We're at it again, readers. Down here at the Artist's Space Two Twenty, we've got a slew of awesome-encrusted happenings so bejeweled with radicalism and modernity I dare not look directly into their light. If good times are rhinestones, then I'm Liberace. Get out your Windex and newsprint like your mama taught you; I want to see my face in this one.

Tonight's goings on are as dazzling as they are imminent. AS220's much anticipated (as Facebook tells me) Jukebox goes live in but a mere matter of moments. If your all local and ever original tunes aren't up there yet, get crackin! Cruise on by the bar tonight to experience the greatest hits of Diego Perez, Shawn Greenlee, Diana Joy, Diego Perez,The Edens Experience, Soul Control, Megasus, and so many more. I'm sticking around after for an au courant film and performance art experience via UnSaddest Factory Theatre. Head home after to pop those black jeans in the dryer until Saturday night: Thou, Elder, Black Pyramid, and Kintaan remind us that Pure Evil hasn't lost its spunk. Sick stuff, people, and I'm not talking about chicken soup. Sunday night trades in unholy darkness for black comedy when The Empire Review returns to our stage. Racy! (Learn from my mistakes, readers: don't sit next to your parents. It gets awkward.) It doesn't end there! Monday night invokes a mystical immersion as traveling gypsies create semi-improvisational soundtracks to experimental films via analog synths, electronic hardware, and acoustic accompaniment. Steve Jobe & Rachel Miller are joined by the Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble, as well as Jacob Haller. I'll pitch this out, too: Tuesday at noon we're hosting an Anarchist Luncheon. We'll provide the tea sandwiches and crudites if you bring the not-burning-the-place-down. Deal? Topic of convo includes "We Are an Image from the Future: the Greek Revolt of December 2008." Shake it all off Wednesday night with Daniel Francis Doyle, Divets, Math The Band 8-bit Visual Set, and Global Crash. Sexy Mustard. Right? Right!

There it is, team. T minus twenty minutes till Jukebox o'clock. I've got to finish uploading that song I just wrote... the one about a breakup that ends in a breakdown.... Meet me in partytown! High Fives forever. Until next week, away!

The Rundown:

Thursday, April 8, 2010 6-9 pm $2 BSS Elementary Showcase

Thursday, April 8, 2010 10 pm $6 Un Saddest Factory Theatre (Showbeast, "At the End of The Infinite", and "The Title Sounded Better in French"), and PG13

Friday, April 9, 2010 8:30 pm $10 Songwriters in the Round 7th Anniversary Party

Saturday, April 10, 2010 3-5 pm Free Writers-in-the-Schools

Saturday, April 10, 2010 4-7 pm Free Irish Traditional Music

Saturday, April 10, 2010 9:30 pm $7 Thou, Elder, Black Pyramid, and Kintaan

Sunday, April 11, 2010 4-7pm Free Gallery Opening

Sunday, April 11, 2010 8pm $8 The Empire Revue

Monday, April 12, 2010 9 pm $6 Steve Jobe & Rachel Miller, Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble, and Jacob Haller

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12pm - 2pm Free Anarchist Lunch! We Are An Image From the Future: The Greek Revolt of December 2008 USA Tour

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 6:00-8:30 pm $6 Life Drawing

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 9:30 pm $6 A Final Paradox, Malyssa BellaRosa, and Tucker Dalton

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 5:30-8:30pm Free Geek Dinner

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 9 pm $6 Daniel Francis Doyle, Divets, Math The Band 8-bit Visual Set, and Global Crash

Thursday, April 15, 2010 9 pm $4 Free Speech Thursdays at AS220 featuring: Singer/Songwriter & Poet Open Mic

Friday, April 16, 2010 9 pm $7 Sightings, Major Stars, and Jamazon

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Thursday, April 8, 2010 6-9 pm $2 BSS Elementary Showcase
*When: *6pm -9pm / *Where: *AS220 / 115 Empire Street / Providence, RI *How Much: *2 Bucks at the Door! Elementary Showcase is returning to its 6pm - 9pm slot, That's right, Three hours of Open Mic time to hear from Rhode Island's young (16-21yrs) and up and coming Emcees! Elementary Showcase is a Hip-Hop Open Mic Dedicated to getting young performers on stage. We want everyone to get up and have a chance to Rock-Da-Mic. Come Early as the list fills up quick! For More Information on the event, Contact Anjel Newmann at Anjel@as220.org http://www.as220.org/bss

