Kris Hansen Kollective CD Release Party @ Firehouse 13 - Friday, July 17th

Kris Hansen with
Mark Cutler and friends
Spogga
The Blue Flashes

Sponsored by:
Motif Magazine
990WBOB.com
BSR: 88.1 FM WELH Providence

8pm
$7 or $10 with purchase of cd

Click here for more information.

Johnny Carlevale & Co. @ Firehouse 13 - Saturday, July 18th

Featuring Johnny Carlevale & Co.
with
The Wrong Reasons & Zachary Cole

9pm/$7

Click here for more information.

Colin Aid 2009 @ Firehouse 13 - Sunday, July 19th

Colin Aid 2009: Benefit Concert to send Colin back to music school

Featuring:
Colin McNulty and the Kansas City Fuel
with Ressurection Horns and Teresa King

6:30pm/$3
Click here for more information.

Mermaids Urbane & Arcane Art Exhibition @ Firehouse 13 - July 21st to July 31st

Presenting fresh takes on an ancient archetype in multi-media, multi-sensory group exhibition.
Curated by Valerie Kitchin, Victoria Lockard, Jessica Lee Perry, and Tim Howe.

Opening Reception: Thursday, July 23rd - 6 to 9pm

Featuring DJs:
Danny Satori
Christopher Wade
Howe

Closing Reception: Friday, July 31st - 6 to 9pm
Click here for more information.

The Second Most Worst Summer Ever @ Firehouse 13- Friday, July 24th

The Second Most Worst Summer Ever

Featuring:
Hank Sinatra Jr.
Yavinfive
The Unibrows
14Foot1 & more

8pm/$5
Click here for more information.

Jason Jaunskiewiczy Benefit Show @ Firehouse 13 - Saturday, July 15th

Jason Jaunskiewiczy Benefit Show:
with Someday Providence

Doors 8pm/Show 9pm
$20 cover (donations also accepted)

Click here for more information.

Knotfeeder @ Firehouse 13 - Sunday, July 26th

Featuring Knotfeeder (Ex-Don Cabellero) with

Adam's Castle
Calumet Hecla
Sick Electric

8pm/$7
Click here for more information.

Loud Night #7 @ Firehouse 13 -Monday, July 27th

Loud Night #7 Featuring:

Wasteland
Relics (From W. Mass)
Back Stabbeth (Wisconsin)
The Vitamin Hoax

8pm/$7
Click here for more information.

MiniBoone @ AS220 - Friday, July 3rd

B Sharp Music Presents:
MiniBoone, The Butcherings, The Hollows, and Spvrs

9pm/$6

Click here to watch MiniBoone's performance at Union Pool
For more information, click here.

Deconstructing Craft Construction

As I peruse teh interwebs in search of new crafting ideas, I've stumbled across some patterns in the types of motifs used on various indie crafting portals and blogs. So, today I'll guide you through the four most common types of crafting imagery. The list is far from exhaustive, but provides interesting insight into the pluralistic way in which crafting has been appropriated by different (predominantly female) cultural groups.

1. The Unabashedly Cute
A lot of the sites I find are, well, adorable. They unashamedly play up the feminine in their imagery, and in the crafts they showcase. I don't want to sound disparaging at all, because I've drawn a lot of inspiration from sites of this nature. But I am curious as to why young women's crafting sites seem to promote very similar types of work: earthy scarves, floral motifs, amigurimi creatures with large, pleading eyes and rosy cheeks. Is it ironic? Is it twee? Is it anti-feminist? Or is it just, well, what it is: a sub-set of inspired crafters who happen to be drawn to soft edges, gauze, and shy smiles?

Ana Paula is one of my favorite pattern designers and amigurumi artists. In the spirit of the unabashedly cute, her blog is called Amigurumi Patterns & Random Cuteness.


