The Museum of Work & Culture, a Rhode Island Historical Society museum, will host its annual Salute to Spring ~ Bonjours Printemps event on Sunday, March 29, at 1:30 p.m. as the culmination of a month-long celebration of French Canadian culture.
The day will include performances at 1:30pm and 3pm by Montreal musicians Seán and Maia Dagher. Seán Dagher is a folk singer and multi-instrumentalist whose blend of Celtic, French-Canadian, Baroque, Medieval, Arabic, and Maritime musical styles offers a unique, robust, and energetic performance. He is known for his sea shanties and recordings for the Assassin’s Creed video game series, which have garnered some 70 million streams. His daughter Maia is a fiddle player who blends Québécois roots with Appalachian, bluegrass, and Cajun influences to create a rich and easygoing sound.
Additional entertainment will include local author Joseph Bolton, who will present on French-Canadian heritage and how it inspired his collection of folktales, Old Grandmother’s Tree, as well as craft-making for children and adults by the Creative Wonderings Mobile Art Studio. The day will also feature poutine samples from Friskie Fries and pastries from Wright’s Dairy Farm & Bakery
The afternoon will conclude with the museum’s annual raffle.
Tickets are $30 for adults, $10 children 5-11, and under 4 are free. Tickets may be purchased here.
Salute to Spring is made possible in part by the event’s generous sponsors: The Quebec Delegation in Boston, Brule, Nault & Hainley, Attorneys at Law, Lepine Financial Advisors, The Brickle Group, Bourget & Associates, Paul and Denise Bourget, the American-French Genealogical Society, Wright’s Dairy Farm & Bakery, and The NE Laborers Union; along with RI AFL-CIO, David Soucy, National Education Association of RI, Renee Darling and Ron Miller, and the Rotary Club of Woonsocket; as well as, the Consulate General of Canada; Woonsocket City Council President Daniel Gendron, Northern RI Chamber of Commerce, Sheahan Printing, Wealth Management Resources, Inc, Hunter Insurance Company, and L’il General Stores.
You may also like the following events from Museum of Work and Culture:
- Next Thursday, 5th March, 07:00 pm, Ciné-Québec: La Bolduc in Woonsocket
- Next Sunday, 8th March, 01:30 pm, HYBRID VALLEY TALK: Rewoven: The Rise, Fall, and Future of American Textiles with Artist Deborah Bar in Woonsocket
- Next month, 22nd March, 01:30 pm, HYBRID VALLEY TALK: Disparate Regimes of Citizenship Rights and RI History with Brendan Shanahan in Woonsocket
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