The Joyce Restaurant & Pub

Come join us for a night of comedy upstairs at the Joyce. This is adults only so at least 17 years old to attend.&nbsp; Great headliner Mark McGwin with amazing opening comics, Local Jacy Northup -Johnny Rotten, Julie Wesner, Johnny Joyce and Chris Frachette.&nbsp; Always funny always Fresh

Local Event: Poppy's Jokin Off Comedy Show

Washington County

Narragansett-South Kingstown

Rhode Island

Poppy's Jokin Off Comedy Show

Come join us for a night of comedy upstairs at the Joyce. This is adults only so at least 17 years old to attend.  Great...

Jamestown Arts Center

“Vermeer, Vermeer Forgeries, and the ‘Van Meegeren Affair’”
 
RSVP encouraged | Pay-what-you-can Join Jamestown Arts Center for a JAC Talk with Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., one of the foremost scholars of Dutch and Flemish painting. Wheelock is the former Curator of Northern Baroque Painting at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, where he served for more than four decades, and Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Maryland. A specialist in Vermeer and seventeenth-century Dutch art, he has organized major international exhibitions, including the landmark 1995 Johannes Vermeer exhibition at the National Gallery, and has published widely on Vermeer, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, and other masters of the period.Wheelock will discuss the infamous “Van Meegeren Affair,” the 1947 trial in which Dutch forger Han van Meegeren argued that he had not sold priceless Vermeer paintings to the Nazis, but had instead deceived them into purchasing his own forgeries. The case stunned the Dutch public and the art-historical establishment, especially after it was revealed that The Supper at Emmaus—long celebrated by Dutch scholars as one of Vermeer’s greatest works—had in fact been painted by Van Meegeren.
This talk traces how the scandal reshaped scholarly understandings of Vermeer’s oeuvre, prompting art historians to reconsider works that had previously been attributed to the artist. Wheelock will focus in particular on Young Woman Seated at a Virginal in The Leiden Collection, exploring the painting’s complex attribution history, its place within debates around Vermeer, and its recent conservation treatment.

Local Event: JAC Talk: Dr. Arthur Wheelock

North Kingstown

JAC Talk: Dr. Arthur Wheelock

“Vermeer, Vermeer Forgeries, and the ‘Van Meegeren Affair’”
 
RSVP encouraged | Pay-what-you-can Join Jamestown Arts Center for...

North Kingstown Free Library

Performance will feature patriotic and classical music, show tunes, marches and more, led by Music Director Charles Johnson. Admission is free. This concert was previously announced to take place inside the library, but that has been changed to outdoors. Audience members are therefore encouraged to bring lawn chairs and blankets for seating.

Local Event: Lafayette Band Season Finale Concert

Lafayette Band Season Finale Concert

Performance will feature patriotic and classical music, show tunes, marches and more, led by Music Director Charles Johnson....

The Wickford Art Association presented Only Squares Apply, a juried exhibition celebrating the creative possibilities of the 1:1 square format.
The subject was entirely open and did not need to relate to squares. All media—including sculpture—adhered to the square format and was professionally finished. To maintain the cohesion of the geometric theme, framed works were required to use both square mats and square frames, ensuring that every piece reflected the structural balance of the square format.
Juror Suzanne Volmer selected a diverse group of works exploring composition, color, texture, pattern, abstraction, and subject within the unique boundaries of the square. An internationally exhibited artist, Volmer had shown her sculptures, installations, and drawings in galleries and museums in the U.S. and abroad. She was also an art critic and member of the International Association of Art Critics, with writing published in Artscope, Sculpture Magazine, and Arts Magazine. Her extensive background in contemporary art and sculpture brought a distinctive perspective to the selection of works for Only Squares Apply.
The exhibition demonstrated how a simple, defined format could inspire an extraordinary range of artistic expression.
Only Squares Apply opens Thursday, August 6, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 6, 2026 
Exhibition Dates:August 6 – September 6, 2026 
Location: 36 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI

Local Event: Only Squares Apply Exhibit

Only Squares Apply Exhibit

The Wickford Art Association presented Only Squares Apply, a juried exhibition celebrating the creative possibilities of the...

