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12 Connect with nature

19 Race to the regatta

18 Artful living

20 The secret Westport

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Get on the road again

by Elizabeth Morse Read Not so rough camping

by Bob Ekstrom

by Zachary Boissonneau

by Jackie Sideli

by Cara Connelly Pimental

by Jennifer Read

16 Summer celebrations 22 Get the message

35 Art is good for you

28 Farmers’ markets 24 Find family history

36 Hot summer

by Stan Epstein

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by Kenneth Sutcliffe

by Elizabeth Morse Read

by Dan Logan & Robin LaCroix

by Michael J. Vieira

music fests

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26 Rehabilitation options 38 Happenings:

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Things to do from July to September

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The days of being a Dharma Bum and hopping on the “Magic Bus” maybe over for most of us, but the warmer months still beckon many of us to follow the paths less traveled. Jennifer Read reveals Westport’s secret and Zachary Boissonneau shares his suggestions about how to be one with nature.

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But there’s no need to rough it. Bob Ekstrom provides a look at nouveau camping trends. And Al Long provides suggestions for a nice Italian white wine to sip during this season.

Summer is also the time for feasts and festivals. Check out your local church bulletin or turn to Stan Eptein’s guide to summer celebrations.

Looking for music? Jason Perry provides a score of summer music festivals.

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The road still beckons A new way of vacationing

Gone are the days of cruising the countryside in your RV, or spur-of-themoment roadtrips. And forget about flying to visit old classmates at reEliz abeth Morse Read unions or cousins overseas—airports now are about as user-friendly as Third-World refugee camps, and the fares/surcharges have taken off faster than the airplanes themselves.

The biggest concern now, of course, is the cost of gasoline—directly linked to our long-cherished American obsession with the “open road” and endless resources.

According to national pundits, more than half of all Americans have made radical changes in their traditional summer travel plans.

And maybe that’s a good thing, all things considered. But while the majority of Americans have resigned themselves to

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less-than-spectacular summer travel and vacations, there’s nothing stopping us from being creative and a bit crafty about how we spend our vacation dollars.

Why drive a gas-guzzler?

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attractive these days! Be on the lookout in coming months for even more generous programs from car manufacturers/rental agencies.

If you’re a multi-car family, consider trading in your least fuel-efficient car for a more cost/fuel-efficient model. Just don’t expect the “blue book” value trade-in price for your gas-guzzler—and if you’re making monthly loan payments on that car, make sure the trade-in offer covers the loan. Shop around and work out the math to best suit your financial situation.

And don’t forget that we do still have trains and coach buses that can get us to Boston, New York City and beyond. We’ve just not looked at these alternatives before as vacation “vehicles.” Why battle traffic and drive to the Cape if you can take a ferry from New Bedford to the Islands? Why fill up your gas-tank to head north or west if you can connect with a train or a comfortable bus? Go on-line and research prices and vacation specials—the comparable gascosts and stress levels of your traditional

summer travel plans might well be worth your while.

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Honey, I rented the grandkids For the truly creative vacation-seeker, you need to think outside the box. Imagine a few romantic/getaway weekends without your married kids and grandchildren stopping by, in exchange for bartered house/ kid/pet-sitting for them. Offer to “host” your neighbor’s kids for a week in exchange for time at their condo time-share in Aspen or Myrtle Beach later.

Can you negotiate staying at a friend or family member’s home in exchange for letting them stay with you at some point?

And if you don’t know anyone where you really want to go, consider swapping homes with a family who wants to visit here! Go to home-swap.com or intervacusa.com.

Take your summer vacation off-season Back in February, I took three kids on their “summer” vacation to New York City. We took the Amtrak train from Providence to Penn Station in NYC, walked two blocks to our tourist-class hotel, where we had a 40th floor view of the Empire State Building.

(Yes, it was brutally cold, but we were inside buildings or in a cab or taking the subway most of the time, so who cares?). Instead of a week on the beach, why not a long weekend skiing in a few months? Or an off-season train trip to Washington D.C. or bus to Boston for a mega-museum whirl or a cruise to the Caribbean?

Whether or not the weather is good, offseason travel is far cheaper—and you’re in a much better position to finagle cheap all-inclusive package tours and discount admission/theatre/dinner offers, whether

n Write down the names and contact numbers for all doctors/dentists and health insurance companies for everyone in your vacation caravan. If you’ve included minor children of friends or family on your trip, make sure their parents give you a “release form” for emergency medical care and information about allergies, medications, contact numbers, etc. n Don’t leave home without a AAA membership card—it’s worth its weight in gold for roadside disasters, discounts and directions. n Make sure your vehicle, whether owned or rented, is in tip-top shape before you

within the US or overseas. The tourism/ entertainment industry right now is just as desperate for business as travelers are for affordable vacations. And if you’re not computer-savvy, have AAA or a travel agent find an affordable adventure off-season for you.

Find a new way of living Transportation costs are not the only consideration if you’re planning a trip. Where (and if) you stay along the way will be a major financial factor.

One cost-saving strategy would be to plan numerous one-day/weekend trips instead of an extended trek requiring a hefty hotel bill. Start exploring the South Coast’s amazing sites and events—be a tourist in your own backyard! There is no place like the South Coast for non-stop festivals, cultural attractions, restaurants and shopping bonanzas within affordable driving distance. Check your local newspaper,

On the road again Here’s a list of “must-have” essentials packed in the trunk, whether you’re taking a day excursion or a serious road-trip. Why pay rip-off “tourist” prices along the way for something you could bring along yourself? n An ice-filled cooler of bottled water and soda. Replenish along the way—no matter where you’re headed, there’s a Wal-Mart or discount store along the way. n First Aid kit, sunscreen/sunburn spray, anti-histamine tablets and spray, anti-inflammatory/pain-reliever tablets, antacids, Visine, Dramamine tablets n Paper towels, wet-wipes, hand-sanitizer gel, plastic trash bags, Febreze-scented dryer sheets (throw one in plastic bags filled with car trash, wet towels, dirty laundry, sweaty sneakers—your return drive in the van will be much more pleasant!)

leave. Especially check the tire pressure and fluids, and drive at the speed limit to lower your gas consumption. n Go online and print out directions to and from your destination. Whether you use mapquest.com, AAA info or a GPS device, avoid the utter frustration of burning up gas getting lost at night or stuck behind a massive traffic jam due to an accident or construction. n Put all printed travel info (hotel reservations, ticket confirmations, discount coupons, maps, eceipts, etc.) in a folder and designate the person riding shot-gun as navigator/secretary for the duration.

magazines and the Internet for a calendar of upcoming events.

If your travel plans require hotel stays, do your homework on-line first. Does the hotel offer free breakfasts? Use every discount you can qualify for, whether through AAA, AARP, car rental agencies. If all you’ll really need is a clean and comfortable place to sleep, avoid paying for pool privileges, WiFi connection, gym facilities etc. that “full service” hotel chains offer. Maybe a “suite-with-kitchenette” hotel could save you from having to eat three times a day at restaurants. Fast-food restaurants may be fast, but they’re not cheap. Pack picnic lunches before you go and eat them at a park along your way.

Better yet, think about staying with family or friends in the US, and returning the favor for them. Overseas vacations now are prohibitively expensive and stressful— instead of mortgaging the house to see family and friends over there, invite them to visit you here!

Forget the lazy, hazy, crazy days of summers past. Cruise the Internet instead of the highways and go where (and how) you’ve never gone before. Ignore the economic nay-sayers and make this your best vacation year ever. Happy trails to you!

ELIZABETH MORSE READ is an awardwinning writer, editor and artist who grew up on the South Coast. After twenty years of working in New York City and traveling the world, she came back home with her children and lives in Fairhaven.

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Water access is a favorite among South Coast campers.

This RV site at Melville Ponds Campground in Portsmouth is a short path away from fishing and boating.

a new look at camping The last time I camped was during the Jimmy Carter administration. Just five high school buddies, bidding our Deliverance farewell to a youth that would soon be dammed and its considerable energies harnessed into civic conformity like the fictional CahulawasBob Ekstrom see River.

Those were days when camping was an outpost of society and campers its frontiersmen. We chopped our own firewood, took toilet paper into the woods, and pitched tents by impaling canvas on poles whose aluminum tips peeked through grommets and defied summer’s lightning.

And, in the middle of the night, with two of us flanking our buddy Steve in the larger tent and each driven to its outermost edges by his tossing and snoring, rainwater would infiltrate the breach from a missing stake to claim what little remained of sleep, not to mention the toilet paper. By morning’s light, we’d wring our clothes over a pot to make coffee, then drain the tent for another night.

It made for a thoroughly miserable experience.

So, when neighbors recently invited our family to Ellis Haven Family Campground in Plymouth, and my wife, who is in the throes of her “Don’t Say No” summer, accepted without me, another man might have felt emasculated, but not me. Initially, those memories of Woolite-flavored coffee and wet toilet paper fortified

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my resolve to reject the plan, but when the searching eyes of a sixyear old fall disappointingly on his father, it breaks a man’s will.

The next thing I knew, we were walking the sporting goods aisle at Wal-Mart.

If my neighbors’ renown as expert campers, built as it is on the hundred tales of life under the stars and backed by the posh 24-foot RV in their driveway, gave me pause, shopping for camping-ware brought me to the brink of reconsideration. From mummy bags to mosquito bars, the shelves were an inventory of my ignorance. We decided quickly enough on a tent, but interior lighting was another matter. My wife favored an overhead light while I priced batteryoperated table lamps with shades.

Somewhere between self-inflating airbeds and portable ovens for those trips when you’ve just got to bake an apple pie, it became apparent that camping was no longer an outpost. Its staid popularity has brought a slice of suburbia to the rustic outdoors, as my newest experience with camping was about to witness.

Plymouth makes a pleasant destination on a beautiful Saturday morning. At the campground entrance, the guardian of the gate noticed my car had no pass and begrudged me admittance only after a long explanation that I was joining my family, who had established camp the night before. As the gate lifted, I rolled up my window to the hassles of the outside world and entered the emerald sanctuary of Ellis Haven.

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my !

My parochial preconception of a roughing-it weekend complete with leaky canvas tents, beans in a can, and baths in the brook succumbed to the sight of inflatable televisions and an expansive poppy field of state-of-the art Recreational Vehicles gleaming like overstuffed Tin Men as they anchored blue canopies that blocked both harmful sunrays and any sense of place.

And where aluminum poles pierced the tent tops of my youth, dull gray satellite dishes now protruded through polyolefin rooftops and quashed the remnants of my Dorothian adventure. Beyond one canopy, a woman emerged from a Teepee Portable Outhouse where the toilet paper is always dry.

There’s gold in them thar hills!

Today’s counter-attack on nature is an evolutionary product of the fervor in camping. The National Sporting Goods Association continually lists camping among America’s top five recreational activities, with an estimated 47.5 million people over the age of six having camped on multiple occasions during 2007. That’s only a million more than ten years ago, but equipment purchases have swelled 26% over that period. Today, camping is a $20 billion dollar industry and South Coast campground owners are seeing the effects of this market in progressively domestic ways.

“They’ve got these extreme TVs,” says David Carreau, Ellis Haven’s president, of outdoor theatres, the newest phenomenon at his campground. “The screen is inflatable, so they’ll set them up. It’s like going to a drive-in. I get about three or four of them every week.”

Carreau himself bought one. A basic system with a 12'x7' inflatable screen, projector, speakers, and accessories can be had for as little as $1,000, though quality systems will cost several times that.

No drive-ins awaited when I pulled into our site, although it didn’t matter much. Like most campgrounds along the South Coast, Ellis Haven offers a wide range of built-in amenities. The kids were swimming in Sady’s Pond, which Carreau stocks with large-mouth bass. He also has an arcade, sports bar, commissary, picnic area, and playgrounds. Five nights a week, events are held at the rec center.

Our own site abutted the mini-golf course, formidably enclosed by a six-foot fence. Mini-golf piracy is vigorously defended against in these parts.

“Almost all campgrounds have some kind of arcade or activity room,” says Paula Carroll, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Association of Campground Owners (MACO). As a former owner, Carroll knows firsthand the competitive forces at play on today’s campgrounds.

