Meet the Author: Joyce Derenas , author from Worcester, MA, will offer a talk and book signing from 2-3pm. Book is titled: The Long Shot, a French Canadian Saga, Book 1. Free and open to all.
Winners are invited to share their poems at Open Mic Poetry night 7-8:30pm.
Come and meet 20-30 RI Authors who will be here with their great books, available for purchase and signing for all ages. Free event in the main program room.
French Canadian presentation runs 1-2:30pm., Dr. Leslie Choquette, Director of the French Institute, Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts and author Jackie Finn. Book is titled: From Habitants to Immigrants: The Sansoucys, the Harpins, and the Potvins. This is the story of the lives of two, eventually three, French Canadian families from their settlement by soldiers in the Richelieu Valley of Quebec in 1665 to their immigration to the mill towns of Massachusetts at the turn of the twentieth century. Told generation by generation, the book portrays the military expeditions of the Carignan-Salières Regiment sent by King Louis XIV of France to quell the marauding Iroquois, the colonization of the soldiers in the Canadian wilderness, the dependence on a family economy with all hands working through the seasons, the pain of epidemics, famine, war, the loss of French Canada to England and the ensuing cultural conflicts, and ultimately, the end of available farmland which led to emigration and the creation of a Franco-American diaspora in New England. Free and open to all.
Dave Marchetti’s Animal Experiences is an hourlong program of learning and hands on fun with reptiles and some small mammals. Meet Dora and Diego the turtles, Indigo the lizard, Pixie Stick the snake as well as fifteen of their good friends.
You won’t just pet these guys, you’ll learn about and then hold them yourselves. Come meet them up close and personal.
This show is appropriate for all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult caregiver. Free tickets are available 1 week prior to the show at the Children’s desk. You may 401-769-9044 Ext.2