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Nightlife and entertainment
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As Providence's
nightlife
is largely student-oriented, things get quiet during the vacations, though Thayer Street is always lively. On summer evenings, a
party trolley
with balloons and noisy music rumbles through downtown. The $6 fee includes entry to six nightclubs on its route, and a half-price drink (Fri & Sat 8.30pm-2am; tel 401/861-1385). The Cable Car Cinema at 204 S Main St (tel 401/272-3970), and the Avon Rep Cinema at 250 Thayer St (tel 401/421-3315), show good independent and art
films
. The Providence Performing Arts Center, downtown at 220 Weybosset St, hosts various shows in a grand old Art Deco movie house (tel 401/421-2787,
). The free weekly
Providence Phoenix
has complete entertainment listings.
AS220 115 Empire St tel 401/831-9327. Unabashedly artsy cafAŠ/bar hangout for locals and students. Also a music venue featuring everything from mellow jazz to performance art. Gallery on second floor. Cover $2-5. Finnegan's Wake 397 Westminster St tel 401/751-0290. Authentic Irish pub, right down to the corned beef and cabbage. Snookers 145 Clifford St tel 401/351-7665. Lively pool hall with a variety of table games. Its green room features alternative DJs and is one of the city's most sociable spots. No cover.
Trinity Brewhouse
186 Fountain St tel 401/453-2337. Hang out here after a Providence Bruins (minor league hockey) or Friars (college basketball) game to imbibe microbrews either in celebration or despair. Other useful information
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