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Cliff Walk Repairs to Begin

Students at Rogers High School were treated to a musical presentation by Obuamah Addy and Norchemi onstage on Tuesday, Feb. 12. The presentation was part of the annual Arts Showcase at the high school – a two-day event featuring performances and workshops by area musicians and artists. The goal of the showcase is to introduce students to some of the artistic fields available to them. (Photo by Meg O’Neil) See story on page 9.

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Winter Festival Marks 25 Years of Fun

By Meg O’NeilA state law that requires all

school districts to send layoff no-tices to teachers by March 1 was criticized by members of the New-port School Committee, who ulti-mately voted to approve the action of administering pink slips to 31 of Newport’s 212 teachers during their regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 12.

“We’ve asked for years that the state push back the notification date to June 1 when we have a bet-ter understanding of enrollment numbers and the budget,” said Supt. John H. Ambrogi. “It’s outra-geous that we have to go through this every year.”

School departments are re-quired to send out layoff notices as a worst-case scenario option to protect the district in case of fu-ture budgetary issues. The March 1

By Tom ShevlinWork to repair a seawall on

Ocean Drive that was damaged dur-ing Superstorm Sandy is coming to a close, and another project to re-pair Cliff Walk is getting underway.

On Ocean Drive, several sections of seawall have been restored, and a new road surface will soon be laid.

Traffic detours have closed the popular drive to traffic since De-cember, however state transporta-tion officials say they expect to be able to reopen the road in a few weeks. The repairs were extensive, and in any ordinary year would be among the city's most high profile projects.

But this year, engineers are faced with yet another daunting task: saving one of the most popular sec-tions of the city's famed Cliff Walk, a section between Ruggles Ave-nue and Ledge Road that has been closed to the public since the storm damaged it in late October.

According to a memo provided by the city's Department of Public Services, during inspections of the Cliff Walk seawall, two areas were identified as requiring immediate attention.

"The section of seawall in the vi-cinity of the Breakers mansion has a significant breach," engineers wrote. Previously undetected ero-

By Katherine ImbrieFew might have thought, back

in 1989, that a carnival held in the middle of winter in Newport would be so successful that it would still be around to celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2013. But so it has turned out. Beginning this weekend, Newport will pop the cork on ten days of fun and frivolity that have come to be known as the Winter Festival, a family-friendly cornucopia of events that includes something to please just about everyone.

Over the years, some of the original events have gone by the board, and dozens of new ones added. The whole event now goes by the name “festival” instead of “carnival,” perhaps be-cause festival just sounds, well … more festive.

The original carnival was con-ceived and planned by the folks at the Newport Convention & Visitors Bureau (now called Dis-cover Newport), which then was headed by Rick O’Neill, who to-day works for the City of New-port Canvassing Authority. After the first year, management of the festival was handled by the Mar-keting & Events company, head-ed by David Rosenberg, who had been involved from the begin-ning at the Visitors Bureau.

Rosenberg, who still runs the festival, is thrilled that it’s become an annual attraction. He recalls that back in 1988, “a bunch of us sat around the third floor of the Gateway Center and discussed how much Newport needed an event like this.”

What they came up with for

February 1989 was a four-day carnival including eight events to engage all ages. Because the dates of the first carnival coin-cided with Groundhog Day, there was a Grand Quahog character which – if he saw his shadow – would return to his mud burrow to await the start of boating sea-son, six weeks away. (If the giant bivalve didn’t see his shadow, that meant that winter was firmly in control, and the carnival could continue.)

In addition to the appearance of the Grand Quahog, first-year

events included public skating at St. George’s School ice rink (the Newport Skating Center was more than a decade away); a “moveable feast” progressive din-ner with courses at the Marriott, the Viking, the Sherator Islander (now the Hyatt); a masquerade ball at Astors’ Beechwood (now privately owned and under res-toration to become an art mu-seum); an ice sculpture com-petition (still a popular festival event); a parade from Freebody

Ice sculpting competition has been a popular part of the Festival from the beginning.

Newport This Week in 1989 reported

on a star attraction of the first Winter

Carnival, the bivalve Grand

Quahog, who was supposed to return

to the mud if he saw his shadow.

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This winter, students in the hor-ticulture classes at Rogers High School are learning about sustain-able farming. The plants are grown both organically and hydroponi-cally and have grown from seed to harvestable baby lettuce leaves in about five weeks. Students helped to assemble and make the hydro-ponic system functional with items received from Salve Regina Univer-sity. With some minor adjustments to the system, the class hopes to have an even more successful har-

vest in another month or so. The horticulture program main-

tains two small hydroponic gar-dens and is collaborating with the culinary arts program at the New-port Area Career and Technical Center (NACTC) by providing them with fresh herbs and baby greens. It is hoped that with additional fund-ing, the horticulture program can expand their hydroponic gardens to grow edible produce year round to supply local food kitchens.

Students Sierra Love and Laura Rossier of the Horticulture Program at Rogers High School planted and maintained both Boston Bibb and Romaine Lettuce.

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nounces that George Tollefson III, of Newport, has achieved the rank of Eagle Scout.

Tollefson’s leadership project was an Earth Day clean-up of the New-port railroad corridor from the depot on America’s Cup Avenue to be-hind Mama Leone’s res-taurant. He coordinated his volun-teers to pick up trash along the railroad using a flatbed car to transport the trash to the end point for the City to collect. He also created a presentation of an overview of recycling and the New-port Railroad Corridor to Troop 3.

George graduated from Bishop Stang High School in Dartmouth, MA and is currently attending the University of Rhode Island, studying biomedical engineering.

Troop 3 is sponsored by Newport Elks Lodge and is a member of BSA Narragansett Council. Boys range in age from 11-17 years old and attend Thompson Middle School, Rogers and Bishop Hendricken high schools.

For more information about BSA Troop 3 Newport, call Glenn Gardin-er at 846-9583, x 2002.

Arrow of LightRobert “Bobby” Zeller Jr. of Pack 2

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By Meg O’Neil The Newport School Commit-

tee met briefly on Tuesday, Feb. 12 to discuss first steps in the hir-ing process of a new superinten-dent for Newport Public Schools.

Last month, current Supt. John H. Ambrogi informed the school committee of his intent to retire from the school system effective Jan. 4, 2014 – six months before his contract was slated to end in June 2014.

On Tuesday, the committee voted to hire the New England School Development Council of Marlborough, Mass. to conduct the search for the next superin-tendent, provided hiring the firm does not cost more than $4,000, which would violate school pol-icy. Committee members Rob-

ert Leary and Rebecca Bolan op-posed the action, saying they would prefer to see outside bids before selecting a hiring firm.

If hiring the New England School Development Coun-cil proves too costly, then the school committee will seek bids from other educational firms.

Bolan pointed out that accord-ing to school policy, a communi-ty search committee is also sup-posed to be set up – a step that has not yet begun.

The committee voted that the three characteristics most nec-essary in a potential superin-tendent were knowing how to balance a budget, being a “cur-riculum visionary,” and building on the strengths and successes of the district.

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notification date is relatively early compared to other states, but the practice is meant to allow laid-off teachers enough notice so they have time to find other jobs.

“I believe the vast majority will be coming back, but this is just a fail-safe that we go through every year. This is not an enjoyable pro-cess,” Ambrogi said.

Two Newport School Depart-ment employees expressed their frustration of the notification pro-cess to the School Committee.

“Every year, [the School Com-mittee] supports the demoralizing practice of laying off good people,” said Scott Dickison, a science teach-er at Rogers High School.”This is not a healthy way for professionals to work together. I’ve been patted on the back 100 times, and have been told not to worry, that my job is safe. But this is a cruel burden to lay on the backs of teachers who are working on the front lines with students.”

Of the 31 teachers receiving lay-off notices, 15 are tenured. At Rog-ers High school, thirteen teach-ers will receive pink slips; five at Thompson Middle School; and fourteen teachers at the elemen-tary level (4 at Cranston Calvert, 4 at Sullivan-Triplett, 2 at Coggeshall, and 4 at Underwood). Last year, 34 teachers and staff members re-ceived pink slips. The year before that, it was 30. While the majority of teachers who receive lay-off notifi-cations ultimately do not lose their jobs, the process causes anxiety.

Dickison urged the School Com-mittee to take a stand: “You upset people. We know legislation has

been introduced to push the date back, but in the meantime you are toying with people’s lives and creat-ing chaos amongst teachers. This is not what we need when we’re try-ing to build a community of learn-ers and build a better school sys-tem.”

For school nurse Valerie Druken, a pink slip to any of the school sys-tem’s five full-time nurses teachers would be detrimental to the dis-trict. “We are pretty much maxed-out even now in full force,” she said. “I’d like you to consider how diffi-cult it would be if you eliminate a nurse.”

Druken said the world of school nursing has dramatically changed in the past ten years. With illness outbreaks, record keeping, immu-nization and food allergy compli-ance in the cafeteria and classroom, and medically fragile students, the nursing staff cannot afford to take a loss.

Committee member Robert Leary asked if the list of the 31 teachers being laid off was based on seniority. Supt. Ambrogi said it was, so most of the notifications are sent to the district’s newest hires.

School Committee member Jo Eva Gaines voted against the layoff notices, saying, “I can’t support this. As much as I know that we need to balance the budget, I’m tired of balancing budgets on the backs of kids. We’re losing talented people. I see nurses being cut, I see the sci-ence department being decimated, I see our arts program that is start-ing to bloom being decimated … I can’t do this again.”

Members of the School Commit-tee said it was important that the community, school department unions, and other districts push lo-cal representatives and senators to make sure the Department of Edu-cation takes action in moving the notification date from March to June.

The action item passed 5-2, with Gaines and Sandra Flowers op-posing. “Without the teachers, We have nothing,” Flowers said. “We could have the best buildings in the world, but if we don’t have those folks in the classroom or in the nurse’s office – just close up the doors.”

sion has created a slope behind the wall, and “the erosion now threat-ens the integrity of the Cliff Walk."

The seawall at the end of Shepa-rd Avenue also has lost a significant amount of masonry at its southern corner and must be repaired.

The cost to repair the damage to those two sections is estimated at over $309,000.

Funding for the project is from the state Department of Transpor-tation on a reimbursement basis, and does not include repairs to other degraded areas of the walk between Marine Avenue, Miramar, and Rough Point.

The cost of that work is still be-ing estimated. Previously, city staff said that it could cost millions to re-open the entire Cliff Walk.

Meanwhile, along Ocean Drive, crews working at the southernmost section of Harrison Avenue reported on Tuesday that they expect to re-open the roadway in the next two or three weeks (weather permitting).

The seawall on the southern side of Ocean Drive in the area where Harrison and Ocean avenues meet, was badly damaged during Sandy. Repairs were quickly initiated, but at the end of December, a power-ful Nor'easter obliterated a freshly poured retaining wall, ripping away an entire section of roadway and forcing crews to tackle an even big-ger project.

The work, which is being over-seen by the state and funded by federal disaster funds, had original-ly been slated for completion some time soon after the first of the year.

However, according to Newport's Public Services Director Bill Riccio, the target date is now the end of February.

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"You are toying with peo-ple’s lives and creating

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Pell Goes GreenLast week, a team of engineers,

including Project Manager James Farrar, who are working on the new Pell Elementary School met with the Rhode Island Department of Education to discuss how envi-ronmentally friendly the school will be when it opens its doors in Sept. 2013.

Farrar, who provided School Committee members with a brief update on the project during their Tuesday, Feb. 12 meeting, had some good news to report.

The Collaborative for High Per-formance Schools (CHPS) is the country’s first green building rat-ing program especially designed for K-12 schools. The Pell School aims to be one of the greenest and most CHPS compliant schools in the state.

According to Farrar, the proj-ect, due to its energy efficiencies, is "on track" to meet a 44 percent reimbursement rate from the state. That, he said, "is a major, major achievement."

Original estimates were that building the new school would cost roughly $30 million, with a guaranteed 33 percent match by the state. Since then, that reim-bursement rate has increased to 42 percent, leaving city taxpayers to foot $17.4 million.

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In Case You’ve ForgottenFeb. 15 - Winter Festival fireworks,

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Newport Hospital, 9:30 - 11 a.m.Feb. 16 - Cyber Security speaker,

Newport Art Museum, 2 p.m.Feb. 18-22 Art Camp, 848-8200.Feb. 19-22, Happy Tails camp,

grades 2-6, 846-0592, ext. 120.Feb. 20 - Potter League U, 6 p.m.Feb. 21 & 28 - Lego Club, James-

town Library, 3-4 p.m., 423-7280.Feb. 25 - Newport Mental Health

annual meeting, 846-1213, ext.103.

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n The Newport County Cham-ber of Commerce Community Fund Review Committee reviews applica-tions on an annual basis. Applica-tions must be received by close of business on Feb. 28. The Commit-tee does not make multi-year com-mitments, and support in one year does not guarantee continued sup-port in future years. For more infor-mation, visit www.NewportCham-ber.com or call 847-1608. n The Chamber Business After

Hours will be Thursday, Feb. 28 at the Embrace Home Loans, LLC of-fice, 25 Enterprise Center, Newport.To attend, register online at www.NewportChamber.com or call 847-1608. The gathering is free for mem-bers and $25 for non-members.

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board Game blissThe Newport Public Library, will

offer a games program for chil-dren ages 6 and up on Friday, Feb. 22 from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. in the John Clarke Children’s Program Room. Children and families will be able to enjoy Bananagrams, Pictureka, Quidditch the Board Game, The Game of Life, Catch the Match, Checkers, Chess and Disney Prin-cess Spinning Wishes. No registra-tion is required for this free pro-gram, just drop-in.

For more information, call 847-8720 x 204.

Photo Guild MeetingThe next meeting of the New-

port Photo Guild will be Wednes-day, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Ilgen-fritz Gallery of the Newport Art Museum. Rhode Island photogra-pher, Cemal Ekin will present a talk titled “Photography: A democratic medium.” The meeting is free and open to the public.

ScholarshipsnThe Middletown Education Col-laborative (MEC) is offering a Mid-dletown High School senior (Class of 2013) a $1,000 college scholar-ship. The scholarship is awarded to a senior who demonstrates an ongoing commitment to commu-nity service. For an application and more information, visit www.mec-mec.org.

nSalve Regina University is offer-ing 15 full-tuition scholarships to human service workers interested in pursuing or advancing their ca-reers in the field of rehabilitation counseling. Application deadline is March 4 for classes beginning this summer both online and at the uni-versity’s Center for Adult Education, at, Warwick. For more information, email Claudia Cordon at claudia.cordon@salve.edu

nKohl’s Department Stores will be accepting nominations for out-standing young volunteers, ages six to 18, through March 15 for the 2013 Kohl’s Cares Scholarship Pro-gram at kohlskids.com. Nominators must be 21 years or older. Through the program, Kohl’s will award more than 2,300 young volunteers more than $425,000 in scholarships and prizes to reward youth who have made a positive impact on their communities.

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St. Michael’s Fall Honor Roll

St. Michael’s Country Day School Fall Term 2012 honor roll for New-port County students are:

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Parade Marshals Needed

If you would like to volunteer to be a parade marshal for the 57th annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Saturday, March 16 contact Dennis Sullivan at 846-5081 or visit www.newportirish.com.

Free Coffee for 100The first 100 contributors to do-

nate a food pantry item on Mon-day, Feb. 25 to the Martin Luther King Center at the Panera Bread of Newport will receive a Panera travel mug with free coffee refills for one month. Donors will also receive a “Seasonal SOUPer Card”

Items on the MLK Wish List in-clude: canned meats / fruits / veg-gies, soups, coffee/tea, rice/pasta, Goya products, PB&J, pasta sauce, canned/dry milk, cake/muffin mix, cereals, and condiments.

