For more than 375 years, Newport, Rhode Island, has welcomed tourists from near and far – even in the colder months when the lights and holiday decorations are as warming as the Rhode Island chowder.
Musician and academic Christopher Brellochs shares the adventures of his “Music of the Gilded Age in the Hudson Valley” sabbatical, when he explored the area’s rich history through the music that might have been played during the period’s glory days.
Summering in Newport was hardly child’s play in the socially conscious Gilded Age. Not so today when the resort is an intoxicating mix of activities and chilling.