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What are you celebrating in June?

by Dan Logan

We have a lot of special days—commemorative days, awareness days—on the calendar.

The most serious commemorations are national holidays such as Memorial Day and Veterans Day.

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hat Wikipedia refers to as a commemorative or awareness day is a day “used by various governments, groups, and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.” Those are days such as D-Day (June 6) or Flag Day (June 14).

So if it’s a “Day” it must be fairly serious, right? Wrong.

We all like days when we can celebrate something. I gets us out of those deep ruts where the days seem to blend together seamlessly.

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urge to celebrate.

June is a good month for special days, though one might argue June probably accumulates more than its fair share of memorable days for most people, what with weddings and nice weather and getting out of school for the summer. We actually need a lot more help in February and March and August.

But let’s focus on June and look at some of the more “unusual” (to put it kindly) awareness days that one can take advantage of.

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promotion, he or she can really make a name for his or her day.

An official “National” day requires an act of Congress or a Presidential proclamation. But there are unofficial “National” days. That’s when someone decides to stick the word “National” in front of the day they’re touting.

For example, National Corn on the Cob Day (always on June 11.) A cornball holiday if there ever was one.

Why so early? Somebody’s heart was in the right place, but his brain forgot to look at the calendar. Are we all scarfing corn on the cob in midJune? I think not.

But what about National Trails Day? National Trails Day is always set for

the first Saturday in June, which is June 4 this year.

National Trails Day isn’t an “official” national event, and it’s not clear who created it or when it was established.

However, it has been embraced by the American Hiking Club to encourage people to enjoy a trail with family and friends, or to help improve a trail.

The popularity of the event keeps increasing.

You can visit the AHC website at nationaltrailsday.americanhiking.org to find organized events on National Trails Day. As I write this, the closest organized events are in Milton, Dedham, and a trip to Boston’s Channel Islands, which leaves from Long Wharf in Boston.

Things get weird

Let’s look at the more distant suburbs of commemoration days. Food commemoration days are huge. I can absolutely get behind many of these.

The no-brainer: National Doughnut Day (June 3.)

National Rocky Road Day is June 2, and Applesauce Cake Day is June 4.

Fresh Veggies Day (June 16) will cleanse your palate in time for National Chocolate Eclair Day (June 22.)

A couple of head-scratchers: Waffle Iron Day is June 29; why not just Waffle Day? And National Catfish Day is one of those real “National” days.

Ronald Reagan proclaimed it so on June 25, 1987.

On International Sushi Day (June 18) I’ll be celebrating something else.

Out on the fringe, we have International Mud Day (June 29), which apparently started in Nepal and has now spread internationally.

Find some mud, have some fun.

Make your own if you can’t find any.

Bring the kids.

Then there’s Name Your Poison Day (June 8), which is possibly related to whipping up your next alcoholic beverage, or just about anything a host is prepared to make for you. I think it’s about the booze, though, because this is a barely coherent “Day.” I wish International Louie Louie Day (April 11) was in June so I could have included it here.

The big dog of June’s commemoration days has got to be Father’s Day, celebrated on the third Sunday in June, which is June 19 this year.

Father’s Day has been around for a bit more than a century, and it was signed into law as a national holiday

by President Richard Nixon in 1972.

No day off from work. Sorry.

Father’s Day would seem to be natural for a co-celebration in conjunction with a National Sock Day or other sock-related extravaganzas. Alas, National Lost Sock Memorial Day was on May 9. It doesn’t really seem right that they’re not celebrated on the same day. Or that any celebration of socks is held on a day other than Father’s Day. My research indicated there’s also a day in May encouraging the not-wearing of socks—a day to let your feet flag fly and wiggle those piggies fearlessly. The creators of this celebratory day claim to hold a copyright on the name of the day and ask anyone who uses the name to contact them beforehand for permission to use it.

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If you want to get in the spirit of the day, there are plenty of trails to hike on the South Coast. Visit MassAudubon (massaudubon.org) and Rhode Island Audubon (asri.org), Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust (dnrt.org), the Lloyd Center (lloydcenter.org), and VisitNewEngland (visitri.com/state/ walking-and-hiking) for hiking opportunities.

What about Hug Your Cat Day, which is (conveniently enough) also scheduled for June 4? This one’s a little out there. Nothing wrong with celebrating love and affection, but if you only hug your cat on Hug Your Cat Day, your cat may be not be enthused by the sudden close contact. You are dealing with a creature with claws, teeth, quick reactions, and a general tendency not to cooperate. Think before you hug.

I checked with an expert on this one. My friend Diana Baldwin of Fairhaven currently has three cats at home, “none of which are huggable,” she tells me. “I have had cats in the past that I could pick up and they would nuzzle my face, but not now.”

Diana also makes regular trips to the New Bedford Industrial Park to feed some feral cats that live near her former employer. “They were born in the woods and are as afraid of people as most any other wild animal. They cannot be hugged or petted and definitely don’t look at them cross eyed.”

She noted it would be a good idea to have a National Spay/Neuter Your Cat Day. Way ahead of you, Diana.

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by Greg Jones

Pay a visit to historic downtown New Bedford on the right night and you could easily be forgiven for thinking you had crashed a party, a city-wide party, with performers on street corners, puppet shows, galleries with art on the walls, and live music in the air.

There might be a tent serving as a movie theater showing a Hollywood classic in black and white or a kid’s movie with bright colors and giggles from the audience. The same cobblestone streets that Herman Melville walked on are filled with families, teenagers, young (and not-so-young) professionals, and seniors who have witnessed New Bedford’s rise, fall, and recent resurgence.

New Bedford is now in the full bloom of an urban and cultural renewal that has redefined the term.The same buildings that witnessed New Bedford’s heyday as the financial center of an enormously wealthy maritime enterprise now are the backdrop for thousands of visitors every month at AHA! New Bedford.

The monthly celebration that is AHA! New Bedford is on an 18-year roll, celebrating the Art, History, and Architecture (AHA) of the historic port city with what might be thought of as an open house – a time and place for the residents and visitors to meet, stroll, revel, and celebrate. All for free!

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Cool celebrations

“We’ve had people come when there was a deluge, a blizzard,” said Lee Heald, program director of New Bedford AHA! People unfamiliar with the event may think it is just another “gallery-night” or “open-studio” night, but that wasn’t part of the plan from the very beginning, back in 1997, two years before the first AHA! Night.

“For one thing, there weren’t enough galleries,” said Heald. “AHA! is a way to explore how art and culture that people can share will help them to discover and participate in their community.”

There are now galleries, artists, and studios participating in AHA! Night, “but it took us about 11 years before we put on our first gallery night,” said Heald.

AHA! Nights are organized to a theme that provides contextual guidance to the creators and participants. With resources that include museums, galleries, restaurants, assorted arts organizations, a national historical park, and an artistic history that continues today, every month’s AHA! Night is a unique event.

“Our first AHA! Night we had 267 people,” said Heald. “Now we’ll get probably 3,000 come down on a night.”

Head to downtown New Bedford on an AHA! Night and you will see everything from performers to musicians to exhibits by high school art students. Film screenings, lectures, and interactive cultural experiences are all part of the night. It’s family-friendly, with things starting at 5 p.m. and continuing to 9 p.m.

“Most people come down because it’s a social event with friend and colleagues,” said Heald.

There are “regulars” (people who come to every AHA!), those who attend periodically, and there are first-timers – every month, some 30 percent of the crowd is attending for the first time.

