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27 | A Lot to ConsiderBusinesses, neighbors and Brown officials debate the merits of an interim parking lot near Thayer

30 | writers uniteGoat Hill Writers provides resources for aspiring wordsmiths

33 | students of the stAgeThe Gamm brings Shakespeare into Providence classrooms

This Month

On the Cover: The debate continues over Brown’s proposed temporary parking lot. Photo by Grace Lentini

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Brown student and rapper DAP gets the opportunity of a lifetime 13 | News 18 | In the Know 21 | Neighborhood News

Community

Establishing a beacon of hope for refugees in Providence38 | Education 40 | East of Elmgrove

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Behind the bar at Ten Rocks 43 | Flavor of the Month 45 | On The Menu 47 | Rhody Bites 51 | Calendar

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60 | Sam Bell advocates for a greener East Side

The East Sider

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Every Month

seven run down College hill homes are set to be replaced with interim parking

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As the Rhode Island presidential primary approaches, it reminds us that while April marks the first games of our national pastime in Fenway Park, here in Providence the local blood sport remains poli-tics. The key upcoming dates for us to consider will take place on June 27 and 29. Those are the first and last days an individual can file his or her papers to run for public of-fice. In most years, this is a pretty straightforward process.

Every so often though, some in-cumbents try to game the system. A few years ago, for example, our long-term state senator endan-gered her otherwise honorable years of service by filing election

papers at the deadline only to withdraw just three days later in an attempt to hand off the seat to an insider who undoubtedly knew the move was coming.

This kind of tactic is certainly an-tithetical to everything that forms the basis of our democratic sys-tem. It is also the unfortunate real-ity of being in what is essentially a one party state where many of the legislative seats go uncontested. The backlash against the estab-lishment in both parties during the current national presidential pri-mary race is clearly reflective of a growing frustration with the in-sider system prevalent among both democrats and republicans.

As we approach the filing dead-line our hope is that if there are any local candidates contemplat-ing moving on, that they do the right thing for our community and their reputations by announcing their intentions to move on well in advance of the filing deadlines. It will allow prospective candidates to more realistically consider the time and monetary considerations involved in running for office be-fore making their decisions.

Most people who choose to par-ticipate in public service hopefully are motivated, by a desire to serve their community. Pulling a fast one on the way out the door is not the way to do it.

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We’ve received a lot of feedback this month regarding our April cov-er story [“For the Love of Parking,” April 2016]. Here are a few reader responses:

[The] comments from The City Rep and Leo Perrotta completely con-tradict one another, “The City is still waiting on feedback from the com-munity.” Perrotta confirms, though, that “700 parking spaces” will be made available by the installation of multi-space meters through-out Providence.” This statement implies that the “waiting for feed-back” is only for show because the decision has already been made that 700 parking meters will be in-stalled. I loathe this doublespeak, because 700 parking spaces are not “being made available,” they are already available, easily, readily and for free. These available spaces

are being taken away and being replaced by the same 700 spaces that will now be metered. Mr. Per-rotta seems to imply that the City is magically conjuring from thin air 700 brand new spaces that didn’t exist before.

Kim Turner Clark

Thanks for covering the parking meter crisis in Providence; great article! We would like to clarify one point, though: parking is rarely dif-ficult on Wickenden. Our point was that the street only gets crowd-ed during the public elementary school pick up and drop off, aside from that, it’s usually quite easy to park. One other point to make: the study the City conducted and is citing to say we need parking me-ters on Wickenden was done in a two week span in 2015 that includ-ed Brown and RISD graduations

and all the associated celebrations. This does not represent the aver-age traffic on our street.

Andrea Sloan, Co-Owner, Campus Fine Wines

One thing the article didn’t men-tion – many of the meters are too tall! I am 5’2” and am unable to read the screen on some of them!

Melisa Eliot

We also received one belated re-sponse to January’s 40th Anniver-sary issue from a former East Sider who moved about as far east as one can – to Vietnam.

Always great to see articles about my favorite neighborhood in my hometown. Any other East Siders out there living in Saigon now?

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Dolapo Akinkugbe was born in Nigeria, classically trained in piano and attended boarding school in England. Now he’s a senior at Brown, about to pass through those vaulted Van Wickle Gates. Law school may be in his future, but so might a career in music. Known on stage as DAP, Dolapo is a rapper who was selected by Converse Rubber Tracks last fall for an all-expenses paid recording session in an iconic studio with an influential producer. His expe-rience was captured in an online docu-mentary released by Noisey in March called The Undergraduate, where he juggled familial expectations and school with the opportunity to record at Abbey Road (yes that Abbey Road) under the guidance of “Uptown Funk” producer Mark Ronson.

“Firstly I think it is important to

mention that I have the most incredible parents, have never wanted for any-thing and have always had full support in whatever I do,” explains DAP, who was set to take the LSATs just one week after a whirlwind trip to the legendary studio. “They realized that I really live and breathe music, simply in the deci-sion to fly to London that weekend and not let that opportunity slide.”

Once there he couldn’t help but be in awe of the mythology of the place, but at the same time he couldn’t let the memories that linger in its walls distract him.

“I know better than to be overly in-timidated by a space because of who has been there before me and throw away such an opportunity,” he offesrs pragmatically. “I was very very inspired and from the moment I walked in I was

already making music in my head, but what I found was that I was complete-ly ready. Playing the piano for almost two decades at age 22 made me more than ready to take full advantage of the opportunity.”

By the end of the documentary, things are still up in the air. He did well on his LSATs and is ready to settle into the waiting game that so many gradu-ates and soon-to-graduates have to play. After years of schooling it’s un-comfortable to exist in a state of aca-demic ambiguity, but for DAP there is a powerful constant: music.

“I am ready, I always have been, and I was always meant to do this. It was never really up to me. Music is my pur-pose.” Watch The Undergraduate and our complete interview with DAP at EastSideMonthly.com

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Spring may have officially start-ed in March, but this is New England, which means mercury can hang low on the thermometer well into April and rogue flurries aren’t uncommon enough to ever let us feel safe about putting those shovels away. But by May it’s typically acceptable to move winter coats into storage and to have traded in our snow blowers for lawnmowers. On May 21, Hope Street will be celebrating the undeniable arrival of spring with a whole host of outdoor fun.

The Hope Street Farmer’s Market comes out of hibernation and returns to its warm weather home at Lippitt Park, complete with all of the fresh fruits and veggies, fresh catch and fresh roasted coffee you can stand. With it as always

is the Providence Artisans Market which, with its locally made arts and crafts, does for your living room and overall design aesthetic what the farmer’s market does for your fridge.

But the big party is happening be-tween Rochambeau and 5th Street at the Hope Street Annual Spring Block Party. Beer garden for the grownups? Check. Kids activities for the little ones? You bet. This year promises to be bigger than ever, with two stages for live enter-tainment, plus the food trucks and good vibes we’ve all come to expect. Mark your calendars, spring is set to have sprung on May 21. Hope Street Farmers Market, 9am-1pm. Providence Artisans Market, 10am-2pm. Hope Street Annual Spring Block Party, 12-6pm.

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On May 7, 19 of RISD’s graduating Apparel Design students will share the culmination of years of work at the de-partment’s annual runway show, Col-lection 16. As exciting as it is for them to see their designs on the runway, this unique event is a way for the public to see what happens inside the venerable art institution’s walls and get a peek at the future of fashion.

New department head Neils Gilks has decided to bring the show back to RISD’s campus after years of being held at satellite locations. This year the runway will make its way through RISD’s Fleet Library, and in another change up will exclusively feature the

work of graduating seniors.Joining audiences in marveling at

the new looks will be a panel of indus-try professionals. These guest critics have been working with the students throughout the year, providing invalu-able feedback and years of experience as seniors work towards creating a co-hesive, fully realized body of work.

Scanning the work of the 19 stu-dents online reveals bold, exciting designs that are sure to have fash-ionistas talking. Be prepared for the future of fashion; it’s been right un-der your nose. May 7. 4pm and 7pm. Fleet Library. 15 Westminster Street, Providence. www.RISD.edu

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2016 marks the 14th year of Reading Across Rhode Island, part of the Rhode Island Center for the Book at the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities’ participation in the One Book, One State community read-ing program. This year, people across Rhode Island were invited to read The Wright Brothers by Pulitzer Prize-win-ning author David McCullough, a book that tells the incredible story of the in-ventors of the airplane and “describes the process of innovation and inven-tion that created an entire industry and made the world more accessible for all people” according to Governor Gina Raimondo. The program is about readers across the state participating in reading and discussing together, and no two groups exemplify this more than School One and Hamilton House.

School One is a progressive school for high school students that serves as a safe environment for original thinkers, aspiring artists and those looking to explore their education in an environment that facilitates their growth. Hamilton House is an adult learning center that brings friends to-gether for stimulating creativity and

developing talents. The two groups have been meeting together each month to discuss elements of the book and address interesting and creative questions. One particular session had School One students and Hamilton House members split into groups to discuss whom they would cast in a film adaptation of the novel, an exercise that highlighted the dif-ferences between generations and what each group could bring to the discussion. Hamilton House members are able to share their unique and personal perspective on history while the School One students come with their more contemporary viewpoints.

The coming together of these two groups allows the difference in gen-erations to facilitate an incredible learning environment where each group has a unique perspective on a story of innovation, invention, love and learning.

As a culminations of their monthly meetings, the students of School One and members of Hamilton House will have the chance to meet The Wright Brothers author David McCullough on May 21. The event, titled “An Af-ternoon with David McCullough” will bring the book club members to Toll Gate High School in Warwick to at-tend a lecture by McCullough.

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In 1956, 27 women joined together to create The Museum Associates. That same year they debuted their fundraising ball, which donned the cover of Life magazine. This venture was intended to stimulate public in-terest and support for the RISD Mu-seum of Art, encourage the growth of its collections and increase public awareness of its amenities. As stated by The Associates, they are a “broad-ranging, multi-generational, group of women,” which has always included descendants of RISD’s founder, Mrs. Jessie Metcalf. This year the RISD Mu-seum Associates will be hosting their 60th Anniversary celebration with a

fundraising gala luncheon to honor “A-List” international designer Thom Filicia on May 9 in the RISD Museum’s Grand Gallery.

