The Museum of Newport Irish History will host author and historian Stephen Puleo on Tuesday, Nov. 17, for the final lecture of its 25th annual series. Puleo will discuss “Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the Remarkable Story of America’s First Humanitarian Mission.” In March 1847, the USS Jamestown, a converted […]
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Tuba Skinny books the JPT for May; tickets go on sale Friday
The New Orleans band Tuba Skinny will play the JPT Film & Event Center on Saturday, May 8, 2027, with tickets going on sale this Friday. Tickets open at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at janepickens.com or by phone at 1-800-657-8774. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tuba Skinny has released 13 albums over more […]
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Salve dance program stages ‘Luminosity’ at the Casino Theatre Nov. 19-21
Salve Regina University’s dance program will present “Luminosity” at the Casino Theatre over four performances from Nov. 19 to 21. The show runs Thursday, Nov. 19, and Friday, Nov. 20, at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 21, at 2 and 7:30 p.m. at the Casino Theatre, 9 Freebody St. Lindsay Guarino directs. The work is […]
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Newport Classical announces six holiday concerts across two December weekends
Newport Classical will present six holiday concerts over two weekends in December, each program performed twice in an afternoon. Christmas with Cantus opens the run on Saturday, Dec. 5, at 1 and 3:30 p.m. at the Newport Classical Recital Hall. The low-voice ensemble, which sold out two Newport performances in 2024, will perform carols including […]
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20 Military Memorials, Monuments and Markers you should visit in Newport
These memorials, monuments, and markers throughout Newport, Rhode Island document the trials, tribulations, battles, historical events, and those Newporters lost while at a battle. We hope that this will inspire you to visit an important marker, monument, and memorial that more than likely has been an integral piece of our city and nation’s history. 1 – […]
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Newport Mansions free for Newport County residents this weekend
The Preservation Society of Newport County will offer free admission to Newport County residents this Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 14 and 15. The offer covers residents of Jamestown, Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth, Tiverton and Little Compton. It also extends to personnel stationed at Naval Station Newport and their immediate families, and to Salve Regina University students. […]
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Grammy-winning drummer Dan Pugach brings his nonet to the Redwood Library Saturday
Puddingstone returns to the Redwood Library & Athenaeum on Saturday, Nov. 14, with Grammy-winning drummer and composer Dan Pugach and his nine-piece band, accompanied by a local artist painting throughout the performance. Rupert Nesbitt will create original work inspired by the music in real time as the nonet plays. Pugach won the 2025 Grammy for […]
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The Newport Nutcracker returns to Rosecliff for its 26th year
The Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff returns for a 26th year, with performances at the Bellevue Avenue mansion from Nov. 25 through Dec. 4. Presented by Newport Contemporary Ballet, the production moves audiences through the halls of Rosecliff as the ballet unfolds around them, rather than seating them in a theater. This year’s production features a […]
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Newport Illuminated Boat Parade returns Nov. 27
The Newport Illuminated Boat Parade returns to Newport Harbor on Friday, Nov. 27, at 6 p.m., hosted by the Newport Yacht Club. Decorated vessels will gather south of the Goat Island Causeway and head east, passing the Newport Yacht Club, where judges will be stationed, then continuing past Perrotti Park and Bowen’s and Bannister’s wharves […]
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Registration opens for the 2027 Amica Newport Marathon, with 15% off through Monday
Registration is open for the 2027 Amica Newport Marathon and Half Marathon, which returns to Newport on Sunday, Oct. 10, 2027. Runners can save 15% on registration for either distance through 11:59 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2. The course runs along Newport’s coastline past mansions and shoreline neighborhoods, and both distances are open to runners of […]
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Roger Williams Park Zoo’s Holiday Lights Spectacular returns Nov. 27
Roger Williams Park Zoo’s Holiday Lights Spectacular returns the day after Thanksgiving, running nightly from Friday, Nov. 27, through Sunday, Jan. 3. The display features more than 3.5 million lights across 40 acres of the zoo, according to organizers. Visitors walk lighted pathways past displays including penguins and snowflakes, with hot chocolate, adult beverages and […]
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Newport Gulls bring youth winter clinics back to Aquidneck Island, with a Portsmouth native coaching
The Newport Gulls will hold their youth winter baseball clinics on Aquidneck Island this year, moving the six-year-old program to the new Aquidneck Island Sports indoor facility in Portsmouth and adding a fourth session. Registration opened Wednesday. Among the coaches is John Mass, a Portsmouth native and right-handed pitcher at Florida Atlantic University who played […]
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Newport Symposium returns Nov. 5-6 with ‘What Makes It American’