Event and offers available only at Newport Panera. Coffee refills and soup card offer expires March 26.

Real Lacrosse Registration

The Team Real Lacrosse Club’s spring and summer session regis-tration is open for girl lacrosse play-ers. The spring session, for kinder-garten through highschool players, will start on 1 April and go through May 20. The summer session, for kindergarten through college play-ers, will start the week of May 26 and go through Aug. 4. More infor-mation can be found at www.team-reallacrosse.com.

Land Trust Offers Neighborhood Grants

The Aquidneck Land Trust’s (“ALT”) Merritt Neighborhood Fund provides grants ranging from $100 to $2,500. Grant applications are now available for Aquidneck Island organizations and neighborhood groups working to preserve special little open space parcels, improve neighborhood parks or create com-munity gardens.

The deadline for proposals is April 1. Grant applications may be obtained by contacting the ALT at 849-2799 or to download a PDF version of the application visit www.aquidnecklandtrust.org.

Winter Farmers’ Market Update

The Aquidneck Growers Mar-ket at the Parish Hall of St. Mary’s Church in Portsmouth will be open through this Saturday, Feb. 16, but will close until March 30, for a short break. Once the market reopens on March 30 it will remain indoors at the parish hall until May 25. On June 1 the market will move to its outdoor location near Newport Vineyard in Middletown.

For further information contact, Bevan Linsley, Market Coordinator Aquidneck Growers’ Market at 401-932-9007 or aquidneckgrowers-market@verizon.net.

No Trash DelayThe Newport Public Services De-

partment’s Clean City Program re-minds residents that trash and re-cycling routes will run on schedule during the week of Presidents Day, February 18. The next yard waste collection will take place during the week of March 18 on residents’ reg-ular collection day.

Go for the StarsOn Wednesday, Feb. 20 children

ages 5 and up are invited to the Newport Public Library to wear an astronaut flight suit while conduct-ing experiments and demonstra-tions with Gary T. Pozzato. Chil-dren will meet Robo the Robot who talks, moves and interacts with the audience. Children will learn about the use of robots in space, grav-ity on other worlds, weightlessness and what it is like to live and work in outer space. This participatory program includes a multi-media presentation and props children will be able to examine and handle.

Pozzato has worked closely with NASA personnel on several educa-tion projects, has been a certified flight instructor and has helped manufacture equipment for the NASA, Space Shuttle Orbiter and International Space Station.

The program begins at 10:30 a.m., no registration is required for this free program, just drop-in. For more information, visit www.new-portlibraryri.org, www.goforthe-stars.org or call 847-8720 x 204.

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Learn about, pet and handle live reptiles and amphibians with Bwa-na Iguana at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21 at the Newport Public Li-brary. Rat snakes, milk snakes, king snakes and a boa constrictor are some of the stars of this show pre-sented by Ray Ward. There will also be a large tortoise and a live alliga-tor. Children will learn unique and interesting facts about each animal and have an opportunity for an up-close look.

The program is suitable for chl-dren ages 4 and up. No registration is required for this free program. For more information, call 847-8720 x 204.

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Feb. 19 from 6 - 9 p.m. and on the third Tuesday of every month at the Edward King Center. Choose from a variety of painting samples and “fol-low the leader” to create your own acrylic painting. $35 includes all supplies. Open to the public! Call Jeannine to register 401-714-7263.

Little League Sign-Ups

The Newport Little League 2013 softball and baseball registration are Saturday, Feb. 16 and March 9 from 9:30 a.m. - noon at the Hut, Golden Hill St., Newport.

Sign-ups are for boys and girls, ages 5 to 12 for baseball and ages 5 to 16 for softball. $55 for first child, $20 additional family member, $95 family mazimum fee. Scholarships available based on financial need.

For more information go to: www.newportlittleleague.com. Or email: bryan@newportlittleleague.com (baseball) and tmilburn@new-portlittleleague.com (softball).

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NeWS bRIeFSNewport Police Log Newport Fire

Incident Run ReportDuring the period from Monday,

Feb 4 through Sunday, Feb. 10 the Newport Fire Department respond-ed to a total of 323 calls. Of those, 101 were emergency medical calls, resulting in 74 patients being trans-ported to the hospital. Addition-ally, 2 patients were treated on the scene and 11 patients refused aid once EMS had arrived.

Fire apparatus was used for 323 responses:• Station 1 - Headquarters/Rescue 1 and 3responded to 89 calls• Station 1 - Engine 1 and 6 responded to 111 calls• Station 2 - Old Fort Road Rescue 2 responded to 28 calls• Station 2 - Old Fort Road Engine 2 responded to 45 calls• Station 5 - Touro Street/Engine 5 and 3 responded to 86 calls

Specific situations fire apparatus was used for include:

2 - Building / structure fires 1 - Brush / grass fire 1 - Cooking fire, confined to stovetop 1 - Extrication person from bldg. 3 - Vehicle accidents 6 - Carbon monoxide incidents 6 - Water problems / steam leaks 5 - Electrical wiring / equipment problems 10 - Power lines down 5 - Sprinkler activation / malfunctions 7 - Water problem / steam leaks 46 - Assist public calls 28 - Fire alarm sounding

- no fire 31 - Fire alarm malfunction

- no fire 5 - False, malicious, or mischievous calls79 - Engine assist on EMS call

In the category of fire prevention, the department performed 7 smoke alarm inspections for house sale, 20 life safety inspections, and provided 9 fire system plan reviews.

Fire Prevention Message: Generator Safety: Generators

should be operated outdoors in well ventilated locations and away from all doors, windows, and vent open-ings. Never use a generator in an at-tached garage, even with the door open. Locate the generator so that exhaust fumes can’t enter the home through windows, doors or other openings. Never refuel a generator while it is hot or running. Generator fuel should be stored in a container that is intended for the purpose and should never be stored it in the liv-ing space. Make sure to install car-bon monoxide (CO) alarms in your home and test them regularly.

—Information provided by FM Wayne Clark, ADSFM

During the period from Monday, Feb. 4 to Monday, Feb. 11, the Newport Police Department responded to 711 calls. Of those, 97 were motor vehicle related; there were 63 motor vehicle violations issued and 34 accident reports.

In addition, during the snow storm on Friday and Saturday, 67 public hazard citations were recorded, 48 escorts were provided and 9 vehicles towed.

The police also recorded 35 check welfare calls, responded to 2 Life Line alerts, 117 home/busi-ness alarm calls, 10 incidents of vandalism, 8 noise complaints, 15 animal complaints, and con-ducted 14 school security checks. (Rogers - 4, Triplett - 3,Cranston-Calvert - 2, Coggeshall - 3, Thompson - 1, Cluny School- 1)

They transported 2 prisoners, responded to 2 suicide calls, provided escort for 3 funerals, recorded 4 instances of assisting other police departments and 8 other agencies.

In addition, 12 arrests were made for the following violations:n 3 arrests were made for DUI.n 2 arrests were made for simple assault.n 2 arrests were made for pos-session of marijuana.n 1 arrest was made for an out-standing bench warrant.n 1 arrest was made for con-spiracy.n 1 arrest was made for disorder-ly conduct.n 1 arrest was made for a driv-ing with a suspended or revoked license.n 1 arrest was made for violating a no contact order.

Lyme Support GroupAn open meeting will be held

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‘Part of the Heart’ Soup Sunday

The Portsmouth, Rhode Island 375th Celebration Committee in-vites all to the “Part of the Heart” Soup Sunday on Feb. 17 from 12 to 2 p.m. at St. Barnabas’ Parish Hall, 1697 East Main Road, Portsmouth. A variety of hot soups, salads and bread will be served to raise funds for future committee events and ul-timately for preservation of histor-ic artifacts and documents at the Portsmouth Free Public Library. At 1:30 p.m., citizens will gather in the parking lot to form a human heart that will be photographed from above.

Tickets are available from Cus-tom House Coffee, Portsmouth Se-nior Center, Invidia Hair Salon, Al-len’s Liquors, Green Grocer and 375th Committee members. Tick-ets cost $6 for adults, $4 for chil-dren, children 2 and under are free.

Come for a hearty lunch or just come to be “part of the heart.” For more information, visit www.Ports-mouthRI375.com. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling Bob Hamilton at 401-842-8853. No tick-ets will be sold at the door.

best Hot DrinkOn Thursday, Feb. 21 judges will

determine the Best Hot Drink in Newport. Local bars and restau-rants are invited to compete for the Winter Festival Plaque. Guests will get to sample the delightful con-coctions as well as enjoy drink spe-cials.

To enter, contact the Red Parrot 847-3140. Contestants must pro-vide their own liquor, garnishes and glassware. The Annual Best Hot Drink Contest begins at 9 p.m. and is sponsored by Godiva Chocolate & Bailey’s Hazelnut.

Lunch with the ArtistThe Newport Art Museum’s next

“Lunch with the Artist” discussion will explore the topic “The Blue Boy and Pinkie: The Two Best-loved Paintings of English 19th Century Art” on Tuesday, Feb. 19, beginning at noon. The informal gathering will be held at the Museum’s Griswold House, 76 Bellevue Ave. Partici-pants are invited to bring a lunch.

Lunch with the Artist is part of a series of continuing noon hour conversations at the Museum and is free for members and $8 for non-members. Guests are invited to sit back and learn, or join in the discus-sion. Lunch with the Artist is held the third Tuesday of every month. For more information call 848-8200 or visit NewportArtMuseum.org.

“Heart of the City” McKinney Shelter Fundraiser

The 8th annual dinner and si-lent auction to benefit the McKin-ney Shelter will be held at the At-lantic Beach Club on Thursday, Feb. 21 from 6 to 10 p.m. Tickets for the “Heart of the City” are $65 and in-clude a buffet dinner, entertain-ment and a silent auction. A cash bar will be available. The key-note speaker will be Don Boucher, a lead-er of the innovative “Housing First Rhode Island” program. Boucher will discuss the role 50 Washington Square / McKinney Shelter plays in eradicating homelessness and its new collaboration with Housing First.

For additional information and to purchase tickets, contact Deb-bie Johnston at 401-846-3120 or at DJohnston@phoenix-ri.com.

NHS Receives Funding for Spectacle of Toleration

The Rhode Island Council for the Humanities recently awarded a grant of $10,000 to “The Spectacle of Toleration,” a project sponsored by the Newport Historical Society that explores the role of religious toleration in society. This year the state will celebrate the 350th an-niversary of the 1663 King Charles II Charter, the document that guar-anteed freedom of religion to the colony of Rhode Island and sparked the religious and political develop-ment of the country.

The project will include an aca-demic conference, statewide pub-lic programming seminars, lectures and a web presence. The NHS is partnering with Brown University, Salve Regina University, the Rhode Island Historical Society, and the George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom for the confer-ence and will offer programming in conjunction with the John Clarke Society and the Governor’s 1663 Charter Commission.

For more information, visit www.NewportHistory.org.

Rose Island Night at Cappy’s

The Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation invites you to come in from the cold to for a night of fun and food on Thursday, Feb. 21 at Cappy’s Hillside Café, 8 Memorial Blvd., 6-9 p.m. Warm up, shake off the winter blues, and help support the Rose Island Lighthouse. Raffle prizes include limited edition prints and an overnight stay at the light-house. All tips to the special guest bartenders will support the light-house.

Sanctuary Seeks ANT Volunteers

The Norman Bird Sanctuary is seeking high school students who love spending time outdoors and want to gain experience working with children for their Assistant Naturalist in Training (ANT) pro-gram. ANTs assist teacher/natural-ists and serve as support staff for by reinforcing rules, themes and con-cepts and assist with daily camp chores such as helping to gather supplies, classroom clean-up and activity set-up. All ANT positions are unpaid; however, community service hours can be earned. There will be a $25 materials fee for all participating ANTs to offset the costs of training materials, food, t-shirts, and other fees.

Interested teens should attend the ANT Open House on Thursday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m., at the Norman Bird Sanctuary, 583 Third Beach Rd., Middletown. For more information, contact 846-2577.

AARP Tax HelpMonday, Feb. 18 and 25 Bob Loe-

becker and his AARP team will pro-vide tax assistance at the Edward King House Senior Center. Ap-pointments are offered 11 a.m. to noon, 12 – 4 p.m. is on a first come first serve basis. For appointments, or more information, call the senior center at 846-7426.

YMCA Summer CampThe Newport YMCA offers a wide

variety of traditional and specialty summer camps for all ages. Regis-tration is now open for YMCA mem-bers. Registration begins March 4, for non-members.

All of the camps are accredit by the American Camping Associa-tion. Call 847-9200 for more infor-mation or go to www.newportym-ca.org to download the 2013 camp brochure.

Jazz Ticket Special Beginning Feb. 14, George Wein,

Chairman of the Newport Festivals Foundation™ and Producer of the Newport Jazz Festival, is offering general admission two-day passes for the discount price of $110 and single-day adult general admission tickets for $60 for a limited time.

The discount tickets are only available in person at the New-port Visitors Information Center, 23 America’s Cup Avenue. Visit www.gonewport.com for office hours and information.

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eDITORIALOn being Prepared

LeTTeR TO THe eDITOR

It was a winter blast that we're all likely to remember. As the wind whipped up and snow came down, it became clear that the pow-er lines would soon follow.

Some time on Friday evening, virtually all of Aquidneck Island and Jamestown was thrown into the dark.

It made for a rather romantic scene, snowbound in a good old-fash-ioned blizzard, the way winters in New England are supposed to be.

The weather forecasters had nailed this one. Cold air swept across the region right on cue, and the flakes began to

accumulate by the inch, then by the foot. The snowplow operators and public works officials said that it was

almost impossible to keep up with the snow. Thankfully, the bulk of the storm hit in the evening hours, and on a weekend.

By Saturday afternoon, the lights was slowly being turned on to parts of Newport and Middletown. The streets and sidewalks were be-coming navigable.

It's never enjoyable to lose power. But with the storms that so fre-quently brush along our shores, it's to be expected.

Which is why preparation is so critical. With any luck, this last bout without power – and heat – has con-

vinced us all of the need to have a proper emergency supply kit in our homes.

Typically, when an emergency or natural disaster strikes, city and state services are stretched thin. The first 72 hours are on us -- that is, we should all have enough basic supplies to get us through the first three days without help.

Those supplies will vary, however, as a rule, plan to have on hand about one gallon of water per day per person; a stash of ready-to-eat meals and a can-opener and utensils; and basic first aid kit with any re-quired prescription medications.

Cash is always good to have on hand (small bills are best), as is a hand-crank radio, flashlight and batteries, duct tape, waterproof matches, a utility knife and solar charging station for your phone. In cold weather, sleeping bags come in handy as do emergency blankets.

Emergency officials suggest putting these items in a large water-proof container that you can move easily (such as a large garbage can with lid and wheels) and storing it in a clean, dry, and accessible loca-tion.

Every six months, make a habit of checking it. Six months from now, we'll probably looking warily at the tropics for hurricanes.

As a final note, if anyone in your family has special health care, func-tional, or access needs, you can enroll them in the Rhode Island Spe-cial Needs Emergency Registry, which allows first responders to appro-priately plan for the needs of the community. To register, visit https://health.ri.gov/emregistry or call (401) 946-9996.

Lynne Tungett, Publisher & Editor

Tom Shevlin, Associate Publisher & News Editor

Letters Policy

Thank You, Newport Fire Dept.To the Editor:

When a natural disaster hits Newport, in addition to the pri-orities of public safety and clear roads that our city officials have to worry about, they also have the added responsibility of sup-porting numerous historic prop-erties and irreplaceable museum collections.

