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Dive Thursday #200

Good beer and great music are the keys to success for most bars. For The Dive Bar on Green Street, they have paid careful attention to both when starting The Dive Bar Thursday Music Series (“Dive Thursday”) just under four years ago. Founded by Dive Bar and Armsby Abbey owner, Alec Lopez, along with Worcester music legend Duncan Arsenault, both decided to bring musicians in each week (over 50 musicians have performed to date) and make some great music. Combining the best aspects of a jam band and a house band, the rotation of musicians have provided a true experience on Thursdays.

On June 9th, Dive Thursday will be celebrating it’s 200th Thursday with Craig Rawding (vocals, harp), Brooks Milgate (B3), Paul Buono (keys), Jon Short (guitar, vocals), Dmitry Gorodetsky (bass), BT (trombone), Pete Levesque (sax) and Duncan Arsenault (drums). Weather permitting; the outdoor beer garden will be a welcome way to enjoy the music.

In addition to the music, Dive Bar will be celebrating the launch of Sixpoint Brewing Company’s new 16oz Nano Kegs with Sweet Action, Righteous, Bengali and Crisp Pils being available! The Dive Bar is known for it’s low profile and great selection of beers on tap, including but not limited to: The Bruery Mischief, Firestone Walker Dbl Jack, Founders Old Curmudgeon, Haverhill Hoppy as Helles, Victory Summer of Love, Pretty Things Field Mouse, Allagash Victoria and Clown Shoes Belgian IPA. Looking for Coors Light? Not here. Nor does The Dive Bar accept credit cards.

Some of the 50+ musicians that have played at Dive Thursday include, Hugh Allen, Helen Beaumont, Jeff Burch, John Cooke, Anne Eggleston, Troy Gonyea, Dino Govoni, Pete Levesque, Shana Morrison, Scott Ricciuti, DJ Shame, Zack Slik, Chuck Vath, and Al Vaudreuil.

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Swap & Shop

Since 2006, Amy Chase has been a prolific promoter of vintage style and niche shopping. Having started with a personal blog, PunkyStyle.com, she was quick to bring her love of thrift shopping to Worcester with the opening of America’s first mobile vintage shop, The Haberdash. Since then, Amy has joined Swap.com as their Fashion Director and has spread the idea and passion of clothing swaps to cities around the country; from Worcester to Boston and Los Angeles to New Orleans.

Amy and the Swap.com team is bringing the eco-friendly mantra of “swapping before shopping” back to Worcester on Saturday, May 14th at Crompton Place (138 Green Street).

Those looking to participate can drop off a bag of gently-loved items from 11am-1pm, where they will receive a self-guided tour map of the Canal District, featuring a map of all the new boutiques & area restaurants that are offering special deals for swap participants.

The swap will begin at 2pm sharp and participants can fill up a bag with fun new finds – although it’s typically a mad dash for the best stuff, often compared to the “Running of the Brides.” All items leftover at the end of the swap will be donated to Goodwill of Massachusetts in Worcester.