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Rhode Island Events Calendar
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2010 Newport Winter Festival -- Newport
February 12, 2010 to February 21, 2010
The Winter Festival offers a winter entertainment combining food, music, and entertainment for all ages. Sand sculptures, a chili cook-off, scavenger hunt, family magic show, ice sculpting competition, a Children's Fair, and many more exciting events. The Winter Festival includes a concert series with performances by BeatleMania, Rat Pack Tribute Band and Tish Adams. Location:
Newport Marriott, Hotel Viking, Easton’s Beach, and other Newport locations.Cost: Festival buttons cost $8.
Information and schedule of events: www.newportevents.com/winterfest/ |
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| ARTS & CRAFTS SHOWS |
Sweetheart Box with Chocolates Craft Project -- Newport
February 12, 2010
Grab your best girlfriends and come to Newport Potters Guild's Studio. Decorate a handmade sweetheart box in the pottery studio to fill with artisan chocolates from Newport Chocolates just in time for Valentine's Day.
Location: Newport Potters Guild, 302 Thames Street. Time: 6-9 p.m. Cost: $50 with a Newport Winterfest button; $60 without a button. Please call to reserve a spot. Information: 401-619-4880 or visit
www.newportpottersguild.com |
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| CHILDREN & FAMILIES |
Valentine's Family Zoo Bingo Party -- Providence
February 14, 2010
Come share the love of family fun at Family Zoo Bingo Party. Enjoy a zoo-themed bingo game for the whole family and a tasty waffle or Sundae bar. Kids can create a Valentine's card for their favorite zoo animal. Attendees may win a door prize filled with goodies.
Location: Roger Williams Park Zoo, 1000 Elmwood Avenue.
Cost: Adults, $24.95; children age 3-12, $17.95; toddlers, $7.95.
Information: 401-785-3510 or visit www.rogerwilliamsparkzoo.org/ |
Camouflaged Egg Hunt –Bristol, Smithfield, Exeter
March 27, 2010
Children, ages 3 to 10, hunt for brown eggs in a natural setting and quickly learn how well the eggs camouflage. Prizes are awarded to all children, with grand prizes given to the finders of the “golden eggs.”
Locations:
Audubon Environmental Education Center, 1401 Hope Street (Route 114), Bristol;
Powder Mill Ledges Wildlife Refuge, 12 Sanderson Road (Route 5), Smithfield;
Fisherville Brook Wildlife Refuge, Pardon Joslin Road Exeter.
Time: 10-11 a.m.; check-in, 9:30 a.m. Cost: $7. Information and registration: 401-949-5454, ext. 3041 |
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| COMEDY |
The Bits Players -- Newport
Now through February 28, 2010
Newport's award-winning comedy improv troupe: The Bits Players will keep you ho-ho-hoing in 2010. Location : Firehouse Theatre, 4 Equality Park Place. Dates: Friday and Saturday evenings through January and February. Time: 8 p.m.
Cost: See website. Information: 401-849-3473 or visit www.firehousetheater.org |
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| FOOD, WINE, BEER |
Blackstone Culinaria Secret Ingredient Food Tour -- Woonsocket
February 10, 2010
Experience Blackstone Valley’s rich ethnic culture and learn the secret ingredient that makes each stop unique. Meet the chef and learn how to make sweet potato gnocchis with fennel, roasted red peppers and spinach in a brandy cream sauce.
Location: Vintage, 2 South Main Street.
Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $19.50 per person. Information and reservations: 401-724-2200 or visit www.tourblackstone.com. |
Valentine Sweetheart Dinner with Sugar Ray and the Bluetones – Westerly
February 13, 2010
The blues band Sugar Ray & The Bluetones have been entertaining audiences worldwide since 1978. Sugar Ray Norcia was the front man for Roomful of Blues.
Location: The Knickerbocker Café, 35 Railroad Avenue. Time: Dinner begins at 6 p.m.; music from 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m.