Over the years AHA! Has evolved. There were once “greeters” identifiable by their AHA! T-shirts, but now, it seems, people know where to go. With 3,000 people scattered around downtown New Bedford, a newcomer can simply go with the crowd of their choice.

And what a choice they have. In addition to the viewing pleasures of New Bedford’s architecture and cobblestone streets, there are more than sixty museums, galleries, arts organizations, stores, and restaurants that participate in AHA!. Musicians, dancers, and actors are all part of the evening’s activities.

Every AHA! has a theme, so there’s no such thing as “been there, done that.” Two weeks before AHA! Night, the organizers post a schedule on their website, ahanewbedford.org.

Their website is also the contact point for people who want to participate in or support the AHA! Night.

Big goals, big gains

The concept of AHA! Night evolved from a leadership council inaugurated by New Bedford’s daily newspaper, The Standard-Times. In 1997, two years before the first AHA! Night in June of 1999, the newspaper brought together representatives of the city’s business, education, health, and human resources sectors.

This group formulated a “wishboard,” with a list of projects and ideas. Of all the suggestions on the wishboard, AHA! is the one that survived eighteen months of regular meetings, discussions, and planning sessions. With funding from the City of New Bedford, The Mass Cultural Council, The Island Foundation, The Bank of America Foundation, and a representative group of supporters and donors from the local business community as well as individual donors and partners, AHA! Night is a success in every sense of the word. AHA! has also received support for youth and family programs through the office of State Senator Mark Montigny.

The organizers of AHA! have been instrumental in other spin-off projects promoting New Bedford and its cultural organizations. Their success has given them access to grants to organize and fund projects such as Summer Saturdays in the City, a movie series to boost AHA! Night attendance, and an annual city-wide Open Studio Night, among other projects.

AHA! New Bedford is the longest continuallyfunded event under the Adams Grant, eighteen years old this June. Thanks to AHA!, New Bedford has gained a national reputation as a supportive community for artists. The economic benefits of this go far beyond the purchase of an individual work of art.

Spreading the love

One sure sign of AHA! Night’s success is the collaboration with Fall River. AHA! Fall River isn’t quite monthly yet, but events will be held in July, October, and December.

“On the off months we try to do single events” said Sandy Dennis. She is the program coordinator of AHA! Fall River, along with her husband, David.

AHA! Fall River began when Sandy and her husband were impressed by a visit to AHA! New Bedford. “The stores were all open, there were lots of people enjoying themselves, and we thought it was a good night.” They wanted to do the same thing in Fall River.

David was a member of the city council at the time, but in the end, Sandy and David did it themselves. It was neither easy nor quick. One of the first hurdles was the name. But finally, “after three years of discussion we entered into an agreement with the Community Foundation to be part of the AHA! organization, so now we have an AHA! Night in Fall River,” said Sandy.

Structurally, AHA! Fall River is similar to AHA! New Bedford. There are partners and programmers, as well as a steering committee to coordinate and plan events.

“It’s all volunteer work,” said Sandy. “The steering committee meets every Monday and we talk about what we are going to do at the next event.”

There are two basic categories for AHA! Fall River

participants, other than the attendees: partners and programmers.

“The partners pay an annual fee to support AHA! Fall River,” said Sandy. “They are typically an organization that is open on AHA! Night.”

Being “open” is defined rather loosely. A sponsor such as a mortgage company might have a group of musicians in the lobby, or perhaps a puppet show. The library might have a lecture or an exhibit of art by local artists. A discussion of local history, with a string quartet in the background, could draw a good crowd, increasing what we might call “library awareness.”

“Programmers don’t pay anything,” said Sandy.

They are performers or artists, maybe organizations like libraries or museums.

A good example might be the Victory Gardens planted at the Battleship Museums, where people could personally share in the experience of what the war effort really meant on the Home Front during WW2. The exhibit was much more than simply vegetables growing in a small plot. There were posters, exhibits, and programs for the public.

Party on

For both Fall River and New Bedford, the future for AHA! Nights looks good. AHA! New Bedford goes from strength to strength. Having achieved “critical mass,” it now has the credibility of success.

While Lee Heald and her colleagues certainly aren’t resting on their laurels, the foundations have been laid and sponsors are aware of the benefits of participation. AHA! New Bedford is the most successful event of its kind, having grown to the point of replication.

AHA! Fall River has begun its third year. The summer of 2016 will have a nearly-full calendar of events. This year will be the 50th anniversary of the Braga Bridge, so there will be many activities taking place around the bridge.

“We have chartered the Block Island Ferry to do a cruise on Friday, June 24, and there will be a sunset music festival on the waterfront along with a rowing contest on Saturday, June 18,” said Sandy.

Information on any AHA! Fall River activities can be found on their website, www.ahafallriver.com.

“We are pleased with where we’ve gone in just two years,” said Sandy. “We got a lot of inspiration from New Bedford and we meet with them periodically to let them know what we’re doing. Our success is their success.”

For all the information on events, schedules and programs, the best resources are the websites of AHA! New Bedford, www.ahanewbedford.org, and AHA! Fall River, www.ahafallriver.com.

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By Elizabeth Morse Read

Get out those blue ribbons! June is National Men’s Health Awareness Month, when we put the spotlight on the need to increase public awareness of preventable male health problems, and to encourage early detection and routine medical care for our boys and men.

Women make three-quarters of a family’s health care decisions, and they play a significant role in keeping the menfolk healthy. But boys and men need to “man up” and start taking better care of themselves, they’re bound to face some serious consequences.

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Why is the average life expectancy for an American women 80 years old, but only 75 for a man? Sure, there’s the old joke that it’s because men live with women, but the stark reality is that for almost every leading cause of death in the US, many more men will die than women. This is due, in part, to basic biology – males have fewer infection-fighting T-cells than females do, and are generally thought to have weaker immune systems.

Another major reason why men get sicker and die earlier is behavioral; men tend to ignore warning symptoms and to avoid getting preventive medical care. They’ve been socially conditioned to believe that being sick or seeking medical help is unmanly. Plus, males are hormonally-attracted to more impulsive behavior, like being physically confrontational, having multiple sex partners, engaging in daredevil stunts, binge-drinking, indulging in extreme sports, and working high-risk occupations.

But American society as a whole is also responsible for the poor health and life-expectancy of our brothers, sons, and fathers. From the day boys are born, we subconsciously discourage healthy behavior.

For instance, boys are called “wussy” if they cry.

Athletes are expected to get right back in the game after they’ve had their bells rung. We feed overweight, sedentary husbands and sons fatty BBQ

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meat, Super-Bowl snacks, and six-packs of beer and soda.

Men are not “macho” if they go to a psychologist for depression or to a doctor for routine checkups and tests. Advertisements and the media still portray “real” men as either being a Dirty Harry, Marlboro Man, James Bond, Gordon Gecko, or a Don Juan.

As a result, preventable health problems that are strictly male-specific have been largely overlooked, unpublicized and grossly underfunded. Only men can get prostate cancer – yet when was the last time you saw a billboard urging early screening tests?

Men are diagnosed with melanoma twice as often as women – but when was the last time you saw a sunscreen commercial about that? Our collective public silence about male-specific health issues needs to change.

The death rate from prostate cancer is right up there with the death rate from breast cancer, yet it’s still an uncomfortable topic of discussion. Brave ladies like Betty Ford and Angelina Jolie helped make it “okay” to talk about breast cancer, but so far only ol’ Bob Dole has been brave enough to speak out publicly about any male-specific health issue.

