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Poor Richard’s in Chicopee raising funds to assist Agawam club

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OOR RICHARD’S IN Chicopee will soon be changing its name to Geraldine’s, but the bar under its present name will be going out with a bang.

As I mentioned recently in this column, the School Street nightclub will have a grand reopening as Geraldine’s on March 5-6, but on Sunday Poor Richard’s will host an event that is unique in that it is dedicated to helping a (sort of) rival venue.

Poor Richard’s will hold a benefit to help save American Legion Post 185 in Agawam, commonly now known as The Tank. The event, which will run from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., will feature live music, raffles and food. It’s also a family-friendly event and kids 12 and under will be admitted free of charge. (There will donations taken at the door for admission for adults.)

Pelletier. This is a great event to help save another veterans’ venue. Check it out if you can.

Poor Richard’s Live Music Bar and Grill is located at 116 School St. Scouting report • The Claudia Malibu will play a show at The 413 in Easthampton tomorrow. The George Lenker 413 is at 40.5 Holyoke St. Club Scout • The Platform Sports Bar in Northampton will So far, the bands scheduled feature a trivia night on Feb. for the day include: Monarch, 27 hosted by Bobby Roast with Anthony Whalen (former Beef that will benefit Ronald singer of Aquanett); a Johnny McDonald House Charities.

Cash tribute, Cash is King; Platform Sports Bar is at 125 General Gist and the Mexican Pleasant St. Cadillac; Ready Set Go; Noah • If you’re looking to try out Lis of “The Voice;” El Cie your comedic chops, Bishop’s Band: Chris Perry and Sage Lounge in Northampton will King; Juicebox and Beers; Left hold its comedy open mic Hand Backwards; Beryllium; night on Sunday. The evening and Classified. also features karaoke. Bishop’s is at 41 Strong Ave. There will also be country • The Fawns, one of my line dancing with Randy

Nightclubs

Poor Richard’s Live Music Bar & Grill at 116 School St. in Chicopee is hosting a benefit on Sunday to help American Legion Post 185 in Agawam.

favorite local bands, will play a show at Luthier’s Co-op tomorrow. Also on the bill will be Ch’Chunk! and Austin & Elliot. The Fawns go on last at 9:30. Luthier’s Co-op is at 108 Cottage St. in Easthampton.

• Last but not least, it’s almost Lent, which means Theodores’ will be holding its Fat Tuesday celebration on Feb. 25, with Krewe Les Gras.

Krewe Les Gras is a collective of superb local musicians who

celebrate the music of New Orleans and beyond, with Cajun rhythms, funky grooves, and improvisations. If you’ve never seen them, do yourself a favor and go. Theodores’ is at 201 Worthington St. Do you have a cool event coming up at a local club? Send me a note about it at least two weeks in advance to geolenker@ yahoo.com and I’ll try to get it in this space.

Springfield

Ray Mason will play Luthier’s Co-Op in Easthampton today, and Chester Common Table in Chester tomorrow.

THURSDAY 350 Grill: The Boogie Boys. 350 Worthington St., Springfield Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, South Hadley

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MGM Springfield: Roar! Comedy Club: Jessica Kirson. 1 MGM Way, Springfield Mike’s East Side Pub: Karaoke J & M Productions. 535 Page Blvd, Springfield My Brothers Place: DJ with rock.

185 Grove St., Chicopee

Buccaneer Lounge: DJ with rock and Top 40. 86 Maple St., Agawam

Paisano’s Pub: Dave’s acoustic jam.

138 College Highway, Southampton

Center Stage Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 267 Dwight St., Springfield

Pizza Shoppe: Open mic with John O’Neil. 134 Shaker Road, East Longmeadow

Christy’s Lounge: DJ. 278 Main St., Indian Orchard

Rafters: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 422 Amity St., Amherst

Club Castaway: Nude ladies dancing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately

Shadow Lounge: DJ with classics.

278 Worthington St., Springfield

Club One Entertainment Complex: Open Jam w/James Germana & Friends. Western MA Songwriters Collaborative Monthly Showcase. 60 North Westfield St., Feeding Hills Delaney House: Italian music with Luke Baillargeon. 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee Donovan’s Irish Pub: Live entertainment. 1655 Boston Road #C6, Springfield

Shakago Martini & Piano Bar: DJ karaoke, featuring a full dinner menu and over 150 martinis. 21-23 Hampden St., Springfield

Froggy’s Saloon: DJ karaoke with Songstress Shorty. 846 Airport Industrial Park, Westfield

Florence

Luthier’s Co-Op: Ray Mason, Jim Armenti. 108 Cottage St., Easthampton

Hot Shot Billards: DJ JR. 1440 North Main St., Palmer

Kaptain Jimmy’s Restaurant and Distillery: Two Birds-One Stone: comedy and music. 916 Suffield St., Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

Agawam 91 Taylor St., Springfield

J.J.’s Tavern: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 99 Main St.,

Lion’s Den: Dave Brinnel. 30 Main St., Stockbridge

Mattie’s Cafe: DJ Aaron, reggae, old school, R & B. 750 Boston Road,

Southwick Inn: Open mic hosted

by Steve Piper of Roadhouse Band.

479 College Highway, Southwick Tavern Restaurant: Frank Serafino.

2 Broad St., Westfield The Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer SEE NIGHTCLUBS, PAGE E3

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Nightclubs CONTINUED FROM PAGE E2 The Still: Drink specials. 63 Springfield St., Agawam Theodores’: Rockstar Karaoke. 201 Worthington St., Springfield Turtle Pond: Live entertainment.

349 Wilbraham St., Palmer West Springfield Fish and Game Club: CD jukebox, pool table. 329 Garden St., Feeding Hills Whip City Brew: DJ with dance.

287 Elm St., Westfield

FRIDAY 350 Grill: The Story Tellers. 350 Worthington St., Springfield Alina’s: Emery Smith. 96 Russell St., Hadley

Christy’s Lounge: DJ. 278 Main St., Indian Orchard Club Castaway: Nude ladies dancing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately Collegian Court Restaurant: Blue Cube Jazz Presents: Nancy Janoson Jazz Ensemble. 89 Park St., Chicopee Danger Zone Saloon: Live entertainment. 948 Main St., Warren Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee Donovan’s Irish Pub: Live entertainment. 1655 Boston Road #C6, Springfield Florence VFW: Karaoke with DJ Greg. 18 Meadow St., Florence

Froggy’s Saloon: DJ karaoke with Songstress Shorty. 846 Airport Industrial Park, Westfield Iron Horse Music Hall: Dar Williams, Crys Matthews. 20 Center St., Northampton Kaptain Jimmy’s Restaurant and Distillery: Union Jack. 916 Suffield St., Agawam Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield Matador: Karaoke and DJ. 300 East St., Ludlow MGM Springfield: MGM Live Free Music Series. 1 MGM Way, Springfield

Worthington St., Springfield Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, South Hadley

Michael F. Curtin VFW Post 8006: Karaoke with Reil Entertainment Productions. Florence Road, Florence

Black-eyed Sally’s BBQ & Blues: Curtis Salgado. 350 Asylum St., Hartford

My Brothers Place: DJ with rock.

185 Grove St., Chicopee

Boston Boston: Open mic. 16 Bolduc Lane, Chicopee

Open Door: DJ with karaoke. 247 Cady St., Ludlow

Center Stage Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 267 Dwight St., Springfield

Patti’s 410 Lounge: Open mic. 32 Quincy Ave., Chicopee

Club One Entertainment Complex: Acoustic after hours with Matt Gibbs. The Blues Jam. 60 North Westfield St., Feeding Hills

Pulaski Club: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 79 Maple St., Easthampton Shakago Martini & Piano Bar: Dave Brinnel. 21-23 Hampden St., Springfield Shakago Martini & Piano Bar: Featuring a full dinner menu and over 150 martinis, DJ Dance. 21-23 Hampden St., Springfield

Theodores’: Balkun Brothers. 201 Worthington St., Springfield Turtle Pond: Live entertainment.

349 Wilbraham St., Palmer Underground Pub at the Crown Plaza: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 1 West St., Pittsfield VFW Post 8428: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 41 Pelham Road, Belchertown

Dar Williams will play the Iron Horse Music Hall tomorrow and Saturday. (NOAM GALAI / GETTY IMAGES) Boston Boston: Live acoustics. 16 Bolduc Lane, Chicopee Center Stage Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 267 Dwight St., Springfield Christy’s Lounge: DJ. 278 Main St., Indian Orchard Cindy’s Sports Bar: Live entertainment. 1620 North Main St., Palmer Club Castaway: Nude ladies dancing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately Club House Lounge: Open mic comedy. 250 Westfield Road, Holyoke Danger Zone Saloon: Karaoke.

948 Main St., Warren Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee Donovan’s Irish Pub: Live entertainment. 1655 Boston Road #C6, Springfield Frankie B’s: DJ Lady Di. 2957 Boston Road (Route 20), Wilbraham

West Springfield Fish and Game Club: CD jukebox, pool table. 329 Garden St., Feeding Hills

Froggy’s Saloon: DJ karaoke with Songstress Shorty. 846 Airport Industrial Park, Westfield

World War II Club-The Deuce: Karaoke. 50 Conz St., Northampton

Iron Horse Music Hall: Dar Williams, Crys Matthews. 20 Center St., Northampton

SATURDAY 350 Grill: The Story Tellers. 350 Worthington St., Springfield Alina’s: Emery Smith. 96 Russell St., Hadley American Legion Post 260: Karaoke with Larry. 1 Bridge St., South Hadley American Legion Post 266: Variety nights, comedy, live music and pool. 74 Pleasant St., Granby American Legion Post 338-The Wick 338: Karaoke with Chris. 46 Powder Mill Road, Southwick American Legion Post 351: Karaoke with DJ Chris. 50 Saint Kolbe Drive, Holyoke Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, South Hadley

Kaptain Jimmy’s Restaurant and Distillery: Johnny Sixgun. 916 Suffield St., Agawam

Shakago Martini & Piano Bar: DJ dance, featuring a full dinner menu and more than 150 martinis. 21-23 Hampden St., Springfield Tavern Restaurant: Built for Comfort. 2 Broad St., Westfield The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: Mardi Gras Get Down featuring Zydeco Connection. 289 Main St., Greenfield The Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer Theodores’: Professor Harp. 201 Worthington St., Springfield Underground Pub at the Crown Plaza: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 1 West St., Pittsfield VFW Post 8428: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 41 Pelham Road, Belchertown Whip City Brew: DJ with dance.

287 Elm St., Westfield World War II Club-The Deuce: Acoustic music, karaoke. 50 Conz St., Northampton

Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield Mattie’s Cafe: DJ Aaron, reggae, old school, R & B. 750 Boston Road, Springfield New City Brewery: Josh Ritter Tribute Concert feat. Greg Hall.

180 Pleasant St. (Rear), Easthampton Pizza Shoppe: Kids nite with John O’Neil. 134 Shaker Road, East Longmeadow Shakago Martini & Piano Bar: Featuring a full dinner menu and over 150 martinis. 21-23 Hampden St., Springfield Southwick Inn: Blues Jam hosted

by Cold Shot. 479 College Highway, Southwick The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: Swing Sunday with the Butterfly Swing Band. 289 Main St., Greenfield The Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer

MONDAY Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow

SUNDAY 350 Grill: Sunday Night Jazz. 350

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Lighthouse: Karaoke. 108 Sewall St., Ludlow Lion’s Den: The Savoy Duo. 30 Main St., Stockbridge Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield MGM Springfield: Roar! Comedy Club: Jessica Kirson. 1 MGM Way, Springfield

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Frankie B’s: DJ. 2957 Boston Road (Route 20), Wilbraham

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MGM Springfield: Roar! Comedy Club: Jessica Kirson. 1 MGM Way, Springfield

American Legion Post 266: Moose Tavern Restaurant: Party of 2. 2 and the Hightops. 74 Pleasant St., Broad St., Westfield Granby The Hawks & Reed Performing Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Arts Center: The 60’s Experience.

Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow SayReal and Rebelle. Wubwitus Road, South Hadley Vol. VII: Vibe Emissions with Boston Boston: Live acoustics. 16 Eknocks + FUZD. 289 Main St., Bolduc Lane, Chicopee Greenfield Center Stage Gentlemen’s Club: The Magic Lantern: Nude female Nude dancing. 267 Dwight St., dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Springfield Palmer Chester Common Table: Ray Mason. 30 Main St., Chester

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185 Grove St., Chicopee Open Door: DJ with karaoke. 247 Cady St., Ludlow Patti’s 410 Lounge: Karaoke with Peter Kennedy. 32 Quincy Ave., Chicopee Shadow Lounge: DJ Redd. 278 Worthington St., Springfield

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CLUBBING | MUSIC UPCOMING CONCERTS A look ahead at some of the most-anticipated concerts in western and central Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Ice Cube: Friday, 7:30 p.m.

– Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Springfield Symphony Orchestra: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield Squeeze: Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. – Academy of Music, Northampton The Revitalists: Feb. 28, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

High Kings: Feb. 28, 8 p.m. – Calvin Theatre, Northampton Josh Ritter, Caitlin Canty: Feb. 28, 7 p.m. – Academy of Music, Northampton MercyMe: Feb. 29, 7 p.m.

– Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Conn.

Travelin’ McCourys, Della Mae: Feb. 29, 7 p.m. – Academy of Music, Northampton The Lumineers: Feb. 29, 7 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Marty Stuart: March 1, 7 p.m. – Academy of Music, Northampton Eaglemania: March 6, 8 p.m. – Calvin Theatre, Northampton Springfield Symphony Orchestra: March 7, 7:30 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield Rascal Flatts: March 7, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

The Jayhawks: March 8, 8 p.m. – Academy of Music, Northampton Red Holt Chilli Pipers: March 10, 7:30 p.m. – Academy of Music, Northampton Tony Bennett: March 13, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

Survivor: March 20, 8 p.m.

– Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

Adam Sandler: March 20, 8 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Styx: March 21, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

Chris Young: March 26, 7 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Charlie Wilson: March 27, 8 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield Indigo Girls: March 27, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

Pitbull: March 27, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

Nate Bargatze: March 27, 8 p.m. – Calvin Theatre, Northampton Guster: March 28, 8 p. m. – Calvin Theatre, Northampton Brad Paisley: April 3, 7:30 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Dashboard Confessional: April 4, 8 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Godsmack: April 16, 5 p.m.

– DCU Center, Worcester Tracy Morgan: April 17, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

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Rapper Ice Cube will perform at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., tomorrow. (KATRINA TULLOCH / SYRACUSE.COM)

Orchestra: April 18, 7:30 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield Voyage: April 24, 8 p.m. – Calvin Theatre, Northampton Niall Horan: May 1, 7 p.m. – Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn.

Springfield Symphony Orchestra: May 2, 7:30 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield for King & Country: May 3, 7 p.m. – MassMutual Center, Springfield Patti LaBelle: May 3, 7:30 p.m. – Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn.

They Might Be Giants: May 3, 8 p.m. – Academy of Music, Northampton Five Finger Death Punch: May 5, 6 p.m. – DCU Center, Worcester Temptations, Four Tops: May 7, 7:30 p.m. – Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Conn.

Wu-Tang: May 7, 8 p.m. – Mohegan Sun, Uncasville,

Conn.

Candlebox: May 7, 8 p.m.

– Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

Springfield Symphony Orchestra: May 9, 7:30 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield Frankie Valli: May 22, 8 p.m. – Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn.

Johnny Mathis: May 23, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

Zac Brown Band: May 30, 7 p.m – Xfinity Theatre, Hartford Ozuna: May 30, 8 p.m. – Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn.

Kesha: May 30, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

Almost Queen: June 5, 7 p.m. – Look Park, Northampton Sugarland: June 6, 7 p.m. – Xfinity Theatre, Hartford Bela Fleck: June 6, 7 p.m. – Look Park, Northampton

David Crosby: June 10, 8 p.m. – Academy of Music, Northampton Chelsea Handler: June 13, 8 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield Who’s Live Anyway: June 13, 8 p.m. – Calvin Theatre, Northampton Lady Antebellum: June 14, 7 p.m. – Xfinity Theatre, Hartford Dave Matthews Band: June 16-17, 7:30 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Ringo Starr: June 19, 7 p.m.

– Tanglewood, Lenox Ozzy Osbourne: June 20, 7:30 p.m.– Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Trey Anastasio: June 20, 7:30 p.m. – Tanglewood, Lenox Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie: June 21, 2:30 p.m. – Tanglewood, Lenox Turtles, Chuck Negron: June 26, 8 p.m. – Calvin Theatre, Northampton Brandi Carlile: June 26, 7 p.m. – Tanglewood, Lenox Alanis Morissette, Garbage: June 27, 7 p.m. – Xfinity Theatre, Hartford Mavericks, Los Lobos: June 28, 2 p.m. – Tanglewood, Lenox Rebelution, Steel Pulse: July 1, 6 p.m. – Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn.

Doobie Brothers with Michael McDonald: July 2, 7 p.m. – Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Conn.

James Taylor: July 4, 8 p.m.

– Tanglewood, Lenox Nickelback: July 10, 8 p.m.

– Xfinity Theatre, Hartford

Ticket information: Academy of Music, 413-584-9032; Calvin Theatre and Mountain Park, 413-586-8686; Foxwoods, 800-200-2882; MassMutual Center, 855-278-4667; Tanglewood, 888266-1200; Ticketmaster serves DCU Center, MGM Springfield Plaza, Mohegan Sun, Mullins Center, Oakdale, Symphony Hall, Xfinity Theater and XL Center, 800-745-3000

Nightclubs Road, South Hadley

Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, South Hadley

Center Stage Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 267 Dwight St., Springfield

Center Stage Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 267 Dwight St., Springfield

Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee

Club Castaway: Nude ladies dancing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately

Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield

Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee

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Comedian Jessica Kirson will perform at MGM Springfield’s Roar!

Comedy Club today and tomorrow. (COURTESY OF ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS)

TUESDAY

MGM Springfield: Blue Note Mon- Iron Horse Music Hall: Latin night hosted by DJ Alexavier & DJ Chico. days. 1 MGM Way, Springfield 20 Center St., Northampton The Magic Lantern: Nude female Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing. dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., 91 Taylor St., Springfield Palmer

Tavern Restaurant: Trivia Night. 2 Broad St., Westfield

Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee

The Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer

Gateway City Arts: The Back Porch festival: Mardi gras party with Marcia Ball. 92 Race St., Holyoke

Theodores’: Fat Tuesday with Krewe Les Gras. 201 Worthington St., Springfield

WEDNESDAY

Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield The Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer

The Republican is not responsible Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude for unannounced schedule changes. dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, Listings must be received two weeks South Hadley before the date of the event. Items should be mailed to: Entertainment Center Stage Gentlemen’s Club: Guide, The Republican, P.O. Box 1329, Nude dancing. 267 Dwight St., Springfield, MA 01102-1329; or emailed Springfield to pmastriano@repub.com; or submitClub Castaway: Nude ladies dancted to masslive.com/myevent ing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately

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Jackson Browne to headline at Foxwoods casino

ACKSON BROWNE IS coming to Connecticut.

The classic rock artist will perform at the Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut, on June 21 at 8 p.m.

Steve Miller’s 2020 “Americana” tour will feature Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives.

• Comedian Marlon Wayans is coming to Springfield.

The actor-comedian will perform in the Aria Ballroom at MGM Springfield on April 17 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are available through all Ticketmaster outlets and locations including ticketmaster.com and by phone at 800-745-3000.

Wayans starred in “The Wayans Bros.” and “Marlon” television series, as well as the films “Scary Movie,” “White Chicks” and “Fifty Shades of Black.”

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Tickets for the show are available beginning tomorrow at 10 a.m. through all Ticketmaster outlets and locations including ticketmaster.com and by phone at 800-7453000.

Browne is touring this summer with James Taylor and is taking advantage of a small break in the schedule to perform at Foxwoods.

Browne was a successful songwriter for artists such as The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, and Joan Baez before signing with David Geffen in 1971 and charting with singles “Doctor My Eyes,” and “Rock Me On the Water.”

Janet Jackson will perform two shows in New England this summer: Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket on July 17 and TD Garden in Boston on July 18. (AMY HARRIS / INVISION)

Young has accumulated an impressive list of accomplishments, including membership in the iconic Grand Ole Opry, 2 billion on-demand streams, 12 million singles sold, 11 career No. 1 singles, and two Grammy nominations.

• AJR has announced details of a summer tour that will stop in Connecticut and the Boston area.

The band will play the

Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, Connecticut, on May 15 and the Xfinity Center in Mansfield on July 31.

Tickets for the shows are available through Live Nation at livenation.com.

The shows are part of the pop band’s “Neotheater” tour.

AJR is made up of brothers Adam, Jack, and Ryan Met. • The Steve Miller Band is headed out on a summer tour.

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Liner notes • Chris Young has extended his current tour with a slew of dates that includes a stop in the Boston area.

The country singer will play the Xfinity Center in Mansfield on July 24 and pulls into the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford, New Hampshire, on July 25.

These shows are in addition to his previously announced March 26 concert at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Tickets for the shows are available through all Ticketmaster outlets and locations including ticketmaster.com and by phone at 800-7453000.

• The husband and wife team of Michael Ray and Carly Pearce is coming to Connecticut.

Jackson Browne will perform The pair are set to play the at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Fox Theater at Foxwoods ReMashantucket, Conn., on June sort Casino in Mashantucket 21. (MICHAEL TRAN / GETTY IMAGES) on March 12 at 8 p.m.

Tickets for the show are available beginning tomorThe classic rock outfit will row through all Ticketmaster stop in Connecticut with a outlets and locations includshow scheduled for the Amphitheatre at Harbor Yard in ing ticketmaster.com and by telephone at 800-745-3000.

Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Michael Ray is a country Aug. 15 at 7:30 p.m. singer who has released two Tickets are available albums for Warner Music. through all Ticketmaster Carly Pearce’s debut single outlets and locations including ticketmaster.com and by “Every Little Thing,” landed phone at 800-745-3000.

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Show offers first taste of spring Connecticut Flower & Garden Show readies for 39th annual run

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By Cori Urban

Special to The Republican

pring will come early to Hartford as more than an acre of gardens will be in full bloom for the Connecticut Flower & Garden Show.

The show, now in its 39th year, will take place today through Sunday at the Connecticut Convention Center at 100 Columbus Blvd., Hartford.

Thanks to professional landscape designers and nonprofit organizations, the garden types will include naturalistic, low-maintenance, native, container, epic tomato, vegetable, organic, herb and pollinator gardens.

The event covers nearly 3 acres and is themed “Connecticut Springs into Earth Day.” It will offer ideas for house, apartment and condo dwellers.

“We are the only show in Southern New England with over 20 gardens in full bloom, a four-day schedule of presentations by gardening experts and a juried flower show with entries from throughout Connecticut,” said Kristie Gonsalves, show producer and president of North East Expos Inc. Tammy L. Cressotti, owner/ beekeeper at Mimi’s Hilltop Apiary in Granville, will be at the show for the eighth year and will offer raw honey food products and all-natural beeswax and honey skin care products. “From a business perspective, it is the kick-off of a new season for us,” she said. “I love to showcase our new skin care items (our specialty) for the year and give out samples.

