Monday, August 1st / 6-10pm / $225 / At the Mercantile
Creating Artist Books - A Writing / Book Binding Workshop - Session 1 of 6

Monday, August 1st / 9pm / $6
Tor Johnson Presents: Broadcaster, Grandfather and ROTA

Tuesday, August 2nd / 6-7pm / FREE
AS220 Cottage Industries Open House and AS220 Tour
See the facilities and learn more about Printshop, Labs or AS220 Photo and/or take a tour AS220 with Founder/Artistic Director, Bert Crenca.

Tuesday, August 2nd / 6-8:30pm / $6
Life Drawing - Bring your drawing supplies and sketch from a live model!

Tuesday, August 2nd / 6-10pm / FREE or Cost of Kit / At the Mercantile
AS220 Labs Make and Break Workshop

Tuesday, August 2nd / 9:30pm / $5-$8 sliding scale
Colin L. Orchestra, CSC Funk Band, and Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores

Thursday, August 3rd / 7-10pm / $125 / At the Mercantile
Creative Electronics with the Arduino - Session 1 of 3

Wednesday, August 3rd / 8:30pm / $6
POW!!, The Dum Dums, Map Light, Andre Harner, and Jacob Haller

Thursday, August 4th / 8pm / $5
Free Speech at AS220: The Providence Poetry Slam hosts the Regional Decathlon Slam
Featuring: 5 teams from the northeast compete in 10 rounds of themed poetry

Friday, August 5th / 9pm / $6
B Sharp Music Presents: Fall and Bounce, Amoeba Amoeba, and more TBA

Saturday, August 6th / 12-4pm / $50 / At the Mercantile
Creative Programming Weekend Crash Course at AS220 Labs - Session 1 of 2

Saturday, August 6th / 1-4pm / $100 / At Empire St, FL2 & the Mercantile
Large Format Photography - Session 1 of 2

Saturday, August 6th / 9pm / $6
Big Sky Sun Machine, Symmetry, Glowkid, and The Enthusiastics

Sunday, August 7th / 4-7pm / FREE
AS220 Gallery Opening Receptions for shows on view August 7th-27th
Main Gallery: New Paintings by Heather Sylvester, Russ Carter & Benjamin Ligeri
Open Window: New Work by Bruno Ramieri
AS220 Project Space: New Work by Christian Goncalves

Sunday, August 7th / 8pm / $8
The Empire Revue - Variety Show: improv, music, burlesque and more!.

Monday, August 8th / 7-10pm / $175 / At Empire St, FL2 & the Mercantile
Advanced B&W Darkroom Technique - Session 1 of 4

Monday, August 8th / 9 pm / $6
Plain and Simple, Anonymouse, Man The Flying Saucers, and more TBA

Tuesday, August 9th / 6-9pm / $75 / At the Mercantile
Digital Photo Editing and Printing - Session 1 of 2

Tuesday, August 9th / 6-8:30pm / $6 / At the Mercantile
Life Drawing - Bring your drawing supplies and sketch from a live model!

Tuesday, August 9th / 9:30pm / $6
Miss Geo, 14Foot1, and Valencourt.

Wednesday, August 10th / 7-10pm / $125 / At the Mercantile
Electronics For Artists - Session 1 of 3

Wednesday, August 10th / 9 pm / $6
Viking Jesus, Colin Nagle, Johnny Lingo Band, and Bryan Fielding

Thursday, August 11th / 8:30 pm / $6
ACCO -The AS220 Criss Cross Orchestra

Friday, August 12th / 6-10pm / $120 / At the Mercantile
Intro to Letterpress Printing - Session 1 of 3

Friday, August 12th / 9 pm / $6
Watch Your Head, Suicide Bill & The Liquors, Austin Hevey, and Denise Moffat

Saturday, August 13th 1pm-1am / $5
Foo Fest! 20+ Bands! 2 Stages! Twelve hours!

Sunday, August 14th - August 17th 2011 - Empire Street Complex is closed to take a breather post Foo Fest. Doors re-open Thursday, August 18th.

