Events for Tuesday, May 10th - Friday, May 20th 2011**

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

The Short of It:

Tuesday, May 10, 2011
9:30pm / $6
Chowdah, Brown Syndrome, and Suspense Machine/p>

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
5:30-8:30pm / FREE
Geek DinnerA forum for RI's digital innovators to connect, collaborate, and ultimately make the City-State
http://providencegeeks.org/

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
6-9pm / $75 / At AS220 Photo's Mercantile Block Space
*Photographing your Artwork - Session 1 of 2May 12 & 19
Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
7-10pm / $15 / At the Paul Krot Community Darkroom
*Introduction to the Black and White Darkroom En Espanol - Session 1 of 2
May 11 and 18 - Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop
*Introducción al Cuarto Oscuro Blanco y Negro - Enseñado en Español - Clase de Dos Sesiones
11 y 18 De Mayo - Controle la disponibilidad y firme para arriba en http://as220.org/shop

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
7-10pm / $50 / At AS220 Labs at the Mercantile Block
*Vinyl Cutting Workshop - A One Session Workshop - Learn how to use the Lab's Rolland Desktop Vinyl Cutter and the free software Inkscape to create stickers and signs
Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
9:30 pm / $6
Jordan Cannady, Craic Was Mighty, and Hannah Divine/p>

Thursday, May 12, 2011
8:30pm / $6
ACCO - The AS220 Criss Cross Orchestra - Cross-cultural music with roots in the traditional rhythms of Ghana, West Africa

Friday, May 13, 2011
9pm / $6
Give, Mouth Of Flowers, SC, Outrage, and I Abhor

Saturday, May 14, 2011
1-4pm / $90 / At AS220 Labs at the Mercantile Block
*Advanced Laser Cutter Workshop - Session 1 of 2 - Learn everything from file preparation to finishing on our versatile Epilog Laser Cutter. May 14 & 17
Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Saturday, May 14, 2011
4-7pm / FREE
Live Traditional Irish Music - Saturdays from 4-7pm at The Bat AS220

Saturday, May 14, 2011
9pm / $8 or $12 with CD
Prayers For Atheists, The Ricecakes, The Jesse Minute, and Prov Poetry Slam Team

Sunday, May 15, 2011
2-5pm / $40 / At AS220's Printshop at the Mercantile Block
*Parents and Kids Print! - A One Session Workshop
Parents learn letterpress downstairs while children 6-10 y.o. keep busy upstairs silk-screening and learning relief printing.Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Sunday, May 15, 2011
9pm / $6
Walri, America Hearts, Diamond Doves, and Kid Mountain

Monday, May 16, 2011
7pm / FREE / At AS220 Photo's Mercantile Block Space
*AS220 Photo Open Meeting - An inside look at the photo program at AS220

Monday, May 16, 2011
9pm / $6
She Rides, Black Skies, Villainer, and Woozy

Tuesday, May 17, 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, May 17, 2011
7-10pm / $75 / At AS220 Photo's Mercantile Block Space
*Medium Format Photography - Session 1 of 2 - Learn about medium format film's advantages and experiment with twin lens reflex cameras. Open to all experience levels! May 17 and 24 - Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Tuesday, May 17, 2011
List at 8:30pm, Show at 9pm / $4
Free Speech at AS220 - Singer-Songwriter Open Mic - for Musicians and Poets
http://www.myspace.com/providencepoetryslam

Wednesday, May 18, 2011
6-8pm / FREE
"Leh Wi Tok" - Film Screening
Leh Wi Tokis a film about the power of radio as a "voice for the voiceless" in Sierra Leone. http://www.lehwitok.org

Wednesday, May 18, 2011
9:30pm / $6
Graveside Service, Acariya, and Acer Eraser

Thursday, May 19, 2011
7pm / Cost of Kit Only (Free to Watch) / At AS220 Labs at the Mercantile Block
*Make and Break Workshop - A One Session Workshop
Build a Color Organ light kit! A perfect opportunity to learn about The Labs and get a basic introduction to soldering and electronics.
For more info visit http://as220.org/labs

Thursday, May 19, 2011
6-8pm / FREE
Roger Carl Johanson Artist Talk - May's Project Space exhibitor speaks about his photography