Cost: $40 per person includes four-course dinner and music. Information and reservations: 401-315-5070 or visit www.theknickerbockercafe.com |
Winter Chili Festival – Providence
February 22, 2010
Sample a variety of chili recipes prepared by local, regional, and world champion chefs. Enjoy culinary demonstrations, a chili pepper eating contest, chili cook-offs, a children’s play area and more. The exhibit hall will feature displays and merchants.
Location: Rhode Island Convention Center, 1 Sabin Street. Time: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Cost: Adults, $15; seniors and studentsm $10; under age 12, free. Information: 508-889-8113 or visit www.chili-festival.com |
Blackstone Culinaria Secret Ingredient Food Tour -- Cumberland
February 24, 2010
Experience Blackstone Valley’s rich ethnic culture and learn the secret ingredient that makes each stop unique. Come in from the cold and watch a demonstration of Portuguese rice pudding and doughboys. Warm up to the variety of European pastries and enjoy an assortment of hot beverages.
Location: Colonial Bakery, 185 Broad Street.
Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $19.50 per person. Information and reservations: 401-724-2200 or visit www.tourblackstone.com. |
Wine Tasting and Art Auction -- Woonsocket
February 25, 2010
Guests
will have an opportunity to bid on beautiful paintings and photograph by
local artists. Assorted wines will be offered and hors d'oeuvres will be
served. This is a fundraiser to benefit the Museum of Work & Culture Preservation
Foundation.
Location: River Falls Restaurant, 74 South Main Street. Time: 6 to 9 p.m.
Cost: $25.
Information and reservations: 401-769-9675. |
Blackstone Culinaria Secret Ingredient Food Tour -- Pawtucket
March 3, 2010
Experience Blackstone Valley’s rich ethnic culture and learn the secret ingredient that makes each stop unique. Watch as a traditional corned beef dinner is prepared and served complete with slow roasted lean corned beef served with baby carrots, boiled potatoes, and cabbage.
Location: Doherty's East Avenue Irish Pub, 342 East Avenue.
Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $19.50 per person. Information and reservations: 401-724-2200 or visit www.tourblackstone.com. |
Blackstone Culinaria Secret Ingredient Food Tour -- Chepachet
March 10, 2010
Experience Blackstone Valley’s rich ethnic culture and learn the secret ingredient that makes each stop unique. Evening includes a horse-drawn hayride and visit to the petting zoo. Tour the maple sugar house. Retire to a cozy room off of the barn for a winter picnic.
Location: Chepachet Farms, 226 Tourtellot Hill Road.
Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $19.50 per person. Information and reservations: 401-724-2200 or visit www.tourblackstone.com. |
Maple Sugaring – Coventry
March 13, 2010
Learn how maple sugaring started with Native Americans. Sample pancakes, muffins and doughnuts made with fresh maple syrup. Tours start every 15 minutes starting at 9 a.m. Please pre-register.
Location: Audubon Parker Woodland Wildlife Refuge, 1670 Maple Valley Road.
Time: 9 a.m.-noon.
Cost: Adults, $15; children, $8.
Information and registration: 401-949-5454, ext. 3041 |
Blackstone Culinaria Secret Ingredient Food Tour -- Pawtucket
March 24, 2010
Experience Blackstone Valley’s rich ethnic culture and learn the secret ingredient that makes each stop unique. Learn to prepare Cha Gio - crispy spring rolls, Goi Cuon - fresh summer rolls, and Chao - rice chowder. Sit down to authentic Vietnamese cuisine - Xao Sa Ot - choice of tofu or meat and vegetable medley sauteed in lemon grass sauce sprinkled with roasted peanuts.
Location: Pho Horn's Authentic Vietnamese Restaurant, 50 Ann Mary Street.
Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $19.50 per person. Information and reservations: 401-724-2200 or visit www.tourblackstone.com. |
Blackstone Culinaria Secret Ingredient Food Tour -- Pawtucket
March 31, 2010
Experience Blackstone Valley’s rich ethnic culture and learn the secret ingredient that makes each stop unique. Learn how to make Plouffe's famous meat pie then sit down to a meal of the same.
Location: Cup N Saucer, 267 Main Street,
Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $19.50 per person. Information and reservations: 401-724-2200 or visit www.tourblackstone.com. |
Blackstone Culinaria Secret Ingredient Food Tour -- Woonsocket
April 7, 2010
Experience Blackstone Valley’s rich ethnic culture and learn the secret ingredient that makes each stop unique. Learn how a traditional French quiche is prepared. After the demonstration, enjoy a nuts and berry salad with raspberry vinaigrette dressing, soup, and French quiche.
Location: The Cakery, 91 Main Street.
Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $19.50 per person. Information and reservations: 401-724-2200 or visit www.tourblackstone.com. |
Blackstone Culinaria Secret Ingredient Food Tour -- Pawtucket
April 14, 2010
Experience Blackstone Valley’s rich ethnic culture and learn the secret ingredient that makes each stop unique. Watch a cooking demonstration of chicken with fried plantains. After the demonstration, sit down to salad, red stew, hard or soft chicken, fried plantains, and white rice.
Location: Village Restaurant, 200 Main Street.
Time: 6-8 p.m. Cost: $19.50 per person. Information and reservations: 401-724-2200 or visit www.tourblackstone.com. |
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| GARDENS |
Flower-Themed tours of the John Brown House -- Providence
February 19, 2010 to February 20, 2010
The Rhode Island Historical Society will offer tours of the John Brown House with a floral theme.
Location: John Brown House Museum, 52 Power Street.
Time: Tours at 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 and 3 p.m. Cost: $5 per person.
Information: 401-273-7507 ext. 62. |
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| HISTORIC |
Rhode Island in the Time of Lincoln -- Woonsocket
Now through February 14, 2010
Celebrate the bicentennial of President Abraham Lincoln’s birth with an exhibit that takes a look at life in Rhode Island during the 1860s. Though Lincoln made only two stops in RI, they were widely attended and remembered. But what did the RI that Lincoln visited look like? Come see the exhibit and learn of the people, places, and attitudes of the times. Location: Museum of Work & Culture, 42 S. Main Street.
Time: 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Cost: Check with museum. Information: 401-769-9675. |
Flower-Themed tours of the John Brown House -- Providence
February 19, 2010 to February 20, 2010
The Rhode Island Historical Society will offer tours of the John Brown House with a floral theme.
Location: John Brown House Museum, 52 Power Street.
Time: Tours at 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 and 3 p.m. Cost: $5 per person.
Information: 401-273-7507 ext. 62. |
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| MUSEUMS |
Queen of the Insects: The Art of the Butterfly
Rhode Island School of Design – Providence
Now through May 9, 2010
Transformative, ephemeral, and otherworldly, the butterfly has enchanted cultures for hundreds of years. The butterfly motif has adorned a wide variety of design objects. Objects from the Costume and Textiles collections illustrate the universal impulse to capture the fleeting art of the butterfly. Juxtaposed with its usage in western design, the traditional symbolism of the butterfly in Asian art will be explored and decoded as a design inspiration and as a material in itself.
Location: RISD Museum, 224 Benefit Street.
Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Open until 9 p.m. third Thursday of the month. Closed in August.
Admission: Adults, $10; seniors over age 62, $7; college students and youth age 5-18, $3.
Information: 401-454-6500 or visit www.risdmuseum.org |
Mountains and Rivers: Scenic Views of Japan
Rhode Island School of Design – Providence
Now through July 10, 2010
Beginning in the early 19th century, landscape evolved into a popular theme in Japanese printmaking. This subject matter was transferred to the medium of woodblock printing, where richer content appeared. This exhibition will highlight depictions of famous places (meisho), including selections from the museum's complete set of Hiroshige's T˙kaid˙ (Eastern Sea Route) prints and Hokusai's series of the "Thirty-Six Views of Mt. Fuji."
