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10 essential events happening this month

Meet local writers at the RI Author Expo For a statewide listing of events visit us online! HeyRhody.com

December 3:

Discover new books and get them signed at the Association of Rhode Island Authors’ 10th annual RI Author Expo, featuring panels and talks by local writers, with a keynote speech from Padme Vendekatraman. Warwick, RIAuthorExpo.com

Through December 17: Visit Hera Gallery’s new BackSpace Gallery, dedicated to experimental, multimedia and installed work, for their inaugural exhibit Erosion, featuring artists’ responses to the Supreme Court reversal of Roe v. Wade. Wakefield, HeraGallery.org

Through December 17: Shop small at the Warwick Center for the Arts’ Winter Market, a festive opportunity to browse handmade items from over 20 local artists in a range of styles, open during gallery hours. Warwick, WarwickCFA.org December 4: Rhode Island’s favorite cover band Take It to the Bridge – who perform hits from contemporary artists like Harry Styles to classic Led Zeppelin – plays Ocean Mist for a Sunday Funday show. Matunuck, OceanMist.net

December 6: Join local artists Eric Lutes, Meredith LeBlanc, and Kerstin Zettmar, who each bring unique perspective to their mediums, for their Gallery Opening event at the Courthouse Center for the Arts. South Kingston, CourthouseArts.org December 8: Lace up your hiking boots and join the Westerly Land Trust’s Native American Ceremonial Stonework Hike, which features two fields filled with cairns that were built as landmarks or memorials. Exeter, WesterlyLandTrust.org

December 8-11: The URI Theater Department’s production of Or, by Liz Du y Adams, is a neo-restoration comedy about one night in the life of Aphra Behn, a poet, spy, and the first professional woman playwright. Kingston, Events.URI.edu

December 10: Marshall Crenshaw joins The Smithereens, who became a rock radio staple with gritty songs like “Blood and Roses” and “Only a Memory,” at the Greenwich Odeum. East Greenwich, GreenwichOdeum.com

December 10: Join the Audubon Society of RI for their Winter Birding Van Trip: Waterfowl and Seabirds at the Shore, a scenic tour of coastal habitats like Trustom Pond, Point Judith, Quonochontaug Pond, and more. Dress warm and pack a lunch. Exeter, ASRI.org

December 16: Bonny Light Horseman, 2020 Grammy nominees for Best Folk Album for their self-titled debut, stop at the United Theatre during their Rolling Golden Holy tour, presented by Westerly Sound. Westerly, UnitedTheatre.org

Please note that events may require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test and mask-wearing regardless of vaccination status. Be sure to check each venue for updates.