Networking with other vendors and seeing their displays and offerings makes sure we are on top of our game.”

The Connecticut Flower & Garden Show will take place today through Sunday at the Connecticut Convention Center at 100 Columbus Blvd., Hartford. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)

IF YOU GO Event: Connecticut Flower & Garden Show Where: Connecticut Convention Center, 100 Columbus Blvd., Hartford When: Today, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Friday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Admission: $18 adults; $16 seniors age 62 and over (today and Friday only); $5 children 5-12; Free under age 5. Admission payment by cash only.

Parking: Daily parking at the Connecticut Convention Center Garage is $9 all day or $3 first hour and $2 per additional hour. Thursday and Friday only: Free parking and free shuttle at the Pequot Street lot at 18 Pequot St., just north of I-84.

Saturday and Sunday only: $5 all day parking at Front Street North and South Garages, across the street from the Connecticut Convention Center.

For more information: Go online to CTFlowerShow.com or call 860-844-8461.

Tammy L. Cressotti, owner and beekeeper at Mimi’s Hilltop Apiary in Granville, will be at the show for the eighth year and will offer raw honey food products and all-natural beeswax and honey skin care products.

More than 300 booths will author, horticulturist, owner offer displays, activities and of Natureworks Horticultural shopping – artisans, handcraftServices in Northford. ed gifts, fresh flowers, plants, “We have scheduled a Group; Tom Christopher, hor- number of new expert flower But from a personal pergarden ornaments, metalwork spective, she enjoys the plants ticultural journalist and Public and garden speakers this year, sculptures, herbs, bulbs, seeds, fertilizers, soils, gardening and flowers that are displayed: Radio host; Jen Plasky of Sam along with many returning books, patio furniture, lawn “When most of us have a touch Bridge Nursery & Greenhouses favorites,” Gonsalves said. and garden tools and equipof ‘cabin fever,’ it makes me in Greenwich; Rob Townsend Some of the trending topics ment. feel happy and energized to of Aqua Scapes of CT; Lorraine in gardening that will be Bring 1/2 cup of soil to the know that spring will be comBallato, advanced master addressed at the show include ing soon.”

University of Connecticut gardener and horticulturist; organics, vegetables, pollinaDuring the show, there will and Nancy DuBrule-Clemente, tors and climate changes.

SEE FLOWER, PAGE E7 be more than 80 hours of free seminars. Experts include: Craig LeHoullier, author and Garden Writers Association Gold Award winner; Charlie Nardozzi, gardening coach, author and radio/TV host; Sandra Visnapuu of S.E.V. Design TAMMY L. CRESSOTTI, OWNER AND BEEKEEPER AT MIMI’S HILLTOP APIARY IN GRANVILLE

“Anytime we have loyal customers come up to us and share their testimonials on how our products helped them makes it a successful show.”

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Co-op booth for free soil testing.

The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut’s Advanced Standard Flower Show will have more than 12,000-square feet of “Spring into Connecticut” design, horticulture, botanical arts and photography competition with more than 500 entries from members throughout the state.

“The involvement of the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut for so many years, with its juried annual flower show and thousands of volunteers, brings another layer of outstanding talent and visual excitement to our event,” Gonsalves said.

at No. 1 on the country charts.

The pair were married in 2019.

Thanks to professional landscape designers and nonprofit organizations, the garden types will include naturalistic, lowmaintenance, native, container, epic tomato, vegetable, organic, herb and pollinator gardens.

Country singer Chris Young will play shows in Mansfield; Uncasville, Conn.; and Gilford, N.H. (KATRINA TULLOCH / SYRACUSE.COM)

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Dave Mustaine formed Megadeth in 1983 after his dismissal from Metallica.

As one of the most influential thrash metal bands of the era, Megadeth went on to sell nearly 40 million records worldwide.

This will be Megadeth’s first headlining tour in North America since Mustaine was diagnosed with cancer in 2019.

• The Little River Band is coming to Connecticut.

The group is set to play the Fox Theater at Foxwoods on Sept. 18 at 8 p.m.

Tickets for the show are available through all Ticketmaster outlets and locations including ticketmaster.com and by phone at 800-7453000.

The Little River Band formed in Australia and was responsible for a string of FM radio hits like “Lonesome Loser,” “Help Is on Its Way,” “Lady,” “Cool Change” and “Take It Easy On Me.”

• Stephen Marley is coming to Holyoke.

The reggae star will play Gateway City Arts on March 24 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are available • Wu-Tang Clan has set a date for Mohegan Sun. through the promoter’s website at dspshows.com.

The legendary hip-hop Marley is the second son of crew will perform in the arena on May 7 at 8 p.m. reggae legend Bob Marley Tickets for the show are and first performed with the available through all Ticket- Melody Makers as a 6-yearmaster outlets and locations old. Marley has won eight including ticketmaster.com Grammys in his career, three as a solo artist and six more and by phone at 800-745working with brothers Ziggy 3000.

Wu-Tang Clan continues to and Damian.

• Sheila E. is coming to His 2020 Acoustic Soul Tour Boston. celebrate the 25th anniversary of its groundbreaking will stop in over 25 cities in The 1980s music star will “Enter the Wu Tang Clan (36 March and April. play the City Winery with her Chambers)” release. band E-Train on April 15 at 7 Wu-Tang Clan is regarded • Megadeth will tour this p.m. as one of the most influential summer with Lamb of God. Tickets for the show are hip-hop groups of all time.

The outing includes a Boston available online at citywinery. stop with a June 21 show com/boston.

• New Found Glory scheduled for the Rockland Sheila E.’s resume includes insists that pop-punk is not Trust Bank Pavilion. work with icons like Prince, dead and hopes to prove it with a summer tour.

The band comes to the House of Blues in Boston on June 7.

Tickets for the show are available at Live Nation through livenation.com.

Simple Plan joins the tour as a supporting act.

New Found Glory is considered one of the leaders of the pop-punk movement of the late ’90s that included bands such as Blink-182, Sum 41 and Good Charlotte.

Recently, New Found Glory has released a series of cover albums titled “From the Screen to Your Stereo.”

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New to the show this year: The Connecticut Audubon Society will create a garden featuring plants for birds and will frequently bring birds for display in that garden.

Asked what has kept the show going for 39 years, Gonsalves replied, “The high quality of the show’s exhibits and vendors, over 90% of them operated by small family and local businesses.”

This is one Cressotti’s favorite shows to educate and sell her business’ products to the public. “Anytime we have loyal customers come up to us and share their testimonials on how our products helped them makes it a successful show,” she said.

• Sugarland is heading out on a summer tour with several stops in the region.

The country group will play Xfinity Theatre in Hartford on June 6, the Xfinity Center in Mansfield on Juy 10, and the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Gilford on July 19.

Tickets are on sale through Live Nation at livenation. com.

The shows are part of Sugarland’s 2020 “There Goes the Neighborhood” tour. Mary Chapin Carpenter will open on all three New England stops.

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Marvin Gaye, and Diana Ross. She is considered one of rock and soul music’s great percussionists.

Her seminal solo debut “A Glamorous Life” was released in 1984.

• Todd Rundgren has a tour scheduled for 2020 that will feature a two-night stand in Boston.

Rundgren is scheduled to play Big Night Live on May 18 and May 19 at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the show are available through all Ticketmaster outlets and locations including ticketmaster.com and by phone at 800-7453000.

Rundgren will be featuring a full side of his 1973 release “A Wizard, A True Star” along with a selection of his hits.

• Janet Jackson is embarking on a world tour in support of her upcoming 12th studio album, “Black Diamond.”

The tour, which kicks off June 24 in Miami, includes two New England stops: Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket on July 17 and TD Garden in Boston on July 18.

Tickets are on sale via Live Nation.

A release date for Jackson’s “Black Diamond” album has yet to be announced, but it is expected to be released by BMG.

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At left, a family fishes at the trout pond at the 36th annual Springfield Sportsmen’s Show last year; fishing poles from Reel Deal on display at a previous show.

This year’s event runs tomorrow through Sunday on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield. (STEVEN E. NANTON PHOTOS)

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Event brings the great outdoors inside Springfield Sportsmen’s Show to feature latest hunting, fishing, and outdoor gear knowledge.

Show promoter Doug Sousa of the Outdoor Sports Expo Group in Granby offered five things that make the show special for those attending.

1.

“We have free seminars, a big long list of them. It’s always fun to have Dick Scorzafava back with us, he is a fan favorite,” Sousa said.

Scorzafava, a world-renowned big game hunter and television star, will present his Radical Hunting Success Seminar and sign his books – “Radical Bowhunter,” “Radical Bear Hunter” and “Spies in the Deer Woods” – for his many fans.

“Dick gives away thousands of dollars worth of hunting gear and other special prizes during his seminars,” Sousa said.

Other seminar speakers include hunting dog expert Geoffrey English, Tony Lapratt of Whitetail Bootcamp, Dave Pickering the “Carp King,” and many others.

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his weekend’s Springfield Sportsmen’s Show is an adventure in itself for hunters and fishermen who want to up their game.

The Northeast Big Buck Club’s display at the 36th annual Springfield Sportsmen’s Show on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield last year. (STEVEN E. NANTON PHOTO)

The annual event – which opens its doors tomorrow for three days on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition – features sporting vendors from all over the country selling the latest

hunting, fishing, and outdoor gear.

Those attending can also meet and talk turkey with hunting and fishing celebrities, industry experts and participate in seminars to further their

derful, great door prize this year for either a bear hunting or fishing trip to Richie Falls Resort in Ontario, Canada,” Sousa said.

Visit the Springfield Sportsmen’s Show website to fill out an entry form in advance for the free prize package, which includes meals, accommodations and guide services at the resort from Aug. 28 to Sept. 3 this year.

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3. “The Northeast Big Buck

display is also a sight to behold at the show,” Sousa said.

A volunteer organization of local deer hunters working together to bring a variety of services to hunters in the Northeast, the club brings with it a standout “wall of racks.”

4. “Our popular trout pond

is a family magnet,” Sousa said.

While at the pond, kids and adults alike can for a fee cast their line and catch and release or catch and keep their fish. The pond is also home to water dog retrieving demonstrations.

The Springfield Sportsmen’s Show will take place tomorrow through Sunday on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition. The event features sporting vendors from all over the country selling the latest hunting, fishing, and outdoor gear, as well as seminars and displays. (STEVEN E. NANTON PHOTOS)

5. “And, obviously, there

are our many great exhibitors from across the world,” Sousa said.

Among those many exhibitors, especially for those looking for a big game adventure, will be Pierre Moolman from Sun Africa Safaris to plan a trip to South Africa. Representatives from Caskey Mountain Whitetail Deer Hunting Preserve – bordering the northern Catskills and southern Adirondack Mountains – will also be on hand to talk about what their deer hunting ranch has to offer, from deer to turkeys.

Tomorrow is Military Discount Day for those entering through door 7 with a valid military ID. Veterans attending the show can meet with representatives from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs who will help them to

IF YOU GO Event: Springfield Sportsmen’s Show When: Tomorrow, noon-8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Where: Grounds of the Eastern States Exposition, 1305 Memorial Ave. West Springfield Admission: $15 adults, $5 children 6-12; Friday is Military Discount Day. Parking is $5.

