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It’s Portuguese Feast season! Head for the feast grounds for fabulous food, great music, and good times with friends and family! And don’t miss the beaches, the regattas, the free outdoor concerts, plays and movies, and funky street fairs! Pack in everything you can this month before Labor Day – and the end of a spectacular summer vacation on the South Coast!

Fun for the whole family

Don’t miss the 4th Annual CommUNITY Rollout & Roller Disco event at Buttonwood Park in New Bedford on August 12 – bring your skateboards, strollers, inline skates and bikes to the basketball courts for roller disco with New Moon DJs (newbedfordcreative.org)!

Take the family on a ride to Onset for Illumination Night on August 5, then for the Chalk-Full-O-Fun Street Painting Festival on August 19 at the Onset Bandshell (onsetbay.org/ events)!

Buy your tickets online for the monthly live planetarium shows on the First Fridays at the Blake Planetarium in Plymouth (seeplymouth.com)!

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Make a splash at WaterWizz in Wareham (waterwizz.com)!

Take the kids to the monthly Open Farm Days at Round The Bend Farm in Dartmouth – grass-fed meats, botanicals, local veggies, honey, and family-friendly farm tours (roundthebendfarm.org)!

Head for the Huttleston Marketplace on Saturdays through September 30 on the lawn of Fairhaven High School to browse through arts & crafts, antiques, vintage collectibles, farm produce, and local foods (fairhaventours.com)!

Take a walk through the past at the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (nps.gov/nebe)!

There’s always something going on at the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown! Don’t miss the seaside

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Beach Bash at Third Beach on August 24 with live music and picnics (normanbirdsanctuary.org)!

On rainy Wednesdays through Sundays, take the little ones to the Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River (cmgfr.org)!

Learn about Cold Water Wellness, or else learn how to sail, row, kayak, paddleboard, or windsurf – for free! – at the Buzzards Bay Coalition’s Onset Bay Center (savebuzzardsbay.org/ discover/activities)!

Buy your tickets online for the planetarium shows on weekends and school vacations at the Museum of Natural History & Planetarium at Roger Williams Park in Providence (providence.gov/museum).

Enjoy free family fun and entertainment on the second

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Bedford’s AHA Nights – sanity) the August Why risk your health (and at 10 theme is “Summer in the crowded malls on Black Friday?Seaport” Take (ahanewbedford.org)! advantage of incredible offerings in your own neighborhood on Small Business Food and Drink Saturday, November 28, throughout Save the date for “Brew at the Zoo” – the South Coast. Check out sbsshopri.

Rhode Island’s largest beer festival on com for shop-and-stroll events in Rhode August 27 at the Roger Williams Park Island. For that special gift, support local Zoo in Providence – 80+ brewers, live craftsmen and artists by heading over to music, 21+ only (rwpzoo.org/brew-atthe Waterfire Arts Center in Providence the-zoo)! to visit the safe outdoor pop-up markets Reserve your table early for the (waterfire.org/art-mart). And on First annual Great Community Picnic at Thursdays (November 5) you can “shop Munro Preserve in Mattapoisett and dine local” in Barrington, Bristol, and on August 3. Bring your own Warren (discovernewport.org). picnic food and the Mattapoisett Kick-off the holiday season at Frerichs Land Trust (mattlandtrust.org) Farm in Warren with “Girls Night Out” and the Mattapoisett Museum on November 6, 7 and 8 – buy (mattapoisettmuseum.org) your will holiday greenery, and gifts there, providetrees, the tables, chairs, live music, too (frerichsfarm.com).

Then mark tablecloths, and a beautiful location. your foroysters the Newport Beercalendar and local will beBlock on sale Party & Holiday Stroll at Bowen’s Wharf (givebutter.com/GCP)! on November – you can watch Head for the27 Mayflower Beer the Illuminated Parade while Garden at the Boat Pinehills in Plymouth you shop and enjoy every Sunday and Caribbean on select music Mondays through October 9 – live music, food (bowenswharf.com). trucks, beer, and pop-up shops on the village green (mayflowerbrewing.

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Use mail-order to deliver flowSign up early services for the Farm to Table ers, sweets, and specialty foods yearDinner on August 19 at Soule round to someone you want to thank or Homestead in Middleborough to express your appreciation. (soulehomestead.org)!

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Zeiterion dance party!

Starting in September, the 100-year old Zeiterion Performing Arts Center in New Bedford will undergo an historic restoration and renovation, and will be closed for 12-18 months until completion. But during that time, the great performances the Z is known for will still be scheduled at other venues and stages throughout greater New Bedford, including the Z’s resident companies, the New Bedford Festival Theatre and the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra.

So celebrate the start of this new chapter in the Zeiterion’s history on August 12 outside the Z for the free and fabulous Decades Dance Party, with DJs playing the hits of different eras and talented instructors showing us all the dance moves. Tour inside the theatre, paint murals, enjoy the dancing and music and food trucks – and celebrate the century-old Zeiterion! Reserve your spot at zeiterion.org!

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the Blithewold Family Clambake August 24 (blithewold.org)!

