Plus, this just in:
AS THE PROJO TURNS: The Guild prods Belo on ethics
THE HAVE-NOTS: Ratepayers eyed to help the needy
THE ENVIRONMENT: Nature Conservancy exposé stirs little interest in RI


Astrology: Moon Signs


MUSIC

Bob Gulla celebrates the release of Eric Fontana's long awaited disc

Ted Drozdowski takes stock of this year's Newport Jazz and Folk Festivals.

Also, short reviews of:
F-Minus: WAKE UP SCREAMING
Kenna: NEW SACRED COW
Vagrant: ARE WE REALLY HAPPY WITH WHO WE ARE RIGHT NOW?
Anson Funderburgh and the Rockets: WHICH WAY IS TEXAS?
Otis Taylor: TRUTH IS NOT FICTION
De La Soul: TIMELESS: THE SINGLES COLLECTION
Exuberance: THE OTHER SHORE



FILM

Bill Rodriguez previews the Seventh Annual Rhode Island International Film Festival.

This week's trailer:
LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER:THE CRADLE OF LIFE

Worth the Trip: Chinese kung fu films at the MFA.


THEATER

Bill Rodiguez reviews Theatre-by-the-Sea's ambitious, accomplished Secret Garden.

Three-hour work or Seinfeld episode? Bill Rodriguez says Trinity Summer Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing is somewhere in between.

Barn Summer Playhouse at Roger Williams University hosts the last of Alan Ayckbourn’s triptych of plays: Round and Round the Garden.


DANCE

Worth the Trip: Whizbang pranks at Concord Academy’s ‘Summer Stages’




BOOKS

David Kirby reviews Tom Sleigh’s Far Side of the Earth.


TELEVISION

Hot dots : Thursday 1, 9:00 (64) 101 Things Removed from the Human Body. Victims of . . . uh . . . unusual injuries, such as swallowing a live hand grenade or having a boat anchor embedded in one’s skull, discuss their conditions. "It hurt like hell, y’know . . . "


FOOD

Johnette Rodriguez scouts out a panoply of treats from the deep at The Charlestown Seafood Festival.


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