Good Thursday Morning!
👉 Last night’s Newport City Council Regular Meeting lasted 3 hours and 24 minutes. If you are interested in a particular item on the agenda, you can watch that particular item in the meeting or the whole meeting here.
🎤 The Spring Rogue Island Comedy Festival starts today with a 7 pm show at Rejects Beer Co. The festival will host ten shows across the area through Monday. Schedule
📚 Author Ann Hood returns to Newport tonight! The beloved Rhode Island author will stop by Charter Books to sign and speak about her new novel, The Stolen Child, an engaging, timeless novel of secrets, love lost and found, and the nature of forgiveness. More Details
🍷 The Ca' del Bosco Wine Garden opens today at The Chanler at Cliff Walk for the 2024 season.
“Experience the essence of Italy this summer at the Ca' del Bosco Wine Garden, where the tantalizing scent of authentic Italian pizza mingles with the fragrance of blooming flowers. Relax in Adirondack chairs beneath the dappled shade of umbrellas, sip on Franciacorta wine and Italian Spritzers, and let yourself be whisked away to the picturesque Amalfi Coast for the afternoon”.
Ca' del Bosco Wine Garden is open from 1 pm to 6 pm on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays (and select holidays, like Memorial Day) through September 2.
What’s Up Today
Weather
Today: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 4 pm, then a slight chance of showers between 4 pm and 5 pm. Patchy fog before 9 am. Otherwise, it is mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. Southwest wind 9 to 11 mph. The chance of precipitation is 70%—new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight: There is a chance of showers, mainly between 7 pm and 1 am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, it is mostly cloudy, with a low of around 58. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph. The chance of precipitation is 30%—new precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Marine Forecast
Today: SW wind 8 to 10 kt. Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 4 pm, then a slight chance of showers between 4 pm and 5 pm. Patchy fog before 9 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: SW wind 5 to 8 kt becoming variable and less than 5 kt. A chance of showers, mainly between 11 pm and 1 am. Patchy fog after midnight. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 56°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 5:18 am | Sunset: 8:06 pm | 14 hours and 48 minutes of sun.
High tide at 8:20 am & 8:36 pm | Low tide at 2:03 am & 1:38 pm.
Moon: Waxing Gibbous. 14.3 days, 100% lighting.
Cruise Ship Schedule
Coming up next on the 2024 Cruise Ship Schedule - Island Princess will visit on Saturday, June 15.
Things To Do
Rogue Island Comedy Festival throughout Newport County
10 am to 11 am: Yoga for Kids! at Newport Public Library
11 am to 12 pm: Maker Kids: Perler Bead Suncatchers at Newport Public Library
1 pm to 6 pm: Ca’ del Bosco Wine Garden at The Chanler at Cliff Walk
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm: Retro Gaming at Newport Public Library
5 pm to 8 pm: Mindful Mending Workshop at Jamestown Arts Center
5:30 pm to 7 pm: Adult Intermediate Ballet at The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet
6 pm to 7 pm: Ann Hood signs and speaks about her new novel, The Stolen Child, at Charter Books
6:30 pm: Puritans, Pirates, and Portuguese-A talk by Stephen Luce at Portsmouth Historical Society
7 pm to 8 pm: Absolute Beginner Ballet and Stretch at The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm: Bike Newport Full Moon Ride at Equality Park
Live Music & Entertainment
JPT Film & Event Center: Coup De Chance at 4:30 pm, The Princess Bride at 7:30 pm
Landing: Mark Flynn from 4 pm to 7 pm, Timmy Smith from 8 pm to 11 pm
One Pelham East: The Naticks from 9:30 pm to 1 am
Ragged Island Brewing: Trivia in the Barn from 6 pm to 8 pm
Rejects Beer Co.: Rogue Island Comedy Festival at 7 pm
Newport County Government
Little Compton: Little Compton Town Council at 6:30 pm
Middletown: Middletown Town Council Sub-Committee Short Term Rentals at 6 pm
Portsmouth: Portsmouth Parks and Recreation at 5:30 pm
Tiverton: Tiverton Economic Development Commission at 6 pm
Happening This Week
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U.S. Sailing has settled its federal lawsuit against veteran sailor and executive Paul Cayard and the America One Racing foundation, the sport’s governing body announced on Wednesday.
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Salve Regina University’s Story in the Public Square wins two Telly Awards
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Newport Artists Collective to launch free Art Trolley service
Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney is ready to go with a goaltender rotation again next season – “if we can make the math work.”
On June 6 at Rosecliff, Bard College Professor Dr. Myra Armstead will illuminate the unconventional Black politics of Newport’s Gilded Age in her presentation, “Eclectic and Independent: Black Self-Advocacy Strategies, 1870 to 1930.”
Backstage compiled a list of projects casting right now in Rhode Island, neighboring states, and nationwide, and which roles they’re looking to fill.
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Further Reading
Rhode Island Monthly: A Nkisi Bundle Was Found in a Historic Newport Home — But What Is it Exactly?