Agenda
Month 
Week 
Day May 2013
Mondays, May 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th, 6-10pm
Knife-cut Stencils & Transparent Rainbow Rolls… & other mysteries of the non-digital silkscreen process
Have you ever wondered how graphic artists made their work before the advent of Adobe Illustrator and the “Live Trace” button?
In this class we will follow one pathway through making compelling color images without computers, and explore some of the un-mimickable graphic possibilities that appear at the moments where our hands encounter the material world.
Each student will extrapolate from a photograph to create a two-layer, multi-color, boldly graphic silkscreen print. You’ll learn how to separate an image into different colors using eye, hand, and pencil; how to cut Rubylith, a stencil film, using a razor knife to prepare precise, clean-line images for printing; how to mix transparent inks and work with color gradients (a.k.a. “rainbow rolls”); and how to accurately register and screenprint a small edition of a multi-color image. At the end of the class, we’ll do a print swap, trading our finished prints with the other students and the instructor.
Though we’ll push hard for project completion (and there will be one additional evening studio session, with the instructor on hand, to advise & problem-solve on your print), the emphasis will be on test printing, experimentation, trial and error, and digression into nerdy/weird silkscreen territories. Bring your curiosity, and be ready to spend some time outside of your pre-existing art comfort zone!
You don’t have to be an “advanced” artist to take this class. As long as you have some familiarity with how screenprinting works, OR have taken an intro to silkscreen workshop (even if it was a long time ago), OR are an artist or designer in another medium who is looking to learn about the unique qualities of screenprinting, you’ll do great. The techniques you learn will be applicable to fine art practices, graphic design, poster making, decorative art work… and of course to the digital realm as well.
Some materials will be provided, students will purchase or provide other supplies — we’ll talk about materials the first day of class.
Register here - http://shop.as220.org/products/silkscreen-color-separations
Intermediate/Advanced Modern Dance with Katie McNamara // Mondays @ 7-8:30pm // $13 per class; $60 for 6 classes
This modern dance based class embraces technique, improvisation and composition skills. Participants learn to embody a state of presence and grace. We will focus on moving with efficiency while testing endurance and increasing stamina. This dance practice moves in and out of the floor, upside down to right side up, and from the inside out.
Have questions, want to see the Industries, meet the folks who use it, just want to spend some time with our lovely members? Our open houses typically happen the first Tuesday of every month. They are FREE! No money involved, we’ve posted it on the shop just in case you missed it. Each month a handful of our dedicated members are present to run the show.
If you would like to become a member of the Industries, this is a great chance to inform yourself about our programs. Members from all three spaces will be around to answer any of your questions!
During this time we also offer orientations to the spaces. We will cover basics of the Industries, for example, the Printshop’s screen-printing lighting and exposure system, the Media Lab’s exotic camera collection and upcoming anolog and digital workshops, the Lab’s 3D printer and Laser cutter, ect. This is not an introduction to technique class, the purpose is to run you through how the spaces function so that you may come and work.
ALSO! Be sure to stick around for the Media Arts Lecture Series with Whitney Warne immediately following the open house. Why yes, we do have Facebook event page for it.
Location and Parking
AS220 Industries is located at the Mercantile at 131 Washington Street PROVIDENCE RI, 1st floor. The entrance is located at the back of the building on Lucie Way; the doors are at the Northwest corner of the building. There is 2 hour metered on street parking available until 6pm, so bring quarters if you come early. We are also located near a parking garage with entry on Washington Street, look for the big blue parking sign.
Open Life Drawing – Drop -in
$6
Bring your own drawing materials, we supply seats and model.
AS220 Media Arts Lecture Series immediately follows the AS220 Industries Open House every first Tuesday of the month at The Mercantile Building on Lucie Way. Starting at 6pm, visit AS220 Industries– the Community Printshop, Labs, and Media Arts to find out more about workshops, resources, and membership (not to mention just having fun and hanging out). Visit as220.org/mediaarts to learn more about us.
A one-hour beginner Vinyasa yoga that focuses on the foundations of classical Vinyasa flow, emphasizing movement and breath as synchronized experience. Attention to fundamental asana (postures) will prepare students for their flow sequence and is designed to help beginners develop their own practice. Only $5 per class!