Thursday, August 18th / 4-9pm
AS220 Youth Member Showcase

Thursday, August 18th / 10pm / $6
Tinsel Teeth, Fuck Ton, Dubknowdub, and GDFX

Friday, August 19th / 9pm / $6
Tovarish, So is the Tongue, Lobotomizer, and GraveSideService

Saturday, August 20th / 9pm / $6
Lil V, Got Money?, AMP, and Kweyah

Saturday, August 20th / 12-4pm / $75 / At the Mercantile
Lighting for Portrait Photography - Session 1 of 2

Sunday, August 21st / 6-8pm / $5
Songwriters in the Round - An Acoustic Singer-Songwriter Showcase

Sunday, August 21st / 9pm / $6
Tor Johnson Presents: Rome Romeo, Best Practices, and more TBA

Monday, August 22nd / 8:30pm / $6
Spread the Infection, Pizzahifive, Powercup, Violent George, and David Carradine

Tuesday, August 23rd / 7-10pm / $90 / At the Mercantile
AS220 Labs' Epilog Laser Cutter Intensive - Session 1 of 2

Tuesday, August 23rd - No Life Drawing Tonight - It returns next week!

Tuesday, August 23rd / 9pm / $6
Vavablume, Full Void, and It's a Mountain

Wednesday, August 24th / 6-10pm / $80 / At the Mercantile
Intro to Silkscreen Printing - Session 1 of 2

Wednesday, August 24th / 9pm / $6
I Abhor, Veterans, Siblings, and Samsara

Thursday, August 25th / 9pm / $6
Dan Liparini, Timothy Alexander, Brother Moon, and Justin Marra

Friday, August 26th / 6-10pm / $25 / At the Mercantile
Experiments in Monoprint / Monotype

Friday, August 26th / 9pm / $6
Whitey, People Of Color, Lovesick Murder, and Nilotic

Saturday, August 27th / 2-6pm / $80 / At the Mercantile
DIY Letterpress Business Cards: Pink Ink Session

Saturday, August 27th / 9pm / $6
Last Good Tooth, Driftwood, Kath Bloom, and more TBA

Sunday, August 28th / 10am-6pm / $80 / At the Mercantile
Postcards from Providence! - A Silk-Screening Workshop Using Hand-Drawn Stencils

Sunday, August 28th / 5:15-7pm / FREE
Providence Poetry Slam Writing Workshop - Share and Discuss Your Work. Contact the pvd poetry slam peeps for details.

Sunday, August 28th / 9pm / $6
MeccaLily, The Invisible Hours, The Motivated Sequence, and Kian Xie

Monday, August 29th / 9pm / $6
BatMyte, Psycho Circus, Birds In Paintings Can't Fly, and Have Fun Dying This Winter

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

Tuesday, August 30th / 9pm / FREE
Couscous at AS220 - A Poetry and Performance Open Mic (followed by live music)

Wednesday, August 31st / 9pm / $6
Interplay, Sonic Sandbox, The New Gun Slingers

Wednesday, August 31st / 7-10pm / $45 / At Empire St, Floor 2
Alternative Photo Process Series Vol.3: Gum Bichromate

Monday, August 1, 2011
6-10pm / $225 / At the Mercantile
Creating Artist Books - Session 1 of 6
This class is an introduction to hand-crafted artist books through binding demonstrations. You will also build content for your books through simple writing exercises and a collaborative class project. Explore the relationship between structure and content in a culminating final project, a one-of-a kind artist book.

Monday, August 1, 2011
9pm / $6
Tor Johnson Presents: Broadcaster, Grandfather and ROTA
Broadcaster as described by the Providence Phoenix: "Still pining for that Archers Of Loaf reunion? Bong rips and Built to Spill as part of a balanced breakfast? Still enjoy screaming along to vintage Modest Mouse and Joan of Arc? Look up "La Brea" or "Old Creep" from Broadcaster and tell us you're mot hooked."
Rota are a four piece from Newport consisting of two girls and two boys playing a form of indie/emo/punk that likens to a good mix of Jawbreaker-ish vocals, and a Rainer Maria style sound.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011
6-8:30pm / $6
Life Drawing - Every Tuesday bring your drawing supplies to Empire St and sketch a live model!

