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  • Rough Point: After Dark

    Rough Point Museum 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

    Join us for a Rough Point: After Dark cozy edition! Explore Rough Point after dark while you enjoy sweet treats, hot beverages, and cool jazz.

  • Rough Point: After Dark

    Rough Point Museum 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

    Join us for a Rough Point: After Dark cozy edition! Explore Rough Point after dark while you enjoy sweet treats, hot beverages, and cool jazz.

  • Musical Salon Series: This Love Between Us

    Rough Point Museum 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

    We are excited to partner with Puddingstone Festival on an evening of music at Rough Point! Our founder Doris Duke was a supporter of the arts, as well as a musician, a dancer, and an art collector. We are delighted to host this evening celebrating the performing arts in her home. Join us for an intimate evening of song and chamber music exploring the enduring nature of love, friendship, and human connection.

  • Tree Talk: Celebrating Rough Point Arboretum

    Rough Point Museum 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

    Join NRF and the Newport Tree Conservancy for a free community celebration of Rough Point's new Arboretum status.

  • Needlepoint Night

    Rough Point Museum 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

    SOLD OUT. Join Lycette Designs and Newport Restoration Foundation for a hands-on evening of stitching set against spectacular ocean views.  

    All levels welcome, no experience required. The custom canvas, floss, needle, snaps, and canvas carrying bag are included, and we’ll provide light refreshments and guidance.  

  • Garden Workshop: Roses at Rough Point

    Rough Point Museum 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

    Roses are in season!  Enjoy the beautiful and organically maintained gardens and grounds at Rough Point while learning about the culinary and medicinal uses of everything Rose.

    We will walk the perimeter of the property gathering wild and deliciously scented rosa rugosa, while learning how to identify, preserve and use a variety of plants in the rose family. Each participant will bring home their own small jar of what was made during the class, as well as recipe cards. 

  • Artist Day at Rough Point

    Rough Point Museum 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

    We're excited to partner with our friends at the Newport Art Museum for a plein air session at Rough Point, with artist John Grosvenor.

    Our founder Doris Duke was a supporter of the arts and artists, and at NRF we celebrate art, craft, and design each day.

    Artists will meet on the lawn of Rough Point, an iconic mansion that was the home of heiress and collector Doris Duke, surrounded by gardens and a stunning ocean view.

  • Garden Workshop: Kitchen Garden Basics

    Join us for a family-friendly workshop in the Kitchen Garden! Enjoy the beautiful and organically-maintained grounds at Doris Duke’s Rough Point while you work in the garden and learn the basics of growing, harvesting, preserving and preparing a variety of different foods. We will work with classic produce such as tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and culinary herbs, as well as unique plants, medicinal herbs, and edible flowers. Discover how to identify and stock your pantry with nutritious food that will last all year long, and leave with preserved and fresh food in hand for your personal use.

  • Needlepoint Night

    Rough Point Museum 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

    SOLD OUT: Join Lycette Designs and Newport Restoration Foundation for a hands-on evening of stitching set against spectacular ocean views.  

    All levels welcome, no experience required. The custom canvas, floss, needle, snaps, and canvas carrying bag are included, and we’ll provide light refreshments and guidance.  

  • Roam Around Rough Point

    Rough Point Museum 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

    Bike/trolley/walk to Roam Around Rough Point! We invite you to join us for a day of community fun and connection, listen to live music, and enjoy the spectacular ocean views.

    This FREE community event is open to all.

  • NewportFILM At Rough Point

    Rough Point Museum 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

    MOVED TO RAIN VENUE. NewportFILM returns to Rough Point! Join us for the *world premiere*  of John Shearer: An American Moments. A groundbreaking Black photographer reflects on his career inside the country’s most influential publications during the height of America’s pictorial magazine era, when his vivid images—from the deaths of JFK and Martin Luther King Jr. to the Attica uprising— helped define how the nation saw itself.

  • Needlepoint Night

    Rough Point Museum 680 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI, United States

    SOLD OUT: Join Lycette Designs and Newport Restoration Foundation for a hands-on evening of stitching set against spectacular ocean views.  

    All levels welcome, no experience required. The custom canvas, floss, needle, snaps, and canvas carrying bag are included, and we’ll provide light refreshments and guidance.