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Complimentary tickets available for ‘Night of Jazz’
Missing the sound of live jazz music? Friends of Old Rochester music has 100 complimentary tickets available for seniors and veterans for “A Night of Jazz” at Old Rochester Regional High School on Tuesday, April 9. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m...
Six junior high students perform at regional music festival
On March 8 and 9, six Old Rochester Regional Junior High School students took part in the Southeastern Massachusetts Music Educators Association Junior District Festival. The event took place at New Bedford High School and featured five ensembles...
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MARION — Matthew McGarrell has two answers to the question of his favorite composition by Australian composer Percy Aldridge Grainger. The first is that McGarrell doesn’t really have a favorite. The second answer is that, actually, his favorite...
ORRJHS drama club to perform a Shakespeare spoof
MATTAPOISETT — The Old Rochester Regional Junior High School will present “Romeo and Winifred” on Saturday, March 16 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, March 17 at 2 p.m. in the school auditorium. The performance is directed by Kate Fishman. “This hilarious...
New Bedford Symphony Orchestra musicians ‘juggle’ at St. Gabriel’s chamber series concert
MARION — While no objects were actually thrown into the air, New Bedford Symphony Orchestra musicians did perform a juggling act of sorts Saturday, March 9 at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church. The figuratively, audibly acrobatic action occurred during...
Crochet for beginners
MATTAPOISETT — Starting on March 18, the Mattapoisett Museum will host “Crochet for Beginners and Advanced Beginner Students” for six consecutive Monday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. The class will be instructed by Jackie Souza, who has been crocheting...
Learn to paint a Mattapoisett landmark
MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Museum is hosting a “Watercolor for beginners” class on Thursday, March 21 at 6 p.m. The class will feature step-by-step instructions from local artist Lana Quann. The subject of the painting will be Ned’s Point...
Old Colony theater performs at statewide competition
SWANSEA — There’s a first time for everything, and while the Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School Theater Company is no stranger to putting on a show, this year marked the school’s first entrance into a statewide drama festival. The...
‘New twists to an old favorite’: Marion Art Center opens season with ‘Arsenic & Old Lace’
MARION – Donn Tyler’s brother-in-law is driving all the way from Vermont to see the Marion Art Center’s performance of “Arsenic & Old Lace.” That’s partly because Tyler, the director of the play, is involved in the show. But it’s also just...
‘Perspectives’ of local photographers on display at Marion Art Center
MARION — The walls inside the Marion Art Center had a new look on Saturday, March 2 for the opening reception of a new exhibit titled ‘Perspectives’. The exhibit features pictures taken by three photographers — Andrew Kepinksi, Tianxu Zhou, and...
Afternoon of traditional Celtic music to come to Mattapoisett Museum
MATTAPOISETT – The Mattapoisett Museum will host a “rollicking” program of Celtic music led by local musicians Mark Roberts and Benedict Gagliardi on Saturday, March 16 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The program will feature traditional instrumental music,...
Tri-County Symphonic Band to perform works of Percy Aldridge Grainger with Brown University professor emeritus commentator
MARION – The Tri-County Symphonic Band 2023-2024 season continues with the “sweet simplicity” and “immense sophistication” of the music of Percy Aldridge Grainger. Under the direction of Philip Sanborn, Tri-County Symphonic Band will perform the...
Ceramic creations decorate Council on Aging walls
MARION — During the month of March the artwork on the walls of the Marion Council on Aging will stare back at visitors. Rows of ceramic masks created by Old Rochester Regional High School students are on display at the Council on Aging through March...
Seniors have an ‘Uncommon Lunch’ at Council on Aging performance
MARION — Seniors at the Marion Council on Aging enjoyed a lunch of roast pork, potatoes and banana bread on Friday, Feb. 23 — then they enjoyed something a little more “uncommon.” The “Uncommon Lunch” players, who are a part of the New Bedford-based...
Progressive rock musician Paul Bielatowicz set to return to Marion Art Center
MARION – Musician Paul Bielatowicz will return to the Marion Art Center with “Solo Tour 2024: A Musical Journey.” The show, a “multimedia adventure of music and stories from a 20-year touring career,” is Saturday, April 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Anne...
Marion Art Center to hold second ‘Unplugged’ session of the year
MARION – A second iteration of the Marion Art Center’s “Unplugged” event will be held Friday, April 12. Featuring Donn Legge on guitar and Jack Coleman on piano, the show will have two 45-minute sessions with seatings at 7 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. “Find a...
Marion Art Center to open photography exhibit
MARION – A new exhibition of photography is opening at the Marion Art Center. Featuring the work of Lucio Garofalo, Andrew Kepinski and Tianxu Zhou, “Perspectives” opens with a reception Saturday, March 2 from 3 to 5 p.m., then runs through Friday,...
