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By PHILLIPE AND JORGE  in Providence Phoenix

August 15, 2007 3:47:44 PM

A full bucket

It’s a new world, and a city has to be creative to survive. It seems to us that in recent years no city in the Biggest Little has been more aggressively creative than Pawtucket. Thanks to Mayor Doyle, the City Council and Herb Weiss, that unstoppable force of nature, Pawtucket keeps getting better and we’re thrilled.

This is just a preamble to mention some of the highlights of this year’s Pawtucket Arts Festival. The kickoff is Friday, August 24, with a concert at McCoy Stadium featuring Counting Crows, Live, and Collective Soul. It’s being put together by the city, the PawSox and Jam Productions — the same folks responsible for last year’s Bob Dylan show.

On Friday, September 7, C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band, one of America’s greatest Cajun/zydeco outfits, will play at the Old Slater Mill. The always-fun Dragon Boats races are on Saturday, September 8 (8 am to 5 pm) and there’ll be open studios looks at many of the artist’s studios that are growing in the city. There are too many fabulous events to mention, but the “Pops In the Park” concert, sponsored by the Pawtucket Teacher’s Alliance on Saturday, September 15, starting at 5:30 pm, is a don’t-miss event.

Check out the Web site www.pawtucketartsfestival.org, and go to “events” to check out the full schedule. Even if you’re not from the Bucket, you’ve got to admire and thrill in the continued comeback of a great city. 

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