University of Rhode Island News
Historic Nutcrackers, Ornaments Brighten URI Library
Authentic German pieces from the Ore Mountain region make up a new exhibit at the URI library.
Release courtesy the University of Rhode Island Department of Marketing and Communications. Students and faculty members weary from the end-of-semester crush, shoppers who may need a respite and anyone feeling too much stress should stop by the Robert L. Carothers Library and Learning Commons for a trip into old-world Germany. In the lobby of the main University of Rhode Island library are 20 commanding nutcrackers, 28 dainty angel figurines playing in a Christmas orchestra and 19 jolly-looking smokers ready to disburse sweet aromas of pine and incense. There is no charge to browse the five cases containing fine wooden carvings, painted in bright colors. Visitors only have to take time out from the rat race. The exhibit runs through …
