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Minimalism and mementos

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Published June 2, 2010 at 4:28 p.m.
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Jamey Morrill's sculptures and 'souvenirs' at Craftland ... After 5 Traverse gallery closed in February, crackerjack curator Maya Allison, who was co-director there, lined up a handful of small independent projects and seemed like she might be on her way to starting her own operation before she landed a gig as curator at Brown University's Bell Gallery, which she began this week ... After 5 Traverse gallery closed in February, crackerjack curator Maya Allison, who was co-director there, lined up

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Cubism and collage

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Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 5:15 p.m.
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M.F. Husain at Brown, Keith Waldrop at AS220 Project Space ... Maqbool Fida Husain has long been known as one of the grand old men of Indian art ...   ... ABSTRACT SIMPLIFICATIONS Husain’s Chariot ... Maqbool Fida Husain has long been known as one of the grand old men of Indian art. The New York Times refers to the 94-year-old as "India's most famous painter" and one of the "great Indian modernists." In recent years, his notoriety has taken a cruel twist as Hindu nationalists, offended by

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Does Scott Brown’s victory mean doom for RI Democrats?

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Published Jan. 20, 2010 at 4:13 p.m.
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Fallout ... Republican Scott Brown's stunning victory this week in the race for the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in Massachusetts has created something approaching panic in the ranks of Congressional Democrats ... TEA LEAVES After Brown’s victory, is the rise of the Rhode Island GOP nigh? ... Republican Scott Brown's stunning victory this week in the race for the late Ted Kennedy's Senate seat in Massachusetts has created something approaching panic in the ranks of Congressional Democrats

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More closings and a question: Can galleries survive here?

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Published Dec. 16, 2009 at 5:03 p.m.

The Arts ... More closings and a question: Can galleries survive here? ... More closings and a question: Can galleries survive here? ... It's been a crappy year for the arts as the lousy economy has pushed venerable institutions like the Rhode Island School of Design to cut staff, Brown University's Bell Gallery to leave a curatorial position unfilled, and galleries in places like New York and Boston to shutter in droves. The latest bad news is that Stairwell Gallery on Broadway and Yes Gallery

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Séance

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Published Dec. 9, 2009 at 4:55 p.m.
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Rachel Berwick conjures ghost birds in Zugunruhe ... Rachel Berwick's art is concerned with conjuring ghosts — in particular the spirits of creatures or peoples near extinction or already died out ...   ... POSSESSED? A glass globe in Zugunruhe ... Rachel Berwick's art is concerned with conjuring ghosts — in particular the spirits of creatures or peoples near extinction or already died out. Her conceptual art installations — like her new piece Zugunruhe at Brown University's Bell

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Sarah and the shipmates

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Published Oct. 22, 2009 at 12:12 p.m.
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Vowell on the Puritans and the founding of Rhode Island ... Humorist, historian, superhero. Sarah Vowell is a woman of letters and voices ...   ... ROGER! Vowell calls Williams “the founding freak.” ... Humorist, historian, superhero. Sarah Vowell is a woman of letters and voices. Her four books and her contributions to public radio's This American Life display a brilliant, droll wit, but also a serious mind. Her most recent book, The Wordy Shipmates (just out in paperback), combines a

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RI's first-ever safe haven for abused elderly opens

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Published Oct. 20, 2009 at 11:11 a.m.

EAST GREENWICH, R.I. -- Last year, a statewide agency received 315 calls about elderly abuse ... "That number is just the tip of the iceberg," said Deborah DeBare, executive director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence ... Many victims of elderly abuse go to the hospital for an injury, and then return home without calling for help. For years, they have had few options, DeBare said ... That will soon change ... On Tuesday, the Saint Elizabeth Community opened the state's

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Brown relights nearly 5,000 Providence homes

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Published Oct. 9, 2009 at 4:01 p.m.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The leaders of Brown University's Project 20/20 announced Friday that they have nearly completed their goal of installing energy saving compact fluorescent light bulbs in 5,000 homes of low- and moderate-income familes in Providence ... The students met with U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse in the home of Sabina Asante off Reservoir Avenue to celebrate completion of the project. Hers was the first home retrofitted when the program began 18 months ago ... Brown Prof. Steven

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Providence Fall Preview Listings 2009

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Published Sept. 17, 2009 at 11:19 a.m.

Music, theater, art, festivals and more in the coming months ... A page of listings for local music, theater, art, festivals and more this fall ... CLASSICAL MUSIC ... SEPT 19 ... DAPONTE STRING QUARTET WITH SOPRANO ROXANA TOURIGNY performing works by Schubert, Respighi, Comolli, and Mendelssohn 8 pm University of Rhode Island's Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Rd, Kingston $15, $12 seniors, $5 students 401.874.2627 ... SEPT 26 ... RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC with pianist

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Dark and light sides of pleasure

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Published Sept. 2, 2009 at 3:01 p.m.
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Kirsten Hassenfeld's place of "endless plenty" at Bell Gallery ... "I want to create a place where people can take a little vacation from reality," Brooklyn artist Kirsten Hassenfeld has said. "I'm interested in going to a place where there is no want, only endless plenty." In "Recent Sculpture," her exhibit at Brown University's Bell Gallery (64 College Street, Providence, through November 1), she succeeds magnificently ... ELEGANT A chandelier from Dans La Lune ... "I want to create a place

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