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September 2008 Newsletter

 

At The Bend in the River Blackstone Valley Tourism Council   September 2008   In This Issue   * September Event Highlights *Pawtucket Arts Festival Celebrates 10 Years"   Dragonboats Ready for Pawtucket Race*   *Dynamite Cook-Off Ready to Explode*     Meet Emily Soergel our new Keep Blackstone Valley Beautiful Coordinator    The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council Invites You to Attend Our 23rd Annual Awards Dinner and Silent Auction   Thursday, September 25, 2008   Twin River Event Center 100 Twin River Road Lincoln, Rhode Island   5:30 pm Reception and Silent Auction 7:00 pm Dinner 8:00 pm Awards Presentation   $55 Per person, $500 table of ten RSVP by September 18, 2008   Reserve online Quick Links Newsletter Archive Blackstone Valley Explorer 9th Annual Taiwan DayFestival and Dragonboat Race Samuel Slater Canal Boat Keep Blackstone Valley Beautiful About the Valley Pawtucket Arts Festival More About Us September Events Sunday, September 7, 2:00 pm Wurlitizer Organ Concert at Stadium Theatre Saturday, September 13 - Sunday September 14,  10:00 am - 5:00 pm, Burrillville Arts & Crafts Festival Friday Evenings, September 19 - October 31, 7:00 pm Pawtucket Paranormal, Ghost Walks presented by Slater Mill Saturday , September 20, 9:00 am - 1:00 pmKeep Blackstone Valley Beautiful Electronic Recycling at Four Corners Community Chapel, Cumberland Saturday, September 20, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm The Great Pumpkin Festival, North Smithfield for more events... Pawtucket Arts Festival Celebrate 10-year Milestone     Since its inception in 1999, the Annual Pawtucket Arts Festival has celebrated and featured a citywide showcase of visual and performing arts that has always drawn a crowd!   The Pawtucktet Arts Festival opens its tenth year on Wednesday, Sept 3 with a sneak preview of Friedrich Schiller's Don Carlos at the Gamm Theatre.  Other highlights for this year include: Festival Gala, Friday, Sept. 5 at Slater Mill showcasing a Taste of Pawtucket with samplings from some of Pawtucket's finest restaurants and featuring the music  of Slippery Sneakers and Buckwheat Zydeco Band.  Admission $15.00 Dragonboat Races and Taiwan Day Festival, Saturday, Sept 6 (See article below). Slater Mill Labor & Ethnic Heritage Festival, Sunday, Sept 7. Pawtucket Nite Out, Monday Sept. 8 Third Annual Hope Artiste Village Open House, Friday , Sept. 12 Stone Soup Folk Fest Saturday, Sept. 13 at Slater Park. Seven Nights Mirror Image Film Festival, Sept. 12, 13, 18, 19 & 20, Visitor Center Theater, 175 Main Street Festival Links General Information Schedule of Events Maps   Dragonboats Ready for Pawtucket Race   The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston in association with the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council and the  City of Pawtucket, RI, are proud to announce the 9th Annual Rhode Island Dragon Boat Races and Taiwan Day Festival.  This wonderful and exciting festival will take place on Saturday, September 6, from 8:00 am - 4:00 pm.    Teams will be competing for cash and trophies.  Representing local businesses and organizations from Rhode Island as well as Dragon Boat groups from across the Northeastern US, the teams will race in varied heats along a stretch of the Pawtucket River.  There will also be challenges to benefit charities of choice.     In addition to cultural entertainment, featuring traditional and contemporary Taiwanese music by the Chai Found Music workshop, a Chinese dumpling eating contest will be held at 12:30 pm.  A staple of the Chinese diet, this is the first dumpling eating contest in the United States.   Win $200 if you can eat the most dumplings in one sitting.  $10 to participate.  Sign up at the Registraion table.    2007 Breast Cancer Cancer Survivor Teams' Ceremony   Taiwan Day Festival Information Download brochure  Race Information Special Interest Race         Dynamite Cook-Off Ready to Explode     On Saturday, September 13, 2008, the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council will once again host the Blackstone River Valley Dynamite Cook-Off at River Island Park, located along the Blackstone River in Market Square, Woonsocket, RI.  