Luck Be a Lady Tonight! 'Guys & Dolls' Begins in Little Compton

Here's 5 things you need to know today about what's happening around town. 

1. Today is the first day of August! This means less than a month before school starts. The official countdown has begun. 
2. Newport County’s Swanhurst Chorus Theater will offer a reprise of its 19th Annual Tribute to Broadway with Frank Loesser’s 1950 hit “Guys & Dolls” this August at the Little Compton Community Center & Theater, starting tonight! 
   
3. Same-sex weddings begin for the first time today throughout Rhode Island thanks to the passage of new legislation. 
   
4. Bridgefest continues in Newport today with many events around the city, including a Scavenger Hunt all day at Newport's art galleries. 
5. If you feel like taking a drive down to Rosecliff Mansion in Newport tonight, there'll be a special showing of the film "Running from Crazy," a documentary examining the personal journey of model and actress Mariel Hemingway, the granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway.