(4.26) Pub Quiz Sunday at the Wild Colonial Tavern. Compete for cool prizes and cover yourself with glory. Categories may include current events, local stuff, Hubble, French literature, Silicon Valley, true crime. You never know. It’s different every week, but it always ends in a 12-question audio music category. The rules are explained as you …
(2.12) Wednesday all evening — Head down to 250 South Water Street and help celebrate the 15th anniversary of one of the best bars anywhere ever . . . the Wild Colonial Tavern. All proceeds will benefit the Olneyville Housing Corporation’s 25th anniversary celebration (coming up in May). The Olneyville Housing Corporation was founded in …
(9.1) And you’re invited. We are having our 5 year birthday party tomorrow from 12-7 in our parking lot . . . a lot of food . . . and some awesome bands . . . The Johnsons . . . The Quahogs . . . Party Pigs and members of BooCity. Come get some. …
Pub Quiz at the Wild Colonial on Sunday. Compete for cool prizes and cover yourself with glory. Categories might include current events, local stuff, sports, alphabet soup, 80’s television, potent potables, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee . . . no wait, probably not that one. But you never know. It’s different every week, and it always …
Sunday (9.25) brings another installment of the world famous Wild Colonial Tavern pub quiz. Form a team of one to four people — get a few friends together and just show up. Categories of six questions each cover such topics as current events, the Periodic Table, the Sixties, canine movie stars, state capitals, NASA and …
Wayland Square has needed a neighborhood bar ever since Maverick’s closed to make way for (the totally awesome) Haruki. There are plenty of places in Wayland Square to get a drink, but they are all primarily restaurants with bars. McBride’s is a proper neighborhood pub. . . attached to a funeral home. The Monahan Funeral …
[youtube]pCfvkpFCqKI[/youtube] Okay, let’s give this a try. Seven clubs have been given permission to stay open until 3am so that the drunken crowds will disperse more slowly into downtown streets on weekend nights. The Providence Police, city club owners and various city officials have been planning this for a while and this weekend they’re going …
This Sunday is the finale for BarPlays: plays set in bars placed in bars. After that it will be one more cool thing in the long, glorious history of the Providence bar and performance scene. So, if you want to be able to someday tell all the kids and newcomers about this ‘cool thing they …
Friday — @AS220, Brokedown Serenade, Spindrift, 420 Blackbirds, Whitey @Club Hell, The Dear Hunter, The Danger Room, Kiss Kiss, It Was the Best of Times @The Blackstone, Shryne, Diablo Royale, For the Love of Sloane @Narrows Center for the Arts, Los Straitjackets, The ‘mericans @Jerky’s, Mastamindz @Firehouse 13, The Doll Eyes, The McGunks, Almost Blind, …
Friday — @AS220, The Devil, My Pocket, Cartright, Vio/Mire,Tallahassee @Jerky’s, Gut Bucket, Graveyard BBQ, Tester, Vagora @The Blackstone, Willpilot, The Third Party, Rustic Drama, Emily Smith & Synergy @Club Hell, Jeffree Star, Artist vs. Poet, Watchout!, There’s Ghosts, Lets Get It @Firehouse 13, Inkubator cd release party, Inkwell, Rhapsody, Young Rip, Young Shad, DJ Ghost …
It’s a little early to start drinking but you should be plotting your route by now. Step One: hide car keys in the vegetable crisper. Step Two: dig your lucky green sweater back out of the hamper I’m sure it’s fine. Step Three: start drinking, singing, crying, fighting, etc. you know the drill. Now write …
Eek! Warwick police are looking into an alleged assault and robbery at Track 84 last night. A female bartender at the haven for lovers of obscure beer was allegedly threatened with a knife and bound by an assailant who absconded with her purse and Nissan, which is still missing. According to the ProJo, the bartender …
Prove it. Come to the Wild Colonial Tavern for the famous (usually) twice-monthly Pub Quiz. Form a team of one to four people and answer trivial questions in a variety of categories — history, 80’s television, current events, pilgrims, vampires, hockey, stupid celebrity baby names. The final category is always 12 or so audible snippets …