The Student Government Association is holding an open forum with the theme “Let Your Voice Be Heard” on Tuesday, Feb. 24. The forum will begin at 7 p.m. in the Wakehurst Commuter Lounge.

The “Begin the Beguine” Valentine’s Day dance is coming to town as part of the Newport in the Jazz Age Festival.

Maggie Wiggins can still remember when she first knew that she had concocted some great chili when a Canadian man approached her one year to ask for her recipe. “He wanted to know if he could use my recipe to enter in his contest in Canada!” Wiggins laughed.

As “Friends of Ballroom Dancing” celebrates its seventeenth anniversary this year, 17 couples will join the organization in celebrating anniversaries of their own, including Dorothy and James Finn. Averaging one marriage a year, the ballroom dancing organization has helped people find one another since 1987.

Newport’s Annual Ice Carving Competition should prove to be anything but a “Blast from the Past” when the personalities present in the Brick Market Place strive to make this year’s competition unforgettable.