Weekend Best Bets

Weekend Best Bets

July fun doesn't end after the Fourth

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FRIDAY

Impress your friends with the perfect pizza at your next dinner party by learning how to make, stretch and form authentic Neapolitan pizza dough at Professor Chef’s Perfect Pizza Cooking Class. $60. 6pm. 41 Lookout Avenue, North Providence. More info...

Tight Crew presents Mario vs. Sonic at Lupo’s. Get a $5 discount at the door if you’re wearing a video game costume. $25-$35. 8pm-2am. 79 Washington Street, Providence. More info...  

HardCore Comedy at the Comedy Connection will have you laughing for the rest of the weekend, with a set of 6-7 headliners. 18+. $15. 10:30pm. 39 Warren Avenue, East Providence. More info...

Jazz up your Friday night at the weekly Friday Night Jazz at Aspire Restaurant. Food, cocktails and, of course, music under the stars make for a dazzling night. 6:30-10pm. 311 Westminster Street, Providence. More info...

The Newport Library’s Film Series’ Meryl Streep-a-thon continues this Friday with the 1990 film Postcards from the Edge, in which Streep stars alongside Shirley MacLaine and Dennis Quaid. Free. 2:30pm. 300 Spring Street, Newport. More info...

Hop aboard the RI Brew Bus for a fun and boozy start to your weekend. On the Border Jumper Tour, you’ll visit four different local breweries and sample their wares. $77. 5-9pm. Pickup outside 42 High Street, Westerly. More info...

SATURDAY

JDS Entertainment presents Spirit of Cesária at Fete Music, with the Cesária Évora Orchestra featuring Nancy Vieira, Jenifer Solidade and Nilza Silva plus special guest Dino D’Santiago. $30-$40. 9pm. 103 Dike Street, Providence. More info...    

Enjoy food, drinks and some of the best traditional Irish music around at the bar at AS220 for the weekly Traditional Irish Music Session. Free. 4-7pm. 115 Empire Street, Providence. More info...

Water Brothers Surf and Skate presents its annual WB Surf Fest at Fort Adams State Park featuring a 800+ vintage surfboard show, two skateboard ramps, special guests, food vendors, beer gardens, music, raffles and more. $15, kids under 10 free. 1-8pm. 90 Fort Adams Drive, Newport. More info...

Love cupcakes and booze? Visit the Culinary Arts Museum for Project Cupcake: Happy Hour Cupcakes to learn three yummy cupcake and frosting recipes from programs, inspired by adult beverages: Margarita, Beer and Pretzels and White Summer Sangria. The cost of program will also grant you museum admission. 21+. $25. 4-6pm. Email kpuleo@jwu.edu to register. 315 Harborside Boulevard, Providence. More info...

Visit the Redwood Library for its 2015 Summer Gala featuring multi-platinum selling two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy award-nominated entertainer Michael Feinstein. 6-11pm. 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport. More info...

Providence rapper B. Dolan will be dropping his first album, Kill the Wolf, in five years. Catch the release show at The Met, featuring Ask the Dead, Dropdead, Sage Francis, Roz Raskin and more. More info...

SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Visit one of New England’s longest running outdoor fine arts festivals at the 53rd Wickford Art Festival, featuring over 200 fine artists from New England, the US and beyond. Free. 10am-6pm Saturday, 10am-5pm Sunday. 36 Beach Street, Wickford. More info...

Let’s go fly a kite! Simply watch the sky fill up with beautiful colors or fly a your own kite at the Newport Kite Festival. Open flying day Saturday, series of scheduled events Sunday. Free. 10am-4pm Saturday, 12-4pm Sunday. Ocean Drive, Newport. More info...

SUNDAY

Diners, start your drooling. Providence Restaurant Weeks starts today and with it comes two whole weeks of three-course prix fixe lunch and dinner menus. July 12-25. More info...

Sip wine and grab a bite on the sprawling lawns of Carolyn’s Sakonnet Vineyard and enjoy an afternoon with the Joe Potenza Trio at the Alex and Ani Sunday Jazz Series. 1-4pm. 162 West Main Road, Little Compton. More info...

Symposium Books East Greenwich presents its Sizzlin’ Hot Summer Poetry Series, this week featuring readings from Margie Flanders and Paul Hostovsky. 3-5pm. 1000 Division Street, East Greenwich. More info...  

Celebrate the 100th anniversary of Goff Memorial Hall with a night of Celtic music and dancing from the Sunday Night Jammers. Period attire is encouraged, all traditional dances will be taught and a potluck precedes the dance at 6pm. Free. 7-9pm. 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA. More info...  

ALL WEEKEND

This weekend kicks off the 47th Newport Music Festival, with 66 concerts and events in Newport Mansions scheduled through the 26th. A season-long tribute to the 150th anniversaries of Scandinavian composers Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielsen will feature several concerts of their music. More info... 

Providence Restaurant Weeks, Alex and Ani Sunday Jazz Series, Sizzlin’ Hot Summer Poetry Series, Goff Memorial Hall, Newport Music Festival, Perfect Pizza Cooking Class, Mario vs. Sonic, HardCore Comedy, Meryl Streep-a-thon, order Jumper Tour, Spirit of Cesária, Newport Kite Festival, 53rd Wickford Art Festival, WB Surf Fest, Project Cupcake: Happy Hour Cupcakes

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