In 2015, Architectural Digest named the RISD Museum the number one uni-versity art museum in America. This world-class museum houses fine and decorative art, as well as a collection of 100,000 objects with great significance internationally. The Museum also main-tains an active program of exhibitions lectures, tours, classes and publication, while keeping a dedication to the inter-pretation, preservation and display of art and design from diverse cultures, a mis-sion which has only been bolstered by

the work of The Museum Associates.The honoree this year, Thom Filicia,

is the founder and principle of the cel-ebrated New York-based design firm Thom Filicia Inc. He has a remarkable eye and talent, which has earned him celebrity status in the field of design as well as countless awards. He has been featured in The New York Times, Archi-tectural Digest, The Wall Street Journal, People, Vogue, and he has worked with celebrities such as Tina Fey and Jennifer Lopez, as well as companies such as Del-ta Air Lines and W Hotels. Monday May 9. 11am-2pm. RISD Museum, 20 North Main Street, Providence. 454-6505, www.RISDMuseum.org.

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Tulips as a Teaching ToolThis month has two days set aside to honor the service veterans who served to protect our country: Armed Forces Day on May 21 and of course Memorial Day on May 30. But to Roger Lanctot, the social ser-vices director of the Camp Street non-profit Salvation 220 here in Mt. Hope, it’s also a time to educate a new generation of children on what the holidays actually mean. Hav-ing lost a brother in Vietnam, this is a cause that’s quite personal for him. So at 9am on May 19 (with a rain date of the 20th), Roger will be joined at the corner of Camp and Evergreen by Richard Taylor from Nathan Bishop and over two hun-dred of their students. They will then march down Cypress Street and pro-ceed to the North Burial Grounds on North Main Street. Each student will be given tulips that have been plant-ed in a nearby vacant lot, courtesy of ECO Tulips and its owners Joeren and Karien Koeman. The students will then place the tulips on the graves of service veterans to mark the holidays. There’s even some historical symmetry to this project, adds Lanctot. Camp Street itself was the place where General Ro-chambeau of France “camped out” with his troops during the Revolu-tionary War. Congrats to all parties involved in organizing this unique and important teaching opportunity for our community.

East Side Monthly Wins a Metcalf AwardWe’re proud to report that East Side Monthly has won a Metcalf Award this year for diversity journalism by Rhode Island for Community and Justice (RICJ). The award is given for articles that address the subject of diversity and is named in honor of former Providence Journal publisher Michael Metcalf who passed away unexpectedly in 1987. My article that won the award ran in our May issue last year and featured the work be-ing done by Ricardo Pitts-Wiley at the incredible Mixed Magic Theatre Company just over the border in Pawtucket. Ricardo, along with his wife Bernadette and son Jonathan, have turned the theatre into a pow-erful resource that educates us all on the subject of diversity while at

the same time demonstrating the power of creativity as a teaching device. Given the recent increase in racial violence, the efforts of Mr. Pitts-Wiley have never been more important. We are honored to have played a modest part in spreading the word of this much needed com-munity resource. The awards will be presented on May 10 at breakfast presentation from 8:30-10am at the Hotel Providence. Ticket informa-tion is available by calling the RICJ at 467-1717.

Learning From Our NeighborOne of the unique aspects of living on the East Side is that we share the neighborhood with Brown and RISD, two of the most prestigious univer-sities in the country. This proximity often produces some wonderful op-portunities for residents (that we all too often don’t take full advantage of by the way) as the schools bring in speakers, artists and personalities from around the world. With Brown’s graduation ceremonies scheduled for the Memorial Day weekend, May 28 will present one the best oppor-tunities for us. As they do every year, the school will offered a full day of free lectures on campus that are open to the general public. As we go to press, the schedule has not been announced but check periodically on their website for the latest times and locations. The classes, along with the campus dance on Friday night and graduation itself on Sun-day makes this an especially excit-ing time on the East Side. It’s also a testament to Brown’s attention to detail. Somehow it’s also a weekend when our trees and gardens are at their more glorious. Go and partake.

The World Writ SmallerIf you needed any proof that our world is becoming ever more global-ized, check out Lupo’s on May 11. The band performing for that night is Ea-gles of Death Metal. And if the name sounds familiar, it should. They were the band that was playing in Paris at Le Bataclan last November when the audience was attacked by ter-rorists wielding automatic weapons and suicide vests, killing 89. For the record, the California band has been around since 1998 and their music is way more mellow than metal.


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SummitneighborhoodAssociationWater Line Set for Community GardensIn a major step toward the community gardens in the Summit Avenue tot lot im-provement plan, the City has awarded a contract to bring in a water supply.

According to Wendy Nilsson, superin-tendent of the Providence Department of Public Parks, R. P. Iannuccillo & Sons Construction of Providence will be paid $9,400 by the City and work is scheduled to have started around April 11. Previous bids on the water service were more than double that and unacceptable, resulting in a delay to the entire project.

This phase will include installing a line from an existing water service into the park, ending in an insulated enclosure that will house a water meter and back-flow preventer, as required by the Provi-dence Water Supply Board, said Brian Byrnes, deputy superintendent of parks. In addition, he said, they will run a line out to a location in the park where a plastic, in-ground valve box will be installed with a faucet for use by the gardeners.

The SNA committee overseeing the gardens part of the park improvement plan is developing a governance system for the gardens as well as fundraisers and volunteer work crews to help construct the needed fences and raised beds.

North Burial Ground Gets New FriendsOn March 21, the Friends of the North Burial Ground and Randall Park was formed by about a dozen people gath-ered in the Providence Firefighters Hall at 92 Printery Street. The purpose is to advocate for the preservation and development of the historic final rest-ing place for about 80,000 people that was established in 1700 on 110 acres of public land that now contain the rem-nants of glacial landscapes, trees that are centuries old and numerous spe-cies of wildlife – all in an urban setting along North Main Street.

The friends’ effort is an outgrowth of the North Burial Ground Project at Rhode Island College that has in-volved students and faculty for sever-al years in developing the cemetery as

an educational and economic asset to the city and state. Although the burial ground is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and contains the graves of scores of historically significant peo-ple, the City has not been able to devote the resources needed to maintain it.

At the meeting, Wendy Nilsson cited the City’s budgetary difficulties and stressed the need for community par-ticipation in achieving the site’s poten-tial as a tourism destination and recre-ational area in adjacent Randall Park.

The new Friends of the North Burial Ground and Randall Park will meet again to focus on what imme-diate steps to take and asks anyone who wants more information to email [email protected].

Committee Eyes School Data, ActivitiesSNA’s Education Committee has de-cided to focus on two projects: devel-oping a database of information for new neighborhood arrivals and parents of school-aged children; and building a financial source for activities. Funds raised would possibly pay the tuitions of neighborhood children for afterschool and summer programs. The committee will work with Martin Luther King El-ementary School and the Mount Hope Community Learning Center. A tentative date for a fundraiser at Flatbread Pizza has been set for June 7 at 6pm.

Residents Invited to Directors MeetingsThe SNA board of directors meets at 7pm on the third Monday of every month in the cafeteria of Summit Com-mons, 99 Hillside Avenue. The sessions are open and neighborhood residents are encouraged to attend. Minutes of all board meetings are posted on the SNA website at SNA.Providence.RI.US under “Meetings and Agendas.” Sum-mit Neighborhood Association, PO Box 41092, Providence RI 02940. 489-7078, www.SNA.Providence.RI.US, [email protected]. –Kerry Kohring

Blackstone ParksConservancyFrom Paris to ProvidenceTimmons Roberts of Brown Univer-sity brought positive energy from the Paris climate change conference home to Providence at the Blackstone Parks Conservancy’s (BPC’s) annual meet-ing in late March. He found a receptive audience already working to build re-silience into the parks in its charge by reducing stormwater runoff.

Involved in climate studies since 1992, Roberts described the widely recognized impact of rising tempera-tures on storms, biodiversity and hu-man infrastructure. Climate change ef-fects in Rhode Island so far have been noticeable, but not devastating. In the not-to-distant future, however, rising waters could cause severe flooding along our coast.

The Paris ConferenceOn the bright side, said Roberts, the achievements of the Paris Conference he and 15 Brown students attended last December were substantial, showing considerable progress over the Copen-hagen Conference of 2009 despite the lack of enforcement mechanisms. Most impressive in his view was that fact that 196 nations committed to a multilat-eral agreement to reduce the expected temperature rise from 3.6 degrees Cel-sius to 2.7 degrees: “It’s hard to get 196 countries to agree to anything.”

Though a one-degree drop will not be sufficient to prevent all of the nega-tive effects of climate change, it’s still “a lot,” said Timmons, and the agree-ment to review each country’s prog-ress every five years is significant: “It was a big deal” and “it might work!”

Building Resilience at HomeSteps Roberts Recommends: Roberts, the author of several books and many articles, described ways to build a low-carbon, resilient society that ranged from soft adaptation such as disaster prepara-tion to building green infrastructure and whitening roofs. He also encouraged re-ducing emissions at every level. People in the audience asked about steps they might take, such as installing solar panels and buying hybrid vehicles.

How the Conservancy is Building Resil-ience: In the face of increasingly heavy rainstorms, the Conservancy for several years has focused on stabilizing the Blackstone Parks by encouraging water to soak into soil where it falls – an im-portant way to prepare for more erratic and intense weather. In 2013, it plunged into building resilience in the Black-stone parks, winning and then manag-ing DEM and CRMC grants to restore the badly eroded trail system in the Blackstone Park Conservation District.

Now, instead of speeding runoff downhill, trails absorb more water. In-stalling native plants to hold topsoil beside the trails was also important as was eliminating mowing along Park-side Avenue. Volunteers have been

checking the parks after each storm, and so far the work has held.

While the Boulevard soil is not near-ly as vulnerable to storms as the Con-servation District, it does need some protection, and a plan to reduce runoff and erosion there is under way.

Moreover, the BPC has formed key alliances with other non-profit groups such as Save the Bay and is a found-ing member of the Greenwater In-frastructure Coalition. Moses Brown environmental science students, in col-laboration with the Conservancy, have generated enthusiasm for stormwater study through the school while invent-ing ways to spread awareness through-out the 380-acre watershed that flows into York Pond and the Seekonk River.