On behalf of International Ten-nis Hall of Fame, I want to extend my gratitude to the Newport Fire Department for the tremendous job they did in minimizing dam-age to the Hall of Fame during the recent blizzard.

During the height of the storm, a pipe burst in an area of our museum where valuable collection items are stored and displayed. The Newport Fire De-partment responded quickly and was able to stop the water flow and assist staff in protecting our museum collection. Without their support, we would have had significant damage to our National Historic Landmark fa-cility and to our collections and exhibits.

While Newport may be small in size, our city is home to vast amounts of historic and cul-tural sites and collections. We are fortunate to count the lead-ers at the City of Newport and the Newport Fire Department among the many stewards and protectors of these treasures.

Mark L. Stenning, CEO International Tennis Hall of Fame

What Would Roger Williams Do?To the Editor:

I thought Rhode Island was founded on the principles of re-ligious tolerance. I thought we Rhode Islanders were supposed to set an example for the rest of these great United States of ours, that we’re a “live and let live” crowd, always have been. Maybe I was wrong, but I can still HOPE.

I was so disappointed that our neighbor states passed gay mar-riage before we in Rhode Island have. The vote coming up on the Marriage Equality Act is as sim-ple as this for me: To proclaim that marriage is between a man and a woman is a moral judgment. Moral judgments belong in the church. Remember Roger Williams?

When a person gets married, they have to go to City Hall and get a license and become “legal” in the eyes of the government. You are

dealing with the State. We have this thing in our constitution, for good reason, that says a lot about the sep-aration of Church and State.

If the Church thinks it’s wrong for people of the same sex to marry, then don’t let us into your church. We can respect that. But when it comes to hauling that stance down to City Hall to affect law, a STATE law no less, nuh-uh.

If gay people want to get married, the State should absolutely, totally, 100%, entirely recognize their pleas for equal rights. We’ll stay away from your churches, we promise.

I’m gay, and I’ve always found this antiquated “moral” marriage stance demeaning. What happened to “all men are created equal”?

The problem is, the laws pres-ently in place that we tax-paying, gay citizens abide by say that for some reason, gay peoples’ love or

commitment to their “significant others,” their “partners,” their “soul mates,” their whatever they end up calling their not “husbands” and not “wives,” is somehow viewed by the heterosexual crowd as being less a love or less a commitment then straight peoples’.

I must say, tears welled up in my eyes watching President Obama speak at the inauguration when he all of a sudden he popped out with the words gay and equal rights. Wow, finally a politician, my Presi-dent, is speaking my language. He’s actually thought this one through.

Now, if we could only get the politicians in our humble little state to speak the same language as our President. C’mon Rhode Island! Pass it for Roger Williams.

Michael WalshNewport

To the Editor:Positive measures are needed

to address gun violence, however, Councilor Napolitano's proposition for a resolution on guns is fraught with misinformation, surely not in-tentional, but incorrect neverthe-less.

Please do not support this reso-lution.

This nation has become a nation of camp followers, politically correct and unwilling to face reality with the responsibility that is required.

Passing feel-good "me-too" polit-ically correct resolutions such as this one is equivalent to passing out $3 blankets to the Broadway home-less and singing hymns over them instead of doing the hard work to bring them inside and address their mental illnesses and drug and al-cohol addictions. Gun-free zones, magazine load limits, and registra-tion schemes will only result in guns being freely used by the unlawful

while not by the lawful. The proposed measures actually

INCREASE the likelihood of further violence, by taking or restricting weapons from law-abiding, alert, and responsible citizens while giv-ing the public a false sense of se-curity and facilitating the use of violence by mentally unbalanced people. Criminals, by definition, do not follow laws. These measures are specious and dangerous to all citizens, including the perpetrators themselves.

Vote instead for responsibly ad-dressing the violent media culture and for treating mental illness. As with pornography, when you im-merse immature or disturbed peo-ple in a stream of vivid violent im-agery, what else might one expect of their behavior?

C. Andrews LavarreNewport

‘Reeny’ and John MalloyTo the Editor:

Many thanks for Tom Shevlin's informative article about the sale of Newport's radio station (NTW, Feb. 7). A small clarification is called for.

I was one of the first announcers hired when Newport's 1000-watt daytime independent station went on the air in 1948, along with Chris Clark, later a beloved Providence TV sportscaster, and Ed Kane, who reported live for NBC from the 1952 Republican National Convention, so I knew the owners, John Malloy and his wife Irene, known as Reeny (hence WRJM stood for "Reeny and John Malloy").

"Reeny" was Irene’s nickname, not her surname, as in the article. The names of the station’s original owners should properly read as, "Irene (Reeny) and John Malloy."

Your mention of the station's original location over what was then Conrad's Shoe Store (on the southeast corner of Cotton Court), reminded me that in 1948, Miss Cotton herself could still be seen sitting on her front porch at the head of that little court, waving in greeting when I'd arrive.

Herb ZornowMiddletown

‘Feel Good’ Laws Make Things WorseCouncil Gets behind Gun SafetyBy Tom Shevlin

City Council members voted on Wednesday, Feb. 13 to approve a resolution calling on state and federal leaders to pass meaningful gun control legislation.

The resolution, initially spon-sored by Councilor Jeanne-Marie Napolitano, states that the New-port City Council "supports ongo-ing dialogue regarding gun safety at the State and Federal level" in-cluding those efforts related to the identification of mental illness, and that it "strongly supports all efforts to remove illegal guns from our streets."

Local officials have historically been hesitant to wade into the gun safety debate, and the resolution was received coolly by fellow coun-cilors, who privately expressed concern about its lack of specificity and exclusion of Second Amend-ment rights.

However, Napolitano main-tained that the issue is very much a concern for local politicians, and in the days leading up to the meeting, she committed to amending the resolution to include a provision recognizing that "law-abiding citi-zens have their rights guaranteed under the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and Article 1, Section 22 of the Rhode Island Con-stitution."

It also noted that "tragedies at schools, such as Columbine, Vir-ginia Tech, and Sandy Hook, bring to the forefront the need to pro-tect our most vulnerable citizens, our children and school personnel, from gun violence."

However, removed from the res-olution was language pertaining to banning high capacity magazines and assault-style weapons.

The council voted to adopt the resolution and send copies to its state and federal delegations.

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Senate Proposals Seek to Avoid Sakonnet TollBy Tom Shevlin

The Senate Committee on Fi-nance this week met to discuss a pair of proposals being offered to avert the proposed toll on the Sa-konnet River Bridge.

The dueling pieces of legislation – offered by Sens. Walter S. Felag of Bristol, and Louis P. DiPalma of Newport and Middletown, offer up a pair of remedies to cure what some see as a common ill.

Felag's bill, S-0020, would repeal the transfer of the authority for the Sakonnet River and Jamestown bridges from the state Department of Transportation to the Rhode Is-land Turnpike and Bridge Author-ity, thereby allowing the General Assembly to provide annual bud-get allocations for the continued maintenance and operation of the spans.

If approved, it would undo a bill passed last session in which the state ceded control of the new span to RITBA, who subsequently proposed a toll in order to ensure its proper upkeep.

In the past, state officials have conceded that the old Sakonnet River Bridge was not well cared for, and deteriorated much quicker than it should have. Like scores of other bridges throughout the state,

the old Sakonnet bridge had been under the jurisdiction of RIDOT.

By contrast, the maintenance that goes into the Newport Pell Bridge, which is operated by the RITBA, was held up as a sort of gold standard.

Hoping to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, when the new bridge was built, legislators argued that it would be wiser to entrust its future operations to an organiza-tion with a more proven track re-cord.

However, the proposal came with one caveat: as a self-sustain-ing agency, RITBA relies exclusively on bridge tolls in order to maintain its properties, and by taking on two new bridges, a new revenue stream would be needed.

To board members, adding a toll to the Sakonnet River Bridge similar to the one paid on the Pell Bridge, seemed to be a reasonable solution.

East Bay residents saw things differently, and over the past six months, opposition to the pro-posed toll has mounted.

From business organizations, including local chambers of com-merce and issue-oriented commu-nity groups, tolling the Sakonnet has become a hot topic on local talk radio and in letters to the edi-

tor to area newspapers. But finding a revenue stream to

ensure that the bridge stands the test of time has been difficult.

DiPalma's bill could provide a so-lution.

Unlike the Felag bill, DiPalma's legislation, which has won the sup-port of Sen. President M. Teresa Paiva-Weed, would keep both the Jamestown and Sakonnet bridges under the control of RITBA, while restricting tolling in favor of estab-lishing a state-run bridge mainte-nance fund to provide for future upkeep.

The maintenance fund would be derived from two sources: an add-ed $20 fee to the vehicle inspec-tion process (which currently costs $39), and additional revenue from the Department of Motor Vehicles.

According to DiPalma, by keep-ing bridges under the jurisdiction of RITBA seems to make sense giv-en its stewardship of the Pell and Mount Hope bridges.

Likewise, asking the whole of Rhode Island to contribute to the maintenance of the now four bridges RITBA is charged with over-seeing, rather than relying solely on those drivers who rely on the Sakonnet Bridge, also makes sense.

Both proposals were scheduled for hearing on Wednesday, Feb. 13.

Council Wants City to Set Liquor License FeesBy Tom Shevlin

It could get a bit more expen-sive for restaurant and bar owners to renew their licenses if a proposal being pushed by the City Council wins approval at the State House.

In a resolution appearing on the council's Feb. 13 meeting agenda, the city called on leaders in the General Assembly to amend a state law that stipulates that any holder of an alcoholic beverage license may be required to pay a $25 appli-cation fee in order to cover admin-istrative and advertising costs asso-ciated with its annual renewal.

The council, citing rising costs of doing business, is asking that the Assembly remove the dollar amount, instead leaving it open to local licensing authorities to set their own renewal fees.

According to the resolution, ad-vertising fees in Newport alone average close to $40 per license. It also notes that "since the time, many years ago, that the $25 fee was established, many more ad-ministrative responsibilities have been imposed" on both the state and local level, making renewing a liquor license a time-consuming process for city staff.

Jeanne-Marie Napolitano was among the six members of the council who lent their name to the resolution prior to Wednesday's meeting.

She said that while she doesn't want to place any additional bur-dens on business owners in town, the current fee doesn’t even cover the cost of advertising fees.

"We're paying more in advertis-ing than they're actually giving us,"

she said.City Clerk Kathy Silvia confirmed

that the last time the city adver-tised its liquor license renewals, it cost the city an average of $40 per license.

The city wants to be able to set fees to begin recouping what in re-cent years has become a money-losing licensing process. The dollar amount of those fees has not yet been set.

Typically, the city issues a total of 117 liquor licenses each year, and most need to be advertised for re-newal in local or state newspapers. As it stands now, on each license advertised, the city loses at least $15, not including the hours spent by city staff preparing and follow-ing up on the renewal process.

By Tom ShevlinCity Council members took their

first meaningful step toward re-building Lower Thames Street this week.

In a unanimous vote, council-ors approved at their Wednesday, Feb. 13 meeting the creation of a new Lower Thames Street working group to help plan what a re-made Thames Street will look like.

The move comes less than a month after councilors pledged to rebuild the popular downtown corridor using recently earmarked state transportation funding.

In a resolution appearing on the Feb. 13 docket, councilors voted to create a nine-member Lower Thames Street Streetscape Ad-visory Group to "prepare for the extensive improvements to Low-er Thames Street and ensure full participation of those who will be most affected during the construc-tion and by the outcome of the project."

According to Leonard, the Lower Thames Street Streetscape Adviso-ry group will be made up of repre-sentatives from the business com-munity as well as residents who live along the street.

"We really need to get people informed and involved in the pro-

cess," Leonard said. The group effectively replaces

another panel charged in 2001 to direct a proposed streetscape im-provement pilot project for the area between Memorial Boulevard West and Ann Street.

After years of starts and stops, that project was put on hold after it was learned last year that the state DOT had scheduled a full roadway reconstruction project for Lower Thames Street on its critical Trans-portation Improvement Plan.

That project, which will also in-clude the full reconstruction of Spring Street from Morton Avenue to Memorial Boulevard, is expected to take place within the next five years.

In the meantime, the city is hop-ing to recruit a number of stake-holders to provide feedback for the kinds of improvements that might be included in a final engineering plan.

Among likely improvements is a plan to bury the power lines and perhaps even incorporate some of the road's original cobblestones, which were exposed in last spring’s resurfacing.

The working group is expected to be constituted by the end of March.

Thames Project Group Planned

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NWC GraduationSeventy-two students from the

U.S. Naval War College’s College of Naval Command and Staff will graduate on Thursday, Feb. 21 at noon in Spruance Auditorium. The Navy, Marine Corps and Army of-ficers have spent a year in a mul-tidisciplinary program studying Strategy and Policy, Joint Maritime Operations, and National Security Decision Making, and each will be awarded a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Strategic Studies.

The guest speaker will be Rear Adm. John F. Kirby, Chief of In-formation. Call 401-841-6541 for more information.

SeA Graduates 90 LeadersThe U.S. Navy Senior Enlisted

Academy graduated 90 students from the Navy, Coast Guard, Army, Air Force and Marine Corps in cer-emonies held at the Officers’ Club on Thursday, Feb. 14. The guest speaker for the graduation was Command Master Chief Leilani L. Cale-Jones, Command Master Chief, Coast Guard Pacific Area.

During their six-week course of instruction, the students were challenged to excel in the areas of professional writing, communica-

tion skills, public speaking, lead-ership, organizational behavior, team building, and physical condi-tioning. They also attended lectures discussing topics at the fleet, na-tional security, regional studies, and strategic critical thinking levels. This training is essential for those seek-ing top leadership positions.

New Officers to Join Fleet Officer Candidate School will

commission 59 new ensigns on Friday, Feb. 15 in ceremonies at Kay Hall. Rear Adm. David M. Boone, Director, Shore Readiness, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, is the scheduled guest speaker. The graduation will begin at 9 a.m. and Navy Band Northeast will per-form. For more information, call 401-841-1171.

Online PMe Hits MilestoneVoluntary enrollment in the Na-

val War College’s Online Profes-sional Military Education (PME) Program courses topped the 100,000 mark on Jan. 31.

The Online PME Program, first tasked in 2005 at the direction of Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Vernon E. Clark, provides a con-tinuum of education for the Navy’s officer and enlisted personnel that

is tailored for critical milestones in a naval career.

The continuum consists of four interactive multimedia courses which can be accessed worldwide through a portal to Navy E-Learn-ing and are available on a 24/7 basis. They are self-paced, can be taken afloat or ashore, and enable students to bookmark their prog-ress. Lesson topics and content in the innovative program are up-dated every 24 months and cover topics such as naval history, pro-fessionalism, ethics and the Navy ethos, regional expertise and cul-tural awareness, policy, gover-nance, planning, force structure and capabilities, and technology.

Free Tax Filing ServiceFree tax filing assistance is avail-

able on Naval Station Newport to eligible personnel. The military-based VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) provides free tax ad-vice, tax preparation, return filing, and other tax assistance to mili-tary members and their families. All active duty, dependents and select retirees (those earning less than $59,000 annually) are eligi-ble. Services are by appointment only. To schedule, contact Lt. Den-nis Westman, Legal Assistance Of-fice, at 401-841-3766 x 210.

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Naval War College Professor Sar-ah C. Paine’s book, “The Wars of Asia:1911-1949,” has just been an-nounced as one of twelve books on a wide range of foreign affairs subjects in contention for the 2013 Lionel Gelber Prize. The prize is pre-sented annually to the author of the world's best book on interna-tional relations by The Lionel Gel-ber Foundation, in partnership with the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto and For-eign Policy magazine. Paine also re-ceived a 2012 PROSE award for Eu-ropean and World History from the Association of American Publishers for the work.

