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A slightly less warm weekend, compared to last weekend, is ahead for us. We will “only” have a high of 80 degrees and will actually reach a low of 59 degrees. Don’t worry, it’s not a sign that the season is beginning to turn – Fall does not officially arrive until September 23rd. Other than a chance of a shower on Saturday, it’ll be dry. Sunday will be the perfect day of the bunch, being breezy and 76 degrees.
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Friday, August 7th
Taber Library Annual Book Sale (4:00pm-7:00pm)
Our Annual book sale will take place at the Marion Music Hall. Please come and support your local library. All funds raised from the book sale are spent on enhancing our programs and services. Hardcover books will be on sale for $3, large paperbacks for $2 and regular paperbacks are $1. Children’s books will cost 3 for $1. DVDs will be priced at $2. For more information on the book sale, please call the library at 508-748-1252.
Summer Sounds Series: Hot Like Fire (Reggae Band) (6:00pm-8:00pm)
Kelley B.-trumpet & vocals, Glen Grant-drums, John “Redd” Lima-keys & vocals, M’Talewa-bass, Jonathan Gramling-vocals. Three time NE Urban Music Award winner for Best Caribbean Band. Authentic, Contemporary and Classic Reggae and Soca Music. On Pier 3. FREE.
Comedy Night with Portuguese Kids (6:00pm-11:00pm)
District Fire Chief Gerald W. Nadeau Memorial Foundation has been raising funds to restore a fire engine to carry Fallen Firefighters. Tickets are $20, Doors open at 6PM show starts at 8PM. For tickets call 508-858-8053, 508-525-3869, purchase at White’s of Westport, Dorothy Cox Chocolates, 117 Alden Rd. Fairhaven, Mike & Wayne’s 163 Huttleston Ave., Fairhaven, or online at portuguesecomedy.com.
FREE Concert: Music from across the Pond (7:00pm)
Presented by the Marion Concert Band. All concerts free and open to the public. Call Phil Sanborn with question (508) 748-1808. Robert Broomhead Bandstand. Island Wharf Road, Marion, MA.
Theatrical Comedy: “A Bad Year For Tomatoes” (7:30pm)
Fed up with the pressures and demands of her acting career, the famous Myra Marlowe (played by Cynthia Latham) leases a house in the tiny New England hamlet of Beaver Haven and settles down to write her autobiography. She is successful in turning aside the offers pressed on her by her long-time agent (played by Jay Ryan), but dealing with her nosy, omnipresent neighbors (played by Suzie Kokkins, Suzy Taylor and Susan Sullivan) is a different matter. In an attempt to shoo them away, and gain some privacy..
Saturday, August 8th
Dollar-a-Bag book Sale (Fairhaven) (9:00am-1:00pm)
We welcome you to come and fill a bag of good reads for only a dollar! The Oxford Book Haven & Cafe is located downstairs in the Church of the Good Shepherd, 357 Main St., Fairhaven. There is a large selection to choose from. Home-made dessert, coffee, and other beverages available. 1 Temple Place, Fairhaven.
Taber Library Annual Book Sale (9:00am-1:00pm)
Our Annual book sale will take place at the Marion Music Hall. Please come and support your local library. All funds raised from the book sale are spent on enhancing our programs and services. Hardcover books will be on sale for $3, large paperbacks for $2 and regular paperbacks are $1. Children’s books will cost 3 for $1. DVDs will be priced at $2. For more information on the book sale, please call the library at 508-748-1252.
8th Annual Art Drive (Dartmouth & Westport) (10:00am-5:00pm)
Now in their eighth year, this open studio event organized by Dartmouth and Westport artists of diverse and unique talents emphasizes educating visitors in some very unusual and dramatic studio settings, spotted among the area’s villages, lovely farm land and sea coast. Visitors will also have the opportunity to view the works of a guest artists at several of the studios.
Art Drive artists and friends have been invited to create their own unique version of the bonito, all of which will be displayed for two weeks at various sponsor locations and then sold on eBay via our website. The Bodacoius Bonito auction will run from Saturday, August 1 through Monday, August 10. The locations of individual fish will be indicated on our website along with bidding details. See examples of the art and which artists will be displaying it, by clicking on the event title.
