This 3-day event celebrates Newport’s rich automotive history dating back to the dawn of the motoring age. Award-winning artists will perform throughout the week alongside some of the most beautiful automobiles. Celebrity seminars and book signings will be held at the Tennis Hall of Fame, and eminent motoring enthusiasts including Jay Leno and others will […]
Part of the Newport Festa Italiana. Sample the family recipes of local contestants and vote for your favorite. For tickets call 401-849-7078
Family-friendly games, competitions, live music, and more. Admission costs $6 for adults and $3 for children age three and older.
The Audrain Automobile Museum’s bi-weekly morning gathering of fantastic cars, their owners and piping-hot coffee.
Italian food, novelties, and artisans, with live music by Calabria Bella. Free admission, rain, or shine.
In celebration of its mission to Preserve, Celebrate & Share Automotive History, the Audrain Automobile Museum invites you to its 6th annual fundraising gala, the Audrain Fever Disco Gala. Therese Antone will chair the gala, joined by renowned comedian, car enthusiast, television host, Jay Leno, as Chairman of the Motor Week along with noted writer, […]
9 comedy events across Newport, Middletown, and Portsmouth. Over 30 of the best comedians give performances during the 3-day festival
Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Lori McKenna performs a live concert on the Jane Pickens stage.
Join mushroom experts Ryan Bouchard and Emily Schmidt for a slideshow featuring local photography. Learn the basics of wild mushroom hunting and the local in-season species.
Performance by Nicolas King. Tickets cost $40 and include complimentary appetizers. Cash bar. Doors open at 7 p.m.
The Broadway Street Fair is back! Visit Broadway, which will be restricted to only pedestrians, for vendors, food, live music and more.
Rogue Island Comedy Festival presents an exclusive Rhode Island screening of “Fourth of July”, a new film written by Joe List and Louis CK. Directed by Louis CK.
Featuring headliners Ahmed Bharoocha (Comedy Central, Adult Swim), Paris Sashay (Comedy Central) and Gavin Matts (Comedy Central). With Holly Ballantine, Learnmore Mwanyenyeka, Sarah Harvard, hosted by Doug Key.
Qualifier for the Boston Marathon and other major marathons, the race runs through Newport and Middletown. Registration required.
Join mushroom experts Ryan Bouchard and Emily Schmidt for a walk through Norman Bird Sanctuary to learn about local mushrooms and their surrounding ecology. Learn the basics of wild mushroom hunting and the local in-season species.
In partnership with the League of Women Voters of Newport County, Salve Regina presents speaker Akhil Reed Amar, Ph.D., J.D., Yale University. In this lecture, based on his most recent book, The Words That Made Us: America’s Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840, Professor Amar will offer his audience an overview of the grand project of American constitutionalism, past, […]
the Newport Historical Society will host public historian Kristin Harris for a lecture about magic and science in Puritan culture. $5 general admission, $1 for NHS members.
Race across the basin in our famous "pumpkins", to raise money for this year’s selected charity, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center. Cost is $25/person, and each team should have 4-5 members. If you want to come and enjoy food & beverage, cost is $25/person for a bracelet.
Join the artist, Senior Curator Dr. Francine Weiss, painter Bob Dilworth, and Assistant Professor of Theory and History of Art and Design at RISD, Dr. Christopher Roberts in the gallery to collectively consider issues and topics such as racial identity, portraiture, self-portraiture, history, and place, as seen through Norman’s powerful and evocative work.
31st annual festival, with local seafood dishes and cocktails, live music, and family fun.
Newport in Bloom’s annual giveaway of daffodil bulb bundles, for residents of Aquidneck Island to plant. Free.
Food Truck Festivals of America is coming to Newport for a one-day food truck and craft beer festival. Featuring some of the area's most popular food trucks, dishing out fan favorites. Rain or shine.
The Newport String Quartet launches its signature Newport County Concert Series with a dynamic program of chamber works.
The 11th annual Pell Bridge Run is a 4-mile road race and run, spanning from Jamestown to downtown Newport.
The Audrain Automobile Museum’s bi-weekly morning gathering of fantastic cars, their owners and piping-hot coffee.
Join us for the Potter League’s 33rd annual Heart & Sole Walk for Animals at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI. Enjoy a fun-filled dog walk, music, a sponsor & vendor marketplace, food trucks, special activities for dogs and kids, and a festive atmosphere celebrating the special bond between animals and people
Join local author Sandy Sorlien to discuss her new book Inland: The Abandoned Canals of the Schuykill Navigation. A photography book revealing the once-famous but now-hidden industrial landscapes of Pennsylvania that helped shape the nation.
Presented by NPTOut: A night of spooky thrills, scary surprises, and lots of dancing. There will be music from Providence's DJ Zoila Rosa.