For more information: Go online to osegshows.com

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VIDEO GAME REVIEW

‘7th Sector’: Inspired game from point of view of a spark

By Christopher Byrd

Special To The Washington Post

A scene from “7th Sector.” (SOMETIMES YOU)

Sergey Noskov’s “7th Sector” is an inspired sci-fi game that draws on the visual vocabulary of the 1980s. Neon skies, rabbit-eared televisions and moody synth music all play into its analogue vision of the future.

Although it has its stealth and action moments, at its heart “7th Sector” is a challenging puzzle game that will occasionally tap into your math or logic skills, or, if you’re like me, send you scurrying to the internet for answers. The game’s atmospheric quality, which evokes themes of confinement and the struggle for liberation, is reminiscent of the work of Playdead, the Danish development studio

‘7TH SECTOR’ Developed by: Sergey Noskov Published by: Sometimes You Available on: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One

whose “Inside” (2016) sets the standard for dark cinematic sidescrollers.

“7th Sector” opens with a scene that recalls the haunted television in Steven Spielberg’s “Poltergeist.” On a fuzzy CRT television an indistinct figure materializes. Using the thumbstick on the controller, you can

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DVD RELEASES

‘Beautiful Day,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ capture depths of humanity

By Katie Foran-McHale

Tribune News Service

Imagination dominates the top DVD picks for this week, from the Land of Make Believe to a young boy’s manic imaginary friend Adolf Hitler.

“A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”: In these trying times even small acts of empathy can feel radical, but this story featuring a certain beloved TV host feels revolutionary.

Inspired by a 1998 Esquire profile by Tom Junod, the film follows jaded journalist Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys), who is sent to interview Fred Rogers (Tom Hanks, giving a soothing performance) while his deadbeat dad (Chris Cooper) attempts to come back into his life. As Lloyd struggles to accept Fred’s vibe as genuine, Fred’s seeming ability to see through to the soul prompts a journey of forgiveness.

Director Marielle Heller beautifully captures each character’s humanity, from the prickly to the patient, the pleading to the peaceful. The narrative beats and visual style encourage the viewer to

win an Oscar.)

The visual style and snappy dialogue screams “Wes Anderson meets the Nazis,” though the “satirical” story aspects tend to fall flat. It’s tough to pull off that zaniness while also trying to be simultaneously emotionally moving and biting. The tonal shifts are jarring, with more schtick than social commentary. Still, it’s ambitious, with plenty of moments both tragic and touching.

An ex-Texas Ranger (Guy Pearce) faces a biker gang.

“The Twilight Zone”: The first season of the CBS All Access series based on Rod Serling’s 1959 original series stars Jordan Peele as the narrator of the eerie sci-fi vignettes.

Available on Digital HD “Charlie’s Angels”: Three women working for a private detective agency team up to stop a sinister entrepreneur from abusing a new energy source. Kristen Stewart, Also new on DVD Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska “Midway”: Six months after star.

Tom Hanks stars in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.”

(LACEY TERRELL / SONY PICTURES / IMDB) the attack on Pearl Harbor, the “Dark Waters”: An attorinfamous World War II battle ney (Mark Ruffalo) fights back slow down and express grathis idealistic mother (Scarbetween Japanese and Ameri- against a chemical company itude for life, no matter how lett Johansson) is hiding a can forces begins. that may be responsible for messy, much like real-life Rog- Jewish teenage girl (Thomasin “21 Bridges”: A New York previously mysterious deaths. ers. And while it’s not quite as McKenzie) in their home, the detective (Chadwick Bose“Queen & Slim”: After a much of a tear-jerker as the 10-year-old grapples with his man) searches the city for a traffic violation stop turns pair of cop killers while all 2018 documentary “Won’t blind fanaticism and innate deadly while on their first of Manhattan’s bridges are You Be My Neighbor?,” it’s humanity. date, Queen (Jodie Turner-Smith) and Slim (Daniel sure to tug at the heartstrings.

Waititi, who also wrote and closed.

Kaluuya) go on the lam.

“Frankie”: A famous “Jojo Rabbit”: Jojo (Roman directed the film (based on “Scandalous: The UnFrench movie star with termiGriffin Davis) is an enthusias- “Caging Skies” by Christine tic member of the Hitler Youth Leunens), took home the nal cancer (Isabelle Huppert) told Story of the National who fawns over der Fuhrer gets her extended family Enquirer”: This documentary Academy Award for best explores the juiciest stories of to such an extent that Hitler together in Portugal in an atadapted screenplay at this the notorious tabloid maga(Taika Waititi) is his imagiyear’s ceremony. (He’s the first tempt to wrap up her affairs. nary friend. After discovering person of Maori descent to zine.

“Disturbing the Peace”:

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DINE & WINE

Developing even more uses for avocados

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rant and Trinity Pub in West Springfield will be hosting a White Wine Pairing Dinner on Feb. 27.

Scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m., the multicourse meal will feature a selected quartet of white wines paired with equally interesting food creations.

First course is to be a spinach and pear salad. That will be followed by roasted clams served over truffled french fries.

A main course of Parmesan bacon wrapped avocado and an halibut will follow the clams; arugula Waldorf salad. dessert is to be a medley of Texas-style brisket and fivecheese, chocolate, and fruit.

Tickets are $45 and can be spiced duck breast will headline the following two courses.

The dinner will conclude with cookie dough truffles.

The cost to attend is $65 per person, not including tax or Hugh Robert gratuity.

Off The Menu Reservations for the dinner, which starts at 6:30 p.m., can TUESDAY Side dishes be made by calling 413-798• February is drawing to a 0101.

CHRIST the KING 43 Warsaw Ave, Ludlow close at the Student Prince 583-8957 Cafe and Fort Restaurant • The Shortstop Bar and Polish Food • Free Coffee/Tea in Springfield, but there’s Grill in Westfield will, on TuesProgressive Consolation $300 day, celebrate “Fat Tuesday,” still time to enjoy the “Game Minimum Entrance - $10 pack Month” menu that will remain marking the occasion with its 6:30pm • Exit 7-MA Pike in force through the end of the own Mardi Gras festivities.

DOOR PRIZES The Grill’s kitchen will be month.

Appetizer choices on this wild preparing a number of approWEDNESDAY priately themed specials that flavors agenda include game POLISH CLUB evening. More details can be soup, deep-fried frog’s legs, 355 East St., Ludlow had by calling Shortstop at 413and pan-seared duck livers.

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Game month entree selecor $600 consolation prize tions range from whole roasted Black Progressive with a $1199 or quail and braised bison to pan• Tuesday is National Pan$200 consolation prize 50/50, 2 WTA’s, Layer Cake Special seared Mako shark and a game cake Day at participating IHOP 4:30pm Kitchen Open locations. sampler.

Free Coffee & Tea Starting at 7 a.m. that day, Patrons can splurge on DOOR 6:30 PM IHOP will be serving free short bananas foster for two when PRIZES START stacks of its signature butterdessert time rolls around.

More information and reser- milk pancakes. One short stack vations are available by calling per guest; dine-in only. the Student Prince at 413-734Those visiting IHOP during 7475. the promotion will have an opportunity to enter a sweepstakes, the grand prize of which • Bloomfield, Connecticut-based Thomas Hooker is free pancakes for life. More Brewery will have its head details on the National Pancake brewer, Andrew Blakeslee; gen- Day festivities can be found at eral manager, Lisa Bielawski; ihop.com. and owner, Curt Cameron, There are IHOP locations in doing the honors at a Monday West Springfield on Riverdale Beer Dinner.

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HETHER PREpared as guacamole, sliced onto a burger topping, or spread on toast, the avocado seems to be everyone’s favorite these days.

Responsible for more than a third of the world’s output, Mexico is the largest producer of avocados, and Avocados from Mexico, a Texas-based trade association, works to promote new uses for the fruit.

In partnership with Trinity Groves, a restaurant concept development firm in Dallas, Avocados from Mexico has created AvoEatery, a fast-casual dining operation. Open since late January, AvoEatery features a menu of nearly 30 dishes in which avocado is a principle ingredient.

The appetizer selection, for instance, features creations such as avocado and corn hush puppies, avocado “frites” served with a wasabi aioli, and avocado and beet tartare.

Avocado toast, the favorite of millennials, is available in six variations, from a “traditional” to a “Waldorf avo toast” that adds apple butter, blue cheese, and sliced apple to the avocado experience.

Salad and sandwich creations are part of AvoEatery’s menu lineup, as are entrees such as avocado chicken curry and avocado salmon.

The restaurant has even developed desserts like avo-chocolate mousse, brownie “a la cado,” and avocado popsicles.

Mixologists behind the bar at AvoEatery create signature cocktails such as the Avo’d Old Fashioned, the Avo Rita, and the Avo Colada.

For now, the AvoEatery concept, according to an Avocados from Mexico spokesperson, is not something they’ve slated for replication elsewhere.

Instead the trade group sees the restaurant as a living laboratory that can be used to develop, fine-tune, and popularize new ways of using avocados.

More information on AvoEatery can be found at avoeatery.com.

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DINE & WINE Fran Bellamy | Restaurant Review

Yokohama Ramen appeals to eye, as well as palate

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AVING BEEN TO our fair share of Asian concept restaurants of late, we can certainly attest to proliferation of sushi and noodle bars.

Where Yokohama Ramen in Northampton sets itself apart is with its clear focus on one dish: ramen.

Yokohama Ramen has clearly set its sights on attracting passersby with its dynamic red and black, circular logo projected onto the sidewalk outside. Given the busy foot traffic on Main Street we’d say this is a smart tactic, and on the night we were in town we saw plenty of people playing on the moving image outside prior to entering the restaurant.

An eye-catching, lit glass liquid wall of bubbles is set as the backdrop to the host’s station just inside the door and serves as both eye candy and dividing wall, given dining tables are located directly behind it. We were reminded of the fish tanks of old school Chinese and Japanese eateries, and thought it might serve as a modern wink to the feng shui belief that the placement

At far right, a projector casts a logo on the sidewalk outside Yokohama Ramen, 88 Main St. in Northampton. Above, an order of Spicy Miso Ramen.

At right, an order of Pork Chashu. See more photos at MassLive.com.

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of water near the front door draws wealth and prosperity into the establishment.

Regardless, it serves as one of several colorful glass installations in the modern eatery, and it sure is pretty.

The printed menu at Yoko-

hama is a glossy, visual feast of easy to read text, splashy graphics and professional food photography that surely lends an assist to those unfamiliar with the cuisine. We were also pleased to find that when we had questions our helpful serv-

Customers enjoy dinner at Yokohama Ramen in Northampton. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN)

er guided us in an unassuming, casual fashion.

Appetizers consist of a short list of familiar items juxtaposed with Japanese specialties including tempuras, dumplings, and steamed buns.

Seafood lovers can choose from two forms of Shrimp Tempura or Ika (squid) Tempura for $8; chicken is available as the boneless Tori Karaage ($8) or the bone-in wings Tebasaki ($6); and vegetarian cravings can be satisfied by Seaweed Salad ($4.50), Scallion Pancakes ($6) or Yaki-Gyoza dumplings ($5).

Yokohama offers two types of fried shrimp, so we opted for the less traditional Rock Shrimp Tempura. In our experience, the freshness of shrimp can be categorized in one of three ways; very fresh, fine, or not so fresh. We were pleased to find that the shrimp tasted impeccably fresh and clean, was clearly fried in equally fresh oil, and topped with just enough of a creamy, sweet

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but spicy house special sauce.

Truly a lesson in tempura.

Intrigued by the description, we couldn’t pass up the Takoyaki: “Traditional Japanese street food with minced octopus inside a cream ball filling and a crunch finish on the outside” ($5). We were impressed by the visually appealing pre-

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The ultimate fantasy wine tasting guest list

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E’VE ALL PROBably thought about these things before.