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Park to Cardines Field; a jazz festival at the Hotel Viking; fireworks over the harbor (also part of this year’s calendar of events); a “block hunt” children’s scavenger hunt for prizes on Easton’s Beach – today enlarged into the Day at Easton’s Beach, in-cluding a sand-sculpture compe-tition and a plunge into the water by the Polar Bears.Festival buttons for discounts on admission to many events were introduced the first year and cost $3. This year, they’re $9 – still a good deal, especially considering that the festival has grown to ten days from the original four and includes more than a hun-dred events instead of just eight.

Looking back on 25 years of festi-vals, Roseberg says, “I’m excited that it has grown to ten days of music, fun and food, and I’m most proud that the entire business communi-ty, from small shops to large hotels and even attractions like the Ten-nis Hall of Fame, are participating. The festival has spread throughout Newport and now includes events in Middletown at Newport Vine-yards and in Portsmouth at Green-vale Vineyards.”

Child & Family will re-introduce the highly successful Ophelia pro-gram for Newport County girls and young women with an Ophelia ses-sion hosted by Arbonne Angels on Wednesday, February 20, 5 – 7 p.m. at the Castle Hill Inn.

Newport County girls and young women are invited to learn about skin care and building self-esteem. Following the presentation by Ar-bonne Angels, guests will break into small groups and receive makeovers with Arbonne products. Arbonne Angel volunteers help teens learn life skills that can car-ry over into a variety of situations, leading to newfound self-confi-dence and ultimately higher self-esteem.

This event is free and open to Newport County girls and young women, ages 11-18, but atten-dance is limited and advance reser-vations are required. Dinner will be provided. Reserve at hlykas@chil-dandfamilyri.com or 401-848-4206.

The Child & Family Ophelia Pro-gram is an innovative series of com-munity forums and activities where girls and young women from di-verse backgrounds explore the so-cial, psychological, and cultural is-sues which have a lifelong impact on their development.

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Annual Community Service Day

CCRI will hold its seventh annual Community Service Day on Tues-day, April 9, at several nonprofit or-ganizations across the state.

Nonprofits that can accommo-date at least ten volunteers and would like to be considered as a site for this year’s Community Ser-vice Day, should have the executive director or chief administrative of-ficer fill out the application form at www.ccri.edu/acw/csd/apply.

The day was designed to give back to the communities in the towns surrounding the college’s four main campuses in Lincoln, Providence, Warwick and Newport and its satellite campus in Westerly.

Past projects at other nonprofits across the state have included in-terior painting and cleaning; land-scaping and outdoor beautifica-tion; inventory cataloging; sorting donated food and clothing; work-ing with clients and more.

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Art That engages With WhimsyBy Patricia Lacouture

Gerald Perrino’s current show at the Newport Art Museum, apt-ly named “Shelf Life,” engages the viewer with images and figures that dance, primp, stalk and, some-times, become victims of random violence. The objects capture the eye, initially, with their whimsy, and then some of them capture things we ordinarily don’t think of as “art”: soldiers poised for an attack; men in gray flannel suits (the name of one painting) and the objectifica-tion of the female form.

Associate Professor and the cur-rent Chair of the Art Department at Salve Regina University, Perrino has one foot in his studio and the other in passing along, to students, the love of painting.

The tiny figures–bright oranges in some and others with neutral colors against a vivid red back-drop---come oddly alive as one ponders the paintings, and many express definite social commen-tary. One such painting, “Men Pro-tecting Their Interest” involves two female nudes–one reclining and one kneeling in a posture of sup-plication–while a group of men in suits study the figures. A man with a movie camera stands poised be-tween the objectified females and the men who look possessive and demanding of perfection.

In a painting called “Desire and Denial,” a dejected woman turns her back to a giant ice cream sun-dae. Many of us can relate to that.

Perrino completed his under-graduate studies at Rhode Island College and earned his Master’s at Syracuse University. His work has been shown in Newport, Provi-dence, Syracuse, Boston and New York City.

“Shelf Life,” will be on exhibit at the Newport Art Museum through May 12.

Q: What made you decide to become an artist?

A: “I have always had the sin-gular focus of being an artist (not counting the major league base-

ball player I thought I would have been when I was ten) since I can recall. When I was four my Mom showed me a small medallion that had a full-color reproduction of Rafael’s “Madonna and Child” on it.The thought that someone had made such a delicately beautiful image seemed quite miraculous to me.”

Q: Why did you select painting as your primary medium?

A: “I was very strong at draw-ing. Within a year after graduation, I grew envious watching my future wife paint, and I learned a lot about the process by watching her.”

Q: When and how did the toys and miniatures come into play?

A: “I have been collecting in-teresting forms and objects since college days. I have a mismatched collection of found objects, like broken bottles. Between 1999 and 2004, I had done a large series of paintings that were very sculp-tural. After healing and rehabili-tating from a replaced hip, I finally got back in my studio in 2007. Not knowing where to start, I looked around my studio with a fresh per-spective and noticed the labor of love that had been my collection. I began looking for my son’s old toys and eventually became obsessed with searching online or in stores

for interesting figures. I would pur-chase them when some nascent idea was sparked, and I could see the expressive possibility.”

Q: Do you believe that art can, in any way, change the world?

A: “I hope painting can change the world. I am certain that film can, because, these days, it can affect vast audiences across the globe.

I subscribe to the poet Ernst Fisher’s notion that high art must endeavor to educate, but it must first entertain. Entertainment is the means by which the viewer is engaged, and, if worthwhile ideas are in evidence, viewers will be in-terested.

In my work, I employ both hu-mor and candy-like colors. I con-sider these to be the ‘entertainingly engaging’ aspects of the work. The humor is surprising when you rec-ognize that many of the images revolve around violence and may-hem. I do not suppose that I could create these images if I felt it was a ‘fool’s errand’ that had no hope of making people consider the world and how their own actions affect it.”

Q: What is your primary mes-sage to your students?

A: “That they need to follow their passions, be they in art or anything else. Passion gets one over the in-evitable rough spots that will arise. I value desire in a student more than raw skill or talent.

Patricia Lacouture teaches film studies at

Salve Regina Univer-sity . She completed her graduate studies in film

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"Desire and Denial" (Still life with toy)

Playing the trumpet is Musician Third Class Galen McKinney. The Navy Band Northeast Brass Quintet was one of a dozen artists and performers at the

Rogers High School Arts Showcase. (Photo by Meg O’Neil)

By Meg O’Neil Every year, students at Rogers

High School participate in the an-nual Arts Showcase, a two-day workshop where area artists pro-vide an instructional glimpse into their profession and demonstrate to students what kind of artistic opportunities are available. This year, the Arts Showcase took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 12-13.

Rogers alum Marlo Wyant devel-oped the idea for the Showcase in 2007, as part of a mentoring proj-ect during her senior year of high school.

The blueprint has not strayed too far from Wyant’s original plan. First, there’s a presentation -- usu-ally a musical performance. On Tuesday, it was “Music of Ghana” by Obuamah Addy and Norchemi. Afterwards, juniors and seniors re-

turn to their regular class sched-ule while freshmen and sopho-mores attend workshops featuring a range of area artists.

The following day’s schedule featured the Musica Dolce Piano Quintet. Then the freshmen and sophomores returned to class while juniors and seniors got their chance to participate in work-shops.

“It’s very important to us that the workshops are student-select-ed rather than randomly assigned,” said Alan Bernstein, arts supervisor for Newport Public Schools. “That way, they’re learning about their point of interest. The point of the Arts Showcase is to make sure stu-dents are aware of opportunities in the arts both in the school setting and in the area.”

Besides the drumming work-shop by Addy and Norchemi, other artist workshops included a dem-

onstration from Joe Parillo, a jazz pianist and composer represent-ing the music department from the University of Rhode Island; the Navy Band Northeast Brass Quin-tet; Nora Rabins, a design and sculpture artist; local author Mi-chael Dutton; State Representative and musician Peter Martin; impro-visational comedy by the Bit Play-ers; Peter Dickison, portraiture; art-ists representing the Newport Art Museum; the Rogers Theatre Com-pany; and Miki Ohlsen of the Island Moving Co. dance company.

Bernstein estimates that 30 per-cent of students at Rogers partici-pate in the school’s arts programs, and he believes the arts showcase has an impact.

“They get that ‘a-ha’ moment where they think, ‘I can do this,’ or ‘Wow, I always loved this, but now I know I can make a living at this,’” he said.

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Friday, February 159:30am-2:30pm Make Your Own Marshmallow Snowman, Destina-tion Chocolate, 15 Bowen’s Wharf. Fun for all ages. $6/$5 w/button. 401.847.1223.

5-9pm Ice Skating, Newport Skat-ing Center, 2 Commerical Wharf. The Skating Center is an outdoor, ice skating facility offering public skating sessions, skate rentals, concessions menu, warming area and parking. www.SkateNewport.com or 401.846.3018.

6:30pm 25th Anniversary New-port Winter Festival Fireworks Dis-play. View a fireworks display over Newport Harbor from your favorite viewing point. Free.

7:30pm Family Entertainment- Ventriloquist & Magician, Hyatt Regency, 1 Goat Island. Steve Zany brings a fast-paced show filled with magic, ventriloquist charac-ters and surprises. Each perfor-mance is a new and unique cre-

ation. Zany has performed at the White House in Washington, D.C. and won Nickelodeon’s Parent’s Picks Awards. $6/$3 w/button. Purchase tickets at the door.

9-11pm Adult Skate, Newport Skating Center, 2 Commeri-cal Wharf. The Skating Center is an outdoor ice-skating facility. www.SkateNewport.com or call 401.846.3018.

Saturday, February 169:30am-2:30pm Make Your Own Marshmallow Snowman, See Fri-day, Feb. 15 for more details.

9am-9pm Ice Skating, Newport Skating Center, See Friday, Feb. 15 for more details.

9:30am Newport Winter Festival Golf Tournament (Rain Date Feb. 17), Newport National, 324 Mitch-ell’s Lane, Middletown. Format is “Best Ball” and is limited to 18 four-somes. Coffee & donuts start at 9:30am and tee off is at 10:30am.

Prizes will be given for Low Team Score, Closest to the Pin and Long Drive. $75 w/cart and boxed lunch. Contact Linda at linda@newport-national.com or 401.848.9690.

9:30am-5pm Family Fun at the International Tennis Hall of Fame, 194 Bellevue Ave. Museum hours 9:30am-5pm Kids Activities 10am-2pm, Tours 11am & 2pm). Kids can do scavenger hunts, play Nintendo Wii tennis on the big screen, pose for photos in old-fashioned tennis costumes and with the US Open trophy, have fun with paint-by-numbers, and check out memorabilia from stars like Venus Williams and Roger Fe-derer. Admission: Adults $12/$10 w/button; seniors $10/$8 w/but-ton; children 16 & under free. 401.849.3990.

10:30am, 12:30pm & 2:30pm Scenic Train Rides, Old Colony & Newport Railroad, 19 America’s Cup Ave. Ride in heated, vintage rail cars on a 70-minute narrated

trip through Newport Naval Sta-tion and along Narragansett Bay. Trains may sell out so arrive early for tickets or call 401.849.0546 for reservations. Regular train tickets: Parlor Car (ages 7 & up) $13.50/$12.50 w/button, Adult Coach $10/$9 w/button, Child Coach (ages 2-13) $6/$5 w/but-ton. (No senior class during Winter Festival).

11am-2:30pm Ice Sculpting Dem-onstration, 12 Long Wharf Mall, presented by Bailey T’s Ice sculp-tors wield chisels, chain saws, blow dryers and power sanders to cre-ate masterpieces. Free.

11am-3:30pm The 18th Annual Chili Cook-Off, Newport Harbor Hotel & Marina, 49 America’s Cup Ave. Area restaurants and caterers

compete to see who has the best chili in town. Bring your appetite and choose your favorite chili. En-joy Sam Adams specials. Admis-sion: $9/$6 w/ button. Children (6-10) $3/$2 w/button. Children under 5 free.

11am-4pm The 11th Annual New-port Bridal Show, Rosecliff and OceanCliff. Free parking and trol-ley transportation between ven-ues. www.newportbridalshow.net. 401.841.0200.

12pm-3pm Diamond Face Paint-ing, Adornment Fine Jewelry, 213 Brick Marketplace. Get your “face bling” on with a hundred carats of fancy face paint and crystals. 401.619.3301.

12pm-4pm Flag Retirement Cer-emony, Fort Adams State Park, 90 Fort Adams Dr. Ceremony to prop-erly burn used flags. Free. www.fortadams.org. 401.841.0707.

12pm-4pm Kiwanis Club Book Fair, Mainstay Best Western, 151 Admiral Kalbfus Rd. The Newport Kiwanis Club is hosting their annu-al book fair of used books, $1 each. All proceeds will be distributed to charity. Free. 401.255.4987.

12pm-4pm Interactive Light-house Trailer, Rose Island Light-house Foundation, 365 Thames St. (Armory Building). Children learn to be a lighthouse keeper for the afternoon in a trailer replica of Rose Island Lighthouse. Free. 401.847.4242.

1pm Historic Presentation- Fort Adams & the Defense of the Nar-ragansett Bay, Fort Adams State Park, 90 Fort Adams Dr. Presenta-tion will be held in the Park Visitor Center. Free. 401.841.0707.

1pm Newport Seal Safari & Rose Island Lighthouse Tour, Old Port Marine, Sayer’s Wharf. A 1-hour narrated and guided seal safari of Narragansett Bay, Newport Har-bor and Rose Island Lighthouse aboard the Patriot. Leaving from Old Port’s dock next to the Moor-ing Restaurant. Boarding 15 min. prior to departure time. Adults $18/$16 w/button, Children (10 and under) $14/$12 w/button. 401.847.9190.

1:30pm Seal Watch Cruises by Save The Bay, boat departs from 142 Long Wharf Dock. A 1-hour seal-watching tour around Rose Island. Binoculars and an ex-pert guide provided. The boat is partially enclosed. All programs are weather dependent. Adults: $20/$18 w/button, Children & seniors: $15/$13 w/button. 401.203.7325.

2pm A Reading of “The Scrimshaw Ring,” written by William Jasper-sohn, Museum of Newport History & Shop, 127 Thames St. In 1710, a Newport boy spies pirates rowing ashore near the family farm. Dona-tions welcome. Reservations rec-ommended. 401.841.8770.5:30pm Murder at the Museum, “A Diamond in the Rough,” New-port Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave. Members: Adult $15/$12 w/but-ton, Child $8 w/button, Student $8/$6 w/button. Non-members:

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LOOKING BACK… 2008: Cap’n Nick’s costumed pirates led a 90-minute walking tour featuring pirate tales.

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Get ready to taste and shop your way through Newport during the 25th Annual Newport Winter Festival! Commemorative Souvenir Winter Festival buttons provide free ad-mission or significant discounts to all official Festival events as well as discounts at many local stores and restaurants.

Festival buttons are only $9 and provide over $500 in savings! Enjoy free admission to the Princess Par-ty, Teddy Bear Storytime, and the Kids Dance Party plus so much more with your button. Festival buttons also provide discounts and specials at over 50 local businesses.

Buttons can be purchased online or at:AAA Southern New England, 99 East Main Road, Middletown; Bailey

T’s, 12 Long Wharf Mall, Newport; Clements Marketplace, East Main Road, Portsmouth; Cookie Jar, Bowen’s Wharf, Newport; Hampton Inn & Suites, 317 West Main Road, Middletown; Hotel Viking, One Bellevue Avenue, Newport; Hyatt Regency, Goat Island, Newport; Marriott Residence Inn, 325 West Main Road, Middletown; Mole Hole of Newport, 21A Long Wharf, Newport; MWR ITT at the Newport Navy Base; Newport Gateway Center, 23 America’s Cup Avenue, Newport; Newport Marriott Gift Shop, 25 Amer-ica’s Cup Avenue, Newport; Shaw’s Supermarket, East Main Road, Middle-town; Walgreens, East Main Road, Middletown.

