Live Music & Dancing
Morna Lounge and Grill, a family owned Cape Verdean & Portuguese Food restaurant, and live music venue, will present a showcase of live music from around the world, including traditional music of Cabo Verde, Fado music from Portugal and more.
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!
Open Sail #3 on Azorean Whaleboats
Azorean Maritime Heritage Society (AMHS) will host open sail opportunities on their authentic Azorean whaleboats, free of charge! AMHS keeps our authentic Azorean Whaleboats docked in Clark’s Cove at the New Bedford Community Boating Center for the summer season. These boats are 40 feet long, made entirely of wood, and carry a boat steerer (coxswain) with 6 rowers. Advance registration is required.
Open Sail #2 on Azorean Whaleboats
Azorean Maritime Heritage Society (AMHS) will host open sail opportunities on their authentic Azorean whaleboats, free of charge! AMHS keeps our authentic Azorean Whaleboats docked in Clark’s Cove at the Community Boating Center for the summer season. These boats are 40 feet long, made entirely of wood, and carry a boat steerer (coxswain) with 6 rowers. Advance registration is required.
Seed Bomb Workshop
Give back to nature with a free Seed Bombing Workshop at Victory Park hosted by Sílvia Belo Oliveira.
Seed bombs are little clay-covered mounds of seeds and potting soil. They are used to reseed native plants to neglected patches of land in need of a bit of TLC. This workshop will use Northeast Native Pollinator-friendly Wildflower seeds.
This will be a make-and-take workshop where participants can later throw the seed bombs around their respective neighborhoods to make them more beautiful and provide host plants for pollinating creatures!
New Bedford Food Tour
New Bedford Food Tours is offering a guided culinary walking tour of downtown New Bedford. They’ll bring you to sample uniquely local cuisine at area restaurants, as their fun and engaging guides put the food into the cultural and historical context of New Bedford. Whether you are from out of town or a local looking to expand your palate, come hungry and leave with the inside scoop. Advance registration is required at NewBedfordFoodTours.com
Festival Celebration of St. Anthony
Celebrate the feast of St. Anthony in the City’s North End, featuring tours of the iconic church, Portuguese, American and Spanish food!
The St. Anthony of Padua parish will host tours of its iconic Romanesque style church, and will have food, games, the legendary Portuguese malasadas (fried dough).
Festival Celebration of St. Anthony will take place on Saturday June 11 from 12pm to 6pm and on Sunday June 12 from 12pm to 3pm.
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Anthony of Padua was founded in 1895 to serve the needs of French Canadian Catholics who lived in the North End of New Bedford. The new parish was under the care of first pastor, Fr. Hormisdas Deslauriers (1861–1916), an energetic leader who would have great influence on the parishes future development. The first mass was celebrated on Oct 6th 1895 at ‘’North Union Hall’’ on Bullard Street. Shortly thereafter a two-story wood-frame church was dedicated on March 8, 1896.
The present Romanesque style church was begun in 1902 when the parish acquired plans from Canadian architect Joseph Venne of Montreal. The cornerstone for the new building was laid in June 1904 and work began on shortly thereafter. On September 20, 1904, several construction workers were seriously injured and one killed when a 50-foot wall collapsed at the construction site.
Open Row #3 on Azorean Whaleboats
Azorean Maritime Heritage Society (AMHS) will host open row opportunities on their authentic Azorean whaleboats, free of charge! AMHS keeps our authentic Azorean Whaleboats docked in Clark’s Cove at the Community Boating Center for the summer season. These boats are 40 feet long, made entirely of wood, and carry a boat steerer (coxswain) with 6 rowers. Advance registration is required.
Open Row #2 on Azorean Whaleboats
Azorean Maritime Heritage Society (AMHS) will host open row opportunities on their authentic Azorean whaleboats, free of charge! AMHS keeps our authentic Azorean Whaleboats docked in Clark’s Cove at the Community Boating Center for the summer season. These boats are 40 feet long, made entirely of wood, and carry a boat steerer (coxswain) with 6 rowers. Advance registration is required.
Wellness Retreat: Sangha Community Yoga
Sangha New Bedford Yoga & Healing Arts Community’s Gather with the teachers of Sangha New Bedford for an all-levels, team-taught yoga masterclass focused on interconnection and wellbeing.
