legit on FXX, where he played Jim Jefferies, an Australian stand-up comedian. But the Aussie stand-up comedian really gets to cut loose when he hits the road: “I’m becoming slightly more political than I used to be, I guess, but it I write whatever jokes come to me,” he recently told TNT maga-zine. “I don’t set out with an agenda in my stand-up where I have to do so much about religion, so much about sex, or whatever

–— those things get in my show because they’re things I think about.” Jef-feries will share his latest musings at the Newport Yachting Center at 7:30 pm | $37.50 | newportcomedy.com

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reach the summitThe days are shorter, the nights are cooler, and summer is slipping away. But you can enjoy a big dose of fun at the summit music festival. The fifth annual fest is headlined by Red Baraat, an eight-piece ensemble from Brooklyn which blends North Indian bhangra rhythms, jazz, funk, and hip-hop into an irresistible force. The diverse bill also boasts the blues-powered Selwyn Birchwood Band, and local talents Smith & Weeden, the ukulele-powered Dr. Jones & the Shiners, singer/songwriter Eme-line Easton, and Johnny Lingo. There’s much more to do while absorbing the tunes: peruse crafts by area artisans, indulge in treats from Poco Loco Tacos, Lo-tus Pepper, Fugo, Tricycle Ice Cream, and the beer and wine garden hosted by Trinity Brewhouse, and make your mark on the 40-foot-long/eight-foot-high art wall with the guidance of the folks from the Avenue Concept. The fest is at Lippitt Park, Hope St (between 10th and 11th streets, Providence, from 1 to 6 pm — and admission is free | facebook.com/Summit MusicFestival

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Pride of the city“I hope to prove that, ul-timately, Woonsocket is still a place worth fighting for,” Derek Dubois says near the start of his debut fea-ture documentary, City On the MOve. Until now, the 28-year-old Woonsocket au-teur has mostly made dark, short, fictional films that gnaw at your nerves. (His first, Fallout, took place in a bunker. His latest, Sinners, revolves around a profane, booze-swilling, cigarette-smoking priest.) But in City he trains his lens on lighter fare: the production the 35th Autumnfest, the three-day outdoor, bonanza of food, music, and activity described at as the “largest free event in New England.” Admittedly, a behind-the-scenes look at Woonsocket’s signature family-friendly event may not sound like high drama. But over the course of the film, an indel-ible portrait emerges of a city clinging to its pride and bracing for an ever-more turbulent future. Among other side-plots, Dubois captures footage from a rau-cous 2013 Woonsocket may-oral debate between then-incumbent Republican Leo Fontaine and Democrat Lisa Baldelli-Hunt, who went on to win the seat. Dubois is a filmmaker to keep an eye on. And City On the Move is a fascinating glimpse at a forgotten city during what one person in the film calls its “greatest crisis.” It will be screened at the Stadium Theatre, 28 Monument Sq, Woonsocket, at 7 pm | $15 | stadiumtheatre.com

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fCall it a comeback (literally) for the Rhody-raised/Nashville-bred

quartet Runaway Saints, set to swing through for a hometown hoedown this Sunday (the 24th) at the Met. Expect a jam-packed (if not sold out) crowd to welcome back Johnny Gates, Jamie Jarbeau, Matt Scanlon, and our old pal Josh Cournoyer (former Providence Phoenix staffer and Met barkeep).

Gates, Jarbeau, and Scanlon met at Hendricken High School and formed the Invite in 2004 and soon added Josh. The quartet worked the circuit for a few years at local joints like the Living Room and Lupo’s, and toured the East Coast in a van and trailer. The Hendricken trio eventu-ally decided to take their talents to the music mecca that is Nashville, Tennes-see. The relocation plan paid off in a big way, leading to a deal with Warner Mu-sic Nashville. Cournoyer was busy here fronting the excellent rock outfit North-ern Lands, which released one (excellent) album on 75orLess Records titled He Took a Dive. Cournoyer split town earlier this year and rejoined his Runaway pals down south.

“We started reaching out to different producers while still in the Invite, which ultimately led to a decision to move the band to Nashville to chase the dream,” noted bassist Jarbeau. “The energy there makes it feel like any-thing is possible, and not only are you able to be inspired by some of the best talent in the country, but you’re also able to collaborate with them.”

Lead singer/guitarist Gates jumped at that opportu-nity, and co-wrote much of the Saints’ new six-song, self-titled EP with songwriters in Nashville and Los Angeles. There are elements of rock, country, and folk along with radio-ready choruses that will have the Met howling along with the gang. Lyrically, Gates is pin-ing for his lady throughout, though the opening line on “Headed Home” may speak to the Runaway Saints’ grand plans: “This heart of mine was made for runnin’/looking to find that dream I’m chasing down, but I won’t find it in this town,” followed by the triumphant hook, “I meant it when I said I’d make my mark and then I’m headed home to you.” There’s also the warm gallop of my personal favorite, “California’s Girl,” and Cournoyer wields a mean banjo on “It’s All Good” while Gates sings, “It’s like I hit the lottery the day you gave your heart to me/I’m a minimum wage millionaire, how’d I get so lucky, babe.”

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And though the band may be gearing up for some new major label love, they decided to stay the DIY route by hand-pressing physical copies of the EP, which is only available at the shows.

“As great as it is to mass-market music on the In-ternet, we felt strongly about building a fan base and a connection to the music one person at a time on these dates,” Cournoyer told me.

According to Gates, the band is currently working on getting out a single to radio and releasing a full album at some point next year. In the meantime, the Runaway Saints will wrap up a short run with blues legend Jonny Lang this week before a pair of headlining shows in Paw-tucket and NYC’s Mercury Lounge.

“This tour has been amazing — Jonny’s fans have welcomed us with open arms, and for an opening band that’s all you can ask for,” said drummer Scanlon. “In the past week we’ve gone from Nashville to Denver, Spokane and Bismarck, and racked up over 5000 miles on our van. We’ve met some awesome people along the way, passed through a ton of beautiful places, and are lucky enough to have a headlining stop in our hometown.” ^

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fLast call for a couple good shows going down ThUrSdAY (the 21st): Brother Moon, Far oFF Place, ants In the

cellar, and Mother Dylan hit the met (all ages, 401.729.1005), while the parlour (401.383.5858) continues its monthly showcase of solo sets with Matt WIllIs (nashville) and locals John Booth and tyler JaMes (the Silks) for just $3 at the door. nick-a-nee’s is the place to be on fridAY (the 22nd) for the scheMers’ reunion show and food drive ben-efit; no cover charge, but bring a non-perishable item for the cause. Also on friday, stop by fatt Squirrel down the street for a wild burlesque variety show with music from Von DonoVan and many more; dial 401.808.6898 for details. Warren-based imprint 75orLess records serves up two great shows on SATUrdAY (the 23rd): stop by the roger Williams national me-

morial and kick back with allysen callery and BoB KenDall (7 pm, free); then get down to defenders cup in bristol for an animal shelter benefit featuring VertIcal tWIn, sIx star Gen-eral, and coMa coMa ($10 donation). visit the knickerbocker cafe on SUndAY (the 24th) for an all-ages alt-rock show with Brother Ghost, no recall, and DancInG WIth DIscorD ($5, 401.315.5070). more 75orLess action arrives on TUeSdAY (the 26th) when DeaDlanDs play the met with GrounD state autoMat-Ic and nIne Men’s MIsery (all ages, $8).

mark you calendar now for the next install-ment of the MIDDay socIal, to be held on ThUrSdAY (the 28th) at platforms in provi-dence. The Social is hosted by midday records co-founder (and Satellites fall guitarist) davey moore, hands down one of the most devoted

contributors to the local music scene. The quarterly networking event corrals media and booking reps, an industry panel of speak-ers, and aspiring and established musicians from around new eng-land. bring copies of your recorded tunes and mingle. The midday Social is all ages and free of charge. cheers, davey!

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fThe skies always seem threatening in Jennifer Hrabota Lesser’s paintings. “An impending or reced-

ing storm,” she says of the weather in her images in her exhibition “Scapegoat” at AS220’s Project Space (93 Mathewson St, Providence, through August 30). Under-neath these roiling clouds, on scraps of grass, often at the edge of blue-gray seas, perch sheep or horned goats. In one, a fox and a hedgehog are together at land’s end. The fox turns its head back to keep a wary eye on a procession of wolves wading through murky waters behind them.

