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WEEK OF MARCH 16 - MARCH 22, 2026

From Youth United-Youth Mentorship and Podcast/Film Programs - Next Wave-High School at New Bedford Parks, Recreation & Beaches to All Ages Play Day at Elizabeth Taber Library (Marion) and The Wizard of Oz: Middle School Mainstage Production RUBY CAST at Fall River - Illuminate Arts Co.

MONDAY - 3/16

Art Pop, Somerset — Idealia Visit at 6:00pm idealia visit
Children's Museum of Greater Fall River - Tiverton Public Li, Fall River — Storytime at 10:05am info
Elizabeth Taber Library (Marion), Marion — Book Buddies Book Club at 4:00pm - 5:00pm register now
Event Calendar - Dartmouth Public Library, Dartmouth — North Branch: Preschool Storytime at 11:00am join in
Events - Elizabeth Taber Library, Marion
New Bedford Parks, Recreation & Beaches, New Bedford
  • 3:00pm — Boat Building Program build boats
  • 3:00pm — Youth United-Youth Mentorship and Podcast/Film Programs - Next Wave-Elementary & Middle School youth programs
  • 3:00pm — Youth United-Youth Mentorship and Podcast/Film Programs - Next Wave-High School youth programs
  • 5:30pm — Sprout Basketball Clinic (Mar.) basketball clinic
SAIL Summer Program - Rochester Memorial School, Rochester — SPLASH WEEK at 9:00am splash week
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford
  • 2:00 pm — Movie Mondays: All About Eve (1950) more info
  • 2:00 pm — Movie Mondays: The Seven Year Itch (1955) more info
  • 2:00 pm — Movie Mondays: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) more info
  • 3:00 pm — Movie Mondays: The Original Star Wars Trilogy more info
  • 7:00 pm — Movie Mondays: Purple Rain (1984) more info
  • 7:00 pm — Movie Mondays: Shaft (1971) more info
  • 7:00 pm — Movie Mondays: Pulp Fiction (1994) more info
  • 7:00 pm — Movie Mondays: King Kong vs. Godzilla (1955) more info
  • 7:00 pm — Movie Mondays: The Muppet Movie (1979) more info

TUESDAY - 3/17

Art Pop, Somerset
Community - Center School, Mattapoisett — CS/OHS Art Show at 4:00pm art show
Couch Brook Farm, Acushnet — Blithewold Homeschool Days at 10:00am - 1:30pm homeschool days
Elizabeth Taber Library (Marion), Marion — All Ages Play Day at 1:00pm - 3:00pm view details
Event Calendar - Dartmouth Public Library, Dartmouth — Southworth: PACE CFCE Play & Learn at 11:00am play learn
Events - Elizabeth Taber Library, Marion
Fall River - Illuminate Arts Co, Fall River
  • - name: Play-in-a-Day: THAT'S SHOW BIZ — TBA buy tickets
  • - name: the illuminate choir - in concert — TBA buy tickets
Fall River Public Library, Fall River
Mattapoisett Free Public Library: Event Calendar, Mattapoisett — Drop-In Play Group (Ages 0-4) at 10:30am join us
New Bedford Parks, Recreation & Beaches, New Bedford — Greater New Bedford Youth Basketball League - Elementary Division at 5:30pm youth basketball
Take5 Family Fun - Viva Fall River -, Fall River — Preschool Storytime at 11:00am storytime
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford — The Pout-Pout Fish at 10:00 am more info

WEDNESDAY - 3/18

Acushnet Public Library, Acushnet
Acushnet Public Library: Event Calendar, Acushnet
Art Pop, Somerset — Silly Eggs at 9:00am silly eggs
Children's Museum of Greater Fall River - Tiverton Public Li, Fall River
  • 5:00pm — Craft - Bedazzle a Book info
  • 5:30pm — Movie Night - Wicked: For Good (2025) info
Couch Brook Farm, Acushnet
Elizabeth Taber Library (Marion), Marion — Therapy Dog Storytime at 6:30pm - 7:30pm view details
Event Calendar - Dartmouth Public Library, Dartmouth
  • - name: North Branch: Girls Scouts — TBA join in
  • 10:00am — Southworth: Baby Songs sing along
Events - Elizabeth Taber Library, Marion — Tween Takeover at 3:00pm tween takeover
Fall River - Illuminate Arts Co, Fall River — The Wizard of Oz: Middle School Mainstage Production EMERALD CAST at 17:30 buy tickets
Family-Friendly Activities, Acushnet — Family Storytime at 12:00pm - 1:00pm storytime
Happenings - Sippican Week, Marion — Owl pellets and backyard butterfly presentations at 10:30am explore nature
Take5 Family Fun - Viva Fall River -, Fall River — Kids eat FREE on Wednesdays at 7:00am - 11:00pm kids eat free