2. The Ironically Cute
These are the sites that toy with the imagery of the domestic 1950s homemaker. These crafting portals use pictures of, say, women in knee-length dresses and rocket-cone brasseries wielding vacuum cleaners. But there's always a twist. Craftster is an online handicrafts community, and its logo features two young girls sipping tea underneath the slogan "No Tea Cozies without Irony." I've wondered about this Mad Men-esque fetishizing of the 1950s. Is it due to a fascination with the tensions of a decade characterized by underlying skillfully-hidden sexual debauchery? Is it an exercise in cultural reappropriation? In other words, if a thoroughly "modern" and empowered woman can take the images from a decade notorious for its objectification of women and transform them into symbols of self-sufficiency, is that the ultimate mark of triumph over old ways of gendered oppression? Or am I just overthinking this (as usual)?
3. The Alternative
The really bad-ass cousin of the aforementioned. Alternative crafters don't strive for cute, so much as sex, drugs, & rock 'n' roll... with fabric! The feigned docility is thrown out the window in favor of a more deviant attitude: "Don't fuck with me; I'll stab you in the eye with my sewing needle!" These crafters try to stay on the cutting edge of design and ideology, combining avant-garde designs with forward-looking, sex-positive attitudes about gender and the body. Take this cover from the most recent issue of The Modern Seamster (notice the gender neutrality in the name; it's not "The Modern Seamstress"):
Or this bedazzled, felted tampon:


4. The Gothic
Perhaps one of the most mysterious and least visible of the crafting subcultures (or maybe it's just been too long since my middle school goth days). These crafters favor Victorian imagery, the dystopian black-and-white sketches of independent graphic novelists, vaguely spiritual, yonic-Wicca symbols, and the occult. Typical designs include lacy chokers and flowery maiden's headdresses. Crafting is a means of supporting an alternate reality of art and dark, earthy spirituality-- the trappings of which can't be found in mainstream consumer outlets. And the act of creation itself part of the romantic, neo-romantic spirit of the subculture. Much in the same way that the political spectrum curves to meet itself at the far left and right endpoints, one could conceivably argue that the gothic wraps around to meet the the unabashedly cute somewhere in the middle: they share a mutual emphasis on (albeit diverging) interpretations of the feminine and gender performance.

This is taken from the most recent issue of the AntiCraft, a goth-inspired craftzine.


Like I said, my goal here is not to be reductionistic in any way, but instead to highlight the shining diversity of the modern indie crafting culture.

Until next time...

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To read more of Camilla's writing and see her creations, visit www.soulmessenger.wordpress.com

Waste Not Want Not - Tuesday, July 7th

Waste Not Want Not: Downcity's First Ever "Charity Shop" Opens It's Doors On Westminster St.

Unlike any business that Providence has known, this business promotes resourceful creativity through, recycling, reuse and repurpose of reclaimed materials and found objects. This non-profit business model is three fold, with a focus on thrift store sales, textile workshop and “upcycled,” boutique apparel, accessories and home ware. This “Charity Shop” will accept donations of clothes and accessories, books, bedding, small furniture, CDs, DVDs and Bric-a-brac items. These donated items will be accessible to artists and designers to use for creating new and exciting garments, jewelry, furniture, and sculpture or fine art pieces.

Doors open: Tuesday, July 7th
Tuesday through Sunday, 10 am – 6 pm

Opening Reception: Thursday, July 9th
Special events: 6-9pm, $3-6 donation

Mondays, July 13th, 20th and 27th: Knit and Natter
Wednesdays, July 15th, 22nd and 29th: Barter with Violet!
Thursdays July 16th, 23rd and 30th: Stitch and Bitch

Contact Corey Rossi, Public Relations and Marketing Representative, at corey.j.rossi@gmail.com for more information.

SOUL-A-GO-GO! @ Tazza Caffe - Friday, June 26th

SOUL-A-GO-GO! (formerly Go-Go Power!)
This Friday June 26th (& the last Friday monthly)

DJs Ty Jesso + Dr. Good Soul
...& Thee Danger Danger Bird go-go squad says: "Hit the floor & show us what you got!"

Soul & Go-Go Dancing all Night Long!

Outdoor seating! Massive Dancefloor! Groovy Movies!

Click here for more information.

Hoska - Frankfurt Live

Frankfurt Live is a live recording of Mike Hoska's set from the annual Musik Messe conference in Frankfurt, Germany. This dj/live set is a combination of on the fly tech house remixes and originals performed using the MPC5000 and NS7 motorised midi controller.

