Apparently there were “fireworks” of a different sort last night when the PawSox rallied for 7 runs in the eighth inning for the 8-5 win.

Daisuke Matsuzaka looked sharp, working five shutout innings against Toledo. Dice-K allowed only one hit. Matsuzaka was very efficient, throwing 56 pitches, 38 for strikes.

(Dare we hope?) First place PawSox (31-19) send Brandon Duckworth (5-1) to the mound tonight against the Toledo Mud Hens. General admission tickets are still only $7. Beat that!

(Photo credit: Meegs)

6:05pm, Sunday, May 27, followed by fireworks, McCoy Stadium, Pawtucket, (directions)

The Adult Summer Lesson Season runs through September 1. The Youth Summer Sailing Camp runs from June 25 to August 17. And check out their Community Outreach Program; last year over 800 children went through the program.

For the child at risk or adrift on Providence’s streets, there are few, if any, activities that teach so many important virtues and lessons about life the way sailing does. Sailing requires an unmatched combination of physical skills, intelligence, sound judgment, self-reliance and significant responsibilities for vessel, crew and self. Boys and girls from different cultures and backgrounds work together . . . It is not unusual to find that kids who never excelled in any other activity find their niche in sailing.

The Community Boating Center, India Point Park, 401-454-SAIL

We’re nearing the end of the sale and it’s gone really well. We’ve moved a bunch of stuff to our new space, but there’s still lots of stuff at the Wayland Square space that we need to get rid of. For this weekend only, EVERYTHING that’s left will be just $1 (one measly dollar)! [Editor's note: Just to be clear, each individual object will cost one dollar.] After that we’ll be open for just two days (next Wednesday and Thursday from noon to 5pm) when EVERYTHING that’s left in the shop will be FREE!!!

There’s piles of fabric/textiles, hundreds of LPs and 45rpm records, books, paper goods, knick-knack-bric-a-brac-bring-a-dog-a-bone, stereo equipment, this, that and the other thing — we need it all gone!

They must be crazy.

Noon to 5pm, Saturday and Sunday, What Cheer Antiques, 7 South Angell Street (for now)

Empire Guitars and GirlsRock! RI present an afternoon of WOMEN WHO ROCK! It’s a showcase of three up-and-coming Providence bands that include women in key roles. We’ll have info on how you can help GirlsRock! RI spread the gospel of rock ‘n’ roll to girls of all ages, plus check out the awesome gear Empire Guitars has in stock.

Scheduled to perform: Me Jane, Gertrude Atherton, and Broadcaster

Enter on Ninth Street, just up from North Main, at the yellow loading dock. (The front entrance will not be open.)

Free, 1pm, Saturday, May 26, Empire Guitars, 1271 North Main Street, 1.877.55-TWANG (directions)

You go . . . no, you go . . . I’ll go if you go.

This will be the last peregrine update as the nesting box without the adorable nestlings will be quite nauseating to behold. The first report was just last month when they were four tiny, fuzzy little snowballs. You could practically watch them gaining weight from one day to the next; so much for Atkins. If you are walking downtown today, look up. These guys might be visible flapping around the top of the Superman building. Click here for live peregrine webcam.

(This photo is from yesterday. This morning there were only two. Pic after the jump.)

Starry starry night, the Oracles, Spogga the Fire Dancer, fried dough, Luminaria, Joe Castiglione (what?), and the Origami Guy

Free, ignition at sunset, 8:10pm, Saturday, May 26, WaterFire, downtown on the river

Saturday — @AS220, the Can’t Nots, Mattera, Sgt. Baker and the Clones, Jillian Stellar @Nick-A-Nee’s, Becky Chace Band @Local 121, Breezee and the Count @the Met, Devil’s Feedback, Vegas Automatic, Sirens of Poveglia, All For Blood, SweatShop, Dayton @the Spot Underground, Velveteen Playboys, Mark Cutler @Blood Drive Co-op (punks for pets), Sourpunch, Vagora, Dog Day Afternoon, Red Line Rebels, Lowlife, National Pest

(Photo of Sgt. Baker and the Clones by Doug Learned)

You can meet at the Great Swamp parking area off Great Neck road at 4pm, or caravan from the Sierra Club’s office at Anchor at 42 Rice Street, behind Firehouse 13.

Should be about an hour and a half of non-strenuous, checking-out-nature ambling.

