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The Great Road Day
Six historic sites along seventeenth-century Great Road (Route 123) in Lincoln, Rhode Island, host special tours and displays! All sites are open free to the public: Arnold House, Blackstone Valley Historical Society, Hannaway Blacksmith Shop, Hearthside, Saylesville Meeting House, and Valentine Whitman Jr. House. You can pile your family into the car and take a short jaunt between all the sites, or just make it a destination day! Explore the area and discover how local residents and visitors lived and worked from the seventeenth century through the twentieth century. Taking place during late September when leaves start to change their colors, a day trip along this route is sure to be beautiful. The historic homes, farms, and mills create a rolling landscape along the Great Road Historic District, which retains much of the Blackstone Valley’s early 19th-century rural character.
Cider Social & Cow Pie Bingo
Little Compton Historical Society will be hosting a cider social with local vendors, a Cow Pie Bingo Fundraising event, and a booth selling vintage and antique items donated by the community. Complimentary cider and donuts will be available while supplies last, free tours of the Wilbor House Museum, a candy haystack, corn husk-doll making, and the last opportunity to see this year’s exhibition, “Little Compton’s 20th-Century Artists,” for free. The highlight of the day will be the Cow Pie Bingo event taking place between 3 and 4 pm. Oreo, a Belted Galloway, will return for his second year of Cow Pie Bingo. Oreo will be accompanied by his farmer, Pete Dellasanta of Pete’s Farm. Pete, who began his own farm in high school and is now a college freshman, will lead Oreo onto a gridded field promptly at 3 PM and the first square in the grid to receive a cow pie will be the winner. Tickets corresponding to each square on the grid are on sale now at the Historical Society for $10 each or three for $25 and will also be sold the day of the event until 2:55 PM. The holder of the winning ticket will receive a $500 prize. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Historical Society.
Lanterns & Legends Tour
Back by popular demand! It’s the Lanterns & Legends Tours at the Old Washington County Jail, where tour-goers will hear about some of South County’s creepiest history, including brazen murders, gruesome executions, and supposed vampires. The tour highlights grim artifacts from the Center’s collection that are not usually on display. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for Center members and students (including college). Tickets must be purchased prior to the event. Tours will be offered on October 20th, 21st, 27th and 28th at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Space is limited, and tours quickly sell out each year.
For more information, and to purchase tickets, please click here.
American Girl Baking Workshop
The Museum of Work & Culture’s Third Annual American Girl Baking Workshop will once again celebrate Blackstone Valley’s American Girl, Grace Thomas, whose passions include French, baking, and her bulldog Bonbon. The Baking Workshop will happen in conjunction with Wright’s Dairy Farm & Bakery. Young bakers will receive a chef’s hat and pink apron and, after a demonstration by Wright’s Bakery’s pastry chef Paul Dulude, will fill and glaze éclairs with all ingredients and baking materials provided by Wright’s.
Admission is $25 per baker; $6 per accompanying adult. Admission to the MoWC is included! Space is limited and early registration is strongly encouraged. Tickets are available for purchase at shopmowc.com.
Battle Of Chase Farm
For the first time, Chase Farm Park will be hosting Revolutionary War re-enactors. For kids with active imaginations, this brings the history of our country to life, in the way no movie can! More than 200 or so re-enactors will be portraying camp life, performing drills, and acting out different scenarios. For children, this is a chance to see, feel, hear, and experience the past and engage with new ideas and situations; understand history by being part of it! While Hearthside wasn’t even around during the Revolutionary War, the great-great-grandfather of Arnold Talbot (owner of Hearthside 1904-1926) was Silas Talbot of Providence, a courageous hero who distinguished himself as both an army colonel and as a highly successful naval captain during the American Revolution. Silas’ portrait hangs over the dining room fireplace at Hearthside as the patriarch of the Talbot family.
Lanterns & Legends Tour
Space is limited because this tour sells out every year, and it is back by popular demand! Tour-goers on the Lanterns & Legends will hear about some of South County’s creepiest history, including brazen murders, gruesome executions, and supposed vampires all in the hallowed halls of the Old Washington County Jail. The tour highlights grim artifacts from the collection that are not usually on display. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for Center members and students (including college). Tickets must be purchased prior to the event. Tours will be also be offered on October 20th, 27th and 28th at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Space is limited, and tours quickly sell out each year.
For more information, and to purchase tickets, please click here.
Little Pumpkins Halloween Party
Calling all little pumpkins to one of the most beautiful buildings of all! It’s that time again! Dress in your Halloween finest and join the fun with Lindsay Meehan from Music for Children as she gets us all up and dancing to her enchanting tunes. Light refreshments will be served. Free & open to the public. Ages 3+ (younger siblings welcome). In order to provide refreshments for all, registration is recommended. Please contact Lindsay at 401-421-6970 or lshaw@provath.org to register.
Lanterns & Legends
Tour-goers for this excursion will hear about some of South County’s creepiest history, including brazen murders, gruesome executions, and supposed vampires, all in the hallowed halls of the Old Washington County Jail. The tour highlights grim artifacts from the collection that are not usually on display. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for Center members and students (including college). Tickets must be purchased prior to the event. Tours will be also be offered on October 20th, 21st, and 28th at 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. Space is limited, and tours quickly sell out each year.
For more information, and to purchase tickets, please click here.
FarmFest 2017
Head over to the FarmFest Celebration at Mount Hope Farm for tours, Native American storytellers, militia re-enactments, viewing of farm animals, hayrides and much more. Held at the Farm, in the historic buildings and grounds, the FarmFest will have tons kid-friendly activities, including games and scavenger hunts, plus free face painting, balloon animals, and crafts. Halloween costumes encouraged! Bluegrass music will put a spring in your step, and kids will have a chance to meet a real beekeeper and see a marine life exhibit on view. Enjoy fresh cooked food, including hamburgers and cold drinks for purchase. Fall foliage and pumpkin patches aren’t the only way to celebrate autumn!
(And if you have a grocery list that needs to be checked off, catch the last outdoors Farmers Market of the season from 9 am to 1 pm on the same day!)
Creepy, Crawly Fun
Mysteries at the museum! Head to the Roger Williams Park Museum of Natural History and Planetarium for Halloween inspired fun, all weekend long! Spooky crafts, a museum quest, creature features, and a trick-or-treat bag full of Halloween delight! See bats, mini-beasts, vultures, spiders, and more! Visitors receive a complimentary treat bag and free museum and planetarium admission for costumed visitors. Cost: $5.00, includes museum admission/does not include planetarium admission.