Happenings

Happenings

Attend monthly public safety meetings

TRIAD, a community public safety group, will join the Council on Aging’s Coffee & Conversation on the first Tuesday of every month at 9 a.m. in the Community Room/Gym at the Multi-Service Center. The group is comprised of first responders,...

The Ashley Faye Family Funday

The 7th Annual Ashley Faye Family Funday Luau will be on Saturday, Aug. 19 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Onset’s Dudley L Brown VFW Post 2846. The fundraiser is in honor of Ashley Faye, who died in 2015. All of the proceeds are donated to local...

Onset Foursquare Church to hold services at bandshell

The Onset Foursquare Church will hold its 10 a.m. Sunday service at the Lillian Gregerman Bandshell on Sunday, July 30. Free parking is available at Hynes Field, which is across from Chuck’s Auto. All are welcome. Attendees are asked to bring a...

Solve a crime with the library’s mystery book club

The Wareham Free Library’s Mystery Book Club will discuss the book “Thin Ice” by Paige Shelton on Tuesday, August 15 at 6 p.m. “Thin Ice” is the first in a series of mystery novels revolving around Beth Rivers, who is an author kidnapped by a crazed...

Sewer informational session to be held before Special Town Meeting

The Sewer Commission will hold an informational, question and answer session for the sewage projects that will be voted on at the Special Town Meeting Monday, July 24. Residents are welcome to come ask questions and obtain information...

Six-day dollar sale at Next to New thrift shop

The First Congregational Church is holding a six-day dollar sale at their Next to New Thrift Shop at 11 Gibbs Ave. The sale will take place from July 20 to 22 and July 27 to 29. The shopping hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursdays and Fridays, and...

Annual summer festival at Wesley United Methodist Church

The Wesley United Methodist Church is holding its annual summer festival and luncheon on Saturday, August 5th from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., located at 462 Main Street. The festival will have homemade crafts, vendors, a Sunday school game table, games for...

Paint a mug and learn about bugs

Join the Wareham Land Trust and the Onset Clay Room to learn about insects and decorate pottery. The “Bugs and Mugs” event will be at the Onset Clay Room, 1 West Central Ave, on Monday, July 24 at 11 a.m. Tickets are $20 and a portion will go to the...

Police association to hold annual golf tournament fundraiser

The Wareham Police Association will hold its 5th Annual Golf Tournament to raise money for Cops for Kids with Cancer. The tournament will take place Thursday, October 14, at Little Harbor Country Club from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., with T-time at 1 p.m...

Art will soon blossom at the library

“Birds and Blooms,” an art exhibit from the Bourne-Wareham Art Association, is coming to the Wareham Free Library Friday, July 28. The show will include 10 artists with approximately 40 pieces in varying mediums, including acrylics, pastels, oils,...

Branch out with the Historical Society, learn about Minot Forest

Join the Wareham Historical Society Monday, July 17 at 7 p.m. to learn more about the history of William Minot Forest, the Minot family and the new trail dedications. The event will take place at the Methodist Meeting House at 495 Main Street...

High School Class of 1968 seeks classmates for 55th reunion

Wareham High School’s Class of 1968 Committee is seeking classmates to attend the 55th reunion celebration on Saturday, September, 9 at Redmen Hall. Plans will be finalized by the reservation payment deadline on Tuesday, August 1. To attend, contact...

Dance into the Cape Verdean Festival weekend

Kick off the Cape Verdean Festival weekend with a dance at Onset’s Dudley Brown VFW Hall on Friday, August 11 from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. — doors will open at 7 p.m. Dance to the tunes of the Boston band, Perfect Example; Vocalist Colleen Marshall;...

Onset Cape Verdean Festival coming this August

The Onset Cape Verdean Festival will return this year on Saturday, August 12 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Join over 10,000 visitors from around the country at Onset’s Lillian Gregerman Bandshell to listen to Cape Verdean music, eat food and purchase...

Free Community Breakfast on July 15

Attend the free Community Breakfast Saturday, July 15, at the Wesley United Methodist Church located at 462 Main Street. Break will be served from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and will include french toast, bacon, sausages, fresh fruit as well as assorted...

Align your chair-kras with chair yoga

Align your chair-kras every Monday from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., with certified yoga instructor Eryka Dewar at chair yoga. The “stress away stress” chair yoga classes are held in the Roland Thatcher Fellowship Hall at the First Congregational Church...

Unleash the PAWsibilities creative contests open

The Dog Park Affiliation of Wareham’s 5th Unleash the PAWsibilities Area Youth Creative Contests submissions have opened and are running through Monday, August 7. The visual and literary arts contests are open to area students from five to sixteen...

