Club Notes, Thursday, Aug. 6

Lisa Barthelson (pictured), interviewed today on WCUW's the Weekly Shuffle. Barthelson talked about Art in the Park, which opens Thursday, Aug. 6, at Elm Park at 6 p.m. The opening includes artist talks, food and tunes by the mighty Dinosaurs. This 22-piece exhibit, which will be on display through October, featuring an exceptional, and eclectic, mix of media by artists Andy Campbell, Vicente Garcia, Susan Champeny, Susu Wing and many more. Barthelson's piece, "Found Nest, After Ice Storm," was inspired by last year's monstrous ice storm that pummeled the area at the beginning of the winter.

Thursday, WCUW is presenting Duke Robillard at the Hanover Theatre as part of their series; Reverend JJ and the Casual Sinners preach at Tammany Hall; Eternal Embrace is part of the Ralph's metal show; Twitch the Ripper joins Streak at the Raven; Joshua English, Ghost Ocean and Nate MacKinnon do acoustic performances at Nick's; Ken Macy Jr. sings at Block 5, and down the street it's a funk party in the beer garden at The Dive.

Friday, Saint to Sinner joins Levity at London Billiards; Bill McCarthy brings his guitar to the Old Post Office Pub; Bottlefight hits the stage with Designer Drugs, Slitstitch and Sadplant at Ralph's; Hat On, Drinking Wine debuts, along with Only at Night, at the Lucky Dog; The Summer Street Band returns to Speakers; Ripcord racks 'em up at Jillian's; Shirley Lewis belts the blues at Gilrein's; BlackSheep herds at the Fiddler's Green; and Gold Star Campaign rocks Beatnik's.
Saturday, The Lights Out's at Ralph's with the Bad Bads; Still Aggravated rocks PJ's Bar and Grill; Slack debuts at the Emerald Isle; Beatles for Sale does the Fab4 at JJ's in Northboro; White Chocolate melts at Chaser's; Ben Cole's heating up the Boiler Room; Never Enough Bullets and New Ditty split the bill at The Raven; the Gobshites do surf at the Cannery; The Weight of Gravity jams at Oxford Tavern; The Trick Bag Blues Band improvises at Gilrein's; Go Gadget Go does covers at The Nines; the Middle River Band rocks Breakaway Billiards in Clinton; and DJ Reckless spins at Red 1888.

Friday and Saturday night, the Matt Schwachman Band returns to Sakura Tokyo; and speaking of Sakura Tokyo, a favorite there, Pet Rock, is calling it quits and doing so with two farewell shows this weekend at Foxwoods Casino, Friday and Saturday night. Speaking of breakups, Cathy's Clown and New England Soul Revue, too, have unfortunately called it quits, with no appropriate glue for repair in clear sight at this time.

On Sunday, Poison the Well, Bane and Madball are part of the $10 for 10 bands tour at the Palladium; Jason James tears down the place at Nick's; CD Stone and his Screamin' Blue Orchestra jams at the Blue Plate in the afternoon; and Letterday does an all ages show at the Raven.

Other events:

Art in the Park opens at Elm Park on Thursday, and will be on display through October. It opens at 6 p.m. with live music, artist tours and food.
Saturday is the Puttin' for Pawz event at the Leicester County Club to raise money for the Worcester Animal Rescue League. Also Saturday morning, at 10, Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary runs a program for kids called Insects Have Six Legs.

Saturday and Sunday the Worcester World Cup takes place at Foley Stadium.

On Sunday, the Import Evolution Car Show is at the DCU Center; there's a birthday celebration for Smokey the Bear at the Riverbend Farm Visitor's Center in Uxbridge; the fantastic Fat City Band swings at the Elks Club for their weekly Dance2Swing in Leominster; the Poet's Asylum brings words to Jumpin, Juice and Java; there's a Stone Beer Dinner at Armsby Abbey; and Jo Dee Messina sings country at Indian Ranch in Webster.

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