Since July, a group of talented, motivated stakeholders in our state’s housing arena have been lending their expertise to the House of Representatives to help identify the forces behind Rhode Island’s housing crisis and the most effective paths toward solutions. This group—the Special Legislative Commission to Study Rhode Island’s Low and Moderate Income Housing Act — has […]
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Obituary: Ernest Alfonso Berriochoa
Ernest Alfonso Berriochoa, 67 of Newport Rhode Island, passed away on January 31, 2022, at Newport Hospital. Ernest was born august 19, 1954 in Chicopee, MA. Son to Ernest and Carol (Loomis) Berriochoa. Ernest attended Middletown High School in Middletown RI., class of 1972. After high school he served in the U.S. Army during the […]
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Comic – Claytoonz: Big Head Rudy
I was scrolling down my Facebook news feed yesterday and saw a Daily Beast article about Rudy Giuliani being on The Masked Singer. I thought it was weird there was an Onion headline at the Daily Beast, so I clicked the link…and it didn’t work. So, I figured there must be some sort of problem […]
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Watch – Finding Endeavour: A convo with Dr. James Hunter, Australian National Maritime Museum
Dr. James Hunter, Curator of Naval Heritage and Archaeology at the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM), joined What’sUpNewp for a live virtual video conversation at on Thursday, February 3. We discussed with Hunter the news out of ANMM this week that the shipwreck of James Cook’s famous vessel, His Majesty’s Bark Endeavour, has been positively […]
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Rhode Island Social Skills Academy hosting a fundraising event at Newport Irish American Athletic Club on Sunday
The following information is via RISSA; The Rhode Island Social Skills Academy (RISSA) will be hosting a fundraising event this Sunday, February 6, 2022, from 4 PM-7 PM at the Newport Irish American Athletic Club (IA), located at 642 Thames St. Newport, RI. All proceeds from the event will directly support the RISSA. RISSA is […]
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Charter Books, JPT will present Buster Keaton’s ‘The General’ and a Conversation with Author/Critic Dana Stevens on February 10
Charter Books and the Jane Pickens Theater present: Dana Stevens, Slate film critic and author of Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the Twentieth Century. On Thursday, February 10 at 7:30, Dana Stevens discusses her new biography of Buster Keaton, followed by a film screening of Keaton’s most well-known […]
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Things to do in Newport County this weekend: Feb. 4 – 6
Discover all that’s happening, new, and to do in and around Newport this week and weekend. This story may be updated as we learn about additional events or listings. Have an event you’d like to see added to this list or a future list? Add it to our event calendar. Note: An event or performance may […]
Posted inFood & Drink, Things To Do
Stoneacre Garden to host Wagyu Dinner, Stoneacre Brasserie to host Game Dinner
Stoneacre Hospitality Group announced this week that they will be hosting two special dinner events at their two Newport-based restaurants, Stoneacre Garden and Stoneacre Brasserie, this month. Stoneacre Garden will be hosting a special Wagyu Dinner on February 18th, followed by Stoneacre Brasserie’s Game Dinner on February 24th. More details on each dinner is below; Stoneacre Garden Wagyu Dinner On February […]
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Opinion: What’s taking so long to fill crucial DHS jobs?
In October of last year, we wrote about the complete lack of urgency in filling much-needed budgeted positions within the Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF). Our state’s most vulnerable children and families were suffering greatly due to the slowness in hiring these crucial frontline workers who were desperately needed, especially during the pandemic. […]
Posted inCOVID-19, News
Heading into the third year of the pandemic, the US blood supply is at a 10-year low
Anna Nagurney, UMass Amherst The blood supply in the U.S. is now at its lowest level in over a decade. Many of the nation’s blood centers currently have only a one-day supply of some blood types in inventory. This is dangerous because blood transfusions are needed for many surgeries. Blood is also used in the […]
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Call & Response: Newport Art Museum announces new exhibition
The Newport Art Museum this week announced a new exhibition, “Call & Response 2022,” which will be on view to the public from Saturday, February 5 through Sunday, May 8, 2022. “Call & Response” is one of the Newport Art Museum’s most popular exhibitions, and for this third installment, the Museum invited contemporary artists Diane Barceló, Emily Belz, and On-Kyeong Seong to respond […]
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Celebrating Clean Ocean Access’ Community Ti(d)es
Source: Clean Ocean Access Join Clean Ocean Access (COA) as we celebrate our 2021 accomplishments, 2022 plans, and the community that helps make it all happen. Our Annual Meeting will take place on March 3 (5:30 p.m.) at Newport Vineyards, and all of our supporters, volunteers, and community friends are welcome to attend. The outlook […]
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Buy Nothing Day Coat Exchange launches winter sock and underwear drive for the homeless
