Events for Wednesday, March 30th - Friday, April 8th 2011**

The Short of It:

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 / 6pm / FREE / Empire St, Floor 3
March Visiting Artist in Residence Lauren Denitzio Open Studio & Zine Release

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Triple Point, Academia, Baylies Band, and Sky Jelly

Thursday, March 31, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Alec K Redfearn and the Eyesores, The Rex Complex, and Railbird

Friday, April 1, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Zenith Arc, Sonic Sandbox, Interplay, and Thomas Castle's X Quintet

Saturday, April 2, 2011 / 4-7pm / FREE
Irish Traditional Music

Saturday, April 2, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Pappyk, O.N.E. Clique, Tem Blessed & Blessed Energy, GlassandSteel, and Phoenyx

Sunday, April 3, 2011 / 10am-2pm / $60 / At AS220's Printshop at the Mercantile Block
*Intro to Silkscreen (Session 1 of 2)
Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Sunday, April 3, 2011 / 3-6pm / $60 / At AS220 Photo's Mercantile Block Space
*Intro to Digital Photo Editing (At the Mercantile Block)
Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Sunday, April 3, 2011 / 4-7pm / FREE
AS220 Gallery Opening Receptions
AS220 Main Gallery: The Michael Jordan Series by Doug Lindsay & New Work by Tony Carneiro
Open Window: New Works by Nagaraj Seshardi
Youth Gallery: AS220 Visuals Group Show
AS220 Project Space (93 Mathewson St): New Paintings by Kim Kazan & sacred/profane by Melody Tuttle
The Project Space Reading Room: When Nothing is Sure ~ Everything Is Possible: An Artist Book Archive Curated by Sarah Clover

Sunday, April 3, 2011 / 8pm / $8
The Empire Revue Providence's premiere variety show

Monday, April 4, 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, April 5, 2011 / 6-7pm / FREE / At the Mercantile Block
Cottage Industries Open House
See what we're up to at the Community Printshop, AS220 Photo and the AS220 Labs (including AS220's Fab Lab) and find out how you can get involved. Tour AS220 with Founder and Artistic Director, Bert Crenca

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 / 6-8:30 pm / $6
Life Drawing - Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 / 7-10pm / $75 / At AS220 Photo's Mercantile Block Space
*Medium Format Photography (Session 1 of 3)
Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Andre Harner, Chris Staniszewski, Jon Stimets, and Valencourt (EP release)

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 / 7-10pm / $50 / At AS220 Labs at the Mercantile Block
*Vinyl Cut Sign and Sticker Making (One Session Workshop)
Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 / 9pm / $7
Cactus Attack, Lac La Belle, and The Denver Boot

Thursday, April 7, 2011 / 7-10pm / $75 / At AS220 Labs at the Mercantile Block
*Intro to Audio Engineering (Session 1 of 2)
Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Thursday, April 7, 2011 / 7-10pm / $100 / At the Paul Krot Darkroom, Empire St Floor 2
*Intermediate Darkroom Printing (Session 1 of 3)
Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Thursday, April 7, 2011 / List-7:30pm, Doors-8pm / $4
Free Speech Thursday at AS220 featuring: Providence Poetry Slam, Feature: Angel Nafis

Friday, April 8, 2011 / 6-10pm / $150 / At AS220's Printshop at the Mercantile Block
*Letterpress Wedding Invitations (Session 1 of 4)
Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Friday, April 8, 2011 / 7:30pm / $6-$10 sliding scale
Benefit Show for the Daughters of Lynn Staria Silvia with: Brain Shivers, Rhythm & Blues Motherfuckers, Woozy, Gila Monster, and more TBA

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

The Long of It:

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 / 6pm / FREE / Empire St, Floor 3
March Visiting Artist in Residence Lauren Denitzio Open Studio & Zine Release
Swing by 115 Empire Street's Residential Third Floor Visiting Artist (AIR) Studio! Lauren Denitzio will be releasing issue #2 of her art zine "Get It Together" and selling some of her prints to pay for her travel back to NYC! The zine is based on interviews with artists and self-employed friends in Providence and what keeps them motivated - the zine aspires to inspire them to stay independent and keep pursuing their projects.  You can see more of Lauren's work at her website blackandredeye.com.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Triple Point, Academia, Baylies Band, and Sky Jelly
Triple Point is a power trio from Lincoln RI that plays mostly fun infused rock, blues.
Academia is a two piece from Fox Point.
Baylies Band: Eric Baylies: bass, moog, theremin; James Picardi: voice; Joel: drums; Jason: guitar. We play mostly noisy, acid, and prog rock. We put out "Custodians Of Arcane Knowledge" on Blueberry Honey. Our newest cd on '75 or Less' recs from Providence is "Man Ray & Vague Knitting" recorded in Miami. Also on 75 or Less records is "Fort Thunder Flashback" and"Risibility and Discourse" produced by Keith Souza at Machines with Magnets.
Sky Jelly is a one person, psychedelic, and very noisey blues project/dance party born in or around RISD. it's not a band, it's not a single, it's not a singer- songwriter.
http://www.myspace.com/triplepointmusic
http://firstfriend.webs.com/
http://www.myspace.com/bayliesband
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH9yie1J1KM

