Gallery Calendar by Dawn Keable
October FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Through November 6: Oh yes, everyone’s been to that place where the stress gets to be too much and you just want to flee the scene. Before you do anything drastic that causes your family to start pleading for your return on the evening news, or worse, open up your Facebook status broadcast to the general public, go get lost in a Corn Maze. Seriously. There are eight acres of corn, two miles of paths, two bridges and 85 decision points to lose your troubles in. Need more of an escape? Do it dressed as a character from Harry Potter on October 15th from 1-4pm for a dollar off admission, as well as the opportunity to stop at Hog’s Head for a drink and make a wand at Ollivander’s Shop. Fridays: 3:30pm-dusk, Saturdays: 10am-dusk, Sundays: 11am-dusk. $7, $5 ages 5-11. Escobar’s Highland Farm Corn Maze, 255 Middle Road, Portsmouth. 401-683-1444, www.escobarshighlandfarm.com Through October 23 Travel through time via Communicating Doors, as the years move rapidfire from 1974 to 1994 and 2014, so that mistakes, murder and hopefully hairstyles, have an opportunity for a makeover. Thursdays: 7pm, FridaysSaturdays: 8pm, Sundays: 3pm. $25, $10 previews. 2nd Story Theatre, 28 Market Street, Warren. 401-247-4200, www.2ndstorytheatre.com Through October 31 Get a little more creative with the marking of time, beyond your standard X’s on the calendar, with inspiration from Passages, as artists portray their visions on the theme, like sunsets and nautical voyages, instead of black marker. Tuesday-Sunday: noon5pm. Free. Gallery Eleven Fine Art, 11 State Street, Bristol. 401-396-9311, www.galleryelevenfineart.com October 1 Praise the eyesight of the Fairhaven whaling captain for not confusing the shipwrecked 14-year-old Japanese boy in need of assistance with some sort of island mirage during the Manjiro Festival, a celebration of friend-
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ship, food and taiko drumming dating back to 1841. 10am-4pm. Free. Center and Walnut Streets, Fairhaven. 508995-1219, http://manjiro1.tripod.com October 1-2 Take your hard-earned clams to Harborfest, a seafood friendly end-ofthe-summer block party featuring food samplings, dock rockin’ music, artisans and an oyster slurp-off. Saturday: noon-8pm, Sunday: noon-5pm. $10, free under 12. Newport Yachting Center, 4 Commercial Wharf, Newport. 401-846-1600, www.newportwaterfrontevents.com October 5 Put Your Garden To Bed with the help of two URI Master Gardeners who, instead of speaking about the virtues of lullabies and warm milk, will focus on tree, shrub and lawn care, planting bulbs and garden cleanup and prep. 6:30-7:30pm. Free. Large Meeting Room, Seekonk Public Library, 410 Newman Avenue, Seekonk. 508-3368230, www.seekonklibrary.org October 8 Hunt for treasures at the Four Corners Open Market without getting any dirt under your nails, as this flea market style venue offers up quality antiques, collectibles, vintage clothing, jewelry, linens and other goodies. 11am-4pm. Free. Grassy Lawn adjacent to Nankeen Flagship Store, 3848 Main Road, Tiverton. 401-624-9556, www.tivertonfourcorners.com October 8-10 Prepare to tap that Märzenbier, because the signature brew that is the cause for celebration behind Oktoberfest has been lagering in some icy cave all summer. Saturday: noon9pm; Sunday: noon-8pm; Monday: noon-6pm. $20, free under 12; $12 Monday. Newport Yachting Center, 4 Commercial Wharf, Newport. 401846-1600, www.newportwaterfrontevents.com October 12 Embrace being Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on Our Lives, as long as it’s by Cath-
erine Lutz, internationally renowned anthropologist, who offers up a different view on American dependence on wheels, and will let you go after the talk. 7-9pm. Free. Barrington Public Library, 281 County Road, Barrington. 401-247-1920, www.barringtonlibrary.org October 13 Set up a virtual shop after learning the basics of How to Sell Goods on Etsy, as Mark Kaplan, an active seller and local artist who makes fine jewelry, gives you tips on how to get complete and total strangers clamoring for your wares. 6:30-8pm. Free. Riverside Library, 475 Bullocks Point Avenue, East Providence. 401-4342453, www.eastprovidencelibrary.org October 15 Stay on this side of the bridge – it’s safer that way – for the Ballard Park Pumpkin Tour, featuring the handiwork of talented local carvers who have worked themselves into a frenzied slicing trance to produce over a thousand pieces of gourd art. 4:309pm. Free. Ballard Park, corner of Hazard and Wickham Roads, Newport. 401-619-3377, www.ballardpark. org October 17 Embrace the wisdom of expert Mike Tucker on a Touisset Bird Walk and learn to identify your feathered friends as Orange-Crowned Warblers or Yellow-Breasted Chats, instead of that annoying flapping thing that just marked the hood of your freshly washed car. 8-9:30am. Free. Touisset Marsh Wildlife Refuge, Touisset Road, Warren. 401-949-5454, www.asri.org October 20-31 Pat yourself on the back for having the courage to enter the Haunted Shipyard, because although that ghost ship lost its captain and its crew years ago, no one but you has been concerned enough to check on them. Check website for times and tickets. Newport Yachting Center, 4 Commercial Wharf, Newport. 401-846-1600, www.hauntedshipyard.com
October 23 Applaud the Kalichstein-LaredoRobinson Trio for maintaining a drama-free relationship with all original members of their chamber ensemble, because going all Van Halen and booting David Lee Roth messes with the vibe. 3pm. $20, $10 students. Westport Point United Methodist Church, 1912 Main Road, Westport Point. 774-451-7736, www.concertsatthepoint.org October 27 Pay your respects to Rhode Island’s first governor, Benedict Arnold, on a tour of the Arnold Burying Ground, containing more than 50 stones, giving you ample opportunity to try to capture some sort of energy on film. 11am $15, $10 Preservation Society members. Arnold Burying Ground, Pelham Street, Newport. 401-8471000, www.newportmansions.org October 29 Take comfort that if you spook the horses on the Creepy Carousel during the costume contest, you won’t have to waste time corralling them before you can enjoy the candy hunt, ghost stories, crafts, face painting or cupcake decorating. 3-5pm. $10. Battleship Cove, 5 Water Street, Fall River. Limited space; call for reservations: 508-678-1100, ext.101, www. battleshipcove.org October 30 Keep things nice and safe during the Family Halloween Walkabout Bristol, as the kind members of the Downtown Bristol Merchant’s Association open their doors, enabling you to put the trick in trick-or-treating and do a bit of browsing while the rest of your fam is distracted by the chocolate. 1-3pm. Free. Downtown Bristol. 401245-0110, www.eastbaychamberri.org
Got a cool upcoming event? Send the details, with plenty of advance warning, to dawn@providenceonline.com