Everything must go! This sale will run for 10 days. I’d suggest sooner rather than later. (Facebook event.) We’ve got everything from fancy furniture and heavy duty kitchen equipment down to forks and knives and light fixtures and sconces. Come grab a piece of 121 nostalgia while supplies last! We accept cash, cards, and money …
We did not mean to let pass without notice the closing of pioneering restaurant/bar Local 121 where last weekend friends and longtime habitués gathered for one last hurrah. Back in 2007, insanely energetic hospitality visionaries, Josh and Nancy Miller, took over the former Dreyfus Hotel, reviving the restaurant and restoring the gorgeous Tap Room interior. …
A plethora of Earth Day events are on tap this week — you can start by saving Thursday night for a ‘Clean Water Action Rhode Island’ fundraiser to be held Thursday, April 22, in the Local 121 Speakeasy. Free pizza from, who else, Nice Slice. Also, prizes will be raffled off. Suggested donation is $10. …
Half the reason I love Ben Pilgrim is this photo of him with his cat, Sylvia. The other half is his excellent music. With or without his Free Union Band, Ben is quietly and consistently good, and he’s opening tonight for Clint Niosi at Local 121. Clint, a fellow Useless English Degree holder, acknowledges some influences that …
As previously noted, last night was the final installment of LOADED, the Britpop-heavy night at Local 121 that Eric’s been co-DJ-ing for the past two years or so. Despite the fact that I’m downtown a lot on Tuesdays and also am probably the only person in this city besides Eric to fully appreciate Menswe@r, I …
[youtube]mZpUcp-wgKM[/youtube] Friends, the end is nigh: tomorrow’s LOADED! will be the very last. For almost two years it has been our pleasure to share with you our record collection and to dance and drink away the pain of having worked a whole two days into the week, and we would be honored if you could …
In case you’re looking to shake your groove thing this weekend, there’s three different chances tomorrow. The (second) kickoff party for the FAM Collaborative is taking place at the Wolcott Eco Building. The collaborative is committed to supporting youth programming in fashion, art, and music, and you can learn more about them here. The Wolcott …
Look who’s on Page Two of the Providence Journal! That’s our own Eric Smith (in a different picture we can’t use.) Rick Massimo has a piece about the intersection of music, politics, and the Dose this past year. DJs spin every night in the Tap Room of Local 121, and on Tuesdays it’s always the …
Jason Tranchida and I will be hosting our second annual Holiday Extravaganza at Local 121 tonight. I have no idea what the hell I’ll be playing but you’re bound to love it, so head on down, grab a festive cocktail, and dance the night away. (We start at 10, so if you’re one of the …
Drinking Liberally and the Daily Dose are combining forces for a Holiday Extravaganza!!!! Tonight (THURSDAY, December 11) 9pm, in the Local 121 Tap Room (yes, because we are lazy). It’s FREE (just help us blow $400* at the bar). Matthew Lawrence, spinning Chipmunks holiday songs on loop. Other things too. *(Ed. Note: Just to clarify …
Kudos to Mayor Cicilline and the following restaurants for their enlightened thinking regarding bottled water. According to the ProJo, Cicilline and the owners of five local restaurants announced yesterday that they are joining national efforts to curb the use of bottled water. The owners of Providence establishments Local 121, Benders Caffe, the Hot Club, Trinity …
It’s Tuesday, it’s time to get LOADED! Come down and join Handsome Pete, Kevin Leavitt and myself for a whole lot of awesome, up to and including Nuggets era garage psychedelia, baggy-trousered British pop from the day-glo years, trashy 70’s glam and whatever else you want to hear. This clip is from when bands had …
I don’t have time to post all of it right now, but: Tuesday night there’s a fundraiser State Rep Art Handy, Chair of the Progressive Caucus, 6-8pm, at Local 121. There’s also a fundraiser for Planned Parenthood of Rhode Island, over at the Hi Hat in thr Jewelry District. More info later on the WRNI …
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEKju2-eOUA] What You Don’t Know might hurt you, so Let Me Be The One to invite you to the Local 121 tonight, where Tim O’Keefe and I will be taking you to the Point of No Return (ah, ah, ah) at his weekly Listening Party. It will be delightful.
Tonight at Local 121, Timothy “cozy music” O’Keefe and Jason “LLAMAproduct” Tranchida and my “The World’s Slowest Dance Party” self will be playing music for you. It will be a lot like this video, but with fewer pastel-painted oil barrels: [youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=rh1HacSZgZI]
Tonight’s Listening Party at Local 121 is a meet und greet for Providence Community Radio, celebrating its 10th anniversary of “Working to bring non-profit community radio to greater providence since 1998.” Sadly, as of right now their website is not working. Dudes! But come down tonight for special guests; burrito slinger Tyler Long, Cynthia Reed, …