Arts & Culture

Our Newport Live Music and Entertainment Guide is Newport County’s premier and most comprehensive source for live music and entertainment in our area. Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this weekend. Friday, April 6 Buskers: Grace Morrison at 9 pmCeltica: […]

This week, “Six Picks” digs deep into the roots of rock and country as we feature several well-known national acts playing around the state this weekend. Read on for all the details. Phil Madeira Friday at Columbus Theatre (Providence) We interviewed Nashville based Phil Madeira here last week and learned about his time on the […]

Newport Art Museum’s Art  After Dark is back on Thursday, April 12 from 5 – 9 pm. Each Art After Dark has unique programming for the whole family. This event joins the ranks of the many events and educational programs the Museum currently offers in its galleries at 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport. Admission to Art After Dark is free for Museum members and is a $10 suggested […]

Aquidneck Land Trust (“ALT”) and Aquidneck Community Table (“ACT”) announce a talk by American Book Award-winning author Patricia Klindienst on Wednesday, April 11, 2018. The free event will take place at 7:00 pm in the Bazarsky Lecture Hall at Salve Regina University and is titled, “Food and Culture in Our Gardens.” Klindienst has written extensively […]

Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this week. Monday, April 2nd Diego’s: Trivia at 9:30 pmFastnet Pub: The Ubiquitones at 10 pmFifth Element: The Groove Merchants from 7 pm to 10 pmJane Pickens Theater: The Death of Stalin at 4:45 pm & […]

The Newport Art Museum will present two Film Screenings & Workshops with the Providence Children’s Film Festival this April. The two events will take place during April School Vacation and are a wonderful opportunity for parents and caregivers to keep young ones artfully engaged during their break from school. These events mark the fourth time the Museum has partnered with the popular Providence Children’s Film Festival to bring […]

The music doesn’t stop for the holiday weekend as we find several local shows well worth checking out. As the weather warms, its time to head back out and enjoy some tunes! Read on for our “Six Picks” this weekend. (Pictured: Low Lilly) Ali McGuirk Friday at Columbus Theatre (Providence) Ali McGuirk is a Boston […]

Our Newport Live Music and Entertainment Guide is Newport County’s premier and most comprehensive source for live music and entertainment in our area. Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this weekend. Friday, March 30 Buskers: Grace Morrison at 9 pmCeltica: […]

Island Moving Company announces that community philanthropist and lifelong arts supporter Ellen Barnes will be honored with the first annual IMC Encore Award on Sunday April 8 in Newport. The award is being presented as a symbol of Island Moving Company’s grateful recognition of Ellen’s exceptional commitment to dance and the arts. “Ellen has been […]

 On May 4, Belly returns with DOVE, their first full-length album release in 23 years. The album was produced and recorded by band member Tom Gorman alongside longtime friend of the group Paul Q. Kolderie (Hole, Throwing Muses, Radiohead). Today, Belly shared “Stars Align,” the second song to be released from the forthcoming album. Stream “Stars Align” via YouTube.   “‘Stars Align’ was […]

Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this week. Monday, March 26th Diego’s: Trivia at 9:30 pmFastnet Pub: The Ubiquitones at 10 pmFifth Element: The Groove Merchants from 7 pm to 10 pmJane Pickens Theater: The Death of Stalin at 4:45 […]

Newport Historical Society and Emmanuel Church have announced that they will host Grappling with Legacy: A Lecture with Sylvia Brown on Rhode Island’s Brown Family and the American Philanthropic Impulse at Emmanuel Church on April 5th. Below is the press release issued on behalf of the organizations; When Sylvia Brown’s father handed much of his inheritance […]

The Jamestown Arts Center (JAC) is accepting proposals from artists and curators for exhibitions in 2020. Below is their press release for the Call to Artists and Curators; The gallery space at the Jamestown Arts Center has become one of the most exciting places to experience art and design in southern Rhode Island.   Housed in […]

The Newport Art Museum’s Art School, the Coleman Center for Creative Studies, will offer art classes, camps and workshops for adults, youth, teens and families this spring and summer. Students who register up to two weeks before the class start date will receive 10% off tuition. Students must register one week before the class start […]