An evening of acoustic folk courtesy of Providence-based artist Nnalumansi as she kicks off the inaugural By the Book Music Hour.
Ten19 Media Group in association with Artist Jerrell Grimes, LLC presents the 10:19 Book Tour, featuring award-winning and debut authors and artists Jerrell Grimes, C.J. Baker, Matthew J. Keefe, and Kendra Robertson. The tour launches with a book signing and reception at Charter Books. This event is free and open to all
Join award-winning author, editor, and Olympian for a discussion and signing of her new book 100 Years of Gold Stars an immersive history of 100 years of Star Class World Championships – perfect gift for the sailing enthusiast.
A family-style feast celebrating connecting cuisine to the people who cultivate New England's rich landscape. Welcome canapés and cocktails will be served in yurts with local Ostreida Oyster vodka, and a variety of wines from 4-5, followed by a family-style feast featuring Chanler garden vegetables, house-made charcuterie, Rosehill Heirloom Squash Soup, and Block Island Sound […]
Open to all to share or enjoy live poetry. Featuring verses and live music by David Dragone. Light refreshments will be provided.
In collaboration with Salve Regina University’s Department of Multicultural Programs, Joseph C. Ewoozie Jr., Ph.D. will be speaking and giving a presentation with a discussion period at the end.
Newport Craft will be hosting Pumpkin & Pints, a family-friendly pumpkin carving event. Tickets cost $25 and include your pumpkin, a carving set, and a pint of beer of your choosing, with live music by Mel. 6-8 p.m. at Newport Craft Brewing.
Go back to the 80’s, 90’s, and 2000’s with Antonio, Ben and Sean for a night of trivia all about the cars in our current exhibit and the fashion & music that go along with them. $35 for members and $50 for non-members, including festive hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. 6-8 p.m. at the […]
Nosferatu was first screened in the Jane Pickens building 100 years ago. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, the horror classic frequently hailed as one of the most enduring and influential films of its genre. Featuring a sinister live score by Jeff Rapsis on synth-piano to enhance the eerie ambiance.
Join us for an evening featuring our lineup of fresh Taproot beers and bites, wines, live music and good vibes. We’ll be transforming our Tasting Room into a bonafide beer hall; tasting and pint bars, themed brewery bites, live music, and fresh Taproot beer. Halloween costumes welcome!
The Newport Art Museum artist residency, AiR/Newport, is designed to encourage the creative, intellectual and personal growth of emerging and established visual artists and designers by giving them the time, space, and solitude needed to create, apart from the daily demands of production and deadline. Attend the Artist Talk to hear directly from Orlando Almanza, […]
"Friends are Forever" film premier with an after-party at Parlor. Nova One and Ravi Shavi will be opening the show acts with performing live music. Farewell film and party for the Kings Lens. Doors open at 5PM and music starts at 6.
Two days full of grape stomping, wine and beer tasting, and eating tasty festive treats! Enjoy live music, local wines or fresh Taproot beer, and food created by scratch from the culinary team. 12-5 p.m. Sat. and Sun.
Activities take place starting at 4pm with a free outdoor showing of Halloweentown to follow from 6-7:30 p.m. Halloween costumes, chairs and blankets are welcome with crafts, scavenger hunts and coloring pages.
Chelsea Conaboy is a journalist specializing in personal and public health and has worked as a magazine writer with bylines at Mother Jones, Politico, The Week, The Boston Globe Magazine, and others. Her new book is Mother Brain: How Neuroscience is Rewriting the Story of Parenthood. She grew up in North Kingstown, RI, and currently […]
Cruise around Newport Harbor on board the Gansett Cruise power yacht while enjoying a fun Halloween costume experience. It is an LGBTQ+ community building and visibility event; all are welcome. We are a safe queer space to be and express yourself and enjoy being on the water! Fun music, ocean views.
Come celebrate Halloween at the Audrain Automobile Museum’s bi-weekly morning gathering of fantastic cars, their owners and piping-hot coffee.
An afternoon of live music, food trucks, and pups, in support of dare to Dare to Dream Ranch. We'll be hosting a silent auction and Halloween themed dog parade at 3 pm! The pup parade will be judged by Mark Ventura of Ace Ventura Dog Training, and prizes will be awarded for cutest, scariest and […]
In collaboration with Salve Regina University’s Pell Honors Program, Brigadier General Ty Seidule, Ph.D., U.S. Army (Ret.), Hamilton College, will be speaking and giving a presentation with a discussion period at the end.
Local restaurants offer various discounts and deals, including BOGO deals, prix-fixe offerings, gift card promotions, and more. November 4-13
A gifted singer and songwriter whose music puts a contemporary spin on classic folk and country themes.
