The Groundwork Blog
Last Spring, some friends and I checked out the The Kitchen, serving “The Best Soul Food In Town,” in the cafeteria at the United House of Prayer for All People…
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I’m doing something entirely different this week for YOUR WEEKEND. Over the past year, there can be no doubt as to my New Bedford bona fides – and my well-known…
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This Thursday, September 7, the Channel 5 WCVB Boston station’s “Chronicle” program will air a segment about our funky city that may finally start to change the negative stereotype of…
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A holiday weekend always means a dearth of “official” events. So here’s some things to do that are slightly off-grid but fun…. First Friday FRIDAY, SEPT. 1 – The first…
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Awhile back, I wrote the first edition of this column, #tags and the City of New Bedford, which encouraged readers to follow some unique local Instagram accounts. An amazing, event-filled…
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The Hollihock Writers Conference FRIDAY, AUGUST 25 – You’ll find out lots more about HOLLIHOCK in this previous blog post, but it doesn’t hurt to remind readers that this fabulous…
Read More >For the past few years, late August has meant more than back to the classroom for just students. Since the Hollihock Writers Conference launched in downtown New Bedford in 2015,…
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It’s sometimes impossible not to separate a moment in the life of any city from the larger national context in which it takes place. Viewed in this respect, Saturday, August…
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Phone Home FRIDAY, AUGUST 18 – The Friends of Buttonwood Park bring that lovable little alien, “E.T.” to the lawn tonight. Let’s hope Trump’s ICE officers are looking the other…
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If you’ve been anywhere near downtown New Bedford during the past few weeks, you know that the apocalypse is upon Union Street. Not really – I’m being facetious and echoing…
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