“My work has evolved from a fascination with 19th-century Victorian naturalists and my own struggle in coming to terms with living in a highly industrialized age that can feel alienating,” Hrabota Lesser writes. Her art is about her “reverence of nature” amidst “the ugliness of industry and growing capitalism” and the “changing climate.” In other words, her paintings of animals and storms put us in a land of fables about the world gone wrong.

Her environmental message is prominent in her paintings, in which she aims to create whole scenes. But she seems to still be figuring out her symbolism. Her animal paintings often feel primarily like portraits. Create, a silkscreen print tinted blue with watercolor, depicts a pair of arms reaching out of foliage, but the hands are severed at the wrists and birds pop out of the wounds. It’s a violent, disturbing image — which is perhaps not quite what she’s aiming for.

But Lesser is obviously a very talented artist. Her skill is most evident in her realist brush and black ink draw-ings of a skull, wet bears, a sheep’s head decorated with roses and daisies, a black bird perched on a branch above a banner saying “Providence.” They read as symbols or her-aldry. In one drawing, an eagle, with its wings dramati-cally captured spread in mid-flight, is above a ribbon bear-ing the slogan “It is better to travel well than to arrive.”

Lesser’s drawing style recalls comic books or tattoos or the romantic goth prominent at DeviantArt. She sur-rounds her subjects with thick, dark outlines while using thinner, lighter marks to render detailed fur and feath-ers. She’s mastered this sort of line work so that a confi-dence and dynamism comes through her dramatic use of lights and — oh — darkness.

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fAs part of the current edition of Providence Art Windows (running through September), Samantha

Fields’s Triptych with 206,720 Beads is displayed in a store-front on Fulton St (near Eddy) across from Providence City Hall.

The tapestry begins with “recovered” afghans with patterns of stripes of brown, tan, orange, violet, and gray. Then Fields seems to unravel them and run beads down the lines of yarn. So the afghans form a rectangular top, then split to form rough arches from which blue, green, and white beads cascade 11 feet down the wall into coils on the floor below. Which sounds simple enough, but the effect is part sparkling beaded curtain, part rush-ing waterfall, part ravishing cathedral windows.

William Schaff again demonstrates his ability to transmute obsessive mark making into ecstatic energy in a couple of embroidered jackets in an Art Window at 203 Westminster Street. One is a classic Christian pieta showing the crucified-to-death Jesus limp in the arms of his mother Mary. The other is a red marching band coat with the back embroidered with Chop Chop — xthe drummer ape alter ego that Schaff has often as-sumed when performing with the What Cheer? Brigade brass band.

For Art Windows, Corey Grayhorse fills a spot on Eddy St (near Westminster) with her signature bright, fashi-ony photos — like a shot of a blonde model in flower-patterned spandex pulling a girl in a cat sweater and cat mask down a street. Then she adds rainbow-hued fringe, a pink door, a flower wallpapered wall, and some more photographs, including one of an older lady in a big blue wig and violet sunglasses munching on a croissant. The window bottom is filled with fluffy stuff that seems to be clouds. The magic here is how Grayhorse combines her sunny precision with a dilapidated storefront to assemble what looks like the display of some defunct clothing em-porium of your most florid sideshow dreams. ^

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about politics or religion. An unfortu-nate reaction, from a glower to a brawl, can easily result. In circles where art is frequently discussed, there is less circum-spection — perhaps because participants are more tolerant and open-minded?

“Ha!” is the response of Art, by Yas-mina Reza, which the Contemporary Theater Company is staging (through September 6), directed by Ryan Hartigan. A discussion by three friends about the merits of a white-on-white painting and its purchase results in a one-act brouhaha that transcends rarefied aesthetics and quickly descends to the human scale.

Actually, this is more a play about friendship. Art is the MacGuffin, allowing a sometimes serious, sometimes comical ex-amination of both this particular triangular relationship and friendship in general.

Serge (Andrew Katzman) has bought a painting by an artist of some current reputation, a 3x4-foot white rectangle containing some barely discernible off-white diagonal lines. His friend Marc (Brad Kirton) has the central response: utter dis-dain followed by curt scatological critique. Serge, grinning silently, for a long while flits about like Tinker Bell, gesturing to the purchase, waiting for his friend’s response. Marc’s first word frames his judgment: “Expensive?” “Two-hundred-thousand-dol-lars” is the reply. Serge adds that he knows a gallery that would take it off his hands for profit, if he wanted; financial foolishness is off the table as an objection, so subjective worth is left as the topic of discussion.

Reza, better known for her superb God of Carnage, stacks the deck against Serge, but more importantly against the artwork in question. Minimalism in the late ’60s and early ’70s made sense as a movement in the endless Q&A and call and response that comprises art history. And the abstract white-on-white paintings of Robert Ryman also made sense in that context. The con-cepts and concerns explored in that period are ignored here. So Art is a play that cele-brates ignorance, all but belching and pop-ping another brew when art is discussed.

Marc dismisses the painting as “shit,”

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and doesn’t feel obliged to elaborate or justify, except to say that Serge has “lost every sense of discernment for pure snob-bery.” Marc says he’s “entitled to piss on” culture. Serge isn’t offended by his friend not appreciating the painting but is angry at his “vile, know-it-all laugh.”

The third friend, Ivan (Rico Lanni), is here for comic relief (he’s an antic, ner-vous wreck) and to offset Marc’s intoler-ance. “All the same,” he says to Marc, “if it makes him happy, it’s worth it.” Ivan also provides a reminder that feelings as well as understandings are significant. He says that he didn’t like the painting “but didn’t actually hate it,” adding to Marc that he “felt a resonance.”

Pretentiousness is the enemy here. Marc’s upset is revealed to have started sometime earlier, when Serge pompously referred to “deconstruction” in comment-ing on some artwork. Marc epitomizes the kind of person who says he doesn’t know much about art but knows it when he sees it, though toward the end he gives a brief mini-treatise on the subject, so we know he does have “some criterion to judge it by,” as Serge earlier demanded.

Lanni, who plays Marc, is the best of the bunch, acting naturally while the oth-ers are usually unnaturally “acting” their characterization. And the farcical tone of Hartigan’s direction works better with Marc’s muted exasperation than with Serge’s wild exaggeration.

This play has been successfully per-formed as straight drama with a humorous undertone, respecting what serious discus-sion exists and letting the laughs arise on their own. Which is not to say that there are not light moments. There is even a funny fight scene, mostly behind a couch, after Serge insults Marc’s girlfriend. He does so as a childish tit-for-tat, justifying being cruelly blunt because, he feels, Marc had been the same about his purchase.

Is beauty in the eye of the beholder? Should art escape that boundary? Is art ob-jective and subjective? Art raises these ques-tions without bothering to examine them very well. Fortunately, the playwright un-intentionally reminds us that we are per-fectly capable of doing so without her. ^

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THE BIT PLAYERS | See listing for Fri

SUNDAY 24COMEDY NIGHT OPEN MIC | 7 pm | Stevie D’s Bar & Grill, 80 Manville Hill Rd, Cumberland | 401.658.2591 | stevie-ds.comLAST COMIX STANDING COMEDY CONTEST | Sun + Wed 8 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $10 + $20 advance

MONDAY 25THE BIT PLAYERS present “Laugh-ter For Locals” | 8 pm | Firehouse Theater, Newport | $10 [BYOB]

TUESDAY 26COMEDY OPEN MIC hosted by James Creelman | 8:30 pm | The Salon, 57 Eddy St, Providence | $TBA | 401.865.6330 | thesalonpvd.com

WEDNESDAY 27THE BIT PLAYERS present “Family Friendly Funnies” | 7 pm | Firehouse Theater, Newport | $10 [BYOB]LAST COMIX STANDING COMEDY CONTEST | See listing for Sun

THURSDAY 28JIM BREUER | 8 pm | Comedy Con-nection, East Providence | $25MIKE HANLEY | 8 pm | Comix at Foxwoods, Mashantucket, CT | $15-$30 advancePROVIDENCE IMPROV GUILD | See listing for ThursSOUTHERN RHODE ISLAND COME-DY SHOWCASE | See listing for Thurs

