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Sep
26
Sat
History of the Fishing Industry Walking Tour @ New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
Sep 26 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
History of the Fishing Industry Walking Tour @ New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center

This summer, New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center will offer a series of small group walking tours of downtown New Bedford and the working waterfront. These tours will provide guests an opportunity to learn about New Bedford’s history and fishing industry while being outside and socially distanced.

Tours will explore topics including the history of the fishing industry, life in a fishing family, and the ins and outs of a contemporary waterfront. Group size will be limited to 10 guests and a tour guide. Masks and social distancing are required.

Tours are $5/person, children under 10 are free, members of the Fishing Heritage Center are free. Click here to purchase tickets.

Tour begins in the parking lot at the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center and ends at Pier 3. Plan to meet in the parking lot at least 5 minutes before the start of the tour. Following the tour, guests may return to the Center to tour our exhibits. Tour lasts approximately one hour. If the tour is cancelled due to weather, you will know the day of, but with notice.

Oct
1
Thu
At Anchor: A Stay-at-Home Soirée Auction Preview @ New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
Oct 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
At Anchor: A Stay-at-Home Soirée Auction Preview @ New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center

Join us for an in-person Auction Preview! View and bid on a variety of unique auction items and enjoy live music from Hot Club Cheese Roll featuring Jason Smith on guitar and vocals, Mark Russell on violin and vocals, and Michael Lavoie on upright Bass . This is the kick-off event for the Center’s 2020 Seafood Soirée. Click here for more information on the Soirée.

Inspired by the amazing musicianship of Django Reinhardt and Stephan Grappelli of the The Quintette of the Hot Club of France, The Hot Club Cheese Roll plays a mix of jazz standards and more contemporary hits interpreted in the gypsy jazz style. As you may gather from the name, we do not take ourselves too seriously…

The event will take place in the parking lot at the Fishing Heritage Center. Masks and social distancing will be required.

Please contact operations@fishingheritagecenter.org with any questions about this year’s Soirée.

Oct
8
Thu
Performance by Ana Vinagre and Ensemble @ New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
Oct 8 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Performance by Ana Vinagre and Ensemble @ New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center

Join us for an evening of beautiful Portuguese fado music with Ana Vinagre and her ensemble.

Ana Vinagre is one of the area’s best known, and most respected Fadistas. Born in Portugal, she immigrated to New Bedford as a young woman with her husband Jose. Both had been members of folkloric dance and music ensembles and they have continued to perform at area Portuguese restaurants, community events, and in festivals and concerts around the nation. They take great pride in their culture and enjoy teaching American audiences about the tradition of Fado music, a genre that developed in the port city of Lisbon and was performed at waterfront clubs and bars frequented by sailors and seamen.

The performance will take place in the Fishing Heritage Center’s parking lot. Masks and social distancing will be required. Free and open to the public as part of October’s AHA! Night.

This concert is a part of our series of programs related to our latest exhibit, We Came to Fish, We Came to Work: Stories of Immigration. This exhibits explores stories of immigration and cultural heritage on New Bedford’s working waterfront. Over the next 8 months, we will look at cultural heritage through a variety of programs including film screenings, cooking and craft demos, performances, and talks, which will be offered virtually until we are able to re-open the Center.

Oct
16
Fri
Virtual Dock-u-mentaries: Saudade @ ZOOM
Oct 16 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Virtual Dock-u-mentaries: Saudade @ ZOOM

Tune in for our October Dock-u-mentary screening, Saudade. Click here to join the ZOOM Meeting. We will screen the film directly on the ZOOM Meeting.

Saudade (Nostalgia) provides a sensitive and perceptive portrait of the human dimension of immigration. Placed against a background of local history, this video highlights how Portuguese immigrants have recreated their homeland’s past in their everyday life in New Bedford. The story-line of Saudade is based on the personal reminiscences of seven Portuguese women and men in New Bedford: six immigrants from the Azores, Madeira, and the mainland and one second generation Portuguese-American. The unfolding of memories, songs, and visual representations of the past is juxtaposed with contemporary ways of life; reconstruction of the homeland’s past provides continuity of immigrants’ lives in the context of their specific experiences in an American industrial city.

This talk is a part of our series of programs related to our latest exhibit, “We Came to Fish, We Came to Work: Stories of Immigration.” This exhibits explores stories of immigration and cultural heritage on New Bedford’s working waterfront. Over the next 8 months, we will look at cultural heritage through a variety of programs including film screenings, cooking and craft demos, performances, and talks, which will be offered virtually until we are able to re-open the Center.

Thank you to BankFive for supporting our film series.

Nov
12
Thu
Virtual Concert by Dave Penny @ Facebook Live
Nov 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Tune in on Facebook Live for a virtual concert by Dave Penny! Dave Penny has been a steady presence on the local folk scene as a composer of songs that are truly unique to Newfoundland and Labrador. With his engaging stage personality, and a style that is entirely his own, he has been a key figure in resurgence in popularity of Newfoundland comic songs.

To watch the virtual concert, visit the Center’s Facebook page. Once the livestream begins, the video will appear on our Facebook feed. If you do not immediately see the livestream, refresh your browser. You do not need a Facebook account to watch this concert. Contact programs@fishingheritagecenter.org with any questions.

This concert is a part of our series of programs related to our latest exhibit, We Came to Fish, We Came to Work: Stories of Immigration. This exhibit explores stories of immigration and cultural heritage on New Bedford’s working waterfront. Over the next 8 months, we will look at cultural heritage through a variety of programs including film screenings, cooking and craft demos, performances, and talks, which will be offered virtually until we are able to re-open the Center.

