Posts by Steven Froias
YOUR WEEKEND: Ladies on the road; Queens on the stage; Green for sale…
Furniture + Objects + Soup! FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 – Artist Liz Welch talks Furniture + Objects this morning from 11:00-11:30am at CVPA UMass Star Store Campus (715 Purchase Street). “Welch…
Read More35 Years of the Z!
By Steven Froias Groundworker-At-Large The historic theatre sitting on Purchase Street is so much a part of New Bedford’s cultural fabric that it’s almost a shock to realize that it’s…
Read More2017: New Bedford’s Breakthrough Summer
By Steven Froias Groundworker-At-Large There’s a poignant moment in New York City journalist Pete Hamill’s Downtown that ends the book. After decades of decline and despair, New York has pulled…
Read MoreYOUR WEEKEND: One last taste of Summer and more…
Personal Space Opens FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 – “PERSONAL SPACE,” portraits by artist Daniel Kornrumpf opens tonight in the Groundwork! Gallery with a free, open to the public reception from 6:00-8:00pm.…
Read MoreNBx2: Wheels on Fire
Who knew riding a bus could be so much fun? NBx2: The New Bedford Neighborhood Bus tour cruised around the city this past Sunday, September 17 riding a funky vibe…
Read MoreInvading Daniel Kornrumpf’s “Personal Space”
Daniel Kornrumpf is an artist with a capital “A” – but without the angst and drama. He’s so self-effacing that this writer didn’t even know he was an artist until…
Read MoreThe Children’s New Bedford Bookfest isn’t just child’s play
The idea for the Children’s New Bedford Bookfest on Saturday, December 9 and Sunday, December 10, 2017 at Groundwork! arose from the realization that ‘children’s books’ are anything but. Like…
Read MoreYOUR WEEKEND: Get on the bus because it’s raining men
Greek Food!!! FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 – Just a hop, skip and jump away over in Dartmouth, the annual St. George Greek Food Festival gets underway for the weekend tonight at…
Read MoreWho wants some soul food in New Bedford?
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…
Read MoreYOUR WEEKEND….outside the city limits
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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