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THURSDAY 21ALANIS MORISSETTE | 7 pm | New-port Yachting Center, 4 Commercial Wharf | $49.50-$79.50 | 401.846.1600 | newportwaterfrontevents.comBURNSIDE MUSIC SERIES AND BEER GARDEN presents HomeBody | 4:30-7:30 pm | Burnside Park, Ken-nedy Pl, Providence | Free | facebook.com/KennedyPlazaRICH ROBINSON | 8 pm | Narrows Center For the Arts, 16 Anawan St, Fall River, MA | $25 advance, $28 day of show | 508.324.1926 | narrowscenter.orgTHE SKIFFLE MINSTRELS | 7 pm | The Towers, 35 Ocean Rd, Narragansett | $15 | 401.782.2597 | thetowersri.comSUNDOWN THURSDAY with Ed McGuirl & Company + Lisa Couto & Ray Cooke | 6 pm | Fort Adams State Park, Harrison Avenue, Newport | Free | 401.841.0707 | fortadams.org“A SALUTE TO THE SILVER SCREEN,” with vocalists Alyssa Gorgone, Paul Soper, Tommy Labanaris,and Patrice Tiedemann, and pianist Matthew Larson | 7 pm | Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum, 396 County St, New Bedford, MA | $25 | 508.997.1401 | rjdmuseum.org

FRIDAY 22SARAH BRIGHTMAN | 8 pm | Provi-dence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St | $45-$150 | 401.421.ARTS | ppacri.orgCREEDENCE CLEARWATER

REVISITED | 8 pm | Twin River Event Center, 100 Twin River Rd, Lincoln | $30-$60 | 877.82RIVER | ticketmaster.comDAYNA KURTZ | 8 pm | Narrows Center For the Arts, Fall River, MA | $20 advance, $23 day of show JEN CHAPIN TRIO + John Fuzek | 8 pm | Sandywoods Center For the Arts, 43 Muse Way, Tiverton | $15 advance, $18 door [BYOB + food] | 401.241.7349 | sandywoodsmusic.comTHE MARCY & ZINA SHOW | Fri 7:30 pm + Sun 2 pm | Jamestown Arts Center, 18 Valley St | $20 Fri, $5 Sun | 401.560.0979 | jamestown artcenter.orgYANNI | 8 pm | The Grand at Fox-woods, Mashantucket, CT | $65-$85 | 866.646.0050 | mgmatfoxwoods.com

SATURDAY 23NEWPORT CELTIC ROCK FESTIVAL with Gaelic Storm + Eileen Ivers + Black 47 + Tartan Terrors + Celtica-Pipes Rock! + the Fighting Jamesons | Noon | 7 pm | Newport Yachting Center | $30 advance, $40 day of show [re-entry is allowed]5TH ANNUAL SUMMIT MUSIC FES-TIVAL with music by Red Baraat + the Selwyn Birchwood Band + Smith & Weeden + Dr. Jones & the Shiners + Emeline Easton + Johnny Lingo + a beer and wine garden + food trucks + craft vendors + kids’ activities + more | 1-6 pm | Lippitt Park, Hope St and Blackstone Blvd, Providence | Free | facebook.com/SummitMusic FestivalDOWNTOWN SUNDOWN SERIES with Marc Douglas Berardo, Al-lysen Callery, Bob Kendall, and Ed McGuirl | 7 pm | Roger Williams National Memorial Park, 282 North Main St, Providence | 401.521.7266 | nps.gov/rowiTHE FAB FOUR | 2 pm | Indian Ranch, 200 Gore Rd, Webster, MA | $26.50-$44 | 508.943.3871 | indian ranch.comOCEAN STATE SUMMER POPS OR-CHESTRA | 7 pm | Stadium Theatre, 28 Monument Sq, Woonsocket | $11-$21 | 401.762.4545 | stadiumtheatre.comTODD BAPTISTA’S DOO WOP 10 with Shirley Alston Reeves, the Mystics, Eddie Rich & the Swallows, and the Solitaires with Jack Colom-bo’s Coast To Coast Band | 7:30 pm | Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, 684 Purchase St, New Bedford, MA | $45-$55 | 508.994.2900 | zeiterion.org

SUNDAY 24LIZ SIMMONS [OF ANNALIVIA] & HANNAH SANDERS | 7 pm | Sandy-woods Center For the Arts, Tiverton | $12 advance, $15 door [BYOB + food] MOTLEY CRUE + ALICE COOPER | 7 pm | Xfinity Center, 885 South Main St, Mansfield, MA | ticketmaster.comTHE MARCY & ZINA SHOW | See listing for Fri

WEDNESDAY 27LES CLAYPOOL’S DUO DE TWANG | 9 pm | Columbus Theatre, 270 Broad-way, Providence | $25 advance, $30 day of show | columbustheatre.com

THURSDAY 28BURNSIDE MUSIC SERIES AND BEER GARDEN presents M.A.K.U. Sound-System | 4:30-7:30 pm | Burnside Park, Providence | Free | facebook.com/Ken-nedyPlazaSTEVE RILEY & THE MAMOU PLAYBOYS | 7 pm | The Towers, Nar-ragansett | $15SUNDOWN THURSDAY with Triple Threat | 6 pm | Fort Adams State Park, Newport | Free

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FRIDAY 22REHOBOTH CONTRA DANCE with caller Lisa Greenleaf and music from her iPod | 8 pm | Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Rd, Rehoboth, MA | $10 | 508.252.6375 | contradance links.com/rehoboth.html

SUNDAY 24COMMUNITY DANCE with music by

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EVENTS

THURSDAY 21GALLERY NIGHT PROVIDENCE | Gallery Night Providence, 1 Regency Plaza | Free | 401.490.2042 | gallery night.infoPROVIDENCE POLAROID PROJECT will celebrate the end of its PopUp PVD run with food + drinks + music + photos + more | 5-9 pm | 235 West-minster St, 235 Westminster St, Providence | Free | pvdpolaroid.com

SATURDAY 23EAST GREENWICH ART FESTI-VAL with more than 150 artists + strolling entertainment + more | 10 am-5 pm | New England Tech, 1408 Division Rd, East Greenwich | Free | 401.374.3899 | festivalfete.com/East_Greenwich__9_1-2.htmlH.P. LOVECRAFT LITERARY WALK | 11 am | John Brown House Mu-seum, 52 Power St, Providence | $10 | 401.273.7507 x 362 | rihs.orgNEWPORT INTERNATIONAL POLO SERIES | This week: Newport vs. New York | 5 pm | Glen Farm, Route 138, Portsmouth | $20 + $12 | 401.846.0200 | nptpolo.comWATERFIRE PROVIDENCE | A full lighting begins at 7:35 pm | Memori-al Blvd, Providence | Free | waterfireprovidence.org

SUNDAY 24EAST GREENWICH ART FESTIVAL | See listing for Sat

FILM

THURSDAY 21+ 28MOVIES ON THE BLOCK presents The Professional [8.21] and The Wizard of Oz [8.28] | Movies On the Block, Westminster and Union sts, Provi-dence | Free | indowncity.com

THURSDAY 21NEWPORTFILM PRESENTS A SCREENING OF DIOR AND I, at 7:45 pm, preceded by music and exhibit of “No Rules: The Personal Style of Doris Duke” [5-7:30 pm] | Rough Point, 680 Bellevue Ave, Newport | $5 to view exhibit, $5 suggested donation for film | newportfilm.com

FRIDAY 22THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW | 10 pm | The Narragansett Theater at the Pier, 3 Beach St | $10 | 401.284.2256 | theateratthepier.com

MONDAY 25MONDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES presents Non-Stop | 6:30 pm | Weaver Library, 41 Grove St, East Providence | Free | 401.434.2453 | eastprovi-dencelibrary.org/epl

