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SUMMARY:Keeping Rough Point Above Water: Restoring Rough Point & Doris Duke's Preservation Legacy
DESCRIPTION:This month marks the 58th anniversary of the establishment of the Newport Restoration Foundation. Explore Doris Duke’s legacy of historic preservation and get a look inside Restoring Rough Point—a comprehensive preservation campaign. \nThis tour will give you a look inside the ongoing restoration project at Rough Point—including spaces like the East Wing that are currently not open to the public. Learn about NRF’s preservation plan for Doris Duke’s 130+ year-old Newport home and how this work is part of our greater stewardship of the more than 80 historic sites in our care. \nKnow before you go: While most of this tour is accessible by wheelchair\, this tour includes spaces that are not currently wheelchair accessible. \nTickets are limited! Reserve yours here \nPresented as part of Keeping History Above Water 10th Anniversary celebrations. Learn more here \nAbout Telling Stories: Guided Tours:\nTelling Stories: Guided Tours at NRF goes deeper into the legacy of Doris Duke through the exploration of her life—including how her work preserving\, restoring\, and sharing Newport’s cultural heritage impacts us today. Each tour takes a closer look at the people behind the places and collections we care for.
URL:https://www.newportrestoration.org/event/keeping-rough-point-above-water-restoring-rough-point-doris-dukes-preservation-legacy-2/
LOCATION:Rough Point Museum\, 680 Bellevue Avenue\, Newport\, RI\, 02840\, United States
CATEGORIES:KEEPING HISTORY ABOVE WATER,Telling Stories: Guided Tours
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T180000
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SUMMARY:Rough Point After Dark: Spirit Edition
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our annual Rough Point: After Dark spirit-filled edition! \nNo tricks here—just sweet treats and autumnal- inspired spirits while you explore the museum after dark. \nPlease note: your admission includes one ticket for a seasonal signature drink. This event is for guests 21 years and older. \nReservation in advance is highly recommended! Get your tickets here
URL:https://www.newportrestoration.org/event/rough-point-after-dark-spirit-edition-2/
LOCATION:Rough Point Museum\, 680 Bellevue Avenue\, Newport\, RI\, 02840\, United States
CATEGORIES:ROUGH POINT MUSEUM
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T160000
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SUMMARY:Was Freedom Sweet? The Travels of Arthur Bowler\, Black Loyalist: a Book Talk with Jane Lancaster
DESCRIPTION:This book talk from author and historian Jan Lancaster will share the story of Arthur Bowler\, an enslaved African\, who lived in the house later called the Vernon House for at least a decade — before Cato Vernon’s time. She’ll discuss the clues available about his life in Newport\, and his subsequent life in Portsmouth\, New York\, Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone. As a so-called Black Loyalist his life followed a very different trajectory from that of Cato Vernon. \nThis talk coincides with research Jane conducted for her debut work of historical fiction\, Liberty is Sweet. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Jane Lancaster:\n\nJane Lancaster is a historian by training and a communicator by instinct. In books\, articles and talks\, she shows people that history is all around them. Before she earned a PhD in history from Brown University and started publishing books and articles\, she was an award-winning high school history teacher\, both in the UK and in the USA\, persuading students (often successfully) that history was all around them if they knew how and where to look.
URL:https://www.newportrestoration.org/event/was-freedom-sweet-the-travels-of-arthur-bowler-black-loyalist-a-book-talk-with-jane-lancaster/
LOCATION:The Vernon House\, 46 Clarke Street\, Newport\, RI 02840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Talk,Vernon House
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261018T190000
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SUMMARY:Book Event: The Forest Year by Ethan Tapper
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with our friends at Charter Books\, join us for an event with author Ethan Tapper. Tapper will discuss his new book\, The Forest Year\, a meditative and lyrical ode to the land\, weaving complex scientific and ecological concepts with beautiful narrative prose\, making nuanced ideas easy to understand and deeply resonant. Both place-based and practice-driven\, Tapper writes not as an armchair philosopher or an academic\, but as a working forester and ecologist stewarding real forests in real time\, blending emotional insight with ecological rigor. \nDoors open at 5:00 PM to view the museum and the talk begins at 5:30 PM. \n$15 general admission; FREE for Newport County Residents. \nTickets available here \nAbout The Forest Year: \nA forest almanac for our time\, rooted in a full year observing a rural woodland and its birds.\nTapper’s groundbreaking first book How to Love a Forest offered a pragmatic and hopeful vision for our relationship with forests and other ecosystems. His new book\, The Forest Year\, lives inside the practice of staying\, caretaking\, and paying attention. Following the author’s forest through a year of life\, the book explores flowers\, birds\, forest ecology\, biodiversity\, while also reflecting on stewardship\, community\, and what it means to be rooted in place.\n\nA moving account of what it means to persist in the face of change and to love a place through work\, compromise\, sacrifice\, and humility\, this book will inspire readers to think deeply about where they live and who they are.\n\nAbout the author:\nEthan Tapper is a forester\, ecologist\, digital storyteller\, and the bestselling author of How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World. For more than a decade\, Ethan has been recognized as a thought-leader in the world of ecosystem stewardship\, winning numerous regional and national awards for his work. More recently\, he has been recognized as a writer – since its publication in 2024\, How to Love a Forest has been named the winner of the 2025 New England Book Award for nonfiction\, and received international acclaim. Ethan’s message of relationship\, responsibility and hope reaches millions of people each year through his writing\, social media channels with hundreds of thousands of followers\, and the hundreds of walks\, talks and keynotes that he delivers across North America each year. Ethan works\, writes\, hunts\, birds and runs a small consulting forestry business from his home at Bear Island – his 175-acre working forest\, homestead\, orchard and sugarbush in Vermont – and plays in his punk band\, The Bubs. \nAbout our partner\, Charter Books:\nFounded in 2020\, Charter Books is a Newport-based business whose mission is to cultivate community and a robust local culture through a broad selection of books\, programming\, and the free exchange of ideas. We’re committed to exceptional customer service and the values of inclusion\, diversity\, and independence.
URL:https://www.newportrestoration.org/event/book-event-the-forest-year-by-ethan-tapper/
LOCATION:Rough Point Museum\, 680 Bellevue Avenue\, Newport\, RI\, 02840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261023T170000
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SUMMARY:Keeping History Above Water: Looking Back\, Moving Forward
DESCRIPTION:Keeping History Above Water returns to Newport! \nJoin us for a symposium exploring a decade of successes and lessons learned\, cultivating a community of practitioners\, and inspiring action for pragmatic solutions for cultural heritage resiliency in the wake of climate change. \nRegistration now open. \nSymposium Schedule: \nWednesday\, October 21: 12:30pm-3pm Elevation as Craft • (Optional) Opening Reception & Keynote: 5:30pm-7:30pm \nThursday\, October 22 & Friday\, October 23: Sessions: 9:00am -3:15pm • Offsite sessions: 3:30pm \nSessions will take place at Bazarsky Lecture Hall\, 36 Ochre Court\, Newport\, RI with offsite afternoon sessions at various locations throughout Newport. \nThe keynote address and opening reception will be held on Wednesday\, October 21 at Rough Point Museum\, 680 Bellevue Avenue\, from 5:30-7:30 pm. \nInitial program
URL:https://www.newportrestoration.org/event/keeping-history-above-water-looking-back-moving-forward/
LOCATION:Bazarsky Lecture Hall\, 36 Ochre Point Ave\, Newport\, 02840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261021T193000
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SUMMARY:Keynote Address by Elizabeth Rush & Keeping History Above Water Opening Reception
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a keynote address by Pulitzer-prize finalist Elizabeth Rush and opening reception for Keeping History Above Water: Looking Back\, Moving Forward.\n\nDoors open at 5:00 pm\n5:30-6:30 pm. The Labor of Transformation. Rising tides and stronger storms demand that we transform how we live\, on the coast and beyond. This talk will consider how to conduct that work in as democratic a manner as possible\, leveraging the Elizabeth Rush’s experience onboard an Antarctic research vessel and the history of the last continent’s exploration as examples.\n6:30-7:30 pm. Reception\n\nTickets available here\n\nAbout Elizabeth Rush:\n\nElizabeth Rush is the author of The Quickening: Antarctica\, Motherhood\, and Cultivating Hope in a Warming World\, and Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore\, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Central to Rush’s writing practice is the act of listening: listening to those who live in front-line climate changed communities\, listening to Antarctica’s great glaciers as they go to pieces\, listening to all those voices long locked out of environmental conversations. Her work explores a couple of fundamental questions: what does our disassembling world ask of us? How can we continue to live and love while also losing much? Rush’s work has appeared in wide range of publications from the New York Times to Orion and Guernica. She is the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts\, the National Science Foundation\, National Geographic\, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation\, the Howard Foundation\, the Andrew Mellon Foundation and the Metcalf Institute. She splits her time between Providence\, Rhode Island where teaches creative nonfiction at Brown University and Bogotá\, Colombia.