The Preservation Society of Newport County will hold its annual Newport Symposium on Thursday, Nov. 5, and Friday, Nov. 6, at Rosecliff and Marble House, under the theme “What Makes It American.” The two-day program of lectures and study tours runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. each day and examines the origins and legacy […]
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Jamestown Community Theatre stages Sondheim’s ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ next month
Jamestown Community Theatre will stage Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along” over four days next month at the Jamestown Recreation Center. The musical follows composer Franklin Shepard and his two closest friends through the choices that shape their lives. Frank achieves extraordinary professional success at a steep personal cost, and the story is told in […]
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Land Trust’s student art and writing contest opens, with winners to hang at the Newport Art Museum
The Aquidneck Island Land Trust has opened its 12th annual Art & Writing Contest for students, asking them to reflect on a favorite Aquidneck Island vista and how it is changing. Entries are due by 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4. Winning work will be displayed in the Newport Art Museum’s Cushing Gallery beginning Feb. 11, […]
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MLK Community Center honors Gail Jacobs, Newport Mental Health and Liz Davis at annual meeting
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center presented its 2026 Keeper of the Dream awards Monday at its annual meeting, before a capacity crowd in the center’s community room. Gail Jacobs received the Keeper of the Dream Award. She served on the committee for the center’s Building Hope campaign, which raised $7 million in […]
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Free tour of St. Mary’s Cemetery on Saturday traces Newport’s Irish immigrant history
The Museum of Newport Irish History will offer a free tour of St. Mary’s Cemetery on Saturday, Oct. 24, at 1 p.m., led by local researcher Steve Marino. More than 1,000 Newporters are buried there, including many Irish immigrants and first-generation Irish Americans, according to the museum. The cemetery served Rhode Island’s first Catholic parish, […]
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Salve Regina stages ‘The SpongeBob Musical’ at the Casino Theatre Nov. 5-8
Salve Regina University’s theatre arts program will stage “The SpongeBob Musical” at the Casino Theatre, 9 Freebody St., from Nov. 5 to 8. Performances are Thursday and Friday, Nov. 5 and 6, at 7 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 7, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.; and Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m. The show follows SpongeBob […]
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J.T. Commons giving 10% of sales to the Middletown library on Nov. 17
J.T. Commons Pizza & Eats will donate 10% of every sale to the Middletown Public Library on Tuesday, Nov. 17, from 4 to 10 p.m., in a fundraiser organized with the Friends of the Middletown Public Library. The restaurant is at 1037 Aquidneck Ave. Construction funding for the new library is already secured, according to […]
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Newport Classical brings pianist Michael Leonardo Davidman and guitarist Raphaël Feuillâtre to the Recital Hall in November
Newport Classical’s chamber series continues next month with two concerts at Newport Classical Recital Hall, 42 Dearborn St., both at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 6: Michael Leonardo Davidman Davidman, winner of the 2025 American Piano Awards, makes his Newport debut with a program spanning Bach, Schubert, Franck and Liszt. He has appeared as a soloist with […]
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JPT marks Halloween week with a John Carpenter triple feature, a 100-year-old silent film and ‘Psycho’
The Jane Pickens Theater & Event Center will run a John Carpenter triple feature on Saturday, Oct. 24, followed by a century-old silent film with live accompaniment on Oct. 27 and “Psycho” on Halloween. Saturday, Oct. 24: Synthesizers & Screams The marathon opens at 3 p.m. with “They Live” (1988), Carpenter’s satirical science-fiction thriller, followed […]
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Meet Lucy Darling, the character who took over Carisa Hendrix’s career
Carisa Hendrix bills herself as a comedian and magician who’s “kinda famous on the internet.” Wait, you don’t know her? Perhaps you know her character, Lucy Darling. It’s pretty likely that you’ve seen clips of this statuesque redhead in an evening gown on Facebook and Instagram, masterfully working the crowds at her full-house performances. Hendrix […]
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‘Spooky State House’ returns to Providence on Oct. 29 with free trick-or-treating
The Rhode Island Department of State will host its annual Spooky State House on Thursday, Oct. 29, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., with free trick-or-treating, crafts and decorations throughout the building. Treats will be handed out by the offices of Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore, Gov. Dan McKee, Lt. Gov. Sabina Matos, Attorney General […]
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Bon Jovi returns to Gillette Stadium on July 28, 2027, first show there since 2013
Bon Jovi will play Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, July 28, 2027, the band’s first show there in 14 years, as part of an expanded Forever Tour. The 2027 dates follow the band’s return to touring this year, which included nine sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden and three at Wembley Stadium, along […]
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Newport Public Education Foundation screening ‘Counted Out’ at Rogers on Nov. 2, with a new math initiative to be announced
