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Live Music Sunday, Jan. 29
POP Steve Burke, jazz brunch, Lake Pearl Luciano's, 299 Creek St., Wrentham, Mass. (508) 384-3003. 10 am-2 pm. Chopville, 6-9 pm, and Chris Gauthier, 10 pm-1 am, rock, One Pelham East, 270 Thames St., Newport. 847-9460. John Connors and the...
January 29, 2012 12:00 am
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Live Music Saturday, Jan. 28
POP The Greg Abate Sextet featuring Arnie Krakowsky, Jeff Holmes, Kent Hewitt, Todd Baker and Artie Cabral, jazz, Chan's Restaurant, 267 Main St., Woonsocket. 765-1900, chanseggrollsandjazz.com. 8 pm. $15. The Mary Andrews Trio, jazz, Sidebar Bistro, 127 Dorrance St., Providence....
January 28, 2012 12:00 am
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Dresses by celeb-favorite Marchesa on display at StyleWeek
Providence -- High fashion came a little closer to home Friday evening. A dramatic display of dresses by celebrity-favorite label Marchesa greeted StyleWeek Providence guests as they walked off the elevator and onto into the 18th floor of the Biltmore...
January 27, 2012 9:42 pm
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Spring reading series at Brown begins Feb. 7
Fiction writer Evan Lavender-Smith will present a reading of his work on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 2:30 p.m. in the McCormack Family Theater, 70 Brown St., Providence, in the first installment of Brown University's spring 2012 Writers On Writing...
January 27, 2012 4:25 pm
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Get to know family behind Blithewold Mansion
Margaret Whitehead, the curator of Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, has written "Blithewold: Legacy of an American Family," a social history of the Pennsylvania family that built an estate on 70 acres on Narragansett Bay in Bristol. The book, which...
January 27, 2012 12:27 pm
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Movie Reviews: 'The Grey'; 'Albert Nobbs'; 'Man on a Ledge'; 'The Divide'
The Grey (2012) **** Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney, Frank Grillo, Dallas Roberts. Members of an oil company crew crash land in the Alaskan wilderness and the survivors try to find their way back to civilization through a pack of angry...
January 27, 2012 11:54 am
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Wish your were here: Providence Postcard Project opens Friday
Next month, she's flying off to Southeast Asia. But before she goes, Betsey Biggs, a composer and artist who's winding up her postdoctoral work at Brown University, wanted to say goodbye to the city she's called home for the past...
January 27, 2012 10:08 am
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Live Music Friday, Jan. 27
POP Steve Anthony and Persuasion, rock and pop, Twin River, Lighthouse Bar, 100 Twin River Rd., Lincoln. 723-3200, (877) 827-4837, twinriver.com. 8:30 pm-12:30 am. No cover. 18+. Andre Arsenault, rock and pop, Scampi, 657 Park Ave., Portsmouth. 293-5844. 7-10 pm....
January 27, 2012 12:00 am
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StyleWeek Providence Runway Report: Toni Lyn Spaziano
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Models wearing classic tweed textures, trim suits and frocks in crisp black and white sauntered along the catwalk during the Toni Lyn Spaziano show at StyleWeek Providence Thursday night. Spaziano, a Warwick native, draws inspiration from vintage...
January 26, 2012 11:04 pm
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StyleWeek Providence Runway Report: Candice Wu
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Shades of olive green, beige and gold with faux leather dominated the runway during the Candice Wu collection at StyleWeek Providence Thursday night. Wu, a native of Hong Kong and a graduate of the School of Fashion...
January 26, 2012 10:58 pm
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North Kingstown man, Wolfwatcher Coalition protest film 'The Grey'
AP Photo / Open Road Films, Kimberley French Liam Neeson is shown in a scene from "The Grey." NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. -- Dave Hornoff of North Kingstown, co-president of the National Wolfwatcher Coalition, has joined a chorus against the...
January 26, 2012 2:44 pm
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Johnston's DJ Pauly D to have Super Bowl moment -- but not at the game
Journal files / Ruben W. Perez Pauly D, seen in September. JOHNSTON, R.I. -- Johnston's own DJ Pauly D will venture far from the Jersey shore to have his own Super Bowl moment Friday night. No, not at the...
January 26, 2012 12:49 pm
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Great things to do this weekend
Children's Discovery Library opening Providence Public Library commissioned Providence Children's Museum for help reimagining its children's room. The artful new space debuts Saturday with a ribbon cutting, tours, special guests and activities (face painting, raffles). From 12:30 to 5 p.m....
January 26, 2012 11:56 am
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Live Music Thursday, Jan. 26
POP John Allmark, Vinny Pagano, Dino Govoni, Bill Miele and Ben Cook, jazz, Sidebar Bistro, 127 Dorrance St., Providence. 421-7200, sidebar-bistro.com. 7:30 pm. Steve Burke, jazz, Adagio Piano Lounge, 227 South Main St., Fall River. (508) 672-0296. 6-9 pm. Kelly...
January 26, 2012 12:00 am
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Dunk-bound bassist Jay DeMarcus, wife expect 2nd child
. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Rascal Flatts bassist Jay DeMarcus and his wife Allison are expecting their second child. Jay DeMarcus calls the pregnancy "a huge surprise" in a Wednesday news release. The baby is due this summer and the...
January 25, 2012 5:25 pm
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Live Music Wednesday, Jan. 25
POP Mike Coletta, acoustic rock, Parente's Restaurant, 1114 Douglas Pike, Smithfield. 231-7600. 9:30 pm-12:30 am. No cover. Collie Buddz and New Kingston Band, reggae, The Met, Hope Artiste Village, 1005 Main St., Pawtucket. 729-1005, themetri.com. 9 pm. $20. Rudy D'Agostino...
January 25, 2012 12:00 am
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MassArt senior's mop dress wins StyleWeek's inaugural student design challenge
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The sixteen students who participated in StyleWeek Providence's inaugural student design competition, SEED, sent looks made out of everything from newspapers to trash bags down the runway Tuesday evening. But it was MassArt senior Kwong Hui Yee's...
January 24, 2012 9:54 pm
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New children's area at Providence Public Library
The biggest news in reading circles is the opening of the new Providence Public Library "Children's Discovery Library -- The Story Starts Here!" Saturday, Jan. 28. The library, at 150 Empire St., will open at 12:30, but the ceremony begins...
January 24, 2012 3:23 pm
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Viola Davis gets Academy Award nomination
Viola Davis, who grew up poor in Central Falls, was nominated for a best actress Academy Award Tuesday for her role as the steely maid in 1960s Mississippi in "The Help." MCT Viola Davis at the GoldenGlobe Awards in BeverlyHills,...
January 24, 2012 9:10 am
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StyleWeek Providence Runway Report: Designer Sara Derfus has a 'secret weapon'
Flatteringly formfitting but not too revealing, the dresses and skirts Sara Derfus presented at StyleWeek Providence Monday night as part of her Svelte Sara collection would fit right into almost any woman's closet. The British-born, Boston-based designer showed one of...
January 24, 2012 6:58 am
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