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Mood swings

DoubleShift’s stimulating Walk Away
“All Feet Left” includes dance, theater, live music, and visual art, and the centerpiece of it all is DoubleShift Dance Theatre’s presentation of Walk Away.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | June 17, 2008

Starboard Galley

A cut above the average clam shack
Clam shacks and chowda houses are quintessential Rhode Island, and an eatery named the Starboard Galley couldn’t be more nautical.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | June 11, 2008

Text messages

CTS Dance Company’s reverent movements
Cross-pollination in the arts shows up in many media, but it is perhaps most evident in dance.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | June 04, 2008

Trio

Three times the buzz
Trio began to serve customers on Monday, May 19, and we broke our cardinal rule of waiting three months to review a spot by walking in two days later.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | May 28, 2008

Siena Cucina Enoteca

Small plates, Italian style
How does a restaurant re-invent its image while spinning off a sister venture?

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | May 14, 2008

Hospitality from south of the border
A recent experience at one of the city’s Latin-American restaurants left me with the distinct impression that if I don’t hurry up and learn Spanish, I’m going to be out of the loop.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | April 30, 2008

Animal house

Sara Gruen’s fictional menagerie
Each of Sara Gruen’s first three novels have had animal characters who were crucial to the book, but Water for Elephants has made the biggest splash.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | April 30, 2008

Love prevails

Festival Ballet’s emotional Swan Lake
Swan Lake is second only to The Nutcracker as a familiar entity for those with a nodding acquaintance of ballet.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | April 23, 2008

Fluke

A place that succeeds by design
When the young woman welcomed us to Fluke — the new restaurant where Le Bistro used to be — she said, “The rest of us are upstairs — would you like to join us?”

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | April 16, 2008

The wonders of olive oil

The Italians, French, and Greeks are on to something
Many of us may think about increasing our intake of olive oil just by pouring a bit more on our salads.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | April 02, 2008

Seeing the light

In House Freestyle connects on many levels
When Oscar suggests they bunk school and visit the museum across the street, because of the cafeteria’s two-pound burritos, they don’t realize what they have in store for them.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | March 25, 2008

Light and dark

Fusionworks’ captivating mood swings
Fusionworks Dance Company has always presented a variety of contemporary pieces by a wide range of choreographers, with an emphasis on the work of artistic director Deb Meunier.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | March 19, 2008

Get CLOSEr

Festival Ballet’s intimate showcase
Festival Ballet Providence’s “Up CLOSE, on HOPE” program is a stunning selection of short classical and contemporary ballet, performed with polish and passion.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | March 12, 2008

Cheeky Monkey

Still swinging
When Cheeky Monkey folded up in Newport at the end of 2006, many of us wondered how such a creative venture could disappear.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | March 05, 2008

American Dream

Mixed Magic’s latest Spirit Warrior
The songs are woven through a myth-like tale, set in a post-apocalyptic America, when the population is centered within 60 square miles and a corporate gang of the Mighty Four has taken over.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | February 27, 2008

Story time

Milbre Burch’s ‘Theatre of the Spoken Word’
She’d no sooner set down her suitcases than she crawled under a dragon costume for a midsummer celebration, and she thought, “This is the place for me.”

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | February 27, 2008

Thai Orchid

A smile-inducing flower of a place
The most recent to come our way is Thai Orchid, and its small dining room (14 seats) should in no way undersell the quality of its food.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | February 20, 2008

Airborne

Making the leap with Garth Fagan
In the years since Fagan formed his modern dance company, many ballets have taken on a “modern” look, bare feet and all.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | February 12, 2008

DownCity

Dressed up and still homey
I’m one of those Rhode Islanders who remembers DownCity when it was more like the “diner” that used to be part of its name.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | February 06, 2008

Learning to soar

Festival Ballet’s masterful Motion
Ballet has come a long way from its initial image of tights, tutus, and toe shoes.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | February 05, 2008

Shelter Harbor Inn

An intimate destination
Ask southern Rhode Islanders where they take out-of-town visitors who want old-fashioned New England dishes in an old-fashioned setting.

By: JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ | January 23, 2008

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