First Fridays After Dark: A Night of Live Music, Cocktails, and Culture at the Whaling Museum!  Another unforgettable evening awaits at the New Bedford Whaling Museum as they continue their thrilling First Fridays After Dark series on April 4th! This dynamic event blends art, history, science, and entertainment into a truly unique experience. Enjoy cocktails… [Read More]

Are you ready for the New Bedford Film Festival 2025? April 10-13, 2025, we will celebrate bold and diverse cinematic stories and storytellers in the whaling city of New Bedford, Massachusetts! Film lovers and makers, save these dates to experience the New Bedford Film Festival for your first or second time! The New Bedford Film… [Read More]

Artist Melinda Lane unveils Calm, her newest series of paintings, at the Colo Colo Gallery in the Kilburn Mill, 127 W. Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford. Exhibition opens April 2, with a reception on Sunday, April 6, from 1-5 pm.  Melinda Lane is a representational painter from the South Shore of Mass. Her work can… [Read More]

The Marion Art Center is pleased to present its newest exhibition, the Pastel Paintings of Janet Schwartz & Dave Kaphammer, which features two artists working in pastels. The exhibit runs April 5 through May 16 with an artists’ reception on Saturday, April 5th from 3:00-5:00pm at the MAC, located at 80 Pleasant Street, Marion.  Although… [Read More]

Please join us on March 28, and April 4 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, and a beverage) all for… [Read More]

The Coin Club of Greater New Bedford will be hosting Coin Show, Sun., 3/30, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM / Westport Town Hall Annex, 856 Main Road, Westport, MA, Free Admission ••• Click here to download the 3/27/25 issue: 03-27-25 MarchForMeals Support local journalism, donate to the Neighb News with PayPal

Dartmouth High Theatre Company will be performing “Gunfight at the Bingo Corral” for a special one-night only performance on March 29 at 7pm in the High School cafeteria,  555 Bakervill Rd. This is a unique interactive show which includes five bingo games that are interwoven into the story. Bingo cards are included with the purchase… [Read More]

New Bedford Symphony Orchestra presents ELAN: Elegance, intellect, surprise, delight. Victoria Bond’s Dancing on Glass evokes the unique musical language that has garnered accolades for this American composer and conductor. Scion for solo cello reveals Betsy Jolas, doyenne of Franco-American sophistication, still at the top of her game at age 97. Moritz Moszkowski’s Suite for… [Read More]

Sorting Through the Misinforma­tion of Recycling featuring Katie Drews of Eureka Recycling, on Thurs., 4/3, from 3:30–5:30 p.m. at UMassD Charlton College of Business, Lecture Hall 149 (Park in lot 14); and 6:30–8:30 p.m. at New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill.  As Co-President & CEO at Eureka Recycling, Katie provides compre­hensive executive leadership… [Read More]

Please join us for New Bedford Science Café, Tues., 4/1, from 6 to 8 p.m., The Last Round Bar & Grille, 908 Purchase St., New Bedford. Open to everyone. Free, save for the beer! Free parking in rear of building.   Jamie Jacquart, Assistant Director of Campus Sustainability at The University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, will be… [Read More]