Newport: Communications
Newport: Communications
Newspapers and Magazines
The Newport Daily News is published Monday through Friday evenings and Saturday morning. The Newport Mercury, a community newspaper, is published weekly and provides subscribers with a summary of local events, news and sports, as does Newport This Week. The monthly Newport Traveler serves residents and tourists in southern New England. Magazines published in Newport include Cruising World, Sailing World Magazine, and The Yacht, all marketed to the resident and visiting watercraft afficianados. The Newport Navalog is a weekly newspaper serving the local Navy community.
Television and Radio
Radio and television programming on Aquidneck Island is largely provided by way of Providence, Rhode Island and larger municipalities in Massachusetts. Television viewers in Newport are served by three major networks, a public television station, and a cable franchise. The Newport Musical Arts Association operates a low-power FM radio station that broadcasts a diverse mix of music and programming, including jazz, blues, ska and funk. Another local FM station focuses on swing music, while its AM affiliate provides news and talk radio to Newport residents.
Media Information: The Newport Daily News, 101 Malbone Rd., PO Box 420, Newport, RI 02840; telephone (401)849-3300
Newport Online
City of Newport. Available www.cityofnewport.com
Newport County Chamber of Commerce. Available www.newportchamber.com
Newport County Convention &Visitors Bureau. Available www.gonewport.com
Newport Public Library. Available www.newportlibraryri.org
Newport Public Schools. Available http://newportrischools.org
Rhode Island Convention Center. Available www.riconvention.com
Rhode Island Economic Development. Available www.riedc.com
Rhode Island Tourism Division. Available www.visitrhodeisland.com
Selected Bibliography
Amory, Thomas C., Siege of Newport (Cambridge, Mass: J. Wilson and Son, 1888)
Cahoone, Sara S., Sketches of Newport and its Vicinity: With Notices Respecting the History, Settlement and Geography of Rhode Island (New York: J. S. Taylor, 1842)
Dow, Charles H., Newport: The City by the Sea. Four Epochs in Her History. An Age of Shadowy Tradition (Newport: J. P. Sanborn, 1880)
O'Connor, Richard, The Golden Summers: An Antic History of Newport (New York: Putnam, 1974)
Sirkis, Nancy, Newport Pleasures and Palaces (New York: Viking, 1963)
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Henry Moore Show Displays Unseen Works
News Wire article from: AP Online; 1/19/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Reclining Figure: Lincoln Center" by Henry Moore, is part of a new special Moore...Photo/ Adam Bird) Nature inspired Henry Moore to create some of modern art...display for the first time. "Henry Moore: Imaginary Landscapes" opens...
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Henry Moore Exhibit Opens in Dallas
News Wire article from: AP Online; 2/21/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Writer AP Online 02-21-2001 Henry Moore Exhibit Opens in Dallas DALLAS...retrospective of British sculptor Henry Moore, his swelling shapes -- some...the Dallas Museum of Art. ``Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century...
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ANTIQUES & COLLECTING : Tiny 8in figure breaks record; A landmark sale of one of Henry Moore's best pieces of work inspires Sally Hoban to celebrate the life and career of one of the great British artists.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 12/10/2005; 700+ words
; ...sculpture by the British artist Henry Moore to appear at auction in recent...unique carving by the sculptor. Henry Moore was an artist with few themes...originally purchased soon after Henry Moore's exhibition at the Leicester...
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Henry Moore/British Landscape Painting in the 20th Century
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 6/26/2004; ; 700+ words
; Exhibitions Enlightened by Moore Henry Moore Dulwich Picture Gallery, until 12 September British...Gallery, 178 Brompton Road, London SW3, until 31 July Henry Moore has come to Dulwich. As you turn in from the road...
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Making Henry Moore worth more. (obituary)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 9/15/1986; ; 700+ words
; For sculptor Henry Moore, there was no greater practitioner...of much of his work. "Moore was paranoid about posthumous casting," says Henry Ablah, who owns what is...the establishment of the Henry Moore Foundation and the news...
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The writings of Henry Moore.('Henry Moore: Writings and Conversations')(Book Review)
Magazine article from: New Criterion; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...often about his job" cautioned Henry Moore in 1937, relatively early in his...critic Philip James published "Henry Moore on Sculpture" an anthology culled...published sources. Ten years ago, the Henry Moore Foundation issued a five-volume...
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Henry Moore's invasion of Kew Gardensxxx
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/1/2007; 700+ words
; By Charlotte Cripps Giant Henry Moore sculptures are to go on display...exhibition, which is curated by the Henry Moore Foundation, based at the sculptor...time the sculpture has left the Henry Moore foundation due to its notable size...
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Moore in America: British outdoor sculture.(ON EXHIBIT)(Henry Moore)
Magazine article from: Veranda; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...OMITTED] International art icon Henry Moore always intended for his colossal...The sculptures, on loan from The Henry Moore Foundation in England, are in...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "For Henry Moore fans, this is a rare opportunity...
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Henry Moore in Toronto.(Features)(Travel)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor; 6/26/2002; 700+ words
; ...important public collection of Henry Moore's sculptures in the world is...that the construction included the Henry Moore Sculpture Centre. The indoor sculpture...work to the city. In l974, the Henry Moore Sculpture Centre, with its shiny...
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Travel: Bronze Age revisited The sculptor Henry Moore was born 100 years ago. His centenary is being marked in the quiet Hertfordshire village where he lived.
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 6/13/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...village green is the lair of the late Henry Moore, the gentle giant of British 20th...does not trumpet its existence, Henry Moore's southern fiefdom is open to...England's best kept secrets. The Henry Moore Foundation is based round the 15th...
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Henry Moore
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Henry Moore The English sculptor Henry Moore (1898-1986) brought about a renewed interest in direct...motifs and abstract shapes derived from natural phenomena. Henry Moore was born in Castleford, Yorkshire, on July 30, 1898. He...
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Moore, Henry
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
Moore, Henry ( b Castleford, Yorkshire, 30 July...and his writings have been collected as Henry Moore on Sculpture (1966). His output was...catalogue of the exhibition ‘Henry Moore’, Royal Academy, London...
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Henry Moore Teller
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Henry Moore Teller 1830-1914, American statesman, b. Allegany co., N.Y. A lawyer, he practiced in Colorado after 1861. He commanded...
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Moore, George Henry
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Moore, George Henry (1823–92),brother of Frank Moore, was also a historical scholar, whose works include Mr. Lee's Plan (1860), a pamphlet on the treason of Charles Lee; …Negroes in the …Army of the...
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Holden, Charles Henry
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...while with Ashbee before joining Henry Percy Adams in 1899 as an assistant...style influenced by Philip Webb and Henry Wilson . Their Central Reference...Gill (1882–1940), and Henry Moore (1898–1986) were responsible...
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