Alight to the Kia Ora Cosmic Ball, Presented by BD on Friday, August 5th, 2022 with Honorary Gala Ambassador, R&B Legend Jeffrey Osborne and international polo guests of honor, the New Zealand polo team, at Newport’s famed Rosecliff mansion for a spirited White Party in honor of the team’s celebrated south pacific paradise, known for centuries as the Long White Cloud.
Tickets are on sale now at www.nptpolo.com while supplies last.
Our MC and Gala Ambassadors will receive over 400 generous and fun-loving points of light from our polo community to make a red carpet entrance for the annual sell-out black-tie affair, one of the summer’s most anticipated social events, to support the mission of the Jeffrey Osborne Foundation.
Kia Ora, a universal New Zealand greeting from the Maori language, meaning ‘have life’ or ‘be healthy’, is the perfect spirit in which to embrace this year’s beneficiaries. A portion of ticket sales, and all proceeds from the evening’s Live & Silent Auction, will benefit the Jeffrey Osborne Foundation whose mission is to keep music and the arts in our public school systems and provide food, shelter, and a safe haven for RI families and children in need by funding the Amos House, St. Mary’s Home for Children, Boys & Girls Club of Providence, Button Hole, Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra & Music School and The Met, and this year will also include the Boys & Girls Club of Newport as a beneficiary of the gala’s fundraising. For more information, visit https://www.jeffreyosbornefoundation.org/.
“As the name implies, the stars have aligned and the sky is the limit,” expressed Dan Keating, gala MC, Polo captain, and Club President. “After our hugely successful teamwork last year, we are honored to collaborate with Jeffrey Osborne as Honorary Ambassador, and we are thrilled to name BD as presenting sponsor, helping make this year’s event the best of all time.”
Bungee to 41° South for an aurora of sensations from A to Zealand, drawn from the Polynesian archipelago’s geographic and celestial wonders, gourmet delicacies, celebrated wines & elixirs, Maori-Euro arts & culture, and a few stars of our own to match the cosmic glow of their southern lights, for a fitting fête of our Kiwi cousins.
Attire calls for White Formal, in homage to the Long White Cloud, ‘Aotearoa’ as the Maori called New Zealand, whose nimbus corona over its Southern Alps helped early Polynesian navigators as early as the 13th century to find this distant landmass in Oceania’s most remote reaches, where they discovered ‘God’s Own Country’ at the crossflow of 3 of the world’s 5 great ocean currents.
A gala pre-party to meet & greet the guests of honor is in the works to launch the evening’s festivities from a favorite Newport destination, followed by the main event at Rosecliff for sunset ocean views from the terrace with enticing hors d’oeuvres, specialty themed cocktails and a tantalizing Silent Auction of curated exclusives for dueling bidders. As twilight concedes to the evening’s brightest stars, supporters will delight in live entertainment, a seated 3-course gourmet presentation, and whirlwind Live Auction offering up a quintuplet of the night’s premier opportunities, in the gilded ballroom and salon. A 10-piece band will not rest ’til the stroke of midnight, when valeted departures will arc like shooting stars to the Skybar, Newport’s VIP stratosphere atop the iconic Clarke Cooke House.
Here is how to greet each other with the expression, Kia Ora!
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Ticketed guests must be 21 or older to attend the gala (or accompanied by a parent or guardian).
Newport Polo’s gala has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years to support various worthy nonprofit organizations. For Gala Sponsorship opportunities or Auction donations for the 2022 gala and auction, please direct inquiries to agnes@nptpolo.com.
21 years and counting, the International Polo Charity Ball is the social highlight of the summer, when polo players, enthusiasts, and supporters come together for a lively celebration while supporting various charitable organizations. Festivities carry on through the weekend as the international guests of honor take to the polo field on the following afternoon for the USA vs. New Zealand standoff. Our annual New England Lobster Boil, expertly prepared by the masters from McGrath Clambakes, brings a brilliant conclusion to an extraordinary weekend. Visit www.nptpolo.com to see all upcoming events.
About BD: “BD is proud to support the Jeffrey Osborne Foundation and give back to the community that we’ve been a part of for over 100 years,” stated Kevin D. Kelly, Worldwide Surgery President, BD. For over a century, BD’s Surgery Business Unit, with headquarters and design center in Warwick, RI, is advancing the world of health, employing nearly 300 associates to distribute over $1 billion in medical devices globally. To learn more, visit www.bd.com.
About Rosecliff: Rosecliff is the premier estate amidst America’s finest collection of gilded age mansions. Commissioned by Nevada silver heiress Theresa Fair Oelrichs in 1899, architect Stanford White modeled Rosecliff after the Grand Trianon, the garden retreat of French kings at Versailles. After the house was completed in 1902, at a reported cost of $2.5 million, Mrs. Oelrichs hosted fabulous entertainments here, including a fairy tale dinner and a party featuring famed magician Harry Houdini.
