Week In Music

Monday — @Dusk, Corvin’s Breed, Fate of the Damn’d, Death Raver, Ravager @Fête Lounge, Ezra Furman, Asher white Tuesday — @Alchemy, Kingsmen, Rise Among Rivals, Zone Zero, Dead Reflections, Hemingway @Nick-A-Nee’s, Marty and Friends @Dusk, Anxious Wave, more Wednesday — @Revival Brewery, Academy Order, Pleasure Coffin, Trigger Discipline, Fine @Dusk, Hysteria, Vertigo, G42, Tw3ak @Fête …

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Prov Art Club Reception

(3.26) Head over to the Providence Art Club on Sunday, March 26, for the opening reception of a curated exhibition featuring a variety of artwork.  The following shows will be on view March 26 through April 14; the artists’ works will be available for purchase through the PAC online gallery, or their portfolio website. Maxwell …

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Knight Street Getting Its Bar Back

You don’t have to live in the West End to be glad for this news: The former, much-loved E&O Tap is being refitted to become your new regular neighborhood bar, Deadbeats. When the new owners Jeffrey and Courtney Angell lived in the neighborhood, the E&O was a favorite haunt. So they had no choice really. …

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Weekend In Music

Friday — @the Met, the Silks, Houston Bernard @Dusk, Hemlock, Princess, High ‘n’ Heavy, Eclectric Electric @the Strand, Eslabon Armado @Fête Lounge, Zip-Tie Handcuffs, Balloon Thief, No Room at the Morgue @Nick-A-Nee’s, John Larson and Silverfields @USB, Cannibal Ramblers, Allison Rose @Askew (6pm), Eric and the Nothing, Tall Teenagers, Joy Boys, Beauquet @the Parlour, JC …

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Prince Themed Bike Jam — Burnside Park

(3.24) The Providence Bike Jam (PBJ) is back this Friday for a purple, Prince-fueled odyssey through the streets of the city — route to be announced. Dress code: purple. Purple Rain bike jam event on FB. Providence Bike Jam is a monthly party typically held on the second-to-last Friday each month. (I happen to have …

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Singletary Talk At RISD

(3.22) “Tlingit Hat” by glass artist Preston Singletary was commissioned by the RISD Museum and added to the collection in 2020. I noticed it immediately upon my return to the museum. Assistant curator of decorative arts and design, Emily Banas, wrote the accompanying text: Singeltary’s blown-glass, sand-carved hats are based on Native Northwest Coast painted …

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The PPL Tour

(3.22) Spaces still available at the time of this writing: The Providence Public Library invites the public to take a tour of the main library downtown. If you have yet to check out the changes and upgrades, you are in for a wonderful surprise. The choices they made in design and decor — wall color, …

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Eco-Depot — Allens Avenue

(3.25) The Providence Eco-Depot schedule starts this Saturday, March 25th. We all know that household hazardous waste and toxic chemicals must be disposed of properly, that’s why it keeps piling up. So start attacking the super-fund site you call a garage, now. You must register and make an appointment with the Rhode Island Resource Recovery …

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Week In Music

Monday — @Alchemy, Volk, Dan Blakeslee, Sourpunch @the Parlour, WS Monroe and Friends @Dusk, Vertigo, Counter Culture, Mike’s Carwash, Paint By Numbers Tuesday — @Dusk, Blackwater Drowning, Screams of Hockomock, Cetragore @Fête Ballroom, Dark, Divine, Catch Your Breath, Sink With Me, Late 9, Rebuild Rewind @Nick-A- Nee’s, Marty and Friends  @Alchemy, Moosecreek Park, TRSH, Nicoteens, …

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JDA Meeting With RIDOT

(3.21) The public is invited to the next meeting of the Jewelry District Association when representatives from RIDOT will be giving a status report on their major projects. They will be taking questions. The meeting will be held on the fourth floor of the South Street Landing building. A team from RIDOT —David Walsh, Manager …

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Happy St. Joseph’s Day — Buona Festa

The fried Zeppole di San Guiseppi will be going fast today at the Scialo Bros. Bakery on Atwells Avenue; it’s St. Joseph’s Day. Joseph was the husband of Mary; it is not clear how he became associated with baked goods. He is the patron saint of “happy death” so that may be it. The origin …

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Apsara Asian Restaurant Reopens

We are happy to announce that Apsara Asian Restaurant reopened last week for full dine-in service; this has caused much joy on social media, with over a hundred comments on FB. They had been open for take-out since the end of the lockdown, but people are so ready to go out to eat with friends. …

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RISD Museum — Founders Day

(3.22) RISD was founded on March 22, 1877 and the museum is celebrating its founding by offering free admission this Saturday, March 18 and again on Wednesday, March 22. Special offerings for Founders Day include a %18.77 discount at the RISD Store on Wednesday. In 1877, 35 women, armed with $1,675 and a vision, founded …

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St. Pat’s Parade On Smith Street

(3.18) The Providence St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place Saturday, March 18th. The parade kicks off on Smith Street at Wyndham Avenue and continues down Smith, ending at the Statehouse. And by Statehouse, we mean Patrick’s Pub. Leading the parade will be the Grand Marshal, the Honorable Mary S. McElroy, and, should she twist …

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Brown University ‘Brain Fair’

(3.18) Why are children better at learning new languages than adults? How do optical illusions work? And does practice really make perfect? The Brown Brain Fair is back, live and in person. Meet real scientists . . . make brain art . . . touch real human brains! Join university students, in partnership with the …

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Weekend In Music

Friday — @Nick-A-Nee’s, the Teledynes @Fête Lounge, ’84 Tigers, Pilot to Gunner, the Twin, Sullest @USB, Most Dangerous Men Alive @Red Ink, Georgie, Dogs on Shady Lane, Garden of Evildoers, Lily Porter Wright @Askew, retro dance party @Fish Co., Witzend @Greenwich Odeum, (sold out) Richard Thompson @News Cafe, Tab, Dearstreet, Shapethrower, Hatelord, Search Warrant @the …

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