Annual Redmen Hall Clambake

The Annual Redmen Clambake will be on Sunday, August 6 at the Redmen Hall, located at 745 Main Street. Doors open at 11 a.m. and food will be served at 1:30 p.m. The clambake will have music, raffles and a cash bar. The event will be held rain or...

Town to present new Digital Equity Plan, seeks feedback

The Town of Wareham is working with Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., an engineer design company, to develop a Digital Equity Plan, which will be presented in discussed in a public meeting. The meeting will take place at the Town Hall auditorium at 54...

Lobster bake for local scholarships

Wareham Community Associates are holding their annual Lobster Bake. The bake will be at Zecco Marina, 2 Warr Ave, on Wednesday, July 19th, starting at 5:30 p.m. All proceeds will go to scholarships for Wareham High School. Tickets are available at...

Volunteer for July trail days with land trust

Join the Wareham Land Trust for the July trail days this month and help to clean up local paths. The land trust and volunteers will add trail amenities and trim trails at multiple Wareham sites. Tools will be provided. On Saturday, July 15 from 10 a...

Turning Point golf tourney rescheduled to spring 2024

Turning Point’s first post-Covid golf tournament has been rescheduled from Sunday, August 6 to Sunday, April 28 due to unanticipated renovation delays at Bay Pointe Club in Buzzards Bay. “We are thankful for everyone who came forward to participate...

Decas Foundation refocuses mission, presents new name

The John W. Decas Community Center Foundation, an activist group ignited by the call for a community center in Wareham, underwent a name change to better reflect the organization’s refocused mission to make a difference in the community and provide...

Onset Beach soon to have a toy library

A new beach library for toys is coming to Onset Beach. Similar to a little free library for books, this box will have various toy options for children to borrow when playing at the beach. The ribbon cutting ceremony will take place Wednesday, July...

Celebrate the Fourth of July in Wareham

Paint the town red, white and blue this Fourth of July with parades, boats and antiques. Start your Independence Day weekend off with a scavenger hunt at Swifts Beach. Pick up a $5 scavenger hunt form at the kid’s bingo at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 30...

Celebrate Independence Day with local history at antique faire

The Wareham Historical Society is hosting their 45th Annual Antique Faire on Tuesday, July 4 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Antiques will be at the Village Green (Center Park) on Main Street and in the Methodist Meeting House, 495 Main Street. The admission...

Special Town Meeting to be held July 24

The Select Board has scheduled a Special Town Meeting to be held July 24 at 7 p.m. to vote on more than $30 million in sewer system repairs and improvements – as well as potentially other issues. At its Thursday, June 22 meeting, the Sewer...

Get revved up for Elks car show

Classic cars will fill the parking lot of the Wareham-New Bedford Lodge of Elks #73, 2855 Cranberry Highway, on Sunday, July 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The show, held by the Downshifters Car Club of New England, will benefit the Cleanup Agawam Mill...

A detective and his dog solve a mystery at the library

The Wareham Free Library’s Mystery Book Club will discuss the book “Open and Shut” by David Rosenfelt on Tuesday, July 18 at 6 p.m. “Open and Shut” is the first in a series of mystery novels revolving around the acerbic defense attorney Andy...

Midcentury music coming to the library

The Steve Rudolph Trio, a central Pennsylvania jazz group specializing in big band and rock hits from the 1940s to the 1960s, will perform an outdoor concert at the Wareham Free Library on Monday, August 7 at 7 p.m. It will be the final performance...

Summer reading meets ‘Toe Jam’ at the library

Despite its, shall we say, evocative name, New Bedford’s Toe Jam Puppet Band has provided family fun throughout New England for over 20 years. The band will come to the Wareham Free Library on Thursday, August 10 at 4 p.m. for a musical finale to...

Crack open some history at Beer Can Museum lecture

Yes, you read that right. There is, in fact, a Beer Can Museum located in East Taunton. Its collection contains over 5,000 beer cans, as well as beer can-themed arts, crafts, clothing, books and other artifacts. Beer Can Museum Curator Kevin Logan...

Library going country for outdoor concert

Sarah Martin was born in Massachusetts, but her music has a rich Nashville sound. The country singer-songwriter, who was nominated for the 2022 New England Country Artist of the Year Award, will perform at the Wareham Free Library on Monday, July 24...

Cape Cod musicians will rock the library

Cape Cod rock musicians Robert Emmet Dunlap and Kathi Taylor will perform a free outdoor concert at the Wareham Free Library on Monday, July 17 at 7 p.m. Dunlap and Taylor, who are also husband and wife, have played in such bands as Orpheus Reborn,...