About Newport Polo: Newport Polo is the home of the Westchester Polo Club, America’s first polo club, offering exhibition polo and club member services for outdoor & arena polo, and polo instruction. Est. in 1876, charter member of the United States Polo Assoc, and host of the Newport International Polo Series.
Annual Charitable Initiatives: In its 30 years, Newport Polo is proud to have helped raise over $1.5 million for nonprofit organizations through its gala auction, benefit matches, Season Program ad sales and ticket donations for the Newport International Polo Series, among other fundraising initiatives. In 2022, Newport Polo’s annual charitable initiatives will include Season Program Ad Sales Scholarship Fund and 2 charity polo matches TBA, among other initiatives in the works. For more information, please email agnes@nptpolo.com.
Child & Family will host their 155th Birthday Soiree on Saturday, August 7, 2021 at Belle Mer in Newport, RI from 6pm to 11pm.
Enjoy Sumptuous food & drink
Dance to The Marcus Reid Band. To learn more, CLICK HERE
Savor a Newport summer evening
*Cocktail Attire
The entire celebration was recently gifted to the
organization by a generous donor with the intent of creating a fundraiser for the agency. All funds raised
at this special event will support Child & Family’s programs for families, children, and seniors.
For more than 155, years Child & Family has been providing essential services across Rhode Island. Child
& Family’s case managers, teachers, foster families, and others have worked tirelessly throughout the
COVID-19 Pandemic to keep families together, children cared for, and seniors safe in their homes. The
evening at Belle Mer will be a chance to celebrate their accomplishments and heroic efforts.
Child & Family is reaching out to our community to support the programs their clients depend on. Please
help celebrate the legacy of Child & Family with a “Happy Birthday” gift that will create lasting and
positive change. To make a gift, or purchase an event ticket, please visit childandfamilyri155birthday.org.
Child & Family wishes to thank their dedicated community partners who helped to facilitate this
opportunity. Thank you to the owners of Fluke Newport, Jeff Callaghan and Geremie Callaghan, and
Stasia Callaghan Anthony with Exquisite Events.
About Child & Family
Established in 1866, the mission of Child & Family is to strengthen families, their members, and the communities in which they live. Child & Family offers a variety of
comprehensive services to help individuals and families cope with numerous complex social problems that require immediate or long-term intervention. Through multiple
programs encompassing a wide range of evidenced-based programs for individuals of all ages, as well as residential treatment programs for children and youth involved in
the Rhode Island child welfare system, the agency impacts thousands of Rhode Islanders each year.
As one of the largest social service agencies in the state, Child & Family operates Community Centers in both Middletown and Providence, three residential homes for
youth across Newport and Portsmouth, Sandpipers Early Learning Center in Middletown, a Supportive Housing program for homeless parent(s) and their children, Family
Preservation Programs, Elders Services, Independent Living Programs, Foster Care and more. To learn more please visit childandfamilyri.org or call (401) 849-2300.
31 John Clarke Road 1268 Eddy Street
Middletown, RI 02842 Providence, RI 02905
(401) 849-2300 (401) 781-3669
2nd ANNUAL IZZY’S NIGHT IN NEWPORT at Belcourt Castle
“A TOAST TO TINSELTOWN”
Join us for an exclusive evening beginning with a cocktail hour on the grounds of the beautifully historic Belcourt of Newport, then embark on a tour of the Mansion. We will continue to toast the night with hand crafted cocktails, an expertly curated wine selection and delectable cuisine all while being serenaded by live music!
Your support helps us in our mission to design, fund and IZspire creative projects and programs for families whose children have cancer or other life altering medical conditions to LIVE, LAUGH, LOVE and PLAY.
~ Tour of Belcourt of Newport Mansion during cocktails: 6:00-8:00PM
657 Bellevue Avenue Newport, RI 02840
~ Garden Soirée
~ Open Bar
~ Private Chef on site
~ 8 Course Meal
~ Live String Trio
~ Live Disc Jockey
~ Dress Code: Elevated Cocktail
~ Free Valet Parking
For further questions about this event, please contact us at hello@theizzyfoundation.org or call 401-331-4999.
Newport Music Festival started in 1969 and has grown to a month long expose with renowned artists performing at highly notable establishments throughout Newport and Rhode Island including The Chinese Tea House, The Breakers, The Elms, Ochre Point (which is now air conditioned), Blithewold Mansion, Bellevue House, Newport Arts Museum, The Casino Theatre, The Bohlin, Castle Hill, Newport Country Club & Aldrich Mansion in Warwick. Acclaimed opera singer, visionary and Executive Director Pamela Pantos speaks to the upcoming performances, artists & venues. There is music for all ages, price ranges and genres; including complimentary community performances.