Sangha is a barefoot venue. Please leave your shoes in the cubbies by the entrance.
Open Row #1 on Azorean Whaleboats
Azorean Maritime Heritage Society (AMHS) will host open row opportunities on their authentic Azorean whaleboats, free of charge! AMHS keeps our authentic Azorean Whaleboats docked in Clark’s Cove at the Community Boating Center for the summer season. These boats are 40 feet long, made entirely of wood, and carry a boat steerer (coxswain) with 6 rowers. Advance registration is required.
Fado, Music of Portugal
Morna Lounge and Grill, a family owned Cape Verdean & Portuguese Food restaurant, and live music venue, will present a showcase of live music from around the world, including traditional music of Cabo Verde, Fado music from Portugal and more.
Morna, Music of the Cape Verde Islands
Morna Lounge and Grill, a family owned Cape Verdean & Portuguese Food restaurant, and live music venue, will present a showcase of live music from around the world, including traditional music of Cabo Verde, Fado music from Portugal and more.
Twilight commUNITY Table in the Garden
In collaboration with The Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens, 20mi2 presents the “Twilight commUNITY Table in the Garden”. You are invited to bring your picnic or take-out and join us for a delightful evening seated for an ART-full communal dining experience seated with 500 guests, complete with live entertainment.
Pottery & Poets
The Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens in collaboration with Poesia Pottery, will host Pottery & Poets. The group, which includes Marcella Haddad, Alex Terrell, and Erin Butler, are writing a garden based sci-fi story to share with audiences in the gardens from 6-7pm. Come earlier for the popup pottery and plants sale and stay later for the Twilight CommUNITY Table in the Gardens.
Music from West Africa: Yacouba Diabaté & Joh Camara
Yacouba Diabaté is a Master Kora player born in Burkina Faso, West Africa. His family, the Griot family, are well-known musicians and as a young adult, Yacouba studied the Kora in Mali with renown Kora master, Toumani Diabate. Yacouba has brought his music to France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Belgium as well as the United States. Yacouba also makes and sells traditional African string and percussion instruments in addition to teaching instrumental music to both youth and adults.
Sidi Mohamed Camara, popularly known as “Joh,” was born in Bamako, Mali in West Africa. Surrounded by great artists and musicians as a child, Joh started traditional dance and drumming at the age of five. On his father’s side, he comes from the Camara ancestry that ruled in Mande Society. However, he mastered the art of music and dance from his mother, Fanta Kamissoko, a well-known Jali. Jalis, also known as Griots, are highly venerated in their traditional society as skilled oral historians who are not only singers, storytellers, and musicians, but also advisors and mediators.
Along with several other African percussionists, both artists will put on a showcase featuring West African music at the Morna Lounge and Grill on Friday, June 10th.
Wellness Retreat: Walking Medidation in the Gardens
The Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens will host Jeff Costa of Sangha New Bedford Yoga & Healing Arts Community who will lead a mindfulness walk through the gardens.
Pottery, Plants, Poets, Music Playing & More!
The Allen C. Haskell Public Gardens will host a special popup plant sale, and a clay pottery hand throwing demo by Michael Medeiros of Poesia Pottery - a perfect pairing! All the while, Lake Waves will play acoustic music in the gardens, for a the complete magical experience. Stay later for the Pottery & Poets program and the Twilight CommUNITY Table in the Gardens.
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).
Community Farm Tour and Plant Sale
Join Groundwork Southcoast for a tour of their Urban Farm and Community Garden at Riverside Park!
They will also be hosting a Plant Sale featuring a variety of tomato and veggie plants grown by their Green Team.
GWSC will also be giving away seed starting kits for free on both days.
20mi2 Nature: Convergence at Victory Park
Meet us at Victory Park in New Bedford’s south end for a family-friendly afternoon of exploring the natural world around us!
In this photo: Christian Smith, Founder of the New Bedford Wildflower Project
Between 3:00pm – 4:30pm, join local, amateur naturalists, staff from Mass Audubon, the steward of the Little Free Library, and staff and volunteers from Youth Opportunities Unlimited (Y.O.U.) for a series of activities focused on plants and animals and how they depend on us to help them thrive. Learn about pollinators and the native plants that support our urban ecosystem, pick up a book about nature or a seed packet to take home, look for birds that call the south end home, and learn about beekeeping and growing your own food!
