Ken Abrams is a contributing writer for What'sUpNewp, focusing on local news and events in Newport, Rhode Island. His articles cover a range of topics, including book recommendations, music and theater performances, local attractions, and interviews with notable figures in the entertainment industry. Ken's work has also been featured in Providence Monthly and FierceHealth.
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Ken Abrams focuses on local entertainment news, music events, and interviews in Rhode Island. If you want to pitch to Ken, consider offering content related to upcoming local music events, artist interviews, or features on unique and interesting local attractions. Additionally, pitches relating to seasonal topics such as holiday events and last-minute gift ideas for the area would likely be well-received.
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By: Ken Abrams
The annual Rhode Island Folk Festival returns to Crescent Park in East Providence this Sunday, August 25. The free festival has grown from modest beginnings in Providence to a “not to be missed” event held annually on the last Sunday in August.
By: Ken Abrams
Looking for some free music to kick off the Labor Day Weekend? We've got you covered.
Happy Birthday Bob Cowsill! The guitar/vocalist of the Newport-based family band The Cowsills was born on August 26th, 1949. Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Bob spent some of his youth in Ohio, before the family moved to Rhode Island in the early 1960’s. Based in Newport, The Cowsills achieved national success in the 1960’s, behind hits […]
By: Ken Abrams
The Rhode Island Folk Festival celebrated its 10 th anniversary on Sunday, August 26, with over 40 performers, dozens of vendors and food trucks, and a guitar giveaway at Crescent Park in East Providence. The free festival enjoyed its largest crowd yet, with an estimated 2,500 fans in attendance.
By: Ken Abrams
The Rhythm & Roots Festival returns to Rhode Island this weekend! The annual Labor Day Weekend festival begins Friday, August 30th, with a tremendous lineup scheduled to perform this year. The three-day festival at Ninigret Park in Charlestown features headliners Emmylou Harris, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, along with Larkin Poe, […]
By: Ken Abrams
Student-led free public art tours on the Brown campus highlight outdoor works of art
By: Ken Abrams
The opioid epidemic in the United States continues to destroy American lives and families. Over the past 25 years, more Americans have died from opioid abuse (over 750,000) than American soldiers killed in combat since World War I. It’s no longer a dirty little secret – the epidemic has been chronicled in books, articles, and […]
Family Day, Founders Day and more planned through fall
Spirits were high, the weather was perfect, and the joint was shaking — it was indeed a stellar start to the annual Rhythm and Roots Festival Friday night August 30, at Ninigret Park in Charleston, RI.
By: Ken Abrams
It's the most wonderful time of year for apple lovers. The fragrance of ripening apples at the orchards, a scent that has been replicated in candles, air fresheners, and more, is back, which means apples at local orchards are ripe for picking. Even better news – returning this year – Peaches! Locally grown peaches return to many orchards after a poor harvest in 2023.
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