Save The Dates AHA! 2022 Events List
Start Your AHA! Adventure At The New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center
The AHA! website will be available for you to look at along with Park staff and volunteers ready to answer any questions you may have. The Visitor Center (33 William St) is open
10am-8pm on AHA!
AHA! Happens Rain Or Shine
Be sure to check the AHA! event page, Facebook page and Instagram Stories as well as website and social for participating event partners for info about location changes, program rescheduling and cancellations.
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Planning To AHA! IRL?
All of the AHA! partners have their own masking requirements. We recommend you carry a mask with you at all times so you don’t miss out on any of the AHA! festivities.
Each month, AHA! showcases the incredible talent of local artists on the SouthCoast.
Each month, AHA! programs are produced by a community of over 60 partners.
Shop Small on AHA!
Subtext Bookshop
209 Union Street
5-8pm
Celebrate Women’s History Month
with books by women writers and artists.
Pick up an AHA! Night map at the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center
Thursday 12/2 – Sunday 12/5, 10am-4pm & Thursday 12/9, 10am-8pm
AHA! Schedule
Celebrate Women’s History Month
3pm at the New Bedford Public Library
(613 Pleasant Street)
Paper Doll Craft Activity with the Main Library’s Youth Services
Celebrate Women’s History Month with a special craft. Available while supplies last.
Youth Art Show & Public Announcements
4-7pm at the New Bedford Art Museum
(608 Pleasant Street)
Members’ Exhibition: Community Pick Announcement
6pm
For the last four months, voting has been open to pick the winner of the first ever Community Pick in NBAM’s annual Members’ Exhibition. About the Members’ Exhibition: Each year NBAM invites artist Members to submit up to three art pieces to a Juror who selects which works will be showcased at NBAM. This year the Juror was Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum.
New Gallery Name Finalists Announcement
6pm
Just one flight down from the Skylight, Heritage, and City Galleries, there’s a gallery dedicated to the work of our community. An open call invited members of the community to make their mark at NBAM and suggest a name for this new gallery.
Opening Reception for Youth Art Show
Selected artworks from students at New Bedford High School will be on view in NBAM’s new community gallery space. There will be an opening reception in this downstairs gallery celebrating the works of these students.
Celebrate Women’s History Month
5-8pm at Pilgrim UCC Hall
(634 Purchase Street)
Crafts, Resources & a History Lesson
Stop by for coloring and painting activities and celebrate famous women whose achievements have been inspirational.
Plus crafts to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
Mercy Meals & More will be opening the Pilgrimm UCC Hall for AHA! nights. The hall is a historic building and part of the history includes a visit by Booker T Washington.
Celebrate Women’s History Month
5pm at Women’s Fund Southcoast
(65 William Street)
Growing Strong Girls and Allies through Reading
A night for families! Stop by for an evening of refreshments and a recommended reading list inspiring children to become strong allies in the movement for justice and equity. Select a book from the library to take home.
New Art & Live Music
5-9pm at Gallery X (169 William Street)
Spring It On!
An open call community art exhibition of works inspired by what Spring means to you; renewal, blooming, new life, warm breezes,
and more.
The Art of 2 Mad Women – No. 2
The art of Susan Hauck and Cherilynn Pimental in the Frederick Douglas Gallery.
Stage Artistry Studios presents
Best of Broadway: Women’s Work
5pm
Broadway has celebrated many strong women and the teens in
SAS’s Youth Touring Company are excited to share some of those character’s journeys through song. Stage Artistry Studios is located at 471 Union Street and teaches all things theatre (singing, acting, dance, and more) to children ages 3-19.
Gallery X Unplugged
6-8pm in the Main Gallery
Montage Bleu takes the stage for the third performance in the Unplugged live music series. The series is being funded in part by the New Bedford Local Cultural Council and will occur throughout the year.
Bring the Kids
5-9pm at the Communal Space
(246 Union Street)
Kids In Steam presented by Our Sisters’ School
Explore Steam activities:
Bristle Bots
Robots
Makey Makey
Ozobots
Legos
Steam for Home
and more
Plus! 4-6pm
Kids Open Art Class: Basics of Drawing with artist David A.
For kids 4 years old and up. Parents encouraged to participate.
Masks required.
Artist Talk
5-7pm at The Drawing Room
(36 N. Water Street)
Cruising the New England Coast for Painting Inspiration
A conversation with artist Bobbi Heath at The Drawing Room.