Frankfurt Live - Hoska
(7 day link)

For more of Mike's original tracks check:

www.mikehoska.com
or
www.myspace.com/mikehoska

"Lifted" Lauch party at State Lounge Thursday 6/25

Thursdays @ State lounge are for house music lovers.

This Thursday (6/25, 9pm - 1am) come check out the Launch party for "Lifted" hosted by dj's Dublin, Hoska, Nick de Paris, & Osheen, .

Expect bouncy house grooves from the past and future, the occasional guest dj or live act, & mix compilation + promo give aways

Lift off open Champagne bar from 10 - 11.





State lounge is at:
1 Throop Alley
Providence

On a Post-Hipster Consensus

I have been noticeably tardy with posts despite being added to this blog a good month ago. A combination of poor summer timing, on-again-off-again travel arrangements and a new apartment have cunningly conspired to give me ample non-writing excuses. But no more! Back in Providence, I shall hopefully be balancing cultural commentary and sex columns...

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One of the defining hallmarks of a hipster is the denial of the hipster identity. To be able to conform to any single identity seems to be a betrayal of the hipster ideal and the search for an authentic culture. Hipsters crave authenticity because for the longest time, the pre-hipster demographic believed themselves starved of a semblance of authentic culture. They knew they were rebelling against something - society, culture, identities, whatever it is someone young does not want to be a part of - but it gets so much harder to know what one stands for.

So the endless ironic appropriation - the working class hallmarks, of PBR, the sudden appreciation of flannel and 'ugly' sweaters, love of the 80s - all contributing towards a sense of what one is through what one is not. An identity, an authentic hipster, via Occam's Razor.

And within that, denial of the hipster within. It's practically zen.

Into that void steps the post-hipster. It's fine and well to be moppy and ironic about a set of standards that through the dissemination of gossipy trust-funders who flit in and out of Brooklyn to the more bastardized marketing of Urban Outfitters and American Apparel, a sense of hipster identity has been created. The 'hipster', for better or worse, can be identified. Fellow hipsters congregate, wordlessly but drifting with a deep psychic connection, with thin cigarettes dangling out of the corners of their pursed lips while other Normals point, stare and mumble/laugh under their breaths: "look at this fucking hipster".

The post-hipster recognizes this and like the young grasshopper accepts the way things are. The post-hipster is, for all intents and purposes, a hipster. Witness the scarves in summer and the ball/soul-crushingly tight pants. However, the post-hipster strips away the irony. There is no need now to distance oneself from labels and tags - the authenticity that the hipsters have long sought to develop by douche-ily appropriating the 'real' from the parole of other 'authentic' cultures and adopting them ironically has been, paradoxically, reinvented as a sort of authentic identity. Believe or not, some people actually do enjoy the aesthetic of the Brooklyn set and want to party like Lady Gaga's 'Just Dance' music video - for the sheer sake of it. There is no more irony because the nirvana of the real authenticity has been created.

The hipster look and lifestyle is not just a mish-mash of other styles being cannibalized by ex-prep school types; it has been subtly reinvented and reinvigorated through the continuous wringer of fashion and tastes. All the irony that has been invested into this damn foolish pretend stuff has been washed out and all that's left is some sort of light humor. Perhaps in a way, this hipster end product is not the authenticity that the original irony-peddling set tried to create but it is still in a way a sort of creative culture.

So the post-hipster can be proud to self-identify. It's not just some dopey imitation wrestled off an Urban Outfitter's catalogue, but a true appreciation of what the jaundiced early 2000s has created.

Pilates A Go-Go and Belly Fitness @ The Nest - Every Tuesday and Thursday

THE NEST is a collective art space in Pawtucket, RI. Current resident artists are Abby Saunders, Julie Miller, Ted James, Chris Rosenquest, Paper Eagles, Risque Bouquet, Liz Zito, Ms. Jamie Lee Fury & the Danger Danger Birds. Located just outside Providence, the Nest sits on the fringe of Providence’s music, performance and art scene.

The Nest has a dance and rehearsal space available for rent, as well as private artist workspaces, and a gallery with work by affiliated artists.

