Award-winning poet and Literary Hatchet contributor, Ada Jill Schneider, has announced her September poetry series to be held every Wednesday at 2 pm at the Somerset Public Library. “The Pleasure of Poetry†Featured Guest Reader on September 30, will be Janice Miller Potter, author of Psalms in Time. Participants are invited to bring a favorite…
FREE POPCORN, FREE CANDY, FREE WATER! Tonight at 7PM is the last Friday of the summer we will be hosting Friday Night Flicks. The movie is FREE and is being held at the First Congregational Church in Fall River, MA, on Rock Street. Tonight’s Film: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, starring Jimmy Stewart and Jean…
Carl Becker, curator of the Swansea Historical Society, has planned a great event for this Sunday, July 12, 2009, and you are all invited. An afternoon in the 19th Century at the LUTHER STORE MUSEUM with the poetry of The 19th Century’s Greatest American Poet HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW including THE BRIDGE and PAUL REVERE’S RIDE…
So far, there are about seven people running for Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts. The deadline for filing one’s papers is the end of this month, so we might even see some more throw their hats into the race. Just for fun, how about this candidate?
Today was the first summer day without rain so far this season. The Fall River History Club had the good fortune of having Fall River historian Bill Goncalo lead us on a tour of Interlachen, the former home of Spencer Borden, that juts out into the North Watuppa Pond, and the Cook-Borden ice house. A…
Arts United Fall River and the First Congregational Church Present: FRIDAY NIGHT FLICKS! FREE! Classic Comedies from Hollywood’s Golden Era Every Friday night through July EXCEPT July 3rd. Each film is introduced by Stefani Koorey, Ph.D., who presents a short, entertaining talk about the movie and its context within the fascinating history of American filmmaking….
Fall River’s Quequechan River used to flow fairly freely through the city, starting at the Watuppa Pond and exiting at the Taunton River. This River powered Fall River’s mills and help to make Fall River the largest cotton manufacturing city in the US. According to Fall River, Massachusetts: A City of Opportunity 1914, “Quequechan” means…
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