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Chrysanthemum Show — featuring 58 varieties of mums — is open to the public through Nov. 19, Page E2

Smith College in bloom

SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE: Original plays written by college faculty to be staged, E4 MUSIC ‘LEGEND’: John Legend to play Foxwoods Resort Casino, E4 EQUINE AFFAIRE: Eastern States Exposition becomes horse central, E5

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Smith College in full bloom Fall Chrysanthemum Show — featuring 58 varieties of mums — is open to the public through Nov. 19

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By Cori Urban

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espite it being “stick season” — the usually cold, gray time of year between fall foliage and the first snow — Lyman Conservatory at the Botanic Garden of Smith College is still in full bloom for the 2023 Fall Chrysanthemum Show, with 58 named varieties of mums grown by botanic garden staff and horticulture students.

Plus, the show features more than 100 new varieties — novel hybrids created by Smith College students through careful cross breeding.

The show takes place through Nov. 19.

“One of the reasons this annual flower show has been such a popular college and community tradition for over 100 years is because of the student mum hybrids on display,” said Julie Thomson, communications coordinator. “These mum hybrids are appreciated by visitors for a variety of reasons: One, they showcase the educational work of Smithies. Two, they invite visitors to vote for their favorite, leading to another induction into the Mum Hall of Fame. And three, the show offers a welcome pop of color at a time of year when the natural world SEE SMITH, PAGE E4

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Chrysanthemums on display at Smith College’s Lyman Conservatory during a past fall mum show.

The show is open to the public through Nov. 19.

(PHOTOS COURTESY SMITH COLLEGE)

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MUSIC Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny will play the Academy of Music in Northampton in 2024. (ANDER GILLENEA / AFP / GETTY IMAGES / TNS)

Nightclubs THURSDAY Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee Southwick Inn: Open mic hosted

by Steve Piper of Roadhouse Band. 479 College Highway, Southwick The Drake: Holly Bowling. 44 North Pleasant St., Amherst The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: Drag Bingo. 289 Main St., Greenfield The Still: Drink specials. 63 Springfield St., Agawam Theodores’: 7 Below (Phish Trib).

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

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Pat Metheny to make Northampton stop at Academy of Music Day’s Night,” 15 times as an 11-year-old.) While Metheny’s ears were soon captured by the jazz of legendary guitarist Wes Montgomery, his roots in rock/ pop were still given a nod, such as when he recorded the Fab Four’s “And I Love Her” in 2011.

Metheny, of course, is still fairly well-known compared to many jazz artists. After all, he has won 20 Grammys and is the only person to have won Grammys in 10 different categories. He has collaborated with numerous artists, including names such as Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, and Chick Corea in the jazz field, as well as Joni Mitchell on the 1979 live album, “Shadows and Light.”

Metheny was also a prodigy in the academic music world.

At 18, he was the youngest teacher ever at the University of Miami. He later received an honorary doctorate of music from Boston’s Berklee College of Music in 1996.

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Liner notes • If your New Year’s resolution is “don’t stop thinking about tomorrow,” you might want to ring in 2024 at MGM Springfield’s Aria Ballroom.

That’s where Tusk, a Fleetwood Mac tribute band, will be on Dec. 31 at 9 p.m Tickets are $43-$53 and can be purchased via Ticketmaster.com.

• Boston Comedy Club will bring a show to Iron Duke Brewing in Ludlow on Friday, from 8 to 9:30 p.m.

The company, which bills itself as a “decentralized comedy club,” regularly features acts seen on TV and heard on popular podcasts, including shows on Comedy Central, HBO, Netflix, and featured on “Last Comic Standing.”

Tickets are $20 to $25. Iron Duke is at 100 State St.

The Drake: Open Mic + UMass Songwriters Showcase. 44 North Pleasant St., Amherst The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: Kendra McKinley with Cloudbelly. 289 Main St., Greenfield The Meeting House: Dave Brinnel. 827 Williams St., Longmeadow

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

SATURDAY Delaney House: Wes Parker. 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee East Mountain Country Club: 91 South. 1458 E. Mountain Road, Westfield Fort Hill Brewery: Tom Savoy. 30 Fort Hill Road, Easthampton The Drake: Kat Wright. 44 North Pleasant St., Amherst Theodores’: Carl Ricci & 706 Union Ave. 201 Worthington St., Springfield Whip City Brew: DJ with dance.

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ANY PEOPLE know Pat Metheny’s name, but unless they’re jazz fans, they probably don’t realize they’ve heard his music, too.

Yet a whole swath of listeners may have unwittingly experienced the award-winning musician’s playing when they went to see the 1985 film “The Falcon and the Snowman,” which featured the David Bowie song “This is Not America” on its soundtrack. The track reached No. 32 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Chart.

The backing band on the song? None other than the Pat Metheny Group. Metheny also co-wrote the song.

Metheny will play the Academy of Music in Northampton on April 12, 2024.

Metheny’s toe-dipping into rock music isn’t as surprising as it might seem. Born in Missouri in 1954, the young prodigy’s initial interest in music was sparked (like so many others) by The Beatles.

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Springfield College takes professors’ plays to stage

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PRINGFIELD COLlege’s fall theater production will this year feature plays close to home: for the first time, original plays written by college faculty members will be staged.

The plays will be staged Friday through Sunday on campus as part of the William Simpson Fine Arts Series.

“These three new plays will see their very first audiences at our shows. The campus has seen short stories, poems, and novels produced by our faculty before, but this is the first time we’ve ever publicly shared the creative work of our faculty as playwrights,” said Martin Shell, professor of theater arts and director of Springfield College Theater.

Professor Anne Wheeler’s “The Bucket Brigade” and professor Rebecca Lartigue’s “Sure” and “Not-So-Brightspace” will be performed as part of “Shorts & Briefs: A Selection of 10-Minute Plays,” produced and directed

by Shell.