Thursday, May 19, 2011
9pm / $8
Coliseum, Austerity Program, Deleted Arrows, and more TBA

Friday, May 20, 2011
9pm / $6
Sky Sabin, Cesar Santana, Talking About Commas, and Maiden Of Madness

The Long of It:

Tuesday, May 10, 2011
9:30pm / $6
Chowdah, Brown Syndrome, and Suspense Machine
Chowdah is boiling over with electric guitars, thumbing bass lines, run away drums, and vocals crashing ashore. Rock punk metal.
Brown Syndrome is based out of Providence, RI, established in 1997. It was just a garage band for the first ten years. They consist of a melodic rotation of artists, punks, and rebellion. Dan Brown is the front man that back the band banging on the drums, breaking strings on his guitar, or just screaming his head off. With hundreds of songs under his belt and tons of ambition, the energy is there.
Suspense Machine is a 4 piece piano driven progressive rock band hailing form Providence RI. They fuse hard rock, jazz, post rock, and experimental music to cradt a dynamic modern rock sound.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Chowdah/106530602741734?ref=ts
http://www.myspace.com/brownsyndrome
http://www.suspensemachine.com

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
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, May 11, 2011
6-9pm / $75 / At AS220 Photo's Mercantile Block Space
Photographing your Artwork - Session 1 of 2
Learn how to use studio grade lighting to take professional quality digital images of artwork for your website, portfolio or resume. In two weeks, students will build upon basic studio lighting concepts and understand how to use lighting to accentuate the best features of their work and leave class with up to 5 high quality digital images of theirs (or someone elses) artwork. May 12 & 19 - Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
7-10pm / $15 / At the Paul Krot Community Darkroom
Introduction to the Black and White Darkroom En Espanol - Session 1 of 2
AS220 Photo is pleased to announce our first ever class taught entirely en Espanol! Join May Artist in Residence and world class documentary photographer Huascar Robles for a two week workshop in using the Paul Krot Community Darkroom at AS220. En este taller de dos semanas los estudiantes aprenderán aspectos básicos del cuarto oscuro. Desde mezclar químicos hasta aprender a ampliar fotos, los estudiantes obtendrán lecciones básicas de impresión de fotos tradicionales en blanco y negro. Proveeremos papel fotográfico, pero instamos a los estudiantes a traer su propio papel y negativos a imprimir. May 11 and 18 - Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
7-10pm / $50 / At AS220 Labs at the Mercantile Block
Vinyl Cutting Workshop - A One Session Workshop
In this class, students will learn how to use the Lab's Rolland Desktop Vinyl Cutter by making stickers and signs. We will use Inkscape to create the designs. Class topics include: How to prepare designs with Inkscape How to load vinyl into the cutter How to configure the cutter How to prepare the appliqué for mounting How to mount your vinyl sticker How to combine multiple colors in one sign/sticker/design. Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Wednesday, May 11, 2011
9:30 pm / $6
Jordan Cannady, Craic Was Mighty, and Hannah Divine
Jordan Cannady performs celtic folk music. His arrangements are a tight blending of voice and acoustic instruments that take traditional folk songs and make them his own. Craic Was Mighty is Irish Folk Inspired music. In the Fall of 2008, a group of musicians gathered in a third floor apartment on Chalkstone Avenue to share their favorite traditional Irish tunes together. Weekly sessions soon moved into pubs and local music venues of Providence, unleashing an energetic and unique blend of folk and rock. Almost two years later, the Craic is still Mighty, and going strong with their sophomore album, "Going Green."
Hannah Divine has been a winner of RI Idol singer and songwriter competion and Motif Magazine's Music Award for Best Female Vocalist. Hannah sings with a soulful voice tinged with Celtic and jazz influences.
http://www.jordancannady.com
http://www.myspace.com/devineinlove
http://www.myspace.com/craicwasmighty

