Events for Saturday February 26th - Saturday, March 5th 2011*

The Short of It:

Saturday, February 26, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Triangle Forest, Math The Band, and Graph

Sunday, February 27, 2011 / 5:15-7pm / FREE
Providence Poetry Slam Writing Workshop (2nd Floor Empire St Classroom Space)

Sunday, February 27, 2011 / 9pm / $6
MORPH SHOW with: Mr Slugg & DJ Rols, Audio/Slab, Global Crash, Video by Dave Fischer

Monday, February 28, 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!

Monday, February 28, 2011 / 7pm / FREE
AS220 Photo Open Meeting (At AS220's Mercantile Block)

Tuesday, March 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, March 1st / 6-7pm / FREE
AS220 Community Printshop Open House at the Mercantile Block (The New Printshop Home!)

Tuesday, March 1st / 6-7pm / FREE
AS220 Photo Open House at the Mercantile Block (The Digital Expansion!)

Session 1: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 / 7-10pm / $50
Intro to the 35mm Camera at AS220 Photo's Mercantile Block Space
Two session class 3/1 & 3/8, $50. Sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Session 1: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 / 7-10pm / $125
Electronics for Artists 101 at AS220 Labs (At the Mercantile Block)
Three Sessions: Tuesday, March 1st, 8th, 15th 7-10PM; $125.00

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 / 9:30pm / $6
TAJTO, Austin Hevey, and Map Light

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 / 8:30pm / $5
Tim Vargulish, Dan Martin, JJ Johnson, Gary Petersen, and AB

Thursday, March 3, 2011/ List-7:30pm, Doors-8pm / $4
Free Speech Thursday at AS220 featuring: Providence Poetry Slam and Kim Johnson

Friday, March 4, 2011 / 9pm / $6
B Sharp Music Presents: The Hush Now, Aunt Martha, and more TBA

Saturday, March 5, 2011 / 4-7pm / FREE
Irish Traditional Music

Saturday, March 5, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Dan Liparini, Skinny Millionaires, South County Messenger, and The Real Makers

All events are at AS220's 115 Empire Street Location on the ground floor, unless otherwise noted.

*For info on Cottage Industry classes and events, check the workshop listings in our webstore and the Labs, Printshop and Darkroom pages via the links on the left!

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The Long of It:

Saturday, February 26, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Triangle Forest, Math The Band, and Graph
Dust off your ancient dance moves. The groove is in your heart.
Triangle Forest is an electronic music group which formed in Providence, Rhode Island, United States in 2005. The band consists of Brendan Britton (vocals, synth, MIDI guitar), Martin O'Connor (bass synth, keytar) and Ben Britton (drums). The band's original keytarist Alexandra Kleeman left the band on good terms in 2007 to focus on her college studies. Her replacement Xiaojue Hu left in 2009 for similar reasons and was replaced by O'Connor. In April 2007, Triangle Forest were the winners of the WBRU Rock Hunt, an annual battle of the bands.
Math The Band is electronic dance-rock.
Graph is free jazzy loud rock and punk music.
http://www.myspace.com/maththeband
http://www.graph.bandcamp.com
http://www.myspace.com/triangleforest

Sunday, February 27, 2011 / 5:15-7pm / FREE
Providence Poetry Slam presents: A Writing Workshop. A low-pressure setting for writers of all genres to meet and share their work.

