Events
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Your calendar for Rhode Island Events in Blackstone Valley! Use the community pulldown to find events in that community.
July 2017
Slater Mill Summer Community Film Screenings
community event
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Slater Mill Saturdays: Drop In & Weave
weaving workshop
Find out more »Slater Mill’s SAM’s Mill Fest 2017
experience the birthplace of America's Industrial Revolution
Find out more »October 2017
January 2018
February 2018
Slater Mill – “Seemless Work” video gallery
A three-screen contemporary video interpretation of Pawtucket's textile factories on any given day
Find out more »“Seamless Work” Video Exhibition Opens
Slater Mill turns an edgy lens on Pawtucket's textile industry. Seamless Work is a ten-minute contemporary short that projects 24 feet across three screens.
Find out more »March 2018
International Women’s Day Celebration
This International Women's Day Celebration is the annual kick-off event for Women's History Month in Pawtucket. Chief Tina Gonsalves, Pawtucket's first female Police Chief, will be…
Find out more »Slater Mill – Blow It Out! Labor History Tour
Join labor historian and activist, Joey L. DeFrancesco, for this popular tour of the mill from a unique perspective. After the tour, enjoy performances by Muggs…
Find out more »April 2018
Art Connection Rhode Island – Connecting Lives With Art
Supporting local special needs artists and their artworks
Find out more »Myths and Mysteries: Friday the 13th
Slater Mill is reputed to be one of the most haunted places in America, having been the site of early industry and its related unfortunate mishaps.…
Find out more »June 2018
Grand Fete By The River
Experience a festive evening of food and live entertainment at the actual birthplace of America's Industrial Revolution
Find out more »Worldwide Knit in Public Day
There is no better place to gather in celebration of the fiber arts than at the birthplace of the contemporary textile industry in America, Slater Mill.…
Find out more »July 2018
Myths and Mysteries: Friday the 13th
Join renowned New England paranormalist and Old Slater Mill interpreter Carl L. Johnson for a guided, after-dark investigation of the historic 1793 Old Slater Mill factory,…
Find out more »August 2018
SAM’s Mill Fest
Sam's Mill Fest celebrates the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of manufacture, the arts, and creative enterprise of all kinds at the place where modern America was…
Find out more »September 2018
Aurea: Darwin at Sea
In this compelling program, eloquent letters, journal entries and excerpts from Darwin’s seminal publications humanize one of the most probing and influential minds in modern history.…
Find out more »October 2018
History Research Paranormal Investigation with D’Agostino & Nicholson
As part of Pawtucket's MILL CITY HAUNTS programming, Old Slater Mill presents an opportunity to observe/participate for 60 minutes in a history research paranormal investigation led…
Find out more »January 2019
11th Annual Knitting Weekend & Fiber Market
Cast on at the 11th annual Slater Mill Knitting Weekend and Fiber Market for two full days of knitting classes, stash-building, and home-spun inspiration. Tuition-based classes…
Find out more »February 2019
Seamless Work
Slater Mill presents this three-screen contemporary video interpretation of the energy and operations inside the manufacturers located in the City of Pawtucket on any given day…
Find out more »April 2019
Art Connection RI 8th Anniversary Celebration
Join them as they honor: Artists' Exchange, Cranston, RI with the Iona Dobbins Award. This award is presented each year to community arts organizations that have…
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Get Healthy Pawtucket
Get Healthy Pawtucket! Outdoor Health Fair Public · Hosted by Old Slater Mill National Historic Landmark InterestedGoingShare A fun , informative community event of the Pawtucket…
Find out more »May 2019
BRING MOM, on us, this Mother’s Day
Moms tour the museum for free when accompanied by paying guest.
Find out more »June 2019
Jazz in the Factory presents The Fringe
Old Slater Mill presents JAZZ IN THE FACTORY Four Sunday evening live Jazz performances in the historic 1793 Old Slater Mill factory in downtown Pawtucket, Rhode…
Find out more »Worldwide Knit in Public Day
Free and open gathering of knitters of all levels and interests - from learners and novices, to experienced artists - simply to practice and share their…
Find out more »Jazz in the Factory presents The Tim Ray Trio
Old Slater Mill presents JAZZ IN THE FACTORY Four Sunday evening live Jazz performances in the historic 1793 Old Slater Mill factory in downtown Pawtucket, Rhode…
Find out more »BRING DAD, on us, this Father’s Day
Dads tour the museum for free, when accompanied by a paying guest.
Find out more »Jazz in the Factory presents the Rebecca Cline Trio
Old Slater Mill presents JAZZ IN THE FACTORY Four Sunday evening live Jazz performances in the historic 1793 Old Slater Mill factory in downtown Pawtucket, Rhode…
Find out more »Jazz in the Factory presents Dan Moretti Quintet/Greg Abate
Old Slater Mill presents JAZZ IN THE FACTORY Four Sunday evening live Jazz performances in the historic 1793 Old Slater Mill factory in downtown Pawtucket, Rhode…
Find out more »July 2019
Author Talk: Robert Grandchamp, “Rhode Island’s Civil War Dead”
Robert Grandchamp is an absolute authority on Rhode Island's Civil War soldiers, and has written a dozen books and published as many essays on the subject.…
Find out more »August 2019
SAM’S MILL FEST
SAMFEST is our annual community festival and party! Sunday, August 25, 2019 12 - 6 p.m. All ages, dogs welcome on a leash or in…
Find out more »September 2021
Pawtucket Gallery Day
The Advisory Commission on Arts and Culture has teamed up with Gallery Night Providence to bring you Pawtucket Gallery Day. On Sunday September 12th hop aboard…
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