Empire Revue @ AS220 - Sunday, September 6th

Check out this month's Empire Revue on Sunday evening at AS220. The best variety show in RI.

Sunday, September 6th - 8:00 pm

Click here to learn more about Empire Revue and get a preview of this week's show.

8/29 Firehouse13 features one night of live local electronic/dance music. doors at 9pm straight through till 2 am

MACHO!!! You know your so MACHO!!! Right? Come get down to a heated dance party at Firehouse13. Brad Rhodes, opening up, schooling your cocky ass's on how far you go back, playing a vinyl set worth more than both my mortgage's, followed by DJ 11:11 with a 4 deck turntablist set of originals and remixes, The Giovanni Project with a live metal mash-up experiment using Ableton live and some controller play, Morgan Louis will melt your face for an hour or so of course, Swiss Chemistry Club closes the night out with a new live set. Sound and Visuals by Eskimo Kitchen. This will be a proper freakout so get in early. doors at 9

The Gnomes @ Local 121 - Friday, September 11th

Speakeasy Music Series at Local 121 Presents:
The Gnomes

9pm/Suggested $10
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Shannon Corey @ Local 121 - Thursday, September 10th

Speakeasy Music Series @ Local 121 Presents:
Shannon Corey

8pm/Suggested $8
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Daniel Chase and Shawn Snyder @ Local 121 - Wednesday, September 9th

Speakeasy Music Series at Local 121 Presents:
Daniel Chase and Shawn Snyder

8pm/Suggested $8
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Call for Artist Mentors @ New Urban Arts

Become An Artist Mentor at New Urban Arts 

Each September, New Urban Arts selects 20 Artist Mentors to
participate in our interdisciplinary art studio. Art Mentors volunteer
to mentor high school students in developing a creative practice they
can sustain throughout their lives. Arts mentoring at New Urban Arts
is a wonderful opportunity for artists and educators to learn how to
effectively work with high schoolstudents in a community setting.
Artist mentors must be able to connect on a personal and artistic
level with teenagers.

Each mentor will:
Engage and guide a group of 6-8 high students, contributing at
least 6 hours per week during the school year
Build relationships with young people through creative practice and
community building
Create a safe environment for students to develop their creative practice
Participate in professional development program
This year New Urban Arts is looking for artist mentors in the following disciplines:
Drawing, painting, fashion design, sewing, printmaking, screen printing, sculpture,
installation, film/animation,graphic design, web design, song writing, music, sound
recording, painting, drawing, poetry, mixed media, spoken word performance, digital
and darkroom photography,art therapy, dance, yoga, mixed media, bookmaking and
textile. Although not limited to these medias and are open to accommodate other
media in our studio.

Applications due by Friday, September 11th . 
Click here fore more information about becoming a mentor, responsibilities and for
the 2009-2010 Artist Mentor Application.

Men of Great Courage @ Local 121 - Friday, September 4th

Speakeasy Music Series at Local 121 Presents:
Men of Great Courage

9pm/suggested $8
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4 Thieves Art Exhibition @ Firehouse 13 - September 17th-29th

4 Thieves Art Exhibition
Featuring the work of:

Monica Shinn
Andrew Moon Bain
Anna Shapiro
and Angel Quinonez

There is a huge mutual respect between these 4 artists and a long-standing desire to show work in relationships to one another, as well as to have a big party.

Gallery Opening- Saturday, September 19th
Live Music and Dance Party featuring:
Butcher Rings
Altantic Thrills
Micah Jackson

6-10pm Free/ after 10pm $5

Runs through September 17th- 29th
Click here for more information.

Erica Russo & Caroline Hecht @ Local 121 - Wednesday, September 2nd

The Speakeasy Music Series at Local 121 Presents:
Erica Russo and Caroline Hecht

8pm/suggested $8
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Rhode Island Vegan Awareness Benefit Concert @ Firehouse 13 - Friday, September 18th

Rhode Island Vegan Awareness Benefit Concert
Featuring:

Jared Paul(Solo)
Made in Mexico
St. Jude
Lolita Black

Delicious vegan food will be served. All proceeds will benefit Rhode Island Vegan Awareness.

Doors 8pm/8:30 Show/$8
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Simply Rad Presents the Ultimate 80's Prom @ Firehouse 13 - Saturday, September 12th

Simply Rad Presents the Ultimate 80's Prom featuring:

Live music by Simply Rad
Retro sounds by TFO
and M.C madness by Meg & Stu

This year's theme: Flock of Seagulls
Prom King and Queen campaign table and coronation.

