Name: Newport Classical: Christmas with Cantus
Start: 2026-12-05T13:00:00-05:00
Location: Newport Classical Recital Hall

Newport Classical Recital Hall

Experience the holiday season through the rich, resonant voices of Cantus! After two sold out performances in 2024, the premier low-voice ensemble returns to Newport for an afternoon of beloved Christmas carols and contemporary choral works. With music ranging from Silent Night and O Come, All Ye Faithful alongside recent works from the bold, fresh voices of composers like Zanaida Robles and Eric Whitacre, Christmas with Cantus is a warm and moving celebration of the season. Set in the intimate and acoustically exceptional Newport Classical Recital Hall, this festive one-hour performance offers a beautiful mix of familiar traditions and new perspectives on the season.

Newport Classical celebrates the holiday season with six performances across two festive weekends in December – Christmas with Cantus on Saturday, December 5, 2026 at 1pm and 3:30pm at the Newport Classical Recital Hall (42 Dearborn St.); Messiah at the Mansion on Sunday, December 6, 2026 at 1pm and 3:30pm at Rosecliff (548 Bellevue Ave.); and Classical Christmas with Frisson on Saturday, December 12, 2026 at 1pm and 3:30pm at Emmanuel Church (42 Dearborn St.).

Local Event: Newport Classical: Christmas with Cantus

Newport County

Providence Metropolitan Area

Newport

Rhode Island

Newport Classical: Christmas with Cantus

Experience the holiday season through the rich, resonant voices of Cantus! After two sold out performances in 2024, the premier...

Antone Academic Center

The Power of Place: History, Memory, and the Work of Democracy
What role can historic places play in shaping the conversations we need today? Drawing inspiration from Reparative Histories: Local Democracy and the Power of Place in the American Landscape, this keynote conversation will explore how historic sites can become spaces for meaningful dialogue about the past, the communities we inhabit today, and the futures we hope to build.
Dr. Louis P. Nelson, an architectural historian whose work examines the built environments of the Atlantic world and landscapes shaped by enslavement, and Dr. Angel Adams Parham, a sociologist whose scholarship explores race, place, memory, and civic solidarity, are co-editors of the book. They will be joined by Dr. Akeia de Barros Gomes, Director of the Edward W. Kane and Martha J. Wallace Center for Black History at the Newport Historical Society, and Rebecca Bertrand, Executive Director of the Newport Historical Society. Together, these four scholars and public historians bring perspectives spanning sociology, anthropology, archaeology, architectural history, historic preservation, museum interpretation, and the public humanities to a rich conversation about the relationship between place, history, memory, and civic life.

Local Event: Noreen Stonor Drexel Preservation Keynote

Noreen Stonor Drexel Preservation Keynote

The Power of Place: History, Memory, and the Work of Democracy
What role can historic places play in shaping the conversations...

Loeb Visitors Center, 52 Spring Street, Newport, RI 02840

Follow in the footsteps of Newport’s colonial-era Jewish community and discover where congregants lived, worked, and worshiped in the 1700s.&nbsp; This guided walking tour leads you through the historic Touro Synagogue neighborhood, bringing the synagogue’s rich history to life. The tour lasts approximately one hour. 
November Tour Schedule:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Every Sunday @ 11:00 a.m. 
GUEST INFORMATION: •&nbsp;Tours are limited to 18 people. • Tour Fee is $18 per person • Reservations are requested • The tour fee is paid for in person at the Loeb Visitors Center via card or cash (no online payments). •&nbsp;Walks may be canceled without advance notice due to inclement weather. 


TO RESERVE FOR A WALKING TOUR: Email&nbsp;<a href="https://tsfn@tsfnewport.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tsfn@tsfnewport.org</a>&nbsp;and include your name and the number of people in your party.
Note: Some sidewalks are narrow and uneven. This walk is not appropriate for young children. About the Loeb Visitors Center: Before or after your walking tour, we invite you to visit the Loeb Visitors Center. Explore interactive multimedia exhibits and browse our gift items. Celebrate over 250 years of Touro Synagogue history, Newport’s colonial Jewish community, the origins of religious freedom, and the separation of church and state in America. Discover how Newport and the colony of Rhode Island laid the groundwork for our First Amendment rights.
Admissions fees to the Loeb Visitors Center's two floors of exhibits and the gift shop have been waived. We welcome donations and suggest a $5 per person.&nbsp;
Note: The walking tours are offered by TSF Newport (formerly known as Touro Synagogue Foundation).&nbsp; To learn more about TSF Newport, please visit our website:&nbsp;<a href="https://tsfnewport.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">tsfnewport.org/</a> Entry into the synagogue is not included with programs offered out of the Loeb Visitors Center, such as walking tours.&nbsp;&nbsp;For information about tours inside Touro Synagogue, visit this webpage:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.thetourosynagogue.org/tours/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">thetourosynagogue.org/tours/</a>
Lithograph: "State House and Parade", drawn on stone by John Collins, printed by T. Sinclair's Lith., Philadelphia. Courtesy of Newport Historical Society. Photo: TSF Newport guide, Karen Flippo, leads a walking tour group on Washington Square in July 2025.