URL:https://www.newportrestoration.org/event/keynote-address-by-elizabeth-rush-keeping-history-above-water-opening-reception/
LOCATION:Rough Point Museum\, 680 Bellevue Avenue\, Newport\, RI\, 02840\, United States
CATEGORIES:KEEPING HISTORY ABOVE WATER,Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261022T190000
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Lois Harada
DESCRIPTION:Artist Lois Harada is a printmaker based in North Providence\, RI. Join her for an artist talk about her practice\, recent projects and her work. \nBring your pennies; the artist will have a custom penny press installed at The Cato Vernon Freedom Library. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Lois Harada:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLois Harada is an artist and printmaker working in Providence\, Rhode Island. She studied printmaking at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and settled in Providence after graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2010. She works at DWRI Letterpress\, a commercial letterpress printshop where she also prints her own work. Harada utilizes text and the medium of the poster to tell her family’s story of incarceration — her paternal grandmother was interned in Poston\, Arizona from 1942 -1945. She takes inspiration from propaganda printed and distributed by the United States government and prints with type and equipment similar to that which would have created the original works.
URL:https://www.newportrestoration.org/event/artist-talk-with-lois-harada/
LOCATION:The Vernon House\, 46 Clarke Street\, Newport\, RI 02840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Talk,Vernon House
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T113000
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SUMMARY:From Revolution to Resiliency: The Bike Tour
DESCRIPTION:Newport is home to some of the nation’s oldest architecture—which is currently threatened by sea-level rise and the increasing impacts of climate change.\nJoin the Newport Restoration Foundation and Bike Newport on a guided tour exploring resiliency in Newport. We’ll visit historic sites under the care of the Newport Restoration Foundation in the Point and Historic Hill neighborhoods and see resiliency work in action\, including how NRF and the City of Newport are planning for a more resilient future. \nKnow before you go:\nThis tour is approximately 3 miles in length and begins and ends at Bike Newport’s headquarters at 62 Broadway. Bikes are available to rent from Bike Newport. \nTickets are limited! Get yours here \nPresented as part of Keeping History Above Water 10th Anniversary celebrations. Learn more here \nAbout Bike Newport: \nBike Newport is the leading advocate in our region for making bicycling accessible\, safe\, and inviting for all. We work to create safer places to walk and ride for transportation and recreation by inspiring and facilitating innovative infrastructure planning\, community engagement\, and education. As bicycling continues to emerge as a powerful solution to health\, economic\, and environmental challenges\, Bike Newport serves the entire community with a strong focus on reaching people of all backgrounds\, abilities\, and neighborhoods—ensuring that our vision of “Biking for Everyone” becomes a reality. \n 
URL:https://www.newportrestoration.org/event/from-revolution-to-resiliency-the-bike-tour/
LOCATION:62 Broadway\, 62 Broadway\, Newport\, RI\, 02840\, United States
CATEGORIES:KEEPING HISTORY ABOVE WATER
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T113000
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SUMMARY:Tree Talk: The Rough Point Turkish Oak & Tree Planting
DESCRIPTION:Join us and our friends at the Newport Tree Conservancy for a special Tree Talk and Ceremonial Planting at Rough Point. We will plant a grafted clone of the grand Turkish Oak (Quercus cerris)\, a tribute to the vision of the Frederick Law Olmsted’s historic 1887-1891 landscape and an example of the Newport Tree Conservancy’s efforts in historical preservation through horticulture. \nKnow before you go: \n\nThe program will be held outdoors\, rain or shine\nPlease wear appropriate footwear for walking on uneven ground\nThis tour is not wheelchair accessible\n\nAbout the Turkish Oak: The Turkish Oak is a Rhode Island State Champion Tree. At over 180 years old\, the tree predates the construction of Rough Point and the design of the landscape in 1891.\nIn April 2026\, Rough Point Achieved Level 1 Arboretum accreditation through ArbNet\, which unites arboreta\, botanic gardens with woody plant collections\, and tree advocates around the world in a collaborative community dedicated to advancing the planting\, study\, and conservation of trees. \nWhile this event is free for all\, we ask that you please register here in advance. \n________________________________ \nAbout the Newport Tree Conservancy: \nThe Newport Tree Conservancy is committed to supporting the health and resiliency of trees in Newport\, RI. They are connecting the community with the city-wide arboretum\, and planting the next generation of Newport’s urban forest. \nLearn more at newporttreeconservancy.org.
