19/Saturday Talk Like a Pirate Day! Tot2TotShop Fall Sale. Semi-annual consignment sale, infant and children’s clothing, baby gear, toys, maternity clothes. 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Swansea Mall, 262 Swansea Mall Drive, Swansea, MA. Free to attend. Artists’ Exchange Family Performance Series. Aesop’s Fables, Sparky’s Puppets. 11 a.m.–noon. 50 Rolfe Square, Cranston. Pay what you can. $5/suggested donation. Mosaics: Parts and Wholes. A celebration of Deaf Awareness Month. Make mosaics with Water Ways muralist and teacher of the deaf, Peter Geisser, and enjoy stories told in American Sign Language (ASL) by educator Heather Neidbala and interpreted for the hearing. 1–3 p.m. Providence Children’s Museum, 100 South Street, Providence. Free with admission. $9/person; children under 12 months, free. FallFest. Amusements, food, music, rides, games. 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Misquamicut Beach, 257 Atlantic Ave, Westerly. Free Parking. $7/day/person, children under 4, free. Coggeshall Farm Harvest Fair. Friendly competitions, games, lively music and dance, hay rides, against the backdrop of a working 18th century living history farm. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Coggeshall Farm Museum, 1 Colt Drive, Bristol. $3/person. Peace Fest RI. Activities for children and adults to enjoy that celebrate peace; Peace Flags, Peace Pinwheels, Peace Cranes, tie-dye, and more. 1–4 p.m. Burnside Park, 2 Kennedy Plaza, Providence. Free.
20/Sunday
Fall Out of Summer Arts Festival. Art, theater, music, food, fun. 11 a.m.– 5 p.m. Artists’ Exchange, 50 Rolfe Square, Cranston. Rain date, 9/27 $1/age 3 and up, free/age 3 and under.
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FallFest. Amusements, food, music, rides, games. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Misquamicut Beach, 257 Atlantic Ave, Westerly. Free Parking. $7/day/person, children under 4, free.
zumba, bhangra dancing, bouncy houses, contests and games for prizes. 11 a.m.– 7 p.m. Rhode Island Convention Center, One Sabin Street, Providence. $14/adults, $10/children.
22/Tuesday
Craft Bash. Make hand-painted canvas bags. 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Artists’ Exchange, 50 Rolfe Square, Cranston. Free.
Play and Learn. See September 1. 10 a.m.–noon. Providence Children’s Museum, 100 South Street, Providence. Free with admission. $9/person; children under 12 months, free.
23/Wednesday
Imagination Playground. Kids invent their own ways to play with huge blue foam blocks. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Providence Children’s Museum, 100 South Street, Providence. (Also on 9/20 and 9/24– 26.) Free with admission. $9/person; children under 12 months, free.
24/Thursday
Waterfire. 6:35–10:00 p.m., Waterplace Park, 1 Finance Way Providence. Free.
27/Sunday
New England Family Fun Festival. See September 26. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Rhode Island Convention Center, One Sabin Street, Providence. $14/adults, $10/children. Magnet Play. Experiment and sculpt with magnets. 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Providence Children’s Museum, 100 South Street, Providence. Also on 9/30. Free with admission. $9/person; children under 12 months, free.
An evening with Neil DeGrasse Tyson. An evening of engaging conversation on science, exploration, and the world. 7:30 p.m. Providence Performing Arts Center, 29/Tuesday 220 Weybosset Street, Providence. Rough Point Landscape History ppacri.org and Garden tour. See September 15. Tickets $55 and $80. Weather dependent. 5:30 p.m. Rough 25/Friday Point, 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport. Public Stargazing. 7:30 p.m. Frosty $10/person. Drew Observatory & Sky Theater. 30/Wednesday 61 Park Lane, Charlestown. Windmill Wednesday. A family$1/person suggested donation. friendly evening with johnnycake Bring Your Own Improv. Familytasting, hands-on activities for kids, and friendly comedy show. 7–8:30 p.m. the opportunity to see inside the 1812 Warwick Museum of Art, Prescott Farm windmill. Bring dinner. 3259 Post Road, Warwick. 3:30–5:30 p.m. Prescott Farm, 2009 Every Friday night. West Main Road, Middletown. $8/Adults, $4/Children under 12 a Free. nd seniors.
26/Saturday
Artists’ Exchange Family Performance Series. John McKenna, sketches, stories, funny songs. 11 a.m.–noon. 50 Rolfe Square, Cranston. Pay what you can. $5/suggested donation. New England Family Fun Festival. Live performances by dancers, story tellers, singers and bands, dance performances, martial arts, and gymnastics exhibits, face painting,
Rhode Island Parent Magazine September 2015