Wi-F i woods “Everybody wants wi-fi or some kind of internet connection,” she adds, “because they are bringing their computers. They want to be on vacation but keep in touch with work at the same time.”

We no longer seem to get away when we get away.

According to 2007’s Kamping Trends, a survey conducted by KOA, whose 450 franchised campgrounds in North America include one in Middleboro, 53% of campers pack a computer, while 65% have televisions and 95% their cell phone. Thirty years ago, I crawled into the front seat of my car to catch the scores on an AM station with bad reception.

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Continued from previous page is an evolution, that there is more than one right way to camp, as I dressed in our tent within the broad shadow of my neighbor’s RV. But most folks here come from humble beginnings.

“We started out in the back of my station wagon,” says Norma Sylvia, an attendant at Melville Ponds Campground in Portsmouth who began camping 42 years ago.

“We laid the seats down in back, and we took our cooler with a camping stove.”

Pitch a tent Over the years, Sylvia moved from the station wagon to a truck camper and then onto a fifth wheel. She now owns a Class B motor home and camps regularly with a club, though she hasn’t forgotten her roots.

At Melville Ponds, Sylvia supports 133 sites, half dedicated to tenters. That’s high by today’s standards. In 1978, 42% of all campers tented; today that has dropped to about 11%, according to KOA. “Some you’ll find really geared to tenters,” says MACO’s Carroll. “The ones that don’t always make sure they have a section specifically for these campers, because they know that tent campers don’t want to be right next to a big rig with an engine running.”

Our site was adjacent to our neighbors’ in the RV section. If engines were running, we didn’t notice. Saturday evenings at Ellis Haven grow quite festive, dashing another of my preconceptions of an Amish-like stillness that sets in at curfew. I lasted until one that morning; our teens ran out of firewood at two and borrowed another hour’s worth from a party still going strong.

“You can keep your campfire till five in the morning,” says Carreau, whose lightsout policy at Ellis Haven is among the more liberal. “I don’t care, as long as you don’t bother anybody. It works pretty well.”

Nobody bothered our neighbors, who retired to the RV early on. Veteran campers, nothing gets in the way of their dreamy nights, except maybe four inches of foaminsulated ceiling, supported by an aluminum frame and topped with a marinegrade sheet of thermoplastic polyolefin.

Down at ground level, our tent was again in shadows, compliments of the bright waning moon. Taking an open spot on our air mattress and looking up into a grommet-less tent top, I acknowledged a new chapter in our vacationing experience.

It was good to be back on a campground.

Even more so without my buddy Steve’s snoring.

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Ken M achado of Pawtucket enjoys some rustic television at Melville Ponds Campground, while wife Brenda and mother-in-law Joanne play cards with son Billy and family friend Carlos.

Getting started Remember, camping is an evolution. There are many ways to do it right, but here are some newbie tenter tips to avoid getting it wrong: Tents are your foundation. Get a dome since it goes up in a snap. Ozark Trail offers several affordable choices. For $80, we bought a 13’x10’ 2-room that sleeps six and is rated to 40°F, with plenty of standing room for changing.

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A delicate balance Building a relationship with the natural world

monotony of the Blackcapped Chickadee’s two-note whistle stirs me from a daydream. Difficult to spot in the mixed Z achary Boissonneau woods, these birds— among others—provide musical accompaniment during my many trips to the forest.

Seated beneath an Eastern White Pine, in the comfort of its shade-giving arms, I look up into the five-needle bundles that form thousands of bluish-green hands. Besides the vegetation, the Chickadee’s song and a Gray Squirrel nibbling on an acorn are the only signs of life despite being surrounded by an abundance of it.

This place of bountiful life may seem exotic, but it’s right here in the South Coast at the Freetown-Fall River State Forest, a 5,441-acre tract with 50 miles of unpaved roads and trails. The forest and the many places like it throughout the area are an integral part of our environment; they harbor life, and give us humans the opportunity to experience the beauty and vitality of the natural world.

Growing up in the Catskill Mountains of New York, my grandfather was surrounded by nature and had no choice but to form a relationship with it. When I was a child he shared this bond with me, usually in the Freetown-Fall River State Forest, where he taught me about plants, animals, and birds. Above all, he let me explore and exercise my sense of adventure and imagination.

In the current technology-crazed world, we may lose sight of the significance of the natural world and the importance of maintaining a relationship with it. But we humans are a part of the environment, thus building an understanding of it, especially

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The Lloyd Center in Dartmouth is a great place to explore nature and to meet others who enjoy the outdoors.

in children, is critical to our survival.

The disconnect In the Spring 2009 issue of Report, the Rhode Island Audubon Society member magazine, an article by Amy Pickworth cites a survey by BBC Wildlife Magazine that documents the lack of understanding many children have of the natural world.

Only half of the children surveyed were able to indentify common species like the oak tree and daddy long-leg spider.

D’Arcy MacMahon, Executive Director at the Lloyd Center for the Environment in Dartmouth, recognizes the problem and believes that many people may be unaware this disconnect even exists.

“It seems to have happened without anyone really noticing and there are a lot of people who don’t grasp the gravity of something like removing one bug entirely from the ecosystem,” he says.

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The Lloyd Center is an education and research center on 55-acres of estuary and maritime forest with a visitor center and six public walking trails. Through research, public events, and a wide range of handson programs for children, the center seeks to reestablish a connection to nature by promoting an understanding of local coastal and watershed environments and the relationship and responsibility people have to them.

MacMahon explains the importance of this relationship and the far-reaching affects it can have: “It helps children understand how important every little part of the world is, and how it’s connected.

Without experiencing nature they may not get that understanding [of the relationship] between little and big things.”

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Continued from page 12 the interdependence of humanity and the natural world because their futures are inextricably linked.

“Soon kids will have to make decisions based on their interactions [with nature], and if there’s no relationship it can negatively affect these decisions,” says Lloyd Center Research Director Mark Mello.

These decisions can be everyday things like recycling, but also how to treat the woods, what vehicles to drive, or an evaluation of personal consumption. Some of these children will go on to careers in the political and scientific fields where they will eventually be charged with making these decisions on a grand scale.

The identification factor Identification and direct experience with nature aid in this decision-making process.

“It helps them develop thinking skills they’ll be using to work on environmental problems when they get older,” says MacMahon.

In his 2005 book Building for Life: Designing and Understanding the Human-Nature Connection, Yale University professor Stephen R. Kellhert describes the role the outdoors play in child development. He writes that the growing ability of young children to understand facts, classifications, and causal relationships is aided by direct experience with the spontaneity of nature.

The natural world, according to Kellhert, with its vast tapestry of life and systems, provides a multitude of opportunities to exercise these budding faculties through the identification of information and the ordering of ideas. As children observe nature and mature their brain functions also mature, moving from identification to the recognition of systems and concepts allowing them think in more complex terms.

A 2005 study conducted by the American Institutes for Research supports Kellhert’s argument. Comparing a group of at-risk students who participated in outdoor education programs with a control group that didn’t take part, the study found that those students who participated had a 27% increase in mastery of science concepts, enhanced cooperation, and gains in problem solving and motivation.

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Children love to learn about nature. Bring your kids and grandkids to the Audubon Environmental Education Center in Bristol .

in hand with the developing faculties of a child’s mind. A desire to order and identify may occur naturally when an inquisitive child is exposed to the outdoors, but identification can also be a tool in getting a hesitant child into nature where this critical thinking can take place. A fear of the unknown isn’t uncommon, but familiarity can help ease some of the apprehension.

MacMahon has seen how familiarity takes away ambivalence at the Lloyd Center’s touch tank. Many children exhibit apprehension when approaching it for the first time and are scared to touch the animals inside, but this is largely alleviated by knowledge and experience.

Once the barrier of fear is overcome, identification further encourages a relationship with nature because it makes children aware of their connection to it. “Identification really helps children understand that different things have different roles and different habitats and helps them understand the complexity of life,” MacMahon says.

For example, as part of a science program at the Lloyd Center, children participate in the tagging of monarch butterflies, some of which are reported being found as far away as Mexico. Besides getting children involved in their environment, it also fosters

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a deeper awareness of that environment.

“Activities like this help children realize that a butterfly is not just some stupid thing that floats and is pretty, but a creature with an incredible brain and ability. It helps them realize its importance and shows them connectivity,” says MacMahon.

Building a connection Unfortunately, not all children have inschool programs or the ability to attend summer camps like those offered by the Lloyd Center and the Audubon Society.

Taking this into account, MacMahon stresses the importance of family in building the important connection, “Experiencing nature as a family is a great way to bond. Electronics and TV are an insular activity, but when you go hiking or camping these things aren’t there and relationships grow on a different level,” he says.

Family trips into the outdoors don’t need to be a big production. “In my youth, kids spent more time outdoors, even if just in a vacant lot,” says Mello. “Parents can get kids off the computer and just get them outside, that’s the first and biggest step.”

Simple things like butterfly or moth walks where families count how many different types they see, planting a garden,

or just exploring a back yard or local park are easy ways to get kids outside interacting with the natural world.

For those with a back yard, the possibilities for exploration are great. Two methods in particular draw attention to the teeming of life present in even a small patch of green. MacMahon suggests laying a board on the ground and flipping it over after a few days to see what’s living underneath.

Similarly, just lying on the ground and watching a particular patch of ground, one is apt to see a microcosm of the planet where growth, death, battles, food gathering, and building take place before their eyes.

Even without a backyard or a park nearby a relationship with nature can be fostered through the telling of stories, engaging children in dialogue (why we recycle, for example), or cloud-watching and learning about different types of clouds and what they mean for the weather. All of these activities reinforce the interdependence of humans and the environment and stimulate the necessary skills mentioned

by Kellhert: to indentify new findings or unknown species, children must look up the information, strengthening their ability to conduct research.

Hiking is also way to get children out and experiencing the natural world firsthand.

There are state parks like the Freetown-Fall River State Forest, and places like the Lloyd Center and numerous Audubon Refuges in Rhode Island and Massachusetts with public trails.

While they may not as close as your back yard, they’re well worth the extra travel time. They offer a substantially larger, more varied habitat with the possibilities of identification expanded as a result. A Red-tailed Hawk circling above a meadow in search of prey and the two-teardrop tracks of the whitetail deer, almost as graceful as the animal itself, are two common sights.

There are a multitude of resources available to help identify deer and other tracks, or any flora and fauna encountered on a hike or similar outdoor excursion. Illustrated field guides provide portable identification while a wealth of online material can help after the fact. If neither of these prove fruitful, digital photos, even descriptions, can be sent to the Lloyd Center for expert identification.

Knowledge of plants and animals in the

wild has other benefits, as Mello points out, “There is also a practical aspect to it—being able to spot and avoid things like poison ivy and ticks. Everything out there isn’t benevolent, but it isn’t all harmful either, so an understanding of what is and what isn’t is helpful,” he says. It can also help people evaluate their behavior regarding what they take from the wild to avoid having an unnecessary and unintended impact.

“It’s a fragile world we live in, and once something’s destroyed it can’t be brought back,” says MacMahon, “but when children see how things are interconnected and interdependent, they’re more apt to leave things alone, and understand why its important to do so.”

Striking a balance Organizations like the Lloyd Center in Massachusetts and the Audubon Society recognize the need to reconnect children with the natural world. Supporting this mission benefits the individual child and the collective future of all children who will one day become adults, as it prepares them for decisions that lay ahead.

And while it’s a serious matter, it shouldn’t be all work, as MacMahon explains, “There must be a balance between imparting information and encouraging joy and wonder; it doesn’t need to be all teaching. The idea of discovery is important.”

This excitement and self-discovery is something that’s vital to a child’s health, and best of all, it’s fun.

Resources Lloyd Center for the Environment www.lloydcenter.org Audubon Society of Rhode Island www.asri.org Massachusetts Audubon Society www.massaudubon.org Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation www.mass.gov/dcr

Z achary Boissonneau lives in Fall River. His writings have appeared in local and national publications. He also enjoys poetry, the bass guitar, and being outside.

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Summer celebrations The towns of the Cape Cod Canal region are throwing a party this summer, and you’re cordially invited to attend.

From face painting to funk to fireworks, S tan E pstein they’ve got you covered. Dress is casual, and most events are free. All you’re asked to bring are a positive attitude and an appetite for adventure. Your hosts will take care of the rest.