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Princess TeaCalling all princesses for a Princess Tea, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 1 to

3 p.m. at Forty 1 North, 351 Thames St. Join Rapunzel from Simply Enchanted Fairytale Entertainment and enjoy treats fit for a princess. Wear your favorite princess attire. $5/Free w/button. Space is limited to the first 100 guests at the door.

Adult $25/$21 w/button, Child $13, Student $13/$10 w/button. 401.848.8200.

7:30pm A Cappella Invitational, Casino Theatre at the International Tennis Hall of Fame, 9 Freebody St. Admission: $15/$12 w/button, $10 for Hall of Fame members and stu-dents with ID. 401.324.4072.

8pm Draw The Line (The Endorsed Aerosmith Tribute Show), Hyatt Re-gency Newport, $18/Advance w/button, $22 at the door (based on availability).

Monday, February 188:30am-9:30am Ice Skate Camp, Newport Skating Center, 4 Com-mercial Wharf. Includes profession-al instruction and practice time. $100/$85 w/button for the week or $25/$20 w/button per day. For more information contact Meghan at Island Skating Academy at www.islandskatingacademy.com or 401.952.4336.

9:30am-2:30pm Make Your Own Marshmallow Snowman, see Fri-day, Feb. 15 for more details.9am-9pm Ice Skating, Newport Skating Center, see Friday, Feb. 15 for more details.9:30am-5pm Family Fun at the International Tennis Hall of Fame, 194 Bellevue Ave., see Saturday, Feb. 16 for more details.

10-11am Make Your Own Pi-nata, Diego’s Restaurant, 11 Bowen’s Wharf. $5/$3 w/button. 401.619.2640.

10:30am, 12:30pm & 2:30pm Scenic Train Rides, see Saturday, Feb. 16 for more details.

11:30am-4pm Children’s Fair New-port Marriott Ballroom, face paint-ing, balloon creations, arts & crafts, reptiles and much more. Music and continuous live entertainment. Re-freshments available. Adult & kids $7/$4 w/button. Special highlights include:

11:30pm-3:30pm Radio Disney AM 1260 presents games and ac-tivities.

12pm & 2:45pm The Lucky - magic, high-energy juggling and comedy.

1:30pm Rainforest Reptile Live Show, educational presentation.

12pm-4pm Interactive Lighthouse Trailer, see Sunday, Feb. 18 for more details.

1pm, 2pm & 3pm Family Cookie Decorating Workshop, Griswold House, 76 Bellevue Ave. Stop by the Radio Disney Children’s Fair booth on 2/17 & 2/18 at the New-port Marriott and receive your free pass to the Cookie Extravaganza in the Newport Art Museum youth studio. You must have your pass to decorate a delightful cookie, then devour it. 401.848.8200.

3pm Seal Watch Cruises by Save The Bay, see Sunday, Feb. 17 for more details.

Tuesday, February 198:30am-9:30am Ice Skate Camp. See Monday, Feb. 18 for details.

9:30am-2:30pm Make Your Own Marshmallow Snowman, see Feb. 18 for more details.

9am-9pm Ice Skating, Newport Skating Center. See Friday, Feb. 15 for more details.

9:30am-5pm Family Fun at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. See Saturday, Feb. 16 for more details.

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Valentine’s Day LuncheonLunch, entertainment, raffles, Edward King House, 35 King St., noon, $5, limited seating, 401-846-7426.

Valentine’s Day Craft and Sweet Treats PartyRead a Valentine’s story and make crafts to take home, Middletown Public Library, 700 West Main Rd., 4 p.m., ages 3+, free but registration required, 401-846-1573.

“If It’s Thursday, It Must Be Shakespeare”Informal group meets weekly to give interpretive readings of Shakespeare’s works, Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Ave., 5 p.m., 401-847-0292, www.RedwoodLi-brary.org.

Shakespeare in MiddletownFans gather weekly to read and en-joy works of the Bard, Middletown Public Library, 700 West Main Rd., 5 p.m., free.

Newport Gallery NightNewport’s art galleries offer eve-ning hours, Redwood Library open, free admission at the New-port Art Museum, 5-8 p.m.

The Friends International Film Series“Les Femmes du 6e etage,” (The Women on the Sixth Floor), James-town Philomenian Library, 26 North Rd., 6:30 p.m., free.

newportFILMScreening of “Love, Marilyn,” intro-duced by Adam Braver, author of the recently released novel “Misfit,” on Monroe’s last days, Jane Pickens Theater, 6:30 p.m. and 8:45 p.m., $12, www.newportFILM.com.

FridayFebruary 15

Winterfest BeginsNewport celebrates its 25th Winter Festival February 15-24. Nearly 100 events island-wide for all ages.

Legislative BreakfastChamber of Commerce and New-port Daily News host breakfast with local legislators, Best Western Mainstay Inn, 151 Admiral Kalb-fus Rd., 8-10 a.m., breakfast and networking will start at 8 a.m. and the presentation will begin at 8:30 a.m., 401-847-1608 or kathleen@NewportChamber.com.

Computer WorkshopIntroduction to the Internet, New-port Public Library, 300 Spring St., 10:30 a.m., registration required, 401-847-8720 x208.

Scenic Train RidesEnjoy a narrated ten-mile scenic ride along Narragansett Bay, heat-ed cars, Old Colony Railway Depot, 19 America’s Cup Ave., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., www.ocnrr.com.

Discover Newport Walking TourHear stories of revolution and the struggle for religious liberty. Mu-

seum of Newport History, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 11 a.m., 401-841-8770.

Open StudioSpace available for individual art projects, own supplies required, Edward King House, 35 King St., 1-3 p.m.

Movies at King HouseFree screening of recent releases, Edward King House, 35 King St., 1 p.m.

“The Help”Newport Public Library offers free screening of “The Help” in obser-vance of Black History Month, 300 Spring St., 2:30 p.m.

Lantern Tour of Colonial Newport Feel transported through time to the heyday of this thriving colonial metropolis on a lantern-lit stroll

8th Annual Illuminated GardenJoin the Friends of Ballard Park for the 8th Annual Illuminat-

ed Garden Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 21-23, 6-9 p.m., when thousands of lights will turn the quarry meadow into a magnificent blooming winter garden. Festive lights will be displayed in the trees, vernal pond, and thirty foot rock wall, incorporating the unique fea-tures of Ballard Park into the garden design. Ballard Park is located at the intersection of Hazard & Wickham Roads and the event may be accessed through the Hazard Road entrance. There is no fee for entry, but donations are accepted. Visitors are advised to wear heavy shoes or boots and bring flashlights.

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10am: Seal Watch Cruises. See Sat-urday, Feb. 16 for details.

10am-11am: Make Your Own Pinata. See Monday, Feb. 18 for details.

10:30am & 12:30pm: Scenic Train Rides. See Saturday, Feb. 16 for details.

11am: Teddy Bear Story Time. Newport Harbor Hotel, 49 Amer-ica’s Cup Ave. Bring your favorite Teddy Bear and listen to the musi-cal storyteller Christopher ‘Kavi’ Carbone share stories and songs of the wonders of winter, while having tea for adults and milk and cookies for children. $3/Free w/button.

12pm-4pm: Interactive Light-house Trailer. See Saturday, Feb. 16 for details.

1pm: “A Collection of Kids’ Short Films From Around the World” pre-sented by newportFILM KIDS! Jane Pickens Theater, 49 Touro St. Adults: $8/$5 w/button, Children: $5/$3 w/button. 401.649.2784.

1pm: Newport Seal Safari & Rose Island Lighthouse Tour. See Satur-day, Feb. 16 for details.

2pm-3pm: Kids’ Tennis Lessons at the Hall of Fame Indoor Tennis Club.International Tennis Hall of Fame, 194 Bellevue Ave. Ages 5 – 10 will be introduced to tennis through the USTA 10 & Under Tennis program. Ages 11 -18 up will be offered an introductory clinic tai-lored to their skill and experience. Regularly $10/child/$8/child w/button. Class size is limited. Ad-vance registration requested, 401-849-4777.

2pm-4pm: 25th Annual Na-cho Tasting Brick Alley Pub, 140 Thames St. Sample award-winning nachos. Free w/button and pur-chase of a beverage. 401.849.6334.

6:30pm-8:30pm: Kids’ KaraokeThe Rhino Bar & Grille, 337 Thames St. Kids sing their favorite tunes by

themselves or in groups. Most suit-able for children ages 4 and up. $4/Free w/button. 401.846.0707.

Wednesday, February 208:30am-9:30am: Ice Skate Camp. See Monday, Feb. 18 for details.9:30am-2:30pm:Make Your Own Marshmallow Snowman. See Fri-day, Feb. 15 for details.

9am-9pm: Ice Skating. See Friday, Feb. 15 for details.

9:30am-5pm: Family Fun at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. See Saturday, Feb. 16 for details.

10am: Seal Watch Cruises. See Sat-urday, Feb. 16 for details.

10am-11am: Make Your Own Pinata. See Monday, Feb. 18 for details.

10:30am & 12:30pm: Scenic Train Rides. See Saturday, Feb. 16 for details.

11am-12pm Magic by Presto Pete!International Tennis Hall of Fame, 194 Bellevue Ave. Presto Pete en-tertains children of all ages with his escape artistry and marvelous magic skills. Included with Muse-um admission. Admission: Adults $12/$10 w/button, seniors $10/$8 w/button, children 16 & under free w/button. 401.849.3990.

12pm-4pm Interactive Lighthouse Trailer. See Saturday, Feb. 16 for details.

12pm-4pm Make Your Own Per-fume, Newport Aromatherapy, 127 Bellevue Ave. This activity is great for all ages. Guests create and de-sign their own scent while learn-ing the art of perfume making. $15/$10 w/button. 401.846.1101.1pm: Newport Seal Safari & Rose Island Lighthouse Tour. See Satur-day, Feb. 16 for details.

1pm-3:30pm Princess Party, Forty 1 North, 351 Thames St. Join Ra-punzel from Simply Enchanted Fairytale Entertainment and en-joy treats fit for a princess. Wear your favorite princess attire for a royal afternoon. $5/Free w/but-ton. Space is limited to the first 100 guests at the door.

1pm-4pm The Third & Elm Press, 29 Elm St. Printing demonstration on a 19th-century platen press. Free. 401.846.0228.

2pm-4pm 25th Annual Nacho Tasting. See Tuesday, Feb. 19 for details.

6pm The Friends of the Newport Music Festival Concert, Emmanuel Church, 42 Dearborn St., flutist Goran Marcusson with English pianist Tim Carey in a classical mu-sic program including works by Burton, Franck, Mozart, and Borne. $25/$20 w/button. 401.846.1133.

6:30pm-8:30pm Kids Dance Party with Dance Force, Mambo Room at the Rhino Bar & Grille, 337 Thames St. Kids 7-13 get on the dance floor and learn the latest moves with Dance Force, a high energy dance team. Admission $4/Free w/button. 401.846.0707.

7pm: Charity Team Trivia Night (21+)Hyatt Regency Ballroom, One Goat Island. Fundraiser at the Hy-att Regency Newport to benefit Give Kids the World, a nonprofit resort where children with life-threatening illnesses are treated to week-long, cost-free fantasy vacations. Gather a team of 2 to 10 people to play. The winning team will divide up a Grand Prize Package. Taco Bar free with but-ton-$5 without a button. Charity Ice Cream Bar also available. Doors open at 7pm. Game play from 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm. For reservations call 401.851.3325.

Thursday, February 218:30am-9:30am: Ice Skate Camp. See Monday, Feb. 18 for details.9:30am-2:30pm: Make Your Own Marshmallow Snowman. See Fri-day, Feb. 15 for details.

9am-9pm: Ice Skating. See Friday, Feb. 15 for details.

9:30am-5pm: Family Fun at the International Tennis Hall of Fame. See Saturday, Feb. 16 for details.10am: Seal Watch Cruises. See Sat-urday, Feb. 16 for details.

See CALeNDAR on page 14

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10:30am & 12:30pm: Scenic Train Rides. See Saturday, Feb. 16 for details.

11am-12pm: Mr. Twister, Inter-national Tennis Hall of Fame, 194 Bellevue Ave. Stop in for a cool balloon animal or other creation, made from balloons. Included with Museum admission. Admis-sion: Adults: $12/$10 w/button, Seniors: $10/$8 w/button, Chil-dren: 16 & Under Free w/button. 401.849.3990.

12pm-3pm: Diamond Face Paint-ing. See Saturday, Feb. 16 for more details.

12pm-4pm: Interactive Light-house Trailer. See Saturday, Feb. 16 for details.

1pm: “The Gruffalo/The Gruffalo’s Child” presented by newportFILM KIDS! Jane Pickens Theater, 49 Touro St. Adults: $8/$5 w/button, Children: $5/$3 w/button. 401.649.2784.1pm: Newport Seal Safari & Rose Island Lighthouse Tour. See Satur-day, Feb. 16 for details.

1pm-4pm: 14th Annual “Live Jazz for Kids,” Greenvale VineyardsGreenvale Vineyards, 582 Wap-ping Road, Portsmouth. Vocalist Tish Adams, Dick Lupino on bass, and guest musician Yvonne Mon-nett will entertain guests with familiar children’s songs in a jazz setting along with standards. Free. 401.847.3777.

1-4pm Watch the Potter Make Ceramic Vases, All Fired Up Pottery, 452 Thames St. Shows every 20 minutes. Free. 401.846.4042.2-4pm 25th Annual Nacho Tasting. See Tuesday, Feb. 19 for details.

2:30-3:30pm Kids’ Tennis Lessons at the Hall of Fame Indoor Ten-nis Club. See Tuesday, Feb. 19 for details.

5:30pm “Quick Silver on Ice,” New-port Skating Center, 4 Commer-cial Wharf. A Nightfall Display by the Island Skating Academy. Free. 401.952.4336.

5:30pm Undressing History: What Women Wore in the 18th Century, The Museum of Newport History & Shop, 127 Thames St. Donning authentic reproductions, an inter-preter dresses into a working class women’s gown, then redresses into a gown typically worn by a woman of the upper class while describing each garment’s mate-

rial, manufacture and function. $5/$4 w/button and $1 for NHS members. Reservations recom-mended. 401.841.8770.

6pm-9pm 8th Annual Illuminated Garden, Ballard Park. Thousands of lights displayed in the three-acre quarry meadow. Free.

6pm “Nacho Libre” film starring Jack Black, Jane Pickens Theater & Event Center, 49 Touro St. Free. 401.846.5474.

7pm Lisa Lou’s One Woman Cir-cus, Hyatt Regency, 1 Goat Island. Lisa Lou performs a unique com-bination of circus skills and magic illusions, plate spinning, rope spinning, and juggling. $5/$1 w/button.

9pm Hot Drink Contest at Red Parrot, 348 Thames St. Judges determine the Best Hot Drink in Newport. Guests sample the con-coctions and enjoy drink specials. Free. 401.847.3140.

Friday, February 2212pm-2pm Take Your Picture with George Washington, Touro Synagogue, 85 Touro St. Have your picture taken with the nation’s first President at this family friendly event. Kids can decorate their own colonial hat to take home. FREE w/button. 401.847.4794.

12pm-3pm Diamond Face Paint-ing. See Saturday, Feb. 16 for de-tails.

6-9pm 8th Annual Illuminated Garden, Ballard Park. See Thursday, Feb. 21 for details.

