"November-Decemberish, 10ish-5ish." That is the whole off-season schedule Wishing Stone Farm posts for its market at 25 Shaw Road, set right under the summer hours. From June through October, the season that opened June 13, 2026, the market kept a firm schedule of weekends and Wednesdays, 10 to 5. After that it becomes an honor-system market.
The loose wording fits the season in town. This year Little Compton lost several familiar places. EastBayRI listed the Commons Lunch, Earl's seasonal ice cream and Henhouse Studios among the closures. Much of what fills a November week in 2026 came out of those changes. Henhouse teachers now teach in a new room. A new family runs a store that opened in 1893. A farm stand runs on trust after its staffed hours end. Taken together, the off-season is a set of handoffs, and each one changes where a weekday hour goes.
The Honor Box on Shaw Road
Wishing Stone's staffed season ended with October. The "ish" on both ends of its off-season hours is the farm's own word, and it matters. A trip to Shaw Road in late fall is a drop-in with no set schedule. The best plan is to go in daylight and bring payment for the honor system.
The wider farm-stand calendar is winding down too. Young Family Farm on West Main Road posts its hours under a "September & October" heading and gives no November schedule. The state's 2026 farmers market list ran the Sakonnet Green Market at Sakonnet Vineyard on Thursday afternoons only from June through August. The Tiverton Farmers Market's Sunday season closed October 25. Of the places that kept regular summer hours, the honor box is one of the few still posting any November hours at all.
Henhouse Closed. Its Teachers Moved to Meetinghouse Lane.
The clearest handoff of the year is on Meetinghouse Lane. EastBayRI reported in October that The Hot Spot, which bills itself as Hot Yoga and More, opened this summer. Its owner, Ellie Field, is a longtime resident and licensed massage therapist. She ran her Have Table Will Travel massage service for more than 17 years before opening the studio.
Field first pictured the large ground-floor room as a community wellness space, according to that EastBayRI story. Little Compton already has both the Community Center and a wellness center, so the room went to more yoga instead. Seven instructors teach there, and the paper reported that some came from the recently closed Henhouse Studios nearby. The building needed little work beyond paint, new floors and radiant heating panels in the ceiling. EastBayRI reported that solar panels were planned for the fall.
The heat sets this studio apart in November. The studio's class page lists three temperatures:
- Original Hot Yoga in a 105-degree room
- Power(ful) Vinyasa at 90 degrees
- Level 1 Vinyasa with no added heat
The booking catalog also lists Yoga Sculpt, gentle and yin formats, and mat Pilates. Most classes cost $25 each, and a 10-class card costs $200, or $20 a class. The Original Hot Yoga class follows a fixed sequence, and Field told EastBayRI that the fixed sequence is what drew her in:
"There is just something about the discipline and consistency of using two breathing exercises and the same 26 poses every time that allowed me to push myself in ways I hadn't before."
Field is also a longtime sailing instructor and skipper. In the same EastBayRI piece she compared watching the horizon in a race to focusing on the mat: "It's all about focus." A town that spends its summer on Sakonnet water now has a 105-degree room for its winter, run by someone from that same sailing world.
An 1893 Counter, a 2026 Family
The second handoff is on The Commons. According to Wilbur's General Store, C.R. Wilbur opened the store in 1893. In 2026 the Wordell family took it over, joining a run of more than a century at 50 The Commons.
Wilbur's keeps the same hours whatever the season: 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Parking is out front and in the lot to the right of the store. The store's own site calls it a place to visit year-round. On a dark late-November afternoon, it is one of the few places on The Commons with posted hours past 5 p.m. on weekdays. The new owners describe a team "that feels more like family than staff."
Where the Weeks Fill In
With the farm stands winding down, Sakonnet Vineyard and Brownell Library have the most dated events on the calendar. The vineyard at 162 West Main Road posts fall hours of noon to 8 p.m. Friday through Sunday and 2 to 8 p.m. on Monday and Thursday. It also advertises live music every Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. year-round.
Here is what those two calendars hold from early November to mid-December 2026:
| Date | Event | Where | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri., Nov. 6 | Trivia with Gary Farias | Carolyn's Sakonnet Vineyard | 6–8 p.m. |
| Sat., Nov. 7 | Live music: Grace Cooper Hall | Sakonnet Vineyard | 1–4 p.m. |
| Sat., Nov. 14 | Little Rhody Mini Hoop with Karen Katin | Brownell Library calendar | 10:30 a.m.–noon |
| Sat., Nov. 14 | Juicy Market, local vendors in the barn | Carolyn's Sakonnet Vineyard | Noon–4 p.m. |
| Sat., Nov. 14 | Live music: Alex Cohen | Sakonnet Vineyard | 1–4 p.m. |
| Tue., Nov. 17 | All the Genres Book Club: The Quiet Librarian | Brownell Library calendar | 4–5 p.m. |
| Sat., Nov. 21 | Live music: Frank Foot | Sakonnet Vineyard | 1–4 p.m. |
| Fri., Nov. 27 | Live music: Tayla Davis | Sakonnet Vineyard | 3–6 p.m. |
| Sat., Nov. 28 | Live music: Dave Alves | Sakonnet Vineyard | 1–4 p.m. |
| Fri., Dec. 4 | Trivia with Gary Farias | Carolyn's Sakonnet Vineyard | 6–8 p.m. |
| Sat., Dec. 5 | Hidden Histories of African American Rhode Island with Jim Doherty | Brownell Library calendar | 1:30–2:30 p.m. |
| Sat., Dec. 5 | Juicy Market and Holiday Kick Off Party | Carolyn's Sakonnet Vineyard | Noon–4 p.m. |
| Sat., Dec. 12 | Poinsetta Ornament with Karen Katin | Brownell Library calendar | 10:30 a.m.–noon |
Two Saturdays carry the most. On November 14, a morning hoop class on the library calendar is followed by the Juicy Market pop-up in the vineyard barn, with live music running at the same time. On December 5, Jim Doherty's talk on his book The Anchor of the Soul: Tales of African American Rhode Island lands the same afternoon as the vineyard's holiday kick-off, which brings cookie decorating, Santa and a holiday market to the barn. Calendars like these change, so check each listing before you go.
The Weekday Anchors
The table covers weekends and evenings. Weekdays run on smaller, regular events.
Brownell Library holds Baby and Toddler Playtime from 10:30 a.m. to noon on November 4, 18 and 25 and December 2. It also lists Medicare Help Sessions from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on November 9 and December 4, and asks people to contact the library to register.
The Little Compton Community Center serves senior lunches on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with pickup at 11:30 a.m. and dine-in at noon. The center said it would release its November menu on October 21.
The Little Compton Historical Society keeps fall and winter office and self-guided exhibit hours Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with last entry at 4:30. Tours of the Wilbor House are by appointment.
A November weekday that uses all of it could start at Wilbur's at 7 a.m. Next could come a midday class on Meetinghouse Lane, an exhibit at the Historical Society before 5, and a stop at the honor box on Shaw Road while it is still light.
At Cherry Arnold, we pay attention to who carries a place's habits forward when its storefronts change. If you are thinking about what comes next for a Little Compton property you care about, Cherry Arnold would be glad to talk it through with you. Schedule a private consultation.