Dates | Wednesdays, May 8, 15, 22, 29, 6-9pm
After Effects is Adobe’s professional motion graphics and compositing software for video editors, designers, animators, and 3D artists. This four-session workshop will provide you with a basic understanding of the software to get your projects started. Attendees will get 8 hours to use in the media lab outside of class. No experience is necessary but should be familiar with computers. Instructor: Gerald Jimenez
Register Online: http://shop.as220.org/products/after-effects-intro
Modern Dance For Every Level with Jamie Arnold and Stephanie Turner // Wednesdays @ 6:30-8pm // $13 per class; $60 for 6 classes
Class begins with a warm-up that incorporates yoga and breathwork with gentle movements of the spine before moving on to phrase material. A series of short phrases will then be explored, where students are encouraged to play and experiment with how his/her individual body prefers to move through the demonstrated movements. The phrases include elements like directional changes, movement through space, spirals, rotation, lines, momentum, energy and floorwork. Movement may carry over from previous classes and blend into the dance material. Each phrase that is developed will lead to a rich and colorful dance toward the end of class. Jamie Arnold is a certified and licensed Kripalu Yoga guide and dancer working out of Warwick RI and graduate of Rhode Island College with a B.A. in Dance Performance, where she was a member of the Rhode Island College Dance Company. Jamie attended the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC and was in residency at The Dragon’s Egg Studio in Ledyard, CT and has performed in Trisha Brown’s Floor of the Forest at the ICA in Boston and Between Movement Contemporary Dance Company.
A monthly meetup for 3D Printing enthusiasts in Providence, RI. 3DPPVD is a monthly meetup for 3D printer operators in the Providence, RI area. This free event meets at AS220 Labs in downtown Providence and is open to anyone who is interested in digital fabrication.
For information about the upcoming meetup and previous topics, go to 3DPPVD’s website.
bluestockings is brown’s feminist-minded publication.
we write (about) issues from a gender-aware perspective.
we believe feminism is not a rigid set of guidelines or restrictive beliefs, but instead contains a fluid spectrum of definitions that can be navigated and negotiated through the creative process.
we believe feminism is an evolving conversation
that has relevant and productive ties to other areas of study.
we openly accept and encourage submissions from
people of all gender identifications, sexual identities, and races.
we accept work from every genre, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, visual art, comedy, and academic writing focusing on culture, politics, sex, and health.
Thursday, May 9, 1-2pm
Dates: 3 Thursdays | May 9, 16, 23 6-9pm
Learn digital editing and how to print edited photographic images using the newest Adobe Photoshop. Eight hours of personal lab time are included. We encourage you to bring your own files to work on during the workshop. You may use our media lab computers (brand new!) or bring your own laptop with Adobe Photoshop (Free 30-day trials are available online). This is a three-session workshop. Attendees will get 8 hours to use in the media lab outside of class. No experience is necessary but should be familiar with computers.
After spending the last decade apart Justin Marra, Brian Decoteaux, and Allan Furtado reunite as Survivors of The Kraken bringing the Marra’s folky acoustic catalogue to life in a sonic explosion; a little blues, some rock n’ roll, a lot of sound!
Saturdays, May 11th, 10AM – 1PM
In this workshop we will make things move with the Arduino. We will build a simply robot project that moves around does awesome robot stuff.
Saturday, May 11th; 10am-6pm
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to screen printing as participants design, print, and exchange a multiple color print with a maximum dimension of 8″x10″. The morning will be dedicated to creating hand drawn stencils focusing on the design of a multiple color print. Participants spend the afternoon learning proper printing techniques, troubleshooting, and tips for registration. The workshop will end with a print exchange.
The folks from Devine’s Diner will host this popular session at AS220 on Saturdays from 4-7 pm. Come downtown for dinner at the cafe or just grab a drink and listen to the tunes… All ages welcome!
Jaz
Buck Nasty
Tone
F.P.M.F.P ( Funny People Making Funna People )
Juan Grae & The loud Pack
Chris Gillz
The best improv comedy you can find.
Saturdays at 10:00.
95 Empire
Downtown Providence Rhode Island.
Tickets available at the door for only $5.00.
Beginner Ballet with Stephanie Albanese // Sundays @ 10:30-11:30am // $13 per class; $60 for 6 classes
If you’ve always wanted to try ballet, this class is for you. In this fundamentals-based class, students develop basic ballet vocabulary, strength and coordination. Stephanie’s deep knowledge of her craft combines with a warm, good-humored manner to create a comfortable yet challenging learning environment. This is the perfect class for people who have little or no ballet experience. Stephanie Albanese is a graduate of The School of American Ballet where she studied with teachers Alexandra Danilova, Helen Dudin, Suki Shorer and Stanley Williams. She danced in a repertory company created by former New York City Ballet member Wilhelmina Frankurt. Stephanie has also danced with choreographers Matthew Brokoff, Marcus Galante, Mary Miller and Felice Lesser and also worked in Cabaret, performing at The Lido in Paris and Jubliee in Las Vegas.