Source: Buy Nothing Day Coat Exchange The Buy Nothing Day Coat Exchange, Rhode Island’s largest statewide coat drive, is back in action this winter with the Spare a Pair Sock and Underwear Drive. After returning in November to host their in-person coat exchange event in Providence, organizers are now collecting new socks and underwear, which are some of […]
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Obituary: Richard P. Viveiros
Richard P. Viveiros, 68, of Newport, Rhode Island, passed away on January 26, 2022, in Newport Hospital. Richard was born in Newport, to the late John and Geraldine (Carrigan) Viveiros. He grew up in Newport and attended Rogers High School. Richard is survived by his children; Brandon Viveiros, Jude Viveiros, and Lee Viveiros; his siblings; […]
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Obituary: Beatrice Jean Barone
Beatrice Barone, 96, of Saint Clairsville, Ohio died on January 21, 2022. She was born June 17, 1925 in Fall River, Massachusetts. Beatrice was the daughter of the late Ida Rioux Santos and Joseph Santos. Beatrice was employed for years as a seamstress in Fall River, MA. She was predeceased in death by her husband, […]
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Newport Art Museum to present ‘Newport Gilded Age in Color’
The Newport Art Museum this week announced that it will present Newport Gilded Age in Color, a lecture with Keith Stokes, on Tuesday, February 8, 2022, from 5:30 – 7:00 pm. Stokes, a member of the Rhode Island Black Heritage Society, will discuss the persons and families that lived, worked, and worshipped in 19th and early 20th century Newport during the Gilded Age sharing […]
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Comic – Claytoonz: NFL Racism
Former coach of the Miami Dolphins, Brian Flores, filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL and three of its teams, the Dolphins, New York Giants, and the Denver Broncos, accusing them of sham interviews, incentives to lose games, and press to improperly recruit players. Naturally, the NFL and the teams denied all of the accusations. […]
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$2 million Mega Millions Megaplier ticket sold in Rhode Island, claimed on 2-2-22
A woman from Maryland cashed in the $2 million Mega Millions Megaplier ticket from the August 20, 2021, drawing, according to Rhode Island Lottery. The ticket matched five out of five numbers to win the standard prize payout of $1 million. However, Rhode Island Lottery says that since she purchased the Megaplier feature for an additional dollar, […]
Posted inCity & Government
Abney top fundraiser among area legislators
Aquidneck Island legislators added significantly to their campaign finance accounts, with State Rep. Marvin Abney, D-Dist. 73, representing Middletown and Newport, leading the way, increasing his campaign coffers to more than $184,000. Abney, who chairs the powerful state House of Representatives Finance Committee, was mentioned last fall as a possible treasurer candidate, but so far […]
Posted inWeather
What does climate change have to do with snowstorms?
Michael A. Rawlins, UMass Amherst Bostonians may have grumbled about digging out from almost 2 feet of snow after a historic snowstorm clobbered the Northeast in late January 2022, but it shouldn’t have been a surprise. This part of the U.S. has been seeing a lot of storms like this in recent decades. In fact, […]
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City of Newport reminds residents, businesses to keep storm drains clear
As Newport continues to dig out from last weekend’s historic blizzard, crews from the City’s Department of Utilities are out working hard to clear as many catch basins as possible before forecasted rain arrives. Residents and businesses are also encouraged by the City to check the catch basins in their own areas to make sure […]
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‘New Worlds’ after a long Groundhog Day
Art by Ry Smith @rysmithstuff Tomorrow night, the JPT is screening the concert-documentary film New Worlds:The Cradle of Civilization. It’s about an unusual musical collaboration between national treasure Bill Murray and world-renowned German cellist Jan Vogler. Together, they created a genre-busting album that spans Bach to Van Morrison and Walt Whitman to West Side Story. […]
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Obituary: Robert L. Grasselli, Sr.
Robert L. Grasselli, Sr., 82, of Middletown, RI, died on Thursday, January 27, 2022, in Newport Hospital. He was born in Boston, Ma. The son of the late William L. Bryant and Dorothy(Field) Bryant. Mr. Grasselli attended Quincy and Scituate, Ma. schools. He also attended Wentworth Institute in Boston, Ma. He worked for Bethlehem Steel […]
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Newport String Quartet to perform at Trinity Church on Feb. 13
On February 13th at 4 pm, the Newport String Quartet will be performing works both old and new, pairing antiphons by medieval Benedictine mystic Hildegard von Bingen with American composer Lou Harrison’s boisterous Estampie. The program will also feature an impressionistic string quartet by little known Dutch composer Hënriette Bosmans, as well as Mozart’s String Quartet in D […]
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Redwood Library & Athenæum to host Black History Month Virtual Lecture Series
Redwood Library & Athenæum today announces its line-up of virtual lectures celebrating Black History Month. All lectures are presented free of charge and all are welcome to attend. Wednesday, February 9th at 6 pm Disappearing Ink: Rhode Island Black Literature & The Black Press in Rhode Island A Conversation with Robb Dimmick and […]