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.
Concert: Janie Meneely & Rob van Sante
Wednesday, June 15, 2022 • 7 PM • 38 Bethel Street, New Bedford MA
Chesapeake singer-songwriter Janie Meneely and Dutch-born traditional balladeer Rob van Sante join forces for an evening of maritime music from the Bay and beyond! Rob adds his virtuoso guitar to the array of Janie’s originals, while Janie adds vocal harmonies to Rob’s traditional ballads.
Janie and Rob will be performing at the Center on June 15, 2022 at 7 PM. Doors 6:30 PM. Tickets $12 members, $15 non-members. Purchase online through Brown Paper Tickets at https://meneelyvansante.bpt.me/ or in-person at the Center’s Gift Shop.
For more information, see our Facebook event.
Dock-u-mentaries: Vanishing Pearls
Friday, June 17, 2022 • 7 PM • Free • National Park Theater, 33 William Street, NB
Vanishing Pearls, directed by Nailah Jefferson, chronicles the untold story of personal and professional devastation in Pointe à la Hache, a close-knit fishing village on the Gulf coast, following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill; a generations-old community of black fishermen pledge to fight for justice, accountability and their way of life. Doors open 6:30 PM. Masks recommended. Seating is limited, book your FREE tickets here: https://june2022docks.bpt.me
To learn more about the film, click here. To watch a trailer, click here.
Beginning with this film, Dock-u-mentaries will return to their pre-COVID location at the NB Whaling National Historical Park theater, located at 33 William Street, New Bedford MA.
July AHA! Night: “Some Things Fishy: The Art of Paul Helgesen”
July 14, 2022 • 5-8 PM • Free
July AHA! Night is a double whammy from NBFHC – come to the Center free of charge to see the opening of our newest gallery exhibit, “Some Things Fishy: The Art of Paul Helgesen!” Paul Helgesen makes whimsical fish sculptures inspired by his time on a small Nova Scotian island with a big fishing community. All pieces in the exhibit will be available for purchase through our Gift Shop.
Don’t forget to bring the kiddos – as part of the Kids Rule AHA! Night theme, kids can use found objects to create their own funky fish art inspired by Helgesen’s work!
Hope to see you there!
Dock-u-mentaries: Double Feature
Friday, July 15, 2022 • 7 PM • Free • National Park Theater, 33 William Street, NB
We will be running a special Double Feature for this month’s Dock-u-mentaries, and showing “Spirit of Newfoundland and Labrador Fishing Communities” along with “Cod: Renewing A Bountiful Catch.” FREE tickets can be booked online at Brown Paper Tickets: https://july2022docks.bpt.me
“Spirit of Newfoundland and Labrador Fishing Communities”: This film explores the spirit behind that renewal–a spirit that is manifested through music about the inshore fishing way of life in northern Newfoundland and coastal Labrador, and through community values such volunteerism and helping one another in times of need.
“Cod: Renewing a Bountiful Catch”: This video was created with the help of fish harvesters and scientists from Memorial University of Newfoundland, who describe the abundance of cod stocks pre-1990s and what all of us can do to help with recovery of this important and iconic species.
AHA! Night: Family Fun at the Fishing Heritage Center
Thursday, August 11, 2022 • 5:30-8 PM • Free
The Center will be open free of charge on AHA! Night, plus kids can come make an instrument from 5:30-7 PM and join in a Foo Foo Band led by Jeff Angeley from 7-8 PM. Foo foo bands were impromptu 19th century bands made of a fishing vessel’s crew. Simultaneously, in our parking lot, Massachusetts Health Connector (with the FHC, Fishing Partnership, and PACE) will be hosting a fair! Games, a DJ, a bubble show, balloon animals, and event partner booths. There’s something for everyone!