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june 2016 issue #83


with Garland Jeffreys, 2015

Happy June!

Summer's here and the time is right for traffic in the streets. Between numerous construction projects and out-of-state plates, we'll all need an extra measure of patience this summer to navigate Newport. That's why I plan to walk, bike or run wherever / whenever I can. Before spinning your wheels check out this excellent bicycle safety article 10 Ways To NOT Get Hit By Cars. Take note, update your summer-fun playlist, then strap on your helmet or lace-up your sneakers for a good and good-for-you way to enjoy this season around town without going Wild in the Streets.

Have Fun!
SallyAnne_/)

and if you please...

blue view

Sailing season starts in high-gear this month with the World Match Racing Tour, hosted by Sail Newport through June 4. You may view the action from Fort Adams from 10am-5pm daily and see the boats on the docks before and after racing. This year's edition of the Leukemia Cup regatta will be held on 6/3-6/4. Sailors for the Sea will host a World Oceans Day Summit at the Redwood Library on 6/8. On 6/9, you may enjoy some high-style arm-chair sailing at a Rosecliff gallery talk entitled: The Vanderbilts Go Yachting. Look for a convergence of boats and sailors from around the world this month leading up to the start of the Newport-Bermuda Race on 6/17. And last but certainly not least, the the annual C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial Clinic & Regatta will be held from 6/22-6/26. Sail Fast & Stay Safe All!

out and about

Potter League Heart _ Soul Walk for the Animals

Enjoy a cuppa tea St. Columba's 25th Annual English Garden Party on 6/4 and stretch your legs at the Potter League's Heart & Soul Walk for the Animals on 6/5. The Swiss Village gates swing open to everyone on 6/11 for the SVF's Annual Visitors' Day. Another opportunity to get inside the fences is to take a Secret Garden Spring Tour on the weekend of 6/17-6/-19. Photograph Newport's Architecture on a special walking tour on 6/18 or take a Father's Day Hike with Dad on 6/19 at Ballard Park. Experience JFK's Newport at the Historical Society on 6/24 and stop to smell the roses at the Preservation Society of Newport County's annual Newport Flower Show at Rosecliff from 6/24-6/26 this year.

roll 'em

Love & Friendship is now playing at the Jane Picken's Theater through 6/9, JPT's website announces that Maggie's Plan is "coming soon." This month the Newport Public Library wraps up its of 2016 Academy Award Winners Film Series with Room on 6/10, and The Revenant on 6/24, both start at 2:30pm. Other out-of-this-world offerings include Gravity on 6/15 at 2pm, Interstellar on 6/22 at 3pm and The Martian on 6/29 at 2pm-- all part of the Library's Astronomy Film Series.

all ears