Blue Economy Events

Find the latest events related to the Blue Economy around Cape Cod and the Islands.

Small Boats. Big Science: Protecting Cape Cod's Working Waterfronts: A Path to Resiliency

Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance, 1566 Main Street, Chatham, MA

Panelists: Story Reed, Deputy Director of the MA Division of Marine Fisheries; Katy Acheson, CCBEF; Nate Sears, Orleans Natural Resource Manager, Kristin Uiterwyk, Director of Urban Harbors Institute; Jason Holm, Chatham Harbormaster. Free, RSVP required.

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Persistent Curiosity: Charting the Rippled Fabric of the Sea

Center for Coastal Studies / Provincetown Art Association Museum, Provincetown Art Association Museum, 460 Commercial Street Provincetown, MA 02657

A new exhibition at PAAM celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Center for Coastal Studies. “Persistent Curiosity: Charting the Rippled Fabric of the Sea,” opens May 15 and runs through July 19. An opening reception is scheduled for May 22 at 6 pm.

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Exhibition: Jackie Reeves: Larger than Life – Drawings in Time

Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 460 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02657

This exhibition presents a group of large-scale figurative works that expand the possibilities of observational drawing through imagination, movement, and expressive mark-making. Visit and see why CCBEF chose Reeves to design the Big Blue 2026 mural!

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Woods Hole Film Festival - Spirit of Massachusetts Film Block

Woods Hole Film Festival, co-presented by Cape Cod Blue Economy Foundation, The Simon Center at Falmouth Academy

The Spirit of Massachusetts is the spirit of America, and of independent film. Post-Screening Q&A with Filmmakers from Late Fall, The Last Lobsterman, The Dreaming Game, Buzzard's Bay, On the Tide, Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage and Comedy Damage

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Party for a Porpoise

IFAW, Wychmere Beach Club Harwich Port, MA

Our celebratory annual gala event overlooking the Nantucket Sound will include creative cocktails and locally sourced fare, a live auction and fund-a-need appeal—all to benefit IFAW's marine rescue and conservation efforts. Click for details and tickets.

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