Local Event: 🚶‍♀️‍➡️🚶🏽‍♂️‍➡️Colonial Jewish Walking Tour

🚶‍♀️‍➡️🚶🏽‍♂️‍➡️Colonial Jewish Walking Tour

Follow in the footsteps of Newport’s colonial-era Jewish community and discover where congregants lived, worked, and worshiped...

Wyndham Newport Hotel

Please join members and friends of the Museum of Newport Irish History for the 3rd talk of its 25th Annual Lecture Series with Stephen Puleo, whose lecture is titled: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;“Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine, and the &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Remarkable Story of America’s First Humanitarian Mission” &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The talk with Q&amp;A to follow will be presented at 6:00 p.m. in person at the Wyndham Newport Hotel and live-streamed via Zoom. • Doors open at 5:30 pm • Light hors d’oeuvres &amp; cash bar available • $10 per person fee to attend in person (cash or check @ door). • No fee/$0 to participate via Zoom. •&nbsp;Copies of Voyage of Mercy will be available for sale and signing after the talk, courtesy of <a href="https://charterbookstore.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Charter Books</a>
Reservations are required for both in-person and virtual participation: CLICK to reserve IN-PERSON:<a href="https://tinyurl.com/48ktfnzu" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">&nbsp;</a><a href="https://tinyurl.com/InPersonPreserv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">tinyurl.com/InPersonPreserv</a> CLICK to participate via ZOOM:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://tinyurl.com/virtualreserv" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">tinyurl.com/virtualreserv</a>
Questions/Assistance with Reservations: Please write Ann at <a href="mailto:NewportIrishHistory@gmail.com" target="_blank">NewportIrishHistory@gmail.com</a> or phone (401) 841-5493.&nbsp; Note: If you are hosting a group of 4 or more and would like to pay by card, please contact Ann at least 24 hours BEFORE the event to make arrangements. Cards are not accepted at the door. TALK OVERVIEW: Stephen Puleo’s book VOYAGE OF MERCY&nbsp;tells the incredible story of the Great Famine, the Jamestown voyage, and the commitment of thousands of ordinary Americans to offer relief to Ireland, a groundswell that provided the collaborative blueprint for future relief efforts and established the United States as the leader in international aid. More than 5,000 ships left Ireland during the Great Potato Famine in the late 1840s, transporting the starving and the destitute away from their stricken homeland. The first vessel to sail in the other direction, to help the millions unable to escape, was the USS Jamestown, a converted warship that left Boston in March 1847, loaded with precious food for Ireland. Captain Robert Bennet Forbes and the crew of the USS Jamestown began a massive eighteen-month demonstration of soaring goodwill against the backdrop of unfathomable despair—one nation’s struggle to survive, and another’s effort to provide a lifeline. Forbes’ undertaking inspired a nationwide outpouring of relief that was unprecedented in size and scope, the first instance of an entire nation extending a hand to a foreign neighbor for purely humanitarian reasons. It showed the world that national generosity and brotherhood were not signs of weakness but displays of quiet strength and moral certitude. Through July 1848, some sixteen months after the assistance began, Americans donated a massive amount of food, more than 9,900 tons, to sustain Ireland. The humanitarian transatlantic convoy from the United States that began with Jamestown’s unprecedented voyage did not stop until upwards of 150 ships from U.S. ports delivered food, clothing, and provisions to starving Ireland.
STEPHEN PULEO is an author, historian, teacher, public speaker, and communications professional. He is the author of eight books, including his most recent, The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union, published by St. Martin’s Press in 2024, and nominated for the prestigious Mark Lynton History Prize offered by the Columbia School of Journalism and Harvard’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism. His ninth book, The Penicillin Miracle: A Deadly Fire, World War II, and the Dawn of the Antibiotics Age, will be published in late summer 2027. To learn more about his work, please visit <a href="https://www.stephenpuleo.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">StephenPuleo.com</a>. 
SERIES SPONSORS: For a list of our generous 25th Annual Lecture Series sponsors, please visit:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://newportirishhistory.org/lectures/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">newportirishhistory.org/lectures/</a>
ABOUT THE MUSEUM-Celebrating 30 years The Museum of Newport Irish History,
 a volunteer-driven, non-profit 501c3 organization, was founded in 1996 
and now boasts over 900 members. In addition to operating an <a href="https://newportirishhistory.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Interpretive Center</a>
 on Lower Thames Street, the organization sponsors numerous educational,
 cultural, social, and fundraising events throughout the year, including
 its popular <a href="https://newportirishhistory.org/lectures/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Annual Lecture Series</a>, now in its 25th season. The 
organization also restored and maintains the historic <a href="https://newportirishhistory.org/historic-cemetery-tours/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Barney Street Cemetery</a>
 at the corner of Barney and Mt. Vernon Streets, steps from Washington 
Square. It is the final resting place of many of Newport’s earliest 
Irish residents. The cemetery was established to support Rhode 
Island’s first Roman Catholic parish, the forerunner of the current 
Saint Mary’s Church at the corner of Spring Street and Memorial 
Boulevard.
To learn more or to join the Museum, please visit <a href="https://newportirishhistory.org/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">NewportIrishHistory.org</a> or write us at <a href="https://newportirishhistory@gmaiLcom" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newportirishhistory@gmaiLcom</a>

