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by MEGHAN KAVANAUGH, Valley Breeze Staff Writer

LINCOLN - Honoring the men and women who have served in the military, this year's theme for the town's always-anticipated Memorial Day Parade is "All Gave Some, and Some Gave All."

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NORTH PROVIDENCE - Now in its fifth year, the North Providence Memorial Day Parade and Celebration will be bigger and better than ever when it returns on Monday, May 28, at 1 p.m.

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In addition to the Lincoln and North Providence parades on Monday, here's a list of more in the area:

Sunday, May 27

* Blackstone

Blackstone will hold the town's annual celebration on Sun

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PROVIDENCE - WaterFire Providence announces a full lighting on Memorial Day weekend, starting at 8:30 p.m.

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LINCOLN - Studio One RI, 85 Industrial Circle, will host guest instructor Brian Barakauskas for dance workshops and a cookout on Saturday, May 26, beginning at 5 p.m.

Barakauskas will teach a west c

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CUMBERLAND - Local pop-rock band Fairhaven performs a CD-release show on Friday, May 25, at The Met in Hope Artiste Village, 1005 Main St., Pawtucket.

Band members Alan Connell, Trevor Gould¬?an

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NEWPORT - The Preservation Society of Newport County has kicked off its 2012 operating season, daily tours will be offered at The Breakers, Chateau-sur-Mer, The Elms, Marble House, Rosecliff, Kingscot

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CUMBERLAND - The Boys & Girls Club of Cumberland-Lincoln will hold its 9th annual Poker Run on Sunday, June 12.

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SCITUATE - Gleaner Gardens, in conjunction with the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society, will hold its 13th annual Open Gardens at Gleaner Gardens in North Scituate, Memorial Day Weekend, May 26 - 28, 10

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WOONSOCKET - Registration is now open for teams to enter the 2012 UniBank Blackstone River Valley Greenway Challenge - an adventure race where teams run, paddle, and bike in a variety of competitive d

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CUMBERLAND - New Dawn Earth Center, 75 Wrentham Road, will host a Spring Drum Circle on Friday, May 25, from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Enjoy a night of drumming around the fire, facilitated by Dave Curry from

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PROVIDENCE - On Tuesday, June 5, 30 Federal Hill galleries, shops, and restaurants will open their doors and welcome more than 1,000 patrons at the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau's 13

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WOONSOCKET - The Stadium Theatre Performing Arts Centre will host three two-week 2012 Stadium Kids Kamp sessions at the Stadium Theatre in July and August.

Stadium Kids Kamp is a summer theater day

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PROVIDENCE - Trinity Repertory Company will present "Motherhood the Musical," a musical comedy highlighting the universal blessings and perils of being a mother, May 25 through July 1.

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CUMBERLAND - New Dawn Earth Center will present the program Insects: Pond, Pollinators and Purpose on Tuesday, June 26. A full-day session is offered from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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CUMBERLAND - The New Dawn Earth Center, 75 Wrentham Road, will present a Native American program on Saturday, June 2, from 9:30 a.m.

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NORTH PROVIDENCE - The Rhode Island Post Card Club, organized on May 25, 1958, celebrates its 54th birthday at its next meeting on Sunday, May 27, from 9 a.m.

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The Ten Mile River Watershed Council invites the public for a relaxing paddle in celebration of National Trails Day on June 2.

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PAWTUCKET - Organizers of the 14th Slater Park Fall Festival, to be held Sept.

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NORTH KINGSTOWN - Wickford Village is hosting a day featuring live birds of prey, and in conjunction with this is seeking artists to display their art relating to birds throughout the village.

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LINCOLN - The State Ballet of Rhode Island and Artistic Director Herci Marsen will host the 9th annual Partner with the Arts Wine Tasting soiree: Night in White Satin, on Thursday, May 31, from 6 to 9

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SOUTH KINGSTOWN - The Ocean State Theater Company at Theatre by the Sea, 364 Cards Pond Road, Matunuck, announces its summer schedule of shows.

* "Forever Plaid" opens the season and runs May 30-Jun

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PAWTUCKET - The Rhode Island Watercolor Society will host its annual Small Picture Show and Sale from Sunday, June 3, through Thursday, June 21, at the Society's Gallery, located at the J. C.

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SOUTH KINGSTOWN - The Rhode Island Wild Plant Society will hold its Native Plant Sale on Saturday, June 2, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the University of Rhode Island East Farm, Route 108.

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CUMBERLAND - The New Dawn Earth Center, 75 Wrentham Road, will hold a Wine-tasting Fund-raiser at Diamond Hill Vineyard, 3145 Diamond Hill Road, from 5 to 7 p.m.

The event will feature Diamond Hill

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