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Well, it finally looks like we’re going to get a break from all this weekend rain. I guess, I can stop work on that Ark that I was building. Even better is that this weekend will be the first weekend that will resemble a truly summer weekend. We’ll hit the 80s! There is quite a lot going on in the South Coast and beyond, now that warm weather is here to stay. People are planning events to keep those of us who enjoy seizing life, busy indeed!
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Friday, June 06th
St. Stanislaus Polish Festival: Day 1 (Fall River) (5:00pm-9:00pm)
Delicious Polish and American food, live music, money wheel, fried dough, ice cream, Polish dancers, great children’s games, face painting, bounce house, DJ, gymnastics exhibition. Fun for all! Phone: 508-672-0423. Email: gsfallriver@gmail.com. 36 Rockland Street Fall River, Mass.
Portuguese Kids (5:30pm)
Special performance to aid the A&R Pennies From Heaven Relay for Life Team. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets $30 and include food catered by Innerbay of New Bedford, call (774) 203-9933 for information and tickets.
Painting with a Splash: Red Wine Pour & Girl’s Night Out (7:00pm)
Welcome to Painting with a Splash Where you are the artist! Painting with a Splash is the newest addition to Historic Whaling City Downtown New Bedford. Bringing you an experience of art as entertainment. Add a little wine (BYOB) that will surely tap into your creative side. With step by step instruction and a little music, you and your friends will create the evenings featured painting with a splash of your own uniqueness. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Just a desire to have fun.
Public Lecture: Perilous Oceans: Sea Monsters on Medieval and Renaissance Maps (7:00pm)
Chet Van Duzer will trace the history of sea monsters on European maps, beginning with the earliest mappaemundi on which they appear in the tenth century and continuing to the end of the sixteenth century. One of the most visually engaging elements on these maps, sea monsters are important not only in the history of cartography, art, and zoological illustration, but also in the history of the geography of the marvelous and of western conceptions of the ocean.
Saturday, June 07th
Allen’s Neck Rummage and Bake Sale (Dartmouth) (9:00-3:00pm)
Allen’s Neck Quaker Meeting House Rummage and bake sale at 739 Horseneck Road.
Indoor/outdoor, multi-vendor yard sale (Acushnet) (9:00am-2:00pm)
Indoor/Outdoor, multi-vendor, yard sale Acushnet Sr. Ctr. building, 59 1/2 South Main Street, Acushnet Rain or shine. We will also be hosting a BBQ vendor. Hamburgers/cheeseburgers, hot dogs, chips and watermelon. Phone: 508 998 0280. Email: acushnetcoa@acushnet.ma.us.
Marion Art Center: “Tapestry of Innovation” (Marion) (10:00am-2:00pm)
Arlene has been a traditional basket maker, making functional baskets since 1981. After many years of creating utilitarian baskets, she acquired the necessary skills to experiment with new forms and shapes. She started making contemporary baskets using many non-traditional materials such as Japanese papers, wire, copper foil, pewter, brass etc. Her new work evolved to conceptual designs that represent ideas rather than functional containers.
Shining Tides Annual Quilt Show 2014 (Dartmouth) (10:00am-5:00pm)
Features a raffle quilt “Jinny’s Garden,” 2013 Hoffman Challenge quilts, vendors, door prizes and more. At UMass Dartmouth Woodland Commons. Admission $7.
Cape Verdean Cultural Center Open House Celebration (11:00-6:00pm)
Live music, dancing, Batukada, arts & crafts, games, prizes, cash bar and more! The Cape Verdean Association in New Bedford invites you to tour the Cape Verdean Cultural Center and learn more about their goals and future plans. 1157 Acushnet Avenue.
New Bedford Ballet: “The Secret Garden” (2:00pm & 8:00pm)
Presents “The Secret Garden” at the Zeiterion theatre. Reserved seating is $20, general admission $15 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, $8 for children 12 and younger. Available at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center box office and New Bedford ballet Website. 684 Purchase St.
St. Stanislaus Polish Festival: Day 2 (Fall River) (5:00pm-9:00pm)
Delicious Polish and American food, live music, money wheel, fried dough, ice cream, Polish dancers, great children’s games, face painting, bounce house, DJ, gymnastics exhibition. Fun for all! Phone: 508-672-0423. Email: gsfallriver@gmail.com. 36 Rockland Street Fall River, Mass.
GLBTQ Pride Dance (7:00pm-11:00pm)
First GLBTQ PRIDE DANCE in New Bedford sponsored by an Episcopal Church!! $10./ticket, includes DJ Sarah Mello, beverages, munchies and a fantastic time!!! Tickets are limited, a few tickets will be available at the door. Phone: 508-992-4656. Email: spring44@comcast.net. St. Martin’s Episcopal Church Hall Corner of County and Rivet Streets New Bedford.
Silverbrook Farm ACUSHNET Country Store Season Opening (9:00-am-5:00pm)
Silverbrook Country Store officially opens for the season! We will have SPRING PRODUCE, EMACK and BOLIOS’s ICE CREAM, JAMS, BREADS, PIES and MUCH MUCH MORE! For directions and contact information, click on the event title or email them at thesilverbrookfarm@gmail.com! It is the beginning of a GREAT SEASON!
Painting with a Splash: Flip Flop Say & Fun City (3:00pm & 7:00pm)
Welcome to Painting with a Splash Where you are the artist! Painting with a Splash is the newest addition to Historic Whaling City Downtown New Bedford. Bringing you an experience of art as entertainment. Add a little wine (BYOB) that will surely tap into your creative side. With step by step instruction and a little music, you and your friends will create the evenings featured painting with a splash of your own uniqueness. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Just a desire to have fun.
Sunday, June 08th
St. Stanislaus Polish Festival: Day 3 (Fall River) (11:00am-3:00pm)
Delicious Polish and American food, live music, money wheel, fried dough, ice cream, Polish dancers, great children’s games, face painting, bounce house, DJ, gymnastics exhibition. Fun for all! Phone: 508-672-0423. Email: gsfallriver@gmail.com. 36 Rockland Street Fall River, Mass.
Shining Tides Annual Quilt Show 2014 (Dartmouth) (11:00am-3:00pm)
Features a raffle quilt “Jinny’s Garden,” 2013 Hoffman Challenge quilts, vendors, door prizes and more. At UMass Dartmouth Woodland Commons. Admission $7.
Painting with a Splash: Nantucket Cottage (1:00pm)
Welcome to Painting with a Splash Where you are the artist! Painting with a Splash is the newest addition to Historic Whaling City Downtown New Bedford. Bringing you an experience of art as entertainment. Add a little wine (BYOB) that will surely tap into your creative side. With step by step instruction and a little music, you and your friends will create the evenings featured painting with a splash of your own uniqueness. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Just a desire to have fun.
Neil Diamond Tribute Show (1:00-3:00pm)
Acushnet Historical Society presents Neil Diamond Tribute Show featuring “Solitary Man” Bill Reidy. Admission FREE. Acushnet Council on Aging, 59 1/2 South Main St.
12th Annual Benefit Pops Concert at Tabor Academy (Marion) (3:00-4:00pm)
Tri-County Symphonic Band. Concert program entited “Fairy Tales, Witches and Wizards.” Tickets $25 and all proceeds benefit the Tri-County Music Association’s John R. Pandolfi Scholarship Fund. Fireman Performing Arts Center at Hoyt Hall, Tabor Academy, 235 Front St.
Dartmouth 350th Incorporation Celebration & Fireworks (Dartmouth) (4:00-9:00pm)
Music, fireworks, fun! Join the town of Dartmouth in celebrating their 350th anniversary!
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