Join us for a fun and energetic Pickleball Scramble Fundraiser supporting New Bedford Star Kids Scholarship Program. This event is designed to welcome players of all skill levels, from beginners to seasoned competitors. Sat., 3/7, 2–5 p.m., Southcoast Pickleball, 4 David Drown Blvd., Fairhaven; $45 per person. To register or sponsor visit https://tinyurl.com/379pvd9b. Visit https://newbedfordstarkids.org… [Read More]

Please join us on Feb., 27, March 5, 13, 20, 27, and April 3 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM for Our Lady of Purgatory’s Lenten Fish Fry at the OLOP Parish Center, 4254 Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford, MA. It’s a great opportunity to enjoy baked or fried fish & chips (cole slaw, rolls, dessert,… [Read More]

Local jazz favorites Yoron Israel & High Standards will bring their cool vibe and sophisticated sound to the Steeple Playhouse for the first concert on March 1, at 4 p.m. at Steeple Playhouse, 159 William St., New Bedford. Tickets: $30/adult, $25/Senior, militar, student; Mass cad to culture, $50. Made possible by support from the Massachusetts Cultural… [Read More]

The Unitarian Universalist Society of Fairhaven, 102 Green St., welcomes the commu­nity for a rare opportunity to hear UMass Dartmouth Professor Jing Wang perform music on the erhu, a Chinese stringed instrument.  The service begins at 10 a.m. March 1. Rev. Maria Uitti McCabe’s sermon centers on the question, “What’s in Your Cup?”  Ms. Wang is… [Read More]

Feb 22, 2026, 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM, Center Street, Center St., Fairhaven. Join Discover Fairhaven (the Office of Tourism, Community & Economic Development) for Fairhaven’s 214th Birthday Celebration — a cozy winter evening celebrating the town we call home.  The celebration will feature live entertainment and music, food and drink, s’mores over campfires, and a… [Read More]

Show solidarity every night in the streets to stop ICE. Visibilities will be held around the region in different municipalities each night until we remove the regime and abolish ICE.  Bring signs, friends, family, and neighbors. Play music, create art, read poetry, and chant. If everyone shows up when they can, there will be people… [Read More]

The Fishing Heritage Center, 38 Bethel St., New Bedford, is pleased to announce the return of Lobster Days during the February school vacation week. This family-friendly event is designed to educate the public and local youth about Massachusetts’ commercial lobster industry.  Stop by the Center to meet local commercial lobstermen, make lobster hand puppets, explore… [Read More]

The New Bedford Rod and Rifle Club proudly hosts NRA’s Women’s Instructional Shooting Clinic, Sun., 2/22, from 10am till 2pm, at our club, 246 Bolton St., New Bedford, MA 02740  Come join us and receive a basic level of firearm safety instruction so that you will know how to safely handle firearms. Then, under the direct… [Read More]

New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center (FHC) and New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park are partnering with Ian Coss, host of GBH’s The Big Dig podcast, for a special screening and conversation about the New Bedford fishermen’s strike of 1985-86, entitled “I Hope Those People Sink.” The docu­mentary explores the legacy of that explosive three month… [Read More]