6:30pm Illusionquest, Hyatt Re-gency, Goat Island. Illusionist David Garrity will perform visual magic and incredible illusions to entertain families. $10, or $6 with button.

8pm Winter Festival Comedy Show, The Hotel Viking, 1 Bellevue Ave. Comedian Ken Rogerson per-forms. $25/$20 w/button.

9pm-11pm: Adult Skate, New-port Skating Center, 2 Commerical Wharf. The Skating Center is an outdoor, ice skating facility offer-ing public skating sessions, skate rentals, concessions menu, warm-ing area and parking. www.Skate-Newport.com or 401.846.3018.

Saturday, February 23Highlights include:11am Annual Winter Wonderful Dog Stroll, Wag Nation, 92 William St.

11:30am-3:30pm: Annual Chick-en Wing Cook-Off, Hyatt Regency.

12:15pm Winter Festival Beach Polo, presented by the Newport International Polo Series, Easton’s Beach.

6pm-9pm Illuminated Garden, Ballard Park.

9pm Beatlemania, Hyatt Regency Newport.

Sunday, February 2412:30pm Winter Festival Polo, pre-sented by the Newport Interna-tional Polo Series, Easton’s Beach.3:30pm IHOP Pancake Eating Con-test, 195 West Main Rd., Middle-town.

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through Newport’s Historic Hill, Museum of Newport History, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 4:30 p.m., 401-841-8770.

Artists ReceptionRhode Island State Council for the Arts Fellowship Exhibition opens at the Jamestown Arts Center, 18 Valley Rd., 6-9 p.m., free.

FireworksWinterfest kicks off with fireworks over Newport Harbor, 6:30 p.m., rain date Feb. 16.

Improv Comedy Interactive comedy with the Bit Players, Firehouse Theater, 4 Equal-ity Park Place, 8 p.m., 401-849-3473, www.FirehouseTheater.org.

SaturdayFebruary 16

Aquidneck Growers’ MarketLocally grown food and other products, music, hot lunch items, St. Mary’s Parish Hall, 324 East Main Rd., Portsmouth, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m., 401-848-0099.

Scenic Train RidesSee Feb. 15 for more details.

Golden to Gilded Walking TourExplore the social history and ar-chitecture of Newport from the Golden Colonial Era to the Gilded Age, Museum of Newport History, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 11 a.m., 401-841-8770.

Newport Bridal ShowBridal expo featuring area wed-ding professionals, Rosecliff and OceanCliff, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., advance ticketing available at www.New-portBridalShow.net.

Redwood Children’s ProgramLearn about seals with Save the Bay, Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Ave., 1 p.m., free, 401-847-0292, www.RedwoodLibrary.org.

Heart Health and YogaDiane De Ruggiero teaches a basic yoga program at the Newport Pub-lic Library, 300 Spring St., 2 p.m., wear comfortable clothing, bring mat, free, no registration.

Winter Lecture SeriesDr. Chris Demcheck, of the U.S. Naval War College Center for Cy-ber Conflict, will present “How Cyberspace has Changed War: the Emerging Struggle for Cyber Power through Resilience and Disruption,” Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave., 2 p.m., members $10, non-members $15, students $6, reception, 401-848-8200, www.NewportArtMuseum.org.

Teen MovieScreening of “Labyrinth,” Ports-mouth Free Public Library, 2658

East Main Rd., 2 p.m., Grades 6-12, 401-683-9457, www.Portsmouth-Library.org.

Redwood Book GroupMeet to discuss Lillian Hellman’s book, “Pentimento,” and watch “Julia,” the film based on it, all wel-come, Redwood Library, 50 Bel-levue Ave., 2 p.m., 401-847-0292, www.RedwoodLibrary.org.

“Scrimshaw Ring” ReadingStory of a Newport boy and pirates in 1710, Museum of Newport His-tory, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 2 p.m., free, 401-841-8770.

Murder at the MuseumJoin the Marley Bridges Theatre Co. for “Diamond in the Rough,” interactive murder mystery at the Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave., 5:30 p.m., www.NewportArt-Museum.org.

A Cappella InvitationalSecond annual New England colle-giate competition, Casino Theatre, 9 Freebody St., 7:30 p.m., 324-4072.

Common Fence MusicEnjoy Americana music with the Amy Black Band, 933 Anthony Rd., Portsmouth, doors open at 7 p.m., music begins at 8 p.m., bring pic-nic basket or buy galley chowders, soups and chili, $20 advance, $23 at door, CommonFenceMusic.org.

SundayFebruary 17

Bird WalkJay Manning leads free guided bird walks at the Norman Bird Sanctuary, 583 Third Beach Rd., Middletown, 8 a.m., no registration necessary, bring binoculars, 401-846-2577, www.NormanBirdSanc-tuary.org.

Scenic Train RidesSee Feb. 15 for more details.

Souls & Stones Walking TourExplore the Common Bury-ing Ground, view the remark-able gravestones that make this cemetery a work of art and learn about select colonial-era and 19th century residents who helped shape Newport history, Museum of Newport History, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 11 a.m., 401-841-8770.

Love Portsmouth Soup SundayPortsmouth’s 375th anniversary committee hosts fundraising soup, salad and bread lunch, St. Barn-abas Church, 1697 East Main Rd., 12-2 p.m., adults $6, children $4, last day to buy tickets is Friday, Feb. 15, visit www.Portsmouth-RI375.com or call 401-683-3553.

NBS UnpluggedTurn off your electronics and get

outside, travel down the Gray Craig Trail and hunt for animal tracks, members and parents free, non-members $4, 583 Third Beach Rd., Middletown, 12 p.m., 401-846-2577, NormanBirdSanctuary.org.

“Frankenweenie”Free screening at Jamestown Philomenian Library, 26 North Rd., 2 p.m.

Seamen’s Church ConcertSeamen’s Church presents the Rhode Island Wind Ensemble at the Newport Marriott, 25 America’s Cup Ave., 7-9 p.m., free but dona-tions welcome.

MondayFebruary 18

Scenic Train RidesEnjoy a narrated ten-mile scenic ride along Narragansett Bay, heat-ed cars, Old Colony Railway Depot, 19 America’s Cup Ave., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., www.ocnrr.com.

Tax TimeFree assistance at the Edward King House, 35 King St., 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Rogues and Scoundrels TourLearn why this colony was some-times known as “Rogue’s Island” as you stroll through Newport. See where scoundrels lived, where pi-rates profited, and where crimi-nals were put on trial. Museum of Newport History, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 11 a.m., 841-8770.

TuesdayFebruary 19

Scenic Train RidesSee Feb. 15 for more details.

Pre-K StorytimeStorytime for preschoolers at the Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Ave., 10:30 a.m., public welcome, free, drop in.

Discover Newport Walking TourSee Feb. 15 for details.

Lunch with the Artist SeriesRichard Tyre hosts a lunchtime dis-cussion on “ The Blue Boy and Pin-kie: The Two Best-loved Paintings of English 19th Century Art,” New-port Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave., 12 p.m., members free, non-mem-bers $5, bring lunch, 848-8200.

Jamestown Book GroupDiscuss “The Paris Wife,” by Paula

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Get a glimpse into the fashion world of 18th century colonial Newport during a unique pre-sentation at the Colony House on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 5:30 p.m. The Newport Historical Society will present living history interpreter Renee Walker-Tuttle dressing from her undergarment, known as a shift, into a working class woman’s gown. She will then redress into an upper-class gown while describing each garment’s material, manufac-ture and function. Each article of clothing is a meticulously crafted period reproduction. Tickets are $1 for members and $5 for non-mem-bers. Call 401-841-8770 to reserve.

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Super Cold Science for KidsBoston Museum of Science pro-gram for Grades 1-12, showing how extremely cold temperature effects matter, Middletown Public Library, 700 West Main Rd., 2 p.m., no registration required.

Portsmouth Library Book GroupJoin the library staff for a discus-sion of “The Adoration of Jenna Fox,” by Mary E. Pearson, 2658 East Main Rd., 6:30 p.m., 401-683-9457, www.PortsmouthLibrary.org.

Geezers at EmpireJoin acoustic folk musicians at Empire Tea & Coffee, 22 Broadway, 7:30 p.m., 401-619-1388.

WednesdayFebruary 20

E-BooksLearn how to use e-readers, bring device, Portsmouth Free Public Li-brary, 2658 East Main Rd., 10 a.m., reserve at 401-683-9457, www.PortsmouthLibrary.org. Go for the StarsChildren ages 5+ are invited to put on an astronaut flight suit and con-duct experiments, demonstrations, meet Robo the Robot, Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St., 10:30 a.m., free, no registration.

Scenic Train RidesEnjoy a narrated ten-mile scenic ride along Narragansett Bay, heat-ed cars, Old Colony Railway Depot, 19 America’s Cup Ave., 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m., www.ocnrr.com.

Golden to Gilded Walking TourSee Feb. 16 for details.

Book ChatNewport Library hosts open book discussions at Harbor House, 111 Washington St., 11 a.m., all wel-

come, mbarrett@newportlibraryri.org.

Stories and CraftsStory and craft time for K-Grade 4 at the Redwood Library, 50 Bellev-ue Ave., 3:30 p.m., public welcome, free, drop in.

Chess GroupGathering for chess players, Em-pire Tea & Coffee, 22 Broadway, 7:30 p.m., 401-619-1388.

Give Kids the World BenefitCharity team trivia event to benefit resort for children with life-threat-ening illnesses, Hyatt Regency, Goat Island, 7:30-9:30 p.m., 21+ event, teams of 2-10 welcome, $15.

ThursdayFebruary 21

Toe Jam Puppet Band ConcertPennfield School presents a free concert of original music and in-teractive storytelling for ages 2-8, 110 Sandy Point Ave., Portsmouth, 10:15 a.m., 401-849-4646.

Scenic Train RidesSee Feb. 15 for details.

Road to Independence Walking TourLearn about riots and rebellion as you stroll through the heart of colonial Newport, Museum of Newport History, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 11 a.m., 841-8770.

Read/Eat/ChatAll are invited to discuss “Aesop’s Mirror: A Love Story by Maryalice Huggins, Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave., noon, members free, non-members $5, bring lunch, 401-848-8200, www.NewportArt-Museum.org.

Argh! Pirate Fun at LibraryToe Jam Puppet Band invites all pirates, mermaids and landlubbers for some “piratey” fun, Middletown Public Library, 700 West Main Rd., 1 p.m., free, 401- 846-1573.

Computer BasicsBeginning computer class, Ports-mouth Free Public Library, 2658 East Main Rd., 1-3 p.m., space limit-ed, reserve at 401-683-9457, www.PortsmouthLibrary.org. Live ReptilesChildren ages 4 + are invited to learn about, pet and handle live reptiles and amphibians with Bwa-na Iguana, Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St., 2 p.m., no registra-tion required. Beauty and the BeesLearn about the benefits of bees and honey and make your own organic facial scrub, lotion, and hair conditioner, Norman Bird Sanctuary, 583 Third Beach Rd., Middletown, 5:30 p.m., ages 10+, members $7, non-members $10, reservations strongly suggested, 401-846-2577.

Undressing HistoryA living history interpreter dresses as a working class woman, then re-dresses into an upper-class gown while describing each garment’s material, manufacture, and func-tion, Colony House, Washington Sq., 5:30 p.m., members $1, non-members $5, 401-841-8770.

Murder at the MuseumJoin the Marley Bridges Theatre Co. for “Diamond in the Rough,” interactive murder mystery at the Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave., 5:30 p.m., www.NewportArt-Museum.org.

Ballard Park Illuminated GardenEnjoy an evening walk in a mag-nificent blooming winter garden of thousands of lights, quarry meadow of Ballard Park, Ballard Park is located at the intersection of Hazard and Wickham Roads, access through the Hazard Road entrance, free, wear hiking shoes/boots, bring flashlights, 6-9 p.m., donations accepted.

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Stars Come out for Comedy NightBy Meg O’Neil

Ken Rogerson and Frank San-torelli, two of New England’s best known standup comedians, will be hitting the stage at the Hotel Viking at 8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22, head-lining the Newport Winter Festival’s eighth annual comedy show.

The two emerged out of the Bos-ton comedy scene during its hey-day in the 1980s and have been friends ever since, often going out on the road together for comedy tours. While they have been com-rades for over 30 years, their styles of comedy are vastly different.

“I’m more of a storyteller – I’m not a pure standup like Ken, and he loathes my act because of it,” Santorelli recently told Newport This Week. “But Ken is the funniest standup that’s ever lived – that’s a given.”

Fans of the HBO series “The So-pranos” may recognize Santorelli as the lovable character of Georgie the bartender. His other film and television credits include Show-time’s 2011 special, “The Godfa-thers of Comedy.”

“The Sopranos was a really big deal – a very top of the line, mega TV show. That was a defining mo-ment for me,” said Santorelli. How-ever, he adds that he is more of-ten recognized on the street for his standup comedy. “I was at a gas station the other day in Burrillville, Rhode Island, and some guy shout-

ed from a few pumps over that he was a fan.”

Earlier this week, Roger-son was out at sea perform-ing his standup routine on a cruise ship. “We just left Haiti, and now we’re heading to New Jer-sey, because when you think of a cruise, you always think: New Jer-sey, the cruise ship capital of the world,” Rogerson joked.

Besides standup, Rogerson is known for his appearances as a motorcycle-riding, beer-guzzling firefighter on several episodes of fellow comedian Denis Leary’s tele-vision show “Rescue Me,” in addi-tion to movie roles in the 2005 film “Fever Pitch,” and the 1998 comedy classic “There’s Something about Mary.” He has also performed on “The Late Show with David Letter-man” and “Late Night with Conan

O’Brien.”“Appearing on ‘Rescue Me’ and

then going on the comedy tour for three years was the most fun thing I’ve ever done,” Rogerson says. “I had no idea how to ride a motorcy-cle and crashed it twice on the first day of filming – which was very funny to us – but not to the owner of the bike.”

Rogerson was seen last month on Showtime’s standup come-dy special “Road Dogs,” with Billy Gardell (Mike from the CBS sitcom “Mike & Molly”) and comedians

Ben Creed and Tim Wilson.To purchase tickets for

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Pizza del GiornoGianluca’s Pizza special of the Day

-or-Penne Puttanesca

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For more information about these restaurants, please see their display ads found on the pages of this week’s edition of Newport This Week.

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1) Ben’s Chili Dogs, 158 Broadway, Newport 2) Norey’s, 156 Broadway, Newport 3) Fifth Element, 111 Broadway, Newport 4) Salvation Cafe, 140 Broadway, Newport 5) The Deli, 66 Broadway, Newport 6) Pour Judgement, 32 Broadway, Newport 7) Rhumbline, 62 Bridge St., Newport 8) Brick Alley Pub, 140 Thames St., Newport 9) Busker’s Irish Pub, 178 Thames St., Newport 10) Aloha Cafe, 18 Market Square, Newport 11) The Wharf Pub, 31 Bowen’s Wharf, Newport 12) Fluke Wine Bar & Kitchen, 41 Bowen’s Wharf, Newport 13) Diegos, 11 Bowen’s Wharf, Newport 14) Clarke Cooke House, Bannisters Wharf, Newport 15) O’Brien’s Pub, 501 Thames St., Newport 16) Thai Cuisine, 517 Thames St., Newport 17) One Bellevue, Hotel Viking, Newport 18) La Forge Casino Restaurant, 186 Bellevue Ave., Npt. 19) Pasta Beach, 7 Memorial Blvd., Newport 20) Canfield House, 5 Memorial Blvd., Newport 21) The Chanler’s Spiced Pear, 117 Memorial Blvd., Npt. 22) Atlantic Grille, 91 Aquidneck Ave., Middletown

Other Area Restaurants& Dining OptionsNot Within Map Area

Mama Leone’s150 Connell Hwy.

