Arts & Culture

Producer/Founder George Wein and Artistic Director Christian McBride announce the second wave of artists for the 2017 Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management, which takes place at Fort Adams State Park and the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino August 4 – 6.  Tickets are available at www.newportjazzfest.org. “We […]

The Newport Art Museum has announced the winners of the 2017 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 alike to submit […]

The Newport Folk Festival has begun its annual tradition of announces who will perform at the 2017 Festival via their unique rolling lineup announcements. The first announcement came on Folk Festival’s Facebook Page on Wednesday morning, when they announced Fleet Foxes would return to Fort Adams on Friday, July 28th. Fleet Foxes is an American indie folk […]

The Newport Art Museum has announced in a press release that it has joined Museums for All, a signature access program of the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to encourage families of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum habits. The program will enable low-income […]

Be among the first to secure your seats at one of Newport’s most popular summer social events when Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue and Rhiannon Giddens take the stage at the Friday Evening concert of the Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management.  The concert takes place August 4 at the International Tennis […]

Respect, not only for George Wein and what he’s accomplished, but mainly for jazz and the jazz musicians. That’s was George Wein hopes he’s achieving through his festivals. In this, part four of this five-part series, ‘A Conversation with George Wein,’ we learn about earning respect and trust, about the rise of young musicians, and […]

Enjoy intellectual stimulation and lifelong learning with other art lovers! The Newport Art Museum is now accepting applications for its “Gallery Guides” program. Gallery Guides are dedicated volunteers who provide tours for visitors of all ages. The guides will be trained to use questions, conversation and factual content to engage visitors in positive, meaningful and relevant exploration of the […]

On May 2, 2017, Wesleyan University Press will publish I Got A Song: A History of The Newport Folk Festival, by Rick Massimo. Eight years in the making, the first-ever book exclusively devoted to the history of the Newport Folk Festival, I Got a Song documents the trajectory of an American musical cornerstone over its […]

The Newport Art Museum welcomes five new exhibitions to its galleries this winter, including Kate Blacklock’s Looking Closely at What is Not There, Lindsey Beal & Ron Cowie’s New Light Through Old Windows, Jay Lacouture’sLooking Forward, Looking Back, the Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition, as well as a selection of the Museum’s Recent Acquisitions. The official Opening […]

Island Moving Company, Newport’s contemporary ballet company, restages its popular ballet for the very young, Mother Goose, at four matinees on March 3, 4 & 5 at Rosecliff.  The Company presents an after-school matinee at 4pm on Friday, March 3rd in addition to the 3pm matinee on Saturday the 4th and two shows on Sunday […]

Looking for live music, comedy, theater, karaoke or entertainment this weekend in Newport? You’re in luck! Here’s what’s happening, new and to do for live music and entertainment this weekend! You May Also Want To Check Out: What’s Up For This Weekend: Dec. 30 – Jan. 1 Friday, December 30th 4 p.m & 7 p.m. – […]

If you’re still looking for that special holiday present for a music lover, give the gift of jazz – a memorable trip to the 2017 Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management August 4 – 6.  Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. is making gift-giving easier by offering flexible (Flex) tickets priced at just $59.00 while supplies […]

The Newport Art Museum’s annual Winter Speaker Series returns Saturday, January 7 at 2pm for its 89th season. The series will include seven lectures on a variety of topics and will run Saturdays at 2pm, January 7 – February 25 (no talk on February 18th), in the Museum’s Griswold House at 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport. […]

At a celebration of Island Moving Co’s Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff’s 15th Anniversary season, Kathryn Farrington, Vice President of Marketing at Discover Newport, presented Artistic Director Miki Ohlsen with the agency’s Hospitality Champion Award. The award recognizes Ohlsen’s outstanding contributions to the hospitality industry of Newport & Bristol county.  “I am honored and thrilled that […]

The Jane Pickens Theater and Event Center has announced that they will host a special-event screening on December 8th of Dust and Thunder: Mumford & Sons Live from South Africa, a music spectacular documenting the final concert stop of their widely attended world tour.  The footage, shot and edited by award-winning director/cinematographer Dick Carruthers, showcases […]

The movie that took Aquidneck Island by storm in March, April and May of 2016 will make its World Premiere at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival in January. The final pieces of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival feature film program fall into place yesterday, as Sundance Institute announced the lineup for Premieres, Documentary Premieres, Midnight, […]

Salve Regina University’s student-run dance organization, the SRU Dance Club, will be presenting its fall performance, “Final Song,” on Dec. 9-10 in the Rodgers Recreation Center. This fall show will feature 22 dances with styles varying from hip hop, jazz, tap, contemporary and Irish step. Performances will be held Friday, Dec.9 and Saturday, Dec. 10. […]

The Newport Art Museum will be accepting work for jurying for the Newport Annual Members’ Juried Exhibition, January 20 (2 – 6 pm), January 21 (10 am – 4 pm) and January 22 (12 – 4 pm) in the Museum’s Cushing Gallery at 76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport. Artists submitting to the exhibition may pre-register and pre-pay their entry fee at newportartmuseum.org. Those […]