If we could have dinner with anyone in the world, who would we invite?

Long before fantasy football rosters, imaginary dinner party guest lists have been around for ages.

Many of these lists include famous people, living or especially the dead.

Judging from many of these guests lists online, Gandhi, Albert Einstein and Marilyn Monroe would have no trouble finding a place to eat if they were all still around.

All this got me thinking a few weeks ago about who I would want to a wine tasting if I could have anyone over.

So I started coming up with a few lists.

Sorry, but I couldn’t come up with just one list. It was just too difficult.

(Although if I was hard pressed to pick only one group and no one else, I’d probably go with my childhood heroes – the singer Bono, actor Harrison Ford and Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Mike Schmidt. So there. End of the column. Have a great week.)

Anyway, I started dividing up the lists into categories – writers, actors, athletes, etc.

Then I came up with a few more lists.

Then a few more.

Each list has only three people on it.

Why only three? Because any more than that and we (my wife and I) probably wouldn’t have enough room at our dinning room table or around the fire pit later in our backyard.

I also wanted to keep the groups small so I could come up with a list of wines that I think each person would appreciate.

Let me add that if any one of these people actually do want to come to our house to drink some wine (or just to hang out if you don’t feel like drinking that night), let us know. We’ll fire up our helicopter and send Jeeves over to pick you

Vineyards Insignia Valley, since the wine received a perfect score by Robert Parker, and M.J. won his first of six NBA titles that year.)

Jack Nicklaus: Because he is and always will be the greatest golfer of all time. (1986 Chateau Mouton Rothschild in memory of his greatest Masters victory of all time.

You don’t have to be a golfer to appreciate the magic of the Golden Bear’s come-from-behind-win on the back nine on Sunday at Augusta that year.)

American novelist is also one of the best short story writers ever and also seems like someone who enjoys a great glass of wine around a bonfire. (1986 Petrus since I’m already having an ’86 Chateau Mouton Rothschild with Jack Nicklaus and everyone needs variety. Plus, 1986 was the year Ford published his masterpiece, “The Sportswriter.”)

Joe Queenan: Because he’s the funniest magazine columnist ever and if he’s half as entertaining as his writing, it would be a blast to hang out with him. (1992 Taylor vintage port in honor of Queenan’s classic, hilarious Movieline article, “Mickey Rourke For A Day.” Because sometimes you just gotta roll the potato.)

Dead Babe Ruth: Because he’s Who would you invite over if you could invite anyone to a wine the greatest baseball player (and Red Sox player) of all tasting? (PHOTO BY KEN ROSS) time. (1918 Chauteau Haut storyteller. (1981 Champagne, Brion, since that was the last in honor of “Midnight’s Chil- time he won a World Series Dead dren,” one of his best novels.) title for ‘the good guys.’)

Ernest Hemingway: Muhammad Ali: Because Dead Because any journalist who he’s the greatest boxer of all Winston Churchill: Betime. Just ask him. (1964 Cha- doesn’t appreciate Hemingcause no wine tasting would teau Cheval Blanc in honor way’s crisp, clean, elegant be complete without Winston of Ali’s first heavyweight title writing doesn’t deserve to be Churchill. (Pol Roger Vintage victory and because I’ve never a journalist. (1982 Chateau Margaux so he could see what Champagne, because he tried this legendary wine.) one of his favorite French reportedly drank an entire Hannes Schneider: BeKen Ross red wines tastes like from a bottle each day of his beloved, cause he was the smoothest Wine Press skier ever and is the father of classic vintage. Hemingway dry, delicious Champagne.)

Jesus Christ: Because who the modern skiing technique. mentions Chateau Margaux in up at our private airport. (Hey, doesn’t want the most famous If you don’t believe me, watch his timeless debut novel, “The Sun Also Rises.”) this is a fantasy after all.) person in history at their par- him in “The White Ecstasy,” ty, especially since he knows So without further ado, Although if I was hard pressed to pick only how to turn water into wine. here’s who I would want to (Any wine he wants. He’s have over and which wines I one group and no one else, I’d probably go Jesus, for God’s sake!) think they would appreciate. with my childhood heroes – the singer Bono, William Shakespeare: actor Harrison Ford and Philadelphia Phillies ULTIMATE FANTASY WINE Because you can never have TASTING GUEST LIST too many writers at a wine third baseman Mike Schmidt. tasting, including the greatest HISTORICAL FIGURES F. Scott Fitzgerald: Beone of the greatest ski movies English writer in history. (An Living ever made. (A nice, dry chilled cause I’d love to hear Fitzgerolder Argentinian Malbec, Pope Francis: Because he’s because I’m sure he never had Gruner Veltliner white wine tald swap stories with Hemingway and for Fitzgerald to a soccer nut and he seems like one in the 1500s.) from Austria, Schneider’s know that his writing’s loved a genuinely nice guy trying homeland.) more than ever nowadays. to do the right thing. (1969 ATHLETES (A great bottle of Puligny Chambolle-Musigny from WRITERS Living Montrachet white wine from Burgundy, the year he was Living Roger Federer: Because he France’s Burgundy region so ordained as a priest.)

Margaret Atwood: Bewe can hear Fitzgerald’s verQueen Elizabeth: Because is and always will be the greatest tennis player of all time, cause the Canadian novelist sion of what happened when I think she’s a country girl at is one of the best writers he and Hemingway went heart and would enjoy drink- a true gentleman and has ing wine while sitting around the most graceful one-hand ever and – more important – down there to pick up Fitzgerald’s car in 1925, a story a fire pit. (1952 Bordeaux in backhand ever. (2003 Rhone seems like someone who’d vividly recounted by Heminghonor of her becoming queen red wine in honor of his first be fun to taste wine with all that year.)

Wimbledon title.) night around a bonfire. (1985 way in “A Movable Feast,” his Salman Rushdie: Because Michael Jordan: Because Sassicaia red wine in honor of tender memoir of his time in this allows me to cram anoth- he is and always will be the “The Handmaid’s Tale” which France. ) er writer onto this list. I also Philip Roth: Because he greatest basketball player of came out that year.)

SEE WINE, PAGE E16 bet he’s a great drinker and all time. (1991 Joseph Phelps Richard Ford: Because the

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In the beer world, there were the long-standing websites RateBeer and Beer Advocate, but not much else back in 2003. Untappd didn’t start until 2010.

What I’m saying is that the ways in which we communicate – about anything but specifically craft beer – has changed dramatically over the past two decades. Back in the old days (like, say, the 1980s and early ’90s), beer lovers mostly relied on magazines such as All About Beer, which featured eminent beer mavens such as Michael Jackson and Fred Eckhardt.

But mostly, beer discussions were held at bars over a few pints. Old-school.

This limited things somewhat, of course. It almost seemed that even a workable beer acumen was some arcane cluster of knowledge that took forever to acquire.

Of course that idea is ridiculous, but there were plenty of so-called experts out there to make some folks feel like they weren’t worthy. (I’m SEE BEER, PAGE E15

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sentation of the four balls laid out on a rectangular plate and topped with multiple sauces, but were not prepared for the strong fish smell produced by the copious amount of bonito flakes topping the dish. Surprisingly the dish read entirely different on the palate (not at all fishy), and we were pleasantly mystified by the light as air creamy, neutral filling studded with small pieces of octopus and adeptly fried.

Ramen is truly the star here and takes up several pages of the menu, with the only additional entree options in the form of Don Buri (Japanese rice bowls) and Teriyaki dishes.

Ramen prices vary only slightly from $11-13, with additional items such as extra noodles, spinach, beef, tofu and eggs available as add-ons for $1 to $3; and other entrees top out at $16.

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And portions are substantial enough that we enjoyed an entire second meal of the yummy noodles the next day.

Wanting to try a not ramen option, we ordered the Gyu Don described as sliced beef and onions simmered in a mildly sweet sauce on a bed of rice in a bowl. The beef was impressively tender and well-flavored; its razor thin slices a textural experience we likened to a very high quality Philly Steak. We would have loved the dish to have been served as advertised so that the sauce from the beef would have permeated the plain rice, but it came to the table instead on a flat plate with the rice on the side.

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was the greatest novelist of the second half of the 20th century and I’m sure he’d get a kick out of hanging out with Hemingway and Fitzgerald. Who wouldn’t? ( 1969 Burgundy red wine in honor of “Portnoy’s Complaint,” one of the best – and funniest – novels ever written.)

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you old poop.)

Cary Grant: Because who wouldn’t want to have a drink with one of the greatest actors of all time and who also made one of the best (and funniest) movies ever made with Hepburn – Howard Hawk’s 1938 screwball comedy, “Bringing Up Baby.” (1955 Chateau D’Yquem sauterne in honor of Grant’s portrayal of a dashing jewel thief on the French Riviera in Alfred Hitchcock’s “To Catch A Thief.”)

of wine with around a firepit.

(Move over, Katharine Hepburn, and pass the bottle of 1981 Spanish red wine in honor of Waters’ classic trash film, “Polyester.” And remember to bring your Odorama scatchand-sniff cards to experience such pleasant odors as “dirty shoes” and “natural gas.”)

novel point of view, so I was captivated by “7th Sector” from the beginning. Given that science fiction has long been an overly represented genre in video games, surprises are rare, and I considered this no small feat. That said, a couple of puzzles stopped me in my tracks and would have seriously derailed, if not outright halted, my progress if I hadn’t consulted an online walk-through.

I wouldn’t have even known where to begin with a puzzle

that required calculating the amount of free space available in a few containment cells if I hadn’t realized I hit a bug that made an environmental clue appear on screen in Russian. (Resetting the language option in the menus immediately fixed the problem.) I encountered another bug after working through the correct solution to a simple cart puzzle that was remedied by reloading the chapter.

Although I took issue with

Dead Billy Wilder: Because this Austrian-born film director made some of sharpest and savviest American movies Brad Pitt won an Oscar for ACTORS ever made, including “Double actor in a supporting role for MOVIE DIRECTORS Living Indemnity,” “The Apartment” “Once Upon a Time...in HollyLiving Brad Pitt: Because the and his classic Hollywood film, wood.” (RACHEL LUNA / GETTY IMAGES) Oscar-winning actor seems Quentin Tarantino: Be“Sunset Boulevard” (Wilder cause he’s still one of the best strikes me a Champagne guy, like he’d be as fun to hang directors working today and out with as his character Cliff his former mutt/best friend. so bring on the bubbly.) hopefully I can talk him out Booth in Quentin Tarantino’s And I wouldn’t expect anyOrson Welles: Because thing less from an easy-going of his ridiculous plan to retire most great American movies movie, “Once Upon a Time Canadian. Then again, are after his next film. (1994 Cal- made in the last 79 years owe ... in Hollywood.” Just keep ifornia Cabernet Sauvignon your shirt on. We get it. You’re there any other kind? (2007 a debt to Welles and his 1941 Chateauneuf Du Pape in hon- to celebrate the same year in shape. (Chilled, rose wine masterpiece, “Citizen Kane,” from Domaine Saint Andrieu, or of Gosling’s most romantic Tarantino unleashed “Pulp which remains one of the a great winery located not far film, “Lars and the Real Girl.” Fiction” and changed the film greatest movies ever made.

A word of advice. Leave the world, for better or worse. I say (1958 Barolo red wine in honor from Pitt’s own winery, Chateau Miraval, in the town of doll. Bring the dog.) worse since “Pulp” spawned a of another Welles’ masterpiece, “Touch of Evil.”)