Bourne has scheduled family-friendly events for each week during July and August. Their festivals celebrate everything from swans to scallops; concerts range from rock to bluegrass. One festival includes free train rides through the canal region. So hop on board, and we’ll take you on a brief tour of the summer season.

Red, white and blue First up is 4th of July weekend. The Cape Cod Canal Region Chamber of Commerce kicks off its annual “Concerts in the Park” series on Thursday, July 2, from 6:30-8:30 at Buzzards Bay Park on Main Street.

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The park, at the base of the Railroad Bridge, is in the Buzzards Bay section of Bourne.

Concert goers are urged to wear their “finest red, white and blue attire.” Two T-shirts will be awarded for the best patriotic outfit. Concerts will continue at the same time and place every Thursday evening through August 21.The schedule is listed in the adjacent sidebar.

For more information, call the Cape Cod Canal Region Chamber of Commerce at 508-759-6000.

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aptly “Bourne on the 4th of July” will kickoff at 10am—rain or shine—starting from Academy Drive and Main Street and conclude at the Bourne Veterans Memorial Community Building. For more information, be sure to checkout www.bourneonthe4thofjuly.org

S wans On Saturday, July 11 (rain date-July 12), from 10am-4pm, the Wareham Village Association presents the 12th annual Swan Festival along the river on Merchant’s Way in Wareham Village Center. The fair features artists, crafters, antique cars, Home Depot clinics, a children’s court, and a food court. The Roaming Railroad will ride throughout the festival the entire day.

The children’s court will include face painting, sidewalk chalk art, dance performances, and of course a Swan Princess.

In addition to the requisite hot dogs and burgers, the food court will serve chowder, lobster rolls, crab rolls and fresh squeezed lemonade. Live music will be provided throughout the day.

Back by popular demand is the MYCHIP program, sponsored by the Masonic Lodge.

The program, which has helped find

250,000 lost and missing children since 1988, provides cheek swabs, dental impressions, fingerprinting, and a video of each child. 300 free kits will be presented to concerned parents; let’s hope they’re never needed!

The Band Shell in Onset is an exciting

summer destination.

Light Highlighting Onset’s summer season in fine fashion is the OBA’s Illumination Night on Saturday, July 18, at dusk. As the name implies, the evening is a celebration of light, with flares surrounding the entire stretch of Onset Beach, as well as the harbor islands.

After the flares burn out, the light show continues as the parade of boats departs the harbor, with a stream of taillights glowing in the gloaming.

I can recommend this event from first hand experience—the flares surrounding the large expanse of sand and surf is truly a sight to behold, and sustenance for the soul.

If you need to kill time before the show starts, you can snack on pizza, fried clams or ice cream at one of the local eateries.

Music Shifting mood and tempo, the Onset Bay Association hosts its 17th annual Blues Festival at the band shell in Prospect Park, overlooking picturesque Onset harbor on Saturday, August 1, from 10:00am-6pm.

Craft and food vendors open at 9am.

The festival’s line up features five bands, headlined by Roomful of Blues. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Mark your calendars—this popular event attracts blues lovers from Boston, the South Coast, Cape Cod and beyond.

People of all ethnic backgrounds can enjoy the Onset Cape Verdean Festival on Saturday, August 8, from 10:00am to 6pm.

The bluffs above Onset Beach will be the setting for this annual festival, celebrating Cape Verdean culture through music, dance, arts and crafts, and traditional food.

Although the festival is free, donations can be sent to Onset Cape Verdean Festival, PO Box 722, Onset, MA 02558. For more information, call 508-295-2646.

A nd scallops Last but most certainly not least is the 40th annual Bourne Scallop Festival along the banks of the Cape Cod Canal, from September 25-27. The legendary

Cape Cod events

n The annual S wan F estival graces Wareham on July 11, from 10am to 4pm. Along the river, on Besse Park and Merchant’s Way, you’ll find food, crafts, art, childrens activities and more. Visit http://wareham-ma.netfirms.com/swanfest.htm for details. n Spend a lovely evening at the Illumination of Onset, Saturday, July 18. A magical sprinkling of hundreds of lights define the Bay. Visit www.onsetvillage.com n The Buzzards Bay R egatta hosts boats and sailors from all over the country, competing in events that will fill the north end of Buzzards Bay, in one of the largest multi-class regattas in the United States. August 7-9. For information visit www.buzzardsbayregatta.com

The Onset Blues Festival is Saturday, August 1, the 17th annual presentation of authentic American blues. Five bands, 11:30am to 6pm, at Prospect Park, in the Bandshell. $15 in advance; $20 day of show. Go to www.onsetvillage.com for details. n

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local festival sponsored by the Cape Cod Canal Region Chamber of Commerce annually attracts 50,000 visitors from all over the world. It has been awarded Cape Cod Life magazine’s “Best Festival Winner,” and voted one of the American Bus Association’s “Top 100 Events in North America.”

Families can enjoy non-stop entertainment, a midway of rides and games, and a professional Arts & Crafts and Home Expo Show, featuring over 100 participating vendors. Of course, the stars of the show are the famous scallop and herb-roasted chicken dinners; the supporting cast includes a food court offering a variety of tasty treats, such as scallop chowder, lobster rolls, and strawberry

short cake, as well as beer and wine. A $5 general admission fee is charged.

Musical headliners on Friday and Saturday include Entrain, Stage Door Canteen, Plymouth Fury, and The Don Campbell Band. Children’s entertainment includes the Tall Tex Greeters and the Toe Jam Puppet Band. Performances are included in the admission fee. Don’t miss it—what better way to say sayonara to the summer of 2009!

Stan Epstein is a freelance writ­er from New ­Bedford, has been a regular contributor to The South Coast Insider. He has taught Creative Writing and E ­ nglish as a Second Language, and holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

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A life in the arts JACKIE SIDELI

For more years than I care to mention, I have loved this time of the year. For this avid antiques dealer and collector, it means it is outdoor antiques show time.

The granddaddy of all shows This Big Show is still one of my personal favorites; it’s the mega antiques event at Brimfield, MA. Held three times yearly, depending on the season, you can, if you have the stamina, shop for ten days and see over 6,000 dealers. Rain or shine, they are there, buying selling, showing and telling.

I exhibited this May at the show, and was amazed at the huge crowd pushing through. It is fun and requires endurance, good shoes and lots of water. You never know what you will find at this amazing event.

You can look online for the opening times of the many shows which occur in a ten mile strip.

Check the website at www.BrimfieldShow.com for all the information. Dates for upcoming shows are July 14-19, and September 8-13.

Closer to home Equally wonderful, small and of very good quality. are the two shows that occur every year at Tiverton 4 Corners. This year’s dates are Saturday July 4 and Saturday August 8. The shows feature 40 dealers inside and outside, with paintings, and antique furniture. Come for the free appraisal from 11-2. For information call me, Jackie Sideli, at 508-801-6063.

Antiques dealers and show promoters Ferguson and D’Arruda, who have a terrific shop in Providence , RI., run a beautiful show under big wedding tents, held at Mount Hope Farm in Bristol on Sunday June 21. And on July 31August 1 the pair produce a very elegant show at the Sakonnet Vineyards in Little Compton, and on August 29, they are producing the Newport Antiques Festival at Fort Adams. For more information about these wonderful antiques shows, look at their website www.ferguson-darruda. com.

For sixteen years now, there has been an elegant antiques show at the Tabor Academy in Marion, MA. This year’s dates are August 14, 15,

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quality furniture, rugs and fine art.

A ride north to New Hampshire in August will take you to a whirlwind of antiques shows—called, appropriately, New Hampshire Antiques Week. The granddaddy of all the New Hampshire shows takes place on August 6 & 7, in Manchester. Call 603-876-4080 for more details. Another antiques show at the same time, called Mid Week in Manchester takes place on August 5-6.

A good time to buy?

& 16. For more information call 508-748-1116.

The Cape Cod Antiques Dealers Association sponsors several antiques shows throughout the summer. Their flagship event takes place in Orleans on July 31 through August 2. It’s a well-balanced antiques show, with primarily American Country period antiques, art and accessories.

L ate summer On Saturday, August 8, there is a one day event in Eastham, MA and on Thursday August 13, there is a good show sponsored by the Association in Osterville. On Friday August 14 you could be attending a show in Barnstable, and then another on Saturday August 22. To learn more about these Cape Cod shows look at the web site www.ccada.com.

If you are on the Cape for the show in Orleans, consider taking a ferry across to Nantucket and see the Nantucket Historical Society Antiques Show, July 31- August 2.

There is a fairly new antiques show in Newport—The Newport Antiques Show, held at the Bartlett Farm August 7-9. Expect to see collector

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There never has been a better time to buy antiques. If you are furnishing an old home, or just love furniture made with real wood, and wonderful old finish, this is the time to follow your instincts and just do it. The price structure on old furniture has always been fair, but now you can acquire good period pieces for a fraction of their former price, and for much less than you could get anywhere else. This price structure will change undoubtedly, so now is the time to go for it.

I was at an antiques auction the other day and I saw a very attractive mahogany chest of drawers, dating from around 1870, which sold for $275. I doubt you could get anything at a new furniture store to compare in quality or price.

If in doubt about a piece, ask some questions.

What is this? What time does it date from? Are there any repairs?

I have always love paintings, and have been buying and selling them recently. It is fun, and profitable. I buy what I love—abstract art from the 1950’s and 60’s. The big collectors really prefer paintings which are signed, so look carefully in the lower left or lower right hand corners. If you find a painting which is signed by a well known artist, expect to pay for that.

Trust your instincts If you are lucky enough to find something really reasonable which is not signed, and you love it, go for it. There are lots of bargains to be had if you are comfortable with your eye and willing to take a chance.

Jackie Sideli has been producing antiques shows for 35 years. She is a writer, dealer and collector, and resides on Cape Cod.

GOOD TIMES

Buzzards Bay Regatta This summer, watch some of the finest sailors in the country race in Buzzards Bay. On August 7, 8, & 9 the New Bedford Yacht Club, C ar a in cooperation with the Connelly Beverly, Mattapoisett and Pimental Low Tide Yacht Clubs and the South Wharf Yacht Club, will host the 37th annual Buzzards Bay Regatta.

This event is one of the most impressive of its kind in the country. Over 1,200 amateur and professional sailors and 450 boats will compete in 16 classes including Club 420, Lasers, Etchells 22, and F18. You’ll be able to see the action from a variety of vantage points in the South Coast.

In 1972, Bill Saltonstall of the Beverly Yacht Club and Bob Saltmarsh of the New Bedford Yacht Club commiserated that the numbers of boats entering their clubs’ regattas were dwindling each year.

They decided that their yacht clubs should host the event every other year, while the other yacht clubs, Low Tide, Mattapoisett, Angelica, and Wild would provide race committee assistance.

The planning for the initial Buzzards Bay Regatta in 1972 required hard work: there were multiple handicap classes, five or six Olympic circles to accommodate twelve different one design classes, six or seven separate fully-manned race committee boats, mark setting boats, crash boats and judges’ boats. That first regatta was a huge success, attracting a fleet of 199 competitors.

Thus began a great tradition that has gained momentum and developed a wellearned reputation among sailors across the country.

The intersection of great sailing conditions and highly competent race management is the promise offered by the BBR. On behalf of the BBR, the Beverly Yacht Club was awarded US SAILING’s prestigious St. Petersburg Yacht Club Trophy for race management excellence in 1982.

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Today the BBR is the largest multi-class regatta in the United States with 30 volunteer committee chairs who meet throughout the year to plan the three-day event and are joined by over 200 volunteers during regatta weekend.

BBR has played host to numerous fleet and class championships.

In 2008 they hosted the J/109 East Coast Championship and several other fleets ran key events as part of BBR. For 2009, BBR has plans to bring the classics back to the event. Yachts form Buzzards Bay and across the Northeast have been invited to attend.

While the regatta has grown in size and reputation, the original goals of the BBR —to attract top-level competitors and

race committee officials to our area while allowing Buzzards Bay clubs to come together and compete at a single venue—are being fulfilled 37 years later.

The legacy of this regatta remains to be the unique combination of big boats and dinghies, young adults still learning to race and world class sailors all competing on arguably the best body of water in the world for competitive sailing. Visit buzzardsbayregatta.com for more information.

