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- On Wednesday, August 24, the Kettle Pond Visitor Center (50 Bend Road) is hosting a lecture on horsehoe crabs. These critters, which have been around since well before the dinosaurs, are in trouble. Find out more by attending this educational talk at 7 pm.
- On Thursday, head up to URI to learn about the oceans of plastic. At 7:00pm in the in Swan Hall Auditorium (formerly Independence Hall), 60 Upper College Road, Stiv Wilson, freelance environmental journalist/photojournalist and Communications Director for The 5 Gyres Institute, will share his experiences from months spent at sea in areas covered in the remnants of our plastic.
- On Friday the Cross Mills Public Library continues their Summer Concert Series with the Patterson Smith Trio giving us Jazz, swing and blues. This starts at 7 pm.
- On Sunday night we will have the last event in the great Ninigret Summer Concert Series with Local Talent Night - Never Enuff (and more). This will start at 5:30 pm in Ninigret Park.
So, you see, you can spend your days at the beach and catch some interesting events in the evenings this week.