Sunday, February 27, 2011 / 9pm / $6
MORPH SHOW with: Mr Slugg & DJ Rols, Audio/Slab, Global Crash, Video by Dave Fischer
Mr. Slugg and his lumbering lactations of digital slime on abated by his fellow super hero sidekick DJ Rols. An't nothin to say about them except... "that's original".
As one of the founding members of Shotgun Flu and the Woonsocket Noisecore scene, Jay Fragile (Audio.Slab) began playing in Providence RI in the early 90s. Over the years has played in many different incarnations of the original band as well as dj'd notably under the name Dead By Mourning quite extensively. In addition to the current Audio.Slab project, Jay Fragile is also performing as a performance art project called Punch the Box. After taking time off he is back to stay with a new project called Audio.Slab. Audio.Slab is a mixture of audio/visual and 4 specific projects representing his distinct interest in music that sometimes have a tendency to blend together. On any given night you may hear harsh noise made by hand built repurposed circuit bent electronics/ 8-bit Grindcore/ Natural Sounds / Live Percussion/ Breakcore that ventures into some pop and even dance jams. The Live sets are accompanied by algorithmicly processed video, still photographs, and pure geometry provided by Dave Fischer of CCA.ORG. Audio.Slab thrives off the energy of his audience and holds nothing back in return for what he receives from the room hes playing. The focus of the music/imagery is to captivate the listener and indoctrinate them into a world of madness until the point where the listener has no choice but to let it take hold of them and embrace the ride.
Dabbling in techno, ambient, electronica, house, big beat, trance, downtempo, experimental, IDM, electro, chill-out , glitch, and breakbeat, Global Crash is the brainchild of Paul Holder. Global Crash is at both times; music to make you wanna dance, and music to make you contemplate the meaning of existence.
Video by Dave Fischer.
www.myspace.com/mrslugganddjrols
http://www.reverbnation.com/globalcrash
http://soundcloud.com/audio-slab

Monday, February 28, 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!

Monday, February 28, 2011 / 7pm / FREE
AS220 Photo Open Meeting - Check out the new digital photo facilities and more at AS220's Mercantile Block

Tuesday, March 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, March 1st / 6-7pm / FREE
AS220 Community Printshop Open House at the Mercantile Block (The New Printshop Home!)
Have questions, want to see the shop, meet the folks who use it, just want to spend some time with other printmakers? Our open houses happen the first Tuesday of every month. Each month two of our keymembers are present to run the show. If you would like to become a member of the shop, this is the time to bring some of your work by. Then we sign you off to start printing or suggest that a class might be helpful if our practices dramatically differ from your previous shop experiences. During this time we also offer orientations to the shop. We will cover basics of the AS220 shop, for example, our lighting and exposure system, rag and clean up procedures, sign up for shop time, ect. This is not an introduction to technique class, the purpose to run you through how the shop functions so that you may come and print. You cannot use the shop until you have attended the an open house or a class, so come by!

Tuesday, March 1st / 6-7pm / FREE
AS220 Photo Open House at the Mercantile Block

Session 1: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 / 7-10pm / $50
Intro to the 35mm Camera at AS220 Photo's Mercantile Block Space
A couple spaces still available!! Take the mystery out of the terms and usages of aperture sizes, f-stop numbers, shutter speeds, ISO numbers, focal length, synchronization speeds and any other aspect of the 35mm camera that you have ever wondered about. Two session class 3/1 & 3/8, $50. Sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Session 1: Tuesday, March 1, 2011 / 7-10pm / $125
Electronics for Artists 101 at AS220 Labs (At the Mercantile Block)
A couple spaces still available! This is the first of a series of classes designed to teach the basics of electronics to those interested mostly in the practical with just a little bit of the theoretical. EA101 will introduce students to basic electronic components, how to design and prototype simple circuits, and where to go from there. Specifically, this class will teach students how to work with LEDs, 555 timer chips, seven segment displays, counters, digital logic, and simple switches. We'll discuss the basics of binary, decimal and binary coded decimals (BCD). We'll actually build circuits on breadboards. Included in the material costs are all the components that students will use in the class, so they will be able to continue their work at home. Everything we do in the class you'll be able to take with you. Three Sessions: Tuesday, March 1st, 8th, 15th 7-10PM; $125.00

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 / 9:30pm / $6
TAJTO, Austin Hevey, and Map Light
TAJTO plays songs and makes sounds for you. Influenced by other sounds.
Austin Hevey may be acoustic or a full rock band! Whatever he wants to play!
Map Light is Casey Belisle. He has been playing music his entire life, mainly drums. He's in Rice Cakes, 14foot1, and Mowgli. This is his electronic music he writes via computer and keyboard. He uses his drum set, a tape player, some electronic drums, a couple keyboards, and who knows what else!
http://soundcloud.com/tajtonixxx
http://www.myspace.com/austinhevey
http://www.maplight.bandcamp.com