URL:https://www.newportrestoration.org/event/tree-talk-the-rough-point-turkish-oak-tree-planting/
LOCATION:Rough Point Museum\, 680 Bellevue Avenue\, Newport\, RI\, 02840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,ROUGH POINT MUSEUM,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261024T160000
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SUMMARY:Sewing Circles with Bob Dilworth
DESCRIPTION:Something happens when people sew together. Conversations\, quiet\, creative discovery and personal connection. Over time\, we create something that could never exist if we did it alone and the artifact lives on to tell our story. Join artist Bob Dilworth in assembling a community textile dedicated to Cato Vernon. Using fabric printed with photos created by Lead Artist Dominique Sindayiganza that trace Cato’s footsteps\, the piece will develop throughout the 7-week residency with Bob leading workshops on four Saturdays in October. \nDrop-in and stay as long as you want. All Ages. Free for all. \n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Bob Dilworth:\nNationally and Internationally recognized and exhibited\, Bob Dilworth is the recipient of the 2025 Joan Mitchell Fellowship; the 2026 James Solomon Russell/Saint Paul’s College Museum and Archives Award\, Brunswick County\, Virginia; the 2024 Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts\, Providence\, RI. Dilworth is also the recipient of the 2023-2025 General Operating Support for Artists Grant from the Rhode Island State Council for the Arts; the 2014 Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Fellowship in painting; as well as a recipient of grants from the Rhode Island Foundation\, University of Rhode Island Center for the Humanities\, the University of Rhode Island Council for Research\, the National John Biggers Award in drawing\, Hampton\, VA\, and the Virginia Commission for the Arts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHis work has also received fellowships from the following artist residencies: The University of Georgia\, Athens GA\, 2026; The McColl Center for Artist-In-Residence\, 2026; Charlotte NC; Iris Project Artist Residency Program in LA\, California; Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts in Saratoga\, Wyoming; Angels Gate Cultural Center in association with Marymount California University in San Pedro\, CA; Playa Artist Residency in Summer Lake\, OR; Anderson Ranch Art Center in Snow Mass\, CO; Hambidge Creative Center for the Arts and Science in Rabun Gap\, GA; the Klaus Center for the Arts\, San Pedro\, CA; Contemporary Artist Center in North Adams\, MA; the African American Master Artist in Residence Program (AAMARP)\, Northeastern University in Boston\, MA; and Le Cite International des Artes\, Artist Residency\, Paris\, France.  His work is included in corporate and private collections including the Smithsonian Institution\, RISD Museum\, the Newport Art Museum\, the Fitchburg Art Museum\, Ethan Cohen Galleries\, NY\, The Chicago Public Libraries and other public institutions. \nBob earned a Masters of Fine Art Degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago\, and a Bachelors of Fine Art Degree from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has taught art and design at colleges and universities throughout the country\, including; Princeton University\, Brown University\, Columbia College in Chicago and Saint Paul’s College in Virginia.  He is Professor Emeritus\, Department of Art & Art History at the University of Rhode Island\, where he taught for 28.5 years. Between 2010 and 2013 he served as chair of that department. From 2014-2018\, Dilworth served as Director of the URI Main Art Gallery where he curated academic-centered exhibitions by local\, regional and national artists. He was Chair of Africana Studies at URI from 2018–2020. He retired from the University of Rhode Island in the spring of 2020. \nHe served on the Board of Trustees at the Newport Art Museum (2017-20) and served on the Board of Directors at the Jamestown Art Center (2021-2024)\, and served as chair of the Providence Art in City Life Commission (2022-2025). He currently serves on the Board of the Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading Group. Dilworth lives in Providence where he works as a full-time visual artist\, represented by Cade Tompkins Projects.
