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Nearly two centuries after providing the world with whale oil for lamps, New Bedford aspires to light the world again. The city plans to use offshore wind turbines to produce energy.

New Bedford was once the city that lit the world, exporting vast quantities of whale oil for lamps in the early 1800s. Workers packed the docks, unloading casks of oil that had been extracted at sea from whale carcasses and brought in by a fleet of hundreds of whaling ships.Nearly two centuries later New Bedford

Nearly two centuries after providing the world with whale oil for lamps, New Bedford aspires to light the world again. The city plans to use offshore wind turbines to produce energy.

The world premiere of God’s Spies—a clever comedic drama about Shakespeare’s struggle writing King Lear while in quarantine lockdown

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Next Act Theatres production of this humane lockdown comedy closes out David Cecsarinis incredible three decades as the theater companys leader.

Idea Factory International announced Charade Maniacs will launch in June 2023 and shared details about the Switch otome's limited edition.

Cody Estle, who came from Chicago to Next Act Theatre, wants to start a program of commissioning new plays here.

Something about China encourages grandiose predictions. Just a few years ago, the U.S. Intelligence Community forecast China would emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic economically and politically stronger than the United