Wheeler, who has been with Springfield College since 2015, is currently an associ-

ate professor of composition and rhetoric, as well as chair of the college’s Department of Literature, Writing, and Journalism. When Shell put out a call for plays, she knew she had to get involved. “I took the opportunity to adapt a short story that I was working on,” Wheeler shared in an email interview with The SEE POTTER, PAGE E12

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John Legend attends the City Harvest “Red Supper Club” fundraising gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on April 26, 2022, in New York. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP / GETTY IMAGES / TNS)

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During the course of his career, Legend has earned 12 A legend is coming to FoxGrammy Awards, an Academy woods Resort Casino.

Award, Golden Globe, Tony “An Evening with John and Emmy Awards, among Legend,” multiplatinum sing- others. As a result, in 2018 he er-songwriter, will showcase made history as the youngest the performer’s many talents person ever and the first Afriat 8 p.m. on Friday in the can American man to became casino’s Premier Theater in a member of the exclusive Mashantucket, Connecticut.

EGOT club, which stands for The entertainer has released Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and eight albums since the start of Tony awards. his illustrious career in 2004, Legend, along with rapper beginning with “Get LiftCommon, won a Golden ed” and followed by “Once Globe for Best Original Song, Again,” “Evolver,” “Love in “Glory,” from the film “Selthe Future,” “Darkness and ma.” The award-winning tune Light,” “A Legendary Christalso went on to win a Grammy mas,” “Bigger Love,” and and Academy Award. the most-recent “Legend” In 2017, he won a Tony SEE LEGEND, PAGE E9 released last year.

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Parking on College Lane is tradition at the college and Hybrid propagation has not permitted. For informawithin the greater communi- been a student tradition at tion about on-campus visitor ty,” she said.

Smith since the early 1900s. parking, go online to smith.

It usually draws more than Students in the fall semesedu/campus-map.

10,000 visitors during its ter horticulture class learn Public parking is also availtwo-week run. hybridization techniques, able in downtown NorthampSome of the mum forms producing new crosses that ton, a short walk from the and techniques featured in are grown out and exhibited campus. this year’s show will include in the following year’s show.

For more information, go to standards, cascades and “Mums are easy to hybrid- garden.smith.edu/newshybrid propagation. ize, so it makes them a great events/events/2023-fallStandards produce a sinflower to experiment with chrysanthemum-show. gular enormous flower by a process of continuously removing all the axillary flower buds and branches as the plant grows, People. Plant. Purpose.

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technique also results in tall plants, which can reach

as high as 7 feet. The mum varieties grown as stanLARGEST SELECTION OF:

dards are chosen for their unexpected and dramatic Two-time Award shapes and colors.

Winning Dispensary Cascades are a striking feature of the show where certain varieties are trained up walls or into downward flowing displays, she continued. This method requires a 10-month training period during which the stems are pinned to wire frames. The buds are pinched periodically

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Horse central Equine Affaire returns to Eastern States Exposition

you develop passions for new breeds and disciplines,” said Allison Rehnborg, marketing coordinator for Equine Affaire.

The popular equine expoBy Keith O’Connor sition and equestrian gathSpecial to The Republican ering — which began in Ohio It’s all equine, all day long, in 1994 and expanded to starting today when Equine Massachusetts at the Eastern Affaire returns to celebrate 25 States Exposition in 1998 — years at the Eastern States Ex- features educational opporposition in West Springfield. tunities, instructional clinics, The show runs through large horse-themed trade Sunday. show, marketplace consign“Equine Affaire is an event ment store, breed pavilion created for equestrians, by and demonstrations, horse equestrians. Our founder, and farm exhibits, Versatile Eugenia Snyder, had a goal of Horse & Rider Competition, creating a first-class, eduand the opportunity to adopt cation-oriented horsemen’s a horse alongside many expo where horse people from more activities. A “horse for all breeds and disciplines heroes” will provide veterans, could come together and first responders, and other share their passion When you heroes the chance to interact bring horse people togethwith horses and experience er from all corners of the the effects of equine-assisted industry like that, you trade activities and therapies.

SEE HORSE, PAGE E6 ideas, skills, and concepts and At right, clockwise from top: Heather Wallace talks to Perla, an Azteca mare; Sandy Smith, of Outback Survival Gear, holds up a leather seal; and one of the event’s youngest attendees enjoys time with a horse during past years of the Equine Affaire in West Springfield. (THE REPUBLICAN, FILE PHOTOS)

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Restaurants ready to lend helping hand for Thanksgiving dinner Thanksgiving dinner.

The Federal in Agawam, for instance, is offering “whole bird” packages designed to serve six that include a herb-brined bird and all the traditional fixings, right down to a whole pumpkin pie with whipped cream.

Tucker’s Restaurant in Southwick focuses on prepping the sides, offering everything from turkey gravy to a fresh green bean casserole with cheddar cheese sauce. Chef-owner Michael Anderson also has five dessert options on his Thanksgiving take out list.

The Table 3 Restaurant Group in Sturbridge offers a full range of Thanksgiving dinner components, from house-roasted carved turkey and classic sides to three different salad options, including a tasty-sounding Harvest Salad that includes dried cranberries and diced apples as garnishes for the fresh mixed greens.

Typically restaurants offering a Thanksgiving to-go service require advance ordering a week or more before the holiday. Food is then available for pickup “cold” on either Thanksgiving morning or the day before; reheating instructions are, where appropriate, provided.

With the restaurant-sourced help now widely available, any home Thanksgiving celebration can, with a little advance planning, be a triumph.

to help riders improve their balance and stability in the saddle. They will be held on CONTINUES FROM PAGE E5 Thursday, Friday and Sunday.

Equine Affaire is always Drive a Draft, returning this transforming itself, especially year, has not been presented for this year’s anniversary at the Massachusetts show celebration, and is rolling out since 2019. Attendees can a new competition, a series of learn to drive a single draft equestrian fitness workshops, horse or a pair of draft horses, additional awards and more. on the grounds around the The new competition, arena with supervision and slated for Saturday at 1 p.m. help from the owners of Whisin Mallary South Arena, is pery Pines Percherons. the Great Equestrian Fitness The new Best Booth Award Challenge. It will feature involves Equine Affaire staff three fun events: a barn selecting a class of finalists chores marathon, bouncy representing the best booths pony race, and a horse nugget in the trade show. The award relay. The competition is open is designed to give everyone a to all attendees and does not way to support their favorite require a horse. exhibitor by visiting Facebook The fitness workshops, and voting for them. The Equestrians in Motion, award will be presented on debuted at the Ohio show Saturday. this spring and are designed The Exceptional Equestrian

Educator Award, which has not been presented to a clinician since 2009, recognizes presenters and clinicians who have demonstrated an extraordinary dedication to providing top-tier education to audiences and riders at Equine Affaire. It will be presented on Saturday night.

