Salve students curate a national juried exhibition on deviance, opening Oct. 22
Fourteen artists in the Hamilton Gallery through Nov. 22, with a free opening reception and a student-led symposium Oct. 28
The Vanderbilt hosts its annual Halloween soirée, themed “Ghosts of the Atlantic: Drowned Pirates Ball” on Oct. 30
Think candlelight, ghostly sailors, restless sea captains and Gilded Age socialites, all drawing inspiration from Newport’s long relationship with the sea.
Comic – Sour Grapes: Birthday
Sour Grapes is a comic about “Aesop”, a miserable flying dog and his odd friends, all living in a problematic and troubled world.
Redwood exhibition argues Robert Duncanson’s landscapes mapped routes to freedom
Twenty-eight paintings are on view through January, with a talk Oct. 8 by Executive Director Benedict Leca and collector Michael Meyer
Messiah at Rosecliff returns in December, part of six Newport Classical holiday concerts
Cantus, a chamber Messiah and the orchestra Frisson fill two December weekends; tickets go on sale Oct. 6
Tenth Concert of Remembrance brings a 20-piece orchestra and choirs from two states to St. George’s Chapel
The Oct. 25 candlelight concert closes with Peter Berton’s “A Poet’s Requiem”; admission is by donation, with all proceeds going to international humanitarian aid
Middletown library adds books in nine languages and its first video game collection
A $7,500 state grant paid for 425 world language titles and 58 games, all available now with a library card
“Lore” creator Aaron Mahnke to speak at Rosecliff on Rhode Island’s vampire panic
The Oct. 15 lecture covers the 1892 exhumation of Mercy Brown in Exeter; costumes welcome, prop weapons are not
New exhibit at the Vernon House explores the life of Cato Vernon, a Black Revolutionary War soldier who lived there
“The Cato Vernon Freedom Library” opens Oct. 3 and runs seven weeks, free, with talks, sewing circles and performances throughout
Chazz Palminteri had $200 left when he wrote “A Bronx Tale.” He’s still performing it 35 years later.
The one-man version — all 18 characters — comes to Cranston’s Park Theatre on Oct. 2
Comic – Sour Grapes: Lefty
Sour Grapes is a comic about “Aesop”, a miserable flying dog and his odd friends, all living in a problematic and troubled world.
Newport Contemporary Ballet opens its 45th season with three world premieres
“Kaleidoscope” runs Oct. 16-18 at the Elks Lodge, with new work from four women choreographers
Nine Central Film Festival returns to the Jane Pickens for two nights in October
The local short film festival, now in its eighth year, runs Oct. 2 and 3; a week earlier, filmmaker Greg Vrotsos brings his debut feature back to Newport for a Q&A
The Elms will reopen this fall with a new multi-sensory experience
The Bellevue Avenue mansion has been closed since Aug. 10 while the Preservation Society works with a creative studio on what it calls a fresh way to experience the house
Rocky Horror shadow cast returns to the Jane Pickens, 45 years after its first show there
RKO Army performs before newportFILM’s screening of “Time Warp,” a Tribeca-honored documentary about Wyoming’s first drag and queer theater troupe
Comic – Sour Grapes: Homework
Sour Grapes is a comic about “Aesop”, a miserable flying dog and his odd friends, all living in a problematic and troubled world.
Newport Classical brings a prize-winning piano trio and a quartet playing Bad Bunny to Dearborn Street in October
Trio Azura performs Oct. 9 and the Rasa String Quartet Oct. 23, with a free community concert in between on Oct. 18
The Dead Tongues play the Great Friends Meeting House on Sept. 25
Newport Live brings Ryan Gustafson’s folk-rock project to the 1699 meeting house, with Brooklyn songwriter Mary-Elaine Jenkins opening
‘Situations’ returns to Jane Pickens Theater on Sept. 30
Following the screening, Vrotsos will join Jack Galvin, founder of the 9 Central Film Festival, for an on-stage audience Q&A and conversation about independent filmmaking and their respective experiences in the industry.
Three cult classics at the Jane Pickens this month, with live music, beer and a costume contest
“The Road Warrior” screens Thursday in 4K, the annual Big Lebowski party lands Sept. 24, and “Miller’s Crossing” closes the month with Irish music and a Pinot Noir tasting
Sitkovetsky Trio plays Rough Point on Sept. 29
The piano trio’s program pairs Beethoven’s “Ghost,” Schumann and Shostakovich with readings from period letters
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