Community Corner

What's Happening This Weekend in Johnston?

Check out the busy slate of events in and around Johnston — including the opening of the new rec department office at Memorial Park.

Memorial Day may have marked the start of summer on the calendar — but this weekend will really feel like it.

With the forecast calling for sun through the weekend with highs in the 90s before rain moves in on Sunday night, there's no excuse to get out and enjoy some of the events happening around Johnston.

Click each blue link for more information — and be sure to call ahead to confirm.

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Friday, May 31:

  • 5:30 pm: Bingo at the Johnston Senior Center. Take your chance at tonight's jackpot. 
  • 8 pm: Ghost Tour starting at Prospect Terrace in Providence. Take a walking tour of the darkened streets of the historic East Side and see what happens. $18. Also June 2 at 8 pm
  • All day: Summer Camp Registration at Mother of Hope Camp, located on Echo Lake in Chepachet. $160 per camper, $150 each sibling. For a complete list of area summer camps, click here. Also June 1 and 2.

Saturday, June 1:

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  • 9:30 am: Ribbon cutting at the new Johnston Recreation Department office at Memorial Park. Just shy of eight months after a fire wrecked the original building, the new facility is set to open.
  • 11 am: Open House at the Clemence-Irons House, 38 George Waterman Road. One of four Historic New England Homes hosting events today. Free.

Sunday, June 2:

  • 9 am: 2013 MS Rumble Down The Rhode at Town Hall Lanes. It's 55-mi. motorcycle ride to benefit the RI Chapter of the National MS Society. Free food and bowling for riders. $25 for one rider/$35 for two.

 

Don't see your event? Here's how to get your event listed for next Friday's "What's Happening" article:

  1. Click to visit the Johnston Patch Calendar.
  2. Click the "Post an Event" button.
  3. Add your event and submit. Deadline: Thursday at 4 pm.

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