Weekly classes are open to the public on Tuesday and Thursday evenings.

Pilates a Go-Go is a basic mat pilates warm-up, infused with modern dance warm-ups and aerobics. Set to fun music such as Air, Chromeo, Erlend Oye, Jamie Lidell, Simian Mobile Disco and good old pop classics with some contemporary hits, this class focuses on strengthening and toning, with a bit of cardio in the mix. Check out the playlist each week on the blog. Taught by Abby Saunders (aka Abby Rhodes), this is also the company class for Providence’s Burlesque and Performing Collective The Danger Danger Birds. Come work out alongside the Birds, have fun and support the Nest.

Belly Fitness, taught by Ms. Jamie Lee Fury, infuses elementary belly dance instruction and fitness for a fun filled workout.

The first class is FREE! So, stop in and check it out.
For more info or directions to the space, visit www.thenestprovidence.com or twitter.com/thenestpvd.

Click here for more information.

ProvySketchy @ The Hi-Hat - Thursday, June 18th

ProvySketchy starring:

Pixy Dust of Babes in Boinkland

7-9:30pm/$5

Click here for more information.

Perishable Theatre Yard Sale

PERISHABLE THEATRE holds YA(R+D) SALE JUNE 20

Providence, RI: Perishable Theatre, Rhode Island’s Research and Development Theatre announces its latest fundraiser, a Perishable YA(R+D) Sale on Saturday June 20 from 10:30am to 4pm at its downtown location, 95 Empire Street, downtown Providence. The theatre will be selling a variety of props, costumes and materials from its past seasons as well as furniture, vintage electronics, and a selection of Perishable products, including printed anthologies of its past International Womens’ Playwriting Festival, posters from its recent seasons, and some Jingle Belles paraphernalia. All proceeds will support artistic programming at Perishable Theatre.

What: A Perishable YA(R+D) Sale

When: Saturday June 20 10:30am-4pm

Where: Perishable Theatre, 95 Empire Street, Ground-floor theatre

RAIN OR SHINE

Perishable Theatre 95 Empire Street, Providence RI 401-331-2695

for more information visit www.perishable.org

Woolly Fair: Wooled of Wheels @ Monohasset Mill - Saturday, July 25th

Woolly Fair: Wooled of Wheels

Woolly Fair is back for it's 5th year and "Wooled of Wheels" is this year's theme.
The Wooled of Wheels welcomes registration of anything on wheels provided that it is human or electric powered, smaller than a dining room table, and generating of its own light.

Prizes will be awarded during the Wooled of Wheels in different categories for eye-catching wheeled things. In the case that you'd like to vend from your wheeled thing, there is a $50 registration fee for professionals, $25 for students and recent graduates.

Bring a thing on wheels, or a wheeled thing that vends or a wheeled things that provides a special service, massage chair, rolling salon etc.

Click here for more information or to pre-register your vehicle.

Etsy and Feminist Crafters

Fellow IndieArts blogger Aaron sent me a link to this doubleX article about Etsy.com, a website that allows people to buy handmade and vintage items. It's something like a virtual craft fair.

I have entertained the idea of setting up my own Etsy shop, and I was immediately curious to read what Sara Mosle had to say about this hub for (predominatly female) crafters around the world. Mosle discusses the gender imbalance on Etsy-- despite the site's efforts to cultivate male sellers, they total only four percent. This starts to get troublesome when one considers that Etsy was founded by three men. So it Etsy, as Mosle would have us believe, a "female ghetto"?

According to Mosle, Etsy preys on the hopes and dreams of post-feminist women, and in doing so expolots their labor. Etsy sellers are mostly educated, mid-30s women. These are the women who want to prove that they can "have it all": a family, a career, fulfilling hobbies, and independence. Etsy seems like a perfect fit, then. Combine a career with a fulfilling hobby, work from home on your own schedule, and have time to take care of the fam.

But there's a problem: you can't realistically support yourself on Etsy. So, you're stuck either working a "real" job, or (*cue dramatic music*) depending on a partner for most of your money.

