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Prescott Farm Painting Classes with Mermaid Masterpieces
Saturdays, 4/30, 5/7, 5/14, 5/21
Join Becky Killian of Mermaid Masterpieces as she leads you on a journey to create your very own art masterpiece! She’ll show you everything from mixing colors and different painting techniques to cleaning brushes. No need to feel apprehensive, this fun, step-by-step class is perfect for beginners of all ages (families welcome!). At the end of the class you’ll have your very own painting on canvas to bring home. All materials included. Each class will have a different theme so repeat attendance is welcome. Rain dates are the following Sunday.
$30 Adults, $15 Children; Reservations required. Questions? Call (401) 846-4152 x122 or email Liz@newportrestoration.org
Lippitt Lab
Come put your hands on history! The Museum is transformed into a laboratory for exploring history. Visitors investigate life in the Victorian era through activities, demonstrations, discussions, and first-person interpretation. Each month, the activities will revolve around a different them such as education, social rituals, medicine, etiquette or childhood and play. Great for visitors of all ages!
Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for students, and free for children under 12 and active military personnel with ID.
Roger Williams Park Nature Watch
Do you love to explore and examine the natural world? Want to be a citizen scientist? Join the first annual Roger Williams Park Nature Watch, a fun ecological monitoring initiative aimed to gather information about Roger Williams Park and its inhabitants. Designed to develop scientific observation and data collection skills, Nature Watch is suitable for all levels and interests. Help contribute to the pursuit of knowledge and sign up today!
Here’s a list of all the activities that are part of the Nature Watch:
8:30-4:30 Self-guided walks
Self-guided walks are a great opportunity to learn what plants and animals live in Roger Williams Park.
9:30-4:30 Microworlds of Roger Williams Park
Museum docent Ronald Schwartz will be your guide as you explore the micro worlds of the park’s ponds and surrounding landscapes.
Guided walks! Participate in all or some!
9:00-10:00: Summer Birds in the Park OR Pond Peers: Exploring Ponds
11:00-12:00: Urban Plant Life OR Pond Peers: Exploring Ponds
1:00-2:00: Summer Birds in the Park
1:00-2:30: Urban Plant Life
2:30-3:30: Bugs and Butterflies
Lippitt Lab
How did the wealthy live in Providence’s Golden Age? Bring your family and step back in time as you enter a Victorian-era mansion on Providence’s East Side. Use paint, tissue paper and stencils to create fun designs to decorate your own home! Play with stencils laser-cut by local artists at AS220 to match those on museum walls. Admire stained glass work in the museum and make your own stained glass design using tissue paper. Experiment with paint and try your hand at creating faux-marble and -wood wall designs. The activities are part of Lippitt Lab, a monthly series for all ages which offers hands-on activities and demonstrations.
Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for students, and free for children under 12 and active military personnel with ID.
Sights & Sounds of Shangri La
Bring friends and family to Rough Point (680 Bellevue Ave., Newport) on Wednesday, August 24th for “Sights & Sounds of Shangri La,” a child-friendly event celebrating the cultures featured in the 2016 exhibition, Waterscapes: Islamic Architecture & Art from Doris Duke’s Shangri La.
The theme for August 24th is “paradise,” and Rough Point will be open to explore the galleries. Outside the mansion, on the sweeping ocean-front lawn, you’ll find activities for all ages, from coloring book stations to a performance of Tibetan singing bowls and guided meditations.
Food will be available for purchase; bring your own blankets or lawn chairs to relax. Bring yoga mats to participate in the yoga-inspired activities! See the event poster here.
Purchase tickets online, or at the admissions tent day-of.
Participating vendors and entertainers
- Tibetan Singing Bowls: Lynda Loranger of The Renaissance Barn
- Guided kundalini yoga meditation: Barbara Schlubach
- Gong bath: Kyla Maher of Long Time Sun Apparel
- GATHER – Herb Shop + Tea Bar + Clinic
EVENT INFORMATION FOR AUG 24
Wednesday, August 24, from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
Adults $10, kids 18 & under free.
Free parking. Bike friendly. Rain or Shine.