Tuesday, August 2, 2011
6-7pm / FREE
AS220 Cottage Industries Open House and AS220 Tour
Have questions, want to see the facilities and our equipment, meet the artists who use it, or just want to spend some time with creative folks? Open houses happen the first Tuesday of every month. If you would like to become a member of the Printshop, Labs or AS220 Photo, are looking for suggestions about which classes might be helpful, or just want to say hi, please stop on in.
During the Cottage Industry Open Houses AS220 Founder and Artistic Director , Bert Crenca, offers tours of AS220. Don't know about ASS220's Darkrooms, its Fab Lab, the AS220 Youth Program, the dozens of live/work studios for artists, and all the other crazy stuff going on in addition to our ground floor bar, restaurant, stage and galleries? Take a walk with Bert, hear his crazy anecdotes and learn about all this and more! Tours meet at AS220 Photo (aka AS220 Labs ground floor) at 6pm.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011
6-10pm / FREE or Cost of Kit / At the Mercantile
AS220 Labs Make and Break Workshop
Every month the AS220 Labs hosts Make and Break workshops coinciding with the Cottage Industry Open House. Each month attendees build their high tech by building a project from a featured kit. Participants can purchase and build a kit or simply hang out and chat with members (hanging out is free). We try and keep the cost down and the fun up! The Make and Breaks are open events and a perfect time to bring the family down to check out the Labs!

Tuesday, August 2, 2011
9:30pm / $5- $8 sliding scale
Colin L. Orchestra, CSC Funk Band, and Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores
Colin L. Orchestra : In the tradition of long strange trips across wide open spaces, the Colin L. Orchestra arrived at the offices of Northern-Spy Records via Colin Langenus previous project, USAISAMONSTER. Hes exchanged his previous duo for a full-scale rock orchestra of his bestest buds on multiple guitars, drums, violins, keyboards. Their first project, Infinite Ease/Good God, is full-scale indeed, available as a double-CD or a deluxe fully re-mastered for vinyl version of Infinite Ease with a digital download of Good God. Though three years in the making, they flow as smoothly as an inner tube on a lazy stream on a summers afternoon. Three years setting schemes and arranging sleeping dreams have culminated in two lush, flowing albums full of anthems and wee small moments. From the supple bass line that opens, "You Need Sleep," to crunches of guitar shred melting into velvet strings on their way to a country ditty that would do Graham Parsons proud. Here is a double-pleasure that re-envisions the jam band and, at the same time, indie rock, meshing together minimalistic repetitive jams, bright melodies, and loose, easy-going vocals all in the sole service of aiding your bliss. Musically speaking, though, hes undergone a drastic transformation over the last year and a half. Kicking the noise rock to the curb, Langenus now oversees two groups: the CSC Funk Band, a large and unruly ensemble churning out eccentric Afrobeat for freakers and weirdos, and the Colin L. Orchestra, another big band that produces a cloudy blend of classic rock, country folk, and Rhys Chatham-inspired minimalism.- Justin Farrar, The Village Voice
CSC Funk Band: A 9-piece instrumental funk / dance / party band with full horn section, funky drummer, percussionist, bass, guitar and keys... Minimalist arrangements, raw presentation, heavy psyche influence, and soaring Hendrix-esque guitar solos. Releasing the debut CD/LP, "Things are Getting Too Casual" this August on seminal Hip-Hop label Fat Beats, after releasing a series of 7" vinyl on Brooklyn's Electric Cowbell
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

Thursday, August 3, 2011
7-10pm / $125 / At the Mercantile
Creative Electronics Using Arduino - Session 1 of 3
Want to make your own custom light display? Make it blink like an underground rave party? This course is geared toward people who know nothing about electronics and how to program them. Controlling electronics is a very powerful tool for artists and makers, and it doesn't have to be scary with high learning curves - it can be fun! This class will use the Arduino as a platform for teaching these concepts. It is a simple and easy to use programmable electronic controller (called a microcontroller) perfect for beginners. Participants will receive a goody bag of electronics, and walk away with their very own programmed electronic gadget.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011
8:30pm / $6
POW!!, The Dum Dums, Map Light, Andre Harner, and Jacob Haller
POW!! is straight out of South County. They have been melting faces in a way that sickens most and intrigues others. They are influenced by King Crimson and Ebu Gogo to name a few. They keep you in a stupor as they create instrumental prog rock to catch you off guard. They are ready to take you by the ear and drag you to your room where you won't be allowed to eat the rest of your dinner until you've learned your lesson. The Dum Dums : a band inspired by lollipops.
Map Light is an electronic music project by Casey Belisle who is also in The Rice Cakes, 14Foot1, and Mowgli.
Andre Harner is folk music.
Jacob Haller is a singer/songwriter. He was nominated for Fest Singer/Songwriter in 2008 by Motif Magazine.

