Please join us on Thursday, August 24 from 6 to 8 pm for our “Beachside” Art Show at the Rochester Council on Aging, 67 Dexter Lane in Rochester. Join us as we appreciate the talents of several local artists. Different genres and expressions will be on display. Be sure to cast your vote for […] Read more »
Shellfish with the Marion Natural History Museum will be presented on August 18, from 9 to 12 for Grades 2 – 6. Can you tell a bivalve from a mollusk? We’ll be taking a look at the upwellers on Island Wharf, learning about oysters and other shellfish with Marion’s Shellfish Warden and hearing about the […] Read more »
On Friday, August 18, the Marion Concert Band continues its Friday evening concert series with a program of music from the Broadway stage. The program, which features a guest vocalist and includes highlights from some of Broadway’s most memorable shows, is as follows: The Showman – H. Akers Variations on a Korean Folk Song – […] Read more »
On Sunday, August 20, The Rev. Benjamin Straley, St. Stephen’s Church, Providence, RI, will conduct services at 8 and 10 am at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 34 Water St., Mattapoisett, next to the Town Beach. During its 139th summer season St. Philip’s invites clergy from near and far to conduct services each week using […] Read more »
The Marion Natural History Museum and Sippican Lands Trust welcome Alan Poole for a talk on OSPREY on August 17 at 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm at the 150 year old Marion Natural History Museum upstairs at 8 Spring Street (upstairs from the Elizabeth Taber Library, elevator available.) Poole is an Associate of […] Read more »
The Sippican Rod & Gun Club is pleased to announce its annual NRA Women-On-Target program to be held on Saturday, September 23, located at 215 Dexter Lane, Rochester. The program will begin at 8:30 am and finish at 5:00 pm. The program’s morning session will teach the NRA Home Firearm Safety Course which qualifies participants […] Read more »
On Saturday, August 19 the annual Chalk-Full-O-Fun Festival will be back at the park surrounding the Lillian Gregerman Band shell in Onset. (Rain date is next day.) It is free for spectators. For a $5 registration fee, artists of all ages & abilities can chalk the sidewalk. Each one will receive a 36-count box of […] Read more »
Entertainment for the whole family is coming to Mattapoisett this summer. The Magic of Lyn Illusionist Show will be held on Friday, August 18 at 7:00 pm at Old Hammondtown School, Mattapoisett. Magician Lyn Dillies is the most highly acclaimed female illusionist, having performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center and across the country. At this […] Read more »
Summer Yoga on the lawn – Every Thursday 9:30-10:30. Extended to the end of August. Elke Pierre will be leading summer yoga classes on our shady lawns Thursday morning all summer long. Banned Book Club Tuesday August 22 at 6:30 – Join us to discuss Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. Now considered a central […] Read more »
Enjoy an open-air silent movie at Munro Preserve in collaboration with the Mattapoisett Museum and the Mattapoisett Land Trust. The movie, Down to the Sea in Ships, will be shown 7:30-9:30 pm on Thursday August 24 at the Munro Preserve on the corner of Water Street and Main Street. The film contains semidocumentary footage […] Read more »