8pm/$10
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California Smile CD Release Party @ Firehouse 13 - Friday, September 11th

California Smile CD Release Party for Roof Came Off House
Featuring

Billy Finnegan's 10 in One Circus Sideshow
Herra Terra
Irepress
and California Smile

Roof Came Off House available online and at Newbury Comics stores September 2009.

8pm/$6
Click here for more information.

Sip 'N' Swap @ Firehouse 13 - Saturday, September 5th

Sip, Swap, and Get Down
With Hang the DJ playing 80's dance music and more.

Bring the things you don't wear anymore ( clean, no holes/stains), preferably 5+items, so there is a sweet selection, and trade for things you want now. You bring it in, Firehouse 13 will organize it into categories and you dive on in, while drinking, dancing and munching on goodies from the bake sale.

Anything un-swapped can be taken back or left behind and donated to Big Sisters organization of RI.

8pm/$3
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SWISS CHEMISTRY CLUB live

Swiss Chemistry Club live at Club Hell - Providence, Rhode Island 08/2009 from The Green Man on Vimeo.

One night of "LLOVE"

http://vimeo.com/6255931

Catch LLOVE live at State Ultra lounge this Thursday 8/27 for one of their last shows before hitting the road.

Paper Eagles, TIm O'Keefe & Ryan Rooney, Orca Beat, Spanish Dancer, Risque Bouquet Live at Firehouse 13, This Saturday 8/22/09

Explore the experimental sub-genres of Providence electronic music with live performances by:
Performance / noise artists Risque Bouquet,
Vintage button pushers Orca Beat,
The beat-heavy, synthesizer showroom Paper Eagles
and Providence’s own godfather of techno Tim O’Keefe performing with Ryan Rooney.
P Tonie of Spanish Dancer gets down on the wheels of steel.

Call for Artist Proposals: The Hive Archive (The Hive) seeks Art and Art Installations Proposals for The Hive's Work by Women Billboard

The Hive is a women-run feminist arts organization with a mission to promote gender equality by dismantling obstacles that limit women and girls in reaching their full creative potential. Our work is focused on empowerment through art, creative expression, and civic involvement.

A panel of five women leaders who live and work in Olneyville will select four artists. Each artist will be displayed on the billboard for a period of two months throughout October 2009-June 2010. The billboard is on the exterior of The Hive building (150 Manton Ave) and positioned directly above the entrance on the corner of Manton Ave and Aleppo St.

The Hive is the gateway to the recently-transformed Riverside section of Olneyville, including the new nine-acre Riverside Park and Woonasquatucket Bike Path. The Work by Women Billboard will be a celebration of women in the arts and foster a sense of pride and spirit in Olneyville – it will be seen by thousands of drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists each day.

Thanks to generous support from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, each Work by Women Billboard artist will receive a $200 stipend.

Mail or deliver proposals by Friday, September 18.
Click here for the full project description and proposal guidelines.

Barn Burning @ Nick-A-Nees - Thursday, August 20th

Barn Burning plays Nick-A-Nees
Free Show! 2 sets.

9:30pm
75 South St.
Providence, RI.

Click here for more information.

PPS Most Endangered Properties Photography Exhibit @ Peerless Atrium - September 10th to October 10th

The Providence Preservation Society Most Endangered Properties Photography Exhibit has earned a reputation for showcasing striking photography by some of the most talented photographers in Rhode Island. This year's participating artists are:

Michael Cevoli
Ryan Conaty
Andrew Dernavich
Stephanie Ewens
Adam Hall
Kryzstyna Harber-Caldarone
Matthew Kierstead
Brian McDonald
Frank Mullin
Karen Philippi

Each endangered property presents its own unique characteristics and particular challenges. The photographers are commissioned to interpret the sites as they wish. The work produces captures the distinctive character of each property, the richness of these historic resources and the threats surrounding them. Using both black and white color prints, and a variety of photographic formats, the photographers discover unique details of the buildings - highlighting architectural features and portraying the buildings in their overall context.

This collaborative effort between PPS and the Arts & Business Council of Rhode Island is a unqiue form of historic preservation advocacy through fine art.

