Taste of Newport. Photograph by Kim Fuller.
10/28 Taste of Newport
Why: Support Child and Family of Rhode Island and help make a difference in the lives of many at the thirty-fifth annual Taste of Newport. Enjoy culinary delights including a variety of passed small plates and tempting tasting stations from several of the finest restaurants, caterers, beverage vendors and confectionaries in the area. Plus, mingle with your favorite chefs and bid on silent and live auctions.
Where: Atlantic Resort at Cambria Hotel Newport, 240 Aquidneck Ave., Middletown.
More Info: Call 849-2300 or 781-3669 or visit childandfamilyri.com.
The gallery has brought the work New York surrealist Bert Katz (1934-2012) and Rhode Island sculptor R.L. Stetson together for a dynamic show. Katz’s work, discovered after his death, spans fifty years and includes large-scale acrylic paintings, detailed pen and ink drawings, and brightly colored gouache paintings. Stetson’s sculptures of people and animals are cleverly driven by found objects. The...
Instructor: Christin L. Goff Interested in Shakespeare but not sure where to begin? Curious how to craft a dynamic Shakespeare performance? This course will explore the techniques necessary to prepare a Shakespeare monologue. Participants will examine the mechanics, breathing, vocabulary, and form necessary to perform text with clarity, ease, and confidence. Please memorize/learn twelve lines of Shakespeare text for the...
Wizards and witches get your wands, mount your brooms and fly on over to meet some of the characters from the wizarding world, presented by Dual Edge Photography. Try a butter brew, then travel the pumpkin trail, and identify characters and scenes from the wizarding world. Free a house elf by donating new clean children’s socks to Project Undercover to...
Wizards and witches get your wands, mount your brooms and fly on over to meet some of the characters from the wizarding world, presented by Dual Edge Photography. Try a butter brew, then travel the pumpkin trail, and identify characters and scenes from the wizarding world. Free a house elf by donating new clean children’s socks to Project Undercover to...
On exhibit is artwork by New England veterans and their immediate families accompanied by commentary about how their military experience inspired their creative expressions. Curated by Paul Murray, the purpose of the exhibit is to increase awareness of military art created by U.S. Armed Forces members and their immediate families. Murray says, “We want to foster communication among those in...
Images have the power to convey ideas across languages and cultures. Images can stand alone without relying on a literal translation. Today, our visual fields are filled with imagery (television to Instagram), and a literate mind unconsciously reads text without considering it. You don’t have to tell yourself to read a stop sign – you just do. From road signs...
Imago Foundation for the Arts (IFA) will co-host a juried sculpture show with the New England Sculptors Association (NESA) featuring forty works by twenty-five regional artists October 18 – November 18 at IMAGO Gallery, 36 Market Street, Warren. A free, public reception for the artists will be held on Saturday, October 20 from 3–6 p.m. NESA, founded in 1948, is...
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The treasured and iconic “will they or won’t they” romance between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy is infused with fresh vitality and hilarity in this madcap new comedic adaptation. Mrs. Bennet is determined to find suitable husbands for her daughters, but can’t quite get fiercely independent Elizabeth on board — at least not when it comes to the impossibly arrogant...
An extensive show of oil paintings depicting Narragansett Bay and surrounding area by award winning artist Lorena Pugh. Partial proceeds will go to Save the Bay.
Women and War Trojan Women and Lysistrata adapted by Ellen McLaughlin Two classic Greek plays in a single evening! In the 411 BCE comedy Lysistrata, the women of Greece have a plan: if their husbands continue to wage war, they will continue to deny them, well, um…companionship. The second offering, the serious and tragic Trojan Women, exposes the true price...
Come visit the Blackstone Valley Visitor Center’s gallery to see some monstrous art done by Jennifer Gillooly Cahoon! Free and open to all.
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Have a hauntingly good time in America’s original Mill City at Mill City Haunts in Pawtucket. Feast your eyes, mind and soul on free scary movies and family-frightening attractions or premium paranormal haunts at Slater Park, Slater Mill and TEN31Productions. City Hall Tower under a spell, creepy creature features along the bike path, ghostly gondolas on the Blackstone River, shadowy...
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The Early Childhood Institute at Meeting Street will host Susan Jewel, Manager of Family Supports at the Autism Project, for a free workshop for parents and caregivers to help learn the stages of development and developmental milestones. The goal of this event is to engage front-line personnel and parents so that they can identify atypical development early, and understand available...
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Barrington Books is celebrating teachers! Join us for a Teacher’s Night Out Wineand Cheese Social. Meet fellow teachers. Share ideas. Sign up for the free Barrington Books teacher appreciation discount program. Please let us know if you will be joining us by emailing at schools@barringtonbooks.com or call 401-432-7222.
Join Elon Cook Lee, Center for Reconciliation Program Director and Curator, and Kate Irvin, RISD Curator of Costumes and Textiles for a special opportunity to explore and discuss the racial history of costumes and textiles in the RISD Museum collection. Suggested donation $10. Please note that all donations go toward ensuring that the CFR can continue hosting public programs that...
Let’s Do the Time Warp Again at the Rocky Horror Drag Bingo show! Each month, your Drag Hosts have been entertaining the crowds as we give out over $2,000 in cash and prizes, and October is no exception. Plus, there will be a $100 cash prize for best costume (Rocky Horror related or not…) Come down and see why we...
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In this busy world where everyone battles with a mind that never shuts off, we must make time to take care of ourselves and let the mind rest so that the body can heal itself and stay healthy. Join me for and evening of relaxation and self care. Singing bowls have been used for generations to quiet the mind, release...
Halftime Genius Warm-Up is a ninety-minute introduction to Halftime Genius, an opportunity for midlife men, ages thirty plus, to radically transform their lives through the power of group coaching. What is coaching anyway? Glad you asked. At its most basic form, it is a revolutionary method to train you to think differently and understand yourself better. In our culture, real...
At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, a free movie double-feature of “Hotel Transylvania” (PG), followed by Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” (R) will show on a big screen at the Veterans Amphitheater aside City Hall. Free admission.
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