Thursday, March 31, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Alec K Redfearn and the Eyesores, The Rex Complex, and Railbird
"...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 Rex Complex includes joyous screaming, rock guitar, distorted accordion, the odd crashing metal bucket or beer keg, and their penchant for creative lyrical content-- could draw them comparisons to Dirty Projectors, Tom Waits, Frank Zappa or the score to a lost-Tarantino soundtrack. All the while, The Rex Complex is pushing ahead with its own futuristic twists. Front-Man/Accordionist Rex Hussmann and drummer Jeremy Gustin founded the group in 2006 when Rex began experimenting with a balafone, banjo, up- right bass, and drums. As Rex puts it, This band was created to let us test the boundaries and play whatever we want. We can experiment with the sounds of Americana to hip hop to punk to freak-fuck-all. With Gustins influence, the bands experimental Americana like quality began to shift to that of a maniacal chameleon that rejected Aphex Twin, Mr. Bungle, The Police, or even Cab Calloway and The Clash. Their shows became progressively harder and electrifed, with Rex rolling and shouting shirtless on the ground in a tangle of wires.
Railbird : "You'll want to hear the latest in indie genre-bending. Their seamless blend of psychedelic rock n roll and sharp, textured, cerebral indie pop makes an evening with Railbird seem like Soft Machine collided in slow motion with the Yeah Yeah Yeah's secret tracks and commanded you to dance." - Short and Sweet NYC
http://www.therexcomplex.com
http://www.cuneiformrecords.com/bandshtml/redfearn.html
http://www.railbirdband.com

Friday, April 1, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Zenith Arc, Sonic Sandbox, Interplay, and Thomas Castle's X Quintet
Zenith Arc are a improvisational bass and drum band.
Sonic Sandbox is Jazz, Electronic, and World Music. They create a unique and rich musical texture that is both engaging and challenging.
Interplay is a Providence based experimental Jazz quartet. All compositions are original and composed and arranged by Interplay band members.
Thomas Castle's X Quintet plays jazz/indie rock.
http://www.myspace.com/interplaymuse
http://www.myspace.com/dbmockingbird
http://www.IDquartet.com

Saturday, April 2, 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, April 2, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Pappyk, O.N.E. Clique, Tem Blessed & Blessed Energy, GlassandSteel, and Phoenyx
Pappyk is a hip hop artist born in New Jersey, but now living in RI.
O.N.E. Clique is an underground hip hop act bringing an original sound to RI.
Tem Blessed & Blessed Energy is hip hop inspired by Slick Rick and Doug E Fresh.
GlassandSteel is an intense Hip Hop duo with complex beats and rapid delivery, holding the values of being pain-stakingly truthful and musically innovative above all else.
Phoenyx is high energy, classic hip hop and soul with a positive message. They will bring the house down and leave all observers feeling better about themselves and hip hop.
http://www.myspace.com/yourfavoritemcpmoney
http://www.myspace.com/kevinjr85yahoo
http://www.myspace.com/number1click
http://www.temblessed.com
http://www.myspace.com/rochaman

Sunday, April 3, 2011 / 10am-2pm / $60 / At AS220's Printshop at the Mercantile Block
*Intro to Silkscreen (Session 1 of 2)
This course provides a two week introduction to silkscreen. Participants will learn the basics of the photo-emulsion process, a variety of making ways to make positives, in addition to registration, and printing methods.
This is the first of two sessions: April 3rd & 10th. Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Sunday, April 3, 2011 / 3-6pm / $60 / At AS220 Photo's Mercantile Block Space
*Intro to Digital Photo Editing (At the Mercantile Block)
Understand the essential elements of digital design and learn how levels, contrast, burning and dodging, filters and cropping tools can be used in a digital setting to produce high quality prints.
This is a one session workshop. Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Sunday, April 3, 2011 / 4-7pm / FREE
AS220 Gallery Opening Receptions
AS220 Main Gallery: The Michael Jordan Series by Doug Lindsay & New Work by Tony Carneiro
Open Window: New Works by Nagaraj Seshardi
Youth Gallery: AS220 Visuals Group Show
AS220 Project Space (93 Mathewson St): New Paintings by Kim Kazan & sacred/profane by Melody Tuttle
The Project Space Reading Room: When Nothing is Sure ~ Everything Is Possible: An Artist Book Archive Curated by Sarah Clover

