Fairhaven Neighborhood News

Get OutdoorsNew Bedford Whaling NationalHistorical Park is offering free fun inthe sun as part of National GetOutdoors Day. Get a head start to ahealthier, happier you with yoga inthe park or “burn while you learn” bytaking a guided or self-guided walkingtour of the historic district.HOPE Yoga Studio in Dartmouthwill offer free yoga in the parkgarden at 2:00 PM on Sat., 6/15, 33William Street in downtown NewBedford. Bring yoga mats, if you haveone. The park has a limited supply ofmats for those who don’t have one.Please RSVP (for yoga only) by callingEmily Prigot at 508-996-4095 x 6105 orvia email at emily_prigot@nps.gov.Book Launch/SignSpinner Publications announcesthe release of A Picture History of NewBedford: Volume 1 (1602-1925). Editedby Joseph D. Thomas, Alfred H.Saulniers, Natalie A. White, Marsha L.McCabe and Jay Avila, A PictureHistory of New Bedford details, inpictures and text, the history of NewBedford, Mass. from Gosnold’sLanding in 1602 to the height of thetextile era in 1925.In the first extensive city history tobe published in decades, A PictureHistory of New Bedford in twovolumes captures the city’s journeywith hundreds of photographs andstories.Spinner Publications gratefullyacknowledges Bristol County SavingsBank for its early and generoussupport of A Picture History of NewBedford through Bristol CountySavings Charitable Foundation. OnJune 19, Bristol County SavingsBank branches will be sellinglimited hard copy editions of APicture History of New Bedford.After July 1, books will be availableat local shops or can be ordered onSpinner’s website. Books can bereserved and ordered direct bycalling (508) 994-4564.This 320-page book, filled withmore than 700 photographs isavailable in a limited (only 700printed), signed-and-numbered clothboundedition with dust jacket. It’salso available in a sturdy smythesewnsoftcover.This exciting new book willfascinate, thrill and educate readers,HAPPENINGS OVERTOWNyoung and old, from all walks of life.Travel back with us and experienceNew Bedford.For information, please contact:Susan Grace at 508-994-4564, visitwww.spinnerpub.com or SpinnerPublications on Facebook.NB JazzFestSaturday, June 15 from 2-7 p.m.The best in regional jazz will be heardunder a tent on Pier 3 on NewBedford’s historic waterfront.Saxophonist Dino Govoni willheadline the music festival playingwith the Horseneck Trio and theUMass Dartmouth Faculty All-Stars.Also playing will be the SouthcoastJazz Orchestra featuring vocalistDiane Carey, Ken Reid, Phil Sanborn,Bobby Gallegos and Neil Sylvia; DoriLegge with the John HarrisonQuartet; fusion jazz from the MarcusMonteiro Quartet; and Latin jazz fromthe UMass Dartmouth Jazz VisionEnsemble. Artist and craft vendors,beer from Shipyard and Buzzards BayBrewery, wine and food trucks will beavailable on site.New Bedford JazzFest 2013,produced by Your Theatre, Inc. and issponsored by Bridgewater CreditUnion. Tickets, $15.00 in advance($20 day of), are available throughthe Your Theatre box office at508-993-0772 or at Bridgewater CreditUnion (Fairhaven) and online atNewBedfordJazzFest.com. Kids 13and under FREE (accompanied byadult).Clambake F-RUnited Way of Greater New Bedfordwill host its premier annualfundraiser, the 19th Annual Clambakewith Lobster. All proceeds will go toour local United Way, which fundsover 60 health & human serviceagencies and also administers severalof its own programs such as theHunger Commission of SoutheasternMA, the Community Building Mini-Grants Program, Summer Fund,Volunteer Solutions and Mass 2-1-1.Guests will feast on a traditional NewEngland Clambake with Lobster andlive music by Wired, dancing and anextensive silent auction.Under a tent on State Pier 3,downtown New Bedford, Friday,6/14. Limited open bar from 5–6 p.m.Clambake at 7. Music and dancinguntil 11 p.mTickets are $80 each or $750 for10. Go online to purchase tickets atwww.unitedwayofgnb.org, or call508-994-9625, ext. 15.Need to contact us on the day ofthe event? Call Victoria Grasela 774-526-9423 (cell phone).Meet the ArtistMeet the Artist at AHA! Night,Thursday, June 13 at 7pm. MarilynSzabo will be at Crowell's on AHA!night to talk about her work andanswer your questions. It will be agreat time to meet the artist andreally get to understand her work..Opening Reception, Saturday, June15 from 5pm to 9pm. Come to theopening reception for the“Uncomfortable Places” show atCrowell’s in Downtown New Bedford.Food and Refreshments will beserved. This will be a greatopportunity to view and buy Szabo'swork. Join us at 382 Acushnet Ave inDowntown New Bedford.Cookbook F-RThe Ladies’ Branch of the NewBedford Port Society recentlypublished a community cookbook,Recipes from Land and Sea” tosupport the efforts of the Committeeto Restore the Seamen’s Bethel.The 1831 building, renowned asthe Whalemen’s Chapel in Melville’s“Moby-Dick,” and overseen by theNew Bedford Port Society, is sufferingfrom water and insect damage, andcostly rehabilitation has beenundertaken.The cookbook, published by MorrisPress Cookbooks in Kearney, Neb.,contains almost 200 recipes gatheredfrom more than 80 contributors.Members of the Ladies’ Branch willbe at the Seamen’s Bethel on JohnnyCake Hill selling the cookbook aspart of the June 13 AHA! activitiesin downtown New Bedford. Stop bytheir table between 6 and 8 p.m.,enjoy a sample of baked goods fromrecipes in the book, and purchasecopies of the book, priced at $12.Recipes from Land and Sea is alsoavailable at Euro Phoenix inFairhaven, Baker Books in Dartmouth,and at the Seamen’s Bethel duringregular visiting hours. All of theproceeds from sales will go towardsthe restoration fund.Fairhaven Neighborhood News Thursday, June 13, 2013 Page 7