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This weekend’s weather will be quite erratic. “Yo-yo” comes to mind. We’ll start out with a warm Friday that will reach 60 degrees, but overnights all weekend will hover just above freezing. In terms of precipitation, we’ll start out Friday with some rain, the sun will poke its head out on Saturday and then we’ll return to rain on Sunday with “A morning shower or two.” Who cares? We aren’t afraid of any rain! Let’s head out and enjoy some of the many goings-on across the South Coast!
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Friday, November 20th
Dock-U-Mentaries Film Series (7:00pm)
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park will be showing “The Lonely Dorymen”. Films about the working waterfront are screened on the third Friday of each month in the Corson Maritime Learning Center. (508) 996-4095. www.nps.gov. New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, 33 William Street, New Bedford.
Chicago performs LIVE (Fairhaven) (7:00pm)
Fan of the band Chicago? They will be playing your favorite hits at the Seaport Inn & Marina. Tickets are $20 and the proceeds will benefit the Global Learning Charter Public School’s music department. 110 Middle Street, Fairhaven.
Paulus, Rachmaninoff, & Beethoven at the “Z” (7:30pm)
Join the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra for this blockbuster concert highlighted by photographer John Robson’s “Sea Portraits” video presentation. Stephen Paulus: Sea Portraits, Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, & Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major. The NBSO is a superb professional orchestra that performs with internationally renowned guest artists, annually presenting a 7-concert series of classical and pops music and a 4-concert chamber music series, as well as providing nationally recognized educational programs for the children of South Coast. For $10 tickets for children and students under age 22, please call or visit The Z box office, 508-994-2900. For discounted season tickets, please call the NBSO office at 508-999-6276.
Dracula (8:00pm)
Lucy Seward, whose father is the doctor in charge of an English sanitorium, has been attacked by some mysterious illness. Dr. Van Helsing, a specialist, believes that the girl is the victim of a vampire, a sort of ghost that goes about at night sucking blood from its victims. The vampire is at last found to be a certain Count Dracula, whose ghost is at last laid to rest in a striking and novel manner. Your Theatre, Inc, 136 Rivet Street, New Bedford.
Saturday, November 21st
Letters for the Troops! (Dartmouth) (ALL DAY)
Community wide event! Dr. John Fraone’s office, a pediatric dental office in Dartmouth is collecting letters, cards, and colored pictures to bring some well wishes and holiday cheer to our troops!! All letters can be mailed into our office by Dec 4th 2015! Please please let our troops know how much they mean to us his holiday season! Dr John Fraone, 92 Faunce Corner Road, Dartmouth.
Saturdays at The Sawmill (Acushnet) (9:00am-12:00pm)
Come visit the Buzzards Bay Coalition’s restored Acushnet Sawmill on Saturday mornings in November and December. The Hawes Family Learning Center will be open from 9am-12pm. At 10am, join us for one of these hands-on family activities: Nov. 21: Trash Pick Up and Recycled Material Craft. 32 Mill Road, Acushnet.
Mother’s Club Cranberry Craft Fair (Middleborough) (9:30am-3:00pm)
Please stop by for the Annual Mother’s Club Cranberry Craft Fair. Held at Middleboro High School Gymnasium, 71 E. Grove Street, Middleboro, MA. Doors open at 9:30 AM. $1 admission. Over 60 Crafters all in one location. Get a head start on your Holiday Shopping! Lots of unique items! Middleboro High School, 71 East Grove Street, Middleborough.
Meat, seafood and more raffle (5:00pm)
Meat, seafood and more raffle with raffle at 7 p.m. Serving chicken pie dinner with soup and beverage, $7. (508) 992-3184. Holy Name of the Sacred Heart Center, 121 Mount Pleasant Street, New Bedford.
Hayrides (Westport) (12:00pm-4:30pm)
It’s a great way to let the entire family see the vineyard. Westport Rivers Vineyard Hayrides every Saturday through Nov. 21. Weather-permitting. $5 per person, children under 2 are free. Ride times are approx. 20-30 minutes. Westport Rivers Vineyard, 417 Hixbridge Rd., Westport.
Bookmaking Workshop for elementary school teachers-grades 1-3 (2:00pm-4:30pm)
Join Teaching Artist Diana Arvanites for an introduction to bookmaking and explore ideas on how to integrate this art form into your curriculum. This studio time will explore three simple books that will help you spark creativity and facilitate learning. In this session you will make a single sheet fold (Mazes), a pamphlet, and a circle book. All materials, snacks and beverages provided. Please RSVP by November 18 @ d.arvanites@cox.net. Hatch Street Studios, 88 Hatch Street, Suite 402, New Bedford.
13th annual Short Plays Marathon at the Whaling Museum (2:00pm-10:30pm)
Presented by Culture Park at the Whaling Museum Theatre. Tickets $20 for full day/evening, $13 for afternoon or evening only. Seniors and students $15 full day, $10 half day. 774-202-0588. culturepark@earthlink.net. New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford,
Robyn Hitchcock at the Narrows Center (8:00pm)
Robyn Hitchcock is one of England’s most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers. A surrealist poet, talented guitarist, cult artist and musician’s musician, Hitchcock is among alternative rock’s father figures and is the closest thing the genre has to a Bob Dylan (not coincidentally his biggest musical inspiration). Since founding the art-rock band The Soft Boys in 1976, Robyn has recorded more than 20 albums as well as starred in ‘Storefront Hitchcock’ an in concert film recorded in New York and directed by Jonathan Demme.
Blending folk and psychedelia with a wry British nihilism, Robyn describes his songs as ‘paintings you can listen to’. His most recent album THE MAN UPSTAIRS is a bittersweet love letter to a vanishing world. Produced by legendary folk-rock svengali Joe Boyd (Pink Floyd, Nick Drake) the album was critically acclaimed by MOJO, UNCUT and THE QUIETUS. Narrows Center for the Arts, 16 Anawan Street, Fall River.
Dracula (8:00pm)
Lucy Seward, whose father is the doctor in charge of an English sanitorium, has been attacked by some mysterious illness. Dr. Van Helsing, a specialist, believes that the girl is the victim of a vampire, a sort of ghost that goes about at night sucking blood from its victims. The vampire is at last found to be a certain Count Dracula, whose ghost is at last laid to rest in a striking and novel manner. Your Theatre, Inc, 136 Rivet Street, New Bedford.
Sunday, November 22nd
Letters for the Troops! (Dartmouth) (ALL DAY)
Community wide event! Dr. John Fraone’s office, a pediatric dental office in Dartmouth is collecting letters, cards, and colored pictures to bring some well wishes and holiday cheer to our troops!! All letters can be mailed into our office by Dec 4th 2015! Please please let our troops know how much they mean to us his holiday season! Dr John Fraone, 92 Faunce Corner Road, Dartmouth.
11th Annual Christmas Bazaar (Fall River) (11:00am-4:00pm)
Pet Photos with Santa, Chinese and Silent Auction, Rabies($12) and Micro-chipping($20) Clinic by Mass Mobile Vet, Bake Sale. Elks Lodge #118, 4500 North Main Street, Fall River.
Dracula (2:30pm)
Lucy Seward, whose father is the doctor in charge of an English sanitorium, has been attacked by some mysterious illness. Dr. Van Helsing, a specialist, believes that the girl is the victim of a vampire, a sort of ghost that goes about at night sucking blood from its victims. The vampire is at last found to be a certain Count Dracula, whose ghost is at last laid to rest in a striking and novel manner. Your Theatre, Inc, 136 Rivet Street, New Bedford.
