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RISING SUN FISH LADDER CELEBRATION

The Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council cordially  invites you to the Celebration of the Rising Sun Mills Fish Ladder on  Monday, June 2nd, 2008 at 10am at Rising Sun Mills, 166 Valley Street,  Providence RI, 02909. Please join us and our partners, the USDA Natural  Resources Conservation Service and Struever Brothers Eccles &  Rouse, Inc., to celebrate this historic grand opening. This season is  the first time in over 140 years that oceangoing fish have been able to  venture upstream of this dam.

       This grand  opening represents the launch of a much larger plan to restore the  Woonasquatucket River to spawning, oceangoing fish. This Fish Ladder  will open the Woonasquatucket River as a safe haven for the alewife  herring to come back to our river for many years to come. This is just  the first step to making our river accessible and restoring the  population of aquatic life in Rhode Island. Within the next few years,  we have plans that will allow fish to bypass the first five dams on the  river opening up spawning habitat for about 40,000 adult herring.

       Senator  Jack Reed and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse have agreed to attend and  speak at this event. We have invited press and media as well and we  would be honored if you could attend.

                  Please call 401-861-9046 or email Alicia Lehrer at alehrer@wrwc.org if you plan to attend.

                  We hope to see you on June 2nd at Rising Sun Mills.

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ProvFlux V: August 7-10. As the PIPSters put it: "Part carnival and part conference, ProvFlux brings together artists, theorists, urban adventurers and the general public to share their visions of what the city can be, and to take action to make it a reality."

[ArtInRuins]

Along with all the other Buy Local events, like Craftland, the inhabitants at the Grant decided to throw its collective hat into the ring... therefore:

December 13
It’s the Great Grant, Charlie Brown or The Grant that Stole Christmas! What do we mean with these silly plays on pop culture? Why, it’s the first Grant Christmas Vendor Fair! Artists at the Grant and friends will set up tables and such to ply their wares. Think hand knit goodies, jewelry, posters, shirts, rock-n-roll collectibles and art. Maybe even more, we’re not sure. Come on down and check it out! Starts at noon, goes till at least 6 and we’ll see what happens.

[ArtInRuins]

December 06, 7-10pm – Milk and Cookies Gallery presents the work of Jesse Ledoux

Milk and Cookies Gallery, 250 Main Street (in the Grant), Pawtucket RI is proud to present the illustration, toys, and mayhem of Jesse Ledoux. The Rejects will open December 6th, from 7 to 10pm. Jesse LeDoux worked for many years as an art director for Seattle-based Sub Pop Records where he created iconic album and poster artwork for such artists as the Shins, Iron and Wine and Death Cab for Cutie before leaving in 2004 to focus on his client-based and personal work. Parallel to working on commercial illustration and collaborative projects for such clients as Nike, Kidrobot, Giro, Penguin UK, Rome Snowboards and Target, he has exhibited internationally. Most recently, his work was included in the Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial (2007) and an installation at the University of Maryland (2008). A large-scale mural of his work can currently be seen in downtown Denver, Colorado. He currently lives and works in Providence, RI.

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James Howard Kunstler Lecture
For those of you who like their urban planning mixed in with apocalyptic visions of the death of suburbia (yay!), famous author James Howard Kunstler is coming to Providence to speak April 1st at RISD's Chace Center.
For those not familiar, he's the author of "The Geography of Nowhere" and "The Long Emergency", and happens to be a fan of Providence. Here's the link the the AIAri site with details:
http://www.aia-ri.or...o...4&year=2009