Two day island-wide Artists’ Open Studios Tour 
Free

<h4>Participating Artists + Studios:</h4>
Hilary Archer
Jillian Barber
Shirley Bell
Ellen Bulger
David &amp; Jennifer Clancy
Diane Damle
Peter Diepenbrock
Dave Drown
Peter Elsworth
Peter Flood
Katherine Fu
Fuller Gallery
Diane Harrison
Lyric Marie Johnson
Jane Kameski
Deb Lichtenstein
Kat Levioe
Sue Mailloux
Rick Meli
Petra Napolitano
Becky Olien
Sarah Oesting
Out of the Box Studio &amp; Gallery
Tory Reiff
Julie Sanford
Sandy Sorlien
Didi Suydam
Christopher T. Terry
Alexi Sarah Widoff
Ernie Wulff

Local Event: Artists’ Open Studios

Artists’ Open Studios

Two day island-wide Artists’ Open Studios Tour 
Free

Participating Artists + Studios:
Hilary Archer
Jillian Barber
Shirley...

Gilbert Stuart Birthplace & Museum

Join Beth Berry for a theatrical descent into a true story of guilt, greed, madness, and blood from the summer of 1891. This immersive performance explores a historical confrontation involving a drunken handyman and a volatile businessman. Tickets are available for $20 for members and $25 for non-members.

Local Event: Blood At The Birthplace

Blood At The Birthplace

Join Beth Berry for a theatrical descent into a true story of guilt, greed, madness, and blood from the summer of 1891. This...

Artist Talk: After the Fire: Batik, Memory, and the Lives Trees HoldRSVP encouraged |Pay-what-you-can Join artist Adam de Boer for a lively, illustrated conversation with Jamestown Arts Center Executive Director Christine Cocca on the occasion of A Celebration of Trees. Rather than a traditional artist lecture, this evening will unfold as a dialogue between de Boer and Cocca, whose shared experiences as Fulbright scholars in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, provide a natural point of connection for a broader conversation about art, place, cultural exchange, and the ways landscapes shape creative practice.Beginning with de Boer’s Reconstruction Site No. 5, currently on view in the exhibition, the conversation will consider how trees, coastlines, cityscapes, and sites of destruction and renewal can hold memory, identity, and transformation. In January 2025, the Los Angeles wildfires devastated de Boer’s neighborhood of Altadena. As the son of a firefighter, de Boer had long understood fire as part of California’s ecological and cultural reality, but experiencing the disaster so closely reshaped his relationship to the place he calls home. His ongoing Reconstruction Site series records not only destruction, but also endurance, renewal, and the intimate ways a city begins to rebuild after loss.
The discussion will also trace de Boer’s long engagement with Javanese batik, a centuries-old textile tradition that he has adapted into a hybrid painting practice. Through images, process documentation, and exchange, de Boer and Cocca will discuss molten beeswax, canting tools, staining, boiling, oil painting, and the deeper questions embedded in technique: what it means to inherit, translate, and transform a cultural form across geographies. Together, they will reflect on California and Indonesia, wildfire and memory, Dutch-Indonesian heritage, and the role of artistic practice in making sense of the places that form us.
The evening will include projected images, behind-the-scenes views of de Boer’s process, and time for audience Q&amp;A.About the Artist
<a href="https://www.adamdeboer.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Adam de Boer</a> is a Los Angeles-based artist whose work combines traditional Javanese crafts, including batik and wood carving, with Western oil painting as a way to connect his artistic practice with those of his distant cultural forebears. For more than a decade, his coastal scenes, cityscapes, and architectural landscapes have explored the visual textures, cultural minglings, and socioeconomic realities of California and Indonesia. His recent work depicts the cultural hodgepodge of Los Angeles while maintaining a strong connection to his Dutch-Indonesian immigrant heritage.
De Boer received a BFA in Painting from the College of Creative Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at Jane Lombard Gallery, New York; Gazelli Art House, London; Plato, New York; Taymour Grahne Projects, London; The Pit, Los Angeles; Gajah Gallery, Jakarta and Singapore; Ben Brown Fine Arts, London and Hong Kong; The Hole, New York and Los Angeles; World Trade Centre, Jakarta; and Art Jog, Yogyakarta.
De Boer is a Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship alumnus and, in 2017, was awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship to Java, Indonesia. His additional grants and awards include the International Art Prize presented by Winsor &amp; Newton and Paul Smith’s Foundation, and Arts for India from the University of the Arts London.

Local Event: Adam de Boer in Conversation with Christine Cocca

Adam de Boer in Conversation with Christine Cocca

Artist Talk: After the Fire: Batik, Memory, and the Lives Trees HoldRSVP encouraged |Pay-what-you-can Join artist Adam de Boer...

Washington County Fair

The RI Dahlia Society will have a display of lovely blooms in the Agriculture Building.

Local Event: RI Dahlia Society Show

RI Dahlia Society Show

The RI Dahlia Society will have a display of lovely blooms in the Agriculture Building. 

