Members of Newport City Council will convene for a virtual remote workshop on Thursday, December 17 at 4:30 pm. During the workshop, City Manager Joe Nicholson will provide an update on COVID-19 in Newport. What’s Up Newp will live stream the meeting below. To participate in the official meeting call 1-877-853-5247 or join via Zoom […]
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WUN Author Series continues with award-winning author Ted Delaney (Dec. 16 at 1 pm)
We continue our authors’ series with a 1 p.m. videocast today (Wednesday) with Edward J. Delaney, an award-winning author, journalist, filmmaker, playwright, and educator. His books include the novels Broken Irish, Warp & Weft and Follow the Sun, and the short-story collections The Drowning and Other Stories and The Big Impossible: Novellas+Stories, published in 2019 by Turtle Point Press. What’s Up Newp’s Authors’ Series is brought to you […]
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Watch | Governor Raimondo’s weekly COVID-19 press briefing (Dec. 10 at 1 pm)
Governor Gina Raimondo and the Rhode Island Department of Health will host their weekly press briefing today at 1 pm to provide an update on COVID-19 in Rhode Island. Watch the press briefing live below or on our Facebook Page.
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Watch | What’s Up In Local Music: A conversation with Whaling City Sound (Dec. 10 at 7 pm)
On this edition of What’s Up In Local Music, we’ll be joined by Neal Weiss and Ginny Shea from Whaling City Sound. Since its inception in 1999, Whaling City Sound, founded in New Bedford, Mass., has made a point of providing a viable musical outlet for its abundance of outstanding local musicians. Tune on into […]
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Watch | Newport City Council Workshop: COVID-19 Crisis Update (Dec. 10 at 4:30 pm)
Newport City Council will meet at 4:30 pm on Thursday, December 10 to receive a COVID-19 crisis update from City Manager Joe Nicholson.
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WhatsUpNewp’s Authors’ Series continues with non-fiction writer Paul Caranci
Paul F. Caranci, the author of 12 books, some chronicling Rhode Island’s most notorious episodes of political corruption, joins WhatsUpNewp for a videocast in its authors’ series at 3:30 p.m. today (Thursday). In 2015, Paul was awarded the Margaret Chase Smith American Democracy Award for Political Courage, the highest honor awarded by the National Association […]
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Watch | Newport City Council Meeting (Dec. 9 at 6:30 pm)
The newly elected Newport City Council will be meeting for their first regular council meeting on Wednesday, December 9 at 6:30 pm. This is a What’s Up Newp broadcast. To view the agenda, and all supporting materials, visit https://buff.ly/2zXnim5. If you’d like to participate in the meeting, click on the following link https://buff.ly/3hbFCcd or, to […]
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LIVE ON WUN | What’s Up In Local Music: A conversation with Dan Blakeslee (Dec. 9 at 7 pm)
Musician Dan Blakeslee will join WUN’s Ken Abrams at 7 pm on Wednesday, December 9 to chat about his new Christmas album, his music, the 2021 calendar he created for Newport Folk Festival, and more.
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LIVE ON WUN | WUN-ON-ONE: A conversation with Mike Renzi and Jim Porcella (Dec. 7 at 3 pm)
Today at 3 pm, What’s Up Newp’s Ken Abrams will be hosting a live video virtual chat with Mike Renzi and Jim Porcella about their new album Christmas Is: December Duets. Tune in to watch the conversation live below or on our Facebook Page.
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VIDEO | LIVE ON WUN: Meet The Author: Dr. Barbara Roberts
Dr. Barbara Roberts, author of Doctor Broad, joins us on Friday at 1:30 p.m. Barbara Roberts, MD was the first woman to practice adult cardiology in the state of Rhode Island. She graduated from Barnard College and Case Western Reserve School of Medicine where she did her medical internship. As a resident at Yale New […]
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VIDEO | LIVE ON WUN: Governor Raimondo’s weekly COVID-19 briefing (Dec. 3 at 1 pm)
Governor Gina Raimondo and the Rhode Island Department of Health will host a press briefing at 1 pm on Thursday, December 3 to provide an update on COVID-19 in Rhode Island.
