Afternoon Update from What'sUpNewp: Wednesday, November 16
Here's a look at the latest Headlines From What'sUpNewp.
Good Afternoon,
🎭 Our latest theater review is here via Ken Abrams - Theater Review: Les Misérables begins a thrilling run at PPAC
💰 Middletown-based Rite-Solutions today announced that it has received three Navy contracts worth $68 million. This is just after the company received a $77 million contract from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division.
🚓 A Providence Police Officer charged with punching a political rival at an abortion rights rally was acquitted today of a misdemeanor simple assault charge by a judge who determined that his actions were justified because he was trying to maintain public order.
🦃 Your Thanksgiving weekend is getting busy - be sure to check out the details behind the 25th Annual Newport Illuminated Boat Parade and Santa Magic at Long Wharf Mall.
🐈 Meet your new best friend, Maylay – this week’s Adoptable Cat of the Week!
🍛 Giusto is launching a new winter wine dinner series called Le Sagre, with the inaugural dinner taking place on December 15 at 6 pm. The name is derived from “La Sagra” which is a festival that celebrates one type of food, drink, or product from a town or region. There will be five dinners, one per month, ranging in price from $150 to $250 per person. Visit Resy for tickets.
🙋 Xaykham “Xay” Rexford Khamsyvoravong, Newport City Council At-Large-elect and Mayor-elect, will join What’sUpNewp for a one-on-one live virtual video conversation on Friday, November 18 at 4 pm.
What questions do you have for Xay? Leave them in the comments below.
🚮 East Bay Times reports that users of the Portsmouth transfer station on Hedly Street will be charged $250 for a vehicle sticker — a $40 increase over the current fee — starting Jan. 1, 2023.
🎄 Save The Date: What’sUpNewp and The JPT will host our annual National Lampoon Christmas Vacation Party on Wednesday, December 21 at 7:30 pm. We’ll kick things off with live music from David Tessier’s All-Star Stars at 6:15 pm, and the film will begin at 7:30 pm. As Cousin Eddy says, it's gonna be a beaut! Get those tix!
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The Latest from What’sUpNewp
Adoptable Cat of the Week: Maylay
Providence Police Officer acquitted of assaulting woman at abortion rally
Long Wharf Mall to host Tree Lighting, Santa Magic on Nov. 26
Weather forecast for Newport County
Where refugees in Rhode Island are arriving from
Theater Review: Les Misérables begins a thrilling run at PPAC
25th Annual Newport Illuminated Boat Parade to kick off the Holiday Season on November 25
Middletown-based Rite-Solutions receives three Navy contracts worth $68 million
WUN-ON-ONE: A conversation with Xay Khamsyvoravong, Newport’s next Mayor
Progressives had tough elections in Rhode Island in 2022
100 best films of the 21st century, according to critics
Top 100 musical films of all time
50 famous firsts from TV history
Leggett’s 18 lead Rhode Island past Stony Brook 74-64
Providence defeats Stonehill 100-76
Newport City Council-elect informally choose Xay to serve as Mayor, Ceglie to serve as Vice Chair
Newport Classical will celebrate the holiday season with two holiday programs in December
Recent Local Obituaries
Happening This Week & Weekend
What’s Up This Week: Nov: 14 – 20
Les Misérables returning to PPAC November 15-20
Newport City Council-elect to hold a caucus on Nov. 15 to informally elect Chair, Vice-Chair
Magic of Lights returns to Gillette Stadium Nov. 18 – Dec. 31
Salve Hockey Team will host its 2nd Annual Mental Health Awareness Night on Nov. 19
Lippitt House Museum to host ‘House at Work Tour’ on Nov. 19
Newport Live to present three concerts at the Jamestown Arts Center
TICKET GIVEAWAY: Catching up with Erin McKeown, playing Jamestown Arts Center Nov. 19
What’s Up Interview: Craig O’Keefe of ‘The Sixties Show,’ coming to Jane Pickens November 20
Since cruise ships are flagrant polluters (emissions into the atmosphere from burning fuel and into the ocean by dumping inadequately treated waste) as well as guzzlers of fossil fuels, but Newport can't somehow seem to survive without them, why not take the landing fee that each passenger pays and put that money in a fund that is dedicated to improving Newport's environment? It could be used to make First Beach more sustainable by building dunes, or put toward water and open space cleanup.
How might technology enhance Newport’s political processes?