AHA! presents 2nd Thursday year-round FREE nights of Art, History & Architecture programs in Downtown New Bedford with 37-venue partners.
Call us at 508-264-8859 or visit us at www.ahanewbedford.org.
The AHA! Project was formed in 1999 by a dedicated circle of cultural leaders, downtown businesses and individual artists. Since July of that year, the project has continuously presented its 2nd Thursday events. What originally included 14 venues now numbers 37 and spans eight galleries, three museums, The National Historical Park, City Hall and The Library, many of the downtown’s unique stores, restaurants and cafes as well as individual artist studios, a meditation center, several churches, The Bristol Building, The New Bedford Preservation Society and The UMass Dartmouth CVPA Star Store. AHA!’s mission is to collectively promote downtown culture and work towards greater sustainability of the downtown cultural scene and partner organizations.
AHA!’s articles on http://newbedford360.com are part of an expanding effort to bring more attention to the wealth of cultural events and experiences happening in downtown New Bedford.
Be inspired by the "Changing Facade" of a cultural city. Explore the new faces and places of the downtown landscape. This forth year of the Changing Facade May AHA! night highlights the new and expanded businesses of the past year, young entrepreneurs and innovative artists, and exciting programs offered by the AHA! partner venues.Be inspired by the "Changing Facade" of a cultural city. Explore the new faces and places of the downtown landscape. This forth year of the Changing Facade May AHA! night highlights the new and expanded businesses of the past year, young entrepreneurs and innovative artists, and exciting programs offered by the AHA! partner venues.
The evening will explore development and preservation in our city with talks by the New Bedford Preservation Society titled "Changing Facades – New Bedford in 1892 and New Bedford Today”, a report on the latest developments on our waterfront with New Bedford Port Director Kristin Decas and a talk on downtown revitalization by the Waterfront Historic Area LeaguE. The Ocean Explorium will also provide a sneak peak of the Science on a Sphere®…a 3-Dimensional “blue marble” floating in space!
New AHA! partners this month include Crowell’s Fine Art and Custom Framing (382 Acushnet Avenue), TL6 The Gallery (100 William Street), Vetu Gifts and Fine Consignment (1 Johnny Cake Hill), and Whale, Waterfront Historic Area LeaguE.
Complete schedules available here or at all listed partners. All activities are free and held rain or shine.