Make your earth day statement and experience the fun! Join us in downtown New Bedford on April 12th for the AHA! Night Sustainable SouthCoast where we will celebrate Earth Day and have a parade with eco-floats! An eco-float is anything that a person or group can wear, roll or carry …
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The crew I hang with doesn’t usually need an excuse to go out and drink, but this Saturday offers an opportunity to truly pour out your drinking heart and soul to honor the passing of St. Patrick (March 17th is believed to be the day he died). The last time …
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In cooperation with Bridgewater Credit Union as its major corporate sponsor, Your Theatre, Inc. has announced it will produce New Bedford’s first-ever jazz festival. Scheduled for May 18th from 6-10 pm at Custom House Square in New Bedford’s Historic District and National Park, Jazzfest will be designed to create an …
Read More »Bay scallops take center stage when the Dock-u-mentaries film series continues Friday, March 16th at 7 PM with What’s Cookin’ on the Cape? Cape Cod commercial shell fisherman Galon “Skip” Barlow, Jr. takes us from the ocean to the plate, providing tried and true methods for harvesting and cooking bay …
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Tonight, Downtown New Bedford will celebrate AHA!, the “Hear Me Roar” edition in honor of National Women’s History Month for March. Here’s a list of the top five woman-themed events that you should check out tonight if you’re in the city. 5) Strong Arm Challenge: The Hear Me Roar Edition …
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You’re bored and need something to do, so you take off from Downtown New Bedford and decide to head to Fall River. It’s about thirteen miles so it’ll take you, oh, two hours. Two hours? What? Shouldn’t that take about ten minutes? The distance from New Bedford to Fall river …
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New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park announces the next sessions in its Exploration Series. On Thurs., March 8, AHA! Night, Waterfront Historic Area League (WHALE) Executive Director Lisa Bergson will offer a photographic presentation at 7:30 PM. She will discuss the vision of local residents, decades ago as well as …
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Each year the New Bedford mayor gives a State of the City speech at a luncheon in front of hundreds of attendees. WBSM and the public TV network typically cover the event. We posted a review of Mayor Lang’s 2011 State of the City address here. The hot topics for …
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Every school day 7,000 students become dropouts nationwide, that’s one every 26 seconds. The Greater New Bedford Connecting Activities Partnership needs volunteers to help address this crisis within the New Bedford area by delivering CHOICES, an interactive decision-making workshop that empowers teens to achieve academic success in pursuit of their …
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On Saturday, March 3, beginning at 10:00 AM, the Friends of the New Bedford Public Library, the New Bedford Historical Society and the New Bedford Civil War Roundtable, in partnership with New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, present an author talk and family-friendly programming about New Bedford’s role in the …
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