THURSDAY 28NEWPORTFILM PRESENTS A SCREENING OF EMPTYING THE SKIES, a documentary that chron-icles the poaching of migratory songbirds in southern Europe | 6:30, pre-party with food from Glorious Affairs + libations by Spiked Seltzer, film at 7:45, followed by a Q&A with producer/co-director Roger Kass | Norman Bird Sanctuary, 583 Third Beach Rd, Middletown | $30 pre-party + film, $5 suggested donation for film only [proceeds benefit new-portFILM + Norman Bird Sanctuary] | 401.846.2577 | newport FILM.com

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FRIDAY 22RACHAEL L. McINTOSH will read from, discuss, and sign her new book, Security Through Absurdity: Little Yellow Stickies | 7 pm | Books On the Square, 471 Angell St, Providence | 401.331.9097 | booksq.com

SATURDAY 23H.P. LOVECRAFT READ-A-THON | A collaborative reading of three Lovecraft short stories, accompanied by dark musical interludes by Haunt the House, Ian Fitzgerald, and Vudu Sister, MCed by Donovan Loucks | 7-10 pm | Providence Public Library, 150 Empire St, Providence | $10 | 401.331.8575 x 145 | rihs.org

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| grinprovidence.com | Sat 12-5 pm | Through Sept 13: “tttrip.,” a group exhibit of installation and sculpture by Claudia O’Steen, Garret Gould, and Sophia SobersHERA GALLERY | 401.789.1488 | 10 High St, Wakefield | heragallery.org | Wed-Fri 1-5 pm; Sat 10 am-4 pm | Through Aug 30: “current,” an exhibit which “will explore the current bodies of work from art-ist members,” including Amanda Swain Bingham, Uli Brahmst, Alex-andra Broches, Connie Greene, Su-san Hayward, Jeanette Jacobs, John Kotula, Viera Levitt, Jack Massey, Barbara Owen, Barbara Pagh, Ro-berta Richman, Myron Rubenstein, Jason Smith, Mara Trachtenberg, M.J. Yeager, and Mike YefkoIMAGO FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS | 401.245.0173 | 36 Market St, Warren | imagofoundation4art.org | Thurs 4-8 pm, Fri + Sat 12-8 pm | Through Aug 30: “Water,” a group exhibit with works by artist mem-bers Linda Megathlin, Eileen Siob-han Collins, Rose Esson-Dawson, Mary Dondero, Carl Keitner, Pascale Lord, Lisa Legato, Eileen Mayhew, Howard Rotblat-Walker, Lenny Rumpler, Michael Scriven, and Howard Windham, and guest artists Jan Douglas Armor, David Gonville, Chris Sancomb, and Pat WarwickJAMESTOWN ARTS CENTER | 401.560.0979 | 18 Valley St | jamestown artcenter.org | Wed-Sat 10 am-2 pm | Through Sept 1: “Paper-Made,” an exhibit which “explores paper’s transformation from an everyday object into an exquisite three-dimensional sculptural artwork,” featuring Jo Lynn Alcorn, Molly Bo-sley, Heather Cherry, Heather Cox, Jiyoung Chung, B.L. Green, Joan M. Hall, Xander Marro, Courtney Watson McCarthy, Barbara Owen, Jessica Palmer, Lisa Perez, Kim Salerno, Michelle Samour, Matthew Shlian, Rebecca Siemering, Randal Thurston, and Wendy WahlJUST ART GALLERY | 401.272.0820 | 60 Valley St, Providence | justart- gallery.com | Wed 1-5 pm; Thurs + Fri 1-7 pm; Sat 12-5 pm | Through Sept 6: “Wander the Paths,” paint-ings by Lee ChabotMYSTIC ARTS CENTER | 860.536.7601 | 9 Water st, Mystic, CT | mysticarts.org | Daily 11 am-5 pm | Through Sept 20: “The 58th Region-al Show,” an all-media juried show with work from local and regional artists | “Figures, Faces, and Food,” oil paintings by Doug AabergNARROWS CENTER FOR THE ARTS GALLERY | 508.324.1926 | 16 Anawan St, Fall River, MA | narrowscenter.org | Wed-Sat 12-5 pm | Through Aug 30: “A Collaborative Journey,” with works by 27 par-ticipating individuals from People Incorporated with various abilities and artist Vania Noverca ViveirosONE WAY GALLERY | 140 Boon St, Narragansett | onewaygallery.com | Through Aug 25: “Here & There: 7 Years of Travel Photography,” by Christian HarderPROVIDENCE PUBLIC LIBRARY | 401.455.8000 | 150 Empire St | provlib.org | Mon + Thurs 12-8 pm; Tues + Wed 10 am-6 pm; Fri + Sat 9 am-5:30 pm | Through Oct 30: “Protect-ing Providence: Three Centuries of Policing In Rhode Island’s Capital”RHODE ISLAND WATERCOLOR SOCIETY GALLERY | 401.726.1876 | Slater Memorial Park, Armistice Blvd, Pawtucket | rhodeisland watercolorsociety.wildapricot.org | Tues-Sat 10 am-4 pm; Sun 1-5 pm | Through Sept 4: “Celebrating The Rhode Island Watercolor Society with 1000 Works On Paper”SOUTH COUNTY ART ASSOCIA-TION | 401.783.2195 | 2587 Kingstown Rd, Kingston | southcountyart.org | Wed-Sun 10 am-6 pm; Fri 10 am- 8 pm | Through Aug 23: “Members and Staff Invitational,” with paint-ings by Christina Ashley, Dan Lake, and Kathy Weber, oil pastels by Vin-cent Castaldi, photography by Gail PAO Carpenter, Lori Ellen Goodman, sculpture by Sean James Harrington and Troy West, ceramics by Chris-tine Herron, and encaustic works by Taleen BatalianWICKFORD ART ASSOCIATION GALLERY | 401.294.6840 | 36 Beach St, North Kingstown | wickfordart.

org | Tues-Sat 11 am-3 pm; Sun 12-3 pm | Through Sept 14: “Members’ Invitational”YELLOW PERIL GALLERY | 401.861.1535 | 60 Valley St #5, Providence | yellowperilmedia.com/gallery | Wed-Fri 3-8 pm; other days by appointment | Through Aug 24: “Altared States,” a mixed media exhibition “exploring the making of the sacred in everyday urban life,” by Toby Barnes

MUSEUMS

BRISTOL ART MUSEUM | 401.253.4400 | 10 Wardwell St, Bristol | bristolartmuseum.org | Wed-Sun 1-4 pm | Through Aug 31: “I AM Lidholmtheviolinmaker,” an installation by Lasse Antonsen and “Allegories and Reliquaries,” sculptural pieces by John UdvardyHAFFENREFFER MUSEUM OF ANTHROPOLOGY IN MANNING HALL | 401.863.2065 | College + Wa-terman sts, Providence | brown.edu/Facilities/Haffenreffer | Tues-Sun 10 am-4 pm | Free admission | Through Aug 31: “Images of Power: Rulership In the Grasslands of Cameroon” | Through Aug 31: “In Deo Spera-mus: The Symbols and Ceremonies of Brown University” | Ongoing: “Reimagining the Americas,” an exhibition “bringing together the innovative cultural diversity of the Americas before European contact”NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AMERI-CAN ILLUSTRATION | 401.851.8949 | 492 Bellevue Ave, Newport | american illustration.org | Sat + Sun 11 am-5 pm [guided tours Fri 3 pm] | Aug 22-Oct 30: “Paul Szep: Famous Fames” an exhibit of caricaturesNEWPORT 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 and military personnel with ID; free for children 5 and under | Through Sept 1: “Marine Botanicals,” works by Mary Chatowsky Jameson | Through Sept 7: “Magic Gold, Full Sun,” paintings by Corinne Colarus-so | Through Sept 14: “Very Simple Charm: The Early Life and Work of Richard Morris Hunt In Newport”RISD MUSEUM | 401.454.6500 | 224 Benefit St, Providence | risd museum.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 Nov 16: “UuDam Tran Nguyen: Waltz of the Machine Equestrians,” a video installation | Through Feb 22: “Circus,” with 40 circus-themed paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, and posters from 1850-1960

