INSIDE THIS EDITION:
- SAVE THE DATE FOR LLC'S CONVOCATION: Thurs, Sept 4
- ALL THAT'S JAZZ – Photo Highlights our Summer Jazz Concert at the Shriners Center
- THE HEART OF THE TREE by Henry Cuyler Bunner
- CULTURE CORNER: PROVIDENCE RIVER WALKING TOUR W/ LLC MEMBER CATHY HURST: THE RIVER AT THE HEART OF THE CITY & AWASHONKS' GARDEN: A WALK THROUGH SAKONNET WAMPANOAG HISTORY
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All That's Jazz
On June 18, 80 LLC members enjoyed a jazz concert at the Shriners Center in Pawtuxet Village.
What a great day – Eighty of us enjoyed some wonderful jazz, good conversation with the musicians, and a chance to see some of the facilities at our new location at the Shriners Center. During the concert, the musicians mentioned a number of places in Providence and the East Bay where they play from time to time. Some of these places require reservations, some have cover charges, some have different kinds of music on different nights, so I suggest you call ahead. Don't forget to watch for the opening of the Blue Room in Pawtuxet Village, which we hear is coming soon.
– Sheila Brush
John McKenna, saxophone - Jim Nordhill, drums - Evan Carley, bass - Gino Rosati, guitar
Thank you, Sam Shamoon for bringing great entertainment to LLC.
JAZZ VENUES MENTIONED DURING CONCERT
Summer Mondays 7:30-8:30 pm
Jazz at the Contemporary Theater
327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI
www.contemporarytheatercompany.com
Outdoors on patio if good weather; indoors in theater if not.
Thursdays 6:00 PM-9:00 PM
Live jazz music in the Tavern
The DeWolf Tavern
259 Thames Street, Bristol, RI
www.dewolftavern.com/happenings
401-254-2005
Marcelino's Boutique Bar
1 West Exchange St (in Omni Hotel), Providence, RI
401-666-0088
info@marcelinosboutiquebar.com
Nick A Nees
75 South Street, Providence, RI
401-861-7290
Facebook.com/nickanees
And LLC member Mark Guyer recommend WPFW Pacifica radio in DC (88.5 FM). It’s called G Strings, Tom Cole (the host) plays only string jazz and it is each Sunday 9-12 AM.
https://www.rimonthly.com/live-jazz-in-rhode-island/
Photos by Dick Brush
The Heart of the Tree
by Henry Cuyler Bunner (1855 – 1896)
What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants a friend of sun and sky;
He plants the flag of breezes free;
The shaft of beauty, towering high;
He plants a home to heaven anigh;
For song and mother-croon of bird
In hushed and happy twilight heard—
The treble of heaven's harmony—
These things he plants who plants a tree.
What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants cool shade and tender rain,
And seed and bud of days to be,
And years that fade and flush again;
He plants the glory of the plain;
He plants the forest's heritage;
The harvest of a coming age;
The joy that unborn eyes shall see—
These things he plants who plants a tree.
What does he plant who plants a tree?
He plants, in sap and leaf and wood,
In love of home and loyalty
And far-cast thought of civic good—
His blessings on the neighborhood,
Who in the hollow of His hand
Holds all the growth of all our land—
A nation's growth from sea to sea
Stirs in his heart who plants a tree.
Henry Cuyler Bunner, also known as H.C. Bunner, was born on August 3, 1855 in Oswego, New York. He was a political journalist and the editor of Puck, one of America’s first comic magazines. Bunner was the author of several plays, novels, and books of poems.
CULTURE CORNER
Remember:
Providence River Walking Tour with LLC Member Cathy Hurst:
The River at the Heart of the City
July 26, August 9, August 23
To book a tour, go to https://providenceonfoot.wordpress.com
Officially Open:
Awashonks’ Garden: A Walk Through Sakonnet Wampanoag History
On Friday, June 27th, the Little Compton Historical Society ceremoniously opened Awashonks’ Garden: A Walk Through Sakonnet Wampanoag History. Filled with sculptures and utilitarian forms created by Native artists, such as the Mishoon below, and indigenous plantings, the garden is a sanctuary of remembrance, living presence, and natural wonders that honor Little Compton’s First People.
“We have been here. We are here. We will continue to be here. The truth has to be told - unaltered.” Darius Coombs
The Garden is open free to the public at 548 W. Main Road, Little Compton, RI.