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Christmas Week Best Bets

For when fruitcake and family just won't cut it

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The Superchief Trio bring the hot sounds of swing and New Orleans R&B to the Knickerbocker Cafe for Let’s Dance Wednesdays. Not sure if you’ve got on your boogie shoes? Fear not! Dance lessons are offered starting at 7pm. Wednesday, December 23. $10. 7:30-10pm. Knickerbocker Cafe, 25 Railroad Avenue, Westerly. More info…

Before they tuck in and hope for the best, take the kiddos out to skate with with big guy himself, Santa Claus at the Alex and Ani City Center in downtown Providence. What kid would turn down on last chance to prove they’ve been good this year? Thursday, December 24. Alex and Ani City Center, 2 Kennedy Plaza, Providence. More info… 

Are you single, ready to mingle and Jewish? Rebel Lounge has just the evening of matchmaking you’ve been looking for as the 29th annual Matzoball, which proudly claims responsibility for over a thousand marriages and countless hookups, brings the party to PVD. Dress to impress. You never know who you might end up leaving the party with. Thursday, December 24. $30. 9pm-2am. Rebel Lounge and Restaurant, 50 Exchange Terrace, Providence. More info… 


Your relatives are going to bring up politics this Christmas. It’s inevitable. Lucky for you there’s a great reason to sneak out after meeting your familial obligation. Providence Place Cinema will be screening the gorgeous 70mm print of Quentin Tarantino’s epic Western, The Hateful Eight. His latest trip to the Wild West reunites him with a stable of Tarantino regulars, including Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen and Kurt Russell. Opens Christmas Day, show and ticket times vary. 10 Providence Place. More info… 

The Providence Children’s Museum invites kids to let loose with their creative juice at Rigamajig. Using building kits complete with wooden planks, wheels, pulleys and rope, kids will get a chance to build creative contraptions while you get a break from all of those video games and Disney movies Santa left under the tree. Saturday and Sunday, December 26-27. 11am-2pm. Free with $9 museum admission. The Providence Children's Museum, 100 South Street, Providence. More info… 

Jimmy’s Saloon hosts local act Castle (the Band) for a reunion performance. It’s a Christmas miracle! Joining them will be Able Thought and Supreme Satellite Band. Jerkel will be keeping spirits high by spinning some wax in between sets. Saturday, December 26. 8:30pm. $7, 21+. 37 Memorial Boulevard, Newport. More info…

Sunday afternoons belong to jazz at Aurora for the monthly Aurora Jazz Jam. Head over to chill out and decompress after the holiday hullabaloo. Upright bass players take note, this is a BYOB (bring your own bass) gig. Sunday, December 27. $5 donation. 3-6pm. Aurora. 276 Westminster Street, Providence. More info… 

Dance off that excess holiday cheer at The Towers in Narragansett for a special ‘tween edition of their Random Sunday Milonga and Potluck (between Christmas and New Year’s, hence the ‘tween). DJ Sue mixes up traditional and Nuevo alternative tango for an evening of seductive dance. Sunday, December 27. $10. 6:30-10pm. The Towers, 35 Ocean Road Narragansett. More info… 

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