For kids, the Equine Fundamentals Forum has hands-on activities, arts and crafts, and a Stock Horse Rodeo where they can compete for prizes.

Also, for older youths, the College and Career Fair provides an opportunity to learn about careers and college degrees related to the horse industry.

Visitors can end their day on Thursday, Friday and Saturday with a musical celebration of the horse called “Fantasia” in the Coliseum at 7:30 p.m.

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REPARING ELABOrate holiday meals can be a challenge even the most experienced of home cooks. Add in the demands of daily life and career, and the stress level around a holiday like Thanksgiving can be through the roof.

Amongst all that food purchasing and preparation angst restaurant operators have recognized an opportunity and are now, in increasing numbers, promoting ways to help home cooks put together a praiseworthy dining occasion for family and friends.

Whether that assistance involves offering a whole, ready-to-serve feast or just providing a hand in the form of a few side dishes, more and more local establishments are recognizing a business opportunity in “helping out” with

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Side dishes • On Nov. 16, the West of the River Chamber of Commerce, which serves the communities of Agawam and West Springfield, will be holding its Food Fest West from 5:30 to 8 p.m. To be hosted by the Crestview Country Club in Agawam, the Food Fest is billed as a chance to sample some of the best food around as prepared by the restaurants Area restaurants are ready to lend a helping hand for this year’s Thanksgiving dinner, offering everything from side dishrepresented at the Fest.

SEE MENU, PAGE E9 es to-go to “whole bird” packages for pick-up. (METRO CREATIVE ARTS)

Featuring outstanding equine and equestrian performers from around the country, their performances will be choreographed to musical styles ranging from traditional and country to classical and contemporary and from dressage and reining to driving, liberty, garrocha and more.

“Fantasia” requires separate tickets, which range from $16 to $27. Performances are often sold out and those hoping to attend the spectacle are advised to purchase tickets early at equineaffaire.com.

In honor of its 25th anniversary, Equine Affaire will be distributing a limited supply of vouchers to the first 2,500 guests to go through the gates.

Each voucher will be good for 25% off one item of Affaire Ware at the Equine Affaire information booth.

Hours for Equine Affaire are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.

General admission tickets — which include entry to the trade show, numerous themed pavilions, exhibits, special activities, competitions and all horse clinics, seminars and demonstrations — are on sale at equineaffaire.com.

Tickets are $18 for adults, $10 for children ages 7-10, and free for children aged six and under. Four-day passes for adults are also available at $55.

“We’ve spent the last 25 years bringing this world-spectacular event every November to the Eastern States Exposition, and we hope to continue this tradition for another 25 years at least,” Rehnborg said.

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Honest Weight brewery celebrates 8 years

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T’S HARD TO BELIEVE that Honest Weight Artisan Beer is about to celebrate its 8th anniversary.

As I often mention, keeping up with the ongoing growth of craft beer can be challenging. Even with the pandemic cooling things off (and even extinguishing a few craft beer flames), many aspiring brewers and breweries remain undaunted and are entering the market at a remarkable pace.

Of course, there are a number of these enterprises that fail or succeed for a few years but then don’t make the cut.

It’s not an easy business and the crowded marketplace only makes things more tenuous.

So when an uncompromising brewer like Honest Weight hits the eight-year mark, it’s worth noting. After giving you the details of the brewery’s upcoming birthday bash, I’m going to list three examples of what makes this Orange-based brewery so special.

The celebration will take place Saturday from noon to 9 p.m. at the brewery (131 W. Main St.) and will feature releases of some new beers, a few special brews on cask, and great music. Add in the delicious offerings from Vegan Pizza Land, and you have the makings of a perfect party.

Doors will open at noon, followed by a cask tapping of T.R.O.Y. — an English-style old ale. At 3 p.m., the music kicks off with the country blues/ragtime guitar playing of Arthur Terembula, along with Vegan Pizza Land serving 100% plant-based pizza, and more. A second cask tapping, this one being Millington, a German-style helles brew, will take place at 5 p.m., followed by a celebratory toast to Honest Weight at 7 p.m.

Immediately following the toast, Ray & The Lovers take the stage to play their brand of danceable neo-soul and R&B. I’m not sure what beers will be on tap at the party, but if

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any of these are available, I’d suggest sampling them. Here are some favorites from Honest Weight: Branch Bridge: This pale ale is not your everyday iteration of the classic category.

The use of oats gives the beer a nice density that allows the tasty hop combination to linger on the palate a bit more than a standard pale ale normally would. And this is a good thing, as the blend of grapefruit and tropical fruit flavors blossom and then recede, giving way to a more piney hop essence.

Tom Swamp Road: This stout is stunning in its simplicity. At just 6% ABV, it doesn’t club you over the head like an imperial stout, and while it has a multifaceted flavor profile that has notes of everything from coffee to chocolate to fruit, they all work as an ensemble with none of them hogging the spotlight. In the world where some stouts try to assemble an all-star cast of flavors that sometimes compete too much, that is a notable achievement.

Accidental Wilderness: I’d bet this one will be available at the celebration because it’s the brewery’s flagship IPA. Once again, Honest Weight veers away from the trends and offers a delicious modern IPA that doesn’t crush you palate with overdone hoppiness. It’s smooth and has a delicate melange of citrus aspects that simply hit the spot and leave you wanting more.

Happy anniversary, Honest Weight!

3 magnificent (mostly) malbec wines from Argentina

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FEW WEEKS AGO, I wrote about several great wines from Argentina other than

malbec.

This week, I couldn’t resist writing about malbec wines from this South American country.

There’s a reason why these reds wines are so popular.

Actually, several reasons.

