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OCTOBER 2014

Inside the local fashion design industry

This Month 21 The Business of Fashion Providence is having a fashion moment. Here's a closer look at how to make it last.

Heirloom Pork Loin at the Salted Slate

27 City Style One community’s library is now a gorgeous home 29 The Look 30 Get Fit 33 Shop Talk

45 Feast Wayland’s newest gourmet restaurant 46 Review 49 In the Kitchen 50 On the Menu 53 Behind the Bar 54 In the Drink 56 Rhody Bites

61 Get Out Pronk returns to the East Side

Every Month

62 Calendar 65 Art 66 Music 69 Theatre

4 Editor’s Note

We sampled some of the city's best cakes.

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70 Savor Providence

11 Providence Pulse The spookiest ways to spend Halloween

On the Cover: Photography by James Jones.

13 City 17 Scene in PVD

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Editor’s Note A New Kind of Shopping Local We need a vocabulary shift in Providence, especially when it comes to talking about clothing. Instead of asking “where did you get your dress/suit/necklace?” we need to be asking, “who are you wearing?” Because for a city as rich in affordable, accessible fashion designers as we are, we’re not wearing enough of their clothing – particularly for Providence, a city that gets it when it comes to shopping local and eating local. Think about it: we’re home to two Project Runway alums (Joseph Aaron Segal, under World of JAS and Pretty Snake, and Jonathan Joseph Peters), and one of etsy’s top clothing sellers (Kelly Eident, designer of I’m Your Present). It’s as easy to get a custom piece from one of these people as it is to go to the mall and buy clothing, and it costs about the

same. In this month’s cover story, we take a look at Providence’s fashion industry. The city is at a moment right now when we can really band together and push it to the next level. It’s one more step towards creating a more financially solvent city, not to mention bringing us one step closer to being the awesomest place in the country. Read on, and then rethink the way you shop.

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Buh-bye, summer slide! Thanks to a partnership among business, education and the nonprofit community, we have changed the conversation—and the results—for summer learning. While most children slide back in summer and lose two months of math skills, and low-income children are also losing two months of reading skills, children in our Hasbro Summer Learning Initiative made advances in both literacy and math skills in just one six-week summer session. When Rhode Islanders help Rhode Islanders, we get results. United Way of Rhode Island’s fundraising and administrative costs are covered by the Rhode Island Charities Trust, allowing donations to support people and programs.

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Get in the Spirit Tight Crew’s Halloween Massive: “Haunted Mansion”

Warning: Proceed with caution. You are about to witness 13 of Rhode Island’s most ooey-gooey, terrorific attractions. With All Hallows’ Eve quickly approaching, the monsters and ghouls are prepared to spook, with tricks and treats and traps up their sleeves. So gather your costume and attend, if you dare, but don’t be surprised when you find yourself crying for mummy.

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Spooky Happenings 13 Halloween events for all ages Jack-o-Lantern Spectacular: Jack-oLanterns from A-Z Prepare for a night of boos and awes as you wander a trail of 5,000 jacko-lanterns that will light your foggy path. With themes for each letter of the alphabet, who knows what kind of tricks and treats the family will discover! October 2-November 2, $9-16, 6-11pm/12am; 1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence. 941-4998, rwpzoo.org. Mills & Mysteries: A Ghostly Experience Joke’s on them! It’s your turn to haunt the ghosts as you participate in a reallife, paranormal investigation led by television ghost hunters, the Johnson Brothers. This teeth-chattering event will bring you to the Slater Mill under the moonlight, where you will beg to hide under the blankets. Thursdays and Fridays in October, 7:30-9pm, $20; 67 Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket. 7258638, slatermill.org. Slater Park’s Fright Night Spend the night in fright as you enter the Haunted Tunnel, where brave participants may not see the light at the end of it. The younger crowd can enjoy a park full of pumpkins and a costume contest for furry friends. October 1-November 1 (Fridays and Saturdays), 6:30-8:30pm, $5; RR 1A, Pawtucket. 728-0500 ext. 251, Facebook.com/hauntedtunnelri.com. From Fangs to Bangs and Beyond: The Evolution of the Vampire in Film Protect your neck as you witness the change in Hollywood’s vampires over

the course of time. With three separate dates, moviegoers and vampires-in-disguise can enjoy titles including the The House of Dark Shadows, Interview with the Vampire, and Let Me In. October 16, 23 & 30; 6-8:15pm; 150 Empire Street, Providence. 455-8000, provlib.org. Zombie Night 2014 Rise from the grave and drag your foot through Providence with other fellow zombies. First, enjoy the pre-party and groan to “Boolesque” performances by Dot Mitzvah, Bettysioux Tailor, Vivienne LaFlamme and Vanil LaFrappe. Then, cackle with your dead friends at the after party. 21+. October 18, 7pm2am; Union Street, Downtown Providence. fyifly.com/providence/2014providence-zombie-night. Flickers: RI International Horror Film Festival Halloween becomes serious during this ghastly, seven-day event. Along with watching grossly gruesome films, fear-cravers can attend other events including an exclusive look at the making of local horror flicks. October 2026, $10; 5 Bell Street, 80 Washington Street, 150 Empire Street, Providence. 861-4445, film-festival.org. Pumpkins in the Park Engage in pleasantly sweet activities that will give you a break from the sour. With train rides, yummy refreshments, festive tunes and friendly jacko-lantern mazes, families are in for a treat. October 24, 6-9pm; 1810 Mineral

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Spring Avenue, Governor Notte park, North Providence. 232-0900, northprovidenceri.gov. Haunted Providence at Hilton Enter the supernatural realm at the Psychic Fair and Paranormal Expo, where paranormal experts will make you howl and hoot at freakishly true psychic readings. As the moon rises, bring out your inner Elegant Goth at the Midnight Witches Masquerade Ball, where music, appetizers and fortune tellers will keep you tuned in. October 25, $14.32-$103.49, 10am-11:30pm; 21 Atwells Avenue, Providence. 831-3900, hauntedprovidence.com. Boo Bash at the Children’s Museum Have the children come dressed in their favorite costumes and explore a spooktacular world of witchy crafts and eerie experiments in the scientist’s lab. Festive games will also help the little critters crawl into the Halloween spirit. October 28, 11am-2pm; 100 South Street, Providence. 273-5437, childrenmuseum.org. Creepy, Crawly Family Fun Weekend Dress up for free museum admission and enjoy a weekend packed with goodies. Crack open your ears to some goosebump-raising stories, and dare to embark on a scary vault tour that will make you shriek. October 26, 12-3pm; 1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence. 941-4998, rwpzoo.org.

Tight Crew’s Halloween Massive: “Haunted Mansion” Get ready for eye-popping performances by Big Nazo, the creators of giant, theatrical creatures and scenery while partying with over 20 DJs and performers flown in from all over the US and UK (not on brooms). Dress your best for the costume contest. October 31, 8pm-2am, $15-40; 79 Washington Street, Providence. tightcrew.net. Mysterium: The Eternal Masquerade Indulge in signature treats – no tricks – by Russell Morin Fine Catering, and transform into a detective in an unsolved mystery. Gather creepy clues in the unseen corners of the historic Providence Public Library until the final reveal. Later, indulge in devilish desserts and dancing in the hours of the full moon. October 31, $125, 8pm-12am; 150 Empire Street, Providence. 455-8000, provlib.org. Brown University’s Annual Organ Concert Skip the midnight graveyard walk and creep yourself out with a performance by Brown organist, Mark Steinbach. Enter the doors of Sayles Hall, a 19th-century building with an eerie track record, and give yourself the heebie-jeebies with haunting live tunes. October 31, 11:55pm; 79-81 Waterman Street, Providence. 863-2344, brown.edu. -Jacleen Charbonneau

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Technology blurs the line between what we can do and what we should do By now, you’ve either heard about (or, if you were acting on your worst impulses, seen the photographic evidence of) last month’s scandal in which the phones of several female celebrities were hacked and their private nude pictures were distributed on the internet. There are a lot of issues at play here, and a lot of lessons to be learned – most of which have already been discussed ad infinitum on the very same internet that spawned the scandal. It has sparked discussions about misogyny, invasions of privacy, victim blaming, objectification of women and celebrities, the ugly side of internet anonymity, etc. Underpinning all those big, complex issues, however, is one that’s so simple and banal as to almost be forgotten in all this: technology is no excuse for forgetting how to be a person. You see, a little bit of the impulse that drove these criminals to do what they did lives in all of us. Every time you let your companion stare at the back of your phone while you check Facebook at the dinner table, every time you ignore that little twinge of guilt as you clumsily tap out a text message while behind the wheel on the highway, every time you sigh angrily at the flight attendant who instructs you to shut down your iPad so that the f—king plane can make it

into the sky safely, you’re feeling just a tiny bit of what makes these phone hackers tick. This is by no means to conflate or confuse minor transgressions against common courtesy and safety with gross violations of someone’s innermost personal sanctum and dignity. Invading another person’s privacy and sharing what you find with the world for the sole purpose of shaming them or helping a few pervs get their jollies means you’re at best a cowardly, amoral scumbag and at worst a full-on sociopath; checking your phone at dinner just makes you kind of an ass. But both behaviors have their roots in the same basic assumption: that the ability technology has provided us to behave a certain way relieves us of the responsibility to decide whether it’s acceptable to behave that way. This, of course, is patently not true. The fact that we’re willing to go on acting as if it is leads to problems ranging from poor etiquette to outright moral turpitude. Just because we have the capability to do certain things – like checking the score of a game during a friend’s wedding ceremony; basically contact anyone, anywhere, anytime; or steal a person’s private photos and share them anonymously on the internet – doesn’t mean we have the right to do them.