Wednesday, March 2, 2011 / 8:30pm / $5
Tim Vargulish, Dan Martin, JJ Johnson, Gary Petersen, and AB
Tim Vargulish is a stand up comedian from Woonsocket. He has been a finalist for Catch A New Rising Star. He talks about being a nerd, being bad with women, and just in general his awkward life.
Dan Martin has been doing stand up for two years now. His act is biting and shatters all pretense. He has worked all over New England at clubs like, Catch a Rising Star, Comedy Connection, Improv Boston and The Comedy Studio. His versatile style has entertained both Family Friendly crowds and Adult Crowds alike. Also, he stinks at writing bios. JJ Johnson is a naval officer who moonlights as a comedian, writer, singer, artist and handyman!
Gary Petersen is a rising star in New England comedy. Coming like a bat out of hell onto the scene, this comic has established his reputation as a strong writer and exciting performer. His unique brand of comedy draws in crowds, guiding them through the ridiculousness of life, highlightin the humor in ordinary situations and imagining even funner ones. He has been a semi-finalist in Catch a Rising Star; been a comic in residence at the Comedy Studio, won second place in the 2007 Bridgewater State College competition and the 2001 Last Cape Coder Standing Comedy competition, among other comedic accomplishments.
AB is a 21 year old activits with a lyrical talent. He speaks the truth and aims to awake the rest of us, "we the people!" He can recite lyrics on any subject at the drop of a dime all original and freestyle.
http://www.jamarrjohnjohnson.com
http://www.myspace.com/timvargulish
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=171873377573

Thursday, March 3, 2011/ List-7:30pm, Doors-8pm / $4
Free Speech Thursday at AS220 featuring: Providence Poetry Slam and Kim Johnson
A Night of Free Speech: Providence Poetry Slam - open mic, feature, open slam. Providence is one of the most well known and exciting Poetry Slam scenes nationwide. The open mic is open to all performers--writers, poets, musicians, rappers, comedians, storytellers, etc. Poets competing in the slam earn a shot at the semi-finals and a chance at the national recognized Providence Youth and Open teams, who have performed and competed all over the country, making semi-finals and finals stage at Brave New Voices and the National Poetry Slam on multiple occasions.
The feature this evening is from Bay area poet Kim Johnson. After six years on the slam poetry and spoken word circuit. Kim has been a member of several slam teams and toured the US many times over, performing at slam venues, clubs, colleges and festivals. In 2010 she finished in the top ten at the Individual World Poetry Slam competition and completed her first European poetry tour with performances in Germany, Spain, Austria and The Netherlands. She was the co-coach of the 2010 San Francisco Slam team ranked third in the nation. A poet mentor for both Youth Speaks San Francisco and Lyrical Minded. Kim teaches writing and performance workshops at high schools and title one neglected schools, group homes and mental health facilities throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
http://www.myspace.com/providencepoetryslam

Friday, March 4, 2011 / 9pm / $6
B Sharp Music Presents: The Hush Now, Aunt Martha, and more TBA
http://www.thehushnow.com
http://www.myspace.com/auntmarthaband
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265 Broadway Providence RI 02903 / 401.223.2112 / B-Sharpmusic.com

Saturday, March 5, 2011 / 4-7pm / FREE
Irish Traditional Music
Hosted by Jimmy and Hannah Devine with Mark Roberts, Andrea Cooper, Teddi Scobi and Friends! Every Saturday free entertainment at AS220 Foo(d) & Bar! 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, March 5, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Dan Liparini, Skinny Millionaires, South County Messenger, and The Real Makers
Dan Liparini is a jazz folk experimental musician.
Skinny Millionaires are original indie music. Guitars, drum, keyboard, and violin. Roots, traditional Americana.
South County Messenger is a subtle blend of yankee horror stories, American history, and politicizing, all wrapped up by two men with guitars.
The Real Makers are an original rock band with a backbone of blues and nasty funk.
http://www.realmakersband.com
http://southcountymessengerservice.bandcamp.com
http://www.myspace.com/danliparini
http://www.myspace.com/theskinnymillionaires