Correns, France in Provence.) lot of imitators.)

Dead Matt Damon: Because Alfred Hitchcock: BeMartin Scorsese: Bewho wouldn’t want to have Paul Newman: Because cause Marty’s a genius and cause the master of suspense a few glasses of wine with a who wouldn’t want to have a would talk our ears off and probably has a lot of great self-deprecating movie star drink while sitting around a know probably even more stories to tell, although I’m who’s also a great writer. bonfire with Cool Hand Luke about movies that Quentin, not quite sure how Hitch Don’t believe me? “Good and Butch Cassidy? (Let’s and that’s saying a lot. (1973 would get along with Orson, Will Hunting”? How about break out another bottle of Chateau Montelena Chardon- who once said in an interview nay, which beat out many top them apples? (1997 California 1969 Chambolle Musigny in that he thought Hitchcock’s Cabernet Sauvignon in honor honor of “Butch Cassidy and French wines in the famous 1958 masterpiece, “Vertigo,” of the year he broke through The Sundance Kid,” one of my 1976 Judgement of Paris tastwas a terrible movie. Let the ing, the same year Scorsese lit fireworks begin. (Alfred and with his film about a working wife’s favorite films.) the movie world on fire with class genius who steals a girls Katharine Hepburn: Orson can fight over the 1958 “Taxi Driver.”) heart in Harvard yard.)

Because who wouldn’t want Barolo and which one made a Ryan Gosling: Because we to have a drink with the John Waters: Because this better movie that year. ) might as well round out the subversive, irreverent, degreatest actress of all time? mented filmmaker doesn’t get ARTISTS group with another great actor (1981 Spanish red wine from who doesn’t take himself too Rioja in honor of “On Golden the attention he deserves and Living I’m sure he would be a great seriously and who’s got to be Pond,” which came out the Gerhard Richter, Cindy a great guy based on George, same year. My, how time flies, person to share a few glasses

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as into transistor boxes and other electronic sources. Over the length of the adventure, CONTINUED FROM PAGE E10 the backstory of which is told guide it to either side where in collectibles spread throughout the environment, you’ll it will push against the edge hijack everything from the as though at the door of a power amp on a record player cage. Then, with the press of a button, the phantom on the to a child’s RC car, to domesscreen transforms into a spark tic and killer robots and other forms of machinery. that can pass through the cables attached to the television.

Traveling as a spark along From there you can hop cables reminded me of the between other cables snaked opening shots of Krzysztof along the ground or attached Kie lowski’s “Red.” I’ve never to different surfaces, as well seen a game adopt such a

Sherman and Banksy: Because nothing says let’s party like hanging out with an abstract East German painter, a downtown New York photographer famous for photographing herself dressed as other people and the world’s most infamous graffiti artist.

(16 boxes of identical box wine stacked in four, identical rows, in homage to Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s soup can paintings.)

Dead Pablo Picasso: Because Pablo could do it all, reinvented art every decade and appreciated sharing wine with friends. Just don’t leave him alone with your wife or girlfriend. (A natural wine from France, since Picasso always seemed interested in trying something new.)

Vincent Van Gogh: Because he would be blown away by just how popular he has become more than a century later and I bet he and Picasso would get along like gang busters. (Whatever Van Gogh wants, Van Gogh will get. He more than earned it.)

Leonardo Da Vinci: Because no wine tasting with the greatest artists of all time would be complete without Da Vinci. Although I was tempted to invite Johannes Vermeer since we know almost nothing about him.

However, my guess is Da Vinci would be a much more fun party guest. (Another innovative artist, I think Leonardo would appreciate something new, something experimental. That’s why my vote would SEE WINE, PAGE E17

the fiddliness of a couple of the other puzzles such as one in a chapter appropriately titled “Physics,” where you must ferry highly insecure cargo on the back of a flying drone, I was, on the whole, impressed with the range of puzzles and different gameplay scenarios available here - especially when you consider that “7th Sector” was designed by a single individual.

Sergey Noskov is one to watch.

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be for a wine made by Randall Grahm from California’s Bonny Doon Vineyard.)

CLASSICAL MUSICIANS

Living Martha Argerich, Yo-Yo Ma and Bryn Terfel: Because I’d love to share a few drinks with the world’s greatest pianist, the world’s most beloved classical musician and my favorite Wagnarian opera singer.

(Big personalities call for big wines. I think they would love a few bottles of red zinfandel from California’s Turley Wine Cellars.)

Dead Mozart: Because his music’s great and based on everything I’ve read about him, he would absolutely be the life of the party. (I’m thinking another Champagne man. And I bet he’d get a kick out of drinking Ruinart Champagne, which was around when he was around two centuries ago.)

Luciano Pavarotti: Because I would love to hear Pavarotti sing just one more time for just a few minutes in person. Anyone who ever heard him live (especially in the 1960s, ’70s, ’80s or early ’90s) knows what I’m talking about. Pavarotti’s voice could melt butter. (I’m sure Pavarotti had certain Italian wines he loved so I’d love to serve him one of those.

But if wanted to try something new, I’d recommend a velvety smooth Oregon Pinot Noir.)

Enrico Caruso: Because I’d want Caruso to hear Pavarotti sing, then hopefully persuade Caruso to sing as well. But I also wouldn’t want to put him on the spot. This is supposed to be a casual wine tasting, not a gig. (Caruso had a robust, powerful voice. For him, I’d break a bottle of El Nido, a robust Spanish red wine.)

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I will make sure you’re safe.

(1996 Chateau Lafite Rothschild in honor of my wife’s favorite Lyle Lovett album, “The Road to Ensenada.” All kidding aside, it’s a gem.)

would be amazing! (1968 is a tricky year when it comes to wine. But hopefully we could get our hands on the first public release of Sassicaia in honor of Johnny Cash’s 1968 live album, “At Folsom Prison.”)

Dead Elvis Presley: Because sitJohn Lennon: Because who ting around a bonfire drinking doesn’t want to imagine having wine with John Lennon and a drink with one of the greatJohnny Cash wasn’t mind blowest songwriters ever from the ing enough. We had to throw greatest rock and roll band in in the King of Rock ’n’ Roll. history? We all still miss you, (Hmm. His birth year, 1935, John, and wish you were here. reportedly was a great year for (1963 Vintage Port in honor of France’s Burgundy region and The Beatles’ first studio album, vintage port from Portugal.

“Please Please Me” and their I’m sure we’ll have no trouble The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards plays at MetLife second album, “With The Beat- finding a few bottles from 1935.

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(ARISTIDE ECONOMOPOULOS / NJ ADVANCE MEDIA) les,” which also came out the We’ll just fire up the helicopter and send out Jeeves to pick up a same year. Nothing compares tell. And if the mood to play France’s Malbec grape into it’s to the pure joy and innocence few at the package store down does strike them, there’d be a own distinct wine. I think Djan- of those early Beatles’ recordthe street. Job sorted.) go would get a kick out them.) ings.) trumpeter, a bass player and a Cheers!

Johnny Cash: Because who pianist on hand – always a great Wine Press by Ken Ross wouldn’t want to have a drink combination. (Geez, I know. appears on Masslive.com every ROCK MUSICIANS Monday and in The Repubwith “the man in black” and This is like the 10th or 12th Living John Lennon and the other guy lican’s weekend section every group of people at our house Keith Richards: Because no listed below? Seriously, that Thursday. now to taste wine? Who knew something this fun would be so fantasy wine tasting would be complete without the world’s much work? When they come over, I’ll figure something out.) most famous raconteur.

Although from what I’ve read, Dead Keith’s scaled back his alcohol Louis Armstrong: Because consumption in recent years.

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THURSDAY Friends of the Edwards Public Library Meeting: Today, 6:30 p.m.

Edwards Public Library; Free. 30 East St., Southampton. 413-5279480.

Opera House Players presents “Legally Blonde”: See Friday listing Rave On: A Tribute to Buddy Holly: Sat, 7:30 p.m. Cultural Center at Eagle Hill; Features Buddy Holly’s classic hits as well as songs from Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis, Dion & The Belmonts, and more; $30-$35. 242 Old Petersham Road, Hardwick; thecenterateaglehill.org.

KidsBestFest: “The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part”: Today, 11 a.m.

Academy of Music Theatre; Free.

274 Main St., Northampton. 413584-9032 or aomtheatre.com.

Pop Up Studio/Sketch Night with Marc Lapierre: Today, 7-9 p.m.

Bing Arts Center; Bring projects to share and compare; exchange tips and pointers with friends; $5. 716 Sumner Ave., Springfield. 413-7319730 or bingartscenter.org.

Rockland County Kennel Club Dog Show: Thu.-Sun, 8 a.m.-6 p.m.

Eastern States Exposition, Mallary Complex; Free. 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield. 413-7372443 or thebige.com.

UMass Music Faculty Concert: Today, 7:30 p.m. Bezanson Recital Hall; Faculty cellist Edward Arron and guest pianist Jeewon Park; Free and open to the public. North Pleasant St., Amherst. 413-5452511 or umass.edu.

Valley Jazz Voices Spring Session Open Rehearsals: Today-Sun, Rockridge Community Room; Singers of all ages, levels and backgrounds are welcome. No reading or auditions are required, although familiarity with singing in an ensemble is helpful. There are opportunities for solos and small group ensembles. Valley Jazz Voices rehearses weekly on Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. to May 28. The fee is a sliding scale of $180 to $220, add $50 for students. A reduced fee is negotiable if the cost is prohibitive.

For more information, email valleyjazzvoices@gmail.com; 25 Coles Meadow Road, Northampton.

FRIDAY BYBO-Beginner’s Night Out: Fri, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. EdanSe Company & Ballroom; Held every first and third Friday of the month. No partner or experience is necessary; $20 per person. Night includes: Two lessons and supervised practice sessions.

127 Pearl St., Enfield; 860-265-7700 or edanseCT.com.

Creative Collage: Art for Everyone: Fri, South Hadley Council on Aging-Senior Center; Held every first and third Friday of the month.

Supplies provided. For more information, call 538-5042 or email LHennessey@southhadleyma. gov; free. 9 East Parkview Drive, South Hadley.

Rockland County Kennel Club Dog Show: See Thursday listing

The Rockland County Kennel Club Dog Show runs today through Sunday at the Mallary Complex on the Eastern States Exposition grounds in West Springfield. (DANNY NASON PHOTO) “Improvising Across Abilities: Pauline Oliveros and the Adaptive-Use Musical Instrument”: A Talk by Professor Sherrie Tucker (University of Kansas): Fri, 4-5 p.m. Amherst College-Arms Music Center; For more information, contact Professor Jason Robinson (jrobinson@amherst.edu), 53 College St., Amherst.

Jose Gonzales in Concert: Fri, 7:30 p.m. Springfield College; Free admission. 263 Alden St., Springfield. springfieldcollege.edu.

KidsBestFest: “Aya of Yop City”: Fri, 11 a.m. Academy of Music Theatre; Free. 274 Main St., Northampton. 413-584-9032 or aomtheatre. com.

Fri, 7 p.m. Happier Valley Comedy Theater; New talent try out material.

Tickets: $5 at the door. For more info: happiervalley.com, 1 Mill Valley Road Suite B, Hadley.

UMass Opera to Present “Mozart’s The Magic Flute”: Fri, 7:30 p.m.; Sun, 3 p.m. Bowker Auditorium; The performance will be sung in German but with English subtitles and supertitles projected about the Bowker Auditorium proscenium.

Tickets may be purchased at the Fine Arts Center Box Office or call 413-545-2511, $15 general, $5 students, seniors and children through age 18. 80 Campus Center Way, Amherst. 413-545-2511 or umasstix.com.