Intermediate Ballet with Stephanie Albanese // Sundays @ 12:00-1:30pm // $13 per class; $60 for 6 classes
This ballet class makes classical dance a joy! The class focuses on fundamentals, beginning with a thorough warm up at the barre and progressing to the center for choreographed combinations. Students build muscle as they refine body alignment and learn weight placement to develop coordination. Stephanie’s deep knowledge of her craft combines with a warm, good-humored manner to create a comfortable yet challenging learning environment. This is the perfect class for people who have some prior ballet experience. Stephanie Albanese is a graduate of The School of American Ballet where she studied with teachers Alexandra Danilova, Helen Dudin, Suki Shorer and Stanley Williams. She danced in a repertory company created by former New York City Ballet member Wilhelmina Frankurt. Stephanie has also danced with choreographers Matthew Brokoff, Marcus Galante, Mary Miller and Felice Lesser and also worked in Cabaret, performing at The Lido in Paris and Jubliee in Las Vegas.
Ryan Fitzsimmons, host
Steve Allain
Katherine Quinn
Dan Cloutier
RISA Songwriters in the Round at AS220
6-8pm
All Original ~ All Acoustic (no pa)
Admission ~ $5 at the door
Cool World and Jerry Paper of NYC
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts is a one-week joint venture of the Words Progress Administration and Bonky Dolls Puppetry featuring puppetry, plays and other peformances of David Higgins/ those who have a relationship with David Higgins. The variety of the week’s performances will range from puppet shows that are being retired to samples of new works. The title for the collection comes from Higgins’ desire to say goodbye to some older works and hello to some newer works. Maintaining this spirit of duality, there will be a workshop running throughout the week: “D(ing)IY with Objects and/or Words,” focusing on the creation of solo puppet shows.
Monday 6pm:
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts, pt.1
Come on by and enjoy a short piece or two, play with a few puppet like objects, listen to the proposition for performance centered around the intersection of humans and the structures they live, work, and play in, get the skinny on the rest of the week, RSVP for the Pitch on Tuesday eve or the Invitational on Thursday eve (consider yourself invited to both), and grab a drink (either during or after TBD).
Tuesday 7pm:
The Providence Possibly Poetry Pitch
Unlike a slam, a poetry pitch is an evening of performed words that the writer or performer has the opportunity to ask a question of the audience. In exchange for pitching a poem into the mix, the audience is expected to pitch in some feedback after the readings. In this case, the Words Progress Administration seeks to expand this process to artists who have pieces that may be beyond that which thet consider poetry.
Wednesday 8pm:
Lighter Than Air, Heavier than Hades
Performances will include Baggage, a puppet show using the power of helium and rare earth elements and work-in-progress excerpts from Brandon Shaw’s upcoming dance epic, Orestes.
Thursday 8pm:
The Premiere Puppetry Performance Invitational
Among other unknown elements, this evening will feature incredibly brand new works of puppetry by those participating in the workshop this week (and others who responded by Monday to this open invitation).
Friday 8pm:
Blood From a Turnip
Just like a late night puppet salon, but it’s at eight.
Saturday 8pm:
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts, pt.6
A collection of short works consisting largely of, but not limited to, puppetry.
Description of Workshop
DingIY with Objects And/Or Words
If you like the idea of the “it” in “DIY” being solo puppet shows, check out this workshop, which will focus on the two main elements of solo puppet show creation: the words and the objects. The words may never be spoken and the object may be your inspiration for your words or the response to your words. Each of these elements should be considered separately and together. Folks who have words that they feel might be served through the manipulation of objects and folks who have objects that seem suited to narrative presentation are encouraged to join. Folks who have either more concrete or nebulous inclinations are also encouraged to join. Folks coming from regions visual or textual are welcome.
This workshop will consist of 2 three hour sessions:
Session1: The Spirit Of the Object and By any Object Necessary
The first part of the session, the Spirit of the Object, will focus on listening to materials. We will play with a few wildly different puppet types and materials. We will also explore the basics of intention and discover the emotional potential of very simple objects. The second part of the first session will start with looking at puppetry from the writer’s starting point. Through hands-on exercises, we will expand the possibilities of how to
express the writer’s words and consider the effects of these different expressions on the writing.
Session2: Working Towards Discomfort and Back Again
The second session will start with everyone’s proposal for a performance and whatever they have created over the past two days as homework. After some supportive critique, participants will consider the elements needed to complete their shows commence working on the element needed that is furthest from where they started. After cracking that nut, it is up to you and race back to where you started, put together your show and, if you want to, present it that night.
A one-hour beginner Vinyasa yoga that focuses on the foundations of classical Vinyasa flow, emphasizing movement and breath as synchronized experience. Attention to fundamental asana (postures) will prepare students for their flow sequence and is designed to help beginners develop their own practice. Only $5 per class!
Intermediate/Advanced Modern Dance with Katie McNamara // Mondays @ 7-8:30pm // $13 per class; $60 for 6 classes
This modern dance based class embraces technique, improvisation and composition skills. Participants learn to embody a state of presence and grace. We will focus on moving with efficiency while testing endurance and increasing stamina. This dance practice moves in and out of the floor, upside down to right side up, and from the inside out.
