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The event features floral arrangements by area designers. May 11, 2021 Photograph courtesy of Linden Place Museum. Spring is a time for new beginnings and that couldn’t be truer for Bristol’s Linden Place Mansion. At the onset of the pandemic, the museum closed its doors but, during that time, the team of historians and curators were hard at work. “Linden Place has spent the last twelve months of the COVID-19 pandemic working on a complete reinterpretation of Linden Place’s tour and st...

Rhody Maker: Wampum Artist and Woodworker Allen Hazard Hazard maintains the traditions of the Narragansett people with his wampum jewelry and walking sticks.  May 10, 2021 Allen Hazard, owner of the Purple Shell shop at the Fantastic Umbrella Factory in Charlestown, threads a wampum bracelet between his fingers. The beads, which are made from quahog shell, range in color from lilac to deep purple with pale white in between. “These traditional tubular beads are what people come to see me for,...