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01:00 AM EDT on Friday, April 13, 2007

Friday and Weekend

The U.S. Small Business Administration will hold a free workshop on How to Start Your Own Business today, April 13, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Central Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce, Slade’s Ferry Business Center, 3280 Post Rd., Warwick. There will be information on the requirements for starting a small business, including recommendations from the Internal Revenue Service, and the importance of having an accountant and lawyer in the startup process. To register, call (401) 528-4561.

The opening of “Motivated! A Multi-Media Extravaganza by Providence Area Artists” will be held today, April 13, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Warwick Museum of Art, 3259 Post Rd., Warwick. The exhibit will run through Saturday, April 28. There will be works by 15 artists, photographers and sculptors including Laura Atkinson, Patty Martucci, Julie Beck, Celeste MacPhee, Kathleen Murtagh, Bill Muzzy, Barre Pinske, Stephanie Schechter, Gail Schilke, Pat Schreiber, Gorette Sousa, Harmony Tanguay, Amy Tarulli, Sarah Watts and Caitlin Wood. For more information, call (401) 737-0010.

The 27th-annual Ocean State Grand National Karate Championships, presented by the Don Rodrigues Karate Academy of Warwick, will be held today through Sunday, April 13-15, at the Crowne Plaza hotel, Route 5, Warwick. Today’s event runs from 5 to 10:30 p.m., and admission is $10. Tomorrow’s and Sunday’s events run from 8:30 to 3 p.m.; tickets are $20 for general admission and $30 for ringside. There will be a special super fight challenge on Saturday from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Community College of Rhode Island, Knight Campus, East Avenue, Warwick; tickets $20 for general admission and $30 for ringside. For more information, call (401) 737-2809.

The International Institute of Rhode Island will hold its 21st Spring Carnival Ball tomorrow, April 14, from 8 p.m. to midnight at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, Cranston. Tickets are $40, and $15 for students, and include international entertainment and cuisine. They may be purchased by calling (401) 784-8634.

The Rhode Island Youth Arts Association is sponsoring a casino party bus to Mohegan Sun tomorrow, April 14, from 4 to 11 p.m. Tickets are $35, and include $20 in casino coupons. The bus will leave and return to the Warwick Park & Ride, Airport Road, Warwick. You must be at least 21. For tickets, or information, call (401) 738-6624.

The Artists’ Exchange, 50 Rolfe St., Cranston, will hold an Open House and Free Family Fun Day tomorrow, April 14, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be music, improvisational theater games, a movie screening, and crafts. Information on summer camps will be available. For more information, call (401) 785-4278.

The I Need a Hero Foundation will hold a Family Day on Sunday, April 15, from noon to 4 p.m. at Warwick Mall. There will be entertainment, including a balloon magician and pretzel decorating, and reptiles from Regal Reptiles Adventure Center.

Wednesday

The American Cancer Society will host “Along the Journey — A Night to Celebrate Cancer Survivorship” on Wednesday, April 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Radisson Airport Hotel, 2081 Post Road, Warwick. The event is free. There will be a light dinner and presentations by cancer survivors. RSVP by calling Pat Dillon at (401) 243-2653.

Thursday

“More Acting!... A Theatre Extravaganza” will be held Thursday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Bobby Hackett Theatre at the Community College of Rhode Island, Knight Campus, 400 East Ave., Warwick. There will be performances by actors from the Gamm Theatre, Perishable Theatre, Providence Black Repertory Company, 2nd Story Theatre and Trinity Repertory Company. Tickets are $35. Proceeds will benefit the Charles Sullivan Fund for the Arts and Humanities at the college. For information, or tickets, call (401) 333-7386.

Coming Eevents

The Warwick Figure Skaters will hold open registration for its learn-to-skate group lessons on Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to noon at Thayer Arena, Sandy Lane, Warwick. Classes will be held from May 7 to June 24.

The 36th anniversary of Earth Day will be celebrated with an Earth Day Family Festival on Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Warwick Mall. There will be interactive and educational environmental exhibits, displays, products, an electronics recycling program, the Big Nazo Puppets, and an appearance by Miss Rhode Island, Allison Rogers. The program is being sponsored by Earth Day Rhode Island and NBC 10.

The statewide meeting of the Rhode Island Advocates for Gifted Education will be held Wednesday, April 25, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the William Hall Library, 1825 Broad St., Cranston.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service is seeking proposals to acquire conservation easements on farms from local, state and federally recognized tribal governments and nongovernmental organizations. About $2.8 million in federal funds is available this year to protect working farms through the federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program. Proposals should be sent to NRCS State Office, 60 Quaker Lane, Suite 46, Warwick, RI 02886. The deadline is April 27. Project selections will be announced in June. For more information, call Michael Moorman at (401) 822-8820, or go online at www.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/frpp.

The annual Scott Carlson Memorial Road Race to benefit the ALS-RI Foundation will be held Saturday, April 28, at Goddard Memorial State Park, Ives Road, Warwick. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the race starts at 10. Information about the race and online entry forms are available at www.teamals.org.

The Audubon Society of Rhode Island is sponsoring a birding expedition to the Barn Island Wildlife Management Area in Little Narragansett Bay, Connecticut, on Saturday, April 28. The habitat includes 540 acres of deciduous forest, 290 acres of tidal marshes, open salt water, four waterfowl impoundments, coastal scrub woodlands and thickets. The group will meet at 10 a.m. at Parker Woodland, 1670 Maple Valley Rd., Coventry; call (401) 295-8283. The cost is $25 for members and $30 for nonmembers. The program is appropriate for those over age 10.

The fifth-annual Tomorrow Fund Stroll will be held Sunday, April 29, at the Garden City Shopping Center, Cranston. Registration and check-in are at 9:30 a.m., and the stroll begins at 10. There will be refreshments and family entertainment, including clowns, face painting, music, and the Big Nazo Puppets, until noon. A minimum donation of $15 per walker is required. Register online at www.tomorrowfund.org, by April 20.

The annual Women’s Wellness Weekend, sponsored by Women & Infants Hospital, at the YMCA Camp Fuller in Wakefield will be held Friday through Sunday, May 4-6. Activities will include aerobics, reflexology, massages, tarot readings, crafts, and a croning ceremony. There will be a concert by Womanspiritrising on Friday. For more information, or to register, call (401) 886-4222.

The Women’s Wilderness Weekend of RI will be held Friday through Sunday, May 4-6, at the University of Rhode Island’s W. Alton Jones Campus, in West Greenwich. For more information, go online at womenswildernessri.com.

The Audubon Society will offer “The Secrets of Wildflowers” on Saturday, May 5, at 10 a.m. at Parker Woodland, 1670 Maple Valley Rd., Coventry. Participants are advised to wear long pants, socks and sturdy shoes. The cost for members is $8 for adults and $4 for children; for nonmembers the cost is $12 for adults and $6 for children. The course number is 024334-012. For more information or to register, call (401) 949-5454, ext. 3041.

Cornerstone Adult Services will hold its annual “Walk to Remember” Walk-a-thon on Sunday, May 6, at 9 a.m. at City Park, Warwick. Cornerstone provides supervised day services for frail elderly adults with disabilities, including Alzheimer’s disease. To register, or for more information, call Geri Manning at (401) 739-2844.

Items for this column may be e-mailed to wbnews@projo.com, faxed to (401) 277-7227, or mailed to The Providence Journal, West Bay Bureau, 75 Fountain St., 3rd floor, Providence, R.I. 02902. You can reach us at (401) 277-7090.