What's Up Today: Thursday, August 18

Good Morning, today is Thursday, August 18.

🌊 WUN’s Frank Prosnitz with the latest from the classroom – With school set to open in a few weeks, school districts facing staff shortages

🌊 The September Secret Garden Tour has been canceled due to the severe drought conditions as well as the threat of an active hurricane season. Read More

🌊 Thanks all around. Thank you to everyone for the birthday wishes and contribution yesterday and thanks to everyone who came out to The JPT last night for our screening of Point Break!

Join us tonight for a sud-filled screening of the cult screwball-comedy Strange Brew, preceded by a beer tasting from Narragansett Beer, Rejects Beer Co. and Ragged Island Brewing Co. in the JPT lobby! A hoppy and hilarious evening. Tickets and more info

🌊 Speaking of The JPT, American folk, Americana, and country music singer-songwriter Lori McKenna will perform at the Jane Pickens Theater in Newport on October 6. Read More

🌊 An offshore wind developer assured Aquidneck Island residents Tuesday night they would experience minimal disruptions from a proposal to bury an export cable along Boyds Lane into Mount Hope Bay. ecoRI with more – Mayflower Wind Claims Effects of Buried Cable Under Sakonnet River Would be Minimal

🌊 Two men accused of being involved in a deadly Newport shooting on Valentine’s Day are set to face a judge today. ABC 6 reports

🌊 Salve Regina University has been designated as one of the best colleges in the nation in the 31st edition of Princeton Review’s flagship college guide, “The Best 388 Colleges: 2023 Edition.”

🌊 Here’s a look at what’s happening, new, and to do out there this weekend – What’s Up this weekend in Newport County: August 19 – 21

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Have a great Thursday,

~ Ryan Belmore

What’s Up Today

Weather

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. West wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph.

7-Day weather forecast for Newport County

Marine Forecast

Today: W wind 9 to 11 kt, with gusts as high as 21 kt. Mostly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: WSW wind 5 to 8 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt. Mostly clear. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 69°F.

Sun, Moon, & Tide

Sunrise: 5:57 am | Sunset: 7:40 pm | 13 hours & 43 minutes of sun.
High tide at 1:11 am & 1:43 pm | Low tide at 6:11 am & 7:53 pm.
Moon: Waning Gibbous, 21 days, 62% lighting.

Happening Today

What’sUpNewp and The JPT to host film parties with ‘Point Break’ on August 17th & ‘Strange Brew’ on August 18th

Ida Lewis Distance Race returns August 18-20

Things To Do

11 am: Newport History Walking Tours: Discover Colonial Newport
11 am: Coastal Queen’s Lighthouse and Mimosa Cruises departing from Bowen’s Wharf, Newport
11 am: Colonial Jewish Walking Tours
1 pm & 3 pm: Coastal Queen’s Scenic Bay Cruises departing from Bowen’s Wharf, Newport
2 pm to 5 pm: Tiffany Peay Jewelry is Celebrating 25 Years with a Cocktail Ring Party
5:30 pm: Norman Bird Sanctuary’s Beach Bash
6 pm: Coastal Queen’s Evening Cocktail Cruises departing from Bowen’s Wharf, Newport
6 pm: Meet the candidates at Ragged Island
7 pm to 10 pm: Ketel Cafe at Hill Market
7:30 pm: Strange Brew presented with What’sUpNewp, Narragansett Beer, Ragged Island Brewing, and Rejects Beer Co. at The JPT
7:30 pm: First Look: Moments at Jamestown Arts Center
7:50 pm: newportFILM presents Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off at Fort Adams
For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.

Entertainment

Fort Adams: newportFILM presents Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off at 7:50 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song at 4 pm, Strange Brew presented with What’sUpNewp, Narragansett Beer, Ragged Island Brewing, and Rejects Beer Co. at 7:30 pm
Landing: Jay Parker at 1 pm, Justin Pomfret at 4:30 pm, Timmy Smith at 8 pm
Narragansett Cafe: Live music from 8 pm to 11 pm
Newport Blues Cafe: Felix Brown Band at 8 pm
One Pelham East: Never In Vegas at 8:30 pm
Perro Salado: Steve Cerelli at 9 pm
Ragged Island Brewing: Trivia in the Barn at 6 pm
The Deck: Zane Christopher from 6 pm to 9 pm
The Reef: Eric Fontana from 7 pm to 10 pm
Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 7:30 pm
Vieste Simply Italian: Colin Van Pelt from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm