January -February 4, 2012
Exhibit continues from December
Attleboro Arts Museum
Members’ Exhibition

An important Attleboro Arts Museum member exhibit for “Arts for Everyone”
all work is accepted into this exhibition and cash prizes awarded.

Where: Attleboro Arts Museum, 86 Park St. Attleboro MA 02703
508-222-2644 www.attleboroartsmuseum.org

 Through January – Buttonwood Park Zoo

Events include Toe Jam’s New Year’s Party,
Monday January 2, Toe Jam Puppet Band performances, Toddler Tales and Junior Duck Stamp
Art Exhibit .
Welcome the New Year at Buttonwood Park Zoo,  425 Hawthorn Street, New Bedford. 508-991-4556.

January 6, 2012
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Moby-Dick Marathon

Since 1995, The New Bedford Whaling Museum has marked the anniversary of Herman Melville’s 1841
departure from the Port of New Bedford and Fairhaven aboard the whaleship Acushnet, with a 25-hour
nonstop reading of Moby Dick. They begin the reading at 8 bells (12 noon) in the Lagoda Room.
Coffee and snacks will be available throughout the night. 

 Where: New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Bedford, MA
                 508-997-0046 for more information.
                Wheelchair accessible

January 11, 2012
The Narrows Center for the Arts
Little Feat
littlefeat.com

A legendary band in one of the finest venues in North America. Enough said.

Where: The Narrows Center, 16 Anawan St.,Fall River, MA, When: 8pm
When: 8pm Tickets are $65/$70 day of the Show
For more information call 508-324-1926 www.ncfta.org

January 12th, 2012
AHA!
Fire & ice
Join us on AHA! night when Downtown New Bedford comes alive with Art, History and Architecture! The weather in January may be frightful but the warmth of the Downtown community is delightful. ( Art – History-Architecture)
Night is a free arts & culture event taking place in Downtown New Bedford. 
Visit the website for the monthly
calendar of events at www.ahanewbedford.org/calendar.html

 January 12, 2012
The Narrows Center for the Arts
Acousticana and Three Tall Pines
acousticana.cc
Acousticana plays American roots music on acoustic instruments. They take the best of the American songbook and filter it through varied musical influences. Three Tall Pines is an award winning quartet –playing bluegrass and Americana from the heart of New England.

Where: The Narrows Center, 16 Anawan St.,Fall River, MA, When: 8pm
When: 8pm Tickets are $15 Advance | $17 Day of Show
For more information call 508-324-1926 www.ncfta.org

 January 13, 2012
The Narrows Center for the Arts
Eilen Jewell Band
eilenjewell.com
Opener: Amy Black

Eilen’s last show at the Narrows sold out quickly, so we thought we would make a weekend out of it. Two big nights with one of the best Americana bands on the planet. They have a great new record “Queen of the Minor Key” which is getting rave reviews everywhere.

Where: The Narrows Center, 16 Anawan St.,Fall River, MA, When: 8pm
When: 8pm Tickets are $18 Advance | $20 Day of Show
For more information call 508-324-1926 www.ncfta.org

January 15, 2012
New Bedford, Massachusetts- Mayor Mitchell
“Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Remembrance Celebration.” 

 The theme for the 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Remembrance Celebration is “ A Stone of Hope”  inspired by the MLK memorial recently dedicated in Washington D.C.  The Committee will incorporate special features of the memorial within the program.  The keynote speaker this year is Congressman Barney Frank, an influential legislator who represents New Bedford.

Where: Tifereth Israel Congregation, 145 Brownell Avenue, New Bedford.  
When: 3:00pm

For additional information visit the City website at www.newbedford-ma.gov or contact Marci Pina-Christian
or the City of New Bedford Human Relations Commission at (508) 979-1464.  

January 16, 2012
The 11th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Community Breakfast
Bristol Community College

Lee V. Charlton, former president of the New Bedford branch of the NAACP, will be the keynote speaker at Bristol Community College’s annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Community Breakfast. Roland N. Fomundam ’06 will be recognized as the 2012 Distinguished African American Alumnus of the Year

While the breakfast and festivities remain free, the College’s Civic Engagement office is asking attendees to bring donations of new socks and underwear, birthday gifts, toothbrushes, toothpaste, other toiletries, baby safety items, arts and crafts supplies, school supplies, and gift cards for teens. Gifts will be delivered to New Bedford for the MLK activities sponsored by Southcoast Serves.

Where: Bristol Community College Center, 777 Elsbree St, Fall River, MA
When: 8:00 am
For more information visit  508-678-2811 or contact Sally Cameron or Tafa Awolaju, chairs, at 508.678.2811
or visit www.BristolCC.edu

January 18, 2012
Taunton Art Association’s Annual Meeting
and Pot luck Supper

The Taunton Art Association will be hosting the Annual Meeting and
Pot Luck Supper followed by their famous auction and raffle drawing.
This event is a big fundraiser and we’d like you to join us for this wonderful evening. 
Please bring your favorite dish or dessert and feel free to bring along a friend -
the more the merrier!

Where:  Taunton Art Association, 42 William St. Taunton, MA
When: 6-9pm for more information call 508-822-4513 or visit www.tauntonarts.org

January 19, 2012
New Bedford Art Museum:
Harpsichord Recital with Paul Cienniwa  
Pieces from the artists first Solo CD, Harpsichord Music for a Thin Place.

Featuring works by Bach, Bell, Byrd, F. Couperin, L. Couperin, Forqueray, Froberger, Rameau and Sweelinck. The recording is ”a musical transport to the threshold between the ordinary and the spiritual… to the point where the ordinary becomes spiritual and the spiritual becomes ordinary.”

Where: New Bedford Art Museum, 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
For more information call 508-961-3072
info@newbedfordartmuseum.org

January 19-29, 2012
Your Theatre Inc.
“Gee’s Band” by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
Your Theatre’s 65th Season Continues!

Where: Your Theatre, 136 Rivet St., New Bedford, Ma
                508-993-0772 or visit www.yourtheatre.org
When: Gee’s Bend Schedule:
Jan 19-21, 2012, 8:00 PM
Jan 22, 2012, 2:30 PM
Jan 26-28, 2012, 8:00 PM
Jan 29, 2012, 2:30 PM

$15-All Performances

January 19-29, 2012
The Firebarn, Little Theatre of Fall River
“Talking with Jane Martin”

Monologues Jane Martin These extraordinary monologues received a standing ovation at Louisville’s Actors Theatre. Idiosyncratic characters amuse, move and frighten, always speaking from the depths of their souls. They include a baton twirler, a fundamentalist snake handler, an ex rodeo rider and an actress willing to go to any length to get a job. 1982 winner of the American Theatre Critics Association Award for Best Regional Play.
Produced by special arrangement with Samuel French Inc. New York City

Where: The Firebarn, Little Theatre, Fall River, Ma, 340 Prospect St.
When:   January 19, 26th at 7:30pm
                January 20,21, 27, 28, at 8pm
               January 22, 29th at 2pm
Call 508-675-1852 or visit  www.littletheatre.net 

January 20, 2012
The Narrows Center for the Arts
Liz Longley
lizlongley.com
Opener: Ken Yates

She has wowed Narrow’s audiences opening for Joan Osborne and Shawn Colvin  
She also brought the house down at this year’s Arts Festival. Liz is a major talent.
Don’t miss her first of many headlining shows.

Where: The Narrows Center, 16 Anawan St.,Fall River, MA,
When: 8pm $15 Advance | $17 Day of Show
For more information call 508-324-1926 or visit www.ncfta.org

 January 21, 2012
The Narrows Center for the Arts
Duke Robillard

dukerobillard.com
Opener: Tall Richard

2010 GRAMMY Nomineee for Best Traditional Blues Album for Stomp! The Blues Tonight (2nd nomination in 3 years in this category) 4 Blues Music Award Nominations for 2010 (Album of the Year, Band of the Year, Best Instrumentalist – Guitar and Traditional Blues Male Artist of the Year) Four-time Best Blues Guitarist Winner at the Blues Music Awards….

Where: The Narrows Center, 16 Anawan St.,Fall River, MA,
When: 8pm $20 Advance | $23 Day of Show
For more information call 508-324-1926 or visit www.ncfta.org

January 21, 2012
Continued from Novemeber 18 through January 21st
New Bedford Art Museum:
John James Audubon: An Asian View of Nature?

Janice Hodson & Louie Doherty, Curators
Curator’s Statement

Many of the museum visitors on seeing the Audubon Bird Prints have asked the question
“Was John James-Audubon influenced by Oriental art?

The exhibition investigates the possible connection of Audubon’s prints with Asian art. The Romans were importing silk through the Silk Trail. From the time of Marco Polo on Europeans were impressed with life like Asian renderings of birds and beautiful flowers. Chinese export art was regularly traded to Europe started in the 18th Century. Was John James Audubon influenced by Chinese art? Could Audubon have influenced Japanese art? The exhibition will explore these possibilities.

