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Meeting with Dr. Dooley

Jan 25th, 2011 | By | Category: News

On Fri­day, Jan­u­ary 20th a group from SRI at Home met with Dr. David Doo­ley, pres­i­dent of the Uni­ver­sity of Rhode Island, The pur­pose of the meet­ing was to inves­ti­gate the pos­si­bil­i­ties of what URI can do for SRI at Home, and con­versely what SRI at Home can do for URI.

Rhode Island ranks sixth…



Newport Winter Festival Activities

Jan 13th, 2011 | By | Category: Events, News
RI - Newport: International Tennis Hall of Fam...
Image by wal­lyg via Flickr
A vari­ety of activ­i­ties for the whole fam­ily dur­ing school vaca­tion week, includ­ing scav­enger hunts through the Museum, Wii Ten­nis, and Quick­Start ten­nis – a game designed to edu­cate and excite young­sters about playing tennis.
  • Fri­day — Sun­day, 10 am — 4 pm
  • Admis­sion: Free for Kids 16 & Under; $11 for Adults; Save $2 on with Festival butt
  • http://www.tennisfame.com


Rory Raven — Mentalist and Mindbender

Jan 13th, 2011 | By | Category: Events, News

Nei­ther a psy­chic nor a magi­cian, Rory offers a com­pelling kind of enter­tain­ment unlike any­thing audi­ences has ever seen. Thoughts are revealed, pre­dic­tions come true and per­haps even the spir­its are summoned…

http://www.riverfolk.org



Staley’s Living Loom

Nov 23rd, 2010 | By | Category: Meeting up, News
100% woven by ME
Image by Lol­lyKnit via Flickr

Can you imag­ine a pri­vate home with 30 to 40 looms always set up and ready for weav­ing? Our mem­ber, Norma Sta­ley, has just such a home right here in Saun­der­stown. Here she runs the Saun­der­stown Weav­ing School, which she and…



Older Americans 2010: Key Indicators of Well-​​Being

Nov 16th, 2010 | By | Category: News

Older Amer­i­cans 2010: Key Indi­ca­tors of Well-​​Being (Older Amer­i­cans 2010) is the fifth in a series of reports pro­duced by the Fed­eral Inter­a­gency Forum on Aging-​​Related Sta­tis­tics (Forum) that describe the over­all sta­tus of the U.S. pop­u­la­tion age 65 and over.

See the full story at Docuticker.com, or click here to down­load the report directly.



Gallery Talk: “Weaving: Art, Craft, and Design”

Nov 9th, 2010 | By | Category: Events, News
Saunderstown Weaving School

In con­nec­tion with the 36th anniver­sary exi­bi­tion of The Saun­der­stown Weav­ing School, Susan Sklarek will talk at The Hera Gallery in Wake­field, RI on Sun­day December 5.

The name of the talk is “Weav­ing: Art, Craft, and Design”.