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Events

Winter Carnival, Stowe,
1 Adams State Park, set at the mouth
VT
of the harbor with pano ramic views
MAP K3 • Stowe, VT • 802 253 7321 of Newport Bridge and the East
• late Jan • www.stowewinter Passage, makes a perfect venue.
carnival.com
International Festival
Plummeting temperatures and falling 5
snow are celebrated with snow golf, of Arts & Ideas, New
snow volleyball, and ice-carving. Haven, CT
MAP C5 • New Haven, CT • 888 278
Patriot’s Day
2 4332 • mid-Jun • www.artidea.org
Every June, New Haven holds
MAP E2 • Lexington and
Concord, MA • 978 369 6993 • 3rd hundreds of events, the majority
Mon in Apr • www.nps.gov/mima free, including opera on New Haven
This re-enactment of the opening Green, hip-hop poets, dance, and
salvos of the American Revolution readings by Nobel Laureate authors.
starts before dawn in Lexington and
Windjammer Days,
continues on to nearby Concord. 6
Boothbay Harbor, ME
WaterFire, Providence, RI
3 MAP P4 • Boothbay Harbor, ME
• 207 633 2353 • late Jun
MAP E4 • Providence, RI • 401
273 1155 • May–Nov • Donation • www.windjammerdays.org
• www.waterfire.org Two days of family fun include
Nothing epitomizes the renaissance windjammer cruise schooners and
of the Providence waterfront as well other tall ships in Boothbay Harbor,
as WaterFire, an environmental sculp- an antique boat parade, waterfront
ture by Barnaby Evans. Its 80 floating concerts, a craft fair, and fireworks.
bonfires, on the city’s three down-
Independence Day
town rivers, make a magical setting 7
for a host of summer arts events. Celebrations
Bristol, RI: MAP F4; www.july4th
Jazz and Folk Festivals,
4 bristolri.com • Boston, MA: MAP F2;
Newport, RI
www.july4th.org
MAP F5 • Newport, RI • Summer The red-white-and-blue stripe
• Adm • newportjazzfest.org; marks the Fourth of July parade
www.newportfolk.org route in Bristol, Rhode Island, site of
For over 50 years, these festivals one of the nation’s most enthu siastic
have been a focus for fresh talent
as well as for star perform ers. Fort Chick Corea, Newport Jazz Festival

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