Arts & Culture

February 5, 2021—Me & My Guitar, a new compilation album created by Charlie Overbey to benefit NIVA’s Save Our Stages, is out today exclusively via Bandcamp. Purchase HERE. In addition to Overbey, the album features 25 acoustic tracks only available here by Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Chris Vos (The Record Company), Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke), Marcus King, Adam Slack (The Struts), Micah Nelson aka “Particle Kid,” Duane Betts, Suzanne Santo, Jesse Malin, Sam Morrow, Langhorne […]

The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) this week announced a new art exhibition on display at TF Green Airport’s GREEN SPACE Gallery, which RISCA manages on behalf of the Rhode Island Airport Corporation (RIAC). The new exhibition features works of art by Rhode Island artists Karen Drysdale Harris, of Cranston, Felicia Megginson, of Providence, and Pneuhaus Collective, of East […]

Rogers High School has announced the winners of the annual science fair. This year’s fair was conducted entirely in a virtual environment. More than 50 students presented to over 65 judges. Scoring was extremely close as many projects were judged to be outstanding by the volunteer judges from the community including NUWC, URI professors, the […]

Peter Krasinksi, House Organist of the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) will join What’s Up Newp for a live virtual video conversation on Thursday, February 4 at 4 pm. Mr. Krasinski is a conductor, organist, and music educator who consistently delivers imaginative performances that elevate and inform diverse audiences. He is well respected in both […]

New Bedford Folk Festival today pulled the plug on their 2021 event, which has been scheduled for July 10 and 11. “We want you to feel safe and comfortable attending the silver anniversary of the New Bedford Folk Festival, so it has been rescheduled for next summer, July 9 & 10, 2022,” New Bedford Folk […]

American architects and architecture of the Gilded Age and beyond is the focus of the Preservation Society of Newport County’s 2021 online Winter Lecture Series – with one major detour to a palace in Prague. All presentations will be given via Zoom Webinar. Attendance is free but registration is required through www.NewportMansions.org/learn/adult-programs. • Thursday, February 11, […]

The Newport Art Museum today announced two new exhibitions on view February 6 – June 6, 2021. “Digital Breath: Video and Sound Art in the Age of Global Connectivity,” guest curator and multimedia artist Brian C. O’Malley brings together the work of 7 artists with fresh and diverse perspectives exploring the theme of “breath” during the era […]

With snow piling up and temperatures dropping in Newport this week, I decided to indulge in my favorite winter reading game. It’s called “Choose Your Own Polar Adventure” and playing is really very simple. Obviously, you need to start by picking a Pole (no, not that kind of Pole). They keep saying that polarization is […]

Due to the “climate of uncertainty around live events and the global pandemic”, Innovation Arts & Entertainment (IAE), the producer of Beach Road Weekend Music Festival, today announced that they have made the difficult decision to move the event to August of 2022. The three-day music festival was set to take place this summer, Friday, […]

Sean Galvin is back with another Newport Comic strip for What’s Up Newp, this time around Galvin has some fun summing up what many feel what the real estate market is like right now. Keep an eye out for Galvin’s work on a regular basis here on whatsupnewp.com. Follow Sean’s work on Instagram and Facebook.

Aquidneck Land Trust (“ALT”) has announced 18 student  winners in the 2020 ALT Art & Writing Contest, held annually to promote an appreciation of the island’s  natural beauty. Students who live or attend school on Aquidneck Island were invited to submit art or  written work portraying their favorite local vista.   “The response to the contest […]

The Friday Night Concert series at the Narrows Center for the Arts in Fall River continued January 29th with a superb streaming show from Christine Ohlman & Rebel Montez. Known for her mile-high platinum-blonde hairdo, Ohlman is the current, long-time vocalist with NBC’s Saturday Night Live Band and a popular national performer. Concert Photographer Rick […]

Live Streamed concerts have come a long way since the pandemic began last March. This weekend features several from across the country. We’re listing a few favorites below. Friday and Saturday: Ann Arbor Folk Festival with artists including Colin Hay, Dar Williams, War and Treaty, Bruce Cockburn, David Bromberg and more. Details here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j00JKIIjcK4 War […]

Source: CCRI Eight members of the Community College of Rhode Island’s student-run theater group, the CCRI Players, are competing for a chance to earn scholarships in this week’s 2021 Region 1 Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, which will be held remotely this year for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The KCACTF […]