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Noon Tunes Wednesday
June 2, 2010 - September 29, 2010 |
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Times: 12pm - 1pm
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: 2 Kennedy Plaza, Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 331-5544
Admission: Free
Grab your lunch and check out a variety of musical genres from jazz and classical to Celtic and folk. Free! By the fountain at Burnside Park. Check the website for this week's performer!
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Downtown Farmer's Market
June 4, 2010 - October 29, 2010 |
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Times: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Burnside Park (2 Kennedy Plaza Providence, RI 02903)
Phone: (401) 331-5544
Admission: Free
Farmers' markets are one of the easiest places to find the tasty harvests of Rhode Island farms. Here you'll find a diversity of foods fresh from the fields and meet the people who grow your meal. Plus, every dollar paid directly to a local grower is a dollar reinvested into Rhode Island communities. Get your lunch here too!
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Gallery Night
June 17, 2010 - November 18, 2010 |
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Times: 5-9 pm
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Leaves from 1 Regency Plaza Providence, RI
Phone: 401-490-2042
Admission: Free
Hop on an Art Bus at the Regency to take one of five tours offered each Gallery Night. Visit Historic/Traditional Galleries, University East or West/Educational Galleries, International /Contemporary Galleries, Contemporary/Emerging Galleries, or Artisan Shops. The first bus leaves One Regency Plaza at 5:30, two leave at 6:00, one at 6:30, and one at 7:00. Enjoy a private two-hour guided tour for FREE.
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Eco Explorers at the Providence Children's Museum
July 8, 2010 - August 26, 2010 |
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Times: 1:00 - 3:00 PM
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Providence Children's Museum, 100 South Street, Providence RI 02903
Phone: 401 273-5437 ext.221
Admission: Programs are free with Museum admission of $8.50 per person; admission is free for Museum members.
Kids create from natural materials, blow enormous bubbles and meet live animals – each week is a different activity exploring the wonder of science and nature. Ages 3 - 11
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Slater Park Summer Arts in the Park
July 8, 2010 - August 19, 2010 |
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Times: Call for Schedule
Location: Slater Memorial Park Armistice Blvd Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Phone: 401.728.0500 x 251
Admission: Free
Enjoy summertime family fun and entertainment in beatiful Slater Memorial Park. Children's performances on Tuesdays, Thursdays offer live band concert series.
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No Time to Waste
July 12, 2010 - August 16, 2010 |
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Times: 10:30 AM - 1:15 PM (4 20-minute shows)
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Providence Children's Museum
Phone: (401) 273-5437
Admission: Program free with $8.50 Museum admission; under 12 months free
No Time to Waste Mondays in July & August. What's so funny about trash? Find out during an interactive family comedy about recycling. Four 20-minute shows. Ages 5 - 11
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ADVANCED SCENE STUDY of The Interview by Jean Claude Van Itallie - with Mark Peckham
July 18, 2010 - August 8, 2010 |
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Times: 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Perishable Theatre, 95 Empire, Providence RI
Phone: 4013312695ext102
Admission: $210
Refine your timing, physicality, and characterization skills through this seminal work of the1960’s avant-garde. This highly stylized satire 20th century America begins as a simple series of job interviews then fractures into cocktail parties, square dances, political campaigns, and more, eventually coming full circle to complete the interviews.
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The Back-to-School and Fall Preview Sale
July 29, 2010 - August 2, 2010 |
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Times: Thurs-Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 10am-8pm, Mon 10am-9pm
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Wrentham Village Premium Outlets
Phone: (508) 384-0600
Don’t miss the Back-to-School & Fall Preview Sale at Wrentham Village Premium Outlets®. Enjoy fabulous savings on top of already low outlet prices. Featuring 170 stores including Banana Republic, Elie Tahari, Kate Spade, Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th and many more. Visit the Sales & Events page for a sample of in-store promotions. New Stores Now Open Esprit, Joe’s Jeans & Vera Bradley.
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Friday night Waterplace Concert series
July 30, 2010 |
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Times: 7:30 pm
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Waterplace Park Providence, RI
Phone: 401-421-7740
Admission: Free
Rhode Island natives Sarah & The Tall Boys perform. Sarah Potenza’s bigger-than-life vocals mesh perfectly with the Tall Boys’ old-fashioned country rock melodies. Although Sarah is the main lyricist and songwriter, each of the band members brings a unique contribution to create the phenomenal rhymes and rhythms that express a sound that can’t be categorized as anything other than great American music.