Mosle's most thought-provoking argument comes at the end of her essay, though. She writes:

"As someone who’s handy with a paintbrush, I’ve admittedly harbored the fantasy of starting my own storefront on Etsy. I don’t expect to make a living, but I’m not immune to the siren call that brings many women to the site. After decades of being encouraged to forego the unpaid “women’s work” of our mothers and grandmothers, we are tired of being divorced from our hands and from the genuine pleasures such work can afford. This is the female version of Shop Class as Soulcraft, the recent book by Matthew Crawford, the philosopher-turned-mechanic. Women, too, hunger for concrete, manual labor that has an element of individual agency and pleasure beyond the abstract, purely cerebral work found in the cubicle or corner office. It’s become satisfying again to sew, cook, and garden.

But unlike our mothers and grandmothers, who were content to knit booties for relatives, younger women want to be recognized and compensated for their talents. Crawford has mastered specialized motorcycle repair not just because it makes him happy, but also because it’s work that’s embedded in a particular place and context, with a corresponding pay scale. People truck over their big heavy motorcycles, and he fixes them. This kind of exchange can’t be outsourced to China, or, very readily, to a different part of the country, or to a virtual community. This used to be true, of course, of your cool, artsy downstairs neighbor who hand-beaded funky necklaces. But thanks to Etsy, and despite its emphasis on social networking and shopping “local,” this same neighbor, who wants to work from home, has now been uprooted and asked to compete in a disembodied global marketplace that is everywhere—and nowhere—at once."

I completely understand this: the desire not only to work with one's hands, but to also be recognized and compensated for that work. We don't want to work silently over in the corner like our grandmothers did. There is certainly something performative about this. So... we are taking handicrafts out of their traditional context.

BUT, the challenge is that the context we're re-placing handicrafts into is possibly just as problematic. The issue is that women's household labor is not factored into overall economic productivity. In other words, if you hire a tailor to adjust your suits or purchase a scarf from a department store, this is calculated as part of a country's GDP. But if your wife or girlfriend does these same tasks as part of the informal economy, it doesn't count for anything.

Now, we want to be recognized for the things we create. But is this (e.g., Etsy) the way we want it to happen? Do we want to become a part of the globalized political-economic system that exploits labor in a race to the bottom? By Mosle's analysis, the exploitation of female labor on Etsy seems eerily parallel to the feminization of migration and the exploitation of female migrant workers.

I don't know if I completely agree with Mosle's argument. For one, it seems a bit problematic to place upper middle-class Western women on the same plane as women of color from the global South. But the article has certainly given me food for thought. For now, I'll keep on crafting...but I might think twice about that Etsy shop.

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To read more of Camilla's writing and see her creations, visit www.soulmessenger.wordpress.com

Paris Grooves this Saturday June 6th @ Tazza

Indie-Dance Party with Gregor Mittersinker & Tim O'Keefe @ Local 121 - Saturday, June 6th

Come and check out Gregor Mittersinker & Tim O'Keefe mix a variety of Indie-Dance, Blog House, and home-grown remixes at Indie-Dance Party.

Every First Saturday of the Month at Local 121.
Free

The Jesse Minute @ Firehouse 13 - Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

The Jesse Minute

with
Botox Party
Yavin Five
Gunshot Wound

8pm/$5
Click here for more information.

Tim Taylor Blues Band @ Local 121 - Thursday, June 4th

Speakeasy Music Series featuring:
Tim Taylor Blues Band

Doors 7pm/Show 8pm
$5

Click here for more information.

Louder Than Words Opening @ Firehouse 13 - Friday, June 5th, 2009

Louder Than Words Opening
Featuring:

Rich Polseno
The Down and Outs
Gamblin' Hands
and Radio Freedom - a tribute to Rage Against the Machine

$5
Doors 7pm/live music 10pm

Louder Than Words Closing
Featuring:

Maiden of Madness
With All Due Respect
Rustic Drama
Free Thought

Doors 7pm/live music 10pm/ $5 cover after 10pm
Click here for more information.

Louder Than Words Art Exhibition @ Firehouse 13 - June 5th to 27th, 2009

Louder Than Words Art Exhibition
June 5th to June 27th

Featuring the work of:

Andrew Mignacca
Ari Moryl
Margaret Chobanian
Rhiannon Lee
Avery Lucas
Leah Edelman-Brier
Mia Dady
Elisha Lafrate

Click here for more information.

