
Bert Crenca
WHAT DO YOU DO, AND HOW LONG HAVE YOU DONE IT? As artistic director of AS220, I have been hanging around downtown day and night for the last 23 years .
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN RHODE ISLAND? Prenatal.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING 30 YEARS AGO? Married with a house in the suburbs working for Fleet Bank .
WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO BE DOING 30 YEARS FROM NOW? Lifting weights, making art, and consuming large amounts of Viagra.
IF YOU HAD A VANITY PLATE, WHAT WOULD IT SAY? BRAT.
WHAT IS YOUR PROUDEST ACCOMPLISHMENT? Yet to be realized.
FAVORITE THING ABOUT RHODE ISLAND? Da people and their attitudes.
LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT RHODE ISLAND? Its budget.
COFFEE MILK OR DEL’S? Boda dem.
FAVORITE LOCAL DISH? Her Serene Highness, Princess Pearl of Providence.
IF YOU DIDN’T LIVE HERE, WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE? PR, or the Riviera.
FAVORITE FORMER PAWSOX PLAYER? Jacoby.
PHILLIPE OR JORGE? A wellspring of relevant crap.
FAVORITE PLACE TO GET AWAY FROM IT ALL FOR A MOMENT OR TWO? Anywhere alone.
YOUR MOST MEMORABLE [OR HALF-FORGOTTEN] NIGHT OUT IN THE LAST 30 YEARS? If it was that memorable I probably forgot it .
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE PORTRAYAL OF RHODE ISLAND ON TELEVISION, IN A MOVIE, OR IN A BOOK? Of course Family Guy.
WHAT’S ON YOUR WIENERS? The works.
IF YOU COULD HAVE THREE RHODE ISLANDERS [LIVING OR NOT] OVER FOR DINNER, WHO WOULD THEY BE? Impossible to decide.
ASK YOURSELF A QUESTION AND ANSWER IT. What would you be doing if not AS220? Lifting weights, making art, and taking large quantities of Viagra .
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