What's Up Today: Thursday, July 6

7.6.2023 | By Ryan Belmore | Words: 1,462 | Reading Time: About 7-minutes

🗳️ The nearly three dozen declared candidates for the now vacant first U.S. House of Representative seat in Rhode Island face a series of deadlines that should substantially reduce the field.

🏘️ Five bills from Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi’s housing package were ceremonially signed into law on Wednesday at the site of a former public school in Warwick that is being converted into housing.

⚾ The Newport Gulls swept a doubleheader against the Mystic Schooners after a 6-1 victory in game 2 on Wednesday night at Cardines Field.

👏 The City of Newport Council-School Liaison Committee has displayed the first of two community banners on the main lawn of City Hall. The banners highlight a small sampling of Rogers High School graduates’ college destinations.

👉 Newport Jazz Festival is hosting an official aftershow at the JPT Film & Event Center on Friday, August 4. The show will feature Nate Smith & friends. Tickets go on sale today at 1 pm.

😮 The Preservation Society of Newport County announced on Wednesday that Rosecliff will reopen to the public this September after months of “painstakingly detailed restoration … including a thorough steam-cleaning of the entire exterior, revealing the original, brilliant hues of the terra cotta. It is going to be stunning”!

🎇 Jamestown will now host their fireworks at 9:05 pm tonight, while Escobar Farm in Portsmouth will host their 4th of July display on Saturday at 9:15 pm.

🚢 Today will be a busy cruise ship schedule, as Queen Mary II and American Star are scheduled to stop in Newport.

🦈 newportFILM will host After The Bite at Salve O’Hare Lawn tonight at 8:40 pm. Chelly Knight and Chris Vaillancourt kick off the night with live music at 7:20 pm.

👉 On Tap This Weekend: Newport Classical Music Festival, Portsmouth and Jamestown fireworks, Newport Kite Festival, and much more! What’s Up this weekend.

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What’s Up Today

Weather

Today: Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 5 to 11 mph.
Tonight: Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 69. South wind 5 to 9 mph.
7-Day Weather Forecast | 3-day Surf Forecast

Marine Forecast

Today: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming SSW 5 to 10 kt in the morning. Patchy fog before 10 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: SSW wind 5 to 8 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt after midnight. Patchy fog after 11 pm. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 69°F.

Sun, Moon, & Tide

Sunrise: 5:18 am | Sunset: 8:21 pm | 15 hours & 3 minutes of sun.
High tide at 10:54 am & 11:19 pm | Low tide at 4:29 am & 4:24 pm
Moon: Waning Gibbous. 17.7 days, 91% lighting.

Things To Do

8:30 am to 10 am: “The Blue & You” Summer Speaker Series at Innovate Newport
11 am to 8 pm: Taproot Taco Thursdays at Newport Vineyards
5 pm to 10 pm: Hill Market After Dark at Hotel Viking
5:30 pm to 7 pm: Adult Intermediate Ballet at The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet
6 pm to 8 pm: July 6th Cocktail Club: Gimlets at Hotel Viking
7:30 pm: Jamestown Fireworks & Concert Independence Day Celebration
7:30 pm: Tell Newport: “When Everybody Knows You” at The Firehouse Theatre
8 pm to 9:30 pm: Newport Classical Music Festival presents Opening Night with Simone Dinnerstein at The Breakers
8:40 pm: After the Bite – newportFILM Outdoors at O’Hare Lawn at Salve Regina University
9:05 pm: Jamestown Independence Day Fireworks
For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.

Live Music & Entertainment

JPT Film & Event Center: Asteroid City at 4:30 pm & 7:30 pm
Landing: Sean Rivers at 1 pm, Justin Pomfret at 4:30 pm, Timmy Smith at 8 pm
Midtown Oyster Bar: John Erikson at 8 pm
Narragansett Cafe: KVQ Jazz Groove with Ken Vario from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm
Newport Blues Cafe: Angelus Hall at 9 pm
newportFILM: After the Bite at O’Hare Lawn at Salve Regina University at 8:40 pm
O’Brien’s Pub: Derrick Keane playing Irish tunes from 5 pm to 8 pm
One Pelham East: Sugarbabies at 9:30 pm
Pour Judgement: Live music at 10 pm
Perro Salado: The Honky Tonk Knights at 10 pm
Ragged Island Brewing: Trivia In The Barn from 6 pm to 8:30 pm
Sunset Cove: Karaoke with DJ Ricky Rod from 6 pm to 9 pm
The Reef: Randy Robbins from 7 pm to 10 pm
Top of Newport at Hotel Viking: Live music from 6 pm to 9 pm
Top Of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 8 pm

Local Government

Jamestown: Jamestown Board of Canvassers at 9:30 am, Jamestown Technical Review Committee at 10:30 am, Jamestown Housing Authority at 5 pm
Little Compton: Little Compton Town Council at 7 pm
Middletown: Middletown School Committee at 4:30 pm
Portsmouth: Portsmouth Tree Commission at 7 pm
See the agendas and a complete list of public meetings across Rhode Island here.

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