Cara Connelly Pimental , a freelance writer who recently completed her first children’s book, has published in several New England magazines and in the Standard-Times.

She lives in Dartmouth with her husband, David, and three sons, Keegan, Colin and Cole.

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Westport’s little secret

Everyone has his or her version of Utopia during the summer. There are some who find happiness in bustling J ennifer cities, while others find it tucked withR ead in the mountains of New Hampshire and Vermont. For a lucky few, however, happiness is found at the bottom of a seemingly endless road in Westport, Massachusetts.

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Just beyond Horseneck Beach at the bottom of Route 88 is a tight-knit community of vacationers in trailers staggered along the coast.

Welcome to East Beach.

Lined up on both sides of a pin-straight road dusted with sand, the trailers farthest from the ocean are a maximum of 100 feet from the shore—hardly a safe distance during hurricane season. The vacationers are veterans when it comes to stormy weather, however; most of them having been around for Hurricane Bob. Braving Bob appears to have left them undaunted by any potentially stormy weather and instead, quite confident and relaxed.

Some sit soaking up the sun from their chaise lounge chairs; others read quietly under an umbrella while sipping iced tea.

A few others armed with fishing rods and tackle boxes are taking the five-minute walk to Gooseberry Island.

Seductive ambience The salty air has the distinct, delectable scent of a cookout somewhere nearby and the distant sounds of a radio tuned in to a Jimmy Buffet song float up from the beach.

Turning 180° away from the ocean, there is a small inlet known lovingly as “The Let,” home to graceful swans, rabbits, sandpipers, and an abundance of other wildlife.

This is the ultimate private getaway: no traffic, no shoes, no problem.

According to one vacationer, George Mainini, “There’s nothing like Westport in the summer.” Mainini is a Worcester resident who has been spending summer vacations in Westport for close to forty years. “I have traveled the world—almost to every country—and I’ve never missed a summer in Westport.”

Wind, sand and stars The incentives to keep returning to this small stretch of heaven seem infinite. On one side of the road, the relentless breaking of the waves upon the beach soothes this small community to sleep each night. On the other, the stillness of The Let brings them closer to nature.

“There’s a magnificent view of Cuttyhunk and Martha’s Vineyard, it’s one of the best places in the state to fish, it’s a good clean area, and people really respect the property,” states Mainini, “People come from all over to stay here.”

The area offers relaxation and enjoyment for people of all ages. Dale Mendes, a Fall River resident who has been coming to Westport for almost twenty years, describes

how her son grew up over the summers in Westport. “He was three years old when he came down here. Now that he’s getting older, it’s a very romantic ambiance for him to take his girlfriend to visit. We set up bonfires, volleyball and croquet down here and he really enjoys it…there’s just so much to do.”

Perhaps the only downside to this vacation spot is the effect of erosion. Some residents estimate that over a period of about thirty years, the area has lost close to ninety feet of land. This shortens property on the side of the street closest to the water and makes it more susceptible to stormy weather.

In addition, residents must clear rocks brought ashore during the winter from their trailer sites at the start of each season.

Bulldozing rocks out of the way requires a resident to purchase a permit to obtain the appropriate machinery. One vacationer, however, known by most only as “John at number 94,” is unfazed by the rocks on his property. “I can live with the rocks,” he says, “barring any hurricane or tropical storm, the beach itself will still be pretty sandy.”

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The biggest motivation for most of the summer residents appears to be their relationships with one another.

“It’s a very small community and

Not far from bustling Horseneck Beach is a quiet little community of small cottages, trailers, and sunshine. Despite the rocky beach, it’s been a private retreat for more than 30 years.

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everyone lives harmoniously,” says Mendes, “If there’s a storm coming, we all get together and help each other out. We’re very close, but we still respect each others’ privacy.”

One couple that has vacationed in the area for eight years considers themselves fortunate to have become so close to their neighbors. “We’ve met some great people that have become not only just friends for the summer, but they come visit us for the winter. We’re very lucky.” The residents here are as much in harmony with one another as they are with nature. It is this serene coexistence that truly makes this vacation spot one worth experiencing.

Jennifer Read, of Tiverton, is a Junior at the College of the Holy Cross, majoring in English; she is the Editor-in-Chief of The Crusader, and a writing tutor.

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Health

Plug into the past and the future A few years ago, when my then-16 year old son went househunting with me, we visited a lovely older home in our town. He Eliz abeth liked the backyard, but Morse Read was mystified by the T-shaped aluminum poles strung with rope near the back door.

“That’s a clothes line,” I whispered, “for drying wet clothes.” He blinked. “They don’t have a dryer?”

In the basement, an old rotary phone sat on a counter. My son stuck his finger in one of the holes. “Now what do I do?” he asked.

That’s when I realized that my son’s generation could not conceive of a world without electronic gadgets and instant gratification.

A few months later, that same son accompanied me and my octogenarian father to a WWII aircraft show at the New Bedford airport. My father had been the youngest B-17 pilot stationed in England, was awarded the DFC medal, and I wanted my son to see a real Flying Fortress.

He climbed in, crawled through, and came out visibly shaken.

“Papa!” he said to my father, “that plane isn’t bullet-proof!”

“No,” my father answered, “and neither were the men inside it.”

In my children’s world of computer-generated battle scenes, Stealth bombers and the Internet, such technological naivete is incomprehensible.

We “boomers” have been teased and tormented for our supposed inability to adopt or adapt to every new technological development. But I feel far sorrier for my kids for having been cut off from the learning style and workmanship of previous ages.

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information shape the future my children will live in.

Resistance to technological change is not new. Our word “sabotage” is named after the wooden shoes (sabots) thrown into the gears of early machines of the Industrial Age by displaced workers.

Out, out, Luddite Western civilization has a tawdry history of out casting or executing those freethinkers who challenged the established order. But the passive resistance of many of my peers to be engulfed by the distractions and expense of the new digital world does not mean we are dunces and Luddites.

We are the last generation schooled in the crafts, scholarship and intellectual pathways of the Gutenberg era, and our children will lose that cultural heritage.

My generation read the dystopias of Brave New World, 1984, and the ominous warnings of Marshall McLuhan and Harlan Ellison about what life would be like in the now/future. You don’t have to be a conspiracy nut to be greatly unsettled by the sudden invasiveness and the erosion of privacy these recent technological changes have wrought.

Going to confession, confiding in your doctor or uncle or best friend cannot match the narcissistic exhibitionism

of MySpace, Twitter, blogs and instant messaging.

My children’s generation does not fear being tracked and targeted electronically every time they swipe a plastic card, talk on a cell phone, use an EZPass at a toll booth or opt for automatic deposit/withdrawal from their bank account.

They shake their heads that I still send hand-written thank-you notes, read the daily newspaper or make land line phone calls on Sunday afternoons to family and friends. I still use a fax machine and wonder what to do with the video tapes we collected before DVD, Blueray and TiVo took over.

They laugh when I tell them that, not only do I not want a cell phone, but that I would prefer to read a street map or atlas than use Mapquest.com, Google or a GPS device in my car.

Surviving a crash But I worry what will happen to them when a satellite fails or a huge computer network/utility grid crashes. And now that such integral technological systems are targeted by terrorists, cyber-thieves and unscrupulous marketers, my children are totally unequipped to defend themselves by reverting to “old-fashioned” modes of survival and commerce.

Definitions: Then and Now Identity theft – using your 21 year old friend’s ID to get served at a bar C yber-bullying – writing your ex-girlfriend’s name and number on the bathroom wall “Big Brother”– all mothers and nuns had eyes in the back of their heads GPS tracking – the network of neighborhood grandmothers who peeked out of

windows to see what you were up to, and fathers who checked the odometer after a date and who threw out any “crashers” who showed up at your sweet 16 birthday party

Text-Messaging/Snail Mail – sending a prettily-wrapped hardcover book, at 4th Class rate, to someone for their birthday

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They don’t know how to write checks, balastonishing “computer,” it is still depenance a bank statement, translate the “fine dant upon our ancient reptilian thought/ print” on a loan application or judiciously emotional processes when confronted with interpret the postings of self-appointed a crisis or dilemma. There’s much to be geniuses on Wikipedia, blogs, YouTube said about having a good memory and an or Twitter. They are bombarded with an instinct to think critically before acting. overload of (mis)information and have not I may be slow at learning how to use my learned how to discern between opinionnew remote control, but I can still rememated bullcacky and factual, verifiable truth. ber the times tables, the Latin Mass, and Had the current technology existed 40 key quotes from Shakespeare and Chaucer. years ago, would our “great generation” I don’t need Google to rattle off the capitol parents have allowed us to talk on the of Liberia, the root meaning of words like telephone while driving the family station “sabotage,” or how to read the stock marwagon? Duh. ket page.

Yet our children are yakking on cell Us boomers—the last generation of the phones and train engineers are sending Gutenberg age—learned through rote text-messages at high speeds, all with attenmemorization, consulting printed works, tion lapses just as deadly as drunk driving. and being held accountable for the accuWe were taught never to talk to strangers racy of our conclusions and decisions.

—but our children are chatting it up with I don’t believe in relying on the Cliff predators on-line.

Notes version of hisThey are tethered to the tory and current events. I was born hand-held devices that lull read Malcolm Gladwell, them into thinking that Thomas Freidman and a boomer they are in control. The sad follow Fareed Zakaria’s at the cusp of commentaries. I harangue truth is, however, is that their lives are controlled by harass my young adult very different and the 24/7 digital world their children daily about their 9-5 Boomer parents can’t generations knee-jerk responses to explain. inundation of digital and cultures the I didn’t own a calculator information they’ve been until I was 30 years old in and no longer programmed into accepting New York City. I learned as true and trustworthy. feel a need the Gutenberg-era craft of Better I should teach them book design, printing and to apologize to rely on their ancient publishing using rubber cefight-of-flight critical infor that ment, T-squares and proofstincts as they navigate into reading galleys at midnight their futures. delivered by maniacal bicycle-messengers.

My 86-year old father took up digital In the mid 1980s, “desktop publishing” photography a few years ago when his golf was born with the advent of the Apple buddies started dying off. He sends me his Macintosh computer and Aldus PageMaker photos of penguins at the southern tip of software. I was able to make a seamless South America or his visits to Copenhagen transition because I knew the jargon of the and teases me about my lack of interest in “old-style” craft—gutter, bleed, em, agate, digital cameras, just as my own kids comfont. plain when I ask them (for the third time) how to find something on my computer.

Too busy for tech Even now, when working on an article But I was too busy raising my children to like this, it starts out written long-hand in keep pace with the culture-shifting, relenta spiral notebook. I was born a boomer, less onslaught of technology that now rules at the cusp of very different generations all our lives, willy-nilly. VCRs and fax maand cultures, and I no longer feel a need to chines were outmoded within a decade of apologize for that. C’est la vie. my children’s births. Walkmans and CDELIZABETH MORSE READ is an awardROMs became obsolete overnight. winning writer, editor and artist who grew up The world my children have grown up on the South Coast. After twenty years of workwith is a blizzard of stimulation and inforing in New York City and traveling the world, mation technology that allows no time for she came back home with her children and lives reflection or judgment. in Fairhaven.

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Explore your family’s roots Most of us have at least a mild interest in learning about the ancestors we hail from.

It’s a kick knowing our forebears included the famous or the Dan Logan infamous, but even catching glimpses of the activities of our unheralded ancestors can offer a new perspective on ourselves.

Think of it. Six genRobin erations ago, about 120 L aCroix years ago, 128 people— your great great great great great grandparents—were busy paving the way for your birth.

When the Pilgrims arrived in 1620, they established southeastern New England in the history books as one of the earliest settlements in North America. It has been estimated that more than 35,000 people from our area can claim genealogical links to the Pilgrims.

But this area also served as the first stop in America for members of other nationalities and ethnic groups. Southeastern New England has a diverse population, “having seen waves of immigration from Ireland, Québec, Italy, Portugal, Asia, Latin America and Africa,” according to the Wikipedia.

It’s no wonder that the area is now a valuable repository for genealogical information about generations of New Englanders, from the First Comers to much more recent arrivals. According to the Genealogy.com web site (www.genealogy.com/25_kory.html) more than “85,000 book-length family histories have been published since the 1840s” about New England families.

