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Updated Tue 10/13/2026

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21 - SEPTEMBER 27, 2026

From Calvin & Friends (Lower Level) at Events / Activities Calendar - Common Fence Point to Bronze Casting at Herreshoff Marine Museum and Pool Party - Maccarone at Youth Sailing Program - Tiverton Yacht Club.

MONDAY - 9/21

Adaptive Aquatics Lessons in Bristol - SafeSplash, Bristol — TBA at - name: Adaptive Aquatics Lessons details
Audubon Nature Center & Aquarium, Bristol — TBA at - name: Art Exhibit details
Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol
  • - name: In the Gallery: Spring Memories — TBA details
  • 10:00am — Blithewold’s Nature Discovery Backpacks details
  • 10:00am — Nature Drawing at Blithewold details
Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County, Newport — TBA at - name: Swing for Great Futures Golf Tournament details
Bristol Events & Celebrations, Bristol
  • - name: Beginning Sewing for Kids — TBA
  • - name: Craft Night: Book Bedazzling — TBA
Events / Activities Calendar - Common Fence Point, Portsmouth
  • 1:00pm — Open Studio Art (free) details
  • 4:45pm — Girl Scouts (Ashley Murphy) details
Frerichs Farm, Warren — TBA at - name: Thrive Outside Mud Run details
George Hail Free Library, Warren
  • 6:00pm — American Girl Book Club details
  • 6:00pm — Drop In Scrabble details
International Tennis Hall of Fame, Newport
  • - name: Breaking Boundaries — TBA details
  • - name: Breaking the Barriers — TBA details
  • - name: Inspiring Artifacts — TBA details
  • - name: Smash Hit — TBA details
  • - name: THE ADAPTIVE ATHLETE — TBA details
  • - name: Tennis Toys and Games — TBA details
  • - name: Tins, Cans, & Cartons — TBA details
  • - name: We've Come A Long Way — TBA details
  • - name: When Tennis Stopped — TBA details
Jamestown Philomenian Library, Jamestown
  • 10:00am — Preschool Playtime details
  • 3:00pm — Let's LEGO Club details
Little Compton Community Center, Little Compton
  • - name: Buy Nothing Clothing Exchange — TBA details
  • - name: Equipment Rental - everything — TBA details
  • 4:00pm — Rummikub Afternoon details
Marble House, Newport
  • - name: America’s 250 at the Newport Mansions — TBA details
  • - name: Revolution Reimagined: Evolving Stories from Newport’s Past — TBA details
Middletown Public Library, Middletown
  • - name: Library Card Signup Month — TBA details
  • - name: Youth Services Monthly Programs — TBA details
National Museum of American Illustration, Newport — TBA at - name: September 2026 – Pyle Effect details
Newport Agricultural Fair, Middletown — TBA at - name: CHILDREN'S GAMES details
Newport Car Museum, Portsmouth — TBA at - name: Early Bird Highlight Tours Available details
Newport Playhouse, Newport — TBA at - name: I NEED THAT details
Portsmouth Town Events, Portsmouth — Eastern Rhode Island Conservation District at 5:30pm details
Rogers Free Library, Bristol
  • 4:00pm — Beginning Sewing for Kids details
  • 6:00pm — Craft Night: Book Bedazzling details
  • 6:00pm — Craft Night: Winter Bird Painting details
  • 9:30am — Toddler Storytime with Miss Erin - 1st Fall Session details
Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, Middletown — Visitor Center Open at 10:00am details

