Tonight we welcome our NEWest AHA! Partner, MUSE Gallery located on Pleasant Street near Spicy Lime, OKO arts & Boutique Fitness. Stop by & say Hi & enjoy tarot card & palm readings, 6:30-8pm.
Stop by and check out COMMONS! (778 Purchase St.) Paintings by Joshua Letourneau plus solo musical performance by J. Kelley, 6 7:30pm followed by a special local guest!
Formerly Ginger Grill, COMMONS is will provide an environment for local artists and musicians, private and public entrepreneurs, educators, community members and activists to come together to share time and ideas involving their interests. In addition, COMMONS will offer healthy foods and beverages. In general, they hope to create an atmosphere where positive, creative, and healthy living will be encouraged; integrating under one roof the different aspects of life that bring moments of happiness.
Back by popular demand! Fire Performers will wow the crowds with beautiful displays & amazing feats. 2 shows, 6:30pm on the Whaling Museum Plaza (18 Johhny Cake Hill) & 7:30pm in front of the Star Store (715 Purchase St.).
Coffee Ground Fortunes at the Star Store. Support the CVPA ceramics department --- purchase an artisan made coffee mug, enjoy a cup of espresso, finish up with a coffee ground fortune straight from your mug!
After 9 sponsor Pour Farm Tavern (780 Purchase St.) hosts Carnevale Cabaret presented by Chifferobe out of Providence. Be entertained by the likes of
Miss Wensday--your Emcee, Ringleader, stunning vocalist;
Juxo the accordionist;
Mentalist Rory Raven;
Tempest the bellydancer;
& Gypsy Juggler Aisha.
PLUS! Ask the Brewer Series, new art on the walls by Joel Monty & live music with the Neal McCarthy Problem Band.
Crowell’s Fine Art(382 Acushnet Ave.) Carnevale face painting, photobooth & Cuban contemporary art. 6-9pm
First Unitarian Church NB (Corner of Union & County St.)
Cajun Beats for Carnevale Kids! 5-6:30pm
Artworks! (384 Acushnet Ave.) Vegan cooking demos with Johanna Voss.
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (33 William St.)
• Mask making with Ruth & Abby, 6-8pm.
• Schooner Ernestina Birthday Party and Carnaval de Cabo Verde, 6-9pm. Ernestina's 118th anniversary brings birthday cake at 6pm. Enjoy music, video, dance and stories of Ernestina and Cape Verde with Captain Norman Gomes, Maria Mendes, Peter Arteaga, and Tony Cruz. Wear your mask and dance in a Carnaval parade at 7:15pm.
Cork (90 Front Street) hosts Soapbox Social: the Uncorked Edition. Come hear local storytellers tell true stories based on the theme “Lost & Found.” 9-11pm in the 2nd Story Lounge. Part of AHA! After 9
Gallery 65 (65 William St.) Short film and slides "Celebrating Carnevile in New Orleans". Neil and Nancy Alexander lived in New Orleans for over 20 years and will share their memories.
Pilgrim United Church (634 Purchase St.) Annual Poetry Readings and Music presented by Bartleby Scriveners Poetry Group, 6:30-8:30pm.
TL6 the Gallery (100 William St.) Stop by for unique Valentine gifts & enjoy 10% off TL jewelry on AHA! Night!
New Bedford Whaling Museum (18 Johnny Cake Hill) Opening for new exhibit Seven Continents, Seven Seas Exhibit at 7pm, followed by Adventures in Saving a Painting: Quest, Conquest, and Conservation", a lecture by Dr. Stuart Frank at 7:30pm.
Rotch-Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum(396 County St.) A talk on “Frederick Law Olmsted–A Lasting Legacy” with Alan Banks. 7pm, in the RJD Parlors. Museum open for viewing, 5-7pm.
The firm of Frederick Law Olmsted was involved in over 1,200 landscape architecture projects throughout Massachusetts, ranging from expansive 500-acre public parks to intimate private gardens. One of its greatest achievements is the six-mile "emerald necklace" of ponds, parks, and parkways that winds its way through Boston. Noted Olmsted scholar Alan Banks, who oversees historical interpretation of the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline, will give an illustrated presentation that explores the rich legacy of Olmsted inspired projects and the concepts that shaped some of the most treasured landscapes in this state.
Buzzards Bay Coalition (114 Front St.) What will Climate Change look like and how will it affect Buzzards Bay? Visit the Buzzards Bay Center at 5:30pm for an interactive and kid-friendly demonstration by Dr. Jeff Schell, Chief Scientist and member of the oceanography faculty at Sea Education Association in Woods Hole. This demonstration vividly shows the impacts of climate change on ocean circulation. Stay for a 6:30pm presentation by John Bullard, President of Sea Education Association in Woods Hole and former New Bedford mayor, on climate change.
Gallery X (169 William St.) NEW Show! i am curious red
Open to artists of every medium who create art that contains the color red or any artist who wishes to explore the use of red in their artwork.
Judith Klein Art Gallery (98 William St.) NEW Show! "Loving It"
An invitational exhibit featuring 15 artists including Anthony Miraglia, Adrian Tio, Alison Wells and many others.
OKO arts (528 Pleasant St.) Open House!
Oko welcomes new musicians to the space for interactive workshops &
info sessions back to back with CARNEVALE themed performances & group presentations.
All ages welcome, kids encouraged to participate!
FREE! Healthy snacks & refreshments provided.
Gallery featuring original Monotypes by Liz Perry
UMass Dartmouth CVPA at the Star Store (715 Purchase St.)
NEW Show!
Mark Goodwin: Wanderlust
Opening Reception, 6-9pm
Artist talk, 7pm
Artworks! (384 Acushnet Ave.) NEW Show! Members Open Show
UGLYgallery (246 Union St.) Urban Renewal: Refacing the community for the promotion of creativity. Featuring local legends of street art: Tim Porche, Rene Gagnon, Mark Carvalho & Julian Rapp.
Cork (90 Front St.) New Orleans Jazz with the Rick Costa Trio, 8-11pm.
UGLYgallery (246 Union St.) has Blest Energy in the house. A Hip-Hop band whose core members include Tem BleSSed, Cita-Light, Calvin Grace and Chrome Digi. They "make music to wake up the masses and inspire them to MOVE, change, loVe, create and just BE."
Cafe Arpeggio (800 Purchase Street) is pleased to host Dave Conlon as the February AHA! Night featured performer, 6-7pm. Accompanying himself on guitar and harmonica, Dave's musical influences range from bluegrass to rock. He is one of the favorites at the local Café Arpeggio open-mike—where he has performed over 200 times.
Plus Weekly Open Mic, hosted by Art Tebbetts & Denn Santoro, from 7-10pm. All are welcome, either as performers or audience members. It's a great way to spend an evening, & the quality of the music is top notch.
Celtic Coffee House (42 North Water Street) Traditional Irish music played on fiddles, flutes and bagpipes in an informal session format. 5-7pm
Barry Foy of Seattle defines a session as follows: "...a gathering of Irish traditional musicians for the purpose of celebrating their common interest in the music by playing it together in a relaxed, informal setting, while in the process generally beefing up the mystical cultural mantra that hums along uninterruptedly beneath all manifestations of Irishness worldwide."
No Problemo (813 Purchase Street) presents the Electrofrieds. Part of AHA! After 9
