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• ABIGAIL CROCKER
  - This Just In - Phattening Providence lyrics
  The flyers appeared on coffee shop message boards and street corners. "We Phatten Rhymes," they read, and "Brown/RISD Rappers: Get Your Lyrics Doped."
• ALICIA POTTER
  - Reviews - Review: Old Dogs
  Director Walt Becker re-teams with his Road Hogs star and apparent muse John Travolta for another execrable entry in the aging boomer buddy “comedy” genre.
• ASHLEY RIGAZIO
  - Lifestyle Features - 10 memorable moments from Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
  The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an unapologetic, cross-promotional cheese-fest. But whether you love or hate it, you have to admit that its giant balloons are nearly as synonymous with the holiday feast as turkey, cranberries, and indigestion.
• BILL RODRIGUEZ
  - Theater - Doing the right thing
  There are plenty of stories that harken back to a Golden Age, but Harper Lee's 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird was different.
• CHRIS CONTI
  - Music Features - Brand new funk
  Evan Hanson and Brendon Bjorness-Murano, better known as lyricist 90Sevan and beatminer/composer Low B, teamed up just seven months ago to form Broken Ground.
• CHRIS FARAONE
  - CD Reviews - Wale | Attention Deficit
  It turns out there is merit behind the billion-dollar hype machine that’s been propelling Wale since he surfaced on the face of URB two years ago.
• DAVID KISH
  - Hoopleville - Meet the Kleenex Designers
  They'll rub your nose in it
• DAVID SCHARFENBERG
  - This Just In - Will Caprio’s early ad spree work?
  A couple of weeks ago, political insiders were beginning to wonder if Treasurer Frank Caprio would run for governor after all.
• DAVID THORPE
  - Music Features - The Big Hurt: Faces refaced
  Faces refaced, Spears speared, Hook hacked
• DR. LOVEMONKEY
  - Dr Love Monkey - Dogged by Rovers, virginity-thieving girlfriends
  Let me start off by admitting that I have a pretty jaded view of men ...
• EDITORIAL
  - The Editorial Page - Whalin' on Palin
  Give Sarah Palin this: she isn’t driven by polls. If she wanted to improve her chances at political success, she would have used her book and promotional tour to convince America that she has substance and gravitas .
• JEFF TAMARKIN
  - CD Reviews - Tom Waits | Glitter and Doom Live
  Arriving five years after his last release of new material, and two after the three-disc Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards box of outtakes and oddities, this live set culled from assorted 2008 gigs could be seen as a time marker.
• JOHNETTE RODRIGUEZ
  - Dance - The human condition
  In the ambitious program they will perform this weekend (November 20 and 21 at Rhode Island College), members of Fusionworks Dance Company will premiere three pieces that look at the human condition from several perspectives.
• LISA SPINELLI
  - Lifestyle Features - Photos: Gross Thanksgiving food to avoid
  Thanksgiving is a time for gorging on food and hanging out with family, but really it's mostly about the food. There are some dishes that take it too far, however, and we are here to help you steer clear of those.
• MADDY MYERS
  - Reviews - Review: The Twilight Saga: New Moon
  Chris Weitz comes on board to direct Twilight ’s hotly awaited sequel, New Moon , but the second bite doesn’t sate quite like the first. Bella (Kristen Stewart) celebrates her 18th birthday with vampire boyfriend Edward (Robert Pattinson); when she gets a paper cut at the party.
• MARION DAVIS
  - This Just In - A ’stache grows in Providence
  Beards are easy. Almost any guy can grow some scruff, and in some circles, it's almost de rigueur. But a mustache — that takes work, and it takes guts. A mustache is bold.
• MARY ANN SORRENTINO
  - This Just In - Pink ribbons: Play hardball!
  In ancient times, men appeased the gods by tossing female virgins into volcanoes and families left their newborn daughters on hillsides to die since girls were less "valuable" than boys.
• MIKAEL WOOD
  - CD Reviews - Annie | Don't Stop
  Things have gotten pretty crowded in the electro-pop demi-monde since Annie released her indie-hit debut, Anniemal , back in 2004.
• MITCH KRPATA
  - Videogames - Review: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  You're standing in an elevator with men wearing bulletproof vests and wielding machine guns. "No Russian," the leader reminds you, as the doors open to reveal a line of persons waiting at the airport security gate.
• PHILLIPE AND JORGE
  - Phillipe And Jorge - Paging Queequeg
  Like Captain Ahab with Moby-Dick, it appears Providence Bishop Tommy Tobin has his own obsession with Rep. Patrick Kennedy.
• PHOENIX STAFF
  - Lifestyle Features - Slideshow: Snow and ski art contest 2010
  Finalists from our annual illustration contest
• PROVIDENCE PHOENIX MUSIC STAFF
  - New England Music News - Work the weekend
  Potent triple dip at the Common Pub
• PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF
  - News Features - Thanks for nothing!
  We'd like to be thankful, we really would. Change came to Washington this year and the Mad Men returned.
• REYAN ALI
  - Music Features - Bio beware
  Elvis Perkins has got a backstory on him.
• ROB TURBOVSKY
  - Television - Interview: Leonard Nimoy
  If Leonard Nimoy’s acting work had been limited to that deliriously crazy music video for “The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins,” he’d probably still be celebrated by a lot of us.
• STEVEN STARK
  - News Features - Has Obama peaked? Yes, he has
  To listen to some pundits, Barack Obama's public image began taking a serious beating when the off-year election returns came in a week ago. Or maybe it was the undeserved Nobel Prize, his approach to the war in Afghanistan, or when he revved up his pursuit of national health-care reform.