"Gallery Night Providence" reception
Thursday, September 17th - 5:30 to 9pm

Both exhibit and reception are free and open to the public.
Click here for more information.

Fall Exhibition of Providence Art Windows - September 17th to December 1st, 2009

Fall Exhibition of Providence Art Windows will feature the work of:

As200 Print Shop
Babette Allina
Ted Butler
Walt Chaney
Marjory Garrison
Peter Lutz
C.W. Roelle
Rebecca Siemering
with a special presentation of Picturing America images.

Opening Reception at Design Within Reach
Meet the artists, go on a walking tour with a map and visit beautiful Downtown Providence.
Thursday, September 17th - 5:30 to 7:30pm

**Providence Art Windows: Call for Proposals Extended**
Providence Art Windows seeks art and art installation proposals for 10 windows in Downtown Providence for the 2009-2010 season. Site specific is preferred, pre-existing accepted, 2D or 3D, video if you can provide equipment.

Deadline : Sunday, September 30th, 2009

Click here for more information.

Rocktucket: Pawtucket Arts Festival Block Party @ Downtown Pawutcket - Sunday, September 6th

The First Annual Rocktucket Block Party on Main Street
Presented by The Grant, Machines with Magnets, Kafe Lila and the Pawtucket Arts Festival

Featuring:
3-9pm: Flying Shuttles Studio presents “POP: Art Inspired by Music” in the Grant building.
4-7pm: Schwa Design presents a sneak peek at “Schwalterego” at Machines with Magnets, 400 Main Street
4-8pm: Roller Races at the Grant
4pm: Maker Faire Rhode Island Kickoff Party at Slater Mill starting at 4pm.

Food & Libations:
Village Restaurant (African), Hewtin's Dogs+Mobile Food Truck by Chez Pascal, Narragansett Beer, Kafe Lila (Ice Cream & Drinks), Nice Slice Pizza, Harpoon Brewery, Tina's Caribbean, and Trinity Brewhouse.

Music:
Big Digits, Javelin feat. PVD Dance Troupe, Sensitive Hearts, Chinese Stars,Girl Haggard, Wrong Reasons, Chachi, Strange Famous Records Showcase (featuring B. Dolan & Sage Francis) & DJ Dance Party.

4pm-12am
Donations
Rain Location: Pawtucket Armory

Click here for more information.

New Mix from Nick de Paris for free download

Check out this latest mix featuring some of the hottest funky and jazzy jackin house tracks played at FIESTA ELEKTRONIKA and other events this year. Includes songs by some of the best producers from Chicago, San Francisco and France.

[ Oppress Yourself: ] @ Firehouse 13 - Sunday, August 23rd

Surrender to the Big Beat Czech Republic! Avast! Most Oppressive Pre-Apocalyptic Dance Party! The All seeing Eye iz always watching....

Czech iz your mater
Wires!Wires!
LLove
Eat Cloud
plus...
Face Painting and a Coloring Contest.

8pm/$7
$5 with holiday decoration for the Everything Party finale
Free admission plus one for first guest to bring a full sized Christmas tree
Click here for more information.

Icecream Social & Cartoon Cavalcade @ Firehouse 13 - Saturday, August 15th

Stop by, grab a beer or an ice cream cone and watch the classics, courtesy of Firehouse 13 & the EVERYTHING PARTY.

9pm/ Free
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Ros Raskin & The Rice Cakes CD Release Party @ Firehouse 13 - Wednesday, August 26th

Roz Raskin & The Rice Cakes CD Release Party
Featuring:

Roz Raskin and the Rice Cakes
Prayers for Atheists
Math the Band
Formal Action

8pm/$5/$10 and CD
Click here for more information.

SubText: a feminist arts salon - Wednesday, August 12th

SubText (a feminist arts salon)

Join us for the inaugural meeting of SubText: a feminist art salon, facilitated by artist Anna Shapiro and sponsored by The Hive Archive.

SubText will be gathering on a monthly basis to discuss feminist texts (literary and visual), and mining the history of feminism, and locating meaningful directions within the multiple waves of feminism. Our motive is to gather and share resource information, wrestle with the theories, and grabble with attempts to post feminize. At each meeting we will refer to a writing, a painting, or a political action as the seed for discussion. SubText is free and all are welcome to participate.