North Kingstown Town Beach

West Bay Community Theater will present one of the original "jukebox musicals", MAMMA MIA! - IN CONCERT, Saturday, August 15, 2026 (rain date August 16th) at the North Kingstown Town Beach Bandshell. WBCT's unique, hybrid "In-Concert" format lends itself particularly well to this show, putting the music of ABBA to the forefront while still delivering a theatrical experience not to be missed. 
Last year's CHICAGO-IN CONCERT
broke all WBCT attendance records and MAMMA MIA! looks to do even better, if advance ticket sales are any indication. WBCT&nbsp;President Terry Shea directs, working with the returning Alex Tirrell (Music Director) and Marley Shaw (Choreographer) to produce a sure-fire summer hit. With food trucks (Hometown Poke, Palagis Ice Cream, and Pam's Grill On the Go), an August night on the water, and a night of musical theater, it's the perfect occasion to arrive early, claim your spot on the lawn and take in one of the must-see events of the season. 
The cast includes Patty Mott (who many will remember as Mama Morton in last year's Chicago), Amanda Birkitt, Ron Martin, Gabriella Rose, Luca Ialongo, Morgan Van Thuyne, Joey Del Santo, Ivis Tostes, Olivia Dufresne, Nathaniel Jarret, Jackson Singleton, Michael Gorman, Harper Hennings, Cienna McNamara, Maggie Peterson, Kristen Allen, Rylie Appolonia, James Boughman, Alexa Laurent, Laura Perez, and Jack Barriere. 
Mamma Mia!-In Concert will be another patented WBCT hybrid musical event with a blend of "In Concert"-style staging and traditional musical theater, all accentuated by large video screens featuring live closeups and selected imagery and song titles. No seat is a bad seat for a WBCT summer show! 
Tickets are on sale now at the WBCT box office. Tickets are $22 General Admission and $17 for Senior/Student/Active military (proof of status may be asked at the box office tent day of show). While tickets will be available to buy in person at the event, we highly suggest booking in advance to guarantee your spot. Visit <a href="https://wbctheater.org/box-office%20" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://wbctheater.org/box-office</a>
to purchase.
About the show: 
Music and Lyrics by BENNY ANDERSSON &amp; BJÖRN ULVAEUS, and some songs with STIG ANDERSON
Book by CATHERINE JOHNSON
Originally Conceived by JUDY CRAYMER
MAMMA MIA! was originally produced in London by Judy Craymer, Richard East, and Björn Ulvaeus for Littlestar in association with Universal.
Additional Material &amp; Arrangements by MARTIN KOCH
Music Published by Universal Music Publishing Group and EMI Grove Park Music Inc. and EMI Waterford Music Inc.
Mamma Mia! is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

Director: Terry Shea
Music Director: Alex Tirrell
Choreographer: Marley Shaw
Costuming and Properties: Margee Wolf
Production Design: Zach Searle/Terry Shea
Lighting consultants: APAD

Synopsis:
ABBA's hits tell the hilarious story of a young woman's search for her birth father. This sunny and funny tale unfolds on a Greek island paradise. On the eve of her wedding, a daughter's quest to discover the identity of her father brings three men from her mother's past back to the island they last visited 20 years ago.
The story-telling magic of ABBA's timeless songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter, and friendship, creating an unforgettable show. A large cast, non-stop laughs, and explosive dance numbers combine to make Mamma Mia!
a guaranteed smash hit. A mother. A daughter. Three possible dads. And a trip down the aisle you will never forget!

WHAT:
WBCT Presents MAMMA MIA!-IN CONCERT
WHEN:
Saturday, August 15th at 7:30pm (Rain Date - Sunday, August 16th)
WHERE:
NK Town Beach Bandshell, 10 Beach Street, North Kingstown, RI 02852
TICKETS:
$22/$17 <a href="https://wbctheater.org/box-office" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wbctheater.org/box-office</a>

Local Event: WBCT Presents "MAMMA MIA! - IN CONCERT"

WBCT Presents "MAMMA MIA! - IN CONCERT"

West Bay Community Theater will present one of the original "jukebox musicals", MAMMA MIA! - IN CONCERT, Saturday, August 15,...

The RI Dahlia Society will have a display of beautiful blooms in the Agriculture Building

The RI Dahlia Society will have a display of beautiful blooms in the Agriculture Building 

Narragansett Cafe

Experience an evening of local talent featuring live music, stories, poetry, and more. Performers are invited to sign up starting at 6:30 PM or can preregister via email to secure a spot for this recurring showcase.

