Good Thursday Morning!
Thanks to the nearly sold-out crowd that turned up last night for Top Gun at the JPT Film & Event Center! We’ll be back at The JPT on September 1 with another Jaws Summer Party.
RIDOH yesterday announced that all employees, interns, and volunteers in RIDOH-licensed healthcare facilities and all RIDOH-licensed healthcare providers must receive their final dose of COVID-19 vaccine by October 1, 2021, effective August 18th. Read More
Today at 2 pm, Governor McKee, RIDOH Director Nicole Alexander-Scott, Executive Director of the COVID-19 Response Tom McCarthy, and RIDE Commissioner Angélica Infante-Green will provide an update on COVID-19, the Delta variant in Rhode Island, and the State's continued response, recovery and vaccination efforts. Watch it live on Governor McKee’s Facebook Page.
Newport Restaurant Group’s Foodlove Market is now slated to open to the general public tomorrow at 7 am. Read More - Foodlove Market will open in Middletown on Friday
What’s Up Today - Thursday, August 19
Weather Forecast
Today - A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2 pm, then a slight chance of showers between 2 pm and 3 pm. Cloudy, with a high near 80. South wind 9 to 17 mph. The chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight - Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind 10 to 15 mph.
Marine Forecast
Today - SSE wind 9 to 12 kt increasing to 12 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 kt. A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2 pm, then a slight chance of showers between 2 pm and 3 pm. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight - SSW wind 9 to 13 kt. Mostly cloudy. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 72°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 5:58 am | Sunset: 7:38 pm | 13 hours & 40 minutes of sun.
High tide at 5:40 am & 6:15 pm | Low tide at 11:13 am.
Moon: Waxing Gibbous, 11 days, 85% lighting.
Things To Do
5:30 pm – Beach Bash with Norman Bird Sanctuary
6 pm to 8 pm – Opening Night for Transition: The Changing Earth at Andrea S. Keogh Art & Design
6 pm – We Are As Gods – newportFILM Outdoors at Marble House Lawn
6 pm to 9 pm – The Cocktail Club Mixology Class – Hotel Viking
For more events and things to do on this day, visit our events calendar.
Live Music & Entertainment
JPT Film & Event Center (In Theatre) – CatVideoFest at 7:30 pm
JPT Film & Event Center (Virtual) – The Hidden Life of Trees, Charlatan, Of Animals And Men
Landing –Jimmy Weinstock at 1 pm, Justin Pomfret at 4:30 pm, Timmy Smith at 8 pm
Newport Blues Cafe – Erika Van Pelt at 9 pm
newportFILM – We Are As Gods – newportFILM Outdoors at Marble House Lawn at 6 pm
Norey’s – The High Tidals at 9 pm
One Pelham East – Sugarbabies at 9:30 pm
Ragged Island Brewing – Trivia Night from 6 pm to 8 pm
City & Government
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