If diagnosed early with a simple PSA (prostate-specific antigen) blood test, prostate cancer has a five-year survival rate of almost 100%.

However, if not detected in time, the survival rate drops below 30%.

Prostate cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in American men. Almost 30,000 men die of it every year, and 90% of those who die are over 65 years old. One in six men in the U.S. will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime – but for African-American men, it’s one in five, and they’re more than twice as likely to die of it than white men. And Vietnam veterans who were exposed to Agent Orange are at double the risk of developing an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

Lifestyle, too, plays a role in prostate cancer risk, along with other systemic disorders like arteriosclerosis, colon cancer, and diabetes. Unhealthy diets, lack of exercise, smoking and obesity greatly increase the risk of developing prostate cancer. Being overweight (especially having a beer belly) is particularly worrisome – men who develop prostate cancer average 50% more abdominal fat than men who don’t.

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All things considered, men spend much more time outdoors than women do, but they’re much less likely to wear sunscreen, protective clothing, or sunglasses when working (or golfing, fishing, or playing soccer) out in the noonday sun. As a result, almost twice as many men die of skin cancer than women do every year – in 2011, almost 40,000 American men were diagnosed with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. This is a totally preventable statistic.

Hard-headed behavior

Men like to believe they’re stronger than women, but when it comes to traumatic brain injuries (TBI), they are three times more likely to die of them.

Why? In part, because it’s mostly boys and men who take on the high-risk outside jobs, join the military, play contact sports, clean the gutters, or indulge in reckless behavior leading to falls, car crashes, and fist-fights. More than 90% of workplace-death victims are males. Meanwhile, boys and men are also much less likely to proactively wear seat belts, helmets, life vests, hard hats, insect repellant, safety masks, or protective sports gear.

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In addition to smoking and recreational drugs, men tend to abuse alcohol more often than women do. This not only magnifies their risk of reckless behavior and personal injury, but also interferes with their hormone production, fertility, and sexual prowess.

Male drivers in fatal car crashes are twice as likely as women to be legally drunk. Boys and men commit suicide four times as often as girls and women, and are much more likely to commit suicide after binge-drinking. Not only that, but alcohol abuse is linked to higher rates of cancers of the mouth, throat, esophagus, liver, and colon in men, as well as prostate cancer.

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Even in the 21st century, parents and educators still reluctant to discuss sexuality with pre-ad1:26 seem PM olescent boys. Girls get “the talk” before they start their periods, mostly centered on how not to get pregnant. But it’s more complicated when giving “the talk” to boys – they need to also understand the pitfalls of male sexuality, such as aggressive behavior and the danger of contracting diseases like herpes, gonorrhea, and syphilis. Almost three times as many men as women die of HIV/AIDS. Boys will always be boys, but they need to be better informed about the possible consequences of their hormonal impulses.

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When left to fend for themselves, men take better care of their cars than they do of their health.

Many guys have a tendency to shrug off non -emergency health symptoms as pesky annoyances that’ll just go away over time – sudden developments like excessive thirst, difficulty urinating, rashes, shortness of breath, leg pain, erectile dysfunction (ED), persistent cough, bowel changes, or blurry vision. Unless they’re bleeding, turning blue, or there’s a bone sticking out somewhere, a lot of men don’t seek medical attention for “minor” warning symptoms. That laissez-faire attitude needs to change.

Think about it – why is it that almost twice as many men as women die of coronary artery disease, although they are diagnosed with it in almost equal numbers? Maybe if men got proactive medical attention for early-warning signs, those numbers would start to even out.

For instance, gum disease is caused by a buildup of calcified plaque on your teeth, eerily similar to how calcified plaque might just be building up in your arteries.

Likewise, erectile dysfunction, which affects 30 million men in the US, could also be an early warning sign of cardiovascular disease. ED is the result of poor blood flow, possibly caused by plaque buildup in your arteries. Random “minor” symptoms need to be investigated – they’re often red flags for underlying “major” medical problems.

But how many adult men take the initiative to visit a dentist for routine preventive care? Or get their eyes examined? Or schedule their own physical exams, diagnostic tests, and follow-up appointments?

What a waist

Just like with women, a man’s body metabolism slows down by age 50, which makes it much harder to lose weight, so it’s important to take control of your weight before hitting “middle age.”

Throughout your life, keep your overall weight on the lean side, especially if you start seeing a pot-belly or love-handles around your middle. Stay physically active, eat sanely, and keep your BMI (body mass index) below 25. Men with a waist circumference of more than 40 inches have a much higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancers, and other systemic disorders.

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Certain plant foods contain protective phytochemicals that inhibit the growth of cancerous cells – tomatoes, nuts, cruciferous vegetables (like cabbage, broccoli, kale, cauliflower), onions/garlic and spinach.

After age 40, a man’s testosterone levels start to decline – but eating those cruciferous vegetables every day can help maintain hormonal balance and a healthy libido. And a plant-based diet rich in antioxidants will also keep waistlines trim.

On the flip side, eating nothing but take-out, microwaveable junk food, and fried fatty meats can lead to high cholesterol levels, belly fat and an increased risk of developing prostate and colon cancer.

To stay healthy and lean as they age, men need to eat a lot more “real” food, like fresh veggies and fruit, whole grains, and fish, especially those high in anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids like tuna, sardines, and salmon.

All boys need to be taught the basics about foods, nutrition, and how to cook, in order to keep themselves and their future family healthy.

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Early detection and treatment of any physical disorder is the key to longevity, whether you’re male or female, black or white, gay or straight, young or old, rich or poor. Boys and men face gender-specific health risks that need to be addressed throughout their lives, which means convincing them to seek routine medical attention on their own initiative.

Men will never need to get PAP smears or mammograms, and they’ll never get pregnant. But they do need to get PSA blood tests starting at age 40, and a colonoscopy before age 50. And if they spend time outdoors, men need monthly headto-toe skin checks at home for growths or discolorations that could indicate skin cancer.

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With its variety of styles and interpretations, jazz journeys give listeners a constant array of one-ofa-kind experiences. In the vast world of jazz, performances are voyages guided by the “feel” of the musicians and the spirit of the moment. No two jazz performances are ever alike.

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he art of improvisation is the hallmark of jazz, providing it with its uniqueness and separating it from most other musical genres. Live jazz is both a creative expression and an exploration unique to the artist and the audience.

The fifth annual New Bedford Jazz Fest will again showcase the expansive spectrum that this brand of music has to offer. Performed by a collection of local and regional talents, the afternoon of Saturday, June 11 will enliven Pier 3 on the New Bedford waterfront with a something-for-everyone approach. The two stages will feature five acts, from a seventeen-piece Big Band orchestra to a selection of standards and toe-tapping bop to a funk-flavored modern approach. The day will also feature performances by two youth bands – one from UMass Dartmouth and one from the Global

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Charter school in New Bedford. There will be constant music throughout the day.

SMOOTH CELEBRATION “Diversity is a top concern for us,” says event organizer Eric Paradis. ”It’s an all-things-to-all-people approach – we want to give people something they enjoy as well as an opportunity to expand their horizons. It’s a great opportunity for people to get introduced to jazz.”

