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Garden Bros Nuclear Circus at The Crystal Mall in Waterford, CT
Garden Bros Nuclear Circus is coming to Waterford, CT! It's time for a much-overdue outing with your family! With over 60 performers in 3 rings, this all-new show features Human Cannonball, Wheel of Death, Motorcycles in the Sphere of Fear, Human Slingshot, Chinese Acrobats, Clowns, Comedy and more!. This deal...
Olivia Culpo and Christian McCaffrey's wedding dazzles Rhode Island
WESTERLY, R.I. (WJAR) — You could call it Rhode Island's very own royal wedding!. Ocean State native Olivia Culpo and San Francisco 49er's star Christian McCaffrey tied the knot at the iconic Ocean House on Saturday in Westerly. Shielded by a wall of black umbrellas, the Cranston native was...
Norwich Art Center's gallery reopening Friday: here's how you can join the celebration
After a needed remodel, the Norwich Arts Center’s gallery is ready for all to see. The NAC, at 62 Broadway, will have two celebrations for the re-opening on July 5. From 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., there will be a ribbon cutting by the Greater Norwich Area Chamber of Commerce, and there will be an event from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. as a part of Norwich’s First Friday for July, according to a press release.
A hobby that grows on you: Bonsai Bar comes to Salem
Jun. 30—SALEM — Bonsai Bar, a Scituate, R.I.-based business specializing in Bonsai classes for beginners, taught a class at Burnett's Country Garden on Sunday. There, Joshua Allen and Freddy Weaver, two teachers from the company, taught 20 people who signed up for the class how to pot, prune and care for their new trees. According to website Bonsai Empire, which offers courses in bonsai ...
‘This Verse Business’ at The Kate celebrates poet Robert Frost on 150th anniversary of his birth
Playwright A.M. Dolan and award-winning actor Gordon Clapp have crafted a evening with Robert Frost that, to hear them tell it, is as hardy and deep and soulful as the crusty old New England superstar poet was himself. “Robert Frost: This Verse Business” is coming to the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook for a single performance on July 7. This year marks the 150th ...
In the Kitchen: Padraic Fazio Opens Bird in Hand in Westerly
Padraic Fazio watched as Westerly’s downtown progressively embraced a shift – a multimillion-dollar revival of the beloved United Theatre, Main Street improvements, new restaurants and bars, and a palpable new energy throughout the town perched on Rhode Island’s southern tip. “Growing up, Westerly’s downtown wasn’t the busiest...
Downtown Westerly’s High Hope Tavern is a Late-Night Escape
Though originally from Connecticut, Pete Canny knows that Westerly is a special place. He grew up vacationing in Misquamicut since he was eight years old, and though culinary school brought him to Manhattan, where he and his business partners opened four bars and restaurants in New York City, it wasn’t long before the southern Rhode Island coastlines called him back.
Rhody Gem: Cross Westerly’s River Border for Charming Pawcatuck Restaurant Owl & Dove
A riverfront eatery that opens for brunch, then reopens for dinner. Just over the state line that separates downtown Westerly and Pawcatuck, CT, on the ground floor of a building that overlooks the river. What makes it a Rhody Gem?. This family-owned restaurant marries the concept of night owls and...
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