by Advocate Staff | Jun 28, 2012 | Music
Billy Bragg & WilcoMermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions(Nonesuch) In the late ’90s, Billy Bragg and Wilco teamed up to put newly discovered Woody Guthrie lyrics to music. Their two Mermaid Avenue volumes are career highlights, brilliantly meshing folk and...
by Gary Carra | Jun 28, 2012 | Music
The venue has had artists as diverse as Tito Puente and Blues Traveler tear the proverbial roof off the joint. It’s also seen Mother Nature literally tear its roof off—forcing the cancellation of several subsequent seasons. While the SummerWind Performing...
by Gary Carra | Jun 28, 2012 | Music
Event president Bobby Liswell isn’t even quite sure of the origins of this, his seventh Fest Of All (festofall.com), slated for June 28-July 1 at Szot Park. “I thought it would be a nice complement to the Taste [event] we have here,” he recalls....
by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Jun 28, 2012 | Leisure, The V-Spot
Coming out as bisexual is like telling your parents that you want to be a princess when you grow up. Mommy might nod and tell you that’s a great, plausible choice that she accepts because she’s no bigot, but when you actually grow up, the only way...
by Jack Brown | Jun 28, 2012 | Film
Ballard Park, in Newport, R. I., is a 13-acre parcel of lovely wilderness. Threaded with trails and dotted with clearings, it makes for a romantic setting as the falling sun pours into the natural canyon and bronzes the leaves overhead. Deeded to the city in 1990, it...