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BURBAGE THEATRE COMPANY | btctheater.webs.com | At the Wiliam Hall Library, 1825 Broad St, Cranston | Aug 21-Sept 7: Julius Caesar, by Wil-liam Shakespeare | This week: Aug 21-23 + 28 8 pm + Aug 24 3 pm | $15, $12 students + seniorsCONTEMPORARY THEATER | 401.218.0282 | thecontemporary theater.com | 327 Main St, Wakefield | Through Sept 6: Art, by Yasmina Reza | Thurs-Sat 7 pm | $20 Fri + Sat, pay-what-you-can ThursGRANITE THEATRE | 401.596.2341 | granitetheatre.com | 1 Granite St, Westerly | Through Aug 24: Run For Your Wife, by Ray Cooney | Thurs-Sat 8 pm + Sun 2 pm | $20, $17 seniors, $12 under 132ND STORY THEATRE | 401.247.4200 | 2ndstorytheatre.com | 28 Market St, Warren | Through Aug 31: And Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie | This week: Aug 21 + 22 7:30 pm— Through Aug 29: Hay Fever, by Noel Coward | This week: Aug 23 + 24 + 28 7:30 pm | $30, $21 under 21THEATRE BY THE SEA | 401.782.TKTS | theatrebythesea.biz | 364 Cards Pond Rd, Wakefield | Through Sept 7: Monty Python’s Spamalot | This week: Aug 20 8 pm + Aug 21 2 + 8 pm | $42-$62

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CINEMA WORLD622 George Washington Hwy, Lincoln | 401.333.8676These listings are for Thurs Aug 21-Mon Aug 25 only. Call for updates or go to cinemaworldonline.com.DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES | Thurs: 4:15THE PURGE: ANARCHY | Thurs: 8:15, 10:35TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 3D | Thurs: 10:15 am, 10:15 pmIF I STAY | Thurs: 7, 9:20 | Fri-Mon: 11, 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 9:45SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR 3D | Thurs: 9 | Fri-Mon: 3:30, 6:05SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR | Thurs: 9 | Fri-Mon: 10:15, 11:15, 1, 2, 3:30, 4:30, 7:30, 8:30, 9:15, 10WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL | Thurs: 7, 9:30 | Fri-Mon: 10:20, 1:10, 3, 4:10, 7:25, 9:55THE GIVER | 10:50, 1:05, 4:25, 7:05, 9:20MAGIC IN THE MOMENT | 10:25, 4:05WHAT IF | 1:50, 7:20THE EXPENDABLES 3 | Thurs: 4:30, 7:30, 10:30 | Fri-Mon: 10, 1:35, 4:20, 7:30, 9:35, 10:20LET’S BE COPS | 11:10, 1:55, 4:50, 7:50, 10:10THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY | Thurs: 10:35, 1:25, 4:35, 7:20, 10 | Fri-Mon: 10:35, 1:25, 4:05, 6:55, 9:40INTO THE STORM | 10:30, 1:40, 4:40, 7:10, 9:20STEP UP: ALL IN | Thurs: 10:50, 1:35, 4:20 | Fri-Mon: 12:30, 7:35TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES | Thurs: 10:45, 12:30, 1:30, 3, 4, 5:30, 7, 8, 9:25 | Fri-Mon: 10:05, 10:45, 12:45, 1:30, 3, 4, 5:15, 7, 8, 9:25, 10:15GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | Thurs: 1:15, 2:30, 4, 7:40, 9:40 | Fri-Mon: 11, 1:45, 3:45, 4:45, 6:45, 7:45, 9:45, 10:30AND SO IT GOES | Thurs: 10:55, 1:20, 4:10, 6:50 | Fri-Mon: 10:10, 12:50, 6:50LUCY | Thurs: 10:40, 1:05, 3:15, 5:20, 7:20, 9:55 | Fri-Mon: 5:30, 10:25

EAST PROVIDENCE 1060 Newport Ave | 401.438.1100BLENDED | Thurs: 6:30, 9THE FLUFFY MOVIE | Thurs: 12:35, 3, 5:20, 7:44, 9:55HEAVEN IS FOR REAL | Thurs: 9:55PERSECUTED | Thurs: 9:20AMERICA: IMAGINE THE WORLD WITHOUT HER | Starts Fri: 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50MALEFICENT | Starts Fri: 12:20, 2:40, 4:55, 7:10, 9:30TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINC-TION | Starts Fri: 1, 4:30, 8CHEF | 12:25, 2:55, 6:35, 9:10X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST | 12:45, 3:35, 6:40, 9:25THINK LIKE A MAN TOO | Thurs: 12:25, 2:55, 6:35, 9:25 | Fri-Thurs: 12:35, 3, 5:20, 7:40, 9:55EDGE OF TOMORROW | 12:50, 3:40, 7:10, 9:45THE FAULT IN OUR STARS | Thurs: 12:30, 3:10, 7 | Fri-Thurs: 12:30, 3:10, 6:45, 9:40GODZILLA | 12:40, 3:20, 6:55NEIGHBORS | Thurs: 12:15, 2:25, 4:40, 6:50, 9:20 | Fri-Thurs: 9:35RIO 2 | 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:20* [*no show 8.21]

ENTERTAINMENT CINEMAS30 Village Square Dr, South Kingstown | 401.792.8008INTO THE STORM | Thurs: 1, 4:15A MOST WANTED MAN | Thurs: 12:45, 4, 6:40, 9:15TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 3D | Thurs: 4:45

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES | Thurs: 12:10, 2:30IF I STAY | Starts Fri: 1:30, 4, 7:05, 9:25SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR 3D | Starts Fri: 4:30, 9:35SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR | Starts Fri: 1:40, 7:15WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL | Starts Fri: 1:25, 4:15, 6:55, 9:30THE EXPENDABLES 3 | 1:20, 4:10, 7, 9:40THE GIVER | Thurs: 12:20, 3:45, 7, 9:20 | Fri-Tues: 1:15, 3:45, 6:45, 9LET’S BE COPS | Thurs: 12:50, 4:20, 7:25, 9:40 | Fri-Tues: 1:45, 4:20, 7:20, 9:40THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY | Thurs: 12:25, 3:45 | Fri-Tues: 1:10, 3:45, 6:30, 9:10GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3D | 3:50, 9:10GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | Thurs: 12:30, 6:50 | Fri-Tues: 1, 6:35

ISLAND CINEMAS 10105 Chase Ln, Middletown | 401.847.3456GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3D | Thurs: 12:20, 3:20, 6:20, 9INTO THE STORM | 1:30, 4, 7:35, 9:40LUCY | Thurs: 9:45STEP UP: ALL IN | Thurs: 3:50, 7:15, 9:35IF I STAY | Starts Fri: 1:10, 3:50, 7:05, 9:25SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR 3D | Starts Fri: 4:15, 9:45SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR | Starts Fri: 1:40, 7:25WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL | Starts Fri: 12:40, 3:30, 6:55, 9:20THE EXPENDABLES 3 | 12:30, 3:20, 6:50, 9:30THE GIVER | 12:50, 3:45, 7:20, 9:40LET’S BE COPS | 1:30, 4:10, 7:30, 9:45THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY | 1, 3:40, 6:45, 9:15TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 3D | Thurs: 1:15, 3:30, 5:45, 8TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES | Thurs: 12:15, 2:30, 4:40, 7:10, 9:30 | Fri-Tues: 1:15, 4, 7:10, 9:30GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | 1:20, 4:20, 7, 9:35

