Barrington
East Bay Briefings
01:00 AM EST on Thursday, November 16, 2006
Book talk: The Friends of the Jamestown Library are pleased to host a book talk with Rockwell Stensrud, author of NEWPORT: A Lively Experiment, 1639-1969, (Redwood Library and Athenaeum) tonight at 7 at the Jamestown Library. The program is free to the public. For more information, call the library at (401) 423-7280.
University women to meet: Mil Kinsella, a founding board member of the Aquidneck Land Trust, will address the Newport County-East Bay branch of the American Association of University Women tonight at 7 . at Roger Williams University Law School in Bristol. The event is free to the public. Call (401) 683-1950 for directions and information. Members are reminded to bring their donations for the Martin Luther King Community Center’s food pantry.
Klezmer music concert: The Klezphonics, a Rhode Island Klezmer band, will give a concert at the Barrington Public Library Sunday at 3 p.m. Klezmer is the music of Eastern European Jews. The Klezphonics started as a group in 2001 with members of Temple Habonim in Barrington. Since then they have performed all over Rhode Island.
Fall concert series: The Roger Williams University Dance Theatre fall concert series will include choreography by modern dance legend Martha Graham. The series will be presented tomorrow, Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center, One Old Ferry Road.
Among pieces to be performed will be Graham’s “Steps in the Street.” Tickets, $10 each or $5 for students and seniors, can be purchased at the door or in advance at the Performing Arts Center Box Office from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For information or reservations, call (401) 254-3626.
Holiday sale and book sale: The Bristol Historical & Preservation Society, 48 Court St., will be open for holiday shopping tomorrow from 1 to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gift books, including autographed copies of Bristol: Beyond Beautiful and sketches of old Bristol and Bristol High School yearbooks, will be available. Rhode Island community maps from the 1870 D.G. Beers Atlas and the 1895 Everts and Richards Atlas are for sale.
Holiday craft fair: St. Elizabeth Manor, Dawn Hill Road, will play host to area craftsmen Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Featured artists will sell jewelry, wreaths, baskets, floral arrangements, fir trees, handmade soaps and lotions. Admission is free For more information, call (401) 253-2300.
Honoring the Harvest: The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology and the Bristol Parks & Recreation Department will host interactive, educational, and fun activities for the annual Honoring the Harvest event Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Members of the Pokanoket Tribe, Wampanoag Nation, will begin the first set of dances as visitors arrive at 11:30. Guests will be invited to participate in the Circle Dance. At 12:15 p.m., Flower Hawk will tell the story of “The Three Sisters” as well as a short history of the Wampanoag people at King Philip’s Seat, a short walk from the main museum. The dances will be repeated at 1. At 1:30, the story of traditional Wampanoag Thanksgiving will be told in the Education Wing of the Barn. Native foods, including succotash, pumpkin bread, corn bread, and cider, will be served at 1:45 p.m.
The event is free to Bristol residents. For all others, admission is $3 for adults; $2 for seniors; $1 for children ages 12 and under.
Charity pageant: Male students from Roger Williams University will compete in the annual “Mr. RWU” charity pageant Saturday at 7 p.m. in the campus Recreation Center Field House, One Old Ferry Road. Armed with hip dance moves, secret talents and side-splitting jokes, 10 students will face off to be crowned “Mr. RWU” as they raise money for the Children’s Miracle Network, a nonprofit children’s hospital organization.
Tickets, which will be available at the door, are $5 each or $3 for the campus community.
The Children’s Miracle Network is an alliance of nonprofit hospitals that provide affordable medical care to needy children. In the past four years, the Mr. RWU pageant has raised more than $40,000 for the organization, with each contestant campaigning to collect funds. Their fundraising will directly benefit the Baystate Children’s Hospital in Springfield, Mass.
The competition will consist of an opening dance number, a talent segment and contestant question-and-answer.
Exhibit to open: Hope Gallery, 435 Hope St., will open its “Little Picture Show” Nov. 26, with a reception from 1 to 4 p.m. Artists are welcome to submit entries Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. The entry fee is $15 for the first piece, $10 for second and third entry, with a three-piece limit. All framed entries can be no larger than 14 inches each side. Download a prospectus at www.hopegallery.net or obtain one at the gallery. For information, call (401) 396-9117 during gallery hours.
Compost site open: The city’s Department of Public Works, Recycling Division, will open its Forbes Street compost site to residents Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 18 and 25 and Dec. 2. The compost site will also be open Nov. 24 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Residents may drop off leaves, grass and other vegetative material suitable for composting at the site. A valid driver’s license is required as proof of residency. Vehicles must have four wheels with a one-ton capacity or less. No commercial vehicles will be permitted.
Incoming material must be loose: no plastic bags, no contaminates. Residents disposing contaminated material will be issued a first warning; a second offense will result in the vehicle and the resident being banned for the year.
For more information, call the Recycling Division office, (401) 435-7710 or 435-7711.
Holiday bazaar: The United Congregational Church, 524 Valley Rd., will hold a holiday bazaar Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Featured will be gifts, decorations, food, baked goods, toys, “grandma’s attic,” silent auctions, gift baskets, deli items, and drawings for prizes. All are welcome.
Christmas at the mansions: The Preservation Society of Newport County invites the public to visit The Breakers, The Elms and Marble House, all decked out for the holidays, beginning Saturday and continuing through Jan. 1. Thousands of poinsettias, fresh flowers, evergreens, trees and wreaths, and 19th-century-style ornaments will turn the houses and their grounds into a Yuletide wonderland.
The Breakers, The Elms and Marble House, all National Historic Landmarks, will be open daily for tours, except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. A Winter Passport ticket providing daytime admission to all three houses can be purchased for $25 for adults, $9 for children ages 6 to 17. Purchased separately, admission to The Breakers is $15 for adults, $4 for children ages 6 to 17. Marble House and The Elms are each $10 for adults and $4 for children ages 6 to 17. Tickets can be purchased online at www.NewportMansions.org, or at each property.
Thanksgiving story time: The Portsmouth Free Public Library, East Main Road, will offer stories and a turkey craft today at 10 a.m. for children ages 2 to 5. Parents or caregivers may sign up at the library or by calling the Children’s Room at (401) 683-9457. This program is free to the public.
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