Sasquatch & the Sick-a-Billies @ Firehouse 13 - Saturday, June 6th, 2009

Sasquatch & the Sick-a-Bililes
with
Lolita Black and Calamity

8pm/$5

Click here for more information.

Sin of Angels @ Firehoue 13 - Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Sin of Angels

with
Indians
I Destroyer
Elder

All Ages
8:30pm/$6

Click here for more information.

Bring Back Rhode Island @ Firehouse 13 - Friday, June 12th, 2009

Bring Back Rhode Island
Featuring

Black Tree Burn
Worth the Weight
Make it Last Forever
Big Tall Buildings

7pm
$5 before 9pm & $7 after

Click here for more information.

Funky Communications @ Firehouse 13 - Saturday, June 13th, 2009

Featuring DJs:

Fig & Soapy
Sneaker & the Dryer
Steppo
Dara (from NYC/ affiliated with BreakBeat Science)

9pm/$10

Click here for more information.

WBRU Rock Hunt/ Venue Hunt Show @ Firehouse 13 - Thursday, June 11, 2009

WBRU Rock Hunt/ Venue Hunt Show
Featuring:

Fairhaven, winners of the 2009 WBRU Rock Hunt
Johnny Lingo Band
and
It Was the Best of Times

Doors 8pm/Show 9pm
$7

Click here for more information.

Soca-robics!
New Afro-Caribbean Dance Workout with Satta Jallah

Mondays beginning June 15, 2009. 5:15-6:45 PM.
$13/class or 6 for $60

Perishable Theatre www.perishable.org
95 Empire Street, Downtown Providence
No Pre-registration required.


What’s Soca-Robics? Starting June 15, Perishable’s new dance fitness class with Satta Jallah will keep you sweating through the summer and beyond! Ms. Jallah combined her Afro-Caribbean dance expertise with her passion for Soca music to create this brand new workout. Soca is a style of Caribbean music with strong, energetic syncopation that will sweep you into dynamic dance movements. The class feels like a carnival fete in Brazil or Trinidad.

Soca-Robics focuses on the core and mid section of the body. It begins with intense waist and hip isolations that tone the abdominals. Then high-energy aerobic steps known as “jump up” or “work up” strengthen your cardiovascular system. Add a series of traditional West African movements that tone the upper body and legs, then top it off with infectious music. Soca-Robics is the most fun you’ve ever had working out!

Satta Jallah is a modern triple threat performer. She founded Providence reggae band Rooted Sound and performs with them regularly as “Lady D.U.B.B.”. Rooted Sound debuted at The Providence Black Repertory Company’s Sound Session Music Festival in 2008. Ms. Jallah was a principle dancer in the New Works World Traditions Dance Ensemble at Brown University. She acted in the play “Connect” produced by Just a Step Production Company and “MLK’s Amazing Grace” storyteller series produced by Azilee’s Porch Productions. Ms. Jallah is also a dedicated community activist and arts educator, creating hip-hop based dance curriculums for The Met School, Blackstone Academy, Volunteers in Providence Schools (VIPS), Providence After-School Alliance (PASA) and more. Parents of Ms. Jallah’s young students look forward to this opportunity to dance with the vibrant “Lady D.U.B.B.” themselves!

Perishable Theatre, Rhode Island’s Research & Development Theatre, continues its tradition of developing new talent by giving you access to innovative artists like Satta Jallah. Don’t miss this great new class!

For more information or interview, call Amy at Perishable Theatre Arts School, 401.331.2695 ext. 102.

Upcoming Event at the Genesis Center

I'm a part-time ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) teacher in Providence, and for the last two years I've taught at the Genesis Center on Potters Ave. The Genesis Center has been making a huge impact on the lives of immigrants and refugees in Providence since its founding in 1982.

The Genesis Center is hosting a fundraising event on June 16 at Rasoi Restaurant.

Tandoori Night @ Rasoi
June 16, 2009
6-8 p.m.
727 East Avenue
Pawtucket, RI 02860
$25 Donation

There will be food, drink, and LIVE bellydancing at this event. Contributions will be matched by Amica Companies Foundation.

