The New Bedford Light columnist Jack Spillane has been digging deep into the abrupt closure of UMass Dartmouth’s College of Visual and Performing Arts Star Store campus, and he dropped […]
Category: Arts and Culture
Hot, hot, hot! Your guide to summer fun on South Coast
“I always think there’s a special energy in New Bedford, but in the summertime is when it gets amped up with all of the festivals and events that happen. I always look forward to summers in New Bedford” — Margo Saulnier of New Bedford Creative
The sound of silence: Beloved Folk Festival ends ‘on a high note’
“It never dawned on us when we started this … that it would become what it became. Never did I think there would be so many people so dedicated to an event.” — Festival musical co-director Alan Korolenko
A peek inside the Z’s $31 million remake
“It’s going to be a state-of-the-art, world-class performing arts center with all the amenities and all the conveniences that people should be able to enjoy when they’re at a concert or a show, or any other program there.” — David Prentiss, president and CEO of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra
Specialty architectural firm designed Zeiterion plan
An award-winning architecture and interior design studio with 25 years of expertise in architecture for arts and entertainment venues created the Zeiterion renovation plan.
Historic downtown theater could have become a parking lot
Built by the Zeitz family and opened in 1923, the Zeiterion was intended as a vaudeville showcase, but shortly changed its focus to screening silent movies and its name to the State Theatre. Its construction and lavish décor cost the equivalent of $12 million today.
New Bedford New Year’s Eve celebrations moving indoors
Waterfront fireworks still set for 8:30 p.m., despite rainy weather forecast
Montigny brokers deal for state to buy Star Store, keep arts college in New Bedford
The deal will also require the state to set aside $30 million in long-term bonding authority for upgrades to the campus and to immediately address deferred maintenance in this year’s budget.
Fine Arts Club: May 18, 2022
Fine Arts Club: May 18, 2022 Welcome to the New Bedford Light Fine Arts Club. It’s a place to celebrate talented local artists; a marketplace where buyers, enthusiasts and artists […]