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Feb 8, 2024 · It has been nearly a decade since Rhode Island voters approved a creative and cultural economic bond that provided the Newport Performing Arts Center $4.2 million, and it has been more than 22 years since the opera house renovation was first envisioned. by Frank Prosnitz February 4, 2024 Updated February 8, 2024.
Dec 13, 2018 · The Opera House will have 700 seats and a rooftop garden and terrace with views of the harbor and Newport Bridge. The board is currently preparing phase two by conducting a review of the project and recruiting new board members.
Dec 26, 2023 · Here’s the latest on the Newport Performing Arts Center/Opera House. by Frank Prosnitz December 26, 2023. Newport Performing Arts Center shared this "view from the top" photo on Facebook on October 13. More than two decades ago, with the dream of re-opening the historic Newport Opera House, a group of individuals began a sometimes-troubled ...
Dec 29, 2017 · So on Thursday night the Newport Opera House Theater & Performing Arts Center, which is undertaking an $18 million restoration of the historic theater, held a celebration in Newport to mark...
Dec 23, 2021 · More than two decades after the non-profit Newport Performing Arts Center bought the former Newport Opera House, promising to return it to its previous opulence, the building remains shuttered, while the group “reframes” the project.
As Newport entered the gilded age, the Opera House was an important resource for the city by the sea, its wealthy cottage owners and their guests. Patrick C. Shanahan (Shanehan) was a contractor with the Old Colony Railroad. Prior to his arrival in Newport in 1861, he and his family lived in Lewiston Maine. While railroad construction brought ...
The Newport Opera House Theater and Performing Arts Center is actively engaged in restoring and renovating the historic 1867 Opera House Theater in downtown Newport into a 700 seat venue for year-round programming of live performances and other cultural, educational and civic activity.
