5 Weekend Musts: Rock Legends at Misquamicut & More
Friday, May 13, 2011
What's in store for your weekend? Some garden time? Some remnant spring cleaning? Forget it. Follow our top 5 picks for your Rhode Island weekend and have some REAL fun.
Party with Rock Legends at Misquamicut SpringFest
Friday-Sunday: It's jam-packed party-down rock and roll at the beach this weekend, and any lover of the RI music scene won't wannt to miss John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band on Friday. There's much more, including a world-class fireworks bang at 9:30pm. Admission $5, parking $3, kids 3 and under free (portion of proceeds benefit Save the Bay and W.A.R.M. Center). Fri 5-10pm, Sat 10am-10pm, Sun 10am-5pm. For more information, call 322-1026 or www.misquamicutspringfest.com
Wheel it out at the Bike Prom
Saturday: This is one unique party... party two-wheel style (midnight bike parade with Big Nazo!) and raise money for the US Open Cycling Foundation. Not only is there the promise of music, raffles, food.. there are going to be prom king and queen, queen and queen, and king and king. Tickets $25/$40 per couple. 8pm-1am, Roots Cafe, 276 Westminster St, Providence. For more information, go to www.usopencycling.org. Secure overnight bike parking only $10.
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Saturday, Sunday: Potter Akiko Omori had a brilliant, compassionate idea. She's created a whimsical character called SuperKitty, and has combined it with her pottery. This weekend, the Dew Clay Pottery Studio will feature a special sale of SuperKitty products, with 100% of proceeds going to save animals orphaned by the Japanese tsunami, via JEARS (Japanese Earthquake Animal Rescue Support). Adorable and admirable. Sat 10am-7pm, Sun noon-5pm, Dew Clay Pottery Studio, 545 Pawtucket Ave, Pawtucket. For more information, call 683-7807.
Learn a little landscaping
Saturday: It's a half-day of environmentally sound landscape practices, and it's totally free, thanks to Save the Bay. Plus, there's a farmer's market, an exhibition area, and gardening services and tools are available for sale. You can even order rain barrels and composters in advance and pick them up then. Fourth Annual Green Landscaping Workshop & Bayside Farmer's Market, 9am-noon, Save the Bay Center, 100 Save the Bay Drive, Providence. For more call 272-3540 or go to www.savebay.org.
Get prohibitional at Slater Mill
Friday: Take a trip down the good kind of memory lane, to the days of Jazz and Swing, casinos and cocktails, at the Cotton Mill Club fundraiser for Slater Mill Museum's scholarship programming. Cool, cats, cool. 7pm, Cotton Mill/Slater Mill, 67 Roosevelt Ave, Pawtucket. For more, call 725-8638 or go online, www.slatermill.org.
