Monday, February 08, 2010

" The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism,  but February. "


                                                        --   Joseph Wood Krutch

 

 

Coming up on Newport Seen:  An update on the La Farge windows restoration, The Martin Luther King Center announces a charitable gift, an inventive  "duct tape" fashion show at Rogers High School, and coverage of the American International Antiques & Fine Arts Show in Palm Beach....


 


Seen In Newport

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Current History: Obama’s First Year, A Critique by Brookings Institution Expert, Opens NAM Lecture Series

In his fifth appearance at the Newport Art Museum Winter Lecture Series, Darrell West, author and Vice President & Director of Governance Studies for the Brookings Institution, held an overflow audience spellbound  with an informed assessment of Barack Obama’s “eventful” first year in office, and his astute projections of political situations that will engage Washington, D.C. and America in the near future.

 

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Outré, Cool, and Hip: Duct Tape Fashion Hits the Runway at Rogers

Hayley Pires, a senior at Rogers High School, presented a zany, colorful, and unique fashion collection, all constructed of duct tape, at Rogers High School auditorium recently, abetted by student dancers and high-decibel musical groups with such show-stopping names as “I was on the Football Team”, “Conlon”, and “Pick-up Lines and Cliché”. ... more »


Newporters Attend Historic New England Centennial Year Gala

Sponsors William  and Allison Vareika, prominent Newporter Angela Fischer, and other preservation and history buffs traveled to Boston for Historic New England ‘s Centennial year Gala at The Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston. The festive evening’s guests enjoyed cocktails, dinner, and dancing to the White Heat Swing Orchestra. Almost $300,000 was raised from donations, dinner, and the live auction at which attendees bid on an extraordinary experience at three of the finest houses in America. ... more »


Alliance Francaise Celebrates the Feast of the Three Kings

Newport’s active Alliance Francaise chapter held its annual dinner (Dinêr Annuel) and La Réunion pour La Fête des Trois Rois  at the Canfield House recently.  With entertainment by a beret-sporting, very French Bertrand Laurence on guitar, and Marc Chênevert  on clarinet, lively conversations in French created a Parisian atmosphere. ... more »

Past Headlines

Preservation Society Holiday Gala: Stormy Outside, Glamorous Inside

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Candlelight House Tour A Nostalgic, Historic Newport Tradition

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Designer to the Stars throws a Stellar Newport Christmas Party

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