Ambassadors Meeting
Presented by East Bay Chamber of Commerce [Details >]
3 May to 31 October
Linden Place Tour Season
Presented by Linden Place Mansion
Linden Place Mansion, built in 1810 by the seafaring General George DeWolf, will open for visitors for the 2008 season beginning on Saturday, May 3rd. Guided tours of the estate, featured in the film The Great Gatsby with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, will be given Thursdays through Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., Sundays from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. and by appointment through Columbus Day.
Visitors will see one of the best examples of Federal architecture in New England, from the magnificent Palladian windows to the fluted Corinthian columns, which gracefully flank the front entrance to the mansion. Also of architectural significance are the later added gothic conservatory and four-story spiral staircase.
Tour highlights include tales of DeWolf family exploits, from their privateering and slave trading to their financial ruin and triumphant return to prosperity during Victorian times. Docents introduce visitors to family members Pomeroy Colt, founder of United States Rubber, now Uniroyal, his mother Theodora DeWolf Colt, who as Madam Colt ran Bristol Society from Linden Place as if she were Queen Victoria and the great actress Ethel Barrymore who married in to this most prominent of American families. At the tour’s end, visitors are welcome to stroll the sculpture-filled gardens where they will find Greek bronzes and an 18th Century gazebo.
Today the estate is sponsored by the non-profit Friends of Linden Place, which was created in 1989, based on the urgent need to save the magnificent 1810 DeWolf mansion from destruction or development. Due to the formidable drive of the earliest volunteers, the “crown jewel” of Bristol’s historic waterfront district was saved and is today maintained through visitation, fundraisers, grants and memberships. [Details >]
4 May
Sunday Tails and Trails
Presented by Audubon Society of RI's Environmental Education Center
Can’t make it to story times during the week? Join Elisabeth every Sunday 12:30 – 1:30 for Tails and Trails.
Participate in an interactive nature story followed by an investigative exploration of the refuge trails. Discover insects, native plants, habitats, marine life and more!
Designed for families with children under age 8. Free with admission. No pre-registration required. [Details >]
5 May
Quickbooks Classes - Six Week Series - Week 2
Presented by East Bay Chamber of Commerce and Satterley & Associates
Heather Satterley of Satterley & Associates will teach employees and business owners the fundamentals of Quickbooks for six weeks, on Mondays, beginning April 28. (There will be no class on Memorial Day, May 26.) The classes will be held at Franklin Court Independent Living in Bristol from 6 - 8pm.
Class dates are: April 28, May 5, May 12, May 19, June 2 and June 9.
Each participant will have a hands-on training learning experience throughout the course. Participants will receive a bound workbook, and handouts at each presentation
For this class to be most effective, it would be beneficial if participants were familiar with Quickbooks 2007 or later version. [Details >]
5 May to 6 June
"Resident Artist" Spring Showcase
Presented by Hope Gallery Fine Art & Fine Craft
Resident Artists: Kathy Armor, Sculpture; Ann Marie Balasco, Painting & Photography; Pat & Bob Benoit, Functional & Fine Art Glass; Nicole Bertoline, Mosaic Art; Lori Bradley, Ceramics & Mix Media Mosaic Art; Sue Butler, Oil & Acrylics; Michael Chatterley, Pottery; Wanda Perkowska Coderre, Painting & Original Print; Laura Collins, Jewelry; Jay Egge, Pastel & Oil Portraits; Robin Grace, Acrylics, Ann Libby, Jewelry; Toni Petersen, Watercolor; Lennny Rumpler, Photography, Suzanne Smith, Jewelry & Pastel; Anita Trezvant, Mixed Media Figurative Sculpture, Mixed Media Jewelry & Textile Hangings; Sarah Fielding-Gunn, Pastels & Oil; Lorraine Trenholm, Pastel & Oil [Details >]
9 May
In The Mood – Stadium Theatre
IN THE MOOD is the 1940’s Big Band Swing Song & Dance Revue. It’s the music of Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman, Harry James, Erskine Hawkins, The Andrews Sisters, Frank Sinatra and other greats of the 1940’s. Featuring a company of 21 including the In the Mood Singers and Dancers with the sensational String of Pearls Big Band Orchestra, “the show’s music arrangements, costumes and choreography are as authentic as it gets.”
In The Mood features the music that moved the nation's spirit and helped win a war. This was the last time when all of America was listening and dancing to the same kind of music. IN THE MOOD takes a retro look at the life and time of America’s greatest generation. With music and dance performed to up-tempo big band rhythms and mellow intimate ballads, a mood was set to inspire a future filled with hope, promise and prosperity.
IN THE MOOD is coming to the Stadium Theatre, 28 Monument Square, Main Street in Woonsocket, on Friday, May 9th at 7:30 pm, presented by Artbeat.