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts is a one-week joint venture of the Words Progress Administration and Bonky Dolls Puppetry featuring puppetry, plays and other peformances of David Higgins/ those who have a relationship with David Higgins. The variety of the week’s performances will range from puppet shows that are being retired to samples of new works. The title for the collection comes from Higgins’ desire to say goodbye to some older works and hello to some newer works. Maintaining this spirit of duality, there will be a workshop running throughout the week: “D(ing)IY with Objects and/or Words,” focusing on the creation of solo puppet shows.
Monday 6pm:
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts, pt.1
Come on by and enjoy a short piece or two, play with a few puppet like objects, listen to the proposition for performance centered around the intersection of humans and the structures they live, work, and play in, get the skinny on the rest of the week, RSVP for the Pitch on Tuesday eve or the Invitational on Thursday eve (consider yourself invited to both), and grab a drink (either during or after TBD).
Tuesday 7pm:
The Providence Possibly Poetry Pitch
Unlike a slam, a poetry pitch is an evening of performed words that the writer or performer has the opportunity to ask a question of the audience. In exchange for pitching a poem into the mix, the audience is expected to pitch in some feedback after the readings. In this case, the Words Progress Administration seeks to expand this process to artists who have pieces that may be beyond that which thet consider poetry.
Wednesday 8pm:
Lighter Than Air, Heavier than Hades
Performances will include Baggage, a puppet show using the power of helium and rare earth elements and work-in-progress excerpts from Brandon Shaw’s upcoming dance epic, Orestes.
Thursday 8pm:
The Premiere Puppetry Performance Invitational
Among other unknown elements, this evening will feature incredibly brand new works of puppetry by those participating in the workshop this week (and others who responded by Monday to this open invitation).
Friday 8pm:
Blood From a Turnip
Just like a late night puppet salon, but it’s at eight.
Saturday 8pm:
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts, pt.6
A collection of short works consisting largely of, but not limited to, puppetry.
Description of Workshop
DingIY with Objects And/Or Words
If you like the idea of the “it” in “DIY” being solo puppet shows, check out this workshop, which will focus on the two main elements of solo puppet show creation: the words and the objects. The words may never be spoken and the object may be your inspiration for your words or the response to your words. Each of these elements should be considered separately and together. Folks who have words that they feel might be served through the manipulation of objects and folks who have objects that seem suited to narrative presentation are encouraged to join. Folks who have either more concrete or nebulous inclinations are also encouraged to join. Folks coming from regions visual or textual are welcome.
This workshop will consist of 2 three hour sessions:
Session1: The Spirit Of the Object and By any Object Necessary
The first part of the session, the Spirit of the Object, will focus on listening to materials. We will play with a few wildly different puppet types and materials. We will also explore the basics of intention and discover the emotional potential of very simple objects. The second part of the first session will start with looking at puppetry from the writer’s starting point. Through hands-on exercises, we will expand the possibilities of how to
express the writer’s words and consider the effects of these different expressions on the writing.
Session2: Working Towards Discomfort and Back Again
The second session will start with everyone’s proposal for a performance and whatever they have created over the past two days as homework. After some supportive critique, participants will consider the elements needed to complete their shows commence working on the element needed that is furthest from where they started. After cracking that nut, it is up to you and race back to where you started, put together your show and, if you want to, present it that night.
Artist & Poet Danielle Vogel talks about her current exhibit and reads from her book, Narrative & Nest:Pre-Natal Architectures & Narrtive Rituals, Tuesday 5:30 – 7 at 93 Mathewson St. at the AS220 Project Space. From the artist’s statement “Narrative & Nest is a cross-disciplinary study relating the construction of nests to the writing of books – both as complex sites of composition, habitation, instinct, and narrative.”
Open Life Drawing – Drop -in
$6
Bring your own drawing materials, we supply seats and model.
April’s Fury plays powerful indie rock with touches of folk and blues.
Hollow Turtle is a folk/bluegrass band out of Barrington RI made up of James and Joseph Cappelletti, Nick Preite, and Alfie Purcell.
Driftwood is an acoustic duo playing a concoction of rock, blues, bluegrass and folk. We split our time between Glocester, RI and Attleboro, MA.
RSVP on FACEBOOK
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts is a one-week joint venture of the Words Progress Administration and Bonky Dolls Puppetry featuring puppetry, plays and other peformances of David Higgins/ those who have a relationship with David Higgins. The variety of the week’s performances will range from puppet shows that are being retired to samples of new works. The title for the collection comes from Higgins’ desire to say goodbye to some older works and hello to some newer works. Maintaining this spirit of duality, there will be a workshop running throughout the week: “D(ing)IY with Objects and/or Words,” focusing on the creation of solo puppet shows.
Monday 6pm:
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts, pt.1
Come on by and enjoy a short piece or two, play with a few puppet like objects, listen to the proposition for performance centered around the intersection of humans and the structures they live, work, and play in, get the skinny on the rest of the week, RSVP for the Pitch on Tuesday eve or the Invitational on Thursday eve (consider yourself invited to both), and grab a drink (either during or after TBD).
