Join us for the third annual Resident Crafters Holiday Fair at Fairhaven Housing Authority on Sat., 12/6, from 10 a.m.–3 p.m., at Oxford Terrace Community Room, 275 Main St. Featuring hand made items from our residents, including a baked goods table. Free door prizes, compli­mentary popcorn, hot chocolate, coffee, tea, apple cider. Come out and… [Read More]

Join us for the 2nd Annual Fairhaven Acushnet Youth Athletics Santa Bowl! Sat., 12/6, Livesey Park, 15 Glenhaven Ave., Fairhaven. Get ready for a day filled with football, fun, and festive cheer, plus special appearances from Santa (and maybe even The Grinch!) Put together your group of 10: name yourselves, dress up like elves, or wear… [Read More]

Christmas Fair The Church of the Good Shepherd will be holding its annual Christmas Fair in their Parish Hall on Saturday, December 6 from 9 am to 2 pm at 74 High Street, Wareham. Favorites will include crafts, gift baskets, jewelry and scarves, raffles, gently used Christmas decor, spice table, and baked goods.  All items… [Read More]

Greens Sale The sixth Annual Mattapoisett Woman’s Club Holiday Greens Sale will be held on Saturday, December 6th at the “What the Taco” porch & parking lot on route 6 in Mattapoisett, from 9am until 1pm, or until items are sold out. In past years, all items have sold out in a couple of hours… [Read More]

The Acushnet Lions Club and the Rivers’ End Cafe, proudly sponsor their annual Toy & Food Drive/ Motorcycle Run on Sun., 11/30. $10 or unwrapped toy donation (no stuffed animals please), and non-perishable food donation gets you in.  Now accepting food and toys at the Rivers End Cafe, 7 Tarkiln Hill Road, Acushnet. Starts at… [Read More]

Thurs., 12/4, 6 p.m., at New Bedford Whaling Museum Cook Memorial Theater, 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford. Tickets: $10–$20. Visit https://www.whalingmuseum.org/ Sailing Towards My Father is a one-man play, starring Stephen Collins, about Herman Melville (1819–1891), the American author best known for his whaling epic Moby-Dick. Written and directed by Carl A. Rossi, the… [Read More]

A Very Merry Maker’s Market A rotating lineup of local small businesses like jewelers, bakers, ceramic artists, woodworkers, tarot readers, and more! Come shop, support local and get in the holiday spirit! Located inside Shimmer’s new community space, 185 Union Street, New Bedford. Sat., 11/29, 11 a.m.–3 p.m.; Thurs., 12/11, 4–7 p.m; Sat., 12/13, Noon… [Read More]

Tues., 12/2, from 6–8 p.m., The Last Round Bar & Grille, 908 Purchase St., New Bedford   Our guest Seth Lederman, MD, CEO of Tonix Pharmaceuticals, will discuss “No Fairytale: The Story Behind a New FDA-Approved Fibro­myalgia Drug.” Tonix owns & operates a biologicals manufacturing facility in the New Bedford Business Park.  In August, Tonix… [Read More]

The Art of Seeing: Natural Heritage of Fairhaven. Mon., 12/1, 6:30—8:00 PM in the UUSF Auditorium at 102 Green Street, Fairhaven, MA, 02719 Join local artist John Vliet for a thought-provoking talk on creativity as a source of personal agency in an increasingly impersonal world. Drawing from his practice of sketching and sharing scenes of the Fairhaven… [Read More]