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Newport Folk Festival
July 30, 2010 - August 1, 2010 |
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Times: Various Times
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Fort Adams Harrison Ave Newport, Rhode Island
Phone: See Website
Admission: Prices vary
The world-renowned Newport Folk Festival in Newport, RI, which was founded in 1959 by George Wein and folk icon Pete Seeger celebrated its 50th anniversary last year with more than 17,000 music fans in attendance.
Scheduled for July 30 August 1, 2010, the Newport Folk Festival folk legends, not only return to Newport, but inspire the next generation of folk stars.
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Rockin for Hunger Tour: Skid Row, Firehouse, Sidewalk Sally
July 30, 2010 |
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Times: 6:45pm Doors, 7:15pm Show
Location: Twin River Event Center, Twin River Casino, Lincoln, RI
Phone: 401-331-2211
Admission: Starting at $32.50
The Rockin For Hunger presents Skid Row, Firehouse and Sidewalk Sally. The Rockin for Hunger Tour benefits the Amos House, RI Community Food Bank, Crossroads RI Homeless Shelter and the Greater Boston Food Bank.
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African-American History Walking Tours
July 31, 2010 |
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Times: 10:00am
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: John Brown House Museum, 52 Power Street, Providence
Phone: 401-331-8575x45
Admission: $10
These walking tours celebrate the history of African Americans who lived on College Hill from 1701 to the present. Ray Rickman, a well known community leader, will lead a lively discussion and offer his perspective on the people and historic buildings of Providence's oldest neighborhood. Tour lasts about ninety minutes. Reservations are required.
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Garden Tours at Theater by the Sea
July 31, 2010 |
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Times: 10:00 am
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: gazebo area adjacent to the theatre on the grounds at Theatre By The Sea located at 364 Cards Pond Road, Matunuck, RI.
Phone: (401) 782-3800 x13
Admission: Free
Cooled by breezes from Block Island Sound, the lush seaside gardens embrace the historic theatre complex from the front porch and gazebo area, down the unique 240 foot long arbor walk, to the rolling lawns surrounding the restaurant. Over 300 varieties of perennials, grasses, shrubs and climbing plants offer a magical, ever-changing environment for flower lovers of all ages.
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Pawtucket Red Sox
July 31, 2010 |
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Times: 6:05 pm
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: McCoy Satadium 1 Ben Mondor Way Pawtucket, RI
Phone: 401-724-7300
Admission: Box Seats $11, Adults $7, Seniors and Children $5
Take me out to the ball game! Enjoy Triple A baseball at it's best.
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Shirley Dreaming
July 31, 2010 - August 1, 2010 |
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Times: 2pm and 8pm
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Perishable Theatre
Phone: (518) 588-3129
Admission: $15 to $20
Shirley Dreaming is a magically realistic musical comedy about a young graduate, Shirley, a chronic daydreamer with a singing habit, and her struggle to accept that life after college is not all she expected. When Shirley is unknowingly put in charge of a failing children's book company she must defend herself against the company’s unhappy employees.
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WaterFire
July 31, 2010 |
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Times: 8:05 pm
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Water place park Providence, RI
Phone: 401-273-1155
Admission: Free
Providence’s signature art installation crackles along the city’s downtown rivers. Scented cedar wood crackles from more than 100 bonfires, as ambient music and street performers add magic and wonderment to the night sky. On special evenings, free live music is featured as the streets and plazas in Providence transform into dance floors
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Trolley Tours of Providence
April 6, 2010 - August 31, 2010 |
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Times: 11:00am, 1:00 pm, and 3:00 pm
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Departs from the corner of Fountain and Eddy St.
Phone: 401-421-3825
Admission: $18
Come spend a jolly hour aboard the Providence Trolley. Relax in climate controlled comfort and enjoy a historic and entertaining narrated tour of Rhode Island’s capitol city.
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Pirates & Scoundrels History Walking Tour
April 23, 2010 - August 14, 2010 |
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Times: 11:30 am
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Museum & Shop at Brick Market 127 Thames Street Newport, Rhode Island
Phone: 401-841-8770
Admission: $12 per person, $10 for NHS members
Weens, teens and families can enjoy the Pirates & Scoundrels history walking tour. See where scoundrels lived, where pirates profited, and where criminals were put on trial and punished. Find out why this colony was sometimes known as "Rogue's Island".
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Murder in a Mansion!
April 30, 2010 - August 22, 2010 |
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Times: 7:00 pm
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Belcourt Castle 657 Bellevue Avenue Newport, Rhode Island
Phone: 401.846.3772
Admission: Adults $30/ Youths 17 and under $15.
Located in the famed Belcourt Castle, the Beechwood Theatre Company presents an interactive murder mystery experience! Guests are invited to tour the mansion, searching for clues and questioning suspects in this 90 minute family friendly event.
