The Long of It:

Friday, January 28, 2011 / 9pm / $6
None Perfect, The Glass Jars, Tommopery & The Shiny Machines, and Denise Moffat
None Perfect is hard rock/fusion music with a spiritual twist.
The Glass Jars defy categorization. Folk acoustic rock music.
Tommopery & The Shiny Machines is the illegitimate child of Tom Waits and Nick Drake. Acoustic Alternative Electronic Music.
Denise Moffat is a singer songwriter playing bluesy jazz.
http://www.myspace.com/tomdrakemusic
http://www.reverbnation.com/noneperfect
http://www.myspace.com/theglassjars

Saturday, January 29, 2011 / 3-5pm / FREE
Queer Representation and Resistance As Acts Of Justice Symposium - Keynote Address by Nayland Blake
Nayland Blake; artist, writer, educator and curator, was born in 1960 in New York City, where he currently lives and works. Over the past twenty four years he has exhibited widely throughout the world. His works are in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, the Brooklyn Museum, The Studio Museum in Harlem, and many others. In 1995 he was the co-curator, with Larry Rinder, of In A Different Light, the first museum exhibition to examine the impact of Lesbian, Gay and Queer artists on contemporary art.

Saturday, January 29, 2011 / 4-7pm / 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, January 29, 2011 / 7pm / $9
Special Event: Providence Community Library Fundraiser
Nine libraries! Nine Acts! Nine Dollars! All funds raised from this fundraiser will go towards the educational programming PCL offers the youth of Providence at its nine neighborhood libraries. PCL manages Providence's community library system for the benefit of the entire community.
*This is a special event. Free Admission Passes and Monthly Volunteer Passes will not be accepted for this event.
7-7:20 pm Chris Monti
7:25-7:45 pm Bill Monroe
7:50-8:10 pm GW Mercure
8:30-9 pm Allysen Callery
9:30-10pm Alec K. Redfearn & the Eyesores
10:20-10:50 pm Denver Boot
11:10-11:40 pm Neon Bitches
12-12:30 pm Olneyville Sound System
Chris Monti is a local singer and songwriter.
Bill Monroe plays a variety of eclectic folk music including his own originals and some traditional songs in the public domain.
Allysen Callery: sonic nimbus skates across surrealistic dream scapes.
Alec K Redfearn and the Eyesores : "...constructed from a diverse and unfashionable set of instruments, Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores are as bizarre as they appealing. This is wonderful stuff -- brave and experimental, yet warmly human. Make room on your folk revival shelf for something that may be influenced by folk, but is in no way a revival." - Splended The Denver Boot: A musical group based out of Providence, Rhode Island Not Denver, Colorado Preforming original music in a country, folk and blues fashion.
Neon Bitches: apparently they love water.
Olneyville Sound System has been disturbing folks for 15 years. You've seen these members in many bands around town; from Landed, Dropdead, Six Finger Satellite, La Machine, and just about every other insane RI experimental rock band.
http://www.loadrecords.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alec-K-Redfearn-the-Eyesores/262778843207
http://www.myspace.com/theallysencallery
http://www.myspace.com/thedenverboot
http://www.chrismonti.com/lgsonginfo.html
http://www.myspace.com/neonbitcheshc
http://www.myspace.com/wsmonroe
http://www.myspace.com/gwmercure

Sunday, January 30, 2011 / 12:30pm / FREE
Queer Representation and Resistance As Acts Of Justice Symposium. Identity, Place, and Practice Panel with Matthew Lawrence, Laurencia Strauss, Gil Cozzens, & Mickey Zacchilli
Sometimes artists make work from personal experience, sometimes their work engages ideas outside their daily life. Both modes of art making require tools of self-awareness and an understanding of social context, calling upon artists to bring the totality of their being into the making process. This panel will explore the ways that queer identity intersects with creative practice. Panelists will share how being queer has served to inform their creative practice and work.

