Audition for ballet theatre
      Rhode Island's ballet theatre, a classical ballet pre-professional training and non-profit performing dance company, will hold its semiannual audition for new dancers. Rhode Island's ballet theatre is seeking talented dancers, ages 9 to 18, for membership in the company. The Company has two major...
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Talk set on master carver
      The Friends of the Jamestown Library will host a special program on Thursday, September 27, at 7 p.m. in the Sydney L. Wright Museum. The program "John Howard Benson - the Artist, the Scholar and the Teacher, 1901 - 1956," is an illustrated talk given by Johannes H. von Gumppenberg.
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Puppets at Gilbert Stuart Museum
      The Gilbert Stuart Museum is hosting a children's event called "Sunday at the Museum: Puppets on the Horizon," on Sunday, Sept. 16, from 1 to 4 p.m. Children and their families are invited to see the presentation by Sparky's Puppets in the Gilbert Stuart Meeting Room, play Colonial games on the mu...
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China lecture series at URI
      The University of Rhode Island Honors Colloquium, China Rising, will explore China's dramatic transformation during the past three decades, a transformation that has returned it to its historical global prominence. The series runs from Sept. 18 to Dec. 11.
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Dance fundraiser planned
      The Off the Curb dance troupe will hold a fund-raising Glow Ball golf tournament on Friday, Sept. 28, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Jamestown Golf Course. Registration is $45 per player or $160 for a foursome, and includes 9 holes of golf, a glow ball, T-shirt, refreshments and awards.
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Library weekend hours change
      The Jamestown Philomenian Library will switch to its winter hours, beginning this weekend. The library will open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, and from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays until May.
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Get rid of your hazardous waste
      Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation's Eco-Depot program, which offers free disposal of household hazardous waste, will hold a special collection on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Cross Mills intersection of Rtes. 1 and 1A in Charlestown at the Rhode Island Department of Tr...
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