Volunteering Please consider signing up for projects on our website (below) or join the Bou-levard, Park or Education committee.

Healthy Urban Green Space for AllPlease send your Eastside Marketplace receipts to the P.O. Box address below.

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Blackstone Parks Conservancy, P.O. Box 603141, Providence, RI 02906. 270-3014, www.BlackstoneParksConservan-cy.org, [email protected]. –Jane Peterson

Waterman Street Dog ParkWith opening day tentatively sched-uled for the Memorial Day weekend, the Waterman Street Dog Park is nearly ready to welcome our neigh-borhood’s dogs and their human companions! The dog park recently received an environmental merit award grant from the Narragansett Bay Commission, and an Earth Day grant from the Partnership for Provi-dence Parks.

There are still opportunities to get involved. Two volunteer work days have been scheduled: an Earth Day work day at 10am on April 23 and an Arbor Day work day at 9am on April 29. Dog Park Association meetings are always open. The next meeting

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Wayland SquareNeighborhood Discussion Group at Books on the SquareMonthly meetingsMonday April 25 and Wednesday May 25, from 7-8:45pm, Books on the Square, 471 Angell Street at Elmgrove Avenue, next to CVS. Free and open to all.

Due to a conflict with the Summit Neighborhood Association’s meet-ing on Wednesday, April 27, our April meeting is set for Monday the 25, the evening before Rhode Island’s presi-dential primary elections.

Because several residents have ex-pressed interest in the Providence Wa-ter Board’s pipe rehabilitation project (described in this column last month) and since Providence Water is ready to send speakers. This will be the main topic for our April 25 meeting.

Commercial NotesThe Providence Perfume Company has just moved from Wickenden Street to 13 South Angell Street (next to UPS, and facing Lin’s and Miner-va’s). The site formerly housed a yoga studio and before that an antique and curio shop.

The business, owned by its parfu-mière, Charna Ethier, specializes in organic, botanical artisan and cus-tom perfumes or scents, as well as in spiced teas.

Several promised future local busi-nesses had yet to open as of early April, including CladIn’s shoe annex on Wayland and Angell, Pasta Beach on Wayland and Medway and the tropi-cal smoothie café in the former United Way building, between Washington Trust, Massage Envy and Moe’s South-west Grill.

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Fox PointneighborhoodAssociationFPNA Board Meeting, 7pm, Monday, May 9 at the Vartan Gregorian Bath House Community Room, 455 Wick-enden Street.

Mayor Says Meters Issue UncertainMayor Jorge Elorza told about 35 or 40 vocal parking meter opponents at FP-NA’s March Board Meeting that “no ship has sailed,” on his proposal to install parking meters on Wickenden Street.

FPNA Vice President Daisy Schne-pel said the board was encouraged by his open attitude, reflected in his pledge to investigate the issue further. “It was a good turnout that included a lot of merchants, all of whom expect to be adversely affected by this busi-ness-unfriendly budget initiative.”

Vincent Scorziello, FPNA Board Member and Wickenden Area Mer-chants’ Association President agrees. “If this goes through, there will be a pain-ful, extended adjustment period, as our shoppers re-calculate the cost of shop-ping in Wickenden area stores,” he said. “Merchants, who were here in 2003, fear a return to declining business con-ditions and higher vacancy rates that followed the City’s property tax in-crease that year,” Scorziello explains.

At the meeting, former State Sena-tor and FPNA Board President John Roney asked Elorza for a “significant delay on the implementation of the meters.” In a letter to Elorza following the meeting, Schnepel repeated the request: “Our merchants need more time to fully recover from the last ten years of a prolonged recession and significant property tax increases.”

FPNA Asks for Traffic Study“During this time, the City could apply due diligence by performing a more representative traffic study than the one that was conducted during Brown University’s Commencement Week,” Schnepel suggested. That traffic study concluded meters would cause shop-pers to shorten their parking times, thereby solving the parking problem of too many cars.” Our first-hand ex-perience as business owners is not that there are too many cars, but not enough cars on the street,” Scorziello says.

There has been a tremendous outpouring of support for merchants, including WAMA’s online petition,

www.Change.org/p/leo-perrotta-no-parking-meters-on-wickenden-street, where the goal of 1,500 signatures lacks only a few signatures, at publication time. Other social media sites, like Crimeserv, [email protected], Neighborhood Fox Point, FoxPointRI.Nextdoor.com/ and www.Facebook.com/FoxPointNeighborhoodAssn/ also are communicating public support for FPNA and WAMA’s positions.

City Councilman Seth Yurdin, who attended the meeting, pledged “to facilitate future meetings with Park-ing Administrator and the public,” who are overwhelmingly opposed to the meters. In an e-letter to his con-stituents, Yurdin voiced his opposition again and posted the WAMA petition to help secure more signatures.

Residents Adversely Affected, TooMerchants and landlords of the mostly multi-use buildings on Wick-enden Street already must factor in commercial (the highest) property tax rates into their bottom line, Sch-nepel points out. “There are many Wickenden Street residents, who pay higher rents because of prop-erty taxes,” she says. “If the meters are installed, they could now face unfriendly parking conditions, as well. Residents, who live in adjacent historic districts like mine will lose parking spaces to shoppers, avoid-ing the meter – for 12 hours every shopping day.”

In Schnepel’s March 17 letter to the mayor, FPNA also asked to see an overall budget that demonstrates the projected revenue of $250,000 annually (from Wickenden Street meters) is feasible and not eliminat-ed by declining sales tax revenues, the cost of new meters and addition-al personnel to monitor and ticket violations.

In 2015, FPNA and the newly formed WAMA began exploring ways to market and enhance the quality of life in this unique, eclec-tic shopping area through special events, fundraising and grants. “Then, we get blindsided by news like this proposed budget initia-tive that also will deteriorate the streetscape,” the longtime FPNA Board Officer continues.

“Everyone, including shoppers, fear the relaxed nature of strolling and communing that occurs on Wicken-den Street will be lost forever,” Schne-pel’s letter to the mayor stated.

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Spotter, his new company, uses a mobile application, www.GetSpotter.com, that allows Providence residents to rent out their private driveways or parking lots when they are not in use. “We’re hoping mobile app will ease the pain of parking for drivers while generating passive income for owners, who have designated times when their spaces are not being used,” Brown explains. “With Spotter, drivers simply press a button to locate a park-ing space, while spot owners cash a monthly check,” he says.

One parking spot that is available 24 hours a day could earn up to $500 per month, Brown points out. “By creating these new parking spaces, we hope to reduce the need for parking garages and surface lots which detract from Providence’s charm.

“With regard to the app, our big-gest priority right now is finding more driveways and parking lots in the area,” Check out the above link, or Al-bie Brown directly at 415-250-3411 or [email protected]

WAMA Hosts Exhibitors forSidewalk SaleWAMA is hosting the Wickenden Street Makers and Merchants Side-walk Sale on Saturday, April 30 from 12-6pm. Exhibitors will include sculp-tors, painters, jewelry makers, potters, photographers, clothing designers, glass blowers and artists of all stripes at the event.

They will be setting up shop and sell-ing their work on the sidewalks along Wickenden Street. Come out and sup-port your local artists and small busi-nesses, have a snack from a local food truck, and stay for dinner and drinks at one of Wickenden Street’s many res-taurants! For more information, go to www.Facebook.com/WAMA.PVD

Thanks to Our Earth Day Volunteers!FPNA would like to send our thanks to all the volunteers, who came out for the two Earth Day Clean Up events on Saturday, April 23. The teams of volunteers worked to beautify the Providence River Walk Park, by the hurricane barrier and the shore-line of Gano Park. The enthusiasm in our community for improving our

public spaces is inspirational! Fox Point Neighborhood Association, P.O. Box 603177, Providence, RI 02906. 270-7121, www.FPNA.Net, [email protected]. –John Rousseau

College Hill neighborhood AssociationSnow Does in April Board MeetingIn what seemed to be an April Fools’ joke three days late, the April 4 snow-storm resulted in the cancelation of our scheduled CHNA board meeting. We promise to be back in May, diligent as ever, addressing the issues of con-cern to our neighborhood. Meanwhile we will continue to monitor the public meetings that specifically affect the East Side.

Thayer Street will be welcoming Spring with the return of the “par-klet” located outside the Brown Bookstore, a wonderful urban green space to people watch, enjoy cup of coffee or tea, read the newspa-per or chat with friends, family and neighbors. The TSDMA reports that they will be continuing to sponsor a merchant Bike Benefits program. To participate, a bicyclist coming to Thayer Street needs only to pick up a free sticker for their helmet at Pie in the Sky, the 257 Thayer leasing of-fice or What Cheer. The bike rider’s helmet, with the addition of a bike benefit sticker, now becomes a 24/7, 365 days a year special offer and dis-count provider for the rider at over 18 locations in the district. For a list of the special offers or discounts go to www.ThayerStreetDistrict.com/Bicycle-Benefits-Program.html.

Come Join Us And finally, we urge all College Hill resi-dents to come and join the Association. We rely on your membership and input to help us protect the quality of life that makes living in our community so spe-cial. If you haven’t already joined for this calendar year, please do. It puts you on our mailing list for general updates plus ways to get involved in our activities and social events. For specifics about joining, please contact us through our website or via snail mail. College Hill Neighborhood Association, P.O. Box 2442, Providence, RI 02906. 633-5230. www.CollegeHillNA.com, [email protected] –Barry Fain

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In late March, “Cooler & Warmer” was revealed as the new Rhode Island state slogan

– vague, paradoxical and somehow precisely on point. The same slogan fits like a glove for the deepening chasm in the community regard-ing Brown University’s proposal to demolish seven dilapidated yet his-toric buildings on Brook and Cush-ing Streets in exchange for an inter-im parking lot near bustling Thayer Street.

