Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Gamm Theatre Executive Director Jason Cabral.

Jason oversees marketing, finance, development, education programming, and audience engagement work, and copilots The Gamm with Artistic Director Tony Estrella. Hear about 40 years of The Gamm, community support, acting and stage combat classes, student programs, movie nights, National Theatre Live, space rentals, and how you can volunteer.

Visit The Gamm Theatre website.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We Be Jammin’⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Warwick poet and musician D.K. Mckenzie presents excerpts from his spoken word and music podcast, The Poe Underground, in a Warwick Radio exclusive.

In this episode, hear jazz-inspired, original music and the poems Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens, Songs from the Dusk by Russell W. Davenport, and Infinity by D.K. Mckenzie.

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

I

Among twenty snowy mountains,

The only moving thing

Was the eye of the blackbird.

II

I was of three minds,

Like a tree

In which there are three blackbirds.

III

The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.

It was a small part of the pantomime.

IV

A man and a woman

Are one.

A man and a woman and a blackbird

Are one.

V

I do not know which to prefer,

The beauty of inflections

Or the beauty of innuendoes,

The blackbird whistling

Or just after.

VI

Icicles filled the long window

With barbaric glass.

The shadow of the blackbird

Crossed it, to and fro.

The mood

Traced in the shadow

An indecipherable cause.

VII

O thin men of Haddam,

Why do you imagine golden birds?

Do you not see how the blackbird

Walks around the feet

Of the women about you?

VIII

I know noble accents

And lucid, inescapable rhythms;

But I know, too,

That the blackbird is involved

In what I know.

IX

When the blackbird flew out of sight,

It marked the edge

Of one of many circles.

X

At the sight of blackbirds

Flying in a green light,

Even the bawds of euphony

Would cry out sharply.

XI

He rode over Connecticut

In a glass coach.

Once, a fear pierced him,

In that he mistook

The shadow of his equipage

For blackbirds.

XII

The river is moving.

The blackbird must be flying.

XIII

It was evening all afternoon.

It was snowing

And it was going to snow.

The blackbird sat

In the cedar-limbs.

Songs from the Dusk (Movement for an Imaginary Violin)

Take me there, take me there—far, far within

The scarlet cloisters of the clouds, hung over

This glassy water-terrace rimmed with clover,

O my imaginary violin!

It cannot hush, it cannot hush—as thin,

As wild, as sweet as miracle! Mad lover,

My heart must almost perish to discover

What ecstasy of wine we are—what kin.

Yet you grow slow aloft, and falter—fall.

I scarcely hear, I scarcely hear at all

Those drops of tone. Warblers and swallows call

Across the water, drawing shore to shore;

The woodpecker; the dusk. Oh, play one more—

One more—one more—one more note! That is all.

Infinity

Death pulls me one way

You tug me the other

Your giant eyes dance

Bust forth with black hole gravity

Atomic fusion is your smile with a voice of combustion

There you go with the laughter of a thousand earthquakes

Rattling the ground beneath your feet

Never exhausting your gate of storms and fire

Your kiss however is the thing

The most powerful thing that topples the world

And keeps the oceans from flowing

The poison of time is postponed and so is death

The universe is on hold when we're together

We are immortal dancing, spinning, embracing

Through the constants of infinity and true love

Visit The Poe Underground ⁠⁠website⁠⁠.

Tune in to The Poe Underground ⁠⁠podcast⁠⁠.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with the Mayor’s Chief of Staff William Facente.

Hear about William’s 30-year career in the City of Warwick, why he’s running the Community Development office, what makes Mayor Picozzi stand out from past mayors, what a typical day is like for a Chief of Staff, how longevity makes working with city departments easier, how Warwick is a hub for New England, and how to get in touch with William.

Write to William Facente at [email protected].

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We Be Jammin’⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

A “trip” on the subway makes for a bizarro story!

You never know who's going to turn up in the stories on Elly McGuire's podcast, Shaking The Bushes—Yoko Ono, Jonas Salk, Richard Hatch (Richard Hatch?), even a former President, to name a few—as she shares humorous and often unpredictable autobiographical anecdotes and social commentary about living parallel lives in her "cozy" apartment in Manhattan and her childhood home in Warwick, Rhode Island.

What you think might be so different from residing in the biggest city in the world and in the smallest state in the union can actually turn out to be very much the same.

Author and adventurist Elly McGuire has traveled the world, rubbed shoulders with celebrated people, and is now "shaking the bushes" of her colorful past.

Visit the Shaking the Bushes ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Warwick Musical Theatre aka the Tent employee Cheryl Cohen.

Cheryl began her entertainment career at the Tent, took it on the road with the WWE, and ended up at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center/Amica Mutual Pavilion. Hear how she started at the Tent, the difference between booking acts for Warwick Musical Theatre and hiring acts now, working for the Bonoff Family in Arizona, and marketing and promoting performers and shows.

See memorabilia from the Bonoff Family Collection.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We Be Jammin’⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Learn how to find a career in a competitive job market in this monthly series by Warwick career management specialist Kathleen Dohoney.

Today, learn about career documents beyond a résumé, including a cover letter, thank you note, 30-60-90 day plan proposal, and networking bio.

Episode link:

Hunter.io

Kathleen Dohoney, ACRW, CPRW, CDCS, CCTC, is a Career Coach at Randstad RiseSmart and a Career Specialist at Celtic Résumé Services.

Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Celtic Resume Services⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Go to Kathleen’s ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn page⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to Kathleen at [email protected].

Warwick Schools Family Engagement Coordinator Cameron Kadek talks with Friends Way Program Director Ryan Loiselle.

Rhode Island's only children's bereavement center, Friends Way provides peer support to children and their families in a safe and nurturing environment. Hear about sharing grief in a group, how former participants give back to newly grieving families, how to attend a bereavement session, and tips for getting through the holidays when you’re grieving.

Visit the Friends Way website.

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Warwick Commission on Historical Cemeteries Chair Pegee Malcolm and Vice Chair Mark Brown.

The cemetery commission works to restore, rehabilitate, and maintain Warwick’s 167 historical cemeteries. Hear how cemeteries are lost, how they’re protected, about the oldest burials in Warwick, if there are new burials in historic cemeteries, why old headstones last so long, and where you can find stories about people buried in Warwick cemeteries.

Visit the Warwick Commission on Historical Cemeteries Facebook page.

To volunteer, call Susan Cabeceiras at (401) 921-9687.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We Be Jammin’⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.

Warwick has so many awesome places to eat and drink. Join Leslie Wasilewski to find out what makes them Wicked Good.

Today, Leslie talks with Kevin Gagliard from Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana and samples their Quattro Formaggio, Margherita, Meatball and Ricotta, and Doppio Pepperoni pizzas.

Visit the Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana website.

Go to the Wicked Good Warwick Instagram page.

Write to Leslie at [email protected].

Warwick Life host Scott Nerney talks with Mayor Frank Picozzi about Warwick in 2024.

Hear about housing projects at Aldrich Junior High School, the Sheraton Providence Airport Hotel, and the airport connector, the ice skating rink, the redesign of Route 37, property revaluation, getting a city representative on the airport board of directors, tax increases, the school bonds, traffic and speed cameras, new businesses, and holiday celebrations.

Warwick Life highlights what’s special in Warwick, Rhode Island and helps listeners get the most from this seaside community. Warwick Life is produced by Scott Nerney and presented by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠We Be Jammin’⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Write to [email protected].

Music by Tess Der Manouelian.