By ALex Kuffner Journal Staff Writer Five months after Newport learned it had lost the race to host the next America’s Cup, the City by the Sea may have gained a second chance. With ratification of an agreement between San Francisco and the Golden Gate Yacht Club threatened, a member of the GGYC’s board of [...]
Newport show highlights Gilbert Stuart, and friends
NEWPORT, R.I. — Somewhere, Gilbert Stuart must be smiling. by Bill Van Siclen, Providence Journal Arts Writer Not only did the man who gave us iconic portraits of George Washington and other Colonial-era luminaries recently celebrate another birthday (his 255th, on Dec. 3), but his work is the focus of “Gilbert Stuart and His Times,” [...]
Opulent RI mansions embody America’s Gilded Age
Fri, 26 Nov 2010 20:09:41By Eric Tucker Associated Press / November 26, 2010 NEWPORT, R.I.—Bellevue Avenue, home to a series of eye-catching mansions that famously embody America’s Gilded Age, crams enough history in a two-mile strip of Newport to be a mini-city unto itself. Now, to accommodate both history buffs and casual passers-by, the nonprofit [...]
Newport Waterfront – See it On Foot
Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:37:06By TOM MEADE Journal Staff Writer The International Yacht Restoration School is one of the sights along Newport’s Harbor Walk North tour. AP / Michael Dwyer NEWPORT — For more than 300 years, Newport Harbor has been one of the most important seaports on the east coast of America. The harbor [...]
Rhode Island to Vote on Dropping Plantations from Name
Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:07:31By ERIC TUCKER, Associated Press Eric Tucker, Associated Press – Tue Oct 26, 1:08 pm ET PROVIDENCE, R.I. – This state’s official name — The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations — is more than just a mouthful. To many, it evokes stinging reminders of Rhode Island’s prime role in [...]
Washington Square: Newport’s Historic Center Still Draws A Crowd
Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:01:56NEWPORT –– Washington Square is in the heart of Colonial Newport, and home to some of the city’s most notable historic sites, many visible from Eisenhower Park. In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read from a balcony of the Old Colony House, Rhode Island’s first State House, built in 1739 [...]
SUFFRAGETTE CITY: Newport’s role in women’s suffrage clear as 90th anniversary approaches
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:40:58By Linda Murphy Special to The Herald News Posted Aug 21, 2010 @ 08:45 PM NEWPORT, R.I. — Alva Vanderbilt Belmont played a crucial role in the passage of the 19th amendment, so it’s only fitting that an event celebrating the 90th anniversary of women’s suffrage this Thursday be held at [...]
Newport – Where Colonial Times Still Echo
Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:57:56By Christopher Klein Globe Correspondent / June 20, 2010 Before the Vanderbilts and the Astors and the other moneyed bluebloods built their magnificent “summer cottages’’ up and down Bellevue Avenue, Newport was a thriving Colonial metropolis. Hundreds of thousands of visitors spend their time in Newport gawking at the extravagant summer [...]
Newport Folk Festival Lineup Announced
Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:44:18After one of its most successful years ever, the Folk Festival Newport RI will continue this summer with two days in the sun at Fort Adams State Park. A mix of contemporary and classic artists will be featured throughout this year’s festival, which is scheduled for Saturday, July 31 and Sunday, [...]
Norman Bird Sanctuary Walking Trail
Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:12:40NORMAN BIRD SANCTUARY 583 Third Beach Rd., Middletown, RI 02842 401 846-2577 www.normanbirdsanctuary.org by Jackie Sheridan Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown is quite literally for the birds. Established through the will of Mabel Norman Cerio in 1950, the sanctuary is the largest area of preserved open space in Newport County, comprising [...]
