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Good morning, Newport! 🗓️ Today is Wednesday, July 30, the 211th day of 2025. There are 154 days left in the year.
🎶 Maren Morris, renowned American singer-songwriter who won a Grammy in 2017 for Best Country Solo Performance, electrified the Newport Folk Festival stages this past weekend. Morris spoke with What’sUpNewp before her Sunday set.
🏥 The Noreen Stonor Drexel Birthing Center at Newport Hospital will not close in the upcoming fiscal year, but “its long-term future will be evaluated over the next year.”
🎥 The JPT will showcase Newport’s starring role in Hollywood productions with a week-long “Made in Newport” film series running from August 2 to 7.
🗓️ On tap this weekend and weekend: Newport Jazz Festival, The Big Lebowski Party, Made in Newport Film Series, and more. Get the full rundown here.
-Ryan Belmore | Publisher, What’sUpNewp
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WHAT’S UP TODAY
Today: Sunny, with a high near 84. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 70. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph.
Tomorrow: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Northeast wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunrise at 5:38 am. Sunset at 8:03 pm. 14 hours & 25 minutes of sun.
High tide at 12:14 am & 12:46 pm. Low tide at 5:28 am & 6:03 pm.
The lunar phase is a Waxing Crescent.
The coastal water temperature is 70 degrees.
Things To Do
7 am: Wednesday Walking Club at Second Beach
11 am: Colonial Jewish Walking Tours at Loeb Visitors Center
1 pm: One Jazz: The Language of Jazz Music and Dance at Salve
2 pm: Aquidneck Growers Market on Memorial Blvd.
5 pm: Beach Bash at Third Beach
5 pm & 7 pm: Wet Paint Plein Air: Sachuest Point at Newport Art Museum
6 pm: Singles at Sunset 50+ at OceanCliff
6:30 pm: Fermentation Class at Forty 1 North
7 pm: Bridging The Gap: Moving on Common Ground at Ochre Court
Live Music & Entertainment
Buskers: Open Mic with Mike Warner at 9 pm
Fastnet Pub: Trivia at 9 pm
Firehouse Theater: Family Friendly Funnies at 7 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: The Moody Blues: John Lodge Live at 7:30 pm
Landing: Jay Parker at 12:30 pm, The Naticks at 4 pm, Jim Devlin at 8 pm
Newport Vineyards: Salty at 5 pm
O’Brien’s Pub: Eoin Egan on the patio at 4:30 pm
One Pelham East: Karaoke at 9 pm
Ragged Island Brewing: Conscious Band at 6 pm
Sakonnet Vineyard: Sunset Music Series: Wednesdays at 6 pm
Top of Pelham: Blind Date Interrupted – A Comedy Experience at 8 pm
Newport County Public Meetings
Little Compton: School Committee at 10 am
Middletown: School Committee at 5 pm, School Building Committee at 5 pm
Newport: City Council at 5:30 pm
Tiverton: Economic Development Commission at 7 am, North End and Industrial/Business Park Advisory Subcommittee at 7 am
THE LATEST ON WUN
“[This year] was the most I’ve walked around on different people’s sets, which is so fun, and it’s the point of Newport, this camaraderie. All your friends are here, so you just jump in on each other’s stuff,” Morris said.
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Trevor Story homered, doubled and drove in three runs, Lucas Giolito pitched six strong innings, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Minnesota Twins 8-5 on Tuesday night.
Brown University Health announces birthing center will remain open in FY26 budget; task force to review long-term future
Officials in Massachusetts’ Nantucket island on Tuesday accused the developer of the nation’s first utility-scale offshore wind project of not responding to their safety queries since Donald Trump’s election after a massive wind turbine broke apart last year and its fragments washed up on beaches.
‘Made in Newport’ series features classics like ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘Moonrise Kingdom’
Tickets for Nov. 14 show go on sale Aug. 1
Canadian folk trio’s concert scheduled for Nov. 23; tickets on sale Aug. 1