Thursday, August 4, 2011
8pm / $5
Free Speech at AS220: the Providence Poetry Slam Regional Decathlon Slam
Five teams from all over the northeast, including Providence, RI; Boston, MA; Jersey City, NJ; Worcester, MA; and Lowell, MA will be competing in ten themed rounds of poetic ridiculousness. It will be hilarious, exciting, touching, terrifying, and a little bit juicy. The most fun you'll have at a Providence Poetry Slam event! If you have never been to a poetry show before, this is one to check it out! If you have, this will be unlike any other you've seen! NO OPEN MIC OR SLAM tonight. For more info contact the PVD poetry slam peeps.

Friday, August 5, 2011
9pm / $6
B Sharp Music Presents: Fall and Bounce, Amoeba Amoeba, and more 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

Saturday, August 6, 2011
12-4pm / $50 / At the Mercantile
Creative Programming Weekend Crash Course - Session 1 of 2
This course is for those who are curious about computer programming but have no idea where to start. Get your feet wet with programming and develop a sense of the potentials computers have in your artwork. We will cover basic programming skills from the ground up, no previous experience needed.

Saturday, August 6, 2011
1-4pm / $100 / At the Mercantile
Large Format Photography - Session 1 of 2
A view camera works on basic photo principals, but yields an impressive 4x5 (or larger) negative. These negatives can be contact printed or enlarged to impressive proportions in the B&W darkroom. The detail and precision from a view camera's large negative makes it the perfect camera for many artistic applications.

Saturday, August 6, 2011
9pm / $6
Big Sky Sun Machine, Symmetry, Glowkid, and The Enthusiastics
Big Sky Sun Machine plays thrashy pop mixed with ambient noise tracks. There is three part vocal harmonies, loud drums, looping, tweakalizers, tambourines, and an Orange Tiny Terror.
Symmetry is live hip hop with a band.
Glowkid is a new rock band with progressive leanings. They focus on tight rock composition and performance. They have a few unusual time signatires without moving too far into "math rock" territory. Members have played in A Troop Of Echoes and Hircine.
The Enthusiastics are a very versatile four piece, mainly writing songs inspired by classic, surf, and alternative rock.

Sunday, August 7, 2011
4-7pm / FREE
AS220 Gallery Opening Receptions for shows on view August 7-27
Main Gallery: New Paintings by Heather Sylvester, Russ Carter & Benjamin Ligeri
Open Window: New Work by Bruno Ramieri
AS220 Project Space: New Work by Christian Goncalves

Sunday, August 7, 2011
8pm / $8
The Empire Revue - Variety Show
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.

Monday, August 8, 2011
7-10pm / $175 / At Empire St, Floor 2 & the Mercantile
Advanced B&W Darkroom Technique - Session 1 of 4
A course for experienced darkroom users looking to perfect their technique and create professional quality prints for galleries, professional portfolios or commissions.

Monday, August 8, 2011
9 pm / $6
Plain and Simple, Anonymouse, Man The Flying Saucers, and more TBA
Plain and Simple is having a final show before they breakup. They are a band with a uniquely original sound. It's alternative, punk, rock.
Anonymouse are punk rock.
Man The Flying Saucers was founded in 2009 as a three piece band. Their influences are Death Cab For Cutie, Explosions in the Sky, and more. They play alternative music with wide open, large soundscapes that include build ups and post rock like energy.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011
6-9pm / $75 / At the Mercantile
Digital Photo Editing and Printing - Session 1 of 2
Students will build upon concepts of digital editing and printing using Adobe Creative Suite. Students learn color correction, enlarging, cropping, color profiling, contrast manipulation and more. Participants have the opportunity to make professional grade digital prints.

Tuesday, August 9, 2011
6-8:30pm / $6 / At the Mercantile
Life Drawing - Every Tuesday bring your drawing supplies to Empire St and sketch a live model!

