Wilks World-Wide Knit in Public Day
Grab your knitting supplies and join fellow knitters for a fun day at The Wilks Branch of the New Bedford Free Public Library. Don't know how to knit? No problem! Staff will be able to teach you the basics of knitting, and you will not leave empty-handed!
Books, Bookmarks & Cake!
The Howland-Green branch of the New Bedford Free Public Library will host an all-day (9am-5pm) outdoor book sale.
From 1:00-3:00pm, the New Bedford Arts & Cultural Emporium (NBACE) will be there offering a Free Bookmark Making Workshop using dried flowers, quotes, fancy papers, and tassels.
From 3:30-5:00pm, as a wrap-up celebration for 20mi2, they’ll have cake and other snacks.
Family Morning Out Launch at Andrea McCoy Recreation Center
Welcoming all families to come and enjoy the Andrea McCoy Recreation Center (AMRC) facility for a FREE family morning out! Come celebrate the re-opening of the AMRC for special “Family Morning Out” hours on Saturday mornings from 9:00am-12:00pm. Check out all of the fun activities that will be available to families every Saturday morning at the AMRC. They will be offering basketball, dodgeball, GA-GA ball, Indoor Imagination Playground, Ping-Ping, Foosball, and more!
Information on all the of AMRC’s upcoming summer programs will be available, and refreshments will be served! Have fun with the whole family, meet some of their program instructors, and learn how to get more involved with the Parks, Recreation and Beaches Department.
Free Wall PopUp & Dance Jam with 3rd EyE
Free Wall PopUp and dance jam with 3rd EyE Youth Empowerment.
Yoga Es Vida: Yoga Demonstration in Spanish
Tahais Martins
Yoga Es Vida is partnering with the Community Economic Development Center (CEDC) to offer a Yoga in Spanish demonstration.
Yoga Es Vida, founded by Tahais Martins, is excited to offer yoga classes in Spanish catering to the Spanish community and to those in our community who wish to experience yoga in a different language. She focuses on empowering individuals through the practice of mindfulness. gratitude, love, and kindness. She is passionate about sharing her experience of yoga and meditation in the service of others regardless of their culture, language, or background. She has been a member of the New Bedford community for 28 years and is incredibly grateful to be able to cater to a community that may be looked over in our city. Learn more at: www.theyogavida.com
Anke Djé, Anke Bé, with Master Percussionist Sidy Maiga
Anke djé, anke bé translates to "everyone gather together in peace". The phrase is in the language of the Bambara people of Mali, West Africa. That is where Master Percussionist Sidy Maiga hails from and also the origins of his preferred percussion instrument, the djembe drum. The djembe (or jembe) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands. Sidy, with a few other professional percussionists, will bring thirty (30) of these drums to several sites for a participatory community experience during the 20mi2 destination weekend. Advance (free) registration is recommended for those who want to “reserve a drum”. If you have your own hand percussion, bring it!
Cycle 20mi2 in 02745 & 02746
Gather at (TO BE CONFIRMED) on your bicycle with helmets on for the Cycle 20mi2 group ride with the New Bedford Starchasers, a Division of SCUL. The loop will take you around the North End for a number of activities, with stops along the way (approx. 3 hrs). Advance registration is required to participate in this guided ride (free of charge).
Landscape Painting with Artist Fitzcarmel LaMarre
Open to youth from the Dennison community, participants will be led step-by-step as they paint a 16” x 20” colorful landscape with professional artist Fitzcarmel LaMarre, a 20mi2 sponsored event.
Fitzcarmel is a creative educational developer and program director, a home school workshop educator, muralist, portrait artist, graphic designer, and a former public school art teacher. He is currently working on his graphic novel NEW DEADFORD, an inclusive community project including creative workshops for at-risk, underserved youth at the New Bedford Housing Authority’s Blue Meadow Property and Our Sisters’ School.
Anomaly Poetry Open Mic Night
Anomaly Poetry is back in live-action at the Co-Creative Center in Downtown New Bedford! Artists will have five minutes each to read their original poetry, prose and short works. Sign-ups start at 7PM, reading will start at 7:15.
Anomaly Poetry is a collection of artists and poets dedicated to celebrating and creating art in New Bedford. Their monthly open mic night is free and open to the public. Hosted by Sarah Jane Mulvey, Anomaly Poetry member and current Poet Laureate of the City of New Bedford.