The Newport Public Education Foundation will host a free community screening of the documentary “Counted Out” on Monday, Nov. 2, at 6:30 p.m. at Rogers High School, with a discussion afterward. The foundation and Newport Public Schools will also use the evening to announce a new initiative aimed at changing how math is taught in […]
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All-trans drag cast headlines TRANSylvania Halloween brunch at Stoneacre on Oct. 25
Newport OUT will present TRANSylvania, a Halloween drag brunch with an all-trans cast, on Sunday, Oct. 25, at Stoneacre Brasserie, 28 Washington Square. Performers are Ladda Nurv, Ninny Nothin, Rickey Diamonds and ZonLegacyPhoenix, according to Newport OUT. Seating times are 10:30, 10:45 and 11 a.m. Tickets are $60 for standard reservations and $65 for Splash […]
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Rhode Island Brew Fest returns to Providence on Jan. 30, with 15% off tickets through Monday
Tickets are on sale for the 14th Rhode Island Brew Fest, returning Saturday, Jan. 30, 2027, to the WaterFire Arts Center, with a 15% launch discount through midnight Monday, Oct. 19. The festival will feature more than 50 breweries pouring more than 200 styles of beer, according to organizers. There are two sessions, 1 to […]
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35th Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival returns Saturday and Sunday, rain or shine
The Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival returns for its 35th year Saturday, Oct. 17, and Sunday, Oct. 18, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. both days. Admission is free, and the festival runs rain or shine under the tents. Food and drink are sold at vendor booths. A portion of proceeds from the festival bars benefits […]
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Historian to discuss Irish Famine immigrants held in North American quarantine stations, Oct. 20 in Middletown
The Museum of Newport Irish History’s 25th annual lecture series continues Tuesday, Oct. 20, with a talk by Irish historian and journalist Loretto Horrigan Leary on what Famine immigrants encountered in North American quarantine stations. “The Irish Famine Immigrant Experience in North American Quarantines” begins at 6 p.m. at the Wyndham Newport Hotel, 240 Aquidneck […]
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Violinist Geneva Lewis brings the Goldberg Variations to Rough Point on Nov. 7
Violinist Geneva Lewis will lead a string trio performing Bach’s Goldberg Variations at Rough Point on Saturday, Nov. 7, in the next installment of Puddingstone Music’s salon series. Lewis will be joined by violist Emma Wernig and cellist Jay Campbell in Dmitry Sitkovetsky’s arrangement of the work, originally written for keyboard. The performance will be […]
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Pumpkin Regatta at Newport Shipyard pushed to Oct. 23 because of weather
Update, Oct. 14: Safe Harbor Newport Shipyard has rescheduled the Pumpkin Regatta from Friday, Oct. 16, to Friday, Oct. 23, because of weather. The time, location and $25 entry are unchanged. Safe Harbor Newport Shipyard has postponed its annual Pumpkin Regatta by one week because of weather, moving the event from Friday, Oct. 16, to […]
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The Preserve’s Hobbit House is open for pumpkin photo sessions through Nov. 2
The Preserve Sporting Club & Resort is renting out its Hobbit House for autumn photo sessions through Nov. 2, with the grounds decorated with pumpkins. Sessions are available every hour from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. A one-hour slot includes 45 minutes at the Hobbit House and costs $200 for up to four guests, […]
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Jamestown cartoonist Will Henry talks ‘Wallace the Brave’ at CCRI on Thursday
Will Henry, the Jamestown cartoonist behind the nationally syndicated comic strip “Wallace the Brave,” will give a live drawing and conversation at the Community College of Rhode Island on Thursday, Oct. 15. The event, called “Between the Panels,” runs from 6 to 7 p.m. at the CCRI Library on the Knight Campus, 400 East Ave., […]
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Gaudet PTG hosting a nighttime color run on the Middletown track Oct. 24
The Gaudet Parent Teacher Group will hold “A Wave of Color,” a community color run, on Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Gaudet track, 259 Turner Road. Check-in begins at 5:30 p.m. and the run starts at 6 p.m. Participants run a mile around the track, according to the organizers. The event runs until 7:30 p.m. […]
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The Elms reopens Nov. 16 with projection, sound and scent woven through the Gilded Age mansion
The Elms will reopen to the public Nov. 16 with “The Elms Experience,” a multimillion-dollar installation that adds video projection, sound design, recorded dialogue, physical displays and custom scents to tours of the Bellevue Avenue mansion, according to the Preservation Society of Newport County. Preservation Society members get access during member preview days Nov. 12 […]
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Nashville duo Golden Everything records live at Chepstow for Newport Mansions’ “Sessions” series
The Preservation Society of Newport County has released the newest installment of “Sessions,” its live music video series filmed inside the Newport Mansions, featuring Nashville Americana duo Golden Everything performing at Chepstow. Golden Everything is wife-and-husband Jackie Berkley and Zach Schmidt. The duo performed “Spare Me,” from their 2024 album “Sweet Old World,” and “Oak […]
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IYRS seeking vendors for its Dec. 5 Artisan Holiday Market
IYRS School of Technology & Trades is accepting applications from artisans and small businesses for its Artisan Holiday Market on Saturday, Dec. 5, part of the school’s annual Holly Jolly Weekend on its Thames Street waterfront campus. The market is open to makers selling handmade goods, fine art, jewelry, home décor, specialty food products and […]
