This month our AHA! partners are offering a variety of both virtual and IRL (in-real-life) programs.
Look for the Virtual and IRL icons to help you plan your AHA! activities.
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IRL
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Find archived programming from the November VAHA! on our Connect From Your Couch page.
AHA! In The Afternoon
Our downtown New Bedford museums, galleries and institutions are welcoming back 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 virtual AHA! programming at 7pm (see listing below)
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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! 10am – 4pm with reserved timed admission
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New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Open on AHA! 10am – 4pm
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Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum
Open on AHA! 10am – 4pm
Plus virtual AHA! programming at 5:30pm (see listing below)
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New Bedford Art Museum / Artworks!
Open on AHA! 10am-4pm with reserved timed admission
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Please consider shopping or dining in DNB throughout the day
to help support our small biz community.
Follow DNB, Inc. on Facebook /dnbinc or Instagram @dnbinc for updates about indoor and outdoor dining and retail shopping.
Celebrating your Art, History & Architecture from home?
Order up some take-out or delivery from one of your
favorite downtown eateries and enjoy all the
VAHA! programming from the comfort of your couch or yard.
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Be sure to search #giftDNB on social media for all the ways you can shop local, shop unique, shop DNB.
Brought to you by Downtown New Bedford Inc
Alison Wells Art Gallery
Open 5-7pm during the November (V)AHA!
Shop miniature original artwork (perfect for stocking stuffers and Secret Santa gifting),
greeting cards (holiay, New Bedford and Caribbean themed)
and gift cards (perfect for classes and commissions).
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NBAM / Artworks! Museum Shop
Open until 4pm during the November (V)AHA!
The Shop is stocked with new artful items, including beautiful handmade face masks.
Up to 70% of Shop proceeds go directly back to artists in the community.
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Judith Klein Art Gallery
Open 5-8pm during the November (V)AHA!
Shop local art or grab a gift card.
Cards and art are also available to be mailed/shipped.
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New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
Open until 4pm during the November (V)AHA!
The FHC gift shop has a great selection of unique and local
books, jewelry, and artwork that make wonderful gifts.
They also have a small selection of their gift shop items
available online including DVDs, books, and FHC apparel.
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Shopping Spotlight
Buy Black New Bedford
An online platform dedicated to highlighting, discovering, and promoting
Black-owned businesses in the Southcoast.
A frequently updated and growing directory for all shopping and service needs.
This is also a great way to buy locally and support the region’s economy.
In supporting Black-owned businesses, we work to close the racial wealth gap,
strengthen our local economies, foster job creation, and celebrate Black culture.
Click To Buy Black NB
Welcome New AHA! Partner
Kilburn Mill
127 West Rodney French Blvd.
Kilburn Mill at Clarks Cove is a community within itself offering space for weddings, entertainment and events as well as well-maintained and secure retail/commercial space that is staffed to accomodate their tenants, at an affordable rate.
Kilburn IRL – Open Studios Stop by from 4-8pm during the Made In NB (V)AHA! to visit some artist open studios
including the Judith Klein Gallery (see program listing below).
Kilburn Virtual – The Isolation Contemplation’s For many the complete separation from others or the strained loss of community and missed
hopes and dreams has been extremely devastating. This is a time of postponed weddings, loved
ones dying behind doors we cannot enter, and livelihoods being stripped from people. Routines have
stopped and lives have changed. The Isolation Contemplation’s is a virtual exhibit featuring local artists
responding to these complicated and overwhelming times. Click For Exhibit
SHOPPING SPOTLIGHT!
Subtext Bookshop
209 Union Street
Who’s ready for ‘hot apple cider and a good book’ season?
Stop by to shop the Fall Book Sale.
5-8pm
DINING SPOTLIGHT
Play Arcade
34 Union Street
Play is an old school 80’s style Arcade offering craft-made food and beverages including many vegan options. While the games are off-limits due to COVID19 restrictions, we invite you to dine and drink at downtown New Bedford’s newest attraction. Be sure to check out the hammock seats on the roof deck complete with harbor views as well as some amazing murals created by local artists.
noon-10pm
(V)AHA! Programs
4-7pm on Facebook Live
Your New Bedford 2020 Finale
Hosted by 3rd EyE Unlimited
Coming at you LIVE from the Zeiterion Stage!