The discovery of fire didn’t give us the right to burn people at the stake. Unfortunately, as we gain more and more astounding capabilities, we’re questioning our impulses less. I’m still relatively young (34), yet I remember a time when it was considered quite normal to simply ignore the phone without repercussion, something that is now almost unthinkable to most people. I know you saw that you had a missed call from me, and yet you didn’t call me back? How rude. Our standards of behavior have changed so thoroughly that we don’t even remember what they used to be. Look, I’m not lying back comfortably in my glass house and leisurely tossing stones. I’m as guilty as anybody of minor, everyday crimes against common decency, like checking my phone at the dinner table or texting while driving. And I can admit that, yeah, I want to see Jennifer Lawrence naked too. That option is now available to me through a combination of mind boggling technological advancement and soul deadening human selfishness, but that doesn’t make it right to exercise that option. When the technology at our fingertips makes it so easy to say yes, it becomes a much more profound responsibility to be able to say no. –John Taraborelli

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Ever found yourself wanting to explore those mysterious mansions that line Broadway? Or maybe you are curious about the stories that are contained inside. Well, here is your chance. On Saturday, October 4, from 10am-4pm, the West Broadway Neighborhood Association (WBNA) is unlocking the doors and reviving the past of Providence’s historic neighborhood with their WBNA House Tour, a self-guided tour of ten of the most striking Victorian homes and buildings, most of which have not been accessible

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to the public in decades. Get a firsthand look at one of Broadway’s iconic Barnaby’s Castle. Known for the grim murder of Josephine Barnaby in 1891, this one of a kind castle was built by the prestigious architecture firm Stone, Carpenter and Willson in 1875. But of course, each property on the tour has its very own unique story to tell. $35 in advance; $40 at the door. 334 Broadway. 831-9344, wbnahousetour.org. Preview Party on October 3 at 77 Parade Street. Tickets for this event are $100 and are limited. –Alexandra Morel

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Providence By design Is fashion design the city’s next growth industry? by Julie Tremaine • photography by James Jones

We’re having a fashion moment in Providence. Like our other eras before - when the city was known first for its jewelry industry, or for noise music – this is a time we’re going to look back on and say “there was really something special happening there.” Think about it. We have twice-yearly fashion shows, universities turning out graduates with degrees in everything from apparel design to fashion merchandising, a designer co-op in the Arcade, local retailers carrying Rhode Island-made clothing, designers wholesaling their clothing and handbags all over the world. Yes, we’re having a fashion moment in Providence. But it’s not big enough. Too many budding talents are still bartending to make ends meet, and too few people in the city are wearing local designs. With the mayoral candidates promising to capitalize on the arts community to bolster our flagging economy, it’s time to think about fashion as Providence’s next growth industry. So what is it going to take to make that happen?

The runway is Just the Beginning “People forget that fashion’s not fashion without business,” says StyleWeek founder and CEO Rosanna M. Ortiz. “It’s a business. If you’re really in the fashion industry, you’re working all the time.” While StyleWeek, the biennial fashion showcase that’s a week of runway shows and shopping events, is a huge stepping stone for a new designer, too often a budding designer won’t know what to do with the possibilities the event affords. When it’s over, and after the newspaper coverage and social media buzz have died down, they don’t know how to keep the momentum going. “Although the name implies differently, StyleWeek isn’t just one week,” Ortiz says. “It’s about fostering a community.” She has a bigger vision for the city’s design community. “We want to take designers and teach them what to do with their brand. We can provide the ideas, concepts, direction. We can introduce them to local buyers. If a designer wanted our list, we’d provide that. But they’re not asking all the time.” “I can offer you the platform, I can offer you a fashion show,” she continues. “We’re the canvas, but a designer has to utilize StyleWeek after the runway show. The show is the beginning. That’s where a lot of people fall short. You have to take a look book shoot, make a line sheet, submit to buyers. That’s a lot of hard work.” Finding that time and those resources - even for a service that can help grow their business - is a sometimes insurmountable task. Designers like Marcel Plante, who has shown widely acclaimed collections at StyleWeek, struggle to move their work forward because they can’t generate enough sponsorships and capital to create more work and make themselves more visible. As a response to seeing too many designers in this position, Ortiz established Styleweek PR which functions as a business incubator, but not enough designers utilize it. Jonathan Joseph Peters, who is also the newly appointed COO of StyleWeek, is one of the few who manages to cultivate enough business to be a fashion designer full time in Providence. “The way to make it work,” he says, “is to remove the word ‘no’

We have everything that we need to create a prosperous arts and fashion community on a national level. -Rosanna M. Ortiz

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hustle, of being out in the community, making smart collaborations, hosting trunk shows and appearing in every season of StyleWeek (last month was Peters’ ninth runway show at the event), is the make or break factor when it comes to success as a designer.

The Art of selling Yourself

StyleWeek founder Rosanna M. Ortiz

from your vocabulary. Any time anyone approaches me about something – it might be a job for a seamstress and not for a designer – instead of saying no to that person, I have to turn it into a job for a designer. That’s really increased the amount of business that I do,” Peters continues. That, “and being very judicious with my spending, because I don’t have a salary. As I’m finishing a batch of work, I need to cultivate a new batch of work. It’s a matter of staying visible and staying open to your clientele.” When you’ve got a successful season of Project Runway under your belt, talking about visibility is easy. Peters appeared on season 7 of the show, during arguably its most popular time, and finished sixth. “Being locally or regionally successful – if by success we’re talking dollar signs – I don’t think that came from Project Runway. It came from being in front of people, speaking to people, educating them about designer clothing.” That

Kent Stetson’s new studio in Pawtucket’s Hope Artiste Village was supposed to be fancier. “I thought it would be a showroom,” he says, “but then all of these orders came in.” On this day, he’s prepping 13 separate wholesale orders to ship in less than a week, and already has an eye towards ramping up production to meet the demand that will happen when the Winter Farmer’s Market starts this month. “I’ll never miss an opportunity to sell,” he says. For Stetson, making handbags is a creative pursuit: he creates patterns out of his own fine art, transfers them to fabric and sews them into instantly recognizable purses – just try carrying one anywhere in Providence and you’ll see for yourself. But, it’s also a financial one. “I love making bags,” he says, “but I also love selling.” In the three years since he quit his job to have a go at turning his handbag hobby into a full-time business, he’s gone from being a solo operation to having three employees, and taken the business from his Smith Hill basement to Pawtucket’s Hope Artiste Village, into a space he already expects to outgrow. “A year ago at this time, my goal was to sell one bag a day,” he says. “Now I’m at 12 a day.” Orders are shipping all over the country and internationally to small boutiques, and Nordstrom is offering him a dedicated Kent Stetson table in the handbags department at several of its stores for the initial rollout of his work there. But it didn’t happen to him. “The work is constant,” he says. “When I’m awake, I’m working. Sometimes I wake up to an email from China and I’m fired up and ready to go.” His work ethic is part of Stetson’s success story, but a certain amount of shamelessness is another. To really succeed in a fashion career, he says, “You have to be willing to draw attention to yourself.”

There’s a big gap, though, between having an idea – “a fashion hobby,” which he says he had for eight years before he quit his day job – and having a career. Now, Stetson sells his bags wholesale to retailers through trade shows in New York. It wasn’t always that way. What it took to make that leap was starting close to home. “Sell to your friends,” he says. “Every single person that you know should have one of your pieces. If you can’t sell to people you know, how are you going to sell to strangers? Everyone has marketing opportunities in front of them. You can also get generous, forgiving feedback from your family and friends.” Providence is notoriously unfriendly to small businesses, which is why Stetson is doing business in Pawtucket, citing the especially daunting tangibles tax as one of the more troublesome tax burdens in Providence. “My accountant told me ‘don’t do business in Providence, do it in Pawtucket,’” he says. “I would love for my accountant to say ‘you’re in the right city’ and not ‘consider going over the border.’”

Tools of the Trade Politics and taxes aside, the other thing that’s holding back Providence’s fashion industry is a lack of resources. Textile companies, once a major part of the state’s economy, have left for greener (less economically burdensome) pastures. So, too, do many designers who get their start here and then realize they need better access to suppliers. That’s what happened with Dear Kate, a line of “performance underwear” and yoga pants designed to provide pantiliner-like coverage during that time of the month. Founder Julie Sygiel dreamed up the concept while studying at Brown University, and opened up (what was then Sexy Period’s office) in Davol Square. “Providence was a great place for us to begin,” Sygiel explains from her office in New York. “Our initial investors were there, and we worked closely with Darlington Fabrics in Westerly.” Ultimately, though, she decided that for her business to grow, it had to be outside Rhode Island. “Almost all of the national fashion and business publications are in New York, so it has been much easier to get introductions,” Sygiel says, “and we hired a fantastic operations director who has 12 years of prior experience managing apparel production in the Garment District.” Because their factory is also in NYC, she continues, “We can move more quickly when developing new products– the turnaround time from sketch to sample can be as little as one week.”

