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September 2021
Festival of Illumination
A must see experience for guests of all ages; New England’s largest and premier lantern showcase! The Festival of Illumination “World of Lights” is a cultural…
Find out more »February 2022
The Great Backyard Bird Count
“Connect to Birds, to Nature, and with Each Other” Get your binoculars ready! Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor and Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park…
Find out more »March 2022
Parked at Home Series: Construction
Featuring Cuyahoga Valley National Park During this talk, we’ll be connecting with folks out in Ohio to talk about canals. Who built the infrastructure that made…
Find out more »Parked at Home Series: Family
Featuring Wright Brothers National Memorial You may not think that the folks who were “first in flight” have much in common with a family from Whitinsville,…
Find out more »Parked at Home Series: Equality
Featuring Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument During this virtual discussion, we will travel from a small town in Massachusetts to the nation’s capital. What is our…
Find out more »April 2022
RI Historical Cemeteries Awareness and Preservation Weeks
The Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission (RIHPHC) and the Rhode Island Advisory Commission on Historical Cemeteries (RIACHC) present RI Historical Cemeteries Awareness and Preservation Weeks in April -…
Find out more »Parked at Home Series: Space
Featuring Canaveral National Seashore Join us as we soar beyond earth’s atmosphere to discuss space. From beta cloth to the Kennedy Space Center, National Parks have…
Find out more »Parked at Home Series: Cotton
Featuring Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve Slater Mill is the first successful water-powered cotton spinning mill in America. Where did the cotton come from? Slave labor…
Find out more »Run Wild for Nature
Do you love nature? Join the Audubon Society of Rhode and RUN WILD! 2022 is Audubon's 125th Anniversary! To celebrate, the Audubon community is RUNNING WILD…
Find out more »May 2022
Ponaganset Covered Bridge Hike
Join the Heritage Corridor Trail Ambassadors for a guided two-mile walk along the Ponaganset High School cross country track in Glocester, RI. We will visit one…
Find out more »August 2022
World War II Comes to the Valley
Visit Whitinsville, MA, and commemorate the Blackstone Valley’s involvement in World War II. In 1942, E. Kent Swift, President of the Whitin Machine Works, spoke of…
Find out more »Public Paddle Party
River Commons Group on the final stretch of the 2022 Blackstone Expedition! Paddlers are invited to join the last four miles of the 4 day, 60…
Find out more »ZAP50 Clean-up/Green Up
Join us as we recreate the community efforts of Operation ZAP 1972 - the largest one-day regional environmental clean-up in American history, and celebrate it's 50th…
Find out more »September 2022
Tri-State Marker Hike
Join the Heritage Corridor Trail Ambassadors for a 1.5-mile hike starting at the site of a train crash, following an old railroad bed, then uphill to…
Find out more »2022 Blackstone River Valley Greenway Challenge
Blackstone River Valley's very own adventure race!
Find out more »October 2022
Photo Walk
Are you a photography enthusiast looking to gather with people of like mind? Join Blackstone Heritage Corridor Photography Ambassador Bob Evans for a guided photography walk…
Find out more »December 2022
Blackstone Valley Mill Explorations: Photography by James Hunt and David Lawlor
This exhibit will open to the public on Monday, November 14 during regular gallery hours. The Artists' Reception will take place on Friday, December 2 from…
Find out more »April 2023
Hike the Midstate Trail – Part One
Join the Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor Trail ambassadors for this hike along the Midstate Trail through Douglas State Forest. This hike is the first part…
Find out more »May 2023
Hike the Midstate Trail – Part Two
Join the Blackstone Heritage Corridor Trail Ambassadors for part two on this hike along the Midstate Trail through Douglas State Forest. This hike will start at…
Find out more »October 2023
History Train Excursion
Join us for a wonderful train excursion through the Blackstone Valley! Enjoy a 2-hour train ride from Woonsocket, RI through Worcester, MA on your way to…
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