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NEWPORT, R.I. – Enjoy a taste of some of Newport’s finest restaurants with this week-long culinary celebration! Special menu items and prices abound. For more, visit www.GoNewportRestaurantWeek.com.

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The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Center hosts the Strong Women Series. The topic? Personal Finance, Banking, and Repairing Your Credit. The session begins at 5:30 p.m. and will last until 7:30 p.m. Dinner is included and admission is free, but reservations are required. Call Marilyn at 846-4828 or e-mail mwarren@mlkcenter.org.

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NEWPORT, R.I. – The International Yacht Restoration School will host its annual open house on Thursday, Nov. 5. Take a tour of the school and speak with admissions officers about programs, schedules and more. 4-7 p.m. on the IYRS Campus, 449, Thames St. Visit IYRS.org for more.

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NEWPORT, R.I.. – Bruce Levine, Tennis Magazine’s racquet advisor visits theInternational Tennis Hall of Fame tomorrow evening for an interactive lecturesession highlighting the ins and outs of selecting the perfect racquet for your best game.

Learn how magazines, industry experts and teaching pros recommend and select racquets and strings and get tips on how the components of your racquet are affecting your swing- everything from string tension to racquet weight. Bring your current racquet and learn whether a few minor changes could significantly change your game.

Session begins at 6 pm; admission is free for ITHF members and $10 for non-members. RSVP by emailing programs@tennisfame.com or by calling
401-849-3990.

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NEWPORT, R.I. – Newport Biodiesel serves as the unconventional venue for this month’s gathering of Green Drinks of Newport on Thursday, Nov. 5 from 5:30-8 p.m. Enjoy drinks and appetizers courtesy of Newport Biodiesel and take a tour of their plant located at 312 Connell Highway.

Kristin Littlefield, Clean City Coordinator for the City of Newport will be guest speaker.

Green Drinks is an international organization that allows people in the “green” and environmental community to come together. Through this network people have made friends, found jobs, exchanged information, developed new ideas and have helped others in the field with special projects.

For more, visit: www.greendrinks.org, call (401) 846-1117, or contact Green Drinks Organizer, Kara DiCamillo.

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NEWPORT, R.I. – Do you appreciate fine sail trim? Is that tan you got while on the water all summer beginning to fade?

If so, then perhaps you should consider heading over the to the Pickens on Friday for a “preview screening” of the “The Golden Year of 12 Metres,” a Gary Jobson-produced piece scheduled to run on ESPN Classic on Nov. 7, showcasing the past summer’s flurry of 12 Metre racing in Newport, New York, Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.

Sponsored by the  Internataional 12 Metre Class, the screening will be held Friday Nov. 6 at the Jane Pickens Theater and Event Center. A 6 p.m. “Legends Panel” moderated by Jobson will feature some former America’s Cup greats sharing stories of the past year and reflecting on the 50th anniversary of the 12 Metre’s introduction into Cup racing.

A “Director’s Cut” screening will follow at 7 p.m. with proceeds benefiting the Friends of the Jane Pickens Theater and the Seamen’s Church Institute of Newport.

Tickets are $20 and are available at the Jane PickensTheater box office, online at www.janepickens.com, or in advance by check made payble to ITMA and sent to: Jennifer Stewart, 40 Mary St, Newport, RI 02840 (received no later then November 3, 2009).

We hear it’s expected to be a sell-out, so be sure to get your tickets beforehand!

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NEWPORT, R.I. – It may be a touch early to be thinking about the holidays, but with the economy spurring us all to look for bargains, perhaps it isn’t too early to do a little Christmas shopping. And this weekend, you won’t find any better deals than at the St. Joseph’s Parish Harvest Fair from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. From toys and clothes to a silent auction, bargains abound at this annual fund-raiser.

Admission and parking is free. The church is located at the corner of Broadway and Mann Avenue.

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PORTSMOUTH, R.I. – Race through Aquidneck Island’s greenways on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 10:30 a.m. at The Glen in Portsmouth for the Aquidneck Land Trust’s annual 5k run and walk. Registration costs $25 on the day of the race, $20 in advance. Email chuth@ailt.org for more.

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NEWPORT, R.I. – Take part in Newport’s monthly Gallery Night on November 12. Meet the artists and see local art in the studios, galleries and museums, 5–8 pm, city-wide. Call 847-7666 for more information, or visit www.newportgallerynight.org

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NEWPORT, R.I. – Celebrate 90 years with the Seamen’s Church Institute on Nov. 13. This safe-haven for mariners of all stripes has been a fixture on the city’s waterfront for decades. Call 847-4260 for more information, or visit www.seamensinstitutenewport.org

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NEWPORT, R.I. – Get in the holiday spirit with a stroll through some of  Newport’s most historic sites. On November 13, 20 & 27, join the Newport History Tours for their Holiday Lantern Tour, as a history of holiday traditions is re-told on a lantern-lit stroll. The tour includes a visit to the Wanton-Lyman-Hazard House on Broadway. Meet at the Brick Market Museum at 5 p.m. Call 841-8770, or visit www.newporthistorytours.org for more details.

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PORTSMOUTH, R.I. – The Common Fence Music Series continues on Nov. 14 with the Sweetback Sisters. Show begins at 8 p.m., at Common Fence Point Community Hall, Anthony Road, Portsmouth. Call 683-5085,  or visit www.commonfencemusic.org for more information.

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