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South County Happenings

01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, April 24, 2008

Kelli O’Connor will be the featured soloist in the URI Symphonic Wind Ensemble’s concert on Sunday.

Today

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, URI Theatre Department, 7:30 p.m. $14, $10 for senior citizens and URI faculty/staff, $8 for students.

Into The Woods, Prout School, Tower Hill Road, Wakefield, 7:30 p.m. $15, $12 for students and senior citizens.

URI spring jazz series, C100 Big Band, 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Center’s concert hall. $8, $2 for students.

Book discussion , Peace Dale Library, 1057 Kingstown Rd., Peace Dale, 7:30 p.m., Willa Cather’s My Ántonia.

URI student film festival, Chafee Social Science Center, 7:30 p.m.

North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce annual meting and dinner, Quonset O Club, 200 Lt. James Brown Rd., North Kingstown, 6:30 p.m., $45; business expo,3 to 6. For reservations, call 295-5582.

Poetry workshop, North Kingstown Free Library, 100 Boone St., North Kingstown, 10 a.m. To register, please call the library at 294-3306.

Tomorrow

Nature poetry night, Kettle Pond Visitor Center, 50 Bend Rd., Charlestown, “Poetry of the Wild,” 7:30 p.m.

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, URI Theatre Department, 7:30 p.m. $14, $10 for senior citizens and URI faculty/staff, $8 for students.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Courthouse Center for the Arts, 3481 Kingstown Rd., West Kingston, 8 p.m. $25, $23 for senior citizens and center members, $20 for students; for reservations or information, call 782-1018.

Into The Woods, Prout School, Tower Hill Road, Wakefield, 7:30 p.m. $15, $12 for students and senior citizens.

Theater of Thought, TAPE by Stephen Belber, 8 p.m., Lighthouse Inn, 307 Great Island Rd., Narragansett. $25; reservations available at www.TheaterofThought.com.

URI Concert Band, Genesis, based upon the first book of the Old Testament, and Celtic Hymns and Dances by Eric Ewazen, 8 p.m., Fine Arts Center concert hall $8, $2 for students.

Cabaret, 8 p.m. at the Bradford Citizens Club, 124 Woody Hill Rd., Bradford, “Girls of the Night,” selections from Broadway musicals. $12, $10 for senior citizens and children under 12.

Film, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007-PG), Cross’ Mills Public Library, 4417 Old Post Rd., Charlestown, 6:30 p.m.

Benefit concert, singer-songwriter Flav Martin, Perks and Corks, downtown Westerly, 8:30 to 11 p.m. Admission is a non-perishable donation for the Jonnycake Center of Westerly.

Saturday

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, URI Theatre Department, 7:30 p.m. $14, $10 for senior citizens and URI faculty/staff, $8 for students.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Courthouse Center for the Arts, 3481 Kingstown Rd., West Kingston, 8 p.m. $25, $23 for senior citizens and center members, $20 for students; for reservations or information, call 782-1018.

Theater of Thought, TAPE by Stephen Belber, 8 p.m., Lighthouse Inn, 307 Great Island Rd., Narragansett. $25; reservations available at www.TheaterofThought.com.

Into The Woods, Prout School, Tower Hill Road, Wakefield, 7:30 p.m., $15, $12 for students and senior citizens; alumni reception 6:30, for reservations, call 789-9262, ext. 514.

Comedy show, Westerly’s St. Pius X School, 32 Elm St., comedian and impersonator John Roarke, 6:30 p.m. $35; for reservations, call 596-2535.

URI Undergraduate Honors String Quartet, 8 p.m., Fine Arts Center concert hall.

Cabaret, 8 p.m. at the Bradford Citizens Club, 124 Woody Hill Rd.,Bradford, “Girls of the Night,” selections from Broadway musicals. $12, $10 for senior citizens and children under 12.

“Battle of the Bands,” South Kingstown High School, 215 Columbia St., Wakefield, 7 to 10 p.m. $7, to benefit Amnesty International.

Cleanup of Davisville, 9 a.m., Davisville Elementary School, 50 East Court, North Kingstown. To register, call 885-4799.

Trailing arbutus walk, Charlestown’s Kimball Wildlife Refuge, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. $10 for Audubon Society members, $5 for their children, and $14 for non-members, $7 for their children. To register, call 949-5454.

Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, 10 a.m., North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce, 8045 Post Rd., North Kingstown.

Benefit race/walk, South County Hospital, 100 Kenyon Ave., Wakefield, 9 a.m. $25; to register, call 788-1610. Registration also 7:30 a.m. race day.

Women’s self defense class, 8 to 11:30 a.m., Peace Dale Office Building, 1058 Kingstown Rd., Peace Dale. $22 for South Kingstown residents, $27 for others; to register, call 789-9301.

Dinner auction, Chorus of Westerly’s George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High St., Westerly. For information, call 596-8663.

Auction to benefit Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County, 6 to 9 p.m., Kinney Bungalow at Sunset Farm, 505 Point Judith Rd., Narragansett. $20, $12 for children 12 and up, $5 for those under 12.

Greater Westerly-Pawcatuck Area Chamber of Commerce Duck Race fundraiser, Route 1 bridge, downtown Westerly-Pawcatuck, 2 p.m.; pre-race activities, noon, Donahue Park (formerly Pawcatuck Park).