They’re affordable. (I’ve written before about Argentina malbec wines for under $10 a bottle.)

They go great with many different types of foods, especially roasted or grilled meats.

But even on their own, they simply taste delicious. Often, these flavors are meaty and earthy without being overpowering or in your face.

They also taste great when blended with other wine grapes.

This week, you can learn more about malbec, along with tasting notes for three, outstanding Argentinian wines made with malbec grapes — one that’s a pure, malbec wine and two that are blended with several other grapes.

Hope you enjoy.

More about malbec Originally called cot, malbec grapes have a long storied history in Cahors, France. Nicknamed the “black wine” because of its dark, intense color, malbec grapes have been used to make wine in Cahors for hundreds of years. In 1152, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II reportedly drank Malbec wine from Cahors at their wedding, according to a 2010 article about wine from Cahors in The Guardian newspaper. More recently, malbec was widely planted in southwest France in the mid 1700s, according to “Wine Grapes,” by Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding and Jose Vouillamoz.

The three red wines made with malbec grapes from Argentina recommended this week. (PHOTO BY KEN ROSS)

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Wine growing regions You can still find wines made with malbec grapes grown in southwest France and Bordeaux, where malbec is often blended with other

grapes. But no country even comes close to Argentina when it comes to malbec wine production. More than 70% of the world’s malbec wines come from Argentina, according to Wines of Argentina. Even compared to all other grapes in Argentina, 22% of all wines from this country are made with malbec grapes, according to an Argentinian Wine Association report from 2022. As for the rest of the world, you can find malbec wines from Chile, Australia, New Zealand and California.

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A memorabilia auction and raffle will also be part of the fun.

Tickets, which cost $40, are available online at https:// business.ourwrc.com/ events/details/food-festwest-2023-226.

• Crumbl Cookies, the Lindon, Utah-based cookie shop chain, will be holding a grand opening in West Springfield on Friday.

Crumbl Cookies, which has over 900 individual bakeries in the U.S. and Canada, is best known for its milk chocolate chip cookies as well as a weekly rotation of some 200-plus other cookie flavors. Cookies are prepared, baked, and decorated at each location, with what comes from the oven available for store pickup or delivery. A weekly cookie subscription program is also available through the Crumbl app.

Crumbl originated in 2017 in Logan, Utah, where one of the co-founders, Sawyer Hemsley, was a student at Utah State University. The chain has since grown into one of the food service industry’s best known “cookie

bakery” brands.

The West Springfield location is at 936 Riverdale St., adjacent to the Stop & Shop supermarket.

Its telephone number is 413-707-5021.

• Wine dinners are returning to Lattitude Restaurant in West Springfield this month with a Napa Valley Wine Dinner scheduled for Nov. 16.

Featuring iconic brands from Napa Valley, the dinner, which is co-hosted by importer and distributor Horizon Beverage Co., will include five courses and five wines.

The dinner, which will begin at 6 p.m., is priced at $100, not including tax or gratuity. Bookings for the wine dinner can be made online at lattitude1338.com, or by calling 413-241-8888.

• The Barn Restaurant in Granby, Connecticut, will be hosting a Whistle Pig Rye Social on Nov. 16, starting at 6:30 p.m.

The evening will feature five tastes of Whistle Pig Rye paired with a four course dinner. Tickets for the social are $75 plus tax, gratuity, and convenience fee; they can be purchased at Eventbrite.com.

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session scheduled for Nov. 15, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The market is held at 276 Bridge St. Vendors will be on hand and stocked with fresh produce, cheese, eggs, meat breads, pastries, skincare products, and more.

For more information, email the market manager at charlene@springfielddowntown.com.

• Amy Guyette of the Tavern on the Hill in Easthampton sent along a “last call” for ordering Crumbl Cookies is opening shop at 936 Riverdale St. in West Thanksgiving items to go.

Springfield on Friday. (JAKE MAY / MLIVE.COM) The restaurant is offering The Barn Restaurant ancherry. cider-brined smoked whole swers at 860-413-3888.

All three ice cream conturkeys, cornbread and • Participating Friendly’s structs will be available sausage stuffing, and a tradirestaurants are adding three through December. tional green bean casserole, new items to their fountain • Teresa’s Restaurant as well as other sides such menu for the holiday season. in Ware is holding a “Dinner as cranberry relish, mashed A Peppermint Stick Fribble Theater” event on Nov. 25. sweet potatoes, and turkey is made from peppermint The evening will feature a gravy. stick ice cream blended with performance by the Eagles Orders, which will be milk; garnishes of hot fudge, Experience, a tribute band available for pickup on whipped cream, and a cherry that specializes in the music Thanksgiving morning, can finish the drink. of the legendary 1970s rock be placed online at tavern Barking Pretzel ice cream band. online.com or by calling 413is featured in a caramel-finDinner, seating for which 493-1700. ished Fribble. It’s also the will begin at 5 p.m., will be Reheating instructions will foundation component in a a family-style presentation be included. sundae that’s topped with of Teresa’s Italian-American Guyette said today will be Swiss chocolate sauce and favorites. A cash bar will also the final day for ordering. peanut butter, garnished be available.

Hugh Robert is a faculty with brownie bites, and finReservations can be made member in Holyoke Commuished with whipped cream, by calling 413-967-7601. nity College’s hospitality and chocolate sprinkles, and a • The Springfield Busiculinary arts program and has ness Improvement Disnearly 50 years of restaurant trict is sponsoring an indoor and educational experience. winter market twice a month Robert can be reached online at this winter, with the next OffTheMenuGuy@aol.com.

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award for co-producing “Jitney” for the Broadway stage.

He flexed his acting muscles in 2018 as Jesus in “Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert,” which ran on NBC on Easter Sunday. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie and won an Emmy as a producer in the category of Outstanding Variety Special (Live) for the show.

Like many performers bringing big productions to Las Vegas, Legend launched his critically acclaimed residency entitled, “Love

In Las Vegas,” in April 2022 at Zappos Theater at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino.

In 2019, Legend began a stint lending his talents as coach on NBC’s “The Voice.”

