The COMMUNITY STRING PROJECT is a non-profit organization with the mission of providing affordable and accessible string lessons in the East Bay through an innovative music education program. CSP currently instructs more than 100 students, both adults and children, with 30% of students meeting the criteria for subsidized instruction. Learn more about CSP at www.communitystringproject.org.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Community String Project moves to new Byfield Arts Building!
The COMMUNITY STRING PROJECT is a non-profit organization with the mission of providing affordable and accessible string lessons in the East Bay through an innovative music education program. CSP currently instructs more than 100 students, both adults and children, with 30% of students meeting the criteria for subsidized instruction. Learn more about CSP at www.communitystringproject.org.
Dolphins in Narragansett Bay!
"We had a very exciting morning at the Save the Bay Center today (10.27.11) when a pod of dolphins appeared right in front of our building. We took the skiff out for a closer look – photos attached. Enjoy!
Stan Dimock
Save the Bay
Operations Assistant"
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Sunday, October 30 is Bristol's 8th annual Halloween Walk About
8th Annual Downtown HALLOWEEN WALKABOUT on Sunday afternoon (Oct 30) from 1 - 3pm in Downtown Bristol. Sponsored by DBMA Bristol Merchants.
Keep your costume on and run over to The Barn at Mount Hope Farm for Cookies and Punch, more Halloween Games, Art Projects and Festivities beginning at 3:30pm running to 5pm. This is for ages 3 - 10!.
Linden Place Guitarist Sunday, November 13
500 HOPE STREET P.O. BOX 328 BRISTOL RHODE ISLAND 02809
401-253-0390 TEL 401-253-4106 FAX LINDENPLACE.ORG
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: SUSAN BATTLE
253-0390 or email sbattle@lindenplace.org
Internationally Acclaimed Classical Guitarist Giovanni DeChiaro to Perform at Linden Place Mansion
Guitarist DeChiaro to present intimate performance in the Linden Place Mansion on Sunday, November 13th at 3:00 PM.
Giovanni DeChiaro has performed seven recitals at Carnegie Hall and recorded four globally televised programs for Eternal Word Television Network and two nationally televised special programs for the PBS network, both of which received Gold Awards and top honors at film festivals.
At concerts in North and South America, Canada, and Europe, DeChiaro has performed for many notable individuals, including Pope John Paul II, Bill and Hillary Clinton, the King of Spain. He has made several recordings, including his own transcriptions of the complete works of Scott Joplin.
Admission is $15.00, $10.00 for members of Linden Place, free for Colt Circle members.
Seating is limited and reservations are requested. For tickets and information, contact the Linden Place office at 401-253-0390. A wine reception to greet the artist will follow the performance.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
RI General Assembly Retirement Security Legislation
Rally to Save Rhode Island!
Last week, Treasurer Gina Raimondo and Governor Lincoln Chafee introduced the Rhode Island Retirement Security Act (RIRSA) of 2011. This legislation needs your help in getting it passed through the Rhode Island General Assembly. Here are ways to support the cause:
1) Attend the Rally to Save Rhode Island this Wednesday, October 26th 4:00PM at the Statehouse Rotunda. We must take this opportunity to show overwhelming support to legislative leaders for this crucial cause.
2) Contact your legislators via the website www.engageri.org Please note: you need to input your FULL address in order for it to produce your legislators. Details:EngageRI at 278-4437 or email at info@engageri.org
3) You can write directly to the general assembly through their newly created website.
(Link is below) The comment section is short, simple and very easy to use. Comments will go directly into the public record.
General Assembly website is: http://pensionreformri.com/contact-form/index.php
or http://www.pensionreformri.com/
Education Event at Barrington High School Wednesday night
Will Dropouts Save America?
"If start-up activity is the true engine of job creation in America, one thing is clear: our current educational system is acting as the brakes. Simply put, from kindergarten through undergraduate and grad school, you learn very few skills or attitudes that would ever help you start a business. Skills like sales, networking, creativity and comfort with failure."
"AFTER all, there is not one job market in America, but two. The formal market we always hear about — jobs that get filled through cold résumé submissions in reply to posted ads — accounts for only about 20 percent of jobs.
The other 80 percent get filled in the informal job market. Any employer knows how the informal job market works: you need a position filled, so you ask your friends, colleagues and current employees if they know anyone who would do a good job.
In this informal job market, the academic requirements listed in job ads tend to be highly negotiable, and far less important than real-world results and the enthusiasm of the personal referral.
Classroom skills may put you at an advantage in the formal market, but in the informal market, street-smart skills and real-world networking are infinitely more important.
Yet our children grow up amid an echo chamber of voices telling them to get good grades, do well on their SATs, and spend an average of $45,000 on tuition — after accounting for scholarships — while taking on $23,000 in debt to get a private four-year college education.