New Bedford’s Outdoor Farmers Markets are open through October: Mondays at Brooklawn Park, Thursdays at Buttonwood Park, Fridays at Clasky Common Park and Saturdays at Serenity Gardens (coastalfoodshed.org).

Taste your way through the historic district with New Bedford Food Tours on a 3-hour guided walking tour to sample local foods at five signature restaurants (nbfoodtours.com)!

Fairs, festas, and festivals

Mark your calendar! The 107th Feast of the Blessed Sacrament in New Bedford, the largest Portuguese festa in the world, is scheduled for August 3-6 at Madeira Field, with “Get the Led Out” as the headliner band (feastoftheblessedsacrament.com)!

Don’t miss the 40th annual Black Ships Festival in Bristol and Newport August 11-13 – free Taiko Drum 8

Concert August 11 at Rockwell Park in Bristol, Black Ships Cultural Marketplace Fair on August 12 at Independence Park in Bristol (blackshipsfestival.com).

Make plans to attend the annual Great Feast of the Holy Ghost in New England August 23-28 at Kennedy Park in Fall River (grandesfestas.org)!

Take the family to the Annual Waterfront Festival in Plymouth on August 26 – duck race, live music, arts & crafts, cruise-in car show, and more (seeplymouth.com)!

Don’t miss “The Looff,” the free East Providence Arts Festival on August 12 at Crescent Park (eastprovidencearts.org)!

Art in the summertime

Explore the free public art and programs presented by the Massachusetts Design Art and Technology Institute (DATMA) entitled “Shelter 2023” in New Bedford: “Threshold” at Custom House Square; “Our Woven Story” at the intersection of Union St. and Rt. 18; and the “Community Tides” mural on Fish Island (DATMA.org).

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Mark your calendar for the 20th Annual South Coast Artists’ Open Studio Tours through the scenic towns of Dartmouth, Westport, Little Compton and Tiverton, on August 19-20 (southcoastartists.org).

Take a leisurely cruise on The Art Drive on August 4-6, the free open studio tour of 32 artists and artisans in Dartmouth and Westport (the-artdrive.com).

Special events, exhibits & lectures

Check out the free Pilgrim Hall Museum Speaker Series this summer in Plymouth – compelling speakers on a range of history-related topics (pilgrimhall.org).

Buy your tickets early for the Westport Rivers Watershed Alliance’s Summer Gala fund-raiser on August 12 at 7 Coggeshall Lane in Westport – dinner, drinks, live music (westportwatershed.org)!

Enjoy free walking tours on AHA! Nights in New Bedford through September, led by the New Bedford Preservation Society – “Walkways: Exploring the People and Places

Be amazed by WaterFire in Providence on August 19, September 2, September 9, and November 4 (waterfire.org)!

of Historical New Bedford” (nbpreservationsociety.org).

Make a trip to Somerset on Saturdays to stroll through the South Coast Open Air Market to purchase all things local, handmade, and fresh (southcoastopenairmarket.com)!

Quench your thirst for learning at the free monthly New Bedford Science Café lectures and discussions at The Last Round Bar & Grille (nbsciencecafe.com)!

There’s music in the air

Groovy! Don’t miss the free Summer of Love Concerts at the Onset Bandshell through August 30 (onsetbay.org)!

Buy your tickets early for the Newport Jazz Festival August 4-6 (newportjazzfest.org) at Fort Adams State Park in Newport.

Enjoy free concerts on Fridays under the tent at Swansea’s Christ Church on August 4 and 19 (swansealibrary. org/slider/summer-concert-series)!

Enjoy live music every Friday 4-6 at

Plymouth’s Shirley Square through August (seeplymouth.com)!

Pack a picnic to enjoy the free ProjectArts summer concerts on the Plymouth waterfront this summer (projectarts.com)! Also, show up for the free L. Knife Concerts at Pilgrim State Memorial Park on Wednesdays through August 31 (seeplymouth. com)!

Head for the pavilion at the Acushnet Public Library on August 2 to hear the Cameron Shave Jazz Orchestra (acupl.org)!

Listen to the free concert of sea shanties and maritime music performed by “Sharks Come Cruisin’” on August 10 at the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center (fishingheritagecenter.org)!

Reggae on West Beach is back!

Take the family to hear live music and DJs on the New Bedford waterfront on August 27 (facebook.com/ reggaeonwestbeach)!

Head for Buzzards Bay Brewing in Westport for Foodtruck Farm Fest: Livin’ Local – free live concerts all summer on Fridays/Saturdays (buzzardsbrew.com/events) Head for Fall River’s Norton City Pier on August 10 and 24 for free music and food trucks, or else visit Fall River’s Heritage State Park on August 26 for the 28th annual St. Anne’s Credit Union free summer concert!

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every other Friday through September 15 (destinationnewbedford.org)!

Mark your calendar for the free Food Truck Sunsets at Safe Harbor New England Boatworks in Portsmouth – stunning sunsets, food trucks, local beers/wines, live bands on August 19 (foodtrucksin.com)!