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Trinity Church marks 300 years of ties to the sea services Sunday
Trinity Church will dedicate its 10 a.m. service on Sunday, Oct. 11, to its connections with the Navy, Coast Guard and Marine Corps, part of the parish’s tricentennial observances. Rear Adm. Darryl Walker, president of the Naval War College, will participate. The sermon will be delivered by Chaplain David Duprey, an Episcopal priest and Navy […]
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More than 5,000 runners expected for the Amica Newport Marathon on Sunday
The 17th Amica Newport Marathon and Half Marathon runs Sunday, Oct. 11, bringing more than 5,000 runners to Newport and Middletown. Both races start at 7:30 a.m. at Easton’s Beach, with runners going off in waves by pace. The shared first half covers Memorial Boulevard and Thames Street, past King Park and Fort Adams, around […]
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Salve students curate a national juried exhibition on deviance, opening Oct. 22
“DEVIANT,” a national juried exhibition curated by Salve Regina University art history students, opens Thursday, Oct. 22, at the Dorrance H. Hamilton Gallery and runs through Nov. 22. The show takes deviance as its subject — as concept, label and worldview — across painting, drawing, collage and mixed media. Fourteen artists are included: Kathy Black, […]
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The Vanderbilt hosts its annual Halloween soirée, themed “Ghosts of the Atlantic: Drowned Pirates Ball” on Oct. 30
Newport has never been short on ghost stories, maritime legends or tales from its colorful past. This Halloween, one of the city’s historic mansions is leaning into that history with a celebration inspired by pirates, shipwrecks and the darker side of life on the Atlantic. On Friday, October 30, The Vanderbilt, Auberge Collection will host […]
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Christine Baranski returns to The Breakers for a one-night “Christmas Carol” in December
Christine Baranski will narrate a musical retelling of “A Christmas Carol” at The Breakers on Thursday, Dec. 17, performing with the vocal ensemble Skylark in a one-night event that anchors six weeks of holiday programming at the Newport Mansions. Baranski, an Emmy and Tony winner, stars in HBO’s “The Gilded Age,” which films at several […]
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Redwood exhibition argues Robert Duncanson’s landscapes mapped routes to freedom
The Redwood Library and Athenaeum has opened “Robert Duncanson: Landscapes to Freedom,” an exhibition arguing that the 19th century Black landscape painter encoded routes of the Underground Railroad into his work. The show runs through January 2027 at the Redwood, its only venue, and comprises 28 paintings and site photographs from the collection of Michael […]
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Three Newport County ponds among 25 waters getting fall trout stocking
The state Department of Environmental Management will stock brook and rainbow trout in 25 waterways between Friday, Oct. 2, and Thursday, Oct. 8, including three in Newport County. Locally, the list includes Stafford Pond and Eight Rod Farm Pond in Tiverton and Upper Melville, also known as Thurston Gray Pond, in Portsmouth. Elsewhere in the […]
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Messiah at Rosecliff returns in December, part of six Newport Classical holiday concerts
Newport Classical has set six holiday concerts across two December weekends, with tickets going on sale Tuesday, Oct. 6. Christmas with Cantus, Dec. 5 at 1 and 3:30 p.m., at the Newport Classical Recital Hall, 42 Dearborn St. The low-voice ensemble sold out both its 2024 performances here. The hour-long program mixes carols with contemporary […]
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Tenth Concert of Remembrance brings a 20-piece orchestra and choirs from two states to St. George’s Chapel
The Choir School of Newport County marks the tenth year of its Concert of Remembrance on Sunday, Oct. 25, at 4 p.m. at the St. George’s School Chapel, 372 Purgatory Road. The concert assembles the Choir School’s professional choristers, St. George’s Advanced Vocal Ensemble, members of the Trinity Episcopal Church choir, the choirs of St. […]
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“Lore” creator Aaron Mahnke to speak at Rosecliff on Rhode Island’s vampire panic
Aaron Mahnke, creator of the podcast “Lore” and author of “Exhumed: Unearthing the History of the American Vampire,” will give a lecture at Rosecliff on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 6 to 7 p.m. The talk traces how folklore, medical belief, religion and pseudoscience produced the New England vampire panic, which culminated in the exhumation of […]
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New exhibit at the Vernon House explores the life of Cato Vernon, a Black Revolutionary War soldier who lived there
An interactive exhibit about Cato Vernon, an African heritage Revolutionary War soldier and carpenter who lived at the Vernon House in the mid-1770s, opens Saturday, Oct. 3, and runs through Nov. 22. “The Cato Vernon Freedom Library” occupies three rooms on the first floor of the national historic landmark at 46 Clarke St. It includes […]
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Broadway Street Fair returns Oct. 10
The Broadway Street Fair returns Saturday, Oct. 10, from noon to 6 p.m., closing six blocks from Equality Park to Washington Square for a free afternoon of music, food, art and local vendors. More than 15,000 people attended last year, and organizers say they expect 20,000 this year. The fair is in its ninth year […]
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Chazz Palminteri had $200 left when he wrote “A Bronx Tale.” He’s still performing it 35 years later.
