Thursday, April 18, 2024
🍻 After a four-and-a-half-year multiphase project, Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co. will reopen its doors on Friday. Read More - Newport Craft Brewing & Distilling Co. will open its doors on April 19 to a new tasting room, outdoor bar and event space
🐝 In honor of Aquidneck Island Earth Week, Aquidneck Land Trust is hosting a pollinator habitat workshop at Spruce Acres Farm on April 21. All are welcome to learn about different types of important pollinators and beneficial insects, as well as ways to create a more inclusive garden space. WUN’s Ruthie Wood, with the story - Micro, but mighty: Aquidneck Land Trust hosts a pollinator habitat workshop at Spruce Acres Farm for Aquidneck Island Earth Week 2024
🐘 A unique event is about to happen in Newport this summer. One hundred life-sized elephant statues will arrive in the city as part of an art exhibition called The Great Elephant Migration. Read More - Newport to host a unique art exhibition featuring 100 life-sized elephant statues
👉 A communication by the Newport City Manager will ask the Newport City Council at their Regular City Council Meeting on April 24 to award a Mobile Food and Beverage Service Provider contract at Easton’s Beach to Audrain Hospitality Group. More to come on this.
What’s Up Today
Weather
Today: There is a chance of showers, mainly between 2 pm and 3 pm. It will be cloudy, with a high near 48. The east wind will be 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. The chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tonight: There is a slight chance of showers before 10 p.m. It will be cloudy, with a low of around 42. The northeast wind will be 9 to 13 mph. The chance of precipitation is 20%.
Marine Forecast
Today: E wind 12 to 14 kt, with gusts as high as 23 kt. A chance of showers, mainly between 2 pm and 3 pm. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: ENE wind 8 to 11 kt. A slight chance of showers before 10 pm. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 47°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 5:59 am | Sunset: 7:29 pm | 13 hours and 29 minutes of sun.
High tide at 4:58 am & 5:19 pm | Low tide at 11:16 am & 11:14 pm.
Moon: Waxing Gibbous. 9.5 days, 71% lighting.
Things To Do
Newport Daffodil Days throughout Newport County
12 pm to 1 pm: Museum Reads: “Carrying the Torch: Maude Howe Elliott and the American Renaissance” at Newport Art Museum
2:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Family Movie: Wish at Newport Public Library
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Teen Linoleum Stamp Making Series at Newport Public Library
5:30 pm to 7 pm: If These Artworks Could Talk: Glimpses into the History of Bird Art, its Artists and Collectors at Norman Bird Sanctuary
6 pm to 8 pm: Wine Tasting For The Complete Novice at Greenvale Vineyards
6:30 pm to 7:30 pm: Richard Morris Hunt: Before The Breakers with Newport Historical Society
7 pm to 8 pm: Absolute Beginner Ballet and Stretch at The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet
Live Music & Entertainment
Bar & Board Bistro: Music Bingo at 7 pm
Newport Blues Cafe: Newport Comedy Series from 8 pm to 9:30 pm
One Pelham East: Timeless at 8:30 pm
Pour Judgement: Dave Flamand at 10 pm
Ragged Island Brewing: Trivia in the Greenhouse from 6 pm to 8 pm
The JPT: Probelmista at 5 pm, Wicked Little Sisters at 7:30 pm
Newport County Government
Jamestown: Jamestown Senior Services Committee at 1 pm
Little Compton: Little Compton Town Council at 6:30 pm
Newport: Newport Public Library at 4 pm
Portsmouth: Portsmouth Conservation Commission at 6 pm, Portsmouth Zoning Board of Review at 7 pm
Tiverton: Tiverton Vicious Dog Hearings at 10 am, Tiverton Library Trustees Board Personnel Subcommittee at 1 pm, Tiverton Dog Park Advisory Committee at 6:30 pm
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