Book sale, Peace Dale Library, 1057 Kingstown Rd., Peace Dale, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Yard sale, Chestnut Hill Baptist Church, Route 102, Exeter, 9 to 11 a.m.

Car seat inspections, BankNewport, 1350 Ten Rod Rd., North Kingstown, 9 a.m. to noon.

North Kingstown Chamber of Commerce volunteer recognition, 5 to 7 p.m., HoofFinFeathers Carriage Inn, Tower Hill Road, North Kingstown.

GED exams, Education Exchange, Oliver Stedman Government Center, Route 1, Wakefield. Appointments required; to register, call 783-0293.

“Aquafina Major League Baseball Pitch, Hit and Run” competition, for children age 7 to 14, 9 a.m. to noon, Tuckertown Park, Tuckertown Road, Wakefield. Rain date Sunday, 1 to 4 p.m.

Car seat safety clinic, BankNewport, 1350 Ten Rod Rd., North Kingstown, 9 a.m. to noon.

Sunday

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, URI Theatre Department, 3 p.m. $14, $10 for senior citizens and URI faculty/staff, $8 for students.

Into The Woods, Prout School, Tower Hill Road, Wakefield, 2 p.m. $15, $12 for students and senior citizens.

Theater of Thought, TAPE by Stephen Belber, 8 p.m., Lighthouse Inn, 307 Great Island Rd., Narragansett. $25; reservations available at www.TheaterofThought.com.

URI Symphonic Wind Ensemble with South Kingstown High School Symphonic Band, 3 p.m., Fine Arts Center concert hall.

Concert, Hummingbird Trio, music from the ’30s on, 3 p.m., North Kingstown High School, 100 Fairway Drive, North Kingstown.

Audubon walk, Great Swamp Management Area, Liberty Lane, West Kingston, 3 p.m. $8 for Audubon Society members, $4 for their children; $12 for non-members, $6 for their children. To register, call 949-5454.

Dog Park Association clean-up and get-together, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., Broad Rock Ball Fields, St. Dominic Road, Wakefield.

Rabies clinic, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Narragansett Community Center, Mumford Road, Narragansett. $10; dog licenses also available. Animals must be leashed or in carriers.

Spring fair, Saunderstown’s Gilbert Stuart Museum, 815 Gilbert Stuart Rd., 1 to 4 p.m. $5, $2 for children age 6 to 12.

Guided walk, Canonchet Farm, Ann Hoxsie Lane, Narragansett, 1 p.m.

Monday

URI Percussion Ensemble, Fine Arts Center concert hall, 7:30 p.m. $8, $2 for students.

URI Chemistry Department awards seminar, “Chemistry and Responsibility: Promoting Scientific Literacy,” with A. Truman Schwartz, 3 p.m., URI’s Pastore Hall.

Wakefield Civic Band rehearsal, South Kingstown High School, 2125 Columbia St., Wakefield, 7 p.m.

Duplicate bridge, Narragansett Community Center, 53 Mumford Rd., Narragansett, 6:30 p.m.

Book discussion, Cross’ Mills Public Library, 4417 Old Post Rd., Charlestown, 6:30 p.m., Doctor Sleep by Madison Smartt Bell.

Matunuck Volunteer Fire Department Women’s Auxiliary, fire station, Schoolhouse Road, Matunuck, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday

URI choral ensemble “Lively Experiment,” 7:30 p.m., Fine Arts Center concert hall. $8, $2 for students.

Toad program for children age 3 to 6, 2 p.m., Tri-Pond Park Nature Center, Asa Pond Road, Peace Dale. $9 for South Kingstown residents, $12 for others; to register, call 789-9301.

North Kingstown Community Chorus rehearsal, 7 to 9 p.m., Forest Park Elementary School, 50 Woodlawn Drive, North Kingstown; Youth Chorus, 5:30 to 6:30.

Jamestown Community Band rehearsal, 7 p.m., Portuguese American Citizens Club, Narragansett Avenue, Jamestown.

Bird walk, 8 a.m., from Charlestown Mini-Super, Route 1A, Charlestown.

South Kingstown student registration, South Kingstown High School, 215 Columbia St., Wakefield, 7:30 a.m.

Kindergarten registration, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Central Administration Building, 100 Fairway Drive, North Kingstown.

Wednesday

Kindergarten registration, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Central Administration Building, 100 Fairway Drive, North Kingstown.

Adoption information Department of Children, Youth and Families, 650 Ten Rod Rd., North Kingstown, 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Duplicate bridge, Narragansett Community Center, 53 Mumford Rd., Narragansett, 12:30 p.m.

Social dance lessons, Swing and ballroom, 6 p.m., Latin, 7 p.m., beginners’ tango, 8 p.m., and intermediate tango, 9 p.m., The Towers, 35 Ocean Rd., Narragansett. $12 for one, $4 for each additional class.

Crochet class, noon, Westerly Public Library, 44 Broad St., Westerly.

Lafayette Band rehearsal, 7 to 8:30 p.m., North Kingstown High School Band Room, 150 Fairway Drive, North Kingstown.

South County Bridge Club, 6:30 p.m., Neighborhood Guild, 325 Columbia St., Peace Dale.

Computer class, Cross’ Mills Public Library, 4417 Old Post Rd., Charlestown, 6 to 8 p.m.

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