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Over the years, the Phoenix has received many awards for excellence in journalism, including honors from the New England Press Association, the Penny-Missouri Newspaper Awards, the American Bar Association Gavel Awards, and the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Awards. In 1994, Phoenix classical-music writer Lloyd Schwartz was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for criticism.

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The Masthead

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President: Bradley Mindich
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer: Richard Gallagher
Executive Editor: Peter Kadzis
Editor: Lance Gould

BOSTON
Assistant Managing Editor: Vanessa Czarnecki
Design Director: Kristen Goodfriend
Associate Design Director: Kevin Banks
Editorial Designer: Christine Atturio
Production Artist: Nicole Mercado, Jennifer LePore
Arts Editor: Jeffrey Gantz
Associate Arts Editor: Jon Garelick
Contributing Editor (Theater): Carolyn Clay
Arts Editor (Film): Peter Keough
Arts Editor (Music): Michael Brodeur
Staff Editor: Sean Kerrigan
Staff Writers: David S. Bernstein, Mike Miliard, Adam Reilly, Chris Faraone
Events Editor: Jason O'Bryan
Listing Coordinators: Maddy Myers, Ashley Rigazio
Assistant to the Editor: Ian Sands
Contributing Editor: Lloyd Schwartz (classical), Carolyn Clay (theater)
Contributing Writers: Greg Cook, William Corbett, Amy Finch, Michael Freedberg, Kris Frieswick, Dan Kennedy, Brett Milano, Christopher Millis, Robert Nadeau, Alan Olifson, James Parker, Gerald Peary, Alicia Potter, Marcia B. Siegel, Harvey Silverglate, Gary Susman, Charles Taylor, Jason Vest, Steve Vineberg, Caitlin E. Curran, Clif Garboden
Cartoonist: David Sipress
Astrologer: Symboline Dai

New Media
Web Editor: Carly Carioli
Web Managing Editor: Lisa Spinelli
Assistant Web Editor: Ryan Stewart, Shaula Clark
Senior Web Developers: Gavin Storey
Web Developer: TJ Miller
Web Designer: Alex Slater
Interactive Media/Traffic Manager: Elizabeth Witte