Our Newport Live Music and Entertainment Guide is Newport County’s premier and most comprehensive source for live music and entertainment in our area. Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this weekend. Friday, March 23rd Buskers: Live music at 9 pmCeltica: […]

Dropkick Murphys. Flogging Molly. They share a working-class ethos, they share an Irish heritage and Celtic folk influence, and now – for the first time – these two giants of American punk rock will be sharing the stage for a co-headlining U.S. tour. This historic run, celebrating over 20 years of mayhem, kicks off June […]

Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this week. Monday, March 19th Diego’s: Trivia at 9:30 pmFastnet Pub: The Ubiquitones at 10 pmFifth Element: The Groove Merchants from 7 pm to 10 pmJane Pickens Theater: Molly’s Game at 4:30 pm, The Post […]

The Newport Art Museum is pleased to welcome musicians Ariel & Victor back to the galleries for what is sure to be another unforgettable concert on Sunday, March 25, 2018, at 4 pm. A cross-genre duo that bridges the gaps between many musical disciplines, Ariel and Victor were both raised in musical households and educated in traditional conservatory settings. […]

With St. Paddy’s weekend on the horizon, we’ve scouted a few good shows in the tradition of the green, as well as some gigs with uniquely talented female performers playing around town. See what we mean below with our “Six Picks” for RI music this week! Anna and Elizabeth Friday at Hope and Main (Warren) […]

Our Newport Live Music and Entertainment Guide is Newport County’s premier and most comprehensive source for live music and entertainment in our area. Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this weekend. Friday, March 16th Buskers: Fiddlers Rock at 9 pmCeltica: […]

Join What’sUpNewp on Friday, March 16th at Midtown Oyster Bar for our 3rd annual St. Patrick’s Day Celebration, an event to celebrate Irish music and our Irish community. The event will include Midtown Oyster Bar’s take on Irish food,  live music and performances from Newport Ancient Order of Hibernian’s Pipes and Drums and AOH Men’s Singers, a […]

The Board of Trustees of the Newport Opera House Theater and Performing Arts Center announced today in a press release the selection of Andrea Rounds, an experienced Institutional Advancement Advisor, as Interim Executive Director. She will replace Brenda Nienhouse, the former Executive Director, who is retiring due to health reasons after leading the organization since […]

Gabby Rivera, author and Marvel comic writer, will present a public lecture on “Inspiring Radical Creativity: Empowering Young, Diverse Voices to Tell Their Own Stories” when she visits Salve Regina University on Tuesday, March 20. Her appearance is sponsored by Mosaic, the university’s student newspaper. Free and open to the public, Rivera’s talk will be presented […]

Continuing the tradition started last year, in celebration of Music In Our Schools Month (MIOSM), Melinda and Peter Gerard announce the Loti Falk Gaffney Pell Elementary School Music Empowerment Trust, also known as the Pell Inspiration Program (PIP), a program to introduce the students of Pell Elementary School to inspired musicians through an artists-in-residence program, will host Crocodile River Music and the […]

Three incredible vocalists, an acoustic-electronica band from Manchester, England, a team of outstanding musicians/producers who have joined forces to create one of today’s hippest groups, a dynamic pianist and television bandleader and the world’s favorite master of funk top the list of the Third Wave of artists set to perform at the 2018 Newport Jazz […]

FirstWorksRI, one of the state’s premier cultural organizations, is bringing a series of unique events to Providence over the next month. The Frontier Series is a celebration of music and art from around the world. The series began March 11th with a panel talk and will be followed by a performance March 14th from Tibetan […]

Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this week. Monday, March 12th Diego’s: Trivia at 9:30 pmFastnet Pub: The Ubiquitones at 10 pmFifth Element: The Groove Merchants from 7 pm to 10 pmJane Pickens Theater: The Shape of Water at 3:45 […]

The Kingston Chamber Music Festival is kicking-off its 30th Anniversary Season with a special concert presented in collaboration with the Jamestown Arts Center. An Afternoon with Mozart, Schubert & Dvořák features four Kingston Chamber Music Festival artists, including Artistic Director Natalie Zhu and the festival debut of award-winning cellist Sophie Shao. The artists will perform […]