The Cook-Off is part of the 26th Annual French Farmers Market presented by the Northern RI Council on the Arts.   Discussions continue to rage throughout the community over who makes the best Dynamite. Help decide who makes the best Dynamite in the world while enjoying traditional music & dance, fresh farm produce, and a variety  of arts and crafts!  Bring your Dynamite Recipe and Calise's Bakery will provide the Dynamite rolls. Let the judges and public decide who has the best recipe! It's simple to participate. Sign-up today!    Quick Links Dynamite Cook-Off Northern Rhode Island Council for the Arts         Looking Ahead - Scenic Rail Tours Tickets Are Now Available On-Line for Blackstone Valley Fall Foliage & Shopping Train Excursion on Saturday, October 26, 2008 and for Blackstone Polar Express,Saturday & Sunday, November 8, 9, 15, 16 & 23, 2008.   More information... Save the Date!   4th Annual Blackstone River Valley Footsteps in History Preserve America Weekend - Columbus Day Weekend October 11, 12, 13 Civic Tourism 2 - Creating and Marketing your Somewhere, October 15 - 18.  Join us for a lively discussion on rethinking sustainable tourism.   Register today!   Events         At The Bend in the River Blackstone Valley Tourism Council          April 2008   In This Issue *Riverboats Return to the River   *Great American Cleanup 2008   *Save the Date! Quick Links   About the Valley Blackstone Valley Explorer Broad Street Experience Samuel Slater Canal Boat Keep Blackstone Valley Beautiful Sustainable Tourism Lab ShopBlackstone.com More about Us Newsletter Archive   Blackstone Valley Events Thursday, April 17 @ 6:00pm, Vintage Hollywood - Wine & Cheese Reception, RI Antique Mall, Fountain St., Pawtucket, RI, 401-475-3400 Friday, April 18 - Sunday, May 11, Bless Me Father at Mill River Dinner Theatre, Central Falls, RI, 401-721-0909 Sunday, April 20 @ 12:00pm Open House, Valentine Whitman House, Great Road, Lincoln, RI, 401-334-2182. For more information visit eventblackstone.com   The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council is now taking reservations online for the Fall Foliage Train Excursion and The Polar Express   www.tourblackstone.com/rail.htm   Blackstone Valley Tourism Council 401-724-2200 info@tourblackstone.com      Explorer Riverboat and Samuel Slater Canalboat Return to the River   On Tuesday, April 29, 2008 both the Blackstone Valley Explorer Riverboat and Samuel Slater Canalboat will return to the Blackstone River for another season of rivertours.   The Blackstone Valley Tourism Council is accepting reservations for RiverClassroom education programs and charters starting in May aboard the Explorer.  Public Tours will begin in June.  Reservations are also being taken for overnight stays aboard the Samuel Slater Bed & Breakfast.   Click here For more information...     Great American Cleanup 2008 Events     Ballou Cemetery Earth Day 2008 - Saturday, April 19 @ 8:00am.  Contact: Mike Scalzi, Friends of Ballou Cemetry,    401-333-5358 or mscalzi@cox.net Annual Burrillville Earth Day Clean-Up - Saturday, April 19 @ 9:00am, organized by Burrillville Lions Club.                 Contact: Janice Kaplan, 401-568-0203 or jakaplan05@netscape.net Blackstone River Earth Day 2008 - Saturday, April 19 @ 8:00am. Contact: Keith Hainley, 401-301-3761 or khainley@verizon.net or visit blackstoneriver.org Smithfield Earth Day Clean-Up - Saturday, April 19 @ 9:00am.  Contact: Sandra Mayer, Smithfield Conservation Commission, 401-232-5075 or sandym1210@cox.net Pawtucket Earth Day, Saturday, April 26 @ 9:30am.  Contact:   Shandi Brown, Pawtucket Citizens Development Corporation, 401-726-1173 x118 or shandibrown@pawtucketcdc.com Central Falls Clean-Up - Saturday, April 26 @ 9:00am.  Contact: Tony Tager, Central Falls Parks & Recreation Dept., 401-727-7455 or cfrecreation@centralfallsri.us  For more information visit keepblackstonevalleybeautiful.com or email kbvb@tourblackstone.com.  Save The Date! Thursday, May 22, 2008, 8:30am-1:00pm, Resilient Tourism, presented by Blackstone Valley Tourism Council's Sustainable Tourism Planning & Development Lab Monday, June, 16, 2008, Blackstone Valley Heritage Golf Tournament Saturday, June 21, 2008, 9th Annual Rivers Day Celebration on the  Blackstone River, Central Falls. For more information call 401-724-2200 or visit tourblackstone.com