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WEEK OF JUNE 22 - JUNE 28, 2026

From Illustrated Storybooks with Emily Johnson at Bristol Art Museum to Thursdays in the Garden: Fluttery Friends at Green Animals Topiary Garden and Grounded in Nature: A Mindful Plein Air Sketching Workshop at Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum.

MONDAY - 6/22

Bristol Art Museum, Bristol
Family Fun at the Newport Public Library, Newport
  • 12:00pm - 7:00pm — Take and Make Crafts for Kids at the Newport Public Library crafts for kids
  • 2:00pm - 4:00pm — Tinker Club for Kids at the Newport Public Library tinker club
Newport Cooks - Newport Cooks, Newport
  • 9:00am — Viva l’Italia! Italian Cooking & Baking Camp for Children 8 – 14 years old cook bake camp
  • 9:00am — Baking Camp for Children 8 – 14 Years Old baking camp kids
Newport Recreation Department, Newport — Newport Recreation Summer Day Camp at 8:30am - 3:30pm register here
Newport Sea Base, Newport
  • - name: Aquatics Classes — TBA register
  • - name: Junior Aquatics Day Camp — TBA sign up
  • - name: Paddle Sports Aquatics Day Camp — TBA sign up
  • - name: Rowing — TBA learn more
  • - name: STEM - Maker's Workshop - AM — TBA sign up
  • - name: STEM - UPcycle Creation Lab - AM — TBA sign up
  • - name: STEM - Ultimate Robots - AM — TBA sign up
  • - name: Science & Skills Classes — TBA register
  • - name: Squids Day Camp — TBA sign up
  • - name: Youth Sailing — TBA register

TUESDAY - 6/23

Children's Activities Events Calendar - Trumba, Bristol
Family Fun at the Newport Public Library, Newport
  • 10:00am - 11:00am — Preschool Dance Party at the Newport Public Library dance party
  • 4:00pm - 5:00pm — Teen Musical Bingo at the Newport Public Library teen bingo
Green Animals Topiary Garden, Portsmouth — Time Traveling Tuesdays & Thursdays in the Garden at 10:30am time traveling
Newport Contemporary Ballet, Newport — TBA at - name: Newport Dance Festival dance festival
Prescott Farm, Middletown — Garden Workshop: Kitchen Garden Basics at 10:00am explore garden
The Sailing Museum, Newport
  • 10:00am — Sensory Friendly Hour at The Sailing Museum visit
  • 10:00am — Local Tuesdays at The Sailing Museum explore

WEDNESDAY - 6/24

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol
Brownell Library (Little Compton), Little Compton — Baby and Toddler Playtime at 10:30am playtime
Children's Activities Events Calendar - Trumba, Bristol
  • 10:30am — Algonquin For Kids: Algonquin Under Water kids learn
  • 11:00am — Art in the Park: An Algonquin Perspective create art
  • 2:00pm — Guided Walk: Tree Walk explore trees
  • 2:00pm — Guided Walk: Algonquin Logging Museum Square Timber Tour explore history
  • 9:00am — Algonquin Park Canoeing Workshop canoe workshop
Family Fun at the Newport Public Library, Newport — ArtLink Community Art Program at 10:00am - 11:00am art program
The Sailing Museum, Newport — Story Hour Wednesdays at The Sailing Museum at 10:00am explore

THURSDAY - 6/25

Bristol Art Museum, Bristol
Brownell Library (Little Compton), Little Compton — Creative Collaging for tweens & teens at 10:00am collaging
Green Animals Topiary Garden, Portsmouth
  • 10:30am — Thursdays in the Garden: Silly Plants! silly plants
  • 10:30am — Thursdays in the Garden: Pollinator Patrol pollinator patrol
  • 10:30am — Thursdays in the Garden: Owl in Five Stories with Historic Music of Newport owl stories
  • 10:30am — Thursdays in the Garden: Enchanted Gardens enchanted gardens
  • 10:30am — Thursdays in the Garden: Plants Dance! plants dance
  • 10:30am — Thursdays in the Garden: Fluttery Friends fluttery friends
  • 10:30am — Thursdays in the Garden: Sense-sational Art sense-sational art
The Sailing Museum, Newport — Family Movie Nights at The Sailing Museum at 5:00pm movie night

FRIDAY - 6/26

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol — Sangria and Salsa Dancing with Katie Arbulu at 6:30pm salsa dancing
Brownell Library (Little Compton), Little Compton — Open Play with Squishy Circuits! at 10:30am squishy circuits
Children's Activities Events Calendar - Trumba, Bristol — Ask the Naturalist at 1:30pm ask nature
Childrens Events - Portsmouth Free Public Library, Portsmouth
  • 10:30am - 11:15am — Summer Break Pokemon Club: Grades K-5 play pokemon
  • 10:30am - 12:30pm — Farm Friends Petting Zoo meet animals
  • 5:30pm - 7:00pm — Teen Lock-In Mini Golf with One Up Games mini golf
Emilie Ruecker Wildlife Refuge, Tiverton — Free Family Fun Days at 10:00am, 3:00pm find an event
Events — Tiverton Four Corners, Tiverton — Cultural Survival Art Bazaar at 10:00am - 6:00pm art bazaar
Special Events - Jamestown Parks and Recreation, Jamestown

SATURDAY - 6/27

Audubon Nature Center & Aquarium, Bristol — Free Family Fun Days at 10:00am, 3:00pm join in
Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol
  • 10:00am — Grounded in Nature: A Mindful Plein Air Sketching Workshop sketching workshop
  • 10:00am — Elder Trees of Blithewold with Dr. Beth Brantley elder trees talk
  • 9:00am — Women of ’76: A Theatrical Tribute to Lesser-Known Women of the American Revolution women of 76
Bristol Art Museum, Bristol
Children's Activities Events Calendar - Trumba, Bristol
Events — Tiverton Four Corners, Tiverton
  • 6:00pm - 7:30pm — Sounds of Harmony Sound Meditation at The Meeting House sound meditation
  • 9:00am - 5:00pm — Union Library at The Chase Cory House Annual Booksale booksale
Little Compton Historical Society, Little Compton
Prescott Farm, Middletown — French in Newport at 10:00am celebrate alliance
Special Events - Jamestown Parks and Recreation, Jamestown
  • - name: Party in the Park — TBA party park
  • 8:00am — Pipestem Creek Trail Run trail run
  • 9:30am — Gear Grinder Mountain Bike Race bike race
Tiverton Historical Society, Tiverton
  • 3:00pm — Walking Tour of Historic Four Corners join in
  • 9:00am — Annual Public Reading of the Declaration of Independence read along

SUNDAY - 6/28

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol — Bonsai Essentials 1: Beginner Workshop with Peter Olson at 10:00am bonsai workshop
Bristol Art Museum, Bristol — Open Studio Time at 1:00pm, 3:30pm open studio
Children's Activities Events Calendar - Trumba, Bristol — Algonquin For Kids: Animal Babies at 10:30am kids learn
Events — Tiverton Four Corners, Tiverton
Special Events - Jamestown Parks and Recreation, Jamestown — Splash Bash at 1:00pm splash bash

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