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Put on your dancing shoes and head over to Rodgers Recreation Center for the Salve Dance Company’s fall show!

Salve’s dancers will take to the stage exhibiting their talents on Friday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. Admission to Friday’s show is a can-good donation, while Saturday’s student tickets will be sold for $5. The performance will include dances in the areas of tap, jazz, ballet, lyric, hip-hop, and new this year, Irish step dancing.

The call has just come in. They’ll be here in a half hour.

You tell them of course they can stop over, you’re not busy.

But, in all reality, you’re thinking, “A half hour? There’s no way!”

In instances like these, take into consideration the skills and tips needed to effectively spot clean your house in 30 minutes, allowing enough time to make your home look fresh and give your unexpected houseguests the impression that, yes, you are always this put together.

And so, the countdown begins.

Salve Regina University’s Multicultural Student Organization is sponsoring a viewing of the documentary “Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North” on Monday, Nov. 17 from 6-8 p.m. in the Rodgers Recreation Center Conference Room.

The film was produced and directed by Katrina Browne, a descendant of the prominent Dewolf family of Bristol, R.I., and talks about the slave trade in the North.

There are many people right here in Newport who are not able to afford a good winter coat. And their resources for buying a new one this winter are practically nonexistent. You can help.

Salve’s Social Work Club is holding a winter coat drive in conjunction with several other agencies in Rhode Island.