Tuesday, August 9, 2011
9:30pm / $6
Miss Geo, 14Foot1, and Valencourt
Miss Geo is from Newport, RI and plays "Catchy garage pop", "the female version of Death Cab for Cutie","there's an unmistakable trace of Juliana Hatfield, a la In Exile Deo (though she hopefully eats better)."
14Foot1 is a math rock instrumental band.
Valencourt is an acoustic band inspired by Death Cab For Cutie, Elliot Smith, and Paul Simon.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011
7-10pm / $125 / At the Mercantile
Electronics For Artists - Session 1 of 3
Participants are introduced to basic electronic components, how to design and prototype simple circuits and where to go from there. 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 we will use in class, so you can continue learning at home.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011
9 pm / $6
Viking Jesus, Colin Nagle, Johnny Lingo Band, and Bryan Fielding
Viking Jesus is dance rock, indie art psychedelica.
Colin Nagle is a 21st Century Piano Man. He will wow you with catchy melodies and clever lyrics. His work has been featured in films and on college radio. He has performed at charity and fundraiser events. His services have been auctioned off for thousands of dollars and he has performed at two benefit concerts for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
Johnny Lingo Band was voted the 2009 "Best Male Vocalist" in the Providence Phoenix. This band hails from Providence, RI and he writes with the bombast of Elton John or Ben Folds, with the pop sensibility of Billy Joel.
Bryan Fielding is indie rock.

Thursday, August 11, 2011
8:30 pm / $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!"

Friday, August 12, 2011
6-10pm / $120 / At the Mercantile
Intro to Letterpress Printing - Session 1 of 3
This course provides a quick, basic introduction to letterpress printing; after which you will be prepared to print independently on the Vandercook press at AS220. Participants will learn to ink the press, adjust pressure, adjust roller height, register and feed a sheet of paper, make an impression and clean the press. Students will enlist polymer plates in combination with traditional metal type to print their own embossed creations. The price of the workshop includes the cost of an 8.5x11 polymer plate and film, Linotype, ink and cleaning supplies.

Friday, August 12, 2011
9 pm / $6
Watch Your Head, Suicide Bill & The Liquors, Austin Hevey, and Denise Moffat
Watch Your Head was formed in 2008. They are indie rock music.
Suicide Bill & The Liquors is alternative acoustic music.
Austin Hevey is a one man acoustic band.
Denise Moffat is a singer and songwriter who plays music that is bluesy/jazzy.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

1pm-1am / $5

Foo Fest! 20+ Bands! 2 Stages! Twelve hours!

Sunday, August 14, 2011-Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Empire Street Complex is closed to take a breather after Foo Fest. Doors re-open Thursday, August 18th.

Thursday, August 18, 2011
4-9pm
AS220 Youth Showcase

Thursday, August 18, 2011
10pm / $6
Tinsel Teeth, Fuck Ton, Dubknowdub, and GDFX
Tinsel Teeth will fuck your ears on the first date.
Greg Fox is an amazing drummer, one who showcases an otherworldly serenity, even when destroying his kit. Outside of Liturgy, he's a NYC noise/art-rock staple who's made sounds with Amen Dunes, Teeth Mountain, Guardian Alien, Family Of Love, the Boredoms Boadrum, and the Dan Deacon Ensemble. My favorite... Fox-related music comes from his one-man GDFX project. It seems like the most personal and, I think, offers the best sense of Greg as a person. Take a listen to "LAOQI TULA," a collage of tracks 10 and 11 from his I Ching/Taoist/video game-inspired debut LP, One Thing. The combo helps explain the albums title while offering a taste of the smashed-to-bits dance trip."
DUBKNOWDUB is an interplanetary improv noise dub duo who sample the howling sounds of the city and filter them through decaying electronics, scraping away the fuzzy din to find beats deep within the trash bin. The vehicle is a metal shopping cart as they endlessly roam the Earth looking for sounds to dub. DKD have performed on sidewalks, at dead ends, comic shops, art galleries such as Cinders and Ramiken Crucible in NY, at museums such as PS1, at St. Marks Church, on a boat, and at various birthday parties, weddings and Bar Mitzvahs.
Fuck Ton are a five piece band from NYC. Members of Grooms, Sisters, French Miami, and other bands. Members live and work at Death By Audio.