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Though the artistic collaborative AS220 provides the public access to some of the expensive machinery needed for design, like silkscreening equipment, there isn’t a place near Providence that can produce professional quality garments quickly and affordably. “To make a new line work in a small location like Providence, you need a large customer base of interested ‘Fashion’ people,” explains Margaret DeCubellis, head of the Apparel Design department at RISD. “You also need the ability to make the garments at a reasonable price. There is currently a lack of good, local factories that can afford to do small enough runs for the designer to make a decent profit.” While the meteoric rise (and similar profit margin) of Alex and Ani has allowed the company to fund local jewelry factories and keep their production in Rhode Island, no fashion designer has that ability. “Providence has been a leader in many areas of manufacturing for many years,” DeCubellis says. “However, when large companies such as Health Tex moved out of Providence, much of the skilled labor force went out as well.” That’s not to say that there’s no textile manufacturing in Rhode Island - Kate Middleton’s wedding dress featured Leavers Lace, made in West Greenwich but there isn’t enough of it. And the tax burdens locally aren’t encouraging more to open here. “Having worked closely with small manufacturing, the problem is in the pricing margin and the ability to sell your product alongside overseas product,” she says. “The City of Providence should clearly assist in the survival of our small factories. Rhode Island had the first American factory, in Pawtucket with Samuel Slater. Honestly, I believe that manufacturing is in our blood and we need to do all that we can to keep it here.” Amy Bernhardt, a RISD alumna, was awarded one of the 2014 RI Foundation Innovation Grants to address this problem. Her vision is to create a state-ofthe-art textile printing facility here, called Colorfast, but that is years away.

designing Providence as a Fashion city

Designs by Jess Abernethy at StyleWeek

The call to the powers that be is clear: there’s a fashion scene that needs to be capitalized on. We’re known as a culinary destination, and as a city with a rich arts scene, but we’ve got more to offer. “StyleWeek is very important to cast a lens over the city, and that’s a big reason why we can say we have a fashion movement,” Kent Stetson says. “It’s punctuated twice a year by this event.” But Rosanna Ortiz says that she never wanted to stop at fashion shows.

“It’s seen as frivolous, but we need to have a broader vision of fashion in Rhode Island,” she explains. “It can cultivate other companies coming here. I’m not looking at this as buying and designing clothes. I’m looking at the economy. I’m not worried about the designers who want to make it happen, because it will happen for them. I’m interested in making an economic impact to the city. We were the jewelry capital of the world. We all want to see that again.” She envisions a South by Southwest-type event in Providence, which, like Austin’s signature festival, combines many different kinds of creativity and has a national draw. “Our city and state really need to promote these small festivals,” Ortiz says. “The City should be our biggest partner, and they are, but at the five year mark we need to be a regional event with the help of the State, too. They say the arts are the forefront of their mission, but somehow it always falls short. The followthrough isn’t there on an economic level. We need manufacturers here, we need showrooms. That’s what’s going to grow this industry. That’s what’s going to bring jobs here. We can overutilize the resources we have here if we can’t show them growth.” “I think fashion is poised to be our next big step into the national spotlight,” says Kristen Adamo, VP of Marketing and Communications at the Providence Warwick Convention and Visitors Bureau (PWCVB). “You need to have the raw talent and you need to have passionate people who believe in it. I think StyleWeek has provided a framework around which all these like-minded individuals and projects can gather. The next step for those of us who promote the city is to work within that framework to identify compelling stories and projects that will speak to people on a national level.” Smart marketing happens organically, too. The local merchant groups, like the Hope Street Merchants Association, and the newly minted WAMA (Wickenden Area Merchants Association) and SoMa (South Main Street), are making savvy moves by branding their respective neighborhoods as easily walkable shopping destinations. “Branding the areas as sections is fantastic,” says Marc Streisand, menswear designer and owner of Marc Allen Fine Clothiers in SoMa. “Look what it’s done for Manhattan.” “It’s up to the people in the fashion industry and those of us who believe in it to demonstrate that it’s not just about looking cool,” Adamo says. “It’s about growing small business in this state.” She sees a similar opportunity to the success Providence has had at marketing itself nationally as a culinary destination. “That didn’t happen overnight, though. It’s taken almost a decade of beating the drum.” It also took collaboration on many levels, like the CVB creating Restaurant Week, Cindy Salvato starting her Savoring RI culinary tours, and David Dadekian championing the Eat Drink RI Festival. That kind of multi-platform approach is what’s going to elevate the fashion industry here - like the RISD Museum showing more fashionoriented exhibits like last year’s Artist, Rebel, Dandy, and the recurrence of the Crosswalk Catwalk fashion show on Thayer Street. One of these pieces is coming together at nude Boutique.

The Future of collaboration There isn’t a lot to buy at nude, the designer co-op that opened just under a year ago in The Arcade. It isn’t the kind of place you can shop anonymously, hiding behind racks and racks of clothing. In fact, most of what you see on display is samples from local designers’ seasonal

Photography: Corey Grayhorse

nude is a designer co-op boutique specializing in custom clothing

collections. Jonathan Joseph Peters and Jess Abernethy, another local designer with a devoted following, created nude to be part boutique and part showroom. “You’re discovering new designers in the shop, you’re speaking with designers, but you’re not necessarily leaving with an outfit in the bag,” Peters says. “Many of the items you see in Nude are runway samples. How often is a woman 5’10” and a size 4? We alter and customize what’s there with no extra charge. Most of us do a lot of custom because people love that they can put their personal spin on it.” While Peters and Abernethy own the boutique, there are several co-op members who also display their work and work in the store: clothing by Sarah Prost (under her Yellow Clover label), Susan Troy, Amy Stetkiewicz, Dylanium Knits and YRK Designs, and jewelry by House of Cach. Peters estimates that 80% of the store’s business comes from custom clothing design for individual clients, on a one-on-one basis. “It’s a system to get exactly what you want,” he says, “or to get something that you didn’t realize that you wanted.” While the idea of custom clothing can be offputting to the average person – cost, fit and self-image all factor in – it’s an idea that’s catching on. “You’re wearing an idea, you’re wearing a belief, and you can afford it,” Rosanna Ortiz says. “A lot of people think they can only get what’s on the runway, but that’s not true. Any designer can make a plus size, anybody can make a petite. I could say that Jess Abernethy can make you a whole wardrobe for $750, and you’ll think ‘that’s a lot of money.’ If you look at the stuff from Marshalls and what you don’t even wear, it costs tenfold.” “We don’t look busy,” Peters says, “but we’re all really busy.” In fact, nude is one of the few original stores that re-opened the Arcade that’s still in business there, and that business is growing. “It’s really working as a concept. I’m passionate about my own career, but I’m really passionate about the careers of my designer friends.” He and Abernethy are in talks to open nude Boston, and to host a pop-up of those designers at The Arcade this fall. “We understand that it doesn’t matter which of us gets critical acclaim at StyleWeek,” he says. “If the week gets critical acclaim, we’re all moving forward and upward.” This spirit of collaboration is a common theme in the fashion industry in Providence, both in the StyleWeek community and outside of it. “I think one thing that Providence should do to support young designers and artists is to create an amazing venue for living/working/making,” says RISD’s Margaret DeCubellis, citing similar post-industrial cities like Baltimore and St. Louis that have done so. “Most of these endeavors are large, factory spaces which would work really well in Rhode Island,” she says. Jonathan Peters agrees. “It would be great if there were a grant that would allow us to have a bigger space, or a space to work and sell,” he says. “If the City has empty spaces that are unused, it would be great to give those spaces to artists, and designers in particular. A space like AS220 for designers would be fantastic. It could be a mill where design students could come through and work with us. It could be mutually beneficial to have this atelier and retail space where people could learn. I’m really excited that there are so many actual designers who are working and sewing.” But, opportunities for collaboration don’t have to be on such a huge scale. Marc Streisand sees smaller opportunities for the arts community – which also relies on creative collaboration and cross-promotional opportunities – to support fashion in Providence. “Let these guys dress the Philharmonic,” he says. “We’ve got a world class theatre and they’re not working together. They should be saying ‘instead of bringing in someone from New York, let’s use a local designer.’ There’s a tremendous opportunity here to make a difference.” Opportunities, yes. And obstacles. But, as Kent Stetson says, “If you can make something succeed in this market, your chances of bigger success are phenomenal. So be ready.”

