April/May to date at a Glance. Here are the events scheduled so far @ The Blood Drive Co-op:

April 7th: Liquor Store/Atlantic Thrills/Sour Punch/Scylla/DJ Studs Jerkel/ Beer Provided by Brew Haus Brewery

April 15th: Bad Noids/White Load/Neon Bitches( feat. members of Dropdead/Straight To Hell)/Rampant Decay

April 19th: Lolita Black/Outlook(WA)/In Heat/Lobotomizer

April 24th: Rob Duguay's Birthday/Benefit for Arts and Music Education/The Famous Winters/A Troop of Echoes/Tapestries/Vudu Sister/Honey Brown

April 27th: Mobile Deathcamp (feat. active members of GWAR) more TBA

May 3rd: Melissa Rourke: A Video Retrospective Videography and Still images by Melissa Rourke

May 5th TBA

for more info: blooddriveco-op.blogspot.com
1.401.400.ART2

for booking: blooddrivecoop@gmail.com

ANGELSIDE SIDE STUDIO STARTING TO MOVE INTO THEIR NEW HOME LOCATED WITHIN THE BLOOD DRIVE CO-OP!!!!!

Starting soon a Fully Functioning Recording Studio!!!

The Blood Drive Co-op Presents:

Spring Punk Gig # who cares?

Sunday, April 15 2012

Bad Noids (clevo brain-damaged punk orphans)
http://www.myspace.com/badnoids
Neon Bitches (swede-hc worship, members of DROPDEAD, STRAIGHT TO HELL)
www.myspace.com/neonbitcheshc
Rampant Decay
http://facebook.com/rampantdecay
White Load
http://fuckjams.blogspot.com/

The Blood Drive Co-op
745 Branch Ave
Providence, RI

9pm $6

YEAH BUDDY!!! Liquor Store, Atlantic Thrills, Sourpunch, Scylla, Beer Provided by Basement Brewhaus!!!

The Blood Drive Co-op is pleased to present a rare local performance of New Jersey's own Liquor Store!!!

LIQUOR STORE www.myspace.com/liquorstorenj ATLANTIC THRILLS www.facebook.com/pages/Atlantic-Thrills/147743505238798?sk=app_2405167945 SOURPUNCH www.facebook.com/pages/Sourpunch/129819047097104?sk=wall&filter=12 SCYLLA www.facebook.com/Scylla3 DJ Studs Jerkel Beer Provided by Basement Brewhaus ----------------------------------------------------- This is the Blood Drive Co-op's first live concert since opening the new facility to the public in February 2012. Liquor Store, Jersey's titans of heavy rock highway anthems team up with Providence's boozed-up fuzz mechanics for an all night exercise in decadence. All-star super group Scylla debuts its own brand of bad trip soundtracks and DJ Studs Jerkel plays the music your parents hated because they were lame ass Journey fans. Doors 9:00PM $6 for more info: http://www.facebook.com/events/238819609547896/ for booking: blooddrivecoop@gmail.com

Melissa Rourke : A Video Art Retrospective

This exhibit has just been added. Please join us for an exciting/interesting open house. 

We are very pleased to have local Artist/Videographer Melissa Rourke exhibit a small body of work at the Blood Drive Co-op. Melissa Rourke is a video artist who creates abstract work on topics concerning the body, movement, and visual disturbance/reinterpretation. This event is free with suggested donations encouraged going directly to Melissa. Please join us for the opening night and reception. for more info click the link below:

http://www.facebook.com/events/106806456118617/

LIKE OUR PAGE: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Blood-Drive-Co-op/178837862216565

Celebrate Lovecraft's death with RE-ANIMATOR in 35mm!

Celebrate Lovecraft's death with RE-ANIMATOR in 35mm!

The Arkham Film Society and Malachi's Cafe present a rare 35mm screening of RE-ANIMATOR for the 75th anniversary of H. P. Lovecraft's death.*

One night only at 7:00pm on Saturday March 17th and will cost $8.00 per person. This event will be held at The Granoff Center For The Arts, 154 Angell Street, Providence, RI.


ADA Books will be at our ticket table selling a selection of books by H. P. Lovecraft.

For more information on RE-ANIMATOR
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089885/

For more info on The Arkham Film Society
https://www.facebook.com/TheArkhamFilmSociety

Special thanks goes out to our generous sponsors for this event

Malachi's Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/malachisri


ADA Books
ada-books.com

and
The Blood Drive Co-op
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Blood-Drive-Co-op/178837862216565

* Yes we know that technically the 75th anniversary of Lovecraft's death is on Thursday the 15th but a Saturday makes an easier day to have an event. And for those of you who want to celebrate St. Patrick's Day remember that there is a lot of green in this film.

RARE BATTLE ROYALE screening coming to Providence.

RARE BATTLE ROYALE screening coming to Providence.

The Arkham Film Society invites you to come out and enjoy this rare public screening of Kinji Fukasaku's epic BATTLE ROYALE. One night only at 7:00pm on Saturday March 10th only $6.00 per person. This event will be held at The Granoff Center For The Arts at 154 Angell Street, Providence, Rhode Island. Also for those interested ADA Books will be selling copies of the BATTLE ROYALE novel at the ticket table before this screening.

For more info on BATTLE ROYALE http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266308/

For more info on The Arkham Film Society
https://www.facebook.com/TheArkhamFilmSociety

Special thanks goes out to our generous sponsors for this event

Malachi's Cafe
https://www.facebook.com/malachisri

ADA Books
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ada-Books/57616216885

and 
The Blood Drive Co-op
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Blood-Drive-Co-op/178837862216565

One Minute Promo of Blood Drive Co-Op Overview

Video by Adam "Spider" Theroux

About:
Founded in 1995. The Blood Drive Co-op's name is derived from an experience donating blood. When you donate blood you are giving a physical piece of yourself back to your surrounding community.


Mission:
Striving for Social Justice through Education/Expression/Outreach by providing an Inclusive and Accessible Art/Music/Community for Everyone to Share.


Descripton:
Throughout many years the Co-op has taken on many forms and housed in several locations under the understanding that you have to adapt to meet the needs of the people. In the past, it has offered various programs including a teen outreach programs that provided a safe haven for youth to see concerts free from drugs and alcohol with proceeds going to different non profit organizations to raise awareness for issues stemming from the struggle for social justice. This time around, the Blood Drive Co-op has it's own building and is in a position to offer more than ever before. The infrastructure of the organization has been completely redone to onboard more programs and offer more outreach in the hopes of helping as many people as possible. The newly reformed Blood Drive Co-op includes it's original founder Jason Palmari as Director of Operations and is currently seeking a Public Relations Manager/Outreach Coordinator. Strong alliances with local arts/community organizations and local businesses are helping to insure further growth. We are currently seeking Team Members/Volunteers etc. to help broaden our organization.

What We Offer:

We offer: low cost recording studio/practice spaces on a sliding scale/yoga/women's self defense/chello,violin,guitar,beat making-production,DJing lessons/graphic design classes/art lessons for children/film and movie nights/various after school programs/performance space/temp studio space for rent/communal gallery space/consignment of locally hand made goods more TBA.