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june 2018 #107

Happy June!

Isn't it great? With the Summer Solstice approaching the days keep getting longer and the weather has been just about perfect on our Island lately. Open windows overnight mean waking to lovely fresh air and the soothing sounds of chirping birds, foghorns and church-bells-- LOVE IT! (Only some days I wish those early birds would sleep in just a little bit longer! ;-)
Enjoy it all...

Peace,

SallyAnne_/)

p.s. Excellent first night Dead & Co. Summer Tour show on Wednesday at Great Woods. Even if (like me) you are still missing Jerry-- just GO, you will NOT be disappointed! Bobby, Billy and Mickey are locked-in and rocking out. Oteil, Jeff and John have done their homework and bring great new energy! GO! #SoulStirringStellaBlue

and if you please

great outdoors

The Preservation Society of Newport County boasts its glorious blooms this month with a Garden Tour: The Breakers Greenhouses & Cutting Garden on 6/2, Green Animals Topiary Garden: Fantastic Creations on 6/9 and the Annual Newport Flower Show from 6/22-6/24. Blithwold Mansion, Gardens & Arboretum hosts Wednesday Walk-Arounds on 6/6, 6/13, 6/20 and 6/27 and Saturday Strolls on 6/2, 6/9, 6/21 and 6/30. The SVF's Annual Visitor's Day will be held on 6/16 this year and Aquidneck Growers Markets are open on Wednesdays in Newport and Saturdays in Middletown. Maybe you'd like to grow your own this season? There's still time to get started, check out How Plant a Vegetable Garden from our friends at D.F. Dwyer Insurance.

Happy Father's Day, June 17

all ears

My picks at the The Narrows Center for the Arts this month include John Cleary on 6/2, Los Lonely Boys on 6/6, Bettye Lavette on 6/7 and Jimmy Vivino & the BlueSoul Rockers on 6/28. Greenwich Odeum highlights include Damn the Torpedoes: A Tom Petty Tribute on 6/16, The Wailers: Bob Marley's Legacy Lives On and The Weight Band on 6/22.
Although U2's first Boston Garden show on 6/21 is SOLD OUT, there are still tickets available for second Boston, show on 6/22 and Uncasville, CT on 7/3. See you there?

roll 'em

RGB is playing at the Jane Pickens Theater now through 6/7. Special one-off screenings include Vincent Van Gogh, A New Way of Seeing on 6/3, Heal on 6/4, TellNewport First Anniversary on 6/7 and on 6/20, a Caddyshack Party with pre-show mini-golf on stage! Won't You Be My Neighbor? will open on 6/22 and run through 6/28. The International Ocean Film Tour featuring 6 documentaries will be held on 6/27. Also this month, the Newport Public Library has a free screening of Get On Up: the James Brown Story on 6/22.

way back when

Events of historical interest this month include What Cheer Day: Life Afte r the Gaspee Affair on 6/2, The Palatine Wreck: The Legend of the New England Ghost Ship on 6/7 and Monument to Perseverance: The Struggle to Build the Newport Bridge 1945-1969 on 6/21.

Don't forget, The Newport Historical Society hosts Walking Tours every day of the week: Mondays: The Road to Independence, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays: Discover Colonial Newport, Wednesdays & Sundays: Golden to Gilded and on Fridays: Rogues & Scoundrels. June's special tour of the month is Working on the Point: Colonial Newport on 6/16.

special events, holidays & observances:

starting 6/1

6/9

St. Columba's 27th Annual English Garden Tea Party

6/10

Elliot's Ride

6/14

Flag Day Etiquette

6/15

Newport-Bermuda
Race Start

6/21

Summer Solstice