Newport

Newport Grand150 Admiral Kalbfus Rd.

Newport

Coddington Brewing Company210 Coddington Hwy.

Middletown

International House of Pancakes159 W. Main Rd.

Middletown

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Musical Entertainment

Thursday, February 14Clarke Cooke House–DJ Jackie Henderson

Newport Grand Cocktail Lounge–DJ Robert Black, 8 p.m.

The Fifth Element–DJ Maddog

Friday, February 15LaForge Casino Restaurant–Dave Manuel on Piano, 7-11 p.m.

Middletown VFW – Karaoke, DJ Papa John, 8:30 p.m.

Newport Blues Cafe–Fast Times, 9:30 p.m.

Narragansett Cafe – Eddy’s Shoe, 9:30

Newport Grand Cocktail Lounge–Matty B, 9 p.m.

O’Brien’s Pub – Joop & Jake, 5-7 p.m.; Buddy Roach Trio, 10 p.m.

One Pelham East–The Criminals

Rhumbline –Lois Vaughan, 6:30-10 p.m.

The Chanler–Dick Lupino, Joe Es-posito, Steve Beckler, 6-10 p.m.

The Fifth Element–Triple Threat, 10 p.m.-1a.m.

Saturday, February 16 Clarke Cooke House–Honky Tonk Knights, 10 p.m. in The Candy Store; D J Jackie Henderson in the Boom Boom Room, 9 p.m.

Hyatt Five 33 Lounge–Dave Manuel, 4-6 p.m.

LaForge Casino Restaurant–Dave Manuel on Piano, 7-11 p.m.

Middletown VFW – Karaoke, DJ Papa John, 8:30 p.m.

Narragansett Cafe – RugBurn, 9:30 -1

Newport Blues Cafe–Felix Brown, 9:30 p.m.

Newport Grand Cocktail Lounge–The Merge, 9 p.m.

O’Briens Pub – DJ C Gray, 10 p.m.

One Pelham East–TBA

Rhumbline –Rod Luther, 6:30-10 p.m.

Sandywoods Center for the Arts–Gary Fish & Friends, 7 p.m.The Fifth Element–The Ubiquitones

Sunday, February 17Fastnet Pub – Traditional Irish Music, 5-9 p.m.

Clarke Cooke House – Bobby Ferreira, 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Narragansett Cafe –Dave Howard, Neal Vitullo & the Vipers, 1-4 p.m.

O’Brien’s Pub – Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.

The Fifth Element–Doug Woolverton & Friends, 12-3 p.m.

Monday, February 18Fastnet Pub–The Ubiquitones, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.

Newport Grand Cocktail Lounge–Stu Krous, 9 p.m.

The Fifth Element–Melissa Woolver-ton

Tuesday, February 19Fastnet–”Blue Monday”

One Pelham East–Stu from Never in Vegas

The Wharf Pub–Acoustic Open Mic, 7 -10 p.m.

Wednesday, February 20Newport Grand Cocktail Lounge–Grand Karaoke, 8 p.m.

Norey’s – James Montgomery and Duke Robillard

Sardella’s – Dick Lupino, Joe Esposito, Paul Nagel, 7-9:30 p.m.

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Aerosmith Tribute band at WinterFestBy Meg O’Neil

Get ready to rock during Winter Festival. Taking the stage at the Hy-att Regency Newport on Saturday, Feb. 16 is Draw the Line, the coun-try’s only Aerosmith tribute band officially endorsed by the legend-ary rock group.

For over 20 years, Draw the Line’s lead singer Neill Byrnes has emu-lated the voice, moves, and appear-ance of Aerosmith’s iconic front-man Steven Tyler – to the point that Byrnes is regularly approached by Aerosmith fans seeking photos and autographs.

“People mistake me for Steven Tyler all the time,” Byrnes said. “It has happened so much over the years that I try to be as low key as possible.”

Byrnes got to meet Aerosmith af-ter winning a Steven Tyler lookalike contest. According to Byrnes, Tyler was so impressed by Byrnes’ talent that Tyler referred him to his own

personal vocal coach Mark Baxter, who helped Byrnes hone his voice and craft for 10 years.

Draw the Line has been enter-taining audiences of all ages with the hit songs of Aerosmith since 1991. “Aerosmith is a band that spans generations,” says Byrnes. “Kids today know every Aerosmith lyric because of video games like Guitar Hero. When they see Draw the Line perform, it could be their first experience of a live rock show, so we make sure that we put on a great set for everyone of every age.”

Grinding out nearly four decades worth of Aerosmith songs night af-ter night is a challenge that Byrnes relishes. “One of the things I love about this gig is that you never get bored – it’s always something new every night, no matter where we play.”

To purchase tickets to the Feb. 16 8 p.m. show, call the festival office at 847-7666, visit NewportWinter-Festival.com, or buy tickets at the Music Box, 160 Thames St. & MWR ITT- Newport Navy Base.

bluegrass band to Appear in Newport The twenty-somethings who make up Tumbling Bones, a Port-

land, Maine-based band, play a mix of old-time country and old-fashioned blues that belies their relative youth. But their folk music is no museum piece. It is living, breathing music infused with a little of the contemporary rock ‘n’ roll the band members were reared on and reworked into their original arrangements and compositions.

After a bit of a hiatus Tumbling Bones will be returning to Newport for two shows this month. On Monday, Feb. 18 they will be playing at Pour Judgement and on Wednesday, Feb. 27 they are returning to Norey’s.

Arts Around the FireThe Arts & Cultural Alliance of

Newport County presents Arts Around the Fire on Tuesday, Feb. 26 from 6 - 8 p.m. at Salvation Café’s upstairs room. The guest will be Russ Smith, program coordinator at Sandywoods Farm, who will speak briefly about the Tiverton artists’ community’s upcoming program-ming and plans for the future.

Arts Around the Fire is an oppor-tunity for artists, writers, performers and arts patrons to chat with col-leagues about events and accom-plishments in the Newport County cultural community. Arts Around the Fire features a cash bar, hors d’oeuvres donated by Salvation and an informal atmosphere where art-ists and art lovers can connect.

The next Arts Around the Fire will be on March 26. No reservations needed.

The Alliance is a coalition of indi-viduals and non-profits committed to the advancement of arts and cul-ture in Newport County. To become a member or become a supporting member visit newportarts.org.

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“Heart of the City” Fundraiser Annual dinner and silent auction to benefit the McKinney Shelter, Atlantic Beach Club, 6-10 p.m., buffet dinner and entertainment, cash bar, $65, for tickets contact 401-846-3120 or at DJohnston@phoenix-ri.com.

An Evening with the BardA presentation of Shakespearean sonnets, soliloquies, plays and discourses, for adults and teens, Jamestown Philomenian Library, 26 North Rd., 7 p.m.

Thursday Book DiscussionThe Thursday Evening Book Group meets to discuss, “Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury, Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St., 7 p.m.

Heartwarming ShortsShort film selections from the 2012 Rhode Island International Film Festival, Jamestown Arts Cen-ter, 18 Valley St., 7 p.m., $10, www.JamestownArtCenter.org.

Chess GroupSee Feb. 20 for details.

FridayFebruary 22

Nature StorytimeNorman Bird Sanctuary hosts na-ture-themed storytime with “Owl Moon,” for preschoolers ages 3 and up, 583 Third Beach Rd. Middle-town, 10 a.m., members $3, non-members $6, 401-846-2577.

Computer WorkshopGoogle Tools for the Internet, New-port Public Library, 300 Spring St., 10:30 a.m., registration required, 401-847-8720 x208.

Scenic Train RidesSee Feb. 15 for details.

Rum Merchants & Rum Runners Walking TourLearn about the changing role of alcohol in Newport, from the thriv-ing colonial rum trade through Prohibition era smuggling, Muse-um of Newport History, Brick Mar-ket, 127 Thames Street, 11 a.m., 401-841-8770.

Tweens & Teens ArtWatercolor workshop with Pam Santos, ages 11-18, Middletown Public Library, 700 West Main Rd., 1 p.m., free but registration re-quired, 401-846-1573.

Open StudioSpace available for individual art projects, own supplies required, Edward King House, 35 King St., 1-3 p.m.

Movies at King HouseFree screening of recent releases, Edward King House, 35 King St., 1p.m.

Lantern Tour of Colonial Newport See Feb. 15 for details.

Animal FunDave Marchetti leads hands-on educational fun with reptiles, amphibians and small animals, ages 3+, Jamestown Philomenian Library, 26 North Rd., 4 p.m., 401-423-7270.

Madrigals Cabaret DinnerFundraising dinner and cabaret show to benefit the Salve Regina University Chorus and Madrigals concert tour fund, Ochre Court, 7-9 p.m., $35, 401-341-2295.

Jamestown ConcertJoe Fletcher & the Wrong Reasons and Keith McCurdy, Jamestown Arts Center, 18 Valley St., 8 p.m., $15, JamestownArtCenter.org.

Dirty Deeds at GrandDirty Deeds, AC/DC tribute band, plays a free concert at Newport Grand, 150 Adm. Kalbfus Hwy., 9 p.m., 18+, 401-849-5100, www.NewportGrand.com.

SaturdayFebruary 23

Scenic Train RidesSee Feb. 15 for details.

Rogues and Scoundrels TourSee Feb. 18 for details.

“Scrimshaw Ring” ReadingStory of a Newport boy and pirates in 1710, Museum of Newport His-tory, Brick Market, 127 Thames Street, 2 p.m., free, 401-841-8770.

Clean Foods for Heart HealthAuthor and chef Jeannette Bes-singer will present a program on “clean foods” for heart health and nutrition, Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St., 2 p.m., free, no reg-istration.

Winter Lecture SeriesDanny Rubin, Briggs-Copeland Lecturer on screenwriting at Har-vard, actor, celebrity blogger, and screenwriter of the modern classic “Groundhog Day”, talks about his craft in “Danny Rubin Unscripted,” Newport Art Museum, 76 Bellevue Ave., 2 p.m., members $10, non-members $15, students $6, recep-tion, 401-848-8200, www.Newpor-tArtMuseum.org.

Redwood Film SeriesThis week’s film, “Alice in Wonder-land,” a 1960s version directed by Jonathan Miller, offered as part of the “To Arrive Where We Started” exhibit, Redwood Library, 50 Bel-levue Ave., 2 p.m.

Beach PoloNewport International Polo play-ers and ponies put on a match on the sand, Atlantic Beach (east of Easton’s Beach), 2:30 p.m., free.

Murder at the MuseumSee Feb. 16 for details.

BeatlemaniaRelive the memories during a live concert, Hyatt Regency, 9 p.m., $25, advance tickets at www.New-portWinterFestival.com or at 28 Pelham St., at door if available.

SundayFebruary 24

Scenic Train RidesSee Feb. 15 for details.

Souls & Stones Walking TourSee Feb. 17 for details.

Festival Day at Easton’s Beach A day full of sand castles, block hunts, singing, swimming and fun for all ages, join the Newport Po-lar Club for plunge into the frosty ocean, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., plunge at noon.

Studio Windmill SailmakingJoin artist Nora Rabins and help dye, print, and sew the sails for the windmill at Prescott Farm, 2009 West Main Road, Middletown, 1-4 p.m., participate in community sewing circle, all levels and ages, free, 401-846-4152.

Beach PoloSee Feb. 23 for details.

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Building on the success of a re-cord-setting attendance year in 2012, The Preservation Society of Newport County will open three of its historic mansions for daily tours on Feb. 15, a month earlier than last year. The Breakers, The Elms and Marble House will all be open for daily tours beginning on Feb. 15, the earliest multi-house

daily opening ever for the Newport Mansions.

In 2012, the Newport Mansions saw admissions rise 11% over the previous year, the largest single year attendance jump on record. Total admissions for the year were 883,000, the highest in a decade.

“Last year we opened our hous-es two weeks earlier than usual, in

mid-March, and found there was a significant demand among visi-tors,” said Trudy Coxe, CEO & Exec-utive Director of the Preservation Society. “Newport’s popularity as an off-season destination is grow-ing. That’s why this year we have decided to keep all three houses open daily after Newport Winter Festival.”

Newport Mansions Season Opens early

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NATUReMating Season begins for Hawks, Owls

NEWPORT TIDE CHARTDATE HIGH LOW AM hgt PM hgt AM hgt PM hgt Sunrise Sunset

7 Thu 4:54 4.0 5:18 3.6 11:10 -0.3 10:57 -0.6 6:47 5:118 Fri 5:52 4.2 6:13 3.9 11:59 -0.5 11:54 -0.7 6:46 5:12 9 Sat 6:44 4.4 7:04 4.1 12:44 -0.7 6:45 5:13 10 Sun 7:33 4.4 7:53 4.2 12:48 -0.8 1:26 -0.7 6:43 5:15 11 Mon 8:20 4.3 8:40 4.2 1:37 -0.8 2:03 -0.7 6:42 5:16 12 Tue 9:06 4.1 9:27 4.1 2:22 -0.7 2:39 -0.6 6:41 5:17 13 Wed 9:53 3.8 10:13 3.9 3:04 -0.5 3:14 -0.5 6:40 5:18 14 Thu 10:39 3.4 11:00 3.6 3:44 -0.3 3:49 -0.3 6:38 5:20

By Jack KellyThe creatures that abide on or

migrate through Aquidneck Island follow instincts and imperatives set forth by the natural world. The avian species that pass through our region are travelling thousands of miles to breed and nest, continu-ing the circle of life for their respec-tive species. Many local species are mating or preparing to mate now. Owl species including Great Horned, Barn and Eastern Screech Owls have established nests and are incubating eggs.

One species that is approaching its mating time is the Red-tailed hawk. Mating season for these birds of prey begins in early March and can last well into May. Pairs of locally nesting raptors have been sighted returning to their terri-tories across the island. One pair that nests on Bellevue Avenue has been observed soaring over its ter-ritory and hunting prey in Morton Park, which seems to be the south-ern boundary of their territory. The pair can be seen hunting mostly ro-dents from treetop perches or from the air. This species is extremely territorial and will defend an area as large as three square miles.

The average Red-tailed hawk has a body length of 22 inches with a wingspan of about 50 inches. The adults of this species have a red-dish tail and a husky, full-winged shape to their bodies. The adult birds also have dark marks on their bellies and underwings, with dark-er brown and white spotted plum-age above. However, the female of the species is approximately one third larger than the male. She is also the dominant protector of both her mate and her young. This seems to be the case with a num-ber of raptor species.

The bonding between Red-tailed hawks is very strong. Evidence in-dicates that they may mate for life and may even spend the off-sea-son together. These raptors have a spectacular and awe-inspiring courtship and mating ritual. They

begin by soaring in circles at great heights. The male usually initiates an intricate and acrobatic pattern of synchronized steep dives, rapid ascents and barrel rolls which are performed by both birds. As he is performing his courtship flight, the male will approach the female to begin the mating process. At times during this amazing flight, the pair will approach each other face to face, interlock their talons, fold in their wings, and joined to-gether, plummet thousands of feet in a “death spiral” to treetop levels before separating. They will repeat this aerial ballet several more times during the mating cycle.

Both members of the pair tend to their nest when the female is pre-pared to lay her eggs. The female will lay one to three bluish-white eggs, depending upon the suc-cess of mating. She will not leave the nest during incubation, which lasts 28-32 days. She is responsi-ble for the primary defense of the nest from predators. The male will hunt for the two of them and deliv-er food to her at the nest. He is also

responsible for defending their ter-ritory from interlopers.

