Salute to Spring-Bonjour Printemps!

Salute to Spring-Bonjour Printemps!

The Museum of Work & Culture announces that tickets are now on sale for its signature event “A Salute to Spring/Bounjour Printemps.”  The event will be held on Sunday, April 7, 2013 from 1:30 – 5:00.  The celebration also marks the end of the museum’s annual appeal and raffle.  The grand prize, a trip for two to Montreal, Canada, donated by Conway tours, will be drawn that day.  Other prizes include more than thirty gift certificates to restaurants and entertainment venues.

The day’s activities will feature a concert by Josée Vachon, the popular Franco-American entertainer who brings her warm engaging humor and upbeat rhythms to the museum’s ITU Hall.  Also, one of the museum’s popular living history plays “Play Ball” will be presented during the afternoon.  The setting for “Play Ball” takes place on a Sunday afternoon, July 4, 1937, at Mrs. Lizotte’s boarding house in Woonsocket.  It is a reflection on the role that baseball played in the daily lives of people working and living in the Blackstone Valley.  It tells of the time when the Great Depression was affecting everyone.  Baseball was one of the things that people could still enjoy.  It helped them to forget the hard times they were experiencing.  Jean McKenna O’Donnell plays Mrs. Lizzotte.  Jean has been a long-time volunteer at the Museum of Work & Culture and has appeared in other plays including 335 Bernon Street and Bridget, the Slater Mill Domestic.  Erik Eckilson plays Mike Sullivan, a worker at the Social Mill.   Erik is also a long- time volunteer at the Museum and has appeared in several plays including Finlay’s Corner, The Holidays at Finlay’s Corner, The Boarding House, and his award winning role as Joseph Schmetz, head of the ITU, in The ITU Meeting.