Advertising Sales
Senior Vice President, Client Development: A. William Risteen
Vice President, Integrated Media Sales: Mame Conroy
Vice President, Integrated Media Sales: Everett Finkelstein
Vice President, Integrated Media Sales: Joe Charves 
Sales Directors, Integrated Media Sales: Sean Weymouth, Peter Lawley, Michelle Benfer
Account Manager, Integrated Media Sales: Huntley Rainville
Senior Account Executives, Integrated Media Sales: Matthew Segien, Charles Dannison, Jess Colombo, Margo Dowlearn
Sales Coordinator, Integrated Media: Adam Oppenheimer
Vice President, Media Sales: Jordi Chapdelaine
Vice President of Print Media Sales: Marc Shepard
General Sales Manager: Brian Russell
Senior Account Executive: Howard Temkin,
Retail Account Executive: David Carona, Amanda Saunders, Jessica Smyth, Kathleen Grenier, Greg Shellock
Traffic Manager: Kevin Lawrence
Classified Sales Manager: Matt King
Classified Lines Account Executive: Ashley Lundgren

Marketing
Vice President of Marketing and Business Development: Michael C.Bornhorst
Director of Promotions: Brian Appel
Interactive Marketing Manager: Isabel Aller
Senior Marketing Graphic Designer: Janet Smith
Marketing Coordinator/Executive Assistant: Leah O'Brien

Advertising Art Department
Creative Director: Mike Diskin
Production Director: Travis Ritch
Senior Graphic Designer: Angelina Berardi

Circulation
Circulation Director: James Dorgan
Circulation Manager: Michael Johnson

Operations
Vice President of Operations: David Dinnage
IT Director: Bill Ovoian
IT Administrator: Michael Rikeman
Senior Project Manager: David Hosker
Senior Infrastructure Manager: Curtis Bennett
Network Administrator: Hack Warrensford
Facilities Manager: John Nunziato

Finance
Corporate Controller: Michael Notkin
Assistant Corporate Controller: Chris Crandall
Print Controller: Scotty Cole
Corporate Credit Manager: Michael Tosi
Corporate Staff Accountant: Diane Harney-Buderman
Trade Administrator: Kristina Weljkovic
Payroll: Juli Zhu
Cash Analyst: Mark Meltzer

Human Resources
Human Resources Director: Kathleen Parrish
HR Administrator/Generalist: Stephen Rose
Receptionist/Administrative Assistant: Kimberlee Mullaney

PROVIDENCE
Associate Publisher: Stephen L. Brown
News Editor: David Scharfenberg
Managing Editor: Lou Papineau
Contributing Editor: Jim Macnie
Contributing Writers: Rudy Cheeks, Bob Gulla, Brian C. Jones, Phillipe & Jorge, Bill Rodriguez, Johnette Rodriguez, Pam Steager, Steven Stycos, Chip Young
Contributing Illustrators: Steve Brosnihan, Elizabeth Rock
Contributing Photographer: Richard McCaffrey
Contributing Graphic Artist: Collen Boisvert, Lisa Beauregard
Credit/ Collections Supervisor: Anita Anderson
General Sales Manager: Bridget Benedetti
Production Manager: Stacy Congdon
Retail Account Executive: Jennifer Dyson, Andrea Mark, Bruce Allen, Jennifer Alarie

PORTLAND
General Manager: John Marshall
Managing Editor: Jeff Inglis
Listings Coordinator: Christopher Gray
Staff Writer: Deirdre Fulton
Contributing Writers: Al Diamon, Brian Duff, Tony Giampetruzzi, Megan Grumbling, David Kish, Amelia Labreck, Ian Paige, Sam Pfeifle, Todd Richard, Lindsay Sterling, Shay Stewart-Bouley, Lance Tapley, Rick Wormwood
Vice President of National Sales: Everett Finkelstein

Account Executives: Eric Kenney, Erin Frederick
Classified Account Executive: Nicole Elwell
Creative Director: Janice Checchio
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