Arts & Culture

via Rhode Island Foundation. The Rhode Island Foundation and United Way of Rhode Island are launching a fund to support local nonprofit organizations on the front line of COVID-19 response efforts. The two organizations jointly established the COVID-19 Response Fund, quickly raising $1.5 million in initial contributions from individual and corporate donors. The two organizations will […]

Local artist and business owner Rebecca Killian is going above and beyond has a great local, business owner, artist, and neighbor this week to offer her services and entertainment to keep kids (and adults) of all ages entertained. Killian, who owns Mermaid Masterpieces, is hosting Facebook Live Paint Parties at 1 pm and 6 pm […]

Kathryn Allred Sheehan, Marketing Director for newportFILM, shared the following to help get you thru your cabin fever days; Sheehan said in part, “In light of everything going on, we compiled a list of docs we’ve screened that are available to watch while people are social distancing. I thought it could be a good fit […]

Newport’s Arts and Cultural Alliance’s monthly networking event, Arts Around the Fire, continues at Salvation Café on Wednesday, March 18th from 6-8pm, The Alliance’s guest will be Maureen Coleman, Jamestown Arts Center’s new Executive Director.  Knowledgeable about the Newport community from her tenure as Director of Development for the Norman Bird Sanctuary, Coleman started with JAC in February. Arts Around the Fire […]

The Newport Music Festival (NMF) announced today that their annual festival will take place from July 4-26 and will present 27 concerts and events in the renowned Newport mansions, including The Breakers, The Elms, and the Chinese Tea House, as well as other impressive venues, such as Castle Hill Inn, The Casino Theatre, Newport Art Museum, Blithewold, Bellevue House, and […]

The following was written by Andrea McHugh, Senior Communications Manager at Discover Newport. This month, we welcome the return of spring, ushered in across The Classic Coast with cheerful yellow-hued forsythia, flowering purple crocuses and here in Newport, more than one million daffodils. Celebrate the return of longer days, warming salty breezes and our destination’s robust happenings during […]

On Friday, July 17, 2020 the Newport Art Museum will host its annual summer fundraiser, the Artists’ Ball, a tradition that dates back to 1927. One of the most highly anticipated and lively cultural events of Newport’s summer season, the Art Museum’s festive dinner dance attracts cultural and civic leaders, artists, collectors, philanthropists, and other art-world notables from across the country. The […]

Newport boasts a proud heritage and a grand history as Irish Heritage Month begins in the City-by-the-Sea!  Whether you were born on the Emerald Isle, are a descendant of an Irish family, or are the spouse or relation of an Irish lad or lassie, we are celebrating you!  And even if you have no direct […]

The Newport Art Museum will host a Museum Art Excursion to New Britain, CT on Sunday, April 5, 2020. Guests will depart the Newport Art Museum on a coach bus at 8:00 am to visit the New Britain Museum of American Art and return at approximately 5:30 pm. Tickets are $150, or $130 for Newport Art Museum members, and include transportation, entry to […]

What’s Up Newp and JPT Film & Event Center will host a special one-night only screening of There’s Something About Mary (1998) on Thursday, April 30th. Directed by Rhode Island-favorites Peter and Bobby Farrelly, There’s Something About Mary among the most popular and favorite movies to ever be filmed in Rhode Island. This event will […]

The Jamestown Arts Center (JAC) announces Summer Arts Camps for ages 3 -15 July 6th – August 14th! Get creative in Beautiful Jamestown! Learn, play and create at the JAC! Camps for Theatre, Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Stone Carving, Printmaking, 3D Printing, Comics, Animation, Digital Photography + more! Featuring Outdoor Arts Camps! Celebrating our 10th […]

There are still plenty of activities and fun at the 2020 Newport Winter festival that continues today through February 23rd.  Fun for the whole family includes the Newport Burger Bender contest which winds up on Sunday (See the list of participating restaurants at discovernewport.org) and lots of other fun events. For more details, you can […]

Marble House, one of the Preservation Society of Newport County’s major historic house museums, will reopen for tours on Friday, Feb. 14, after undergoing a six-week-long deep cleaning. The house, built between 1888 and 1892 for William K. Vanderbilt and his wife, Alva, will be open daily at 10 a.m. for self-guided audio tours, with […]

Snow or no snow (!), the 2020 Newport Winter Festival kicks off tomorrow (February 14th)! More than 150 events will be offered for visitors and guests during the next seven days and nights. The annual Newport Burger Bender contest takes place February 14-20.  Send your guests out to eat a burger and vote in this […]

