7.13.2023 | Words: 1,244 | Reading Time: About 6-minutes
🍕 Mother Pizzeria, a neighborhood restaurant by the team behind Giusto, officially debuted in downtown Newport last night at 49 Long Wharf Mall (formerly Panera Bread).
🏘️ It was quiet on the real estate front last week due to the Fourth of July holiday. Tyler Bernadyn has a rundown of the nine homes that changed hands last week.
⚾ The Newport Gulls came up short, losing 4-1 against the North Shore Navigators on Wednesday night at Cardines Field.
🚢 On the cruise ship schedule today: American Star via Fort Adams State Park.
📚 Reading with Robin, a statewide reading initiative from noted book enthusiast/influencer/promoter Robin Kall is returning to Newport this evening. RWR and Discover Newport Present: A Summer Soiree, a benefit for the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Center, is happening today at the Newport Art Museum.
📕 Author Michael C. Kathrens reveals the luxury and splendor of Newport’s 19th-century summer “cottages,” the subject of his most recent book at the Marble House this evening at 6 pm.
⛆ Waterfront Concerts: Friday’s concert with James Montgomery has been rescheduled to Friday, July 21st, due to forecasted rain
What’s Up Today
Weather
Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Light south wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the morning.
Tonight: A slight chance of showers after 3am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 71. South wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Marine Forecast
Today: Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming SSW 6 to 11 kt in the morning. Partly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight: S wind around 10 kt. A slight chance of showers after 3am. Patchy fog. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 69°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 5:23 am | Sunset: 8:18 pm | 14 hours and 55 minutes of sun.
High tide at 5:03 am & 5:40 pm | Low tide at 10:23 am
Moon: Waning Crescent. 25.1 days, 21% lighting.
Things To Do
8:30 am: “The Blue & You” Summer Speaker Series at Innovate Newport
11 am to 12:30 pm: Newport Classical presents Classical Rivalries at The Elms
11 am to 8 pm: Taproot Taco Thursdays at Newport Vineyards
11:15 am: Coastal Queen’s Lighthouse and Mimosa Cruises departing from Bowen’s Wharf, Newport
1:15 pm & 3:15 pm: Coastal Queen’s Scenic Bay Cruises departing from Bowen’s Wharf, Newport
2 pm to 4 pm: Mushroom Hunting Lecture at Norman Bird Sanctuary
5 pm to 10 pm: Hill Market After Dark at Hotel Viking
5:30 pm: Adult Intermediate Ballet at The Academy at Newport Contemporary Ballet
6 pm to 7 pm: David W. Dangremond Lecture : “Newport Cottages 1835-1890: The Summer Villas Before the Vanderbilts” at Marble House
6 pm to 7:30 pm: Book Signing: Marie Sheffield & Bruce St. Thomas – COLLECTIVE TRAUMA AND HUMAN SUFFERING at Charter Books
6 pm to 8 pm: Gallery Night with Fausto Palma at Jamestown Arts Center
6 pm: Family Night Concert Series featuring Toe Jam Puppet Band at Easton’s Beach
6:15 pm: Evening Bubbly Cruise from Jamestown Village with Jamestown Newport Ferry
8 pm to 9:30 pm: Newport Classical Music Festival presents Hélène Grimaud at The Breakers
8:30 pm: Forte – newportFILM Outdoors at Aquidneck Park
For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Live Music & Entertainment
Easton’s Beach: Toe Jam Puppet Band at 6 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: Asteroid City at 4:30 pm & 7:30 pm
Landing: Sean Rivers at 1 pm, Justin Pomfret at 4:30 pm, Timmy Smith at 8 pm
Midtown Oyster Bar: John Erikson at 8 pm
Narragansett Cafe: They Were Robots from 8 pm to 11 pm
Newport Blues Cafe: Spiffy at 9 pm
newportFILM: Forte – newportFILM Outdoors at Aquidneck Park at 8:30 pm
Newport Playhouse: Norman Is That You at 11 am
O’Brien’s Pub: Derrick Keane playing Irish tunes from 5 pm to 8 pm
One Pelham East: Sugarbabies at 9:30 pm
Pour Judgement: Live music at 10 pm
Perro Salado: The Honky Tonk Knights at 10 pm
Ragged Island Brewing: Trivia In The Barn from 6 pm to 8:30 pm
Sunset Cove: Karaoke with DJ Ricky Rod from 6 pm to 9 pm
The Reef: Meg Rilley 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 8 pm
Local Government
Jamestown: Jamestown Fire Department Compensation at 5 pm, Jamestown Senior Services Committee at 6:30 pm, Jamestown School Committee at 6:30 pm
Middletown: Middletown Outreach Sub-Committee at 5 pm
Newport: Newport Waterfront Commission at 6:30 pm
Tiverton: Tiverton Economic Development Commission at 6 pm, Tiverton Dog Park Advisory Committee at 6:30 pm
See the agendas and a complete list of public meetings across Rhode Island here.
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