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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. They have gone from Mardi Gras to Mardi Gras in May, and now they have chosen Cinco de Mayo as their fes... 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. Proceeds from this concert will benefit Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society and the N... 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. "History Alive: Heirloom Plants of Early New England," an illustrated talk, will be given by John Forti, curato... 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. Although the program is free for museum members; there is a $3 c... 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. It will feature an exciting mix of theatrical warm-ups and comedy improv games - like ... 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 ... 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. In this 2005 French film, the new teacher at a severely administered boys' boarding school works to positively effect t... 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. "A life in secrets: Vera Atkins and the missing agents of WWII" by Sarah Helm. 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. The music by Michael Cohen with the libretto written by Enid Futterman is based on the book "Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl" ... More ...
Illustrator and painter Jim Bush, an editorial cartoonist for the Providence Journal and co-author of the book "Is Social Security Broke? 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. Her talk is titled "Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North." Delude-Dix is one of the founders of the state's first public ... More ... |
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