The Newport Jazz Festival and the Newport Folk Festival are two of the most popular festivals that happen in Newport every year. Both festivals started in the 1950's and attract thousands of people from all over to celebrate jazz and folk music. George Wein produced [...]
St. George's School in Middletown will be hosting the Newport Antiques Show from July 25th through the 27th, with a Gala Preview Party kicking things off on July 24th. This show began in 2007 and has become one of the nation's premier antiques venues. It [...]
The Newport Music Festival has been around since 1969 and has produced over 2,100 concerts in a variety of venues throughout Newport, including the Preservation Society's Historic Mansions. They have brought over 1,000 artists to the stage, including over 100 who made their American debut. [...]
The Newport Art Museum, accredited fully by the American Association of Museums, holds collections and exhibitions that reflect Rhode Island's cultural heritage and contemporary art scene. They have been a cultural gathering place for over 100 years and have a reputation for high quality exhibitions [...]
The non-profit organization - Newport Restoration Foundation - was founded by Doris Duke in 1968 with the purpose of preserving, interpreting, and maintaining landscape and objects reflecting architectural culture of the 18th and 19th century on Aquidneck Island. It maintains this mission by being a [...]
The Green Animals Topiary Garden opened for the season last week. As part of the Preservation Society of Newport County, this mansion, located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, gives visitors the chance to visit the oldest and most northern Topiary Garden in the United States. This [...]