This week:

Anna Shapiro will be referring to articles One is Not Born a Woman, a provocative essay about gender by 80 year old Monique Wittig, and An Ironic Dream of a Common Language for Women in the Integrated Circuit, about cyborgs and the nature culture split dominant in western patriarchal systems by Donna Harraway.

7-9pm/ Free
135 Mauran Ave, East Providence

Email the.hive.archive@gmail.com to RSVP and for more information.

Call for Artists: Sophia Academy seeks Artists for " Small Works for a Big Cause"

Sophia Academy seeks artists for their winter fundraiser, "Small Works for a Big Cause"

Sophia Academy is asking 100 artists to each donate a piece that fits into a 10 x 10 x 10-inch box. If you are interested in supporting an amazing resource for girls and would like to donate a piece of work, please contact Lynn McCarthy at rooster06008@verizon.net.

Sophia Academy is non-profit middle school for girls with a mission to create a holistic learning community in the Greater Providence area for girls from low income families and, in atmosphere of nonviolence, to focus on the academic, spiritual, cultural, and social growth of girls and their families.

Click here for more information.

Tim Taylor Blues Band @ Local 121 - Friday, August 14th

Speakeasy Music Series at Local 121 Presents:
Tim Taylor Blues Band

All Ages
9pm/$6

Click here for more information.

A Victory for Burnside?

A belated thank you to those of you who joined us last month for the 2nd Annual IndieArts Fest. With the help of over fifty arts vendors, about thirty musical acts, and a good deal of beer, we transformed Burnside Park and the Bank of America Skating Center into a smorgasbord of entertainment. Headliners Chinese Stars, Ty Jesso & Go-Go-Power, and Designer Drugs wrapped up a day of musical acts armed with everything from banjos to ray guns. (Seriously, I think Swiss Chemistry Club had a ray gun!)

Whether you brought your skateboards or your sideburns, we hope you enjoyed yourself as thoroughly as we enjoyed United BBQ's seitan. Thanks for celebrating the local arts with Ambrose and us --

And please remember, it's never too early to start grooming those whiskers for a victory next year.

Human Trafficking: The Problem of “Morality”

© United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute. The image is taken from a television spot that aired on Italian television during the period 2002–2004 to raise awareness about human trafficking originating from Nigeria.

Human trafficking is a hot topic here in Rhode Island. Due to the state’s controversial legal loophole that (at least for the time being) permits the indoor solicitation of prostitution, a lot of anti-prostitution advocates (including Providence College’s own Donna Hughes) have argued that this strange quirk actually fuels human trafficking into our state. I would argue instead that the complete criminalization of prostitution simply drives the phenomenon further underground, making it harder to prosecute traffickers and locate trafficked persons who are forced into prostitution.* **

The term “human trafficking” is a hugely loaded term, and before launching in to the trafficking-prostitution quagmire in future posts I wanted to take a moment to deconstruct the problematic language that is popularly used on all sides of the trafficking debate. Each official definition of human trafficking emphasizes a different aspect of the phenomenon and, as a result, has different implications for the types of policies used to combat human trafficking. It would be an oversimplification to provide one overarching definition of human trafficking. Nonetheless, because the United Nations has provided the most widely recognized definition of human trafficking, the definition of trafficking provided in the 2000 UN Protocol to Prevent, Punish, and Suppress Trafficking in Persons can be used as a starting point for explaining human trafficking:

“Trafficking in persons” shall mean the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation. Exploitation shall include, at a minimum, the exploitation of the prostitution of others or other forms of sexual exploitation, forced labour or services, slavery or practices similar to slavery, servitude or the removal of organs…

Some scholars have suggested that human trafficking should be understood within the context of transnational labor and labor exploitation. I think that the use of the term human trafficking itself is highly problematic, and that this phenomenon should be reframed and renamed entirely. The term human trafficking has several inherent connotations, each of which are highly problematic in practice.

· First, human trafficking suggests that humans can be reduced to objects and shipped across borders like commodities. This strips individuals of their agency and ignores the larger complexity of this phenomenon. In most cases of trafficking, individuals are not kidnapped and shipped across international borders. Rather, community members in the sending country who promise employment opportunities in a foreign country recruit migrants. However, upon arrival, these migrants are trapped in exploitative labor relationships and deprived of their immigration documents.

