Singing For Shelter
Singing For Shelter returns to Channing Memorial Church

Many of Aquidneck Island’s finest musicians will join together on December 7th at the 10th annual Singing For Shelter to raise much-needed funds for our area’s homeless shelters.

Mark Gorman, a co-organizer of the event, recently joined me on the radio program today to provide us with all the details for the acoustic Christmas event, a look back at the last nine years, we’ll talk about his work with the shelter and much more.

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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...