Good Morning, Newport! Today is Thursday, June 5, the 156th day of 2025. There are 209 days left in the year.
🥍 Coventry High School’s girls lacrosse team is heading to the Division 4 state championship after beating Rogers 10-3 in Wednesday’s semifinal game. What’sUpNewp’s Justin Walker was on hand for the game and has a recap and photo gallery.
🆕 Ocean Hour Farm will open to the public for the first time, offering guided tours of its 43-acre property in Newport. Visitors to the farm, which formerly operated as the SVF Foundation, will witness the farm’s transition to regenerative farming and learn how they can contribute to protecting ocean health.
🎾 Tickets for the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s 2025 Induction Ceremony honoring Maria Sharapova and Bob and Mike Bryan are now on sale, along with single-event tickets to the 2025 Induction Celebration’s multi-day lineup of new and returning programming, including Courting Fashion, Fitz and the Tantrums concert, and the first ever Hall of Fame Celebrity Pro Classic presented by Fidelity Investments.
👉 Little Clam opens today at the Wayfinder Newport hotel. Chefs Jake Rojas and Antonio Wormley lead the restaurant.
🎥 Director Wes Anderson’s newest film, The Phoenician Scheme, opens this evening at The JPT.
WHAT’S UP TODAY
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75 degrees. Light southwest wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph in the morning.
Tonight: Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low of around 62 degrees. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph.
Today: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming S 5 to 10 kt in the morning. Mostly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: SW wind 5 to 7 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt in the evening. Patchy fog after midnight. Seas 1 ft or less.
The coastal water temperature is 59 degrees.
Sunrise at 5:12 am. Sunset at 8:16 pm. 15 hours & 4 minutes of sun.
High tide at 4:06 am & 4:42 p.m. Low tide at 9:54 am & 10:56 pm.
The lunar phase is a Waxing Gibbous.
Things To Do
11 am: Winery Tours at Newport Vineyards & Restaurant
5 pm: Little Clam Grand Opening at Wayfinder Newport
6 pm: Read Your Color – Adult Event at Middletown Public Library
6:30 pm: Sunset Stories: A Mindful Book Club at Sunset Cove
7 pm: Film Screening: Optics of Aging at Jamestown Arts Center
Live Music & Entertainment
Antonio’s Pizza By The Slice: Trivia at 6 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire at 4 pm, The Phoenician Scheme at 7:30 pm
Landing: Justin Pomfret at 12:30 pm, Mark Flynn at 4 pm, Timmy Smith at 8 pm
Narragansett Cafe: Patrick Gaynes at 5 pm
Newport Craft: Trivia at 7 pm
Newport Harbor Island Resort: Justin Pomfret at 6 pm
O’Brien’s Pub: The Grafters on the patio at 4:30 pm, DJ CNote in the pub at 9:30 pm
One Pelham East: Sugarbabies at 9 pm
Ragged Island Brewing Company: Trivia at 6 pm
Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 8 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
Little Compton: Little Compton Budget Committee at 6 pm
Middletown: Middletown Affordable Housing Committee at 6 pm
Portsmouth: Portsmouth School Committee – Personnel Subcommittee at 11 am
Cruise Ship Schedule
Next up on the cruise ship schedule is Volendam on June 10.
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