The Blackstone Valley Historical Society & American Diner Museum invite you to: Diners of the Blackstone Valley from Providence to Worcester Lecture - Tour - Book signing & more. **Saturday October 26th: Diner History Lecture: The weekend of October 26-27th is becoming quite a event for Diner Historians & Preservationists. Starting Saturday morning the 26th at 9am with a Diner History Lecture by Daniel Zilka at the Blackstone Valley Visitors Center, 175 Main St. Pawtucket, RI. This event is free and open to the public. Book Signing: Following the lecture Author & Historian Gary Thomas will be conducting a book signing of his new book titled: Diners of the North Shore, detailing his seven plus years of research of the history of diners in the North Shore of Massachusetts. Diner Tour of the Blackstone Valley: Participants who reserve a seat on the tour bus will be treated to a motor coach tour stopping at twenty diners from Providence, RI. - Worcester, MA. Stopping for lunch at a vintage diner and a stop for pie & ice cream at a Worcester Lunch Car built in the 1930's. You will see and be able to photograph diners, some recently moved to the area that are being prepared to open in the Blackstone Valley region. A tour of a Worcester Lunch Car undergoing restoration is planned as a tour highlight as well as a look at former Worcester Lunch Car Company manufacturing building. Rhode Island's newest diner and a look at the American Diner Museum's present home in Lincoln RI. and future home at the Heritage Harbor Museum in Providence, RI. are included. Reservations are required for the Diner Tour. ** Sunday October 27th Breakfast and Hard Hat Tour: Sunday morning at 10am a group of diner fans will meet for breakfast at Worcesters largest Diner the Corner Lunch Diner. After breakfast, those who are interested will head to Providence, RI. for a Hard Hat Tour of the Heritage Harbor Museum Complex at 1pm. Reservations are required prior to the Heritage Harbor Museum tour by calling 401-751-7979. **For additional information on the Diner Tour call the American Diner Museum at 401-723-4342 or email Dinermuseum@yahoo.com American Diner Museum www.americandinermuseum.org Blackstone Valley Historical Society Heritage Harbor Museum www.heritageharbor.org