The Providence Bruins are taking on the Portland Pirates in Game 6 of the Atlantic Division Finals at the Dunk on Friday, May 9 and the P-Bruins are offering Buy 1 Get 1 Free tickets for this game! To order your Buy 1 Get 1 Free Tickets online for Game 6 on Friday, May 9 go to www.providencebruins.com/offers/playoffs or to order by phone call the P-Bruins ticket office at 401-273-5000. This special Buy 1 Get 1 Free ticket offer is not valid at the Dunkin' Donuts Center Box Office.

Location: Dunkin' Donuts Center - Providence One LaSalle Square

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From May 15-18, 2008 the Steel Yard throws open its gates for "Works in Progress,” their most ambitious fundraiser to date. This year’s adventure will offer an exciting and unusual menu of opportunities with something for all ages, varied interests and any ability to pay. From the no-fee Iron Chef: Junkyard Edition (torch wielding metal workers take on the secret ingredient) to Spectator Sport Sunday (competitive welding and wheel-throwing), the creative spirit of the Steel Yard community will be in full gear. Other events include Smokin’ Steel Yard (a family bbq using smokers and grills made in our own "Make a smoker and learn how to use it" class), the dance extravaganza Steel Yard is Burning and Clay-doh a grown-up, sanctioned chance to play in the ceramics studio. Throughout the fundraiser’s four day period we’ll also offer regular tours, studio demos, and a raffle as well as the opportunity to shop at our store the place to find one of a kind gifts and souvenirs made by local artists and craftspeople. The weekend will end with an evening of outdoor movies on the Thirsty Theater screen. Events range from free to $25 and a 4-day all-access pass is available for $100 in advance. For more information, call (401) 273-7101 or visit www.thesteelyard.org Come show your support for this unique organization located right here in Providence!

Location: The Steel Yard at the corner of Sims and Kinsley on the West Side of Providence. Enter at 27 Sims. For directions: www.thesteelyard.org

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Genesis Center 25th Anniversary Dinner & Independent Man Awards Saturday, May 10, 2008 Reception: 6pm Dinner & Awards Presentation: 7pm Tickets: $100 Co-Hosted by Sister Angela Daniels & Father Dan Trainor Featuring Keynote Speaker J. R. Gonzales - Immediate past chair of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce will share his insight into education, workforce development and the Hispanic marketplace. Award Recipients include Bill Piacentini, Shuyan Zhang, Serena Conley, Guido Gaeta, Sister Anna Illingsworth, Sandra Del Sesto and The Philanthropic Educational Organization for Women Call 401-781-6110 or Click here for more details

Location: Marriott, 1 Orms Street, Providence, RI

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To introduce the Historic Sites Coalition of Rhode Island to the public and to celebrate Preservation Month and RI Tourism Week, Preserve Rhode Island has organized a statewide open house where twenty-four historic sites from around the state will be open to the public for free! For more information on the Historic Sites Coalition or this event please contact us at 272.5101.

Location: Bristol County Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum 101 Ferry Road, Bristol Bristol Statehouse 240 High Street, Bristol Coggeshall Farm 1 Colt Drive, Bristol Kent County Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum, 4157 Post Road, Warwick Pawtuxet Valley Preservation & Hist. Society 1679 Main Street, W. Warwick Newport County Whitehorne House 416 Th ames Street, Newport Wilbor House 548 West Main Road, Little Compton Providence County Captain Wilbur Kelly House Lower River Road, Lincoln Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum 199 Hope Street, Providence Govenor Stephan Hopkins House 15 Hopkins Street, Providence Governor Sprague Mansion 1351 Cranston Street, Cranston The HandiCraft Club 42 College Street, Providence Hannaway’s Blacksmith Shop 673 Great Road, Lincoln Hearthside 677 Great Road, Lincoln Hunt House Museum Hunt’s Mill Road, East Providence John Brown House 110 Benevolent Street, Providence Joy Homestead 156 Scituate Avenue, Cranston Slater Mill 67 Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket Valentine Whitman Jr. House 1147 Great Road, Lincoln Washington County Gilbert Stuart Birthplace & Museum 851 Gilbert Stuart Rd, Saunderstown Old Washington County Jail 2636 Kingstown Road, Kingston Oliver Watson House URI Kingston Campus, Farm House Road, Kingston Smith’s Castle 55 Richard Smith Drive, Wickford Westerly Armory Railroad Avenue, Westerly

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(note:ADDITIONAL/UPDATED INFO) Join Preserve Rhode Island in celebrating National Preservation Month and Rhode Island Tourism Week by exploring your local history! Twenty-four historic sites from around the state invite you to experience Rhode Island’s unique heritage. This free event highlights several partners in the new Historic Sites Coalition of Rhode Island. The event runs from 12:00 to 3:00. For more information please contact us at Preserve Rhode Island 401.272.5101.