Tune in for music, dance, live art, meditation & yoga,
community conversations and more.
5:30pm On Zoom
Cultural Continuity through Indigenous Languages
& Movement Building: A Talk by Jennifer Weston, Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project Director
Jennifer Weston (Hunkpapa Lakota, Standing Rock) is a writer and producer who has worked for the past 25 years with Tribal community programs focused on environmental justice, Indigenous education, and language revitalization. Currently she directs the Wôpanâak Language Reclamation Project. Prior to joining WLRP in 2012, Weston managed Cultural Survival’s endangered languages program in Cambridge, MA, building a network among 350+ Indigenous communities, serving as researcher and producer for the 2011 documentary WE STILL LIVE HERE: Âs Nutayuneân, and the film’s companion website, OurMotherTongues.org
Weston also worked as an associate producer on the PBS documentary series WE SHALL REMAIN, and as a correspondent for the Lakota Nation Journal. As a student and staffer at Brown University, she developed Native studies curricula and community programs to support Native student retention, and worked as a research assistant on Native youth projects focused on cultural resiliency. Weston trained as a journalist with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters in Providence, RI, the founding editor of Indian Country Today, and a Visionmaker Media apprenticeship at WGBH. From 2014 – 2017 she co-designed and led the course, “Native American Women in North America: Indigenous Mother Tongues, Leadership and Self-Determination,” as part of the UMass-Boston Civic Engagement Scholarship Initiative. Jennifer is an active learner of Lakotiyapi and Wôpanâôt8âôk.
10am on Zoom
Post-Election Panel
Hosted by YWCA of Southeastern MA
Review the state of affairs post election and outline priorities following the election. Panelists will provide information, resources, and updates on how to support our community during this year of tremendous and seismic change. Together, we must continue to raise our voices to demand racial and gender equity for our community regardless of who holds power.
Panel Members:
Jennifer DeBarros, PhD
Dr. LaSella Hall
Helena da Silva Hughes
Lisa Lemieux
Andy Pollock
Dr. Juli Parker
Moderated by Gail Fortes
10am-4pm
National Parks in Local Shops:
A Scavenger Hunt brought to you by
the NB Whaling National Historical Park
Kicking off during (V)AHA! and running through the winter, the scavenger hunt will feature 10 (pictures of) National Parks hiding in downtown shops. Stop by the National Park Information Station (inside the Visitor Center at 33 William Street) to pick up your checklist then get exploring! The Visitor Center is open Thursday – Sunday from 10am – 4pm.
Get Your Art On with NBAM/Artworks!
10am-4pm
New Exhibit
Immersion & Interaction:
Witnessing the Everyday
Art by Pat Coomey Thornton
Pat Coomey Thornton is a New Bedford-based artist who has been a part of the New Bedford creative community for decades.
7pm on Facebook
New Museum Dog Episode: Patterns!
Museum Dog, Bark Ranger, and Creative Canine are back for another episode!
Come visit the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center and learn all about patterns with
our puppy pals!
4-7pm on North Water St.
Anti-Fog Treatment Demonstration
with Fortune Eye Associates
Fortune Eye Associates will be demonstrating the appropriate type of
anti-fog treatement for visitors’ glasses
and sunglasses and handing out cleaning clothes. Ask them for more information about a free vision screening while you’re there.
5pm on Facebook
VAHA! Mini Concert: Made in NB
Hosted by Scott Bishop
A special pre-recorded concert featuring musicians performing at downtown businesses.
Myles Goulart is a Fairhaven-based musician who plays multiple instruments such as harp, piano, cello, and guitar. He is the owner of Hewn (760 Purchase Street) a non-binary boutique that just opened up this summer. Myles will be performing some songs and talking about Hewn.
