Blowing in the Wind: Climate Clues from Our Whaling Past with Dr. Caroline Ummenhofer and Dr. Timothy Walker November 5 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 Richard I. Burnham Resource Center | 82 Touro Street, Newport Admission $15 – $20 per person | *Student Discounts now available $10 with valid student ID 6:30pm to […]
Outdoor Explorations Stroll scenic and peaceful trails, play with interactive exhibits on the plaza, and visit resident species — there’s plenty to see and do on the EcoTarium grounds in every season. Keep your eyes open as you explore meadow, pond and forest environments. You’ll see plenty of animals (and a dinosaur!) living on our […]
Everyday Art Everyday Art with Cindy LaFlash: Art Journaling Bass River – Abbott Studio Tuesdays, Ongoing, 530-730pm. $20, $100 6-pack LENGTH: ongoing, try it out once or come weekly LEVEL: all level WHAT TO EXPECT: Join artist Cindy LaFlash for a laid-back, feel-good art journaling workshop where we play, experiment, and reconnect with our creative spark. Art journaling—also known as a creative […]
Governor Healey’s Mixed Messages On Housing For Those Most In Need Her broad housing initiative is laudable, but limiting shelter stays moves things backward by Katherine Gergen Barnett As a family medicine physician at Boston Medical Center, I have cared for hundreds of individuals and families experiencing homelessness over the last 20 years. Advocates rally on […]
Exploring AI: Making the Invisible Visible AI technology is all around us, whether you realize it or not! Permanent Exhibit AI technology is all around us, whether you realize it or not! Exploring AI: Making the Invisible Visible is your introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI). Discover where AI is being used and learn how the choices […]
Drones A Key Tool For Conservationists, Environmentalists Enhan Yuan October 30, 2025 Drones are becoming an increasingly common and important tool in the arsenal of conservationists and environmentalists of all stripes. Dear EarthTalk: How are drones being used to promote conservation? —L.J. Smith, Smithfield, RI When you hear the word drones, perhaps you picture flying […]
RIPTA’s Newport Hop-On Hop-Off Promotion Ends Today, Friday, October 31, 2025 Newport Customer Service Kiosk to Remain Open Through December Providence, Rhode Island…. Following a successful summer and fall season, the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) will conclude its “Hop-On Hop-Off” bus service promotion in Newport today, Friday, October 31, 2025. The free service, funded […]
Embrace the Face with Suzanne O’SheaThursday and Friday, November 13th and 14th, 2025 | 1-4pm$80 Members / $100 Non-members CLASS PAYMENT AND REGISTRATION Think you can’t draw a face? Think again! Let’s approach the human face as a map so as to create portraiture that is in equal parts readable and abstracted. Through music, clay, […]