The artist who created the official portrait of President Barack Obama will be the topic of the next program in the Preservation Society of Newport County’s Winter Lecture Series. Speaker Connie Choi, associate curator for the permanent collection of The Studio Museum in Harlem, will present “Kehinde Wiley: A New Republic,” on Thursday, Feb. 20, […]

Source: CCRI An award-winning documentary on jazz music in Rhode Island co-written and directed by Community College of Rhode Island Videographer and Film Professor Norm Grant and filmmaker Tom Shaker will be featured as part of the CCRI’s Black History Month festivities at all four campuses. Grant co-wrote and co-directed “Do It, Man! The Story […]

The Preservation Society of Newport County announced today that the Newport Mansions will once again offer a warm welcome to all during the Newport Winter Festival, with discounted admission prices and a week of programs for children. The 32nd Newport Winter Festival is scheduled to take place from February 14-23 throughout Newport County. Programming is […]

Join the Benefactors of the Arts for the June and September 2020 Secret Garden Tours! Take a self-guided walking tour through Newport’s historic Point section June 12-14.  From September 11-13, garden aficianados can take a fall tour of some of the most beautiful, prestigious gardens and properties On & Off Bellevue Avenue, the Drive and […]

Glass art and objects are a recurring theme for the Preservation Society of Newport County this month. As the exhibition “Tiffany Glass: Painting with Color and Light” enters its final weeks at Rosecliff, the Society has announced that it also will host a lecture by a renowned Yale University curator who will illuminate other facets […]

In addition to our many year-round historic sites and exhibitions, let your guests know about the upcoming Newport Winter Festival beginning of February 14th, the annual Newport Burger Bender contest (February 14-20), and a new series of walking tours from the Newport Historical Society. Check out the listings below for more details, tickets, and additional […]

We love to learn in every season! Today, Thursday, January 30th, Jim Donohue, the Curator of Historic Landscapes & Horticulture at the Preservation Society of Newport County, launches the 2020 Winter Lecture Series in Newport.  Mr. Donohue will share the story of the landscape rehabilitation at The Breakers Mansion, ongoing over the past year. His […]

The following was written by Matt Boxler, Director of Media Relations at Salve Regina University. Providence-based artist Jodie Mim Goodnough’s autobiographical exhibition of photography and sculpture that explores her deep personal loss will be open to the public beginning on Thursday, Jan. 30, at Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery, Lawrence Avenue, on the campus of Salve […]

The Newport County Youth Chorus is welcoming singers to join a new Middle School Ensemble class for students in grades 5 – 8 with unchanged voices that will be offered in Newport this spring. It is free to participate and no audition is necessary — just a love of singing! Sign up at www.newportsings.org/join. The […]

Discover all that’s happening, new, and to do in Newport County this week. While you’re here be sure to check our our new community calendar, what you’ll see there has been added by the What’s Up Newp Crew or added by a local event organizer, business, or reader. Check back often as the calendar is […]

The Newport Art Museum announce today that they will welcome three new exhibitions to its galleries this winter: “The Newport Annual,” “paperwork: Works on Paper from the Permanent Collection,” and “Somaflora: Recent work by Maggie Nowinski.” An Opening Reception celebrating all three shows will be held on Friday, February 7, 2020 from 5 – 7 […]

Newport’s Arts and Cultural Alliance’s monthly networking event, Arts Around the Fire, continues at Salvation Café on Wednesday, February 19th from 6-8pm at the Post & Beam room at 140 Broadway in Newport.  The Alliance’s guest will be Peter Bramante, Island Moving Company’s new Executive Director.  Coming from a career in dance and arts management at the Arts & Business Council and FirstWorks, Bramante […]

COMMON FENCE MUSIC has announced an open call for local musical talent! Folk, roots and world music artists are invited to apply to participate in the non-profit’s first ever COMMUNITY HOOT, an exciting event shining a light on some of the best “undiscovered” artists in our community. Ten singer-songwriter, folk or world music acts will […]

The Jamestown Arts Center (JAC) announces Rhode Island Independent Animators (RIIA) shorts 2020 Film Screening. A collection of 10 animators who live and work in the state of Rhode Island. The group is comprised of Daniel Sousa, Mara Trachtenberg, Steven Subotnick, Emily London, Riley Thompson and Joel Orloff, Haley Morris, Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, […]

Aquidneck Land Trust (“ALT”) has announced 18 student winners in the 2019 ALT Art & Writing Contest, held annually to promote the importance and value of a healthy environment. Students at Aquidneck Island schools were invited to enter artwork of their favorite local vista, or written work in prose or poetry form describing the same. “We had a […]

