The third AHA! Fall River featured over 50 events at multiple venues in downtown Fall River on a cold but comfortable December 18, 2014 evening. The events are designed to help foster an invigorated arts and culture scene in the City. "It's great for economic development; it's great for arts and culture; it's a family-friendly event," stated Dave Dennis, who, along with his wife, Sandy Dennis, and Donna Winn, organized the event. AHA! Fall River was formed in June 2013 in collaboration with the New Bedford AHA! and the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts. AHA! stands for arts, history and architecture. The organization held its first event on June 21, 2013 and has held several events since then in an attempt to mirror the AHA! events in New Bedford. The purpose of the organization is to develop collaborative relationships in order to expand and sustain arts and cultural programming in the two cities. Click here for the Herald News article.  Click here for a seven-minute video of the event. Click here for photos of the previous event in October. For more information, contact Sandy Dennis at 508-646-3621.

(Top row) Amos the Elf waves from in front of Government Center where a caldron fire burns and carolers John Ashley, Jennifer Morin, Ed Viveiros and Tracy Fiore sing holiday favorites. (Row two) Event organizer Sandy Dennis talks with Amos the Elf author Kelly Joyce as Dan and Joyce Foley look over the schedule of events. (Row three) Parents guide their children in some crafts while Linda and David Meade pose for a photo and Bristol Community College baking instructor Gloria Cabral demonstrates how to make a gingerbread house. (Row four) Nine-year-old Ethan Pacheco watches some 1940s ornaments being made while Abigail Rose and Hannah Ferreira pose with their Christmas dolls and Louis Leeman sings old time folk songs. (Bottom row) Lafayette-Durfee House Curator David Jennings explains a verse that twelve-year-old Charlene Busby reads while the Kuss Middle School Theatre Arts group performs and Santa and Mrs. Claus talk with four-year-old Caroline Bumpus at the Cherry and Webb Art Gallery.