For Brown, cooler and warmer

speaks to how their strategies are impacting the community – the in-terim parking lot is both cooler and warmer to meeting the needs of East Siders and our visitors who come to enjoy our historic, scenic enclave in Li’l Rhody’s biggest city. The slogan aptly describes the varied extremes in the community’s attitude toward the proposal, too: there’s the cooly dis-missive stance toward Brown, heated over the homogenization of the his-toric neighborhood’s landscape; and there are those who feel the parking

lot is warmer to hitting the hot spot of what the Thayer Street Shopping Dis-trict needs (which is, of course, more accessible parking in the area).

Recapping the Issue

East Side Monthly first wrote on this issue back in January, when buzz over the proposal was beginning to perco-late. The history of the land’s acquisi-tion, however, goes back about two years. In July 2014, Brown purchased

an entire stretch of land, including the seven houses, from Ed Bishop. The real estate on Brook Street was ac-quired through Fairview, Inc., a “wholly owned subsidiary that owns proper-ties near campus that are not currently in use for educational or institutional purposes,” according to Brown.

Although these buildings were bought to expand the campus, Brown never planned to preserve them. “At the time of purchase, the houses were not occupied and were not habitable due to lead, asbestos, fire code hazards and other viola-tions of City code,” says Brian E. Clark, Director of News and Editorial Development at Brown. “The prop-erties were acquired for future stra-tegic redevelopment that would be more consistent with the goals of the Thayer Street Planning Study, com-missioned by the City of Providence and completed in 2013.”

Also, to cite our article from January, Brown confirmed that the amount of damage to these struc-tures would “ultimately prove to be a financial loss.” Since then, Brown offers what they say is a more accu-rate assessment, citing a $6 million price tag on the initial restorations, remediation of lead, asbestos and other hazards, bringing the houses to fire code and any other needs. “We would not recover this cost in the rental housing market or from student housing,” says Clark.

The hazardous state of the homes

A community is divided over Brown's proposal to demolish historic buildings for an interim parking lot By Charlotte Seley • Photography by Grace Lentini

Brown University’s rendering for the proposed interim parking lot


forced Brown to think fast, once code violations from the City of Providence started rolling in. The parking lot was proposed as a quick fix until a more permanent plan could come to fruition. “Aca-demic buildings can take several years to plan, fund and build,” says Clark. “We selected an interim use for the land that responds to the needs of local merchants.” This de-cision meant to provide a solution to Brown’s problem that would also benefit the community, but it cre-ated more questions than answers for many East Side residents.

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“The statements in the original [East Side Monthly] story are still accu-rate,” says Brent Runyon, Executive Director of the Providence Preser-vation Society, in opposition to the demolition of the seven buildings. “In addition, we encourage Brown to go back and strongly consider an alternative to demolishing all of the houses. As they proved with their renovation of the Bannister House, strategic investments in the neigh-borhoods that surround the campus are important for both the City of Providence and for the University.”

Based on comments circulating on

Cheryl Simmons’ Listserve, Runyon expresses what is a concern about keeping College Hill historic. Howev-er, the seven buildings seem to need a little more love than Bannister House, which received an update to its fa-cade as well as significant interior renovations, including new mechani-cal, electrical and plumbing systems [that] will serve as the bones for im-proved bathrooms, flooring, walls and kitchen amenities.

With other historic renovations popping up in adjacent areas though, it’s a big question mark hanging over the seven structures. “When the houses on the adjacent parcel were demolished for the dormitory con-struction, many said they were so severely deteriorated that they had no more useful life. However, more recently, we have seen that a row of very similar old houses on the south side of Euclid have been handsomely rehabbed by a private developer and the useful life of these handsome his-toric structures has been restored. The same could be done with the houses along Brook Street,” says Clif-ford Renshaw, Principal of Clifford M. Renshaw Architects and 16-year East Side resident.

Making a Case For Green Space

If demolition of the buildings are a must, many community members feel that there are plenty of other positive uses for the land than a lot, such as a garden, park or play-ground. “I personally think that Brown has some mending to do within the community,” says Hol-lybeth Runco, resident of the East Side for over 13 years. “The parking lot idea seems to serve both the school and the businesses on Thay-er, but it’s a blight to an area that needs more green space.”

Brown promises to “preserve the curbside trees and capture all storm water on site” with its new

These homes facing Brook Street are slated for demolition

“I do not like the idea of it. Thayer Street has already become more congested as a result of the dorm complex. A parking lot will attract more cars, more people, more passing people. The area is already heavily used by its local inhabitants, residents and college population.” –KT RomerCurrently standing in disrepair, this home won’t be standing much longer


proposal, along with building a “safer, wider, ADA-accessible side-walk along Brook Street.” Addition-ally, as Rob Stolzman, East Side resident since 1986 points out, “I am neutral on the parking lot itself since it is only temporary. How-ever, I support Brown’s expansion on College Hill. Brown reflects the new economy and is one of Rhode Island’s economic assets. All I ask from Brown is superior architecture and landscape design.”

What More Parking Means

Last month we took a deep dive into the new pay-to-park meters popping up on the East Side and, most notably, lining Thayer Street. The interim park-ing lot could quell a lot of community concerns for those who want to visit the shops and restaurants on Thayer without worrying about feeding a me-ter. “The Thayer Street District Manage-ment Authority (TSDMA) fully supports Brown’s proposal to build an interim parking lot,” says Donna Personeus, Executive Director of the TSDMA. “We welcome the opportunity to have a long term parking option for our cus-tomers one block from Thayer Street.”

According to Brown, the Brook

Street lot “will be run by a commer-cial parking lot operator, [charging] market rates. The fees generated from parking will go toward offset-ting the costs of construction and maintenance of the parking lot.” The lot could potentially save visi-tors the inevitable and almost ritu-alistic circling of the blocks in order to find close parking to Thayer.

“There is definitely a need for more parking in proximity to the Thayer Street business commu-nity,” Renshaw says, “However, the parking lot that is proposed for this Brook Street site would be tempo-rary in nature [...] it will do nothing towards providing a longer term so-lution to that problem.”

Additionally, many residents worry that more parking will mean more traf-fic, especially encouraging students to clog our narrow streets now that they’ll have more space to leave their cars. While it is emphasized that the proposed commercial parking lot will be open and available for the general public, the April 13 meeting agenda for the City of Providence Zoning Board of Review also mentions that “educational use would be permitted as of right.” Presumably, there is noth-ing stopping students on College Hill from using this lot, but this does not

reflect Brown’s intentions. Brown has discontinued student ve-

hicle parking with very few exceptions. They also do their due diligence in re-ducing an influx of vehicular traffic in the neighborhood to the best of their ability. In fact, some could say their im-plemented programs go above and be-yond, with a University Shuttle, bicycle sharing, Zipcar and RIPTA incentives.

How Temporary is Temporary?

“My concern is [that] temporary parking lots have a way of becoming permanent,” Thom Mitchell, 14-year-

long East Side resident says, “And there are never enough parking lots. As soon as you build one, it fills up.” Thom isn’t the only East Sider con-cerned about just how temporary this lot will be. While Brown hasn’t yet revealed the next stages of their Master Plan in detail, the parking lot was always proposed as temporary in nature. Those in favor of a park-ing lot may eventually find them-selves against its future.

“I agree with PPS, temporary is usually not temporary,” says Debo-rah Penn, East Sider for 30 years. “Who will be the impetus for ‘re-vis-iting’ this issue? Probably not Brown University. The parking garbage at the end of Thayer is never full. Why are we tearing down housing and paving in a historic neighborhood if the existing parking facilities are not used to capacity? Perhaps Thayer Street should not, nor was ever in-tended to be, expanded to the ex-tent it has been. This is a walking neighborhood. There is a downtown area for more major development.”

In the upcoming years, Brown would like to use the approximate 32,454 square feet of land for the permanent home of either resi-dences for students or another aca-demic building. This expansion of the campus and its modern archi-tecture changing the landscape of a quaint and historic district is bound to ruffle even more feathers in the community. With the proposal forg-ing along, the conversation regard-ing the interim parking lot will soon come to an end. However, the future of its permanent state is a deeper discussion that’s certainly far from over.

Although this green space is across from the properties slated to be torn down, some residents desire more green space and less pavement.

“If Brown truly wants to help attract the community to those businesses, green space is needed – like a small play-ground. In short, does a parking lot ac-tually attract people? My vote is for a small parking lot and a small playground.” –Hollybeth Runco, East Sider for 14 years


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Keeping the Talent in RIFor the Goat Hill Writers, the goal is for the literary community of Rhode Island to flourish. Through their events, writers are meeting other writ-ers, starting groups, connecting and expanding their work. Kaplan believes that there is an “impulse to go to Bos-ton” when it comes to finding a writing

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T he world has changed considerably since William Shakespeare’s time on

Earth, but adolescents and teenagers in modern America’s fast-paced digital cul-ture still find themselves grappling with the same types of urges, emotions, con-fusion and issues that Shakespeare cap-tured in his plays and sonnets – which is precisely what makes them timeless.

American youth, raised on instant grat-ification, might initially balk at the idea of delving into centuries-old British writing and performance, only to find themselves weeks or months later unexpectedly en-thralled by the chance to explore such rich themes in a visceral way, through the arts. One local theater is honoring the transformative power of language and performance by using a national grant to imbue the lives of local teens with a little hands-on Shakespeare immersion.

The GranTPawtucket’s Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre has held a strong presence in the Providence area theater and nonprofit scenes since 1998 (with origins dating back in various iterations to 1984). For its 31st season, The Gamm has brought to life a diverse spectrum of stage productions spanning from classic to modern, includ-ing A Streetcar Named Desire, The Rant, Grizzly Mama and A Skull in Connemara.

The final play in the lineup – Shake-speare’s The Winter’s Tale – has

something that the other runs do not: it will be used as part of a special teach-ing workshop for students at ten dif-ferent high schools and middle schools in Central Falls, Pawtucket, Providence and Cranston.

Education Director Susie Schutt has worked at The Gamm for five years to-tal and in her current position for close to two. A sociology major in college, she also studied plays and directing concur-rently with her schooling, and directs other plays within the Providence com-munity as well.

“It’s so important for my department to have a positive impact on our community and to enact exchanges in a really proac-tive way; with my sociology background, that is of major interest,” says Schutt.