Sunday, January 30, 2011 / 2pm / FREE
Queer Representation and Resistance As Acts Of Justice Symposium. Institutional Silence(s) Panel with Deborah Bright, Rob Brinkerhoff, Michael Kurt & Liz Collins
Queer people and Queer artists have endured a long history of censorship, as well as the more insidious dynamics of silencing and invisibility within cultural institutions. While much has been done in past decades to expose and engage these dynamics, we've recently experienced a new wave of institutional attempts to silence ideas and experience that challenge traditional power structures. Because institutions reflect the values and decisions of individuals within them, Queer people are, perhaps, better equipped today to engage these challenges from positions of open leadership. This panel will discuss the ways that artists, cultural institutions and higher education can provide leadership for free expression and social justice.

Sunday, January 30, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Soundoff, She Said That, Bomb Strapped Chest, and Suicide Knob
Soundoff is what happens when you place two swimmers and a black belt down in a basement, give them instruments, and feed them love, care, and distortion. Punk rock!
She Said That is a pop punk and melodic hardcore band with the goal of having fun and being the best they can be.
Bomb Strapped Chest is a punk band.
Suicide Knob is a 3 person pop punk band. 1970's style punk rock.
http://www.myspace.com/bombstrappedchest
http://www.myspace.com/123soundoff
http://www.myspace.com/shesaidthat

Monday, January 31, 2011 - Performance Space & Foo(d) Closed. The Bar at AS220 (now 7 days!) & Cottage Industries (i.e. the Printshop, Labs & AS220 Photo) are open their regular hours!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 / 6-8:30pm / $6
Life Drawing - Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 / 9:30pm / $6
The Brother Kite, Out Of Your League, and Cool World
It's like if The Cure and The Beach Boys started an indie rock band and toured the Cayman Islands.
The Brother Kite is densely layered pop songs complete with walls of guitars and Brian Wilson-esque vocal harmonies.
Out Of Your League was formed early this summer when a few La Salle friends decided to harness their musical interests and form a great classic rock n roll band.
Cool World is rock from the dreams of earths brainwave.
http://www.myspace.com/thebrotherkite
http://www.myspace.com/thiscoolworld

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Big Dirty Nelson, Dayton, Spread The Infection, and Agape
Four bands pummel you with 1990's style screamo hardcore. Prepare to shed many tears.
Big Dirty Nelson is hardcore from Scituate. Metal, punk, with a touch of grind.
Dayton is a two piece grime band from Cumberland, RI.
Spread The Infection is a fast-core punk music.
Agape is a 4 piece emo band who tries not to cry at their shows.
http://www.myspace.com/bigdirtynelson
http://www.myspace.com/daytonri
htp://www.giantrecordcorporation.org/free-music
http://www.myspace.com/agapeisart

Thursday, February 3, 2011 / 8pm / $4
Free Speech Thursday at AS220 featuring: Providence Poetry Slam - Open Mic
Free speech is in full effect with a weekly program of spoken word open mics, poetry slams, youth slams, hip-hop open mic showcases, musician open mics, and so on and so forth. Come teach, share, and learn! The stage is open to writers, poets, rappers, comedians, professor's, ranters, and ravers; come down and keep the oral tradition alive! The Providence Poetry Slam: Providence is one of the most well known and exciting Poetry Slams nationwide. The PVD team has made it to the National Poetry Slam Tournament semi-finals for the last 5 seasons! Get in touch through their myspace page!: http://www.myspace.com/providencepoetryslam

Friday, February 4, 2011 / 9pm / $6
B Sharp Music Presents: TBA
B Sharp Music: New, Used, Buy, Sell, Trade, Build, Modify, Guitar, Amp, And Pedal Repair - BSharp Custom, Godin/Simon & Patrick Acoustics, Eastwood, Cort, Dr Strings, Electro-Harmonix, Yorkville/Traynor, Hughes & Kettner, Orange Amplification, Dimarzio Pickups, Eminence Speakers, And More! Support Local Music And Your Local Music Store! 265 Broadway Providence RI 02903 / 401.223.2112 / B-Sharpmusic.com