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By Sam Bari Singer, musician, environmentalist, photographer, composer and storyteller extraordinaire, Jim Stoltz, or Walkin' Jim as he is known to his fans, is coming to Jamestown. He'll be performing his multi-media show at the Melrose Avenue School on Oct. 12 for students, and will give a one-time public p... More ... Island Sports schedule Thursday, Oct. 4 Girls' Tennis, at East Greenwich, 3:30 p.m. Girls' Soccer, at Cumberland, 3:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5 Lawn School Soccer, Thompson, 3:30 p.m. Boys' Soccer, at Mt. Saint Charles, 3:45 p.m. Field Hockey, Lincoln, 3:45 p.m. Girls' Volleyball, at South Kingstown, 6:30 p.m. More ... Art museum hosts trip to sites in New Haven Join Newport architect Ross Cann and Karl Emil Willers, executive director of the Newport Art Museum, for an art and architecture trip to New Haven, Conn. on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Participants will receive an insider's look at the completely refurbished Yale University Art Gall... More ... Help needed to clean up the shoreline The organization Clean The Bay, which received a grant in the amount of $170,000 to remove large items of debris from the Rhode Island shoreline, is looking for individuals to help with the smaller items that line the beaches, More ... 'Songs of the Sea' at URI Oct. 14 Summer may be officially over, but you can still go down to the sea again, in song, at the University of Rhode Island on Sunday, Oct. 14. The second University Artist Series concert of the 2007-08 season will be devoted to the moods and mystique of the sea and those who live in and on it, and wil... More ... Library schedules a flu shot clinic The Friends of the Jamestown Library are sponsoring a Flu Shot Clinic from Blue Cross at the Jamestown library on Monday, Oct. 29, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Getting the flu can make people feel rotten. It can cause body aches, sore throat, fever, cough, congestion, and extreme fatigue. The best defe... More ... One month to write a novel: are you up for it? Got a novel in you? Could you write one in a month? Two local authors are anxious to show you how. They'll introduce you to a website and a community of thousands worldwide who do it every year. National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is an Internet contest that supports wannabe novelists in pum... More ... JEF sponsors musical event Join the Jamestown Education Foundation for a fun-filled family evening at the Jane Pickens Theatre in Newport. See "The Sound of Music," on the big screen, complete with the bouncing ball, so everyone can sing along with Julie Andrews and the musical cast. This event will be on Thursday, Nov. 29... More ... Photography class forming The Black and White Photo Experience: Exposure to Darkroom, taught by well-known Rhode Island photographer Cindy Horovitz Wilson, will begin on Wednesday, Oct. 10, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., at the North Kingstown High School photographic lab. More ... Muldoon photos on display Jamestown photographer Eileen McCarney Muldoon will be the solo artist exhibiting her work at Rag and Bone Art & Design beginning Oct. 5. Muldoon will be featuring 20 of her recent black and white and color photographs at the gallery, which is located at 664 Thames St. in Newport. More ... Pumpkin days on the way The island will celebrate fall's bounty on Oct. 14 and 15 during a Pumpkin Days event at two locations. On Sunday, Oct. 14, join folks at the Jamestown Community Farm from 1 to 4 p.m. for some old fashioned fun. There will be horse-drawn hay rides, pumpkin picking and other fun things to do. A $5... More ... Apple festival in Middletown Whitehall House in Middletown will hold an Apple Day on Saturday, Oct. 13, from 2 to 4 p.m. The event will include harvest and apple treats, homemade cider and an Indian pudding tasting as well as games and tours of the house museum. More ... Tourney to benefit police dogs A charity that provides bulletproof vests to police and sheriff K- 9 units will hold a benefit golf tournament on Friday, Oct. 26. The Rhode Island Vest-A-Dog organization will hold their 7th annual Glowball golf tourney at the Jamestown Golf Course. Sign in begins at 4:45 p.m., a K-9 demo by the... More ... |
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