Program leaders will be at stations throughout the Victory Park and Poor Farm property facilitating your experience.
Two years ago, with the goal of attracting more bees and butterflies to the south end, Christian Smith, who calls the south end home, created a pollinator garden (the New Bedford Wildflower Project) with support from Mary Rapoza, Director of the City of New Bedford’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Beaches, and with the help of dozens of volunteers. Join Christian and learn how to identify native plants and how they benefit pollinators and our urban ecosystem.
Jennifer Smith and Keri Cox, city residents, will lead a short, guided bird walk through the path leading from the pollinator garden to Y.O.U.’s Children’s Garden. Bird guides will be available to aid program participants with bird identification and binoculars are recommended.
Bernadette Souza and her team at Y.O.U. will be at various stations throughout the site:
Suzanne Trimble will talk about the new Bee Hives recently installed along the path between the pollinator garden and the Children’s Garden.
Bob Nichols will be at the Victory Park Children's Garden on the corner of Lighthouse Lane and Freedom Blvd. and Carrie Hawthorn from Mass Audubon will talk about the pond and the Osprey nest at Clegg Field.
Sandi Montour, Steward of the Little Free Library at Victory Park, welcomes you for a nature and gardening focused experience. Bring a nature or gardening book or seeds to share. Grab a book or free seed packet to go.
New Bedford Food Tour
New Bedford Food Tours is offering a guided culinary walking tour of downtown New Bedford. They’ll bring you to sample uniquely local cuisine at area restaurants, as their fun and engaging guides put the food into the cultural and historical context of New Bedford. Whether you are from out of town or a local looking to expand your palate, come hungry and leave with the inside scoop. Advance registration is required at NewBedfordFoodTours.com
Groundwork: Communicating for Influence in the New World of Work
Ever wonder what a co-working space is or how it feels to be a part of one? Here’s your chance to experience it firsthand! Groundwork will host an open house on Thursday and Friday, with free co-working for all, plus interactive events such as a "help desk", breakfast networking, and a showcase of their entrepreneurial members sharing how they got started.
Groundwork: Open House Coworking
Ever wonder what a co-working space is or how it feels to be a part of one? Here’s your chance to experience it firsthand! Groundwork will host an open house on Thursday and Friday, with free co-working for all, plus interactive events such as a "help desk", breakfast networking, and a showcase of their entrepreneurial members sharing how they got started.
Colossal commUNITY Table for 500
The 20mi2 Ideation Team, in collaboration with the College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) and the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center (The Z), are creatively setting a table for 500 guests on Purchase Street, from Union Street to School Street. Bring your picnic from home or grab some take-out from any number of yummy eateries downtown and come have a seat at our commUNITY table. You’ll be delighted and surprised by a number of performances and installations that’ll surround you.
Free Wall PopUp with 3rd EyE
3rd EyE and the Communal Space present “Your New Bedford,” a youth empowerment dance, music, and art experience.
RJD Garden Tour
Rick Finneran, RJD’s Lead Gardener gives a 30-minute tour in the garden, addressing design elements, rose care, and the history of the neighborhood. This event is free as part of AHA night.
The Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum was founded in 1985 and is a National Historic Landmark and registered at the Massachusetts Historic Preservation Office, National Register of Historic Places. It includes an 1834 mansion designed by Richard Upjohn and one-acre of gardens. Exhibitions on the three families and the workers which inhabited the home convey stories about New Bedford's history, life in the 19th and 20th centuries, and whaling’s impact on the world. The Museum offers general visitation, group tours, events and education programs year-round. RJD also serves the local schools with curriculum-related field trips.
Visit www.rjdmuseum.org to learn more.
Common Ground: A Community Mosaic
In the Jacobs Family Gallery at the New Bedford Whaling Museum: record your voice in the Museum’s story-telling booth or create and design your own postcard to lend your voice to the Museum’s upcoming exhibition “Common Ground: A Community Mosaic” that shares the lived experiences of our dynamic communities.
Spot the Difference
Visit the New Bedford Whaling Museum’s newest exhibition “The Azorean Spirit: The art of Domingos Rebelo,” in the Wattles Gallery at the and test your observation skills as you try to spot the differences between two nearly identical images. Free Museum admission!