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...Spalding Gray: Stories Left to Tell,” performed at the Institute of Contemporary Art Thursday through Sunday, were Spalding Gray. A middle-aged woman, a man with a foreign accent, and the colorful ex-mayor of Providence Vincent A. “Buddy” Cianci, Jr., all stepped in to read Gray’s words. Yet this physical disparity was inconsequential; Gray’s words retained their appeal, capturing his life with a familiar poignancy.After a long struggle with depression exacerbated by injuries sustained from a car accident, Gray committed suicide in 2004. Kathleen Russo...
Affectionately referred to as Boston’s kid brother by most Bay Staters, Providence lies just a couple miles south of the Massachusetts border. Long under the control of Vincent “Buddy” Cianci, Rhode Island’s state capitol has found a new mayor in David Cicilline, a former defense attorney who has revitalized the city. One of Cicilline’s initiatives is “destination Providence,” a magazine published twice a year to showcase the city’s arts scene. Also worth checking out are Providence?...
CONVICTED. VINCENT (BUDDY) CIANCI JR., 61, the brash mayor of Providence, R.I., credited with revitalizing the city's downtown; on a single count of racketeering following charges that he solicited bribes in exchange for city jobs and political favors; in Providence. Cianci was acquitted of 11 other charges...
...National Geographic Traveler has called it "a place you can't help but like." Utne Reader deemed it one of America's 10 most enlightened towns. Swing ranked it the best place to be an artist, and Girlfriends called it one of the best places to be a lesbian. Cianci is particularly proud of a renovation that saved a Colonial Revival mansion called the Casino from demolition and restored it as a center for lavish public events. "It was a piece of crap in 1970," he says as he stands on the back veranda. "I actually toyed with making...
...rare moment of restraint for someone who contends that "smart mayors, I think, become risk takers." But Cianci is convinced his position is secure, at least with Providence voters. The mayor was leaving a family-outreach-center dinner when he happened upon one of the half-dozen or so politicians who may run against him. Cianci had left the 200 diners in hysterics with his jokes about a nun going to heaven and a "great-lookin' blond" who recently mistook him for a coat-check boy. The two men exchanged a quick, brusque handshake, but just out of earshot, Cianci...