Enjoy free music and food trucks on Sundays at Latham Park in Barrington (barrington.ri.gov/440/ summer-concert-series)!

Take the whole family to the free Summer Concerts by the Canal at Buzzards Bay Park every Thursday during August (seeplymouth.com)!

Bring your lawn chair on Thursday evenings in August to the Concerts Under the Stars in Fairhaven’s center (fairhaventours.com)!

Head for the Bulgarmarsh Recreation Area in Tiverton on Fridays for free concerts and food trucks (tivertonrecreation.org/ summerconcerts)!

Enjoy the free Sunday Concerts through August 27 at the Burr’s Hill Park Bandshell in Warren (townofwarren-ri.gov/ towngovernment/departments/ parks_and_recreation)!

Don’t miss the free Pierce Beach Concert Series in Somerset through August 9 (townofsomerset.org/ playground-recreation)!

Make your dinner and drinks reservations early for Wednesday Night Music concerts at Newport Vineyards in Middletown (newportvineyards.com)!

Buy your tickets early for the Wednesday evening Concerts at Apponagansett Park in Dartmouth through August 30 (town.dartmouth. ma.us/recreation-division)!

Make your plans now for the Music at Sunset Concert Series through September 6 at Blithewold Mansion and Gardens in Bristol (blithewold.org)!

Buy your ticket-per-carload now for the Westport Rivers Sunset Music Series – tickets must be purchased online in advance (westportrivers.com)!

Bring a picnic or enjoy the food trucks when you head for Soule Homestead in Middleborough for 10

their Summer Concerts August 5 and September 23 at the outdoor pavilion (soulehomestead.org)!

Bring your picnic basket to Running Brook Vineyard in Dartmouth for free live music every Saturday and Sunday year-round (runningbrookwine.com)!

Classical acts

Don’t miss the chamber music concerts performed by Music from Land’s End this summer! “So Many Ways to Sing” will be performed at St. Gabriel’s Church in Marion August 12 and at Church of the Good Shepherd in Wareham on August 13 (mlewareham.org).

Enjoy beautiful music in New Bedford’s historic district on August 26 and September 23 with Sonata Saturdays, a partnership of the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra and The Drawing Room – head for the NBWNHP Visitor Center for two free concerts of classical and popular music in the afternoon (nbsymphony.org) (shop.anthif.com)!

Enjoy free outdoor concerts performed by the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra this summer!

Head for the Plymouth Public Library on August 28 for “Two Worlds, One Land” (plymouthphil.org).

South Coast sounds

Don’t miss John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band August 11 at The District Center for the Arts in Taunton (thedistrictcenterforarts. com)!

Check out who’s performing in The Vault at the Greasy Luck Brew Pub in downtown New Bedford (vaultnb.com)!

Head to the Narrows Center in Fall River (narrowscenter.com)!

Don’t miss Ilana Glazer Live August 24, Jim Jefferies August 26 at The VETS in Providence (thevetsri.com)!

Check out who’s on stage at the Spire Center for the Arts of Greater Plymouth!

All the world’s a stage…

Head for the Priscilla Beach Theatre in Plymouth, one of the oldest barn summer stock theatres in America!

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Plan ahead for “Once” August 3-19 (pbtheatre.org)!

Find out what’s playing at The Little Theatre in Fall River! Don’t miss “Rock of Ages” August 17-27 (littletheatre.net) Mark your calendar for “Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery” performed at the Marion Art Center August 4-20 (marionartcenter.org)!

Head for the Providence Performing Arts Center for “RuPaul’s Drag Tour” August 15 ppacri.org)!

Enjoy dinner with your drama at the Newport Playhouse! Don’t miss “Norman, Is That You?” through August 31 (newportplayhouse.com)!

Cruisin’ in your car

Don’t miss “Happy Days Cruise Nights” every Saturday through September 23 at Crescent Park in East Providence (crescentparkcarousel.org/events )!

Head for Livesey Park in North Fairhaven on August 20 for the annual Legendary Street Rods, Cars, Trucks and Bikes Show (fairhaventours.com)!

Check out the Newport Car Museum in Portsmouth to see more than 90 vintage cars and driving simulators (newportcarmuseum.org).

Check out Cruise Nights at Shipyard Park in Mattapoisett with music by Johnny Angel on August 4 & 18 and September 1 & 15 (mattapoisett.net/ calendar)!

On the silver screen

Mark your calendar for the HP Lovecraft Film Festival August 18-21 at various venues in Providence (hplfilmfestival.com)!

Don’t miss the free Thursday Movies Series through August 17 at the Burr’s Hill Park Bandshell in Warren (townofwarren-ri.gov/ towngovernment/departments/ parks_and_recreation)!

Check out the Friday afternoon movies at the Newport Public Library (newportpubliclibraryri.org)!

Check out the First Friday Film Club at the Mattapoisett Library – free classic films and popcorn!

August’s film will be “Parent Trap” (mattapoisettlibrary.org).

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Buy your tickets early for Flickers: The International Film Festival August 7-13 in Providence, the largest public film festival in New England (film-festival.org)!