The hawk chicks will hatch tiny, blind, and helpless, unable to raise their heads. They will be covered in white down and weigh about two ounces each. They will grow slow-ly and require a great deal of food with both parents feeding and pro-tecting the chicks. After approxi-mately 44-48 days, the chicks will be ready to fledge or learn to fly. At this point, the fledglings are almost as large as the parents. Shortly af-ter they fledge, the family leaves the nest together. The adult birds will protect their young while they teach them to hunt throughout the late summer and fall. The family will separate in late fall so that the young hawks can be on their own to mature and find a mate, continu-ing the circle of life.

Jack Kelly, a native Newporter, is a wildlife photographer and na-

ture enthusiast who enjoys sharing his

experiences with others.

This pair of mature Red-tailed hawks share a small rodent. (Photo by Bob Weaver)

Sudoku Puzzle on page 22Crossword Puzzle on page 22

best to Leave Ice on ShrubsBy Cynthia Gibson

The weekend storm Nemo has left a tre-mendous amount of ice on trees and shrubs. Sunshine means melting and refreezing, which can mean even thicker ice on the branches.

Ice is very tricky to remove from trees, hedges, and shrubs without breaking branches and limbs, so be very cautious do-ing so. Even though trees and branches are bent over, they might be best left alone until the warmth of the sun naturally allows them to thaw. Most likely, they will right them-selves. If they do not, then you can prune the branches, or help them back to their proper place with stakes and heavy twine.

It is truly a painful sight to see trees bent over with iced limbs -- however, it is a worse sight to see a tree with no branches at all.

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ReCeNT DeATHSJudith “Judy” S. (White) Brennan, 63, of Middletown, passed away Feb. 5, 2013 at Newport Hospital surrounded by family. She was the wife of Robert E. Brennan. Dona-tions in her memory may be made to St. Clare Home, 309 Spring St., Newport, RI 02840.

Benjamin Burke, 77, of Ports-mouth, passed away Feb. 8, 2013 at home. He was the husband of Kimberly (Moriarty) Burke. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of Korea and Vietnam, reaching the rank of Se-nior Chief. Calling hours will be Thursday, Feb. 14 from 4 -7 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home. His fu-neral will be at 11 a.m. on Feb. 15 at Graceway Church, 215 Forest Ave., Middletown. Donations in his memory may be made to Project New Hope, PO Box 91, Leicester, MA 01524.

Pauline A. Fahey, 82, of Newport, passed away Feb. 6, 2013 at Village House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Newport. She was the wife of the late Francis R. Fahey. Dona-tions in her memory may be made to Beacon Hospice, 1130 Ten Rod Road, Suite C104, North Kings-town, RI 02852.

Albert Henry Fisher, 75, of Mid-dletown, passed away Feb. 10, 2013 at Heatherwood Nursing and Rehab Center. He was the husband of the late Dolores (Dorato) Fisher. A celebration of his life will be held at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 16 at St. Lucy’s Church, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Dona-tions in his memory may be made to St. Lucy’s Church Capital Cam-paign, 909 West Main Rd., Middle-town RI 02842.

Homer Freeborn, 89, of New-port, passed away on Feb. 9, 2013 at Newport Hospital after a long battle with heart disease. He was the husband of Mary (Briggs) Free-born. He was a World War II veteran and served in the Army Air Corps. Burial with Military Honors will fol-low at Middletown Four Corners Cemetery.

Patricia Ann Kuiee, 73, of New-port, passed away Feb. 5, 2013 at home. Donations in her memory may be made to The Potter League for Animals, PO Box 412, Newport, RI 02840.

Dorothy M. Maddren, 86, of Nar-ragansett, RI and formerly of Ports-mouth, passed away on Feb. 11, 2013 at home. Calling hours will be held on Thursday, Feb. 14 from 4 -6

p.m. in the Connors Funeral Home, 55 West Main Rd, Portsmouth. A Mass of Christian Burial will be cel-ebrated at 10 a.m. on Feb. 15 at St. Anthony’s Church, East Main Rd., Portsmouth.

Diane Elizabeth Quarry, 61, of Middletown, passed away Feb. 5, 2013 at Newport Hospital. Dona-tions in her name may be made to the Susan G Komen Founda-tion Attn: Donor Services, PO Box 650309 Dallas, TX 75265-0309.

Irene O. Rousseau, 88, of Ports-mouth, passed away Feb. 3, 2013 at Newport Hospital. She was the wife of the late Aldor N. Rousseau. Do nations in her memory may be made to St. Jude Children’s Re-search Hospital, 1 St. Jude Place Building, P.O. Box 1000 Dept. 300, Memphis, TN 38105.

Allen H. Smith, 76, of Portsmouth, formerly of Tiverton, passed away peacefully on Feb. 8, 2013 from injuries sustained in a fall. He was the husband of Alice Clark-Smith. Calling hours will be Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 from 2 – 4 p.m. and 6 – 8 p.m. at the Connors Funeral Home. His memorial service will be at 11 a.m. on Feb. 15 at the United Congregational Church, 4 South of Commons Rd., Little Compton, RI 02837.

Dorothy K. Stanley, 93, of Middle-town, passed away Feb. 8, 2013 at John Clarke Nursing Home. She was the wife of the late Richard Stanley. Funeral services will be private.

Wirt Cummings Thayer, CDR, USN, Ret., 90, of Newport, passed away Feb. 05, 2013 at Forest Farm Health Care Center, Middletown. He was the husband of the late Shirley Munroe Thayer. Donations in his memory may be made to the Channing Memorial Church, 135 Pelham St., Newport, RI 02840.

Robert Carnley Thompson, 88, of Middletown passed away Feb. 7, 2013 at Newport Hospital. He was the husband of the late Ann Katherine Binz. He served in the Navy during World War II. A memo-rial service will be at 11 a.m. on Fri-day, Feb. 15 at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Portsmouth. Donations in his memory may be made to the American Cancer Society of Rhode Island, 931 Jefferson Blvd., Suite 3004, Warwick, RI 02886.

Churches are welcome to send information about upcoming events or to share special messages, by emailing news@newportthisweek.net.

Thursday, Feb. 14 7:30 a.m.–MLK Center 20 West Broadway 5 p.m.–St. Paul’s Methodist (by St. Mary’s Episcopal)

Friday, Feb. 157:30 a.m.–MLK Center 20 West Broadway 5 p.m. –Salvation Army 51 Memorial Blvd.

Saturday, Feb. 164:30 p.m. Community Baptist 50 Dr. Marcus

Sunday, Feb. 174 p.m. –Salvation Army 51 Memorial Blvd.

Monday, Feb. 187:30 a.m.–No Breakfast Presidents Day 11:30 p.m.–St. Joseph’s R.C. 5 Mann Ave. 5 p.m.–Channing Memorial 135 Pelham St.

Tuesday, Feb. 197:30 a.m.–MLK Center 20 West Broadway 5 p.m.–United Baptist 30 Spring St. (by St. Mary’s R.C.)

Wednesday, Feb. 20 7:30 a.m.–MLK Center 20 West Broadway 12 p.m.–United Baptist 30 Spring St. (by St. Mary’s R.C.)

Thursday, Feb. 21 7:30 a.m.–MLK Center 20 West Broadway 5 p.m.–St. Paul’s Methodist (by Calvary Methodist)

Community Meals and Fellowship

Area churches and organi-zations work together to provide nutritious meals in a caring environment for members of the community. Upcoming meals include:

New Rector at St. Columba’sThe Wardens, Vestry and Congre-

gation of St. Columba’s Chapel, 55 Vaucluse Ave., Middletown, invite the public to a celebration on Sun-day, Feb. 24 at 4 p.m., during which The Right Reverend W. Nicholas Knisely, Bishop of Rhode Island, will institute The Reverend Erik W. Larsen as the rector of the parish. Please RSVP to Donna Nedderman at dtn@stcolumbaschapel.org.

Military Support GroupCalvary United Methodist

Church offers a support group for military spouses each Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Resident spouses and those new to the area are welcome to meet at the church, 200 Turner Road, Middletown. For more infor-mation, call 401-847-6181.

bead for LifeSocial Ventures Partners RI will

host a Bead for Life Party at their of-fices at Seaman’s Church Institute, second floor, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 6-8 p.m. during their monthly hap-py hour gathering. For more infor-mation contact Meghan Dutton, Bead for Life Community Partner, 401-662-6640.

Play and PotluckThe Marley Bridges Theatre Com-

pany will present a George Bernard Shaw one-act romantic comedy at Emmanuel Church in conjunction with a potluck dinner on Friday, Feb. 22 at 6:30 p.m. This will be an “adult night out” event. Tickets are $30 and will be available at the door. Please bring an entrée, appe-tizer, salad, soup, or fruit dessert to share. For more information, con-tact 401-847-0675.

American Slave Trade Play The Paul Laurence Dunbar Min-

istry of Community Baptist Church will present “Middle Passage,” a play depicting the slave trade to Ameri-ca, on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. in honor of Black History Month. It is a free event and open to the public. For more information, contact the church at 401-847-1707.

Songbook AuditionsTrinity Church’s Ministry of the

Arts program will hold open audi-tions for its next American Song-book production on Monday, Feb. 25 from 7 to 9 p.m. in Honyman Hall. This year’s show will focus on the Broadway musical. Proceeds will be donated to parish outreach projects. Information on the re-hearsal and performance schedule will be provided at the audition. For more details, please call Paul Ko-umrian at 401-625-5546.

Channing Coffee House Channing Church will host a cof-

fee house on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Parish Hall, 135 Pel-ham St. Enjoy coffee and music by the MetroGnomes and several other Channing friends and musi-cians. Bring a dessert to share and/or a musical instrument. There is no charge, but donations are welcome to support the work of Channing Church. Interested performers should contact John Burnham at 401-835-2686 or johnsburnham@gmail.com.

What Good is Religion?Starting the week of February

4, and meeting every two weeks for six sessions, Channing Church’s Small Group Ministry program will continue its examination of the question, “What Good is Religion?” The groups meet in Newport on Thursdays at 3 p.m., and 7 p.m., and in Portsmouth on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. New groups will be formed on demand. For more infor-mation, email smallgroups@chan-ningchurch.org.

Seamen’s Church Institute Concert

Seamen’s Church Institute will host its Annual Community Con-cert on Sunday, Feb. 17 in apprecia-tion for the support of the Aquid-neck Island community. The free concert will he held in the Atrium of the Newport Marriott from 7 to 9 p.m. and the Rhode Island Wind Ensemble will perform.

International NightThe Ministers’ Council of Com-

munity Baptist Church, 50 Dr. Mar-cus Wheatland Blvd., will host a din-ner featuring delicious foods from around the world on Monday, Feb. 18 at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy a great time, with great people and great food. Donation is $8.

Winter ConcertThe Friends of the Newport Music

Festival will host a Winter Concert featuring Göran Marcusson with English pianist Tim Carey at Em-manuel Church, 42 Dearborn St. on Wednesday, Feb. 20, 6-8:30 p.m. The pre-concert reception with hors d’oeuvres is at 6 p.m. and the con-cert begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 per person. For more information, contact 401-846-1133 or newport-music@gmail.com.

Trinity evening Lenten Series

Trinity Church will offer a Wednes-day Evening Lenten Series on the Gospel of John beginning Feb. 20 through March 20, presented by Rev. Stephanie Shoemaker and Helenmary Lauth. Each meeting in the series will begin with a soup, salad and bread supper 6-7 p.m., fol-lowed by the program at 7-8:30 p.m.

The program examines the locus of authority, the role of women in Jesus’ ministry and church, and the function of Scripture in the life of believers. For more information, call Paul or Robin Rosbolt at 401-619-2333.

emmanuel Lenten SeriesEmmanuel Church will offer a

Lenten series on Spiritual Practices for Wellness in Body Mind and Spirit, from 6:45 to 8 p.m. on Wednesdays, through March 27. After an intro-ductory session on Ash Wednesday, sessions will explore stress manage-ment, contemplative prayer, mind-ful eating, meditation and yoga. The gatherings will begin with a simple meal of soup, salad and fruit. All are welcome. For more information, call 401-847-0675.

Calvary Lenten SeriesCalvary Methodist will offer a

Lenten study for the whole family on “The Way: Walking in the Foot-steps of Jesus,” Wednesday eve-nings, 6-7:30 p.m., Feb. 20-March 20. There will be a soup supper served at the start of each session. For more information or to sign up, call 401-6181.

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SPORTS

BOYS BASKETBALL02/14 7 p.m. vs. Mt. Hope02/15 7 p.m. vs. Moses BrownGIRLS BASKETBALL02/19 4:15 p.m. @ Central HighBOYS HOCKEY02/15 8 p.m. vs Portsmouth (Benny Mageria Mem.) 02/16 7:30 p.m. vs. Rogers (St. Georges)

BOYS BASKETBALL02/15 7 p.m. vs. RogersGIRLS BASKETBALL02/15 7 p.m. vs. Cranston02/21 7 pm. @ St. Mary AcademyBOYS HOCKEY02/15 8 p.m. vs. Middletown (Benny Mageria Mem.) 02/16 7:30 p.m. vs. PCD Wheelers (Ports. Abbey) 02/22 8 p.m. vs North Kingstown (Thayer Ice Arena)GIRLS HOCKEY02/16 7:30 p.m. vs. Lincoln/Cumberland (Benny Mageria Mem.) 02/17 7 p.m. vs. Barrington/Mt. Hope (Smithfield)

BOYS BASKETBALL02/15 8 p.m. @ Portsmouth GIRLS BASKETBALL02/14 7:30 p.m. vs. Mt. Hope 02/15 7:30 p.m. vs Central Falls 02/19 7 p.m. vs. East Providence 02/21 7p.m. @ TolmanBOYS HOCKEY02/16 7:30 p.m. vs. Middletown (St. Georges)02/22 6 p.m. vs. Mt. Hope (Thayer Ice Arena)

in SPORTSROGERS HIGH SCHOOLMIDDLETOWN HIGH SCHOOL

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The Middletown High School girls’ bas-ketball team played their final regular sea-son home game of the season on Tuesday, Feb. 12, utilizing a smothering defense to defeat Rocky Hill School 49-25. Se-nior Chelsea Dower led all scorers with 14 points, while Dowler’s fellow classmates, Zoe Simanski, Michaela Conley, Zoe Maz-zulli, Quanisha Hilson and Victoria Riege ac-counted for 22 other tallies on senior night. The victory raised Middletown’s record to 13-2 in Division III-South (15-2 overall) and keeps them atop their division standings, and undefeated on home court this sea-son with one more game before the play-offs begin. That contest will tip-off at Cen-tral High School on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 4:15 p.m.

Sophomore Quraan Bostic scored 19 points and senior Corey Jones added 17 to lead the Rogers boys’ basketball team to a 65-53 triumph over Tiverton High School on Tuesday, Feb. 12. It was senior night for the Vikings. The victory raised Rogers’ Di-vision II-East record to 6-10 (6-14 overall), keeping their hopes alive for the remain-ing spot in the state playoffs with two reg-ular season games remaining: Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Barrington and Friday, Feb. 15 at Portsmouth.

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Photos by Michael J Conley

Rogers’ Quraan Bostic, #3, twists and turns for two of his game-high 19 points against Tiverton.

Islanders’ junior guard Elizabeth Wauters, #12, drives to the basket for two of her five points against the Rocky Hill defense.

Sophomore Lauren Sullivan, #24, and Senior Zoe Simanski, #32, set the double-team trap and get the jump ball call

against Rocky Hill.

MHS Girls and RHS boys Win Senior Night Tilts

The Vikings’ Corey Jones, #23, gets off a jump shot over the Tiger defense. The senior netted 17 points in the contest.

Photo by Jen Carter Photo by Louis Walker III)