The multitalented performer recently paired up with fellow “Voice” coach, former One Direction member Niall Horan, to record a duet version of “The Show,” which was released on Nov. 3.

Famously married to model and television personality Chrissy Teigen since 2013, the couple has four children and recently renewed their weddings vows in Italy.

Tickets to the concert, ranging in price from $99 to $519, are available at foxwoods. com.

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Calendar THURSDAY Beefsteak & Bowties: Thu., 6 p.m.

Student Prince/The Fort. Tickets are only available online in advance at studentprince.com. This historic and slightly barbaric feast features rounds of meats including lamb chops, New York strip steaks, teres major, filet, ribeye, wagyu sliders, and other juicy treats, paired with cocktails, spirits, and beer. Participants must wear suits with bowties or ties. What makes it slightly barbaric is that there are no utensils or napkins; participants must eat with their hands and wipe the meat drippings off their chins with a keepsake apron from The Student Prince, $100. 8 Fort St., Springfield.

CitySpace Pop-Up Market Art Walk Easthampton: Thu., 5-8 p.m., Blue Room at CitySpace. Expect to find zines, cards and prints, photographs, ceramics, books, jewelry, apparel, and more. Vendors include: Amanda Petrovato; Amber Gale Glass; Amy Dawn Kotel Art; Denise M. Riggs; Elayna Sturm, the fantasies of youth; Emma Cornwell; Exhalation of the Damned; It Makes Scents; Justonescarf Design; KEScustomART; Laura Geryk; Pamela Acostah; Renee Hill (Renee’s Photography Adventures); Ryan Mihaly; Sucker Punch; The Happy Dead; and Three Posies. Supported in part by the Community Foundation of West, 43 Main St., Easthampton.

Hilltown Hikes for Familes: Thu., 6 p.m. Edwards Public Library, with the Western Mass Hilltown Hiker.

Learn what hikes you can take to see old growth forests, state properties and conserved properties that contain relics of early colonial settlements, factories and more, 30 East St., Southampton, 413-5279480.

MGM Casino: Thu.-Sun., MGM Springfield, featuring retail stores, restaurants, Regal Cinemas and more. For more information, visit mgmspringfield.com, 1 MGM Way, Springfield.

Tour of Old Town Hall Art Walk Easthampton: Thu., 5 p.m., guided walk through the second floor of Old Town Hall. While you are at Old Town Hall, check out new exhibitions at Elusie and ECA Galleries. The tour is free and open to the public, 43 Main St., Easthampton. ”World War IIIII,” paintings by Charles Miller: Anchor House of Artists, featuring group of paintings made by the 92-year-old artist 20 years ago, 518 Pleasant St., Northampton.

FRIDAY ”Jesus Christ Superstar”: Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. Enfield Annex, For tickets, visit operahouse players.org/tickets, $25. 124 N. Maple St., Enfield.

Kim Carlino Structures for Spaciousness: Fri., 6-8 p.m., Click Workspace, join for the opening reception of Kim Carlino’s “Structures for Spaciousness.” Masks are recommended. 9 1/2 Market St., Northampton, clickworkspace. com.

MGM Casino: See Thursday listing Valley Light Opera presents Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Iolanthe!”: Fri.-Sat., 7 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. Academy of Music Theatre, $30-$50. 274 House of Hamill will play a concert at the Irish House Restaurant & Trinity Pub on Sunday.

Main St., Northampton; 413-5849032 or aomtheatre.com. ”Jesus Christ Superstar”: See Pub: Sun., 3 p.m., West Spring”World War IIIII,” paintings by Friday listing field’s Irish House Restaurant & Charles Miller: See Thursday MGM Casino: See Thursday listing Pub. Doors open at 1 pm. Food listing and drinks will be available for Valley Light Opera presents Gilpurchase (not included in ticket bert & Sullivan’s “Iolanthe!”: See cost). Guests are encouraged to SATURDAY Friday listing arrive early if ordering food. Tickets ”World War IIIII,” paintings by are $23 for current ICC patrons Drive-In Collection of Donations: Charles Miller: See Thursday and $28 for the general public. 429 Sat., 1-3 p.m. Foster Memorial listing Morgan Road, West Springfield, Church, in the church’s back IrishCenterwne.org. parking lot. Nonperishable food for the Emergency Food Cupboard of ”Jesus Christ Superstar”: See SUNDAY the Open Pantry in Springfield, as Friday listing well as new and gently-used coats, 34th Annual Children’s IllustraMGM Casino: See Thursday listing jackets and winterwear for children, tion Celebration!: Sun., 4-6 p.m. youth and adults, will be collected.

R. Michelson Galleries. Come meet Old Growth Forest Walking Tour: Sun., 10 a.m.-noon, Amherst Histo1791 Wilbraham Road, Springfield, some of your favorite Illustrators 413-782-2112. and authors of children’s literature. ry Museum, Group size limited to 12 people. Registration is required.

The Eric Carle Museum will be on Fall Harvest Craft and Vendor Meeting location and parking inforhand selling books, and authors Fair: Sat., 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. and illustrators will be ready to sign mation provided upon registration.

Chicopee Moose Family Center The hike will take place shine or those purchased at the event. All #1849, to benefit the friends of the light rain; heavy rain cancels. To ages are welcome. Free. 132 Main Springfield Vet Center, featuring register, visit amhersthistory.org/ St., Northampton, 413-586-3964 or 30+ vendors, music and raffles, old-growth-forest-walking-tour/, michelson.com.

244 Fuller Road, Chicopee, 413$10 for Amherst History Museum 592-6285 or mooseintl.org.

Borromeo String Quartet: Sun., members, $15 nonmembers. 67 3 p.m. Sweeney Concert Hall, $0 ”For Jude” Part of “A Stone’s Amity St., Amherst. $35.

7 College Lane, Northampton; Throw”: Sat., 7 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m.

Pioneer Valley Symphony Youth A.P.E. Gallery. Seating is limited. To smith.edu.