Late Nights at Amherst Cinema: Valley Jazz Voices Spring Session Fri, 9:45 p.m. Amherst Cinema; “The Evil Dead,” Rated NC-17, Regu- Open Rehearsals: See Thursday lar admission tickets. 28A Amity St., listing Amherst.

Opera House Players presents “Legally Blonde”: Fri.-Sun, Enfield Annex; Fri.-Sat, 8 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m.

To order tickets operahouseplayers.org or call 860-292-6068; $23 adult; $19 student with valid ID, seniors over 60, children under 12; 124 North Maple St., Enfield.

Rockland County Kennel Club Dog Show: See Thursday listing Springfield Sportmen’s Show: Fri, noon-8 p.m.; Sat, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Eastern States Exposition, Better Living Center; $15 adults, $5 children 6-12; Friday is military discount day; $5 parking.

1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield. 413-737-2443 or thebige.com.

Springfield Storytellers Feb. Story Swap: Fri, 7 p.m. Springfield Storytellers; 1000 Wilbraham Road, Springfield.

Storytelling Standup Showcase:

SATURDAY Celebration of Black History Month: Sat, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tower Square; NAMI Western Massachusetts will be present and providing an informational table and a representative to answer questions.

If you have any questions, contact Lauretta Peterson or Sam Bradley at PAHMUSA: 413-777-9893 or pahmusa1619@gmail.com. or contact Donna Bunn at dbunn@ namiwm.org or call the NAMI-Western Massachusetts office at 413-786-9139, Free and open to the public. 1500 Main St., Springfield; 413-733-2171 or visittowersquare.com.

Criminal: Sat, 8 p.m. Independent Art Projects; $20 students, $30 advance, $40 day of, $60 preferred.

1315 Mass MoCA Way, North Adams; independentartprojects. com.

An Evening of Comedy with Monk Kelly and Tom Roche: Sat, 8 p.m.

Bing Arts Center; $5. 716 Sumner Ave., Springfield. 413-731-9730 or bingartscenter.org.

Silverthorne Theater Presents Daniel Forlano workshop: Sat, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. LAVA Center; “Theatre Workshop: Technique, story, Presence,” $30 cash at door. 324 Main St., Greenfield.

Springfield Sportmen’s Show: See Friday listing

Springfield Symphony Love on Broadway with Maestro Rhodes: Sat, 7:30 p.m. Springfield The Happier Valley ChampionSymphony Hall; Maestro Rhodes ship: Sat, 7 p.m. Happier Valley brings back Emma Grimsley and Comedy Theater; Two teams of Jane Rhodes who, combined with improvisers face off through scenes leading man Stephen Mark Lukas, and games. Tickets: $13 online and and Nathaniel Hackmann, will at the door. For more info: happier- fill Symphony Hall with romance valley.com, $13. 1 Mill Valley Road and delight performing classics of Suite B, Hadley. the Broadway stage; $25-$70. 34 Court St., Springfield; 413-733Irish Night in Holyoke: Sat, Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting House; 2291 or symphonyhall.com.

Doors open at 5 p.m. A traditional Steve Kurtz Jazz at the Library: corned beef and cabbage dinner Sat, noon Pelham Library; Steve along with ribs will be served at and his friends perform jazz from 6:30 p.m. The night will feature the U.S., Brazil, Cuba and beyond.

Boston’s Noel Henry Irish ShowRefreshments will be served, free. band with additional entertain2 South Valley Road, Pelham; 413ment by the Cassin School of Irish 253-0657.

Dance and Piper Matt O’Connor.

Valley Jazz Voices Spring Session For tickets and reservations, call Open Rehearsals: See Thursday Joe O’Connor at 413-627-7148 or listing online at Eventbrite.com. Advance registration required by Feb. 18; SUNDAY $30 per person. 500 Easthampton Road, Holyoke. 413-535-5077 or Back to the Bay State: Sun, 2 p.m. logcabin-delaney.com.

Academy of Music Theatre; $7-$15.

Make Music! Workshop with 274 Main St., Northampton. 413Norma Jean Haynes: Sat, 10 a.m.

584-9032 or aomtheatre.com.

Northampton Community Music Opera House Players presents Center; Participants are encour“Legally Blonde”: See Friday age to bring: shoe boxes, metal listing washers, corrugated cardboard, Rockland County Kennel Club styrofoam boxes or pieces, plastic Dog Show: See Thursday listing straws, ping-pong balls, ice cream cartons, dry markers, 2-liter plastic Snapshots of Civil Rights Conbottles, bottle caps, tennis balls, cert: Sun, 4 p.m. First Church of empty plastic tubs, thick cardboard Christ Longmeadow; Collection mailing tubes, plastic hair combs, of solo, instrumental, and choral rubber bands, and paper or styroselections, composed by Anita foam cups. For more information Anderson Cooper. The concert will about NCMC, visit: ncmc.net; $10 be performed by Rob Adams, Anita per child, $15 per family, $8 for Anderson Cooper, Marco Bonilla, EBT cardholders. 139 South St., Michaela Bowen, Dan Inglis, Karen Northampton; 413-585-0001 or SEE CALENDAR, PAGE E19

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The event is free and open to the public A free-will offering basket will be available. 763 Longmeadow St., Longmeadow.

Springfield Sportmen’s Show: See Friday listing UMass Opera to Present “Mozart’s The Magic Flute”: See Friday listing Valley Jazz Voices Spring Session Open Rehearsals: See Thursday listing

Quadrangle Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden: Dr. Seuss National Memorial is an outdoor sculpture garden of larger-than-life bronze statues of Springfield native Dr. Seuss at his drawing board surrounded by some of his most beloved characters including Horton the Elephant, the Grinch, the Lorax and others; free on the green.

George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum: Permanent exhibit: “Ancient Treasures,” a display of artifacts from ancient China, Greece, Rome and Egypt.

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mal Center; Native American Hall; animal habitats.

The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum: Permanent exhibit: First floor exhibition provides opportunities to explore new sounds and vocabulary, play rhyming games, invent stories, and engage in activities that encourage teamwork and creative thinking, with interactive three-dimensional exhibits. The second floor contains Theodor Geisel’s personal memorabilia, including never before publicly displayed art, the original Geisel Grove sign which used to hang in Forest Park, and furniture from Ted’s sitting room and studio, including his drawing board and armchair. Timed tickets required, for reservations visit springfieldmuseums.org.

Quadrangle admission - $25 for adults, $16.50 for seniors (60+) and college students with ID, $13 for children ages 3-17; free to children under age 3 and members, Springfield residents are free with proof of residency.

Welcome Center and Museum store.

Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.5 p.m. Monday: Closed (except some holidays; go online to springfieldmuseums.org/hours-and-admission for more information.)

Museums Amelia Park Children’s Museum: Permanent exhibit: Hands-on activities and creative exhibits, the Hurricane Simulator. Hours: Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sun. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. $7, $3.50 seniors, free children 1 year and under, members, teachers and military personal receive $1 off, 29 South Broad St., Westfield or ameliaparkmuseum.org.

Visitors view the African Hall exhibit at the Springfield Science Museum. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN FILE) Children’s Museum at Holyoke: Permanent Exhibit: Newest additions are The Wiggle and Wash/ Vet Clinic, toddler Merry-Go-Round and STEM based cash register for kid’s. Tues.-Fri. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.; Sun. noon-4 p.m. $8 adults and children, $5 seniors, children under 1 free, 444 Dwight St., Holyoke or childrensmuseumholyoke.org.

Connecticut Science Center: Permanent exhibit: Hands-on, interactive experiences with over 150 exhibits in ten galleries and a range of topics, including space and earth sciences plus more. Hours: Tues.-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Admission $17, $14 children 4-17, Berkshire Museum: “She Shaped $15.50 seniors 65+, free ages 3 and History.” Through May 25. Ten Days under. 250 Columbus Boulevard, of Play: Daily play during vacation Hartford or ctsciencecenter.org. week Feb. 17-22, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; East Longmeadow Historical Michele and Donald D’Amour Mu- included with regular museum Commission Museum: East seum of Fine Arts: “People at Work admission, children under 18 free.

Longmeadow artifacts pertaining and Other Environmental Portraits “Bubble Trouble” with Jeff Boyer, to the quarries, local native Amerby Tad Malek.” Through July 12.

Saturday from 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. To icans, period clothing, the railroad “The Essence of Nature,” paintings purchase tickets in advance, call system, and more. Hours: 1-3 p.m.

by Marlene t. Yu. Through May 3.

413-443-7171 ext. 360. $15 adult, on the third Saturday of the month, “Voices of Resilience” Exhibition. $6 children (includes admission to Sept.-June, weather permitting, Through April 26. museum); $5 museum members or by appointment, 413-525-3425 adults, $3 children; children 3 and Springfield Science Museum: (messages only). Free, 87 Maple “Interactive Science Exhibit: Fallen under are free. “We Shape History,” St., East Longmeadow.

Saturdays through May 9, 2:30 Log.” “Sugar Rush: From MasterEric Carle Museum of Picture to 4 p.m. Visitors will travel from piece to Mad Science.” Through Book Art: “Under the Sea” with farm life to the mid-century office tomorrow, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. during Eric Carle. Through March 1. “Now and learn the power of raising school vacation week. Family and Then: Contemporary Illustheir voices as they explore the friendly art and science activities trators and their Childhood Art.” extraordinary stories of the many inspired by the exhibit “Sweet: A Through May 10. “The Pursuit of women featured in “She Shapes Tasty Journey.” Free with museum Everything: Maira Kalman’s Books History.” Learn how to spin wool, admission. Dinosaur Train the Traveling Exhibit. Through May 10. weave yarn, and design an effective for Children.” Through April 5.

Gabrielle Healy Carroll Storytime Permanent exhibits: Family Science protest poster. Included with Programs are held Tues. and Fri. regular museum admission, free Adventures will be presented on for children under 18. 39 South St., 10:30 a.m.; Sat. 10:30 a.m. and 2 weekends 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Dinosaur p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m., free with admisPittsfield or berkshiremuseum.

Hall with Tyrannoseaurus Rex; sion. Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 org.

African Hall with elephant, giraffe p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. and other animals; Solutia Live AniLyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History: “Legacy: The Philanthropy of Mr. Smith & Mr. Wesson.” Through June 7.

“Sweet: A Tasty Journey.” Through April 26. “The Confection Connection.” Through April 26. Permanent exhibit: more than two dozen Indian motorcycles and related memorabilia.

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noon-5 p.m. $6, $9, $22.50 for a family of four. Josh Sitron & Friends Family Request Room – Live Piano Karaoke & Singalong, Sunday at 2 p.m.; $6 general ($5 members), carlemuseum.org/content/joshsitron-friends-family-request-roomlive-piano-karaoke-sing-along.

125 West Bay Road, Amherst or carlemuseum.org.

Historic Northampton Museum and Education: Permanent exhibit hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. noon-4 p.m. $3 individuals, $6 families, 46 Bridge St., Northampton or historic-northampton.org.

Holyoke Heritage State Park: Holyoke Parks and Recreation exhibits depict city’s history. Hours Tues.-Sun. noon.-4 p.m. free, 221 Appleton St., Holyoke 413-5341723.

Josiah Day House: Permanent exhibit: Featuring guided tours, artifacts, furniture, clothing and documents from 1754-1902. Call for open house schedule and individual tours. $3, $1 children 6-12, free for members, 70 Park St., West Springfield 413-734-8322.

