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17 ways to get devilishly distracted

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  • Enjoy seven days of horror, murder, mayhem and independent movies at the Flickers RI International Horror Film Festival, to be held at various locations throughout the state. More info...
  • The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre presents Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Tony Estrella. It’s a tale of a beautiful but haunted 1889 woman who returns from her honeymoon already bored of her academic husband. More info...
  • Listen to some scary slick rhymes at Fete Lounge's Haunted Hip Hop, ft. Lil Bear, Everybody Luv Black, A Bomb, Young Mitch, Dyago, Lady E, Phokus, & a special performance by Off The Curb and DJ Boom. More info...

Friday

  • The Steel Yard brings you Mad Science, their 9th Annual Halloween Iron Pour. Prepare to party your face off at this industrial performance extravaganza. More info...
  • Love to get your hands dirty? Help celebrate Newport’s 375th anniversary by participating in the Daffodil Planting event at Ballard Park. Volunteers will be planting 18,000 bulbs in the park’s quarry meadows. Free. More info...
  • Castle Hill Inn will welcome esteemed chef Pablo Montero from Abadia Retuerta Le Domaine luxury hotel in Spain for an evening of wine and dining. Get your tickets now for the 6-course Relais & Chateaux 60th Anniversary Dinner. More info...


Friday & Saturday

  • Get inspired at the 10th Annual Connecting for Change event in downtown New Bedford. This conference will feature dozens of innovators and numerous activities and workshops covering topics like green business, farming, yoga and social justice. More info...

Saturday

  • Flock to Barrington Books for a Book Signing with best-selling author Ann Hood, who will be promoting her novel, An Italian Wife, a multigenerational story of Italian-born Josephine Rimaldi and her Italian-American family.  More info...
  • Love history? Then check out What Cheer Day at the John Brown House Museum. Visit with costumed characters as you step back into the year 1800. Gossip with the maids while you sample some tea and period desserts. More info...
  • Celebrate the Alliance Française de Providence with First Impressions Gala Fundraiser at Cafe Nuovo, which will be decorated to evoke Monet’s gardens in Giverny. Enjoy food, cocktails, music, dancing and auctions. More info...
  • Enjoy a delicious meal at Newport’s waterfront at the Newport Food Truck Festival, from 11am-4pm. There’s something uniquely exciting about getting your meal from a specialty food-mobile, and over 20 food trucks from across New England will gather to provide their own tasty experience at the Newport Yachting Center. More info...
  • Dance the night away for a good cause at the 5th annual "Heart and Soul Ball." Proceeds will be utilized to fund the initiatives supported by the Gabrielle Dinsmore Heart & Hope Fund as well as for the continued support of our signature initiative - Gabrielle’s Heart Camp. The “Heart and Soul Ball” will be a first-class affair with a live and silent auction, dinner and dancing. More info...


Saturday & Sunday

  • Love to put your brush to canvas? Sign up for the Wickford Art Association’s Painting Workshop, two full days of painting, philosophy and camaraderie. Reservations are strongly suggested. More info...
  • A group of 20 West Bay artists will open their private studios for one weekend this month during the West Bay Open Studio Tour, a self-guided tour through the neighboring coastal towns of East Greenwich, Warwick and North Kingstown. Maps and details are available online. More info...

Sunday

  • Dress up and turn out to the Providence Children’s Museum for the annual Boo Bash. Kids and families can play games, mix up potions in a mad scientist’s laboratory and create their own “witch crafts.” 100 South Street, Providence. 273-5437. More info...
  • Step back in time and retrace the footsteps of Metacomet, Sachem of the Wampanoag Nation with Walk the Trail to King Philip’s Chair at Mount Hope Farm. The tour concludes with coffee and hot cocoa. More info...
  • Enjoy a unique musical experience when local band Roz and the Ricecakes play a "Tiny Show" - using very small intruments - at the Columbia Theatre in Providence. More info...

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