Travel writer will share adventures at the library

The life story of award-winning travel journalist and author Peter Mandel sounds more like a rejected plotline for an Indiana Jones movie than a series of true-life events. In his career with the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, National...

A history lesson to die for at the library

The “Gravestone Girls,” a pair of central Massachusetts women who create artwork and give lectures honoring the historic tombstones of New England’s colonial cemeteries, will discuss the history of Wareham’s cemeteries at the Wareham Free Library on...

Get folksy at the library

Hungrytown, a Vermont-based folk music duo consisting of Rebecca Hall and her husband Ken Anderson, will bring its Celtic-inspired brand of psychedelic Americana to a free outdoor concert at the Wareham Free Library on Monday, July 10 at 7 p.m. The...

Take ‘The Ride of Her Life’ at the library

The Wareham Free Library’s Non-Fiction Book Club will meet on Wednesday, June 28 at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the book “The Ride of Her Life” by Elizabeth Letts. The book tells the true story of Annie Wilkins, a 63-year-old Maine woman who, when told she...

Spin records and turn pages at library dance party

Summer reading season has begun, and what better way to celebrate than with a dance party? Kids of all ages can dance to the music of “DJ Ooch” at the Wareham Free Library on Thursday, June 29 from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Along with music and dancing,...

‘Mr. Sandman’ will bring a dream to Onset Beach

Expert sand artist Rodney “Mr. Sandman” Johnson is making his return to Onset Beach for a sand sculpture competition. On Saturday, July 15 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., sand artists of all ages and experience levels can join Johnson in creating beachside...

Go Hawaiian at minibike music festival

What do rock bands, Hawaiian shirts and minibike races have in common? No clue, but all of them and more can be seen at the 12th annual Goma’s Minibike Massacre festival at 45 N. Carver Road from 10 a.m. to dusk on Saturday, June 24. The tiki-themed...

The ships will come in this Fourth of July weekend

The annual Blessing of the Fleet will return to Onset Pier, 186 Onset Ave., on Saturday, July 1 at 10 a.m. A priest from St. Margaret’s Church in Buzzards Bay will sprinkle holy water onto a parade of passing boats, decked out in their finest...

Sing the blues at Onset VFW picnic

No need to go down south to hear the blues. The Dudley L. Brown VFW Post 2846, 4 Gibbs Ball Park Road, will hold a Blues Picnic on Saturday, July 22 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Blues greats Willie J. Laws, Cheryl Arena, Gil D. Correia and Toni L...

Dance and laugh the night away at Onset VFW

The Onset Bay Association will hold “Carolee’s Comedy Corner,” a comedy and music fundraiser, at the Dudley L. Brown VFW Post 2846, 4 Gibbs Ball Park Road, on Saturday, July 1 starting at 9 p.m. Comedians Drew Dunn, Annie Powell and Chris Tabb will...

Storyteller brings one-woman show to library

Rona Leventhal, a movement storyteller and improv performer based in Florence, Massachusetts, will dazzle audiences of all ages at the Wareham Free Library on Thursday, July 6 at 4 p.m. Leventhal is known for her one-woman shows telling traditional...

Hear the birds sing at Douglas S. Westgate

The Wareham Land Trust and the Wareham Free Library will host a bird walk at the Douglas S. Westgate Conservation Area, 29 Papermill Road, on Monday, July 10 at 10 a.m. As part of the library’s “Find Your Voice” theme, hikers will listen for bird...

Raptor show will be a hoot at the library

Live birds of prey will come to roost at the Wareham Free Library on Tuesday, June 27 at 1 p.m. The program will be presented by Julie Anne Collier and Jim Parks of Wingmasters, a group which rescues, rehabilitates and shelters birds of prey. The...

Book it to the library for weekend sale

Summer is here, which means it’s time for some beach reading. The Wareham Free Library is holding its annual used book sale on Thursday, June 22 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Friday, June 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and Saturday, June 24 from 9:30 a...

Make like a tree and walk with the land trust

The Wareham Land Trust will lead hikers on a tree-themed walk through the Tweedy & Barnes Conservation Area, 231-299 Blackmore Pond Road, on Tuesday, August 1 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Hikers will learn how to identify different species of tree,...

Six legs are better than two at land trust bug walk

Wareham Land Trust Executive Director Elise Leduc-Fleming will take hikers on a trip through the world of insects at Agawam River Trail, 12 Knowles Ave., on Monday, August 14 at 10 a.m. A diverse range of insects, including beetles, aphids and moths...

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