Catch The Bit Players on Friday and Saturday nights at The Firehouse Theater

Here’s what’s happening, new and to do this week in and around Newport, RI!

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Monday, May 8

12 pm – Lunch & Learn Series: “Mindful Practice, Yoga, Breathing” at Newport Hospital

4 pm & 7 pm – Their Finest at Jane Pickens Theater

6 pm – The Edwards Twins at Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant

Tuesday, May 9

11 am – The Edwards Twins at Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant

4 pm & 7 pm – Their Finest at Jane Pickens Theater

6 pm – BBAM Voyage Party at The Fastnet Pub

6 pm – Becoming Bond – newportFILM screening at Rosecliff

Wednesday, May 10

12 pm – Advances in Immunotherapy to Treat Cancer at Newport Hospital

4 pm & 7 pm – Their Finest at Jane Pickens Theater

5:30 pm – Against the Wind: An Ironwoman’s Race for Her Family’s Survival at Redwood Library

6 pm – Container Gardening with URI Master Gardeners at Newport Public Library

6 pm – The Edwards Twins at Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant

6:30 pm – Fermentation Class: Veneto at Forty 1 North

6:30 pm – Newport City Council Meeting at Newport City Hall

7 pm – Celebrating 30 Years of Shooting on and over Narragansett Bay at Seamen’s Church Institue

Thursday, May 11

11 am – The Foursome at Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant

2 pm – National Theater Live: Obsession at Jane Pickens Theater

3 pm to 7 pm – Newport Mansions Job Fair

5 pm – Art After Dark at Newport Art Museum

5 pm – May Newport Gallery Night at participating Newport art galleries.

5:30 pm –  John Florez for Senate Fundraiser and campaign kickoff party at The Deck

6 pm – Boystown at Jane Pickens Theater

6 pm – Trivia Night at Audrain Automobile Museum

6:30 pm – Community Lecture Series: Surgical Management of Skin Cancer

6:30 pm – Mixology Class: Tequila at Christie’s

Friday, May 12

6 pm – The Foursome at Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant

7 pm – BINGO at Fenner Hall

8 pm – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater

Ryan Belmore is the owner and publisher of What's Up Newp. He took over the publication in 2012 and has grown it into a three-time Rhode Island Monthly Best Local News Blog (2018, 2019, 2020). He was named LION Publishers Member of the Year in 2020 and received the Dominique Award from the Arts & Cultural Society of Newport County the same year. He has been awarded grants for investigative and community journalism, and continues to coach and mentor new local news publications nationwide. Ryan...