“Operation Mincemeat” starts its national tour in Providence
Luke Antony Neville, the only British actor in the five-person cast, on playing 25 roles in a WWII musical comedy
Tony Estrella takes the stage alone in “The Smuggler,” directed by the man who wrote it
The Gamm opens its season Sept. 17 with Ronán Noone’s solo thriller in rhymed verse, set behind a bar
A Language of Its Own: Celebrating Rhode Island’s deaf community
September is National Deaf Awareness Month
Naval War College Foundation to honor former Chief of Navy Reserve John Mustin
The retired vice admiral, from a family that has served since 1896, receives the Sentinel of the Sea Award at a New York gala Nov. 5
Preservation Society names Nick Kepley communications manager
He comes from Jacob’s Pillow, and before that ran marketing for Asheville’s tourism agency
People’s Credit Union names Justin Lombardo head of Middletown branch
Lombardo previously led branch operations at the credit union’s Portsmouth office
From Houston to Matunuck: Jordan Okeke is having the summer of his life at Theatre by the Sea
The young actor is the only performer doing all three shows this season — rehearsing one while performing another
This Day in RI History: July 13, 1948 – US Congressman and Bryant University President Ron Machtley is born
Machtley led the University through a period of transition and growth, overseeing the development of numerous programs at school.
For actor Alex LeBlanc, a summer of ‘Grease’ and ‘Titanic’ at Theatre by the Sea
The 24-year-old East Greenwich performer returns to the Matunuck stage as Roger in ‘Grease,’ more than a decade after his first show there as a child
Bike Newport names Tuni Schartner director of partnerships and philanthropy
The longtime Rhode Island nonprofit and small-business advocate joins the Newport cycling organization to lead fundraising and partnership efforts
The wisdom we carry: Celebrating the voices of older adults by listening to their lived experiences
Helen, Gail, Dr. Jeremiah and Sister Alice all exemplify a message worth remembering daily, whatever your age
Superintendent Colleen Burns Jermain talks budget, restructuring, and her final weeks in monthly chat
With a $3.8M deficit looming and five weeks left in her tenure, Colleen Burns Jermain joined What’sUpNewp ahead of Wednesday night’s City Council budget vote
This Day in RI History: May 25, 1725 -Colonial Governor Samuel Ward born in Newport
Served as a delegate to the Continental Congress
More than Storage: How Middletown Self Storage is keeping it in the family, and giving back to the community that built them
Middletown Self Storage has two facilities, nearly 1,700 units, and nearly two decades of community roots.
For “The Lion King’s” Rafiki, a role in five languages and counting
South African actor Zama Magudulela brings her well-traveled take on the mandrill shaman to the Providence Performing Arts Center, where the Disney musical runs through June 7
Portsmouth resident J.J. Silvia III appointed as new BankNewport corporator
The chief operating officer at International Manufacturing Services was named at OceanPoint Financial Partners’ annual meeting
RI Secretary of State Gregg Amore calls mid-cycle gerrymandering “a race to the bottom”
In part two of an interview with What’sUpNewp, Amore also discusses the federal government’s bid for voter information, the state’s voter ID law and key 2026 election dates
Raised in the Light: Celebrating Single Mothers and Grandmothers this Mother’s Day
Local business owner and long-time Newport resident Gwendolyn Gardner experienced two major surprises shortly after turning 40. Within the same week she found out she was unexpectedly pregnant, she also learned she had breast cancer.
Carol Montgomery built ‘Funny Women of a Certain Age’ to give older female comics a stage — and the laughs haven’t stopped since
The show comes to the Stadium Theatre in Woonsocket on April 25
‘Kimberly Akimbo’ star Ann Morrison on playing a teenager at 70: ‘I’m just an actor who’s having fun’
The Tony Award-winning musical comes to the Providence Performing Arts Center May 5-10
Cynthia Nixon to discuss ‘The Gilded Age’ and her career at An Evening with Cynthia Nixon at The Breakers on April 26
The Emmy, Tony and Grammy award-winning actor will be in conversation at the Newport mansion where the HBO series has been filmed
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