Friday, August 19, 2011
9 pm / $6
Tovarish, So is the Tongue, Lobotomizer, and GraveSideService
Tovarish is a Societ inspired, black metal band from RI. The music is full of tense buildups, pounding bass, and political samples that give way to doomed guitar walls, droning keys and excruciating vocals.
So is the Tongue is a progressive/experimental 3 piece from central New Jersey formed in the fall of 2005 by Ron Varod (guitar/vocals), Matt Nolan (bass guitar) and Justin Thouret (drums).
Lobotomizer is the sound of "three south California teens failing miserably at making music. And then going on to destroy the world.
GraveSideService is true ceremonial black metal.

Saturday, August 20, 2011
9 pm / $6
Lil V, Got Money?, AMP, and Kweyah
Lil V is an underground female Hip Hop artist from Providence RI. She has opened for Immortal Technique, Diabolic, Havoc of Mobb Depp, and many others. She is currently working on her third mixtape release.
Got Money? is a group of four members The music they write comes from their life experiences.
AMP (Aggressive Motivational Poetry) is hip hop.
Kweyah is alternative pop conscious hip hop.

Saturday, August 20, 2011
12-4pm / $75 / At the Mercantile
Portrait Photography - Session 1 of 2
Learn to use AS220 Photo's strobe lighting kit and hot lights to create appropriate and attractive lighting for studio grade portraits. Students learn how to set up lighting for different scenarios to highlight the traits and features you desire, learn to measure light levels using a meter and proper exposure for film and digital cameras.

Sunday, August 21, 2011
6-8pm / $5
Songwriters in the Round - acoustic singer-songwriter showcase
Songwriters in the Round is a totally acoustic (no PA) showcasing of the songwriting craft. On the second Sunday of each month at AS220, rotating hosts, Ryan Fitzsimmons , Jan Luby, Jim Tata, and Jacob Haller will find three songwriters to join in and share their work, writing a new song on a theme specifically for the event. The show will run from 6pm to 8pm, and includes 4 rounds of original songs. Roughly a month before the show, each writer scheduled is given a common theme to write on, and is expected to perform a new, original song in the third round. This provides the rare opportunity to see 4 separate writers perspectives on the same subject matter. Two additional writers from the Rhode Island Songwriter Association (RISA) join in each month and a third spot is open anyone, not just RISA members. Interested in performing?

Sunday, August 21, 2011
9pm / $6
Tor Johnson Presents: Rome Romeo, Best Practices, and more TBA
Rome Romeo (Canada), members of Twelve Hour Turn.
Best Practices are 4 dudes having a good time.

Monday, August 22, 2011
8:30 pm / $6
Spread the Infection, Pizzahifive, Powercup, Violent George, and David Carradine
Spread the Infection is fastcore punk music.
Pizzahifive: mince, grind, and powerviolence all rolled up into one fat blunt and blazed at mind numbing speeds.
Powercup is a renovation themed grindcore band.
Violent George is caveman mince grind from Canada.
David Carradine is fast and furious no bullshit hardcore blast thrash mayhem, drawing influences from various substances of questionable nature and things that they think are funny.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011
No Life Drawing this week
Life Drawing will return to regular schedule next week.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011
7-10pm / $90 / At the Mercantile
AS220 Labs' Laser Cutter Intensive - Session 1 of 2
In two class sessions, learn everything from file prep and set up to proper cutting technique for the Epilog Laser Cutter. Basic cleanup and safety procedures will be covered in this class and students will be well on their way to being expert users of one of the most popular and versatile machines in our FabLab. In the first session, students will get an introduction to Inkscape, the open source design software we use to prepare files for the laser cutter. During the second session, return to the lab and finish your project, put your new knowledge to use!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011
9pm / $6
Vavablume, Full Void, and It's a Mountain
Vavablume uses a loop pedal and a gaggle of acoustic instrumentation to weave his eclectic brand of folk-punk-funkatronica. From mournful to butt-shaking, melodic waltz to head banging spazz. The ensemble varies but always comes with a swinging rhythm section.
Full Void is a three man band from Cumberland, RI. Their influences range from jazz to classic rock to classical. There is also a bit of experimental rock.
It's a Mountain is a 4 piece post-rock/jamband with a vast amount of other influences. Their music is influenced by Explosions in the Sky and Phish.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011
6-10pm / $80 / At the Mercantile
Intro to Silkscreen Printing - 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.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011
9 pm / $6
I Abhor, Veterans, Siblings, and Samsara
I Abhor is hardcore.
Veterans is hardcore punk from Cincinnati, OH. We sound like heavy '90s hardcore, but with a lot of ambient noise and echo effects. Our lyrics focus mostly on radical politics. Our songwriting is influenced by Converge, Nirvana, Trial, Coliseum, Cave In and others.
Siblings are a melodic hardcore band from Cincinnati Ohio.
Samsara are a fast punk/hardcore band with emotionally engaging lyrics. Political, fun.

Thursday, August 25, 2011
9pm / $6
Dan Liparini, Timothy Alexander, Brother Moon, and Justin Marra
Dan Liparini is a guitarist, composer, and arranger who has attended The New School for Jazz. He has performed with as many as 30-60 people, and with his own group often has a group that includes trumpet, saxophone, trombone, cello, or violin.
Timothy Alexander grew up with an instrument in his hand. He writes songs about inner hope, about finding out who you are, and following your dreams. There's soft tunes lamenting extinct heroes, a lost love, or a new found love. The best inspiration for his writing is his family; an open, loving, all supporting group of individuals who prove that your creativity can take you anywhere.
Brother Moon draw their influences from Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam, Blind Melon, Jim Croce, and David Gray. Their music is full of energy, tension, and momentum and vocals that are stark, honest, and story driven.
Justin Marra is devoted to all types of music. His tunes have a fresh folky upbeat sound reflecting influences of classic singer/songwriters like Bob Dylan.

Friday, August 26, 2011
6-10pm / $25 / At the Mercantile
Experiments in Monoprint / Monotype
Want to learn more about the most painterly technique in printmaking? Join workshop instructor and year-round artist-in-residence at AS220, Leigh Waldron Taylor, for an evening of experimentation making one-of-a-kind printed paintings.

Friday, August 26, 2011
9pm / $6
Whitey, People Of Color, Lovesick Murder, and Nilotic
Whitey is heavy, apocalyptic blues rock.
People Of Color
Lovesick Murder plays hardcore. Influences such as Botch, Hopesfall, Deftones, and Will Haven.
Nilotic is a pan-sexual cross-dressing rapper. Sometimes hardcore and abrasive, and sometimes spiritual and reflective. He is influenced by performance art, drag, acrobatics, and dancing.

Saturday, August 27, 2011
2-6pm / $80 / At the Mercantile
DIY Letterpress Business Cards: Pink Ink Session
In this four hour workshop, you will learn how to make a photopolymer plate for the letterpress, ink and adjust the impression on our Vandercook 4 Proof Press.  Each participant will leave with a box of 250 freshly printed cards on Pearl White (warm white) Lettra 100% cotton paper by Crane. Each business card printing workshop uses a different color ink - so check your options for the workshop that features the color that suits you.

Saturday, August 27, 2011
9pm / $6
Last Good Tooth, Driftwood, Kath Bloom, and more TBA
Last Good Tooth is folk music. Inspired by relatives of the mountains of NC and the old Appalachian music form the blue ridge area; mixed with some love and hate of NYC. Hailing from the post industrial town of Binghamton, NY, Driftwood is one of the brightest new acts to come out of the Upstate music scene. Formed in 2006 by what was first a simple collaboration between two friends bent on traveling the country playing folk music, they have turned into one of the hardest working bands in the business, sometime squeezing 2-3 shows into a single day! In June of 2009, Driftwood released its first full length recording, a 10 song, self produced LP called "Rally Day". 2010 marked the busiest year so far for Driftwood as they embarked on their first national tour, taking them all the way to San Francisco and back. They also managed to squeeze in many Summer festivals in Upstate, NY, including the prestigious Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance. Finally, Driftwood has just recorded their second CD at 3-egg Studios in Brooklyn, NY and are anticipating an early Summer Release. With over 700 total shows at clubs, colleges, festivals and countless street performances they have gained a dedicated fan base throughout New York and New England.
Kath is some kind of legend. She comes from a special place where country, blues and folk are made beautifully translucent and emotive. She has a special gift - her almost supernaturally beautiful, wavering soprano is one that has to be heard, with a clear transparent moonlight quality that silences a room. Her songs will burn a hole straight to your soul.