Concert: Sun., 4 p.m. Greenfield reserve tickets, visit https://www. ”For Jude” Part of “A Stone’s High School. Youth Orchestra, eventbrite.com/e/for-judeThrow”: See Saturday listing Chamber Ensemble, and Strings tickets-729008482997, free. 126 4th annual Winter Community for Kids will perform popular clasMain St., Northampton, 413-586Needs Drive: Sun., 10 a.m.-2 sical pieces, a pasodoble, folk med5553 or apearts.org. p.m. Bement School Parking Lot. leys, and more. Free; tickets not Frozen Polish Food Sale: Sat., 9 Bring donations to the Route 5, 10 required. 21 Barr Ave., Greenfield. a.m.-1 p.m. Immaculate Conception parking area of the campus, rain Valley Light Opera presents GilChurch, featuring pierogi, golabki, or shine. Items needed are men’s bert & Sullivan’s “Iolanthe!”: See and kapusta in the church hall. heavyweight coats and sweats, Friday listing All are welcome, 25 Parker St., women’s coats, warm hats (waterWest Springfield Coin Club Springfield. proof are best), waterproof gloves, Meeting: Sun., 7 p.m. Mittineague Improv Comedy Show: Long Form warm socks, long underwear (new Congregational Church, A presenonly) warm boots or shoes, scarves, Improvisation, Sat., 7 p.m. A cast tation will be given on 1785 to 1788 personal hygiene products, mediof experienced improvisers dive Colonial copper coins of Connectium or large adult pull-ups, house into a variety of formats based on cut. Refreshments will be available. cleaning products, surgical face audience suggestions. Second Guests are always welcome. For masks, COVID tests, baby wipes, Saturday of every month at 7 p.m. further information, contact Peter For more information, visit happier blankets, youth-sized coats, hats, Setian at 596-9871, 1840 Westfield mittens, gloves, scarves and seatvalley.com/2nd-saturdays.html.

St., West Springfield.

Tickets $13 online and at the door. 1 ers. 538 Greenfield Road, Deerfield. ”World War IIIII,” paintings by Mill Valley Road Suite B, Hadley.

House of Hamill at the Trinity

Charles Miller: See Thursday listing

Quadrangle Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden: 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.

Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History: “Latinos en Springfield, Presente y Pasado / Latinos in Springfield Past and Present,” through March 3. “Meet the Grinch,” Nov. 11, 11:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Step into the Grinch’s Grotto to meet the Grinch himself. Visit with Mt. Crumpit’s most famous resident, snap a few photos, and explore a winter wonderland of holiday spirit. Because he needs his beauty rest, the Grinch will take a short break every 40 minutes.

Permanent exhibit: More than two dozen Indian motorcycles and related memorabilia.

Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts: “A Gathering: Works from Contemporary Black American Ceramic Artists,” through March 31. “Artifice: New Paintings,” by Priya N. Green, through Dec. 31. “As They Saw It: Women Artists Then & Now.,” through Jan. 14, in the Wheeler Gallery. Museum a la Carte, Nov. 9, 12:15 p.m. “On to the Hoosac, on to the West,” $4, members free.

Presented by Joel Cummings, docent guide, Springfield Science Museum and Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum.

Springfield Science Museum: “Ways of My Ancestors: We are Nipmuc. We are the Freshwater People,” through Feb. 25. Permanent exhibit: State-of-the-art Zeiss Projector and updated International Space Station Exhibit.

The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum: Permanent exhibit. Firstfloor exhibition offers interactive three-dimensional exhibits. Second floor contains Geisel’s personal memorabilia. 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

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Welcome Center and Museum store.

Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Museums Amelia Park Children’s Museum: Permanent exhibit: Sign up online for a play session at ameliaparkmuseum.org. Hours: Mon., 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Thu.-Sun., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Open for groups Tues. and Wed. $8 adults, $8 children (12 months and older); $4 grandparents/seniors (60+); military personnel & teachers receive a 10% discount off the price of regular admission. Members and infants free. 29 South Broad St., Westfield or ameliaparkmuseum.org.

Anchor House of Artists: Rotating art exhibits, self-staged by regional talents. The best least-known gallery in the Pioneer Valley. Free public receptions on the second Fri. of the month from 5-8 p.m. Nov. 10, Dec. 8. For more information, email artists@anchorhouseartists.org, visit anchorhouseartists.org, or call 413-588-4337.

The New England Visonary Artists Museum: Seeking curator projects in the 2024 season.

Preferred projects (talk and exhibit) present self-trained New England artists living or deceased who work outside the academic tradition. For more information and to apply, visit neva-museum.org, email vision@ neva-museum.org, or call 413-5884337.

Artful Bonds: “Veterans and their Families” an exhibition, Nov. 10 30. Opening reception Nov. 10, 5-8 p.m., part of Arts Night Out. 518 Pleasant St., Northampton Berkshire Museum: “One-of-a Kind Wonders,” through Jan. 7.

39 South St., Pittsfield or berkshiremuseum.org.

Children’s Museum at Holyoke: Permanent exhibit: Amazing world of learning and play. Hours: Tues.Fri., 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun., noon-4 p.m. Closed Mondays, closed Thanksgiving Day. In the event of severe weather conditions, check Facebook, Instagram, or local TV Station 22 for closures. Admission: Children & adults $8; seniors (62+) $5; children under 1 year of age and members free. 444 Dwight St., Holyoke or childrensmuseumholyoke.org.

East Longmeadow Historical Commission Museum: Permanent exhibit: Featured at the

museum are East Longmeadow artifacts pertaining to the quarries, local Native Americans, period clothing, the railroad system, and much more. Open 1-3 p.m. on the third Saturday of the month, Sept - June, weather permitting. New exhibits and events are planned for 2023-’24. All are welcomed and admittance is free. Special tours are available on request by contacting Bruce Moore at 413-525-3072. 87 Maple St., East Longmeadow

$23 seniors (63+); $19 youth (5-15); $23 students with valid high school or college ID; free for ages under 5.

1000 West Columbus Ave., Springfield or hoophall.com.

Norman Rockwell Museum: “Norman Rockwell: Winter Wonderland,” through Feb. 25. Art Tours: “Rockwell Studio Tours,” through Nov. 12. 20-minute guided tour of the historic studio where Rockwell painted, corresponded, and posed models for more than 20 years.