Bobbi Heath is an artist in love with the New England Coast. She paints bold and colorful oil paintings inspired by her adventures cruising the New England coast with her husband over the last 30 years. They’ve had several boats, and have cruised from Cuttyhunk to downeast Maine. Bobbi will discuss her inspiration and illustrate the talk with her boat and coastal paintings that are available at The Drawing Room.
Celebrate Women’s History Month
5-7pm at First Unitarian Church NB
(71 8th Street)
Work of Women
Who founded New Bedford’s first drug prevention program?
Who laid out the thousands of glass tiles for the Tiffany Mosaic?
Who refurbished the Footstools in Bargello Needlework?
Sanctuary and Thrift Shop open to learn more about Work of Women!
Virtual Talk
5:30pm on Zoom
Registration Required
Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum presents
Greener Futures
Panelists Adam Davenport, Grow Education Program Manager, Marion Institute (New Bedford) and Kate Lacouture, Co-founder, Executive Director & Educator, Garden Time (Providence, RI), speak about gardening programs that rehabilitate people and communities.
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AHA! Mini-Concert
5:30-6:30pm at Interwoven Gallery
(634 Pleasant Street)
AHA! Mini-Concert with Roots Run Wild
Roots Run Wild is an eclectic trio of local musicians Katie Lee, Kelly Ann Fernandes, and percussionist Greg Bazinet. Full of musical surprises, RRW strikes the perfect balance between sweetness and ferocity with their blend of unique instrumentation, robust styling, and powerful vocals. RRW entertains and delights with intricate harmonies and a focus on spreading good vibes. Katie Lee on baritone uke & vocals, Kelly Ann Fernandes on mandolin/guitar/vocals, and Greg Bazinet on drums.
Website: https://www.rootsrunwild.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rootsrunwild/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rootsrunwild
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rootsrunwild
Interwoven is a maker space gallery that brings together the craft of making food and fabric with its connection to cultures from all over the world. Located below the Portuguese Consulate and across the street from City Hall in New Bedford MA, Interwoven provides a creative space, rental opportunities for pop ups, gallery showings, classes, private events, consignment sales and more.
Web site: https://www.rhondamfazio.com/the-venue
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InterwovenNB/
Celebrate Women’s History Month
6pm on Zoom
Registration Required
Local History Guild Virtual Tour:
A Closer Look at the Work of Women Throughout History
presented by the New Bedford Whaling Museum
Join the museum’s Lighting the Way’s Project Coordinator, Cathy Saunders, the Curator of Maritime History, Michael P. Dyer, and Whaling Museum docents as they explore three familiar New Bedford Whaling Museum galleries through a new lens – the work of women.
Women’s work, both paid and unpaid, has always shaped history. This virtual tour will shed new light on three eras of our local history and how critical women were during those periods, while introducing women of Lighting the Way: Historic Women of the SouthCoast.
The virtual tour will begin in the 17th century, exploring the work of colonial English women and then head to sea to learn about the lives of “whaling wives.” The tour will make its final stop with stories from the 19th and 20th century of women in the textile industry. Presented by Lighting the Way: Historic Women of the SouthCoast and the Local History Guild.
Closing Reception
6-8pm at the CVPA Star Store
(715 Purchase Street)
TWO OF A KIND
Large Scale Photographs of Paint by Abelardo Morell in Conversation with Paintings by Anthony Fisher
This exhibition presents two creative approaches that focus on the abstract image – Abelardo Morell’s incredibly lush and sensual photographs of fresh paint frozen in time with the help of light, fast exposure and flash, and Anthony Fisher’s ingeniously captured lines and shapes featured on layered, monochromatic abstract paintings. Both Morell and Fisher share a restless urgency to invent novel ways to play with traditional media, subjects, and methods.
Reserve Your Free Ticket For Closing Reception
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Celebrate Women’s History Month
6:30pm at the NB Fishing Heritage Center
(38 Bethel Street)
Women in the Wheelhouse
Female captains, mates, and deckhands who work on commercial fishing boats will share firsthand experiences of life at sea.
Seating is limited to 25.
Masks are required.
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Celebrate Women’s History Month
6:30-8pm in the NB Whaling National Historical Park MakerSpace
(33 William Street)
Women’s Work: One Artist’s Reflections & A Call for Objects
6:30-7pm
During this artist talk, artist-in-residence Isabel, will share her perspective on how gender has impacted her experience and influences her art work.
