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Best of Newport RI - Mid Spring Highlights 2008 - Top Event Picks

NOTEWORTHY. . . Victorian Servants Tours  Step back in time with the theatrical cast of the Astors Victorian Mansion, as seen through the eyes of the domestic staff. Weekends, March - May The Mansions Are Open Spring ushers in more of Newport's well known Gilded Age mansions and daily visiting hours. Now open daily: The Breakers, The Elms, Marble House, Rosecliff, Chateau-sur-Mer and Green Animals Topiary Garden. Annual Great Rooms Symposium, includes lectures and tours with leading academics and benefactors. Mansions April 5 - Oct. 12. Great Rooms April 28 - 30 Visit Website . . . 'Newport Stories' Debut The premiere of a new collaborative dance work based on poems, history, and contemporary stories of Newport. The performance pairs Newport's top dancing troupe with members of Boston's Family Folk Chorale, set in the historic Great Friends Meeting House. A unique way to experience historical and cultral Newport all in one place. May 17&18. Visit Website . . . 'Zoo In The House' -- Doris Duke's Animals & Artwork Doris Duke was not only the wealthiest woman in the world at the time of her death in 1993, but also a renowned art collector and somewhat of an eccentric. An avid animal lover, her most notable pets at her Newport mansion Rough Point, were her 2 camels, which were allowed inside the house. No surprise, she had a remarkable collection of animal inspired artwork. April 10 - Nov 8. Visit Website . . . Beginning in May, the daily "Living Tours" expand to include the rest of the Astors and their famous friends. May - Nov 1 Greenvale Vineyards Spring music and celebration. Mac McHale and Emery Hutchins play a special Friday night show with Irish, mountain and sea songs. April 20. Then the 10th annual Restoration Celebration on May 17 with more music and festivities. Plenty of wine tasting at both events.

Best of Newport RI - Late Spring & Early Summer Highlights 2008 - Top Event Picks

NOTEWORTHY. . . Ultimate Lighthouse Tour Save The Bay takes you out for the day, up and down Narragansett Bay, viewing more than a dozen lighthouses. Dates May - September Fort Adams Family Day Newport Boat Show The boat show sails into Newport twice a year, once in the Spring and once in the Fall. Spring launches one of Newport's most well known sports off into high sailing gear. Previously used boats and yachts of all sizes on land and in the water. Held right downtown on the water at the Yachting Center. May 16 - 18 Visit Website . . . International Polo Every Saturday afternoon throughout the summer, you will see some of the best polo players in the world compete in this fast-moving game. While polo was introduced to America right here in Newport back in 1876, the action has now shifted to historic Glen Farm in nearby Portsmouth. Bring a picnic. Tailgating in style, adds to the fun. June - Sept. at 5pm. Visit Website . . . Newport Gulls Baseball Right out of the movies with historic Cardine's Field, named one of America's top 5 best stadiums for collegiate baseball. The Gulls are part of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, ranked one of the best leagues in the country. You'll see a lot of tomorrow's pros today -- without all the attitude. Great ball and family fun. June - July Visit Website . . . The historic civil war era fort at the mouth of Newport Harbor opens for the season June 7 Newport Film Festival Now in its 11th year, has grown in size, stature, and celebrity wow factor. June 3 - 8. Gallery Night Tour Newport's many art galleries stay open later the second Thursday of each month. A great way to see a variety of art.

Best of Newport RI - Summer Highlights 2008 - Top Event Picks

NOTEWORTHY. . . Summer Solstice Gala Newport's premier dance troupe, Island Moving Company, teams with Doris Duke's Rough Point Mansion for a dinner and dance under the stars fund raiser. Great Chowder Cook-Off One of New England's great culinary contributions, served up 30 different ways. Competitors from all over country compete for the best 'chowda' in the land. An additional cooking competition adds clam cakes to the festivities. It's all served up on Newport's waterfront at The Yachting Center. June 7. Visit Website . . . Summer Mansion Mania Some mansion magic is only available in prime summer time. Lunch at The Elms June 7 - Sept. 21. The Elms After Hours Friday nights. June 27 - Aug. 29. Chepstow, Hunter House, Isaac Bell House, Breakers childrens cottage and family tours, plus the stables and carriage house, all open June 21. Visit Website . . . Newport Flower Show Celebrating its 13th anniversary, enjoy 3 days of beauty, workshops, and displays. The setting is the Rosecliff mansion which gets truly decked out for the show. Lectures and hands-on demonstrations are always first rate. Headliners this year include party planner/flower arrangers Kathy Rainer and Trickey Wolfes, and plant hunter David Hinkley. The one-of-a-kind setting makes it one of New England's best. June 27 - 29. Visit Website . . . June 21 Secret Garden Tour Gardening showcase takes place each year in Newport's historic Point neighborhood, home to more than 100 colonial houses. From seaside to shade, formal and in-formal, you'll see gar-dens of all shapes and sizes. June 20 - 22 Sunset Music Festival Great acts under a big tent on the harbor in downtown Newport. The Festival gets underway this year on June 14th with Boz Scaggs.

