Events

Date: October 1, 2025
Time: 10:00 am

Chatham — In the male-dominated industries of seafood and aquaculture, women have to work twice as hard to prove themselves. But in New Hampshire’s small fishing and aquaculture industries, women have broken down barriers and forged their own paths to success. Women on the Water tells the stories of six women in New Hampshire who have overcome personal and societal challenges to establish themselves in lobstering, seafood distribution, oyster farming, and tuna fishing on their own terms. Discover what independence, determination, and grit look like for women making a name for themselves on the water in the Granite State.
“Friends of Chatham Waterways and its partners believe this is an important short film, reminding us all of the connection we have to the waterways,” said FCW President Kristin Andres. “The Cape has a blue economy, and to help that stay viable, as residents on the Cape we have a responsibility to be good stewards of the land and protect the water quality in our embayments that are the nurseries for fisheries.”
The film was produced by New Hampshire Sea Grant and the vision of co-creators Tim Briggs and Gabriela Bradt and director Haley McHatton Ballou. In addition to the film screening, a panel discussion with local women who work on the water will follow, with local representatives of the fishing community: Renee Gagne, Shellfish Constable, Town of Chatham; Shareen Davis, Co-Founder, Chatham Harvesters; and Kalliope Chute, Owner, Mermaid Menu Oyster Farm. The discussion will be moderated by Gabriela Bradt, Producer and Co-creator.
The public is invited to attend. This event is free. Advance tickets can be obtained at the Chatham Orpheum Theater box office located at 637 Main Street, Chatham.

For more information:
Chatham Orpheum https://chathamorpheum.org/upcoming-events

Date: August 20, 2025
Time: 5:00 - 7:30 p.m.

5–6 p.m. Social Hour ~ 6–7:30 p.m. Program
• Business Meeting
~ Reports of the Treasurer and Nominating Committee
~ Election of Directors
~ Other Business
• Words from the President - Kristin Andres
• Speaker - Sarah Griscom, PhD: “Chatham Water Watchers: 26 Years of Coastal Data”
• Captains Award

Date: April 26, 2025
Time: 9 am - noon

Sign the Chatham Water Pledge and pick up your sign and informational materials.

Date: April 23, 2025
Time: 10 am to 11:30 am

As part of Earth Week in Chatham, FCW is hosting a short film event, featuring a showing of the WHOI videos, Saving Our Ponds, which will be followed by a panel discussion with Kristin Andres, Association to Preserve Cape Cod, Susan Bauer, Old Ladies Against Underwater Garbage, Renee Gagne, Chatham Shellfish Constable, and Rob Faley, Chatham DPW Director. Natalie Coleman-Fuller, Friends of Chatham Waterways board member, will be the moderator.

The event is free. FCW will be officially launching its water pledge program here, so come learn what it’s all about, and take the pledge!

Free tickets available only at the Orpheum Box Office.

Date: April 21, 2025

April 21-27, 2025 Scheduled events honor our most precious resource—WATER.

FCW is a participating organization. Please join these community events. Click on Earth Week Events above for more information on the week’s activities, from the Chatham Conservation Foundation webpage.

Date: September 21, 2024

Friends of Chatham Waterways (FCW) Coastsweep beach cleanup is held annually in mid September in conjunction with the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the Ocean Conservancy. Volunteers collect trash from one of 15 shoreline sites in Chatham and record their findings on Ocean Conservancy data cards. To volunteer for 2024, contact one of the Coastsweep volunteers: coastsweep@chathamwaterways.org