TUESDAY - 9/22

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol — Morning Garden Walks at 9:00am details
Bristol Events & Celebrations, Bristol
  • - name: Leaf Peeping Tour — TBA
  • - name: Passport to the World: Portugal — TBA
Events / Activities Calendar - Common Fence Point, Portsmouth
  • 1:45pm — Calvin & Friends (Lower Level) details
  • 5:00pm — Aquidneck Singers details
George Hail Free Library, Warren — United Way Outreach Van at 9:00am details
Jamestown Parks & Recreation, Jamestown — TBA at - name: Mystery Lunch details
Jamestown Philomenian Library, Jamestown
  • 10:00am — Spanish Bilingual Storytime with Solé details
  • 10:00am — Preschool Pet Care with Potter League for Animals details
  • 9:30am — Baby Jam - Ages 0 to 24 months details
Jamestown Town Events, Jamestown — TBA at - name: Mystery Lunch details
Little Compton Community Center, Little Compton
  • 10:00am — Marjorie Balboni Infant & Toddler Playgroup details
  • 2:30pm — After School Club details
Newport Cooks, Newport
  • 4:00pm — Kids Halloween Kitchen Party details
  • 4:00pm — Kids Thanksgiving Dessert Baking details
Newport Playhouse, Newport — TBA at - name: BEAU JEST details
Portsmouth Free Public Library, Portsmouth — Baby Story time at 10:00am details
Rogers Free Library, Bristol
  • - name: Light in Motion — TBA details
  • 9:30am — Bouncing Babies with Miss Erin details
The Sailing Museum, Newport
  • 10:00am — Sensory Friendly Hour at The Sailing Museum details
  • 10:00am — Local Tuesdays at The Sailing Museum details
  • 5:00pm — October Family Movie Nights at The Sailing Museum details

WEDNESDAY - 9/23

Bristol Events & Celebrations, Bristol
  • - name: Mad Science--Fire and Ice! — TBA
  • - name: Parent /Child Book and Dessert Club — TBA
Brownell Library (Little Compton), Little Compton
  • 10:30am — Baby and Toddler Playtime details
  • 10:30am — Baby and Toddler Playtime! details
George Hail Free Library, Warren — Scouts at 6:30pm details
Jamestown Philomenian Library, Jamestown
  • 10:15am — Preschool Halloween Party details
  • 3:15pm — Afterschool Halloween Party (Ages 5-10) details
  • 3:30pm — Rooster Book Club - Grades 3 to 5 details
  • 4:00pm — "America is Wild!": An Interactive Wildlife Adventure for Kids details
Jane Pickens Theater, Newport
  • - name: Situations feat. Q&A w/ Filmmaker & Star Greg Vrotsos — TBA details
  • - name: Teton Gravity Research Presents: 'Actually, It Is Rocket Science' — TBA details
Little Compton Community Center, Little Compton
  • 10:00am — WMS Fire Drill details
  • 12:30pm — HOLD: Design & Make Your Own Coaster Set details
Middletown Community Events, Middletown
  • 9:00am — Newport/ Middletown Situation Table details
  • 9:00am — Newport / Middletown Situation Table details
Middletown Parks & Recreation, Middletown
  • 9:00am — Newport/ Middletown Situation Table details
  • 9:00am — Newport / Middletown Situation Table details
Newport Cooks, Newport
  • 4:00pm — Snack Attack! details
  • 4:00pm — Kids Fall Baking Class 🎃 details
  • 4:00pm — Kids Cookie Making Class Ages 8-14 details
Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown
  • 3:30pm — Free Wednesday Nature Walk details
  • 4:00pm — Wooly Bears, the Teddy Bears of Caterpillars details
Portsmouth Free Public Library, Portsmouth — Toddler Story time at 10:00am details
Prescott Farm, Middletown — Merit Badge Watercolor Workshop with Downtown Designs at 1:00pm details
Rogers Free Library, Bristol
  • 10:30am — Drop-in Storytime with Miss Erin details
  • 6:30pm — Mad Science--Fire and Ice! details
  • 6:30pm — Parent /Child Book and Dessert Club details
  • 6:30pm — Family Craft Night details
  • 6:30pm — Parent & Child Book and Dessert Club details
  • 6:30pm — Halloween Magic Show details
The Sailing Museum, Newport
  • 11:00am — Story Hour Wednesdays at The Sailing Museum details
  • 11:30am — Rain Gutter Regattas at The Sailing Museum details
Youth Sailing Program - Tiverton Yacht Club, Tiverton — Labor Day Cookout at 5:00pm details

