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BV Natives up for Oscars
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
congratulates
Blackstone Valley residents
Richard Jenkins of Cumberland RI and
Viola Davis
former Central Falls resident
and RIC graduate
for their Oscar
Nod at the Academy Awards to be
presented this Sunday.
Jenkins is nominated in the Best
Actor category for his role in
The Visitor. Davis is
nominated
as best supporting actress for
her role in the movie
Doubt.
best wishes to
them both!
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Visitor Center Hours
The Blackstone Valley Visitor Center
in Pawtucket - New hours for Winter.
Mondays-Saturdays
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sundays
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Tuesdays - Fridays
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New cash prize for
Sustainable Tourism efforts
The Sustainable Tourism
Planning and Development
Laboratory presents the
ARISTA, the Achievement in
Rhode Island Sustainable
Tourism Award.
The ARISTA is a new
recognition to be presented
in September of 2009 to an
agency, non-governmental
organization or business for
its project or
program demonstrating
sustainable tourism
practices implemented in
Rhode Island.
The purpose of this new
prize is "to encourage the
use of Sustainable
Principles in tourism
development here in our
state," according to Dr.
Robert Billington, Executive
Director of the Blackstone
Valley Tourism Council and
the Tourism Laboratory. "It
is an opportunity to remind
us that sustainable tourism
in Rhode Island is first and
foremost about benefiting
the residents and resources
of Rhode Island."
"This new recognition and a
$250.00 cash prize and
trophy, will reward those
individuals, groups or
agencies that work to
integrate environmental,
social, historical,
cultural and economic
planning in their tourism
development work," said
Billington.
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Rhode
Island Authenticity Earns
Star Diamond Award
Rhode Island is a state of
many firsts. First to take
action against British rule,
first synogogue, first
successful water-powered
cotton mill, and now the
Ocean State is the first
U.S. state to receive the
The American Academy of
Hospitality Sciences'
prestigious "International
Star Diamond Award." The
AAHS certifies that Rhode
Island is a world-class
destination offering some of
the best natural beauty,
culinary offerings, history
and cultural attractions.
World class - that's Rhode
Island! But don't take our
word for it, come see for
yourself!
click here for more....
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Yvonne Seggerman New
Executive Director
Pawtucket Armory
Association
Yvonne
Seggerman, Managing Director
of The Sandra Feinstein Gamm
Theatre, recently accepted
the position of Executive
Director of the Pawtucket
Armory Association.
Seggerman has been managing
director of The Sandra
Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The
Gamm) since February 2003
and is now executive
director of both
Pawtucket Armory Association
and The
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm
Theatre. The Pawtucket
Armory located at 172
Exchange St. is home to The
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm
Theatre and Jacqueline M.
Walsh School for Performing
and Visual Arts.
The Gamm Theatre also
welcomes Jessica Hill as the
new General Manager for The
Sandra Feinstein-Gamm
Theatre.
Now in their 24th
season, don't miss
the Gamm Theatre's
New England Premiere
of
Grace, a
stimulating, frank
and moving
examination of the
conflict between
science and faith
through the lens of
a contemporary
family. Written by
Irish playwright and
director Mick Gordon
and University of
London philosophy
professor A.C.
Grayling, and
directed by Gamm
Artistic Director
Tony Estrella.
Thursday, March 12
through Sunday April
5.
Click here for
more information.
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Pawtucket Falls:
Convergence and
Boundaries
Slater Mill presents
a free exhibit
and panel
discussion of the
Pawtucket Falls and
adjacent Blackstone
River. The exhibit
opens Thursday,
March 12 and
continues through
May 1, 2009.
This exhibit will center
on the many types of
convergences and
boundaries presented by
the Falls in social,
ethnographic, geographic
and political terms.
Competing uses &
interests related to
creation of community,
early industrialization
and natural resources
are all be explored.
For more information
visit
slatermill.org
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Save the Date!
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Saturday, March 14th,
8:00 am - 11:00 am
St. Patrick's Day
Breakfast Buffet
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March 26, 7:00 pm - 9:00
pm
By Joe
Zito & Linda Beaulieu
Have your
book signed by the
authors!
Blackstone Valley
Visitors Center
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Blackstone Valley Visitor
Center, On the banks of the Blackstone, 175 Main Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860