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Celebrate the Winter Solstice with Celtic tunes
Inspire your children with the spirit of the season by stepping into Christmas at Linden Place. The mansion is decorated in every nook and cranny, and on table tops you’ll find imaginative Christmas-styled landscapes created by designers and florists. During the evening on Friday, December 16th, Robbie O’Connell will lend his vocals and guitar, along with master-fiddler Rose Clancy, to perform Celtic classics and Irish American songs. The performance will celebrate the traditions surrounding the winter solstice and the spirit of the Christmas season.
The Linden Place Museum Shop is stocked with tons of gifts, from Rhode Island history books for dedicated history-buffs, to fun gifts for children and babies. Explore the mansion’s parlors, bedrooms, and magnificent chapel-like rooms at your own pace before or after the concert, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: Tickets are $25; $20 for Linden Place members. For more information, call 401-253-0390.
Farmer’s Market Family Fun
The Mount Hope Farmers Market is a year-round community market, happening every weekend in every season. This December, there are some great reasons to bring your whole family to the market. On December 17th, take advantage of free disposal of e-waste, courtesy of Indie Cycle, and teach your kids about why we want to properly dispose of our digital waste and how to do it! Bring your old computers, laptops, servers, routers, TV monitors, motherboards, printers, cables, CD/DVD players, and even household appliances. Check the list for what to bring, and get rid of it before you peruse the bounty offered by local growers and artisans who provide their goods and wares each week! You can see a list of vendors and where they are located on the map below. And make sure to catch the special Holiday Farmer’s Market on Friday, December 23rd too!
Exploring undecked halls’
Rough Point’s popular seasonal event “Undecked Halls” will take visitors behind the scenes of a Newport estate after it closes down for winter. See the decorated staff wing, 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. Saturday, Dec. 17th & 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.
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Admission: $10 adults, $5 students, free for children under 12 and active military personnel with ID
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.