URL:https://www.newportrestoration.org/event/sewing-circles-with-bob-dilworth-3/
LOCATION:The Vernon House\, 46 Clarke Street\, Newport\, RI 02840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Vernon House
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261030T190000
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SUMMARY:A Rough Point Halloween
DESCRIPTION:It was the night before Halloween\, and all through the house\, some creatures were stirring—but we hope not a mouse! \nJoin us for our third annual A Rough Point Halloween. Explore Rough Point at its spookiest\, go on a Halloween-themed treasure hunt\, and discover the strange and eerie objects and stories in the house. We promise lots of treats (and no tricks). \nCostumes encouraged! \nThis community event is open to all\, and FREE for children aged 12 and under. Admission is by timed ticketed entry. \nTickets available here
URL:https://www.newportrestoration.org/event/a-rough-point-halloween-3/
LOCATION:Rough Point Museum\, 680 Bellevue Avenue\, Newport\, RI\, 02840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,ROUGH POINT MUSEUM
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261110T193000
DTSTAMP:20260920T210942Z
CREATED:20260920T210915Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260920T210942Z
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SUMMARY:Strangers in a Strange Land: a Talk on the Free African Union movement by Keith Stokes
DESCRIPTION:Held on the anniversary of its founding\, this talk will interpret the evolution of the Free African Union movement during the American Revolution era\, showcasing the profound influence of the African Diaspora on the advancement of Black identity in early America. \nFree for all. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout Keith Stokes: \nGriot\, Historian\, Intellectual\, Convener\, Public Policy Wonk\, Father\, Husband\, and son of Rhode Island \nThroughout his four decades of public service in Rhode Island\, Keith W. Stokes has remained dedicated to building a community that welcomes everyone who calls the Ocean State home. Currently the Historian Laureate for the State of Rhode Island\, he has served in various roles\, including as an elected official in his cherished Newport hometown and a gubernatorial appointee focused on economic development. Additionally\, he has contributed to the City of Providence and the State of Rhode Island\, leading business development efforts.  Stokes has consistently aimed to intertwine public funding with private development to nurture a strong and beloved community. \nKeith earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and completed his graduate studies in public policy at the University of Chicago. His education is enriched by the stories of his ancestors\, who have shared long-held narratives from a time before the American Revolution\, providing him with a unique perspective on the present. \nKeith is presently Director of the State of Rhode Island Division of Equity\, Diversity and Inclusion. He has also been an Advisor for Rhode Island with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and served on numerous local\, regional\, and national business and public boards\, including Preservation Society for Newport County\, Touro Synagogue Foundation\, Rhode Island Historical Preservation & Heritage Commission Historical Review Board\, Rhode Island Black Heritage Society\, Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation\, Quonset Development Corporation\, Rhode Island Foundation\, and the American Antiquarian Society. \nHis current passion is borne of a heritage that extends before the republic and grounds his roots in the land of Rhode Island.  From his father\, the cerebral and equally physical baseball\, and from his mother\, a grounding in history and a curiosity to learn more about his African\, Jewish\, and Caribbean family roots. \nHe frequently appears on national historical programs\, including C-SPAN\, Fox News Legends & Lies\, and Ted Talk.  Recently\, he was the lead researcher and author of “A Matter of Truth” publication for the examination and documentation of the role of the City of Providence and the State of Rhode Island in supporting a “Separate and Unequal” existence for African heritage\, Indigenous\, and People of Color. \nHe is a 9th-generation Rhode Islander who calls Newport home with his beloved wife Theresa. He is the father of four children and an extended clan of Pit Bull dogs that he rescues and nurtures.
URL:https://www.newportrestoration.org/event/strangers-in-a-strange-land-a-talk-on-the-free-african-union-movement-by-keith-stokes/
LOCATION:The Vernon House\, 46 Clarke Street\, Newport\, RI 02840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Talk,Vernon House
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T170000
DTSTAMP:20260427T192414Z
CREATED:20260427T192414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260427T192414Z
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SUMMARY:Beyond Fortune: Doris Duke's Legacy of Philanthropy
DESCRIPTION:Doris Duke was one of the most philanthropic individuals of her time: she gave away more than $400 million dollars (in today’s dollars)\, much of it anonymously. She was a woman who cared deeply about bettering the world through environmental stewardship\, medical research\, the restoration of historic sites\, and the preservation of intangible cultural heritage. Join us on a tour of Rough Point that explores Doris Duke’s philanthropic interests and the lasting impact of this philanthropy on Newport and beyond. \nKnow before you go: This tour takes place primarily indoors. Weather-dependent\, the tour will also include some time outdoors in spaces that are not wheelchair accessible.\nIncludes light refreshments. \nTickets are limited! Reserve yours here \nAbout Telling Stories: Guided Tours:\nTelling Stories: Guided Tours at NRF goes deeper into the legacy of Doris Duke through the exploration of her life—including how her work preserving\, restoring\, and sharing Newport’s cultural heritage impacts us today. Each tour takes a closer look at the people behind the places and collections we care for.
URL:https://www.newportrestoration.org/event/beyond-fortune-doris-dukes-legacy-of-philanthropy-3/
LOCATION:Rough Point Museum\, 680 Bellevue Avenue\, Newport\, RI\, 02840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Telling Stories: Guided Tours
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