Maggie Shipstead will be visiting classes during a week-long residency at Tabor Academy the week of October 15 – 19 in an effort to expose Tabor students to professional American writers. The author will meet with faculty groups and students in their English classes, as well as the staff of the student newspaper or those […] Read more »
It’s the perfect time of year to warm up under a blanket or next to the fire with a new book. The Friends Book Sale is the perfect opportunity to stock up on some reading material. The Friends of the Mattapoisett Library will be holding their Second Saturday Monthly Book Sale, November 10, from 10:00 […] Read more »
On Saturday, October 20at 5:30 pm on the Dunseith Property, Route 6 and North Street, the Mattapoisett Land Trust offers a unique story teller, Danny Dullea, for their annual “Salty Silvery Moon Soiree” celebration with a fire to make s’mores. Danny Dullea’s stories, he said “are about Environmental Justice to honor the beauty and integrity […] Read more »
Yasmina Reza’s “ART” will open at the Marion Art Center (MAC) on Friday, November 9with subsequent performances on Saturday, November 10; Sunday, November 11; Friday,November 16, and Saturday, November 17. All Friday and Saturday performances will begin at 7:30 pm, while the Sunday matinee performance on November 11 will begin at 2:00 pm. How much […] Read more »
The annual fall sale at the East Mattapoisett Quaker church will be held from 8:30 am to noon on Saturday, October 20, at 103 Marion Road (Rte. 6). Vendors should call Alan Harris at 1-508-317-3601 to see if inside tables or outside space are still available. To donate sale items (no electronics, heavy furniture, or […] Read more »
The Town of Marion will hold its annual Veterans Day Ceremony at Sippican School Multipurpose Room on Sunday, November 11at 11:00 am. Please enter the building though the Bus Loop on Park Street. The Sippican School Band led by Mrs. Hannah Moore will perform selections of patriotic music. This year is the 100th anniversary of […] Read more »
The Rochester Historical Society will meet on Wednesday, October 17at 7:00 pm at the East Rochester Church/Museum, 355 County Rd. In keeping with our focus on Rochester Businesses, Steve Sperry, founder of Sperry Tents, now Sperry Fabric Architecture on Dexter Lane will explore the development of the company from a one man operation to a […] Read more »
The Bourne Wareham Art Association will meet on Tuesday, October 16at BBs Restaurant, Cranberry Hwy, Wareham from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. John Wiliszowski will be presenting a short course on Digital Photography. Wiliszowski is a freelance & fine art photographer living in Wareham. He has a Master’s Degree in Communications -Photography and Visual […] Read more »
There will be a lecture by Liz Waring entitled, Focus on Photos: History of Photography on Sunday, October 28at 2:00 pm at Mattapoisett Free Public Library, 7 Barstow Street. The event is co-sponsored by the Mattapoisett Historical Society & the Mattapoisett Free Public Library. Have you ever seen the first photograph made in 1826? Do […] Read more »
The October luncheon and meeting of the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club is on Thursday, October 18at 11:00 am. We meet at Reynard Hall in the Mattapoisett Congregational Church, 27 Church Street. Deborah Ewing is our guest speaker and will talk about the Diamond Terrapins, native to the brackish coastal tidal marshes of the eastern and southern […] Read more »