The Gamm’s community-driven Shakespeare workshops and classes are made possible through a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Shakespeare in Ameri-can Communities grant is a well-known 13-year-old national award given to 40 nonprofit professional theater compa-nies in 26 states nationwide. The Gamm previously received the same grant two years ago, when the company ran Mac-beth as part of its 2014 season. The the-atre’s 2016’s instruction of The Winter’s Tale will be modeled after the previous grant application, with the advantage of some experience already under its belt.

The sTudenTsSome might wonder, “Why Shakespeare in particular?”

“Shakespeare’s work is absolutely worth studying because it gives you a chance to think about topics like your own humanity, the English language and its origins, self-expression, poetry and his-tory,” explains Schutt, who herself stud-ied Shakespeare in high school and col-lege and participated in a Shakespearean summer camp in her youth. “The roles in his plays also give students the chance to explore and experience heightened emo-tions in a safe and interesting way. It gives them a unique opportunity to really tap into themselves.”

The content and tones of the individual plays themselves are also more impor-tant than readers may realize if they are not already well-acquainted with Shake-speare’s body of work. Whereas Mac-beth is one of the most familiar titles in the Western world and taught in schools across the country, The Winter’s Tale is far more obscure and rarely makes it into English class curriculums. Because of this, says Schutt, “It’s exciting for the stu-dents to get to have this particular work as something they’ve worked on going forward. We did the play last summer with The Gamm Theatre camp, and that’s kind of how I fell in love with it.”

“It’s such a beautiful play; it taps into a range of human emotion and

experience in a profound way. You get to look at the sources of jealousy, for-giveness and other big topics that our students are also experiencing deeply and personally in their own lives. The Winter’s Tale has forbidden love, over-protective parents and children rebel-ling; it has fight scenes and people going mad, and all of that intensity can really engage students in that age range,” explains Schutt. “Even though it’s a 400-year-old text, it’s still incred-ibly relevant at an emotional level, and it’s exciting to watch as the students realize that and then use it as a vehicle to channel and explore their feelings through the arts.”

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2014 and 2016 programs will be ad-ministrative: the Cranston residency is new, for example, and some of the schools on the list will be different than before.

“Because the grant is extremely gener-ous, it becomes a big puzzle,” says Schutt. “It’s all about juggling the schedule and allocating resources.” Different schools have different numbers of classrooms participating: one has six, while another might have two. The ten-week classes have already begun and will continue through June, taught by two people in The Gamm’s education department, and two freelance teaching artists have been hired to help out.

Teaching Shakespeare in schools is very different than teaching his works at the summer camp, Suzie finds. The four-week, seven-hours-a-day camps are elective and have participants work-ing to stage and produce two plays con-currently. The school program works in partnership with the classroom teacher, which means a stronger focus on the study of the text and understanding its themes. Most students at the school are also not electing to be there; the program is a mandatory part of their English class. Many of them initially question why they have to be there at all.

“What I’ve found teaching Shake-speare in public schools,” says Schutt, “is that during the week or so leading up to their performing the play, none of them have that question anymore. They all re-alize why they are there and why this is important. And that’s the moment when I feel the luckiest to be doing what I do.”

The playIn addition to studying the text, having students stage the play is a major part of the program. For some of them, it is their first exposure to acting or theater production in any form. Another key element of the in-school workshops is when students travel to The Gamm to see the same play that they are work-ing on staged by professional actors.

“We wouldn’t be doing this project if we weren’t performing Shakespeare on our own stage,” says Schutt. “We share this incredible work of art with our patrons, and all of our students come and see it and get to interact with the actors. Students playing roles get so excited to see professional ac-tors portraying the same parts and then ask them questions afterwards; they become really engaged.”

She notes that the timing of the pro-fessional viewing has a big impact on the class overall, and it can be tough to find the right date: “Ideally, students come see the play when they’re almost ready to perform theirs and have al-most everything in place. If they see the professional one first, then they just work on copying; if they view it too late, they’ve already disconnected from the material. We’re trying to talk all of the schools into that sweet spot.”

Schools participating in 2016 are JM Walsh Arts High School, Tolman High School, Blackstone Academy Char-ter School, Slater Junior High School, Nathan Bishop Middle School, Clas-sical High School, Roger Williams Ju-nior High School, Paul Cuffee Charter

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after school programs taught by resi-dent actors and teaching artists to el-ementary and middle school students, as well starting a Gamm Summer In-tensive Jr. for middle school students in 2015. www.GammTheatre.org

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Welcome to my 66th and (foresee-ably) final East Side Monthly column on education in Providence and beyond. Reluctantly, I’m stepping away to focus on other professional concerns. In my non-writing life, I serve as the manag-ing director of the Coalition of Essential Schools (CES), a non-profit that provides networking, support and resources to progressive schools nationwide. Founded at Brown University in 1984 by educa-tion professor Theodore R. Sizer, CES has provided energy and inspiration for thousands of personalized, equitable and academically challenging schools, includ-ing The Met high schools in Providence and Newport and Blackstone Academy Charter School in Pawtucket. This year, CES is hosting the annual Fall Forum con-ference in Providence. Local educators, school leaders and policymakers: join us on December 2 and 3, 2016. For more, visit www.EssentialSchools.org. Fall Fo-rum and related matters will more or less completely devour my time, and so, with regret, I am parting from this monthly op-portunity to reflect on what’s happening in our community’s schools.

During the five and a half years that I’ve been writing this column, three su-perintendents have helmed the Provi-dence Public Schools. This degree of turnover, typical for urban districts, pro-duces discontinuity that damages ur-gently needed educational progress. The third of those three leaders, Christopher Maher, was at the time of this writing ap-pointed to the position on a permanent basis after nearly a year’s service as in-terim superintendent. I’m delighted that

Mr. Maher will be staying in Providence. I hope that the fit is so good, and the re-sults so beneficial for our young people, that five and a half years from now, he’s still here, leading a transforming school system that is the pride of our city and state. However, if Mr. Maher’s tenure is to extend beyond the next mayoral change, it will depend on the public’s demand for stability. For the sake of consistent improvement – which necessarily takes time – we must put our commitment to young people above political concerns.

Happily, the Providence Public Schools will be operating in what’s shaping up to be an improved policy environment. Recently, Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE) Commissioner Ken Wagner announced a statewide School Empowerment initiative, which will pro-vide autonomy, support and account-ability to our state’s schools in ways that will foster the conditions for every school to draw on its assets to create and sus-tain powerful teaching and learning. RIDE’s direction emphasizes grassroots strength rather than top-down man-dates, and places far more trust into the hands of education professionals and community members. It’s an exciting de-velopment that recalls the strong course the department had set under former RIDE Commissioner Peter McWalters.

During the time I’ve been writing this column, I’ve argued that public education is everyone’s concern. While I enthusias-tically support families as they make the choices that are best for their own chil-dren, we must vote and advocate with the understanding that without strong

public schools serving all children, Rhode Island will never be able to make good on its promise as a state. Without a fierce commitment to prepare all of our citizens for a future as agile thinkers and lifelong learners prepared to adapt to a changing future, we won’t be able to bolster our economy through emerging businesses and industries. We won’t be able to de-velop the health care, education, utility, transportation and other infrastructures that are essential for Rhode Island’s sur-vival. Demonstrating meaningful, ongo-ing support for your neighborhood public schools and municipal school systems – whether or not you or your own personal children are or were involved – is critical to your future success.

Okay, lecture over. Thank you to the staff of East Side Monthly for this op-portunity. Thanks also to everyone who read and took the time to engage in conversation about what I wrote in these pages. I will miss those exchanges. And I have particular gratitude for the many educators and students I’ve had the privilege to get to know. Over the years, all of our neighborhood schools have welcomed me warmly, as have many beyond the East Side. I value the many enduring connections made while learn-ing about the opportunities, challenges, joys and frustrations that meet educa-tors, school leaders and young people. I have absorbed so much, and hope that I have been able to share some of that in ways that have expanded your under-standing of our local educational scene. Keep learning, and see you around the neighborhood!

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18th Annual Mt. Hope Learning Center Plant, Art and Bake SaleJust in time for Mother’s Day and gardening season, the 18th annual Plant, Art and Bake Sale will be held at the Mt. Hope Learning Center, 140 Cypress Street in Providence on May 7 and May 8 from 9am to 3pm. Join your Mt. Hope neighbors to purchase hanging pots, perennials, seedlings, plants, flowers, treats and paintings.

All sales and contributions will benefit the education and enrichment of chil-dren and adults in our neighborhood. In addition to the plant sale, Saturday’s programs will include fresh baked goods from ten local bakeries and 20 community members, an art sale cre-ated by children in our programs, live music, Mommy and Me Painting Work-shops at 9am and 1pm ($20 donation), as well as henna tattoos, face paint-ing and balloon dart prizes. Sunday’s events will include the plant and bake sale, and the sale of children’s artwork.

School Gardens Initiative LaunchedThe University of Rhode Island’s Exten-sion Outreach Center and the Provi-dence Public Schools are collaborat-ing on the School Garden Initiative, a pilot school garden program aimed at expanding school gardens throughout Providence. The initiative, announced in February at the School Gardens 101 conference, is aimed at “giving kids a chance to get their hands dirty. We want to get them excited about na-ture, the outdoors, growing food and working in the soil,” says Robin Muksi-an-Schutt, operations director for the Providence Public Schools. The pro-gram will focus on establishing school gardens as learning environments in order to deepen student competency in science, technology, engineering and math. The URI Extension Outreach Center is providing guidance, seeds and seedlings and support. And we will have the opportunity to see the pro-gram in action: the East Side’s Dr. Mar-tin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School and Nathan Bishop Middle School, which already have established school gardens, will join the pilot project.

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A few minutes with Bah, and you’ll come to appreciate how lucky we are that we’re able to challenge au-thority – and live. Gambia is run by men who make Donald Trump look like Mr. Rogers. The dictator is Yahya Jammeh, who beats up his fellow Gambians and throws them in prison if they dare to criticize his govern-ment. That’s what Bah did, but, mi-raculously, he escaped to the United States and is now an advocate for other refugees fleeing oppression and trying to make a go of it in this country.

