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Blues for the Blue
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 03/5/2010
- News and Events
Blues for the Blue
A fund-raiser to benefit the Ocean Explorium, featuring Neal McCarthy & Friends ...
Friday April 9th, 2010 - 7:30 PM – 11:00 PM
174 Union Street - Downtown New Bedford
Featuring Neal McCarthy & Friends
$40 ($25 of ticket price is a tax deductible donation) - only 100 tickets available
21+ (proper ID required) - cash bar and complimentary hors d’ouerves
ticket information or purchase by phone 508.994.5400 • in person at the Ocean Explorium admissions desk • by email jcosta@oceanexplorium.org
sponsored by:
Chris Costa Plumbing and Heating
Gibbons Aquaria
CV Liquors
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Women in Science + Engineering Speaker Series Returns
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 03/5/2010
- Press Releases
NEW BEDFORD, MA (25 February 2010) — The Ocean Explorium, with generous support from the Women's Fund of the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts, announces the second annual Women in Science + Engineering (WiSE) speaker series.
Ocean Explorium "Cosmic Voice" Series Begins
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 03/5/2010
- Press Releases
NEW BEDFORD, MA (16 February 2010) — The Ocean Explorium announces a second speaker series, Cosmic Voice, will begin this week.
On Thursday, February 18, Kelly Beatty will present "The Sputnik Years". A specialist in planetary science and space exploration as well as Senior Contributing Editor for Sky & Telescope magazine, Mr. Beatty states "When a Russian rocket lofted Sputnik I into orbit on October 4, 1957, the worldwide reaction was a mixture of awe and apprehension. The Space Age - and the Space Race - had begun."
Women's achievements in math, science lauded
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 03/5/2010
- News and Events
NEW BEDFORD — They are WiSE women who know their way around logarithms, microbes and more and, in the coming weeks, they'll be spreading their gospel:
Women and girls can do math and science.
Before a standing-room-only crowd, Dr. Jean F. MacCormack, chancellor of UMass Dartmouth, delivered that message recently as the Ocean Explorium and Women's Fund kicked off the second annual Women in Science + Engineering speaker series.
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Ocean Explorium counts down to spectacular NASA space exhibit
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 10/1/2009
- Press Releases
OE celebrates summer success and begins fall schedule
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 09/25/2009
- Press Releases
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Ocean Explorium inspires the Boys and Girls of New Bedford
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 08/19/2009
- Press Releases
Offical Opening with a Ribbon-cutting ceremony
- By Ocean Explorium
- Published 07/8/2009
- News and Events
The Ocean Explorium officially opened full-time to the public today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by the Honorable Scott Lang, Mayor of New Bedford, and Dr. Jean MacCormack, Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Channel 10 NBC Providence covered the story.
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