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PROVIDENCE PLACE CINEMAS 16Providence Place | 401.270.4646HERCULES | Thurs: 9:50, 12:45, 6:30ISLAND OF LEMURS: MADAGASCAR: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE | Starts Fri: 11, 12:05IF I STAY | Thurs: 7, 9:35 | Fri-Tues: 10:50, 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 9:55 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:20SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR 3D | Thurs: 9:10 | Fri-Tues: 11:50, 2:15, 4:45, 7:10, 9:35 | Fri-Sat late show: 12SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR | Thurs: 9:30 | Fri-Tues: 10, 12:20, 2:45, 5:15, 7:40, 10:05 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:30WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL | Thurs: 7:15, 10 | Fri-Tues: 10:20, 1:10, 3:55, 7, 9:45 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:25WHAT IF | Thurs: 9:35, 11:55, 2:35, 5, 7:25, 10:15 | Fri-Tues: 12:15THE EXPENDABLES 3 | Thurs: 9:55, 10:25, 12:50, 1:20, 4, 4:30, 7:50 | Fri-Tues: 10:15, 1:05, 4, 6:50, 9:20, 10 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:10THE GIVER | Thurs: 9:30, 11:35, 12:05, 1:55, 2:25, 4:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:50 | Fri-Tues: 10:55, 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 6:55, 7:30, 10:05 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:25LET’S BE COPS | 11:35, 2, 2:30, 4:30, 5, 7:05, 7:35, 9:35, 10:15 | Fri-Sat late show: 12THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY | 10:10, 12:55, 3:45, 6:30, 9:25 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:10INTO THE STORM | Thurs: 10:45, 1:05, 3:15, 3:45, 5:25, 7:35, 9:30, 10 | Fri-Tues: 12, 2:10, 4:25, 6:40STEP UP: ALL IN | Thurs: 10:05, 12:40, 3:35, 6:35 | Fri-Tues: 8:55 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:30TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 3D | Thurs: 12, 2:45, 7:05 | Fri-Tues: 11:25, 1:50, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:40

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES | Thurs: 9:40, 12:15, 3:05, 7:30, 10:05 | Fri-Tues: 11:55, 2:25, 4:55, 7:20, 9:50 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:15GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | Thurs: 10:50, 1:35, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 | Fri-Tues: 11:10, 1:55, 4:40, 7:25, 10:25GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: AN IMAX 3D EXPERIENCE | Thurs: 10:20, 1:05, 3:50, 6:40, 9:25 | Fri-Tues: 1:25, 4:10, 6:55, 9:45 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:30LUCY | Thurs: 10:10, 12:35, 3, 5:15, 7:55, 10:20 | Fri-Tues: 1, 3:20, 5:35, 7:45, 10:10 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:20THE PURGE: ANARCHY | 10:05, 9:30 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:55DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES | 12:40, 3:40, 6:35

RUSTIC TRI VUE DRIVE-INRt 146, North Smithfield | 401.769.7601THE EXPENDABLES 3 + LUCY | DuskINTO THE STORM + LET’S BE COPS | DuskTEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES + GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | Dusk

SHOWCASE CINEMAS SEEKONK ROUTE 6Seekonk Square, Seekonk, MA | 508.336.6789INTO THE STORM | Thurs: 4:55, 7:05, 9:30LUCY | Thurs: 2:20, 5:05, 7:10, 9:35IF I STAY | Starts Fri: 1:10, 4:15, 5:10, 7, 9:30SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR 3D | Starts Fri: 10:10SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR | Starts Fri: 12:05, 2:45, 5:10, 7:35WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL | Starts Fri: 12:45, 3:55, 7:05, 10:15WHAT IF | Thurs: 12:35, 2:55, 5:15, 7:35, 10:15 | Fri-Tues: 9:35THE EXPENDABLES 3 | 12:40, 3:40, 7:10, 10THE GIVER | 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55LET’S BE COPS | 12, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY | 12:50, 4, 7:20, 10:05TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES | 12:10, 2:35, 5, 7:25, 9:50A MOST WANTED MAN | 12:20, 4:05, 6:50GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | 12:30, 3:45, 6:55, 9:45

SHOWCASE CINEMAS WARWICK1200 Quaker Ln | 401.885.1621STEP UP: ALL IN | Thurs: 9:45IF I STAY | Thurs: 7, 9:35 | Fri-Tues: 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 9:55 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:20SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR 3D | Thurs: 9 | Fri-Tues: 11:55, 10:05 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:30SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR | Fri-Tues: 2:20, 4:50, 7:35WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL | Thurs: 7:15, 10 | Fri-Tues: 1:10, 4:10, 7, 9:45 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:25CAVALRY | 11:35, 2, 4:25, 6:50*, 9:25* [*no shows 8.21] | Fri-Sat late show: 12MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT | 11:50, 2:10, 4:30, 7:05*, 9:30* [*no shows 8.21] | Fri-Sat late show: 11:50WHAT IF | Thurs: 12, 2:20, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 | Fri-Tues: noonTHE EXPENDABLES 3 | 1, 4, 7:10, 10THE GIVER | 11:45, 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:10LET’S BE COPS | 12:15, 2:40, 5:15, 7:40, 10:10 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:30BOYHOOD | 11:30, 3, 6:30*, 9:55* [*no shows 8.21]THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY | 12:45, 3:45, 6:35, 9:35INTO THE STORM | Thurs: 12:40, 2:50, 5:20, 7:35, 10:05 | Fri-Tues: 3:50, 9:25 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:35TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES | Thurs: 12:10, 2:35, 4:35, 5:05, 7, 7:30, 10:15 | Fri-Tues: 11:30, 1:55, 4:20, 6:45, 9:15 | Fri-Sat late show: 11:40GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | 1:40, 2:15, 4:20, 5, 7:20, 7:50, 10:20 | Fri-Sat late show: 12:15LUCY | 4:45, 6:55, 9:20| Fri-Sat late show: 11:50EARTH TO ECHO | Fri-Tues: 12:05, 2:30

SHOWCASE CINEMAS WARWICK MALL400 Bald Hill Rd | 401.736.5454IF I STAY | Thurs: 7, 9:35 | Fri-Tues: 10:50, 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 9:55SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR 3D | Thurs: 9 | Fri-Tues: 9:30, 11:50, 2:10, 4:30, 7, 9:30SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR | Thurs: 9:30 | Fri-Tues: 10, 12:20, 2:40, 5, 7:30, 10THE EXPENDABLES 3 | Thurs: 12:50, 1:20, 3:55, 4:25, 7:30, 10:25 | Fri-Tues: 10:05, 12:55, 3:45, 7:05, 9:45, 10:15THE GIVER | 9:45, 12:10, 2:30, 4:55, 7:25, 9:50LET’S BE COPS | 9:35, 12, 2:25, 4:45, 7:50, 10:10INTO THE STORM | Thurs: 10:20, 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:45, 10:15 | Fri-Tues: 9:55, 12:10, 2:20, 4:35, 6:45STEP UP: ALL IN | Thurs: 10:35, 1:25, 4:15, 7:05, 9:40 | Fri-Tues: 9:10TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES | 9:30, 11:35, 12:05, 2:15, 2:45, 4:40, 5:10, 7:10, 7:40, 10:20GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | 9:40, 10:10, 12:30, 1, 3:30, 4, 6:50, 7:20, 9:35, 10:05LUCY | Thurs: 2:35, 5, 7:15, 10 | Fri-Tues: 9:50, 12:15, 2:35, 4:50, 7:45, 10:15

SHOWCASE CINEMAS NORTH ATTLEBORO640 South Washington St, North Attleboro, MA | 508.643.3900TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 3D | Thurs: 6:45, 9:15IF I STAY | Thurs: 7, 9:35 | Fri-Tues: 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR 3D | Thurs: 9 | Fri-Tues: 10:10SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR | Thurs: 9:35 | Fri-Tues: 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:40WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL | Thurs: 7:15, 10 | Fri-Tues: 1:10, 4:10, 7, 9:45A MOST WANTED MAN | Thurs: 1:40, 4:35 | Fri-Tues: 1:50, 7:05THE EXPENDABLES 3 | 1, 3:55, 7:10, 10THE GIVER | 12:10, 2:35, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50LET’S BE COPS | Thurs: 2:45, 5:15 | Fri-Tues: 12:25, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45, 10:15THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY | 12:50, 3:50, 6:50, 9:35INTO THE STORM | Thurs: 12:45, 3:05, 5:20, 7:35, 10 | Fri-Tues: 4:40, 9:55TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES | Thurs: 4, 6:45, 7:15, 9:45 | Fri-Tues: 12, 1:55, 2:25, 4:20, 4:50, 6:55, 9:20GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | Thurs: 3:35, 4:05, 6:35, 7:05, 9:25, 9:55 | Fri-Tues: 12:55, 3:45, 6:45, 7:15, 9:35, 10:05LUCY | 12:40, 2:50, 5, 7:25, 9:30* [*no show 8.21]

