Barrington
East Bay Briefings
01:00 AM EST on Friday, November 24, 2006
Holiday reception: The Bristol Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution rings in the holidays with its annual holiday reception Dec. 11 at 11 a.m. with high tea at the Basically British Tea Room, 16 Cutler St., Warren. The chapter will honor C. Elizabeth Candas, the vice president general, Elizabeth Alfonso, the state regent.
The cost is $16.95 person. Prizes will be awarded. Reservations are limited. Contact Susan Neveux at (401) 253-6518 by tomorrow to reserve space.
Book sale: The Jamestown Philomenian Library is holding a holiday book sale Dec.1 and 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Dec. 3 from 1 to 5 p.m. and Dec. 4 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the museum room. For information call the library at (401) 423-7280.
Lecture: The Audubon Society’s Environmental Education Center, 1401 Hope St., will host a lecture on what’s being done to protect the region’s marine mammals and sea turtles on Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. This free lecture will be presented by Heather Medic, stranding coordinator at Mystic Aquarium.
There is no fee but registration is required by calling (401) 245-7500, or by visiting www.asrieec.org.
Seal Watch cruises: Save The Bay will host seal watch cruises Dec. 2 at 10 a.m. and Dec. 3 at 11 a.m. from Bowen’s Wharf in Newport. Cruises include a lecture. Binoculars will be provided.
Tours run weekends and school vacation days through April 29, and the schedule is available at www.savebay.org. Tickets are $20 person, with members of Save The Bay and Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation, and seniors and children ages 6 to 12, receiving a $5 discount. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling (401) 324-6020 or e-mail sealtours@savebay.org.
Community School: The Barrington Community School will offer a boxwood Christmas tree making class Dec. 5 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Barrington Middle School. Each student will make a 15- to 18-inch Christmas tree. The class will be taught by De Feldman, floral designer and master flower show judge. Students should bring clippers. Kits containing materials and decorations are included in the fee, which is $40 for Barrington residents, $45 for nonresidents.
Space is available on the holiday culinary tour of Boston’s North End, scheduled for Dec. 13. Participants will visit specialty shops where they will taste Italian delicacies, learn simple cooking tips and discover the best-kept secrets of evolving neighborhood restaurants. Stores include pastry shops, a confection store, coffee and spice store, greengrocer, bakery, deli and liquor store. Following the tour, there will be free time for participants to sample one of the restaurants and do shopping. The fee is $72.
There is a limited number of tickets available for the Dec. 9 trip to Tarzan: The Musical on Broadway. This trip features dinner in New York City.
For more information on BCS courses and trips, call (401) 245-0432 weekday mornings.
Theater performance: The Barrington Community Theatre program, run through the Recreation Department, will perform five one-act plays and MacBeth, to be performed by students, Dec. 1 at 7 p.m. at Barrington High School, , Lincoln Avenue.
The five one-act plays, written by Rich Orloff, are Playwriting 101; The Rooftop Lesson, directed by Wheeler School senior Rich Spoer; Bride and Gloom, directed by BHS senior Kelly Quinlan; Then Off the Map, directed by BHS senior Devin Schiff; Last Minute Adjustments, directed by BHS senior Seb Bezzera; Oh my God It’s Another Play, directed BHS freshman Zack Remson; and MacBeth, adapted and directed by Schiff.
Admission to each show is $5 for adults; $3 for students, children and seniors. For more information call (401) 433-2323.
Christmas concert: The 26th annual Many Moods of Christmas concert will be presented by Bristol County Interfaith Choir and Roger Williams University Chorus Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 3 at 3 p.m. at St. Mary Church, Wood Street.
The chorus will be accompanied by an orchestra with Diane Gualtieri, keyboard. Soloists will be Michael DiMucci of Lincoln, Ron Armillotto of Bristol and W. Gordon Partington of Seekonk. This year’s concert will open with Haydn’s Te deum, a hymn of praise, chosen particularly to acknowledge the magnificent restoration of the church in which the concert is traditionally performed. Also presented will be a new work, Voices of the Nativity, by Paul M. Bowser, a member of the Many Moods orchestra, and Song of Gabriel, Song of Mary and Song of Joseph. The Women’s Vocal Ensemble of RWU will be heard in a Renaissance hymn to Mary. DiMucci and Armillotto will sing Tu Scendi dalla Stella and Partington will sing O Holy Night.
Suites of familiar carols by Robert Shaw and Robert Russell Bennett will be performed and the concert will end with the “Hallelujah Chorus” of Handel.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased from chorus members; at Paper, Packaging and Panache, Hope Street, Bristol; and the George Hail Library, Main Street, Warren. There will be a limited number of tickets available at the door. For further information call (401) 253-8106.
Christmas party for seniors: The annual Christmas party for Bristol’s senior citizens will be held Dec. 6 at Mt. Hope High School at 5:30 p.m. It includes dinner, music and drama provided by the students and faculty. Tickets, $1, are available at the Benjamin Church Senior Center on Hope Street. Tickets are limited. The event is sponsored by the Bristol Parks & Recreation Department, Bristol Substance Abuse Prevention Task Force and the Benjamin Church Senior Center.
Daughter’s holiday party: Riverside Circle 28, Daughters of Isabella, will hold its annual Christmas party Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m. at Davenport’s restaurant, Taunton Avenue, East Providence. Tickets are $18. For information or reservations, call Helen, (401) 433-1702 or Caroline, (401) 331-3408. The deadline for reservations is Tuesday.
