Community
Taking the New Bedford Arts Community to the Next Level
Sometimes, all the planets line up and you’re afforded new opportunities in life to seize upon. New Bedford’s arts economy is about to be offered one hell of an opportunity.…
Read MoreTimothy Ellis Cole: Helping to sustain New Bedford
You’ll have to forgive us here at Groundwork! for taking an inordinate amount of pride in artist Timothy Ellis Cole. It’s because his roots go deep into the place and…
Read MorePlanting Roots in New Bedford
It’s a simple and quiet thing yet also something profound. At schools throughout New Bedford, GROW Education is entering its third year of planting community gardens for the benefit of…
Read MoreVirginia Woolf at Haskell Public Gardens
It’s been almost six months since the New Bedford Feminist Reading Group convened for the first time. Launched in January at the initiative of performance artist Andy Anello, the group…
Read MoreThe Summer of Love The Ave
In previous posts, I’ve written about the collective effort known as Love The Ave to focus attention on the busy north New Bedford commercial corridor and surrounding area. That effort…
Read MoreNew Bedford gets its Pride back
Anyone with a passing familiarity with Richard Florida’s work probably knows that the guru of urban regeneration considers the concentration and active participation of gay men and women of high…
Read MoreMeet Abby Wright: Photographer behind “Vinegar”
Abby Wright is a Senior Photography student in CVPA at UMass Dartmouth and a fellow pushy women. She is the creator of “Vinegar”, a body of work that speaks her…
Read MoreMember Spotlight: Daniel Calabrese
Dan Calabrese wins the prize for most “visually exciting” entrepreneur at Groundwork! If you get to work on a day he’s looking at shoe samples, you can check out some…
Read MoreMember Spotlight: Jordan Pouliot
Jordan won our hearts when she told us her dissertation was about women restaurant owners. Women, business, and food– what’s not to like about that? Aside from her dissertation topic…
Read MoreInside New Bedford’s Orpheum Theater
The faces along the Orpheum Theater’s facade hang like silent sentinels from another era in the city’s south end along Route 18. The building – along with a handful of…
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