Just the FACTS:
In The Mood – 1940’s Big Band Swing Song & Dance Revue
13 piece big band plus six singer/dancers
Stadium Theatre
28 Monument Square, Woonsocket, Rhode Island [Details >]
9 May
Linden Place Mansion Opens Season with Concert by Michael DiMucci and Friends
Presented by Linden Place Museum
FRIENDS OF LINDEN PLACE will continue its 2008 concert series & celebrate Linden Place Museum’s opening for the season with a concert performance titled “A Tribute to the American Songwriter”, at 7:30 PM on Friday, May 9th in the Ballroom of Linden Place, 500 Hope Street, Bristol.
Michael DiMucci will perform a selection of classic songs, including jazz standards, Broadway show tunes and contemporary favorites popularized by singers such as Frank Sinatra and Michael Buble. Accompanied by his friends Diane Gualtieri on keyboards, Karen Mellor on percussion, and Dick Parent on horns, Michael puts new spins on old songs by songwriting greats Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Sammy Cahn, Jimmy van Heusen and others.
A wine reception to greet the artists will follow the performance. Entrance to the Ballroom is on Wardwell Street and admission is free for Colt Circle members, $15.00 for the general public and $10.00 for members of Linden Place and students with a valid ID.
This concert officially kicks-off the opening of Linden Place Museum for the 2008 season. The 1810 Federal style mansion will be open for tours of the estate Thursdays through Saturdays, 10am to 4pm and Sundays from 12pm to 4pm through Columbus Day. [Details >]
11 May
Sunday Tails and Trails
Presented by Audubon Society of RI's Environmental Education Center
Can’t make it to story times during the week? Join Elisabeth every Sunday 12:30 – 1:30 for Tails and Trails.
Participate in an interactive nature story followed by an investigative exploration of the refuge trails. Discover insects, native plants, habitats, marine life and more!
Designed for families with children under age 8. Free with admission. No pre-registration required. [Details >]
12 May
Quickbooks Classes - Six Week Series - Week 3
Presented by East Bay Chamber of Commerce and Satterley & Associates
Heather Satterley of Satterley & Associates will teach employees and business owners the fundamentals of Quickbooks for six weeks, on Mondays, beginning April 28. (There will be no class on Memorial Day, May 26.) The classes will be held at Franklin Court Independent Living in Bristol from 6 - 8pm.
Class dates are: April 28, May 5, May 12, May 19, June 2 and June 9.
Each participant will have a hands-on training learning experience throughout the course. Participants will receive a bound workbook, and handouts at each presentation
For this class to be most effective, it would be beneficial if participants were familiar with Quickbooks 2007 or later version. [Details >]
14 May
Business After Hours at Blithewold Mansion
Presented by East Bay Chamber of Commerce
Meet and network with fellow Chamber members in this beautiful waterfront setting. [Details >]
14 May
Executive Board of Directors Meeting
Presented by East Bay Chamber of Commerce [Details >]
17 May
2nd Annual Wool & Fiber Festival
Presented by Coggeshall Farm Museum
Among the featured events are hands-on activities for children, quilting demonstrations, sheep shearing
and live music. Interpreters demonstrate 18th-century techniques for cleaning, carding, spinning and
weaving wool from raw fibrs. Knitters and weavers bring their equipment and demonstrate spinning and
knitting. Vendors will be selling hand-made wool products. [Details >]
17 May
Rhode Island Archeology Day - Talks
Presented by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
Do you want to know what is exciting and new with the old in your state? Join the Haffenreffer Museum, the State of Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission, and a slate of regional archaeologists to hear about the most recent and most exciting discoveries in your region and to learn about our shared heritage. RI Archaeology Day programs are FREE! [Details >]
18 May
Sunday Tails and Trails
Presented by Audubon Society of RI's Environmental Education Center
Can’t make it to story times during the week? Join Elisabeth every Sunday 12:30 – 1:30 for Tails and Trails.
Participate in an interactive nature story followed by an investigative exploration of the refuge trails. Discover insects, native plants, habitats, marine life and more!
Designed for families with children under age 8. Free with admission. No pre-registration required. [Details >]
19 May
Quickbooks Classes - Six Week Series - Week 4
Presented by East Bay Chamber of Commerce and Satterley & Associates
Heather Satterley of Satterley & Associates will teach employees and business owners the fundamentals of Quickbooks for six weeks, on Mondays, beginning April 28. (There will be no class on Memorial Day, May 26.) The classes will be held at Franklin Court Independent Living in Bristol from 6 - 8pm.
Class dates are: April 28, May 5, May 12, May 19, June 2 and June 9.
Each participant will have a hands-on training learning experience throughout the course. Participants will receive a bound workbook, and handouts at each presentation
For this class to be most effective, it would be beneficial if participants were familiar with Quickbooks 2007 or later version. [Details >]
20 May
East Bay Tourism Council Meeting
Presented by East Bay Tourism Council [Details >]
26 May
Public Clambake at Mount Hope Farm
Presented by Mount Hope Farm
Call for more event details [Details >]