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Senior VP, Regan Communications Tell me about this outfit. Anyone who knows me, knows that I have never met a black dress that I didn’t love. This outfit is comfortable, fun and easily adapts from sitting in meetings to chasing around kids, a dog and a husband when I get home. The dress is a soft knit that works equally well with layered jewelry and boots or with heels and a scarf. And, I love denim to dress down an outfit; I’m a big fan of mixing bold jewelry with casual pieces. Speaking of jewelry, I love how you’ve combined these pieces. How do you decide how much is too much? Oh, boy. I am the wrong girl to ask about too much jewelry. I love the look of stacking bracelets and have long been in love with statement necklaces. I am a big fan of local designer Loren Hope, who makes oldworld glamour hip and fun. My necklaces and bracelets are from her collection and I literally love every piece she designs. This is a perfect day-to-night look. How do you make an outfit work for both? Working in the fun field of public relations, I have a lot of leeway with my wardrobe depending on what’s happening that day. I tend to wear a lot of dresses; if I’m going from work to a fun client event or out to dinner, it’s easy to put on heels, add funky jewelry and some red lipstick. I’m also lucky to work with a great group of fashionable ladies and together, we have all the components of a full salon in our office. Need your hair flat ironed? No problem. Need a makeover? No problem. Need a manicure? No problem. This outfit definitely doesn’t say “working mom” to me. How do you stay fashionable and chase after your two young sons? First, thank you! My priority is definitely my little guys, which doesn’t leave a lot of time to go shopping. I’ve never been someone who pays attention to fashion magazines, but I do know what I like and once I find something that I love, I stay true to it. I do almost all of my shopping online and my go-to sites are Dobbin Clothing – they make beautiful, well-made dresses in gorgeous fabrics. I’m also a big fan of J. McLaughlin dresses because they’re so much fun to wear, easy to wash at home and their maxis have great patterns. My biggest fashion advisor is my three-year-old son. Each morning, he walks into my closet and points out “pretty dresses.” He has excellent taste and I usually listen to him!

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Get a fun and invigorating workout with obstacle course racing in Johnston Christina Rondeau of Rondeau’s Kickboxing certainly isn’t the new kid on the block when it comes to running a successful training facility and (literally) kicking ass. But her newest venture with Rhode Island Fitness opens the door to two heart-pumping and strength-building functional workouts that will whip you into shape and prepare you for the latest craze of obstacle course and adventure racing fitness fun. I arrived early to the warehouse-style space tucked away on a backstreet of Johnston, where her kickboxing studio also resides, to meet Christina for both the obstacle course and cross training circuit workouts. Having immersed and trained myself in the world of OCR (obstacle course racing) over the last year and a half, I was excited to see what she had to offer. Before I even crossed fully through the doors, I immediately noticed the monkey bars – which resembled a ladder with spinning rungs hanging horizontally from the ceiling, by chains on each side. In other words, this thing spun and moved around. A lot. While you were on it. I stared at those bars like I stare at brownies: I knew it was going to hurt after the damage was done, but I couldn’t wait to dig in. Before I could get my hands on that beauty, Christina introduced me to one of the trainers who would be working with us (and who is one of the two that typically run the OCR classes) and took me through a series of warm-ups. She then sent me off to run the perimeter of buildings surrounding hers, outside. Once I was back in, it was go-time. I moved from minute-rounds of climbing the unfastened, swinging cargo net to working my way across those bad boy monkey bars to scaling the rope to bouldering across a wall, with more laps outside in between. Continuing on, I busted out pull-ups, wall balls, knee-high hurdles and flipped a very large tire until I was completely covered in dirt. By the time the 45-minute

class was over, my arms were shaky, my heart rate was pumping and my entire body was covered in sweat. Naturally, she moved me right into the circuit training class next. Before we started the circuit training class, I took notice of the other equipment around me. Keeping each workout new and fresh, the obstacles are switched up every time. Some of the pieces I didn’t jump on but are used in their rotations were the peg board (a la American Ninja Warrior style, where you traverse your body across a board using only pegs to hold on to), eightfoot walls, tunnels, plyo boxes and other styles of ropes. At the start of the circuit training workout, Christina showed me a board that changed daily, with the ten exercises for the class. What I loved most about the circuit training was that you pop in any time you want during the hours that circuit is open, check out the board and run through it on your own. There is always a trainer inside

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Tech-saavy Cassandra also sells her finds online via Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram, so if you see her posting something you adore – like, say, a classic Chanel bag that would make you feel like a Hollywood starlet – be sure to rush in and pick it up while it lasts. (Inventory tends to go pretty quickly here.) Even celebs like Miss Universe Olivia Culpo has been known to shop at and rave about this store! “Our items change daily because we are constantly getting new stuff in and selling out of stuff,” Cassandra says. “Currently my top five favorite items are a brand new, bright orange Helene ostrich handbag; a limited edition Dior handbag; a brand new rose gold metallic Rebecca Minkoff handbag; patent leather Dior shoes; and a brand new Michael Kors watch.” Since some of the high-end luxury items are on consignment, shoppers are able to snatch them up at a fraction of retail price. Need a few styling tips to help you feel confident rocking that new LV bag of yours on the streets? Cassandra is extremely willing to answer any and all fashion-related questions: “I love talking with our customers and learning about everyone’s unique style and fashion sense.” As for her own sense of style, Cassandra describes it as pretty go with the flow. “I spend a lot of time working

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The Salted Slate debuts in wayland Square Matt and Kate Jennings closed their popular Wayland Square restaurant and cheese shop last year, one thing was certain: Providence would have high expectations for the space’s next restaurant tenant. In less than two months, a lighthanded, practical renovation combined the former cheese shop and restaurant into a larger dining space and The Salted Slate was born. Chef owner Ben Lloyd isn’t new to Providence, having spent time with the Chow Fun Food Group and most recently at Tazza. The Salted Slate describes itself as “an agri-driven American restaurant with global influences.” At first glance, the menu and concept seems to echo that of many other restaurants that have opened in the last five years: local food, creative, nose to tail, vegetable-forward. For some restaurants, it’s sadly little more than a marketing ploy. But as we found, The Salted Slate has the concept deep in its heart and executes it incredibly well. The cool summer’s end provided a gorgeous evening to sit on Wayland

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Providence finally gets a piece of the pie Daniel Sheehan grew up in Connecticut and went to school at Roger Williams University to pursue a degree in architecture, but ultimately decided to try his hands at baking. After working for various bakeries, he set out on his own and created the Humble Pie Company. We talked about flaky pastries, funky fillings and pie-based dinosaur names. Do you have any special memories of pie from your childhood? My grandmother used to make a lot of pies. I didn’t really eat her pie until I was older and started to enjoy it. I have one of my grandmother’s pie pans. It’s an old aluminum pan that’s completely unadorned, but what it does have are marks from where countless pies have been cut. The marks are just radiating out from the center of the pan. What was your grandmother’s pie of choice? Apple was really her pie. I slice my apples the same way my grandmother did: really, really thin. It’s totally textural. It’s somewhere between soft and hard. I want the apples to just be barely holding themselves together when the pie comes out of the oven. They should be ready to break down but still have a little firmness or crunch to them. When did you start selling your creations? I started selling at the Pawtucket Wintertime Farmers Market last year. If I was going to start a pie business, I wanted to experience a holiday at a small scale. So starting with the Pawtucket Farmers Market on November 2, I had a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving to see if this idea would be a viable business. I capped it at 100 pies. I only wanted to do 50 pies, but people kept wanting to order.

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Tell me a bit about the kind of pies you offer. They change with the season. For the fall we’re going to be bringing back the pies we had last year: roasted pumpkin, parsnip, maple pecan and Dutch apple. A parsnip pie? It’s actually sweet. It’s a parsnip custard that’s flavored with cardamom and honey. Do you make different crusts? I do a few different crusts. Each pie has its own crust that works with it. And my

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goal, when I hopefully find the time, is to expand the crust line to include a gluten-free and vegan crust. If a certain pie flavor lends itself to being gluten-free, I’ll make it gluten-free. We did a Linzor torte last Christmas that was glutenfree because it has a nut-based crust with raspberry jam inside. And that makes sense because it is traditionally made without wheat products. Our traditional crust is really flaky. That’s what you’ll see most of the time. We had a rye and hazelnut crust that we used in a maple s’more pie that was around in the springtime. We make a pate sucre crust too. It’s like a shortbread cookie crust that’s really nice with a lemon tart and chocolate tart over the winter. Are there any new recipes you’re working on? Well, Italian plums will be coming out soon and I’ll be making them with an almond cream base. Plum and almond is a not-so-secret combination of flavors but I really love it. Many people haven’t had plums cooked or in a baked good. So, I’m excited to gauge people’s reaction to that. What are some of your favorite pies? I probably ate the most out of the chocolate tart that we had last winter. The chocolate tart uses chocolate from Omanhene Cocoa Company in Ghana. It’s a company that was founded by Steven Wallace, a Brown graduate. And it’s really good chocolate, that’s the best part about it. They do a 48% milk chocolate and an 80% dark chocolate – both of which go into the chocolate tart. And that’s with a pate sucre crust. It’s a very simple custard,

nothing fancy about the top. Just dark and smooth and surprisingly light tasting. How much pastry do you prepare and sell each week? We are selling 40-50 whole pies and 500 mini pies – it’s a bunch of pie. We sell at farmers markets predominantly, The Shop in Fox Point, New Harvest and we just started carrying whole pies at Sunset Orchards. Are there some pies you only bake in a mini? There was a ricotta herb pie that I did in the spring that was savory. That really did lend itself to a mini – it would be a lot of cheese for one pie. Are you able to source locally? I try to source as local as I can. There are things like flour and butter that are very hard to source locally. All the fillings of our pies we source locally. The blueberries are from Shartner Farms, the peaches are from Dame Orchards, our apples are coming from Steere Orchard in Greenville. We also work with Sunset Orchards and Hill Orchards. Our dairy products, milk and cream, come from Wright’s Dairy Farm.