Sunday, August 28, 2011
10am-6pm / $80 / At the Mercantile
Postcards from Providence! - A Silk-Screening Workshop
This workshop will provide a comprehensive introduction to screen printing as participants will design, print and exchange a series of 4" x 6" printed postcards, to celebrate Providence's 375 years. The morning will be dedicated to creating hand drawn stencils focusing on designing a multiple color print. Participants will then spend the afternoon printing their postcards, learning proper printing technique.

Sunday, August 28, 2011
5:15-7pm / Free
Providence Poetry Slam Writing Workshop
Bring your writing to share and discuss. For more info contact the pvd poetry slam peeps.

Sunday, August 28, 2011
9pm / $6
MeccaLily, The Invisible Hours, The Motivated Sequence, and Kian Xie
MeccaLily adheres to a sacred and pristine mythos as they attempt to tap into the great archetypal wisdom born from the process of becoming.
The Invisible Hours are rooted in the fuzz, echo, and the rolling percussive pulse of psychedelia while still remaining anchored by the songwriting approach.
The Motivated Sequence wants to be the thunder in your heart and vibrations in your bones. Formed in the last 2010, this is a 6 piece indie pop band. They describe themselves sonically as the midpoint between Third Eye Blind and The Arcade Fire. They play catchy tunes that connect with the audience on multiple levels.
Kian Xie is a pop singer-songwriter who also performs in Audio Booty Call. He is influenced by R.E.M., Neutral Milk Hotel, and other boy bands and pop bands of the 90s and beyond.

Monday, August 29, 2011
9pm / $6
BatMyte, Psycho Circus, Birds In Paintings Can't Fly, and Have Fun Dying This Winter
BatMyte: Born from the depths of brimstone and scourge, BatMyte rose from the ashes to start what is internationally known as a piece of shit. Localized out of RI, they don't break boundries, and they don't take chances. "Stay inside the lines," is there standing motto.
Psycho Circus is a pop punk band from Providence, RI, known for an edgy sound and a high energy live performance.
Birds In Paintings Can't Fly are a post- hardcore band. Inspired by acts like Refused and Blood Brothers, with experimental influences including The Receiving End Of Sirens and Explosions In The Sky.
Have Fun Dying This Winter is a screamo indie band.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011
6-8:30pm / $6
Life Drawing - Every Tuesday bring your drawing supplies to Empire St and sketch a live model!

Tuesday, August 30, 2011
9pm / FREE
Couscous at AS220 - a poetry/performance open mic
A movable feast of poetry and performance with participants from the community, institutions, and out-of-town hosted by Mairead Byrne. This event will take place the last Tuesday of each month.Doors open at 9pm, and you can sign up for the open mic from 9-9:30pm; the poetry starts at 9:30pm. A live band will play after the the open mic.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011
9pm / $6
Interplay, Sonic Sandbox, The New Gun Slingers
Interplay is a Providence based experimental Jazz quartet conceived in June of 2008. All compositions are original and composed and arranged by Interplay members.
Sonic Sandbox is an avant -garde trio consisting of David Brown on Australian digeridoo and percussion, Forrest Larson on analog electronics and Todd Brunel on clarinets. Drawing from the traditions of Jazz, Electronic, and World Music; Sonic Sandbox creates a unique and rich musical texture that is both engaging and challenging.
The New Gun Slingers: with accordian, trombone, and dread guitar, their direly romantic trio plays a strange gospel akin to New Orleans style, with Country. Bitter love songs about Jesus Christ, and Apocalypse songs about bitter love.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011
7-10pm / $45 / At Empire St, Floor 2
Alternative Photo Process Series Vol.3: Gum Bichromate
Bichromate printing is a fun and highly experimental process that produced the first color photographs. Gum Bichromate printing was popular around the turn of the century and was used to make color separations similar to modern newspaper and magazine photo printing. All chemicals and supplies are included in this one night workshop.