What's Up today: Saturday, June 18

Good Morning, today is Saturday, June 18.

🌊 A private fireworks display is scheduled to take place this evening near Goat Island. The display, which is expected to last roughly 6 minutes, is set to begin at 9 p.m, according to the City of Newport.

🌊 There’s a lot on tap today to celebrate Juneteenth, Middle Passage Port Marker will give a design presentation for the public at Liberty Square, Little Compton Historical Society will host its Second Annual Juneteenth Observance, and Sankofa Community Connection will host the following event at Great Friends Meeting House.

🌊 On the market for a new home, check out these 25 Open Houses in Newport County this weekend.

🌊 Trinity Church will host its annual Strawberry Fest today.

🌊 Meanwhile, Rhode Island PrideFest and Illuminated Night Parade return to Providence today.

🌊 RIDOT provided the following update yesterday on the Pell Bridge Ramps project, “We recently changed the traffic pattern on Route 138 East just after crossing the Pell Bridge into a split configuration. Route 138 bridge work will continue behind barrier and may require temporary lane shifts along Third Street and JT Connell Highway. Traffic along Halsey Street will use the newly paved roadway, and shared use path construction near the cemetery will continue along the Newport Secondary Rail Line. Next weekend (June 24-26), we anticipate daytime and overnight roadwork with alternating lane closures along Admiral Kalbfus Road at the railroad crossing west of the roundabout. Flaggers and police details remain on site during these operations”.

What’s Up Today

Weather

Today – Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph.
Tonight – A chance of showers, mainly between 1am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Marine Forecast

Small Craft Advisory in effect from June 18, 02:00 PM EDT until June 19, 02:00 AM EDT
Today – NW wind 9 to 12 kt, with gusts as high as 20 kt. Mostly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight – NW wind 10 to 13 kt, with gusts as high as 21 kt. A chance of showers, mainly between 2 am and 5 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 63°F.

Sun, Moon, & Tide

Sunrise: 5:11 am | Sunset: 8:22 pm | 15 hours & 11 minutes of sun.
High tide at 11:55 am | Low tide at 5:29 am & 5:18 pm.
Moon: Waning Gibbous, 18.9 days,82% lighting.

Happening Today

Things To Do

#OceanHour Week at Fort Adams State Park
47th Annual St. Barnabas Parish Festival
The Newport Flower Show: Eden…A Personal Paradise
8 am – Cars & Coffee at Fort Adams
9 am – Yoga Outdoors in King Park, Newport
9 am to 12 pm – Aquidneck Growers Market at Embrace Home Loans
10:30 am – Redwood Book Club – Joan of Arc at Redwood Library
11 am – Newport History Walking Tours: Creative Survival
12 pm to 4 pm – Trinity Strawberry Festival
12 pm to 4 pm – Ketel One Botanicals Spritz Bar at Hotel Viking
12:15 pm, 2:05 pm, & 3:55 pm – Coastal Queen’s Spring Lighthouse Cruises departing from Bowen’s Wharf, Newport
2 pm – Newport History Walking Tours: Discover Colonial Newport
2:50 pm – Coastal Queen’s Spring Lighthouse Cruises departing from Jamestown Village
3 pm – Juneteenth Day of Renewal at Great Friends Meeting House
5 pm – Newport International Polo Series
7 pm & 9 pm: Improv with the Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
7 pm to 10 pm – Ketel Cafe at Hill Market at Hotel Viking
7 pm – An Evening of Culture & Contemplation:Classical Indian Music at 933 Anthony Road, Portsmouth
For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.

Entertainment

Bar & Board: Mel at 7:30 pm
Blue Anchor Grill: Live music at 6:30 pm
Buskers: Brian Twohey at 9 pm
Celtica: Karaoke at 10 pm
Clarke Cooke House: Steve Cerelli at 10 pm
Dockside: Live music at 9 pm
Greenvale Vineyards: Dick Lupino & friends from 1 pm to 4 pm
Gurney’s: The Royal Treatment Band from 6 pm to 9 pm
Johnny’s at Wyndham: Live music from 6 pm to 9 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: Exhibition On Screen: Pissarro: Father of Impressionism at 2 pm, The Rosemaker at 4:30 pm, Mission: Joy Finding Happiness In Troubled Times at 7:30 pm
La Forge: Dave Manuel from 6 pm to 10 pm
Landing: Timeless at 1 pm, Jake Kulak Band at 8 pm
Narragansett Cafe: The Manatees from 8 pm to 11:30 pm
Newport Blues Cafe: Never In Vegas at 9 pm
Newport Craft Brewing: Dave Alves from 1 pm to 4 pm
One Pelham East: Live music at 4:30 pm, live music at 8:30 pm, DJ at 11 pm
Rusty’s – My Joe Called Life at 8 pm
Shops at Long Wharf: John & Joanne from 1 pm to 5 pm
Speakeasy: Live music at 10 pm
The Firehouse Theatre: Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at 7 pm & 9 pm
The Reef: Live music from 1 pm to 4 pm, Live music from 5 pm to 8 pm
Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 7:30 pm & 10:30 pm

City & Government

Portsmouth – Prudence Island Water District at 1 pm

Governor Dan McKee

At 10 am – Governor McKee will give remarks and wave the green flag at the start of the 2022 Hemmings Motor News Great Race at Rocky Point State Park, a nine-day, 2,300-mile race involving antique automobiles from Rhode Island to Fargo, North Dakota.
At 12 pm – Governor McKee will attend the installation of a Rhode Island Slave History Medallion at Casey Farm in Saunderstown, which marks sites connected to the history of slavery in Rhode Island.
At 3 pm, Governor McKee will walk in the Santo Cristo Feast procession in Bristol.
At 4:45 pm, Governor McKee will attend the Juneteenth RI 2022 festival at Roger Williams Park.