The Jamestown Arts Center will host its second annual JAC Frost celebration on Saturday, Jan. 24, featuring an immersive projection art installation by Providence-based digital artist Julio Berroa. The event, running from 7 to 10 p.m., promises an audio and visual art experience complete with a DJ and dance party. Berroa, who has created large-scale […]
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What’s up in Newport County: Wednesday, January 14
Discover all that’s happening for live music, entertainment, and events in Newport County. Organizing an event? Add it to What’sUpNewp’s event calendar. Weather Forecast Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. South wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Tonight: Showers likely, mainly between 8pm and 2am. Patchy fog between […]
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Tiverton Library Foundation announces 2026 speaker series
The Tiverton Library Foundation has announced its 2026 speaker series, a six-month program featuring authors, designers and a former U.S. ambassador. The series kicks off Feb. 11 with author and photographer Christine Chitnis. The following month, global brand designer Mikel Folcarelli and landscape architect John Gwynne will present on March 11. Ambassador Chris Hill will […]
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Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County brings back youth aquatics program
Youth aquatics programming has returned to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County thanks to a partnership with the Wellington Resort. The resort is providing pool access while the nonprofit continues renovation and expansion work at its central clubhouse at 95 Church St. Programming resumed this fall and includes community swim offerings such as […]
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BTS to play Gillette Stadium for first time in August
Global pop group BTS will bring their massive world tour to Gillette Stadium on Aug. 5 and 6, marking the first and largest headline K-pop concert ever held at the venue. The South Korean group announced the 79-show tour Tuesday, their first headline performances together since 2022. The tour, promoted by Live Nation, will span […]
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RI VegFest returns to Providence for sixth year in February
RI VegFest, one of the East Coast’s largest fully vegan festivals, returns to WaterFire Arts Center on Feb. 21 and 22 for its sixth year celebrating plant-based eating and living. The 2026 event will feature more than 90 vegan and vegan-friendly food and beverage producers, restaurants, bakeries, food trucks, artists and makers from Rhode Island […]
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Arts Around the Fire to feature RI250 Commission program coordinator
The Arts and Cultural Alliance of Newport County’s monthly networking event, Arts Around the Fire, continues on Wednesday, Jan. 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Sardella’s Restaurant, 30 Memorial Blvd. West. The free event will feature Lauren Fogarty, program coordinator for the RI250 Commission. Fogarty will share an overview of the commission’s plans for […]
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What’s up in Newport County: Tuesday, January 13
Discover all that’s happening for live music, entertainment, and events in Newport County. Organizing an event? Add it to What’sUpNewp’s event calendar. Weather Forecast Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 44 degrees. Southwest wind 7 to 11 mph. Tuesday night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 40 degrees. South wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts […]
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What’s up this weekend in Newport County: Jan. 9-11
Discover all that’s happening for live music, entertainment, and events this weekend in and around Newport. Organizing an event? Add it to What’sUpNewp’s event calendar. Live Music & Entertainment Friday, January 9 Busker’s Irish Pub: Live music at 8 p.m. Johnny’s Restaurant: Stu Krous at 7 p.m. Narragansett Cafe: Eddy’s Shoe at 8 p.m. Newport Blues […]
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Save The Bay opens registration for summer camps on Narragansett Bay
Registration opened Thursday for Save The Bay’s BayCamp, a week-long summer program that immerses young people in the marine environment of Narragansett Bay. The camps, offered for students who have completed grades K-12, take place in Providence, Newport, Wickford and Bristol. They focus on environmental and marine sciences while allowing campers to explore shorelines and […]
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Bruno Mars announces first headline tour in nearly a decade, including Gillette Stadium stop
Bruno Mars is hitting the road for his first full headline tour in nearly a decade, and New England fans will get a chance to see the global superstar when he performs at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Saturday, Sept. 5. The tour, announced Thursday, will support Mars’ long-awaited fourth solo album, “The Romantic,” […]
