Arts

Community band readies for full slate this summer

The sounds of summer are coming to town. With the school year ended and the season in full swing, the Dartmouth Community Band is preparing for its biggest year of music yet. Conductor John Furtado noted the band, which includes people of all ages...

Westport Art Group awards scholarships to two Dartmouth High grads

The Westport Art Group announced the winners of its annual scholarship program on Tuesday, June 7 naming two recent Dartmouth High Graduates as the recipients. The two winners are Jordyn Peckham, who plans to attend Rhode Island School of Design,...
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Dartmouth Music Festival cancelled

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the inaugural Dartmouth Music festival scheduled for June 11 has been cancelled. The festival was scheduled to be held at Memorial Stadium.

Cultural Center hosts local artist JP Powel for solo exhibit

Dartmouth artist JP Powel held his first solo show at the Dartmouth Cultural Center on Friday, June 3, displaying a portfolio of oil paintings depicting landscapes of New England and beyond. Though Powel’s works have a consistent style that...

Cultural Center June exhibit: Local artist JP Powel

The Dartmouth Cultural Center will host a solo exhibition from local artist JP Powel beginning on Friday, June 3 when the center will hold an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Powel’s work includes paintings of landscapes that incorporate a unique...

The otter said what?!: Local authors to give presentation on audio project

Listen to wiseacre mockingbirds, blowhard toads, impish chipmunks, Cockney otters, obnoxious literary agents, conspiratorial weasels, badgers with a brogue, and sweet singing water rats tell their story in an audio/visual presentation sponsored by...

First annual Dartmouth Music Festival June 11

The Dartmouth School Music association will host its first annual music festival at Memorial Stadium on Saturday, June 11. The festival, which will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., will feature craft and vendor tables, concessions, activities for kids,...

Cultural Center hosts Westport artist for solo exhibition

The Dartmouth Cultural Center welcomed its third exhibition of the year on Saturday, May 7 with a reception with the Westport-based artist Catherine Hafer, whose oil paintings and pencil sketches now adorn the center’s walls. Hafer described her...

Shrek the Musical opens at Dartmouth High

Once upon a time… The Dartmouth High Theater Company opened its spring production of Shrek The Musical on Thursday, May 5 delighting the audience with farcical fairytale folly adapted from the motion picture. The show was the troupe’s first live,...

Local choral ensemble to perform at area churches

Sine Nomine, a local choral ensemble, will welcome spring with two upcoming concerts at Southcoast area churches. The group, which features multiple Dartmouth residents, will perform at Holy Name Church, at 107 Camp St., Providence on Saturday, May...

Cultural center to host exhibition from local artist

The Dartmouth Cultural Center will host a solo exhibition from local artist Catherine Hafer beginning on Saturday, May 7 when the center will hold an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Hafer’s work includes portraiture and interpretive art.

In debut book, Ben Shattuck retraces Thoreau while finding himself

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There’s a new addition to the “local-ish authors” section at Davoll’s General Store — one from co-owner Ben Shattuck . Last month, the Dartmouth essayist and artist made his authorial debut with “Six Walks: In the Footsteps of Henry David Thoreau,”...

Dartmouth High Theater Co. prepares for Shrek The Musical

Musicals have (p)layers. The Dartmouth High Theater Company is just a couple of weeks away from the opening of “Shrek The Musical,” the troupe’s first live, open-to-the-public musical since 2019. Shirley Byers, who is co-directing the musical, said...

Everybody rock: Bishop Stang theater to present 'Grease'

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Grease is the word at Bishop Stang High. This weekend, the school’s theater company will put on a production of the classic musical about 1950s greaser culture and teenage love — the first time the show has hit the Stang stage since the 1980s. “The...

French chanteuse makes U.S. debut at UMass Dartmouth

La vie est belle! Celebrated French chanteuse Mathilde Mauguière made her American debut on Thursday, April 21 at a free concert hosted by UMass Dartmouth’s Boivin Center for French Language and Culture. The singer said that while she has sung in...

