February 15, 2007 RSS feed / Upcoming Events

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Cartoonist to speak this Saturday

Illustrator and painter Jim Bush, an editorial cartoonist for the Providence Journal and co-author of the book "Is Social Security Broke? More...

Check out new titles at Library

Following are books new this week at the Jamestown library: "The knitting circle" by Ann Hood. "Baking: from my home to yours' by Dorie Greenspan; photographs by Alan Richardson. More...

Marionette theater to perform at library

Yorick's Marionette Theatre will perform "Counting out the Trees," written by Agnes Novak , on Friday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. at the Jamestown Library. This free 45-minute performance is for youth aged 5 to 14. More...

Cave paintings to be talk topic

"Tens of Thousands of Years-Old Cave Paintings" will be the topic of "Lunch with the Artist" on Tuesday, Feb. 20, at the Newport Art Museum. The informal noontime discussion will be facilitated by Richard Tyre, a Jamestown resident. More...

Newport Navy Choristers concert

The Newport Navy Choristers, under the direction of JoAnn Loewenthal, will present its "Music for a Sunday Afternoon" concert this Sunday, March 11, at St. Barnabas Church on 1697 East Main Rd., Portsmouth, at 4 p.m. More...

Central Baptist hosts guest speaker

Elizabeth Delude-Dix, executive producer of several documentaries on slavery in Rhode Island, will speak at 11 a.m. at Central Baptist Church this Sunday, Feb. 18. More...

Get your tickets now for "Yours, Anne"

By Mary S. Wright, Artistic Director, JCT

It is clear that with only a few weeks left until the Jamestown Community Theatre's production of "Yours, Anne" that we have an extraordinary show coming up in March. More...

Library to present final French film in series

The Friends of the Jamestown Library will screen "The Chorus." (Les Choristes), the final film in their 2007 Foreign Film Series, on Thursday, March 1., at 7 p.m. at the library. More...

Improv workshop offered during school vacation

The Jamestown library is offering an improvisational theater workshop for 10- to 14-year-olds on Thursday, Feb. 22, from 2 to 3 p.m. Conducted by Keith Munslow, this workshop is all about making it up as you go. More...

Learn about heirloom plants

A free lecture on heirloom plants in New England will be presented Saturday, Feb. 24, at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the Coastal Institute on the main University of Rhode Island campus. More...

Cinco de Mayo party at library

Saturday, May 5, the Friends of the Jamestown Library will host their major fund-raising event, a Cinco de Mayo Party. Every other year, the Friends host a gala fund-raising event in Jamestown. More...