What's Up Today: Friday, May 20
This Day in RI History: May 20, 1959 – Susan Cowsill is born
Good Morning, today is Friday, May 20.
🌊 A concert to benefit the Jamestown Ukraine Relief Project will take place tonight at 7 pm. More Details
🌊 Foodlove Market has rolled out an enhanced café experience for guests with the launch of Foodlove Provisions. Read More
🌊 WUN’s Ken Abrams caught The Who at TD Garden on Wednesday night. Check out his review and photos here.
🌊 Downton Abbey 2: A New Era is on at The JPT this weekend. Details
🌊 The Blue Man Group is back at PPAC this weekend. Read More
🌊 It was a good night in the world of sports, Red Sox won & the Celtics won.
What’s Up Today
Weather
Today - Patchy fog before 8 am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
Tonight - A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2 am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2 am and 3 am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3 am. Cloudy, with a low around 56. Southeast wind around 9 mph. The chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Marine Forecast
Today - Variable winds less than 5 kt becoming S 5 to 8 kt in the afternoon. Patchy fog before 9 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Tonight - SSE wind around 8 kt. A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3 am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 3 am and 4 am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4 am. Seas 1 ft or less.
Coastal Water Temperature: 54°F.
Sun, Moon, & Tide
Sunrise: 5:21 am | Sunset: 8:03 pm | 14 hours & 42 minutes of sun.
High tide at 12:11 pm | Low tide at 5:37 am & 5:21 pm.
Moon: Waning Gibbous, 19.2 days, 79% lighting.
Things To Do
7 am – National Bike to Work Day
12:15 pm, 2:05 pm, & 3:55 pm – Coastal Queen’s Spring Lighthouse Cruises departing from Bowen’s Wharf, Newport
2:50 pm – Coastal Queen’s Spring Lighthouse Cruises departing from Jamestown Village
7 pm Newport Children’s Theatre presents Cinderella at Casino Theatre
7 pm: Concert to benefit Jamestown Ukraine Relief Project at Central Baptist Church
8 pm: Improv with the Bit Players at The Firehouse Theater
For more events and things to do, visit our events calendar.
Entertainment
Bar & Board: Lois Vaughan Jazz Trio from 7 pm to 10 pm
Blue Anchor Grill: Chris Monti from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Celtica: Karaoke at 10 pm
Gulf Stream: John Tyler from 6 pm to 9 pm
Johnny’s at Wyndham: Phenix Avenue from 6 pm to 9 pm
JPT Film & Event Center: Downton Abbey 2: A New Era at 4:30 pm & 7:30 pm
La Forge: Dave Manuel from 6 pm to 9 pm
Landing: Straight Outta Rehab at 7 pm
Narragansett Cafe: Gary Cummings & The G Men from 8 pm to 11:30 pm
Newport Blues Cafe: Never In Vegas at 9 pm
One Pelham East: Jimmy Weinstock from 4 pm to 7:30 pm, Hit Play at 8:30 pm, DJ at 11 pm
Speakeasy: Live music at 10 pm
The Firehouse Theatre: Live improv comedy with The Bit Players at 8 pm
The Reef: Brian Scott from 6 pm to 9 pm
Top Of Pelham: Dueling Pianos at 7:30 pm
Vieste: Live music at 7:30 pm
Government
Tiverton – Tiverton Solar Ordinance Advisory Committee at 6:30 pm
The Latest from WUN
Newport County weather forecast: May 20
This Day in RI History: May 20, 1959 – Susan Cowsill is born
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Celtics roll past Heat 127-102, tie Eastern finals at 1-1
Concert Review and Photos: The Who rock TD Garden
CDC: COVID-19 Community Levels designated as “high” for four Rhode Island counties
What’s Up This Weekend: May 20 – 22
Staircase at Mohegan Bluffs will be closed to the public beginning May 23 due to repairs
Parents convicted in college scam remain free during appeal
Rhode Islanders may have been too excited to fill out census
Foodlove Market enhances café experience with the launch of Foodlove Provisions
Dozens of rescuers help save dolphins stranded on Cape Cod
Six Picks Events: What’s Up in RI this weekend (May 20-22)
Hammetts Hotel launches $50,000 Newport Bermuda Race Package
DEM: Seasonal Shellfish Area closures take effect on May 28
Coronavirus in Rhode Island: The latest data on community transmission of COVID-19
2022 Newport Folk Festival Lineup Announcement – Courtney Barnett will perform on July 22
Local Obituaries
What Else We’re Reading
WPRI - Most of RI at ‘high’ COVID-19 level; masks recommended indoors
The Rhode Show - OSDRI’s Boots on the Ground for Heroes Memorial returns
We’ll See You Out There
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