Good morning, Newport.

Bike Newport’s 10-Spot Ride returns on Saturday, Aug.

29 with riders cycling to ten secret stops featuring food, live music, and a new final gathering spot where Leaving Irene will perform. The 5.5-hour ride, limited to 300 participants, supports local biking and sustainability (final stop details remain secret).

Dave Matthews Band will play at the Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence on Nov.

9 as part of its seven-date fall tour following his unannounced Newport Folk Festival appearance on July 26 when he joined Nathaniel Rateliff & Friends. Presale opens Aug. 21 at 10 a.m. for fan club members.

Newport County has a free children’s concert at the YMCA Saturday, Aug.

15 at 4 p.m. plus the Black Ships Festival, running Friday to Sunday in Bristol and Newport, and a George Washington Letter Reading Sunday, Aug. 16 at the Old Colony House.

Newport Classical will host two free concerts by Ensemble Mélange on Sunday, Oct.

18 at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the Newport Classical Recital Hall on Dearborn St, where the audience chooses from over 30 musical selections including classical, jazz, Latin and Broadway, and advance registration is requested.

Set to run Sept. 17-20, the 55th Newport International Boat Show will offer an extensive educational lineup — including on-water sessions with certified captains, interactive seminars and a Fishing Village with product demos — on the waterfront, with classes covering navigation, docking and fishing skills for all levels.

In Newport history, the first public roller skating rink opened on Aug.

11, 1866 when James Plimpton transformed a hotel dining room at the Atlantic House Hotel—now the Elks Club at Bellevue Avenue and Pelham Street—into a skating area that sparked roller derby.

IYRS School of Technology & Trades is hosting an international Ocean Racing STEM Clinic on Aug.

24-25 at its campus at 449 Thames St. Women can explore marine tech careers with workshops on navigation, renewable energy & yacht design as well as tours of IMOCA race boats.

A partial solar eclipse is visible today in Newport with the maximum at 1:46 p.m., and experts warn to use certified eclipse glasses (or a pin projector) to protect your eyes.

Newport Mental Health's Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment program serves more than 100 locals with both mental health and substance use challenges since launching two years ago.

Demand is growing, and the team meets clients in community sites to build trust and provide wraparound support — a hopeful model for recovery.

Rhode Island farms invite guests to pick sunflowers this August with events at Butterfly Farm, Confreda, Clark Farms, Manfredi Farms, and Salisbury Farm.

Each site offers fun activities such as hayrides, food trucks and petting zoos for a day out.