Location: RISD Museum, 224 Benefit Street.
Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Open until 9 p.m. third Thursday of the month. Closed in August.
Admission: Adults, $10; seniors over age 62, $7; college students and youth age 5-18, $3.
Information: 401-454-6500 or visit www.risdmuseum.org |
Nature/Artifice: Contemporary Works from the Collection
Rhode Island School of Design – Providence
Now through February 28, 2010
The relationship between nature and artifice, reality and fiction, is central to a selection of contemporary paintings, sculpture, and video in the Museum's collection. In some cases, natural materials- a lemon, thistles, or rocks, for example -are placed in artful arrangements or altered to extend their significance. Conversely, manufactured materials-ranging from audiotape to flip-flop sandals-may be configured to resemble natural phenomena. Location: RISD Museum, 224 Benefit Street.
Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Open until 9 p.m. third Thursday of the month. Closed in August.
Admission: Adults, $10; seniors over age 62, $7; college students and youth age 5-18, $3.
Information: 401-454-6500 or visit www.risdmuseum.org |
Watercolors in the Porcelain Gallery: Flower and Still Life Painters
Rhode Island School of Design – Providence
Now through March 31, 2010
The RISD Museum has one of the finest collections of 18th- and 19th-century British watercolors in this country. Rotating exhibitions of watercolors from this collection are on view in the Museum's Porcelain Gallery, home to an outstanding group of 18th-century figural ceramics. Now on view are works by British artists who specialized in painting flowers, fruits, birds and their nests. This subject matter appealed to both professional and amateur watercolorists, including a number of female artists. Location: RISD Museum, 224 Benefit Street.
Hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Open until 9 p.m. third Thursday of the month. Closed in August.
Admission: Adults, $10; seniors over age 62, $7; college students and youth age 5-18, $3.
Information: 401-454-6500 or visit www.risdmuseum.org |
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| MUSIC |
Valentine Sweetheart Dinner with Sugar Ray and the Bluetones – Westerly
February 13, 2010
The blues band Sugar Ray & The Bluetones have been entertaining audiences worldwide since 1978. Sugar Ray Norcia was the front man for Roomful of Blues.
Location: The Knickerbocker Café, 35 Railroad Avenue. Time: Dinner begins at 6 p.m.; music from 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m.
Cost: $40 per person includes four-course dinner and music. Information and reservations: 401-315-5070 or visit www.theknickerbockercafe.com |
Roomful of Blues -- Westerly
February 20, 2010
Even though Roomful of Blues's lineup has changed over the years, the band has always been one of the tightest, most joyful blues ensembles in the world. Its winning combination of jump, swing, blues, R&B and soul remains its calling card, Location: The Knickerbocker Café, 35 Railroad Avenue.
Time: 9 p.m.
Cost: $18.
Information: 401-596-4225
or visit www.theknickerbockercafe.com |
Voices United in Praise Choir from the Community Baptist Church -- Bristol
February 28, 2010
The choir of over 20 members is composed entirely of volunteer singers in ages ranging from their 20's to their 70's. They will present a program of contemporary Gospel music and traditional hymns of the church.
Location: Linden Place Ballroom, 500 Hope Street. Time: 3 p.m. Fee: $10.
Information: 401-253-0390 or visit www.lindenplace.org |
Carrie Underwood on Tour -- Providence
March 13, 2010
Country music´s most prolific and versatile power vocalists – Carrie Underwood brings her Play On Tour, to the Dunkin´ Donuts Center. Special guests Craig Morgan and Sons of Sylvia will join the four–time Grammy winner.
