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Ten Great Things to Do in Blackstone Valley

Early history of American industry is on display at Blackstone Valley’s riverside mills

This heavily wooded inland area of Rhode Island is traversed by the Blackstone River, the waterway that once supported the earliest water-powered textile mills in the United States. It is considered the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in America, starting with the construction in 1793 of Samuel Slater’s cotton mill in Pawtucket. Slater Mill is now the centerpiece of the Slater Mill Historic Site, where visitors can see how the mills operated, largely with the labor of young women migrants from nearby New England farms. A similar attraction in the region is the Museum of Work and Culture in Woonsocket, which celebrates the contributions of French-Canadian immigrants who arrived in the 1800s to work in New England’s shoe and textile mills. Many of the old mills now are factory outlet stores, art studios, and artist’s work places. Visitors are invited to see the region from the vantage point of serene, shady cruises aboard the riverboat Blackstone Valley Explorer. Pawtucket is also home to the Pawtucket Red Sox, the AAA farm club of the Boston Red Sox. Summer evening games at the intimate McCoy Stadium are inexpensive, and the atmosphere is reminiscent of watching the ball game in a quieter, simpler time.

Ten Great Things to Do in Blackstone Valley

Independence Day Celebration
-- Providence, Rhode Island
Now through July 4, 2009
Cirque du Soleil Alegría -- Providence
July 2, 2009 to July 5, 2009
Paw Sox Fourth of July Fireworks -- Pawtucket
July 2, 2009 to July 3, 2009
Paw Sox Fourth of July Fireworks
-- Pawtucket, Rhode Island
July 2, 2009 to July 3, 2009
Night Life Orchestra concert - Providence
July 2, 2009
Drum & Bugle Corps Competition
-- Bristol, Rhode Island
July 3, 2009
Independence Day Fireworks
-- Warwick, Rhode Island
July 3, 2009
21-Gun Salute
-- Newport, Rhode Island
July 4, 2009
Rose Island Lighthouse Anniversary Celebration
– Newport, Rhode Island
July 4, 2009
Ancient & Horribles Parade
--Chepachet village, Glocester, Rhode Island
July 4, 2009
A Fox Point Fourth of July -- Providence
July 4, 2009
Fourth of July Parade Picnic
Bristol, Rhode Island
July 4, 2009
Fireworks
-- Newport, Rhode Island
July 4, 2009
David Foster & The Mohegan Sun All-Stars – Westerly
July 4, 2009
Fourth of July Celebration
-- Wakefield, Rhode Island
July 4, 2009
Fourth of July Parade
-- Bristol, Rhode Island
July 4, 2009
Hector Cuevas & The Boston Latin Band – Westerly
July 5, 2009
Concert Under the Elms: The Duke Robillard Band – Providence
July 9, 2009
Rising Stars of First Works -- Providence
July 10, 2009
Summer Dinner Dance and Party -- Newport
July 11, 2009
River Glow -- Westerly
July 11, 2009
Peter Rockwell Day -- Stockbridge
July 11, 2009
Historic House Tour and Civil War Picnic – Lincoln
July 11, 2009
Whale Watch – Bristol, Rhode Island, to Plymouth, Massachusetts
July 12, 2009
Around the World Wine Tasting -- Jamestown
July 17, 2009
Circus Smirkus – Wellesley
July 17, 2009 to July 19, 2009
South Coast Artists Open Studio Tour – Tiverton and Little Compton, Rhode Island, and Dartmouth and Westport, Massachusetts
July 18, 2009 to August 23, 2009
Gallery Night in the Light of Saturday: Wickenden Street in Providence
July 18, 2009
Tiverton Four Corners Arts and Artisan Festival -- Tiverton
July 18, 2009
IndieArts Fest -- Providence
July 18, 2009
Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and John Mellencamp – Pawtucket
July 21, 2009
The Bob Dylan Show with John Mellencamp and Willie Nelson—Pawtucket
July 21, 2009
Circus Smirkus – Wyoming
July 21, 2009 to July 22, 2009
Four Corners Arts Photography Exhibition -- Tiverton
July 23, 2009 to July 26, 2009
Hellenic Fest of Newport
July 24, 2009 to July 26, 2009
Cultural Survival Summer Bazaar -- Tiverton
July 25, 2009 to July 26, 2009
Comedy by Joy Behar -- Newport
July 26, 2009
PM Musical Picnic: Chelley, Bill and Dyl -- Newport
July 29, 2009
Comedy by Ron White -- Newport
August 1, 2009
Defending The Caveman -- Newport
August 9, 2009
Wet Paint Weekend -- Newport
August 15, 2009 to August 16, 2009
Wet Paint Weekend – Newport
August 15, 2009 to August 16, 2009
Comedy by Mike Birbiglia -- Newport
August 15, 2009
Norm MacDonald -- Newport
August 23, 2009
PM Musical Picnic: The Elderly Brothers -- Newport
August 26, 2009
Frank Caliendo -- Newport
August 26, 2009
Waterfront Music --- Newport
August 29, 2009
Newport Arts Festival – Newport
August 29, 2009 to August 30, 2009
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