Good Morning, today is Wednesday, June 16.
The Newport Saint Patrick’s Day Parade is officially canceled this year. Organizers had hoped to host the event on September 25, but this week pulled the plug on that idea. Organizers say that they expect to still host a St. Patrick’s Day Party on September 25 that would involve bars, food, and music.
Libbi Gildea, Queer Educator for The Katie Brown Educational Program, provides a Guest View for us this week - I Want You to Care That I’m Queer.
Representative Carson and Senator Euer write Short-term rental safety must be addressed.
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Newport Middle Passage Port Marker Project invites you to a Juneteenth Celebration Virtual Lecture, African American Un-Freedom, this evening at 6:30 pm. Presented by renowned professor and journalist Dr. Fred Zilian, this online lecture will address the period from the end of Reconstruction to the end of the 1960s, a period of “un-freedom” and inequality for African Americans. More Details / Register.
The Jamestown Arts Center (JAC) will hold a virtual artist talk with Nick Benson this evening at 7:30 pm. In his JAC Talk, Benson will discuss his ancient craft in the context of digital technology, mass production and consumption, and philosophical questions about the nature of human interaction. More details
What’s Up Out There Today
Weather Forecast
Today - Sunny, with a high near 70. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
Tonight - Mostly clear, with a low around 56. West wind around 6 mph.
Marine Forecast
Today - NNW wind 6 to 9 kt becoming SW in the afternoon. Sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight - Variable winds 5 kt or less. Mostly clear. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 62°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 5:10 am | Sunset: 8:21 pm | 15 hours & 10 minutes of sun.
High tide at 12:18 am & 12:59 pm | Low tide at 5:59 am & 6:07 pm.
Moon: Waxing Crescent, 5 days, 28% lighting.
Things To Do
9 am to 4 pm – Painting Plein Air Landscapes with Bill Lane at Portsmouth Arts Guild
2 pm to 6 pm – Aquidneck Growers’ Wednesday Summer Market on Memorial Boulevard
6 pm to 8 pm – Music at Sunset, June 16: Magnolia Cajun Band at Blithewold Mansion
6:35 pm – Newport Gulls Game vs Danbury at Cardines Field
For more events and things to do on this day, visit our events calendar.
Live Music & Entertainment
Celtica – Team Trivia at 7:30 pm
JPT Film & Event Center Virtual Screening Room – Super Frenchie, One Ocean Film Tour Volume 2, Two Lottery Tickets, Sunflowers Exhibition On Screen
Landing -Naticks at 4:30 pm, John Erikson at 8 pm
One Pelham East – Adam Go at 9 pm
City & Government
9:30 am – Jamestown Technical Review Committee
6 pm – Little Compton Town Council
6:45 pm – Jamestown Tree Preservation & Protection
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Elsewhere In The News
Newport's St. Patrick's Day Parade postponed once again [WJAR]
‘We’re going to bring the parade to the bars’: Newport cancels postponed St. Patrick’s Day parade [WPRI]
DEM to Offer Additional Surf Lifeguard Certification Test on Monday, June 28 [RI.Gov]
RIDOT Takes Over Streetlights from Towns and Cities [RI.Gov]
Salve Regina’s Enactus team places third at 2021 national competition [Salve Today]
URI, Media Literacy Now-RI to begin study of media literacy in R.I. schools [URI Today]
We’ll See You Out There