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Innovate Newport announces partnership with Photo Guild of Newport
Innovate Newport is teaming up with the Photo Guild of Newport to present a curated photography exhibit aimed at blending art with the city’s entrepreneurial community. The exhibit, titled “Visions of Newport County,” will be displayed on the third floor of Innovate Newport’s coworking space and will include an opening reception. The partnership positions the […]
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Theatre By The Sea announces 2026 summer season
Theatre By The Sea has announced its 2026 summer season, featuring four musicals at the historic seaside playhouse. Owner and producer Bill Hanney will open the season with “Little Shop of Horrors,” the sci-fi musical comedy about a hapless floral assistant who discovers a carnivorous plant with sinister intentions. The show runs May 28 through […]
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New docuseries exploring Rhode Island’s coastal ecosystem premieres Friday
A new documentary series celebrating Rhode Island’s coastal wildlife and conservation efforts premieres Friday on Ocean State Media. “Ocean State: Rhode Island’s Wild Coast” debuts with its first episode, “Secrets of the Seagrass,” at 8 p.m. Jan. 9 on WSBE. The episode will be followed by a re-run of “Chasing Fins,” a short documentary about […]
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What’s up in Newport County: Tuesday, January 6
Discover all that’s happening for live music, entertainment, and events in Newport County. Organizing an event? Add it to What’sUpNewp’s event calendar. Weather Forecast Tuesday: Cloudy, with a high near 38. Light and variable wind becoming north around 6 mph in the morning. Tuesday night: Rain likely, mainly between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. Cloudy, with […]
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Emmy award-winning ocean explorer Richard Vevers to speak at Sail Newport on Jan. 15
Sail Newport will host Emmy award-winning storyteller and ocean explorer Richard Vevers for “An Ocean (RE)Introduction” on Thursday, Jan. 15, as part of its Challenger Lecture Series presented by Hinckley Yacht Services. Vevers, who played the lead role in the Netflix documentary “Chasing Coral,” will share the surprising reality of the ocean and how it’s […]
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Adequoyah Kamali Josephine Mathews on growing whole thoughts on the cost of silence
“Now is the time to step up, speak out, and lead with conviction. Be the change. Be the voice. Be the difference.” The call is timeless; the voice behind it belongs to 17-year-old Rhode Islander, Adequoyah Kamali Josephine Mathews. As our conversation unfolded it became clear to me that she doesn’t look at life through […]
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Puddingstone to present internationally acclaimed Sitkovetsky Trio at Rough Point
Coming off a sold-out holiday double-header concert at Redwood Library, the Puddingstone chamber music series returns to Rough Point mansion on Jan. 27 with a performance by the internationally celebrated Sitkovetsky Trio. Known as one of today’s foremost piano trios, violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky, cellist Isang Enders and pianist Wu Qian have earned critical acclaim and […]
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What’s up this weekend in Newport County: Jan. 2 – 4
Discover all that’s happening for live music, entertainment, and events this weekend in and around Newport. Organizing an event? Add it to What’sUpNewp’s event calendar. Live Music & Entertainment Friday, January 2 Busker’s Irish Pub: Live music at 8 p.m. Johnny’s Restaurant: Briana White at 7 p.m. Narragansett Cafe: Live music at 8 p.m. Newport Blues […]
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Movies and TV shows casting in Rhode Island
The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures the attention of Americans starting from an early age. Beyond celebrities’ Instagram Stories and red carpet poses, there are actors out there paying their dues and honing their craft in pursuit of a sustainable career or a fulfilling sideline. Submitting to casting calls is a big part of […]
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‘Full Circle’ exhibition to reunite Monumenta artists at Rosecliff
A new exhibition opening in February will revisit one of the world’s first large-scale outdoor sculpture shows through the work of artist Richard Fleischner and his contemporaries. “Full Circle: Richard Fleischner with David Smith, Christo, Claes Oldenburg, Barnett Newman, & other Monumenta Artists” runs Feb. 6 through May 3 at Rosecliff. The exhibition marks 51 […]
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What’s up in Newport County: Tuesday, December 30
Discover all that’s happening for live music, entertainment, and events in Newport County. Organizing an event? Add it to What’sUpNewp’s event calendar. Weather Forecast Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 30. Breezy, with a west wind 20 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph. Tuesday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around […]