Location: Participating sites are listed below by county: Bristol County Blithewold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum 101 Ferry Road, Bristol Bristol Statehouse 240 High Street, Bristol Coggeshall Farm 1 Colt Drive, Bristol Kent County Clouds Hill Victorian House Museum, 4157 Post Road, Warwick Pawtuxet Valley Preservation & Hist. Society 1679 Main Street, W. Warwick Newport County Whitehorne House 416 Thames Street, Newport Wilbor House 548 West Main Road, Little Compton Providence County Captain Wilbur Kelly House Lower River Road, Lincoln Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum 199 Hope Street, Providence Govenor Stephan Hopkins House 15 Hopkins Street, Providence Governor Sprague Mansion 1351 Cranston Street, Cranston The HandiCraft Club 42 College Street, Providence Hannaway’s Blacksmith Shop 673 Great Road, Lincoln Hearthside 677 Great Road, Lincoln Hunt House Museum Hunt’s Mill Road, East Providence John Brown House Museum 52 Power Street, Providence Joy Homestead 156 Scituate Avenue, Cranston Slater Mill 67 Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket Valentine Whitman Jr. House 1147 Great Road, Lincoln Washington County Gilbert Stuart Birthplace & Museum 851 Gilbert Stuart Rd, Saunderstown Pettaquamscutt Historical Society 2636 Kingstown Road, Kingston Oliver Watson House URI Kingston Campus, Farm House Road, Kingston Smith’s Castle 55 Richard Smith Drive, Wickford Westerly Armory Railroad Avenue, Westerly

“Phenomenal Women: Fabulous Female Authors of Poetry & Short Prose” is Living Literature’s celebration of the many roles women play throughout their lives. The program is free, sponsored by Friends of Rochambeau. Now in its 12th year, Living Literature is an association of performing artists in the Rhode Island area, celebrating the written word through readers’ theatre style performances of non-dramatic literature in schools and community venues throughout southeastern New England. A trio of Living Literature actors will perform in their unique readers’ theatre style, with Artistic Director, Barry Press on hand to facilitate a discussion following the program. This fifty minute piece, originally created in 2004 in partnership with the Rhode Island Committee for the Humanities as part of Women’s History Month, will be performed by Tanya Anderson, Sharon Carpentier, and Nehassaiu de Gannes. It will include the following pieces, as well as some of the authors’ words on their writing process and world view: Julia Alvarez – “Snow, from How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents” Maya Angelou – “Phenomenal Woman” Margaret Atwood – “Siren Song” Kate Chopin – “The Story of an Hour” Sandra Cisneros – “Barbie-Q, from Woman Hollering Creek” Emily Dickenson – “Hope” Sharon Oldes – “Eggs” Grace Paley – “Mother” Dorothy Parker – “Mrs. Post Enlarges on Etiquette” Phyllis Rose – “Shopping and Other Spiritual Adventures” May Sarton – “Canticle #11” Edna St. Vincent Millay – “An Ancient Gesture”

Location: Providence Public Library’s Rochambeau Branch Library 708 Hope Street, Providence

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Providence Public Library will host a screening The Real Dirt on Farmer John and a discussion led by Southside Community Land Trust. For more information, please call Leo Pollock at Southside: (401)273-9419, ext. 28. The epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer, The Real Dirt on Farmer John documents the dramatic failure of a conventional farming operation and its resurrection into a thriving, organic Community Supported Agriculture farm outside of Chicago. Through highly personal interviews and decades of beautifully textured footage, filmmaker Taggart Siegel shares Farmer John’s haunting and humorous odyssey, capturing what it means to be wildly different in a rural community. Come watch the documentary that the New York Times called, “an inspiring tale of healing, growth, and virtue of conviction,” and Roger Ebert labeled, “A loving, moving, inspiring quirky documentary.” Immediately following the film, Southside Community Land Trust will lead a discussion on Community Supported Agriculture (CSA): Building Communities Among Farmers & Non-Farmers and its important role in the future of Rhode Island agriculture. Southside Community Land Trust provides access to land, education and other resources so people in Greater Providence can grow food in environmentally sustainable ways and create community food systems where locally produced, affordable, and healthy food is available to all. Providence Public Library is committed to providing quality programming on a variety of educational topics. The views and opinions expressed therein are those of the individual presenters and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of the Library. We welcome community members to work with us to provide free, thought-provoking events of interest.