It’s time that we as a nation accepted a basic — and seldom-mentioned — fact. You don’t need a degree (and certainly not an M.B.A.) to start a business and create jobs, nor is it even that helpful, compared with cheaper, faster alternatives." Thank you Kirsten DiChiappari for bring this article to our attention. Full NY Times article October 22, 2011 by Michael Ellsberg here:
http://tinyurl.com/3zh3cm4
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Save the Bay Art Show Thursday, November 17
RWU offers advanced degree in Art History
NEW beginning fall 2011, the Master of Arts in Art and Architectural History can be completed in one or two years (12 courses/36 credits and 1 internship), depending on the undergraduate degree of the entering students. The degree can be completed in one year by students holding an undergraduate degree in art history or historic preservation or in two years by those who have completed an undergraduate degree in another field.
The program includes a flexible schedule with evening courses and many travel courses offered for credit or audit. Those interested may begin by auditing two courses. For more information contact Professor Rebecca Leuchak, Art and Architectural History Program Coordinator in the School of Architecture, Art and Historic Preservation at 401.254.3011 or email her at rleuchak@rwu.eduPhoto above: Students discuss a work of art at MOMA in New York City.
Herreshoff offering Free Admission to Bristol residents over Thanksgiving Weekend
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Fresh Ideas from new RWU President, Donald Farish
•"In BRISTOL, Dr. Farish is working with town officials on several projects, including conversion of the former Wally School into an arts center and preservation of an historic building at Colt State Park."
And this on the BUSINESS School:
•"I just met [recently] with the dean of the School of Business, Jerry Dauterive, and said, “I really would like you to take a run at developing a program on entrepreneurship.”
We have someone that I’ve met who may be a prospective donor for such a program, to help get it off the ground. That’s something I helped oversee [at Rowan] that was very successful and it would be here as well.
• I’ve asked the dean also to take a long, hard look at an MBA program because the idea of combining a law school degree with an MBA is a very attractive educational package and I think we could pull that off quite nicely. … It is very likely we could have an MBA program probably two years from now. … We are doing a needs assessment.
Monday, October 17, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Local Food and Farm Forum October 26
WHEN Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 6 – 9pm
WHERE CCRI, One John H. Chafee Blvd., Newport, RI
EVENT TYPE What Grows On in RI! www.whatgrowsonri.com
TOWN/CITY (RI) Newport
CATEGORIES Farming, Food
ORGANIZED BY Aquidneck Land Trust, AYERSfoundation, A Market, and Keenwah Eatery
GROUP HOMEPAGE www.ailt.org
INTENDED AUDIENCE General
CALENDAR BY www.whatgrowsonri.com
NOTE
local food growers, producers, advocates and supporters of local food and farming will gather at CCRI - Newport campus auditorium for the first annual Food & Farming Community Forum, sponsored by A Market and Keenwah Eatery.
The Forum will focus on the importance of an abundant local food harvest to the economic well-being and health of Aquidneck Island and to the state as a whole. "This is an opportunity for our community to come together to discuss the most vital issues around local food, and how supporting local food helps our economy," says Kyle Hence, forum organizer, "and we are honored to have a great group of panelists joining us."
Participating panelists include Ken Ayars, Chief of Agriculture at the Rhode Island DEM, Ted Clement, head of the Aquidneck Land Trust
Inauguration of Donald Farish: New RWU President
Here is a link to a short interview with Dr. Farish by Elizabeth Harrison from WRNI radio on October 13, 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3pmgy4g
PS: This from a recent article in Providence Business News:
"In BRISTOL, he is working with town officials on several projects, including conversion of the former Wally School into an arts center and preservation of an historic building at Colt State Park."
And this excerpt from PBN on the BUSINESS School.
"I just met [recently] with the dean of the School of Business, Jerry Dauterive, and said, “I really would like you to take a run at developing a program on entrepreneurship.”
We have someone that I’ve met who may be a prospective donor for such a program, to help get it off the ground. That’s something I helped oversee [at Rowan] that was very successful and it would be here as well.
I’ve asked the dean also to take a long, hard look at an MBA program because the idea of combining a law school degree with an MBA is a very attractive educational package and I think we could pull that off quite nicely. … It is very likely we could have an MBA program probably two years from now. … We are doing a needs assessment.
