Catch The Bit Players on Friday and Saturday nights at The Firehouse Theater

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

Monday, April 30th

4 pm – Lean On Pete at Jane Pickens Theater

5:30 pm – Teens: Advanced Readers Copies Book Club at Newport Public Library

7 pm – Ocean Plastics Program at Channing Memorial Church

7:30 pm – Heal Documentary at Jane Pickens Theater

Tuesday, May 1st

4:30 pm – A Plastic Ocean Documentary @ Newport Hospital

4:45 pm & 7:30 pm – Lean On Pete at Jane Pickens Theater

6 pm – Lecture: The Beauty & Joy of Color – History of the Peacock Room at Rosecliff

Wednesday, May 2nd

4:45 pm & 7:30 pm – Lean On Pete at Jane Pickens Theater

Thursday, May 3rd

12 pm – 8 Bells Lecture: Brothers at Arms, by Larrie D. Ferreiro at Seamen’s Church Institute

3:30 pm –  Lean On Pete at Jane Pickens Theater

5:30 pm – Undressing History: Women’s Clothes and Unmentionables at Newport Historical Society 

6 pm – Eating Animals – newportFILM screening 5/3

8 pm – Tell Newport: Road Trip at The Firehouse Theater

Friday, May 4th

3:30 pm, 5:45 pm, & 8 pm – Tully at Jane Pickens Theater

5 pm to 8 pm – Fireside Live Music with Ethan Bates at Newport Vineyards

7 pm – 3rd Annual Old School Prom at The Atlantic Resort

7 pm – French Movie Night at Salve Regina University

7 pm – Open Rehearsal – May 4th at Island Moving Company

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

Saturday, May 5th

9 am – NERFU Cup at Fort Adams 

9 am – AARP Shred Fest 2018 at Edward King House 

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

10 am – Newport Great Strides at Brenton Point State Park

12 pm to 5 pm – 16th Annual Spring Celebration at Newport Vineyards

12 pm – Cinco de Mayo Celebration at Top of Newport

1 pm – Survivors of Malmedy: December 1944 at Jane Pickens Theater

2 pm – Farm-To-Farm Bike Ride

2:30 pm – Cinco de Simmons at Salvation! at Salvation Cafe 

3:30 pm, 5:45 pm, & 8 pm – Tully at Jane Pickens Theater

4 pm – 2nd Annual Kentucky Derby Party To Benefit RhodySquash & The Newport County YMCA at Eisenhower House

5 pm – Star Kids Annual Spring Event at Ochre Court 

7 pm – 80’s Dance Party Fun(d)raiser for Sea Rose Montessori at Easton’s Beach

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

8:30 pm – Sky Gazing at Ballard  Park

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...