Best of Newport RI - Mid-Summer Highlights 2008 - Top Event Picks

NOTEWORTHY. . . Jazz & Wine Tastings Greenvale Vineyards is the setting. Music every weekend. June - Oct. Flight Of Steps The Island Moving Company dance troupe spins their choreographed routine Newport Music Festival Not to be confused with the Jazz or Folk Festivals, world-class classical music set in Newport's mansions, now in its 40th season. Nothing else quite like it. Truly a unique Newport event. Chamber, vocal and piano performances, and a number of American debuts There's something for everyone. Sixty-seven concerts this year. July 11 - 27. Visit Website . . . Hall of Fame Tennis Championships Two great events in one. The induction ceremonies for the Hall of Famers and Campbell Hall of Fame Championships -- the only men's competition played on grass in America. Both events attract a who's who of tennis. Michael Chang is inducted this year into the Hall of Fame, along with tennis marketing and publishing gurus Mark McCormack and Eugene Scott. July 7 - 13. Visit Website . . . Evenings With The Astors New this year from the Gilded Age acting troupe at Astors' Beechwood Mansion, An Evening With The Astors. Experience Victorian Newport as you join the Astor family for a night of ballroom dancing and candlelit tours of the mansion on Tuesday nights at 7 pm. On Thursdays, the return of the popular murder mysteries at the mansion. July 1 - October 28 Visit Website . . . throughout historic Fort Adams. July 11 - 20 Black Ships Festival Unusual celebration of Japanese - American relations during Newport's maritime era. Lots of fun. July 19 - 22 Sunset Music Festival Melissa Etheridge, Plain White T's, Jimmy Vaughn, Indigo Girls, rock the harbor downtown. Intimate venue, on the water, under a giant tent. Reserved seating. Newport Yachting Center complex. July 6 - 12.

Best of Newport RI - Late Summer Highlights 2008 - Top Event Picks

NOTEWORTHY. . . International Polo  Every Saturday afternoon see some of the best polo players in the world compete in this fast-moving game. Bring a picnic. Tailgating in style, adds to the fun. Aug - Newport Folk Festival The first part of the famous Newport music festivals one-two punch. Shows are out on Newport Harbor at Fort Adams. Always memorable. Headliners this year include Jimmy Buffet, The Black Crowes, Cat Power, Levon Helm, Jakob Dylan, Cowboy Junkies, Gillian Welch, Calexico, Willy Mason, Brandi Carlile, Kate Taylor and many more. Tickets already on sale Aug 1 - 3. Visit Website . . . Newport Jazz Festival The second half of Newport's big summer music festivals hits the stages the second weekend of August. Kicks off at the Hall of Fame Casino and then shifts to Fort Adams for most of the music on the water. This year's lineup still being worked on but last year included: Dianne Reeves, Branford Marsalis, BB King, Joshua Redman, Dave Brubeck, Chico Hamilton, Etta James, Al Green, and many more. Aug 8 -10. Visit Website . . . Lighthouse Clambake Right below the Newport Bridge sits a fully restored, Victorian era lighthouse on the National Register of Historic Places. There's not a better view in Newport Harbor. Throughout the summer, you can tour the lighthouse and Rose Island. Once a summer, the non-profit group that maintains the lighthouse hosts a New England clambake awareness and fundraiser. It's not to be missed. Sells out. Aug. 16. Visit Website . . . Sept. at 5 pm Irish Waterfront Festival Say goodbye to summer with a bit of the Irish. Great line-up of entertainment, food, and activities for all ages on the harborfront. Aug 30 - Sept 1 Sunset Music Festival Last show of the waterfront summer season features John Hiatt. Newport Yachting Center. August 21

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