From page to stage: Marion Art Center Playwright Incubator opens applications
MARION — First-time playwrights can have a chance to see their work performed on stage with the Marion Art Center’s Playwrights Incubator Program, which has applications open through Sunday, March 31. According to the Marion Art Center, the...
Open mic brings out music and more
MATTAPOISETT – On a brisk Friday evening, poetry, stories and plenty of music filled the Mattapoisett Museum during an open mic night. At the Feb. 16 open mic, musicians strummed instruments spanning the guitar to the ukulele to the Irish bouzouki...
Mattapoisett Library to host ‘Fine Art and Corporate Design’ exhibit, meet and greet in March
MATTAPOISETT – During March, the exhibit “Fine Art and Corporate Design” by Thomas H. Lynch, national artist and designer, will be available to view at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library. There will also be a meet and greet at the library Sunday,...
Mattapoisett Cultural Council awards grants for 2024 totaling over $20,000
MATTAPOISETT – The Mattapoisett Cultural Council awarded 28 grants in 2024 to arts, humanities and sciences programs in and around Mattapoisett, announced Feb. 9. Those grants total $20,800. Grantees include Seth Asser, the Education Committee of...
‘A feeling of pride’: Massachusetts Senator to be featured with Tri-County Symphonic band
MARION — From chairing the Massachusetts Senate Committee on Ways and Means to campaigning across the South Coast, Senator Michael Rodrigues is no stranger to public speaking, but sharing a stage with the Tri-County Symphonic Band is a different...
Harvard ‘Kroks’ draw packed house at Old Rochester Regional High School
MATTAPOISETT — The Harvard Krokodiloes’ return to Old Rochester on Saturday, Feb. 4 turned out to be a family affair. The Kroks, Harvard University’s oldest Acapella group, had a knowledgeable source to show them around the school and the Tri-Town,...
Marion Art Center presents first play of season, ‘Arsenic & Old Lace’
MARION – The Marion Art Center is presenting “Arsenic & Old Lace,” its first play of the season. Written by Joseph Kesserling and directed by Donn Tyler, show performance dates are March 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23 and 24. Friday and Saturday...
Marion Art Center to hold February vacation workshops for kids
MARION – The Marion Art Center is holding three different workshops for kids during February school vacation. On Tuesday, Feb. 20 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., students can paint or sew cats, make printed cat paper and more at “Cat Camp!,” geared to...
Tabor gospel choir to sing at Mattapoisett Museum
MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Museum and the Trustees of the Mattapoisett Christian Church at 5 Church St. will present Tabor Academy’s Celebration Gospel Choir on Thursday, Feb. 29 at 6:15 p.m. The Tabor Celebration Gospel Choir is a 20-voice...
Artwork of three Old Rochester students selected for UMass exhibition
MATTAPOISETT —New England students submitted 808 pieces of art to be considered for the 2024 Emerging Young Artists and Designers exhibition at UMass Dartmouth — just 199 pieces were selected. Three of those pieces were created by Old Rochester...
Marion Art Center to hold auditions for ‘The Minotaur’
MARION — The Marion Art Center will hold open auditions for its June 2024 production of “The Minotaur,” written by Anna Ziegler and directed by Kate Sorensen-Young. “A present-day version of a classic Greek myth, The Minotaur is a contemporary take...
Jazz to return to Marion Art Center in 2024
MARION — Live jazz will return to the Marion Art Center in 2024 with “Unplugged in the Marion Art Center Gallery” on Friday, March 1 with musicians Matt Richard and Daniel Ian Smith. There will be two separate performances during the night, and each...
Marion Art Center kicks off Winter Members’ Show
MARION – Anita Poyant’s dock on Sassaquin Pond in New Bedford was being covered in litter by visitors. So Poyant put a pot of flowers on it. With the flowers there, the litter decreased, she said. Poyant painted the scene — the flowers sitting by...
‘Omigod You Guys’: Legally Blonde comes to Old Colony
ROCHESTER — According to Bea Ashley, Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School’s Theater Company “is not just some small-town drama club.” “We are Old Colony Theater Company,” she said. “We have talent. We can do things.” Ashley, 17, is...
Sippican Choral Society to hold rehearsals for spring concert
MARION — Try something new in the new year. Rehearsals for the Sippican Choral Society’s Spring 2024 concert will begin on Monday, Jan. 8, at 7 p.m., at Wickenden Chapel, 86 Spring St., Marion. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and participants are...
New year, new classes at the Marion Art Center
MARION — Join the Marion Art Center and make good on that New Year’s resolution to learn a new skill with three art classes offered throughout the month of January. Instructor Lisa Elliott will teach a new session of Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom...
