Friday, February 12

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Note: Children/Family Events are Denoted with a

Winter Festival Special Check out the Helicopter Ride special from BirdsEye Helicopters. Festival special $125 per couple includes the ride of your life and a wine tasting at Newport Vineyards. Call 401-843-8687 for more info.

10am-4pm - International Tennis Hall of Fame & Museum 194 Bellevue Ave.; A variety of activities for the whole family including scavenger hunts through the Museum, Wii Tennis, and QuickStart Tennis- a game designed to educate and excite youngsters about playing tennis. Save 15% in the Tennis Hall of Fame retail stores. $2 off admission w/ button. (401) 849-3990

10am, 12pm & 2pm - Newport Equestrian Academy Beach Trail Rides 287 Third Beach Rd., Middletown. 2 hour group ride $85/$75 per person w/button. 1 1/2 -hour group ride $75/$65 per person w/button. Must call for reservations. (401) 848-5440.

10am-4pm - Newport Mansion Tours The Breakers, 44 Ochre Pt. Ave. is open for tours. $1 off adult admission with button. Children under 18 free when accompanied by an adult with a button. (401) 847-1000

10 - 5pm - Bird's Eye View Helicopters 211 Airport Access Road. Helicopter tours of Newport and Aquidneck Island. Visit www.birdseyeviewhelicopters.com for details. Tours start at $59 per person, $5 off w/button. (401) 843-8687.

10:30am - Discover Colonial Newport Walking Tour Hear stories of revolution and ruin, struggles for religious liberty, and remarkable entrepreneurship among Newport's diverse people on a 75 minute walking tour through Colonial Newport. Tour begins at the Museum & Shop at Brick Market, 127 Thames Street. $12 a person/ $10 w/Newport Winter Festival button. Weather permitting; space is limited. (401) 841-8770

11am-2:30pm/3-6pm/6:30-9:30pm - Sovereign Bank Family Skating Center Enjoy skating with children, family or friends at the Sovereign Bank Family Skating Center. Twice the size of Rockefeller Center, the rink offers enough ice for beginner, intermediate, and novice skaters alike. $2 discount w/button on one session of skating. Weather Permitting. (401) 846-3018

11am-3pm - Make Your Own Perfume Newport Aromatherapy/Fireworks Gallery, Natural Pharmacy, 127 Bellevue Avenue. Learn to make your own perfume…Great weekday activity! Customized for adults with individual attention for children too! $5/$3 w/button. (401) 846-1101.

11am-4pm - Guided Tours of Belcourt Castle 657 Bellevue Ave. Unique among the mansions of Newport, "Belcourt," a Louis XIII style hunting lodge, was designed by Richard Morris Hunt, "the Dean of American architects." The 60-room summer cottage cost $3 million in 1894 , a figure of approximately $75 million in 2007. 300 skilled European craftsmen were employed in Belcourt's creation between 1891 & 1894. The castle is furnished w/antiques from 33 countries from the Tinney Family collection. $15 adult/ $10 seniors & college/$7 student/$5 child, under 6 free. $1 off w/button. (401) 846-0669 or www.belcourtcastle.com.

11-5pm - Paint Your Own Pottery Studio Accidental Artist, 516 Thames St. Pick out pottery to paint and make your own! $7 per person or $ 5 per person with a group of 2 or more. $5 off order off w/button. (401) 848-2501

12-5pm - Mother Daughter Makeovers Daily Cosmetic Cosmos, 387 Thames St. 50% discount w/button. Makeup artists apply the newest shades of cosmetics to complement your skin and eye tones. Leave the shop gorgeous! See Ongoing Activities. (866) 4-COSMOS. $30/$15 w/button.

2pm - Tour Greenvale Vineyards 582 Wapping Rd., Portsmouth. Located 5 miles from Newport. Enjoy samples of award winning, estate-grown wine from this 50-acre family farm now operating as a vineyard. Weather permitting. Tastings all day long. Discount with button (401) 847-3777.

