DAD’S GARDEN: THURBER FARM BROOK     MAR-GLOBES BY DON DOUCETTE A phone conversation with my older brother this week who is retired from the United States Air Force in Virginia led to a conversation about our father’s one acre vegetable garden once cultivated here in Attleboro. Gene was just concluding a family Fourth OfRead More...

Worcester Art Museum Announces Reopening Date   July 6, 2020 (Worcester, MA) The Worcester Art Museum, which has been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic since March 13, 2020, announced today that it will reopen to the public in early October 2020.   This decision, made in consultation with the Museum’s Board of Trustees, allows timeRead More...

FREDERIC DOUGLASS “This Fourth July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony. Do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me to speak to-day? If so, thereRead More...

UNCLE DON’S 4TH of JULY STRAWBERRY-RHUBARB SHORTCAKE BY DON DOUCETTE 4 or 5 pounds FOUR TOWN FARM  Red Rhubarb 1 pound strawberries Low Cal brown sugar Baking powder biscuits Squirt cream, or if a purist, whip and sweeten your own cream. Clean and dice strawberries and rhubarb into a clean stainless stew pot with aRead More...

SCULPTURE ON THE LAWN; AN OUTDOOR EXHIBIT BY THE BRISTOL ART MUSEUM Linden Place Mansion is participating in Sculpture on the Lawn, Bristol Art Museum’s outdoor exhibit featuring works by artists Michael Cochran, Mike Hansel, Rob Lorenson, Paul Menensis, Matt Noiseux, Derek Riley and Mark Wholey. The sculptures may be viewed while walking or byRead More...

FIRSTWORKS AND RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PARTNER FirstWorks is excited to partner with the Rhode Island Department of Education to bring virtual summer arts camps to Rhode Island public school students from July 20-24.   Led by world-class teaching artists,  FirstWorks Virtual Dance  and  Theater Arts  camps encourage students to stretch the boundaries of their creativityRead More...

Beginning next week, FBP School in-studio classes are set to resume with new procedures and limited class sizes. This will be the first time returning to the studio since March and we are excited to welcome our students back as responsibly as possible.   Space in our Open Summer classes is still available and you can find all ofRead More...

MUSEUM OF WORK & CULTURE – WOONSOCKET, RHODE ISLAND Museum of Work & Culture Launches Free Summer Virtual Education Series for Children (WOONSOCKET, R.I.) – The Museum of Work & Culture is excited to launch a free, bi-weekly virtual summer education series: Hands-on History: Summer Spotlight Rhode Island for ages 4-7, beginning Tuesday, July 7Read More...