NEWPORT, R.I. – It won’t be hard to guess what tops this weekend’s list of Best Bets. But, it’s not all about the Irish. Hit the jump to find out!
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NEWPORT, R.I. – Around here, everyone seems to be Irish during the month of March. And accordingly, there’s plenty in the way of Irish heritage being celebrated around town this weekend.
Our Best Bets are in like a (celtic) lion after the jump.
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John McEnroe, Donald Dell, Owen Davidson, Bud Collins, Brad Parks, Virginia Wade, Gigi Fernandez, Ivan Lendl and Tony Trabert.
NEWPORT, R.I. – At the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup at New York’s Madison Square Garden last night, the International Tennis Hall of Fame Class of 2010 was announced to the delight of more than 12,000 fans.
Doubles stars dominate the Recent Player and Master Player categories, with the selections of Todd Woodbridge, Mark Woodforde, Gigi Fernandez, Natasha Zvereva and Owen Davidson. In the Contributor category, wheelchair tennis creator Brad Parks has been selected for induction, as well as Derek Hardwick, who served as chairman of the British Lawn Tennis Association and was instrumental in the creation of Open tennis. International Tennis Hall of Fame Chairman Christopher Clouser hosted the ceremony, which featured Hall of Famers John McEnroe, Bud Collins, Virginia Wade, Donald Dell, Ivan Lendl and Tony Trabert, all of whom welcomed the latest inductees who have been selected to receive the highest honor available in the sport.
The induction ceremony will take place July 10, 2010 prior to the semi-final matches of the Campbell’s Hall of Fame Championships at the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Bellevue Avenue.
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Angela Moore and Carroll Michael & Co., both longtime tenants of this block on Bellevue, have relocated in recent weeks.
NEWPORT, R.I. – The newly relocated Angela Moore boutique opens this weekend at 190 Bellevue Avenue on Newport’s Casino Block; a location owner Moore describes as historic, beautiful and a privilege to be a part of.
Designed by the celebrated architects McKim, Mead and White, the Newport Casino, at the epicenter of the strip, opened in 1880 and today is a National Historic Landmark. Since it’s opening, storefronts have been part and parcel of the famed block and are considered highly desired retail locations. While Moore’s addition leaves all but one retail vacancy on that particular eastern stretch of Bellevue Avenue, between Memorial Boulevard and Jones Avenue, other parts of Bellevue seem to be having a harder time, both retaining existing and securing new businesses.
The length of Bellevue Avenue, just north of the casino block, between John and Prospect Hill Streets, has seen considerable turnover and extended vacancies through the years and, perhaps, never more apparently, than in recent months. Carroll Michael & Co., formerly at the corner of Prospect Hill Street at 115 Bellevue Avenue, moved to a new space on Franklin Street, and is now vacant.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – We’re not exactly sure where February went. And even though the weather isn’t supposed to be exactly stellar, there are plenty of ways to make the most of this last weekend of the month.
Follow the jump for our Best Bets.
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Set up is under way for Ballard Park's Illuminated Garden this Friday and Saturday. It's one of our Best Bets!
NEWPORT, R.I. – As the 22nd Newport Winter Festival rolls on, there’s plenty to do to fill up your calendar this weekend.
Hit the jump for our picks of week!
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One of the most popular pieces of modern American fiction, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 classic The Great Gatsby has been selected as part of the National Endowment for the Big Read program this year. A 2004 NEA research study identified a critical decline in literary reading nationwide and designed the Big Read to restore reading to the center of American culture.
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Snow blanketed Aquidneck Island on Wednesday, making for a perfect setting for the start of the annual Newport Winter Fest. (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
NEWPORT, R.I. – Art, love, and a whole lot more! All on tap for this special Winter Fest/Valentines Day edition of Best Bets!
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AI Youth kicked off their first meeting on Friday. (Photo via Facebook by Suzanne Escobar Bang Kane)
NEWPORT, R.I. – A menagerie youth groups from multiple churches across Aquidneck Island will come together Friday nights for a new program entitled AI Youth (Aquidneck Island Youth).
The program, which kicked off on Friday evening at Evangelical Friends Church in Middletown, invites junior high through high school students to enjoy games, skits, a live youth band and a message. “We will be coming together once a month to gather all students of the faith in Christ, to provide a platform for relationships, growth and unity overall in the family of God,” says Ed Pichette, Youth Pastor at EFC Newport.
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Photo by Tom Shevlin
NEWPORT, R.I. – Whether you’re looking for a place to watch the big game, or a night out on the town to do some good, there’s plenty of ways to fill your calendar this weekend.
Here now, our Best Bets:
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Snow covers Bannister's Wharf during the pre-Christmas Blizzard. (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
NEWPORT, R.I. – What can we say? We live for the weekend, and while football fans may be going through a bit of withdrawal this Sunday, we’ve got some ideas to help you help your NFL fanatic make it through the day.
Hit the jump for this weekend’s Best Bets.
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The devastating earthquake in Haiti didn't spare the Sisters of St. Cluny, much of whose buildings were destroyed.
NEWPORT, R.I. – The Sisters of St. Joseph Cluny, the order present at the Cluny School in Newport, have been involved in education, health care, women’s promotion and social development in Haiti since 1864 via 14 active communities. While the Sisters here were thankful to hear none of the Sisters in Haiti died in the deadly Jan. 12th 7.0-magnitude quake, three sustained significant injuries after climbing out or being rescued from the rubble. Their schools and sites however, were devastated with four communities, three schools and one newly constructed orphanage, La Madeleine, completely destroyed.
Sisters Paauline and Marion help to pack the bus. (Photos courtesy Cluny Sisters)
Thankfully, most of the children were out of the building that houses Providence Day School in the center of Port-au-Prince before it collapsed. On an average day, the Sisters cater to 600 primary pupils and about 60 street children throughout the evening. But the Sisters there did suspect that some adults and children were on the school compound at the time of the quake. A new school building there and the convent were completely flattened.
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Get out there and enjoy our little January thaw! (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
NEWPORT, R.I. – If you’re basking in this beautiful January thaw, waiting on pins and needles for the weekend to come, perhaps we can interest you in our Best Bets.
From nightlife to Namaste, there’s plenty going on around town this weekend. Find out more after the jump.
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Sunset over Dutch Harbor in Jamestown. (Photo by Tom Shevlin)
Whether you’re in the mood for a movie or some music, we’ve got you covered in this weekend’s Best Bets.
Follow the jump for our picks!
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