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Westport Rivers
Vineyard and Winery ends their chic Sunset Music Series in spectacular style!
Temperance in a flowered teapot.
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Westport
Rivers Vineyard and Winery ends their chic Sunset Music Series in spectacular
style! EverythingWestport.com Friday, September 4, 2009 View the
photo album for all the Friday night performances now! 44 photos | Dial-up speed | Broadband/DSL speed | Sunset Music Series at the Vineyard comes
to a close with everything from calypso to country – it just doesn’t get any better!
Jumping Juba’s Steve Hurl and a
stunning sunset brought Westport Rivers Vineyard’s Sunset Music Series to a
close September 4th. New Orleans swamp-rock, classic boogie-woogie, folk, Memphis
rock & roll, and a playful use of everything from calypso to country were
stirred into the band's blue stew. TGIF chill-out with
chilled 2003 Brut Cuvée RJR and your own picnic fixin’s. What a great way to
start your weekend!
Held over for an
additional week, this popular Friday night get-away had cool weather,
nighttime dancing, and an outrageously stunning sunset that will keep the
several hundred guests in attendance coming back next year for more. Westport Rivers Vineyard and Winery kicks off their
Sunset Music Series. EverythingWestport.com Friday, July 10, 2009
Photo
left: "Do you know Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall?" This young man
seems perplexed when Kenny Richards stumbled last Friday on his request. "Not
to be missed!" Fridays in July and August 6-8 p.m. $5 per carload for
parking. Click here for all the
details. There’s a sort of magic that
envelopes you while sitting on Westport Rivers’ expansive lawn overlooking
the vineyard and watching the sun go down. So much so that hundreds are doing
it every Friday night. And for good reason. Free entertainment, outstanding
local wine selection, and a social setting unencumbered by the din of a busy
lounge. And what a venue! A broad
vineyard panorama over farm, fields and vineyard. From now to August 28th you enjoy an open air setting
every Friday night over wine and a picnic supper. Stop in for an hour. You’ll
be hooked! Click here to view their flyer for all the dates and the
entertainment.
For more information call them at 1 (800) 993-9695 or
visit their website at www.westportrivers.com. Temperance
in a flowered teapot. EverythingWestport.com Sunday, September
06, 2009
Her
home has a colorful history. “From
piety to impropriety,” Ms. Dutra quipped. The co-founder with Barbara Wood of
the Westport River Gardeners Club, Ms. Dutra now runs the Potager, where she
has taken her lifelong passion for gardening and added a commercial touch. During
her tenure with the WRG Ms. Dutra designed and planted the Head’s water
troughs and tubs with beautiful flower arrangements. “At
26 years old I tended an acre plus of vegetables for the Holy Cross Fathers
Mission House on Tucker Road in Dartmouth. This garden provided vegetables
for the Mission House, Retirement House, and the Convent,” she said. At
nine years old she ran a fruit stand in Spencer, a central Massachusetts
town. Washingtonian
Hall was built around 1840 by the Washingtonian Society, a temperance group, just
south of Old County Road on the west bank of the town landing across from the
Bell School. The
Temperance society was very central to the life in the village. It permitted
church services to be held in it in the late 1840s and early 1850s. When
temperance enthusiasm faded the building became a kind of community center
and was known as Riverside Hall. David
Allen operated a creamery and a tearoom here from 1929 to 1935 and added
porches. After
prohibition a Mr. Reed bought the Hall and asked Selectmen for permission to
serve liquor in it. They refused as the building sat on town property. He moved
it north across the street to its present location at 480 Old Country Road and
got a permit for a tavern, but was shut down soon after for running a rowdy
place.
The
Head of Westport has experienced a resurgence over the past few years with
the expansion of commercial enterprises like the Country Store at the Head Town Landing, Osprey Sea
Kayak Adventures, and the Westport Historical Society
located in the Bell School House. Most of the grand old homes have been
renovate/restored to their former whaling days’ glory, with the Brightman
House being the most recent. Click
here to view photos of a tour of the newly restored Brightman House conducted
by the Westport Historical Society on September 5, 2009.
Ms.
Dutra, working for the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority, did the
design and container plantings for the Claiborne Pell Bridge (formerly the Newport
Bridge) toll plaza and the entrance to Newport, and has maintained these
plantings for over 10 years. Ms.
Dutra specializes in consulting on gardens and floral arrangements, and
producing cut flowers and bouquets for any occasion. She’s also available for
organic consultations. The Potager is open by chance or appointment during
the day. Call (508) 636-8640 for an appointment or further information. Email
her at thepotager@yahoo.com. “I love the Potager. It’s a way to keep in
touch with my soul. The earth is my life’s dharma (life’s purpose),” Ms.
Dutra said.
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