Photo Credit: Bret A. Ancowitz, M.D. of Garris Photography

Yeah , you read it right—Geek Dinners now rage until “9pm+”. No more of that old “8pm+” crap. Heck, at last month’s dinner, select alpha geeks were still carousing at 10:17pm+. And they said we couldn’t party…

Furthermore, at the next dinner, promising local web start-up Amie St. will be presenting their brand new innovative music service. Stay tuned for details in a follow-on post.

Please RSVP using the comments on this blog entry so we can give the good folks at AS220 an estimated headcount. And while you’re at it, subscribe to our NEW feeds and/or join the mailing list (for the mailing list, send an email to Jack Templin at jtemplin at Gmail with your name and affiliation).

As always, for first-timers here are the details on the Geek Dinners:

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• It’s totally casual. Wear whatever, bring whoever, arrive and vamoose whenever… And don’t worry about eating or not – come famished or full – eating is optional, and frankly, the least of the festivities.
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• Topics of conversation will vary as they will at any gathering of geeks, but many of us will be talking about AJAX, mash-ups, start-ups, new devices, business models, interaction design, digital art, and web services.
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• Food and beverages are for sale at the adjoining Taqueria Pacifica and bar.
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• There is WiFi so bring your connected device of choice.
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• We have AS220’s performance space from 5:30pm to approximately 7pm. After that the geekery moves to AS220’s adjoining cafe.
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AS220’s Foo Fest is a free block party that “will fill up Empire Street with a variety of live music and performances from around the world, plus creative games, locally-grown food yumminess, and all types of fun for all types of people!”

Providence Geeks will be setting up a small booth to let people play some retro games and maybe even hold a few mini-tournaments. If you’d like to help out, either by staffing the booth for part of the day or loaning a classic gaming system or television, talk to Brian Jepson at the upcoming Geek Dinner (Wednesday July 12th, 5:30pm at AS220) or leave a note in the comments here.