THURSDAY - 9/24

Family & Education Events in Jamestown, RI - Eventbrite, Jamestown
  • - name: Guardians of the Night: Homeschool Ages 10-14 — TBA details
  • - name: Guardians of the Night: Homeschool Ages 5-9 — TBA details
Goosewing Beach Preserve - The Nature Conservancy, Little Compton
  • 8:00am — Davis Mountains Preserve Open Days details
  • 9:00am — Davis Mountains Preserve Tours details
Jamestown Philomenian Library, Jamestown
  • 10:15am — Storytime - Ages 0 to 5 years details
  • 3:30pm — Library Squad - Grades 5 to 8 details
  • 3:30pm — My First Book Club: Grades 1 & 2 details
Jane Pickens Theater, Newport — TBA at - name: Warren Miller's Days Off (Night 1) details
Little Compton Community Center, Little Compton
  • - name: Youth T-shirt Contest begins — TBA details
  • 5:30pm — Polka & Pierogies details
  • 6:30pm — Crafting at the Cinema details
  • 7:00pm — Harvest Moon Sound Bath details
Middletown Community Events, Middletown — Middletown Prevention Coalition at 6:00pm details
Middletown Parks & Recreation, Middletown — Middletown Prevention Coalition at 6:00pm details
Newport Cooks, Newport — Ravioli From Scratch Class! at 5:30pm details
Newport Sea Base, Newport — TBA at - name: Adventure Sailing Club details
Portsmouth Free Public Library, Portsmouth — Preschool Story time at 10:00am details
Portsmouth Parks & Recreation, Portsmouth — Glen Farm Farmers & Artisan Market at 2:00pm details
Rogers Free Library, Bristol
  • 4:00pm — Digital Drawing with SketchyGOichie details
  • 5:30pm — Mrs. Katz and Her Hats Storytime details
  • 7:00pm — Authors Unplugged: Lucky Diaz - Where the Paletero Man Goes: A Journey of Neighborhood, Music, and Art details
  • 8:00pm — Authors Unplugged: Lucky Diaz - Paletero Man: un viaje por el barrio, la música y el arte details
  • 9:30am — Preschool Storytime with Miss Erin - 1st Fall Session details
Sweet Berry Farm, Middletown — PYO Apples at 10:00am details

FRIDAY - 9/25

Bristol Events & Celebrations, Bristol
  • - name: Salem Day Trip with Bristol Parks & Rec — TBA
  • 8:00pm — Celebrate 40 Years of Conservation!
Elwood Orchard, Middletown — U-PICK at 10:00am details
Events / Activities Calendar - Common Fence Point, Portsmouth
  • 5:30pm — Make New Friends (lower level) - Girl Scout Event details
  • 5:30pm — Make New Friends (lower level) - Girl Scout event details
  • 6:00pm — Club CFP details
Four Corners Arts Center, Tiverton — TBA at - name: Sounds of Harmony Gong Meditation details
Green Animals Topiary Garden, Portsmouth
  • - name: Halloween Trick or Treat at The Breakers — TBA details
  • 10:00am — Putting Your Garden to Bed details
Jamestown Parks & Recreation, Jamestown
  • - name: Dungeons and Dragons Club (5th-6th) 2026-3 — TBA details
  • - name: How to Gamemaster Intro to running tabletop games 2026-1 — TBA details
Jamestown Philomenian Library, Jamestown — Jill Austin's Halloween Storytime at 11:00am details
Jamestown Town Events, Jamestown — TBA at - name: Dungeons and Dragons Club (5th-6th) 2026-3 details
Jane Pickens Theater, Newport
  • - name: Practical Magic 2 — TBA details
  • - name: Time Warp presented by Newport Film — TBA details
  • - name: Warren Miller's Days Off (Night 2) — TBA details
Little Compton Community Center, Little Compton — Children's Movie Night @LCCC at 5:30pm details
Middletown Community Events, Middletown — Ghosts For a Good Cause! A Fundraiser to Benefit the Middletown Public Library at 7:00pm details
Middletown Parks & Recreation, Middletown — Ghosts For a Good Cause! A Fundraiser to Benefit the Middletown Public Library at 7:00pm details
Newport Cooks, Newport — Pasta Making Class at 6:00pm details
Newport Sea Base, Newport
  • - name: Family Learn to Sail — TBA details
  • - name: Sailing Race Team — TBA details
Rail Explorers Rhode Island, Portsmouth
  • 5:30pm — Track or Treat details
  • 7:30pm — Fireside Costume Ride details
Rogers Free Library, Bristol
  • 10:00am — Teddy Bear Clinic Storytime details
  • 10:00am — Ink Black Halloween Storytime & Coloring Event details
  • 5:00pm — After-Hours Ghost Hunting details
Young Family Farm, Little Compton — TBA at - name: APPLE PICKING details
Youth Sailing Program - Tiverton Yacht Club, Tiverton — Pool Party - Maccarone at 4:30pm details