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Tickets at NRM.org/visit. Gallery.

Book Art: Permanent exhibit: hours: Thu.-Mon., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Gabrielle Healy Carroll Storytime Advance-ticket purchase required; Programs are held Tues. and Fri. Closed Tues. and Wed. Visit nrm.

10:30 a.m.; Sat. 10:30 a.m. and 2 org for more information. $20 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m., free with admisadults; $18 seniors, AAA, retired sion. Museum hours: Weds.-Fri, military; $10 college students; free 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; children 18 and under, members Sun, noon-5 p.m. $6, $9, $22.50 for and active military 9 Route 183, a family of four. 125 West Bay Road, Stockbridge.

Amherst or carlemuseum.org.

Old Sturbridge Village: “For the

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evening exploring the way artists play with size to change the way we think about the world around us. Make a miniaturized and supersized sculpture during drop-in art making inspired by art on view on the lower level of the museum.

Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton or scma.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. Wed.-Sun, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 1 Armory Square, Springfield or nps. gov/spar.

Sat. of the month from 1-3 p.m.

Items on display include hand-built models of early town buildings and other structures, local artifacts and historic items from the Civil War, Mittineague Park and Bear Hole areas, as well as other local historic items and displays. 55 Altamont Ave., West Springfield

Windsor Historical Society: Permanent exhibit: Explore the people, places and events that have shaped Windsor for more than four centuries. Hours: Wed.-Sat., 11 a.m.-4 p.m., with house tours at 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. General admission to the library and historic houses is Susan B. Anthony Birthplace Mu- $10 for adults, 48 for seniors, $6 for students and free to children under seum: Permanent exhibit: Daniel Anthony’s Store, The Legacy Room, 12 and WHS members. Visitors are free to browse the museums tore The Birthing Room, The Portrait and exhibit galleries at no charge.

Gallery. Winter hours: Fri.-Sun., 10 Hearth Cooking Programs. Nov. a.m.-4 p.m. through May 26. $10 11, “Everything but the Turkey.” adults, $8 seniors, $6 students 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Choose between Historic Deerfield: Exhibit: “CelPurpose of Illumination.” Learn how and children 6-17, free for children ebrating the Fiber Arts: The Helen New Englanders needed, used, and under 6 and NARM/NEMA/ROAM sherried sweet potatoes, sauced Geier Flynt Textile Gallery,” through created artificial lighting methods members. 67 East Road, Adams or apples, carrot pudding, onion pye, wild mushroom pye, sweet potato Nov. 27. Exhibit: “Garden of Hearts: in the 1830s and see first-hand susanbanthonybirthplace.com. biscuits, creamed celery with Madeline Yale Wynne & Deerartifacts from the era. Permanent The Emily Dickinson Museum: pecans, and apple-currant relish. field’s Arts and Crafts Movement,” exhibit: Kidstory, an indoor learning Homestead and Evergreens: PerMore information and registration through March 3. “Woodworking gallery in the Visitor’s Center manent exhibit. Open Wed.-Sun. 10 at windsorhistoricalsociety.org. with Sharon Mehrman,” Nov. 11, 10 where kids 3-10 can try on period a.m.- 5 p.m. Admission to the muSpace is limited; $65 per person, a.m.-4 p.m. Included with general costumes and imagine life in the seum is by guided tour, for which plus estimated $10-$15 food costs. admission. “Hands-On Hearth 1830’s; “Neat and Tasty: Getting advance-purchased timed tickets 96 Palisade Ave., Windsor or windCooking Workshop: Game Dinner,” Dressed in Early New England”; are required. Visit EmilyDickinssorhistoricalsociety.org.

Nov. 11, 4 p.m.-8 p.m. at the Hall apparel in portraiture. Standard onMuseum.org to purchase your Tavern. Registration required, visit Daytime Admission tickets are Wistariahurst Museum: Permatickets and for more information. historic-deerfield.org/events/ good for one-day and are not valid nent exhibit: Gardens and grounds 280 Main St., Amherst. hands-on-hearth-cooking-workfor special evening programs like open daily from dawn to dusk.

Titanic Museum: Permanent exshop-game-dinner/, $70-$75. 80 Christmas by Candlelight. $30 Carriage House and gift shop hibit: Exhibits from the collection of Old Main St., Deerfield or historadults; $28 seniors (55+); $15 colopen Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-2 p.m. For ic-deerfield.org. lege students with valid college ID; the International Titanic Historical information about house tours, Society. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 group tours and upcoming events $15 children 4-17; free for children Holyoke Heritage State Park: p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $4, $2 ages 3 and under. Route 20, Sturvisit wistariahurst.org. $7 Holyoke Permanent exhibit: Preserving children and students. 208 Main bridge or osv.org. residents; $5 seniors; $5 youth the history and culture of Holyoke St., Indian Orchard or titanic1.org. (under 18); free museum members, through permanent exhibits on the Pan African Historical Museum University Museum of Contemactive miliatry, and family mempaper and textile industry, featuring USA: Permanent exhibit: Exhibiporary Art - Fine Arts Center: bers. “Victory Theatre WPA Murals” a scale model of Mountain Park. tions by local artists. Hours: Tues.Permanent exhibit. The Fine Arts exhibition, through March 2024.

Visitor Center open Tues.-Sun., Fri., noon-4 p.m. Free. 1500 Main Center requires patrons to be fully 238 Cabot St., Holyoke or wistarinoon-4 p.m. Closed Mondays.

St., Springfield, 413-733-1823. vaccinated to attend performancahurst.org.

Check website for programs and Polish Center of Discovery and es. UMass students, staff, and tours at mass.gov/locations/ Yiddish Book Center: “Yiddish: Learning: Permanent exhibit: volunteers are required to be fully holyoke-heritage-state-park.

A Global Culture,” permanent Living monument safeguarding vaccinated per university policy.

Free. 221 Appleton St., Holyoke, exhibit tells a multitude of global historical objects representative Masks are not required, but are 413-534-1723. yet deeply personal stories, exof the material culture of the welcome and encouraged. The Uni- ploring modern Yiddish literature, Mead Art Museum: Permanent Polish people in America. Gallerversity Museum is open through theater, music, press, and politics exhibit: Various American and ies include “Coming to America”; May 1 Tue.-Fri., 11 a.m.–4:30 p.m., through approximately 350 objects.