7-8pm
A “Call for Objects” and open studio time. Isabel’s current project investigates the sentimental objects of New Bedfordites and the stories these objects carry.
Have an object that is sentimental to you? Isabel is interested to interview more collaborators. Bring your sentimental objects to the MakerSpace on this night, and you may be included in the final project!
Celebrate Women’s History Month
7pm at the Greater Southeastern Mass Labor Council Office (560 Pleasant Street)
9-5 Movie Viewing & Labor Art Display
Stop by for a movie and labor art viewing in celebration of International Womens Day.
History & Architecture
with the NB Preservation Society
Any Time
Arnold Place Walking Tour
This tour highlights some of the beautiful residences of the Textile Era in New Bedford (1890-1926). Most of the properties are located on the site of the former James Arnold Estate and are outstanding examples of the Colonial Revival style.
Click To Watch New Bedford Victorian Homes Tour The Victorian era ran during the reign of the United Kingdom’s Queen Victoria, from 1837 until 1901. New Bedford boasts many wonderful Victorian era homes. Victorian houses are marked by their prodigious ornamentation, with virtually no area of the house left unadorned.
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Downtown New Bedford – The Definitive Tour Take a walking tour of historic downtown New Bedford with your guide Bruce Barnes. Visit some of the definitive downtown landmarks including the New Bedford Free Public Library, City Hall and many of the most important and beautiful commercial buildings including banks and department stores.Click To Watch
Artist Profile:
Tracy Silva Barbosa Of Duende Glass
Each month, AHA! showcases the incredible talent of local artists on the SouthCoast.
As an artist, Tracy Silva Barbosa isn’t easy to define. Her talent shifts like light across the glass paintings she creates; as complex, colorful, and nuanced. Yet, when executing complex, city-sized art installations or large murals, Tracy is all business with grace and ease. Her commissions from corporate, municipal, and nonprofit clients often involve multiple artists and the novel use of materials in challenging settings. Tracy brings an artistic vision, a technical understanding of material, keen logistical skills, and her unique ability to translate between artistic vision and functional purpose. It’s a rare skill set. At her Duende Glass Studio, she transforms a common substance, glass, into ethereal multi-layered paintings depicting delicate urban or natural landscapes. Tracy’s work is currently on exhibit at the Mattapoisett Public Library and available to purchase at tsilvabarbosa.com.
Partner Profile:
Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum
Each month, AHA! programs are produced by a community of over 60 partners.
“Most museums are filled with objects. Here, the building and the garden are the objects, and they tell us personal stories about these New Bedford residents that add another dimension to the local picture,” says Dawn Salerno, Executive Director of the Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum. The grounds encompass an entire city block, and visitors are encouraged to wander in and enjoy the award-winning garden. This downtown New Bedford greenspace belongs to picnickers, peace-seekers, and botanical enthusiasts alike. Dawn says, “It’s a place meant to be shared, enjoyed, and stewarded by all.” Their events calendar is filled with fun and interesting activities, especially over the holidays, including a winter greens market, ugly sweater family-friendly Friday nights, a Children’s Tea for kids served in the exquisitely decorated twin
parlors, and more. Tour the mansion’s holiday splendor any time throughout the month. See a complete schedule of events online at rjdmuseum.org/calendar.
AHA! In The Afternoon
Our downtown New Bedford museums, galleries and institutions are open for visitors.
Visit their websites for more info about current hours, programs, exhibits and COVID19 safety protocols.
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
Open on AHA! 10am – 4pm
Plus IRL AHA! programming from 4-8pm (see listing above)
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New Bedford Port Society
including Seamen’s Bethel & Mariner’s Home
Open on AHA! 10am – 4pm
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New Bedford Whaling Museum
Open on AHA! 9am – 5pm with reserved timed admission
Plus virtual programming at 6pm (see listing above)
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New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Open on AHA! 10am – 4pm
Plus IRL AHA! programming from 4-8pm (see listing above)
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Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum
Open on AHA! 10am – 4pm
Plus IRL programming from 4-6pm (see listing above)
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New Bedford Art Museum / Artworks!
Open on AHA! 10am-4pm with reserved timed admission
Plus IRL programming from 5-8pm (see listing above)
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