Rochester Women’s Club Earth Day Clean-up

The Rochester Women’s Club will be sponsoring the Annual Town-wide clean up again this year. This year we will be located at the First Congregational Church of Rochester (FCCR). The Rochester Women’s Club will have a booth at the FCCR’s Easter Carnival. The Easter Carnival at the Congregational Church is taking the place of the […] Read more »

Earth Day Trash Bash!

Streets will be cleaned and closets cleared as the Marion Cub Scouts Pack 32 and Marion Boy Scouts Troop 32 join forces with GiftstoGive, the Marion Recreation Department, and Marion Department of Public Works for a spring cleaning! Please join us when we rally at Washburn Park on Saturday, April 27 from 8:00 am – […] Read more »

Organ Recital by Daniel Ficarri

The organ recital series at the First Congregational Church of Marion will continue on Sunday, May 12at 4:00 pm with a program of music chosen by soloist Daniel Ficarri to show off the church’s historic 1883 George S. Hutchings mechanical-action organ.             A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Daniel Ficarri currently works as Organ Scholar at the Church […] Read more »

April Vacation Programs at Plumb Library

All programs take place at the Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library, 17 Constitution Way, Rochester. Please register for all programs unless otherwise noted. Register on the Events Calendar on the library website, www.plumblibrary.com.              Pop-up Projects in Your Pajamas! Ages 4 and up. Stay in your pjs and pop in to do Science and Art activities. […] Read more »

Birding: There’s An App for That

The next Nasketucket Bird Club Meeting date has changed to Thursday, April 18, 7:00 pm. Learn how to improve your birdwatching with the help of your smartphone! Bird club president, Justin Barrett, will share with the group several bird-smart apps and demonstrate how to use them. Utilizing smartphone apps can help identification, assist in learning bird […] Read more »

April Events at the MAC

The Marion Art Center (MAC) is pleased to present its newest exhibition, featuring paintings by Lori Bradley & John Irwin. The show runs April 12 – May 18, 2019, with an opening reception on Friday, April 12, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. Join us for light refreshments and hear the artists give a brief introduction to […] Read more »

April is Poetry Month

It’s Open Mic for Poetry Month at the Mattapoisett Library on Saturday, April 13from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to bring an original poem or share one of their favorites by another poet. Readers of all ages are welcome to read for no more than five minutes each. Sign up to read by […] Read more »

Greatest Hits of the Greatest Generation

Sippican Choral Society presents its spring concert entitled “Greatest Hits of the Greatest Generation” on Sunday, April 28at 4:00 pm at St. Gabriel’s Church, 124 Front Street, Marion.             Music from the 1940s will be presented, including selections from The Great American Songbook – classics by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, and others; jazz standards such […] Read more »

Open Mic for Poetry at the Mattapoisett Library

            Celebrate April as Poetry Month at the Mattapoisett Free Public Library by participating in an Open Mic on Saturday, April 13from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm.             Participants are welcome to bring an original poem or a favorite written by someone else to share. Maximum time for each reader is approximately 5 minutes. Sign up by emailing […] Read more »

FCCR Holy Week Worship Schedule

First Congregational Church of Rochester, 11 Constitution Way in Rochester, 508-763-4314, is pleased to announce its Holy Week Worship Schedule. We invite you to come and worship with us!             April 14at 10:30 am – Palm Sunday. Our choir will present “The Beautiful Christ,” an Easter cantata arranged by Heather Sorenson, and our pastor, Rev. Dr. […] Read more »