The 2017 Newport Folk Festival is nearly eight months away and not a single artist has been announced for the three-day festival, yet people trust producers enough to buy almost every single ticket that was available today when tickets went on sale. Tickets for the 2017 Newport Folk Festival went on sale at 10 a.m. on […]

Three screenings of the environmental documentary, A Plastic Ocean, reached over 1100 Aquidneck Island student in newportFILM’s biggest, most inclusive educational outreach effort yet. The collaborative effort, which included 7 different public and private Aquidneck Island schools, was made in support of the latest initiative by Clean Ocean Access to spearhead a “Ban the Bag” […]

In December 1774, the Rhode Island Assembly voted to move almost all of the cannons in Newport’s Fort George to Providence in order to, as the governor stated, “prevent their falling into the hands of the King.” The Assembly also formed a new “Train of Artillery,” a military company assigned to use those cannon to […]

Buddy The Elf, Clark Griswold and The Bolshoi’s version of The Nutcracker are all coming soon to the big screen in Newport, RI. Along with their great regular programming, Jane Pickens Theater and Event Center will host the following three Christmas classics in December. On a non-related Christmas programming note, don’t miss Concert Film: “Mumford […]

Here’s what’s happening for live music, comedy and entertainment in and around Newport, RI on Thanksgiving Eve, enjoy yourself and be safe! Buskers: Open mic night with Mike Warner from 9pm to 1am. No cover. Facebook event – Wednesday- Open Mic- Buskers Pub Fastnet: Pub Trivia at 9pm. No cover. Jimmy’s Saloom: Ocean Mic at 9pm. No […]

If you want to go to the 2017 Newport Folk Festival, purchasing tickets at 10 a.m. on November 30th will be your best and probably only shot. With the announcement from Newport Folk Festival  via social media and e-mail today, NFF also announced that their is a new ticket provider and payment plan option; We […]

Aquidneck Land Trust (ALT) is excited to announce that the Sixteen on Center Art Contest drawings are on our Facebook page and ready for your ‘likes’.  There will be a total of three student winners of the art contest that will be delineated by category: Kindergarten – 4th; 5th – 8th and; 9th – 12th.  […]

On behalf of the band Abbey Rhode, I want to express our deepest thanks to our many friends and fans for their steadfast support over the past 12 years. It is now time for us to bring the band to an end. Our goal was to bring to life the phenomenal music of The Beatles […]

Newport Jazz Assembly, a performance series presented in elementary schools by Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc.™, Inc. wraps up its Fall season this week with concerts in Manville and Cumberland, RI, and Stamford, CT. Now in its second season, the series has reached 7,800 students.   The season kicked off in Pawtucket on October 11 and […]

Rhode Island’s ballet theatre (RIbt) performs its Newport Holiday show at the Casino Theatre. The show is Sunday, December 18th at 3pm.  The dance performance includes the storybook children’s ballet “Alice in Wonderland” as well as excerpts from the traditional Nutcracker.  In addition,there will be a special guest singing performance. “As a training performance company […]

The Coleman Center for Creative Studies at the Newport Art Museum will welcome a student show to its gallery this November in collaboration with FabNewport. FabNewport provides Newport County residents with alternative pathways to science, technology, engineering, arts and math through mentoring and personalized education. The Newport Art Museum includes this initiative with FabNewport among its many […]

The Newport Art Museum continues to engage and inspire the whole family with “Second Saturdays” (November 12, 10am-12pm), an engaging family-oriented program designed to inspire young minds and satisfy the curiosity of every member of the family. Each Second Saturday is uniquely curated based on a theme, and includes a variety of activities geared for ages 3-10. This event joins the ranks […]

It’s Halloween, but don’t be afraid to make plans now for the 2017 Newport Jazz Festival® presented by Natixis Global Asset Management (NJF), which is set for August 4-6 at Fort Adams State Park.   Newport Jazz Flex tickets are back, and jazz fans around the world are invited to be among the first to purchase […]

Be a part of the Opera House future, while “Taking your seat in Newport history!” Construction on the Newport Opera House Theater and Performing Arts Center is underway, the restoration of this cultural jewel will transform the historic structure into a modern, vibrant performing arts center and serve as an economic catalyst for Washington Square, […]

Attention chefs, bartenders, servers, foodies and pretty much anyone who wants to model – a National Food Brand has issued a casting call. Filming for the shoot will take place in Newport or Providence, you should react to this quick as the dates they need the right model to be available for filming is October 26th, 27th […]

Rhode Island Producer Tom DeNucci (“Almost Mercy”) has announced that his company, Woodhaven Media, has teamed up with Matt O’Connor and Glenn Jeffrey of 2Cousins Productions to film the horror story “ANDERS MANOR”. Based on a concept by O’Connor and Jeffrey, the screenplay was penned by locals Mike Messier, DeNucci, O’Connor and Jeffrey. Warwick resident, […]