Made in Newport: The JPT celebrates films shot in city

The Jane Pickens Theater & Event Center (The JPT) will showcase Newport’s starring role in Hollywood productions with a week-long “Made in Newport” film series running from August 2 to 7.

The series pairs screenings of movies filmed in the coastal city with local business pop-ups, live music and beverage tastings, offering audiences a chance to see familiar Newport landmarks on the big screen.

“It’s no secret that our amazing City by the Sea has something that Hollywood adores — it was hard to miss a major production filming downtown just a month ago!” said Alex Whitney, general manager of The JPT. “We’ve programmed an unforgettable week of the very best Tinseltown productions to film in Newport, with genres for all tastes.”

The series opens Aug. 2 with “Jazz on a Summer’s Day,” the 1958 documentary about the Newport Jazz Festival, preceded by live jazz from the Gerry Beaudoin Trio at 3 p.m. The evening features Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom” at 7 p.m., with folk band Princess June opening and s’mores served to match the film’s camping theme.

Daily Highlights Include:

August 2: Jazz on a Summer’s Day; Moonrise Kingdom
Live jazz by Gerry Beaudoin Trio at 3 p.m., followed by a 4 p.m. screening of the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival classic. Folk band Princess June opens the evening screening of Moonrise Kingdom at 7 p.m., complete with s’mores and camper-themed giveaways.
August 3: The Great Gatsby (1974); High Society; Evening
Mimosas and muffins kick off the three-film day before The Great Gatsby at 1:30 p.m. Come evening, Lyvely canned classic espresso martinis and the refreshing Italian cocktail Hugo Spritz will be served at both screenings of High Society at 4:30 p.m. and Evening at 7:30 p.m.
August 5: Reversal of Fortune; Wind
Stock up on nautical and Newport-themed prints and stickers by local artist Alexi Sarah Widoff before Wind at 7:30 p.m.
August 6: Amistad; True Lies
Rejects Beer Co. will offer tastings before the classic spy film True Lies at 7:30 p.m.
August 7: Lolita; Irrational Man
Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita at 4 p.m. and Woody Allen’s Irrational Man screening at 7:30 p.m. explore forbidden obsession and the dangerous consequences of irrational decisions.
Tickets and the full schedule for the “Made in Newport” series can be found here.