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Good Thursday Morning,
💰 Leadership has benefits—at least regarding campaign finances in Rhode Island. WUN’s Frank Prosnitz has the story Campaign Finance: Leadership has its benefits.
👉 Newport Folk Festival announced yesterday that Joan Baz will join them on Saturday, July 27, to share special poetry readings. On Monday, July 29, Baez will appear at Charter Books in Newport as part of her tour to promote her new book, When You See My Mother, Ask Her To Dance.
🎭 The Rogers Theatre Company will host its Spring Musical, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” this weekend. This Tony Award-winning, fast-paced, hilarious PG-13 musical will be presented with the MHS Drama Club in the Middletown High School cafetorium at 7:30 pm on Friday, May 3 and Saturday, May 4. Tickets will be available at the door for $10 general admission.
🏃♀️ A 5k road race in memory of Charlie Holder Sr. will be held on Saturday, May 11, at 8:30 am. Proceeds from the inaugural Charlie Holder Sr. Memorial 5k support the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Community Center and the Newport County YMCA Summer Scholarship Fund. Register/More Information
🆕 The City of Newport announced yesterday that its Public Services team installed a refurbished sign marking the God’s Little Acre site at Newport’s Common Burying Ground on Tuesday. The historic burial ground, located just off Farewell Street, is the final resting place of 17th—and 18th-century enslaved Africans and free persons of color who contributed greatly to the commerce, social, and religious life of Colonial Newport.
What’s Up Today
Weather
- Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 62. South wind 6 to 11 mph.
- Tonight: Patchy fog after 11 pm. Otherwise, it is mostly cloudy, with a low of around 46. West wind 6 to 13 mph, becoming north after midnight.
Marine Forecast
- Today: SSW wind 5 to 10 kt. Increasing clouds. Seas 1 ft or less.
- Tonight: WSW wind 5 to 8 kt, becoming NNE 8 to 11 kt after midnight. Patchy fog after 11 pm. Seas 1 ft or less.
- Coastal Water Temperature: 46°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
- Sunrise: 5:39 am | Sunset: 7:44 pm | 14 hours and 4 minutes of sun.
- High tide at 2:54 am & 3:29 pm | Low tide at 9:12 am & 9:27 pm.
- Moon: Waning Crescent. 22.8 days, 44% lighting.
Things To Do
- 9:30 am to 10:15 am: Baby Bookworms Storytime at Newport Public Library
- 5:30 pm to 7 pm: Adult Intermediate Ballet at The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet
- 7 pm to 8 pm: Absolute Beginner Ballet and Stretch at The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet
- 7:30 pm: Tell Newport: “One Day” at The Firehouse Theater
Live Music & Entertainment
- Newport Playhouse: The Foursome at 11 am
- One Pelham East: Jeff Rosen from 8:30 pm to 12 am
- Pour Judgement: Dave Flamand at 10 pm
- Ragged Island Brewing: Trivia in the Greenhouse from 6 pm to 8 pm
- The JPT: La Chimera at 4 pm, MacBeth: Ralph Fiennes & Indira Varma at 7 pm
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Newport County Government
- Middletown: Planning Board at 3 pm, Roads/Utilities Advisory Committee at 4 pm
- Newport: City Council at 8:30 am
- Portsmouth: School Committee at 1:30 pm
- Tiverton: Budget Committee at 6 pm, School Committee at 7 pm
What’s Up This Week
What’sUpNewp stories related to this week.
- Tiverton Library to host Medicare presentation on May 2
- Concert Preview: Jefferson Starship playing Twin River May 3, we speak to lead vocalist Cathy Richardson
- ‘Moving the Needle’ is on the agenda at May 3 Power of Place Summit
- 30th Annual Summer Farmers Market launches on May 4
- Free shredding event in Tiverton this Saturday
- Celebrate ‘Free Fishing Weekend’ in Rhode Island May 4 – 5
- Newport Sings presents its annual ‘Song Fest’ on May 4 at Calvary United Methodist Church
- Aquidneck Island National Police Parade returns on May 5
- Aquidneck Island Police Parade to close section of Broadway on Sunday
Cruise Ship Schedule
Here’s what’s coming up next on the 2024 Cruise Ship Schedule.
- Sunday, May 5 | Meraviglia
- Saturday, June 15 | Island Princess
- Wednesday, June 19 | Silver Shadow
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