Look for camera crews, actors, and actresses in Newport beginning March 12th in and around Newport. Steve Feinberg, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Film & Television Office, made the following announcement on Facebook today that filming would take place in Newport for Anastasia,  an upcoming “live-action fantasy-adventure based on the legend of the Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanova”; […]

The Women’s Resource Center, Newport Health Equity Zone, Salve Regina University and the Newport Art Museum are pleased to announce a collaboration celebrating ideas of Hope and Community with the Sidewalk Parade and the Tree Path Project. The Tree Path Project was developed and is facilitated by the Newport HEZ and the Newport Art Museum […]

Last summer at Newport Folk Festival a large group of artists came together in the spirit of the great American folk tradition to deliver a set of protest music called Speak Out. Now on April 21, the live recording of that set will be released on vinyl as a special Record Store Day release. The album features Beau Bedford, the Berklee Gospel […]

Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this week. Monday, March 5th Diego’s: Trivia at 9:30 pmFastnet Pub: The Ubiquitones at 10 pmFifth Element: The Groove Merchants from 7 pm to 10 pmJane Pickens Theater: Call Me By Your Name at 4:45 pm, […]

Newport Art Museum’s Art After Dark, which recently received the 2017 Editor’s Pick Award for Best Artsy Social Event by Rhode Island Monthly Magazine, is back on Thursday, March 8 from 5 – 9 pm. Each Art After Dark has unique programming for the whole family. This event joins the ranks of the many events and educational programs the Museum currently offers in its galleries […]

Our Newport Live Music and Entertainment Guide is Newport County’s premier and most comprehensive source for live music and entertainment in our area. Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this weekend. Friday, March 2nd Buskers: Sean Connell at 9 pmCeltica: Karaoke […]

Newport Jazz Festival Assembly, a performance series presented by Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., which has brought music to dozens of schools throughout Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, will perform in March at schools in East Hartford and Norwalk, CT, and Providence, RI. The series, funded by Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc., connects professional musicians to schools […]

The contributions of men of color during the American Revolution were explained by historian and author Robert Geake on Feb. 22 to commemorate Black History Month at Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport. Titled “Privates, Pilots and Privateers,” the discussion focused on the history of the Continental Army’s 1st Rhode Island Regiment, known as the […]

Island Moving Company, Newport’s contemporary ballet company, announced on Monday the upcoming retirement of locally beloved ballerina Christine Sandofi. Sandorfi retires after 11 years dancing with the company, an extraordinary achievement considering the physical rigor ballerinas endure through their work. Her final performances will be held at Rosecliff Mansion on two nights only Friday, March […]

Our Newport Live Music and Entertainment Guide is Newport County’s premier and most comprehensive source for live music and entertainment in our area. Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this week. Monday, February 26th Diego’s: Trivia at 9:30 pmFastnet Pub: […]

The Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame (RIMHOF) held a press conference earlier today announcing its 2018 inductees. The press conference took place in the RIMHOF Museum located at Hope Artiste Village in Pawtucket. Members of the RIMHOF Board of Directors, several past inductees, and fans and family were on hand for the naming of the eight […]

Ken Abrams, the music writer for What’sUpNewp, joined me on What’sUpNewp Radio Edition on AM 1540 WADK today to chat about all things music! Russell Gusetti and James Montgomery phoned into the program live from the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame 2018 inductee announcement in Pawtucket. Ken and I were also joined by special guest […]

The excitement continues as the Second Wave of artists are announced for the 2018 Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Investment Managers, which takes place at Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport CasinoAugust 3 – 5. Tickets are on sale now at www.newportjazz.org. “This Second Wave of artists […]

Our Newport Live Music and Entertainment Guide is Newport County’s premier and most comprehensive source for live music and entertainment in our area. Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this week. Monday, February 19th Diego’s: Trivia at 9:30 pmFastnet Pub: […]