Check out the free “Movie in the Park” on August 25 at Crescent Park in East Providence (crescentparkcarousel.org/events)!

Enjoy the outdoors!

Enjoy free Summer Yoga Classes at the Buttonwood Park Arboretum in New Bedford on Mondays through September 11 or Yoga in the Garden at Haskell Public Gardens in New Bedford on Thursdays through September 14 (nbewell.com)!

Check out the Outdoor Yoga Series at Blithewold Mansion and Gardens in Bristol on Friday mornings and Monday evenings through September (blithewold.org)!

Pack a picnic and wander through the flowers at the whimsical Green Animals Topiary Gardens in Portsmouth (newportmansions.org)!

Enjoy Yoga in the Garden on Saturdays through September at the Rotch-Jones-Duff Mansion in New Bedford! Sign up online – free to YMCA members (rjdmuseum.org)!

Enjoy the outdoors at the Lloyd Center for the Environment in Dartmouth – sign up the Women’s Canoe Trip on the Slocum River August 30 (lloydcenter.org)!

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Get fit this summer!

Get Healthy! “Walk With a Doc” on Saturdays at Buttonwood Park Zoo, part of the New Bedford Wellness Initiative (nbewell.com).

Stay in shape and engaged in your community! Find out what’s happening at your local YMCA (ymcasouthcoast.org)!

Show up for the free Weekly Wellness Program for Adults at the Greater New Bedford Boys and Girls Club on Sundays – nutrition, exercise, yoga, qi gong, meditation, hypnosis, and more (nbewell.com)!

Fitness in Cushman Park in Fairhaven is back! Ten weeks of free outdoor classes in yoga or personal fitness (facebook.com/ fitnessincushmanpark)!

Learn more about the free virtual classes and video library in meditation, laughter yoga, tai chi, yoga, nutrition and smoking-cessation hypnosis offered by the New Bedford Wellness Initiative (facebook.com/ newbedfordwellnessinitiative)!

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Why hassle with the bridges and the Cape traffic when you can head for State Pier in New Bedford to take a high-speed Seastreak Ferry to Martha’s Vineyard or Nantucket starting May 11 (seastreak.com) or else take the Cuttyhunk Ferry for a day-trip to Cuttyhunk year-round (cuttyhunkferryco.com)!

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Da-DUM, da-DUM… Make your reservations early to watch the movie “Jaws” aboard the Captain John Boats while cruising Plymouth harbor!

There are also comedy cruises, whale watches, fireworks cruises and fast ferries to P-town (captjohn.com).

Take the Block Island Ferry from Newport (blockislandferry.com)!

Go on a “Vineyard Voyage” with the Providence Riverboat Company – sample wine and food pairings while cruising through the city’s waterways (providenceriverboat.com) – or take a romantic gondola ride through downtown Providence (gondolari. com)! Or explore the waterways of Providence in a single or tandem kayak (providencekayak.com)!

Tour Narraganset Bay or Newport Harbor past lighthouses and mansions, or take a fast ferry to the Vineyard or Block Island, with Rhode Island Bay Cruises (rhodeislandbaycruises.com)!

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Let the whole family learn how to sail from US Sailing-certified instructors at New Bedford’s Community Boating Center (communityboating.org).

Explore and enjoy all things water – swimming, sailing – at the Onset Bay Center (savebuzzardsbay.org/ discover/activities)!

Head for the Herreshoff Maritime Museum in Bristol, home of the America’s Cup Hall of Fame, for would-be-sailors of all ages to learn how to sail and race (herreshoff.org)!

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COVER STORY

Demetrius, Davon, Stacey and Luis Gonsalves and Hearteyona Brown

Fresh & Clean

by Sean McCarthy

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The advantages of eating at The Juice’d Café go well beyond your tastebuds.

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tacey and Luis Gonsalves know the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, so as the owners of The Juice’d Café in Fall River, this couple is using their passion and creativity to improve lives in the community with an array of healthy and delicious food and drink options.

“We believe that food is the ultimate medicine and choosing clean and wholesome options is the only way to sustain growth and live a fulfilling life,” Stacey says. “Our vision is to provide our community with this medicine as a natural and enjoyable answer to healthy eating and nourishing your body and mind.”

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All of our food is all-natural, fresh, and made to order.

We make our own in-house dressings, we roast our own turkey and chicken and cook our own eggs. Everything is made from scratch.

Located at 1475 Plymouth Ave., The Juice’d Café opened its doors in January 2017. Whether you’re interested in eating in or taking out, their menu offers one-of-akind creations that are aimed at improving the health of people of all ages and lifestyles.

“All of our food is all-natural, fresh, and made to order,” Stacey

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says. “We make our own in-house dressings, we roast our own turkey and chicken and cook our own eggs.

Everything is made from scratch.

We don’t have any surprises – you’ll know exactly what you’re getting.”

“We make sure as much of our food is from local sources as possible,” Luis says.

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A couple for more than 27 years, Stacey is a native of Fall River and Luis is a military veteran who was raised in New Bedford.

