Saturday August 15th I rounded Nicole up to join me for my first trip to The Spot a non-profit, artists’ collaborative, performance space and art gallery, located on Thayer Street in Providence. Knowing ahead of time that The Spot has a BYOB liquor license, due to the astronomical and unfair cost of full service liquor licenses in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations caused mainly by the bloated cost of our ineffective state government, and the area’s unfortunate puritanical and Catholic roots, Nicole and I stopped at Madeira Liquors for a six pack of my new favorite indulgence, Dogfish Head’s India Brown Ale. We arrived and traversed the stairs to the loft, filled with paintings and sculpture and music, a true artist’s haven. Divided into two eclectically decorated rooms, you enter into the stage room, explicitly designed for live performance, music, comedy or theater. The second room , called “The Ballroom,” had a more open floor plan with a check-in bar and refrigerator for your drinks, and a lounging area with chaises and bean bag chairs with a layered cloth overhang. So comfortable and inviting looked the lounge area, I thought it best to avoid, at least for the time being, lest I’d be in for a nap rather than a night of music. There were four performers for the evening, Jenny Brown, Buick Audra, Jon Tierney and The Kris Hansen Kollective.

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