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Monday Essentials: Lemonade, 'Desert Roots,' Black Tie Band
Your guide for life in North Kingstown this week.
Black Tie Band TUESDAY: Tuesday Summer Concerts continues Tuesday with Black Tie Band at Water’s Edge in Wickford (behind 55 Brown Street) at 7. For a list of all the upcoming summer concerts, check out the NK Arts Council website here.
Lemonade For NK Families WEDNESDAY: The kids from the Think Tank program are holding a Lemonade Stand at Davisville Middle School on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. to raise money for their Basic Needs collection project. They are also collecting shampoo, deodorant, diapers, toilet paper, toothpaste/brushes, etc., at the Frenchtown Rd. Stop & Shop. Help the THINK TANK kids Help Others. All items will be donated to the NK Food Pantry. (*Think Tank is supported by NK Recreation & the NKSD Office of Family Learning.)Author Visit WEDNESDAY: Mitra K. Shavarini will discuss her latest book, Desert Roots, Journey of an Iranian Immigrant Family, at NK Free Library at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. This deeply personal narrative chronicles her parents’ remarkable journey to America as self-imposed exiles and then back again to Iran thirty-three years later. Mitra holds a doctorate from Harvard and is a lecturer at Brandeis University. Her work has appeared in numerous professional journals.
Author Visit WEDNESDAY: Mitra K. Shavarini will discuss her latest book, Desert Roots, Journey of an Iranian Immigrant Family, at NK Free Library at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. This deeply personal narrative chronicles her parents’ remarkable journey to America as self-imposed exiles and then back again to Iran thirty-three years later. Mitra holds a doctorate from Harvard and is a lecturer at Brandeis University. Her work has appeared in numerous professional journals.
NK Farmers Market THURSDAY: The market takes place in the back of the Brown Street municipal parking lot, by the anchor, every Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m. Check it out!
Toe Jam Puppet Band THURSDAY: On Thursdays in July, head to the Town Beach for family-friendly concerts at 6:30 p.m. For a list of all the upcoming summer concerts, check out the NK Arts Council website here.Find out what's happening in North Kingstownfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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