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MANE Coffee Conference 2011
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
"A coffee conference FOR baristas. Lectures, hands on workshops, educational tracks for beginning and advanced baristas, owners and managers and new this year, roasters."
For more information and to register please visit www.manecoffee.com
Governor Chafee Press Conference
Governor Chafee, Members of
Governor Lincoln D.
The Hope Artiste Village is proud to be a host for this announcement. Click here to see more pictures of the event.
Better World By Design
A Better World by Design creates connections to make our world a better place.
A Better World by Design is a three-day internationally acclaimed conference held annually at Brown & RISD campuses in Providence, RI that connects students, professionals, and individuals from a variety of disciplines in order to build a global community of socially conscious and passionate innovators.
Pawtucket Open Studios 2011
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Eco-RI Zero Trash Birthday Bash
Celebrate Our Birthday with Local Food, Zero Waste
News is celebrating its second anniversary with a zero-waste birthday bash, and you’re invited.
Candita Clayton, owner of the Candita Clayton Studio in Hope Artiste Village, is graciously hosting the party, which will be held Friday, Sept. 23, from 6-10 p.m. The event will feature a locally sourced menu, including Narragansett Creamery cheese and something for your sweet tooth, home-brewed beer, Yacht Club beverages, a silent auction, local art for sale, local wine and no waste left behind.
Tickets cost $25 each, and include admission, an ecoRI News pint glass and some fabulous culinary delights made with hyperlocal food from Rhode Island farmers’ market vendors. Some of the hops used for the homebrew were grown at City Farm in Providence. Click here, to read more.
An Evening with Authors
Candita Clayton Studio and
Reading with Robin present...
Art show runs: September 21 through October 31, 2011.
Opening Reception Wednesday, June 21, 2011; 6:00-10:00 p.m.
Tickets are $25 each. Proceeds benefit the Love, Carol Foundation. Please call 401-519-1318 to reserve your seat, or visit our
ticket page on EventBrite.com
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Featured Artists
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Kate Blacklock |
Mimo Gondon Riley |
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Wintertime Farmer's Market
A bit about the Pawtucket / Wintertime Farmers Market
Open every Saturday & Wednesday except 12/25 and 12/29. Snow or shine, the Wintertime Farmers Market is open.
Local food in every season. The chickens are still laying eggs. The salad greens are so leafy and crisp. The onions and garlic are packing spice. The apples and squashes are getting sweeter by the day. Join us for the start of another 365 days of local food. Chefs and eaters, one and all, come enjoy all that grows in Rhode Island year-round!
ALL WINTER (AND SPRING) LONG: Lettuces, arugula, bok choi, kale, collards, cabbage, chard, apples, cider, potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, leeks, garlic, radishes, fresh herbs, beets, carrots, parsnips, turnips, winter squash, oysters, beef, pork, Narragansett Creamery cheese, eggs, honey, maple syrup
DECEMBER: Wreaths and trees, broccoli, cauliflower
The Met
The MET is now officially open.
The new 600 capacity nightclub is located in Hope Artiste Village, 1005 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI.
The club is a versatile music room booking rock, folk, punk, blues and more. Longtime booking agent Jack Reich comments, "The Met is the mid-sized room Rhode Island has been missing for some time." The club will serve food and offer free parking.
The opening line-up includes shows by a wide variety of national touring groups including:
- guitarist Joe Louis Walker - whose new CD just won "Best Blues Album of the Year" at the Blues Music Awards
- Jenny and Johnny, featuring Rilo Kiley singer, Jenny Lewis
- and Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks, performing their "Holidaze in Hicksville" show.
THE MET will also feature local and regional artists including a special two night reunion show with Pawtucket's own The Wild Turkey Band and Hometown Rockers, who have not performed since the 1980's.
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel will continue at it's current location and is celebrating it's 35th anniversary July 30th with a show by Social Distortion.
Shows for THE MET will go on sale Friday, July 23 at www.lupos.com, www.etix.com, F.Y.E. Stores, Round Again Records, In Your Ear and Lupo's box office.