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Upcoming Events

Jigsaw Puzzle Competition

Monday Dec 29, 2025
1:00pm – 3:30pm

Looking to get out of the house in the middle of all the winter holidays? Grab your best puzzling buddies and see who’s the fastest puzzler of them all! Winner gets a puzzle prize and bragging rights!

 

Clay Succulent Garden

Monday Jan. 26th 
5:30pm – 8:00pm

In this fun and fast-paced workshop, each participant will create their very own polymer clay permanent succulent garden. Each participant will learn how to create 3 different realistic faux plants, and “plant” them in a flower pot. The creations will be so realistic that you may be tempted to water them. This workshop is suitable for all skill levels and abilities. No artistic talent is needed. Award-winning polymer clay artist Debbie Jaffe will guide you through the whole process, all while making you laugh. Registration required.

Concert: John Brighenti Trio

Saturday, January 10, 2026
3:30pm

Join the John Brighenti Trio for music by Rodgers and Hart!

Composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Lorenz Hart collaborated on over 500 songs for stage and screen in the 1920s until Hart’s death in 1943. Their Broadway musicals were highly regarded, and their works became standards by cabaret and jazz singers such as Ella Fitzgerald.

Heroes & Headaches: New England´s Story of Piracy at Home and Abroad

Tuesday, February 17, 2026
6:30pm – 7:30pm

Welcome aboard for this discussion of this fascinating and hidden part of New England history! Luca Rebussini, aka The R.I. Pirate Guy, will explain the history of the pirates and pirate hunters of New England during the Golden Age of Piracy. We’ll explore why people became pirates, how pirate ships were run, weapons and tactics used, politics of the pirates, the government, and of the colonies, as well as how piracy ended. 

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