Location: Dunkin' Donuts Center Providence, One LaSalle Square.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $55, $45, $35
Information: 401-331-6700 or visit www.dunkindonutscenter.com |
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| OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES |
Maple Sugaring – Coventry
March 13, 2010
Learn how maple sugaring started with Native Americans. Sample pancakes, muffins and doughnuts made with fresh maple syrup. Tours start every 15 minutes starting at 9 a.m. Please pre-register.
Location: Audubon Parker Woodland Wildlife Refuge, 1670 Maple Valley Road.
Time: 9 a.m.-noon.
Cost: Adults, $15; children, $8.
Information and registration: 401-949-5454, ext. 3041 |
Eagle Cruise on the Connecticut River – Smithfield, RI, to Haddam, CT
March 20, 2010
Join Rhode Island Audubon for a van trip to Connecticut to view eagles wintering along the Connecticut River. Naturalists aboard RiverQuest will assist in identification of birds. RiverQuest has a large heated cabin, restroom, and open decks. Tours are about 75 minutes.
Location: depart from Audubon Powder Mill Ledges Refuge, 12 Sanderson Road (Route 5). Time: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Cost: Adults, $70; children, $65.
Information and registration: 401-949-5454, ext. 3041 |
Seal Watch and Prudence Island Tour – Bristol
March 27, 2010 to March 28, 2010
Take the ferry and explore Prudence Island to observe seals at one of the best spots in Narragansett Bay. Participants will be greeted by an educator and take a van to the south end of the island and a popular seal haul-out spot. Island tour with stops at natural and cultural history landmarks. Location: meet at ferry landing in Bristol. Time: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: Adult, $30; child, $20. Information and reservations : 401-949-5454, ext. 3041. |
Seal Watch and Prudence Island Tour – Bristol
April 10, 2010 to April 12, 2010
Take the ferry and explore Prudence Island to observe seals at one of the best spots in Narragansett Bay. Participants will be greeted by an educator and take a van to the south end of the island and a popular seal haul-out spot. Island tour with stops at natural and cultural history landmarks. Location: meet at ferry landing in Bristol. Time: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Cost: Adult, $30; child, $20. Information and reservations : 401-949-5454, ext. 3041. |
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| PARTIES, DANCES, BALLS |
Cajun & Zydeco Mardi Gras Ball – Cranston
February 13, 2010
Outstanding live music and dancing! Cajun and creole food for purchase from the Chili Brothers and cash bars on site. Costume-optional ball with prizes for the best costumes in several categories. A grand prize of $250 to the best overall costume plus other prizes for the best group, best couple, best individual, most traditional and most creative. No dress code, but in the past, celebrants have dressed in formal wear and masks to tee shirts and jeans and everything in between. So come however you like and celebrate Mardi Gras in New England style.
Location: Rhodes on Pawtuxet, 60 Rhodes Place.
Cost: $30 in advance and $35 at door.
Time: 6 p.m. to midnight.
Information: www.mardigrasri.com. |
Mostly Waltz RI -- Providence
February 21, 2010
Mostly Waltz RI invites you to a Sunday afternoon of dancing to beautiful live music. In addition to the waltzes, the program includes a basic waltz lesson, advanced dance lesson, waltz mixers and occasional other couple dances. Folks change partners frequently & no partner is necessary and no experience needed. Basic waltz lesson along with an advanced dance lesson is all inclusive. Dress is casual; this is not a formal affair, but a fun afternoon of dancing.
Location: Jewish Community Center RI, 401 Elmgrove Avenue. Time: 2-5 p.m.; basic lesson, 2-2:45 p.m.
Cost: $12.
