It’s a Carnevale Celebration in Downtown New Bedford! What better way to lose those mid-winter blues than with some mask-making, mischief & merriment. Or how about some shopping, good food, and local art? Give yourself a pre-Valentine’s Day pick-me-up with AHA!’s great programs, new art exhibitions, or a special treat from one of our many unique boutiques and galleries.

Highlights include:
• Fire Dancers
• Carnevale face painting, photobooth & Cuban contemporary art @ Crowell’s
• NEW AHA! partner Muse Gallery hosts tarot card reading
• Mask Making with Ruth & Abby @ NB Whaling National Historical Park
• New Orleans Jazz with the Rick Costa Trio plus Soapbox Social @ Cork
• Carnevale Fun @ OKO arts
• Carnevale Cabaret @ Pour Farm Tavern
• “Frederick Law Olmsted – A Lasting Legacy”, a talk @ the RJD
• Music & poetry @ Pilgrim UCC
• Schooner Ernestina Birthday Party @ NB Whaling National Historical Park
• Cajun Beats for Carnevale Kids @ First Unitarian Church
• Adventures in Saving a Painting: Quest, Conquest, and Conservation, a lecture
@ the NB Whaling Museum
• Come to the COMMONS – the newest idea from Ginger Grill
• We Art NB! NEW Shows @ Artworks!, Gallery X, Judith Klein Art Gallery &
UMass Dartmouth CVPA