The following was written by Jamestown Arts Center. The Jamestown Arts Center (JAC) announces 5th Decade: Hera Gallery exhibition celebrating the 45th Anniversary of Hera Gallery with the work of 20 current members and a selection of historical materials.  As an artist run organization, Hera is always in flux, new members join, current members leave. […]

If ever there was a year for people from all over our country and the world to visit Newport, 2020 is that year! For 2020 marks the beginning of the new decade and the achievement of some important milestones in the City-by-the-Sea. For all of the people who meet, greet, and lead tours for our visitors, […]

The following was written by Newport Art Museum. The Newport Art Museum looks forward to the upcoming year of its art-themed book club, Read/Eat/Chat. All are welcome to bring a lunch and discuss the book selection at each monthly meeting. Read/Eat/Chat winter meetings will take place at 12pm on January 16, February 20 & March 19, 2020 in the Newport Art Museum’s […]

2020 marks the beginning of a new decade and the achievement of some important milestones in the City-by-the-Sea. For all of the people who meet, greet, and lead tours for our visitors, this year is one with a lot of important historical dates to celebrate.   This year we will recognize and salute the untiring work […]

Spectacle Management, a booking, marketing, and promotion company with offices in Boston and Lexington, MA, announced today that they will present Ronan Tynan at the Jane Pickens Theater on Sunday, March 1 at 3:00 pm. “You’ve seen him as part of the Irish Tenors – now see Ronan Tynan in a more intimate light as he […]

Newport’s home for comedy, The Firehouse Theater, is hosting a one-night only sketch comedy show. Are We Happy Yet?, a sketch comedy show directed by James Tabor, will take place at The Firehouse Theater on January 16th at 8 pm. The show is described as ” Remember when the future was portrayed as having flying […]

2020 is here and we’re ready to go!  There are still legions of visitors in our City-by-the-Sea, so be ready to engage with them and recommend your favorite restaurants, mansions, sea views, and upcoming special activities.  Get up to speed with the calendar of events below and let all your guests know about the fun […]

Seamen’s Church Institute announced today that their January Speaker Series will feature Craig L. Symonds, Ph.D., the Distinguished Visiting Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport. Craig’s lecture, titled “The Allied Navies in World War Two,” will illuminate the critical role played by naval forces – on […]

Five award-winning writers who will be in Newport as featured faculty in Salve Regina’s exclusive winter residency creative writing degree program, The Newport MFA, will host public readings and craft talks in January. All of the author presentations are free and open to the public, and will be given in Ochre Court, 100 Ochre Point […]

The following was submitted by Michael Rose, Gallery Manager of Providence Art Club. Art historian and Providence Art Club Gallery Manager Michael Rose will be the Awards Judge for the 29th Annual Fakes & Forgeries Exhibition at Spring Bull Gallery in the heart of Newport. This show is a fun opportunity for artists to share their serious or […]

On Sunday, January 26, 2020, Temple Emanu-El, Providence, will present Singing the Dream 2020, a special afternoon musical tribute to the life and legacy of civil rights leader and American hero, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.    The Singing the Dream Chorus, a community chorus of singers from amateur to professional, will perform a concert of African-American spirituals and Jewish […]

What a season to be in Newport!   There are lots of activities – parties, open houses, and walking tours — all wrapped in the decorations and lights of a Newport Christmas. Let your guests know about all the fun things they can do here this week.   A fun Ugly Sweater Party is on tonight (December […]

In January 2020, the Alliance Française of Newport will offer three opportunities for study of French language and culture: Beginning French, Intermediate French and “The Salon” Advanced Conversation Group. Registration, on a first-come-first-served basis, will open on December 30th and will run until the classes are full. Beginning and Intermediate Classes will begin on Tuesday, January […]

WARWICK, RI – Twenty-four students from the Community College of Rhode Island’s Fine Arts program will have their work displayed in a special exhibit next week at the Newport Art Museum Community Gallery. The exhibit, titled “IMAGO: The Power of a Mental Image,” features the work of students enrolled in CCRI’s capstone course for its […]

In its portrayal of former Fox News CEO Roger Ailes’ 2016 sexual harassment scandal, director Jay Roach’s Bombshell tries to balance two very different tones. On one hand, the film is a serious examination of how cultures of sexism prop up abusive men in powerful positions, and how those cultures can become very difficult to dismantle. On […]

The Newport Art Museum’s annual Winter Speaker Series returns Saturday, January 25th for its 92nd season. The series will include six lectures on a variety of topics and will run Saturdays at 2 pm, January 25 – February 29, in the Museum’s Griswold House at 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport. Returning speaker Darrell West of The Brookings Institution will kick […]