115 Empire St.
Providence RI, 02903
401-831-9327
AS220 Mission
We, the citizens of Rhode Island, associate ourselves for the purpose of providing a local forum and home for the arts, through the maintenance of residential and work studios, galleries, performance and educational spaces. Exhibitions and performances in the forum will be unjuried, uncensored and open to the general public. Our facilities and services are made available to all artists who need a place to exhibit, perform, or create their original artwork, especially those who cannot obtain space to exhibit or perform from traditional sources because of financial or other limitations.
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20 Fest 2005

Happy Birthday AS220! The 20 Fest
Thanks to everyone who attended our20 Fest on Saturday! We had a blast and we hope you did too! Check out the pictures of the 3 stage/28-band/all-day-all-night mania that took place on Empire Street! Or drop us a line to send us your own reflections or photographs of the day!


AS220 Rocks Empire Street! Click.


Now THIS is what I call a 20th Birthday Celebration! Click away.


Early revelers get the party started with The Nice Ups.


The Anarchist Bookfair


Checkin out some records at the Providence Record and Rock 'n' Roll Yard Sale.


The Steelyard designed the opening gates!


College Visions Director Simon Moore mans the Info Booth!


20 Years of uncensored expression was on display upstairs.


Cary Latham admiring the 20 years of posters, videos and AS220 mayhem.


Jill Colinan serves up some mean brew!


A sassy spectator reads up on the renovation work (that is still in progress!) on our building on 115 Empire St.


More Anarchist Bookfair goodness!


Cruisin the 20 Fest strip!



One of the Anarchist Workshops inside Perishable Theatre


The band Growing mesmerizes the crowd inside our still-being-renovated main performance space.



14-year old Maria Ventura celebrates her 14th birthday with her brother Nathan on bass, Mahi Mahi's Paul Servicio on drums, and Alec K. Redfearn & The Eyesores' Domenick Panzarella on guitar on stage at the 20 Fest!


JMMJ serenades us all from the Rooftop!


Sunburned Hand of the Man sacrifices stuffed animal heads.


...huddled masses breathing free...



Ted Leo asks, 'Where have all the rude boys gone?'


Broad Street Studio's Photographic Memory student gives her subject a thumbs up while darkroom founder Scott Lapham looks on. Photo Mem was taking portaits of happy 20 Fest goers for the day.


Checkin out the AS220 newsletter for upcoming events!


Thanks to Devin LaRue for the pic!


Master PiZor entertains folks from above the Dirt Palace booth!


Stick your hand in the hole and get a surprise!


The ladies from the Dirt Palace decorate unsuspecting hands with beautiful henna.


The Steelyard's display of ceramics.


Don't touch Rachel Shuman!


Arley-Rose Torsone leads the crowd in a verse of 'Happy Birthday AS220' and attempts to convince the crowd to make room for...


...What's this? A giant cake?...


...Heavens no! It's Scotty the Blue Bunny! Here to wish us a happy 20th!


Rachel Shuman and Rose Cantu celebrate the fact that they weren't the ones who had to pop out of a huge birthday cake.


Arley-Rose feels very small compared to the 7ft tall blue bunny.




The Slip!




Broad Street Studio's David Gonzalez shows 'em how its done.


Perishable Theatre's Sarah Reiter gets a face full of Arley's henna hands!


Broad Street Studio's Patrick "IllWon" Clinton rocks the crowd with his band, The Pressure Group


The Steelyard whips up a ceramic concoction.


Ringold St's Karaoke/Freestyle Booth was a big hit!


Scotty the Blue Bunny proudly announces Lightning Bolt!


Crowd surfers! Oh my!


Lightning Bolt entertains as usual.



Scotty ain't no easter bunny.


Mahi Mahi turns the sweat on.


The rowdy crowd climbs to the heavens!

Here are some links to other folks' experiences at the 20 Fest!

Ben Schneider

Remy Chevalier

Brian Jepstone


Official Lineup
1pm
1:30
2pm
2:30
3pm
3:30
4pm
4:30
5pm
5:30
6pm
6:30
7pm
7:30
7:45
8pm
8:45
9pm
9:45
10pm
10:45
11pm
11:45
Mr. Bodega
12am

Also showing at the 20 Fest:

Scotty The Blue Bunny!

The Bizzare Bazaar!
The Providence Record Show +
Rock n Roll Yard Sale!

The Anarchist Bookfair

The Steelyard

The Dirt Palace

The Magic Lantern "Tent Cinema"

Jim Drain

The AS220 Broad Street Studio

Photographic Memory

Cafe Intelligentsia

TruSkool

Food Vendors!

Plus Artist Games + Booths!

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