Sunday, April 3, 2011 / 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 4, 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, April 5, 2011 / 6-7pm / FREE / At the Mercantile Block
Cottage Industries Open House
Come visit the AS220 Cottage Industries in the Mercantile Block! See what we're up to at the Community Printshop, AS220 Photo and the AS220 Labs (including AS220's Fab Lab) and find out how you can get involved. Enter at the rear of our 131 Washington Street building, entrances are on Martha Street. Thats right around the the corner from the AS220 Project Space Gallery at 93 Mathewson!
We also offer tours of AS220 with its Founder and Artistic Director, Bert Crenca, during our monthly Cottage Industry Open Houses. Totally free, very educational, highly entertaining!
Questions? Contact Krystal Grow: krystal@as220.org / (401) 831-9327 x203

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 / 6-8:30 pm / $6
Life Drawing - Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 / 7-10pm / $75 / At AS220 Photo's Mercantile Block Space
*Medium Format Photography (Session 1 of 3)
Students will have access to our collection of Twin Lens Reflex cameras for the duration of the class, and will learn how to use the viewfinder, adjust shutter speeds and f-stop settings and learn how to compose photos in a square frame. Half of the class is pent in our darkrooms.
This is the first of three sessions: April 5th, 12th & 19th. Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 / 9pm / $6
Andre Harner, Chris Staniszewski, Jon Stimets, and Valencourt (EP release)
Andre Harner is folk music.
Chris Staniszewski is an acoustic act from RI.
Jon Stimets is a solo act guitar player who includes a whole bunch of instrumentalism and a little weirdness into his music.
Valencourt is acoustic music. He has already released a full length called "The Paper BRigade" (2006) and a four song EP called "For Serious". This is a celebration for his newest EP release.
http://www.myspace.com/jonstimetsmusic
http://www.myspace.com/valencourt

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 / 7-10pm / $50 / At AS220 Labs at the Mercantile Block
*Vinyl Cut Sign and Sticker Making (One Session Workshop)
In this class, students will learn how to use the Lab's Rolland Desktop Vinyl Cutter by making stickers and signs.
This is a one session workshop. Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Wednesday, April 6, 2011 / 9pm / $7
Cactus Attack, Lac La Belle, and The Denver Boot
Cactus Attack is passionate indie folk music.
Lac La Belle is an acoustic group that juxtaposes the early decades of recorded rural American music with decaying Rustbelt aesthetic. A tradition is re-imagined, or maybe just resumed, in the future-rustic swirl of accordian, mandolin, banjo, ukelele, and resonator guitar. The instrumentation echoes another era but is employed for a 'music of now'.
The Denver Boot is fronted by singer, songwriter, & guitarist William Moretti, preforming original Americana roots music. With upright bass player - Johnny 'Custom' Viveiros, pianist & accordion player - Bill Canton. On occasion they are joined by lap steel player - Mike Samos and backing vocalist Maggie Frament both from the band 'The Silks'. With lyrics that have depth and music that can make you move, this dirty country- indie- folk group, ain't your uncles country band.
http://www.laclabellemusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/thedenverboot
http://www.myspace.com/cactusattack999

Thursday, April 7, 2011 / 7-10pm / $75 / At AS220 Labs at the Mercantile Block
*Intro to Audio Engineering (Session 1 of 2)
This course will provide a primer for those interested in digital audio production. Students will learn fundamental concepts and gain practical experience producing their own music.
This is the first of two sessions: April 7th & 14th. Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Thursday, April 7, 2011 / 7-10pm / $100 / At the Paul Krot Darkroom, Empire St Floor 2
*Intermediate Darkroom Printing (Session 1 of 3)
In this mixed level class, students with a foundational knowledge of the black and white darkroom will go into further detail and gain a better understanding of printing practices and expand on their knowledge of photo chemistry, paper types and film formats.
This is the first of three sessions: April 7th, 14th & 21st. Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Thursday, April 7, 2011 / List-7:30pm, Doors-8pm / $4
Free Speech Thursday at AS220 featuring: Providence Poetry Slam, Feature: Angel Nafis
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.
http://www.myspace.com/providencepoetryslam

Friday, April 8, 2011 / 6-10pm / $150 / At AS220's Printshop at the Mercantile Block
*Letterpress Wedding Invitations (Session 1 of 4)
This workshop is designed to give you the skills, space, and tools needed to letterpress your own (or a relative's/friends's/client's) beautiful wedding invitation! The rich colors and inks, fine paper, and embossed type or imagery will surely make a wonderful impression on all invited.
This is the first of four sessions: April 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th. Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Friday, April 8, 2011 / 7:30pm / $6-$10 sliding scale
Benefit Show for the Daughters of Lynn Staria Silvia with: Brain Shivers, Rhythm & Blues Motherfuckers, Woozy, Gila Monster, and more TBA
Brain Shivers are four guys from Providence RI who play scathing punk rock anthems of glory.
Rhythm & Blues Motherfuckers are the Traveling Wilburys of hard rock.
Woozy is 2 bass and drums. Spacy & loud. Early pink Floyd and sabbath having sex in the back of a pinto.
Gila Monster are experimental noise punk.
http://www.stariasilva.com/
http://www.myspace.com/woozyband
http://www.myspace.com/stabbats
http://www.friendster.com/rbmfandyou
http://www.myspace.com/gilamonsterri