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September 1, 2015
Enjoy Fall Events at the Newport Mansions
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Rosecliff Exhibition Opens This Weekend
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Newport & Her Southern Sisters: Three Centuries of Art & Design opens Saturday, September 5 in the newly-renovated gallery space on the second floor of Rosecliff. This exhibition explores the relationship between Newport and the American South, from New Orleans, Charleston and Baltimore, to Virginia's fabled plantations and resorts, and the winter playground of Palm Beach. Admission to the exhibition is included with the Rosecliff guided house tour.
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Fine Wines, Fine Food:
The Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival |
The 10th anniversary of the Newport Mansions Wine & Food Festival is coming upSeptember 25 - 27, with special guests Martha Stewart and Jacques Pépin. But that's just the beginning! There are lots of ways to enjoy the most anticipated food and wine event on the East Coast. Choose a package ticket, or purchase tickets for individual events, like the Saturday & SundayGrand Tastings with hundreds of wines, restaurants and artisan purveyors; Fridaynight's Wine & Rosecliff gala, with a special appearance by Chef Bruce Moffett; A Conversation with Martha Stewart & Jacques Pépin on Sunday morning; wine seminars and, now available, Saturdaynight's Newport After Dark party with the stars of the weekend on the waterfront. And, just added, a special film showing on Thursday, September 24: KING GEORGES, about acclaimed French chef Georges Perrier and his internationally renowned Philadelphia restaurant, Le Bec-Fin. Be sure to get your tickets soon - events will sell out fast!
The Presenting Underwriter of the Festival is FOOD & WINE magazine. We welcome four new major underwriters this year: KitchenAid, Porsche of Warwick, Nobilo Wines and Lynx Grills.
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Fall Lecture Series : A Matter of Taste
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From the history of food in America to Marjorie Merriweather Post's magnificent homes, our fall lecture series will examine matters of taste through the centuries. Mark your calendars now:
September 30: The Jacalyn & William Egan Lecture: Living Artfully: At Home with Marjorie Merriweather Post - by Estella Chung, Curator of American Material Culture & Head of Oral History, Hillwood Museum & Gardens
November 5: The Gilded Plate: A Culinary History of America 1870-1920 - by Libby H. O'Connell, Chief Historian, The History Channel
November 12: A Baroque Virginia Treasure House: Landon Carter's Sabine Hall -
by Ralph Harvard, architectural historian, interior designer and preservationist
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Arboretum Accreditation Achieved
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The Preservation Society's 88 acres of landscapes, including 1,800 trees, have achieved an important milestone: recognition and accreditation as an official arboretum, only the second in Rhode Island to achieve that status. This places the Newport Mansions Arboretum in excellent and refined company; other recent accreditations have gone to The University of Oxford Botanic Garden, Arlington National Cemetery, and Longwood Gardens. And the only other one in Rhode Island: The Newport Arboretum.
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Adopting Green Technology
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The Preservation Society is moving forward with the implementation of geothermal climate control technology at its historic properties. Recently the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) awarded a $300,000 grant for the project at The Breakers, where planning is still underway. But at Chepstow, drilling was recently completed in the driveway for installation of the system, which will help to control humidity in the house, better protecting the building and collections, and significantly reducing heating and cooling costs with no pollution. In fact, the pollution reduction at Chepstow alone will be the equivalent of removing 17 cars from the road.
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Join & Support
Your support helps the Preservation Society continue its work to protect, preserve, and present an exceptional collection of historic properties, landscapes, and educational and scholars programs. Learn how you can help
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About Us
The Preservation Society of Newport County is a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect, preserve, and present an exceptional collection of house museums and landscapes in one of the most historically intact cities in America. Learn more about us
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