Enjoy an evening at NBWM with a light reception and curator-led look at two new exhibitions with chief curator Dr. Naomi Slipp: “Look pleasant please” features previously unseen 19th-century New Bedford portrait photography that helped shape the medium while documenting a changing cultural landscape, and Susan Heideman’s Proteanna presents large-scale, layered works inspired by oceanic, biomorphic forms that evoke an immersive, imagined underwater world of hybrid sea life.  Please RSVP by July 24 to Caitlin Wood at cwood@whalingmuseum.org or (508) 717-6856. If you miss the RSVP deadline and would like to attend, please let Leah know (programs@salterspoint.org)