Libraries and Science Rock! Help us kick-off our summer program, Libraries Rock, by learning about the science of music, sound, and more! Plumb Library’s Friendkensteins, our Jr. Friends Mad Science Team, will present fun STEM activities for kids 3-8 on Friday, June 29from 2:00 to 3:00 pm, and on Saturday, June 30from 11:00 am to […] Read more »
It’s time to clean your shelves of your used books to make way for the new ones you’ll be buying at the Friends of the Mattapoisett Library’s annual book sale. We’re looking for good-quality hardcover and paperback books, audio and video tapes, DVDs, children’s books, and puzzles. Please, no periodicals, encyclopedias or text-books. Donations can […] Read more »
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, next to the Town Beach in Mattapoisett, continues their 134 year tradition of visiting clergy from Massachusetts and beyond. Services using the 1928 Book of Common Prayer are conducted at 8:00 am and 10:00 am each Sunday through Labor Day weekend. The Reverend Philip C. Jacobs III, Rector of Trinity Church, […] Read more »
Get your whole family to explore the outdoors during Family Friday Explorations, a series of three free outings in July hosted by the Buzzards Bay Coalition and Rochester’s Plumb Library. Through fun games and hands-on activities, your family will learn about the Buzzards Bay region’s animals, plants, and habitats. On July 6, learn about frogs, […] Read more »
If you’re looking for summer concerts on the Southcoast, be sure to mark your calendar for July 11 through July 15for the 22ndAnnual Buzzards BayMusicfest! Here is the chance to hear fabulous professional musicians for free in an air-conditioned auditorium. You’ll hear from classical composers such as Robert Schumann, Joseph Haydn, and Mozart, to chamber […] Read more »
Don’t miss the very first Old Rochester Farmers’ Market of the season, which runs every Tuesday from 3-6pm outside of the ORR Junior HS. This year you can find at the market fresh produce, grass fed and non-GMO meats, fresh eggs, local syrup, sweet and savory pies, teas, cheeses, breads, fresh- no sugar- no gluten […] Read more »
Join the Buzzards Bay Coalition in partnership with the Wildlands Trust and Wareham Land Trust to look and listen for songbirds, shorebirds, and raptors on Saturday, June 23at 8:00 am at Marks Cove in Wareham. This free morning walk will traverse through pine forest to the marshes that line the edge of these woods and […] Read more »
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, next to the Town Beach in Mattapoisett, continues their long tradition of visiting clergy from Massachusetts and beyond. Services using the 1928 Book of Common Prayer are conducted at 8:00am and 10:00am each Sunday through Labor Day weekend. The Reverend Alan B. Warren, Rector of The Church of the Advent, Boston, […] Read more »
The Sippican Historical Society will present a PowerPoint lecture on scrimshaw by its president, Frank McNamee, on June 21at the Marion Music Hall at 7:00 pm. The lecture will discuss the scrimshaw collection that was recently donated to the SHS by William Claflin. This remarkable collection of 19th century sailor-made scrimshaw consists of over 100 […] Read more »
The Sippican Historical Society will present a PowerPoint lecture on scrimshaw by its president, Frank McNamee, on June 21at the Marion Music Hall at 7:00 pm. The lecture will discuss the scrimshaw collection that was recently donated to the SHS by William Claflin. This remarkable collection of 19th century sailor-made scrimshaw consists of over 100 […] Read more »