If you have questions or need more info, check out the Rhode Island Sierra Club’s outings page, or send an email to outings@risierraclub.org.

Wow. Talk about your apostrophe catastrophes. If you can remember this early version of the beloved City Hall snack wagon — the oldest operating American diner on wheels — the makers of a new documentary really want to hear from you. In fact anybody with a good Haven Brothers story is invited to drop by the Culinary Arts Museum at Johnson & Wales this evening and share. Interviews will be conducted in the museum’s diner exhibit and donations will be accepted to help fund the project. (Invite here.)

The new Haven Brothers food truck (sans apostrophe) will be parked outside the museum serving up food.

$10 donation suggested, 6pm to 8pm, Thursday, May 24, Culinary Arts Museum, 315 Harborside Blvd.

Salisbury Farm, the Local Catch, Providence Granola Project, Hill Orchards, Whispering Elms Farm, Barden Family Orchard, Great Harvest Bread Company, Windmist Farm Xiong Farm, the Coffee Guy, and food truck Rocket Fine Street Food (burgers — both beefy and beety— mac ‘n’ cheese, pudding).

4pm to 7pm, Thursdays, Armory Farmers Market, Parade at Hudson Street

Seen here is ‘Whirl’ by furniture design graduate Ian Stell.

Freely functioning wheels are adapted as the only vertical members of a chair. The orientation of these wheels keeps the chair from moving in any direction besides a perfect circle.

Free and open to the public, daily noon to 5pm, through June 2, RISD Graduate Thesis Show, RI Convention Center, Exhibition Hall A, One Sabin Street

As huge budget deficits cripple most states, Wisconsin is trying to stimulate its economy — by paying for $100,000 in personal grooming and perks for Johnny Depp, and another $4.5 million towards his upcoming film, Public Enemies. Rhode Island recently underwrote Disney’s Underdog — a CGI re-imagining of the adventures of the flying beagle — with nearly $10 million in public funds. Missouri is gearing up to help pay for three episodes of the soap opera, “As the World Turns,” and if Connecticut’s Economic Development Office has its way, that state’s taxpayers will soon be paying Jerry Springer to tape episodes of his raucous daytime talk show.

All support, materials and training are provided by PCL, and the only requirements for volunteering are that you:

• Speak English
• Enjoy helping people
• Are willing to commit two hours per week of your time.

There will be two training dates this summer: August 21, 5:30pm to 7:30pm, and September 4, 5:30pm to 7:30pm at South Providence Library, 441 Prairie Avenue.

Contact Carolina Briones to find out more or to register for the training: 401.274.4145 x1705 or email: cbriones@provcomlib.org

Professors George Karniadakis and Jeffrey Hoffstein will give us a double header of talks. Professor Karniadakis will present on the topic of how math and supercomputers are powering virtual biomedicine, and Professor Hoffstein will give a talk called “Math + Cryptography = $$? A funny thing happened on the way to the bank”.

The dinner is being sponsored by Betaspring (I wonder what they could have done with $75 million).  More details of the dinner at Greater City: Providence. And check out the photos at the ICERM website; the interiors, the views! And I love that they still have a few real blackboards with real chalk. (They are covered with equations like when Klaatu was trying to impress the Professor.)

Providence Geeks May Dinner, 5:30pm to 8:30pm, Wednesday, May 23, ICERM, 121 South Main Street

(5.22) And let’s stop destroying lives and breaking up families.  Join the good people of Open Doors Rhode Island for a rally in the State House rotunda in support of marijuana legislation now under consideration in the general assembly.

Legislators at the RI State House are considering bills to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana (under 1 ounce). Concerned residents across the state are invited to attend a rally to support marijuana decriminalization, a sensible measure which would remove current criminal penalties with a $150 civil fine.

Confirmed speakers include: Representative Jay Edwards (D - Tiverton, Portsmouth), House Sponsor of the Bill; Dr. David Lewis, MD, Professor Emeritus of Community Health at Brown University; Beth Comery, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

Open Doors is a non-profit organization which provides support for the formerly incarcerated as they prepare to leave prison, return home, and stabilize in the community. The agency’s programs include discharge planning within the men’s Minimum Security, policy and advocacy on criminal justice issues, as well as a resource center and employment program. More info including their new location on Plainfield Street at Open Doors. See their informative video after the jump.

(Image from the Urban Institute.)

3:30pm, Tuesday, May 22, State House rotunda, Smith Street, (directions)