SATURDAY - 9/26

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol
  • - name: Fairy House Competition! — TBA details
  • - name: Fairy House Workshop — TBA details
  • 10:00am — Date Changed: Maintaining Bristol’s Urban Forests details
Bristol Events & Celebrations, Bristol
  • - name: Alexus Lee concert at Linden Place — TBA
  • - name: Brooks Williams: Bristol's Stone Church Coffeehouse 26-2027 Season — TBA
  • - name: Fall Artisan Market Pie Conteest — TBA
  • - name: Linden Place's Autumn Artisan Market — TBA
  • - name: Mount Hope Farm Concert Series presents Jazz For Kids: A lively concert and educational program for kids and kids at heart — TBA
Brownell Library (Little Compton), Little Compton
  • 10:30am — Embroidered Flower Bookmark with Karen Katin details
  • 7:00pm — Outdoor Stargazing with Barry Peckham / REGISTRATION REQUIRED details
Escobar Corn Maze & Farm, Portsmouth
  • - name: Cow Train — TBA details
  • - name: October 31st Halloween Costume Party — TBA details
  • 10:00am — Escobar Corn Maze details
  • 10:00am — Lou's Pumpkin Patch details
  • 12:00pm — Hayrides details
Events / Activities Calendar - Common Fence Point, Portsmouth
  • 10:00am — Girl Scouts (lower level) details
  • 2:00pm — Hold for Gail DeSisto details
  • 4:00pm — Private Party - Monica Balaoing details
Four Corners Arts Center, Tiverton
  • - name: Four Corners Arts Center Sculpture Park Season — TBA details
  • - name: Hiroya Tsukamoto Outdoor Concert — TBA details
  • - name: Mike Laureanno Benefit Concert for the Four Corners Arts Center — TBA details
Frerichs Farm, Warren
  • - name: Connor's Halloween — TBA details
  • - name: SNE Giant Pumpkin Growers Weigh-off — TBA details
Green Animals Topiary Garden, Portsmouth — Mid-Autumn Festival 2026 at 3:30pm details
Herreshoff Marine Museum, Bristol — Bronze Casting at 10:00am details
Hill Orchard, Little Compton — TBA at - name: Fall Fest details
Jamestown Philomenian Library, Jamestown
  • 10:00am — Laura Wolfe's Tarantulas details
  • 10:00am — Children's Event details
  • 9:00am — E-Waste Recycling by Indie Cycle LLC @ JPL details
Jane Pickens Theater, Newport — TBA at - name: Juston McKinney Live! details
Linden Place, Bristol
  • 10:00am — Autumn Artisan Market details
  • 10:00am — Museum and Gift Shop Open details
  • 6:00pm — Best Laid Plans: An Old Hollywood Murder Mystery details
Little Compton Community Center, Little Compton — Circle of Friends @ LCCC at 3:00pm details
Little Compton Historical Society, Little Compton
  • 10:00am — Wampanoag Experience Powwow: Hosted at Round the Bend Farm details
  • 11:00am — Native Led Tours of Awashonks’ Garden details
Longplex Family Sports Center, Tiverton — Family Fun Night at 5:00pm details
Marble House, Newport — Green Animals Topiary Garden at 9:00am details
Massasoit Historical Association, Warren — TBA at - name: Colonial Dining Experience details
Middletown Community Events, Middletown
  • - name: Breakfast & Food Pantry Now Available Saturdays At MLK Community Center — TBA details
  • 10:00am — International Coastal Cleanup details
  • 9:00am — Aquidneck Growers Market details
Middletown Parks & Recreation, Middletown
  • - name: Breakfast & Food Pantry Now Available Saturdays At MLK Community Center — TBA details
  • 10:00am — International Coastal Cleanup details
  • 9:00am — Aquidneck Growers Market details
Newport Art Museum, Newport
  • - name: Bank of America’s Museums on Us — TBA details
  • - name: Free For All Saturday October / Dia de los Muertos Celebration — TBA details
Newport Cooks, Newport
  • 2:00pm — Caramel Apple Making Class — Kids & Adults Welcome! details
  • 4:00pm — Soup/Bisque & Homemade Bread Fall Workshop details
Newport Playhouse, Newport — TBA at - name: MIND MAGIC: A NIGHT OF LAUGHTER & ASTONISHMENT details
Newport Sea Base, Newport — TBA at - name: Taste of Sailing - FREE! details
Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown — Coastal Cleanup at Third Beach at 10:00am details
Prescott Farm, Middletown
  • 12:00pm — Sewing Circles with Bob Dilworth details
  • 9:30am — Neighborhood Walk: From Revolution to Resiliency details
Rogers Free Library, Bristol
  • 10:00am — Books for Breakfast---Donut Party details
  • 10:00am — Banned Books Read-A-Thon details
  • 10:00am — Pokemon Learning Lab details
  • 2:00pm — Chess Club details
  • 2:00pm — Minions & Monsters Screening details
Sakonnet Preservation Association, Little Compton — TBA at - name: Fall Planting Workshop details
Special Events - Jamestown Parks and Recreation, Jamestown — TBA at - name: Fall Festival details
Tiverton Four Corners, Tiverton
  • 11:00am — Drum & Rattle Building Workshop w/ Alan Stonewolf & Jaime Allen Poyant details
  • 4:00pm — Atwater-Donnelly Trio details
  • 7:00pm — The Highwaymen - Songs & Stories with Matt York details
Tiverton Historical Society, Tiverton — THS at A Country Day at Pardon Gray at 11:00am details
Warren Parks & Recreation, Warren
  • 10:00am — Rally 4 Recovery details
  • 12:00pm — Annual Veterans Barbecue details
  • 6:00pm — Girl Scout halloween STEM event details
  • 8:00am — 1st Birthday details
Watson Farm, Jamestown — TBA at - name: Roseland Cottage Fine Arts and Crafts Festival details
historic vineyard, Tiverton — LC Trunk or Treat at 5:30pm details