Tuesday 7pm:
The Providence Possibly Poetry Pitch
Unlike a slam, a poetry pitch is an evening of performed words that the writer or performer has the opportunity to ask a question of the audience. In exchange for pitching a poem into the mix, the audience is expected to pitch in some feedback after the readings. In this case, the Words Progress Administration seeks to expand this process to artists who have pieces that may be beyond that which thet consider poetry.
Wednesday 8pm:
Lighter Than Air, Heavier than Hades
Performances will include Baggage, a puppet show using the power of helium and rare earth elements and work-in-progress excerpts from Brandon Shaw’s upcoming dance epic, Orestes.
Thursday 8pm:
The Premiere Puppetry Performance Invitational
Among other unknown elements, this evening will feature incredibly brand new works of puppetry by those participating in the workshop this week (and others who responded by Monday to this open invitation).
Friday 8pm:
Blood From a Turnip
Just like a late night puppet salon, but it’s at eight.
Saturday 8pm:
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts, pt.6
A collection of short works consisting largely of, but not limited to, puppetry.
Description of Workshop
DingIY with Objects And/Or Words
If you like the idea of the “it” in “DIY” being solo puppet shows, check out this workshop, which will focus on the two main elements of solo puppet show creation: the words and the objects. The words may never be spoken and the object may be your inspiration for your words or the response to your words. Each of these elements should be considered separately and together. Folks who have words that they feel might be served through the manipulation of objects and folks who have objects that seem suited to narrative presentation are encouraged to join. Folks who have either more concrete or nebulous inclinations are also encouraged to join. Folks coming from regions visual or textual are welcome.
This workshop will consist of 2 three hour sessions:
Session1: The Spirit Of the Object and By any Object Necessary
The first part of the session, the Spirit of the Object, will focus on listening to materials. We will play with a few wildly different puppet types and materials. We will also explore the basics of intention and discover the emotional potential of very simple objects. The second part of the first session will start with looking at puppetry from the writer’s starting point. Through hands-on exercises, we will expand the possibilities of how to
express the writer’s words and consider the effects of these different expressions on the writing.
Session2: Working Towards Discomfort and Back Again
The second session will start with everyone’s proposal for a performance and whatever they have created over the past two days as homework. After some supportive critique, participants will consider the elements needed to complete their shows commence working on the element needed that is furthest from where they started. After cracking that nut, it is up to you and race back to where you started, put together your show and, if you want to, present it that night.
A one-hour beginner Vinyasa yoga that focuses on the foundations of classical Vinyasa flow, emphasizing movement and breath as synchronized experience. Attention to fundamental asana (postures) will prepare students for their flow sequence and is designed to help beginners develop their own practice. Only $5 per class!
Wednesday, May 15th, 5:30 – 8pm
AS220, 115 Empire Street, Providence, RI
FREE (buy your own food and drink – it’s cheap)
RSVP at Facebook
For the May Geek Dinner, we may have the perfect Providence startup story!
When his 2-year-old son was diagnosed with diabetes, former jewelry industry executive Angelo Pitassi Jr. started learning about medical alert bracelets. He was unimpressed to say the least. In short order, Angelo partnered with technologist Christopher Melo, and HealthID was born.
Today the Jewelry District-based startup is poised at the intersection of the jewelry business and healthcare technology, and is accepting pre-orders for its first product — HealthID Profile (or “HIP”) Bands. HIP enables first responders to pull up critical, in-depth, current health information from NFC-based bands onto a web/mobile interface. The wearer can also manage all aspects of their personal health scenario while on the go.
On Wednesday, the Co-Founders CEO Angelo Pitassi Jr. and CTO Christopher Melo will tell the HealthID story, demonstrate their HIP product and give a sneak peek of where they’re headed next.
Get Details at the Blog
The goal of Providence Geeks is to help Rhode Island’s digital innovators connect, collaborate, and ultimately make the City-State and its geeks info-technology leaders.
As always, for first-timers here are the details on the Geek Dinners:
- The event itself is FREE! Beverages and food are for sale at AS220’s excellent bar and restaurant.
- Doors open at 5:30pm. Socializing, eating and drinking up until the 30 min presentation/q&a around 6:30pm. Afterwards, back to socializing, eating, drinking…
- It’s totally casual. Wear whatever, bring whoever, arrive and take off whenever! And don’t worry about eating or not – come famished or full – eating is optional, and frankly, the least of the festivities (that’s not say the food isn’t good – it’s actually great)
- Topics of conversation will vary as they will at any gathering of geeks, but many of us will be talking about AJAX, mash-ups, start-ups, new devices, innovative business models, interaction design, social computing, digital art, web services, etc. etc. etc.
