This is the September AHA! episode of our continuing series of podcasts from Play Arcade, co-hosted by our podcast partner and friend, Adam Katz. Our guests included Max Wickemeyer, The Artists Index’s volunteer development director, and Kate Frazer Rego (Episode 147 and Episode 83).

Our guests joined podcast host Ron Fortier on September 11, 2025, to share and swap stories about the eleventh anniversary of 9/11; both the direct and indirect aspects of the surprise attack, recollections, and how the event affected artists and art in particular.

The Living Room at Play Arcade is “an old-school 80’s style arcade offering a full-service bar, craft-made drinks, and food…” and over 40 vintage arcade games and a rooftop deck overlooking the working waterfront in the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park.

AHA! (Arts, History, Architecture) has presented New Bedford and the South Coast with free arts and culture nights. It celebrated its 25th anniversary this September! AHA! Nights are held every second Thursday of the month to recall and honor the nostalgic late shopping night offered in New Bedford from the 1940s through the 1960s. This revival has brought a new and lasting vibrancy to downtown.

Every artist has a story! Listen in to all of our up-close and personal conversations with artists, supporters of the arts, and the cultural impresarios of the South Coast’s remarkable creative community.

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