Thursday, May 12, 2011
8:30pm / $6
ACCO - The AS220 Criss Cross Orchestra
Dance Party!
The AS220 Criss Cross Orchestra (also known as ACCO) will be performing every second Thursday of each month. They will lift your heart with its polyrhythmic, jumpy, musical style which is based in the traditional rhythms of Ghanaian West African music. The group is directed by Obuamah Laud Addy, an award winning West African Ghanaian musician and composer. He is joined by many of the finest West African and New England musicians and ensemble performers. Criss Cross music is currently performed in Europe and Africa; it is defined as a crossing or combination of powerful traditional native African, American, Caribbean, Cuban, Latin American and European musical styles, and includes some of the tonality, improvisations, and other musical dynamics found in Jazz, Rhythm & Blues, and Hip Hop. Per Artistic Director of AS220 Umberto Crenca, ACCO is intended to demonstrate the compelling and powerful results of cross-cultural collaborations. What better way than through the creation of new music!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PILNQIxrjsE

Friday, May 13, 2011
9pm / $6
Give, Mouth Of Flowers, SC, Outrage, and I Abhor
Come celebrate the birth of both of Satan's and Justin's birthday! Mouth of flowers record release!!! And a bunch of killer bands pumping out shrepic riffage. Give is punk music from DC.
Mouth Of Flowers: mid 90's post hardcore sounding, alternative space rock revival.
SC is post-hardcore, pre-apocalyptic, science fiction, drone loving, renaissance men.
Outrage is HxC on Panic Records
I Abhor is total hardcore.
http://www.myspace.com/convulsionsrix
http://www.give-music.net
http://www.soulcontrolhc.com
http://mouthofflowers.com

Saturday, May 14, 2011
1-4pm / $90 / At AS220 Labs at the Mercantile Block
Advanced Laser Cutter Workshop - Session 1 of 2
Take your laser knowledge to the next level! Over two class sessions, learn everything from file preparation and set up to proper cutting techniques for the Epilog Laser Cutter. Basic cleanup and safety procedures will be covered in this class and will help students become expert users of one of our most popular and versatile machines in the AS220 Labs. May 14 & 17 - Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Saturday, May 14, 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, May 14, 2011
9pm / $8 or $12 with CD
Prayers For Atheists, The Ricecakes, The Jesse Minute, and Prov Poetry Slam Team
Prayers For Atheists thrash rapidly between mid 80s hardcore punk, counter culture voctory anthems, and politically slanted rap. Their songs are labor testimonials, dance jams, and anti-war hymns executed with heart, craft, and integrity.
The Ricecakes are indie pop with a touch of jazz.
The Jesse Minute is a five piece punk inflected girl fronted alt rock act that takes its cues from archetypes like Letters To Cleo and Veruca Salt.
http://ww.strangefamousrecords.com/pfa
http://www.myspace.com/rozraskin
http://www.myspace.com/thejesseminute

Sunday, May 15, 2011
2-5pm / $40 / At AS220's Printshop at the Mercantile Block
Parents and Kids Print! - A One Session Workshop
Bring your little one to the AS220 Community Printshop for a special, one day workshop. Parents will work on the first floor of our shop with Shop Manager, Morgan Calderini, working with the letterpress press to create invitations or custom cards. Children from 6 to 10 years old will work upstairs with Lois Harada, making projects in silkscreen and relief printing. Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Sunday, May 15, 2011
9pm / $6
Walri, American Hearts, Diamond Doves, and Kid Mountain
Walri is math, experimental, rock 4 piece. Members have played in other bands including Big Tall Buildings, blackbear, and many others. They are a band from the blanketfort collective.
America Heart is America's next top model of Americana. A supergroup of DC indie rockers (the band includes Jess M (Gestures), and Justin Moyer (Eddie Sedgwick and Antelope)they channel Great Plains and the Mountain Goats and other unbalanced freaky folks taking American trad-musical forms and spray-painting all over their faces. -Brightest Young Things
The Diamond Doves are rock music.
Kid Mountain is something fun and catchy, listenable and innocent. They want you to dance and sing along. They are FUN!
http://www.americahearts.com
http://bit.ly/eeDVmg
http://www.allournoise.com/2010/10/aon-sessions-america-hearts/
http://www.myspace.com/kidmountain1
http://www.myspace.com/diamonddoves

Monday, May 16, 2011
7pm / FREE / At AS220 Photo's Mercantile Block Space
AS220 Photo Open Meeting
Get an inside look at the photo program at AS220 and meet our instructors, key-members and staff people. Questions? Contact Krystal Grow: krystal@as220.org / 831-9327 x203