SWANSEA STADIUM 12207 Swansea Mall Dr, Swansea, MA | 508.674.6700MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT | Thurs: 12:10, 2:20, 5:15, 7:45, 10:20WHAT IF | Thurs: 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:25IF I STAY | Starts Fri: 1:05, 1:35, 4:35, 7:05, 7:35, 10:10SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR 3D | Thurs: 9 | Fri-Tues: 1, 4, 7, 9:35SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR | Fri-Tues: 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:05WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL | Tues: 7, 9:45 | Fri-Tues: 1:20, 4:20, 7:25, 10:25THE EXPENDABLES 3 | Thurs: 1, 4, 7, 10 | Fri-Tues: 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15THE GIVER | Thurs: 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:40, 10:15 | Fri-Tues: 1:50, 4:50, 7:50, 10:25LET’S BE COPS | Thurs: 1:30, 4:15, 7:15, 9:55 | Fri-Tues: 1:40, 4:40, 7:40, 10:15THE HUNDRED-FOOT JOURNEY | Thurs: 1:25, 4:20, 7:25, 10:3 | Fri-Tues: 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:05INTO THE STORM | Thurs: 11:50, 2:10, 4:40, 7:20, 9:45 | Fri-Tues: 1:55, 4:55, 7:55, 10:30TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 3D | Thurs: 11:35, 2:05, 4:35TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES | Thurs: 12, 2:30, 5 | Fri-Tues: 4:45, 7:45, 10:20GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | Thurs: 1:35, 7:50, 10:35 | Fri-Tues: 4:25, 7:20, 10:30LUCY | Thurs: 11:55, 2:15, 4:50, 7:10, 10:05 | Fri-Sun: 4:05, 9:40 | Mon: 1:05, 4:05 | Tues: 1:05, 4:05, 7:05, 9:40

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CAVALRY105 minUteS | r | ShowcaSe warwickA good-hearted Irish Catholic priest (Brendan Gleeson) hears confession from a man who claims that as a child he was seri-ally raped by his parish priest; because the rapist has died, the victim promises to murder his confessor in a week’s time as a perverse vengeance against God and the church. This gripping spiritual drama by writer-director John Michael McDonagh (The Guard) functions as a transparent Christian allegory, yet it derives most of its emotional force from our popular rage against the priesthood; the cross shouldered by its hero con-sists, in no small part, of all the ecclesiastical crimes now tumbling out of the closet. Gleeson brings his usual fierceness and gravity to the role, and there are fine supporting turns by Chris O’Dowd, Kelly Reilly, Aiden Gillen, and Dylan Moran.

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IF I STAY107 minUteS | PG-13 | cinema world + entertainment + Providence Place 16 + ShowcaSe + SwanSea StadiUm 12Cheesy barely begins to describe this maudlin tearjerker, adapted from a young-adult novel, about a 17-year-old girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) who suffers a nasty car accident, slips into a coma, and has an out-of-body experience. Her parents and younger brother have died in the crash, so she has to decide whether she wants to move on to the next life with them or stay on earth with her on-again, off-again rocker boyfriend (Jamie Blackley). In the fashion of melodrama, every moment is impossibly huge, and the movie is occasionally compel-ling in its brazen lack of subtlety. There are even shades of Bergman in the existential premise, but director J.R. Cutler is more interested in the young leads’ cookie-cutter romance, and the clunky nonlinear plot pre-cludes any sort of comprehensive narrative. With Joshua Leonard and Mireille Enos.

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WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL115 minUteS | PG | cinemaworld + entertainment + iSland + Providence Place 16 + ShowcaSe + SwanSea StadiUm 12Playing both sides against the middle, this fact-based drama about high school football coach Bob Ladouceur and his De La Salle Spartans makes a commendable effort to invest the inspi-rational sports movie with some deeper meaning but simul-taneously labors to keep all the genre cliches firmly in place. Ladouceur led the Concord, California, team through a record 151-game winning streak from 1992 through 2004; the movie chronicles the string of defeats that followed before the Spartans roar back with their hard-fought 2001 victory against Long Beach Polytechnic. (Yeah, I know that’s achronological, but I told you it’s fact-based.) Along the way the jocks learn that teamwork is more important than individual glory and sports is about build-ing character, not muscles. Of course, what really builds charac-ter is losing, something the Spartans seldom did. Thomas Carter directed; with Jim Caviezel, Michael Chiklis, and Laura Dern.

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capsule reviewsXXXW BOYHOOD | 2014 | Filming periodically over 12 years, writer-director Richard Linklater follows a Texas boy from first grade to high school graduation, noting along the way how his mother’s unhappy re-lationships with men color the boy’s own interaction with the opposite sex. The movie is being hailed for its novel production, though in fact British director Michael Winterbot-tom beat Linklater out of the box with his superb, little-noticed Ev-eryday (2012), chronicling a working-class family over five years. That movie progresses more naturally than this one, which can’t afford to introduce a single character unless there’s a significant payoff later. But Linklater’s writing is typically warm and insightful, and the cast is uniformly excellent, including Ellar Coltrane as the quiet, down-to-earth hero. With Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke. | 165m |

XX GuARDIANS OF THE GALAXY | 2014 | Five interstellar oddballs — among them a humanoid tree and a talking raccoon with a bad attitude — band together to keep a mythic whatsit out of the hands of an evil whosis. Most of the juice in this Marvel Studios behemoth comes from wisecracking Chris Pratt, completing his decade-long metamorphosis from comic chubster to chiseled action hero, and an ironic soundtrack of ’70s and ’80s dance hits, which Pratt’s character accesses from a treasured mixtape cassette that his dying mother gave him back on planet

Earth. These meager pleasures are swallowed up in all the frantic action and overblown CG sequences. With Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Djimon Hounsou, John C. Reilly, Glenn Close, and Benicio Del Toro. | 121m |

XXTHE HuNDRED-FOOT JOuR-NEY | 2014 | A Muslim family, flee-ing religious persecution in India, land in a French alpine village and dare to open a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred place that’s commanded by a haughty old widow (Helen Mirren). Produced by Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey and directed by the reliably com-placent Lasse Halström (Chocolat, Dear John), this middlebrow drama delivers just what you’d expect from such a trio: two hours of yummy dishes and nonthreatening ethnics. It should be obvious by now that, despite their discerning tastes, the movies catering to foodies are the artistic equivalent of dinner at the Olive Garden. Screenwriter Steven Knight (Eastern Promises, Dirty Pretty Things) adapted a best-selling first novel by former Forbes correspondent Richard C. Morais; among the cast are Om Puri, Manish Dayal, and Charlotte Le Bon. | 122m |XX INTO THE STORM | 2014 | The intended audience for this disaster movie-cum-CGI showcase would seem to be people who found Twister too intellectually demanding. The characters are all automatons and the story is streamlined past the point of any emotional resonance, the better

for viewers to enjoy the large-scale destruction. The film reminded me of a bargain-basement monster movie from the 1950s, in that the monster — or in this case, the level-five torna-do — is the only interesting element. Veteran comic actor Matt Walsh (Veep) plays a storm chaser, and it speaks to the filmmakers’ paucity of imagination that they don’t even al-low him to be funny. | 89m |

XXW LuCY | 2014 | A young Ameri-can in Taipei (Scarlett Johansson), coerced into serving as a drug mule for gangsters, accidentally absorbs a powerful new product that unlocks 100 percent of her brain capacity, turning her into a superhuman be-ing and an ass-kicker extraordinaire. No one has ever accused French ac-tion director Luc Besson of thinking too hard, and this frantic exercise in pseudoscience and goofball meta-physics is best enjoyed by following his lead. The title refers not only to the main character but also to the famous fossilized skeleton, an ances-tor of Homo sapiens; Besson implies that both represent the birth of a new species, turning this enjoyable shoot-’em-up into a dumbbell 2001: A Space Odyssey. With Morgan Freeman and Choi Min-sik. | 88m |

XX MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT | 2014 | Woody Allen on autopilot, retreating into the Jazz Age again for a blunt, listless thesis film about the limits of rationality. An arro-gant stage illusionist (Colin Firth) is hired to discredit a fake mystic

