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ABIGAIL CROCKER

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Of Doctor Tremendanus and the giant furry jellyfish

 Monsters, Inc.
It was New Year’s Eve and in the belly of the Roxy nightclub, away from the teeming Bright Night crowds, there were monsters on the loose: creatures with protruding noses, googly eyes, and spindly legs.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  January 06, 2010

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A casket gets some airtime

Deadly
Bert Harlow, woodworker and founder of the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River, Massachusetts, made his own casket a few years ago. But he figured the pine box should get some use before he was nailed into it.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  December 30, 2009

RISD tunes up its moonbuggy

Space Travel
At the Rhode Island School of Design’s NASA-sponsored industrial design studio, the evidence of late-night activity is aplenty: granola bar wrappers, an empty Orangina bottle, and a crumpled potato-chip bag.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  December 23, 2009

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‘A good experience if you’re a sociopath’

Television
The “Golden Mic” crew isn’t bitter.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  December 09, 2009

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Phattening Providence lyrics

Beats and Rhymes
The flyers appeared on coffee shop message boards and street corners. "We Phatten Rhymes," they read, and "Brown/RISD Rappers: Get Your Lyrics Doped."
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  November 11, 2009

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Pints And Blood On A Saturday Night

The undead
The Reverend Al Zombie, organizer of the Providence Zombie Pub Crawl, climbed on the bar at Fatty McGee’s as the event kicked off Saturday night to offer a disclaimer.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  October 28, 2009

Scooting the city

Cruisin'
Move aside four-wheelers. On Wednesday nights, it's scooter time.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  October 14, 2009

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Ready, set, howl!

Lunar Laps
From the people who brought you the Woolly Fair, the city's furriest art festival, a bit of hairy exercise this past weekend.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  October 07, 2009

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Steel, blowtorches, and a little trash talk

Metal Works
At the Steel Yard, arts center and business incubator for the metal-minded, a molten hot contest this past weekend. It was the second annual Iron Chef Competition -- a game pitting artist against artist, blowtorches in hand, in a breakneck race to produce the snazziest sculpture.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  September 23, 2009

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Hacking into pie

Circuitry
John Duksta's latest bit of high-tech wizardry — a machine that would aid in the creation of circuit boards — fell a bit short.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  September 09, 2009

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Dance Fever

Where to shake it like you mean it
Those with a hankering for slick riffs and dirty break beats look no further.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  September 03, 2009

Providence filmmakers go cruisin'

The Islands
Any artistic triumph involves a little luck. Providence native Ben Chace was in Brooklyn's Prospect Park two years ago when he watched a raffle ticket turn into a pair of tickets for a Jamaican cruise.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  September 02, 2009

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Firehouse No. 13 shakes up summer slump

The Everything Parties
To wake the city from its summer slumber, Firehouse No. 13 has been programming, well, everything.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  September 03, 2009

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On the water and off the grid

Anchors away
Olneyville neighbors Zach Weindel and Daniel Gladstone are determined to live off the grid — way off the grid.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  August 19, 2009

Candy for your sins

Confessions Dept.
Confessionals aren't just for holy rollers anymore. They are for everyman, according to Melissa Joy, creator of the Truth Booth — a wandering tent designed to collect secrets.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  August 12, 2009

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The Wat Misaka story

Making a rebound
He only played three games and scored seven points in the 1947-48 season, but Wataru Misaka's story is netted, slammed, and sealed in NBA history. The 5'7" Japanese-American was the New York Knicks' first-round draft pick and the first non-white basketball player in the NBA.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  August 05, 2009

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Tricycles, boob cubes, and all things Woolly

Freewheeling
The Woolly Fair, the annual art bash at Monohasset Mill, has quite the reputation.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  July 30, 2009

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Making masterpieces in 48 hours

Fast Films
The filmmakers scrambled upstairs Sunday night, spilling beers as they went, desperate to meet the deadline for the 48 Hour Film Project, an annual adventure in speedy cinematography.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  July 22, 2009

He all lives in a yellow submarine

Will Sean Bagge's one-man submarine last or will it swallow him whole?
In just over a week, the Brown University senior will batten down the hatch and take the submersible on its first major voyage: dropping into the murky depths of Massachusetts' Long Pond.
By ABIGAIL CROCKER  |  July 15, 2009
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