On Friday, August 19, the Marion Concert Band continues its Friday evening concert series with a program of American popular music. The program features a trumpet soloist and a variety of pop styles from the 1900’s to the present, is as follows: Washington Post March – J.P. Sousa Second American Folk Rhapsody – C. Grundman […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center Theater announces open auditions for the upcoming production of Church & State written by Jason Odell Williams. Director Donn Tyler will be casting five roles: one male and one female able to play forties/early fifties, one female able to play thirties/early forties and two males or females able to play twenties. […] Read more »
The Bristol County Radio Control Club will hold its annual John Nicolaci Memorial Float Fly on Saturday, August 20 on Mary’s Pond in Rochester, Massachusetts, starting at 10:00 am. This event is sanctioned by the Academy of Model Aeronautics and is open to all AMA members. Spectators are welcome – bring your own chair, […] Read more »
Twice Monthly Adult Art Workshops with Jeanine Cappuccino – 2 free art instructional classes per month. Attend one or both classes. Sign up at the library. Thursday, August 11, 6-7:30 pm: Create a sketch journal and learn the elements of art to create realistic qualities in sketching. Saturday, August 27, 10-11:30 am: Learn one point […] Read more »
Purrington Lecture Series presents author Eric Jay Dolin at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library. There is still time to register for the Purrington Lecture Series featuring Eric Jay Dolin, author of Rebels at Sea and Leviathan, on Wednesday, August 17 at 6:30 p.m. This presentation is cosponsored with the Mattapoisett Museum and will be held […] Read more »
On Sunday, August 14, The Rev. Marc Eames, Priest-in-Charge, St. John’s Church, Vernon, CT will conduct services at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 34 Water Street next to the Town Beach in Mattapoisett. The 138th summer season services with visiting clergy each Sunday are at 8:00 am and 10:00 am, using the 1928 Book of […] Read more »
The Rochester Council on Aging, 67 Dexter Lane, Rochester, MA is pleased to announce two events for the month of August: On Wednesday, August 17 from 6 to 8 pm, please join us for “A Touch of Class,” an evening showcasing the paintings and artistic work of some of our members. There is no […] Read more »
New, Twice Monthly Adult Art Workshops with Jeanine Cappuccino. Two free art instructional classes per month. Attend one or both classes. Sign up at the library. Thursday August 11, 6-7:30 pm. Create a sketch journal and learn the elements of art to create realistic qualities in sketching. Saturday, August 27, 10-11:30 am. Learn […] Read more »
The Mattapoisett Library hosts an information session with Black Earth Compost on Tuesday, August 9 at 6:00 pm at the library and via Zoom. Representatives from the company will tune in virtually to present information about their initiative in the town. Interested residents can attend in person or virtually. Massachusetts food scrap hauler and […] Read more »
Stop in for a program or find a cool spot to read. We have lots of events going on for children and teens as the summer reading adventure, Read Beyond the Beaten Path, wraps up. Craft Tuesday crafts include Popsicle stick frogs on August 9 and Friendship bracelets on August 16. Stop by to […] Read more »