Rhode Island's Blackstone Valley

5 Ways to Celebrate Mom

The merry month of May is here. This month is National Bike Month, and American Wetlands Month. RI Historical Cemeteries & Preservation Awareness Weeks continue. World Migratory Bird Day is this Saturday, May 13th.

Kayak rentals are available, and at the end of the month The Explorer returns for its 30th anniversary season, plying the waters of the Blackstone River from Central Falls Landing! These are all good reasons to get outside and explore nature!

Here are just few highlighted events!

·     All Month - Bike the Blackstone Valley. MORE INFO

·     Tuesdays and Saturdays, Rhode Island Audubon Free Bird Walks, Fort Nature Wildlife Refuge, North Smithfield. MORE INFO

·     Thursday, May 11 @ 10 am - 4 pm - Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Reopens for tours at Old Slater Mill (Thurs-Sundays) through December, Pawtucket. MORE INFO

·     Friday, May 12 @ 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm - Opening of Pawtucket Summertime Farmers Market (runs Fridays through October 27), The Guild, Pawtucket. MORE INFO

·     Saturday, May 13 @ 10 am - 12 pm - Audubon Society of RI -Free Birding with Kids, Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge, Smithfield. MORE INFO

·     Saturday, May 13 @ 1 - 6 pm - First Strike Festival, Old Slater Mill, Blackstone River National Historical Park, Pawtucket. MORE INFO

·     Tuesday, May 16 - Mishpakha: Jewish History of Woonsocket Exhibit Opening (runs through August 26), Museum of Work and Culture, Woonsocket. MORE INFO.

·     Wednesday, May 17 - Cemetery Talk, Tour Riverside Cemetery (Harrisville Cemetery), Burrillville. MORE INFO.

·     Thursday, May 18 @ 5 pm - Beer! Bikes! BINGO! Benefit - Lops Brewing, Woonsocket. MORE INFO

·     Fridays & Saturdays @ 7 - 9:30 pm, May 19 - May 27 and Sunday, May 21 @ 2 pm - Swamp Meadow presents Urinetown, The Musical, Assembly Theatre, Burrillville. MORE INFO.

·     Saturday, May 20 @ 10 am - 12 pm - Littleneck Cemetery Cleanup & Self-Guided Tour, Littleneck Cemetery, East Providence. MORE INFO.

·     Sunday, May 21 @ 1 - 4 pm - Fish Migration Community Parade, Old Slater Mill, Pawtucket. MORE INFO.

·     Sunday, May 21 @ 3 - 5 pm - Rhode Island Wind Ensemble at St. Ann Arts & Cultural Center, Woonsocket. MORE INFO.

·     Wednesday, May 24 @ 6:30 - 8 pm - Spring Bike Rides of Discovery - Woonsocket, Blackstone River Bikeway at Rivers Edge, Woonsocket. MORE INFO

·     Saturday - Monday, May 27-29 - PVD Kayaks Opening Weekend, Lincoln Woods, Lincoln. MORE INFO

The Explorer turns 30 this year!

Come experience the Blackstone River this Summer!

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