Rhode Island Historical Society Presents Restoration to Oldest American Theater Scenery    Oldest American Theater Scenery at the RIHS 198th Annual Meeting Wednesday, November 13th, 5:30 p.m.  The Rhode Island Historical Society (110 Benevolent Street, Providence, RI)  Rhode Island Historical Society Presents Restoration to Oldest American Theater Scenery  BEFORE The Rhode Island Historical Society willRead More...

DEBUT NOVEMBER 30, 2019 The Ocean Community Chamber Foundation will unveil its three dimensional “Pop Up Book of Westerly” on November 30 at the Savoy Book Store in Westerly from 10 am-1 pm during Small Business Saturday and then from 4-7 pm at the Ocean House in Watch Hill.  Illustrator Lisa Szaro will be presentRead More...

PEDDLER’S FAIRE The Glocester Heritage Society is hosting its annual Peddlers’ Fair at the historic Job Armstrong Store. Items to purchase include handcrafted items from local vendors. The Glocester Heritage Society will have historic items for sale, as well. The Job Armstrong Store, serving as the Heritage Society headquarters, was built about 1813. The storeRead More...

MEET AT THE LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE The North Attleborough Historical Society will hold its next meeting on Monday, November 18th at 7:30 PM at the Little Red Schoolhouse.  The Society invites you to join them for a talk by local novelist K. W. Garlick will be with us to tell us of his researchRead More...

MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS  In 1890 the small industrial town of Brockton, on Main Street is where the history of Santa, his red suit and a snowy white beard was created by James Edgar, a department store owner. Brockton is the home of the very first Department Store Santa? In 1890 in our smallRead More...

Well-known Silversmith & Conservator, Jeffrey Herman, to Speak at Linden Place Mansion’s Annual Meeting on Wednesday, November 14th JEFFREY HERMAN All are welcome to attend Linden Place Mansion’s annual meeting on Wednesday, November 13 at 7pm inside the historic home’s parlors at 500 Hope Street, Bristol. The meeting includes a recap of the 30th anniversaryRead More...

TEN MILE RAMBLINGS BY DON DOUCETTE As a child in Attleboro’s Twin Villages I was surrounded by family and community with a Franco-American heritage. My first memories centered there when my family lived in “the big block’ next to Phil Dugas’s community grocery store.   Skittish, with the main rail line located nearby, I ranRead More...

Wickford Art Association Announces a Gallery Director Search Wickford Art Association is seeking an experienced Gallery Director to manage and improve the artistic and commercial success of the Association. The Gallery Director must possess skills in the areas of financial management and budgeting, administrative management, effective marketing, member relations, public relations and computer applications relatedRead More...