Events

Trading cards have been popular for generations, from images of sports figures to movie stars.  Now, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park is offering free trading cards featuring figures of the Civil War who had ties to the city. The ten cards available at New Bedford are part of a …

Watch out New Bedford – Hurricane Irene is headed this way!  The Weather Channel has put out a warning for an extraordinary threat as “Hurricane Irene roars towards the U.S. as a potentially devastating Category 3 storm, impacting millions of people from the Carolinas to New England.”  To be totally …

On Thursday, August 25, at 6:30 PM, New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park will be hosting Mark Lambert of the Sharks Come Cruisin and Friends, presenting original and traditional singalong songs.  They will be the featured artists for this coming Thursday Evening in the Park event.  Each week in July …

This weekend, expect typical New England summer weather: warm temps, scattered thunderstorms, and partly cloudy skies.  There is a chance of storms on both Friday and Saturday, and skies should be clear by Sunday.  Temperatures will range from 79°F to 82°F. Definitely check out one or some of the many …

For over 10 years, Dartmouth native Jay Burke has been working to complete his first feature-length film, Whaling City.  What began as a script he wrote as a student at Columbia Film School, Whaling City is finally nearing completion.  The film is set in New Bedford, Massachusetts in the rapidly …

by Joyce Rowley She delivers “Postcards from Heaven,” solace to those who want to re-connect with loved ones in the afterlife.  Mom, comedienne, and medium Maureen Hancock comes to the Zeiterion tonight at 7:30 p.m.  Tickets can be purchased here. According to her memoir, “The Medium Next Door—Adventures of a …

Happy weekend!  Even though summer is on its way out, the weather could not be more beautiful!  This weekend look forward to warm temperatures and sunny skies on Friday and Saturday, with temperatures reaching a high of 86°F.  On Sunday however, there is a chance of scattered thunderstorms.  Weather predictions …

Get your wallets and credit cards ready because Massachusetts has brought back a tax-free weekend (August 13-14, 2011) for most sales in the state.  At one time the tax-free holiday was an annual event, but was stopped in 2009 due to state budget short-falls.  Despite heavy criticism, Governor Deval Patrick …

by Joyce Rowley Not everyone can get out into the countryside in the summer and stop by a farm stand for fresh-from-the-earth vegetables and fruit ripened by the sun.  In fact, most people get fruit and veggies that were picked well before they were ready.  There’s a world of difference …

The Dock-U-Mentaries film series continues on Friday, August 19th with Gloucester’s Adventure: An American Story. This 60 minute film tells the story of Gloucester, Massachusetts, once one of the world’s busiest fishing ports, and the sailing schooner Adventure, which was built there in 1926 and soon became one of the …