Events

The Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE) today announced the date for the 23rd Annual International Wine Festival & Auction to be held on New Bedford’s working waterfront on Friday, October 4, from 5:30 to 9:00 p.m. This year’s event will take place inside the State Pier Building located at 93 …

The Buttonwood Park Zoo’s 32 year old male Atlantic harbor seal, Sandy, has been experiencing gastrointestinal issues which are affecting his ability to hold down and digest all of his food. On Thursday, Sandy was transported to Massachusetts Veterinary Referral Hospital in Woburn, MA where a group of veterinarians from …

Why would a group of Polynesians go on a worldwide voyage in a double-hulled canoe using traditional Polynesian wayfinding, navigating without charts or instruments? Find out on AHA! night, Thursday, September 12, at 6:00 PM, when Dr. Ben Tamura presents “Voyaging Towards Health” at New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park. …

The New Bedford Council on Aging will host a series of open house events during the month of September at several New Bedford Senior Centers to present a full program of activities during the fall months as well as to highlight expanded hours of operation. The open house events will …

This year’s Working Waterfront Festival (September 28-29) will include opportunities for the public to tour a variety of workboats. We are particularly excited to welcome the F/V ROANN, a fully restored wooden Eastern Rig vessel. Built in 1947, ROANN fished out of Martha’s Vineyard and Point Judith, dragging for flounder, …

Have you seen the billboards or bus ads around town with the headline “How to Grow Healthy Kids”? Wondering what that’s all about? Mass in Motion Kids is excited to share this media campaign targeted towards parents of children ages 2 to 12, called “How to Grow Healthy Kids”. It’s …

The legendary John Roberts will be in concert at the Wamsutta Club, Saturday, Sept. 7, at 5 p.m. Sing Out! Magazine calls him “One of folk music’s most beloved voices.” John was at the head of the British folk music invasion of the ‘60s, and has since delighted audiences both …

Dear Friend: New Bedford Energy Now is a city-wide energy program designed to save our residents money and energy, while creating jobs and protecting the planet. Over one thousand New Bedford residents have already signed up to have their home energy assessments through this program and over 1500 have had …

This September, Gallery X will explore two opposing views of society in an exhibition of visual art and writing titled “Utopia/Dystopia.” The exhibition will have interactive components and encourage viewers to ask the questions: How do you view the world? Is it a dystopian Orwellian nightmare peopled by corporate/government plutocrats …

For a small fee, New Bedford and Dartmouth residents can recycle used tires. The event will take place at the Shawmut Avenue Transfer Station (1103 Shawmut Avenue) from 9:00 a.m.to noon, rain or shine. The following fees apply: $1 each for car tires $5 each for light duty truck tires …