Fortress of Nightmares returns to Fort Adams in October for its eighth season in a row. Fortress of Nightmares is a haunted attraction featuring Tunnels of Terror, Zombie Hunter Challenge (Laser Tag), the Haunted Officer’s Quarters Ghost Hunt (previously explored by the TAPS Team from the television show Ghost Hunters), a Killer Film Fest, a […]
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5 Best Things To Do In And Around Newport This Weekend | October 23 – 25
Photo by Marial Maher/Visual Manor It’s official, now that Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival and International Oktoberfest is behind us we’re all feeling that fall is now officially here! Discover the best activities, events and things to do in and around Newport this weekend. Click Here For -> Where To Go For Live Music & Entertainment […]
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7 Spooky Things to do in Newport This October
As the end of October approaches in Newport a spooky wind sweeps in and strange things begin to go bump in the night. Here’s all that’s happening in Newport in October that is spooky, frightful, terror-filled and spooktacular… 1 – Olde Town Ghost Walk Tours depart nightly at 8 p.m. Ghost Tours of Newport will take […]
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5 Reasons to Visit Fort Adams This Fall
Fort Adams, a National Historic Landmark and the largest coastal fortress in North America, is a place that all locals and tourists should visit as often as possible. The Fort Adams Trust is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the programming, preservation and restoration of this “Priority I” Threatened Landmark. The Trust has partnered with the State […]
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Preparations are Underway for Christmas at the Newport Mansions
Christmas at the Newport Mansions is just one month away, and preparations are well underway to dress The Breakers (1895), The Elms (1901) and Marble House (1892) in their holiday finery. Beginning November 21, 2015 and running through January 3, 2016, guests are invited to join The Preservation Society of Newport County to create holiday […]
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Newport Art Museum’s Faculty & Student Holiday Art Sale to Feature Local Artists & Return of the Museum Gift Shop
The Newport Art Museum will host its annual Faculty and Student Holiday Arts Sale, Friday, November 27, 12 – 4pm and Saturday, November 28, 10am – 4pm, in the Museum’s Griswold House at 76 Bellevue Avenue. Shoppers can purchase unique holiday gifts, while supporting local artists and arts education. Items include ceramic tableware and ornaments, quilts, […]
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Life is Good Founders Will Visit Newport During First-Ever ‘Nationwide Optimism Tour’
Life is Good Founders are hitting the road on their first-ever Nationwide Optimism Tour and they’re coming to Newport. The tour will bring the owners of the optimistic lifestyle brand to the Life Is Good Newport Store, one of the very first stores to carry Life is Good, on November 6th from 5 p.m. to […]
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Newport Art Museum’s Coleman Center Now Enrolling for Holiday Workshops
The Newport Art Museum‘s art school, the Coleman Center for Creative Studies, is now enrolling students for holiday themed workshops in ceramics, calligraphy and painting. The workshops, geared toward beginners but open to all levels, are designed to give students an opportunity to learn a new art making skill while creating holiday gifts. Those interested in ceramics can take Handmade Holiday with Charlene […]
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5 Best Things To Do In and Around Newport This Week
Photo by Marial Maher/Visual Manor Hard to believe it’s almost November, where has the year gone? Don’t let the cooler temps fool you, plenty of great things still to do in and around Newport! Check out our list below to discover the best events, activities and things to do this week in and around Newport, […]
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The Do’s and Don’ts of the 25th Annual Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival
Bowen’s Wharf will host their 25th annual Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival on October 17th and 18th. Check out the list below and keep these little things in mind to make sure your Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival experience is the best it can be! Bowen’s Wharf 25th Annual Seafood Festival Hours: Saturday, October 17th from 11 […]
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5 Best Things To Do In And Around Newport This Weekend | October 16 – 18
Heads up, it’s going to be a great weekend in and around Newport! With the Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival, Fortress Of Nightmares, International Oktoberfest and activities like the Trinity Pumpkin Patch it’s one of the best weekends of the year around here! Here’s Our 5 Favorite Events This Weekend, Visit Our Events Calendar For More Great Events! 1 – […]
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25 Years Later: Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival Continues to Reinvent Itself
From its inaugural celebration in October 1990, the Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival offers exactly that: seafood, and plenty of it. The event has grown to be a favorite island tradition over the last 25 years, encouraging the local residents to come back to the waterfront after each summer season. It’s the best time to celebrate […]
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Explore The World Of Oysters at Hotel Viking on November 7th
Photo by Marial Maher/Visual Manor Join the What’sUpNewp Crew for Oyster Explorers as we sip and slurp on November 7th at Hotel Viking with Oyster Sommelier, Julie Qiu of In A Half Shell. Julie Qiu is an oyster sommelier, blogger and sustainable seafood advocate from New York City in search of the world’s most exceptional […]
