Pawtucket

The Empowerment Factory, in collaboration with the Rhode Island Department of Education, is offering free elementary youth art classes from January through May. Each participating child will receive a creativity kit to accompany live online classes taught by The Empowerment Team. These fun, free classes combine art, science, and social emotional learning. Starting Jan. 5, all Rhode Island elementary students are eligible to register for up to 2 sessions. Space is limited. Families are encouraged to visit www.empowermentfactory.org/free-art-adventures and sign up for an alert to be notified via email when registration opens. Registration is limited and begins Jan. 5.

Pawtucket

Pawtucket Open Market is held every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the historic Hope Artiste Village for a fun shopping experience featuring local farmers, artists and vintage vendors. Sunnyside Food Truck will be serving up tasty meals and snacks all day.

Bellingham

The Easter Bunny is busy preparing for the big day on April 4, so the Bellingham Women of Today will be helping him send personal letters to anyone on your list. The cost is $2 for each letter or three for $5. Send the name and address of a recipient along with your name, phone number and any information you would like added to the letter with check made out to BWOT to BWOT, PO Box 405, Bellingham, Massachusetts 02019 before March 17. Contact us at BWOTevents@ hotmail.com and visit us on Facebook.

Uxbridge

St. Mary Parish will be offering “The Search” as part of its Lenten Adult Faith Formation program, which is offered both virtually and in-person. “The Search” is an innovative video series from Augustine Institute that tackles the key questions of the human heart. You are invited to attend the multi-session program to better understand life and death, sorrow and happiness, science and faith and the meaning and purpose of life. These topics and others will be explored with experts from multiple fields of science, medicine, psychology, art and religion. Join the church for what should be a very thought-provoking experience each Monday night from 6:30 to 8 p.m. beginning Feb. 15 and running through March 29. Masks are required and social distancing will be observed for the in-person session. To register for “The Search”or to ask any questions, email thesearch@stmaryuxbridge.org or call the parish office at (508) 278-2226.

February 1

The Lincoln Council Knights of Columbus will host a blood drive for the Rhode Island Blood Center on Feb. 1 from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Council Hall at 151 Jenckes Hill Road, Lincoln. Appointments to donate can be made at www.ribc.org/drives using sponsor code 3225.

February 7

Valley Talks, a series of biweekly historical lectures by the Museum of Work & Culture, continues Sunday, February 7 at 1pm on Zoom. Critically acclaimed filmmaker Christian de Rezendes will present a segment of Slatersville: America’s First Mill Village, a historical documentary series which will have its world premiere on Rhode Island PBS in the Fall of 2021. This sixth work-in-progress piece, “Henry Plimpton Kendall: They Will All Be My Friends,” will focus on Kendall, who purchased the Slatersville mill and village in 1915 and brought it from a state of low morale to a New England renaissance. Individuals can register for the talk by visiting https://bit.ly/3otAlj6 This year’s series is presented as part of the Rhode Island Historical Society’s Taking a Stand in Rhode Island, a yearlong examination of how the people who have called this place home, from the 17th century to the recent past, have identified aspects of society that needed to shift and how they worked to change them.