· Second, the term human trafficking is close to the language used to describe drug trafficking and weapons trafficking. The similarity in the terminology used to explain these phenomena suggests that human trafficking is a law enforcement problem that can be addressed through stricter policing. As several interviewees noted, however, criminal law mechanisms for dealing with the phenomenon can be counter-productive.

I suggest that the term human trafficking should be abandoned altogether. Instead of placing human trafficking in its own category, policymakers, law enforcement officials, and social workers should focus on labor exploitation and working conditions. This is already the lens adopted by international organizations such as the International Labor Organization. Situating human trafficking within its own unique category of analysis is problematic because law makers use this privileged status to focus on cases of sexual exploitation and prostitution, while ignoring other forms of labor exploitation.

In addition, the term “human trafficking” is weighted down by all sorts of moralistic baggage, connoting images of female prostitution and criminal trafficking rings. The term is a throwback to the “white slave traffic” debates of the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, when Westerners expressed (generally unsubstantiated) fears that defenseless (White) women were being kidnapped and forced into prostitution by (dark-skinned) immigrant men in an unstoppable epidemic of sexual exploitation. Since its inception, the trafficking debate has dripped with ideas about female morality and xenophobia.

The biggest problem with the morality rhetoric, though, is that it doesn’t lend itself to any clear policy solutions. The only way to deal with a crisis of morality is to ask individuals to change their values—not very feasible on a political level. By framing this problem with the context of labor exploitation, we can come up with feasible, specific policy solutions to combat the horrendous problem of labor exploitation.

* The opinions expressed here are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the position of IndieArts/ri.

** This post is an adaptation of “Controlling the Border with Humanitarianism: Using Human Trafficking Policies and their Implementation to Regulate Migration in Italy” (Camilla Hawthorne, 2009).

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

The Fledgling Festival V

Peter Deffet and Perishable Theatre present

The Fledgling Festival V

Short performances for Live Audiences

August 20-30, 2009

at Perishable Theatre

95 Empire Street

Downtown Providence

Thursdays-Sundays at 8pm

Admission $10 General

Come once, get a return ticket for $5!!!!

Order Tickets

through ArtTix at www.arttixri.com

by phone at 401-621-6123

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Get out of the summer heat and check out The Fledgling Festival as it enters its fifth season and its fourth at Perishable Theatre. Festival founder and Curator Peter Deffet presents new works of dance, theater, puppetry, music and mania from local and not-so-local artists.

Conceived at first as a venue for short plays, dances and musical sets, The Fledgling Festival has established itself as an important and illuminating step in the life of new performance works in the region. “In general, performing artists who are developing their own work find it very helpful to workshop in front of a live audience, and having a two-week run gives the performers an opportunity to develop the piece from performance to performance,” observes Curator Peter Deffet, himself a multi-disciplinary performance artist. “Many of the pieces in the Festival are in process of being developed into longer evening-length performances, so many artists find interesting what offshoots come from an individual piece through the festival.”

With its mission of connecting RI audiences to groundbreaking works of theatre, Perishable Theatre is proud to partner with Peter Deffet in the presentation of The Fledgling Festival. “The Fledgling Festival creates opportunities for established and emerging performers to truly take flight on the winds of their creativity,” notes Perishable Theatre Artistic Director Vanessa Gilbert.

This year’s offerings include work from the following artists:

Moira Brady is a performance artist who resides within AS220. Her last piece for Fledgling (Mike Eng’s Cat Bang) was an exploration of the mating rituals of feral cats in Providence. Look forward to her love of mayonnaise in Fledgling #5.

Rachel Teumim is a choreographer based in western MA. This will be her first time performing in the Fledgling Festival, although she is a close friend of the Fledgling Family.

Lise Brody is a choreographer based in Providence whose work has been seen throughout New England, most recently at The Yard on Martha’s Vineyard. This is Lise’s first presentation with The Fledgling Festival.

Jose Docen is a song writer, musician and actor currently based in RI. His work has been seen in New England and in NYC.

Melissa Bowler is an actor and comedian based in RI. She can be seen regularly with her tag team TITS, and as a member of Improv Jones as well as several other improve companies in RI.

Angela Conte, choreographer and performer, returns to the Fledgling stage after an appearance in last year’s Fledgling Festival. She is a student at RWU under Gary Shore and Melody Ruffin-Ward.

Nicole Maynard is a writer , performer and puppeteer based in RI. She has graced the Fledgling stage with The Adventures of Fat Nancy & Crisco, as well as with other comedies such as Tough Titty Said the Kitty.

