January 31, 2008 RSS feed / About Town

Learn during winter vacation

Parents are encouraged to register their children for a set of February school vacation programs sponsored by The Friends of the Jamestown Library in cooperation with the Audubon Society. On Wednesday, Feb. More...

Cassidy's film debuts at reception

Jamestown filmmaker Patti Cassidy's new short film "Three Haiku," will premiere at the closing reception of the "Kimonos" exhibit at Rhode Island College's Bannister Gallery today, Thursday, Jan. 31. More...

Learn the art of calligraphy

Learn the beautiful art of calligraphy at a workshop with Jane Bentley at the Jamestown library. The class will run on Mondays, Feb. 4, 11, 25 and March 3 at 7 p.m. More...

Sailing Lecture Series begins tonight

The Friends of the Jamestown Library will feature Ernest Jacquet, owner of 1980 America's Cup winner Freedom, as part of its Sailing Lecture Series tonight, Jan. 31, at 7:30 p.m. at the library. More...

Hear a children's story at the library

The Jamestown library children's room will hold story times for children and their caregivers throughout the month of February. More...

Rock with the Elderly Brothers

The Friends of the Jamestown Library will host the acoustic folk/ rock sounds of the Elderly Brothers at 3 p.m. this Sunday, Feb. 3, at the library. The Elderly Brothers have been making music in the Newport area for the past two years. More...

Join Abe Lincoln at the library

Island residents are invited to get a jump-start on the Lincoln Bicentennial at "An Hour with Honest Abe: a Monologue by and Conversation with Him," on Tuesday, Feb. 5, from 7 to 8:15 p.m. at the library. More...