Filed under: maritime heritage, photography, storytelling | Tags: Mattapoisett, Shipyard Park, ShipyardPark.com, whaling
I started a new photoblog called Shipyard Park.
Back in the whaling days, there were six shipyards that built the whaling ships that sailed out of New Bedford and Nantucket. It was a busy, rough and tumble type of place back then. But no longer. I’ll be telling more of the story of Shipyard Park in the future, but for now suffice it to say that it’s a beautiful spot in every season and I’m trying to capture and share just a little bit of that.
I’ve been taking a photo every morning for the past month. It’s kind of like a local weather report. It’ll be interesting to see how things change over the seasons Let’s see how long I can keep this up. I’ll do some other things there too because Shipyard Park is a very cool place and you should be able to experience it too! I’d love to hear what you think about the park and project/website.
Filed under: FotoFriday, photography, storytelling | Tags: FotoFriday, Little People, photography, Slinkachu, street art
I love these Little People – Tiny Street Art Project photos! This one’s called Small Victory.
Click through here to see the real story behind this picture.
Also check out Slinkachu, the artist’s website.
Via Sea-Fever Pacific correspondent @MiaChambers
Filed under: maritime, maritime art, maritime heritage, seafood, storytelling | Tags: Dock-U-Mentaries, Phillip Mello, Working Waterfront Festival
New Bedford’s Working Waterfront Festival recently announced an interesting new program: Dock-U-Mentaries, a monthly film series presented in conjunction with New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park. (download PDF flyer)
Films will be presented free of charge at 7pm on the third Friday of each month at the Corson Maritime Learning Center (33 William Street) in downtown New Bedford.
The first program takes place on Friday, January 21st featuring:
- Pearl of the Atlantic a 1960s era film produced by the New Bedford Seafood Council to promote scallops AND
- A narrated slide show of the contemporary Port of New Bedford and its workers, presented by photographer Phil Mello.
Working Waterfront Festival and National Park team up for Dock-U-Mentaries – New Bedford Standard Times – Jan. 10, 2011
Filed under: Experience, life, maritime, maritime heritage, Moby-Monday, social media, storytelling | Tags: Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Moby-Dick Marathon, New Bedford Whaling Museum, Seamen's Bethel, Twitter
Moby-Monday is back and inspired by an extraordinary event organized by the New Bedford Whaling Museum. From all accounts the 15th Annual Moby-Dick Marathon was a great success!
I took my seven-year old son Luke to the Seamen’s Bethel on Saturday for Chapters 7 (The Chapel), 8 (The Pulpit) and 9 (The Sermon). Since I am on the Board of Managers of the New Bedford Port Society I am obviously biased, but there is no better place to experience a Moby-Dick reading than the place where Melville actually worshiped. Here are a few pictures and a video from that experience.
After taking this in, the tide of Moby-Dick enthusiasts carried us across the street to the Jacob’s Family Gallery in the Whaling Museum, the home port of the Moby-Dick Marathon, where there was a full house and lots of great energy.
On Sunday mornings, we typically listen to classical music but this week we tuned into the livestream of the event. While listening Luke was hard at work in the corner with his carpenter’s kit and by mid-morning he had built a whaleship for my office! The extraordinary convergence and power of great art and new technology in action inspiring a young boy to dream and create!
Thanks and congratulations to the New Bedford Whaling Museum for putting on a great show! Using the livestream and an active Twitter feed, people were able to enjoy the experience without actually having to be present. Of course, there is no substitute for being there in body, soul and spirit. The New Bedford Whaling Museum is an extraordinary small museum that keep getting better. I’m already looking forward to the 16th Annual Moby-Dick Marathon!
Filed under: maritime, maritime heritage, Moby-Monday, storytelling | Tags: Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Moby-Monday
From the same people who brought us Titanic II (huh?), on November 30, coming straight to your DVD player, Herman Melville‘s classic has been updated: 2010 Moby Dick. I guess the original (and all previous versions) were not good enough; nothing a few helicopters and machine guns can’t fix thankfully.
Filed under: FotoFriday, life, maritime, photography, storytelling | Tags: FotoFriday, photography, Scuba diving
Imagine after a lovely scuba dive you return to the surface to find that the anchor line of your boat has parted and your ride home is no more. :(
What do you do? Take some pictures, of course. :)
You are miraculously rescued by a passing boat :D
which then capsizes on the way back to port :(
and your camera is lost. :(
Then four years later somebody walking the beach finds your camera! :D
Here are the pictures and interview.
Listen here:
Flag dip to ABC North Coast NSW - Lost at sea: survival snaps surface after four years Oct. 27, 2010
Filed under: Education, maritime, maritime heritage, Schooner Ernestina, storytelling, tall ships | Tags: Concert Series for the Seamen's Bethel Restoration Project, Schooner Ernestina, Seamen's Bethel
Here’s a beautiful song that was written sung by the Rum-Soaked Crooks about the Schooner Ernestina. It was performed at the recent Concert for the Seamen’s Bethel Restoration Fund. (Please Help me Help the Seamen’s Bethel – Oct. 6, 2010) It was a fun evening with great songs for a worthy cause.
On Saturday, October 30th the New Bedford Whaling Museum will be hosting an event to help chart a future course for another worthy cause, the Schooner Ernestina. For more information, visit the Sail Ernestina website or Facebook page.
Filed under: maritime heritage, Moby-Monday, storytelling | Tags: Concert Series for the Seamen's Bethel Restoration Project, Dillon Bustin, Moby-Dick, Seamen's Bethel
Last Thursday marked the first of a series of concerts organized by the Ladies Branch of the New Bedford Port Society for the Seamen’s Bethel Restoration Project Fund. It was a great evening of shanties and sea stories by Dillon Bustin and the Rum-Soaked Crooks.
Here’s a short video of a neat song that Dillon Bustin sang. It was part of a youth education program that he helped organize in which students wrote a prequel to Moby-Dick. The song give each of the characters in Herman Melville’s classic an adolescent outlook. Here’s what was doing on with Moby-Dick. (Low light video but audio is definitely worth the listen.)
The Seamen’s Bethel is one of America’s historic treasures. Hope you will consider making a donation to it’s Restoration Project Fund so that future generations will be able to experience it. For more information or to get involved, please visit the Seamen’s Bethel website, email support@portsociety.org or call +1 508-992-3295.
