Arts

She returns!: The Marion Art Center welcomes back Aimee Bayles

MARION — The stage at the Marion Art Center will see the return of Aimee Bayles Friday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. Aimee Bayles is a singer, songwriter and recording artist based in New York City. Originally from Virginia, her vocally driven music with...

Old Hammondtown students branch out with annual tree poster contest

MATTAPOISETT — The Mattapoisett Tree Committee invited fifth grade students from Old Hammondtown Elementary to create unbe-leaf-able posters for their annual contest. The theme this year was “Trees Around The World,” and with it came dozens of...
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Friends of Old Rochester Music pull out the stops for March concert

MATTAPOISETT — Friends of Old Rochester Music hit the right notes with two concerts —a choral concert held on Wednesday, March 11 and an instrumental concert on Wednesday, March 18. Students from the Old Rochester Regional School District performed...

Old Rochester middle schoolers make their mark in mischievous murder mystery play

MATTAPOISETT — A CEO, a movie star and a musician step onto a Los Angeles bound train only to discover a plot of murder and mystery in the Old Rochester Junior High Drama Club’s newest production, “Murder on the 518.” Led by director Kate Fishman of...

Marion Art Center presents pastel paintings in new exhibition

MARION — The Marion Art Center announced their newest exhibition: the Pastel Paintings of Janet Schwartz and Dave Kaphammer. The exhibition will begin on Saturday, April 5, kicking off with an artists’ reception from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Marion...

Old Rochester student earns Silver Key Award for artwork

MATTAPOISETT — Coming from a family of artists and creating masterpieces long before she was old enough to attend school, the talents of Old Rochester Regional Junior High School eighth grader Sophia Zhou have been recognized with a “Silver Key”...

Oh snap! Local photographer wins state and national awards

MARION — Cathleen Broderick’s greatness in photography was captured upon receiving state and national awards. The Professional Photographers of Massachusetts awarded Borderick the Photographic Excellence Award, the organization’s highest accolade,...

‘Follow your heart’: Marion actor takes his first cue at 54

MARION — Growing up in the New Hollywood era of the 1960s, Marion’s Paul Kandarian was a film fanatic. When he wasn’t at the theater checking out the latest show, he was rewatching the reels of his father’s old movie collection at home, enthralling...

‘Ripcord’ to be presented by Marion Art Center

MARION — “Ripcord’’ will be presented at The Marion Art Center throughout March. The playwright is David Lindsay-Abaire, who has won multiple Tony awards for his work as well as a Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The story centers around a sunny room on an...

Tapping into talent, Marion Art Center offers varied courses

MARION — A series of classes is scheduled this spring at the Marion Art Center. Adult Tap Dancing Class with Teah Keogh will take place Tuesdays March 25, April 1 and April 8 from 6 to 7 p.m. Keogh leads this three-week course for adults who need to...

Cosmic compositions: Southcoast Chamber Music Series plays to the tune of stars

MARION — It was a packed house two nights in a row for the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra’s Southcoast Chamber Music Series this weekend for their performance of “Galaxy” Feb. 1 and 2. In Marion in the large hall of St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church,...

Seeking Old Rochester graduates who hit all the right notes

Over the last six decades, Old Rochester Regional High School has graduated a number of students who’ve showcased great talent in the arts and continue to contribute to the community with their music to this day. In an effort to recognize these...

Call me Herman Melville

MARION — With the sounds of waves crashing against the shore, the ghost of Herman Melville, the author of “Moby-Dick,” recounted his life from his experiences out on sea as a young man to his death at 72 years old. Written and directed by Carl Rossi...

‘North Woods Nonsense’ to be performed at Old Colony

ROCHESTER — The Old Colony Theater Company will present the comedy North Woods Nonsense, written by Andrew Ross, at Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School, 476 North St., Rochester. Opening night is Friday Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. Additional...

Stitching the old into the new

MATTAPOISETT — In the basement of the Mattapoisett Library, a group gathered together to learn sewing techniques for mending clothes on Saturday, Jan. 18. After recently retiring from teaching art in elementary schools for over 25 years and teaching...