- There is Wi-Fi so bring your connected device of choice.
Modern Dance For Every Level with Jamie Arnold and Stephanie Turner // Wednesdays @ 6:30-8pm // $13 per class; $60 for 6 classes
Class begins with a warm-up that incorporates yoga and breathwork with gentle movements of the spine before moving on to phrase material. A series of short phrases will then be explored, where students are encouraged to play and experiment with how his/her individual body prefers to move through the demonstrated movements. The phrases include elements like directional changes, movement through space, spirals, rotation, lines, momentum, energy and floorwork. Movement may carry over from previous classes and blend into the dance material. Each phrase that is developed will lead to a rich and colorful dance toward the end of class. Jamie Arnold is a certified and licensed Kripalu Yoga guide and dancer working out of Warwick RI and graduate of Rhode Island College with a B.A. in Dance Performance, where she was a member of the Rhode Island College Dance Company. Jamie attended the American Dance Festival in Durham, NC and was in residency at The Dragon’s Egg Studio in Ledyard, CT and has performed in Trisha Brown’s Floor of the Forest at the ICA in Boston and Between Movement Contemporary Dance Company.
Rhode Island’s Fucking Invincible just announced their first US tour ever plus a new EP. The band features members of Daughters, Dropdead and Soul Control. The record will be released May 14th via Atomic Action. They recorded the EP, which is entitled Downtown is Dead, at Lupine Sound in Pawtucket, RI. Jay Maas mastered the album at Getaway Recording Studios. You can stream the track Too Much Black now on their bandcamp.
The day after the record drops, the band hits the road for their first US Tour, which starts with a hometown record release show at AS220. They’ll stay on the road for two weeks.
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts is a one-week joint venture of the Words Progress Administration and Bonky Dolls Puppetry featuring puppetry, plays and other peformances of David Higgins/ those who have a relationship with David Higgins. The variety of the week’s performances will range from puppet shows that are being retired to samples of new works. The title for the collection comes from Higgins’ desire to say goodbye to some older works and hello to some newer works. Maintaining this spirit of duality, there will be a workshop running throughout the week: “D(ing)IY with Objects and/or Words,” focusing on the creation of solo puppet shows.
Monday 6pm:
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts, pt.1
Come on by and enjoy a short piece or two, play with a few puppet like objects, listen to the proposition for performance centered around the intersection of humans and the structures they live, work, and play in, get the skinny on the rest of the week, RSVP for the Pitch on Tuesday eve or the Invitational on Thursday eve (consider yourself invited to both), and grab a drink (either during or after TBD).
Tuesday 7pm:
The Providence Possibly Poetry Pitch
Unlike a slam, a poetry pitch is an evening of performed words that the writer or performer has the opportunity to ask a question of the audience. In exchange for pitching a poem into the mix, the audience is expected to pitch in some feedback after the readings. In this case, the Words Progress Administration seeks to expand this process to artists who have pieces that may be beyond that which thet consider poetry.
Wednesday 8pm:
Lighter Than Air, Heavier than Hades
Performances will include Baggage, a puppet show using the power of helium and rare earth elements and work-in-progress excerpts from Brandon Shaw’s upcoming dance epic, Orestes.
Thursday 8pm:
The Premiere Puppetry Performance Invitational
Among other unknown elements, this evening will feature incredibly brand new works of puppetry by those participating in the workshop this week (and others who responded by Monday to this open invitation).
Friday 8pm:
Blood From a Turnip
Just like a late night puppet salon, but it’s at eight.
Saturday 8pm:
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts, pt.6
A collection of short works consisting largely of, but not limited to, puppetry.
Description of Workshop
DingIY with Objects And/Or Words
If you like the idea of the “it” in “DIY” being solo puppet shows, check out this workshop, which will focus on the two main elements of solo puppet show creation: the words and the objects. The words may never be spoken and the object may be your inspiration for your words or the response to your words. Each of these elements should be considered separately and together. Folks who have words that they feel might be served through the manipulation of objects and folks who have objects that seem suited to narrative presentation are encouraged to join. Folks who have either more concrete or nebulous inclinations are also encouraged to join. Folks coming from regions visual or textual are welcome.
This workshop will consist of 2 three hour sessions:
Session1: The Spirit Of the Object and By any Object Necessary
The first part of the session, the Spirit of the Object, will focus on listening to materials. We will play with a few wildly different puppet types and materials. We will also explore the basics of intention and discover the emotional potential of very simple objects. The second part of the first session will start with looking at puppetry from the writer’s starting point. Through hands-on exercises, we will expand the possibilities of how to
express the writer’s words and consider the effects of these different expressions on the writing.
Session2: Working Towards Discomfort and Back Again
The second session will start with everyone’s proposal for a performance and whatever they have created over the past two days as homework. After some supportive critique, participants will consider the elements needed to complete their shows commence working on the element needed that is furthest from where they started. After cracking that nut, it is up to you and race back to where you started, put together your show and, if you want to, present it that night.