You may have someone in your tree who has already done much of the research and will make it available to you, or has already published on the Internet.

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Getting started So how do you get started researching your ancestry? Learning a bit about how to do genealogical research will smooth your path. The National Archives and Records Administration branch in Waltham (www. archives.gov/northeast/boston) regularly offers workshops to the public starting with an introduction to genealogy and ranging over a wide variety of topics.

“The National Archives and Records Administration is a good place to get some basic training in genealogy,” says Fred Lincoln, a long-time genealogist from Brockton.

Beginning from scratch, the best approach is to begin locally and work outward geographically in your search for information. Start a file folder where you can stash information about yourself and your immediate family.

Fortunately or unfortunately, genealogical research isn’t a one-stop shopping activity. Some of the information you want may be found in clusters. Other data must be tracked down item by item.

Finding the records The most important documents include birth, marriage and death certificates.

Once you find these for your parents and grandparents, the information on them opens doors to previous generations of your ancestors. Birth certificates lead to marriage certificates, and marriage certificates to death certificates. Such records often list locations and occupations and offer clues to siblings.

Death certificates can lead you to the obituaries in old newspapers kept on microfilm, and also to the cemeteries where you might find unexpected information carved on the headstones.

All the data you uncover must be doublechecked. You want at least two sources for every bit of information. One of the bugaboos of genealogy is the way reasonable but

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incorrect conclusions can be drawn from a thin slice of information.

As an example, the same given name frequently occurs in multiple generations or even in the same generation. You may think you’re reading about one generation, but you’re somewhere else entirely. For someone living in that generation casual references to an individual were clear to all parties, but looking back from the future the references aren’t so transparent. It can be very confusing. If you’ve ever read Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, you know what we mean.

Interviewing people Interview relatives as soon as possible and ask for specifics. Get as many names, dates and places as possible, so you can verify the information with other family members or sources.

Bring along a tape recorder to your interviews. Something that might not seem important enough to write down may turn out to be critical later on.

Don’t put off interviewing the oldest members of your family, for obvious reasons. These are the people who can give you the personal flavor of what their parents and grandparents were like, not to mention information about family history and politics. The juicy gossip, as it were.

Frequently people offer up details it would never have occurred to you to ask about.

Also start collecting as many family photos as possible—put faces to names. These days, copiers and scanners make collecting family photo easier than in the past. A family member might not want to give over a precious photo to your care, but they may be willing to scan or copy it for you.

Software Personal computers and the Internet have had a profound effect on genealogy, making it easy to build collections of data and easier for individuals to conduct research.

Currently there’s lots of software available for carrying out genealogical research.

For example, Ancestry.com offers Family Tree Maker 2009, a popular and easy to use program for organizing genealogical materials including photos and audio and video files. Once you input your data, the software can be used to generate charts, reports, family trees and other documents.

At the Ancestry.com web site you can do some free research into your family, look at sample family trees, and start developing your understanding of the world of genealogy. Many genealogically oriented Web sites also host forums where people can communicate directly with others doing similar research.

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Libraries Close to home, you might find the pickings good at libraries and local historical societies. Taunton has been a crossroads for travel across southeastern New England since before the Pilgrims, and the Old Colony Historical Society (www.oldcolonyhistoricalsociety.org) in Taunton houses a large collection of regional historical documents maintained by a helpful staff.

Much of Nathaniel Philbrick’s research for his book Mayflower was done there.

The Providence Public library (www.provlib.org) at 150 Empire Street is another good source of genealogical information, but wherever your family has roots, check the local library’s collection of genealogy materials for information that will help you.

City and town halls, registries of deeds, probate courts, churches, the Massachusetts Genealogical Society, the Military Genealogical Society, the New England Historic and Genealogical Society (www.newenglandancestors.org) and hundreds more sources have information that may help your cause.

Getting the sense there’s a lot of work involved in genealogical research? You’re right, but you may happen upon a treasure trove of relevant information at any time in your hunt.

Genealogical research can lead you on new adventures. If you’re the gregarious type, it may encourage you to take the opportunity to travel and meet people. (Many families hold reunions, some held annually for years on end.) Or you might choose to do your research in the quiet comfort of your own home. Either way, you can find out fascinating details about the lives of the ancestors who ultimately produced you.

Dan Logan and Robin L aCroix are freelance writers and photographers who partner in Tightrope Photography, a Rehoboth-based company specializing in family history

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Rehabilitation options Help is close to home

What would you do if you or a loved one had a stroke, accident, or severe injury? How would you take care of yourself or that special Stacie person?

Charbonneau In the South Coast, we Hess have several facilities that address the needs of people of all ages requiring special attention. When choosing a rehabilitation hospital for yourself or a loved Michael one, there are several J. Vieira factors to consider.

Tim Pedersen, MS,PT, Director of Rehabilitation Services for the Clifton Healthcare Campus treating a patient in their new custom designed heated aqua-therapy pool.

Location, location, location Location is important. Is the facility close and convenient, especially if it will be used for outpatient services?

But consider other things. What are the qualifications of the staff, the accreditation of the facility, and the satisfaction rates of the patients? Does the facility have the programs and treatment that suit your needs?

What are the costs and what insurances are accepted?

Some consider the Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center at Newport Hospital to be unique.

“We’ve been around for forty years,” Senior Public Relations Officer Margaret O’Keefe said, “We have very high patient satisfaction rates.”

In addition, the Hospital was just re-designated a magnet facility from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

They were awarded a national designation of Excellence in Nursing that only 2% of hospitals in the nation obtain.

Hospitals with this designation are shown to have shorter recovery times and higher patient satisfaction rates than other hospitals. The magnet process is an arduous one and is not taken lightly; at Newport Hospital this meant two years of review from the ANCC.

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Vanderbilt offers options The Vanderbilt Rehab Center also features three different programs. The first is an acute rehabilitation inpatient program, the most intensive program that provides medical supervision by a physician, 24 hour rehab nursing care, and three hours a day of therapies.

The second program is outpatient rehab.

This focuses on therapy and recovery: physical therapy, occupational therapy, language pathology and a prosthetic and orthotic clinic. The third program offers education and a monitored exercise program for clients with cardiac diagnoses.

One of the best things about having both in and outpatient services, says O’Keefe, is that as patients get better, they can stay in familiar surroundings.

“They can keep coming back to the same place for treatment when they transition from inpatient to outpatient. They will have the same medical director, the same level of care, the same physician,” she said.

While the Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center treats people of all ages, the majority of its clients are 55 and older.

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“The need is greater as we get older, since we are more likely to have suffered a stroke or a fall requiring medical treatment,” says O’Keefe.

To learn more about the Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center at Newport Hospital, call 401-845-1605 or visit www. lifespan.org/newport/services/vrc.

Rehab in New Bedford New Bedford Rehabilitation Hospital is a 90 bed, long-term acute care hospital located in the northern section of the city.

It specializes in the treatment and rehabilitation of chronically and critically ill ventilator-dependent patients, and patients with severe and chronic lung diseases.

It also provides comprehensive wound management and medical programs to those recovering from trauma or surgery.

Thomas Heenan, Director of Business Development, explained how the facility differs from others.

“New Bedford Rehab Hospital is the only long-term acute care hospital in the Southeastern Massachusetts region and offers services not readily available elsewhere

in the region,” he said, “Our state of the art programs in ventilator weaning, wound care management and complex medical care are our specialties and are generally not available at nursing facilities.”

The Hospital offers the services of a 24 hour physician, as well as nursing and respiratory therapy coverage. NBRH seeks to respond to its patients’ medical needs as swiftly as possible, identifying and meeting them on a timely basis.

Therapies include physical, occupational and speech. Therapists and physicians work in tandem to maximize a patient’s rehab potential and provide a smooth transition home.

“Our program allows patients to be discharged from an acute care hospital into a smaller, more personalized setting while maintaining a high degree of medical intervention,” Keenan said.

The New Bedford Rehabilitation Hospital is located at 4499 Acushnet Avenue in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The admissions department is open Monday through Friday and can be reached at 508-9956900. For more information visit www. newbedfordrehab.com.

New Bedford Rehabiliation hospital is a long-term acute care hospital offering both outpatient and inpatient hospital services.

Clifton clinic & center

Thanks to a recent expansion project, the Clifton Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinic sounds like one part health spa and one part rehab hospital. It boasts a brand new, 4000 square foot, state of the art physical therapy pool where patients can flex and heal their muscles after surgery or injury.

“We are super excited about the pool.

It really adds to the rehab element,” says Clifton co-owner Andrea Greenwood-Syron, “It offers a place where you are buoyant. This means less pressure on the muscles. With regular exercise you can return sooner to normal activity and hasten your return home.”

In addition to the pool, the Outpatient Clinic features modern exercise equipment, outdoor practice fields and private treatment areas.

As an organization, Clifton is over 50 years old. It is family owned and operated, a local business caring for the community in the truest sense of the word. In addition to the Outpatient Rehab Clinic, the Clifton Rehabilitative Nursing Center provides inpatient services on the same campus.

The Nursing Center provides all the services a patient would expect: in-house doctors and nurses, physical and occupational therapists and their assistants in a 142 bed facility. But what sets Clifton apart is that both in and out patient services are availGet the help you need at a local rehabilitation able in the same building (the center. A trained professional helps a patient Outpatient Clinic has its own pri(above) at the Vanderbilt Rehabilitation Center of Newport Hospital vate entrance.)

Greenwood-Syron points out the benefits of this arrangement. “One of the neatest parts of our programs is our follow-through care. The same therapists are available for both in and outpatient services.”

Clifton continually looks for ways to help their clients, and the recent construction and expansion project was one way to do that. While the Nursing Center treats people who’ve had hip or knee replacement surgery and the like, the Rehab Clinic focuses on everything from athletes with injuries to post-surgical therapy.

“The Clinic is really for everyone. We like to say ages nine to ninety,” says Greenwood-Syron. “There could be a child who has a baseball injury in one room, Mom in another room, and then Grandma.”

Clifton has not entirely completed its upgrades.

“The expansion project is still going on,” says Greenwood-Syron. “We are redoing the whole building. The most important point of the project is improving rehab care, to get you back home as fast as possible.”

For more information about Clifton’s Nursing Center or Rehabilitation Clinic, call (508) 675-7589. You can find them at 500 Wilbur Avenue in Somerset.

Stacie Charbonneau Hess is a mother, a graduate student, and a freelance writer based in New Bedford, Massachsuetts, where she lives with her husband, three children, and too many pets to mention.

Michael Vieira, Ph.D. is the Acting Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Bristol Community College. Mike has written for several newspapers and magazines and is an editor of The South Coast Insider and South Coast Prime Times.

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There’s a farmers’ market near you!

In the modern world, a throwback like a farmer’s market is, in my opinion, just what we need. Today’s high prices on just about Kenneth everything—gas, food, Sutcliffe clothing, water—make it a comfort to know that some relief is available. This may be a slight exaggeration, but farmer’s markets may just be a cure for many of society’s ills.

Many provide fresh, healthy, organically grown and conventionally grown produce at a reasonable cost.

Supporting local farmer’s markets helps to preserve local open and green space.

And I mean “green” both literally and figuratively.

Supporting local farmer’s markets can also help to preserve the unique regional identity of our communities, an identity that is increasingly under threat by massive construction projects and abusive use of our open spaces.

Plus, much of the money spent at a farmer’s market stays in the local economy, supports local businesses, and strengthens the fabric of our communal lives.

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on our gas bills and our gas consumption.

With over forty farmer’s markets operating between Providence and the South End of Boston, it’s also likely that one is close enough for you to frequent without it being a major hassle.

My local market New Bedford’s Clasky Common Farmer’s Market opened in 2003, and ever since I’ve been enjoying local fruits and veggies.

The market is a five-minute walk from my home at a leisurely pace, and within a ten minute drive of well over one-hundred thousand local city and country dwellers.

The Clasky Common Farmer’s Market recaptures, in many ways, the original use of “common land,” that is, it encourages and allows the use of publicly owned land for a communal purpose. Originally many of the “commons” around the United States were places where people could let their livestock—cattle, goats, and the like— graze. Now, farmer’s markets allow a different type of grazing: our grazing for food. And what food there is to be found!