Space is limited. To RSVP, email mike@gencenter.org or call 401-781-6110 x28.

Shannon Corey @ Local 121 - Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

Speakeasy Music Series Presents:
Shannon Corey

Pulling influences from the likes of Ben Folds, Fiona Apple and Tori Amos,
piano/singer songwriter Shannon Corey truly reflects a beautiful new vibe
of sensuous class.

All ages
Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm
$8

Click here for more information.

Call for artists: Local Love @ West Side Arts - Friday, July 17th

West Side Arts Presents Local Love

Friday, July 17th - 6 to 10pm

Seeking Innovative edgy local artists
for an upcoming group show celebrating the IndieArts Fest.

The theme is homegrown organic Art and Music and how we create.

You can submit 1-2 (or 3 if small works) paintings nothing exceeding 18x24

Art work must be ready to hang, with all contact info on back, including price, title, name, medium, size. 20% will be going towards West Side Arts, please keep that in mind when pricing your work.

Drop off time is Monday, July13th 6-8pm

Please contact Jyll Ethier-Mullen at jyllethiermullen@gmail.com if you are interested in participating or if you are unable to drop off artwork on Monday, July 13th.

Click here for more information.

Gallery Night @ Firehouse 13 - Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Click here for more information.

Brokedown Serenade @ Firehouse 13 - Friday, June 19th, 2009

Rock-a-Billy's Birthday Show!

Featuring:
Brokedown Serenade

with
The Anderson Family Picnic
The Gambee's

8pm/$7

Click here for more information.

Luna Moon @ Local 121 - Friday, June 19th, 2009

Speakeasy Series Presents:
Luna Moon

Doors 7pm/Music 8pm
$5

Click here for more information.

Knowlton Walsh vs. DJ 11:11 @ Firehouse 13 - Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Knowlton Walsh vs. DJ 11:11
with

Sacred Objects
Lucibel Crater
Ming Toro

8pm/$6

Click here for more information.

Caroline Cotter @ Local 121 - Sunday, June 21st, 2009

Speakeasy Music Series Presents:
Caroline Cotter

All Ages
Doors 7pm/ Show 8pm
$5

Click here for more information.

Not About The Building's Third Annual Spelling Bee @ As220 - Monday, June 22nd

Not About The Buildings' third annual spelling bee for grown-ups.
Competition will be fierce as some of the city's biggest spartypantses
compete for the Spelling Bee crown. There will be fame, honor and
glory for the winner, and sorrow, infamy and more sorrow for everyone else.
Benefits Not About The Buildings, an organization committed to
supporting readers and writers.

9pm PROMPT (or early) if you want to spell
Free to watch and $5 to compete.

Click here for more information

The Midnight Creeps @ Firehouse 13 - Sunday, June 21st

The Midnights Creeps
Father's Day Special

with
M.O.T.O and The Viennagram

8pm/$10
Click here for more information.

Priovidence Improv Festival - June 25th to June 27th @ Local 121

For the past five years the Providence Improv Festival has brought you the best improvisational comedy from all over the U.S. and beyond. This year inspired by the success of their Local Improv Blowout, featuring the local new England improv scene, and by the local movement sweeping the country - they have decided to go completely LOCAL!

Thursday, June 25th - Show 8pm
Friday, June 26th - Show 8pm and 10pm
Saturday, June 27th - Show at 8pm and 10pm

All shows doors open at 7pm/ $10
Click here for more information.

Rhode Island Songwriters Association @ Firehouse 13 - Friday, June 26th

Firehouse 13 will host its first RISA show on June 26th. RISA will step out of the singer-songwriter mode for this night and present RISA member bands:

Josie Crosby
Whalebone Jackson
JimmyTown Juke

8pm/$7
Click here for more information.

The Stress @ Firehouse 13 - Saturday, June 27th

The Stress
With

The Void Union and Sarah Borello

8pm/$5
Click here for more information.

Soul Control @ Firehouse 13 - Sunday, June 28th

Soul Control

with:

Rotting Out
No Mans Slave
Backtrack
I Resign
My Only Freedom

7pm/$8
Click here for more information.