Jazz, folk and pops wrap up Pawtucket Arts Fest
01:00 AM EDT on Thursday, September 18, 2003
The last weekend of the Pawtucket Arts Festival includes a lecture on jazz history by saxman Greg Abate, folk music at Stone Soup Coffeehouse's new digs in the Boys & Girls Club, and a pops concert by the Rhode Island Philharmonic at Slater Park.
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. For more information, go to www.pawtucketartsfestival.org or call (800) 454-2882. For TTY use RI Relay: (800) 682-8786.
THURSDAY
Blackstone Visitor Center Theater, 175 Main St.:
History of Jazz and Blues, lecture and improvisation by Greg Abate, 3-4:30 pm.
Poetry Reading, by Norah Pollard, author of Leaning In and daughter of Seabiscuit jockey Red Pollard. 5 pm. Free; tickets required.
SATURDAY
Mad Agnes and Eric Hansen, folk music, Stone Soup Coffeehouse, Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket Arts Center, 210 Main St., 8 pm. $10.
SUNDAY
Blackstone Valley Heritage Concert Series: Consuelo Sherba, viola, Virginia Eskin, piano, and Nigel Gore, narrator, Pawtucket Congregational Church, 40 Walcott St., 1 pm.
GreenUp Awards, Blackstone Visitor Center, 175 Main St., noon-2 pm.
Pawtucket: A City in Focus Photo Contest Reception, 171 Main St., 2-4 pm.
Pops in the Park: The R.I. Philharmonic, Slater Memorial Park, Newport Avenue, 5:30 pm; Street Corner Serenade plays at 4 pm. Bring chairs.