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VIDEO | LIVE ON WUN: Meet The Author: Jon Land
Best-selling author Jon Land, who has written more than 50 books and won an International Book Award, joins us at 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Jon Land is the USA Today bestselling author of 50 books, including ten titles in the critically acclaimed Caitlin Strong series: Strong Enough to Die, Strong Justice, Strong at the Break, […]
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VIDEO | Inauguration Ceremony for elected members of Newport City Council, School Committee
The City of Newport is hosting a special virtual joint inauguration ceremony on Tuesday, December 1st at 5 pm as the newly-elected members of the City Council and School Committee take their oaths of office. Jeanne-Marie Napolitano, Jamie Bova, Lynn Underwood Ceglie, and Elizabeth Fuerte will be sworn in as At-Large council members. While Angela […]
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VIDEO | LIVE ON WUN: Newport Canvassing Authority Meeting
Newport Canvassing Authority will host at 11:30 am on December 1st. Among the items of business is the “Certification of the results of the Newport City Council-At-Large, Newport City Council Wards, Newport School Committee, and Newport Local Question #2 from the November 3, 2020 General Election, as certified by the Rhode Island Board of Elections; […]
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LIVE ON WUN | Meet The Author: Don DeLuca
Read a good book lately? This week, WhatsUpNewp continues its authors series, videocasts, with three Rhode Island authors, each very different. Whether it’s tales of the sea, a thriller, or a true mafia story, you’ll find something to your liking. On Tuesday at 3 p.m. we meet Don Deluca, whose fascination with boat building and […]
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What’s Up Newp continues its author series this week
Read a good book lately? This week, What’s Up Newp continues its authors series, videocasts, with three Rhode Island authors, each very different. Whether it’s tales of the sea, a thriller, or a true mafia story, you’ll find something to your liking. On Monday at 2 p.m. we meet Don Deluca, whose fascination with boat […]
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Live On WUN | Governor Raimondo’s Weekly COVID-19 Press Briefing (Nov. 25 at 1 pm)
Governor Gina Raimondo and the Rhode Island Department of Health will host a press briefing at 1 pm on Wednesday, November 25 to provide an update on COVID-19 in Rhode Island. 6 pm | Governor Raimondo provided the following follow-up from her press briefing announcements this evening via email “Deciding to limit and close businesses […]
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Meet The Rhode Island Author: G. Wayne Miller
G. Wayne Miller calls himself a storyteller – and that’s certainly true, whether as an award winning reporter at the Providence Journal, as fellow and director and co-founder of the Story in the Public Square initiative at Salve Regina University’s Pell Center, or as the author of 19 fiction and non-fiction books. A Harvard graduate, […]
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VIDEO | Governor Raimondo’s Weekly COVID-19 Briefing
Governor Gina Raimondo and the Rhode Island Department of Health will host a press briefing at 1 pm on Thursday, November 19 to provide an update on COVID-19 in Rhode Island. Update: The live stream for the Governor’s press briefing that we’re provided with was buffering and unusable. Try watching the press briefing on WJAR […]
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LIVE ON WUN | Newport City Council Workshop: COVID-19 Crisis Update (Nov. 18 at 4:30 pm)
Newport City Council will host a workshop at 4:30 pm on Wednesday, November 18 to receive a COVID-19 crisis update from City Manager Joe Nicholson. This is a What’s Up Newp Broadcast. To tune in or to participate in the official meeting, call 1-877-853-5247 or join via Zoom here https://zoom.us/j/92269380490. Meeting ID is 922 6938 […]
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LIVE ON WUN | Meet The Author: Dr. Michael Fine
Today at 2 pm, WhatsUpNewp kicks off its authors’ series, videocasts with writers from Rhode Island, or who have a Rhode Island connection. We’ll talk with novelists, short story, and non-fiction writers, sharing in their adventures. Our first author is Dr. Michael Fine, the former Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, who had […]
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VIDEO | Newport City Council workshop with National Grid
Newport City Council will host a workshop with National Grid at 5:30 pm on Thursday, November 12. UPDATE: After about an hour there were some technical difficulties and the meeting was dropped. This meeting will be rescheduled. During the workshop, National Grid will present their proposed plans for additional natural gas storage on Aquidneck Island. This meeting is an opportunity for you […]
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VIDEO | Governor Raimondo’s weekly COVID-19 update
Governor Gina Raimondo and the Rhode Island Department of Health will host a press briefing at 1 pm on Thursday, November 12 to provide an update on COVID-19 in Rhode Island.
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VIDEO | Newport City Council-elect meet to informally elect a Mayor and Vice-Chair
Newport City Council-elect will meet for the first time on Thursday, November 12 at 5 pm to informally elect a Mayor and a Vice-Chairman on the Council for the 2020-2022 term of office. UPDATES HERE – JEANNE-MARIE NAPOLITANO WILL SERVE AS NEWPORT’S NEXT MAYOR The Mayor/Chair is elected by the seven City Council members from […]
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VIDEO: A conversation with The Boston Globe’s Kara Baskin
The Boston Globe’s Kara Baskin has been diving deep into many issues parents are facing – from balancing remote and hybrid schooling, how Thanksgiving will look during the pandemic, to divorcee co-parenting – in a weekly newsletter, “In the Family Way.” Kara joined WhatsUpNewp for a live conversation via video at 10:15 a.m. on Wednesday […]