Elizabeth Taber Library presents Sarah Brown Pastel Painting Demonstration on Tuesday, October 12 at 4:00 pm. Watch Sarah create a beautiful pastel picture as she explains and demonstrates how to use her special techniques. Sarah began working as an illustrator honing her skills in drawing. She now paints in pastel because of the luscious, saturated […] Read more »
The faith communities of Community Baptist, First Congregational, St. Gabriel’s, and St. Rita’s are co-sponsoring a flu clinic with the Marion Board of Health on Sunday, October 22 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm at the First Congregational Church’s community center meeting room behind the General Store at 144 Front Street, Marion. Please remember to […] Read more »
The Red Sox are in the hunt and the Patriots don’t have to worry about a 16-0 season, thank goodness. We just need to keep Tommy and Gronk healthy and get Edelman and Amendolla off the DL. No worries for Open Table at all! Our next dinner is set for Friday, October 13. Doors open […] Read more »
On October 10, Pulitzer Prize winning author Richard Ford will spend the day with Tabor Academy students and faculty, sharing his craft as a visiting author. He will present a formal reading of his work for the Tabor Community and the public at 6:30 pm that evening. The day has been in the works for […] Read more »
Jim Stevens, Founder and CEO of the nonprofit organization GiftsToGive, will speak about its volunteers, its receiving and distribution center housed in a former Titleist golf ball factory in Acushnet, its effect on those who volunteer, and its donors and recipients. Children and adults work tirelessly as volunteers to sort donated items (clothes, toys, books, […] Read more »
Join us at the Elizabeth Taber Library on Thursday, October 5 at 4:00 pm as Master Gardener Gretel Anspach talks about the reasons for saving your own seeds and teaches us some of the basic techniques for ensuring genetic purity. Discussions will also include the home garden plants from which seeds can be easily saved […] Read more »
The Marion Art Center is pleased to announce the upcoming opening of an exhibition entitled ‘Impressions,’ featuring artists Deb Ehrens and Michael Hubert. From Friday, October 13 through Saturday, November 18, both of the Art Center’s galleries will be filled with artwork by the South Coast artists. A reception in their honor will be held […] Read more »
St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Marion will be holding its Annual Rummage Sale on Saturday, October 14 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. The sale is being sponsored by the Adult Choir of St. Gabriel’s, and proceeds will benefit both the music program and St. Gabriel’s outreach and relief efforts. The sale takes place in […] Read more »
The Marion Garden Group and Sippican Lands Trust are co-sponsoring a Bee Talk and Honey Extraction Demonstration on Saturday, September 30 at 10:00 am at The Music Hall, 164 Front Street, Marion. Linda Rinta, a local bee expert and Conservation Consultant with the Xerces Society, will talk about the importance of bees and pollinators for […] Read more »
The next meeting of the Nasketucket Bird Club will be on Thursday, September 28 at 7:00 pm. It will be held at the Mattapoisett Public Library on Barstow Street and is handicapped accessible. The program is free and open to the public. Get ready to get back into birding after the summer craziness. Inspiring us […] Read more »