4-8pm - Newport Fire Department Open House - Fire Station #121 West Marlborough Street. Learn fire prevention acclivities. Fire safety open house. See the Fire apparatus and talk with the firefighters. Free.

4:30pm - Lantern Tour of Colonial Newport. Feel transported through time to the heyday of this thriving colonial metropolis on a 75 minute lantern-lit stroll through Newport's Historic Hill. Tour begins at the Museum & Shop at Brick Market, 127 Thames Street. $12 a person/ $10 w/Newport Winter Festival button. Weather permitting; space is limited. (401) 841-8770

5pm - Ghost Tour of Belcourt Castle 657 Bellevue Ave. Begins with a slide presentation by Virginia Smith, a world traveler, describing haunted places here and abroad. Mrs. Harle Tinney & Miss Smith relate personal experiences in Belcourt's most haunted room, the French Gothic Ballroom. $18 for all ages $2 off w/button. Tour is 1 1/2 hrs. Not for children under 8. Reservations needed (401) 846-0669 or www.belcourtcastle.com

5-11pm All You can eat Fish n' Chips The Rhino Bar & Grille, 337 Thames St. $9.95 w/ button, kids eat ½ off w/button. (401) 846-0707.

6-9pm - Clay & Cosmos: Ladies Night Out! - Newport Potters Guild 302 Thames St. Decorate a handmade "sweet heart box" in our studio to fill with chocolate from Newport Chocolate. $60.00 or $50.00 w/button 20% discount on Newport Potters Guild items w/button. (401) 619-4880.

Storefront Competition being presented by NBC 10, the Newport Daily News and WADK 1540. Stores and restaurants throughout Newport compete to create the best-decorated windows either incorporating this year's Winter Festival theme, or the Best Use of Festival Sponsors Logos. View these enchanting window displays, then cast your vote at the Gateway Visitors Center, 23 America's Cup Ave., for the best decorated storefront. 1st Place Prize is a two night stay at the Resort in Hyannis courtesy of the Resort and Conference Center in Hyannis, be sure to visit this fantastic location online at www.capecodresortandconference.com!To register your store or business call the Festival office at (401) 847-7666.

7pm - Murder Mystery Tour Belcourt Castle, 657 Bellevue Avenue. Murder Mystery evening features the Beechwood players who tour the rooms with you looking for clues to the dastardly crime committed in the Castle right before your eyes. $1 off w/button. (401) 846-0669.

8pm - Firehouse Theater 4 Equality Park Place. Live Theater. The Bit Players. Discount off admission price with button (401) 849-3473

8:30pm-12:30am - Jazz with the Mac Chrupcala Trio - Atlantic Beach Club 55 Purgatory Road, Middletown. Come warm up in our Lounge and enjoy Jazz, Food, and Drinks with a 10% discount w/button. Admission to Jazz is free. (401) 847-2750

9pm - BeatleMania Newport Marriott. Sponsored by IHOP (Middletown, RI & North Dartmouth, MA). Relive the Revolution with members from "The Cast of Beatlemania." Travel back in time as members from "The Cast of Beatlemania" key up the memories, drive the images and trigger the events of the Beatles' Era in a live concert. These four seasoned musicians capture the spirit, look and sound of the Beatles in 29 renditions that take us back to "Yesterday," and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" to "Here Comes the Sun" and "Hey Jude." A smash on Broadway and thrilling sellout audiences from Los Angeles to Boston, these performers bring the best-loved popular music of all time to Newport. Put on your dancing shoes! $20/$17 w/button, or thru the Gateway Center-23 America's Cup Ave., the Festival Office-28 Pelham St., MWR ITT- Newport Navy Base, or Music Box-160 Thames St. A sellout performance every year! For info and tickets call (401) 847-7666. Tickets sold at door based on availability.

10pm - Live Music with 1/2 Strung (downstairs) & Video DJ (upstairs) Gas Lamp Grille. No cover w/button (401) 845-9300

10pm - 1am Live Band: "King Friday" The Rhino Bar & Grille, 337 Thames St. DJ in the Mamba Room Dance Club. Free w/button.