THURSDAY - 3/19

Art Pop, Somerset — Miss Diane's Story Time at 10:30am story time
Children's Museum of Greater Fall River - Tiverton Public Li, Fall River
  • 10:30am — Little Explorer's Playtime info
  • 10:30am — Play-Doh Day info
Community - Center School, Mattapoisett — CS Kindergarten Orientation at 6:00pm kindergarten orientation
Elizabeth Taber Library (Marion), Marion
  • 1:00pm - 3:00pm — All-Ages Spring Break Movie view details
  • 4:00pm - 5:00pm — Page Turners Book Club register now
  • 4:00pm - 5:30pm — Teen Crochet Class register now
Event Calendar - Dartmouth Public Library, Dartmouth — Southworth: Preschool Storytime at 11:00am join in
Events - Elizabeth Taber Library, Marion
Fall River - Illuminate Arts Co, Fall River — The Wizard of Oz: Middle School Mainstage Production RUBY CAST at 17:30 buy tickets
Mattapoisett Free Public Library: Event Calendar, Mattapoisett
  • 10:30am — Spring Storytime join us
  • 3:00pm — Drop-In Play Club (Ages 5-10) join us
SAIL Summer Program - Rochester Memorial School, Rochester — YMCA CAMP CORY FIRST TIME CAMPER Q&A at 7:00pm camper q&a
Somerset Public Library: Event Calendar, Somerset — Karaoke @theCastle ~ Every Wednesday at 7:00pm - 10:00pm karaoke night

FRIDAY - 3/20

Art Pop, Somerset
  • 10:30am — Miss Kim's Preschool Story Time preschool story
  • 9:30am — Miss Kim's Baby & Me Story Time baby & me
Battleship Cove, Fall River — TBA at - name: Homeschool Day learn more
Couch Brook Farm, Acushnet — KidsJam at Berklee – Free at 11:00am - 12:00pm kids jam
Events - Elizabeth Taber Library, Marion
Fall River - Illuminate Arts Co, Fall River
  • - name: "A Starry Night" Homeschool Prom 2026 — TBA buy tickets
  • - name: Winnie the Pooh: Roo+Tigger Cast — TBA buy tickets
  • 10:30 — Puppets in the Zoo! learn more
Happenings - Dartmouth Week, Dartmouth — Hunting for eggs by the light of a flashlight at 6:30pm flashlight hunt
Kids & Family Events - Discover Fairhaven, Fairhaven — 25th Annual Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt at 7:10pm – 8:30pm join in
Marine Museum at Fall River, Fall River — TBA at - name: Homeschool Day learn more
Mattapoisett Free Public Library: Event Calendar, Mattapoisett
  • 10:30am — Baby Storytime join us
  • 3:15pm — Quahog Fun Activity Day play games
  • 3:30pm — Kids Graphic Novel Book Club join club
New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford
Somerset Public Library: Event Calendar, Somerset — Castle STOMP! Line Dancing Knight at 6:00pm - 9:00pm line dancing
Take5 Family Fun - Viva Fall River -, Fall River — Homeschool Day at 9:00am - 5:00pm homeschool day

