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MONDAY - 4/20

Newport Art Museum, Newport

TUESDAY - 4/21

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol — Fairy Houses fairy houses
Brownell Library (Little Compton), Little Compton — Open Play with Simple Machines at 12:00pm play now
Massasoit Historical Association, Warren — Vacation Activities at the Maxwell House vacation activities

WEDNESDAY - 4/22

Little Compton Historical Society, Little Compton — Woven Bookmark Craft – Children’s Activity at 2:00pm craft time

THURSDAY - 4/23

Bristol Art Museum, Bristol — Watercolor for Beginner & Intermediate Students (& up) with Lana Quann, The Wandering Brush: Basics and More at 10:00am - 1:00pm watercolor class

FRIDAY - 4/24

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol — Pollinator House Workshop at 10:00am, 12:00pm pollinator house
Brownell Library (Little Compton), Little Compton — Casey Farm presents Project CHICK! at 1:00pm learn more
Events — Tiverton Four Corners, Tiverton — CONCERT: Ryan Lee Crosby & Guest SAVE THE DATE: April 24th at 6:00pm concert
Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown — City Nature Challenge nature challenge

SATURDAY - 4/25

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol — Arbor Day Festival and Bristol Community Day at 11:00am, 3:00pm arbor day
Bristol Art Museum, Bristol — Magic Colors & Flowers: Silk Painting Workshop with Lidia Mikhaylova at 1:00pm - 4:00pm silk painting
Childrens Events - Portsmouth Free Public Library, Portsmouth — Teen Bookbinding with Abigail at 4:00pm bookbinding
Ink Fish Books, Warren
  • 11:00am, 5:00pm — Celebrate Independent Bookstore Day join in
  • 1:00pm, 3:00pm — Book Signing with Kristin Offiler book signing
Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown — Discover the Secret Life of Meadows: A Guided Pollinator Hike at 10:00am - 11:00am pollinator hike
Watson Farm, Jamestown — Sheep Shearing Day learn more
Weekly Storytime in Middletown - Story Time - Barnes & Noble, Middletown — Saturday Storytime: Ms. Rachel's Happy Birthday Wonderful You! at 11:00 AM storytime

SUNDAY - 4/26

Bristol Art Museum, Bristol — Open Studio Time at 1:00pm - 3:30pm open studio
Norman Bird Sanctuary, Middletown — Free Sunday Guided Bird Walks at 8:00am - 10:00am bird walks

MONDAY - 4/27

Newport Art Museum, Newport — Acrylic: Beyond The Basics at 10:00am art class

TUESDAY - 4/28

Newport Art Museum, Newport — Beyond The Basics: Watercolor and Pastels at 1:00pm art class

WEDNESDAY - 4/29

Watson Farm, Jamestown — Homeschool Program: Celebrating American on Casey Farm learn more

SATURDAY - 5/2

Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum, Bristol — Toad Abodes! at 10:00am, 12:00pm toad abodes
Bristol Art Museum, Bristol — Introduction to Cyanotype with Kim Arthurs at 1:00pm - 2:30pm cyanotype workshop
Ink Fish Books, Warren — FOOD POPUP WITH DOUGHPAMINE BAKEHOUSE at 12:00pm, 3:00pm food popup
Massasoit Historical Association, Warren — Afternoon Tea at 1:00pm afternoon tea
Newport Art Museum, Newport — Ceramic Transfers Workshop at 10:00am ceramic workshop
Warren Parks & Recreation, Warren
  • 10:00am — SPRING YOUTH TENNIS LESSONS - ORANGE BALL - Grades 3-5 Spring youth tennis
  • 11:00am — SPRING YOUTH TENNIS LESSONS - GREEN BALL - Grade 6-8 Spring youth tennis
  • 9:00am — SPRING YOUTH TENNIS LESSONS - RED BALL Grades 1-2 Spring youth tennis

SUNDAY - 5/3

Newport Art Museum, Newport — Block Printing Workshop at 12:00pm print workshop

THURSDAY - 5/7

Newport Art Museum, Newport — Oil Painting at 10:00am oil painting

SATURDAY - 5/9

Bristol Art Museum, Bristol — Advanced Cyanotype with Kim Arthurs at 1:00pm - 4:00pm cyanotype workshop
Newport Art Museum, Newport — Paper Petals: A Paper Daffodil Workshop at 2:30pm paper workshop

SUNDAY - 5/10

Events — Tiverton Four Corners, Tiverton — Annual Mother's Day Market at 10:00am mothers day market

TUESDAY - 5/12

Bristol Art Museum, Bristol — Spring into Colored Pencil with Kendra Ferreira at 9:30am - 12:00pm colored pencil
Newport Art Museum, Newport — Morning Pottery Wheel at 10:00am pottery wheel

THURSDAY - 5/14

Newport Contemporary Ballet, Newport — The Tempest purchase tickets

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