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Holiday Farmer’s Market
The Mount Hope Farmers Market is a year-round community event, happening every weekend. And while the local growers will need to take time off for the holiday, they want to make sure YOU get your greens for Christmas! All the fine produce and goodness of the regular market will be available and last minute gifts and treasures by local artisans too! Wear your holiday hat and celebrate farming and family!
School vacation fun at Camp Wetu
Winter time calls for winter fun! That is what Camp Wetu at Mount Hope Farm in winter is all about. Fun games, crafts, indoor and outdoor play, learning and a New Year’s Party will be in store. Find out about the Winter Camp Wetu daily routine and read about the mission of the program.
Register here with the extension in the registration; pay by credit card or check in at the office, 250 Metacom Ave, Bristol.
The camp will run from Monday, December 26th-Friday December 30th 2016 for ages 6 – 12 from 9 am to 3pm, with an extended day option available (3-5pm). Fee is $125 per child for MHF members, $175 per child for non-members. Single and multi-day options are also available.
Touro Synagogue Open House!
Explore multi-media exhibits about Newport’s colonial Jewish community and the origins of religious freedom in the United States. Bring your children, grandchildren and kids of all ages to play an “Answer Quest” game based on the exhibits to win a prize! Then step inside Touro Synagogue, one of the most architecturally significant buildings of the 18th century, and see where history comes alive. End your visit with cookies and cider and talk about your visit. This event is free and open to the public. For more information: 401-847-4794 X207 or tours@tourosynaogogue.org.
Exploring ‘undecked halls’
After Christmas, take the last opportunity to enjoy Rough Point’s popular seasonal event “Undecked Halls.” Visitors will go behind the scenes of a Newport estate after it closes down for winter to see the decorated staff wing, explore a selection of rooms, and learn how Rough Point’s winter caretaking traditions have remained the same for the past half century. Tour the first floor of the house and enjoy refreshments in the staff dining room, not normally open to the public. If warm enough, or if the kids are dressed for the seaside air, visitors who purchase tickets are invited explore and play on the estate grounds after the tour.
Tours take place every half hour from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 27th
Admission: $10 per adult; children 12 and under free.
Questions? Email Liz Spoden at Liz@NewportRestoration.org or call (401) 846-4152 ext. 122.
Holiday Candlelight Tours
Before the end of the season and once the holiday rush is over, find time to enjoy the less frenetic side of Christmas with candlelight tours hosted by Hearthside House. A fully-guided tour given by costumed interpreters about the history of the house is the perfect chance for an evening out with family, house guests, or an opportunity to see the decorations with your little ones. Advance reservations are required since space is limited for each tour. Tours take place Wednesday, December 28 & Friday, December 30, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The tours are 60 minutes long and are given every half hour starting at 4:00 p.m. with the last one at 6:00 p.m. To reserve, call 726-0597 or email info@hearthsidehouse.org
Christmas Music in the Living Room
Blithewold Mansion has been transformed to celebrate the magic of Christmas. Each room is filled with elaborate holiday decorations and tells the story of the Van Wickle’s Christmas through exclusive photographs and artifacts from the historic family’s world travels. Dazzling decorations include a two-story tall tree decorated in shades of gold and green. You can enjoy Blithewold’s special “Music in the Living Room” series with a performance on December 15, featuring Silver Belles; and December 29, featuring Jane and Donald Rankin. Admission: Family (2 adults, 2 kids) $34; Adult $16; Senior $15; Full time student/Military $14; Youths 6-17 $8. To register for the December 29th performance, click here.
Casey Farm Easter Egg Hunt
Bring the family to Casey Farm and let the children enjoy collecting plastic eggs for prizes. Explore the farm, visit the chickens, play farm games, have some light refreshments, and make an Easter craft. Each family receives a coupon for half off a dozen Casey Farm eggs redeemable at the Coastal Growers’ Market. Rain or shine. Please select appropriate number of tickets per age group. Free to Historic New England member children;
$10 nonmember children. Registration required for all participating children. Please call 401-295-1030 ext. 5 for more information or register online.
New! Journey to Mars Planetarium Show
NASA wants you to be part of the ‘Journey to Mars’ to extend the frontiers of human exploration, gaze across alien landscapes and see our Sun rise over new horizons. Take a ride to the outer-limits, then return to Earth to gaze into the night sky to see what is visible thoughout the year. This new show uses the full dome system and Zeiss star projector. Admission: $3 per person (includes museum admission); children under age 4 are not permitted in the planetarium. Public planetarium shows are offered at 2pm every Saturday and Sunday
April Vacation Week!
Making plans for the upcoming April school vacation week? Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum is offering a fun-filled week of camp during April Vacation. Enroll your child for the full week or one day, or even a few half days! A new theme each day will combine indoor and outdoor activities (weather permitting), as well as feature a new and exciting creature! Admission: Full Week: $160 Blithewold members; $217 non-members (automatically enrolled to a 12-month Blithewold Household Membership); April Camp offers a daily drop-in: $55; half-day $30. Register more than one child or for more than one week of camp and save with a Sibling Discount code: SIBL
Mission Moon Family Fun
Solar System Week, at the Roger Williams Museum of Natural History & Planetarium, explores Earth and beyond during April school vacation with a new planetarium show and a slew of activities, including: build a Mars rover, be a rocket scientist and design a space craft, discover what it takes to go into space, fun crafts, special Mission Space museum quest and prizes. Admission: Free with museum admission ($2).