Club Notes, Thursday, May 21, 2009

Happy Memorial Day Weekend, everyone.

Tonight, Thursday, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes bring a taste of the Jersey shore to the Hanover Theatre, joining The Stompers and The Grease Rockets; Lisa Marie belts out the blues with All Shook Up at Nick’s; Go Gadget Go opens for The Flock at the Lucky Dog; and Sean Fullerton sings at Cornerstone’s Restaurant in Leominster.

On Friday, Bill McCarthy’s trusty guitar is going with him to Greendale’s; All Teeth comes to the area to play the Hudson Eagles Club with COA and For the Worse; Rose Colored Glasses rocks the Kaz Bar; Mindset X hits Before the Fall at Ralph’s; there’s a battle of the bands contest at Indian Ranch, Rite of Passage joins the lineup at Mill Street Brews; Evenspeak rocks Classic’s Pub in Leominster; Mark Renburke sings at the Greyhound Pub; Fergus returns to the Fiddler’s Green; Tim LaRoche sings at PJ’s in West Boylston; Meattoast and the Deliciousness opens for Alive! The Kiss tribute at the Lucky Dog Music Hall; CD Stone’s got his Screaming Live Orchestra shaking the walls at Gilrein’s; Wibble and the Harmony Whores are out at Trumbull’s in Spencer; and Jon Short is the special guest of the Delta Generators, making their debut at The Cannery.

Saturday, there’s an Elvis impersonator at PJ’s Bar and Grill on West Boylston Street; Ralph’s hosts the Kulture Hot Rod and Kustom show with acts such as the Long Goodbyes, Jason James, The Preston Wayne 5 and Pulp 45; there’s an autism benefit at the Rockdale American Legion with Black Eye Bone Daddys, Red Sky, Stonecrusher and Of One Mind; Anomopoly headlines Mill Street Brews with Demi; Mountain Town joins Character Vs. Author at Spiritual Haze; the annual Bob Dylan show takes over the Green Rooster, featuring Lydia Fortune and many more; No Alibi is back rocking Greendale’s; Mullthead’s back, this time with Full Blooded and the Uncomfortables at the Lucky Dog; Leaving Eden’s at the Irish Times; Pretty Pollution headlines the ADC Center; Chyldz Play is down at Chasers; Mission Hill plays an 18-plus show at Tammany Hall; Billy Claire’s out at Speakers in Marlboro with his band The Allens; Dr. Robert’s digging classic rock at JJ’s; the Bubbleheads pop at The Nines; Hammond B-3’s duke it out for some of the coolest funk around for Funk You! at The Dive; and the legendary Doo-Wop band The Flamingos are at 12 Crane.

On Sunday, Lisa Marie’s the featured act at the weekly Frank’s Pub blues jam during the afternoon; Unearth shares the stage with Testament at The Palladium; DRG is at Chasers; and Ralph’s is home to poetry, welcoming The Pen Floats event with feature The Dirty Gerund.
Next Thursday, Shana Morrison is coming back to the Dive to play some of her originals. Shana, of course, is the daughter of Van.

Other events:

On Thursday, guitarist Richard Starkey hosts a Martin Guitars workshop at Union Music.
Art-A-Fact is on display through August at WPI’s George C. Gordon Library, and it features images and artifacts created through research at the school.

On Friday, Kate Lewis’s Interactive Installation and Pottery exhibit opens at The Sprinkler Factory with a reception at 6 p.m.

Calliope Productions puts on Oliver starting on Saturday at its theater in Boylston.

On Saturday, the Celtic Arms and Armor Show takes over Higgins Armory Museum at 11:30 a.m. Learn about vernal pools in Lincoln Woods with the Mass. Audubon Society. Meet at the Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary at 1:30 for van transportation.

Don’t forget – if you buy wine with animal on it at The Wine Vine on Highland Street, or condiments from Dr. Gonzo on Main Street, you can support the Pet Rock Festival, which is coming up in September. Read all about that on petrockfest.com.