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Everyone’s eager for the return of trademark events & traditional activities throughout the region! Celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, and Memorial Day in the great outdoors amidst all the flowers, café seating, and music! We’re heading into a spectacular Summer on the South Coast – so, get out there and join in the fun!
Family activities
Check out the free creative arts and cultural events – lectures, music, fabric arts, history, lunchtime concerts, and more – scheduled for May 6-15 from Fall River to Wareham as part of the South Coast Spring Arts Festival (southcoastspringarts.org/2022)! Go on a day trip to the Bronx Zoo on May 14, sponsored by the Roger Williams Park Zoo (rwpzoo.org)! Take the kids on train rides through Edaville Park in Carver! Visit Thomas
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Land, Cran Central, and Dino Land (edaville.com)! Explore the past at the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (nps. gov/nebe). Don’t miss the Asian Lantern Spectacular through July at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence – larger-than-life illuminated lanterns of animals and mythical creatures (rwpzoo. org/lanterns)! Let your family wander through the free May Day Market at the Waterfire
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by Elizabeth Morse Read Arts Center in Providence on May 21-22 – arts, crafts, and all things home and garden (finefurnishingsshows.com). Head for the Museum of Natural History & Planetarium in Providence’s Roger Williams Park on weekends and school vacation days to watch the planetarium shows (providence.gov/ museum)! Don’t miss WWE Wrestlemania on May 5 at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence (dunkindonutscenter.com). Let the little ones enjoy a ballet performance of “Mother Goose” on May 7-8 at St. Andrew’s School in Barrington, performed by the Island Moving Company (islandmovingco.org)! Check out the Audubon Nature Center and Aquarium in Bristol (asri.org).
One-of-a-kind events
Don’t miss “The Azorean Spirit: The Art of Domingos Rebelo,” the first-ever