Life of Herman Melville explored at Marion Art Center performance

MARION — The Marion Art Center presents “Sailing Towards My Father’’ about Herman Melville, performed by Stephen Collins, at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24 at the Marion Art Center’s Anne Braitmayer Webb Theater, 80 Pleasant St, Marion. “Sailing Towards...

‘Doo Wop on the South Coast’ takes a musical journey

MARION — The Sippican Historical Society welcomes Todd Baptista as he shares the music that rocked the South Coast during the 1950s and 1960s during “ When Rock and Roll was Young: Doo Wop on the Southcoast,’’ to be presented at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan...

Local artists frame their best for annual members show

MARION — Soft pastel landscapes, watercolor paintings, drawings of trees and paintings of small town stores lined the walls of the Marion Art Center on Saturday, Jan. 4 in preparation of the center’s annual Winter Members Show. Twice a year, members...

Sing throwback hits with the Sippican Choral Society

MARION — Rehearsals for the Sippican Choral Society’s “An Anniversary Celebration: 60 songs for 60 years” will begin on Monday, Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. at Tabor Academy’s Wickenden Chapel. The chapel is located at 86 Spring St. in Marion. New members are...

‘Wonderful’ chorus and band help parents get into the holiday spirit

ROCHESTER — Some Rochester Memorial School fifth and sixth graders spent time spreading Christmas cheer rather than doing schoolwork on Thursday, Dec. 19 as the school’s two bands and chorus performed two concerts. The first concert was held in the...

Auditions for ‘dangerous game of one-upmanship’ play set for January in Marion

MARION — The Marion Art Center has announced auditions for its productions of “Ripcord,” written by David Lindsay-Abaire and directed by John Heavey. Auditions will be held on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025...

Kids take the stage in ‘Peter Pan’

MARION — More than 90% of the actors in the upcoming show at the Marion Art Center are below the age of 18. For many in the majority-kid cast, it’s the first production they’ve ever been a part of. There’s probably not a more fitting story that puts...

Etchings of 20th-century British artist donated by Marion residents

MARION — The pieces began to mount up in the hallway of Benjamin Dunham and Wendy Rolfe’s home. The Marion residents had collected more than 170 works of Rolfe's distant relative — a British artist who during the early 20th century created etchings...

Marion concert to feature songs of peace, hope

MARION — It’s safe to say it’s been a fractious year, or at least a fractious month of November, what with a presidential election. A Tri-Town chorus will be offering an elixir of sorts to that contentiousness to begin the holiday season. The...

Drama club puts finishing touches on upcoming ‘Noises Off’ production

MATTAPOISETT — Most Old Rochester Regional High School students left the building for the day in the early afternoon, But for members of the drama club, “tech week” means long nights of rehearsal and smoothing out any final wrinkles. The club will...

South Coast Children’s Chorus, Tabor choruses to present winter concert

MARION — A winter concert with the South Coast Children’s Chorus and the choruses of Tabor Academy will be presented Sunday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. at Tabor Academy’s Wickenden Chapel, 86 Spring St. “Harmonies of Peace and Home: A Journey Through Song”...

Ceramic monsters and 2D imagery line library for student art show

MATTAPOISETT — Monsters filled the Mattapoisett Free Public Library. They sat on shelves and windowsills. They ganged up on a table. They were ceramic creations of students at Old Rochester Regional High School. Students from several art classes...

Marion Art Center presents ‘Peter Pan’

MARION — The Marion Art Center will be presenting J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan,” adapted by Craig Sodaro during the month of December. Kate Fishman directs the “very special limited presentation,” with show dates on Dec. 6, 7, 13, 14 at 7:30 p.m. and...

Old Rochester drama club to perform ‘Noises Off’ this November

MATTAPOISETT — The Old Rochester Regional High School Drama Club has announced it will be performing a comedic play later in November. “Noises Off” will open at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21 and continue at the same time to Saturday, Nov. 23. There...

Tri-County Symphonic Band to open season with ‘European Adventure’

Take a trip across the pond without the hassle with the Tri-County Symphonic Band’s “European Adventure” concert on Sunday, Oct. 27 at 3 p.m. The season-opening show will be held at the Fireman Performing Arts Center at Tabor Academy in Marion,...