The Museum of Work & Culture, a Rhode Island Historical Society museum, will host its annual Salute to Spring ~ Bonjours Printemps event on Sunday, March 29, at 1:30 p.m. as the culmination of a month-long celebration of French Canadian culture.
The day will include performances at 1:30pm and 3pm by Montreal musicians Seán and Maia Dagher. Seán Dagher is a folk singer and multi-instrumentalist whose blend of Celtic, French-Canadian, Baroque, Medieval, Arabic, and Maritime musical styles offers a unique, robust, and energetic performance. He is known for his sea shanties and recordings for the Assassin’s Creed video game series, which have garnered some 70 million streams. His daughter Maia is a fiddle player who blends Québécois roots with Appalachian, bluegrass, and Cajun influences to create a rich and easygoing sound.
Additional entertainment will include local author Joseph Bolton, who will present on French-Canadian heritage and how it inspired his collection of folktales, Old Grandmother’s Tree, as well as craft-making for children and adults by the Creative Wonderings Mobile Art Studio. The day will also feature poutine samples from Friskie Fries and pastries from Wright’s Dairy Farm & Bakery
The afternoon will conclude with the museum’s annual raffle.
Tickets are $30 for adults, $10 children 5-11, and under 4 are free. Tickets may be purchased here.
Salute to Spring is made possible in part by the event’s generous sponsors: The Quebec Delegation in Boston, Brule, Nault & Hainley, Attorneys at Law, Lepine Financial Advisors, The Brickle Group, Bourget & Associates, Paul and Denise Bourget, the American-French Genealogical Society, Wright’s Dairy Farm & Bakery, and The NE Laborers Union; along with RI AFL-CIO, David Soucy, National Education Association of RI, Renee Darling and Ron Miller, and the Rotary Club of Woonsocket; as well as, the Consulate General of Canada; Woonsocket City Council President Daniel Gendron, Northern RI Chamber of Commerce, Sheahan Printing, Wealth Management Resources, Inc, Hunter Insurance Company, and L’il General Stores.