Free Speech Thursday at AS220 featuring: Providence Poetry Slam
7:30pm to list, 8:00pm doors
9:30 doors, 10pm show
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FIELDED (LA/Chicago)
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GEL SET (Chicago, IL)
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Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts is a one-week joint venture of the Words Progress Administration and Bonky Dolls Puppetry featuring puppetry, plays and other peformances of David Higgins/ those who have a relationship with David Higgins. The variety of the week’s performances will range from puppet shows that are being retired to samples of new works. The title for the collection comes from Higgins’ desire to say goodbye to some older works and hello to some newer works. Maintaining this spirit of duality, there will be a workshop running throughout the week: “D(ing)IY with Objects and/or Words,” focusing on the creation of solo puppet shows.
Monday 6pm:
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts, pt.1
Come on by and enjoy a short piece or two, play with a few puppet like objects, listen to the proposition for performance centered around the intersection of humans and the structures they live, work, and play in, get the skinny on the rest of the week, RSVP for the Pitch on Tuesday eve or the Invitational on Thursday eve (consider yourself invited to both), and grab a drink (either during or after TBD).
Tuesday 7pm:
The Providence Possibly Poetry Pitch
Unlike a slam, a poetry pitch is an evening of performed words that the writer or performer has the opportunity to ask a question of the audience. In exchange for pitching a poem into the mix, the audience is expected to pitch in some feedback after the readings. In this case, the Words Progress Administration seeks to expand this process to artists who have pieces that may be beyond that which thet consider poetry.
Wednesday 8pm:
Lighter Than Air, Heavier than Hades
Performances will include Baggage, a puppet show using the power of helium and rare earth elements and work-in-progress excerpts from Brandon Shaw’s upcoming dance epic, Orestes.
Thursday 8pm:
The Premiere Puppetry Performance Invitational
Among other unknown elements, this evening will feature incredibly brand new works of puppetry by those participating in the workshop this week (and others who responded by Monday to this open invitation).
Friday 8pm:
Blood From a Turnip
Just like a late night puppet salon, but it’s at eight.
Saturday 8pm:
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts, pt.6
A collection of short works consisting largely of, but not limited to, puppetry.
Description of Workshop
DingIY with Objects And/Or Words
If you like the idea of the “it” in “DIY” being solo puppet shows, check out this workshop, which will focus on the two main elements of solo puppet show creation: the words and the objects. The words may never be spoken and the object may be your inspiration for your words or the response to your words. Each of these elements should be considered separately and together. Folks who have words that they feel might be served through the manipulation of objects and folks who have objects that seem suited to narrative presentation are encouraged to join. Folks who have either more concrete or nebulous inclinations are also encouraged to join. Folks coming from regions visual or textual are welcome.
This workshop will consist of 2 three hour sessions:
Session1: The Spirit Of the Object and By any Object Necessary
The first part of the session, the Spirit of the Object, will focus on listening to materials. We will play with a few wildly different puppet types and materials. We will also explore the basics of intention and discover the emotional potential of very simple objects. The second part of the first session will start with looking at puppetry from the writer’s starting point. Through hands-on exercises, we will expand the possibilities of how to
express the writer’s words and consider the effects of these different expressions on the writing.
Session2: Working Towards Discomfort and Back Again
The second session will start with everyone’s proposal for a performance and whatever they have created over the past two days as homework. After some supportive critique, participants will consider the elements needed to complete their shows commence working on the element needed that is furthest from where they started. After cracking that nut, it is up to you and race back to where you started, put together your show and, if you want to, present it that night.
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts is a one-week joint venture of the Words Progress Administration and Bonky Dolls Puppetry featuring puppetry, plays and other peformances of David Higgins/ those who have a relationship with David Higgins. The variety of the week’s performances will range from puppet shows that are being retired to samples of new works. The title for the collection comes from Higgins’ desire to say goodbye to some older works and hello to some newer works. Maintaining this spirit of duality, there will be a workshop running throughout the week: “D(ing)IY with Objects and/or Words,” focusing on the creation of solo puppet shows.
Monday 6pm:
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts, pt.1
Come on by and enjoy a short piece or two, play with a few puppet like objects, listen to the proposition for performance centered around the intersection of humans and the structures they live, work, and play in, get the skinny on the rest of the week, RSVP for the Pitch on Tuesday eve or the Invitational on Thursday eve (consider yourself invited to both), and grab a drink (either during or after TBD).
Tuesday 7pm:
The Providence Possibly Poetry Pitch
Unlike a slam, a poetry pitch is an evening of performed words that the writer or performer has the opportunity to ask a question of the audience. In exchange for pitching a poem into the mix, the audience is expected to pitch in some feedback after the readings. In this case, the Words Progress Administration seeks to expand this process to artists who have pieces that may be beyond that which thet consider poetry.