Chazz Palminteri is proud of his accomplishments. “I’m the only guy ever in the history of show business,” he said in our recent interview, “to write a one-man show and star in it, write the screenplay from the show and star in it, and write a musical based on the show and star in it.” […]
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Newport Contemporary Ballet opens its 45th season with three world premieres
Newport Contemporary Ballet opens its 45th season next month with “Kaleidoscope,” a repertory program of four pieces by four women choreographers, three of them world premieres. Performances are Friday and Saturday, Oct. 16 and 17, at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 18, at 2 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 141 Pelham St. General admission is […]
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Nine Central Film Festival returns to the Jane Pickens for two nights in October
The Nine Central Film Festival returns to the Jane Pickens Theater on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3, with two nights of short films made by local filmmakers. The festival started eight years ago as a group of friends screening their own movies in a backyard. Each night has a different lineup of roughly […]
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The Elms will reopen this fall with a new multi-sensory experience
The Elms, closed to the public since Aug. 10, will reopen later this fall with a new guest experience built around storytelling, multi-sensory elements and what the Preservation Society of Newport County describes as thoughtfully integrated enhancements. The Preservation Society is developing the experience with Digital Kitchen, a creative studio chosen as its experience design […]
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Rocky Horror shadow cast returns to the Jane Pickens, 45 years after its first show there
RKO Army, the Rocky Horror Picture Show shadow cast that played its first show as an established troupe at the Jane Pickens Theater on Halloween night in 1981, returns to that stage Friday, Sept. 25, ahead of a newportFILM screening of “Time Warp.” Doors open at 6 p.m. and the performance and film begin at […]
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USA meets Switzerland at Glen Farm on Saturday in the season’s last international match
Team USA faces Switzerland at 4 p.m. Saturday at BD Field at Glen Farm, the last international match of Newport Polo’s 150th anniversary season. The Swiss roster includes Cedric Schweri, a two-time Gstaad winner and two-time Italian champion; Thomas Wolfensberger, a three-time Swiss champion; Philipp Müller, a former Swiss national skeleton athlete; and Janik Noah […]
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Newport Classical brings a prize-winning piano trio and a quartet playing Bad Bunny to Dearborn Street in October
Newport Classical has two chamber concerts in October at its recital hall at 42 Dearborn St., plus a pair of free afternoon concerts mid-month. Trio Azura, Oct. 9 at 7:30 p.m. The group swept the 51st Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition in 2024, taking the grand prize and gold medal along with two special prizes. […]
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The Dead Tongues play the Great Friends Meeting House on Sept. 25
Newport Live presents The Dead Tongues at the Great Friends Meeting House on Friday, Sept. 25, with doors at 6:30 p.m. and the performance at 7:30. Ryan Gustafson, the North Carolina songwriter and multi-instrumentalist behind the project, has released a string of albums over the past 15 years — “Dust,” “Unsung Passage,” “Desert” and “Transmigration […]
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‘Situations’ returns to Jane Pickens Theater on Sept. 30
After a packed New England premiere in Newport this past January, Situations is returning to the Jane Pickens Theatre on September 30, this time as part of the film’s national theatrical roadshow. The independent comedy, written, directed by and starring Greg Vrotsos, has spent the months since its Newport preview screening in theaters across the […]
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Three cult classics at the Jane Pickens this month, with live music, beer and a costume contest
The Jane Pickens Theater has three cult film nights left in September, each built around something more than a screening. “The Road Warrior” plays Thursday, Sept. 17, at 8:30 p.m. in a 4K restoration from Warner Bros., part of the theater’s Cult Classic Collection. George Miller’s 1981 film sent Mel Gibson’s Max across the Australian […]
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Sitkovetsky Trio plays Rough Point on Sept. 29
The Sitkovetsky Trio will perform at Rough Point on Tuesday, Sept. 29, as part of Puddingstone Music’s salon series. Doors open at 7 p.m. with the concert at 7:30, and small bites and drinks are included. The program, titled “Romanticism and Musical Poetry,” includes Beethoven’s Piano Trio in D major, known as the “Ghost” for […]
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Four shows added to the Park Theatre calendar, with Billy Gilman’s holiday concert in December
The Historic Park Theatre has added four shows running from December through March, with tickets going on sale Friday, Sept. 18, at 10 a.m. Billy Gilman brings “Home for the Holidays — 25 Years of Christmas” on Friday, Dec. 18, at 7:30 p.m. The Westerly native, who broke through as a country singer at 11 […]
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Norman Bird Sanctuary taking entries for Harvest Fair home and garden competition
The Norman Bird Sanctuary is accepting entries for the home and garden competition at its 52nd Harvest Fair, held Oct. 3 and 4. The competition is open to anyone — gardeners, cooks, families, businesses, school groups — and entrants can compete in as many categories as they want, so long as they grew or made […]
