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  • Inspired Craft Night: Community Crochet

    Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United States

    Help us grow our community crochet garden! Learn to make beautiful crochet flowers and vines. We will have several patterns for you to use, or you can bring your favorite […]

    Free

  • Inspired Craft Night: Foraged Fiber Bracelet with Elizabeth White

    Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United States

    Learn how to safely forage, process, and use the plant fiber from Urtica Dioica, the common nettle (sometimes called stinging nettle). Textiles of this plant have been found across the archeological record and as far back as the first millennium BCE. This sturdy, ubiquitous plant also played an important role in American history. In this class we'll […]

    $30

  • Inspired Craft Night: Create a Cornucopia

    Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United States

    Weave reeds into a cornucopia to learn beginner basketmaking techniques you can then apply to other basketweaving projects. This is an excellent first basket weaving project. $20 LCHS Members, $25 Non-members Recommended for adults, but crafty young people 12 & up are welcome. Participants are welcome to BYOS (Bring your own snacks). Call 401-635-4035 to […]

    $20 – $25

  • Inspired Craft Night: 3-D Needle Felting

    Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United States

    Create a perfect pumpkin while learning the basic techniques of dry needle felting. No previous experience required. Excellent preparation for the Felted Fairy class. $20 LCHS Members, $25 Non-members Participants are welcome to BYOS (Bring your own snacks). Recommended for adults, but crafty young people 12 & up are welcome. Call 401-635-4035 to register.

    $20 – $25

  • Inspired Craft Night: Felted Fairies

    Little Compton Historical Society 548 West Main Road, Little Compton, RI, United States

      Let your imagination run wild as you create a fabulous fairy using a variety of wrapping and felting techniques. Participants should have some dry needle felting experience. The class […]

    $20 – $25

  • Little Compton’s John Simmons as Researched by Piper Hawes

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    Presented by Marjory O'Toole, LCHS Executive Director   Long one of Little Compton's favorite sons, John Simmons led a remarkable life, from his local farm-boy roots to his business success […]

  • Lessons from the Wilbor House Trench

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    Zoom Talk Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpceyqpz0jGd1Dm-QqqOn7MUpZLLBL1Ih2#/registration --- Presented by Holly Herbster, RPA, Senior Archaeologist/Principal Investigator for the Public Archaeology Laborateory and Marjory O'Toole, LCHS Executive Director --- In the spring of […]

  • The Brownells: American Rose Pioneers

    United Congregational Church of Little Compton 1 Commons, Little Compton, RI, United States

    Free and Open to the Public Co-Sponsored by: The Little Compton Garden Club The Little Compton Historical Society The Sogkonate Garden Club In the early 1900s, Walter and Josephine Brownell […]

  • Little Compton, Connected

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    Little Compton, Connected A Local Transportation History Plans for the 2024 Summer Exhibit --- Zoom Talk Wednesday, April 17 at 7 PM --- Presented by Steven Lubar, President, LCHS Board […]

  • Steamboating to Sakonnet Point, a talk given by Jim Garman

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    United Congregational Church of Little Compton 1 Commons, Little Compton, RI, United States

    Jim Garman is the official Town Historian for the town of Portsmouth. He had a long career as a teacher at Portsmouth Abbey School and as a professional photographer. He […]

  • United Congregational Church of Little Compton 1 Commons, Little Compton, RI, United States

    LCHS Annual Meeting Wednesday, August 14, 7 PM Free and Open to the Public At the United Congregational Church, 4 South of Commons Rd, Little Compton Featuring Steven Lubar's Presentation, "Little Compton: Connected and Unconnected" The Little Compton Historical Society will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday, August 14 at 7 pm at the United […]