The music will begin at 2 p.m. and will continue until 7 p.m. Tickets are $25 the day of the event and $20 in advance. Children 15 and under will be admitted for free. All proceeds from the event will go to support Your Theatre, Inc., a locally-based troupe of actors that has been entertaining South Coast audiences for 70 years. The event will be held under a spacious tent, allowing it to go on

rain or shine. Advance tickets can be purchased by contacting the Your Theatre box office at (508) 9930772, or by visiting NewBedfordJazzFest.com.

Along with the music, the event will offer a range of food and drink, with more than a dozen local vendors selling fine art and hand-made crafts.

Food will range from hamburgers and hot dogs to lobster rolls, and beverages will include soda and a full bar.

“We’re creating a fun, relaxed atmosphere,” Paradis says. “The location of Pier 3 provides a scenic view of the New Bedford waterfront to be enjoyed along with the music.”

Major key This year’s Jazz Fest will feature acts from around the region. The main stage will include a selection of proven talents. It will begin with the

swing music of the South Coast Jazz Orchestra, followed by the standards and bop of The Greg Abate Quartet, and concluding with the danceable grooves of the Monteirobots.

“Live jazz has an element of surprise. You’ll never hear the same thing twice,” says Marcus Monteiro, sax player and leader of the Monteriobots. “There’s an adrenaline for the musicians as they engage with the audience – they feed off of each other.”

He adds, “with improvisation there’s no script. It’s a natural expression. For the musician it’s as natural as talking.”

Neal Weiss is a New Bedford businessman who founded Whaling City Sound, a record label that started in 1999 with the goal of introducing regional jazz talent to a wider audience. The label has since earned an international reputation and has had numerous artists achieve prominence on the national jazz radio charts. Monteiro and Abate have both released recordings on Weiss’s label.

“With a live jazz performance there’s usually a joy in the music and a connection between the stage and the audience,” Weiss says. “Much of that has to do with the improvisation. The musicians are expected to take the music to places it hasn’t gone before. That’s what makes it exciting.”

And for those who haven’t experienced live jazz, the South Coast provides a good opportunity to be introduced to it.

“The South Coast has great musicians,” Weiss says. “There’s a staggering amount of talent here, including some world-class performers.”

Abate has appeared on two releases on Weiss’s label: “Motif” in 2014, and “Kindred Spirits – Live at Chan’s” earlier this year. “Motif” reached number eight on the national jazz radio charts.

“Greg Abate has played with major performers throughout his career,” Weiss says. “He’s a burner – a fiery player who has great bands.”

Abate feeds on the live performance, playing more than 200 shows a year.

“The New Bedford Jazz Fest has always been a good time,” Weiss says. “There’s a variety of talent with one of the best views the city has to offer.”

While improvisation is a crucial facet of jazz, it has extended to other musical styles, particularly rock acts. Improvisation can be heard in live performances of bands such as the Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, Lynyrd Skynyrd, as well as more current acts such as those by the late Prince. It has also found popularity in the jamband movement, including groups such as Phish, the Dave Matthews Band, Primus, and the String Cheese Incident.

“A lot of jazz recordings are great,” Weiss says.

“But nothing compares to a live performance.”

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What River Day means We are lucky in the South Coast when it comes to water resources and the multitude of activities that come from them. We’re surrounded by beautiful and tranquil watersheds, yet there are still people who have never experienced them.

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ith June being National Rivers Month, there’s never been a better time to set a day aside to explore the beautiful rivers around you and experience the efforts a number of groups have made to keep them unique.

From home to ocean Joe Callahan, President of the Taunton River Watershed Alliance (TRWA), is pleased to announce the return of the TRWA’s overnight paddling and camping trip, this June 18-19. Starting on the Nemasket River, paddling through to the Taunton River, running from Middleborough, Bridgewater and Raynham into Taunton. Callahan helped to bring back the trip to help people discover the beauty of the Taunton River Watershed. “The Taunton River is forty miles long,” Callahan notes, “Starting at the Town River in Bridgewater, and ending at Fall River and Somerset, where it empties out to Mount Hope Bay.” The watershed is the second-biggest in the state, at 562 square miles and touching some 43 cities and towns.

“The Taunton River has had a bum rap for years but this is a place that the National Park Service designated as a ‘wild and scenic’ place with remarkable values,” says Callahan. “The upper Taunton is a gem for kayaking, canoeing, and fishing, and the lower Taunton River is very beautiful, emptying into 16

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the Narragansett Bay estuary. The river has a long industrial history, especially in the lower Taunton, where people think it’s still polluted but has in fact improved to a Class B river, where people are welcomed to boat and swim in it,” said Callahan.

“There are places on the river, especially the upper part, where you won’t see houses for miles – where it’s so secluded and makes for a beautiful day trip with a canoe or kayak.”

Always looking to widen the access to their beautiful waterways, Callahan pointed to Bridge Village Heritage Park in Berkley as a great access point for power-boating, kayaking, and canoeing, as well as a great place to catch striped bass. The TRWA recently helped fund a canoe and kayak rack so people can store boats at the park.

Like the Westport River Watershed Alliance, the fully-volunteer TRWA monitors up to nineteen sites around the river for water quality to assure that the tests comply with EPA and Clean Water Act standards. If the don’t measure up, they find ways to help mitigate the issues causing problems, which Callahan said was much of the reason the river has improved so much over the years.

“We are a purely volunteer organization and we could always use more help. In the meantime, we are trying to get people out and on the rivers – to enjoy them for their scenic and cultural aspects,” said Callahan.

“We host many activities in addition to the overnight paddling trip. In the fall, the Mass Archaeological Society co-hosts an archaeological kayak trip with the TRWA. Mid-summer, we team up the Division of Fish & Game for Angler Day. They bring the fishing rods, we bring tanks of fish and turtles. It’s a great day to spend with the family.

There is more information on the TRWA’s website at www.savethetaunton.org.”

Take a minute to find some time to experience something new this summer and enjoy the beauty we so often take for granted. There’s nothing like a great kayak or canoe ride, away from cell phones and computers, employee demands or customer requests. It’s truly the way life should be spent. It’s all around you, so make the most of it.

Allied in Westport Established nearly three decades ago, the 2,000-member-strong Westport River Watershed Alliance (WRWA) works hard to educate the public on the beauty of the Watershed, which stretches on for 100 square miles along a number of rivers and streams that lead to Tiverton and Little Compton, and through Westport to Dartmouth, Freetown, and Fall River.

The watershed is filled with thousands of acres of pristine shellfish beds, where bay scallops, quahogs, American oysters, surf clams, soft-shell clams, and blue mussels are plentiful, and there are ample fishing, kayaking, canoeing, sailing, and other water activities.

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“The Alliance works hard to educate those who live around the watershed on the consequences of their actions and their impact on the wildlife and natural beauty around them. Our focus at the watershed is on where the water comes from and how we try to maintain its biological diversity through education and advocacy. We also celebrate how beautiful it is, not just for Westport people, but for people all over,” said Steve Connors, Community Engagement Manager for the WRWA. Connors said a common issue WRWA deals with is that of stormwater, bacteria, and nitrogen buildup from fertilizers and septic systems. The WRWA monitors pollutants with weekly reports on the health of the rivers and water quality in general from the spring to the fall so that residents will know the places to swim or shellfish.

Connors noted that the WRWA will be celebrating River Day this year on Saturday, June 4th, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Head of Westport Landing, at the intersection of Drift Road and Old County Road. They have dozens of kids’ activities planned throughout the day. Connors said they will be putting on a reenactment of Native American Charlotte White (a road is named after her in town), who lived in the 1800s through the heyday of whaling in the South Coast and will have a number of bands including the “Gnomes” based out of Providence and the folksy “Spindle Rock River Rats” as well as the Westport High School Band.