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Newport Mansions sets its fall calendar, with the Newport Symposium asking “What Makes It American”
The Preservation Society of Newport County has released its fall program schedule, anchored by the two-day Newport Symposium on Nov. 5 and 6 at Rosecliff and Marble House. This year’s symposium theme is “What Makes It American,” examining the origins of American art, architecture, landscape and design. Robyn Asleson, curator of prints and drawings at […]
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newportFILM screens “Unbowed” free in Providence on Oct. 6
newportFILM will present a free screening of “Unbowed,” a documentary about Rhode Island refugee advocate Omar Bah, on Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the Hope High School auditorium. Doors open at 6 p.m., the film starts at 6:30 and a conversation follows at 7:20 with directors Mae Gammino and David H. Wells, Bah, and Refugee Dream […]
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Newport International Boat Show opens Thursday with more than 450 boats across seven sites
The 55th Newport International Boat Show opens Thursday, Sept. 17, and runs through Sunday, with more than 450 boats spread across 17 acres and seven connected sites along the harbor, centered at the Newport Yachting Center Marina. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The […]
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Manhattan Short returns to Jamestown Arts Center with 10 films from 10 countries
The Jamestown Arts Center will screen the 29th Manhattan Short Film Festival over two weekends starting Friday, Sept. 25, with audiences voting on the winners alongside moviegoers at more than 500 venues worldwide. Screenings are at 7 p.m. on Sept. 25 and 26 and Oct. 2 and 3 at 18 Valley St. Tickets are $20, […]
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“Operation Mincemeat” starts its national tour in Providence
Back in 1943, in the middle of World War II, British intelligence agents engineered a diversion to convince German intelligence organizations that an Allied landing was planned for Greece and Sardinia, when the actual landing would happen in Sicily. The diversion, code-named Operation Mincemeat, was successful. More than half a century later, it was the […]
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Four “Sopranos” actors bring their stories to Cranston in October
Andrew Jedlicka runs a talent agency, and several of his clients were actors on HBO’s hit, “The Sopranos.” “I’ve worked with many of the castmates from the show since 2019,” said Jedlicka recently. “I’ve wanted to do this show, include many of the cast members, give people a chance to interact with the cast.” The […]
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Pro-Am polo returns to Glen Farm this afternoon with a Barbados trip on the line
Newport Polo hosts the American Polo Classic at 4 p.m. Saturday at BD Field at Glen Farm, pairing professional players with amateurs across two teams for six chukkers. Now in its 26th year, the Pro-Am is one of the more unpredictable matches on the calendar, matching international professionals with amateurs on the same sides. Gates […]
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Newport’s Italian heritage celebration runs Sept. 25 through Oct. 16
Forum Lodge #391 of the Order Sons and Daughters of Italy in America will mark its 32nd annual celebration of Newport’s Italian heritage with six events between Sept. 25 and Oct. 16. The run opens Friday, Sept. 25, with the John Panaggio Original Ziti Night at Vasco da Gama Hall, 15 Fenner Ave., from 5 […]
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“Mighty Mary” premieres Friday at the Jane Pickens, opening a week of sailing films
The Jane Pickens Theater is running a week of sailing and survival stories starting Friday, Sept. 11, anchored by the Rhode Island premiere of “Mighty Mary,” a documentary about the first all-women’s team to compete for the America’s Cup. Directed by Mary Mazzio and narrated by Elizabeth Banks and Hugh Jackman, the film follows the […]
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“Return to Camelot” marks 73 years since the Kennedy wedding at St. Mary’s
St. Mary’s Church will mark the 73rd anniversary of the wedding of Jacqueline Bouvier and then-Sen. John F. Kennedy with “Return to Camelot: The Kennedy Wedding Remembered” at noon on Saturday, Sept. 12, the anniversary itself. The program includes vintage film from the 1953 ceremony, a live performance of the organ music and hymns played […]
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Buster Keaton’s “The Cameraman” screens with live piano at Tiverton library
The Tiverton Public Library will screen Buster Keaton’s “The Cameraman” with live piano accompaniment on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 6 p.m. at 34 Roosevelt Ave. The program is free and open to the public. Richard Hughes will introduce the film and play the score, drawing on the mood music that accompanied silent pictures in theaters. […]
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Japan-America Friendship Festival returns to Touro Park on Oct. 17
The second Japan-America Friendship Festival takes over Touro Park on Saturday, Oct. 17, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with taiko drumming, martial arts demonstrations, Japanese food and a family cosplay costume contest. Admission is free and the event runs rain or shine. The day is built around the Newport-Shimoda sister city relationship, and is […]
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Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular returns Oct. 1 with a pun-themed trail
The Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular returns to Roger Williams Park Zoo from Oct. 1 through Nov. 1, with this year’s trail built around wordplay — pop culture references, puns and, by the zoo’s own admission, dad jokes carved into more than 5,000 pumpkins. All tickets are timed and must be bought online in advance. Friday through Sunday […]
