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- ↑ "History of the Warwick Center for the Arts". warwickcfa.org. Archived from the original on 2016-11-02.
- ↑ Robert Curley, Off the Beaten Path Rhode Island: A Guide To Unique Places, (Globe Pequot, 2007) pg. 43
- ↑ Kozma, Carol (19 October 2016). "An artistic renaissance in Apponaug". Providence Journal. p. 4. Retrieved 10 July 2019– via NewsBank.
- ↑ WCFA. "About the Warwick Center for the Arts (WCFA)".