Maybe you read about Bah in the news or saw him on TV reacting with horror – and sadness – to Trump’s call to block Muslims from entering the United States. Maybe you read about his meetings with Rhode Is-land Senators Jack Reed and Shel-don Whitehouse to talk about the challenges refugees and immigrants face. Or maybe you read about his organization, the Refugee Dream Center, which he founded a year or so ago to help refugees, many from Africa, find their way among the am-ber waves of grain.

In his office in South Providence, he shakes my hand and flashes a bright smile. He comes across as kind and affable. There’s no hint of anger or self-pity. He’s moving for-ward, grateful for the opportunities offered to him since he arrived in America nine years ago. It wasn’t always easy; then again, he says, ris-ing from the ashes never is.

His journey started 37 years ago in a dusty village in Gambia, a small West African country bounded by Senegal. His family expected him to become a cattle herder, as genera-tions before had done, but Bah had other ideas. He moved to the capital to study journalism, eventually writ-ing reports critical of Jammeh. When

the government cracked down, he secretly fed the reports to an Amer-ican-based website. The govern-ment found out what he was doing and came after him.

They threw him in jail, beating him in the head with the butt of an AK-47 and stabbing him with its bayo-net. Curled up on the hard cell floor, he said goodbye to all the people he loved. He thought he wouldn’t make it. Then, the unexpected: the latch opened and they told him to get out.

He did, but was more determined than ever to report the truth. For the next several years, he wrote about the government’s torture, murders and anti-gay killings. One day, a friend called to warn him that offi-cials were after him again. This time, he had to flee the country.

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His center is a meeting place for refugees from all over the world: Iraq, Myanmar, Rwanda, the Congo, Somalia and more. He’s their guide and mentor, helping them find apartments, fill out job applications, apply to schools or sign up for Eng-lish classes. Listening is his strength.

“My message to all refugees and immigrants is make use of the op-portunities that you have here,’’ says Bah. “Do not take the abundance here for granted. Serve your commu-nity. Remember that there are mil-lions who are not here, who remain in the camps or in desperate situations without hope of a better future.’’

America, he says, is special: “Here, there is hope.’’

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Just over the border of Providence in Pawtucket, a mighty little Cape Verdean tapas bar called Ten Rocks is bringing new demographics to the area and changing ideas about what defines the neighborhood now. Bar manager (and cousin to the owner) Raquel took a moment to talk with us about Ten Rocks’ heartfelt homages to Cape Verde, how cultural intermixture is happening over small plates, and why cornmeal is the thing you didn’t know dessert was missing.

Is there a story behind the Ten Rocks name? It references the ten islands that make up Cape Verde. The owner, Carmen Monteiro, was born and raised in Brava, which is one of the islands. I’m of Cape Verdean background as well. “Rocks” is a nod to drinks, too, since we’re a bar.

How strong is the Cape Verdean in-fluence on what you serve, or the atmosphere?Pretty strong. Carmen was so thought-ful about wanting to bring authentic tastes and traditions into what we do, and making sure the names of dishes or drinks connect to Cape Verde. We serve things like grilled octopus, which is totally a Cape Verdean favorite, and serve drinks made with ponche, a tra-ditional rum-based spirit that most people outside Portugal have never heard of. At the same time we’re not exclusively Cape Verdean. It’s more of a mix in some ways.

Can you say more? Well, we have some food that you’d ex-pect to find in a lot of American bars – like wings, or mussels – but the sea-soning is very Cape Verdean. It’s not a particular spice exactly, just an inten-sity of flavor that you wouldn’t find in most American places that serve wings and mussels. A lot of our Cape Verdean guests come in and are curious

about the more American things, in-cluding the cocktails – since they are used to things like a simple beer. And then a lot of our American guests are really excited by the traditional Cape Verdean things, like, “What is ponche?”

It sounds like your customer base is pretty diverse, then. Definitely. When we first opened a year ago, most of our client base was Cape Verdean and Portuguese. And as the year went on, we became more and more diverse. It really is a mixture now. We’re getting people from all over Rhode Is-land, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

Pawtucket has a persistent image as a very blue-collar, typically white American area. Do you feel like you fit in, or that you’re changing the area? Well, in some ways, we are the area. So maybe we’re just changing the percep-tion of it. In other ways, we hear a lot that Ten Rocks is really refreshing and new. I think both takes are good.

Tell me about your cocktail program. A lot of it came from Carmen’s imagi-nation, and home-testing family and friends before we opened. A lot of Cape Verdean homages in the ingre-dients and the names, which are after the islands. We keep that pretty con-sistent, and change in a few drinks here and there when the seasons change.

Let’s say someone walks into Ten Rocks for the first time. What would you recommend that they order? The grilled octopus. It may seem strange to some people, but it’s so authentically Cape Verdean – and always tender, nev-er chewy. We know how to do it right. I’m addicted to the pasteles, too, which are kind of like hand pies that come filled with tuna or goat cheese. And the fried goat cheese plate is special: we serve the fried cheese with some almonds, a guava paste, honey and bread, so you

make little sandwiches and take bites of almonds and it’s perfect.

Okay, okay, I’m hungry now. What’s for dessert? You have to try the cheesecake. In Cape Verde there’s a cornmeal flour that everybody eats for porridge in the morning, mixed with milk. We took that idea and spun it into a cheesecake, and it’s amazing.

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How do biscuits with house made strawberry jam sound? What about lemon ricotta pancakes with ricotta cream? Do you dare delve into scal-lop cakes topped with poached eggs and Hollandaise? If you answered yes to any of these, then brunch at Clean Plate (345 S Water Street, Providence. 621-8888, www.CleanPlateRI.com) is for you. You can even end the meal with a waffle hot fudge ice cream sundae.

If you’re going for supreme opu-lence and atmosphere, Mother’s Day brunch at Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum (199 Hope Street, Providence. 453-0688, www.Preserve-RI.org) is a must. Presented by Delsie Catering and Events, expect an array of sweet and savory delights, a signa-ture cocktail and freshly brewed loose leaf teas from around the world. All of this is accompanied by a jazz quartet led by James Scott Chowning.

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w w w.Th e D u c k a n d B u n ny.co m ) . They’re offering a prix fixe menu for $30. Look forward to vegan pancakes and special eggs Benedicts, to name a few. There’s also Afternoon Tea seatings at 4:30pm and 6pm.

In the vicinity of Hope Street? Head to Kitchen Bar (771 Hope Street, Provi-dence. 331-4100, www.KitchenBarRi.com). There brunch is usually a la carte, but they’ve done something special for moms. For $20 (Kids under 12 are $10), they’ve planned a scrumptious buffet featuring everything from roast beef, bacon, home fries, pastas, salads and baked fish. Seatings are at 9:30am, 11:30am and 2pm, but they’re not in the business of turning people away.

Paragon (234 Thayer Street, Provi-dence. 331-6200, www.ParagonViva.com) is also honoring mothers with their extensive buffet ($24.99 adults, $11.99 kids 6-12, free for kids under 6). Indulge in the carving station, an om-elette station, a pasta station, shrimp cocktail, various eggs benedict, waf-fles, yogurt and so much more.

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10 Prime Steak & Sushi Gourmet steaks and sushi. 55 Pine St, Providence, 453-2333. LD $$$

Angelo’s Civita Farnese Restaurant Italian American comfort food classics. 141 Atwells Ave, Providence, 621-8171. LD $-$$

AQUA Poolside cocktails with seasonal American cuisine. 1 Orms St, Provi-dence, 272-2400. LD $-$$

Besos Kitchen & Cocktails Tapas and eclectic cuisine and cocktails. 378 Main St, East Greenwich, 398-8855. BrLD $$$

Bistro 22 New American rustic cuisine in Garden City. 22 Midway Rd, Crans-ton, 383-6400. LD $-$$

Black Bass Grille Classic seafood, his-toric waterfront setting. 3 Water St, South Dartmouth, MA, 508-999-6975. LD $$

Blend Café Modern Latin-American infused fare. 745 Reservoir Ave,

Cranston, 270-5533. BBrLD $-$$

Bluefin Grille at the Providence Mar-riott Downtown Seasonal and sus-tainable seafood in an elegant at-mosphere. 1 Orms St, Providence, 272-5852. LD $-$$

Breachway Grill Classic New England fare, plus NY-style pizza. 1 Charlestown Beach Rd, Charlestown, 213-6615. LD $$

Café Nuovo Contemporary New World cuisine. 1 Citizens Plz, Providence, 421-2525. LD $-$$$

Capriccio Upscale international food with a northern Italian/Mediterranean accent. 2 Pine St, Providence, 421-1320. LD $-$$$

Carriage Inn & Saloon Regional com-fort food accompanied by a whiskey bar. 1065 Tower Hill Rd, North Kings-town, 294-8466. D $-$$

CAV Eclectic cuisine and art in an his-toric setting. 14 Imperial Place, Provi-dence, 751-9164. BrLD $$-$$$

Celestial Café Organic farm-to-table fine dining. Oak Harbor Village, 567 S County Tr, Exeter, 295-5559. BrLD $-$$$

Centro Restaurant & Lounge Con-temporary cuisine and cocktails. 1 W Exchange St, Providence, 228-6802. BLD $$$

Champlins Seafood Dockside fresh seafood serving easy breezy cocktails. 256 Great Island Rd, Narragansett, 783-3152. LD $-$$

Chez Pascal/The Wurst Kitchen Sea-sonal farm-to-table cuisine with a French accent. House made sausages, hot dogs and accoutrements. 960 Hope St, Providence, 421-4422. LD $-$$$

Chapel Grille Gourmet food overlooking the Providence skyline. 3000 Chapel View Blvd, Cranston, 944-4900. BrLD $$$

Circe Restaurant & Bar South Beach meets New England seafood favorites. 50 Weybosset St, Providence, 437-8991. BRLD $-$$$

Clean Plate Delicious comfort food in a casual setting. 345 S. Water St, Provi-dence, 621-8888. BBrLD $$

DeWolf Tavern Gourmet American/Indian fusion. 259 Thames St, Bristol, 254-2005. BLD $$-$$$

The Dorrance Fine dining with exqui-site cocktails. 60 Dorrance St, Provi-dence, 521-6000. D $$$