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Rhode Island Lighthouse Cruises and Newport Harbor Tours
May 1, 2010 - October 30, 2010 |
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Times: Times vary. Please see website for sailing dates & departure times.
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: 1347 Roger Williams Way (Quonset Point), North Kingstown RI 02852
Phone: (401) 295-4040
Admission: Adults $25, Seniors $23, Children (2-12) $14, Infants free
 The Best way to see the Narragansett Bay! Take a 1 3/4 hour narrated sightseeing cruise past 10 Lighthouses in Narragansett Bay. This 30 mile cruise also takes you past 10 beautiful islands, under the breathtaking Jamestown & Newport Bridges, past mansions, historic Fort Adams, Hammersmith Farm, Aircraft Carriers USS Forrestal & USS Saratoga along with a complete tour of famous Newport Harbor filled with Sailboats & mega Yachts. The 400-passenger Millennium has three viewing levels, outside sundeck seating, climate controlled interior seating, restrooms and a full service bar.
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Gallery: A Walk on Main
May 18, 2010 - August 15, 2010 |
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Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Museum of Work & Culture, 42 S. Main St, Woonsocket
Phone: (401) 769-9675
The exhibit "A Walk on Main” by Robert Godin provides a photo realistic, morning view of prominent buildings on Main Street in Woonsocket. Early morning shadows play on the varied architectures of this central thoroughfare and lend an air of stillness to an awakening city. Godin is a self-taught, freelance photographer who takes a real-world approach to photography. With more than forty years in this visual medium, he continues to work toward mastering the art of photography.
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Summer ZooCamp at Roger Williams Park Zoo
June 21, 2010 - August 20, 2010 |
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Times: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Roger Williams Park Zoo, Providence, RI
Phone: 401-785-3510 ext. 352
Admission: Prices vary by age and week of registration
Roger Williams Park Zoo offers kids ages 4 – 17 an exciting experience they’ll never forget with this unique environmental day camp. Arts and crafts, nature games, environmental activities and animal encounters provide all-day fun and learning. Older campers will go on learning adventures as they travel to local natural wonders for exciting activities. Pricing varies by age group. Pre-registration is required. Visit www.rwpzoo.org for further details and to register, or call 401-785-3510.
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FETCH! Lab at the Children's Museum
July 1, 2010 - August 26, 2010 |
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Times: 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Providence Children's Museum
Phone: (401) 273-5437
Admission: Program free with $8.50 Museum admission; under 12 months free
Kids drop into the FETCH! Lab – a hands-on activity station based on the PBS series "FETCH! with Ruff Ruffman™" – to tackle creative math and science challenges. Build and float boats, construct and fly kites, send rockets soaring ¬– experiment with a different fun-filled activity each week. Ages 5 - 11 TM/© 2007 WGBH Educational Foundation. Dates: Thursdays, July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; August 5, 12, 19, 26
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Nature Art at the Children's Museum
July 2, 2010 - August 27, 2010 |
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Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Providence Children's Museum
Phone: (401) 273-5437
Admission: Program free with $8.50 Museum admission; under 12 months free
Kids print with natural materials like pinecones and mushrooms and paint with natural dyes. Drop in for a different activity each week. Ages 3 - 8
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Kidinfo: Providence Storytime
July 6, 2010 - August 31, 2010 |
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Times: 10 am - 11 am
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Burnside Park - 2 Kennedy Plaza, Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 331-5544
Admission: Free
Families bring a blanket and enjoy different weekly storytellers near the fountain in Burnside Park. Kidoinfo will feature at least one book each week from a local Rhode Island author or illustrator.
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Wheels at Work
July 7, 2010 - August 25, 2010 |
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Times: 10:00 AM - Noon
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Providence Children's Museum, 100 South Street, Providence RI 02903
Phone: (401) 273-5437
Admission: Programs are free with Museum admission of $8.50 per person; admission is free for Museum members.
Kids climb aboard a fire truck, ambulance, forklift, giant digger and more and meet the drivers who operate them. Explore a different vehicle each week! Ages 3 - 11
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Ghost Tours
July 17, 2010 - August 28, 2010 |
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Times: 8 pm
Website: Click Here To Visit Website
Location: Tours leave from Prospect Terrace Park (approx. 60 Congdon Street, Providence, RI 02906).
Admission: $15 online,$18 in person
Join us as on a walking tour as we lead you by lantern light through the darkened streets of the historic East Side, sharing with you stories that will be sure to send a chill down your spine!
Hope you like sleeping with a nightlight on mwuhaha
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