Dancing at Forty Steps

Discover all that’s happening, new and to do in and around Newport this weekend.

 Friday, March 2nd

Newport Restaurant Week

2 pm – Oscar Shorts: Live Action at Jane Pickens Theater

4:45 pm – Call Me By Your Name at Jane Pickens Theater

6 pm – The 6th Annual JAC Lantern Parade at Jamestown Arts Center

7 pm – A Collection of Attitudes at Rosecliff

7 pm – Swanhurst Chorus presents its annual March Dinner Theater – Into the Woods at Fenner Hall

7:30 pm – Darkest Hour at Jane Pickens Theater

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

8 pm – Extensions Dance Company presents Here/Now at Casino Theatre

Saturday, March 3rd

Newport Restaurant Week

9 am – Legislative Workshop in Newport City Council Chambers

9 am to 12:30 pm – Aquidneck Growers Market at Newport Vineyards

12 pm – Brenton Point Clean Up with Clean Ocean Access

2 pm – Oscar Shorts: Live Action at Jane Pickens Theater

4:30 pm – Mother Goose at Rosecliff

4:45 pm – Call Me By Your Name at Jane Pickens Theater

5 pm – LAOH Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner at St. Augustin’s

5 pm – Open Reception for Irish Eyes An Artistic Celebration of Irish Heritage at Spring Bull Gallery

7 pm – A Collection of Attitudes at Rosecliff

7 pm – Swanhurst Chorus presents its annual March Dinner Theater – Into the Woods at Fenner Hall

7:30 pm – Darkest Hour at Jane Pickens Theater

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

8 pm – Extensions Dance Company presents Here/Now at Casino Theatre

Sunday, March 4th

Newport Restaurant Week

9 am to 1 pm – Green Eggs & Ham Brunch at Hibernian Hall

10:45 am – Oscar Shorts: Live Action at Jane Pickens Theater

12:55 pm – Bolshoi Ballet; The Flames of Paris at Jane Pickens Theater

1 pm – Swanhurst Chorus presents its annual March Dinner Theater – Into the Woods at Fenner Hall

2 pm – French Film Festival at Salve Regina University

3 pm – Dancing at the Forty Steps

3 pm – Quartets by Montgomery, Snowden & Barber at Saint John The Evangelist

3 pm – Musical Pairs with Virginia Eskin at Redwood Library

3 pm – AMERICANA – STRING QUARTETS BY MONTGOMERY, SNOWDEN & BARBER at St. John’s Parish Hall

3:45 pm – Call Me By Your Name at Jane Pickens Theater

Ryan Belmore is the Publisher of What'sUpNewp. 
Belmore has been involved with What’sUpNewp since shortly after its launch in 2012, proudly leading it to be named Best Local News Blog in Rhode Island by Rhode Island Monthly readers in 2018, 2019, and 2020 and an honorable mention in the Common Good Awards in 2021.

Born and raised in Rhode Island, Belmore graduated from Coventry High School and the Community College of Rhode Island. In addition to living in Newport for 10 years, he has lived in Portsmouth, Coventry, Providence, Smithfield, Burrillville, and East Greenwich.

Belmore currently serves as Vice President of the Board Of Directors for Fort Adams Trust and on the Board of Directors for Potter League For Animals. He previously served on the Board of Lucy's Hearth and the Arts & Cultural Alliance for Newport County.

Belmore and his wife, Jen, currently live in Alexandria, Virginia, a move they made in 2021. Read more about that here - https://whatsupnewp.com/2021/09/letter-from-the-publisher-some-personal-news/

Belmore visits Newport every couple of weeks to support the 12+ paid contributors What'sUpNewp has on the ground across Rhode Island, a place he called home for 39 years.

Belmore is a member of Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers, Society of Professional Journalists, and the North American Snowsports Journalists Association.

In 2020, Belmore was named Member of the Year by LION and won the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County's Dominque Award.
Belmore can be contacted at ryan@whatsupnewp.com and 401-662-1653.