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1916 Centennial Committee to Host Irish Historical Presentation in Newport
The Easter Rising of 1916 Centennial Remembrance Committee of Rhode Island will hold a multi-media historical presentation on Sunday, October 18 at 3:00 p.m. at the Ancient Order of Hibernian Hall, 2 Wellington Avenue, Newport. The event is free and open to the public. The Easter Rising, also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an […]
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Fort Adams Will Appear on Syfy’s ‘Ghost Hunters’ Tonight
Fort Adams State Park will be featured on Ghost Hunters tonight, October 14th at 9:00pm, on Syfy . In each episode, Jason Hawes and his team of paranormal investigators, TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) investigate paranormal activity across the country. In this episode, KJ and Dustin investigate the sound of footsteps in the bakery in Fort […]
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Newport Art Museum Curator to give Gallery Talk on “Reviving Durr Freedley”
The Newport Art Museum invites guests to an afternoon Gallery Talk on Reviving Durr Freedley: Newport’s Forgotten Artist on Sunday, October 18 at 2pm in the Museum’s Cushing Gallery. The talk will be led by Nancy Whipple Grinnell, Newport Art Museum Curator, who will discuss Freedley’s life and work. The event is free with the price of Museum admission. […]
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Make Strides in the Fight Against Breast Cancer in Rhode Island on October 18th
Today is “No Bra Day”, a day created to reportedly raise awareness for breast cancer. Not wearing a bra will not save lives from breast cancer or support men and women fighting it today. Increased access to screenings and funding research to find better ways to detect, treat and prevent breast cancer will. If you don’t want […]
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Public Invited to Tour SSV Oliver Hazard Perry During Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival
(photo credit Onne van der Wal) This weekend (October 17-18), attendees at the 25th Annual Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival in Newport will enjoy an opportunity to board the 200-foot Tall Ship SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, the Ocean State’s Official Sailing Education Vessel and the first ocean-going full-rigged ship built in America in over a century. […]
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Fort Adams Will Host Laser Tag Battles in October
Photo by Morgan Macia/What’sUpNewp Fort Adams will be holding laser tag battles in the inner ditch area of the fort. Participants can wage their own battles against their opponents. Using innovative technology supplied by E-Combat, taggers can point and shoot a harmless laser at their opponent and have it register on the opponents head band […]
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Local Flavor and Family Friendly Festivals Mark Newport County’s Most Majestic Season
It’s no wonder why people from around the world flock to New England during our resplendent autumn months. Festivals abound, the harvest is bountiful and Mother Nature is at her finest. Newport and its surrounding eight coastal communities welcome visitors from near and far to experience the spoils of the season: Oct. 10-31: Trinity Church […]
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Waterfront Events Set to Host Fall Waterfront Reggae Festival in Providence
Leading up to the International Oktoberfest on October 17th and 18th, Waterfront Events has announced they will host a Fall Waterfront Reggae Concert on Friday, October 16th. The Fall Waterfront Reggae Concert, to take place rain or shine next Friday, October 16th from 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. at India Point Park in Providence, Rhode […]
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Art League of RI Sponsors Stem to Steam from the Trenches at the Newport Art Museum
Photo of Babette Allina On Wednesday, October 14th, from 7-9pm, the Art League of RI will present STEM to STEAM at the Newport Art Museum. Presented by Babette Allina, Executive Director of Government & External Affairs, at the RI School of Design (RISD), the event will focus on keeping art and design in the forefront […]
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Halloween Movie Night at Ballard Park Will Include ‘Hotel Transylvania’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’
For the past two weeks the public has voted on which movies they’d like to see at the 2nd Annual People’s Credit Union’s Halloween Movie Night at Ballard Park. Friends of Ballard Park has announced the winners are Hotel Transylvania and Young Frankenstein. The event is scheduled for Saturday, October 17th. In addition to the two […]
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Things You Must Do in Newport This October
From a pig roast to Newport Seafood Festival, here are the top events that you shouldn’t miss in and around Newport this October! 1 – Goose Island Beer Dinner at Midtown Oyster Bar, October 7th Midtown Oyster Bar will host their 3rd Annual Pig Roast and Beer Dinner on Wednesday, October 7th at 6:30 p.m. […]
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Tickets Now on Sale for Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff
Island Moving Co. invites you to join them for their wonderful holiday ballet A Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff. Follow their young protagonist throughout the mansion as she celebrates the holiday season with her family, battles with the Mouse King, dances with the Snow Queen and travels with her beloved Nutcracker to the magical Land of Sweets. […]