They have three children,

This well-known restaurant and banquet facility overlooking Laurel Lake usually packs them in for a large buffet on Thanksgiving Day. The menu typically includes traditional turkey dinner with Paul’s butternut squash, prime rib, ham, and much more. The restaurant has been offering dine-in and takeout, including its locally famous corned beef and cabbage, for 50 years. Here’s a protip: if you can’t wait until Thanksgiving for a roast turkey dinner, you don’t have to – it’s on the regular menu.

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“Stacey has a natural talent for making food,” Luis says.

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1955 on the historic wharf that dates to the 1700s, isn’t all about summer.

Last year they served up a feast of turkey, roast prime rib, sausage and more. The restaurant currently offers dine-in and takeout, including some oven-ready dishes like seafood casserole and stuffed lobster.

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66 State Road, Westport 508-675-7185 shop.lafrancehospitality.com White’s has been offering family-style takeout and curbside meals pickup for months, so when Turkey Day comes around, it’s a good bet they’ll have a handle (or rather a drumstick) on that too.

Currently, the restaurant is offering meal packages and platters like its “Taste of New England” that comes with chowder, quahogs and clam cakes or its Italian package of salad, lasagna, meatballs and breadsticks. Both meals serve six. Also with the help of the entrepreneur available are dinner-for-two meal packs incubator E-forall. As lovers of like and chips, lobster rolls, bourbon travel, the couple would frequently beef tips, and even kid-sized pasta and visit healthy restaurants meatballs for two.

With morearound than 60the nation, gaining inspiration forWhite’s their years in the hospitality industry, establishment. is accustomed to cooking for a crowd.

The couple are also the owners of Shear Genius and the Ms. Shear Genius Salon, a chain of three barbershops in Fall River, including one nextdoor to The Juice’d Café.

The couple opened their first First you’ll need to concoct cinnamon barbershop in 1999. syrup.

Mix ½ cup sugar,testing ½ cup water, “We do a lot of taste for our and a three-inch cinnamon stick“When in a new products,” Stacey says.

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THINGS TO DO

Small town

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by Sean McCarthy

Musician and organizer Rebecca Correia Photo by K & A Photography

SINCE 1996, THE BENNETT FARM CONCERT SERIES HAS PROVIDED MUSIC FANS WITH AN INTIMATE SETTING TO ENJOY A DIVERSE LINEUP OF ARTISTS AND GENRES

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et on a 12-acre horse farm in Rochester, this year’s show will run from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. and will include an array of styles including folk, rock, Americana, pop, and country. The event draws artists from across the nation, from singer/ songwriters to full bands.

Located at 339 North Ave., the farm was the birthplace of musician and organizer Rebecca Correia. Now a resident of Nashville, Tenessee, Correia has booked performers for the show based on her vast travels as a recording artist. The concerts provide performers with a full stage and professional sound and lighting.

“It’s special to be able to bring people into your own home and share this experience with them,” Correia says. “It’s helped to form me into the writer and artist that I am today.”

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“It’s special to be able to bring people into your own home and share this experience with them,” Correia says. “It’s helped to form me into the writer and artist that I am today.”

The event invites visitors to bring their own chairs, blankets, and food and drink for a picnic-style experience. This year’s concert will feature performers such as The Island Collective, a group of five musicians with ties to Martha’s Vineyard. In addition to Correia, the quintet features Kate Taylor, who received acclaim for her album

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“Sister Kate,” Isaac Taylor, Phil DaRosa, and David Saw. The group will perform in the format of a Nashville songwriter’s round, singing tunes individually and together.

The set will include the song, “Love Is Contagious,” a piece written by Correia and Kate Taylor on Red House Records, which is available on all streaming platforms.

This year will include a performance

by Jeff Cohen, who is responsible for crafting hit songs for Big & Rich and Sugarland. He has also written the theme for the children’s tv show, “Paw Patrol.” The event will feature Boston solo pop artist, TWAM, with other acts to be announced. The show traditionally includes a display of vintage hot rod cars.

“This is less of a backyard thing and more of a professional concert

“I have huge respect for Kate.

We’re kindred spirits.” event,” Correia says. “We’ve grown because it’s a safe environment.

It brings community together and unites people with a common interest. There’s a high standard of musicianship.”

Tickets for this year’s concert are $45 for General Admission ($50 at the door), and $75 for VIP ($100 at the door). The VIP tickets will include an appetizer and snacks.

They can be purchased online at bennettfarmconcert.com.

The annual Bennett Farm concerts have been an opportunity for audiences to be introduced to artists who are in the early stages of success. Past performers have included Celisse, Javier Colon, Mieka Pauley, Kevin So, and the Adam Ezra Group.

“I’ve been very, very fortunate to be able to connect with a number of artists in my industry of entertainment and sports and beyond,” Correia says. “We’ve

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showcased some extraordinary artists throughout the years.”

Correia is an established artist in her own right, with four full-length albums to her credit. In 2019 she released the record “Grown Up Games,” which was produced by five-time Grammy Award winner Keb Mo. Mo also plays and sings on the album.

