Good morning, Newport! 👋 Today is Wednesday, Aug. 13, the 225th day of 2025. There are 140 days left in the year.
🎶 Fort Adams Trust will present its annual “Music at the Fort” summer concert series for three Wednesday evenings starting Aug. 20, offering free live music and picnic opportunities on the North Lawn of the National Historic Landmark.
⚠️ The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority will detour two bus routes and drastically reduce service during the Mount Hope Bridge closure this week.
⛵ The waters of Narragansett Bay will once again showcase sailing’s most elegant chapter when the 2025 12 Metre North American Championship arrives in Newport Sept. 19-21.
🎥 Thousands showed up to see the grand finale of ‘The Gilded Age’ at The Elms on Sunday night. Veronica Bruno has the full event recap.
👉 Newport City Council will host a Regular Council Meeting tonight. Here’s what’s on their agenda.
-Ryan Belmore | Publisher, What’sUpNewp
WHAT’S UP TODAY
Today: Patchy dense fog before noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Light south wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the morning.
Tonight: A slight chance of showers before 3am, then a slight chance of showers after 4am. Areas of fog before 11pm, then areas of fog after 2am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tomorrow: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Areas of fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Today: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming SSW 6 to 11 kt in the morning. Patchy dense fog before noon. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: S wind 6 to 9 kt. A slight chance of showers before 3am, then a slight chance of showers after 4am. Areas of fog between 10pm and 11pm, then Areas of fog after 2am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tomorrow: SSW wind 5 to 7 kt. Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Areas of fog before 8am. Seas 1 ft or less.
The coastal water temperature is 67 degrees.
Sunrise at 5:52 am. Sunset at 7:47 pm. 13 hours & 54 minutes of sun.
High tide at 11:29 am & 11:51 pm. Low tide at 4:29 am & 5:04 pm.
The lunar phase is a Waning Gibbous.
Things To Do
7 am: Wednesday Walking Club at Second Beach
11 am: Colonial Jewish Walking Tours at Loeb Visitors Center
1 pm: DeBlois Gallery Annual Members’ Show at DeBlois Gallery
2 pm: Aquidneck Growers Market on Memorial Blvd.
4 pm: Juicy Market on the Deck at Newport Craft
6:30 pm: Fermentation Class at Forty 1 North
6:30 pm: Hurricane Preparedness Talk at Belmont Chapel
Live Music & Entertainment
Buskers: Open Mic with Mike Warner at 9 pm
Fastnet Pub: Trivia at 9 pm
Landing: Mike Milazzo at 12:30 pm, Nick Sproviero at 4 pm, Jim Devlin at 8 pm
Newport Vineyards: The Teledynes at 5 pm
O’Brien’s Pub: Eoin Egan at 4:30 pm
One Pelham East: Karaoke at 9 pm
Ragged Island Brewing: Talking Dreads at 6 pm
The JPT Film & Event Center: Jurassic World Rebirth at 3 pm, Almost Famous with live music at 7:30 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
Jamestown: Board of Canvassers at 2:30 pm
Little Compton: School Committee at 6 pm, Housing Trust at 6 pm
Middletown: School Building Committee at 5 pm, Planning Board at 6 pm
Newport: City Council at 6:30 pm
Tiverton: Cemetery Commission at 7 pm
THE LATEST ON WUN
Three-week ‘Music at the Fort’ series begins Aug. 20 with local acts on historic North Lawn
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Alex Bregman homered against his former team for a second straight game and Carlos Narváez added a three-run shot to lead the Boston Red Sox to a 14-1 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.
Historic yacht class returns to Narragansett Bay for three-day regatta Sept. 19-21
Routes 60 and 61x will bypass bridge from Aug. 14-17, drastically reducing service
Annual cycling event to feature 300 riders exploring secret locations across Newport
Thousands of fans of the HBO series showed up to see the grand finale of ‘The Gilded Age’ at the film location of The Elms. They were also treated to a special video message from Julian Fellowes, thanking Rhode Island specifically.
Utility company investing in infrastructure improvements across five neighborhoods to meet growing demand from year-round residents
Road closures planned as festivities run from morning through evening
Dartmouth professor will discuss new book on separation of church and state Aug. 28
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