Posts by Steven Froias
Women for SRTA!
Shortly after the Women’s March back in January, this headline caught my eye: Mass transit mobilizes women; why don’t women mobilize for transit?” The story was on The Atlantic magazine’s…
Read MoreYOUR WEEKEND: Go Over the Rainbow
Wine & Gypsies FRIDAY, FEB. 17 – Travessia Winery (760 Purchase Street) presents an evening of music and wine tonight. They’ve got the wine – but are importing the tunes.…
Read MoreSWM Male seeks….dating in New Bedford
I felt as if Facebook was trying to tell me something. Staring back at me from my laptop was a bright dimpled smile and a pair of pale blue eyes…
Read MoreYOUR WEEKEND: You know you want to get out!
New Bedford Feminist Reading Group SATURDAY, FEB. 11: The New Bedford Feminist Reading Group meets at 3:00 p.m. today right here at Groundwork! It is organized by performance artist Andy…
Read MoreSouth End Engaged shines a spotlight on a New Bedford urban core
All over the City of New Bedford, stakeholders are getting busy breathing new life into neighborhoods by working together in innovative ways to grab opportunity and meet challenges. In the…
Read MoreGround Control: Devin Byrnes of Destination Soups
In the New Bedford Now edition of Ground Control, Steven Froias examines what– and who– makes New Bedford thrive as the unique urban hub of the SouthCoast, past, present and…
Read MoreRoll ‘em: Groundwork! Flicks
We all try to keep the winter blues at bay and beat cabin fever this time of the year. There are many ways to do accomplish that, but perhaps the…
Read MoreYOUR WEEKEND: A civic-minded and civil Super Bowl
I called it the “devastating loss” and I still think Bill Belichick should reimburse me for the Amtrak ticket. It was 2008 and I was living on the Jersey Shore.…
Read MoreYOUR WEEKEND: Yoga, Vampires, Langston Hughes and a Downtown Cieli
Yoga + A Movie FRIDAY, JAN. 27 – Yoga on Union (1 Johnny Cake Hill, NB) turns the downward dog undead tonight with an hour of Yoga followed by a…
Read MoreBBC, Babes & Bedtime Thrills: My Favorite Podcasts
Sarah Athanas threw down the gauntlet earlier this week when she posted her favorite podcasts – and challenged myself and Dena Haden to do the same. Hey – that’s how…
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