Come to the admissions table located under pop-up tent on the circle drive and receive a wrist band.
“Call the Match!” at the International Tennis Hall of Fame
Find a unique adventure into the world of tennis for kids of all ages. The interactive displays and exhibits are designed to make the museum experience fun, combining hands-on experience with technology. Jump start your weekend with an inspiring discovery of all the Tennis Hall of Fame has to offer (for both seasoned tennis fans and new ones, alike)!
From a touch-screen table where kids can “volley” tennis trivia to each other, to “Call the Match,” where kids can record themselves taking on the role of broadcasters, there’s something for everyone! Don’t miss the hologram of tennis superstar Roger Federer, who greets all visitors!
At the International Tennis Hall of Fame, look forward to:
- A media gallery features a “Call the Match” exhibit in which visitors can record themselves calling a pivotal point, taking on the role of luminary broadcasters like Cliff Drysdale, John Barrett, and Mary Carillo.
- An interactive touch table provides a place for visitors to dig deeper on various tennis topics through video, photos, and information. Those who fashion themselves as tennis aficionados can test their knowledge by standing at either end of the table and “serving” tennis trivia questions back and forth to each other.
- A 5-foot interactive globe highlights the global nature of tennis. At the globe, visitors can touch a certain part of the world to learn more about tennis events that take place there, recent results, and live scores.
- Interactive video walls throughout the museum offer fans an opportunity to re-live classic tennis moments through video highlights of WTA, ATP, and Grand Slam matches.
- In the Woolard Family Enshrinement Gallery, all 243 Hall of Famers have a place within a touch-screen kiosk that features career stats, video highlights from their playing career, and quotes from or about the Hall of Famer.
Open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., through August
Cost: $15 per adult; free for children under 16
Naval Impressment: A 1765 Reenactment in Colonial Newport
Discover Newport’s place in history, by seeing history unfold! On the afternoon of August 27, 2016, “step back in time” to the summer of 1765, before the American Revolution, to witness (and engage with!) Newport Historical Society’s living-history event, Naval Impressment: A 1765 Reenactment in Colonial Newport.
Taking place in the harbor and in Washington Square, Newport will be ablaze with activities from 1 to 5 p.m., portraying the life and the lifestyle of colonial-era Americans with dozens of costumed interpreters re-imagining a summer afternoon in June of 1765.
Children’s games will be available, along with a family scavenger hunt to inspire learning. Families can explore an 18th century boat, visit inside a colonial home of Newport residents, as well as discover a fish market, meet a merchant captain, and talk to a sailmaker!
“Naval Impressment” illustrates life in a colonial seaport by going back to June 1765 when members of the Royal Navy from HMS Maidstone strong-armed colonialists (known as a “naval impressment”) to crew British warships (known as a “naval press gang”). In reaction to these manpower demands, the citizens of Newport stole and set on fire the Maidstone’s longboat.
See the rush of defiance that helped grow the historic roots of our American Revolution — in real life! “Naval Impressment” visitors can roam between three locations that have distinct connections to the June 1965 incident:
- At Perotti Park (39 America’s Cup Avenue), interpreters will represent life in the Royal Navy where they will train “impressed sailors” and discuss life at sea. Visitors can also view a reproduction 18th century boat which will be moored in the harbor and learn about what sailing was life during the Golden Age of Sail.
- At the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House (17 Broadway), interpreters portraying middle and upper class residents will discuss the views on the naval incident and how the loss of sailors impacts their personal economic stance.
- And Washington Square will be occupied with reenactors portraying many aspects of 18th century daily life including a fish market, a merchant captain, tavern life, a sailmaker, printer and much more.
Enjoy a hearty cup o’ cider: The Society will sell reproduction tankards that visitors can fill with apple cider at each of the three locations where the living history event takes place–Washington Square, Perotti Park and the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House. The handmade tankards cost $25, which includes several cider refills during the afternoon program. The tankards can be pre-ordered by calling the Brick Market: Museum & Shop at 401-841-8770 or purchased there the day of the program. Event attendees purchasing this tankard receive an extra 15% off at the museum shop on August 27th.