Good Tuesday Morning & Happy Halloween.
🎃 The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) is reminding Rhode Islanders about Halloween safety precautions. Read More
👉 Senator Jack Reed yesterday hosted the director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Crosby Kemper in Rhode Island. Reed and Kemper toured the Newport Historical Society’s Richard I. Burnham Resource Center to meet with librarians, curators, and researchers and to discuss local efforts to expand community engagement at libraries and museums across Rhode Island. Read More
🍽️ Newport and Bristol Counties will once again celebrate its dynamic food scene during the 17th annual Newport Restaurant Week, taking place November 3 – 12, 2023. Featuring ten days of culinary experiences, the event offers a variety of deals and discounts including tastefully crafted prix-fixe menus, gift card promotions, BOGO deals, complimentary add-ons and more from over 50 participating restaurants. Read More
🎬 What pairs perfectly with Newport Restaurant Week? Second helpings of The JPT’s popular Foodie Film Festival from last Fall! Just like the best sequels, The JPT has upped the ante and added live music, local collaborations, and a new slate of themed films and events to the menu. Read More
🍇 Greenvale Vineyards will host its 24th Annual Harvest Festival from 1 to 4 p.m. with extended music to 6 p.m., Saturday, November 4. Festivities include tractor rides throughout the historic farm’s vineyards, a photo booth, tours of the new winery, plus an artisan market and food provided by Aquidneck Island Oyster Co., Bellevue Boards, Newport Chowder Co., and Rhode Rage Food Truck. Read More
🛍️ More than 80 of the city’s stores, restaurants, and businesses have banded together to launch ThamesGiving: a month-long celebration that will span every Thursday in November, except Thanksgiving Day. Read More
⏰ Before you go to bed on Saturday night, remember to change your clocks and also take this opportunity to check and/or change the batteries in your smoke and carbon monoxide detectors. Read More
WHAT’S UP TODAY
Weather
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. North wind 7 to 14 mph.
Tonight: Rain likely, mainly after 5am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 39. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Marine Forecast
Today: N wind 6 to 11 kt becoming NNE in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: NE wind 6 to 9 kt. Rain likely, mainly after 5am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 61°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 7:15 am | Sunset: 5:42 pm | 10 hours and 26 minutes of sun.
High tide at 10:11 am & 10:37 pm | Low tide at 2:57 am & 4:06 pm.
Moon: Waning Gibbous. 17 days, 95% lighting.
Things To Do
10 am: HALLOWEEN Preschool Dance Party at Newport Public Library
12 pm to 6 pm: Pumpkin Patch at Trinity Church Newport
3:30 pm: Anime Watch Club at Newport Public Library
6 pm: Neurographic Art for the Mind at Self-Esteem Through Art
Live Music & Entertainment
JPT Film & Event Center: She Came To Me at 4:30 pm, The Exorcist 50th Anniversary at 7:30 pm
Midtown Oyster Bar: Saints & Sinners Halloween Party at 9 pm
O’Brien’s Pub: Trivia at 7 pm
Parlor Bar & Kitchen: Larry Brown Swinglane Orchestra at 8 pm
The Fifth Element: Megan Chenot at 7 pm
Local Government
See the agenda for any meeting mentioned below here
Newport: Cliff Walk Commission at 4:30 pm
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