(Emma Stone) but soon falls under her spell; the story takes place in the late 1920s and most of the action transpires at an estate on the French Riviera, so there are good tunes and lovely scenery to distract one from the tossed-off script. As usual the writer-director has attracted a strong cast (including Marcia Gay Harden, Jacki Weaver, Simon Mc-Burney, and Eileen Atkins), though I’m sure most actors understand by now that making a movie with him is like playing the lotto. Better luck next time. | 98m |XXXW A MOST WANTED MAN | 2014 | This adaptation of a John le Carré novel works smashingly as a suspense film, a mood piece, and a vehicle for the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, playing a world-weary German spy who gets more than he bargained for when he investigates a suspicious Chechen immigrant. Director Anton Corbijn (Control, The American) seems to have modeled the film’s somber look and muted dra-ma on such paranoid ’70s thrillers as The Conversation and All the President’s Men; the most suspenseful passages tend to be the quieter, more cerebral ones. Corbijn employs wide-screen framing to striking dramatic effect, using it to emphasize the charac-ters’ confinement in tight spaces and their vulnerability in open ones. It’s very entertaining, though as an assessment of post-9/11 sur-veillance culture it’s cynical, not sophisticated. With Rachel McAd-ams, Robin Wright, and Homayoun Ershadi. | 121m |

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fThis week’s waning moon is a time to rest, recover, finish,

or discard. Starting things isn’t advised, unless you have projects that happen quickly (toast, a postcard, etc.). Other planets are favoring fire and air sign folks (Ar-ies, Leo, Sagittarius, Gemini, Libra, and Aquarius) who should be bold and speak up as needed. This week also brings a confluence between Mars (taking action) and Saturn (having limits set). Both planets are in Scorpio, so our water sign friends should have more endur-ance than usual. Let me know how that goes, and if you socialize on media, I’m “Sally Cragin Astrol-ogy” on Facebook.

thursday august 21

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Waning moon in cancer, moon void-of-course 3:34 pm until 4:49 pm tomor-

row. this waning moon prompts self-protec-tive, even secretive practices. finish your proj-ects—don’t start another until the monday, when the moon is new. capricorn, Aries, Libra, Aquarius, and sagittarius could be blunt, or make jokes others can’t understand. cancer, taurus, scorpio, pisces, gemini, Leo, and vir-go are in a romantic mood—yet want others to make the first move.

Friday august 22

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Waning moon in cancer, moon void-of-course until 4:49 pm when it moves into

Leo. Another “home-based” day, particularly for taurus, gemini, cancer, Leo, virgo, scorpio, and pisces. “sticking to what you know” is a theme for all, while Libra, Aries, sagittarius, Aquarius, and capricorn should hold back from

1 cast Away carrier 5 is willing to 10 cyberbidder’s site 14 scat legend fitzgerald 15 film score composer morricone 16 the Joy of cooking author rombauer 17 packing the wrong clothes for the shore? 19 comic-con attendee, probably 20 participate in charades 21 kyle’s little brother on south park 22 coop matriarchs 23 valentine offering 25 cracker with seven holes 27 dance music with slow shifting bass sounds 31 Artists using acid 34 Word following who, what, when or how 35 beatnik’s bro 37 pen name? 38 give a hint to 40 “___ have something stuck in my teeth?” 41 prefix with trafficking 43 ctrL-___-deL 44 throws out 47 social finesse 48 early rock nickname, with “the” 50 the o in “Jackie o” 52 sty reply 53 Alumnus 54 Like cotton candy 56 fish in Japanese cuisine

58 imposed limits on 63 gymnastics legend korbut 64 part of the neighbor- hood where all the downers live? 66 James and the giant peach author roald 67 half a danny elfman band 68 second word in fairy tales 69 chip that starts a pot 70 element from the greek word for “strange” 71 Jeopardy! owner

Down 1 country’s mcentire 2 30 rock star baldwin 3 half step lower, in music 4 stuffed shell food 5 Like platypuses 6 palindromic experimentalist 7 get the knots out 8 enjoy a scoop 9 shannen of 90210 10 half of half of half 11 undergarments that allow for air flow? 12 “Agreed!” 13 runs off at the mouth 18 Johnny cash cover of a nine inch nails song 24 “boston Legal” actor 26 double-clicked symbol 27 “unleaded” beverage 28 dangly lobe in the throat 29 report from a slow vegetable-purchasing day?

30 ___ Lanka 31 tabloid worker 32 christina of black snake moan 33 glasgow residents 36 dwarf with glasses 39 vegas night sight 42 e-mail address symbols 45 diner player 46 eat, as pretzels 49 series ender 51 very little, as of ointment

53 oldest man in space John 54 club or cream follower 55 stratagem 57 mario of the nbA 59 favorable factor 60 the cops, in slang 61 mbA’s course 62 fashion initials 65 earlier than now

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forcing communication or action (from them-selves and others). this particularly sign in this phase says that everyone’s a lit-t-tle sensi-tive—especially when it comes to trifles.

saturday august 23

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Waning moon in Leo, sun moves into virgo. if others are pressuring you into

a decision, stand firm. the so-called “dark of the moon” period brings matters to light that were hidden, much as a submerged beach ball will rocket out of the pool if you try to stand on it. Leo, Aries, and sagittarius: turn trifles into celebrations. scorpio, pisces, and cancer: follow-through is a problem. virgo, taurus, and capricorn: others’ inconsistency rankles. Aquarius, Libra, and gemini: bring sparkle to the sad sacks in your circle.

sunday august 24

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dark of the moon in Leo. this accident-prone day suggests that some will need

to over-share, while others could give in to more sensational indulgences (over-eating is a temptation). gemini, cancer, Leo, virgo, Libra, sagittarius, and Aries won’t be able to keep a secret, and scorpio, Aquarius, pisces, capricorn, and taurus could mishear others and get vexed. What gets decided today could be re-versed tomorrow or the weekend.

Monday august 25

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new moon in virgo. Another excellent day to complete a project, although af-

ternoon plans could be altered or changed at the last minute. gemini, scorpio, cancer, Leo, virgo, and Libra have skills to find the easy way out, while pisces, gemini, sagittarius, Aquarius, and Aries could over-complicate a situation, and then want to walk away. hey, it’s monday, it may be difficult to hide from being inattentive.

tuesday august 26

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Waxing moon in virgo, moon void-of-course 10:29 pm until 5:54 pm Wednes-

day. pissy and prissy have lots to say. pissy and prissy can mess up Your dAY! today’s theme is improvement, as in, “who thinks you need to improve?” some will take comments meant innocently with a bit of ire, although romance for cancer, Leo, virgo, Libra, scorpio, taurus, and capricorn could be unexpectedly sweet. pisces, sagittarius, gemini, Aquarius, and Aries may need to tantrum.

Wednesday august 27

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Waxing moon in virgo, moon void-of-course until 5:54 pm when it moves in-

to Libra. despite an all-day voc moon, it’s an excellent day for cleaning or improving your health. or thinking about what you should do, getting on the internet and ordering a bunch of vitamins. Whatever works for self-sooth-ing—go for it. some can get good advice about a work situation, particularly virgo, Li-bra, capricorn, Aquarius, gemini, and taurus. cancer, scorpio, pisces, Aries, sagittarius, and Leo: you may have difficulty focusing.

Moon KeyS this horoscope traces the passage of the moon, not the sun. simply read from day to day to watch the moon’s influence as it moves through the signs of the zodiac. | When the moon is in your sun sign, you are beginning a new 28-day emotional cycle, and you can expect increased insight and emotionality. When the moon moves into the sun sign opposite yours (see below), expect to have difficulties dealing with the opposite sex, family, or authority figures; social or romantic activities will not be at their best. | When the moon is in Aries, it opposes Libra, and vice versa. other oppositions are taurus/scorpio, gemini/sagittarius, cancer/capricorn, Leo/Aquarius, and virgo/pisces. the moon stays in each sign approximately two and a half days. | As the moon moves between signs, it will sometimes become “void of course,” making no major angles to planets. consider this a null time and try to avoid making or implementing decisions if you can. but it’s great for brainstorming. | for symboline dai’s sun-sign horoscopes and advice column, visit our Web site at thephoenix.com. Symboline Dai can be reached at [email protected].

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