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Asked for some specific spots of note, Connors pointed to the Hix Bridge (or Route 88 Bridge), where bluefish and stripers are often caught.

South of there, where the water gets thirty or forty feet deep, you can take sailboats and motorboats all the way to Cuttyhunk or the Cape Cod Canal, or just do your swimming and boating there at Horseneck beach.

Up the lazy river No one has to sell Samantha Ladd, co-owner of Westport’s Osprey Sea Kayak Adventures, on the beauty of the watershed. It’s something she experiences each and every day – not only through her sixteen years of business, but also through side efforts she works on to keep the rivers clean.

“There’s really a strong tradition of water here, and while Westport was always known as a farming community, it’s also been known as a great fishing community too, where you can get great stripers and also enjoy great access for paddleboarding or kayaking,” said Ladd.

“Many people use it as a fitness tool and these things have become popular activities where you

see a lot of races happening for fun and for competition. There are basically no limits besides where your imagination will take you and what your body can do, but it helps you find balance. Things like kayaking are a relaxing experience. They may not be new sports, but every year someone new discovers it.”

Ladd said they focus on the water resources yearround, not only for employment but as part of how we all live. She said the rivers help promote economic development as they attract thousands of people to the area who end up shopping or eating in local shops, raise the market for property, and make the area that much more unique.

“That’s what water does in general,” said Ladd.

Four to six times each year, Ladd and a group of avid water lovers take to the rivers in kayaks or paddleboards to help clean up trash debris, sometimes using small fishing nets with the dual purpose of also sifting trash out of the water.

“We’ll start at the Hix Bridge and move on to some of the islands to get trash and recycling out of the water or land nearby,” said Ladd, whose group has sadly collected full truckloads of trash in their trips. “After that, we’ll go on a paddle ride. It just helps us appreciate the rivers more and what we have all around us.”

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The tour begins at the Ying Dynasty Restaurant at Route 6 and Barstow St., where participants will pick up their maps and have the opportunity to purchase gardening gear and raffle tickets.

In previous years, more gardens were included in the woman’s club tours which worked just fine for casual visitors, but overwhelmed those who wanted to examine each garden more thoroughly, so the planners have tweaked the format.

“What we did is a little different this year. Along

the tour route we’ll let people know about little scenic side trips,” says Kathy McAuliffe, the club’s president, noting these points of interest will help visitors learn a little more about the town.

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The garden tour has always been the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club’s biggest fundraiser, demanding substantial preparation, but the members of the garden group within the club are an enthusiastic bunch. Their efforts are rewarded with an equally enthusiastic response from the public even beyond the South Coast; in 2014, 306 people went on the tour. The tours began in 1996.

Planning for this year’s garden tour started about the time the 2014 event ended. The challenge always lies in finding gardens and then putting together an itinerary with an intriguing mix of stops that appeals to everyone from casual to serious gardeners.

The list of gardens selected is kept under wraps until the day of the tour, but they feature a variety of gardening styles, “from formal to informal, woodsy to cottage, as well as annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, and beautiful container plantings. For each tour, we’ve had a mix from professional to works of love,” says Marie Rottler, the club’s recording secretary.

The tours give visitors the chance to see tuckedaway locations they would otherwise never see.

It’s also an opportunity for gardeners to pick the brains of fellow gardeners, producing a cornucopia of creative ideas and problem-solving techniques.

As a result, the tours seem to be as much about renewing acquaintances as checking out gardens.

“It’s like old home week,” says Kay Smith, the club’s publicist.

She also suggests that it’s also a good event for multigenerational families to participate in, saying she’s a big advocate of teaching kids to garden.

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Behind the scenes, a lot of work goes into making each garden visitor-friendly on tour day. The homeowners participating in the tour set guidelines regarding what people can do on the property. Club members volunteer to take two-hour shifts, so each garden requires at least six people, including a Garden Captain, to greet and direct visitors, answer questions, and clean up at the end.

The most ardent owners will write up handouts

for visitors. “These people want to share their ideas,” Kathy McAuliffe says.

The Woman’s Club has 79 members, with the Garden Group counting more than twenty participants. The Garden Group holds meetings from October through May, but it is active throughout the year.

In Mattapoisett there’s a strong (and not necessarily formally organized) impulse to spruce up particular spots in the town, says Marie Rottler, the club’s recording secretary. The Woman’s Club members maintain some of the plantings.

“There seems to be a drive here to make the public areas look good,” agrees Kay Smith.

Club members also go on garden-related field trips and participate in various events. Last Christmas, the club decorated a mantel at the Marble House in Newport (an artificial blue tree at the Marble House that was incorporated in the mantel design will be raffled off as part of the garden tour fundraiser.) The club’s entry came in third out of thirty-one entries at a recent Rotch-JonesDuff House event, trailing only two professional landscapers.

The club regularly awards four $1,000 scholarships, for which the garden tour provides the bulk of the funding. The scholarships are available to any resident of Mattapoisett who is looking for financial support for continuing his or her education.

While most go to graduating seniors from certain area high schools, they’re also available to someone with an associate’s degree seeking a bachelor’s degree or to someone needing further education to change careers, for example.

Any resident of Mattapoisett interested in applying for a scholarship can contact Kay Smith at smithkd@comcast.net for more information.

More ways to support Garden Tour ticket sales help fund the scholarship program, but the club will also be selling the Garden Gadget ($12) and Garden Journals ($10). Club members have also created several fairy gardens in containers that will be raffled off (they’re being displayed at the Mattapoisett Library.)

Other upcoming fundraisers for the club include the Taste of the Town on July 12, a pie sale on July 16, and a tea in October to celebrate the 75th anniversary.

Diamond Jubilee Garden Tour tickets can be purchased for Gardens Only or for Gardens and Lunch at the Inn on Shipyard Park.

For those purchasing the Gardens and Lunch tickets, the buffet will be served from 11:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Inn on Shipyard Park, overlooking the gazebo and Mattapoisett harbor.

Advance tickets are $15 for the garden tour only, and $40 for the tour and luncheon. Garden Only tickets on the day of the tour will cost $18. The combined Gardens and Lunch tickets must be purchased in advance and will not be sold the day of the tour.

Advance tickets are available in Mattapoisett at Isabelle’s, Pen & Pendulum, Town Wharf General Store, or the Ying Dynasty Restaurant, at Gotta Have It in Fairhaven, and The Bookstall in Marion.

For more information about the Mattapoisett Woman’s Club Diamond Jubilee Garden Tour, contact Kay Smith at smithkd@comcast.net or 508-758-6797, or Marie Rottler at mjrottler@me.com.

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Digging compost

by Dan Logan

Anyone with an interest in gardening sooner or later begins weighing the pros and cons of maintaining a compost pile.

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ompost is an imprecise mix of nitrogen-rich green material (such as vegetable and fruit scraps, coffee grounds, tea, flowers, leaves, and freshly mown grass) and carbon-rich organic material (including straw, dry grass clippings, shredded newspaper, cardboard, brown wrapping paper, and dry fall leaves).

Left more or less to its own devices, a pile of these waste materials will eventually turn into rich soil – or possibly into a big pile of unappealing goop. With modest effort, a gardener can ensure that he or she produces the good stuff, not the goop.

