Events for Friday, June 17, 2011 - Friday, June 24, 2011**

The Short of It:

Friday, June 17, 2011
9pm / $7
The Silks, Dastardly, and Vudu Sister

Saturday, June 18, 2011
12-4pm / $50
Intro to Studio Lighting - One Session Workshop

Saturday, June 18, 2011
9pm / $6
Brain Fruit, Enroc, Satellites Fall, and Kaiya & Las Aranas Discotecas

Sunday, June 19, 2011
9pm / $6
Egg Brains, Eat Cloud, Cockslap, and Lulled

Monday, June 20, 2011
No performance at Empire St and Foo(d) is closed. The Bar at AS220 and the Cottage Industries are open regular hours.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
6-10pm / $80
Intermediate Silkscreen and Exchange - Session 1 of 4

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
6-8:30pm / $6
Life Drawing - Bring your drawing supplies and sketch from a live model!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
List 8:30pm, Show 9pm / $4
Free Speech at AS220: Singer-Songwriter Open Mic

Wednesday, June 22, 2011
6-10pm / $80
Introduction to Book Arts - Session 1 of 2

Wednesday, June 22, 2011
9pm / $6
Tor Johnson Presents: Thrillhouse, Manic Zamoboni Sonic J, and Rout

Thursday, June 23, 2011
7-10pm / $75
Intro to the Black and White Darkroom - Session 1 of 2

Thursday, June 23, 2011
9pm / $6
Kozz.Won, Suspectz, NJS/Mix Talent, and Kelo

Friday, June 24, 2011
6-10pm / $200
Photogravure with Polymer Plates - Session 1 of 4

Friday, June 24, 2011
6-10pm / $25
Experiments in Monoprint / Monotype - One Session Workshop

Friday, June 24, 2011
9pm / $6
Goodwood, Out of the Blue, Mary The Sullivan, and Jesse Mack & Friends

**Performances are at AS220's 115 Empire Street Location on the ground floor, unless otherwise noted. Classes are at the Mercantile Block, 131 Washington Street or at AS220's Paul Krot Darkroom at 115 Empire Street, Floor 2.

*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:

Friday, June 17, 2011
9pm / $7
The Silks, Dastardly, and Vudu Sister
The Silks are a fresh folk blues project that consists of two guitars, bass, and drums. They strive to keep their music traditional while keeping an infectious attitude.
Dastardly is a Chicago outfit (with members originally from RI) that plays Americana music with just the right ratio of sticky-sweet to fuckin' shit up. Every note is deliberate and controlled, but just barely masks an urgent and immediate sense of existential frantic terror that must be slowly driving them mad.
Vudu Sister is an offshoot of radio serials, vaudeville and evangelical preaching. They capture the thunderous, booming sound of the Voice from above as he channels the great Day of Wrath through a silver-tone box and a pleasant golden timbre.

Saturday, June 18, 2011
12-4pm / $50
Intro to Studio Lighting - One Session Workshop

Saturday, June 18, 2011
9pm / $6
Brain Fruit, Enroc, Satellites Fall, and Kaiya & Las Aranas Discotecas
Brain Fruit is influenced by a lot of early 90's grunge bands and psychedelic music in general.
Enroc is indie rock with blues.
Satellites Fall is a band eloquently combining elements of Indie Rock, Brit Rock, and Alternative music.
Kaiya & Las Aranas Discotecas has a bassist, drummer, singer, and guitarist. They play progressive pop music.

Sunday, June 19, 2011
9pm / $6
Egg Brains, Eat Cloud, Cockslap, and Lulled
Egg Brains is electronic, improv, ambient, folk music.
Eat Cloud is Bossa Nova Kraut rock. Dulcimers, lap steel guitars, synths, and samples flying around the room with a mouth harp playing a motorik beat.
Cockslap is part man, part machine. It's what you have been waiting for. Oscillators, filters, and trucks to bring you the slap you didn't know you needed.
Lulled is an exploration of ambiance, melody, rhythm and sound.

