Newport

The highlight of the set, though, was “Both Sides Now,” a song that a 23-year-old Mitchell wrote in 1967, the same year she played Newport for the first time. Back then, some critics scoffed at the lyrics’ presumptive wisdom: What could a…

Even more appealing than the house’s emptiness (it has no furniture, so the paintings become “these ghostly bodies that inhabit the space,” per Kazanjian) is its panoply of aesthetic influences—from colonial America, Britain, Europe, and…

Maxime Cressy and John Isner earned victories Thursday to set up a meeting in the semifinals of the Infosys Hall of Fame Open at Newport, R.I.Isner, the No. 2 seed, pushed through with a 7-6 (2), 6-7 (6), 7-6 (5) victory over No. 5 seed…

All six seeded players who took the court on Wednesday advanced to the quarterfinals in the Infosys Hall of Fame Open at Newport, R.I.That group was led by second-seeded John Isner of the United States, who topped Germany's Peter Gojowczyk…

Great Britain's Andy Murray cruised past the United States' Sam Querrey 6-2, 6-0 on Monday in the first round of the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, R.I.Murray, the tournament's sixth seed, won 21 of 31 first-service points (68 per cent) and…

In 1881, William Backhouse and Caroline Schermerhorn Astor completed Beachwood Cottage on Bellevue Avenue. (The name is a modern-day misnomer—far from a quaint structure, Beachwood had 39 rooms and a ballroom that could fit 400 people.…

George Wein, an impresario of 20th century music who helped found the Newport Jazz and Folk festivals and set the template for gatherings everywhere from Woodstock to the south of France, died Monday. Wein, 95, died "peacefully in his…

NEW YORK: George Wein, an impresario of 20th century music who helped found the Newport Jazz and Folk festivals and set the template for gatherings everywhere from Woodstock to the south of France, died Monday.Wein, 95, died peacefully in…

By PTI NEWPORT: American Jenson Brooksby beat Jordan Thompson, 6-3, 7-6 (3) to advance to the final of the Hall of Fame Open. The 20-year-old Brooksby will face Kevin Anderson, who ousted top-seeded Alexander…