Local Event: Open Mic: Wednesday Night Live at the Ganny

Newport County

Jamestown

Open Mic: Wednesday Night Live at the Ganny

Experience an evening of local talent featuring live music, stories, poetry, and more. Performers are invited to sign up...

Newport Elks Lodge, 141 Pelham St, Newport, RI, 02840

Making comedy fans across the country laugh since 2000, Artie Januario draws on nearly five decades in healthcare for material. Artie is a pharmacist, no joke, and has performed in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Boston and New York. Now he makes his Newport debut alongside fellow hysterical comedian Will Noonan. Will was a smash hit before a sellout crowd of 400 at the 2025 Newport Winter Festival. Improper Bostonian magazine named him "Boston's Best Comedian 2018” Artie and Will will team up for a terrific evening of stand-up comedy!All seats general admission. Must be at least 18 to attend. All comedians scheduled to appear $2 of every ticket sold goes to the Boys &amp; Girls Club of NewportFor more information and tickets click here: <a href="https://southcoastcomedy.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">southcoastcomedy.com</a> or purchase at the door unless Sold Out

Local Event: Joe Rocco’s Newport Comedy Series

Newport

Joe Rocco’s Newport Comedy Series

Making comedy fans across the country laugh since 2000, Artie Januario draws on nearly five decades in healthcare for material....

Cold Spring Community Center

The RI Dahlia Society will host their Annual Dahlia Show from 3-7 PM at the Cold Spring Community Center in North Kingstown. There will be hundreds of beautiful blooms on display along with several themed arrangements. Vases of Dahlias will be available for purchase while supplies last. There will also be a Photo Contest. Members will be on hand to answer any questions. Open to the Public. Admissions is free and visit the website for more info.

Local Event: RI Dahlia Society Annual Dalia Show

RI Dahlia Society Annual Dalia Show

The RI Dahlia Society will host their Annual Dahlia Show from 3-7 PM at the Cold Spring Community Center in North Kingstown....

The RI Dahlia Society will host their Annual Dahlia Show from 10 am to 4 pm. There will be hundreds of beautiful Dahlias on display along with several themed arrangements. Vases of Dahlias will be available for purchase while supplies last. Members will be on hand to answer any questions. A Photo Contest will also be on the walls. Open to the Public, and admission is free. Go to the RI Dahlia Society website for the Program and more information.

Local Event: RI Dahlia Annual Dahlia Show

RI Dahlia Annual Dahlia Show

The RI Dahlia Society will host their Annual Dahlia Show from 10 am to 4 pm. There will be hundreds of beautiful Dahlias on...

Providence Marriott Downtown

Roger Williams University School of Law Providence Law School Fair
Thinking about law school? Join Roger Williams University School of Law for the annual Providence Law School Fair, where you'll have the opportunity to explore legal education and connect with representatives from more than 40 ABA-approved law schools from across the United States.
The event begins with a Law School Admissions 101 Panel from 12:00–1:00 p.m., where admissions professionals will provide an overview of the law school admissions process and answer general questions. Following the panel, attendees are invited to meet one-on-one with representatives from participating law schools during the Law School Fair from 1:00–3:00 p.m.

For additional information and to register, visit: <a target="_blank" href="https://law.rwu.edu/events/providence-law-fair" rel="nofollow noopener">https://law.rwu.edu/events/providence-law-fair</a>
Or contact the RWU Law Admissions Office at 401-254-4555.

Local Event: RWU Law Providence Law School Fair

Providence County

Providence

RWU Law Providence Law School Fair

Roger Williams University School of Law Providence Law School Fair
Thinking about law school? Join Roger Williams University...

Kent County

Providence Metropolitan Area

East Greenwich

Exeter

West Warwick

Portsmouth

Warwick

Middletown

Richmond

Star studded lineup of comedians coming to Newport!

Newport Comedy Series

The Newport Comedy Series is a production company that brings live stand-up comedy and unique, interactive comedy shows to Newport, Rhode Island, and surrounding areas. For show tickets to the 2026 series at the Newport Elks Lodge, visit southcoastcomedy.com. For discounted season ticket info or Group ticket purchases of 12 or more please contact Joe Rocco, rocjoprod@gmail.com or 401-556-5779.

The Newport Comedy Series is a production company that brings live stand-up comedy and unique, interactive comedy shows to Newport, Rhode Island,...

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Wednesday, August 5

Poppy's Jokin Off Comedy Show

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The Joyce Restaurant & Pub, 195 Main St, South Kingstown, RI

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