One of the benefits of shopping at a farmer’s market is the quality of produce which is often picked the morning of the day it is sold—you can’t get much fresher

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than that. Last year I ate a peach from the farmer’s market that was the ripest, tastiest, most succulent peach that I’ve had in years.

Grocery store peaches don’t even come close—they’ve got to be picked before truly ripe so they don’t bruise in long distance shipping.

Farmer’s markets are not all created equal.

There are two basic categories of farmer’s markets. Cleverly, they are designated as “Class One,” and “Class Two.” I happen to be lucky enough to live near a Class One; these markets are considered by market “aficionados” as superior in many ways to others because they sell only what is grown by local farmers. The guidelines are very strict. An organizer of the Clasky Common Farmer’s Market tells me that organizers actually visit the local farms, inspect them, and make darn sure that they are actually growing the food they sell. In the past they’ve even had to take legal action to get non-compliant farmers to leave.

So, you won’t find apples from China or potatoes from Paraguay at a Class One farmer’s market.

Class Two farmer’s markets are still a nice option, but sadly they do not ensure that their produce is grown locally. In fact, the produce at a Class Two farmer’s market

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could come from anywhere, be it Somerset or Somalia.

Fresh produce and more The Clasky Common Farmer’s Market will, like many other farmer’s markets, have three to five participant farmers this year. They have also decided to add local craftsmen to the mix, along with musical entertainment.

It’s actually a great way to spend a few early hours of a summer day. If you’re a parent, it’s a wonderful opportunity to let your children get some exercise, get shopping done, and spend some quality family time together. That’s something that’s almost impossible to do under the fluorescent lights at the “super” market. There is ample parking available too, though, as I mentioned, the market is within walking distance for many in the city and within biking distance for all.

The market at Clasky Common, like many others, accepts Food Stamps/ EBT, WIC, and Senior Coupons. The Council on Aging is active in giving out vouchers for produce. Most programs are, of course, subject to income eligibility. The Homebound Program—also through the Council on Aging—supplies fresh, local produce for qualifying seniors by direct delivery to the home.

Since its beginnings in 1822, Clasky Common has undergone many changes, from pasture land to public playground.

Now, as then, Clasky Common overlooks historic New Bedford Harbor. It has pleasant walking paths, numerous memorials, a playground, a basketball court, and a sprinkler for the kids to play in. It is surrounded by magnificent period architecture, and it possesses a number of grand old trees that provide ample shade in which to eat fresh produce, read a book, or take a nap.

The Clasky Common Farmer’s Market begins on July 12 and runs every Saturday thereafter from 9 to 12.

For more information about local farmer’s markets go to: www.farmfresh.org/food/ farmersmarkets. Look under “Find Local Food” and you will see links to Farmer’s Markets. Also listed are links to restaurants that attempt to buy and use local produce.

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According to Andy Pollock of Silverbrook Farms, most fruits and vegetables travel 1,500-2,500 miles to your large chain grocery store.

An alternative to that mind-boggling wonder of modern transportation are local farmers, and wholesome, fresh produce available at many local farmers markets.

Farmers’ markets are more and more popular each year for a variety of reasons: the food is healthier, it’s important to support local growers, and it’s better for our environment.

In 2004, Massachusetts had only 100 farmers markets in the Sate. This year, there are 150.

Silverbrook Farm is one of many farms that offer produce at the farmers’ markets. You can see their schedule at www.silverbrookdartmouth.com Each local farmers’ market has it’s own distinctive range of food, produce, gift items. You’ll find vegetables, berries, eggs, flowers, herbs, and more.

For more information on area farmers’ markets, see the Umass Dartmouth Agricultural Partnership website, at www.umassd.edu/semap/ Kennedy Park Farmers’ M arket Satudays, May through November 22, 7:30am to 12:30pm Broadway and Bradford Ave., Fall River Ruggles Park Farmers’ M arket Wednesdays, June 4 to November 19 9am to 1pm Locust and Seabury Streets, Fall River Rochester Farmers’ M arket May through October Saturday, 8am to Noon 565 Roundsville Road, Rochester 508- 763-5203 www.rochesterfarmersmarket.org Brooklawn Park Farmers’ M arket Mondays, July 7 to October 27, 2pm-dusk Ashley Blvd & Brooklawn St., New Bedford 508-995-5019 Clasky Common Farmers’ M arket Saturdays, July 12 to October 25, 9am to 1pm Pleasant St & Pearl St., New Bedford Wings Court Farmers’ M arket Thursdays, July 10 to October 30, 2pm to 7pm Purchase and Union streets, New Bedford 508-995-5019 Westport Farmers’ M arket July 5 to October 11, 8am to Noon At the Westport Grange 870 Main Road, Westport Sakonnet Growers’ M arket July 5 to September 27, 9am to 1pm Route 77 and Lafayette Road, Tiverton Aquidneck Growers Farmers’ M arket Wednesdays, June 11 to Oct. 22, 2pm to 6pm Memorial Blvd and Chapel Street, Newport

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PRIME WINES

Re-discover Italy’s fine white wines

There is a wonderful diverse assortment of delicious white wines produced in Italy.

One of these is the ubiquitous Pinot Grigio.

It is made in almost all of the Italian wine regions and comes in a variety of styles.

It has taken the American public by storm. In fact, the flood of Pinot Grigio has all but washed away many of the outstanding traditional white wines that have been a mainstay for many aficionados of Italian cuisine.

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ne seldom thinks of white wines when it comes to Italy, but if you enjoy sumptuous Mediterranean seafood dishes, you need to find these exceptional wines to make the perfect marriage.

Prior to the onslaught of Pinot Grigio, the most popular white wine of Italy in the U.S. was the soft but dry Soave. It is made from the Garganega and Trebbiano grapes, mostly in this dry style but also in sweet versions (recioto) and slightly sparkling (spumonte).

It is still second only to Chianti as an import to the U.S., but recently it has become more difficult to find. But when you do find them, know that they run as low as $9 a bottle (or even less!) and as high as $20.

Suave’s a bit nutty Suave lovers enjoy the clean taste with a hint of almond. Some Soaves, like Rugate Dan Michele Soave’s, have an intense floral aroma along with the almond flavor. This wine runs $16 and up. Yet others prefer the bargain of a Bolla Soave at $8.

When it comes to matching a Mediterranean style grilled fish, a Frascati generally fills the bill. It is made from a

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blend of Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes and come from the Latium (a.k.a. Lazio) region and is a classic wine of Rome. It is light, crisp, sometimes with a bit of perfumed elegance and sometimes with a hint of oak. Typically inexpensive and often a favorite, is Fontana Candida Frascati, usually at less than $10.

Maybe the best But don’t think all the Italian white wines are at the low end of the price-sticker spectrum. There is one that is produced from the Cortese grape and grown in the Monferrato hills near a small town in the Piedmont. This wine, considered by some to be the very best white wine of Italy, takes its name from that that town and is called Gavi.

At its best, it is dry with a hint of lime like flavor, generally with an exciting acidity and interesting mineral character, especially in the aftertaste. This is a good description of La Scolca Gavi di Gavi, Black Label 2006 that runs around $40. Not to worry, there are a lot of others Gavis, even down to as low as $12, such as Principisa Gavi di Gavi.

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Another group of great Italian white wines are those classified as Vernaccia. This was the first of the Italian white wines to be classified as a DOCG, one of the top classifications in Italy. This wine is made from and named for a grape called Vernaccia, which is unfortunate, as this is the name of several other similar grapes.

The wine is produced in Tuscany, in the province of Siena. At one time it was referred to as white Chianti, but nothing could be further from the truth. It has a fruity aroma and flavor, encompassing apples, oranges and apricots, as well as a touch of almonds. It is usually dry and even crisp on occasion. In many cases the name is expanded to Vernaccia di San Gimignano, such as Pietro Vernaccia di San Gimignano, which runs about $9 to $10 a bottle.

Another noteworthy white Italian wine is Arneis, from the Piedmont. It is an interesting grape, producing a wine similar to Viognier, in that it is medium full bodied and has a rich fruity aroma and flavor.

It seems to be at its best if consumed within a year after purchase. Though it has not yet been widely distributed in the U.S., you

can find it at good Italian wine specialty shops. One good example is Giacomo Vico 2006 Arneis, which runs about $13.

No list of good Italian white wines would be complete with out mentioning Verdicchio. At one time it was considered by many as one of the best white wines of Italy and most renditions are $10 or less.

It was not usually taken as a serious wine as they were usually shipped to the U.S. in amphora shaped bottles. Its home is in the Marches region and most come from the area Castelli di Jesu. Frazi Battaglia Verdichhio can be found as low as $8. It is crisp and floral and highly recommended for fish and cold platters.

Low price, great taste Again at the low end of the price spectrum you can find Italian white wines with the simple Trebbiano designation or with the village name after it like Trebbiano d’ Ambruzzo.

As you may have noticed, Trebbiano is used in many of the regional white wines and is by far the most widely planted white grape variety of Italy. For that matter it is widely planted in France too, but under the name Ugni Blanc.

Again we get a light, crisp wine with hints of citrus and sometimes it has a melon or herbal character. This is the perfect wine to enjoy with a cold seafood or chicken salad, or for an every day sipping wine watching the clouds flow by. But you can afford to quaff it as it can be found at low prices like $7 a bottle for Castellana Trebbiano, or Citra Trebbiano for $5.

We could go on and on about Italian white wines looking at the more unique wines like the Pinot Biancos, and the new Italian Chardonnays. The southern end of Italy has become a source of great white wines.

There are some well-known white wines coming out of Campania, such as Greco di Tufo, Falanghina and Fiano di Avellino.

There are also several good whites from Sicily and Sardinia, many of which are made from the Malvasia and Muscato grapes in both sweet and dry styles.

So the next time you think about Italian wines don’t just think about the great rich full-bodied reds. Remember that Italy is the home and producer of a large spectrum of delicious white wines that complement most any occasion.

A lton L. Long is a freelance writer, educator and event producer specializing in wine, food and travel. He and his wife Dorothy live in Tiverton.

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BOOK PICKS BY BAKER

by Baker Books staff

Courtesy of Baker Books – www.bakerbooks.net

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ummer is the time to catch up on our reading, to set aside some quiet hours to finally read the books we set aside some months ago. It’s a good time for sitting in the evening, or on a long afternoon, re-reading an old favorite, or enjoying a recent best-seller. Here are some suggestions, books that we highly recommend for your reading list.

L ast of the Donkey Pilgrims

By Kevin O’Hara Forge $15 Paperback Here’s a book that brings to life the legends, myths, history and geography of Ireland in a surprising journey around the periphery of the Emerald Isle. On a bet, O’Hara travels the coastal byways, meeting the people and discovering his roots in a journey that is part love story as his relationship with the cantankerous donkey that pulls his cart becomes a friendship, and part a spiritual voyage back to his family’s heritage. The Library Journal said, “One of the finest books about contemporary Ireland ever written...

In a style evocative of Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley, O’Hara writes memorably of his most unusual way of touring his ancestral home.”

takes us back to 1480 Seville. I loved the historical background juxtaposed against present day Sarajevo and the drama and intrigue of Hanna’s personal life. This is one of my favorite books in a long time!

—Mimi Powell

A Nation on Fire

By Clay Risen Wiley $25.95 Hardcover

People of the Book

This work is intended for readers interested in the civil rights movement, the 1960s and contemporary history and politics.

The brief period covered in the book is given its first in-depth treatment. Clay is an impressive writer and the book quickly becomes a compulsive read. A Nation on Fire is an important addition to the study of 60s and civil rights that helps explain the present condition of our inner cities.

—Peter Gelinas

By Geraldine Brooks Penguin $15 Paperback

The Little Road Trip Handbook

Hanna Heath, a rare book conservator from Australia, is summoned to Sarajevo to analyze a recently discovered manuscript. Through small bits of things such as an insect’s wing, wine crystals, et cetera, she begins to trace the history of the book. Moving back and forth between Hanna’s present day life and her work, the history of the book unravels.

Extraordinary illumination marks it as one of a kind and the reason for its existence

Prolific local author Erin McHugh has done it again! In The Little Road Trip Handbook she gives you the low down on where how and even why one should undertake a road trip. Too broke to travel? She’ll show you how to apply for a grant to compensate your travel expenses. Don’t know where the one of a kind out of the way places are that

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By Erin McHugh Sterling $14.95 Paperback

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will give you an unforgettable travel experience? She’s got that covered too, along with car care, state laws, speed limits, and a variety of routes to traverse. Guaranteed to induce severe case of wanderlust!

