The Groundwork Blog
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…
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Seen & Heard THURSDAY, MAY 18 through SATURDAY, MAY 20 – The Collective NB takes to the stage again with Seen & Heard: One-Act Plays Honoring Women. The group notes…
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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…
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I was lucky enough to meet Sarah and Dena last year in one of my business classes. One of the major projects in the class was to collaborate with a…
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Tryworks weekend FRIDAY, MAY 12 through SUNDAY, MAY 14 – It’s a weekend-long reunion, celebration and revival for the legendary Tryworks coffeehouse, which was New Bedford’s folk music epicenter for…
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In this Pushy Women edition of Ground Control, Sarah Athanas talks to Groundwork! intern Lisa Schiavone and Abby Wright, whose BFA show “Vinegar” is currently on display in our gallery. These pushy women are students at UMass Dartmouth and had a lot to say about art, politics, entrepreneurship, and why they’d prefer to take out their own trash.
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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…
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Picassos in the parking lot SATURDAY, MAY 6 – They’re labeling it “epic” – and we can’t disagree. The artist condo community, The Ropeworks at 123 Sawyer Street in New…
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The smell of steamed mussels played the perfect aromatic welcome for a friend and I as we sought food and shelter from a stormy coastal evening. The newly opened Moby…
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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…
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