AHA! Night: Women in the Wheelhouse
Thursday, March 10, 2022
6:30 PM • Free • Registration required
Female captains, mates, and deckhands who work on commercial fishing boats will share firsthand experiences of life at sea.
Seating is limited to 25. Masks are required. Book your FREE ticket here:
https://womeninthewheelhouse.bpt.me
Educator Days
March 12 & 19, 2022 • 11-3 • Free • In-Person
Book Talk: Ali Farrell, “Pretty Rugged: True Stories from Women of the Sea”
March 18, 2022 | 7 PM | Virtual (Zoom)
Author Ali Farrell, along with fishermen featured in the book, will regale you with tales about her book “Pretty Rugged: True Stories from Women of the Sea!” Tune in on Zoom at 7 PM March 18, 2022 to ask questions and hear about the experiences of women in a historically male-dominated industry navigating changes in gender roles within their life and work. Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84061493513
This program is supported by a grant from the Bridge Street Fund, a special initiative of Mass Humanities.
April AHA! Night: Shipwreck Avoidance Program
Thursday, April 14, 2022 • 6:30 PM • Free
April Dock-u-mentaries: Campbell’s Last Set
Friday, April 15, 2022 • 7 PM • Free • 38 Bethel Street
We are holding an in-person screening of the 2022 Fisherpoets Gathering tribute to poet and musician Jon Campbell at 7 PM on April 15th. Doors open at 6:30 PM; reserve your FREE seat at https://april2022docks.bpt.me/. The virtual tribute includes performances from Marina Campbell, Larry Kaplan, Moe Bowstern, Jon Broderick, Dano Quinn, Geno Leech, Mary Garvey, and Joe Houlihan providing their own interpretations on Jon Campbell’s music and poetry.
Click here to learn more about the Fisherpoets Gathering.
Mid-Day Mug Up: Film Talk with Alastair Cole
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 • 12 PM EST / 5 PM (BST) • Free
Director Alastair Cole gives a behind-the-scenes discussion of Iorram, the first feature-length film entirely in Scots Gaelic which explores the past and present fishing community in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. Iorram is a lyrical experience of this community through archived sound recordings of stories and songs in the mid-20th century interspersed with contemporary traditional Scottish folk music scored by Aidan O’Rourke. Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85432525844.
Program begins 12 PM EST / 5 PM BST. This is a precursor event to the in-person showing of Iorram beginning at 7 PM at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center in NB. Book your FREE tickets to the screening here.
Click here to see the trailer, and here to learn more about the film.
Dock-u-mentaries: IORRAM (Boat Song)
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 • 7 PM • Free • Tickets at www.zeiterion.org
Courtesy of the FHC and Cinema New Bedford, see a FREE in-person screening of the first cinema documentary entirely in Scots Gaelic, Iorram (Boat Song) on May 17, 2022 at 7 PM! Iorram is a lyrical experience of the fishing community in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, explored through archived sound recordings of stories and songs in the mid-20th century interspersed with contemporary traditional Scottish folk music scored by Aidan O’Rourke.
This screening will be shown at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center (684 Purchase Street, NB).
Book your FREE ticket here.
For more info, see also the Zeiterion’s event listing here.
To see the trailer for the movie, click here. To learn more about the film, click here.
Concert: North Sea Gas
Thursday, May 26, 2022 • 7 PM • 38 Bethel Street, New Bedford MA
Over thirty-seven years and stronger than ever!! “North Sea Gas” is one of Scotland’s most popular folk bands with great vocals and tremendous three part harmonies. Guitars, mandolin, fiddle, bouzouki, harmonica, whistles, bodhrans, banjo and good humor are all part of the entertainment. They have received Gold and Silver Disc awards from the Scottish Music Industry Association and regularly have sold out shows at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and around the world!
North Sea Gas will be playing at the Center on May 26, 2022 at 7 PM. Doors 6:30 PM. Tickets $12 members, $15 non-members. Purchase online through Brown Paper Tickets https://northseagas.bpt.me/ or in-person at the Center’s Gift Shop.
For more information, see our Facebook event.
June AHA! Night: Meet Marine Textile Artist Alex Buchanan
June 9, 2022 • 6:30-6:45 PM & 7:00-7:15 PM • Free • In-Person
Marine textile artist Alex Buchanan will wind a short yarn about his knotwork sculptures for June AHA! Night! Come by the Center to hear one of his 15-minute illustrated talks starting at 6:30 and 7:00 PM. Enjoy free admission to see our exhibits, and our Gift Shop will also be open to browse!
Check out more of Alex’s work.
Read Alex’s Artist Profile on the AHA! website.
Learn about other AHA! Night events.
Mid-Day Mug Up: Book Talk with Alison Neilson
Friday, June 10, 2022 • 12 PM EST / 4 PM GMT • Free
For our fourth Mid-Day Mug Up on June 10, 2022, Portuguese-Canadian author Alison Neilson (CICS.NOVA Interdisciplinary Centre for Social Sciences, Nova University of Lisbon) explores fishing in the Azores in her photo book “A Sea Full of Life: Visions from the Azores (Um Mar Cheio de Vida: Visões dos Açores).” Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86500170531
To learn more about Alison’s book, and to purchase postcards based on the book, click here.