Born and raised on the Rochester farm, Correia’s connection to The Island Collective comes from her aunt, Lynda Simmons, who is a resident of Edgartown. Correia began collaborating with Kate Taylor in 2019 when they met at Leiper’s Fork, Tenessee, a town just outside of Nashville.

“I have huge respect for Kate. We’re kindred spirits,” Correia says. “We have the island in common, what it means to us and gives back to us.

We’re all about love and kindness to each other. I really enjoy collaborating with these artists because they feel like home to me.”

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BUSINESS BUZZ

ARTsco

e r f al

by Sean McCarthy

Public art is flourishing in New Bedford and it’s eliciting a wide range of reactions.

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rtists from around the nation and throughout the South Coast are celebrating New Bedford with a range of creativity that is enhancing the city’s cultural experience for both residents and tourists. With works displayed at the waterfront and downtown, these free exhibits are part of a growing national movement in contemporary public art.

From July through October of this year, the Seaport Art Walk will mark its’ 10th year of public contributions while the Mass Design, Art & Technology Institute (DATMA) will expand to its fifth.

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“Public art is different from the experience of being in a traditional gallery,” says Jessica Bregoli, who founded the Seaport Art Walk in 2013. “It’s free and in your face, you can’t not look at it. A lot of people who wouldn’t normally go to an art museum to look at art are seeing it. It’s big and beautiful and colorful – you may love it, you may hate it, but it stirs up new conversations.

“In the last 10 years public art has exploded.”

“Public art is part of a national trend that is becoming more inclusive, and it’s becoming part of the fabric of the city,” says Lindsay Mis, founding Director of DATMA. “It’s pretty exciting to see public art evolve in this way. In five years, I’ve seen way more community engagement in the creation of artwork than ever before.”

“Public art is bringing vibrancy to the city’s landscape. It’s adding life and color,” says Dena Haden, Director of the Co-Creative Center in downtown and a team member of the mural initiative Superflat NB. “It’s showing

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that New Bedford is open to innovation and new visions and being imaginative in our open spaces.”

The Seaport Art Walk boasts nine works by regional artists, located in the State Pier garden beds along MacArthur Drive, from the corner of Elm Street and Route 18 to the Coast Guard Park.

“This is a great location,” Bregoli says. “These pieces are highly visible to pedestrians and drivers, it’s near restaurants and the Sea Streak ferry.

There’s tons of traffic from all walks of life whether it’s workers, drivers or tourists visiting the area.”

Self-guided tours of the Seaport Art Walk are available online at destinationnewbedford.org.

DATMA is in its second consecutive year of creating works around the theme of “Shelter.” They have tapped into the talents of three artists from across the nation to bring their skills to the city with the aim of expressing and articulating what they see in the people, history, and environment of New Bedford.

“Public art is part of a national trend that is becoming more inclusive, and it’s becoming part of the fabric of the city,” says Lindsay Mis, founding Director of DATMA

Local color

Included in the DATMA works are “Threshold,” a piece by New York artist Mark Reigelman, “Our Woven Story,” by Chicago artist Maxwell Emcays, and “Community Tides” by Boston artist Silvia Lopez-Chavez.

“Threshold” is located in Custom House Square in downtown. Inspired by the Religious Society of Friends and the historical role the city played in the Abolition movement, this 17-foot-high piece features two towering open doors and is constructed largely of steel and wood.

“Our Woven Story” is located at the intersection of Route 18 and Union Street, and it explores the role of textiles in New Bedford’s past and present. The work is comprised of more than 300 pieces of recycled textiles collected from among the New Bedford community.

“Community Tides” is a mural located on the exterior wall of the Northern Pelagic Group alongside Route 18 on the west side of the New BedfordFairhaven Bridge. With assistance in its’ creation by students from New Bedford High School, the mural is 223 feet in length and 10 feet high. It is a colorful and dynamic portrayal of the New Bedford community, its diverse economy, and the fishing industry.

“It’s important for art to speak about a certain time and place, to relate to where the artwork is being installed,” Mis says. “It’s like a photograph, it’s a moment in time. And for an artist to interpret the world around them and

what might be happening in that area, it becomes a landmark – something that can represent a place.

“All objects in our world have a story in one way or another, you either connect with something or you don’t.

You may connect with something that makes you think differently and gets you excited. My favorite comments come from people who are not coming at it from an artistic lens.”

“A lot of contemporary public art reflects society as it is now,” Bregoli says. “It’s a very different experience than looking at Renoirs and Monets in a museum.”

And DATMA’s 2023 exhibits include an outdoor display of regional artists called “Open Studios On the Sidewalk.” Located along the waterfront at Tonnessen Park by the entrance of the Sea Streak ferry, the gallery boasts the work of 11 artists from local towns such as New Bedford, Wareham, Fall River, and Brockton. The works include textiles, painting, photography, and mixedmedia. The display was installed by students from GNB Voc Tech High School.

Community input

“Public art inspires the whole gamut of reactions, you may really love one piece and react negatively to another,” says Haden, who has two photographs as part of the Open Studios exhibit.

“Public art inspires reflection and conversations, and I think that’s a good thing.”