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Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

By Shunryu Suzuki Random House $12.95 Paperback Shunryu Suzuki was a direct descendant of the great 13th century Zen master Dogen. Already a deeply respected master in Japan, he founded the first Zen training monastery outside of Asia in America. Shunryu Suzuki’s talks were recorded on tape and the transcriptions were editied by one of Shunryu’s closest disciples. This book is about how to practice Zen as a workable discipline, about posture and breathing, and the basic attitudes and understanding that make Zen practice possible. It also about non-duality, emptiness, and enlightenment. Here one begins to understand what Zen is really all about.

Here indeed is a book of profound and joyous reflection.

—Mark Demoranville

American Bloomsbury

by Susan Cheever Simon & Schuster $15 Paperback Concord, Massachusetts in the mid-1800s was home to an astonishing collection of authors. Cheever gives us a view into the interconnected lives of Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, and Henry David Thoreau.

They were the bohemians of their day and began the Transcendentalist Movement. It is a fascinating look at the ways in which these writers received financial support and how the characters in their famous classics were drawn from members of this group.

Their romantic and professional lives are explained in detail.

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GOOD TIMES

Art for the heart, soul and economy

Some folks say that art is good for the soul.

That may be true, but it’s also good for the heart.

Art can relieve stress by changing one’s Michael mood and changing one’s mind. It can reJ. Vieira lax, inspire, and transform. Sure, it can also anger, depress, and draw out a cathartic scream…but sometimes, that’s good, too. Love it or hate it, art can get the blood flowing.

At the risk of waxing poetic or feeling philosophic, what is art? For some, it’s a realistic painting that recalls the smell of sea—for others, it’s the splashes of colors on a canvas that looks like it was thrown by a monkey. (And, in some cases actually was.)

Is the sound of the soothing strings of a symphony art? Or is art found in the searing sounds of a city seer’s sexual shouts in the streets? Yo! Both might result in either a well thought out review or a city girl’s, “whateva.” But for a moment, whatever the reaction, our mind has transcended our mood. Our soul has escaped our situation.

That’s not a bad thing. As a street-wise cousin once said, “Everybody’s got to get numb some times.” For some, it might be drink or drug—for others, knitting or scrapbooking, but for most, it’s art. A song, image, sculpture, or collection of words can help ease the pain of the real world.

For what it’s worth In these challenging economic times, art can help take our minds off our wallets.

But it can also put some cash back into our communities.

As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website, STLtoday.com, noted: “For years, the arts community has made a convincing case for the economic benefits of arts funding. These ripple out beyond those who pay to attend particular events to include working people and small

businesses in the tourism and hospitality sectors of the local economy. Arts funding also helps attract the so-called “creative class” of workers to a community and supports the dynamic companies that employ them.”

In the South Coast, those ripples are being felt. The innovative “pebbles” tossed out as Providence Gallery Night, created a wave of artistic energy that became AHA! Night in New Bedford. The galleries along cobblestoned Whaling City streets helped make believers out of Fall River folks who hosted the first Open Studio event in the city and the creation of a new arts district and restaurant row. The former Durfee textile institute (and later Bristol Community College) have been considered as places lofts and space for artists.

Across the South Coast, public officials are realizing that the creative energy of the arts may be what’s need to light the fires of redevelopment in our cities and towns.

We’re not alone.

According to STLtoday.com, some say, the economic activity created by arts organizations and workers in local economies should be considered for stimulus funding being considered by Congress. After all, we’re funneling billions to banks and the auto industry…a few bucks to the arts community might not hurt.

Mutual support Although government support would

help, for the arts to truly be part of the South Coast, local people need to support it. Go to a play, visit a museum, and buy a piece of art. Do what you can.

But the art community also has to help support the public good by making their creative works accessible to everyone—not just those who can afford to pay. In some cases, thanks to grants, and at other times, because of their recognition that community support is necessary, this is already happening.

Most libraries have free passes to museums and other venues. And many historical societies and galleries charge so little that it would be worth making the financial contribution as an investment in our regions artistic future.

Others, like Bristol Community College (which, in the interest of full-disclosure, is my employer) and UMass Dartmouth offer community events at little or no cost.

For example, the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Art Gallery at BCC’s Fall River campus brings nationally known artists to the community and is open to the public free of charge.

Trinity Rep in Providence has a number of discounts available to the community. (www.trinityrep.com/buy_tickets/ discounts/discounts.php) New Bedford’s Zeiterion Theatre also offers many community activities (www.zeiterion.org). Other South Coast theater companies, galleries and musical groups should follow their lead and offer student and senior discounts and “rush” seating.

After all, there’s nothing sadder than a musician or actor performing in a near empty theater. And a piece of art that gets no reaction is somehow left unfinished.

Art is really a partnership and one that’s perfect match for the current economy where we all need a little diversion from time to time.

MICHAEL VIEIRA, Ph.D. is the Acting Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Bristol Community College. Mike has written for several newspapers and magazines and is an editor of The South Coast Insider and South Coast Prime Times.

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New England’s premiere summer music festivals Music festivals and summer go hand-in-hand like Peter Townshend and a ‘64 Rickenbacker guitar. For reasons unbenownst to even the savviest music buff, music just sounds better in the warm open air. From jazz to punk, folk to heavy metal, every genre gets in on the summer music festival lovin’, J ason hoping its die-hard fans will come out in droves to rock out Perry under the sun.

Summer 2009 is shaping up to be a stellar season for music festivals across New England, so if you’re thinking about attending your first “fest,” now is a good time to take the plunge. Stock up on sunscreen, dig up that vintage ‘75 Springsteen t-shirt, and keep all ATM cards handy to pay for overpriced bottled water.

South Coast Prime Times is giving you a first-class tour of this summer’s definitive New England music festivals: Greater New Bedford Summerfest 2009: A n International Folk Music Festival

know what he’s talking about. Each day will feature sublime performances from world-class practioners of classical music, with Argentinian organist Hector Oliveira scheduled to bring the house down on July 26th.

July 3-5 www.newbedfordsummerfest.com The New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park hosts this year’s Greater New Bedford Summerfest; home to a dizzying line-up of local and international folk artists. Six performance stages will be scattered throughout the park, allowing attendees to sit-in on intimate sets with traditional folk musicians or dance until they collapse to the very best in contemporary acoustic music. Friday night kicks off with a trio of talented folk artists including Boston-based folk guru, Ellis Paul while Saturday and Sunday will feature over 32+ songwriters. Talk about folk-overload.

The Newport Music Festival July 10-26 www.newportmusic.org Like you need another reason to visit Newport? Artistic Director Dr. Mark P. Malkovich, III assembled this year’s line-up by hand-picking from a selection of 19th century chamber music and Romantic-era piano literature. Considering Dr. Malkovich is entering his 35th season with the Newport Music Festival, we think he

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Vans Warped Tour 2009 July 21 www.warpedtour.com For over 15 years, the Vans Warped Tour has brought the biggest names in modern punk to doorsteps across the country. On July 21, the punkiest of punk tours celebrates its big 1-5 at the Comcast Center in Boston. Iconic groups like Less Than Jake and Flogging Molly share the stage with the new breed punk acts like LoveHateHero and Runner Runner. Even Braintree boys, A Rocket To The Moon, get the chance to tear up the stage in front of its hometown.

Punk is a lifestyle and you’ll see why at the Vans Warped Tour.

Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival August 4 www.mayhemfest.com Here comes the metal meltdown: run for your life! Rockstar’s Mayhem Festival, launched in 2008, is still an infant in the music fest scene. But at the pace it’s grow-

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ing, Rockstar could have a giant on its hands. Boston’s Comcast Center is ground zero for the metal madness, featuring Marilyn Manson, legendary thrashheads Slayer, and Springfield’s own Killswitch Engage. Two additional stages, sponsored

by Jägermeister and Hot Topic respectively, promise to be head-banging worthy as Massachusetts favorites All That Remains join Trivium, Behemoth, and more. Prepare for a sonic assault that will leave your ear drums bruised and battered.

George Wein’s Jazz Festival 55 August 7-9 www.jazzfestival55.com Don’t let the new name fool you. Formerly known as the Newport Jazz Festival, founder George Wein has taken over the reins to keep Newport’s musical legacy alive. Taking place at the International Tennis Hall of Fame on August 7th and For Adams State Park on August 8-9, George Wein’s Jazz Festival 55 is loaded with major musical artists with tenor vocalist Tony Bennett and multi-talented singer/poet Mos Def leading the pack.

Rhythm & Roots September 4-6 www.rhythmandroots.com When the days become shorter and fall creeps up on the horizon, the only way to enjoy the closing days of summer is with a little rhythm in your step at the Rhythm & Roots Festival at Ninigret Park in Charlestown, Rhode Island. Rhythm & Roots is like Woodstock without the mud people and riots, giving festivalgoers the chance to setup camp on the festival grounds and immerse themselves in the rhythmic atmosphere. Canadian folksters Great Big Sea and Washington D.C.’s blues-rockers Hot Tuna share headlining duties for a weekend that guarantees to kindle your grassroots spirit.

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July 1 - Poets’ Pathyway. Coffee Milano, 58 Center St., Middleboro. 6:30pm. 508-947-1930 or e-mail info@pathfinding.com

June 27 - Bug-a-Rama. Buttonwood Park Zoo, New Bedford. 1pm. Free with zoo admission. www.bpzoo.org

July 2 - Seaside Cinema. Sit back and enjoy the 2nd movie of the season on board the USS Massachusetts. Battleship Cove, Fall River. 8:30 pm.

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August 20-23 - A Weekend of Coaching.

Grounds of Newport Mansions, Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI. Various times. 401-847-1000 or visit www.newportmansions.org

July 7 - Knitters’ Circle. Rissell Memorial Library, 88 Main St., Acushnet. 6pm. Free. 508-998-0270.

September 12-13 - Raptor Weekend. Environmental Education Center, 1401 Hope St., Bristol, RI. All day. Ticket information available by calling 401-245-7500 or by visiting www.asri.org

July 8 - Downcity Alive!: Art and the City. Tour departs from Hampton Inn Suites, 58 Webosset Street, Providence, RI. Noon. 401-273-7507 x62 or visit www.rihs.org July 11 - Arts in the Park. Marion Art Center, Bicentennial Park, Marion. 10am. Free. 508-7481266 or visit http://marionartcenter.org/

September 12-13 - Revolutionary War Living History Weekend. Fort Adams State Park, Newport, RI. 10am. $10 for adults; $5 children 6-17; $25 for families. 401-841-0707 or visit www. fortadams.org

July 11 - Wickford Art Festival. Wickford Village, Rte. 1A, Wickford, RI. 10am. Free. 401-294-6840 or visit www.wickfordart.org

September 16 - Lost Houses of Newport.

Rosecliff, 548 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI. 11am. $5. Advance registration requested. 401-847-1000 x154 or visit www.newportmansions.org

July 18 - Learn Secrets for Successful Writing. Borders Books Music and Cafe, Wareham Crossing, 2421 Cranberry Highway, Suite 460, Wareham. 2pm. Free. 508-295-0028.

Food • Drink

August 6 - Seaside Cinema. Sit back and enjoy the 3rd movie of the season on board the USS Massachusetts. Battleship Cove, Fall River. 8:30pm.

Free. 508-678-1100 x110.

August 29-30 - Cape Cod Fine Art Festival.

Village Green and Main St., Hyannis. 10am. Free.

508-775-7982 or visit www.capecodartfest.com August 29-30 - Newport Arts Festival. Newport Yachting Center, 4 Commercial Wharf, Newport, RI. 10am. $3 (children under 12 free). 401-8470960 x56 or visit www.aquidneckislandartsfestival. org

July 10 - Lloyd Center’s Clambake XXIV. Demerest Lloyd State Park, Barney’s Joy Rd., Dartmouth.

6pm. Reservations available. 508-558-2916.

