With a focus on Block Island’s ocean, boats, and maritime heritage, Ted Merritt’s paintings will be shown at the Spring Street Art Gallery from Saturday, July 28 through Friday, Aug 3. Ted invites you to join him at an opening party from 5 to 7 p.m. at the gallery on Saturday, July 28. The party […]
An opening reception will be held on Saturday, July 28 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the studio/home of Ben Wohlberg on Payne Road. This show, featuring new work, will be on exhibit through Sunday, Aug. 5. Hours are 1 to 5 p.m. daily, or by appointment, through Labor Day. Call (401) 466-2004 or (401)
On Tuesday, July 31, The Spring Street Gallery will present the work of Newport-based artist Mary Alice Huggins. Of her work, Huggins said: “Growing up on BIock Island contributed to my development as an artist. The island, with its natural beauty and individualistic way of life, fostered the creative spirit. “When I set out to make
“Ebb and flow” is the rhythmic change of the ocean tides. A change that is responsible for producing the exquisite beauty of a cresting wave glistening with sunlight and the endless deposit of treasures along our shores. Kate Bird and Lisa Robb have captured the splendor of the ocean’s ebb and flow in their paintings
There is ecological bad news everywhere. Mudslides, sink holes, melting ice caps, heat waves, volcanoes, earthquakes, flooding, and drought. It sometimes feels so overwhelming that it’s reasonable to think that there is nothing one person can do to prevent these disasters from happening. The most effective way is the approach Block Island is taking: baby
The following information was sent to The Block Island Times by New Shoreham Town Manager Ed Roberge: Hello folks: There will be a dinghy dock ribbon cutting ceremony (brief but nice) on Friday, July 27th at 9:00 a.m. at the site. I will MC the event and will ask Jessica Wronowski, Steve Land, and Ken Lacoste
The following press release was sent to The Block Island Times by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management: Providence – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced that Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), a destructive forest insect from Asia, has been found for the first time in Rhode Island and that the
The following press release was sent to The Block Island Times by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management: Providence – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced that Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), a destructive forest insect from Asia, has been found for the first time in Rhode Island and that the
The Block Island Maritime Institute is home to many things these days: a fitness center, a cookie store, an ice cream shop, and now a Mexican restaurant specializing in one of the great seafood dishes: ceviche. Calaveras, which has had a location in the Post Office building since 2015, now has a cevichería at the BIMI