NEW WRNI signal problems in the East Bay
So is everyone else in the East Bay! Until they figure out how to fix it, please know that you can find it at 102.7 FM on your dial as well!
www.wrni.org
news@wrni.org
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Elise Arsenault to teach youth acting classes at Reynolds School
The Bristol Department of Parks & Recreation is offering an eight-week Young Actors Workshop for children ages 8-13, beginning October 22nd. This workshop will be directed by Elise Arsenault, a versatile performer and teaching artist (Washington National Opera Outreach, Missoula Children’s Theatre, 2nd Story Theatre). The workshop will be held at the Reynolds School on High Street on Saturday mornings from 8:30am – 10:30am. The cost for the eight-week program is $75. Please call the Bristol Department of Parks & Recreation at 253-1611 to register. For more information, send emails to elise.arsenault@gmail.com. For more info on Elise please go to her website. She is the daughter Denise and Bob Arsenault of Bristol.
http://elisearsenault.com/default.aspx
Friday, October 14, 2011
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Blackberrys finally back up and running. Maybe its time for that new iPhone 4S
BlackBerry Service Is Back Up
After four days of service interruptions, Research in Motion says it has fixed its technical issues. The delay in emails and messages began Monday and outraged BlackBerry users across five continents. Executives at RIM haven't been able to explain the outage, and frustrated customers took to forums and Twitter, swearing to switch smartphones. It's bad timing for RIM, as the new iPhone 4S will be released tomorrow and is already raking in rave reviews.
AMORITA Boat Restoration Lecture Dec 1 at Herreshoff
SAVE the DATE
Herreshoff Marine Museum and Points East Publishing begin their off season lecture series
on Thursday evening, December 1 at 7pm featuring Bill Doyle and Jed Pearsall discussing their restoration of AMORITA. (I think this is the NY 30 that sank off of Jamestown after a collision a few years ago.)
Verizon 4G: Bristol not on the list!
4G Verizon coverage is coming to RI on November 17 but not to the East Bay. East PVD and PVD are the closest!
Promet Marine in PVD sold to metal exporter recycler
Promet will continue ship repair but on a much smaller scale. The site includes more than nine acres, a 600-foot pier with rail service and two deep-water berths. It is owned and operated by two brothers, Joel and David Cohen, 76 and 73.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
East Bay Sailing Foundation Sailing School!
Below is a link to a wonderful article about the East Bay Sailing Foundation Adult Sailing Classes held out of the Bristol Yacht Club during the summer, directed by Jim Dollins. It's a terrific program with very qualified instructors and is highly recommended! (I've been a student for the past two summers!)
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
V*!amYEg5M5!3R Hacked!
This article will make you think a little harder about your G Mail account, the strength of your password(s) and your "in cloud" security. Article by James Fallows about the hacking of his wife's G mail account.
Monday, October 10, 2011
New Mobile Vet in Bristol/Warren area
Warren Walkabout is Sunday October 23
www.discoverwarren.com
See the open artist studios, enjoy sidewalk sales, taste samplings of Warren's finest cuisine!
Most things are within a short walk but there is a free trolley courtesy of Columbus Credit Union as well as a dragon ride to Frerich's Farm to see the pumpkin patch!
*Food Samplings at restaurants around town
*Sidewalk Sales
*Self-Guided Walking Tour
*Live Artisan Demonstrations
*Live Music
*Free Trolley Rides courtesy of Columbus Credit Union
www.discoverwarren.com
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Reminder: Business & Education Forum Thursday
Reminder: BUSINESS & EDUCATION Forum THursday October 13 at 7pm
http://www.eastbayri.com/news/2011/oct/07/economic-development-group-hosts-forum-education/
Friday, October 7, 2011
Steve Jobs - Dead at 56
Photo above: Steve Jobs and his wife around 2006.
Top photo: In his office in 2008.
Knowing you are going to die is the reality trump card for all of us...
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
From David Pogue, NYT: "Mr. Jobs didn’t buy into focus groups, groupthink or decision by committee. At its core, Apple existed to execute the visions in his brain. He oversaw every button, every corner, every chime. He lost sleep over the fonts in the menus, the cardboard of the packaging, the color of the power cord."
To the Editor:
Steven P. Jobs leveraged technology to improve and transform the way in which we work and play. He made business sexy.
His contributions to the human condition are inestimable. I’m of the generation that grew up with black-and-white television, transistor radios, manual typewriters and rotary phones. I can truly appreciate how his extraordinary vision has enriched my life.
BARRY K. HERMAN
Radnor, Pa., Oct. 6, 2011
Note: PB Blogger is from this generation as well!
Steve Jobs obits NY Times October 5, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/06/business/steve-jobs-of-apple-dies-at-56.html
Business & Education Forum Thursday Oct 13
The Bristol Economic Development Commission is hosting its second annual public forum. This years event is entitled "Business and Education: Collaborating on 21st Century Workforce Needs" and will be held on October 13, 2011, 7:00 PM at the Old State House, High St., Bristol, RI.
http://www.eastbayri.com/news/2011/oct/07/economic-development-group-hosts-forum-education/
Yogawoman at Jane Pickens October 17 at 7pm
Bristol Yoga Studio may show this movie in Bristol! If so, details to follow.
October 10: Blithewold Sale!
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