Thursday, April 8, 2010 10 pm $6 Un Saddest Factory Theatre (Showbeast, "At the End of The Infinite", and "The Title Sounded Better in French"), and PG13
Un Saddest Factory Theatre is three performances (2 short plays and one short video) by the following groups: "At the End of the Infinite Rope" is a play about a loud, abrasive drunk, and unhinged professor lecturing about civilization's inevitable march to its own destruction. "The Title Sounded Better in French" is set not quite in reality, but the next town over. The two main characters are two young women who find themselves onstage in search of a project; they work out failures, address broken hearts, and wake up laughing. This piece was premiered at the Access Theater in New York City and was performed at 2009 Wharscape at the Baltimore Museum of Art. Showbeast is a touring puppet show and video series created by Benjamin Beast, ERin Gleeson, and Alan Resnick. It has screened all across the country including the Baltimore Museum of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit, the Pop Montreal Music Festival, and the Pozen Center of MassArt. A mysterious experimental grabbag from PG13. http://www.youtube.com/shwbst http://www.myspace.com/imaginarycompany

Friday, April 9, 2010 8:30 pm $10 Songwriters in the Round 7th Anniversary Party
Featuring: RYAN FITZSIMMONS • JOANNE LURGIO • JIM TATA • JACOB HALLER JOHN FUZEK • MALYSSA BELLAROSA • KAYLA RINGELHEIM • JAN LUBY MARK CUTLER • ALLYSEN CALLERY • HEATHER ROSE • JOHN WINDLE GARRY FOISY • PAUL PASCH • STEVE ALLAIN JOHN FUZEK: SINGER-SONGWRITER-GUITARIST: Columnist (Roots Report) for the RI magazine, MOTIF, Co-Chair of the RI SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION, Member of the band, FOREVER YOUNG-A Tribute to the Music of Neil Young. President of HEAR IN RHODE ISLAND. The Songwriters in the Show shows have been happening at AS220 every month for the past7 years. During this time hundreds of songs have been written for themes chosen by the audience. Two CDs have been released featuring just a fraction of these songs. The Songwriters in the Round shows feature "in the round" performances which puts 3 performers on stage at once taking turns peroming their original songs. http://www.johnfuzek.com http://www.risongwriters.com

Saturday, April 10, 2010 3-5 pm Free Writers-in-the-Schools

Saturday, April 10, 2010 4-7 pm Free Irish Traditional Music
Hosted by Jimmy and Hannah Devine with Mark Roberts, Andrea Cooper, Teddi Scobi and Friends! Every Saturday from 4-7pm at the bar at AS220! No cover charge! A full menu of food and beverage will be available, so come in for a pint or make this your regular spot for dinner while enjoying some of the best traditional Irish music around!

Saturday, April 10, 2010 9:30 pm $7 Thou, Elder, Black Pyramid, and Kintaan
Thou is blackened doom from Baton Rouge, Louisiana and featuring members of Barghest. Kintaan is heavy as hell. So is Black Pyramid.And of course Elder! http://www.myspace.com/thouband http://www.myspace.com/kintaan http://www.myspace.com/blackpyramidkills http://www.myspace.com/beholdtheelder

Sunday, April 11, 2010 4-7pm Free Gallery Opening

Sunday, April 11, 2010 8pm $8 The Empire Revue
Witness a raft of talented local performers the likes of which you have never seen at Providence's premiere variety show! The Empire Revue brings you sketch comedy, improv, musical interludes, burlesque, magic, and general devilment, on the first Sunday of every month. Featuring: sizzling music by Superchief Trio and your favorite funnybone fondlers, The Sparkling Beatniks: Richard Goulis, Hannah Devine, & Kate Lohman. Plus, special guest performers every month, unpredictable pre-show shenanigans, a talking squirrel and more! Empire Revue is sponsored by Empire Loan on North Main Street. http://www.myspace.com/empirerevue

Monday, April 12, 2010 9 pm $6 Steve Jobe & Rachel Miller, Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble, and Jacob Haller
Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble (San Francisco California) New Music/ Contemporary/ Electroacoustic/ Classical Playing music to experimental films by Samara Halperin and Tom Graeff and others. The Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble, a groundbreaking new music ensemble led by classical and film composer Jack Curtis Dubowsky, combines acoustic instruments, electronic hardware, composed material and structured improvisation. The Ensemble treats analog synth as a rare and unpredictable performance instrument. The Ensemble's contemporary electroacoustic music, abstract, calm, spacious, free form, and transcendental, is performed and recorded live with no overdubs or sequencing. The Ensemble has played chamber concert series, new music series, galleries, alternative performance spaces, and has also presented programs of live music to experimental film. Jacob Haller is a singer/songwriter and a member of RISA.

