Maple sugaring demonstration
      Join the Audubon Society of Rhode Island at Parker Woodland Wildlife Refuge in Coventry for a program entitled "Maple Sugaring." Saturday, March 3. Audubon members explain how maple sugaring started with Native Americans and demonstrate how people can make maple syrup in their own back yard. Atten...
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Learn how to read a nautical chart
      There are oceans of information in a nautical chart, but you have to know how to interpret a chart in order for it to unfold its story. The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, Point Judith Flotilla will present "How To Read A Nautical Chart" at the Neighborhood Guild in Peace Dale on Saturday, March 3, fro...
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Newport Navy Choristers plan 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...
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See "Fame" at high school
      North Kingstown High School Music Department will present its production of "Fame the Musical" on March 9 and 10 at 7 p.m. and March 11 at 2 p.m. The production involves over 50 students onstage, offstage, and in the pit. The students have worked hundreds of hours on this production.
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JYC welcomes new members
      The Jamestown Yacht Club welcomes new members who share the club's purpose of enhancing the freedom its members seek through boating. The JYC promotes boating, and encourages the exchange of ideas and information among boaters. The club seeks to provide an atmosphere for camaraderie among people w...
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Shores association meets Wednesday
      The Jamestown Shores Association will hold its monthly meeting Wednesday, Feb. 28, at the clubhouse at 222 Beacon Ave. at 7 p.m.
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Final flick screens March 1 in library's foreign film series
      The Friends of the Jamestown Library will show the final film in their 2007 Foreign Film Series on Thursday, March 1, at 7 p.m. The film is "The Chorus." (Les Choristes) In this 2005 French film, the new teacher at a severely administered boys' boarding school works to positively effect the studen...
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Mark Twain to visit the library
      Richard Clark will perform "And now…Mark Twain!" a delightful look at the life and work of America's foremost humorist. This one-person play is full of wit and wisdom and the special brand of storytelling that made Twain a legend in his time. The performance will be on Sunday, March 11, at 2...
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Book group chooses next book
      The Afternoon Book Discussion at the Jamestown Library continues on Tuesday, March 13, with the book "The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an Eighteenth-Century Ship and Its Cargo of Female Convicts" by Sian Rees. The group meets at the library at 1 p.m. on the second Tuesday of th...
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Sargent painting topic of lecture
      Dr. Erica E. Hirshler will close the eight-week Winter Lecture Series with her "Cora Lee Gibbs Lecture" on the subject of John Singer Sargent and "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit" on Saturday, Feb. 24, at 2 p.m. "The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit," painted in Paris by John Singer Sargent in ...
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Latin and ballroom dance classes offered
      The recreation department will start new sessions of its three adult dance classes on Thursday evenings at the Community Center on Thursday, March 1. Latin Dancing will run from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. No partner is necessary. Students will learn how to find the beat, and move to the beat. They should ...
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