Monday, June 20, 2011
No performance at Empire St and Foo(d) is closed. The Bar at AS220 and the Cottage Industries are open regular hours.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
6-10pm / $80
Intermediate Silkscreen and Exchange - Session 1 of 4

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
6-8:30pm / $6
Life Drawing - Every Tuesday bring your drawing utensils and paper to AS220 and sketch from a live model!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011
List 8:30pm, Show 9pm / $4
Free Speech at AS220: Singer-Songwriter Open Mic
Third Tuesdays of each month AS220 hosts the Providence Poetry Slam's music and poetry open mic, feature, late night slam extravaganza. 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.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011
6-10pm / $80
Introduction to Book Arts - Session 1 of 2

Wednesday, June 22, 2011
9pm / $6
Tor Johnson Presents: Thrillhouse, Manic Zamoboni, Sonic J, and Rout
Thrillhouse is epic metal gods, more riffs than you know what to do with.
Manic Zamoboni is from Wisconsin, sounds like acid trip riffy madness.
Sonic J is from Wisconsin, sound like 60's psych freakout. Steeped in 60s psych but with a biting punk rock edge, Sonic J is probably the best Milwaukee band you've never heard of. They're just kids, 19 and 20 years old at best, hailing from Cedarburg of all places, but fuck all that, none of that is really important. What IS important is that they are tight as hell and super energetic, with more sweet riffs than any other band in town and blistering, shredding solos that guitarist Ryan Hargarten makes seem utterly effortless, backed by solid, crushing percussion from Brendt Dondero (who looks all of thirteen but chain smokes menthol cigarettes between bands and clearly started drumming while still in the womb) and the anchoring, Fugazi-like bass lines of Kris Zboznovits. Drawing influences from all over the place (for instance, there were a lot of surf punk elements alongside the more obvious Hendrix and Clapton face-melting electric blues wah-wah stuff), Sonic J kicked out the jams and blew through one of the most infectiously fun sets I've seen in ages. You know they're doing what they love, and you can't help but be swept up in that energy, and by the time they're done, you're sweaty and sore from dancing your ass off and you just collapse and bask in the afterglow.
Rout plays songs that are down-tuned/up-tempo, riffs fo' dayz.

Thursday, June 23, 2011
7-10pm / $75
Intro to the Black and White Darkroom - Session 1 of 2

Thursday, June 23, 2011
9pm / $6
Kozz.Won, Suspectz, NJS/Mix Talent, and Kelo
Kozz.Won has been making hip hop music in Providence since the age of 15. his roots are hardcore, electronic, hip hop. All his production is made by a korg moog and a sp 404.
Suspectz is a group with Manni Headphonez, Hugo Boss, Ozzmatic, K-Wise, M-Con, Jay Boniks, Fam Marvel, and Coffee Black. Dedicated to entertaining the world while promoting local hip hop with expressive instrumental artistry.
NJS/Mix Talent are feel good hip hop.
Kelo is trip hop.

Friday, June 24, 2011
6-10pm / $200
Photogravure with Polymer Plates - Session 1 of 4

Friday, June 24, 2011
6-10pm / $25
Experiments in Monoprint / Monotype - One Session Workshop

Friday, June 24, 2011
9pm / $6
Goodwood, Out of the Blue, Mary The Sullivan, and Jesse Mack & Friends
Goodwood is a three piece funk rock band with roots throughout the state of RI. Infectious guitar licks melded together with thick bass, and tight drumming.
Out of the Blue is a 4 piece alternative pop punk band from Providence.
Mary The Sullivan is an acoustic singer/songwriter from Westerly, RI. her music features guitar, banjo, and ukulele. Her voice has been compared to classic singers from folk, jazz, blues, and contemporary music.
Jesse Mack & Friends is a folk singer and songwriter from Providence. His songs are poems about love, death, and God set to simple but alarming melodies with haunting, pastoral acoustic arrangements.