Celebrate Black History Month with a history lesson by the New Bedford Historical Society and local historians on New Bedford’s role in the Underground Railroad. The program will be held on the third floor of the New Bedford Public Library. Presentations will explore the experiences of freedom seekers and the role city residents played in […]
The Greater Fall River Symphony Orchestra’s Winter Concert is at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Jackson Auditorium at the BCC Fall River campus. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 for adults. Children and students with ID are admitted free of charge. The orchestra participates in the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Card to Culture program, […]
The New Bedford Historical Society presents “Back When We Were a Community,” a free public lecture on Black community organizing, mutual aid, and collective care. Mwalim, Prof. Morgan James Peters of UMass Dartmouth, will lead the talk. He also serves as assistant grand historian for the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. Drawing on African […]
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