SATURDAY - 3/21

Acushnet Public Library, Acushnet — *Drop in Craft* Seed Bomb and Pinecone Bird Feeder at 11:00am join us
Acushnet Public Library: Event Calendar, Acushnet — Drop in Craft: Seed Bomb and Pinecone Bird Feeder at 11:00am join us
Art Pop, Somerset — Author Fair at 10:00am author fair
Battleship Cove, Fall River
  • - name: Breakfast with the Easter Bunny — TBA learn more
  • 09:00am — Easter Scavenger Hunt learn more
Children's Museum of Greater Fall River - Tiverton Public Li, Fall River
  • 11:00am — Pokémon Club Introduction Day info
  • 11:00am — Spring Garden Expo info
Couch Brook Farm, Acushnet — Boston Family Days at MFA at 10:00am - 5:00pm family days
Event Calendar - Dartmouth Public Library, Dartmouth
  • 10:00am — Southworth - Wildflower Seed Bomb Workshop craft create
  • 3:00pm — Southworth - Ready Player Read Book Club read explore
Events - Elizabeth Taber Library, Marion
Fall River - Illuminate Arts Co, Fall River — TBA at - name: Winnie the Pooh: Piglet+Eeyore Cast buy tickets
Happenings - Dartmouth Week, Dartmouth
Happenings - Sippican Week, Marion — Old Rochester egg hunt is no-yolk at 11:00am egg hunt
Hood Museum, Dartmouth
  • 1:00pm-1:45pm — STORYTIME IN THE GALLERIES story time
  • 1:00pm-4:00pm — MAKER DROP-IN let's make
Jabberwocky Bookshop & Café, New Bedford — Kid's Story Time at 11:00am story time
Kids & Family Events - Discover Fairhaven, Fairhaven
  • 11:00am — West Island 5K Run/Walk & Kids Mile Fun Run run together
  • 9:00am — NFIA's Annual Easter Egg Hunt join in
Marine Museum at Fall River, Fall River
  • - name: Breakfast with the Easter Bunny — TBA learn more
  • 09:00am — Easter Scavenger Hunt learn more
Mattapoisett Free Public Library: Event Calendar, Mattapoisett — Quahog Stuffy-A-Teddy Workshop at 10:30am stuff a teddy
New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford — Hunger Heroes Spring at 7:00am hunger heroes
New Bedford Parks, Recreation & Beaches, New Bedford — Coastal Food Shed Farmer's Market at 9:00am farmers market
Take5 Family Fun - Viva Fall River -, Fall River
  • 10:00am - 1:00pm — 2026 Spring Into Wellness Expo! wellness expo
  • 11:00am - 2:00pm — Time Traveler’s Story Time & Dress Up Day story time
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford
  • 10:00 am — HBCU College Fair more info
  • 1:00 pm — New Bedford Ballet: A Midsummer Night's Dream more info
  • 3:00 pm — New Bedford Symphony Orchestra: Story Time more info
  • 3:00 pm — New Bedford Symphony Orchestra: Foursomes more info
  • 7:30 pm — New Bedford Symphony Orchestra: A Joyous Sound more info

SUNDAY - 3/22

Battleship Cove, Fall River
  • - name: Brownie Making Games and Create & Innovate — TBA learn more
  • - name: Cadette Special Agent — TBA learn more
  • - name: Citizenship in the World — TBA learn more
  • - name: Junior Detective and Playing the Past — TBA learn more
  • - name: Mother's Day — TBA learn more
  • - name: Signs, Signals, and Codes — TBA learn more
Couch Brook Farm, Acushnet
  • 10:00am - 5:00pm — Boston Public Market FiberFest 2026 fiber fest
  • 12:00pm - 2:30pm — Family Activities at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East family activities
Elizabeth Taber Library (Marion), Marion — Puzzlepalooza! at 1:00pm - 4:00pm view details
Happenings - Dartmouth Week, Dartmouth — Allendale Country Club hosts their Spring Craft Fair at 10:00am craft fair
Marine Museum at Fall River, Fall River
  • - name: Brownie Making Games and Create & Innovate — TBA learn more
  • - name: Cadette Special Agent — TBA learn more
  • - name: Junior Create & Innovate and Paddle Boats — TBA learn more
  • - name: Junior Detective and Playing the Past — TBA learn more
  • - name: Mother's Day — TBA learn more
  • - name: Signs, Signals, and Codes — TBA learn more
Somerset Public Library: Event Calendar, Somerset — LIVE Pro Wrestling Returns to Silver Stone Castle at 5:00pm - 7:00pm pro wrestling
Zeiterion Performing Arts Center, New Bedford — Movie Mondays: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) at 7:00 pm more info

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