July 11 - Westport’s Best Catch Seafood Dinner. Westport Rivers Vineyard and Winery, 417 Hixbridge Rd., Westport. 508-636-3423 x2 or visit www.westportrivers.com September 5 - 5 Mile Dinner, Slow and Sustainable. Westport Rivers Vineyard and Winery, 417 Hixbridge Rd., Westport. Ticket information available at 508-636-3423 x2 or by visiting www. westportrivers.com

Education

September 24-27 - Newport Mansions’ Wine and Food Festival. Rosecliff and Marble House, Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI. Various times and prices.

401-847-1000 or visit www.newportmansions.org

July 1-September 7 - Flutterby: Butterflies In Bloom. Roger Williams Park Zoo, 1000 Elmwood Ave., Providence, RI. 9:30am. Nominal fee plus zoo admission. 401-785-3510 or visit www. rwpzoo.org

October 3 – Westport Rivers Harvest Fest Dinner. Westport Rivers Vineyard and Winery, 417 Hixbridge Rd., Westport. Ticket information available at 508-636-3423 x2 or visit www.westportrivers.com

July 1-October 13 - The America’s Cup: The Newport Years. Museum of Yachting, Fort Adams State Park, Newport, RI. 10am. 401-847-1018.

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June 23 - Sea Le. Ocean Explorium at the New Bedford Seaport, 174 Union St., New Bedford.

7pm. $2 for adults; $1 for children and seniors;

June 26 - Saint Vincent’s Summer Celebration.

Battleship Cove, Fall River. 6pm. $100 per ticket.

508-235-3228 or visit www.stvincentshome.org

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June 26-28 – The 2009 Newport Flower Show.

Rosecliff, 548 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI. Friday 10:30am-5pm. Opening Night Cocktail Party, 6-9pm, Sat. June 27, 9am-5pm and Sun. June 28 9am-5pm. 401-847-1000 or visit www.NewportFlowerShow.org June 27-28 – 2009 Taunton River Overnight Wild and Scenic River Run. The TRWA River Center, Gertrude Boyden Refuge, 1298 Cohannet St., Taunton $30/canoe or kayak for TRWA members, $40/canoe/kayak for non-TRWA participants. 508828-1101 or visit www.savethetaunton.org July 1-October 29 - Murder Mystery. Astors’ Beechwood Mansion, 580 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI. Thursdays at 7pm. Various prices. 401-8463772 or visit astorsbeechwood.com July 10-12 - 2009 Coastal Living Newport Regatta. Narragansett Bay, Brenton Point, and Fort Adams State Parks, Newport, RI. All day. 401-8461983 or visit www.sailnewport.org July 10-12 - Whaling City Festival. Buttonwood Park, 425 Hawthorn St., New Bedford. 9am. Free.

508-915-1911 or visit www.whalingcityfestival. com July 11 - 16th Annual Swim Buzzards Bay. Davy’s Locker Beach, 1480 East Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford. 6am. $10; $15 after June 15th. 508999-6363 x209 or visit www.savebuzzardsbay.org July 11-12 - Plymouth Harbor Folk Festival. Pilgrim Memorial Park, Water St., Plymouth. 12pm.

Free. 508-747-7727 or visit www.project-arts.com July 24 - 4th Annual Garden Party. In support of the New Bedford Art Museum. 14 Fort St., Fairhaven. 5:30pm. Free. http://www.newbedfordartmuseum.org August 1 - Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Paddling.

Davy’s Locker Beach, Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford. 11am. Reservation required. 508-9928618.

August 1 - Sea Shell Steppers. Acushnet Council on Aging, 59 1/2 S. Main St., Acushnet. 8pm. Free.

508-991-4307.

August 1 - Westport River Gardeners. Lees Market, 496 Main Rd., Westport. 8:30am. $25 registration fee. 508-636-3348.

August 2 - Roseland Ballroom Dancing. Hong Kong City Restaurant, 174 Broadway, Taunton.

Noon. Free. 508-822-2888.

August 3 - Country Line Dancing. Fall River Elks, 4500 N. Main St., Fall River. 7pm on Mondays.

Free.

August 4 - Kenny’s Connection 2nd Annual Motorcycle Run and Pig Roast. Holy Ghost Club, Sodom Rd., Westport. 6:15pm. $20. 508-642-7454 or visit www.kennysconnection.com August 7-9 - Fall River Celebrates America.

Battleship Cove and Heritage State Park, Fall River.

All day. Ticket information available by calling 508-678-1100.

L ive Music June 25 - Huey Lewis and the News. Newport Yachting Center, Commercial Wharf, Newport, RI. 5:30pm. Ticket info available at 401-846-1600.

August 3 - 15th Annual Golf Outing. In support of The Women’s Center. Allendale Country Club, 1047 Allen St., Dartmouth. 11:30 am.

508.996.3343 x32 or visit http://www.thewomenscentersc.com

June 26 - Felix Brown. Newport Blues Cafe, 286 Thames St., Newport, RI. 9:30pm. $8. 401-8415510 or visit www.newportblues.com

August 7 - National Marine Life Center’s Mermaid Ball. Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 101 Academy Dr., Buzzards Bay. 6pm. 508-743-9888 or visit nmlc.org

June 26 - Los Lobos. Newport Yachting Center, Commercial Wharf, Newport, RI. 5:30pm. Ticket info available at 401-846-1600.

August 9 - Falmouth Road Race. Wood’s Hole, Falmouth. First 9,000 to register will be accepted.

All day. Free. 508-540-7000 or visit www.falmouthroadrace.com

June 26 - Spirit of America Field Band presents Exploration 2009. UMass Dartmouth Cressy Field, 285 Old Westport Rd., North Dartmouth. 8pm.

508-255-3999.

August 15 – BMC Durfee High School Class of 1969 - 40th Reunion. 6pm. McGovern’s Restaurant, Shove Street, Fall River. Contact Sheila Barrett by phone at 508-674-0220 or by email at: barrets2000@yahoo.com

June 27 - Joshua Tree: U2 Tribute. Newport Blues Cafe, 286 Thames St., Newport, RI. 9:30pm. $10.

401-841-5510 or visit www.newportblues.com

August 21 - Ida Lewis Distance Race. Ida Lewis Yacht Club, Wellington Avenue., Newport, RI. 3pm. 401-849-0220 or visit www.ildistancerace. org August 29-30 - Downtown Plymouth Waterfront Festival. Water St., Plymouth. 11am. Free.

508-830-1620 or visit www.plymouthwaterfrontfestival.com September 5-7 - Newport Waterfront Irish Festival. Newport Yachting Center, Newport, RI. 11am. Ticket information available at www. newportirishfestival.com September 11 - Reflection Ceremony at Battleship Cove. Battleship Cove, Fall River. 21-gun salute at 8:46am. Free. www.battleshipcove.org

July 1 - Cranberry Coast Concert. Wareham Free Public Library, 59 Marion Rd., Wareham. 1pm.

Free. 508-491-888 or visit www.warehamfreelibrary.org July 2-August 20 - Concerts in the Park. 90 Main St., Buzzards Bay. Every Thursday. 6:30pm.

Free. 508-759-6000 or visit www.capecodcanalchamber.org July 2 - Todd & Tom from Bob’s Day off. Jake’s Flint Station, 1193 Pleasant St., Fall River. 9pm.

Free. 508-676-9685.

July 10 - Karaoke. Marshall’s Pub, 142 Rockdale Ave., Dartmouth. 10pm on Fridays. 508-992-8503.

July 10-26 - Newport Music Festival. Newport Mansions, Newport, RI. Ticket information and event schedule available at 401-846-0700 or by visiting www.newportmusic.org

September 19 - Waterfire. Waterplace Park, Memorial Blvd., Providence, RI. 6:51pm. Free. 401272-3111 or visit www.waterfire.org

August 4 - O’Neal Armstrong Band. Cork Wine & Tapas Bar, 90 Front St., New Bedford. 8pm. Free.

October 3 – Westport Rivers Harvest Festival.

417 Hixbridge Rd., Westport. 11am-5pm. Free.

508-636-3423 x2 or visit www.westportrivers.com October 10-12 - International Oktoberfest.

Newport Yachting Center, Newport, RI. 11am.

Ticket information available at www.newportwaterfrontevents.com

September 8-13 - Six Metre World Cup. Narragansett Bay, Newport, RI. All day. 401-846-1983 or visit www.sailnewport.org

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July 3-5 - The 2009 Greater New Bedford Summerfest Folk Music and Arts Festival. Downtown New Bedford. 11am. $10 per day or $15 for weekend. www.newbedfordsummerfest.com

September 19 - Casablanca Night Fundraiser.

Heritage State Park Building, Fall River. 6pm.

Ticket information available by calling 508-6781100 x101 or visiting www.battleshipcove.org

October 2 - USS Joseph Kennedy Jr. 15th Annual Reunion. Battleship Cove, Fall River. 10am. Free. www.battleshipcove.org

August 20-23 - Hall of Fame Champions Cup. International Tennis Hall of Fame, 194 Bellevue Ave., Newport, RI. Various times. 866-914-FAME or visit www.tennisfame.com

September 22-27 - 12 Metre World Championship. Bowen’s Wharf, America’s Cup Blvd., Newport, RI. 9am. 401-662-9171 or visit www. goldenyear2009.com

July 10 - Ripcord. Newport Blues Cafe, 286 Thames St., Newport, RI. 9pm. www.newportblues.com

September 26-27 - New Bedford Working Waterfront Festival. New Bedford Waterfront, Pier 3, New Bedford. 11am. Free. 508-993-8894 or visit www.working waterfrontfestival.org

August 7 - The Stacey Ann LeRoy Foundation Golf Tournament and Fundraiser. Poquoy Brook Golf Course, 20 Leonard St., Lakeville. 9am. Registration required. www.poquoybrook.com

September 15-18 - New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup. New York Yacht Club, Harbour Court, Newport, RI. 8am. www.nyyc.org/worldinvitationalcup

September 17-20 - Newport International Boat Show. Newport Yachting Center, 4 Commercial Wharf, Newport, RI. 10am. $15-27. 401-8461115 or visit www.newportboatshow.com

September 19-20 - World War II Weekend at Battleship Cove. Battleship Cove, Fall River. All day. Ticket information available at www.battleshipcove.org

July 1-September 9 - Newport International Polo Series. Glen Farm, 715 East Main Rd., Portsmouth, RI. Saturday afternoon at 5pm; 4pm in September. 401-846-0200 or visit www.glenfarm. com

July 4 - Newport Summer Comedy Series: Louis CK. Newport Yachting Center, Commercial Wharf, Newport, RI. 7pm. $26, $36. www. newportcomedy.comJuly 8-August 2 - You Can’t Take It With You. 2nd Story Theatre, 28 Market St., Warren, RI. 8pm. $25. 401-247-4200 or visit www.2ndstorytheatre.com Through July & August - Newport Summer Comedy Series. Newport Yachting Center, Commercial Wharf, Newport, RI. 7:30pm. For more information visit www.newportcomedy.com August 12-September 6 - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Theatre By The Sea, 364 Cards Pond Rd., Matunuck, RI. Various times. $35-49. 401782-TKTS or visit www.theatrebythesea.com August 12 - Harvey. 2nd Story Theatre, 28 Market St., Warren , RI. 8pm. $25. 401-247-4200 or visit www.2ndstorytheatre.com

August 6 - Shipyard Wreck Unplugged. Knucklehead’s Bar and Grill, 85 MacArthur Dr., New Bedford. 10pm. Free.

August 7 - Nite Shift. Union City Bar and Grille, 250 Union St., New Bedford. 9pm. 508-992-1007 or visit www.unioncitynb.com

September 29-October 4 - Young Frankenstein. Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St., Providence, RI. 7pm. $48-73. 401421-2787 or visit www.ppacri.org/

September 4-6 - Rhythm & Roots Festival.

Ninigret Park, 4813 Old Post Rd., Charlestown, RI. 5pm on Friday; 12pm on Saturday and Sunday.

Various prices and packages. 1-888-855-6940 or visit www.rhythmandroots.com

October 20-25 - Avenue Q. Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St., Providence. 7pm. Tickets available by calling 401-4212787 or visiting www.ppacri.org

Sports June 29 – 17th Annual Diabetes Association Golf Tournament in memory of Jack Rua. Fall River Country Club, 4232 North Main St., Fall River.

508-672-5671 or visit www.diabetesma.org

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