Arts

100+ crowd experiences Grace Morrison’s ‘Saltwater Country’

Grace Morrison wowed a near sold-out crowd in her hometown of Wareham on Saturday, October 5, singing songs from her upcoming album Saltwater Country with a full band. More than 100 people attended the event, which was hosted in partnership with...

Saltwater Country: A love letter from Wareham native Grace Morrison

Grace Morrison’s upcoming album, Saltwater Country, is part love letter to her hometown, part portrait of a woman who has grown into herself and her music, and part affirmation that her songwriting deserves to be heard and celebrated. “The eternal...
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The sound of one porch playing: Live jazz comes to Onset

On a sunny Saturday in Onset, the vibes were immaculate – the sounds of vibraphone, saxophone, guitar and more carried through the air around West Central Avenue as jazz band Bob’s Chili Combo played their third One-Porch Onset Porchfest on Sept. 14...

Dog park art show celebrates ‘creative’ talents

Wareham is paw-sitively overflowing with creative talent, and the Dog Park Affiliation of Wareham recognized their tail-wagging tallent with awards from its sixth annual youth art contest. The Affiliation and contest judges “were impressed with this...

Traditional tunes close out concert series at library

Attendees of the Wareham Free Library’s summer concert series got a glimpse into the “vast and wonderful” world of traditional Irish music on Monday, Aug. 5 as Wareham fiddler Fern Tamigini-O'Donnell played for an enraptured crowd. Tamigini-O'...

All Onset’s a stage: Shakespeare returns to the park

As noble players acted on the stage, a gentle breeze of Onset wafted through, and brought with it the sound of horns and song, and brilliant clouds above all clear to view. This was Shakespeare Under the Stars, a program that marked the Bard’s...

Time and tides wait for no sandman

Rodney Johnson, known affectionately as “Mr. Sandman,” started off his day on Sunday, July 14 working alone, carving up the sand of Onset Beach with long-handled shovels and a tamper. Most years, Rodney would be swarmed with helpers, he said, as he...

‘Living pieces of art’ on display in garden tour

The backyard of the home on Twins Beach Lane feels like it stretches on forever. A narrow path leads from the road to flower beds out at the back of the house, the air rich with the scent of lilies. From there, a wide corridor of green grass leads...

Leave your pawprint: Dog park creative contest now accepting submissions

Got a creative bone in your body? Don’t just bury it like our four-legged friends: Participate in the Dog Park Association of Wareham’s Unleash the PAWsibilities Area Youth Creative Contests. The Association is accepting submissions from now until...

‘Artful Pride’ celebrates congregation, LGBTQ+ ‘vitality’

On a small table, almost an altar, in the First Congregational Church of Wareham, a rolled-up, rainbow umbrella shares space with four figurines and a canvas with white flowers painted into a rainbow backdrop. It was created by Christine Markola,...

Summer of Love concert series continues

Wareham residents looking to boogie their summer away can enjoy concerts presented by the Onset Bay Association every Wednesday from June 26 to August 28. Showtime runs from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. for each concert at the Bandshell in Onset, 1 Union...

The sounds of summer: Music returns to the Wareham Free Library

The summer heat is here, and so is the Wareham Free Library’s Concerts on the Lawn series! Each Monday from June 24 through August 5, bring a blanket or lawn chair, bug spray and a picnic snack and enjoy the great music at the library. The concerts...

Local students receive support for arts education

WAREHAM — Two area high school students have received an art award from the Bourne-Wareham Art Association to support their continuing arts education. Caitlyn Cavacas, attending Wareham High School, and Hutton Flaherty, attending Apponequet Regional...

Local artists to hold showcase

The Bourne Wareham Art Association will hold its spring showcase and art sale in the Wareham Free Library, 59 Marion Road, throughout the month of June, with 10 artists from around the region displaying their works in oils, acrylics, pastels,...

A splash of talent from Middle School artists

Patrons of the Wareham Free Library may find their visits a little more colorful than usual, as art from Wareham Middle School students will hang on the library’s walls from May 14 to 31. Over 100 pieces of art are included in the gallery, which is...

Student artists help shelter pets find fur-ever homes

Wareham High School art students are making a paw-sitive impact at nearby animal shelters. Wareham High School students in Colleen Cuneo’s Art 1 class partnered with Lighthouse Animal Shelter in New Bedford and It’s All About the Animals in...

Wareham artist paints pears, jellyfish for show

MARION — An oil painting of a pair of pears might be the talk of the Marion Council on Aging during May and June, thanks to an exhibit from the Bourne-Wareham Art Association. The painting by Wareham resident Susan Youngs hangs at the Marion Council...

You’re a Viking, Charlie Brown

This coming weekend, the Wareham High School students with the Viking Theatre Company will bring the world of the Peanuts comics to life with their production of the musical, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.” Performances are scheduled for Friday...