Hewn on Facebook
Myles on Bandcamp
Myles on Spotify
Sarah Donner is an alt pop singer/songwriter playing songs that teeter back and forth between playful, nerd core, and ballads. Sarah will be performing a short set at Shimmer beauty shop (187 Union Street).
Shimmer Website
Shimmer on Facebook
Sarah Website
Sarah on Itunes
Sarah on Spotify
Sarah on Patreon
5pm at the Drawing Room
Pottery Pop-Up Sale with Made by Corrinn
Hosted by The Drawing Room
The talented Corrinn Jusell will be on the Front Porch for (V)AHA! Night. It’s “Made in New Bedford” and there will not only be a pop-up sale of Corrinn’s pottery, she’ll also be giving a demonstration of part of her artist process. Stop by to explore her collection and see an artist at work.
5-8pm at Gallery X
The Norway Show (That Didn’t Happen)
Paintings by Severin Haines
The Norway Show (that didn’t happen) explores Skude, Sig’s family’s retreat on the island of Karmøy. Comprising of 21 vibrant works, the exhibition presents a panoramic view from Skude, which sits at Karmøy’s southernmost tip, The Norway Show is both an artistic exploration of color and surface and a celebration of home and memory.
5:30pm on Zoom
Registration Required
New Bedford Through Photo Journalism
with Peter Pereira
Hosted by the Rotch-Jones-Duff Museum
Career photographer and photojournalist, Peter Pereira, speaks about his work over the years.
5-8pm
at the Judith Klein Gallery
Swing by the South End and visit the new location for the Judith Klein Art Gallery.
Featuring new work by Judith Klein, as well as jewelry, pottery and woodwork from local artists. Judith will be doing printmaking demos throughout the evening.
127 W. Rodney French Blvd
Use main entrance2nd floor Suit 2-87Visitors limited to 2-3 people at one time,
masks must be worn.
6pm on Instagram Live
Restart 2020: Q&A, Sneak Peek
Presented by Drew Furtado
Restart 2020 is a documentary film that tells the story of artists working to make New Bedford a better place.
Tune in to Instagram Live for a sneak
peak of the film, a demonstration of the filmmaking process, and a Q & A for the film.
Find on Instagram @dfurt_arts
6-9pm at Play Arcade
Opening Reception for art by Boston Maki
Boston Maki is an east coast street artist with a studio located in the Killburn Mill. You can find Boston Maki street art through out New Bedford.
Play Arcade is an old school 80’s style Arcade offering craft-made food and beverages including many vegan options. Be sure to check out the hammock seats on the roof deck complete with harbor views as well as some amazing murals created by local artists.
6:30pm on Zoom
Virtual Studio Tour with artist David Cole
Hosted by UMass Dartmouth CVPA
Zoom on over to Hudson, New York and visit with the artist who created the current installation at UMass Dartmouth Star Store Campus, ‘New Landscapes.’
Cole’s large scale landscape ‘encaustics’ use non-traditional materials and techniques such as shoe polish and beeswax on cement board which is “painted” with a steam iron and a blowtorch. This will be the first virtual visit to this vibrant artist’s studio and will include a demonstration of Cole’s unusual techniques.
Hosted by Viera Levitt, UMass Dartmouth Gallery Director and exhibition curator.
7pm on Facebook Live
Virtual Concert by Dave Penny
Hosted by NB Fishing Heritage Center
Dave Penny is a steady presence on the local folk scene as a composer of songs that are truly unique to Newfoundland and Labrador. With his engaging stage personality, and a style that is entirely his own, he has been a key figure in resurgence in popularity of Newfoundland comic songs.This program is part of the Center’s series on immigration and cultural heritage on the working waterfront.
8:30pm on Facebook Live
Embracing Change in a Season of Uncertainty presented by Caroline Paradis & Kelley Cabral-Mosher of Elevate Southcoast
As we approach the end of 2020, the one thing we know for sure is that nothing is certain. What would happen if we could find a way to flow with the winds of change, no matter which way they blew?
Join Elevate Southcoast for a brief but enlightening talk about embracing change, followed by a guided meditation that will leave you feeling open and free to the ebbs and flows of life.
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