The Newport Art Museum hosts Wet Paint, a live art demonstration and auction event, on Saturday. Safe Harbor Race Weekend offers three days of sailing races on Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound.

We know the Vanderbilts and Astors. It’s time to get acquainted with the Downings, Van Hornes, and Bannisters, too.

Marble House was Alva Vanderbilt's 39th birthday present. She later became a leader in the women's suffrage movement.