Kevin Broccoli is a playwright and actor based in RI. His work has been seen on the Fledgling stage in the past. This year’s play presents the audience with a conundrum: to watch the kiss or not watch the kiss?

Don’t miss what Bill Rodriguez of The Providence Phoenix called “…a carnival of diversity and humor.”

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Paul Geremia and Chris Monti @ Local 121 - Wednesday, August 19th

Speakeasy Music Series at Local 121 Presents:
Paul Geremia and Chris Monti

All ages
8pm/$10

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Sarah Blacker and Lori Amey @ Local 121 - Wednesday, August 26th

Speakeasy Music Series at Local 121 Presents:
Sarah Blacker & Lori Amey

8pm show/ $8
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Sweet 78 Jazz Duo @ Local 121 - Friday, August 21st

Speakeasy Music Series at Local 121 Presents:
Sweet 78 Jazz Duo

9pm show/$10 cover/$6 students
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Minor Swing and Other Django Friends @ Local 121 - Friday, August 28th

Speakeasy Music Series at Local 121 Presents:
Minor Swing and other Django Friends

9pm show/ $5
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Inkubator CD Release Party @ Firehouse 13 - Friday, August 7th

Featuring:
Inkwell
Rhapsody
Young Rip
Young Shad
DJ Ghost

Doors 9pm/Show 9:30pm
$5 before 10pm/$10 after

Click here for more information.

Love Thy Neighbor Tattoo Art Show @ Machines with Magnet - Saturday, August 8th

Love They Neighbor Tattoo Art Show:

An exhibition of local and national artists, tattooers and tattoo artists.
The show will be centered on but not entirely limited to tattoo related art. There will also be a opening night that will melt your face off!

Starts at 5pm/Bands 9pm

Click here for more information

Reminder: Registration Deadline Extended for GRR! Ladies Rock Camp - Monday, August 10th

GRR! Ladies Rock Camp! Registration Deadline Extended to Saturday, August 10th.

Get a discount if you register with a friend: 2 for $400-- you and your friend can both help support Girls Rock Camp next year!

Ladies Rock Camp @ JamStage - August 21st - 23rd, 2009.
In three days short, women 18 and up can learn guitar, bass, drums, vocals as well as form bands, write original songs, and perform at a showcase. Learn more about concert/show promotion, screen-printing, women in rock history, and self defense. All skill levels welcome.

Click here for more information and to register for Ladies Rock Camp.

Haute Beat @ Club Hell - Saturday, August 8th, 2009

HAUTE BEAT:
a killer summer disco social!
MAHIMAHI (9:30),
Swiss Chemistry Club (8:30),
Triangle Forest (7:30),
Herra Terra (6:45),
Cellar Doves (6),
with sets by ZOIGMANOIG throughout the night

EARLY SHOW!!!
Doors at 5PM/show
starts at 6PM sharp has to be done by 11PM at the latest!
$7 at CLUB HELL 73 Richmond St. Providence

Click here for more information.

Speak Easy @ Firehouse 13 - Saturday, August 8th

Swing! Cabaret! Vintage!

Hosted by Providence Pinups
With DJ Delicti & Friends

Performances by Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band
Thru the Keyhole's Burlesque!

9pm/$7
Click here for more information.

Foo Fest @ As220 - Saturday, August 15th

The Return of As220's Foo Fest!

As220 brings back the urban street party, turning most of Empire Street into an open-air exhibition and performance space. Numerous interactive art installations, games, and 12 hrs. of all-original music from 22 diverse bands are among this years offerings. Drinks and refreshments from As220's in-house bar and local restaurants will be available all day at affordable prices.

1pm-1am/ $5

Click here for more information.

The Rhode Island Riveters vs The Detroit Roller Girls!!!

The Rhode Island Convention Center is the place to be on August 16th! The Rhode Island Riveters vs The Detroit Roller Girls. This is a double header with the Killah Bees vs TBA starting things out. Doors open at 5pm, Bees Bout at 6pm and the Riveters Bout is at 7:30pm. Tickets are $10.00 in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com and $12.00 at the Door Kids 5-12 are 1/2 off! Half Time Performers: Girl Haggard. Bout: DJ's Brezee and the Count. Location: R.I. Convention Center, 1 Sabin Street., Providence, RI for more information go to www.providencerollerderby.com.