Eleven Forty Nine City sophistication in the suburbs. 1149 Division St, War-wick, 884-1149. LD $$$

Ella’s Fine Food & Drink Elegant din-ing meets international cuisine. 2 Tow-er St, Westerly, 315-0606. D $-$$$

Flatbread Company Artisanal pizza, local ingredients. 161 Cushing St, Provi-dence, 273-2737. LD $-$$

Fresco Italian American comfort food with international inspirations. 301 Main St, East Greenwich, 398-0027; 140 Comstock Pkwy, Cranston, 228-3901. D $-$$

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George’s of Galilee Fresh caught seafood in an upscale pub atmo-sphere. 250 Sand Hill Cove Rd, Narra-gansett, 783-2306. LD $-$$

Harry’s Bar & Burger Handcrafted slid-ers, brews and pub games. 121 N Main St, Providence, 228-7437; 301 Atwells Ave, 228-3336. LD $-$$

Haruki Japanese cuisine and a la carte selections with casual ambiance. 1210 Oaklawn Ave, Cranston, 463-8338; 172 Wayland Ave, Providence, 223-0332; 112 Waterman St, Providence, 421-0754. 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 $

Iron Works Tavern A wide variety of signature American dishes in the histor-ic Thomas Jefferson Hill Mill. 697 Jeffer-son Blvd, Warwick, 739-5111. LD $-$$$

Jacky’s Galaxie Local Pan-Asian chain offering sushi and classic entrees in a modern atmosphere. Locations in Providence, North Providence, Bristol and Cumberland, jackysgalaxie.com. LD $-$$$

Jigger’s Diner Classic ‘50s diner serv-ing breakfast all day. 145 Main St, East Greenwich, 884-6060. BL $-$$

Julian’s A must-taste Providence staple celebrating 20 years. 318 Broadway, Providence, 861-1770. BBrLD $$

Kartabar Mediterranean-style cuisine, chic setting. 284 Thayer St, Provi-dence, 331-8111. LD $-$$

KitchenBar Contemporary comfort cuisine. 771 Hope St, Providence, 331-4100. BrLD $$

Laurel Lane Country Club Upscale pub cuisine overlooking a picturesque golf course. 309 Laurel Ln, West Kingston, 783-3844. LD $-$$

Lim’s Restaurant Upscale Thai and fresh sushi. 18 South Angell St, Provi-dence, 383-8830. LD $$

Luxe Burger Bar Build your own creative burger. 5 Memorial Blvd,

Providence, 621-5893. LD $

Maharaja Indian Restaurant Indian cui-sine and traditional curries in a warm setting. 1 Beach St, Narragansett, 363-9988. LD $-$$

Malted Barley American craft beer, gourmet pretzels and creative sand-wiches in downtown Westerly. 42 High St, Westerly, 315-2184; 334 Westminster St, Providence, 490-0300. LD $$

McBride’s Pub Traditional Irish pub fare in Wayland Square. 161 Wayland Ave, Providence, 751-3000. LD $$

McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood & Steak Mixed grill selections and sig-nature fish dishes sourced locally and seasonally. 11 Dorrance St, Providence, 351-4500. BLD $$-$$$

Mia’s Prime Time Café Upscale café cui-sine by the Pawcatuck River. 1 West Broad St, Pawcatuck, CT, 860-599-3840. BLD $$

Mill’s Tavern Historic setting for New American gourmet. 101 N Main St, Providence, 272-3331. D $$$

Napolitano’s Brooklyn Pizza Classic Italian fare and traditional New York-style pizzas. 100 East St, Cranston, 383-7722; 380 Atwells Ave, Provi-dence, 273-2400. LD $-$$

Nordic Lodge Surf and turf buffet se-lections perfect for family gatherings. 178 E Pasquisett Trl, Charlestown, 783-4515. LD $$$

Ocean State Sandwich Company Craft sandwiches and hearty sides. 1345 Hartford Ave, Johnston. 155 Westmin-ster St, Providence, 282-6772. BL $-$$

The Olive Tap Extra virgin olive oils, aged balsamic vinegars and gourmet food and gift selections. 485 Angell St, Providence, 272-8200. $$-$$$

Opa the Phoenician Authentic Leba-nese food served in a fun atmosphere with hookahs. 230 Atwells Ave, Provi-dence, 351-8282. D $-$$$

Parkside Rotisserie & Bar American bistro specializing in rotisserie meats. 76 South Main St, Providence, 331-0003. LD $-$$

Pat’s Italian Fine Italian favorites, natural steaks and handcrafted cock-tails. 1200 Hartford Ave, Johnston, 273-1444. LD $-$$$

Phil’s Main Street Grille Classic com-fort food; great rooftop patio. 323 Main St, Wakefield, 783-4073. BBrLD $

Pho Horn’s Fresh authentic Vietnamese dishes in a colorful setting. 50 Ann Mary St #403, Pawtucket, 365-6278. LD $-$$

Pizza J A fun, upbeat atmosphere with thin crust pizza, pub fare and gluten-free options. 967 Westminster St, Providence, 632-0555. LD $-$$

Pizzico Diverse Italian and fusion cuisine in a rustic yet eclectic atmosphere. 762 Hope St, Providence, 421-4114; 308 Coun-ty Rd, Barrington, 247-0303. LD $-$$$

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At Sophia’s, Chef Chris Palios brings the old world flavors of north-ern Italy to Rhode Island in a modern way. Begin your meal with an Antipasti like Polenta Al Forno, creamy wood-grilled parmesan polenta finished with a rustic sweet sausage ragout, fresh basil and Tuscan olive oil, or Egg-plant Involtini, hand battered eggplant rolled around prosciutto-herb ricotta cheese finished with Parmesano Reg-giano and San Marzano tomato sauce. Try a Peasant-Style Rustic Flatbread, or a pasta like Ravioli Milano, which is roasted garlic and grana padano

stuffed ravioli sautéed with spiced broccoli rabe, Tuscan olive oil and shaved parmesan.

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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, 398-2822. LD $$

Rasoi Vegetarian-friendly Indian cui-sine . 727 East Ave, Pawtucket, 728-5500. LD $$

Red Stripe Casual French-American bistro. 465 Angell St, Providence, 437-6950; 455 Main St, East Green-wich, 398-2900. BrLD $$

Rick’s Roadhouse House-smoked barbecue. 370 Richmond St, Provi-dence, 272-7675. LD $-$$

Roberto’s Italian fine dining and large wine selection in the scenic East Bay. 450 Hope St, Bristol, 254-9732. D $$-$$$

Sa-Tang Fine Thai and Asian fusion cuisine with gluten-free selections. 402 Main St, Wakefield, 284-4220. LD $-$$

Siena Impeccable Italian cuisine. Lo-cations in Providence, East Green-wich, Smithfield, 521-3311. D $$-$$$

Simone’s Gourmet brunch followed by upscale Mediterranean cuisine. 275 Child St, Warren, 247-1200. BBrLD $$-$$$

Sophia’s Tuscan Grille BYOB eatery with classic Tuscan dishes and home-made desserts. 1729 Warwick Ave, Warwick, 732-6656. BLD $-$$$

T’s Restaurant Plentiful breakfast and lunch. Locations in Cranston, East Greenwich, Narragansett, 946-5900. BL $

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Tavern by the Sea Waterfront Euro-pean/American bistro. 16 W Main St, Wickford, 294-5771. LD $$

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Ten Rocks Tapas Bar Cape Verdean- in-spired small plates, handcrafted cock-tails and frequent live music. 1091 Main St, Pawtucket, 728-0800. BrLD $-$$

The Coast Guard House Modern New England fare with Bay views. 40 Ocean Rd, Narragansett. 789-0700. LD $$-$$$

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Trattoria Del Mare Traditional Italian cui-sine with a focus on seafood in an elegant yet relaxing atmosphere. 145 Spruce St, Providence, 273-7070. LD $$-$$$

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5 Downcity Providence prepares for another year of food trucks, family fun and the Rock and Roll yard sale

at the Cinco De Mayo Block Party on May 7. www.InDown-City.com

6 With countless accolades and talk show experiences, celebrated interior designer, Thom Filicia will surely

have plenty to say May 9 as the RISD Museum Associates honored guest. www.RISDMuseum.org

7 Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, NPR’s hilarious news quiz, is coming to the Providence Performing Arts Center on

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8 Back in Providence for the first time in years, The Cho-rus Of Westerly performs Verdi Requiem at the Vets

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ARENA & CLUBLUPO’S HEARTBREAK HOTELMay 10: A Day To Remember on their “Just Some Shows” tour. May 11: Ea-gles of Death Metal with Thelma and the Sleaze. May 13: Keb Mo Band. May 18: The Rides featuring Stephen Stills, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and Barry Goldberg. 79 Washington Street, Prov-idence. 331-5876, www.Lupos.com.

THE METMay 1: Steve Smith & The Nakeds. May 5: Ought and Priests. May 11: 95.5 WBRU Presents Robert Delong. May 20: Beartooth, Stray, My Tick-et Home and Former. May 21: Kiefer Sutherland and Austin Plaine. 1005 Main Street, Pawtucket. 729-1005, www.TheMetRI.com.

PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTERMay 8: Generation Axe – A Night of Guitars. May 14: Richard Nader’s Doo Wop And Rock & Roll All Stars. May 21: Joe Bonamassa. 220 Wey-bosset Street, Providence. 421-2787, www.PPACRI.org.

CHAN’S FINE ORIENTAL DININGMay 6: Honey Island Swamp Band. May 7: Alexis P. Suter Band. May 13: Jeff Pitchell & Texas Flood. May 14: Neal Vi-tullo & the Vipers. May 20: Commander Cody. May 21: Fat City Band. May 27:

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FIREHOUSE 13May 1: Michale Graves: When Worlds Collide Tour. May 7: The Silks. May 19: Full of Hell. May 20: Old School Metal Night. 41 Central Street, Providence. 270-1801, www.FH13.com.

TWIN RIVERMay 21: An Intimate Evening with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo. May 27: Trib-ute Fridays feat. Space Oddity: David Brighton’s tribute to David Bowie. 100 Twin River Road, Lincoln. 723-3200, www.TwinRiver.com.

