lemonade, september 2017

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september 2017 issue #98

Happy September!

Often this can be one of the best months on our island. The crowds thin out, the ocean is warm and the light is golden even as the days grow shorter.

Last month we observed Simplify Your Life week, how are we doing with that? Can we sustain simplicity as our fall schedules ramp up? I hope so!

September is National Courtesy Month! Now, I know that you, my lemonade subscribers are already extremely polite, of course! That said, perhaps we can all display exemplary courtesy this month? By doing so, maybe our collective kindness vibe will be contagious to those around us that are... let's just say... in dire need of a short-course on civility.

"You may say I'm a dreamer...", but here's hoping anyway!

Thank you for your consideration ;-)

SallyAnne_/)

and if you please...

blue view

You may want to avoid driving downtown from 9/14- 9/17 when the Newport International and Bowen's Wharf Wooden Boat Shows welcome1000s of boaters and wanna-bees to our City-by-the-Sea. The 12mR North American Championship will be sailed from 9/22-9/24 when you check out the Twelves on the docks at Bannisters Wharf. And maybe you can catch a birds-eye view of the racing if you climb the tower at Beavertail Lighthouse on 9/23.

living herstory

I'm excited to share a number of events featuring women in our local history this month. Author, Johanna Neuman presents Gilded Suffragists: How Alva Belmont Refashioned the Women's Suffrage Movemement at RoseCliff on 9/6 and the Redwood Library presents Malmaison: An Empress's Paradise on 9/13. On 9/23, the Newport Historical Society hosts Ulysses S. Grant Meets Ida Lewis, A Culinary Adventure at the Colony House. Also on 9/23 you could take a guided mansion tour to meet The Ladies of Linden Place.

newport waves: a polite way to safer streets

see some familiar faces in the upbeat, 1:07 minute video

all ears

College buddies, The Schemers are playing at The Narrow's Center for the Arts on 9/8. The FREE Annual Narrows Festival features Elien Jewell , Kat Wright , Julie Rhodes , Ikebe Shakedown , The Barley Hoppers , and more on 9/10. Additional shows include Albert Cummings on 9/21, Seth Walker on 9/28, Coco Montoya on 9/29 and The Sweetback Sisters on 9/30.

Of special interest to real blues fans is the premier of Sidemen: Long Road to Glory, a documentary about legendary blues-men Pinetop Perkins, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith and Hubert Sumlin, featuring Gregg Allman, Joe Perry, Derek Trucks, Bonnie Raitt and more.

roll 'em

Wind River continues at the Jane Pickens until 9/7, Trip to Spain opens on 9/8 and runs through 9/14, then Maudie opens on 9/15 and plays until 9/21. In the interim several special screening are planned. On 9/13, see and hear David Gilmour Live at Pompeii and attend a screening of Surviving Picasso with director James Ivory on 9/16. Celebrate the 45th Anniversary of The Godfather, Part I on 9/23, The 2nd Annual Art House Cinema Day on 9/24 and the Dude returns to JPT on 9/20 in The Big Lebowski.