Information: 401-477-4247. |
Oscar Night America Party -- Providence
March 7, 2010
Oscar Night America is a grassroots program that enables not-for-profit charities to host glamorous parties
while raising funds. In 2010, the Rhode Island International Film Festival (RIIFF) has been selected to host Rhode Island’s only officially sanctioned party. Location: Veterans Memorial Auditorium, One Avenue of the Arts. Time: 6:30-9:30 p.m. Cost: $55 per ticket. Information: Amanda Heinsen at www.RIFilmFest.org |
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| PERFORMING ARTS, THEATER, DANCE |
“Twelfth Night” -- Providence
Now through March 7, 2010
Shakespeare's topsy-turvy tale of love and laughter. Shipwrecked, orphaned, separated from her twin brother, disguised as a man in a hostile country - when Viola thinks things can't get worse, she falls for her new boss, the Duke.
Time: Varies, consult website.
Location: Trinity Repertory Company, 201 Washington Street.
Information and tickets: www.trinityrep.com or call 401-351-4242 |
“Rent” –North Kingstown
Now through February 21, 2010
Based on Puccini's La Bohčme, Rent is a story of love and loyalty between starving artists in New York's East Village. AIDS and both its physical and emotional complications pervade their lives. Rent swept all the major theatre awards of 1996.
Location: Washington County Court House, 3481 Kingston Road.
Time: Friday and Saturday, 7 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.
Cost: $18-$27.
Information: 401-782-1018 or visit www.courthousearts.org |
Festival Ballet Providence
Now through February 23, 2010
Festival Ballet Providence will present "Program 2: Tudor and New Works" of its award winning up Close on Hope Dance Series. All performances will take place in the company's Black Box Theater located in their studio on Providence's historic East Side. The program will feature several works from the master of expression, Antony Tudor. The program will also serve as sampler of various dance themes from around the globe.
Location: Festival Ballet Providence, 825 Hope Street.
Dates: February 6, 7, 13, 27 and 28.
Information and tickets: 401-353-1129 or visit www.festivalballet.com |
“Beauty and the Beast” -- Providence
February 9, 2010 to February 14, 2010
Based on the Academy Award-winning animated feature film, this eye-popping spectacle has won the hearts of over 35 million people worldwide. This classic musical love story is filled with unforgettable characters, lavish sets and costumes, and dazzling production numbers including "Be Our Guest" and the beloved title song.
Location: Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset Street. Time: Varies; consult website.
Information: 401-421-2997 or visit www.ppacri.org |
"The Last Five Years" -- Narragansett
February 27, 2010 to March 6, 2010
A contemporary musical that ingeniously chronicles the five-year life of a marriage, from meeting to break-up or from break-up to meeting, depending on how you look at it. The Last Five Years is an intensely personal look at the relationship between a writer and an actress told from both points of view.
Location: The Towers, 35 Ocean Road. Time: Friday and Saturdays, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.
Information and tickets: 401-228-5175 or visit www.TheContemporaryTheater.com. |
“Oklahoma!” -- Newport
March 6, 2010 to March 20, 2010
Join Swanhurst Chorus for the high spirits, swirling skirts, flirting, laughing, and hum-along music of "Oklahoma!" Swanhurst will offer seven dinner theater-style shows with intimate staging that places the audience at town center, surrounding it with song.
Location: Fenner Hall, 15 Fenner Avenue. Dates: March 6-7, 12–14, 19-20.
Time: Doors will open Friday and Saturday at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
Cost: Evening performances, $35, inlcuding a full dinner, dessert buffet, and the show; Sunday matinees,$28, with full lunch and dessert included. Reservations are strongly advised.
Information and reservations: 401-682-1630 or visit www.Swanhurst.org. |
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| VISUAL ARTS |
Wine Tasting and Art Auction -- Woonsocket
February 25, 2010
Guests
will have an opportunity to bid on beautiful paintings and photograph by
local artists. Assorted wines will be offered and hors d'oeuvres will be
served. This is a fundraiser to benefit the Museum of Work & Culture Preservation
Foundation.
Location: River Falls Restaurant, 74 South Main Street. Time: 6 to 9 p.m.
Cost: $25.
Information and reservations: 401-769-9675. |
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