NOTE VENUE CHANGE Please join us for New Bedford Science Café! Tues., 6/14, from 6 to 8 p.m., Cisco Brewers Kitchen & Bar, 1482 E. Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford.  Open to everyone. Free, save for the beer! No registration necessary.  Our guest, Nicholas Sullivan, a Senior Fellow at The Fletcher School at Tufts, will… [Read More]

After two years without a Pride event in downtown Boston, a group of grassroots organizers has announced plans for Pop-Up Pride, a day-long event that will include a rally with speakers, music, performers, commu­nity tables, food vendors, a family area, a LGBTQ+ youth area, and a quiet reflection area. In the wake of a dismantled… [Read More]

SC Pride Southc Coast Pride in New Bedford returns for the first time in two years to Buttonwood Park, Sat. 6/4, Buttonwood Park, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Music, food, vendors, wellness activities, drag per­formances, and fun for everyone. Followed at 4:00 p.m. by an afterparty at Le Place in New Bedford.  Raising of Pride… [Read More]

Cinema New Bedford is pleased to partner once again with the Southcoast LGBTQ Network to screen acclaimed films that speak to LGBTQ populations, allies, and everyone who celebrates freedom of expression, love, and liberation. Our films this year center strong and fully developed LGBTQ characters and perspectives, and also highlight the beauty of friendship and… [Read More]

Chris Brown Memorial Piano Recital, Featuring Janice Weber Thurs., 6/2, at 4 p.m., Marion Music Hall, 164 Front Street, Marion South Coast Chamber Music Series Artistic Director Janice Weber will perform works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and Mussorgsky. The concert is free and dedicated to the memory of Chris Brown, a talented pianist who… [Read More]

he Friends of Buttonwood Park invite the public to Coffee in the Dell on Sun., 6/5, from 10a.m.–noon (rain date 6/26). Bring a chair (optional), relax, enjoy a cup of coffee, read the newspaper, take a guided tour of the Aboretum. Dell is located across from the warming house, west of the greenhouse. Refreshments provided… [Read More]

Due to a nationwide shortage of cannon-grade black powder, the Fairhaven Village Militia regretfully will not be firing the Seacoast Defense cannons as part of the group’s annual encampment at Fort Phoenix this weekend. The militia will hold a one-day encampment on Saturday, May 28, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the ledge near… [Read More]

Monday, 5/30, Main Street, from Center Street north to Riverside Cemetery. To march, meet by 9:30 a.m. Steps off at 10 a.m.  The annual Memorial Day Parade steps off from the intersection of Main and Union streets and proceeds north on Main Street to Riverside Cemetery, with a stop at Fairhaven High School to raise… [Read More]

St. John Neumann’s Lakeside Family Festival is celebrating their 36th anniversary celebration. This Memorial Day Weekend festival has become an anticipated event in the greater New Bedford, Freetown, Lakeville, Fall River, Taunton, Middleboro and the Cape areas. Because our emphasis is to present a weekend of activities directed to all family members, we demand a… [Read More]

The New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park welcomes all to a five segment meet and greet with Hetty Howland Robinson Green, once the richest woman in America and the area’s most famous witch/ philanthropist/financial wizard. Programs will be held at 1 pm the last Sunday of each month from May to September at the Park, 33 William… [Read More]