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Newport robotics team opens its workshop Saturday with 10 spots left
Aquidneck Island Robotics will open its workshop to prospective students and their families on Saturday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 80 Fleet Access Road, in NUWC Building 80. The team, known as Team 78 AIR STRIKE, is the only community-based FIRST Robotics Competition team in Rhode Island, meaning students from any […]
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Cole Brauer brings her memoir to the Jane Pickens on Sept. 16
Cole Brauer, the first American woman to race solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world, comes to the Jane Pickens Theater on Wednesday, Sept. 16, to discuss her memoir “First Light: Sailing Solo but Not Alone.” Charter Books is hosting the event, which begins at 6 p.m. with doors at 5. Brauer will be in […]
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USA meets England at Glen Farm on Saturday
Newport Polo hosts England on Saturday, Sept. 5, at BD Field at Glen Farm, reviving the matchup that launched the Newport International Polo Series in 1992. The six-chukker match starts at 4 p.m. with gates opening at noon. It falls in the club’s 150th anniversary year and the series’ 35th season. Both squads are fielding […]
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Rosecliff lecture looks at how Newporters used the Revolution to argue for their own
Nicole Williams, curator of collections for the Preservation Society of Newport County, will give a public lecture at Rosecliff on Thursday, Sept. 10, on how Newporters repeatedly turned the War for Independence into an argument for change in their own time. The talk, “Revolution Reimagined: Memory and Freedom Struggles from 1976 to 2026,” runs from […]
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Candlelight tour of Belcourt to benefit Middletown library’s new building
The Middletown Public Library is holding an after-dark candlelight tour of Belcourt of Newport on Friday, Oct. 2, as a fundraiser for its new building project. Guides will lead visitors through the Bellevue Avenue mansion by candlelight, covering its Gilded Age history and architecture along with the ghost stories the property has collected over the […]
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Newport String Project opens its 14th season with 15-minute concerts for an audience of one
The Newport String Project opens its 14th season on Sunday, Sept. 20, with Pocket Concerts, a day of 15-minute performances played for a single listener or a small group. Musicians from the Newport String Quartet perform alongside guest artists, with programs mixing familiar repertoire and original music. Instruments this year include vibraphone, electronics and viola […]
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“Chopped” judge Maneet Chauhan headlines Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival, Sept. 18-20
Maneet Chauhan, the “Chopped” judge and two-time “Tournament of Champions” winner, will headline the 21st Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival at Rosecliff from Sept. 18 to 20. Chauhan hosts the Vintner Dinner, a collaboration with festival Culinary Director Kevin Des Chenes, Adam Greenberg of Sparrow Restaurant in New Milford, Connecticut, and Adam Young of […]
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Classic yachts parade through Newport Harbor Sunday morning
A fleet of classic sail and motor yachts will parade through Newport Harbor at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 6, as part of the 47th Newport Classic Yacht Regatta. The parade starts at the south end of Goat Island and runs a circuit of the harbor, passing the wharves, IYRS, King Park, Ida Lewis Yacht Club […]
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Newport Classical opens its chamber season Sept. 18 with a quartet that plays banjos and mandolins too
Newport Classical opens its sixth full-season Chamber Series on Friday, Sept. 18, with the Austin-based quartet Invoke, the first of twelve concerts running through early June at Newport Classical Recital Hall, 42 Dearborn St. Invoke is a string quartet that doesn’t stay one — the group plays banjo and mandolin alongside the usual strings and […]
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Jane Pickens runs a week of 1960s cinema starting Friday, opening with a Beatles tribute band
The Jane Pickens Theater & Event Center will screen 10 films from the 1960s over seven days beginning Friday, Sept. 4, with three of the nights paired with live music. The festival opens with Studio Two, a Boston-based tribute to the early Beatles, performing at 7 p.m., followed by a restored print of “A Hard […]
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RENEWport volunteers return to Pell for a second year of morning greetings
RENEWport volunteers will be back outside Claiborne Pell Elementary School Wednesday morning, welcoming students on the first day of the 2026-27 school year for the second year of the group’s morning greeter program. The greeters are at the Dexter Street school daily from 8 to 8:30 a.m. Volunteers also help open the Pell library before […]
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Teton Gravity Research ski film screens at the Jane Pickens on Nov. 11
Teton Gravity Research will screen its 31st annual ski film, “Actually, It Is Rocket Science,” at the Jane Pickens Theatre on Wednesday, Nov. 11. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the 120-minute film at 7:30. The film was shot across Bute Inlet in British Columbia, Haines in Alaska, Japan, Finland, Andorra, Montana, Jackson Hole and […]
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Newport meets Palm Beach at BD Field Saturday, with an all-white dress code and a Barbados trip hidden in the turf
