Local Author Trina Bigham will read from and talk about her book, “Better than Ordinary,” on Sept. 29, 6:30 p.m., at the Millicent Library Auditorium, 45 Center St., Fairhaven (use Walnut Street entrance).  Please register for this FREE event at www.friendsofmillicentlibrary.com ••• Click here to download the 9/25/25 issue: 09-25-25 Medieval Click here to download… [Read More]

Food Truck Festivals of America is bringing the ultimate food truck and craft beverage experience to New Bedford for the 9th time! Join us on Sat., 10/4, from noon to 5 p.m. at Fort Tabor, 1000 S. Rodney French Blvd.  Prepare your taste buds for some of the area’s hottest food trucks, serving up mouthwatering… [Read More]

The Rotch-Jones-Duff House, is partnering with the New Bedford Free Public Library for an artist’s talk with graphic artist and illustrator Melissa “Sawhand” Philley.  On Oct. 1, Philley will give a talk at the library, 613 Pleasant St., NB, about her latest graphic novel: Quaker, Whaler, Traitor, Spy! The Trials of William Rotch, an artistic… [Read More]

 A series of events celebrating the lasting impact of Frederick Douglass and his family will be held in Boston, Lynn, and New Bedford, three Mass., cities where the renowned abolitionist lived and worked. #DouglassWeek 2025 will feature exhibits, conversations with Douglass descendants, activists, educators, and scholars, musical performances featuring Broadway artists, and guided tours of… [Read More]

SUN day bike ride, Sun., 9/21, from 2 – 4 PM, Co-sponsored by Unitarian Universalist Society of Fairhaven’s  Green Sanctuary Team and Fairhaven Livable Streets Committee.  As part of a global day of action for clean energy, we’ll bike from Fairhaven’s Fort Phoenix (meet near the tennis courts) to New Bedford’s Fort Taber. Class I… [Read More]

LAST ONE Discover Fairhaven invites the community to step back in time for Huttleston HarborFest: A Medieval Faire, a day-long celebration of old-world charm by the sea, capped with a Hollywood highlight. During daytime festivities 11:00 AM–4:00 PM at Grimshaw Park at Fort Phoenix, visitors can wander a bustling marketplace filled with artisan vendors, themed food… [Read More]

Who will you meet at the Handy House Artisan Fair? Sat., 9/20 from 10–3 p.m. (rain date, 9/21), 202 Hix Bridge Road, Westport MA Handy House Artisan Fair, organized by the Westport Historical Society, showcases 30 local crafts­people who specialize in skills and traditional crafts commonly practiced in the 18th and 19th century. Traditional craftsmanship,… [Read More]

Salad Days: A Pop-Up Art Exhibi­tion in the Historic Greenhouses of Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens, 787 Shawmut Ave., NB.  Salad Days is a pop-up art exhibition set in the historic greenhouses of Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens in New Bedford, MA—a hidden gem shaped by the late Allen Haskell, known as “a nurseryman with… [Read More]

A Union soldier lies dead at Gettysburg in 1863. He has no identification on him. But in his clenched fingers is an image of his three children. That image was spread throughout the North and soon the soldier had a name, Sergeant Amos Humiston of the 154th New York Volunteers. Learn more about how this… [Read More]

The Friends of the Millicent Library will host author Alfred Saulniers on Mon., 9/22 at 6:30 p.m. for a talk and book signing of his new work, The French of New Bedford: The Early Years,  at the Millicent Library  Rita E. Steele Auditorium, 45 Center Street, Fairhaven, Mass. (enter at Walnut Street doors). Published by… [Read More]