Compost is great for improving the soil quality of one’s yard and gardens so that plants of all kinds will thrive. Leftover organic material from around the property gets recycled to contribute to another season of growth. The compost pile helps keep costs down because there’s little-to-nothing one has to buy in the way of soil nutrients. And the end product, particularly in the form of healthy vegetables, saves money for a good part of the year.

Composting produces such an irresistible package of good outcomes for the backyard gardener that it’s no wonder a lot of gardeners eventually get around to creating a composting setup.

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layer in organic materials like food scrap. Mix the contents every couple of weeks or so using a pitchfork (absolutely the tool of choice for composting).

Worms, fungi, and bacteria do their part in breaking up and converting the material, and the pile gets smaller as it decomposes, so add more material over time. After six months, give or take, the compost is ready.

Compost piles have a rep for being a bit stinky as nature goes about its business reducing organic materials to their component chemicals, but actually it’s pretty much a non-issue. Using manure in the compost is typically one of the culprits. Other causes are an imbalance in the materials used in the compost heap, or not turning the pile periodically so air can do its thing.

Composting is something of a tinkerer’s delight.

One can carry out the process with the precision of a laboratory scientist, or be positively slapdash in one’s approach.

Cindy Haines is on her third compost bin since she and her husband Sig bought their house in Fairhaven twenty-five years ago.

Cindy is a passionate and thoughtful gardener, and her garden is well-known throughout the town. Her composting bin gets the attention it needs, and she has plastic garbage cans full of “brown gold” to attest to the effectiveness of her method, but she doesn’t obsess over the details.

“You don’t have to be a rocket scientist at all.

Nature just does it,” she says. “You can get very technical and scientific. I don’t.”

She enthuses, “It’s absolutely the best thing you can do for a garden.”

Cindy has what she describes as a normal, midsized back yard, about forty feet by fifty feet, pretty much equally divided between vegetable and flower beds. “I don’t like grass,” she notes.

In the middle of the yard stands a small greenhouse where, along with tools and early season potted plants, sits a well-used copy of the 1970s classic, Crockett’s Victory Garden, which serves as her gardening bible (although she says “Crockett gets into very scientific stuff”), and note cards detailing soil formulations for British gardener Christopher Lloyd’s basic potting mix and Great Dixter Soil.

Her compost bin is made of lumber and chicken wire, about ten feet long, and divided into threeby-three-foot bins. Starting out in the first bin, along with yard waste she throws in kitchen waste including banana peels, lint from the dryer, potato peels, and eggshells. “No meat,” she warns. “Meat attracts animals. We don’t had any problems with animals if we don’t put any meat in there.”

The material in the first bin will over-winter there, but in March Sig will pitchfork it into the second bin. When Cindy looks it over after another couple of months, it gets pitchforked into the last bin for its final decomposition into soil.

“You know it’s done when it’s rich, rich brown and friable,” Cindy explains, meaning nicely crumbly.

I sniff a handful of the finished product; it’s neutral, almost sweet-smelling. “It will never burn your plants,” she notes.

Rain and heat help the piles decompose. In summer, the process can take as little as six weeks, so there’s a regular supply of new soil.

Once the compost is deemed finished, Sig sifts out the twigs and chunks over a wheelbarrow, after which it is stored in the trash cans.

She tops off her eight four-by-eight-foot raised vegetable beds with compost and works it into the top four inches of the soil.

In spring she starts with peas, radishes, bibb lettuce, Swiss Chard, and spinach. About mid-May, she plants the warm weather vegetables: squash, cantaloupe, tomatoes, zucchini, onions, leeks potatoes and beans – wax beans, pole beans, green bush beans. “The nice thing about growing your own beans is that so many other kinds that are much better tasting. And you can pick them when they’re small, when they’re more tender.”

Her herb garden, which separates the vegetables from the flowers, includes thyme, oregano, parsley, chives, rosemary, and sage. “I do not have to go into the produce section of a grocery store from May through October,” Cindy says.

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“If you have something growing outside your house, compost is only going to help it,” says Laurie Hellstrom, a member of the Fairhaven Sustainability Committee and the Fairhaven Community Garden (FairhavenCommunityGarden.org).

The Fairhaven Community Garden has arranged for garden space to be set aside at three town schools, where participants of all ages can learn about agriculture and grow their own vegetables.

Her own compost pile works along the same lines as Cindy Haines’. She keeps a covered container in her kitchen for fruit and vegetable scraps, which she dumps onto the compost every couple of days.

She also stockpiles leaves to put on top of the kitchen scraps. Her husband turns the whole pile once or twice a year, “which exposes it to air and water so it doesn’t dry out or not get oxygen,” she says.

Laurie has a thousand square feet of vegetables, among them garlic, beets, over-wintered leeks and perennial onions, eggplant, and kale in summer.

“Anything I grow for a two-dollar pack of seeds saves a lot of money,” she says.

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For the volunteers, it’s an education in agriculture and nutrition, and anyone interested in composting can pick up tips in their program.

Farm director Dan King maintains two composting setups, a rough-and-ready composting operation, and a lumber and chicken wire bin similar to Cindy Haines’.

“Our compost is a byproduct of our operation,” Dan says. It is used primarily as rich backfill when one of the nearly infinite number of rocks typically found on New England farmland is removed from the field.

The bulk composting heap consists of two sixfoot piles of materials that make use of the field waste from the 4.5 acres of fields. Weeds, soft and squishy rotten vegetables, and plants that didn’t make it get thrown onto the piles, though care is taken to avoid diseased tomatoes and such that might breed pathogens.

Periodically, Dan’s volunteers take the temperature of the big piles to be sure they’re heating up internally, and the piles are turned occasionally to prevent weeds from getting a grip, but otherwise they don’t get a lot of attention. “It’s a low-cost, nocost solution. It has no downside,” Dan notes.

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A composter is simply some sort of bin to keep the compost tidy and operating efficiently. There are many styles you can buy at garden stores or nurseries.

There are kitchen-appropriate units, models made from recycled plastic or stainless steel, bins intended for hosting worms, rotating bins that make it easy and convenient to remove the finished compost.

Popular recycled plastic models that can be turned by hand cost about $250-300 depending on size, says Rachael Gibson at Agway of Cape Cod in Orleans.

Doing one’s own composting sparks an inordinate level of satisfaction in gardeners who have integrated it into their gardening agendas. It’s a link that ties one growing cycle to future growing cycles, all generated in one’s own back yard. As Laurie Hellstrom says, “When you use your own compost, it’s kind of cool. It’s win-win.”

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“I am very familiar with the mineral, as my father used to be an administration manager of the mines,” says Hershoff. “I remember my father collected a piece of reduce stress? precious ‘Buddha’ made from To some people this may the mineral to bring luck to sound strange, doubtful, or our family.” even impossible. Which is During a phone chat with a exactly how Dr. Hannah cousin, Hershoff learned the Hershoff, a Chinese physician stones not only make beautiand Harvard-trained research ful jewelry but are believed scientist, felt until she started to have healing and positive noticing positive feedback energy properties as well. from a number of tests in She began making her own which women were asked to jewelry with the stones and try on Sara Yo jewelry. gifted items to friends and Sara Yo jewelry pieces are family. made from a crystalline minTo find out if this was just eral formed over millions a coincidence, Hershoff preof years. The key element is sented her bracelets to six called kaolin, or China clay, a women, ages 16 to 64. She mineral sourced from a small interviewed them after onevillage in southeast China to-two months of wearing the where Dr. Hershoff was born. jewelry.

