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What’s Up on Wednesday
Weather
Wednesday: A chance of rain, mainly before 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. North wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night: A slight chance of rain before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 34. Northwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Marine Forecast
Wednesday: N wind around 12 kt. A chance of rain, mainly before 5pm. Seas 1 ft or less.
Wednesday Night: NNW wind around 9 kt. A slight chance of rain before 9pm. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 61°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 7:16 am | Sunset: 5:40 pm | 10 hours and 23 minutes of sun.
High tide at 11 am & 11:28 pm | Low tide at 3:39 am & 4:45 pm.
Moon: Waning Gibbous. 18 days, 89% lighting.
Things To Do
4:15 pm: Senior Ballroom Dance Classes at Common Fence Point Community Center
5:30 pm: Richard Potter, America’s First Black Celebrity: A Talk with Scholar John Hodgeson at Newport Historical Society
6 pm: Zumba! at The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet
6 pm: ¡Qué Vivan los Muertos! Una celebración de Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead Celebration) at Newport Art Museum
6:30 pm: Fermentation Class at Forty 1 North
7 pm: Ballroom Dance at The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet
Live Music & Entertainment
Buskers: Open Mic with Mike Warner at 9 pm
Fastnet Pub: Trivia at 9 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: Klimt & The Kiss at 4:30 pm & 7:30 pm
O’Brien’s Pub: Karaoke at 9:30 pm
Sardella’s: Live Jazz music at 7 pm
Local Government
The following public meetings are scheduled;
Jamestown: Board of Canvassers at 12:30 pm, Town Council at 7 pm, Planning Commission at 7 pm
Little Compton: School Committee at 3:30 pm, Agricultural Conservancy Trust at 7 pm
Newport: School Committee - Policy Subcommittee at 5:30 pm
Portsmouth: Melville Park Committee at 6 pm, Harbor Commission at 7 pm
Tiverton: Personnel Board at 5:30 pm, Zoning Board of Review at 7 pm
See the agenda for the meetings mentioned above here.
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