For the month of January, New Bedford Guide will be running a “I Have More Friends Than You” Contest. The winner will receive a certified autographed min-helmet of the New England Patriots wide-receiver Wes Welker.  Four other people will win gift cards and T-Shirts! To invite your friends to the …

While all of us listen to music, many of us do not know just how much work goes into completing an entire album.  Along with my recording partner Dori Legge, I recently finished recording one, entitled Tickets To The Moon. Here are the steps we had to take in order …

Organized and presented by AHA! and the City of New Bedford: Arrive early and stay late! Ring in 2011 with fireworks in Custom House Square—and be home in time to watch the ball drop in NYC Times Square.  AHA! and the City of New Bedford present “City Celebrates! New Year’s …

In an effort to encourage everyone to do their holiday shopping in New Bedford, the City is offering a special Holiday Parking Program. Effective Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 2010 through Sunday, January 2, 2011 New Bedford is offering FREE 2-Hour parking at metered spaces in both the Downtown area and …

The City of New Bedford and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced details of an informal design competition for a new station off Route 18 to be known as Whale’s Tooth.  The multi-modal station will be built as part of the South Coast Rail project and may host a …

Each month New Bedford Guide will feature a local musician in our ‘Artist Spotlight.’  This month we are proud to shine our Spotlight on Rebecca Correia, who took some time out of her busy schedule to talk to us about her life and her music. Pretend I’m a music lover …

It happens to the best of us:  even the healthiest, most organically conscious person will at some point find themselves eating the most delicious slice of processed pizza of their life, at 3:00AM. Usually how it happens is that you’ve had a great night out around New Bedford, Dartmouth, and …

3rd EyE will host its 6th Annual Art Auction on Dec. 2nd at the Hawthorne Country Club.  The murals to be auctioned were painted at the 11th Annual 3rd EyE Open Festival in New Bedford this summer.  The theme of the artwork, “Year of the Woman,” is strongly represented in …

While most people get up early each day, climb into their cars and merge into the grind of a typical work week, I have the honor and privilege of pouring brew in Downtown New Bedford for a living.  It has provided me with a great opportunity to drink some excellent …

For 14 years people have gathered at the New Bedford Whaling Museum to perform a marathon reading of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick.  The 2011 non-stop reading of Moby Dick (roughly 25 hours) will start on 8 January and end on 9 January, 2011.  On 15 November, The Whaling Museum will …