Edaville USA (Carver) (10:00am-6:00pm)
We feature over 20 amusement rides including a Ferris Wheel, Carousel, Jumbo the Elephant, Tilt-A-Whirl, Scrambler, 2 mile narrow gauge railroad, two steam locomotives and one diesel locomotive and much more. We are also the home of Thomas Land, which will be opening in August of 2015. Thomas Land will feature 11 Thomas themed children’s rides including Winston’s Skyline Express, Troublesome Trucks Runaway Coaster, Toby’s Tilting Tracks, Sodor Windmill, Sodor’s Cranberry Carousel, Rockin’ Bulstrode, Harold’s Lift-Off, Firefighting Flynn, Diesel Derby, Cranky’s Crane Drop and Bertie’s Bus Tours. We offer daily admission tickets, two day passes, season passes, birthday parties, group sales and gift cards. 5 Pine St, Carver, Massachusetts.
FREE Historic Walking Tours (10:30am & 2:00pm)
Free tours last approximated 45 minutes and step off from the National Park Visitor Center. The tours take visitors through the cobblestoned streets of the park and waterfront, while exploring the many stories associated with the New Bedford’s maritime past and present. Tour topics include: Risks and Rewards of Whaling, Unknown Heroes and Their Secrets: New Bedford’s Underground Railroad, Herman Melville’s New Bedford. Sturdy walking shoes recommended. Call the visitor center for more details.
Old Stone Schoolhouse (Fairhaven) (12:30pm-4:00am)
Built in the Oxford Village neighborhood of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, in 1828, the Old Stone Schoolhouse was the town’s first school built under the district school system. In the 1840s, young Manjiro Nakahama was a student here. Restored in the early 1970s, the schoolhouse is open to the public on Saturdays in June, July and August to teach about New England school days of long ago. Children may try writing with an old fashioned pen dipped in ink or try playing with period toys. The school is also available for class field trips by appointment. 40 North St. Fairhaven MA.
Old Fashioned New England Clambake (1:30pm)
You’re invited to a 60-year old tradition at Smith Neck Friends Meeting. We will be having our old fashioned New England Clambake with chowder. An enormous fire of wood and rocks is started at 8:30 am, while helpers grind quahogs for the chowder, stuff sausages and fish into paper bags, gently wash tender clams – moving them from wash basin to wash basin. Everything is then bagged together and placed in wooden crates. The steam bellows from underneath the wet tarps as the rockweed crackles on red-hot rock.
Reserve your tickets for the event by calling, Anne Lopoulos at 508-994-5816. Make this a family outing or invite friends and colleagues.594 Smith Neck Rd, South Dartmouth, MA.
VFW Live Music & Chicken BBQ (Middleboro) (3:00pm)
At the Freetown VFW Gazebo. Tickets $15. Music by Johnny Angel. 1/2 chicken, baked potatoes, beans, cole slaw, watermelon and more. Susan (508) 763-4580 or Marcia (774) 328-6936. 89 Middleboro Rd, Middleboro, MA.
Food Truck and FREE Movie Night at Westport Rivers (6:00pm-11:00pm)
Attention wine lovers: Celebrated producer/director Stanly Kramer (Guess Who’s Coming For Dinner) blends charm, suspense and romance in William Rose and Ben Maddow’s screen adaptation of Robert Crichton’s best-selling comic tale of a small Italian village and its attempt to hide a million bottles of wine from the Nazis. “The Secret of Santa Vittoria” starring Anthony Quinn. We’ll have popcorn on hand.
Every Saturday this summer we’ll feature a food truck on our lawn. Today is All Friends Smokehouse, amazing BBQ delicacies from local resident Jonathan Abreu who has over 15 years experience as a chef. All Friends offers only the freshest products bought locally from various farms including Silverbrook farms in Acushnet. Thier meats come from Giammalvo’s Market. They are also able to take advantage of all of the local seafood vendors allowing them to offer incredibly fresh seafood. They will offer a variety of items including classic Texas Bar-B-Que Beef Briske and their “Award Winning” Pulled Pork.
