Events

Due to rain, the True Bounce 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament and kick off game with Mayor Mitchell, is postponed until tomorrow, Saturday, August 10 beginning at 10 am.  Courts are set up on Pleasant Street between Union and William Streets. TrueBounce Inc., a New Bedford-based manufacturer of the perforated …

Unfortunately, this weekend outlook will start out wet. Don’t be discouraged, because the rain (60% chance) is limited to early Friday, and will clear up later in the day. Generally speaking it will be in the 80s and partly cloudy all weekend. Click on the title of each event for …

Summer is in full effect and with my list of fun time activities growing smaller and smaller, my son and I begin to acknowledge the bleak notion that we may, in fact, lose our minds. A mind is a terrible thing to waste, let alone two! So, in order to …

FESTIVAL OVERVIEW More than simply a celebration, the Working Waterfront Festival is a unique opportunity for the public to get a firsthand understanding of commercial fishing culture and for the fishing community to tell its’ own story. The free, family friendly event presents all that goes into bringing seafood from …

The historical tall ship Kalmar Nyckel arrived at New Bedford State Pier Wednesday at 4 p.m. for its five day stay in New Bedford Harbor. But wind gusts out of the north kept her in the harbor Friday morning. “The winds are coming down the (Acushnet) river,” said Captain Lauren …

The New Bedford Whaling Museum’s High School Apprentices invite parents and their children to join them this summer for Lunch Time Story Time. On Tuesdays July 30, August 6 and August 13 the apprentices will read stories that they created this summer. Each week several new stories, which feature sea …

The Port of New Bedford will be the focus of the next episode of New England Boating TV, a new television series on the New England Sports Network (NESN) that showcases the best recreational ports in the region. The episode highlighting New Bedford as a destination for recreational boaters will …

The 2013 Thursdays in the Park Concert Series continues its weekly summer series with a performance of maritime music featuring Jerry Bryant. The free concert takes place Thursday, August 1 from 6:30-7:15 in the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park garden (33 William Street). In the event of inclement weather, …

The weekend outlook, will start off as a wet one (60%), take a break, and then return to being wet. 🙁 It will rain throughout the day today, and be in the mid 70s. Saturday will be sunny and warmer, before returning to rain on Sunday (50%). As we’ve mentioned …

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park is currently hosting “A Voyage to Health,” a traveling exhibit developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine. This six-panel exhibit explores the recent revival of the ancient arts of navigation and voyaging that first brought the people of Hawai‘i to their island …