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With a large deck and patio facing the Providence River to a sky dominated by the smoke stacks of the Manchester Power Station, Lola’s Tequila Bar and Cantina offers a lot before your food even arrives. Often, with a nice view, food becomes an afterthought. Lola’s owners, also of Whiskey Republic next door, have made a significant statement of intent to the contrary, bringing in a new executive chef Cara Marie Duskin to completely overhaul their menu. Cara is originally from Naples, Florida, but has been working in Rhode Island for the last six years, most recently at Nordstrom’s Marketplace Cafe. Since being hired on in mid-June, Cara has been hard at work developing a new menu, which will be in place this month. While the favored mainstays of a Mexican restaurant are not neglected, Cara was chosen because she represented a more inclusive new direction, with extensive experience with vegetarian, vegan and gluten free food. With these dietary considerations increasingly well-represented in Providence, Cara has crafted a menu where all can find something they are excited about; both veggie and carnivore alike. More basically, Cara wants a massive departure from what she calls the “nuke everything and smother in sauce” approach to Mexican. Though she says she has no designs on purely authentic Mexican food, Cara has been happily exploring traditional Mexican ingredients that are sadly underrepresented in many approximations of the cuisine. For instance, she uses fresh jicama in her crab salpicon, where it is mixed with lime marinated crab meat, cilantro and scallions, and served over fried plantains. Cara has also gone the extra mile by making all of her queso fresco in-house. Queso fresco is an unaged cheese that can be made in a matter of hours, but to our detriment, few bother. For dessert, Cara has been perfecting her honeycayenne glazed sopaipillas, which are a pastry hybrid of a donut and a pillow, you know, what we’d eat in heaven while sliding down rainbows with plaque-immune angel hearts. Not to worry, if you are more the average carne e papas type, Cara has the stuff you could have ordered from Lola’s before, though she’s been at work

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making them less bland, or “boosting them up” as she puts it. Cara’s says her aim is to bring out ingredients so that you can’t leave saying, “we could have just gone to chipotle.” Cara’s specials are a lot more engaged with seasonal produce as well. For instance recently she made a grilled watermelon salsa on a great farmers market whim. In addition to new food, Cara’s counterpart in bar manager Christina Cook, has a whole new drink menu with a commitment to fresh exciting ingredients like muddled watermelon and infused tequilas. They are also teaming up for a new brunch service on Saturdays and Sundays from 12-4pm, with a $30 choice of entree and bottomless drink selection. If you want to give the new Lola’s a try, or perhaps a second chance, October is a good time to start, with a celebration of the obligatory National Taco Day. Every day Cara will have a $2 special taco on offer, and every Tuesday a special menu of $2 tacos. One previous offering was a lobster and bacon taco, to whet your appetite. 525 South Water Street, Providence. 383-0220, lolascantina.com The Shop Joins Fox Point’s Coffee Klatch Fox Point continues to build its case for being the spot for coffee in Rhode Island. Joining familiar studying hotspots Coffee Exchange and Café Zog, the latest debutant is The Shop, bringing Stumptown beans, their cold-brew on tap, and a selection of local pastries from bakers like Humble

Pie Company and others. With more places than ever to get single-origin coffee, it’s safe to say that the third wave of coffee has finally well and truly smashed into Providence. 460 Wickenden Street, Providence. 6841140, theshopfoxpoint.com Brass Monkey Swings into Providence The Brass Monkey has opened on Allens Avenue in Providence, hoping to grow roots in a space that has seen a parade of restaurants, most recently Cafe Ole. Having already had a soft open at time of writing, its grand opening was on September 13. With a menu with tendencies to the gastro-pubby, the place is aimed squarely at the sports bar crowd, with plenty of games on big TVs, a nice open layout, outdoor patio and Olde English and OJ, for when I want to punch my liver repeatedly with early college nostalgia. 800 Allens Avenue, Providence. 785-1818, brassmonkeyri.com TasteTrekkers Expo Foodie Day Saturday October 4 is Foodie Day, no, not in some meaningless desk calendar way, but at the Biltmore for the Taste Trekkers Food and Travel Expo, with a series of talks and food sampling with travel and food writers, bakers, beekeepers and more. Finally, newly opened Hope & Main are sponsoring a tasting pavilion including some of their own new cohort’s products, as well as tons of other local food producers. tastetrekkers. com/expo.

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Join U.S. Marine Brooks Cornell on the Rooftop before last call at 11:30pm if you want to ask him about his next tattoo. Expect fast service with a smile. This Providence transplant won the 2013 Pink Pump Palooza – a 50-yard dash in high heels to benefit the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation. Where did you learn to tend bar? I’m from a bartending family. My dad owned a couple bars. My first job was bussing tables at 16. I worked in a couple of dive bars when I got home from the service.

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What’s the atmosphere like? This is a little bit of a higher end rooftop bar in a great city that really needed one. Enjoy a great happy hour crowd after work, which includes lawyers, doctors, nurses and politicians. Around 9pm, a younger vibe sets in; we turn up the music a little more. Besides dinner tables, we have a cocktail lounge area with great couches. This is a step in the direction to give Providence that big city feel. Are there plans to keep it open through the cooler months? The Rooftop will be open through midNovember. It’ll be enclosed with panels that will help to create a greenhouse effect and keep the space warm. Describe the cocktail list. The cocktail selection is not that overwhelming or too complicated. I’d describe it as classic cocktails with a spin. For example the Bon Vivant is

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What’s a shrub? It’s made with fresh fruit, vinegar and sugar. The vinegar helps preserve the fruit. You don’t get any of the bitterness or anything. It’s a good way to have a fresh purée on hand to use as a mixer in our cocktails. Order The Belle Vue made with Belvedere Vodka, Chambord, strawberry shrub and fresh lime. What do you want the Rooftop to be known for? An experience. It’s the first one in Providence and it’s successful. We have a top notch chef putting out a great different menu. All alcohol is top shelf; well vodka is Ketel One. We want to supply the best. What’s a great fall cocktail to make at home? Negroni is coming back on the scene. It’s simple to make. Three equal parts of top shelf gin, Campari and sweet vermouth with a dash of bitters and orange zest. Serve it straight up or on the rocks. It’s a complex drink which is what I feel fall is about. More harvest flavors.

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Sometime circa 1995, Americans decided that the onset of fall meant sticking pumpkin – or pumpkin pie spices – into every conceivable beverage. Pumpkin-spiced coffees are the foremost example, of course, but sadly the typical version just ain’t great. In fact, it’s often sickly sweet, and about as subtle as the Kardashians. Luckily, an easy fix exists for those who still want autumnal pumpkin drinks minus a slew of taste crimes: Just add booze. We’re not talking spiked coffee here, although even that would be an improvement. (Just about anything seems better with the onset of a buzz, no?) Rather, we’re talking cocktails that elevate the coffeehouse cliché, or turn it on its head. Case in point is the Dorrance’s pumpkin offering, which – addition to being damn delicious – has a name so charmingly verbose it requires punctuation. Ditch the styrofoam cups and saddle up to the bar for one, beginning this month.

• 1.5 oz Sons of Liberty Pumpkin Spice Whiskey • .5 oz Becherovka herbal liqueur • 1 oz pumpkin chai simple syrup • .5 oz fresh lemon juice • 2 dashes coffee bitters (preferably from Cocktail Kingdom) • 2 dashes Angostura bitters • 1 oz egg white • Ice Optional: “Pumpkin Dust,” made from approximately equal parts sugar and ground cinnamon, plus half that amount of salt. Put all ingredients except those for the Pumpkin Dust into a cocktail shaker, and, in Lantz’s words, “shake the living hell out of it.” Once it’s sufficiently frothy and pretty, strain and serve. If using cloves rather than Becherovka, be sure to double-strain. Garnish with a pinch of the Pumpkin Dust, if desired, for an aromatic punch. “It’s Pavlovian,” Lantz says. “Put that dust four inches from your nose, and salivation kickstarts.”

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10 Prime Steak and Sushi This stylish, sexy restaurant in the heart of Downtown serves only the finest prime sirloin steaks from corn-fed Midwestern beef alongside expertly prepared sushi using top quality seafood. Of course, you want to know about the steaks. All of 10’s prime and certified Angus steaks are aged for at least 28 days for maximum flavor and tenderness. Cuts include 8 or 12 oz. filet mignon (and you can get the 8 oz. bacon-wrapped), 14 oz. New York sirloin, 22 oz. porterhouse and 10 oz. Wagyu flat iron and they can all be accompanied with a range of

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2 Pauls’ City Grille Comfort food with a family feel. 315 Waterman Ave, East Providence, 228-7285. BrLD $-$$ Andreas Authentic Greek food since 1966. 268 Thayer St, Providence, 3317879. BrLD $-$$ Arturo Joe’s Italian food close to the beaches. 140 Point Judith Rd, Narragansett, 789-3230. LD $$ Aspire Seasonal Kitchen Contemporary New England fare. 311 Westminster St, Providence, 521-3333. BBrLD $$-$$ Besos Kitchen & Cocktails Tapas and eclectic cuisine and cocktails. 378 Main St, East Greenwich, 398-8855. BrLD $$$ Black Bass Grille Classic seafood, historic waterfront setting. 3 Water St, South Dartmouth, 508-999-6975. LD $$ Bon Asian Bistro Sushi and hibachi, stylish bar scene. 1386 Atwood Ave, Johnston, 270-0777. LD $$