Visit www.NewportMusic.org to partake in the schedule of events and participate as a sponsor
Read the Transcript
Welcome to Newport Living and Lifestyles I’m Christon and joining us today isPamela Pantos from the Newport Music Festival. This started back in 1969and has now proliferated into a whole month-long of wonderfulextravaganzas. Yes. Tell us more about that. So you’re right, it’s a wholemonth, we started with the fourth of July. We did a huge free concert on the lawnat King Park and we have two more free concerts this summer and it goes all theway through July 28th and we have as you said a myriad of all different kinds ofconcerts from classical to jazz and then we even have the swingles comingtomorrow night which is this amazing acapella group from England five-timeGrammy winners Wow coming tomorrow night performing at the breakers and they’redoing all kinds of pop too so it’s it’s everything for everybody yes you have pop, swing, what other different types of music is there?Tomorrow night we have the swingles coming atthis acapella group they’re five-time Grammy nominated pardon me, not nominatedthey are five times Grammy winning! from England and they’ll be heretomorrow night and they’re doing a real myriad they do a little bit of classicalbut a lot of pop they’re even doing Fleetwood Mac oh and a little bit of rock and roll. okay and then onSaturday night we have two concerts one of which is completely sold out which isItalian opera night which is at the breakers however we still have a coupleof tickets left from the Harlem 100 they’re from New York they’re amazingit’s the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance and so if you like authenticjazz it’s at the Bohlin tent and it’s a whole evening so you get a drink whenyou come in valet parking is part of the price and then you get dinner stationsduring intermission plus a whole evening of jazz so it’s really a good time.absolutely, now where are some of the top placesthat everybody’s performing okay well we perform all over the place so certainlythe breakers here at the Elms we have beautiful morning concerts actually nextweek there will be three of them Monday Tuesday and Wednesday we have morningconcerts at the chinese tea house which are also completely sold out we’re doingas i said something at the bohlin we’re performing four times at the light poletent right in bristol and then Monday night we have a wonderfulextravaganza at Castle Hill so all over the place what’s the price ranges for peoplesure so as I mentioned there are free concerts especially next week’s the 16thTuesday at 6 p.m. there’ll be a free concert on the lawn of the Art Museum sothank you to the Art Museum for that and we’ll be doing carnival of animals so ifyou have kids bring a blanket and come at 6 o’clock we’ll have about 20 piecesright on the lawn and you’ll be able to hear this great piece it’s also narratedin addition to that we perform at the breakers almost every night as well as Isaid here at the Elms and lots of other things going on all over the place and agala a gala oh my gosh July 28th and I almost forgotso before we get to July 28th we have July 27 ok so this year we’re going back tothe casino theater which is a great space it’s air-conditioned and we arebringing in a New York dance troupe so the evening will be dance and music soour musicians but you won’t know when our musicians are just playing and whenit’s gonna start being danced and there’s smoke and all kinds of effectsso that’s a really great theater evening if you if you have anybody who lovesdance that’s a great evening moving music on the 27th at the casino theaterand the gala at the 28th at Ochre Court. I almost forgot that we perform theretoo so this Sunday next Sunday and the 28th we have concerts there and the 28this our gala that features metropolitan opera singer Nathan Gunn absolutelyincredible and his wife Julie Dunn who’s a concert pianistit’s gonna be a wonderful evening. You have a concert built into the eveningcatering guy Russell Morin it’s just gonna be a great evening and now they’veair-conditioned Ochre court as well so you can stay cool all night in your gownIf people would like to help you sponsor or just be involved somehow howcan they find you so they can go to the website which is NewportMusic.org youcan call the office at 401-846-1133 and just ask for Pamela andif you want to leave me a message my staff would be happy to talk to you.Easily Accessible. Thank you so much and we look forward to seeing you on Newport Living and Lifestyles
February’s Photo contest was full of amazing Valentine photographs from locals and visitors! Lee Abney @L_double an amazing local photographer joins me to pick the WINNER of the monthly gift give away! When you see his work, you know it’s his work. Thank you for offering a bottle of bubbly!
Rick Schad popped in to tell us about a few upcoming Audrain Museum events, including the Current Exhibition, Mystery in the Museum, The Concours and The Themed Gala! Thank you for offering an individual membership worth $150!
Listen to find out WHO WON THIS MONTH and about an exciting give away that The Audrain Museum would like to offer through Newport Living and Lifestyles in the upcoming months! When you hear this, You will certainly want to start participating in this photo contest!
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