Saturday, June 24
⚾ The Gulls shut out the Navigators on Friday night as they took home 4-0 win at Cardines Field. The Gulls improved to 11-3 in the season and the Navigators falls to 4-10.
🆕 Gerry Goldstein’s latest column is here → They said ‘I do,’ but the state moved to put them asunder
🦈 Thom Cahir caught up with Jon Dodd, Executive Director of the Atlantic Shark Institute, about the new Mako Shark license plate available in Rhode Island and more.
⚾ Bello pitched one-run ball into the seventh inning and Rafael Devers hit a two-run homer, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 3-1 victory over the sloppy Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
🎵 Singer-songwriter Pete Francis, formerly of Dispatch, brings his band to Ragged Island Brewery for a free concert today. Read our interview with Pete and get all the details on the show here.
🐎 It’s Newport versus Boston at Newport Polo today.
🏳️🌈 Newport Pride Weekend continues today with the Newport Pride Ride at 12 pm and the Newport Pride Fest & Market at Great Friends Meeting House from 12 pm to 6 pm. If you missed our chat with Sean O’Connor from Newport Pride, you can watch or listen to it here.
🌼 Wickford In Bloom: Historic Home and Garden Tour returns this weekend.
🎭 For the most comprehensive and complete look at what’s happening out there this weekend ( - head here - What’s Up This Week in Newport County: June 19 – 25
What’s Up Today
Weather
Today: Showers and thunderstorms before 3 pm, then a slight chance of showers between 3 pm and 5 pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Areas of fog before 5 pm. High near 72. South wind 6 to 9 mph. The chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three-quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight: A slight chance of showers between 8 pm and 3 am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind 7 to 9 mph. The chance of precipitation is 20%.
Marine Forecast
Today: S wind 6 to 8 kt. Showers and thunderstorms before 3 pm, then a slight chance of showers between 3 pm and 5 pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Areas of fog before 5 pm. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: SSW wind 6 to 8 kt. A slight chance of showers between 8 pm and 3 am. Patchy fog. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 63°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 5:12 am | Sunset: 8:23 pm | 15 hours & 10 minutes of sun.
High tide at 12:28 am & 1:05 pm | Low tide at 6:08 am & 6:19 pm
Moon: Waxing Crescent. 5.3 days, 29% lighting.
Things To Do
9 am to 12 pm: Aquidneck Growers Market at 25 Enterprise Drive, Middletown
11 am to 6 pm: Tank Patio Cookout Weekends at Newport Vineyards
12 pm: Newport Pride Ride 2023
12 pm to 3 pm: Ketel One Botanicals on One Bellevue Patio at Hotel Viking
12 pm to 6 pm: Newport Pride Fest & Market 2023 at Great Friends Meeting House
6:30 pm: Pete Francis – Ragged Island Summer Concert Series – Presented by Fitzpatrick Team/ReMax at Ragged Island Brewing
7 pm & 9 pm: Improv with the Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
9 pm: Newport Pride Afterdark at Parlor Newport
For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Live Music & Entertainment
Blue Anchor Grill: Double A from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Brick Market Place: Ryan Lee Crosby from 12 pm to 3 pm
Busker’s Irish Pub: Brian Twohey at 9 pm
Clarke Cooke House: James Montgomery at 10 pm
Dockside & Riptide: The Complaints at Riptide from 9 pm to close, DJ at Dockside from 9 pm to close
Greenvale Vineyards: Live Jazz Music from 3 pm to 6 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: Asteroid City at 4:30 pm & 7:30 pm
Landing: Jay Parker at 1 pm, Jim Devlin at 4:30 pm, Jake Kulak Band at 8 pm
Midtown Oyster Bar: Live music at 9 pm
Narragansett Cafe: Down City Band from 8 pm to 11:30 pm
Newport Blues Cafe: Never In Vegas at 9 pm
O’Brien’s Pub: CGray the DJ at 10 pm
One Pelham East: Timmy Smith from 4 pm to 7:30 pm, Timeless Trio from 8:30 pm to 11:30 pm
Parlor Newport: Newport Pride Afterdark at 9 pm
Ragged Island Brewing: Pete Francis – Ragged Island Summer Concert Series – Presented by Fitzpatrick Team/ReMax at 6:30 pm
Shops At Long Wharf Mall: Y Not from 1 pm to 5 pm
Speakeasy: Live music at 9:30 pm
The Deck: Matt & Jimmy from 1 pm to 4 pm, Brian Scott from 5 pm to 8 pm, Spiffy Saturdays from 9 pm to close
The Firehouse Theatre: Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at 8 pm
The Reef: Jack Hus from 12 pm to 3 pm, Ruby Mac from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm, live music from 7 pm to 10 pm
Top of Newport at Hotel Viking: Live music from 6 pm to 9 pm
Top of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 7:30 pm & 10:30 pm
Local Government
Portsmouth: Portsmouth Prudence Island Planning Commission at 11 am
Tiverton: Tiverton Library Trustees at 10 am
See the agendas and a complete list of public meetings across Rhode Island here.
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