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this week’s Music Listings
13+ hour, 47+ min ago (261+ words) Friday, April 3, 2026 One Pelham East: 9 p.m.-12:30 a.m., Jimmy & Matt Pour Judgement: 9 p.m., TBD One Pelham East: 3:30-7 p.m., Ross MacAndrew Johnny's: 6-9 p.m., Lainey Dionne Tickets Bar & Grille: 7-10 p.m., TBD One Pelham East: 8-11:30 p.m., Felix Brown Newport Blues Caf: 9:30 p.m., Timeless Quencher: 2-5 p.m., TBD One Pelham East: 3:30-7 p.m., Timmy Smith Playhouse Kitchen:…...
Not So Sweet Berry
6+ hour, 8+ min ago (246+ words) Friday, April 3, 2026 In April 2025, longtime Sweet Berry Farm owners, Jan and Mi'chelle Eckhart, sold their Aquid'neck Island Land Trust (AILT) prop'erty to Tom Hagerty. Hagerty and his wife live in Boston and own a second home on Indian Avenue. He…...
A Callback to Newport Comedy Series
7+ hour, 5+ min ago (524+ words) Nick Griffin will headline the return of the Newport Comedy Series on April 18. When the Newport Comedy Series left the island a decade ago, the comedy scene all but vanished. Now, the series is returning to the Newport Elks Lodge,…...
CALENDAR of Events: April 2-12
7+ hour, 5+ min ago (1795+ words) Are you holding an arts & cultural, educational or nonprofit event? If so, post the information to the yearlong calendar on NewportThisWeek.com/events. Events posted by noon on Mondays will be included in the print calendar as space allows. Salon…...
Two New Films Examine Real Lives and Myths
13+ hour, 47+ min ago (547+ words) Some of the cast of "The Tallest Dwarf," left to right: Matthew Jeffers, Sofiya Cheyenne, Aubrey Smalls and Julie Wyman. "The Tallest Dwarf" was recently featured in The Boston Globe docu'mentary festival and now debuts April 6 on PBS's Independent Lens....
Airtight Regulations Needed for Airbnbs
13+ hour, 46+ min ago (181+ words) Regarding Phillip Cozzolinou2019s article in the March 19 issue of Newport This Week, the full-time residents of Newport should welcome any method of limiting short-term rentals in the city as a whole. I have seen firsthand what lax regulation of Airbnbs and…...
Newport Survives on Tourism, but at What Cost to its Residents?
13+ hour, 46+ min ago (212+ words) Tax revenue helps fund infra'structure and services. But what cost does this tourism have for local residents? Tourism leaves local residents with limited parking availability, long lines in restaurants that have you waiting outside for an hour or more, longer…...
Looking at the History of ‘Black Dandyism’
13+ hour, 44+ min ago (463+ words) Rhode Island Slave History Medallions will host a celebration and unveiling a maquette of the George T. Downing statue, Newport's first statue honoring a person of color, on April 11, 6 p.m., at the Newport Art Museum. The Rhode Island Slave Medal'lions project plans…...
this week’s Conversation with Kenton Goldsby
13+ hour, 47+ min ago (517+ words) Kenton Goldsby grew up in an area called "The Lost Coast," which is primarily an agricultural and tourist community, with lots of dairy farming. What led you to Newport? How did you and your family cel'ebrate Easter growing up? Easter…...
Zita Cobb – Fogo Island
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (245+ words) In this episode, Bill Bartholomew sits down with Zita Cobbu2014social entrepreneur and visionary behind the transformation of Fogo Islandu2014to explore how place-based economic development, cultural preservation, and community-first thinking can shape the future of Aquidneck Island. Cobb shares lessons from her work…...