30+ things to do this weekend: March 2 - 4

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

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