Grange: Slocum Grange will meet Friday at 96 Slocum Rd., North Kingstown, for a 5 p.m. painting session, followed at 6:30 by the annual Grange picnic, to which members should bring dishes to share.

Bridge clubs: The South County Bridge Club organizes games of duplicate contract bridge each Thursday night at 6:30 at the Neighborhood Guild, 325 Columbia St., Peace Dale. For information, call Bill Niemi at 783-3118, Mildred Mahoney at 783-3560, or Bea Sparks at 783-1588. Bridge lessons are also offered each Tuesday, from 7 to 9 p.m., at the guild. To register, call 789-9301.

Niemi leads supervised bridge sessions the second and fourth Saturday of the month, from 9 to 11 a.m., at the Cross’ Mills Public Library, 4417 Old Post Rd., Charlestown. Players of all levels are welcome. Bridge games are played each Monday at 1 p.m.

Duplicate bridge games are played at the Narragansett Community Center, 53 Mumford Rd., Narragansett, each Monday at 6:30 p.m., and Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. For information call Joan O’Connell at 369-4012.

Chess clubs: Clark Memorial Library, 7 Pinehurst Drive, Carolina, hosts a chess club for adults and children age 6 and up, meeting the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. To register, call 364-6100.

Newcomers groups: The South Kingstown/Narragansett Friends, a group for anyone new to the area, meets the second Wednesday of the month at 9 a.m. at the Narragansett Community Center, 53 Mumford Rd., Narragansett. For information, call 788-1022. “Moms” clubs: Clark Memorial Library, 7 Pinehurst Drive, Carolina, is the site of a “Moms Club” meeting the first Friday of the month, at 10:30 a.m.

“Washington County Moms,”’ formerly “Moms Club of South Kingstown,” meets the first Monday of each month, at 10 a.m., at Christ United Methodist Church, 2291 Kingstown Rd., Kingston. Children are welcome and a continental breakfast is served. For information, call 782-2373.

The “Moms Club of South County” meets the second Thursday of the month at 10 a.m. at the Neighborhood Guild, 325 Columbia St., Peace Dale. For information, call 782-9118.

Knitting clubs: A knitting group for all levels meets at Clark Memorial Library, 7 Pinehurst Drive, Carolina, the third Monday of the month at 7 p.m.

The Narragansett Senior/Community Center, 53 Mumford Rd., is the site of a knitting group each Thursday at 10 a.m. A knitting instructor is available with help the second Thursday of the month, for a $5 fee. A group meets at the Narragansett Public Library, 35 Kingstown Rd., Friday from 3 to 5 p.m.

Quilting group: The Ninigret Quilters Guild meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at St. Andrew Lutheran Church, East Beach Road and Route 1, Charlestown. For information, call 783-0989.

Divorce support: A support group entitled “Life After Divorce” meets the second Wednesday of the month, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 8050 Post Rd., North Kingstown. For information or to register, call Leslie Dwyer at 885-7619.