Location: Providence Public Library - Central Library (150 Empire Street) - Barnard Room, 3rd floor.

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Citizens Bank, PawSox manager Ron Johnson, coaches and several PawSox players conduct the popular clinics on the field at McCoy to offer youngsters instructions and tips on the game of baseball. Participating youth need to bring a glove to the clinic. Families are invited to remain at McCoy after the clinic for an autograph session and to watch batting and infield practice.

Martha E. Rojas, Assistant Professor of English, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, will present “American Imprints: Franklin's Emblems for the New United States” in conjunction with the Ben Franklin Exhibit at PPL through May 23. She holds a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Stanford University and currently teaches 18th and 19th Century U.S. literature and culture. While at Stanford, Rojas was awarded the Alden Dissertation Prize for “Diplomatic Letters: The Conduct and Culture of Foreign Affairs in the Early Republic.” Her current manuscript is a revision of this project and discusses issues of improvisation and representation as the United States strove to mold itself into a nation among nations. Benjamin Franklin as a republican diplomat at the royal court of France faced a particular difficulty: how to embody the United States. Franklin’s solution drew from his career as a printer. Allowing his own seemingly omnipresent image to circulate as that of an iconic American, he also fashioned, printed and distributed iconic emblems of the United States.

Location: Providence Public Library - Central Library, 150 Empire Street, Barnard Room

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Join SBANE the Smaller Business Association of New England on Wednesday, May 14th, to hear United States Attorney Robert Clark Corrente for the District of Rhode Island speak on his office and their focus on prosecuting all federal, criminal and civil cases in the State, and coordinating counterterrorism.

Location: The meeting will be at the Providence Marriott. One Orms St. Providence,RI

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Precision Web Marketing is hosting this seminar to maximize business referral networks through LinkedIn.com from 8:30am to 10:30 a.m. at their office in the Hilton Garden Inn, Suite 699, One Thurber St., Warwick. Subjects include making connections to your contacts' networks; mining for referrals and "inside contacts"; attracting attention through Q and A; job hunting; and ethical use.

Presenter Richard Streitfeld, CPA will present this two-part class about LinkedIn.com, with the second seminar on May 21th from 8:30 to 10 a.m.

Cost: $59 for both sessions; $10 off for payment by April 30th. Seating is limited and advance registration is required. For more information or to register, visit www.precisionroi.com or call 401.256.9036.

Location: Hilton Garden Inn, Suite 699, One Thurber St., Warwick, RI 02886

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WTS-Rhode Island is pleased to co-sponsor this joint dinner meeting on Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 5:30 PM at the Squantum Association in East Providence, RI. The guest speaker will be Mr. Andrew Dzykewicz, from the Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources. The topic of Mr. Dzykewicz’s presentation will be, “What the future holds for Rhode Island wind and renewable energy". PLEASE CALL IN YOUR RESERVATIONS ( and Dinner Selection ) BY Friday May 9th to Jim Brunnhoeffer at Roger Williams University (401-254-3870) or via email at gbrunnhoeffer@rwu.edu. Please reference RIASCE Dinner Meeting in the heading.

Location: Squantum Association 947 Veterans Memorial Parkway East Providence, RI 401-434-8377

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Companies assume the wider the audience the more likely their brand will succeed and therefore consider everyone as a possible customer. Even though these companies spend a considerable amount of time telling us what they can do and how they do it, the customer never sees specific reasons to consider the company’s product nor why they should buy from that particular company. This seminar will discus how by focusing on matching up with a narrow group of “the right people” companies can develop true relationships which builds passion amongst those customers. Dave Lubelczyk of IMAGEIdentity, LTD will present his seminar on Thursday, May 15 at 8:00 a.m. in the Chamber office. This is a free educational opportunity!

Location: 51 Man Mar Dr Plainville, MA