Sippican Choral Society will present “An Anniversary Celebration: ’60s Songs for 60 Years”at Wickenden Chapel, Tabor Academy, Marion on Sunday, May 4 at 4:00 pm. For our 60th anniversary, we are taking ourselves and our audience back to the music that was popular during the decade of our first concert in 1965. We will begin […] Read more »
ArtWeek SouthCoast returns to the Marion Art Center (the MAC) with seven events during the regional festival scheduled May 8 to May 18. ArtWeek SouthCoast is a 10-day event celebrating the arts in our communities by connecting innovative, creative, and affordable art and cultural events in communities across the region, from Fall River to Wareham. […] Read more »
Marion Natural History Museum’s Annual Meeting featuring Chris German of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will give a talk on “From Submarine Vents to Life on other Ocean Worlds” on May 16 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. The first Alvin dives to submarine vents, together with the discovery that they hosted new species of animals […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Free Library will host a local author talk on Saturday, May 10 from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. Local resident Richard Cutler is the author of what has been described as “speculative fiction.” This is a subgenre of science fiction of which there are many genres including horror and space cowboy adventures. Those […] Read more »
Marion Art Center is pleased to present Aimee Bayles, joined onstage by Tristan Clark and Rob Ritchie. Aimee Bayles is a singer, songwriter and recording artist based in New York City. Originally from Virginia, her soulful, vocally driven music is influenced by an upbringing in southern church music, her training as an opera singer, […] Read more »
Attention teens, are you looking for something to do this April vacation? Visit the Mattapoisett Library at 7 Barstow Street. Celebrate school vacation week with WildKat Hoops on Tuesday, April 22, at 1:00 pm. Participants will learn basic hula hooping moves while increasing hand-eye coordination, strength, balance, and agility. No prior hooping experience is […] Read more »
The Rochester Fire Department will again sponsor the Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race. The Rochester Memorial Day Boat Race on the Mattapoisett River will take place on Monday, May 26, starting at 8:30 am at Grandma Hartley’s Reservoir, Snipatuit Road, in Rochester and finishing at the Mattapoisett Herring Weir at River Road and Route […] Read more »
John Magnan, who specializes in woodworking and sculptures, has recently completed some home-based pieces now displayed around the fireplace of a new home. Magnan crafted his pieces using the South Coast’s biodiversity as inspiration. The selection, Magnan says, is to “visually and symbolically bridge the inside of the home to the outside world.” Magnan, […] Read more »
The Rochester Democratic Town Committee will be hosting its 2025 Caucus on Monday, May 5, at 6:30 pm. The caucus will take place at the Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library, 17 Constitution Way, in the community conference room. Registered Democrats will elect three delegates and three alternates to attend and participate in the Massachusetts Democratic […] Read more »
Join the Mattapoisett Land Trust and the Nasketucket Bird Club in welcoming back our avian Spring migrants with an all-level bird walk on Saturday, April 12, at 8:00 am. This walk will be led by Mike Labossiere, a member of the Nasketucket Bird Club. It will be a delightful morning in nature and a wonderful […] Read more »