A cool menu for Memorial Day weekend
As the weather heats up, cooking on the outdoor grill is one way to keep your kitchen cooler, but someone has to tend it (and my husband sometimes politely declines to grill). So, I keep a section of recipes in my at-home cookbook for afternoons and evenings when neither of us are inclined to stand [...]
Read More →‘Bubbleology’ Encore at Ocean State Theatre
Ocean State Theatre Company is pleased to announce that due to unprecedented popular demand, Keith Michael Johnson’s enormously popular production, Bubbleology, will return to the Ocean State Theatre. Johnson, seen on the Discovery Channel’s “Time Warp”, creates a skillful blend of outrageous bubble effects and seriously fun bubble experiments that can be tried at home. [...]
Read More →KC Moaners, Brush Your Teeth Band perform in Bristol
Bristol’s Stone Church Coffee House at the First Congregational Church concludes its sixth season on May 11 with a double header, split bill featuring talented performers the KC Moaners and the Brush Your Teeth Band. The KC Moaners were born in the wilds of Northern R.I. one cold winter evening sometime in the late 1990′s [...]
Read More →‘Hello Dolly!’
“Hello, Dolly!” will be presented at the Mt. Hope High School Performing Arts Center this weekend. This is a family play and tickets are on sale at the door. Where: The Mt. Hope High School Performing Arts Center, Chestnut Street, Bristol WHEN: May 9-11 at 7 p.m. and May 12 at 2 p.m. COST: General $15, Students/Seniors $10 [...]
Read More →Birders to compete in this week’s Bird-a-thon
Westport’s Allens Pond Wildlife Sanctuary will be among the hotspots when hundreds of birding enthusiasts on 30 teams compete across the state to spot the most species in a 24-hour period during Mass Audubon’s annual Bird-a-thon fundraiser May 17-18. The event will start at 6 pm this Friday, May 17, and end at 5:59 pm [...]
Read More →Celebrating sculpture at River Reserve
Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust and The Trustees of Reservations will host a closing celebration for “The River Project: Sculpture at Slocum’s River Reserve” outdoor sculpture exhibit. The free public event will take place on Saturday, May 18, from 4 to 9 p.m. This celebration will feature a guided walk with the artists, entertainment by the [...]
Read More →Photo contest focuses on river, natural world
The Westport River Watershed Alliance is sponsoring a photo contest and is seeking photographers who love the river and the natural world. All entries will be judged and on display at WRWA’s River Day Festival on Saturday, June 22, at the Head of Westport Landing. Prizes will be awarded for the following categories: Adult, and [...]
Read More →Bird Club celebrates 50th with raptors
The Paskamanasett Bird Club will commemorate its 50th anniversary on Sunday, May 19, with a display of avian raptors – hawks, falcons, eagles and owls. The presentation is free, and all are welcome. It will be held at the South Dartmouth YMCA, 276 Gulf Road, Dartmouth, at 2 p.m. Jonathan Wood’s Raptor Project provides an [...]
Read More →Audrey in the Afternoon: ‘Funny Face’
“Audrey in the Afternoon,” a 6-week film lecture series celebrating the work of actress Audrey Hepburn, will be presented by librarian and film enthusiast Doug Swiszcz at the Barrington Public Library on Wednesday afternoons at 1:00 PM. On May 8, “Funny Face” will be shown. This 1957 film is a frothy, colorful musical about a [...]
Read More →A special cake just for Mom
This recipe for poppy seed cake comes from Susan Loving, longtime editor of the Bristol Phoenix before she returned to her native Virginia. It’s a great recipe for any occasion. It can be served with a simple dusting of confectioners’ sugar or gussied up with whipped cream and strawberries. I’ve never frosted it because I’m [...]
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