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NEWPORT, R.I. — Gillian Welch and David Rawlings a NEWPORT, R.I. — Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are returning to Fort Adams for a special performance at the 2026 Newport Folk Festival, where they will perform the Grateful Dead’s 1981 acoustic live album Reckoning. The set, billed as Grateful Dead: Acoustic Reckoning, marks the 45th anniversary of the double live album, which captured the Dead during an intimate, stripped-down period of their career. Recorded during a run of acoustic sets at San Francisco’s Warfield Theatre and New York’s Radio City Music Hall, Reckoning remains one of the band’s most enduring releases. Welch said the anniversary helped spark the idea. “The Grateful Dead flirted with acoustic music throughout their career, until they released the Reckoning album, 45 years ago,” she said. “We have flirted with Grateful Dead music throughout our career, until this anniversary was suggested as a good reason to book these shows.” Welch and Rawlings, longtime Newport favorites, are known for their spare arrangements, close harmonies, and deep ties to American roots traditions — elements that align naturally with the acoustic Dead repertoire. The performance is expected to be one of the most anticipated sets of the weekend, blending folk history, rock legacy, and Newport’s tradition of reinvention into a single, album-length tribute. #newportfolkfest #newportbuzz #newportri
Happy Monday, February 9th! Here’s What’s Happenin Happy Monday, February 9th! Here’s What’s Happening In and Around Newport Today. @newportcannaco @newport.mansions @1170eastcustomliving @nikolaspizza @stoneacrebrasserie @pastavinori @tavernonbroadway @sardellas_italian @sardellas @thequenchernewport #NewportRI #NewportBuzz
STATE HOUSE — With rents soaring, taxes rising, an STATE HOUSE — With rents soaring, taxes rising, and Rhode Islanders still waiting on meaningful relief, lawmakers have identified a top priority at the State House. Not housing. Not healthcare. Not infrastructure. The word “elderly.” Rep. Lauren H. Carson (D-Newport) has introduced legislation to scrub “elder,” “elderly person(s),” and similar terms from Rhode Island law, replacing them with the phrase “older adults.” The bill launches a formal review of state statutes so lawmakers can return next year to complete the language swap. No services are expanded. No benefits are added. No costs are reduced. But the wording gets an update. Supporters argue that many people over 60 are active, working, and contributing members of society — and don’t appreciate being labeled “elderly.” That’s reasonable. What’s harder to explain is why it takes a bill, a commission, and years of meetings to reach that conclusion. The proposal stems from a commission chaired by Carson that has been meeting for more than two years to study services for older Rhode Islanders. The commission warns of an aging population, projecting the number of residents over 60 will grow from about 240,000 today to nearly 265,000 by 2040. That shift raises serious questions about housing affordability, long-term care, transportation, and healthcare capacity. Instead, lawmakers are starting with… a thesaurus. Critics say the effort feels less like problem-solving and more like political busywork — the kind of legislation that looks good in a press release but does little for seniors struggling with rent hikes, utility bills, or access to care. The bill also replaces “handicapped” and “disabled” in certain sections of law with “adult persons with disabilities,” another change that adjusts language without changing policy. To be clear, words do matter. But so do priorities. The problems facing older Rhode Islanders are real, expensive, and urgent. They just won’t be fixed with a find-and-replace. #rhodeisland #newportbuzz
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