A new dimension of the Seaport Art Walk is the Groundwork Gallery, which is making its debut this year. Located on the first floor of the Quest Center at 1213 Pleasant Street, the gallery is showcasing the work of more than a dozen local artists through October.

The featured artists were either previously displayed at the Art Walk or had applied to be a part of it.

In addition to providing public art, DATMA is also offering educational programming.

From August 8 through October 8, the New Bedford Art Museum will present “Under the Sheltering Sky.” Located at 608 Pleasant Street in downtown, the show will feature prints from the New Bedford Free Public Library – a first edition set of John J. Audubon’s “Birds of America” and works by Brooklyn-based artist Adrian Brandon. The prints highlight birds in their nests and natural habitats, many of which have never been previously exhibited.

On August 9 and 10, UMass Dartmouth’s Ceramic facilities in downtown New Bedford will present the workshop “Breaking Rules to Help Humanity – Exploring the Possibilities of 3D Printing.”

On August 20, from noon to 3 p.m., there will be a free tour, “Open House at the Mansions,” which will explore two of New Bedford’s most historic properties, the James Arnold House at 427 County Street and the Rotch Jones Duff House & Garden Museum at 396 County Street. In addition to the tours, the day will include free activities along with beverages and snacks.

On September 12, the New Bedford Science Café will offer “Conversations About Climate Change in New Bedford – Exploring Probable Futures.” Located at the Last Round Bar & Grille at 908 Purchase Street, the talk will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and feature guest speaker Alison Smart, Executive Director of Probable Futures.

On September 14, the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra will give a free pop-up performance from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Custom House Square in downtown at 21 Bakers Lane.

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SPOILS

COVER STORY

“Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war, but on the love of peace. It will not be the abstaining from an act, but the coming of a state of mind.”

OF WAR

– Herman Wouk, The Winds of War

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ou won’t find war in some of the most historic hikes in our area, but you will find remnants of the war machine. But mostly, you’ll find peace and quiet, a most wonderful state of mind, in these three conservation holdings on the South Coast.

They seem like they’ve been there forever, but the World War II lookout towers on Gooseberry Island in Westport, at the far end of the Horseneck Beach reservation, just past the museum and education center known as the Horseneck Lifesaving Station, have been there since the war.

They were built to keep a military eye on the sea, notably looking for German submarines, but now are still standing solid, not decaying, jutting into the sky like the sentinels they once were.

Gooseberry is a wonderful place for a hike and sightseeing, connected to the mainland by a cement causeway that, until recent years, you could drive over to park in a rugged old dirt-and-rock strewn parking lot. There was a gate across it the last time I wandered down that area, so parking to walk over can be a challenge.

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Story and photos

by Paul Kandarian

Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge in Middletown is a pristine 242-acre hunk of rocky land with a few miles of walking trails that offer views second to none on all three sides of the promontory just up the road from Sachuest Beach.

But the walk over the causeway is a lesson in man-made obstruction; the ocean on one side of the causeway and on the other pounded by waves, and some controversy still exists that it disrupts the natural order of things.

But Gooseberry Island is a terrific place to hike and reflect, and draws a mix of families, boaters (there’s a rudimentary boat ramp there), hikers, birders, and anyone who loves the salty sea air.

Walking from the parking area, a flat path cuts through the gut of the island and near the towers it splits in two. After gawking at the towers to the right, and trying to visualize what life must have

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been like in them, you can also walk left to the calmer eastern side of the island.

Either way, it’s a nice walk, even on the rocky shoreline where you can look for sea glass, shells, and other stuff the waves have tossed to land – including the random massive ocean-eroded log that came from who-knows-where.

Gooseberry is a hotspot for birds as well, as the migratory breeds travel up and down the coast, including swallows, geese, ducks, seabirds, and piping plovers.

MARCHING ON

A much busier walk, but not noticeably due to the size of the place, is Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge in Middletown, which during World War II was used as a rifle range and communications center. Prior to that, colonials used the area for farming, and much later in its life, after the military left, it was the town dump, later being turned over to the Audubon Society, finally undergoing the cleanup and restoration it deserved.

It is now a pristine 242-acre hunk of rocky land with a few miles of walking

trails that offer views second to none on all three sides of the promontory just up the road from the road from Sachuest Beach. The wildlife is extraordinary; Sachuest is home to the second largest wintering population of harlequin ducks on the east coast, and the refuge is home to easily spotted white-tail deer grazing the fields, owls, otters, loons, falcons, and many other creatures both winged and four-footed.

The visitor’s center is a massive, very informative building full of the point’s rich history, including a display of artifacts from the time of the Native Americans up through the war. There are nearly 3 miles of walking trails looping around the property, most of them hugging the coastline where there are benches – or rocky overlooks – to stop and take in nature’s landscape.

Down the road is Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge on the shores of Ninigret Pond in Charlestown. On this massive hunk of land once stood another key US military holding, the former Naval Auxiliary Air Station Charlestown.

Here you will see the occasional remnant of giant runways built here, now overgrown but a visible testimony to its past. And one notable presidential bit of trivia: George Herbert Walker Bush trained as a pilot here, and would later become our nation’s 41st Commander-In-Chief.