Breachway Grill Classic New England fare, plus NY-style pizza. 1 Charlestown Beach Rd, Charlestown, 2136615. LD $$ Caprice Restaurant & Bar Upscale Italian, romantic atmosphere. 455 Main St, East Greenwich, 398-2900. D $$-$$$ Casa Della Luce American/Italian bistro and gourmet pizzeria. 105 Franklin St, Westerly, 637-4575. LD $$ CAV Eclectic cuisine and art in a historic setting. 14 Imperial Place, Providence, 751-9164. BrLD $$-$$$ Centro Restaurant & Lounge Contemporary cuisine and cocktails. 1 W Exchange St, Providence, 228-6802. BLD $$$ Chapel Grille Gourmet food overlooking the Providence skyline. 100 Chapel View Blvd, Cranston, 944-4900. BrLD $$$ DeWolf Tavern Gourmet American/ Indian fusion. 259 Thames St, Bristol, 254-2005. BLD $$-$$$ DiMare Seafood Fresh seafood restaurant and market. 2706 South County Trail,

East Greenwich, 885-8100. LD $$-$$$ Dragon Palace Fresh sushi and Asian cuisine. 733 Kingstown Rd, Wakefield, 789-2308. LD $-$$ Eleven Forty Nine City sophistication in the suburbs. 1149 Division St, Warwick, 884-1149. LD $$$ Enn Japanese Creative sushi and Japanese food. 600 George Washington Hgwy, Lincoln, 333-0366. LD $$ East Side Creamery & Diner Neighborhood diner and ice cream shop. 170 Ives St, Providence, 865-6088. BrLD $ Fieldstones Relaxed family setting, something for everyone. 980 E Main Rd, Portsmouth, 293-5200. LD $$ Flatbread Company Artisanal pizza, local ingredients. 161 Cushing St, Providence, 273-2737. LD $-$$ Giros Hometown Grille Pub-style food, friendly service. 501 High St, Peace Dale, 887-752-0794. BrLD $-$$ Guytanno’s Cafe Inspired international

cuisine. 62 Franklin St, Westerly, 3846221. LD $$ Hanley’s Ale House Full service pub, great fun. 52 Pine St, Providence, 8610001. LD $-$$ Harry’s Bar & Burger Creative sliders and cocktails. 121 N Main St, Providence, 228-7437. LD $-$$ Iggy’s Doughboys & Chowder House Classic clam shack fare, plus famous doughboys. 889 Oakland Beach Ave, Warwick, 737-9459; 1157 Point Judith Rd, Narragansett, 783-5608. LD $ Kartabar Mediterranean-style cuisine, chic setting. 284 Thayer St, Providence, 331-8111. LD $-$$ Kon Asian Bistro Sushi and hibachi, stylish bar scene. 553 Main St, East Greenwich, 886-9200. LD $$ Lim’s Restaurant Upscale Thai and fresh sushi. 18 South Angell St, Providence, 383-8830. LD $$ Lobster Pot Serving traditional New England classics and seafood. 119 Hope St,

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Bristol, 253-9100 Br L D $$-$$$ Luxe Burger Bar Build your own creative burger. 5 Memorial Blvd, Providence, 621-5893. LD $ Mariner Grille Creative seafood, pub atmosphere. 140 Point Judith Rd, Narragansett, 284, 3282. LD $$ McBlarney’s County Tap Modern, upscale pub with daily specials. 632 Metacom Ave, Warren 401-289-0887. LD $$ Meeting Street Cafe Huge sandwiches and cookies. 220 Meeting St, Providence, 273-0166. BLD $ Mews Tavern Family dining, with a whiskey bar. 456 Main St, Wakefield, 783-9370. LD $-$$ Mile & a Quarter Eclectic cuisine and wine bar. 334 South Water St, Providence, 331-1500. LD $-$$ Mill’s Tavern Historic setting for New American gourmet. 101 N Main St, Providence, 272-3331. D $$$ MuMu Cuisine Asian fusion cuisine specializing in sushi, Chinese fusion and Thai. 220 Atwells Ave, Providence, 369-7040 LD $$-$$$ Nami Fun, stylish sushi and hibachi. 198 Atwells Ave, Providence, 3836559. LD $$$ Nonni’s Italian Restaurant Traditional Italian eatery and pasta shop. 1154 Stafford Rd, Tiverton, 624-3087. LD $$ Oak St. B&B Delicious, inventive burgers and breakfast. 87 Oak St, Westerly, 315-2520. BLD $ Oceanside at the Pier New England fare

overlooking the Atlantic. 1 Beach St, Narragansett, 792-3999. BrLD $$ Paragon & Viva Contemporary dining and nightlife. 234 Thayer St, Providence, 331-6200. BrLD $-$$ Parkside Rotisserie & Bar American bistro specializing in rotisserie meats. 76 South Main St, Providence, 3310003. LD $-$$ Pavilion Steakhouse & Banquets Grand, banquet-hall style dining. 15A Frontier Rd, Hopkinton, 377-9900. BrLD $$$ Phil’s Main Street Grille Classic comfort food; great rooftop patio. 323 Main St, Wakefield. 783-4073 BBrLD $ PJ’s Pub Mediterranean-influenced pub food. 135 Boone St, Narragansett. 401789-3200. LD $-$$ Portsmouth Publick House Classic American café and bar food. 1 King Charles Dr, Portsmouth. 682-2600. BrLD $-$$ Public Kitchen & Bar American food with changing daily inspirations. 120 Francis St, Providence, 919-5050. BrLD $-$$ Rasa Authentic and contemporary Indian. 149 Main St, East Greenwich, 3982822. LD $$ Rasoi Vegetarian-friendly Indian cuisine. 727 East Ave, Pawtucket, 7285500. LD $$ Red Stripe Casual French-American bistro. 465 Angell St, Providence, 437-6950. BrLD $$ Rick’s Roadhouse House-smoked barbecue. 370 Richmond St, Providence, 2727675. LD $-$$

Rue De L’Espoir American cooking with French soul. 99 Hope St, Providence, 7518890. BBrLD $$

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Siena Impeccable Italian cuisine. Locations in Providence, East Greenwich, Smithfield. sienari.com D $$-$$$ Sweet Cakes Coffee shop and gourmet bakery. 1227 Kingstown Rd, Peace Dale, 789-5420. BL $ T’s Restaurant Plentiful breakfast and lunch. Locations in Cranston, East Greenwich, Narragansett, 946-5900. BL $ Tara’s Tipperary Tavern Oceanside IrishAmerican pub fare. 907 Matunuck Beach Rd, Matunuck, 284-1901. BLD $ Tavern by the Sea Waterfront European/ American bistro. 16 W Main St, Wickford, 294-5771. LD $$ The Coast Guard House Upscale New England fare with Bay views. 40 Ocean Rd, Narragansett. 401-7890700. LD $$-$$$ The Dorrance Fine dining with exquisite cocktails. 60 Dorrance St, Providence, 521-6000. D $$$ The Malted Barley Gourmet pretzels and craft brews. 42 High St, Westerly, 315-2184. $ The Restaurant at Weekapaug Inn Quintessential New England fare. 25 Spray Rock Rd, Westerly, 322-0301. BLD $$$

Trinity Brewhouse Rhode Island’s original brewpub. 186 Fountain St, Providence, 453-2337 LD $-$$ UMelt Fun twists on grilled cheese. Providence and Kingston, 383-6732. LD $ Vetrano’s Ristorante & Pizzeria Italian cooking like grandma made. 130 Granite St, Westerly, 348-5050. LD $$ Vittoria’s NY Pizza Best pizza north of Manhattan. 224 Post Rd, Westerly, 322-1901. LD $-$$ Waterman Grille Riverfront New American dining. 4 Richmond Sq, Providence, 521-9229. BLD $$$ Wes’ Rib House Missouri-style BBQ, open late. 38 Dike St, Providence, 4219090. LD $$ Whiskey Republic Delicious dockside pub fare. 515 South Water St, Providence, 588-5158. LD $-$$ XO Cafe Creative cocktails and New American fare. 125 N Main St, Providence, 273-9090. BrD $$ Zooma Trattoria Fresh Italian using house-made pasta. 245 Atwells Ave, Providence, 383-2002. LD $$

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October 2-5: If you enjoy live music, great beer and quirky films, drag your butt on over to Life’s a Gas 2, a fundraiser to benefit the J. Arthur Trudeau Center’s Children’s Rec Program. Performers include Billy Moretti of Denver Boot; Keith McCurdy of Vudu Sister; Northeast Traffic; Cactus Attack; and Red Sneakers, among many others. In addition to tunes, each night offers raffles, strange movies and fun surprises. Narragansett Beer will sponsor the event. The Trudeau Center provides services for children and adults with developmental disabilities. $3-$5 Fri; $6-$10 Thur, Sat & Sun. The Parlour, 1119 North Main Street. trudeaucenter.org.

October 30: The Avon Cinema presents two showings of Frankenstein, the famed tale of a grotesque creature who is cast out into the world by his maker. The production explores themes of scientific responsibility and parental neglect. $18. 2pm & 7pm. 260 Thayer Street. 421-0020, avoncinema.com.