Theatrical Comedy: “A Bad Year For Tomatoes” (7:30pm)
Fed up with the pressures and demands of her acting career, the famous Myra Marlowe (played by Cynthia Latham) leases a house in the tiny New England hamlet of Beaver Haven and settles down to write her autobiography. She is successful in turning aside the offers pressed on her by her long-time agent (played by Jay Ryan), but dealing with her nosy, omnipresent neighbors (played by Suzie Kokkins, Suzy Taylor and Susan Sullivan) is a different matter. In an attempt to shoo them away, and gain some privacy..
Sunday, August 9th
Edaville USA (Carver) (10:00am-6:00pm)
We feature over 20 amusement rides including a Ferris Wheel, Carousel, Jumbo the Elephant, Tilt-A-Whirl, Scrambler, 2 mile narrow gauge railroad, two steam locomotives and one diesel locomotive and much more. We are also the home of Thomas Land, which will be opening in August of 2015. Thomas Land will feature 11 Thomas themed children’s rides including Winston’s Skyline Express, Troublesome Trucks Runaway Coaster, Toby’s Tilting Tracks, Sodor Windmill, Sodor’s Cranberry Carousel, Rockin’ Bulstrode, Harold’s Lift-Off, Firefighting Flynn, Diesel Derby, Cranky’s Crane Drop and Bertie’s Bus Tours. We offer daily admission tickets, two day passes, season passes, birthday parties, group sales and gift cards. 5 Pine St, Carver, Massachusetts.
8th Annual Art Drive (Dartmouth & Westport) (10:00am-5:00pm)
Now in their eighth year, this open studio event organized by Dartmouth and Westport artists of diverse and unique talents emphasizes educating visitors in some very unusual and dramatic studio settings, spotted among the area’s villages, lovely farm land and sea coast. Visitors will also have the opportunity to view the works of a guest artists at several of the studios.
FREE Historic Walking Tours (10:30am)
Free tours last approximated 45 minutes and step off from the National Park Visitor Center at. The tours take visitors through the cobblestoned streets of the park and waterfront, while exploring the many stories associated with the New Bedford’s maritime past and present. Tour topics include: Risks and Rewards of Whaling, Unknown Heroes and Their Secrets: New Bedford’s Underground Railroad, Herman Melville’s New Bedford. Sturdy walking shoes recommended. Call the visitor center for more details.
Sunday’s Summer Lyceum: Justice for Our Local Tribes (11:00am)
Cora honors her Wampanoag ancestry by preserving sacred landscapes and local history, which is often claimed by Federally Recognized Tribes from other parts of Southeastern Massachusetts. The Reverend Leroy Perry was born on the Fall River Reservation and his daughter Kathitha, have a legacy of history, stories and language to benefit future generations. Cora is writing a book about them called “Pocasset Path”. First Unitarian Church, 71 8th St, New Bedford.
Pet Adoption Day (Dartmouth) (12:00pm-5:00pm)
Looking for a new best friend? Coastal Vineyards is having a Pet Adoption Day where you can not only see some of the cutest pets on the planet, but you’ll get a tour of the vineyard and winery. View many adoptable pets. Tickets are $15. Available at the Coastal Vineyards tasting room Fri-Sun 12-5 p.m., Humane Society South Coast, Ventura Dr., Dartmouth, the Lighthouse Animal Shelter, New Bedford, Forever Paws, Fall River, and SPCA of Rhode Island, Riverside. Coastal Vineyards, 61 Pardon Hill Road, Dartmouth, MA.
Blues & BBQ (Tiverton) (3:00pm)
Two great combos at the Four Corners Art Center: Blues & BBQ featuring Gary Fish, the Little Compton Band and Big Cat Blues. There will be free activities for the kids. BYOB. Tickets are $12 in advance or $15 at the door. Kids 10-18 are $5 and kids under 10 are free.
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