Top Weekend Picks
WEEKEND by GoLocalProv Lifestyle Team
Top Weekend Picks
It's like everyone was saving up their best events until after Labor Day. So be it... this weekend is full of great events featuring tons of local color, and you'll be hard-pressed to stay home for one day. See if you don't agree.
Festival Top Pick
Polish-American Festival, Central Falls
Delicious Polish and American food, entertainment for children and teens, a beer corner, and games of chance. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy the music! FREE admission and parking. Fri-Sat 6pm-midnight, Sun noon-6pm, St. Joseph's Church, 391 High St, visit the Rhode Island Polonia Scholarship Foundation Web site for more information.
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Historic Top Pick
Open House at Hearthside Mansion, Lincoln
Explore one of RI's loveliest historic homes, now celebrating its 200-year anniversary with tours given by guides in period costume. Numerous antiques and artifacts fill this historic house museum, including a special exhibit on the 1904 World's Fair, at which Hearthside was used as the model for the Rhode Island building. 1-4pm, Hearthside House, 677 Great Rd. Adults, $4; children, free. Call 726-0597 or visit the Hearthside House Web site for more information.
Better Barns: Old and New Tour, Foster
Rural and agrarian buffs will love this self-guided tour of seven Foster barns and several historic sites within the town. 9am–4pm, Reverend Hammond Meeting House, Foster Townhouse, Howard Hill Rd. $10. Rain or shine. Call 647-2486 or 647-3050, or visit the Foster Preservation Society Web site to register or for more information.
Generations Top Pick
Mayor's Seniors Day in the Park, Providence
It's all about the seniors at this great event sponsored by the City's Office of Senior Services, with live music, barbecue, and lots of fun activities. Free roundtrip transportation provided from all of the city's senior centers and high rises. 10:30am-2pm, Roger Williams Park Botanical Center. For more information, call 421-2489, ext. 741, or visit the City's Web site.
Family Top Pick
A Country Day at Pardon Gray Preserve, Tiverton
A family fun day... kids' games, crafts, entertainment, great food, exhibitors, pony and hay rides, pet dog contest, Master Gardener workshops, special 9/11 ceremony, Native American singers and drummers, Native American crafts, Touch-a-truck, home baked pie with Gray's Ice Cream. 10am–4pm, Pardon Gray Preserve, Main Rd (Route 117). Rain date: September 12. Call 816-0126, or visit the Tiverton Land Trust Web site for more information.
Ultimate Lighthouse Tour, Providence
The weather's going to be great this weekend, so what better time to enjoy this boat tour and lecture with Don Doucette and Dave Kelleher. 9am-4pm, Save the Bay Center, Fields Point off Allens Ave. Save the Bay members, $40; non-members, $50. Seating is limited and advance reservations are required. Call 272-3540 x133 or visit the Save the Bay Web site to register or for more information.
Sports Top Pick
Vintage Baseball, Providence
It's one of the most entertaining days out for grown-ups and kids alike. Watch baseball the way it used to be played, bareknuckled and all, when the Providence Grays take on the Brooklyn Atlantics. Begins at 11am. Ardoene Field, Narragansett Ave and Santiago St, Providence. Visit the Providence Grays Web site for more information.
Local Flavor Top Pick
28th Annual Annual French Farmers Market and Heritage Day, Woonsocket
Ooh la la. Day-long authentic French open-air produce market, with Franco-Canadian entertainment, arts and crafts, food, and both a Dynamite and Apple Pie cook-off, celebrating local ethnic and cultural heritage. Ranger-guided river tours aboard the Blackstone Valley Explorer will also be available, departing from Thundermist Dam at Market Square. 9am-3pm. River Island Park, 16 Bernon St. Rain date: September 12. Call
Date Night Top Pick
WaterFire, Providence
It's going to be a clear, beautiful early fall night, and this Saturday features a full lighting of the braziers. Don't miss it - lighting is just after sunset… 7:02pm. Along the Providence waterfront, for more information go to the WaterFire Web site.