Steve plays viola and hurdy gurdy while Rachel accompanies on cello. The repertoire consists of Steve's arrangements of traditional melodies from France, England, Ireland and America.

http://www.destijlmusic.com/jcde.html http://www.myspace.com/jcdensemble http://music.jwgh.org http://www.stevenjobe.com

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 12pm - 2pm Free Anarchist Lunch! We Are An Image From the Future: The Greek Revolt of December 2008 USA Tour

We Are An Image From the Future: The Greek Revolt of December 2008 USA Tour Two anarchists from Athens are going on tour around the States to talk about the insurrection in Greece in December, 2008, its roots, and its ongoing manifestations. Tasos Sagris and Sissy Doutsiou are editors of "We Are an Image from the Future: the Greek Revolt of December 2008." They are also members of the collective, Void Network. Stop by the cafe at As220 and grab some food and sit in on an informal anarchist lunch round table discussion. http://voidnetwork.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 6:00-8:30 pm $6 Life Drawing
Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 9:30 pm $6 A Final Paradox, Malyssa BellaRosa, and Tucker Dalton
Tucker Dalton is indie folk music. Malyssa BellaRosa is a singer songwriter who plays alternative modern music. A Final Paradox is an acoustic pop band. http://www.tuckerdalton.com http://www.myspace.com/malyssamusic http://www.myspace.com/finalparadox

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 5:30-8:30pm Free Geek Dinner
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. Topics of conversation will vary as they will at any gathering of geeks, but many of us will be talking about AJAX, Mashups, Startups, and Web Services. It's totally casual. Wear whatever, bring whoever, arrive and vamoose whenever. And don't worry about eating or not. Come famished or full, eating is optional, and frankly, the least of the festivities. http://providencegeeks.org/

Wednesday, April 14, 2010 9 pm $6 Daniel Francis Doyle, Divets, Math The Band 8-bit Visual Set, and Global Crash
Divets is math rapture of the end of the world. Math The Band 8-Bit Visual Set: a visual set performed on synced video game systems and vintage computers.

From the Austin Chronicle: "How could someone that looks so innocent make such a racket? Originally shy and introverted, Daniel Francis Doyle began by making noise in his bedroom, but when he exploded into the public eye, he became a monster, running around the stage, setting guitar loops in action, and jumping back behind the drum kit. A modern-day one-man band "you'll find no banjo here" Doyle released his debut, Sings Blues in E, in 2005, followed by sophomore LP Who Are Your Customers? (Furniture) the next year. Somewhere in between, he started to perform live. At 17-and-a-half-minutes long, Customers is a mind-melting, noise-canoodling, sweet piece of WTF rock, void of pretension or ulterior motives, and it gave Doyle the confidence to branch out into louder and more cooperative ventures. Pulled into fellow ear-haters Tuxedo Killers on drums for a 2006 tour, he was brought into that fold, eventually landing in local pop-metal sevenpiece When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth as one of two drummers." --Darcie Stevens

Global Crash is techno/electronic/ambient.

http://www.myspace.com/divets http://www.myspace.com/danielfrancisdoyle http://www.maththeband.com http://www.myspace.com/globalcrashmusic

Thursday, April 15, 2010 9 pm $4 Free Speech Thursdays at AS220 featuring: Singer/Songwriter & Poet Open Mic
Free Speech Thursday's Singer-Song Writer and Singer/Songwriter's Open Mic!! Come and play your songs in front of an appreciative, respectful Poetry Slam audience used to giving their full attention to performance art, at an event run by professionals who know how to maintain a listener's environment and keep the show moving. The mic is open to all on 3rd Thursdays, but the focus is definitely on the music: Singers and Songwriters get 8 minute blocks, acapella poets get 3 minutes. Open mic list goes up at 7:30/Doors at 8pm. Come early because the list fills up quick!! For more info: contact us through our myspace account! http://www.myspace.com/providencepoetryslam

Friday, April 16, 2010 9 pm $7 Sightings, Major Stars, and Jamazon
Jamazon (members of Made In Mexico). Guitar, bass, timbales, vocals and backing tracks. Cumbia music. http://www.myspace.com/themajorstars http://www.myspace.com/sightings