Wednesday 8pm:
Lighter Than Air, Heavier than Hades
Performances will include Baggage, a puppet show using the power of helium and rare earth elements and work-in-progress excerpts from Brandon Shaw’s upcoming dance epic, Orestes.
Thursday 8pm:
The Premiere Puppetry Performance Invitational
Among other unknown elements, this evening will feature incredibly brand new works of puppetry by those participating in the workshop this week (and others who responded by Monday to this open invitation).
Friday 8pm:
Blood From a Turnip
Just like a late night puppet salon, but it’s at eight.
Saturday 8pm:
Clearing the Decks and Building Rafts, pt.6
A collection of short works consisting largely of, but not limited to, puppetry.
Description of Workshop
DingIY with Objects And/Or Words
If you like the idea of the “it” in “DIY” being solo puppet shows, check out this workshop, which will focus on the two main elements of solo puppet show creation: the words and the objects. The words may never be spoken and the object may be your inspiration for your words or the response to your words. Each of these elements should be considered separately and together. Folks who have words that they feel might be served through the manipulation of objects and folks who have objects that seem suited to narrative presentation are encouraged to join. Folks who have either more concrete or nebulous inclinations are also encouraged to join. Folks coming from regions visual or textual are welcome.
This workshop will consist of 2 three hour sessions:
Session1: The Spirit Of the Object and By any Object Necessary
The first part of the session, the Spirit of the Object, will focus on listening to materials. We will play with a few wildly different puppet types and materials. We will also explore the basics of intention and discover the emotional potential of very simple objects. The second part of the first session will start with looking at puppetry from the writer’s starting point. Through hands-on exercises, we will expand the possibilities of how to
express the writer’s words and consider the effects of these different expressions on the writing.
Session2: Working Towards Discomfort and Back Again
The second session will start with everyone’s proposal for a performance and whatever they have created over the past two days as homework. After some supportive critique, participants will consider the elements needed to complete their shows commence working on the element needed that is furthest from where they started. After cracking that nut, it is up to you and race back to where you started, put together your show and, if you want to, present it that night.
Contact Improv with Shura Baryshnikov and Stephanie Turner // first and third Saturday of each month // Class @ 10-11am and Open Jam @ 11-12:30pm // $10 – $15; $15 for both, $10 to join the jam
Contact improvisation is a dance technique in which points of physical contact provide the starting point for exploration through movement improvisation. Class will help you learn the basics of the practice, which includes rolling, falling, being upside down, following a rolling point of contact, supporting and giving weight to a partner. Then you will be ready to join the open jam!
Read more about the class and watch a video here!
Date: May 18, 1-3pm
Need to get a better grasp on how to set up a shop on Etsy? After this workshop, you’ll be ready to start selling your artwork online.
The class covers basic shop set up as well as best practices and tips for successful online selling via Etsy.com We will start with a digital presentation that covers the main aspects of Etsy as they relate to sellers as well as buyers. From there we will dive into listing, tagging, optimizing and general selling tips and tricks.
The class will be taught by Danielle Spurge–owner, operator and chief executive crafter at The Merriweather Council – a very small business that specializes in custom hand embroidery. For 2.5 years she has been selling her creative products on Etsy.com and has maintained a bran presence and built a reputation within that community. She was recently trained at Etsy HQ to teach this Etsy 101 class which will empower artists to overcome intimidation and get started selling on Etsy.
Register online: http://shop.as220.org/products/etsy101
The folks from Devine’s Diner will host this popular session at AS220 on Saturdays from 4-7 pm. Come downtown for dinner at the cafe or just grab a drink and listen to the tunes… All ages welcome!
Tovarish
Sea of Bones
Traces of Empire
Vomit Arsonist
The best improv comedy you can find.
Saturdays at 10:00.
95 Empire
Downtown Providence Rhode Island.
Tickets available at the door for only $5.00.
Beginner Ballet with Stephanie Albanese // Sundays @ 10:30-11:30am // $13 per class; $60 for 6 classes
If you’ve always wanted to try ballet, this class is for you. In this fundamentals-based class, students develop basic ballet vocabulary, strength and coordination. Stephanie’s deep knowledge of her craft combines with a warm, good-humored manner to create a comfortable yet challenging learning environment. This is the perfect class for people who have little or no ballet experience. Stephanie Albanese is a graduate of The School of American Ballet where she studied with teachers Alexandra Danilova, Helen Dudin, Suki Shorer and Stanley Williams. She danced in a repertory company created by former New York City Ballet member Wilhelmina Frankurt. Stephanie has also danced with choreographers Matthew Brokoff, Marcus Galante, Mary Miller and Felice Lesser and also worked in Cabaret, performing at The Lido in Paris and Jubliee in Las Vegas.