European paintings, Mexican ce“At Home in America”; “Folk Art”; Sat.-Sun., noon–4p p.m., and first Permanent exhibit, “A Velt mit ramics, Tibetan scroll paintings and “History.” The Polish Center is open Thursdays until 8 p.m. Closed veltelekh: The Worlds of Jewish more. Museum hours: Tues.-Thu. to the public daily, Mon.-Fri, 1-5 Mondays, holidays, and academic Culture.” Jews of the Wild West: and Sun., 9 a.m.-midnight; Fri., 9 p.m., except for inclement weather breaks. 151 Presidents Drive, AmNov. 12, 2 p.m. “Jews of the Wild a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. and holidays. Other times may be herst, umass.edu West,” directed by Amanda Kinsey, 220 South Pleasant St., Amherst or scheduled by appointment. $5 Wadsworth Atheneum Museum is a feature-length documentary amherst.edu. donation. 33 South St., Chicopee of Art: Permanent installation: which tells a positive immigration or polishcenter.net.

Naismith Memorial Basketball “Post-War and Contemporary Art.” story and highlights the dynamic Hall of Fame: Permanent exhibit: Smith College Museum of Art: Visit thewadsworth.org for more contributions Jewish Americans Three floors with dozens of hands- Permanent exhibits: “Ancient World information. Hours: Fri., noon-8 made to shaping the western on exhibits, a regulation sized Gallery, Beyond the Museum: p.m. (after 5 p.m. enter at 29 AthUnited States. Screenings are in basketball court and more than Art on Smith’s Campus.” Hours: eneum Square North); Sat.-Sun., person at the Yiddish Book Center’s 900 artifacts on display. Exhibits Tues.-Sun. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed noon-5 p.m. Museum is closed July Amherst campus. Space is limited include “High Above Center Court,” Mondays and major holidays.

4, Thanksgiving, Christmas and and reservations are encouraged.

“Hall of Honor,” “1891 Gallery,” Smith College Museum of Art New Years Day. Free. 600 Main St., $6-$8, https://support.yiddish“Players Gallery,” “James Goldstein (SCMA) is free to all. “Sum of Its Hartford bookcenter.org/site/CalenSuperfan gallery,” and “Jerry ColParts: Multi-Panel Works on Paper dar?id=9302&view=Detail. 1021 West Springfield Town Museum: angelo Court of Dreams.” Hours: from the Collection,” through Jan. 7.

West St., Amherst or yiddishbookPermanent exhibit.

The museum Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. November Second Friday: “Art and center.org. is open to the public every first 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $28 adults (16-24); Scale,” Nov. 10, 4 p.m. Spend an

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over the mystery of a lost assignment in order to persuade the professor to accept the CONTINUES FROM PAGE E4 assignment late,” Lartigue Republican. added. “(‘The Bucket Brigade’) Lartigue will act with a takes place during the height student performer in “Not-Soof COVID lockdown,” Brightspace,” and “it’s a lot of Wheeler said of her play. fun collaborating with them “Eddie, who is a long term on productions like this,” she survivor of HIV/AIDS, is said. living with his niece, Divine, In “Sure,” Lartigue will take a history professor strugthe stage with a Springfield gling to engage her students College colleague, professor through remote learning. Ed- Paul Thifault. die has begun to experience The original works by memory issues that bring Wheeler and Lartigue are him back to the 1980s, the three of seven 10-minute plays height of the AIDS pandem- that will be performed over ic. He becomes fixated on the weekend. All performancfinding/remembering an old es will be held in the Fuller acquaintance.

Arts Center on campus on “Ultimately, this play is Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday about parallels across time, at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday as well as the challenges of at 2 p.m. intergenerational memory,” Members of the commuWheeler added. nity are invited to attend There are no students cast the performances. There is in Wheeler’s play. Uncle a suggested donation of $5 Eddie will be played by Shell for the general public, while and Divine will be played Springfield College students

by Chelsea Corr-Ligomes, a and senior citizens can see the veteran of remote teaching performances for free. during the pandemic.

Theater news & notes “Seeing these two talented individuals bring these char• A star-studded cast is acters to life is a huge honor tasked with bringing the enerfor me,” Wheeler said. gy of “Dreamgirls” to life on a Lartigue, who has been Connecticut stage. teaching at Springfield College Goodspeed Musicals will for 20 years, was approached close out its 60th anniversary

by Shell over the summer season with “Dreamgirls,” about the opportunity to bring which follows the story of her scripts to life. a 1960s Motown girl group “I had been working on writ- catching a big break. The Tonying some comic ten-minute and Grammy-award winning plays, and I had performed in musical will be staged at the some of Martin’s past theater East Haddam, Connecticut, productions, so I trusted he theater Friday through Dec. 30. would know as a director how The cast will be led by to bring my scripts to life,” Ta-Tynisa Wilson (of BroadLartigue, who is a professor of way’s “Hamilton”) as Deena.

English literature and director Keirsten Hodgens (Broadof the Springfield College way’s “SIX”) as Lorrell; Trejah Honors Program, shared in an Bostic (“The Leading Lady interview by email with The Club,” off-Broadway) as Effie; Republican.

Evan Tyrone Martin (“An Both of Lartigue’s pieces are Unforgettable Nat King Cole comedies, and each feature Christmas,” Goodspeed Mutwo actors. sicals) as Curtis; Jos N. Banks In “Sure,” a couple’s firstas CC; Mykal Kilgore (Broadmeet after “matching” on a way’s “Motown the Musical,” dating app goes wrong. “The “Hair”) as Jimmy, and Robert play is a comic take on dating Cornelius as Marty will join in midlife after divorce,” Lar- her. tigue said.

“Dreamgirls” will be directMeanwhile, in “Not-Soed by Chicago native Lili-Anne Brightspace,” “a seemingly Brown, with choreography by well-meaning college student Breon Arzell and music direcwonders with her professor tion by Christie Chiles Twillie.

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