If you’ve ever built a sand castle before, Atlantis Rising will certainly bring some humility. And a sense of wonder. Ten artists from around the globe are competing in Rhode Island’s first and only international sand sculpting competition, now in its third year. They’ve come from Russia, South Korea, Lithuania and elsewhere to work their […]
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Newport obsessed over the Vanderbilts. But its Black leaders thrived long before the Gilded Age.
Dating back to even pre-revolutionary years, Newport was home to entrepreneurs, political pioneers and philanthropists from across the African diaspora.


