That’s entertainment: Twenty years ago

Don Fowler
Posted 3/12/15

Sesame Street was at the Providence Civic Center, The Flower Show was at the Convention Center, and the Rhode Island Philharmonic’s Family Concert was at Vets…all on the same Sunday …

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That’s entertainment: Twenty years ago

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Sesame Street was at the Providence Civic Center, The Flower Show was at the Convention Center, and the Rhode Island Philharmonic’s Family Concert was at Vets…all on the same Sunday afternoon.

Carol Channing starred in “Hello, Dolly” at the Providence Performing Arts Center.

“The Brady Bunch Movie” was “tongue in cheek good fun.” It starred Shelly Long and Gary Cole.

Tommy Lee Jones played the title character in “Cobb,” the baseball tale of “one of the most arrogant, obnoxious men ever to step up to home plate.”

Stuffies Bar & Grill at 255 Atwood Ave. in Cranston had fish & chips for $4.85, five baked stuffed shrimp for $8.95 and fried scallops for $6.95.

Remember Piccolo Paradiso at 31 Gansett Ave. in Cranston? Italian dishes like Scaloppine Gondoliere, Salmone Mariee Monti and Rigatoni Carretierra attracted Cranstonites Ginny Shea and Mike Traficante, who convinced me to travel “all the way from Edgewood.”

The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra performed at Rhode Island College. Tickets were $16. French pianist Alain Jacquon performed at the East Greenwich Odeum. Tickets were $22.

Rhode Island jazzman Dave McKenna performed at CCRI in Warwick. Tickets were $10 to hear one of the best jazz pianists in the world.

Over 200 business people showed up at 8 a.m. to share breakfast with Trinity’s artistic director, Oskar Eustis, and learn about our still wonderful repertory company.

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