Prior to it becoming a conservation holding, there was talk of building the state’s first nuclear power plant, but outcry was so strong it was shot down.

Luckily for the public, in the years since, there have been public tennis courts built here, an 18-hole disc golf course, a myriad of hiking trails, a dog park, a senior center, and many more attractions.

And due to its remote nature, it has become the perfect home for the very popular Frosty Drew Observatory and Sky Theatre, where thousands of skysearchers have learned what populates the sky above them over the years.

War, what is it good for, as the old Edwin Starr song goes, the lyrical answer being “absolutely nothing.” But what the war industry has left behind in its place is spectacularly beautiful and peaceful back in its natural state.

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by Paul Kandarian

Ah, the wonders of modern medicine.

I

got an email bill from my doctor recently about a co-pay I apparently owe for $15.

It was for my annual physical, for which I have never been charged a co-pay because they don't ever charge a co-pay for the annual physical. I know this because every year at the reception desk for my physical they say, “No co-pays for annual physicals!” all bright-andsunny-like.

So I called the billing number and got someone I could barely hear because her phone was cutting in and out. I’m assuming, like 99.9% of the world, she was working from home even

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though the pandemic is more or less over, living in a place where cellphone connection is as unreliable as the medical billing system.

But when I finally understood what she was saying, it seems the co-pay was because, and I quote, "You apparently discussed things outside what is covered in the annual physical."

Then it went like this (“Me” is me, and “GICWHPR” is Godless Insurance Company With Horrible Phone Reception): Me: What kind of things does it say we discussed?

GICWHPR: Celiac disease, cardiac concerns,

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prostate exam, blood work…

Me: [stunned] You mean medical issues that doctors and patients tend to talk about in the, you know, annual physical?

Because it’s all related to, you know, health and this was the annual physical which is largely about health? I mean, how is that outside what's covered by, oh, let's call it, “the annual physical?”

GICWHPR: [silence most telling] Me: [lightening the mood by being funny regarding one of the most ridiculous charges I’ve ever seen] Okay, here's another thing on the bill. It's a $57 charge that was paid

for but it says it was for the “Medicare Annual Depression Screening.”

Do you suppose that depression is from the ridiculous billing system in health care?

GICWHPR: [silence most telling, but then again, it could be the crappy connection and she is laughing heartily at my joke. Doubtful, but I remain hopeful] Me: Okay, here’s the thing: they paid the $57 but I have no recollection of a depression screening at my annual physical that I apparently have a co-pay for that technically doesn’t exist.

GICWHPR: Oh, that

charge was a form you filled out.

Me: [deep calming breath, so deep and calming it hurts] I filled out no such form. I mean, my doctor probably asked how I was doing, I said fine, that was that. Could that have been the screening? Seems rather sparse.

GICWHPR: [silence most telling] Me: Are you there?

GICWHPR: Yes. Me: Okay, the reason I ask is because your phone reception is horrible. I can barely hear you. You cut in and out.

GICWHPR: [silence most telling, then garbled chatter, then) …reception is fine…

Me: [trying to shake my head but the tension in my neck is tighter than a crab’s ass so I can’t] Okay, how do I dispute this bill, I mean it’s not a lot but it’s the principle of the thing.

Who do I complain to?

GICWHPR: You write to the address on the bottom of the last page of the statement.

Me: [scrolling] Okay… so this one down here… a post office box. In Belfast, Maine?

GICWHPR: Yes, that's the one.

Me: So, snail mail, right? Not email or some other communication method actually from this century? Snail mail? So I guess that’s because they'll figure why would I bother with going through the trouble of writing a snail mail, stamping it, mailing it when it's just easier to just pay the lousy stinking 15 bucks I don’t owe? Which I could do instantly on the internet if healthcare

wasn’t locked in the days of blood-sucking leeches?

But since I cannot dispute it instantly, I have to do the Pony Express thing?!

GICWHPR: [silence most telling but I’m sure she is just trying to figure out what the hell “Pony Express” meant] Me: Okay then, that's what I'll do. I'll write a letter, stamp it and mail it even though it makes zero sense to do it that way, and next year during my non-existent depression screening, even if that's just being asked “How ya feeling?” I’ll tell him I'm depressed by the mindnumbing practices of healthcare and to at least make a bogus co-pay more worth it!

GICWHPR: [silence most telling but I swear I hear a condescending snicker] Me: HELLLOOOO! CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?! No, wait, cancel that, they’ll probably charge me for a hearing test!

GICWHPR: Will there be anything else?

Me: [deep calming breath to the point of wanting to hold it until I turn blue, die, and be done with it] No. That will be all. Thank you so very very much. This has been so fun.

GICWHPR: Have a nice day.

Me: You as well. And say hello to the other couple hundred people in Bumf… I mean, Belfast, Maine, where cellphone reception goes to die.

GICWHPR: I’m not in…

Me: [cutting her off by hanging up] Sometimes it’s the little victories in healthcare that keep your blood pressure down.

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