Mark Twain House and Museum: Permanent exhibit hours: Mon.-Sat. 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sun. noon5:30 p.m. $16, $14 seniors, $10 children 6-16 and children under 6 free for the main house tour. $6, $4 children 6-16 servants wing tour. $20 adults, combined main house and servants wing tour package, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford or marktwainhouse.org.

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art: “Works by James Turrell, Sol leWitt, and Laurie Anderson” currently on extended

view. Winter hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Wed.-Mon, closed Tues. $20 adults, $18 seniors/veterans, $12 students with ID, $8 children (6-16); $2 EBT/ WIC Cardholder; children under 6 and museum members including MCLA and Williams College students, visit for free, 87 Marshall St., North Adams or massmoca.org.

Mead Art Museum: Permanent exhibit: Various American and European paintings, Mexican ceramics, Tibetan scroll paintings and more. Museum hours: Tues.-Thurs. and Sun. 9 a.m.-midnight; Fri. 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. free, 220 South Pleasant St., Amherst or amherst.edu.

Mount Holyoke College Art Museum: Permanent Exhibit: Special Loans from the David C. Driskell Center. Through June 21. Hours: Tues.-Fri. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 1-5 p.m. Free, open to the public.

Lower Lake Road, South Hadley or mtholyoke.edu.

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Permanent exhibit: Hands-on exhibits, a regulation sized basketball court and more than 900 artifacts on display.

Hours: Mon.-Fri. and Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $19, $15 seniors 65+, $14 children 5-15, free for children 4 and under, 1000 West Columbus Ave., Springfield or hoophall.com.

New England Air Museum: Permanent exhibit: Restored F-104 Starfighter, vintage planes, gift shop, hands-on activities. $12.50, $7 children 4-11, free for children 3 and under free, and $11.50 seniors 65+. 36 Perimeter Road, Windsor Locks or neam.org.

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Calendar CONTINUED FROM PAGE E19 Norman Rockwell Museum: “Visual Memoirs of Four Master Illustrators’ Immigrant Experiences.” Through May 25. Hours: Daily Nov.-April weekdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m., weekends and holidays 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Gallery talks daily, 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. $18, $17 seniors, $10 students, $6 children 6-18, free for members and children 5 and under. 35th annual Berkshire County High School Art Show.

Through March 7. “Finding Home: Four Artists’ Journeys.” Through May 25. 9 Route 183, Stockbridge or nrm.org.

Titanic Museum: Exhibits from the collection of the International Titanic Historical Society. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $4, $2 children and students, 208 Main St., Indian Orchard or titanic1.org.

Through May 10, featuring production artwork including drawings, paintings and transparent celluioids used to create some of Warner Studios’ classic cartoon shorts. 39 South St., Pittsfield or berkshiremuseum.org.

University Museum of Contemporary Art - Fine Arts Center: Hours: Tues.-Fri. 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 2-5 p.m. Closed Mondays, holidays and spring break. 151 Presidents Drive, Amherst.

Forbes Library: “Photography” by Marty Espinola and metal sculpture

by Jon Bander. through March 5. 20 West St., Northampton or forbeslibrary.org.

Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum: Permanent exhibit: Guided tours of the first and second floors. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sun. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; tours are on the hour with the last tour at 3 p.m., Old Sturbridge Village: Permanent Mon.-Sat. and at 2 p.m. Sun. 104 exhibit: Kidstory, an indoor learning Walker St., Lenox or gildedage. gallery in the Visitor’s Center where org. kids ages 3-10 can try on period Volleyball Hall of Fame: Hours: costumes and imagine life in the Thur.-Sun. noon-4:30 p.m. $2.501830’s; “Neat and Tasty: Getting $3.50, 444 Dwight St., Holyoke or Dressed in Early New England”; volleyhall.org. apparel in portraiture. Hours: Wistariahurst Museum: PermaWed.-Sun. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. $24, nent exhibit: “Wisteria Vines in Full $22 seniors, $8 children 3-17, free Bloom.” Carriage House and Gift for children under 3, Route 20, shop open; Sat.-Sun, Mon. noon-4 Sturbridge or osv.org. p.m.; Historic house tours $7, $5 Pan African Historical Museum USA: Permanent exhibit: exhibitions by local artists. Hours: Tues.Fri. noon-4 p.m. free, 1500 Main St., Springfield 413-733-1823.

Polish Center of Discovery and Learning: Galleries include “Coming to America”; “At Home in America”; “Folk Art”; “History.” Hours: Mon.-Fri. 1-5 p.m. $5 donation, 33 South St., Chicopee or polishcenter.net.

Smith College Museum of Art: “A Dust Bowl of Dog Soup: Picturing the Great Depression.” Through May 24. “Object Histories: From the African Continent to the SCMA Galleries.” Through June.

Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton or scam.smith.edu.

Springfield Armory National Historic Site: Ranger-led interpretive programs offered in the museum in the afternoon. Junior Ranger programs conducted frequently each day. The museum will be closed for visitation through March 31, for critical systems upgrades. The historic grounds will be accessible during the closure. Hours: Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 1 Armory Square, Springfield or nps.gov/spar.

The Clark Art Institute: Permanent exhibit: European and American paintings and sculpture, extensive collections of master prints and drawings, English silver and early photography. Hours: Tues.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free year round for members, children 18 and younger, and students with valid ID, $20 general, 225 South St., Williamstown or clarkart.edu.

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students and seniors, 238 Cabot St., Holyoke or wistariahurst.org.

Yiddish Book Center: Permanent exhibit, “A Velt mit veltelekh: The Worlds of Jewish Culture.” $10, $8 member, $5 student. FILM: “The Burning Child.” Sunday at 2 p.m.; $6-10,1021 West St., Amherst or yiddishbookcenter.org.

Galleries A.P.E. Gallery: Hours: Tues.-Thurs. noon-5 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. noon-8 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m.;. 126 Main St., Northampton or apearts.org.

Agawam Public Library: Friends of the Agawam Public Library Open Juried Photography Show through Feb. 28. 750 Cooper St., Agawam or agawamlibrary.org.

Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery: Hours: Tues.-Fri. 12:30-4:30 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. First floor of building 28. 1 Armory Square, Springfield 413-755-5258.

Arts Unlimited Gallery: Featuring the works of local artists and beyond. Hours: Mon. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Tues.-Wed. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thurs.Fri. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. noon-4 p.m. Located in the Village Commons. 25 College St., South Hadley 413-532-7047.

Barbara Prey Gallery: Permanent Exhibit: Work by Barbara Ernst Prey. Hours: Daily 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

71 Spring St., Williamstown or barbaraprey.com.

Berkshire Museum: “The Art of Warner Brothers Cartoons.”

Gallery A3 Amherst Art Alliance: “Partners.” Through Feb. 29. 28 Amity St., Amherst; 413-256-4250.

Hope and Feathers Framing and Gallery: “Future Forward.” Through Feb. 29. 319 Main St., Amherst or hopeandfeathersframing.com.

Indian Orchard Mills Dane Gallery: All new exhibits every month featuring the artists at Indian Orchard Mills. Admission $2 per person; Hours: Sat. noon-4 p.m. or by appointment. 34 Front St., Indian Orchard 413-543-3321.

Invisible Fountain: Long Live Painting, through Feb. 29. “Long Live Painting” is the newest showing of paintings by Luke J. Cavagnac. Gallery open: Mon.-Fri., and sometimes on the weekend.

116 Pleasant St. Suite #206, Easthampton or invisiblefountain. com.

Jasper Rand Art Museum: Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 6 Elm St., Westfield or westath.org.

Loomis Chaffey School: “Youth” photographs from the Buhl Collection. Through April 14. 4 Batchelder Road, Windsor or mercygallery. org.

Nina’s Nook: “Triple SSS: Sensual, Sexual, Smut” exhibit, through March 21. 125A Avenue A, Turners Falls.

Salmon Falls Artisans Showroom: Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. 1 Ashfield St. #9, Shelburne Falls or salmonfallsgallery.com.

Valley Photo Center: Hours: Tues.Sat. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 1500 Main St., Springfield 413-781-1553.

Vault Gallery: Permanent exhibit: Prints by Marilyn Kalish and other artist available for purchase. 322 Main St., Great Barrington; 413644-0221.

Western New England University Arts Gallery: “Keeping the Arts Alive” by Don Blanton. Through Feb. 27. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; 1215 Wilbraham Road, Springfield or wne. edu/arts.

William Baczek Fine Arts: 2020 Landscape Exhibition.

Through March 14; Gallery hours are: Tues.-Wed. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thurs.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sun. noon-5 p.m. free, wbfinearts.com/

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index.php?id=7886. 36 Main St., Northampton or wbfinearts.com.

Outdoors Berkshire Botanical Garden: Winter Lecture by Tom Coward - “The Legacy of Wild Gardener William Robinson,” Saturday at 2 p.m. Takes place at Lenox Memorial Middle/High School 197 East St., Lenox. BBG Members: $35; nonmembers: $45, berkshirebotanical.org. 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge or berkshirebotanical.org.

Great Falls Discovery Center: “You Are Here: A Juried Community Art Exhibit.” Through Feb. 29 in the Great Hall. Work by regional artists in multiple media exploring maps, the significance of place, and movement across boundaries, curated by Exploded View. During February school vacation week the center is open more hours, and features investigation stations; through Sunady from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. "Maps and Legends," today from noon-1 p.m., for teenagers and adults. Free. "Kidleidoscope Story Hour:" Feb. 21, rabbits; Feb. 28, coyotes, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Learn about wildlife neighbors in the Connecticut River Watershed. Program includes a story, activities, and a craft to introduce young children to wildlife along the river. For ages 3-6, accompanied by an adult. Siblings and friends welcome. Yoga for Preschoolers, Friday and Feb. 28, 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Yoga program for preschool-aged children, including mindful games, movement, breathing practices and stories.

Caregivers stay on-site during the class and are encouraged to join in.

Free. "Get In touch with Winter and Not Get Too Cold," Saturday, 1 p.m., weather permitting, investigate outdoors. Bundle up, for children 6 and up, their grown-ups, siblings and friends. Free. Exploded View Presents: “An Open Discussion on

Surveillance in Our Lives." Sunday at 1 p.m. Free. 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls or greatfallsma.org.

Mass Audubon-Connecticut River Valley Wildlife Sanctuaries: “Moving Water” photography exhibit. Saturday through Feb. 29; 9 a.m. is an exploration of the streams, rivers, and waterfalls of New England and beyond. Free; massaudubon.org/arcadia. First Child in the Woods: Nature Walk for Toddlers, Saturday at 10 a.m.

One-hour walk enables children to gently discover the natural world around them and provides caregivers with the skills to confidently lead explorations of their own. For families with children ages 5 and under. Time: 10-11 am. $5 Mass Audubon members, $7 nonmembers, all children are free, massaudubon.org/arcadia. 127 Combs Road, Easthampton 413-584-3009.

Natural Bridge State Park: Visitors Center Exhibits. Daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., year round; explore the park story through displays, artifacts and scavenger hunts. $2 parking fee; programs are free, 107 McAuley Road, North Adams.

Markets Winter Farmers’ Market at Forest Park: 10 a.m.-noon in the Monkey House on the second and fourth Saturday of the month, through April. Use Trafton Road entrance.

Free, Sumner Avenue, Springfield.

Northampton Senior Center: Winter Farmers’ Market runs 9 a.m-1 p.m. every Saturday through April 18. 67 Conz St., Northampton or northamptonseniors.com.

The Republican is not responsible for unannounced schedule changes.

Listings must be received two weeks before the date of the event. Items should be mailed to: Entertainment Guide, The Republican, P.O. Box 1329, Springfield, MA 01102-1329; emailed to pmastriano@repub.com; or submited to masslive.com