Newport Polo hosts Palm Beach at BD Field on Saturday, Aug. 29, the 15th meeting between the two resort towns since the City Series began in 2011. The match is set for 5 p.m., with gates opening at 1. It falls during the club’s 150th anniversary season and closes out the August schedule. Palm Beach’s […]
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Puddingstone Music adds two September concerts at Rough Point
Puddingstone Music has announced two September concerts at Rough Point, following sold-out performances in August. Pianist David Kaplan performs “Quasi una Fantasia” on Saturday, Sept. 12. The program explores the territory between composition and improvisation, drawing on works with improvisatory qualities either in how they’re performed or how they were written. The title comes from […]
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Savannah Bananas at Gillette this weekend, with a $20 train from Providence Saturday
The Savannah Bananas play Gillette Stadium for the first time this Friday and Saturday, Aug. 28 and 29, taking on the Loco Beach Coconuts at 6:30 p.m. each night. For Rhode Island fans, the MBTA and Keolis are running a round-trip special event train from Providence to Saturday’s game only. It departs Providence at 4:15 […]
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Newport Mansions offering free admission to county residents in September and November
The Preservation Society of Newport County will offer free admission to Newport County residents on two weekends this fall: Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 12-13, and Nov. 14-15. The offer covers residents of Newport, Middletown, Portsmouth, Jamestown, Tiverton and Little Compton, along with personnel stationed at Naval Station Newport and their immediate families and Salve Regina […]
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Newport Sings opens fall enrollment for teen and adult choruses
Newport Sings is enrolling teens and adults for two fall choral programs on Aquidneck Island, both free or offered on a sliding scale with no audition required. The programs are Aquidneck Singers, a multigenerational treble chorus for sopranos and altos, and Quorus, which the organization describes as the first and only LGBTQIA+ all-voices chorus in […]
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Tiverton Public Library’s September lineup: silent film, author visits and a book club at a cat café
TIVERTON — The Tiverton Public Library has released its September schedule of adult programs, ranging from a live-accompanied silent film screening to a book club that meets in a cat café. Film and music. Buster Keaton’s 1928 comedy “The Cameraman” screens Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 6 p.m., with Richard Hughes introducing the film and accompanying […]
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Tiverton library opens StoryWalk trail with Sept. 19 celebration
The Tiverton Public Library will hold a grand opening for its new StoryWalk on Saturday, Sept. 19, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. StoryWalk mounts the pages of a children’s picture book on signs along a walking path, so visitors read the story a page at a time as they move through the trail. The […]
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Jamestown Community Theatre holding auditions for Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along”
Jamestown Community Theatre will hold auditions for “Merrily We Roll Along” on Thursday, Sept. 3, at the Jamestown Recreation Center, opening the company’s 36th season. The musical, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by George Furth, follows composer Franklin Shepard, who achieves professional success at steep personal cost. The story unfolds […]
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MLK Community Center hosting free karaoke competition Tuesday
The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center will hold a karaoke competition on Tuesday, Aug. 25, from 5 to 7 p.m. Each singer performs one song for the judges, with a second song prepared in case of a tiebreaker. First place wins a prize. Sing Your Heart Out Co. will emcee. The event is […]
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USA meets Jamaica at Newport Polo on Saturday
Newport Polo hosts Jamaica at BD Field on Saturday, Aug. 22, at 5 p.m., the 27th meeting between the two national teams since the rivalry began in 1994. The match falls during the club’s 150th anniversary season. Team USA will field its top players against a Jamaican squad the club describes as bringing scoring depth […]
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Newport police and firefighters to meet at Cardines Field for charity softball game
Newport Police and Newport Fire will face each other in a charity softball game at Cardines Field on Friday, Sept. 11, raising money for a first responder memorial planned for Barker Memorial Park. Doors open at 5 p.m. and the game starts at 6. Admission is donation-based, payable in cash or through the Betterworld platform. […]
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Newport Playhouse to close after 43 years
The Newport Playhouse & Cabaret Restaurant will close on Dec. 31 after 43 years, president Jonathan Perry announced Tuesday in a letter to patrons posted on the theater’s Facebook page. The Playhouse will continue performing through the end of the year. “We still have several months of performances ahead of us, audiences to entertain, stories […]
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Groove Merchants close out NIMFest season at King Park on Sunday
Groove Merchants headline the final NIMFest concert of the 2026 season on Sunday, Aug. 23, from 3 to 6 p.m. at the King Park Gazebo, 125 Wellington Ave. The show is free and open to the public, weather permitting. The Newport-based six-piece plays a funk-inflected take on pop and jazz, moving between laid-back grooves, hard-hitting […]