Warren meets quorum, OKs Liberty Street School sale
Warren voters passed a $22 million-plus budget and approved the sale of two town properties Monday night in a Financial Town Meeting that saw enough voters — barely — to reach a quorum. When Warren Fire Chief Al Galinelli walked down the Kickemuit Middle School auditorium aisle at roughly 7:20 p.m. and called out, “We [...]
Read More →‘The Rose Tattoo’ in Warren through May
Tennessee Williams’ “The Rose Tattoo” is the story of the spiritual and sexual salvation of a passionate Sicilian dressmaker who retreated from the world after her husband’s death, and who expected her daughter to do the same. Winner of the 1951 Tony Award for Best Play. WHERE: 2nd Story Theatre, 28 Market Street, Warren WHEN: May [...]
Read More →Stage set for Liberty Street School sale
Warren’s 2nd Story Theatre could be the next owner of the Liberty Street School. The Warren Town Council agreed last Tuesday to sell the 1847 schoolhouse to the non-profit theatre company for $100,000. Since the sale of public property requires a public vote, it will need to be approved by voters at Financial Town Meeting [...]
Read More →Break a leg, Warren
Finally, an idea Warren can get behind. The last four or five plans for the Liberty Street School were far from ideal, asking the town and residents in its cramped downtown district to give up too much for too little. But the most recent plan for the old brick edifice is refreshingly different and deserves [...]
Read More →2nd Story’s ‘An Inspector Calls’ in Bristol
Tim White is Gerald Croft and Laura Sorensen plays Sheila Birling in “An Inspector Calls,” which is being staged by 2nd Story Theatre at the Bristol Statehouse through Dec. 2. J.B. Priestley’s 1945 mystery/morality play is set in 1912. The wealthy Birling family is visited by Inspector Goole, who questions them about the suicide of [...]
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