SUNDAY - 9/27

Bristol Town Events, Bristol
  • - name: Porchfest - NEW DATE! — TBA details
  • 1:00pm — Halloween Walkabout details
Events / Activities Calendar - Common Fence Point, Portsmouth — Quahog Camping Club at 5:00pm details
Frerichs Farm, Warren — TBA at - name: Folk on the Farm details
George Hail Free Library, Warren — Sweet Harvest and Harmony at 2:00pm details
Ink Fish Books, Warren
  • 11:00am — October 18, Warren Walkabout details
  • 11:00am — October 25, Warren Walkabout with local author Vanessa Lillie details
Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown — Autumn Arts Open House at 10:00am details
Jane Pickens Theater, Newport — TBA at - name: Mighty Mary details
Marble House, Newport — Hunter House at 9:30am details
Massasoit Historical Association, Warren — TBA at - name: Warren Walkabout - weaver + cider + coffee + games details
Middletown Community Events, Middletown — [EVENT POSTPONED] Water Brothers Pro III Surfing Competition at 7:00am details
Middletown Parks & Recreation, Middletown — [EVENT POSTPONED] Water Brothers Pro III Surfing Competition at 7:00am details
Newport Cooks, Newport
  • 11:00am — The Art of Sourdough! details
  • 11:00am — Pie Making Class! details
Newport Sea Base, Newport — TBA at - name: Learn To Sail - Lv. 1, 2 details
Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown — Free Sunday Guided Bird Walk at 8:00am details
Prescott Farm, Middletown — Words in Motion Printmaking Workshop with Lois Harada at 11:00am details
Special Events - Jamestown Parks and Recreation, Jamestown — TBA at - name: BOO Bash details
Tiverton Historical Society, Tiverton — Walking Tour of Historic Four Corners at 3:00pm details
Warren Parks & Recreation, Warren — Cookout at 8:00am details
Watson Farm, Jamestown — TBA at - name: Eustis Estate Fine Arts and Crafts Market details

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