Marvel’s “Black Panther” movie, a film featuring an almost all-black cast, black director, about a black superhero, is “something black people have never seen before … in an age when black people are seeing wrongs done against them in ways that extend beyond film every day, a moment to see blackness as a strength,” said […]

A ceramics exhibition celebrating the upcoming retirement of 37-year Salve Regina art professor Jay Lacouture will be presented at Dorrance Hamilton Gallery Feb. 22-March 28.  “Transformed by Fire: A Wood Fire Community” is a group exhibition featuring ceramic work fired at Lacouture’s home studio in Carolina. On Thursday, February 22, 2018 the general public and the campus community […]

This week “Six Picks” previews several local shows with an emphasis on the singer-songwriter. We’ve also got world music sounds from a favorite spot for folks in Portsmouth and the annual post-Valentines Day Love Hangover to benefit Hasbro Children’s Hospital. Love Hangover Thursday at Parlour (Providence) Big doings tonight in Providence where a horde of […]

Doug Woolverton has been a big piece of the live music and entertainment scene in Newport and across Rhode Island since 2004 with his involvement in Roomful of Blues, Newport Groove Merchants, The Ravers, his Tribute to Miles Davis, and much more. For Woolverton, the time has come to head west and take the chance […]

Our Newport Live Music and Entertainment Guide is Newport County’s premier and most comprehensive source for live music and entertainment in our area. Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this week. Monday, February 12th Diego’s: Trivia at 9:30 pmFastnet Pub: […]

Newport, RI – The public is invited to the opening of “Seeking Shelter: A Story of Place, Faith and Resistance,” a multi-media exhibition that tells a Rhode Island story of Vietnam War era activism and celebrates the healing power of community, which will be featured at Salve Regina University’s McKillop Library from Feb. 12 through April 15. […]

Our Newport Live Music and Entertainment Guide is Newport County’s premier and most comprehensive source for live music and entertainment in our area. Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this weekend. Friday, February 9th Buskers: Fiddlers Rock at 9 pmCeltica: Karaoke […]

Be among the first to secure your seats at one of Newport’s most popular summer events featuring Pat Metheny with Antonio Sanchez, Linda May Han Oh & Gwilym Simcock plus Lean On Me: Josè James Celebrates Bill Withers at the Friday evening concert of the Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Investment Managers.  The concert takes place August 3 at the International Tennis Hall of […]

Newport, RI – Discover all that’s happening, new and to do in and around Newport this week. Monday, February 5th 4:45 pm & 7:30 pm – Phantom Thread at Jane Pickens Theater 5:30 pm – City Of Newport Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Commission 6 pm – Beyond the Collections: Paintings, Paneling, Portraits & Pottery 6:30 pm – […]

Our Newport Live Music and Entertainment Guide is Newport County’s premier and most comprehensive source for live music and entertainment in our area. Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this week. Monday, February 5th Diego’s: Trivia at 9:30 pmFastnet Pub: […]

The Newport Art Museum is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition. One of the Museum’s most anticipated annual events, this exhibition highlights top talent from the region, bringing together an eclectic mix of art sourced from Rhode Island and beyond. Entries are open, calling established and emerging artists […]

The Newport Art Museum will welcome parents and children to the galleries for the popular monthly Second Saturday program on Saturday, February 10 at 10:30 am. This event joins the ranks of the many events and educational programs the Museum currently offers in its galleries at 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport. This month we’ll be honoring our differences, celebrating our uniqueness, […]

Our Newport Live Music and Entertainment Guide is Newport County’s premier and most comprehensive source for live music and entertainment in our area. Here’s a look at all the live music and entertainment that’s worth seeing, hearing, doing, or knowing about in Newport County this weekend. Here’s a look at all the live music and […]

Portsmouth, RI & Warren, RI – Continuing to celebrate their 25th year of presenting folk and world music concerts to Aquidneck Island and East Bay communities, COMMON FENCE MUSIC kicks off its Winter/Spring 2018 season with shows featuring Latin artists at both their Portsmouth and Warren, RI venues. On Friday, February 16, 2018 at 8pm, Boston-based Brazilian/American folk group SÓ SOL bring their vintage Tropicalia-meets-Americana sound to the […]