Our sincere thanks for 2010 & all of the support you have lent us. We will be open on a fairly limited basis as we shimmy into 2011 - but all of us are joyfully anticipating seeing all of you next year!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 / 9pm / $6
Purple Nurps, Fowl Play, Them Neon Kills and Science/Fiction

Thursday, December 23, 2010 / 9pm / $6
Moga, Cactus Attack, Pumphouse, and Ana Mallozzi

Friday, December 24, 2010 - Thursday, December 30, 2010
CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS We will reopen on New Years Eve!

Friday, December 31, 2010 / 6-10pm / 'Bright Night' Pass required
New Years! with: Bright Night! (AS220 show to follow)
Bright Night Events at AS220:
6pm Phil Goldman - kid-safe storytelling for grownups
7pm Rory Raven
7:30pm Matt the Knife- Sideshow Artiste
8pm Rory Raven - Mentalist
8:30pm Matt the Knife - Sideshow Artiste
9pm Bright Night Poetry Slam

Friday, December 31, 2010 / 10:30pm / $5
New Years Party! California Smile, A Troop Of Echoes, and Cellar Doves

Wednesday, December 22, 2010 / 9pm / $6
Purple Nurps, Fowl Play, Them Neon Kills and Science/Fiction
The Purple Nurps play distorted funky rock jams.
Fowl Play is a alternative rock/pop band.
Them Neon Kills are rock alternative.
Science/Fiction is a post-punk, freak-folk band.
http://www.reverbnation.com/thepurplenurps
http://www.myspace.com/wearesciencefiction
http://www.myspace.com/fowlplayma

Thursday, December 23, 2010 / 9pm / $6
Moga, Cactus Attack, Pumphouse, and Ana Mallozzi
"Master Blaster runs Barter Town". But Moga runs a-s-town-twenty tonight.
Moga is psychedelic rock music.
Cactus Attack: One cold January night in Newport, Ryan Jackson was playing a show in the basement of a church with his now defunct acoustic band when he heard a sound he could really take to the hoop. A local folk band was there that night, with a feel that just seemed so new and different to him. That's when he decided that he wanted to take this old sound and try to make it his own. The stars aligned, the sun rose and fell, and Cactus Attack was born out of the ashes of a failed Alaskan dream. Now, Ryan was an idiot and decided that after high school, why waste money on college when he could move to Alaska? Needless to say this was a bad idea. After a 5,000-mile ride home and a major bout of knee surgery, Ryan, with nothing to do but heal, started Cactus Attack. Now there was only the matter of band members. Tyler Rosenholm met Ryan in a chemical swirl of creativity. Tyler, with his devilish good looks and charm, and even more impressive guitar playing, really knocked the socks off of Ryan when they wrote their first song "Skeletons". Unfortunately, "Skeletons" was lacking the folk sound that Ryan and Tyler were hoping to achieve. They turned to Derek "Danger" Pearson, banjo player extraordinaire, to add that backwater feel to their sound. Cole Wuilleumier, a dreadlock-sporting hooligan entered the picture to add depth and a harmonious sound to the mix with his unique fiddle style. This treble-driven quartet needed one thing and one thing only to make it a full atomic sound, the upright bass, played by Justin Bridges. With the final addition, this new quintet is beginning to create a voice all their own. Their passion is prominently featured in each and every song, aided by their distinct songwriting style. As Robert Frost once said, "two roads diverged in a wood and Cactus Attack took both of them."
"Pumphouse was formed in early summer 2010. the band originally consisted of an acoustifolker (Sean Kennedy) and that's it. The band became an extremely atypical guitar/drum duo. It wasn't long before the drummer, an admitted band whore, found a new gig. Pumphouse was back to an uno, but this time, with a blazingly mellow electric guitar!"
Ana Mallozzi is acoustic folk blues.
http://www.myspace.com/muchomoga
http://www.myspace.com/anamallozzi
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pumphouse/115462678506400?ref=ts
http://www.myspace.com/cactusattack999

Friday, December 24, 2010 - Thursday, December 30, 2010

CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS

Friday, December 31, 2010 / 6-10pm / Bright Night Pass
New Years with Bright Night! (AS220 show to follow)
Magic Mayhem and More! New Years Eve! Bright Night returns to AS220. This year's events will feature a range of all-ages programming from 6-10pm brought to you by the folks at Bright Night. Bright Night Providence is an artist-run arts oriented New Year's Eve Celebration. It carries on in the tradition of First Night Providence.
More Info About Bright Night: Bright Night Providence is an artist-run arts oriented New Year's Eve Celebration. It carries on in the tradition of First Night Providence.
Bright Night Events at AS220:
6pm Phil Goldman - kid-safe storytelling for grownups
7pm Rory Raven
7:30pm Matt the Knife- Sideshow Artiste
8pm Rory Raven - Mentalist
8:30pm Matt the Knife - Sideshow Artiste
9pm Bright Night Poetry Slam
*At 10pm, an AS220 New Years party kicks into gear! Entrance after 10pm is $5 but still FREE with your Bright Night Pass
http://www.brightnight.org

Friday, December 31, 2010 / 10:30pm / $5
New Years Party! California Smile, A Troop Of Echoes, and Cellar Doves
A Troop Of Echoes was started in 2004. They have been described by Providence Phoenix writer Bob Gulla as moving from "their initial foundation of jazz into experimental rock ala Uz Jsme Doma and acid jams/hip-hop/funk like Galactic".
Cellar Doves are an avant-garde postmodern, experimental electronica.
http://www.myspace.com/atroopofechoes
http://www.myspace.com/sacredobjects
http://www.myspace.com/californiasmile1