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  • ecoRI News Mobile Newsroom in Exeter

    Tilted Barn Brewery 1 Hemsley Place, Exeter, RI

    Meet ecoRI News newsroom staff and help shape our coverage of Exeter and South County over drinks.

  • Blackstone River Fishing Trip

    Sycamore Landing 100 New River Road, Manville, RI

    Bid adieu to summer with a fishing trip hosted by Friends of the Blackstone and Woonsocket city councilor Kristina Contreras Fox. Need a ride? A bus will leave at 5:15 p.m. from 1 High St., the Woonsocket Department of Education parking lot (behind the City Hall parking lot) in Woonsocket.

  • West Place Sanctuary Fall Visitors Weekend

    West Place Animal Sanctuary 3198 Main Road, Tiverton, RI

    Fall in love with the farm animal rescues and celebrate several historic milestones during West Place Animal Sanctuary’s Fall Visitors Weekend. Experience the sanctuary like never before. During the interactive and educational guided tours, get up close and personal with rescued farm animals including emus, alpacas, pigs, goats, and many more. Meet Lata, a life-sized […]

    $15 – $30

  • RI Wild Plant Society – Fall Native Plant Sale

    Pawtuxet Village Farmers Market 60 Rhodes Place, Cranston, Rhode Island

    Fall is an ideal time to plant, and the plant society's late-blooming plants provide vital nutrients to pollinators at this time of year. Choose some spring and summer bloomers. Give them a jump start on developing strong root systems so they’re ready to thrive next season. Or, looking for larger quantities of affordable plants? Select […]

  • Raptor Weekend

    Audubon Nature Center 1401 Hope Street, Bristol, RI

    Spend the day with birds of prey: Numerous raptor species will be featured in live presentations, educational programs, and activities for bird enthusiasts of all ages over Audubon Raptor Weekend, a unique opportunity for visitors to get up-close with these amazing birds and learn about their conservation, adaptations and habitats in an engaging, family-friendly event. […]

    $11 – $64

  • Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association Paddle Day

    Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Association 203 Arcadia Road, Hope Valley, RI

    The Wood Pawcatuck Watershed Association is hosting a free open-house paddling event. Folks are invited to come down and use the association's boats to explore the Wood River and learn more about the work WPWA does to preserve and protect the watershed. There will be two guided paddles: a family paddle at 2 p.m. and […]

  • A Celebration of Poetry and September

    Jamestown Philomenian Library 26 North Road, Jamestown, RI

    Lisa Starr, former Rhode Island Poet Laureate, will be the featured poet at the Jamestown Philomenian Library. Starr celebrates and explores the humor, beauty, love, grief, and loss implicit in being human. The event is free and open to the public. The opening voices are Catherine DeNunzio and Louis Gabordi, widely published poets who regularly […]

  • Birds & Brews

    Proclamation Ale Co. 298 Kilvert Street, Warwick, RI, United States

    Audubon Society of Rhode Island is kicking off Raptor Weekend with a Birds & Brews Fundraiser in partnership with Proclamation Ale Co. There will be live music by the To Be Continued Band; a raffle; Audubon owl and hawk ambassadors; and snacks.  Tickets are $40/person if purchased by Aug. 19 and $50/person after that.

  • Shared Magma: An American and Swedish Collaboration on Sister Ore

    John Hay Library, Brown University

    Iron Rock Hill in Cumberland, R.I., and Taberg in Småland, Sweden, are ancient formations of a rare eruptive rock with shared properties. The exhibit Shared Magma: An American and Swedish Collaboration on Sisterhood and Sister Ore celebrates the intersection of Late Proterozoic geology and a contemporary friendship between Swedish artist Kajsa G. Eriksson and Robin […]

  • Talking Trees

    Minnie Cushing Coleman Heritage Tree Conservancy 150 Coggeshall Ave., Newport, RI

    The Newport Tree Conservancy's trees have finished their relocation and are now housed at the freshly inaugurated Minnie Cushing Coleman Heritage Tree Nursery. Join plant production manager Morgan Palmer for a tour of the new facilities.

    $15

  • Celebrate 25 Years of the Hopkinton Land Trust

    Solitude Springs Farm Hopkinton, RI

    Join the Friends of the Hopkinton Land Trust for an early autumn evening at Solitude Springs Farm to celebrate 25 years of conservation in Hopkinton. There will be light fare, seasonal beverages, and support of the work that protects Hopkinton’s landscapes and natural resources for generations to come. Please RSVP and mail checks (payable to […]

    $50

  • Free Tree Walk: Morton Park

    Morton Park Newport, RI

    Morton Park is one of the finest open spaces in all of Newport, and the home of a plethora of great and interesting trees. For this tree tour, a focus will be placed on the history of the park and its flora, and enjoying the many fantastic specimen trees growing there. Living Collections Manager Joe […]