Local Artisan Show returns to Dartmouth for garden sale

The Local Artisan Show was back in Dartmouth on Saturday, April 23 at its new home at Doves Foot Pottery where artists’ booths were scattered around a picturesque garden full of spring foliage. The show featured a dozen different vendors with...

Creativity, couture hits the UMass runway

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Combining chic with comfort is looking to be the next top fashion trends at UMass Dartmouth. Friday saw the return of the annual fashion show to the College of Visual and Performing Arts auditorium, where students showcased a variety of outfits —...

Dartmouth High AP art students hold first in-person show since 2019

Dartmouth High’s AP art students returned to the Old Russells Mills Schoolhouse for their first public show since 2019 on Tuesday, April, 12, hosted by the Dartmouth Historical and Arts Society. The show was titled “Studio 555” and featured...

See a celebrated French chanteuse at UMass Dartmouth

The Boivin Center for French Language and Culture at UMass Dartmouth is sponsoring a free concert featuring French chanteuse Mathilde Mauguière on Thursday, April 21 at 4 p.m. The performance will be held in the College of Visual and Performing Arts...

Sew far sew good as UMass students prep for upcoming fashion show

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NEW BEDFORD — Two years since consumers swapped their office wear for sweatpants and hoodies, students at UMass Dartmouth’s Star Store Campus are preparing to showcase their visions for the future of fashion. Later this month, sophomores from the...

Apply for an art scholarship

High school seniors living in Dartmouth who are interested in pursuing degrees in visual arts — including animation, visual communications, computer art, art education, photography, ceramics or other fine arts or crafts — are eligible for two...

Dartmouth High Theater Company to perform ‘Shrek the Musical’

Next month, the Dartmouth High Theater Company will put on a production of “Shrek the Musical,” based on the 2001 DreamWorks animated film of the big green ogre. Similar to the film, the musical follows Shrek as his solitude in his swamp is...

Local portraits on display at the Cultural Center

During the pandemic, Westport-based artist Michael Walden was looking to stray away from his typical work through abstracts and instead find a way to explore the stillness in life. To do this, he asked Carl Martone, his personal trainer at...

Dartmouth Cultural Center to host open house for new exhibit

The Dartmouth Cultural Center will host an open house on Friday, April 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. for the opening night of its new exhibit, Whistler's Mother by Michael Walden. Walden is a painter whose work has been shown across the country and around the...

Dartmouth music sweeps top spots at indoor guard, winds, percussion home show

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Saturday was a big day for Dartmouth Public Schools’ music program. Its color guard, wind ensemble and indoor percussion each took top honors at the New England Scholastic Band Association ’s regional competition hosted at Dartmouth High. “All...

‘It just never stopped:’ Resident has passion for dance

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To Padanaram resident Ali Kenner Brodsky, dancing is more than just a form of self expression. It’s her entire life. “I don’t even know what I’d be doing if it wasn’t this,” she said. “It’s just always been part of what I do.” On March 19, the...

Dartmouth Cultural Center reopens with exhibit from Our Sisters’ School

After a two-month hiatus, the Dartmouth Cultural Center is open again and already has a new art exhibit from the students of Our Sisters’ School adorning its walls. All 65 students from the New Bedford all-girls private middle school submitted at...

See youth art at the Cultural Center

After its winter hiatus, the Dartmouth Cultural Center will reopen the Olde Southworth library with an exhibition showcasing the works of young artists from the Our Sister’s School in New Bedford. See youth art at the Cultural Center The exhibit...

Celebrate traditional East Asian dolls at the Southworth Library

In honor of the Japanese holiday of “Hina-matsuri,” the Southworth Library will host an exhibtion on East Asian dolls on March 3. Dolls will come from the collection of Dartmouth resident Helen DeGroot, who collected the dolls from her past trips to...

Dartmouth Cultural Center closes gallery until March

The Dartmouth Cultural Center has closed its Gallery for the months of January and February. The Gallery will reopen on March 4 when it will welcome the young artists of Our Sisters' School back for another exhibit. Scheduled classes will continue...