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The schools are out and the summer folk are coming back, so drive carefully! There are free concerts and festivals everywhere—pack a picnic and some sunscreen and join in all the June fun! across the region

Relive the Revolution! Enjoy all the festivities of “Gaspee Days” in Rhode Island, like the parade on June 11 and the Blessing of the Fleet June 12. For a complete schedule of events, go to www.gaspee.com or call 401-781-1772.

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Descendants of Whaling Masters, Inc.’s (DWM) 42nd Annual Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, June 11, 2016, at the Wamsutta Club, 427 County Street, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Social hour 12 noon to 1 p.m.

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Spend the day on the waterfront on June 17 for the Fall River Mayor’s Cup Invitational Rowing Competition and then the Sunset Music Festival! And don’t miss the Block Island Ferry Summer Bash at the Fall River State Pier on June 24! For more info, go to www.ahafallriver.com or call 508-294-5344.

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Learn about life in the 18th century and take the family to the Coggeshall Farm Museum for “Home and Hearth” workshops! For the kids, there’s Farmhouse Storytime every Wednesday at 10 a.m.. For details, visit www.coggeshallfarm.org or call 401-253-9062.

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Japanophiles! If you’re interested in the history of Japan-America ties, plan a visit the Whitfield-Manjiro Friendship House, where it all began. Go to www. wmfriendshiphouse.org or call 508-995-1219 for details.

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Bristol Community College’s main campus in Fall River has been selected as one of three Mass Humanities test sites to become a center promoting public programs in the arts, literature and history. Mass Humanities is funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

When the kids are home, check out the Children’s Aquarium and Exploration Center of Greater Fall River at 16 Granite Street! Learn more at www.aquariumgfr.com or call 508-801-4743.

Also check out what’s going on at the Children’s Museum of Greater Fall River. Reduced admission on the first Friday each month. For more info, go to www. cmgfr.org or call 508-672-0033.

Check out the new exhibit “Under the Influence – Paintings of New England Mill Neighborhoods & their Rural Surroundings” at the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery at Bristol Community College. For more info, call 508-678-2811 x 2631 or visit www.bristolcc.edu.

The Narrows Center for the Arts has a fabulous lineup – there’s Danielle Nicole June 3, Garland Jeffreys June 17, Jimmy LaFave June 25, Matt Schofield July 6, and Tom Rush July 16 at the Westport Rivers Vineyards. For a complete schedule, visit www.narrowscenter.com or call 508-324-1926.

All hands on deck! Check out Submarine Day on June 11 at Battleship Cove – call 508-678-1100 for info or visit www.battleshipcove.org.

And while you’re there, check out the largest collection of Titanic memorabilia in the U.S., including the one-ton model used in the 1953 movie, at the Fall River Marine Museum in Battleship Cove. For more info, call 508-6743533 or visit www.marinemuseumfr.org.

The Fall River Marine Museum is sponsoring a “Treasures of Italy Tour” September 17- 23. To learn more, call 508-674-3533 or go to www.marinemuseumfr.org.

Fall River’s Little Theatre will perform “The Miracle Worker” June 11-14 and 18-21. For details, call 508-6751852 or go to www.littletheatre.net.

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Enjoy “A Celebration of the Sea” under the tent at Tabor Academy, performed by the Tri-County Symphonic Band on June 12. For more info, go to www.tricountysymphonicband.org.

Sign the kids up for summer programs at the Marion Natural History Museum! Call 508-758-9089 or go to www.marionmuseum.org.

Mark your calendars now! The 44th Annual Buzzards Bay Regatta will set sail from the Beverly Yacht Club in Marion August 5-7. For more info, go to www.buzzardsbayregatta.com.

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Plan ahead for the Taste of Summer “Harbor Days” at Shipyard Park July 15-17. For details, go to www.mattapoisettlionsclub.org.

Explore the trails, wildlife and scenery of the Mattapoisett River Reserve – leashed dogs welcome.

Hike, fish, picnic, bird-watch. For more info, go to www. savebuzzardsbay.org.

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The Town of Middleboro will be buying out floodprone properties in the Woloski Park neighborhood and converting them into protected open space.

Plan ahead for the Saturday Summer Concert Series July 11 to August 22 at the Soule Homestead. For more info, go to www.soulehomestead.org or call 508-947-6744.

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Take a stroll through the Norman Bird Sanctuary!

EcoTours for all ages. Visit www.normanbirdsanctuary. org or call 401-846-2577.

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Tues. & Thurs., 10:00 a.m.

Begins at Town Hall, 40 Center St. Learn about a Standard Oil Co. millionaire’s marvelous gifts to his hometown. Outstanding public architecture is featured. Free.

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Wednesdays, 10:00 a.m.

Begins at South & Main Sts. Learn early village established in 1760 and the people who lived and worked there. Free.

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Every Friday, 10:00 a.m.

Begins at Fort Phoenix flagpole.

Learn about Fort Phoenix, pirates, and see a swivel cannon firing demonstration. Free.

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Sunday, June 19, 9:00 a.m.

Starts at Hastings Middle School 10K and 5K races with cash prizes feature top New England runners.

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The scholarship program has since expanded to include graduates from the Global Learning Charter School and the Greater New Bedford Vocational-Technical High School.

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Mark your calendars for the New Bedford Folk Festival July 9-10, featuring Livingstone Taylor and RUNA, called “one of New England’s greatest celebrations” by the Boston Globe. For complete info, visit www. newbedfordfolkfestival.com or www.downtownnb.org.

Help celebrate commercial fishing at the June 25 grand opening of the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center at 38 Bethel Street.

Stroll through the Spring Art Opening at the Allen C. Haskell Gardens on June 9! For details, call 508-6364693 or go to www.thetrustees.org.

Experience a WWII Living History Encampment June 25-26 at Fort Taber! For info, call 508-994-3938 or visit www.forttaber.org.

Plan ahead for the free and family-friendly Cape Verdean Recognition Parade on July 2, starting at Buttonwood Park. For details, visit www.destinationnewbedford.org.

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Take a stroll through the Craft-o-Rama Art Markets every Saturday at Custom House Square from June 14-August 27. For details, go to www.destinationnb.org.

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Sign up now for the Whaling City Triathlon and Duathlon on July 3, starting at Fort Taber! For more info, call 781-414-0437 or go to www. destinationnewbedford.org.

It’s all happenin’ at the Z! Don’t miss CeeLo Green on June 8, D.L. Hughley on June 26, or Melissa Etheridge on June 29! Go to www.zeiterion.org or call 508-999-6276.

Find out what’s happening at the Buttonwood Park Zoo! Check out the children’s programs Bear Cub Club (2-3), Puddle Jumpers (2-5), Little Learners (3-5), Roots & Shoots (11-15). For info, call 508-991-6178 or visit www. bpzoo.org.

To celebrate the centennial of the National Park Service, the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park will offer free admission on August 25-28, September 24, and November 11 this year. For more info, go to www.nps.gov/nebe. And while you’re there, visit the Whaling Museum! For more info, visit www.

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Don’t miss the special exhibits now showing at the Rotch-Jones-Duff House in New Bedford through October: “The Lost Gardens of New England,” “The Art of Travel” and “Julia Smith Wood: Creative Journey.”

Special lectures and events will also be scheduled. For more info, call 508-997-1401 or go to www.rjdmuseum. org.

