Rock and roll on the cuff courtesy of MARK CUTLER & FRIENDS THURSDAY (the 29th) at Nick-a-Nee’s (401.861.7290) in the Jewelry District, or head south to the historic Greenwich Hotel with THE THROTTLES, a new duo featuring Greg Burgess and former Amazing Crowns bassman Jack Hanlon (21+ and never a cover, call 401.884.4200). Head further south on FRIDAY (the 30th) for a pair of All Hallow’s Eve gigs; catch ROZ RASKIN & THE RICE CAKES with FORMAL ACTION at the Wheelhouse (401.284.0246) in Narragansett, or local jam band icons FOXTROT ZULU at the Ocean Mist (401.782.3740) in Matunuck. We can put dudes on the moon and discover water on Mars but still can’t produce a snack-size Whatchamacallit? Weak. But at least Halloween falls on a weekend, and SATURDAY (the 31st) offers some entertaining ways to work off the candy, including garage rock thrashers CLIFFS AND BANGERS at Billy Goode’s (401.848.5013) in Newport, with a special treat — hometowners THE DIEPODS (who recently decimated my eardrums at the Blackstone) performing an all-Zeppelin set. Empire Street should be popping with eye candy on Saturday; join expert beat-conductor JOE BEATS spinning between sets at the CASPIAN show at AS220 (401.831.9327) with fellow instrumentalists HADOKEN, BEWARE OF SAFETY, and locals TROOP OF ECHOES, eying a spring ‘10 full-length release. On SUNDAY (the 1st), THE MISFITS headline a great bill with SASQUATCH & THE SICK-A-BILLYS, ACEROSE, and Warwick’s LEMON LIME TENNIS SHOES at Lupo’s (401.331.5876). On WEDNESDAY (the 4th), Union (next to Providence Eagle downtown) presents audio mayhem courtesy of Providence locals DENIMVENOM and THE NETWORK along with New York’s TOURNAMENT, while local experimental/electronic maestro SHAWN GREENLEE (aka Pleasurehorse, ex-Landed) throws down at AS220 with special guests ($6 cover at the door).
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- Autumn views
The big news of Providence’s fall arts season is the completion of the RISD Museum’s Chace Center, which offers new exhibition, educa-tion, retail, and administrative space.
- Funhouse
AS220’s exhibit “New Obstructions” is one of those right-on ideas that seem to come so naturally to the institution.
- Connected
In 2004, AS220's StinkTank put out a paper titled "Compost and the Arts."
- Interview: Witch
SONGS FOR THE DEAF AT AS220, COURTESY OF WITCH
- Stop the presses
Meg Turner steals the show in 5 Traverse gallery's new exhibit with her installation Santa's Worst Nightmare . Climb up a few stairs, step into a closet-sized box wallpapered with etchings of bricks, and close the old weathered door behind you.
- Magnificent machines
A machine that can make everything. It's been the stuff of science fiction for decades. But now, it's a reality. In fact, there's one in Providence.
- It's still summer
From the Low Anthem to Mastamindz
- The Empire strikes back
The Empire Revue is a monthly event at AS220, happening every first Sunday at 8 pm, as predictably as political malfeasance and as reliably funny, only without the urge to strangle the perpetrators. It's only eight bucks, which is still cheaper than a movie, they like to remind us, and way cheaper than a trip to the Borscht Belt, they might add.
- Crash proof
I've never trusted music that's too engineered, too perfect. Headphones on the drummer and a hundred tracks running off a laptop? Most bands practice and practice to get things just right, but it's that threat of the unexpected that makes a show worth seeing.
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Action Speaks!, the panel discussion series at Providence art space AS220, continues its fall run with a chat about the state of community organizing.
- Hootenanny!!
It's not quite right to call "Do It! Show It! Sing It! Work It!" the AS220 biennial.
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