Old Rochester celebrates the season with song
There’s never a quiet moment in the Old Rochester Regional School District. From two holiday concerts on Wednesday, Dec. 13 to a special performance of the Sippican School Band in New Bedford on Thursday, Dec. 14, student musicians have kept busy...
Marion Art Center to host four-session acting theater workshops
MARION — Interested in theater? The Marion Art Center will hold four workshops focusing theater tips and tricks — from information for those who would rather work backstage, to skills needed get a chance in the spotlight. These workshops will be...
Marion Art Center to hold auditions for ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’
MARION — The Marion Art Center will hold auditions for the play “Arsenic and Old Lace” on Saturday, Jan. 6 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 7 from12 to 2 p.m. The play, written by Joseph Kesserling, will be directed by Donn Tyler. There are...
Call for art: Marion Art Center seeks entries for winter show
MARION — The Marion Art Center is preparing for its annual Winter Members’ Show. All Marion Art Center members are invited to enter up to two pieces each. All works must be original, must have been executed by the artist within the last five years,...
Mattapoisett Museum to host jolly singalong
MATTAPOISETT — Join the Mattapoisett Museum at 5 Church St. on Sunday, Dec. 17 at 4 p.m. for its all Holiday Singalong. The event will be led by Steve LaValley and accompanied by Gail Roberts, the song list will include old time favorites like...
The Kroks are coming to Old Rochester
MATTAPOISETT — The Harvard Krokodiloes, an internationally known a capella vocal ensemble, will perform a concert on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2024 at 7 p.m. at the Old Rochester Regional High School auditorium to raise funds for the Class of 2025. Old...
Sippican Choral Society to sing ‘glorious Glorias’
MARION — The Sippican Choral Society will sing in the holidays with a selection of “glorious Glorias” at its annual holiday concert, said Sippican Choral Society conductor Darry Dolezal. The concert will be held on Saturday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. at...
‘Songs of Light’ brighten a rainy night at Wickenden Chapel
MARION — From the moment a singer opens their mouths as a part of a vocal ensemble “they are a part of something bigger than themselves,” said South Coast Children’s Chorus conductor Tianxu Zhou. And on Sunday, Dec. 3, over 100 singers from first...
Tri-County Symphonic Band to host Children’s Christmas Concert
MARION — “Twas the night before Christmas and all through the land, town folk were gathering to hear the Tri-County Symphonic Band,” wrote the band in a press release. The Tri-County Symphonic Band, under the direction of Philip Sanborn, will...
Student musicians show off skills at holiday concert
MATTAPOISETT — Old Rochester Regional Junior High School music students don’t shy away from a challenge — even at their annual holiday concert. Eighth-grade musicians took the stage at the end of the concert on Wednesday, Nov. 29 to play a selection...
Marion Art Center to present ‘heartwarming’ and ‘unpredictable’ holiday play
MARION — What could turn a Christmas play into a holiday play? By the end of the Marion Art Center’s production of “Miracle on South Division Street,” directors Donn Tyler and Maura Van Voris hope the audience will have an answer to that question. “...
Readers’ Theater welcomes Thanksgiving with poetry, prose
MARION — Before the members of the Marion Art Center’s Readers’ Theater took to the stage on Monday, Nov. 20 at the Marion Council on Aging they had to figure out what they were going to perform. The theme of the event was “Thanksgiving,” said...
South Coast Children’s Chorus to sing ‘songs of light’
MARION — The South Coast Children’s Chorus will present its “Songs of Light” concert at Tabor Academy’s Wickenden Chapel on Sunday, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m.. This concert is a collaboration between the South Coast Children’s Chorus, and the choruses of...
Dinner and Dickens: A taste of Victorian drama with Upper Cape
BOURNE — This December, the cafeteria at Upper Cape Cod Regional Technical School will serve as a portal to Victorian Era England as drama students perform “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. Attendees will be transported through time as guests...
‘It’s more of a fun-raiser’: Crowds flock to annual Mattapoisett Museum holiday craft fair
The annual holiday craft fair at the Mattapoisett Museum raises a bit of funds for the historic museum’s operations, but the primary goal is to get community members in the door. “It’s more of a fun-raiser than a fundraiser,” said Jen McIntire, who...
Friends of the Library jewelry sale brings more people, donations
The annual jewelry sale at the Mattapoisett Library took place on Nov. 18 — but the Mattapoisett Library has been fielding questions about it since May. “Some people take it really seriously,” said Library Director Jennifer Jones. “People love a...
Sippizine takes ‘next steps’ publishes second volume
MARION — The second volume of “Sippizine,” a semi-annual literary arts magazine founded by Marion resident Alanna Nelson , was released this month, publishing the work of South Coast area writers and photographers that related to the theme of “next...
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