Now through October 5: The Tony Award-winning musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street comes to Brown’s Leeds Theatre. Directed by Trinity Rep’s Curt Columbus, this campy production tells a story of murder and revenge. $7-$15. 8pm Thur-Sat; 3pm Sun. 83 Waterman Street. 863-2838, brown.edu/tickets.

October 1: Randy Bush hosts LuLz! Comedy Night at AS220, a monthly event featuring any and all things funny. LuLz! is celebrating its one-year birthday so be sure to show up with bells on to celebrate. You won’t be sorry. $6. 8:30pm doors; 9pm show. 115 Empire Street. 8313663, as220.org.

October 11: Opera Providence performs The Pirates of Penzance, a comic opera about a 21-year-old man named Frederic who is apprenticed to a band of pirates for 63 years; his girlfriend decides to wait for him faithfully. Stadium Theatre, 28 Monument Square, Woonsocket. 762-4545, operaprovidence.org.

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This Month October 1-5: Trinity Rep presents Ivanov, a four-act play by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. The story is about a man named Nikolai who struggles in all areas of his life and longs to regain the happiness he once knew. 201 Washington Street, Providence. $46-$71. 2pm & 7:30pm show times. 351-4242, trinityrep.com. October 1-12: The David Winton Bell Gallery presents Audible Spaces featuring sound installations by Tristan Perich, Zarouhie Abdalian and [The User]. Explore three immersive environments that transform as participants engage with them. 64 College Street. 863-2932, brown.edu/campus-life/arts/bell-gallery. October 1-19: Ocean State Theatre Company presents My Fair Lady, the timeless musical about Eliza Doolittle who agrees to take speech lessons from professor Henry Higgins in order to land a job at a flower shop. $39-$54. 2pm & 7:30pm show times. 1245 Jefferson Boulevard, Warwick. 921-6800, oceanstatetheatre.org. October 1-19: Escape the doldrums of jeans and t-shirts by journeying to a magical land that’s bursting with corsets, chainmaille and cleavage. King Richard’s Faire is an annual familyfriendly festival featuring medieval entertainment (jousting anyone?), turkey legs, mead, kids’ rides and costumed vendors. $16-$29. Sat & Sun 10:30am6pm. 235 Main Street, Carver, MA. 508866-5391, kingrichardsfaire.net. October 2-12: Explore the growth of the Evangelical movement in Colorado Springs with The Wilbury Theatre Group’s showing of This Beautiful City, an award-winning documentary-musical. $15-$25. 7:30pm. 393 Broad Street 400-7100, thewilburygroup.org October 4: Come support our pal John (JJ) Jacobson ‘s battle against Leukemia at the Funtastic Benefit. This charity event is a guaranteed good time with music, art installations and even performances by the Merican’s, Hydrogen Terrors, Maddy

Wood and more. 2-8pm. Armory Park, Hollywood Rd. Lily Whelan 595-8665, lilyladyj@gmail.com. Check Facebook for event details. October 4: Stone Soup Coffeehouse has moved from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church to the historic Slater Mill. Go check out their new listening room space and see a performance by Geoff Muldaur. $20. 6:30pm doors. 7pm show time. 67 Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket. 248-4692, soup.org October 7-28: Wrangle up the little ones and bring them to Burnside Park each Tuesday for Downtown Tuesdays! A Kidoinfo Play in the Park production. Little ones will love getting crafty and creative outdoors. Food trucks will be onsite. Free. 3-6pm. 2 Kennedy Plaza. kennedyplaza.org. October 10: Do something out of the ordinary this month. Visit Twin River for CES MMA Presents: Live Cagefighting. This form of mixed martial arts isn’t for the faint of heart: prepare to see some heavy hitting no-holds-barred fighting. 7pm. 100 Twin River Road, Lincoln. 7233200, twinriver.com. October 11: Visit Columbus Theatre this month for The Daily Show Writers Standup Tour: An Evening of Politicalish Comedy, a nationwide comedy tour starring the writers and producers from The Daily Show. $20 advance; $25 day of show. 8:30pm doors; 9:30pm show. 270 Broadway. 621-9660, columbustheatre.com. October 11-27: The Community Players present the classic musical Fiddler on the Roof. Set in Tsarist Russia in 1905, the play centers on Tevye, a Jewish father of five daughters who attempts to shield his family from outside influence. $15-$20. Jenks Auditorium, Division Street, Pawtucket. 726-6860, thecommunityplayers.org. October 12: The RISD Museum presents a screening of Hairy

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October 10-12: The annual Flames of Hope event makes its return. Dozens of torches will be lit on Saturday night during a special Waterfire to benefit the Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Resource Foundation. Go online for a complete listing of events from live music to a 5K. flamesofhoperi.com. Who & The Chicago Imagists, a film that romps through Chicago and looks at the Second City scene that challenged Pop Art’s status quo in the 1960s before fading into obscurity. Free. 2-4pm. 224 Benefit Street. 4546500, risdmuseum.org. October 14: The innovative music collaboration Il Sogno del Marinaio plays everything from punk to jazz, from rock to avantgarde. The Italian trio is making its way through the USA and will stop into Fete as part of the 52 gigs in 53 days tour. $15. 7:30pm doors. 103 Dike Street. 383-1112, fetemusic.com. October 14: Does cash rule everything around you? Then kick it old school at Lupo’s this month with Method Man and Redman of WuTang Clan fame. Opening acts include B-Real of Cypress Hill, Berner and Mick Jenkins. $25-$32.50; $75 VIP package. 8pm doors; 9pm show. 79 Washington Street. 331-5876, lupos.com. October 15: Anchor will host the next installment of the monthly PVD Hoot, an open mic night for performers and listeners alike. Come by, grab

a cup of New Harvest Coffee or a glass of Narragansett Beer, and enjoy the night. Free. 42 Rice Street. pvdhoot.com. October 17: Think you’re smarter than a fifth grader? Prove your spelling prowess at AS220’s Not About the Buildings Annual Spelling Bee to benefit the literary events organization. Sign up and spell your heart out or just choose to be a part of the crowd. 8:30pm. 115 Empire Street. 831-3663, as220.org. October 17: Support Youth Pride Inc. by attending Cabaret! a fundraiser featuring dinner, cocktails, dancing, live music, entertainment and more. Hosted by Jacqueline DiMera, it’s sure to be a wonderful night. $75. 5:30pm. Crowne Plaza, 801 Greenwich Avenue, Warwick. 421-5626, youthprideri.org. October 18: Take a leisurely walk along the wooded edge of the Seekonk River during the Swan Point Ramble. Look for ducks, raptors and late migrants. Wear waterproof shoes and be prepared to walk a 10-foot plank! $10-$14. 1-3pm. Swan Point Cemetery, 585 Blackstone Boulevard. 949-5454, asri.org.

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October 18: The Rhode Island Philharmonic will take over Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium to present Scheherazade! with guest conductor Daniel Hege and Jon Nakamatsu on piano. The performance is part of the Philharmonic’s Saturday Classical Series. 8pm. 1 Avenue of the Arts. 248-7070, ri-philharmonic.org. October 19: The air is crisp and perfect for participating in a Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. Beginning at Exchange Terrace downtown, the event features a non-competitive 3.1-mile walking route and raises money for a worthy cause that affects millions. 9am. 243-2604, main.acsevents.org. October 23: The Comedy Connection welcomes one of the talented Wayans family members to its stage this month. Marlon Wayans is best known for his role on In Living Color and also on the sitcom The Wayans Bros. $35. 8pm. 39 Warren Avenue, East Providence. 438-8383, ricomedyconnection.com.

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October 23-31: The Sandra FeinsteinGamm Theatre presents Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Tony Estrella. It’s a tale of a beautiful but

haunted 1889 woman who returns from her honeymoon already bored of her academic husband. $30-$49. 172 Exchange Street, Pawtucket. 7234266, gammtheatre.org. October 25: Love history? Then check out What Cheer Day at the John Brown House Museum. Visit with costumed characters as you step back into the year 1800. Gossip with the maids while you sample some tea and period desserts. 10am. 52 Power Street. 273-7507, rihs.org. October 25: Celebrate the Alliance Française de Providence with First Impressions Gala Fundraiser at Cafe Nuovo, which will be decorated to evoke Monet’s gardens in Giverny. Enjoy food, cocktails, music, dancing and auctions. $125. 6-11pm. One Citizens Plaza. afprovidence.org. October 28: Melodramatic (in the best way possible) crooner Cass McCombs performs an intimate show at The Met this month along with the rock band Meat Puppets, who were brought into mega fame in the 90s by fan Kurt Cobain. $15-$17. 8pm doors; 9pm show. 1005 Main Street, Pawtucket. 729-1005, themetri.com.

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If you’ve spent any time on Providence’s South Side recently, you may have noticed the half-woman half-cow who’s been hanging out on Elmwood Avenue. She’s wearing a black dress and she looks sort of lost. You can’t miss her. Actually, there are lots of strange characters hanging out on Elmwood these days, like the vampire who prefers to suck his victims’ blood through the soles of their feet; the naked lady with the dark blue skin and the impressive mullet; the black vulture who sits contemplating a lifetime of eating trash and rotten meat. These and other strange apparitions are part of the Elmwood Air Gallery, an outdoor exhibit featuring original paintings by 12 local artists, inspired by folklore from the district’s immigrant and refugee communities. The installation was developed by Anna Snyder and Timothy Ferland of Art for Place, a creative outfit specializing in public art that reflects a location’s heritage, diversity, and character. When PopUp Providence, (the Planning and Development Commission’s city-wide public art initiative) put out a call for proposals, Snyder says she knew she wanted to create a project that drew attention to the neighborhood she calls home. “I wanted to do a project here because I feel like we’re a little underresourced,” she says during a recent tour of the gallery. “Elmwood is a hub for immigration and refugee communities; there’s culture everywhere. So the idea for the project was to go to as many different cultural sources as I could and get folk tales from their mother country, then take those stories and give them to as many artists as I could.”

