We are kicking off our first issue of the Rhody Weekender!

Looking forward to bringing you the best of outdoor activities, events, food & fun, as well as unique “Rhody Moments” (like the duck got banned from the Amica Pavillion this week LOL).

Let’s get right to it and plan the rest of your weekend for maximum relaxation and fun!

In This Issue

a viral duck is banned 🦆…

“The Sistene Chapel of America” 🎨…

an owl with a beer 🦉🍺…

Outdoor & Nature

• Sit back, get cozy, and experience this cool first-person POV tour of downtown Newport. You’ll catch an eyeful of all the important stuff and know the town better next time you pass through. And it’s high-def 4K.

• Whooo is up for a night hike? Meet one of Audubon’s amazing birds of prey in person! Come to the Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge for a presentation on owls while enjoying locally brewed beers. Then take a guided walk through the wildlife refuge AT NIGHT to look and listen for owls and whatever else lurks about. No kids for this one, though. BTW, The owl illustration is hilarious.

• Free Sunday Guided Bird Walk - Norman Bird Sanctuary. This one is for NEXT weekend, but you can plan ahead. Bright and early, meet in the parking lot. Very simple and beautiful little event.

• 🌕 OK so “full moon” hikes are officially a thing. Roger Williams parks has one for Friday night. It’s the last one of 2024!

Food & Drink

• ☕️ ”Cozy Autumn Fires and Tasty Treats” at Blithewold. Enjoy very non-low carb autumn afternoon by the fire: chairs, s’mores, cocoa, cider, next to low-smoke fire pit…and a SPECTACULAR view of the Giant Sequoia.

• This sounds fun and festive! Wine, spirit, and beer tastings, food trucks, farmers & makers markets, gifts, entertainment at Bottles Holiday Farmers & Makers Market. You know the Eastside Marketplace that just closed? Right there, in the parking lot.

• A good, old fashioned, “painfully wholesome” (as the OP puts it), holiday event. The “Candy Cane Bazaar” and “Giant Raffle” are full of everything you might want to buy or eat in North Scituate. St. Joseph Parish.

• Apple Cider…but it’s the last of it. Last weekend for “Apple Cider Bar.” A pretty good prelude to a stroll along the Cliff Walk. (Bring a windproof coat if you do the walk!)

• 10 WJAR video of how to make, get this and remember it, “Cranberry breakfast BREAD PUDDING”. Sign me up, like right now.

• Distillery tasting tour through White Dog Distillery on Mineral Ave. A fight of whiskey, gin, bourbon or rum, from the self-described “smallest distiller in the smallest state.” 🍸

Arts & Entertainment

• The Chorus of Westerly performs Vivaldi, Rutter and Finzi. Winter themed music welcoming in the cold weather and holidays. This weekend only - bring your listening cap.

• Dubbed “The Sistine Chapel of America…” Did you know St. Annes in Woonsocket does tours of it’s world class / old world art? This, I did not know. Sign me up.

• 💵 You know the guy on the dollar bill? And that sign in North Kingstown on 1A you’ve passed 1000 times? Gilbert Stuart painted THAT portrait of George Washington, and his museum sits on 23 acres on the coast, full of pristine hiking paths. And there’s a super cool old “snuff” mill - apparently the first water wheel mill in the US.

• Amadeus at the GAMM Theatre. So popular it’s already been extended. Get tickets, fast, because it’s only around for a few more weeks.

• I didn’t know this was a thing! The BuyArt show and sale at WaterFire Arts Center has about 30 Rhode Island-based artists are showcasing their work in the gallery at the WaterFire Arts Center for the BuyArt small works holiday show and sale starting this weekend. Amazing holiday gift ideas!

Rhody Moments

• STUNNING sunrise over the towers at Narraganset. What a shot.

• 🦆 The “service” duck that went viral at a Providence College basketball game has been BANNED (lol) from the pavilion.

• A painting-like sunset last week at Point Judith. Now that sunset is so early, no reason you can’t be in the area for dinner and a great evening photo op, just like this beautiful shot.

Photo of the Week

That’s it for this issue of the Rhody Weekender. Make the most of it!

See you next week!

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