Newport: In This Together

25/01/2025

Thank you for joining us!

Instrument Petting Zoo was rockin’ tonight! Thank you for having us RENEWport and Pell Elementary.

Our Instrument Petting Zoo gives children the chance to try their first instrument without the fear of breaking or damaging it.

24/01/2025

Last week, RENEWport partnered with Claiborne Pell Elementary School and local organizations to host a community building dinner for families in grades K-2!

We're deeply grateful to all the families who joined us as well as the many community organizations that helped create such an incredible event.

Read more in Newport This Week: https://shorturl.at/xgLZ1
Looking forward to more dinners to come!

Connecting Classrooms to Community: RENEWport Unites Newport Families During Dinner Newport, RI – On January 16, 250 Newport community members gathered in the cafeteria at Pell Elementary School for a community dinner for grades K-2 organized by RENEWport. The dinner is part of RENEWport’s effor...

30/09/2024

Our film continues to stream on PBS.org in partnership with American Public Television. Discover how Newporters responded to the pandemic with innovation, resilience and generosity, strengthening their connections and community bonds.

Newport, Rhode Island pulls together when confronted with a global health pandemic.

31/08/2024

Submitted by Women’s Resource Center 125 supporters of the Women’s Resource Center gathered at the Hotel Viking on Monday evening for Courtyard Cocktails, an event hosted by Co-Chairs Elizabeth Leatherman and Susan Sipprelle. This exciting evening featured the premiere of Women’s Resource Cent...

28/08/2024

Newport: In This Together will air in Kentucky next! Our film will be shown at 8pm tomorrow night on WKU PBS.
American Public Television

(Photo by Madison Van Wylen)

14/08/2024

Our friends at Bike Newport, RI, Boys & Girls Clubs of Newport County, Conexión Latina Newport, FabNewport, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, Newport Classical, and newportFILM have all been awarded grant funds from the Rhode Island Foundation to further their tremendous work serving members of the Newport community.

Read more below about how each of these nonprofits will utilize the funding.

The funding will support work ranging from educational programs for school children and disaster recovery preparation to food pantries and arts activities.

06/08/2024

Another wonderful reNEWPORT meeting! Group members had a chance to meet new City Manager Colin Kennedy, introduced by Xay For Newport, and share updates on their organizations’ priority initiatives. Our community group continues to focus on supporting Newport’s public schools with a focus on attendance and remains open to other initiatives such as planting daffodils in Miantonomi Park. Thank you to all who joined us yesterday!

05/08/2024

The Pathways Program at Salve Regina University provides first-generation Rogers High School students with academic and social support as well as new connections and experiences to help them achieve high school graduation, college success, and their professional dreams.

We are proud to showcase the dedication of Director of Community Educational Partnerships Aïda Neary and the wonderful Horizon Scholars in our new video.

Learn more and watch: https://salve.edu/pathways

28/07/2024

Next stop: Indianapolis! Watch our documentary film this Tuesday, 7/30 on WFYI at 8pm: https://www.wfyi.org/schedules/television/2024-07-30

American Public Television

26/07/2024

Thank you to everyone who joined us for another wonderful screening of NEWPORT: In This Together at the Jane Pickens Film + Event Center!

We're grateful to Newport Mayor Xay For Newport, Carmela Geer, The Edward King House Senior Center House ED, and Heather Strout, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center ED, for joining filmmaker Sue Sipprelle on stage and sharing their pandemic experiences and successes.

Photos by Andrea Alpen Photo and Film

22/07/2024

Newport: In This Together returns to the Jane Pickens Film + Event Center TOMORROW!

If you haven't already, get your tickets here: www.janepickens.com/shows/newport-in-this-together

Mayor Xay For Newport will introduce the film and Carmela Geer, Executive Director of The Edward King House Senior Center and Heather Hole Strout, Executive Director of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center will join filmmaker Sue Sipprelle in a post-film discussion.

20/07/2024

“The JPT is thrilled to showcase an extraordinary collection of films highlighting the creativity and accomplishments of women filmmakers, actors, and entrepreneurs."

Read more about Newport: In This Together and the incredible lineup of films coming to the Jane Pickens Film + Event Center this summer: https://rb.gy/mb1w3z What's Up Newport

Our documentary will be shown this Tuesday, July 23 at 7:30pm!

The Jane Pickens Theater & Event Center (The JPT) is presenting a selection of films and discussions that celebrate the creative talents and professional achievements of women filmmakers, actors, and business owners throughout the summer. “The JPT is thrilled to showcase an extraordinary collectio...

19/07/2024

Rhode Islanders, Newport: In This Together will be shown this weekend on GBH! Mark your calendar for Sunday evening at 7pm to watch our documentary film. 📺

www.wgbh.org/tv-shows/schedule

(Photo by Madison Van Wylen)

18/07/2024

We can't wait for next week's screening at the Jane Pickens Film + Event Center!

Thank you to our friends Mayor Xay For Newport, Carmela Geer, Executive Director, The Edward King House Senior Center and Heather Hole Strout, Executive Director, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center for sharing remarks and participating in a post-film discussion with filmmaker Susan Sipprelle.

Join friends and neighbors for an encore screening of an incredible documentary shining a light on the city of Newport. NEWPORT: In this Together premiered at the Jane Pickens Theater in April 2024 with an intimate showing for cast members followed by a sold out public screening. Presented here with an introduction by the film-maker and Mayor of Newport, followed by a post-film panel discussion by community leaders.

ABOUT THE FILM: Shot in real time during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, NEWPORT: In This Together includes 108 firsthand accounts from Newport business owners, healthcare and frontline workers, nonprofit leaders, government officials, educators, students and residents as the pandemic and social unrest of 2020 unfolded. The film took more than three years to complete, and offers an unprecedented look not only at the fear and uncertainty of the time, but also the generosity, innovation and creativity of Newporters.

Featuring an introduction by: Mayor Xay Khamsyvoravong, Mayor City of Newport
Sue Sipprelle, Filmmaker and President, Tree of Life Productions

Post Film-Discussion Panel Features:
Carmela Geer, Executive Director, Edward King House Senior Center
Heather Hole Strout, Executive Director, Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center
Sue Sipprelle, Filmmaker and President, Tree of Life Productions

13/07/2024

Just 10 days until Newport: In This Together returns to the Jane Pickens Film + Event Center!

Get your ticket today! https://janepickens.com/shows/newport-in-this-together

08/07/2024

Newport: In This Together includes the perspectives of more than 100 Newport residents and provides an unprecedented real-time narrative of life on Aquidneck Island during the pandemic and social unrest of post-George Floyd America. In a time of political divisiveness, this film reminds us that the human experience bonds us all.

Watch the film on PBS: www.pbs.org/video/newport-in-this-together-BalMvS/

04/07/2024

Happy Independence Day!

01/07/2024

We're delighted that Newport: In This Together will return to the Jane Pickens Film + Event Center this month! Join us on the evening of July 23rd for a screening of our documentary film.

Get your ticket today! https://janepickens.com/shows/newport-in-this-together

(Photo by Madison Van Wylen)