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Events

Manhattan Short Film Festival

Jamestown Arts Center 18 Valley St., Jamestown, RI, United States

The JAC is hosting the 25th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival. Screenings begin at 7 p.m. every day. 

Cine Festa

Edward King House 35 King Street, Newport, RI, United States

Screening of Roma- Citta Aperta, directed by Roberto Rossellini. Free. 

“Nosferatu” 100th Anniversary with Live Score by Jeff Rapsis

Jane Pickens Theater 49 Touro St., Newport, RI, United States

Nosferatu was first screened in the Jane Pickens building 100 years ago. Celebrate the 100th anniversary of F.W. Murnau’s Nosferatu, the horror classic frequently hailed as one of the most enduring and influential films of its genre. Featuring a sinister live score by Jeff Rapsis on synth-piano to enhance the eerie ambiance.

The Sixties Show

Jane Pickens Theater 49 Touro St., Newport, RI, United States

The Sixties Show is a high energy trip back in time that reminds the audience how uniquely inspirational, entertaining, and historically significant the music and events of the 1960’s was and continues to be. 

$49 – $79

White Christmas

Jane Pickens Theater 49 Touro St., Newport, RI, United States

Classic holiday film released in 1954, starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, Vera Ellen, and Dean Jagger

$12

A Christmas Carol: the Ghost Story

Jane Pickens Theater 49 Touro St., Newport, RI, United States

A Nottingham Playhouse production, it was filmed live for cinemas during the 2021 stage run at London’s sumptuous Alexandra Palace Theatre and filled with Dickensian, spine-tingling special effects. Prepare to be frightened and delighted in equal measure as you enter the supernatural Victorian world of A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story on the big screen

$12

Elf at JPT for the MLK Center

Jane Pickens Theater 49 Touro St., Newport, RI, United States

Admission is free with a donation of nonperishable food for the MLK Community Center's Food Pantry. If you can’t be seated for the movie, you can still donate food to help people in need in Newport County. Buddy the Elf (masked of course!) will be on hand with his fellow elves for curbside food donations. […]

National Theatre Live Much Ado About Nothing

Jane Pickens Theater 49 Touro St., Newport, RI, United States

Following the award-winning success of National Theatre Live’s Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night and Antony and Cleopatra, director Simon Godwin returns with this irresistible comedy, broadcast live from the National Theatre stage

$12

National Lampoon Christmas Vacation Party

Jane Pickens Theater 49 Touro St., Newport, RI, United States

Included with your ticket is an awesome pre-film concert by David Tessier's All-Star Stars. Live music 6:15-7:15, to be followed by the film at 7:30

$15

Film Screening: No Time To Fail

Jamestown Arts Center 18 Valley St., Jamestown, RI, United States

No Time To Fail gives voice to the experiences of this largely invisible, yet completely indispensable workforce, at this critical time in our country’s relationship with election management. The film screening will be followed by a Q+A with Co-Director, Sara Archambault

$8

Exploring Ida Lewis: A Newport Historical Society Event with Author Lenore Skiomal and Screenwriter Nico Raineau

Newport Historical Society 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI, United States

Skomal will share insight on Ida Lewis’s life as featured in her popular text. Originally published under the title Keeper of Lime Rock, this event marks the start of Skomal’s 20th anniversary book tour. Raineau will join via Zoom to discuss his screenplay, adapted from Skomal’s book, to be produced as a major motion picture

$15 – $20