CLASSICALRI PHILHARMONIC AT THE VETSMay 6: Amica Rush Hour 4: Beethoven’s Ninth. May 7: Classi-cal 8: Beethoven’s Ninth. 667 Water-man Avenue, Providence. 723-3200, www.RI-Philharmonic.org.

FOLKSTONE SOUP COFFEEHOUSEMay 14: Tret Fure; RISA Songwriter Con-test Finalists. May 20: An Evening with Erin McKeown, Zoe Lewis, Natalia Zukerman. 67 Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket. 921-5115, www.Soup.org.

JAZZSLATER MILLMay 15: Boston Jazz All-Stars, featuring

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COMEDYCOMEDY CONNECTIONFridays: Hardcore Comedy. May 6-8: Frank Santorelli. May 11: Bobby Col-lins. May 13-14: Langston Kerman. 39 Warren Avenue, East Providence. 438-8383, www.RIComedyConnec-tion.com.

PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTERMay 6: Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Ca-ble Guy. May 22: Carol Burnett. 220 Wey-bosset Street, Providence. 421-2787, www.PPACRI.org.

AS220May 1: The Road Trip Show by Spar-kling Beatniks improv group. 95 Em-pire Street, Providence. 831-9327, www.AS220.org.

DANCEAS220Sundays: Beginners and intermedi-ate ballet. Monday: Intermediate/ad-vanced modern dance. Wednesdays: Open level modern dance. Fridays: Contemporary African dance. 95 Empire Street, Providence. 831-9327, www.AS220.org.

AURORAMay 4: Salsa Con Soul. 276 Westminster Street, Providence. 421-2787, www.Au-rora.com.

THEATREAS220May 13: Counter-Productions Theatre Company Presents Kill the Virgin by Kevin Broccoli. 95 Empire Street, Provi-dence. 831-9327, www.AS220.org.

PROVIDENCE PERFORMING ARTS CENTERMay 31-June 5: Bullets Over Broadway. 220 Weybosset Street, Providence. 421-2787, www.PPACRI.org.

TRINITY REPMay 18-22, 25-29: Late Nite Catechism. www.TrinityRep.com.

ARTISTS EXCHANGE May 6-21: Total Strangers. 82 Rolfe Square, Cranston. 490-9475, www.Art-ists-Exchange.org.

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Vudu Sister releases new album, Mortis NervosaFriday, May 13 gets extra spooky as Providence’s own Vudu Sister drops their newest album, Mortis Nervosa, at the Columbus Theatre. Brace your-self for an evening of haunting gothic folk from Keith McCurdy and friends, as well as acoustic performances from local acts Bloodpheasant and Pixels. 8pm. 270 Broadway. www.ColumbusTheatre.com.

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Mother’s Day Tea. 453-0688, www.Lip-pittHouse.org.

HAMILTON HOUSE May 7: Run For The Roses Kentucky Derby Party. 276 Angell Street, Provi-dence. 831-1800, www.HistoricHamil-ton.com.

THE VETSMay 1: Swan Lake. May 1: Black and White Fete fundraising gala. May 15: Chorus of Westerly. www.The-VetsRI.com.

OTHERTHE WICKENDEN AREA MERCHANTS ASSOCIATIONApril 30: The Wickenden Street Mak-ers and Merchants Sidewalk Sale. www.Facebook.com/WAMA/PVD.

PROVIDENCE ARTISAN MARKETMay 21, 28: Artisan market opens for season. www.Facebook.com/PVDArti-sansMarket.

RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETYMay 14: Facets of the Past: Spring For-ward 2016. www.RIHA.org.

RISD MUSEUM ASSOCIATESMay 9: 60th Anniversary celebration with Thom Filicia. www.RISDMuseum.org.

GOAT HILL WRITERSMay 20: Best selling authors Laura Lippman and Alison Gaylin visit. www.GoatHillWriters.com.

HAMILTON HOUSEMay 9: Author’s Corner with Arlene Violet. 831-1800, www.HistoricHamil-ton.com.

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DRYDEN GALLERYMay 1-31: Bringing the Outside In. 421-6196, www.ProvidencePictureFrame.com.

RISD MUSEUMMay 1-31: Dorner Prize Conversation Pieces, Drawing Conclusions, Jesse Burke: Wild & Precious. May 1-15: Kud-zanai Chiurai: Iyeza. May 1-12: Projec-tions, Film & Video: Spring, 2016. 20 North Main Street, Providence. 454-6500, www.RISDMuseum.org.

ARTISTS EXCHANGEMay 12-26: Cranston High School East Senior Studio Exhibition. 50 Rolfe Square, Cranston. 490-9475, www.Art-ists-Exchange.org.

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ARTISTS EXCHANGE May 21: Craft Bash. May 28: Keith Mun-slow – Songs & Stories, Cartoons & Comedy. 50 Rolfe Square, Cranston. 490-9475, www.Artists-Exchange.org.

PROVIDENCE CHILDREN’S MUSEUMTuesdays: Play & Learn. May 7-8:

Mother’s Day Bead Making. May 28-30: Chalk The Walk. 100 Hope Street, Providence. 273-5437, www.Children-Museum.org.

ROGER WILLIAMS PARK ZOOMay 1-28: Preschool Adventures, Seal Encounters May 14: Wild Art-Sculpt-ing Snakes. May 1-15: Rock and Roar: A Rock-A-Baby Kid’s Concert Series. 1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence. 785-3510, www.RWPZoo.org.

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LADD OBSERVATORYTuesdays: Telescope Observing Night. 210 Doyle Avenue, Providence, 863-2323, www.Brown.edu.

LIFELONG LEARNING COLLABORATIVEMay 2: Brown Bag Lunch with Prof David Konstan. www.LifeLongLearn-ingCollaborative.org.

PROVIDENCE ATHENAEUMMay 6: Philosophers and Education. 251 Benefit Street, Providence. 421-6970, www.ProvidenceAthenaeum.org.

PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY LIBRARYMondays: Writers Meetup. Wednes-days: Poetry Group. Thursdays: Girls Who Code Club. Fridays: Computer

Game Club. Rochambeau Library, 708 Hope Street, Providence. 272-3780

RHODE ISLAND CENTER FOR THE BOOKMay 21: An Afternoon with David McCullough. 131 Washington Street. 273-2250, www.RIBook.org.

RISD MUSEUMMay 1: Family See and Sketch, Work in Process: Sketching Sound. May 5: Ways of Looking for Artists: Self-Portraiture. May 7: Making Art Histo-ry: All of Everything. May 19: Critique and Conversation. 20 North Main Street, Providence. 454-6500, www.RISDMuseum.org.

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BROWN LACROSSEMay 21: NCAA Quarterfinals. 400 Elmgrove Avenue, Providence. 863-2773, www.BrownBears.com.

TWIN RIVERMay 13: CES Boxing Presents: Man-fredo v. Camacho. 100 Twin River Road, Lincoln. 877-827-4837, www.TwinRiver.com/Entertainment/Twin-River-Event-Center.

RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE BASEBALLMay 4: RIC vs. Mass. Institute of Technology. 600 Mount Pleasant Av-enue, Providence. 456-8000, www.GoAnchormen.com.

Eat Drink RI starts May with aGrand BrunchRhode Island’s premier annual culinary event comes to a delicious close with the Eat Drink RI Grand Brunch. Sample some of the tastiest dishes from the state’s best chefs at the Rhode Island Convention Center, and feel good about the fact that a portion of the proceeds go to Victoria Alviti Music Foundation. May 1. 11am-2pm. One Sabin Street, Providence. www.EatDrinkRI.com.

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The easT sider

Although a relatively recent transplant here, student and political activist/writer Sam Bell’s East Side roots run deep: his father grew up on Pratt Street, where his grandmother still resides. Bell migrated to Provi-dence five years ago to pursue a PhD in Geology at Brown, and now plans to remain in Rhode Island.

“I love this neighborhood and want to live here for the rest of my life,” the native Midwesterner says. “You don’t get community like this anywhere else in America.” Sam currently lives near Wayland Square and joined the Col-lege Hill Neighborhood Association to help augment residential life on the East Side. He is part of the steer-ing committee to build a new dog park across from Richmond Square.

“Having parks in our community makes more of a difference than we of-ten appreciate,” notes Sam. “It’s impor-tant for people to have places they can walk to and let their dogs off the leash. It really adds to the neighborhood.” Sam has also volunteered for the Parks Conservancy and its greater efforts in Providence, which is currently pushing for River Road to become a more park-like, pedestrian-friendly experience. The group previously helped stop the PawSox stadium relocation, and has been instrumental in energizing Rhode Islanders regarding the lack of state support in building parks. Initiating the construction of the promised pedestri-an bridge/walkway and parks post-195 relocation is still a major focus.

His passion for community evolution is

perhaps best exemplified in his politi-cal activism at the state level and be-yond; he serves as state coordinator for the RI Progressive Democrats and regularly contributes Op-Ed pieces to The Providence Journal. The group’s mission is to implement national pro-gressive goals at the state level: pro-tecting a woman’s right to choose, repealing tax cuts for the wealthy, low-ering middle class taxes, funding more city services and gun law reform – just to name a few. One example was cut-ting the top marginal income tax rate for the wealthy by 3.91 points in 2010; the state has had huge fiscal problems ever since, and compensated by rais-ing the car tax on the middle class.

Rhode Island may be small, but in Bell’s eyes what happens here absolutely

affects the rest of the nation and these next few years are crucial. “If we don’t solve our state’s political problems before it’s time to elect new senators, we’ll end up with new senators who don’t represent our core values.”

If You Had One Wish to Enhance Life on the East Side, What Would it Be?“One thing we sometimes forget is that the East Side has become more racially segregated over the past few decades,” Bell says. “When my father was growing up here, there was a vi-brant and integrated African-American community on College Hill, whose historical heritage has largely disap-peared in recent years. I think it would be nice to bring that back and to make the East Side more racially integrated.”

Sam Bell Brings Political Insight and Passion to Transforming the East Side By Amanda M. Grosvenor

Sam Bell: “Having parks in our community makes more of a difference than we often appreciate.”

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