Nov
20
Fri
Dock-u-mentaries: From Karmøy to New Bedford @ ZOOM
Nov 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center’s Dock-u-mentaries film series continues with a virtual screening of the film, “From Karmøy to New Bedford.”

The screening will take place over ZOOM at 7:00pm on Friday, November 20th. To join the ZOOM Meeting, use this link, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87964564006

“From Karmøy to New Bedford” is about the Norwegian immigrants that traveled to New Bedford and Fairhaven in search of a better life. Many flourished and some became legends in both countries. Recorded in Mortholmen in Åkrehamn, Norway, Aleksander Hauge and Roger Pedersen use music and pictures to tell stories of the Norwegian immigrant experience. Sig Hansen, Johannes Solstad, and Jarle Nilsen, the Mayor of Karmøy, also appear.

There are portions of this film that are in Norwegian without English subtitles.

This film screening is part of a series of programs related to our current gallery exhibit, We Came to Fish, We Came to Work: Stories of Immigration. This exhibit explores stories of immigration and cultural heritage on New Bedford’s working waterfront. Programs include film screenings, cooking and craft demos, performances, and talks.

Dock-u-mentaries are presented by New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center and New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park. The Center’s 2020 exhibits and programs are funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Creative Commonwealth Initiative, and the Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett, and New Bedford Cultural Councils. Thank you to BankFive for supporting our film series.

Dec
10
Thu
December AHA! Night @ New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
Dec 10 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
December AHA! Night @ New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center

Stop by on AHA! Night to browse our unique selection of books, jewelry, and artwork and take 10% off your purchase in the gift shop.  Kids can take home an ornament making kit to create their own “fishy” holiday decor!

Dec
13
Sun
Dock-u-mentaries Encore: From Karmøy to New Bedford @ ZOOM
Dec 13 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Join us for an encore presentation of the film, “From Karmøy to New Bedford.”

The screening will take place over ZOOM at 1:00pm on Sunday, December 13th. To join the ZOOM Meeting, use this link, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81643129223

“From Karmøy to New Bedford” is about the Norwegian immigrants that traveled to New Bedford and Fairhaven in search of a better life. Many flourished and some became legends in both countries. Recorded in Mortholmen in Åkrehamn, Norway, Aleksander Hauge and Roger Pedersen use music and pictures to tell stories of the Norwegian immigrant experience. Sig Hansen, Johannes Solstad, and Jarle Nilsen, the Mayor of Karmøy, also appear.

There are portions of this film that are in Norwegian without English subtitles.

This film screening is part of a series of programs related to our current gallery exhibit, We Came to Fish, We Came to Work: Stories of Immigration. This exhibit explores stories of immigration and cultural heritage on New Bedford’s working waterfront. Programs include film screenings, cooking and craft demos, performances, and talks.

Dock-u-mentaries are presented by New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center and New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park. The Center’s 2020 exhibits and programs are funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Creative Commonwealth Initiative, and the Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett, and New Bedford Cultural Councils. Thank you to BankFive for supporting our film series.

Dec
18
Fri
Virtual Dock-u-mentaries: Laurel & Hardy – Towed in a Hole @ ZOOM
Dec 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Virtual Dock-u-mentaries: Laurel & Hardy - Towed in a Hole @ ZOOM

It’s a busy time of year, so tune in for a quick and fun Virtual Dock-u-mentaries Screening of Laurel & Hardy’s Towed in a Hole (1932).  Join the ZOOM meeting by clicking this link, https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85370804041

Although they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too – but making a boat seaworthy is not an easy task!

Dock-u-mentaries are presented by New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center and New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park. Thank you to BankFive for supporting our film series.

Jan
15
Fri
Virtual Dock-u-mentaries: Swimming Upstream, A Book Talk by Mike Foley @ ZOOM
Jan 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Virtual Dock-u-mentaries: Swimming Upstream, A Book Talk by Mike Foley @ ZOOM

Tune in for a book talk by Mike Foley of Foley Fish Company, author of Swimming Upstream: Four Generations of Fishmongering. Click here to join the ZOOM meeting. Learn more about Mike Foley and Swimming Upstream by clicking here.

This program is free and open to the public.

Dock-u-mentaries are presented by New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center and New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park. Thank you to BankFive for supporting our film series.

Information about Swimming Upstream:

In 1898 a 16-year-old immigrant with a sixth-grade education and not much more than the clothes on his back landed in Boston. By 1906, this immigrant, Michael Foley, had started a fresh fish company. In 2005, Michael Foley’s great-granddaughter, Laura, together with Peter, her co-owner husband, became the fourth generation to own and operate the Foley Fish Company, the seafood industry’s standard for quality, consistency, and integrity. Swimming Upstream is the story of four generations of Foley fishmongers, their successes and failures, their talents and foibles. Each generation has met the changing needs of the business in its own way, but in four generations, the goal set by the founder to provide customers only truly fresh, delicious, nutritious seafood has never been compromised. Swimming Upstream is more than the story of a family and a business. It is an immigrant’s story of Boston in the early 1900s. Michael Foley arrived when “No Irish need apply” signs were posted, but in spite of this his son Francis graduated from Harvard College. This is the story of the daunting challenges faced by the Foleys in producing a highly perishable product with highly variable pricing, and the many loyal and talented employees who enabled them to meet innumerable challenges through two World Wars, the Depression, resource depletion, and now the Covid pandemic. It is about competing with producers who added water-weight to lower prices, or substitute species to average down costs. It is the story of the vagaries of U.S. fisheries management and Foley Fish’s efforts to support the resource. It is also the story of Foley Fish’s attempt to educate the consumer, and even chefs, on how to care for and prepare fish, and to assure the public that truly fresh fish doesn’t smell fishy.

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