What's Up Today: Friday, June 11
Champlin Foundation awards $5.8 million to 77 local non-profits, including 11 in Newport County
Good Morning, today is Friday, June 11, 2021.
Newport Out is inviting the public to join them today at 5 pm at Newport City Hallas they raise the rainbow flag that represents the welcoming from the city to Pride Month and the LGBTQ+ community.
After eight years at The Zabriskie Memorial Church of Saint John the Evangelist in The Point, Father Humphrey has been called to serve as 8th Rector of St. Thomas's Church, Ontario, Canada, a position he will begin this summer. Fr. Kevin Beesley has been called to St. John's to serve as priest in charge, and will begin serving this summer.
Bike Newport, Newport Public Library, Newport Mental Health, and Norman Bird Sanctuary are among the 11 local organizations to recently receive a total of $5.8 million in grants from the Champlin Foundation.
Easton’s Beach is closed to swimming due to high bacteria levels.
Grab a blanket and a picnic and enjoy these outdoor music series’ in and around Newport this summer.
What’s Up Newp and the Newport Playhouse will host a Rhode Island Folk Showcase on Monday, July 26. Hope to see you there!
What’s Up in Newp Today
Weather Forecast
Today - Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Southeast wind 7 to 11 mph.
Tonight - A slight chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. East wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Marine Forecast
Today - E wind 6 to 10 kt becoming SE in the afternoon. Mostly sunny. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight - ESE wind 5 to 8 kt. A slight chance of showers after 2am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 61°F
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 5:10 am | Sunset: 8:19 pm | 15 hours & 8 minutes of sun.
High tide at 9:16 am & 9:24 pm | Low tide at 2:57 am & 2:27 pm.
Moon: New Moon, 0 days, 0% lighting.
Things To Do
7 am – Community Yoga for All with Rev Shelley Dungan at Third Beach
8 am – Community Yoga Class at MLK Center
8:30 am – Yoga in King’s Park
8:30 am – Yoga at First Beach
11 am – Discover Colonial Newport Walking Tour
11 am & 1 pm – Tea & Scones at Blithewold
12 pm – Newport Neighborhood Food Tour with Rhode Island Red Food Tours
2:05 & 3:55 pm – Spring Lighthouse Cruise Departing from Bowen’s Wharf
4 pm & 5:30 pm – Goat Hikes at Simmons Farm
5 pm – Newport Out’s Flag Raising event at Newport City Hall
6 pm – Yoga on the lawn behind the Leonard Brown House in Portsmouth
6 pm to 9 pm – Newport’s Out’s opening gallery event for Pride: In Retrospect at Innovate Newport
6:35 pm – Newport Gulls versus Mystic Schooners at Cardines Field
7:15 pm – Coastal Queen’s piped-in 80’s Sunset Cruise from Jamestown
8 pm – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at The Firehouse Theatre
For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Live Music & Entertainment
@ The Deck – Felix Brown at 8 pm
Celtica – Karaoke at 10 pm
Dockside – Spiffy at 9 pm
Gurney’s Newport – DJ Nook from 5 pm to 10 pm
Johnny’s – Live music from 6 pm to 9 pm
JPT Film & Event Center Virtual Screening Room – Super Frenchie, One Ocean Film Tour Volume 2, Two Lottery Tickets, Sunflowers Exhibition On Screen
Landing – Honky Tonk Knight at 4:30 pm, Dave Alves Band at 8 pm
Newport Blues Cafe – Blockhead at 9 pm
O’Brien’s Pub – John Erickson at 4:30 pm
One Pelham East – Brick Park from 6 pm to 12:30 am, LIVE DJ from 11:30 pm to 1 am
The Blue Anchor – John & Joanne from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
The Firehouse Theatre – Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at 8 pm
City & Government
12 pm – Middletown School Committee
5:30 pm – Tiverton Board of Canvassers
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