Event
First Strike Festival
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Fee:
Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 41.877750, -71.382535
67 Roosevelt Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island 02860
Dates & Times
Date:
Saturday, May 13, 2023
Time:
1:00 PM
Duration:
5 hours
Type of Event
Cultural/Craft Demonstration
Exhibition/Show
Festival
Guided Tour
Talk
Description
Join us for community celebration and commemoration of the first industrial worker's strike in the United States. Hosted at Old Slater Mill National Historic Landmark from 1 PM -6 PM in downtown Pawtucket, RI.
THINGS TO DO:
Tours and Talks
- Tour Slater Mill with a ranger (10:30 AM, 12:30 PM, or 2:30 PM)
- Drop by for a Labor History talk (offered on the hour from 1 PM on through 5 PM)
- Learn the history of the Jencks Settlement and take a walking tour of Pawtucket with Old Slater Mill Association (1:30 PM, leaves from the front of Old Slater Mill)
Music and Dancing
- Get moving and learn something new with Circus Dynamics & Metamorphosis Dance Co. (1 PM- 6 PM)
- Groove with local musicians J. Michael Graham, The Berger Boys, Jay Brunelle, and Mark Cutler (performances hourly, 1 PM – 6 PM)
- Write a song with Mark Cutler (12:45 PM - 1:45 PM)
- Dance around a maypole with the Mystic Garland Dancers (3:00 PM)
Additional Demonstrations and Activities
- Make art with local cartoonist MJ Robinson (1-3PM)
- Meet "RI Lego Artist" Andrew Grover 2:30 PM
- Learn how objects from the past can teach us about our world today with Everyday Anthropology and Public Archaeology Lab
- Get your face painted (1 PM - 5 PM)
- Meet Blackstone Valley Plein Air painters
- Have your soil samples tested for free and chat with the Rhode Island Master Gardeners
- Watch a Plein Air Painting demonstration with Jerry Aissis (1:30 PM)
- Meet the Rhode Island Spinning Guild and watch them work
Check out the Park's new video about the First Strike by visiting here: The First Strike - YouTube
Reservation or Registration: No
Image Gallery
NPS/Horrocks; Lawlor