Week In Music

Monday — @News Cafe, Myles Bullen, K-the-I, Jesse the Tree Tuesday — @Nick-A-Nee’s, John Allmark and friends, George Leonard Wednesday — @Nick-A-Nee’s, Four Bridges Thursday — @Dusk, (toy drive) Echoes Fade, Damnation is Today, Wrath of Hades, Shape of Rage, Rithlya Khiev, Eden Will Burn @Askew, the Autocrats @Greenwich Odeum, the Tubes @AS220 Black Box, …

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‘The Holdovers’ Running Longer Than Originally Intended

This is kind of like naming your band Standing Room Only. Theater owners must have known when they signed up for this film that they would have to add at least one extra week. It will probably work our fine. The Holdovers reunites Sideways alums Paul Giamatti and director Alexander Payne in a Christmas story …

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Maven’s Deli Now Open

Yes, Maven’s Delicatessen will be selling black and white cookies Sunday when restaurateur Jason Sugarman opens the doors to his passion project, a real Jewish deli here in his home state. And while we have other smaller delis around town with counter service, Maven’s is a restaurant with table seating for 100 plus, as well …

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Friars Vs. Rams

(12.2) “Big Trouble in Little Rhody”! The Providence Friars and the URI Rams will be playing for the 133rd time this Saturday at the Amica Mutual Pavilion. PC holds a 76-56 edge in the series, including a 40-23 mark in Providence. Tip off is 7:30pm. You can watch at home on FS1, or you can …

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‘Three Nights Of Lights’

(12.3) Lots going on downtown this weekend. Three Nights of Lights is a weekend-long festival with free citywide events, all incorporating the theme of light. Events, activations, and installations will be found around every corner. Experience a new multimedia installation and live ensemble performance presented by Firstworks at Grace Church. Enjoy illuminated and activated art …

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Rink Opens & Tree Lighting

(12.1) The holiday season kicks off Friday when the Providence Rink begins its winter programming. Guests can enjoy ice skating 10am to 10pm daily through February, weather permitting. Ice bumper cars will be available Monday through Friday, from 4pm to 8pm, and weekends from 10am through 2pm. Bring your own skates or rent a pair …

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Weekend In Music

Friday — @the Parlour, the Figgs, Western Stars @Greenwich Odeum, (sold out) the Fixx @Union Station Brewery, Diamond Blues @Lost Valley, Appala’s Eclipse, Hopeless Romantics, Dog Tree @Myrtle, Dave Richards Band @Mayday, Brown Apples, Pucker, the Sonce, Salem Wolves @Dusk, Oxblood Forge Saturday — @Nick-A-Nee’s, Chris Monti @Dusk, Evil Empire (Rage tribute) @USB, Matty Odabashian …

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Last Rites For Angell Street Houses

I’m not sure what can be done to save these buildings at this point, but their removal will leave a gaping hole in the neighborhood, leaving plenty of room for god-knows-what. The Providence Preservation Society sent out this update today: PPS, Councilman John Goncalves and the College Hill Neighborhood Association hosted a vigil for the …

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Providence Welcomes The Navy

The annual Army-Navy Game won’t be played until December 9th (this year at Gillette Stadium) but the competition has already begun. Both sides have revealed the newly-designed uniforms their players will be wearing on game day, and they are pretty awesome. The Naval Academy team will be spending the night before the big game down …

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Jesperson At POP — Saturday

POP Emporium will be hosting an evening of stories and songs with Peter Jesperson, author of “Euphoric Recall: A Half Century as a Music Fan, Producer, Dj, Record Executive, and Tastemaker.” Tickets go on sale Friday at noon; the event is December 9. Jesperson was the founding manager of the seminal alternative rock band The …

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Week In Music

Monday — @Mayday, the Drin, Crime of Passing, Lookers and Happiness Tuesday — @Columbus Theatre, (sold out) Blind Pilot @Nick-A-Nee’s, the Dan Moretti Quartet, George Leonard Wednesday — @Nick-A-Nee’s, the Suqnots @Mayday, Retrograth, Don Nothing, Sad Noise @Red Ink, Elijah Berlow, Troubador Davis, Cassie Lee Thursday — @Fête Lounge, Loudsounds, the Burning Paris, Not Bad …

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Entropy And The ‘Piano-Shaped Object’

This former practice piano sits beneath the towering maples and hemlocks behind the Orwig Music Building, slowly becoming one with the universe. Prior to the intervention of Ph.D. candidate Devanney Haruta, the Brown University Music Department had it slated for a trip to the dump, but inspired by Australian composer Ross Bolleter’s work with “ruined …

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Small Business Saturday

(11.25) You should be supporting your local independent businesses all year long — they invest in your community, employ your family and friends, pay local taxes, maintain the brick-and-mortar storefronts that make for a vibrant neighborhood, and offer unique, often locally made, goods. Seen here is Craftland downtown on Westminster Street. They started as a …

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Weekend In Music

Friday — @Columbus Theatre, Deer Tick, Tommy Stinson @Union Station Brewery, the Zajac Brothers Band @the Parlour, Sgt. Baker and the Clones, Rory Quinn’s Grease Fire, Jetty, Northeast Traffc @Nick-A-Nee’s, Pat Halpin and the 351s @Dusk, dance party @the Met, Violin River Saturday — @the Met, the Schemers @Dusk, Hemlok, Starbath, Z-Boys, Aerolis @Nick-A-Nee’s, the …

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