Where: New Bedford Art Museum, 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
For more information call 508-961-3072
info@newbedfordartmuseum.org

January 27, 2012
The Narrows Center for the Arts
Jonathon Edwards
jonathanedwards.net

Jonathan Edwards came to fame with his toe-tappin’ anti-war anthem “Sunshine,” which still gets played on the radio, decades later. He’s one of the funnest artists to see in concert, which is why we’ve had him at the Narrows several times.

Where: The Narrows Center, 16 Anawan St.,Fall River, MA,
When: 8pm $25 Advance | $28 Day of Show
For more information call 508-324-1926 or visit www.ncfta.org

 January 21, 2012
Old Colony Historical Society
Rivers, Landing Places and Home Lots:
Genealogy and Geography
by Andrew D. Boisvert and Cynthia Booth Ricciardi, Ph.D
Two of the Old Colony’s best genealogists will examine selected items from Taunton’s earliest documents,
often called “The Proprietors’ Records.” Using approaches which can be applied to similar documents from
other colonial settlements, the presenters will show how an examination of maps of the early settlement

Luigi Boccherini 
Flute Quintet in C 
Anton Arensky
String Quartet in A minor, Op. 35 
Carl Stamitz 
Oboe Quartet in E flat
Franz Schubert 
String Quintet in C major, D.956

28th
Where: St. Gabriel’s Church 124 Front St. Marion, MA 508-748-1507
When: 5pm 29th
Where: Grace Episcipal Church, County St. New Bedford
When:4:00pm

Both concert venues are wheelchair accessible.
For more information on SCCMS programs, advance ticket purchases, and directions,
please visit  http://www.southcoastchambermusic.org or call 508-992-4739.

Tickets $18
Children under 16 years – free

January 27, 2012
Continued from December 8th
University of MA,Dartmouth, MA
College of Visual and Performing Arts
 
Exhibit: Pat Hickman: Traces of Time

Where: University Art Gallery, 715 Purchase St., New Bedford, MA 02740
For more information call 508-999-8555

 January 28, 2012
The Narrows Center for the
Arts Roomful of Blues
roomfulofblues.com

They sold out last time through and ripped it up as this year’s Arts Festival. Their latest cd Hook, Line & Sinker features twelve carefully chosen songs from Little Richard, Dave Bartholomew, Amos Milburn, Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown, Floyd Dixon and others…..

Where: The Narrows Center, 16 Anawan St.,Fall River, MA,
When: 8pm $22 Advance | $25 Day of Show
For more information call 508-324-1926 or visit www.ncfta.org

January 29, 2011
New Bedford Whaling Museum
“Scrimshaw 101″
Spend a day with Stuart M. Frank, PhD., Senior Curator at the Whaling Museum
as he presents a PowerPoint illustrated seminar Scrimshaw and the Nautical Arts.  This one day course
includes buffet lunch, coffee breaks, all study materials and museum admission.

Where: Jacobs Gallery, New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill
When: 10am-5pm, Registration Fee is $50 members/ $55 non-members
For more information call 508-997-0046 ext. 146 or contact
Stuart Frank sfrank@whalingmuseum.org

January 29, 2010
Attleboro Arts Museum
Art Lover’s Book Club
Featured Artist: John Singer Sargent

John Singer Sargent (1856 –1925) is considered by many to be the most successful
portrait painter of his era, as well as a gifted landscape painter and watercolorist.

Where: Attleboro Arts Museum, 86 Park St. Attleboro MA 02703
When: 2-3pm: Guest Speaker, TBA
3-4pm: Book Club Discussion
Free and Open to the Public
For more information call 508-222-2644 or visit www.attleboroartsmuseum.org

$25.00 advance, $28.00 day of show

January 29, 2011
The Narrow’s Center for the Arts
Commander Cody and Professor Louie
and the Cromatix

Known for his legendary antics and ability to spark up even the toughest crowds. Their 1974 album “Live From Deep in the Heart of Texas” was named as one of Rolling Stones 100 Greatest of all times! They are the legends behind Hot Rod Lincoln….

Where: The Narrows Center, 16 Anawan St.,Fall River, MA, When: 8pm
When: 8pm

For more information call 508-324-1926 www.ncfta.org or www.commandercody.com
$20 Advance | $23 Day of Show

January 29, 2011
Swansea Mall Center Court
Semper Fi Tae Kwon Do

The Swansea Semper Fi Tae Kwon Do will perform a martial arts demonstration
featuring board breaking, forms and basic self-defense techniques for adults and children.

Where: The Swansea Mall,
When: 1:30 This event is free
              For more information call Swansea Mall Kids Crew 508-679-2543
              or visit http://www.visitswanseamall.com