Young People’s Concert

The Marion Concert Band continues its Friday evening concert series with a Young People’s Concert on Friday, July 14.  The concert will include an opportunity for children in the audience to play rhythm instruments with the band.  The program is as follows: Children’s March – E. F. Goldman Looney Tunes Overture – B. Holcombe  A […] Read more »

Community Picnic a ‘Fun-Raiser’

            What do you get when you combine, imagination, wine, food and an historic harborside location? Give up? You get the Great Community Picnic. This fundraiser has become an annual staple of summertime fun hosted by the Mattapoisett Land Trust and the Mattapoisett Museum. This year the event is scheduled for Thursday, August 3, at […] Read more »

Major Collectable Paper Sale

Paper collectibles, from world postage stamps, postcards and ephemera to historic photos, will be featured in a benefit sale July 15 in Mattapoisett. Sale to be held from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm at the Mattapoisett Friends Meeting Hall, 103 Marion Road, Route 6. The sale will include items from the collections of the late […] Read more »

Music from Land’s End

Music from Land’s End Wareham, a group of internationally acclaimed musicians, will present a concert on Saturday, July 29 at 7:30 pm at St. Gabriel’s Church, 124 Front St., Marion.             The program, “Melodious Noise,” will include baroque and modern pieces by Franz Tunder, Johann Bernhard Bach, Johann Christoph Bach, G.F. Handel, and Sebastian Gottschick. […] Read more »

FCCM Summer Fair

The First Congregational Church of Marion Summer Fair is coming soon. Join the fun on Saturday, July 29 from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. The Fair happens right on Main Street and throughout the church grounds at 28 Main Street. This is the Fair that everyone looks forward to each year.             Children can enjoy […] Read more »

Third Annual Nolanfest Music Festival

Three years ago our community lost a gifted young musical artist, Nolan Gibbons, to Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC). The Nolan Gibbons Memorial Fund is excited for this year’s NolanFest and to celebrate our 12 scholarship recipients. NolanFest is a community music festival that will be held on July 15 at Silvershell Beach in […] Read more »

A Night at the Movies That’s Out of This World

On Friday, July 7, the Marion Concert Band begins its Friday evening concert series with a program of music based on two themes. The first half of the program will feature soundtrack music from a variety of motion pictures and TV shows. The second half of the program will  feature movie music with a “space” […] Read more »

Marion Natural History Museum

We will be meeting at Brainard Marsh on July 7 from 9 am to 12 noon to discover a little about our local seaweeds. We’ll be taking a look at what products we use every day (including food) which contain seaweed without our realizing it. Seaweeds are used for a variety of purposes, including medicines, […] Read more »

Rochester Historical Museum Ice Cream Social

It’s July and it’s time for our annual ice cream social at the museum at 355 County Road. The evening begins at 7:00 on July 19. After a short meeting, we’ll have music with Tom and Sheila Perry and then ice cream. Anyone with questions may call Connie at 617 750 2818 or email eshbach2@aol.com […] Read more »

Mattapoisett Village Tours

Are you curious about Mattapoisett Village’s unique history? Please join Mattapoisett Museum Guides and tour the village to learn about its heyday as a shipbuilding center to the rise of summer recreation and the impact specific citizens had on the development of the town.             Tours begin and end at the Mattapoisett Museum at 5 […] Read more »