2nd Annual Rhode Island Craft Beer Week kicks off today | The Gilded Age Years: Transforming America

Good Morning! Today is Friday, March 3. Today’s newsletter is 1,404 words - approximately a 7-minute read.

🍻 Rhode Island Craft Week returns today and runs through March 12. The week celebrates RI’s beer manufacturers and features events scheduled at your favorite Rhode Island bars, restaurants, and package stores, as well as on-premise at RI’s 35+ breweries/brewpubs.

To learn more about the festivities, we recently spoke with Matt Gray, President of the RI Brewers Guild and owner and co-founder of Ragged Island Brewing in Portsmouth.

✨ Maria Spacagna, born in Providence, and a guest artist at the world’s most prestigious opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, has carved out a career that has certainly distinguished herself among Rhode Island’s most accomplished women. Read More - Women’s History Month: Opera Singer Maria Spacagna

♀️ The Rhode Island General Assembly will celebrate International Women's Day next week with an event on Tuesday, March 7, at 1 p.m. in the State Room on the second floor of the State House honoring Rhode Island nurses and nurse educators. 

🗓️ Senator Linda Ujifusa (Dist. 11), Representative Michelle McGaw (Dist. 71), and Representative Terri Cortvriend (Dist. 72) invite their constituents to a Meet-Up on Thursday, March 16, 2023, 8-10 am, at Foodworks Restaurant.  Drop by to discuss your concerns, for casual conversation, or to just say "hi."

⚠️ The Middletown Police Department is warning residents and businesspeople to be sure of who they're giving their money to in the wake of a recent scam involving a company named Elite Sports Promos.

🎤 The Gilded Age will be explored in depth during The Preservation Society of Newport County’s six-part lecture series, “The Gilded Age Years: Transforming America.” Each presentation will focus on a different aspect of life and culture: migration, technology and mass production; the communications revolution; the emergence of leisure travel and vacation resorts; political and social reforms; the emergence of the skyscraper and other changes in architecture; and the lives of everyday Americans.

🇮🇪 Join What’sUpNewp one week from today (Friday, March 10) at Midtown Oyster Bar for our 6th Annual St. Patrick’s Parade Day Celebration! Once again, the celebration features a performance by the Ancient Order of Hibernian’s (AOH) Pipes & Drums and AOH Men’s Singers.

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Have a great Friday,

~ Ryan

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“The Gilded Age Years: Transforming America” will be presented over six Thursdays, April 13 through June 15, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., live at the Great Hall of The Breakers and via Zoom video conference.

By Sean O’Connor, Chair, Newport Energy & Environment Commission.

Maria Spacagna, born in Providence, and a guest artist at the world’s most prestigious opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, has carved out a career that has certainly distinguished herself among Rhode Island’s most accomplished women.

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David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists just a few hours after signing a new contract and the surging Boston Bruins became the fastest team in NHL history to reach 100 points by beating the Buffalo Sabres 7-1 on Thursday night.

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Federal officials have begun investigating a close call between planes in Boston, and they provided new details Thursday about a harrowing incident at an airport in Texas.

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