Benefit Penguin Plunge: The Citizen’s Scholarship Foundation of Little Compton will sponsor a Penguin Plunge Jan. 1 at noon at South Shore Beach. Entry to the beach is $10 per car, or, save $2 and pick up a Penguin Pass at the Ben Wilkie Memorial Tree Spree Dec. 3 at the Wilbur School gym. Hot chocolate, coffee, chowder and souvenirs will be available for purchase at the beach at 11 a.m.
Those interested in participating can pick up applications at various locations, including Wilbur’s Store, the Brownell Library, the Community Center, Earle’s Service Station, A-1 Pizza, Lee’s Market, Simmons’ Store or by contacting the Citizen’s Scholarship Foundation of Little Compton, PO Box 928, Little Compton, 02837. Proceeds will benefit the foundation’s scholarships for local students.
Prizes will be awarded in various categories, so families and friends are encouraged to challenge one another or to solicit pledges from them.
Choral concert: The Middletown High School chorus will present its annual Christmas concert Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. at Calvary United Methodist Church, at 200 Turner Rd. in Middletown. Proceeds will help to finance the chorus’s trip to Carnegie Hall. Donations for asilent auction are being accepted and can range from gift certificates for restaurants and services to themed baskets, event tickets, antiques and works of art. Tickets to the concert are $6 for adults; $3 for students and free for senior citizens. For information contact Cindy Weininger at (401) 841-5582 or Mrs. Vars at Middletown High School, (401) 846-7250.
Benefit wreath sale: Lucy’s Hearth, Newport County’s shelter for homeless women and children, will hold its sixth annual designer Christmas wreath sale fundraiser Dec. 2 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Easton’s Beach Rotunda, Memorial Boulevard. The event will include wreaths and tabletop arrangements made and donated by local florists, designers and organizations.
Lucy’s Hearth is a 24-hour emergency and transitional shelter for mothers and their children who are homeless because of economic hardship, family crisis, divorce, eviction, and shortage of safe, affordable housing. The primary goal is to foster independence and help the residents gain the skills necessary to prevent future chronic homelessness.
Art with Heart: The Edward King House will host the second Art with Heart and to note domestic violence awareness and celebrate artists Nov. 30 from 6 to 9 p.m. The evening will include wine tasting, an art exhibition and entertainment to benefit the Women’s Resource Center of Newport & Bristol Counties. Artists featured will be Lori Cochrane, Betty Ann Morris, Cheryl Richards, Karen Roarke and others. Their works will be for sale and a portion of the proceeds will go to the center. The wine tasting will be provided by Greenvale, Newport and Sakonnet Vineyards and hors d’oeuvres will be provided by Spark. Entertainment will include music by Frank Sheehan’s Dixie Land Band. There will be a drawing for prizes, including Eveline Roberge prints, MacDowell Pottery, Vergowven’s jewelry. Tickets are $50 person and reservations must be made by calling Lisa Sheley, (401) 846-5263, ext. 116. Parking will be available at the Bellevue Shopping Plaza.
Financial aid night: A financial aid night for juniors and seniors and their parents will be held Nov. 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Andrea Swain of Johnson & Wales University will make the presentation. The program will include an overview of the financial aid process and a step-by-step guide to filling out the financial aid form. Representatives from lending agencies will attend. For information, contact Elizabeth Gomes, guidance director, (401) 683-2139.
Stories and a craft: The Portsmouth Free Public Library, East Main Road, will offer stories and a craft for children age 2 to 5 Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. Parents or caregivers can sign up at the library or by calling the children’s room at (401) 683-9457.
Giving tree: The Tiverton Library Services, 238 Highland Rd., will participate in the annual Giving Tree. Efforts help the local community directly through New Visions, Head Start and the Tiverton Housing Authority. This year, Essex Library has joined with the Little Compton Community Center to collect pajamas, new books and new stuffed animals for New Visions.
Gifts may be dropped off during library hours, Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Gifts should be unwrapped but labeled and returned to the library by Dec. 20. For information, call Cheryl Abdullah, (401) 625-6796, ext.12.
Book discussion: Tiverton Library Services presents Rhode Islander Mary Ann Sorrentino for a discussion of her latest book, The A Word – Abortion: Real Women, Tough Choices, Personal Freedom, Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. at Essex Library, 238 Highland Rd. Sorrentino will have copies of her book available for purchase and signature. For more information, call the library at (401) 625-6796.
Ham-and-bean supper: First United Methodist Church of Warren/Bristol, 25 Church St., will hold a ham-and-bean supper Dec. 2 at 6:30 p.m. The menu includes baked ham, Boston-style baked beans, brown bread, potato salad, cole slaw and pies. Tickets are $12 for adults, $6 for children ages 4 to 12 and free for those under age 4. For information and to reserve tickets, call (401) 253-4931 or (401) 245-8474.
Breakfast with Santa: The American Legion Post 104 of Warren will hold its annual Breakfast with Santa fundraiser Dec. 2 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Metacom Avenue. The breakfast will run from 8 to 11 a.m. in the church hall, Metacom Avenue. Tickets are $7 for adults, $3 for children age 5 to 10, and free for those age 4 and under. Photographs can be taken with Santa for $3 each.
Proceeds will be used by the Support Our Troops Committee, which is conducting Operation Soccer Ball.
Proceeds from last year’s breakfast, along with the post’s annual pasta dinner last February, have been used to send more than a 500 pounds of comfort items to troops in Iraq, along with soccer balls, toys and candy for troops to distribute to Iraqi children.
The post is packing and sending Christmas boxes to the troops, along with the toys, sports equipment and candy.
The menu includes eggs, bacon, sausage, home fries, toast, coffee, juice, fruit, cereal and breakfast desserts.
Tickets can be purchased through post members or by calling (401) 245-5431.
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