Enjoy FREE family fun and entertainment on AHA! Nights. The June 9 theme is “Placemaking Now & Then.”

The July 14 theme is “Kids Rule!” For details, go to www. ahanewbedford.org or call 508-996-8253.

If you’re a fan of Americana and roots music, check out the Salon Concerts at the Wamsutta Club. Charlie Zahn and Tad Marks will perform June 10. For more info, go to www.wamsuttaconcerts.com.

newport Stroll through the family-friendly 3rd Annual Newport Art Festivals June 25-26 and August 27-28. Learn more at www.festivalfete.com.

Don’t miss the Newport Flower Show at Rosecliff June 24-26. For info, visit www.newportflowershow.org or www.newportmansions.org.

Head for the Newport Charter Yacht Show at the Yachting Center on June 21-24. For details, call 401-8461115 or go to www.newportchartershow.com.

Watch the Clagett Memorial Clinic and Regatta from Fort Adams June 22-26. For details, call 401-846-4470 or visit www.clagettregatta.org.

Plan ahead for the Newport Folk Festival July 2224 (www.newportfolkfest.org) and the Newport Jazz Festival July 29-31 (www.newportjazzfest.org), both at Fort Adams.

Vibra Hospital is a proud supporter of the 2016 FEAST OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

Take a guided tour of the newly-restored Blue Garden in Newport on June 16! To pre-register, call 508-9971401. For more info, visit www.rjdmuseum.org or call 508-636-4693.

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Enjoy a dinner-theatre night out at the Newport Playhouse! “Play It Again, Sam” plays through June 29.

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portsmouth Enjoy live music at the Greenvale Vineyards! For complete info, call 401-847-3777 or go to www. greenvale.com.

swansea Take the little ones to visit the baby animals at Stoney Creek Farm in Swansea – free! For more info, call 401-465-4832 or visit the farm on Facebook.

Taunton native David Simas, White House political director, was named the 2016 Person of the Year by the Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers.

Standard & Poor’s has raised Taunton’s credit rating from AA- to AA Stable.

tiverton In the summertime, there’s always something to see or do at Tiverton Four Corners! Plan ahead for the Antique Festival July 4, and the Arts & Artisan Summer Festival July 18. For more info, visit www.tivertonfourcorners. com.

Head for the Sandywoods Center for the Arts! There’s the Bob Dylan Tribute June 3, Abbey Rhode June 4, Lenny Solomon June 25, Pumpkinhead Ted July 8 – and lots more! For a complete schedule, go to www.sandywoodsmusic.com or call 401-241-7349.

wareham Water Wizz opens this month! For more info, call 508295-3255 or visit www.waterwizz.com.

Mark your calendars! The free “Summer of Love” Wednesday night concerts at the Onset Band Shell will start July 6! For more info, go to www.onsetbay.org or call 508-295-7072.

Don’t miss the Summer Comedy Series hosted by Buzzards Play Productions! For more info, visit www. buzzardsplayproductions.com or call 508-591-3065.

“The Moving Wall,” a scaled-down version of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC, will be on display in mid-August in Wareham.

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“Tuesdays With Maurie” will be performed June 3-24.

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The Sunset Music Series at Westport Rivers Winery starts on June 17 with Rebecca Correia, followed by Gary Farias on June 24. Pack a picnic and a corkscrew!

Purchase tickets in advance by calling 508-636-3423 or by visiting www.westportrivers.com.

Plan ahead to hear Tom Rush perform on July 16 at the Westport Rivers Vineyards! For more info, visit www. narrowscenter.com or call 508-324-1926.

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Got into a bit of a Facebook discussion with friends recently.

You know those discussions? You opine, they opine,we all opine, and no one agrees on anything? Kinda like in real life, except with a “like” button.

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o some travel-writing friends were talking about a recent JetBlue Mother’s Day ad, really a brilliant marketing stroke, where every time a baby on the plane cried, the airline gave every passenger twenty-five percent off a future flight. By the end, everyone had earned a free ticket, which in retrospect seems like an easy way to earn a free ticket.

We started going back and forth on crying babies on planes, which no one really likes. The poor mother or father is beside themselves trying to keep the kid quiet, people grouse about it, and no amount of music piped through your headphones can really cut the irritating blast of a squalling infant.

My friends decried it. And I stood up for it.

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babies. Babies cry. It’s what they do. It’s part and parcel of being an infant to whine and cry and make a fuss. They don’t know better.

Adults, especially the ones who whine and cry and make a fuss over babies doing it, should know better. We’re the rational ones who can decide if we should be upset or not by things we cannot control —things that cannot control themselves because the people doing the things are babies. So stop being obnoxious (in your control) over their seeming obnoxiousness (out of their control.)

I love crying babies, even on airplanes.

Shows they’re engaged, alive, doing their part in the growth process. I don’t mind them at all.

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my gender, it’s almost always men) are grousing about it, I go out of my way to tell the baby’s parents what a cute kid they have and to not worry about the crying. I do this loudly enough for the grousing adults to hear. Sometimes the adults shut up, sometimes they do not.

I also love little kids who lean

up on their seat and stare at me. I’ll make faces at them until they laugh, pop down, and then pop back up again for more. I’ll do this until one of us gets bored and tired with it, which is usually me. But I’ve gone a good long time doing it and loving every second of it, largely because, even at 62 years old, I still act the child.

It’s what keeps me young, and more than occasionally obnoxious.

Now, on the other hand, there is the problem of older kids running amok, making unnecessary noises, playing their video games loud enough to make your teeth rattle, and kicking the back of your seat.

That is controllable. These are the times when a stern but kind word with the parents might help. But then again, modern parents might defend their obnoxious brats’ behavior by saying they’re just expressing themselves.

Wrong. A kid jamming his annoying little feet into the back of my seat and jolting me into whiplash, or slamming

But he was getting a bit cranky, having missed his nap because I showed up and insisted on taking them out to lunch. He let out this ear-splitting shriek from the depths of the baby monster that lurks in them all, a real beauty, loud and shrill. My daughter was aghast, fearing upsetting other diners, gently covering his mouth and shushing him —which is exactly what I had done when she and her brother were babies.

Not this time. This time I said with a casual shrug, “Honey, it’s fine, he’s a baby, let him do whatever he wants,” because I’m a grandfather and it’s part of the Obnoxious Grandparent Compact to let them get away

I think a big part of my baby tolerance, though it’s always been strong, has been enhanced by becoming a grandfather sixteen months ago. into her seat back, splashing coffee over my tray table, is not an expression of self. It’s an expression of being a brat.

Parents can control that. Please see that you do.

I think a big part of my baby tolerance, though it’s always been strong, has been enhanced by becoming a grandfather sixteen months ago.

Little Mikey, my grandson, can do no wrong. All grandparents feel this way – it’s our job. Case in point: my daughter and I were in a restaurant recently and Mikey was being a doll, well behaved, playing, cooing, twisting around in his high chair to look at people and laugh and just be adorable, which is what babies do best.

with murder, to be the permission giver, always, without question or pause.

Honestly, if Mikey picked up steak knives at that point and started whipping them around the dining room, impaling other people, I would have casually shrugged and said, “Honey, it’s fine, he’s a baby, let him do what he wants.”

And of course, since he was in an adorable little Red Sox sweatshirt, I would have admired his pitching arm.

So to those adults who express irritation over crying babies I say: grow up. We had to, and look what it’s done to us. Let babies have this time to be babies. It never, ever lasts long enough, tears and all.

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