Local Event: ☘️ “Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine & America's First Humanitarian Mission"

☘️ “Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the...

Please join members and friends of the Museum of Newport Irish History for the 3rd talk of its 25th Annual Lecture Series with...

☘️ “Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine & America's First Humanitarian Mission"

Sonesta Select Newport Middletown

Online: <a href="https://tinyurl.com/NewportRAB" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://tinyurl.com/NewportRAB</a>
Meeting ID: 289 923 862 761,&nbsp;Password: AJjcKg

Call in: 1-877-286-5733 Phone Conference ID: 158 357 761#You can meet with fellow citizens and representatives from the Navy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, and you can help plan studies and cleanups of contaminated sites.
For general information regarding the NAVSTA Newport Environmental Restoration Program (ERP) or more details on this and other upcoming meetings, go to the Navy’s website <a href="https://bit.ly/3oeFnFa" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3oeFnFa</a>. Click on the tabs Home Page, Site Descriptions, and Administrative Record, or the links within this Navy public website. By clicking on the Administrative Records, you can search public documents related to the investigation and cleanup at ERP sites.
EPA Website: <a href="https://epa.gov/superfund/netc" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://epa.gov/superfund/netc</a>
If you have any questions, please call the Navy Co-Chair at 401-480-9583 or Citizen Co-Chair 404-259-3148.

Local Event: Public Meeting Naval Station Newport Restoration Advisory Board (RAB)

Middletown

Public Meeting Naval Station Newport...

Online: https://tinyurl.com/NewportRAB
Meeting ID: 289 923 862 761, Password: AJjcKg

Call in: 1-877-286-5733 Phone Conference...

Public Meeting Naval Station Newport Restoration Advisory Board (RAB)

An evening of live music, stories, and poetry; sign-up is at 6:30 p.m. Preregister at wedsliveganny@gmail.com.

Local Event: Open Mic Wednesday Night Live at the Ganny

Jamestown

Open Mic Wednesday Night Live at the Ganny

Newport Public Library

Learn about Google Travel and how you can use it to plan your vacation. Google Travel features functions such as searching for and tracking flight prices, and finding hotel accommodations within your budget.&nbsp;
*Registration is required.

Local Event: Adult Tech Workshop: Google Travel

Adult Tech Workshop: Google Travel

Learn about Google Travel and how you can use it to plan your vacation. Google Travel features functions such as searching for...

Vasco Da Gama

The Newport Ski Club will be meeting 11/19 at 7 PM. Come learn what our club is about. Snow sport enthusiasts are encouraged to attend or contact nscmembership1@gmail.com with questions.

Local Event: Let's Go Skiing

Let's Go Skiing

The Newport Ski Club will be meeting 11/19 at 7 PM. Come learn what our club is about. Snow sport enthusiasts are encouraged to...

Nearby Communities

State Edition

National Edition

Newport|Local Event

Newport Classical: Christmas with Cantus

Event Details

More Upcoming Events

Noreen Stonor Drexel Preservation Keynote

NOV

13

5:00 PM

Antone Academic Center, 56 Lawrence Ave, Newport, RI

🚶‍♀️‍➡️🚶🏽‍♂️‍➡️Colonial Jewish Walking Tour

NOV

15

11:00 AM

Newport, RI

☘️ “Voyage of Mercy: The USS Jamestown, the Irish Famine & America's First Humanitarian Mission"

NOV

17

6:00 PM

Wyndham Newport Hotel, 240 Aquidneck Ave, Middletown, RI

Public Meeting Naval Station Newport Restoration Advisory Board (RAB)

NOV

18

6:30 PM

Sonesta Select Newport Middletown, 9 Commerce Dr, Middletown, RI

Open Mic Wednesday Night Live at the Ganny

NOV

18

7:00 PM

Narragansett Cafe, 25 Narragansett Avenue, Jamestown

Adult Tech Workshop: Google Travel

NOV

19

2:30 PM

Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St, Newport, RI

Let's Go Skiing

NOV

19

7:00 PM

Vasco Da Gama, 15 Fenner Ave, Newport, RI

Public Meeting Naval Station Newport Restoration Advisory Board (RAB)

Joe Rocco’s Newport Comedy Series

Black Duck Productions, LLC

Newport Comedy Series