The result is the Elmwood Air Gallery, which features 12 original paintings, each hanging at a different intersection across a ten block stretch of Elmwood Avenue, each depicting folkloric heroes, ghosts, and origin stories from sources like Armenia, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Malaysia, Mexico, the Narragansett Peoples, the Philippines, Thailand and Rwanda. The paintings include Caleb Emerson’s neon green and pink depiction of Manananggal, a mythical creature with bat wings and a severed torso; Brian Mullen’s interpretation of Nang Kwak, a benevolent Thai deity who brings luck and prosperity wherever she goes; Shawn Gilheeney’s psychedelic rendering of Fanm Bef, the Haitian mother cursed to live out the rest of her life as half-woman, half-cow; Erik Ruin’s take on La Llorona, the ghost of a beautiful woman who cries out in the night for her lost children, and Snyder’s own contribution, a tribute to Las Hermanas Mirabal, the real-life sisters who fought to overturn the tyrannical rule of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo in the 1950s. “The mission is to make art that references the place where it’s installed,” says Snyder. “I think it’s much easier for a community to take ownership of a piece of art when they feel connected to it.”

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Tooting Their Own Horns Pronk returns to the East Side with a free festival For the last seven years,

Columbus Day has belonged to Pronk. In a rather simple nutshell, Pronk is a free concert in India Point Park followed by a parade down Wickenden Street that all culminates with a series of after dark performances. But in a nutshell laced with hyperbole it’s more like the arrival of benevolent aliens heralded by the sounds of brass and marching percussion as they descend on India Point Park and cascade down Wickenden, ultimately dispersing like a technicolor delta between the Hot Club and the echoing, urban cavern underneath 195. Inspired by similar multi-day Honk festivals in Boston and New York, local street and marching bands like Providence’s own Extraordinary Rendition Band (ERB), Kickin’ Brass and What Cheer? Brigade host fellow groups from across the country – and even the world – in what can very simply be called a free, all-day festival. “It feels like this very spontaneous, crazy event that just sort of falls on Providence,” says Avi David, who volunteers on the Pronk committee in addition to being the bass drummer in ERB. “It feels a little edgy and out of control, and I think it should feel that way. That’s the intention. We never want it to feel too structured.” That sense of spontaneity and structural looseness is balanced by the months of planning that goes on behind the scenes. There are permits and grants to be secured. Bands to be wrangled, directed, fed, sheltered and transported. “Logistically it can kind of be a nightmare, but each year we refine our process.” All of this is juggled by volunteers and musicians whose only compensation is seeing it all pulled off on the day of. “Most of our committee members wear many hats,” adds Jenn Harris. “It can be incredibly challenging to make a festival happen and to keep expanding it in new and exciting ways.” One of the ways Pronk has been trying to expand in recent years is by emphasizing the activist roots that run deep in its performers. “It’s a huge part of Pronk,” says Avi. “It’s not just a celebration of free music

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and art, but also an opportunity for community groups working tirelessly for justice in our community to come out and celebrate their work.” Last year local artists worked with groups like New Urban Arts, The Providence Student Union and English for Action – just to name a few – to create a vibrant visual component that reflected each organization’s message and was carried down Wickenden Street during the parade. “It’s a key part to the festival,” says Jori Ketten, one of the drummers for What Cheer? Brigade. “A big part of what Pronk does is it engages the community and brings awareness to community groups and what they’re doing.” “We want it to be a place where these grassroots community groups can let people know what they’re about and get their day in the sun,” adds Pronk committee volunteer Mark Sawtelle. “To use common parlance it’s a 99 percenters sort of festival: people who come together not just for a parade but to help improve other people’s lives.” As an annual event that merges entertainment and important messages for social and community change, Pronk’s efforts are noble, and its organizers and participants should feel proud in the awareness they’re raising. But above all else Pronk is a festival that seethes raw energy, making it

a standout attraction in a city whose calendar is already top heavy with impressive spectacle. Plus it’s family friendly. But parents, heed this heads up; after taking the kiddos to the India Point and the parade, be sure to dump them on a sitter and stick around for the festival’s finale with What Cheer? Brigade lest you feel the sting of regret the next morning around the water cooler. After the sun goes down the whole thing starts to feel a bit dangerous, like somehow you’re getting away with something. It’s like your high school’s punk kids stole the marching band’s gear and put on a gonzo, up all night halftime show. “Part of what’s awesome about Pronk is that it still feels like it’s on the edge of chaos at all times,” says Avi, “And I think that’s okay. It feels like an anything goes festival. There are tons of logistics and planning that go into it. But on the day of it’s sort of like, who knows what’s going to happen. That’s what I love about it.”

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FirstWorks celebrates its tenth season with stellar performances It’s a banner year for FirstWorks, the Providence-based arts organization that curates a variety of artistic experiences for local audiences. Now in its tenth anniversary season, the group is looking back at a decade of phenomenal growth as it also looks to the future, says founder and executive artistic director Kathleen Pletcher. Over the group’s ten year arc, they’ve gone from reaching 125 students to over 4,000 with its educational initiatives; the e-mail list reach has grown from 5,000 to 21,000 subscribers in the past two years alone; and police estimates of the 2013 FirstWorks festival estimated 40,000 visitors drawn downtown. “It’s so exciting,” Kathleen says, “and really interesting, if you look back at the beginning and our belief that first, the arts could be part of transforming our community, and second that audiences would get excited by the artists we were bringing in and we’d start to have deep relationships with those artists and they would want to do new work for our audiences here – that’s all come to pass.” Of all the arts organizations in the state, part of what makes FirstWorks unique is its comprehensive partnerships and relationships with its artists, its audiences and its collaborators. Rather than bringing one type of artist or art to the area, Kathleen says the organization aims to create a blend of artistic icons from outside the state with locally-grown talent – “this year, we’re calling it Legends and Local Luminaries” – and to take the impact of those talents off the stage and onto a more intimate level with the audiences. “It’s really the multidisciplinary aspect of FirstWorks [that audiences connect to],” she says. “People will tell us that in addition to the performances, some of the experiences they’ve had talking about the performance the day after or during the up close sessions with the artists following the performance can be life-changing.” This month, one of the legends on tap to perform for Providence audiences is renowned jazz violinist Regina Carter. “She’s an icon, the best jazz violinist of her generation,” says Kathleen, who saw a presentation of some of Regina’s newer work at Birdland in New York last fall. “I was really

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Central Falls and Pawtucket schools, exploring the connection between jazz and math. Community scholars will also join Regina for panel discussions surrounding her performance, giving attendees a chance to hear them speak about “the ethnographic, personal exploration and the examined life – interpreting life through musical storytelling,” says Kathleen. “Artists, on every level, are essentially communicators,” says Kathleen. “They’re passionate about engaging people with the ideas and arts that they’re creating. This has been a really wonderful, rich kind of way to approach our idea that providing world class arts builds community.”

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They say that the devil is in the details. That couldn’t be more true of this three-layered cake from Sin bakery. The top two layers were a rich red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting, while the bottom layer was a chocolate bourbon cake, which was incredibly moist and fudgy with a nice background flavor of bourbon. It was decadent and devilishly delicious. 200 Allens Avenue. 369-8427, eatwicked.com

“Absolutely gorgeous,” was the reaction of one of our staff members to the Ellie’s Bakery upside-down stone fruit and olive oil cake with rosemary cream cheese buttercream. This wedding-caliber cake was on the savory side, which was a pleasant surprise. We were enchanted by the heavenly aroma emanating from the figs, blueberries, blackberries, candied rosemary, the icing and the dense yet moist cake itself. 61 Washington Street. 228-8118, elliesbakery.com

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Ever wonder what it would be like if lemon and coffee had a baby? Apparently so did North bakery. Their lemon cake was frosted with a lemon Swiss meringue butter cream that was topped with caramelized puffed rice crunchies – a nice textural surprise. Filling the space between the layers was coffee curd as well as more crunchies in one layer of the cake. “This was an unexpected yet pleasant combo,” remarked one of our staff members. Guess you’ll just have to try it for yourself. 70 Battey Street. 421-4062, northbakery.com

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offering free delivery Seven dayS a Week 11:30am To midnighT

karaoke on ThurSdayS from 9:30Pm To cloSe

Sunday brunch & fooTball SPecialS

Free bottle oF wine*

monday nighT fooTball 50 cent Wings TueSday nighT $1 oysters at the bar 234 Thayer STreeT, Providence // 401.331.6200 // Paragonandviva.com

With Purchase of appetizer & 2 entrées!

*With this coupon. Valid Sunday thru Thursday. Exp. 10/31/14 284 Thayer STreeT, Providence // 401.331.8111 // karTabar.com

COMPLIMENTARY VALET PARKING FRIDAY & SATURDAY