Monday, May 16, 2011
9pm / $6
She Rides, Black Skies, Villainer, and Woozy
She Rides: The soundtrack to Partying.
Black Skies is heavy rock/sludge metal.
Villainer is heavy duty rock and roll. Children of Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy.
Woozy is drums and bass. Spacy and loud. Early Pink Floyd and Sabbath having sex in the back of a pinto.
http://www.myspace.com/woozyband
http://www.blackskies.us
http://www.reverbnation.com/sherides
http://www.myspace.com/villainer

Tuesday, May 17, 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, May 17, 2011
7-10pm / $75 / At AS220 Photo's Mercantile Block Space
Medium Format Photography - Session 1 of 2
In two class sessions students will learn about the world of medium format photography and understand the difference between medium format films and experiment with Twin Lens Reflex cameras. 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. May 17 & 24 - Check availability and sign up at http://as220.org/shop

Tuesday, May 17, 2011
List at 8:30pm, Show at 9pm / $4
Free Speech at AS220 - Singer-Songwriter Open Mic
3rd Tuesday of each month: Music and Poetry Open Mic, Feature & Late Night 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.
http://www.myspace.com/providencepoetryslam

Wednesday, May 18, 2011
6-8pm / FREE
"Leh Wi Tok" - Film Screening
Leh Wi Tokis a film about the power of radio as a "voice for the voiceless" in Sierra Leone.
http://www.lehwitok.org/film/Welcome.html

Wednesday, May 18, 2011
9:30pm / $6
Graveside Service, Acariya, and Acer Eraser
Graveside Service is the true essence of ceremonial black metal. They are a four piece outfit with drums, piano, vocals, and guitar. Lyrical content is based primarily on psychological and historical themes. They attempt to educate, entertain, and raise any available spirits to aid them in their goal. They have been compared as an intelligent mix between Tangerine Dream, Mort Anderson, and Merciful Fate.
Acariya is hardcore/metal/thrash.
Acer Eraser is a one man industrial metalcore band from Glocester, RI.
http://www.myspace.com/acereraser
http://www.myspace.com/gravesideservice
http://www.acariyamusic.com

Thursday, May 19, 2011
7pm / Cost of Kit Only (Free to Watch) / At AS220 Labs at the Mercantile Block
Make and Break Workshop - A One Session Workshop
Build a Color Organ light kit at the AS220 Labs! Make and Break workshops are the perfect opportunity to learn about the labs and get a basic introduction to soldering and electronics! Pay for the kit and that's it! For more info visit http://as220.org/labs

Thursday, May 19, 2011
6-8pm / FREE
Roger Carl Johanson Artist Talk

Thursday, May 19, 2011
9pm / $8
Coliseum, Austerity Program, Deleted Arrows, and more TBA
Coliseum formed in November of 2003 and has since toured and recorded with relentless abandon for the better part of a decade. They issued a self-titled debut album on Level Plane in 2004, followed by the Goddamage EP in 2005, and their second album No Salvation on Relapse Records in 2007. The band has been on countless tours in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan, with Converge, High On Fire, Mono, Napalm Death, Baroness, Russian Circles, Torche, Integrity, and many others. Coliseum joined the Temporary Residence Limited roster in 2010 with the release of their third long-player, House With A Curse, and a deluxe reissue of the their Goddamage EP on TRL followed soon after.
http://www.myspace.com/coliseum
http://www.coliseumsoundsystem.com
http://www.austerityprogram.com
http://www.deletedarrows.com

Friday, May 20, 2011
9pm / $6
Sky Sabin, Cesar Santana, Talking About Commas, and Maiden Of Madness
Sky Sabin is a singer- songwriter. He draws inspiration from nature and life experiences.
Talking About Commas was described by Beeb Ashcroft of Indie -Music.com as "Gentle music with hoest lyrics, this CD muses thoughtfully on the hectic modern lifestyle."
Maiden Of Madness is acoustic folk rock. Her music will sooth, confuse, shock, and rock you.
http://www.myspace.com/skysabin
http://www.talkingaboutcommas.com
http://www.myspace.com/maidenofmadness13
http://soundcloud.com/maiden-of-madness