Among the highlights at the Narrow's Center for the Arts this month are Hot Club of Cowton on 4/3, Ronnie Earl on 4/4, Simon Townshend on 4/11, Pete Francis (of Dispatch) on 412, Alejandro Escovedo on 4/19, Delbert McClinton on 4/22, Ryan Montbleau on 4/25 and I'll see you at Joan Osborne on 4/24-- maybe we'll learn Who Divided the time? (For my NYC friends, Joan will be at City Winery on 5/10 + 5/11). Common Fence Music features the Carper Family Band on 4/5 and our perennial favorite, Tom Rush will hold court at Salve's O'Hare Academic Center, Bazarsky Lecture Hall on 4/26. Norey's on Broadway presents Lipbone Redding and Jeff Eyrick on 4/23 and Kevin Gordon on 4/30. Finally, the Newport Public Library Musical Sundays Concert welcomes the Newport String Project, violinist Emmy Holmes-Hicks on 4/13.

Experience the beauty of thousands of spring blooms at Bithwold's Daffodil Days from 4/1 through 4/27 and enjoy the flavors of the region during Newport & Bristol County Spring Restaurant Week from  4/4-4/13. At the Newport Public Library this month you can learn about our area's rich yachting heritage at a lecture by Dyer Jones, Director of the Herreshoff Marine Museum on 4/19 and join a Conversation About Newport Trees on 4/26.