Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival: Crossing Delancey
March 19 at 7:30 pm
& March 20 at 8 pm
Pothole Pictures
Memorial Hall, Shelburne Falls
Rated PG, color, running 97 minutes
$6 for adults and $4 for kids under 12
Pre-purchased season
tickets are also accepted.
For further info, call 413-625-2896
For the first time ever, Pothole Pictures teams up with the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival for a showing
of the sweet, charming and slightly offbeat romantic comedy "Crossing Delancey." Released in 1988, this is the story of Izzy (Amy Irving), an unassuming young woman in Manhattan
who is lured by the contemporary social scene whose "Bubbie" leads her to a Jewish matchmaker, and ultimately to kind, sensitive, Sam the Pickle Man (Peter Riegert).
There
will be live music on stage for ½ hour before the film both nights. On Friday Last Night's Fun plays traditional Irish music and on Saturday The Doug Johnson Band plays original
country-folk.
The Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival will be showcasing 14 films over a two-week period in 7 towns and they promise pickles for sampling in the lobby for this special
event. Pothole Pictures is a non-profit, all-volunteer-run movie house located in historic Memorial Hall Theater at 51 Bridge Street in Shelburne Falls. It is fully heated and handicapped
accessible.
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Find out about all the great films in the festival here.
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Dave Lippman, aka Wild Bill Bailout, at the Echo Lake Coffeehouse
Saturday, March 20,
7:30 pm
Echo Lake Coffeehouse
Town Hall, 9 Montague Rd., Leverett, MA
Tickets at the door are $10-$12 (self-determined sliding scale.)
Audiences of all ages have
thrilled to the post-corporate comic stylings of satirical songster Dave Lippman. The anti-war troubadour afflicts the complacent, takes the air out of the windbags of the week, de-distorts history,
and updates worn-out songs with parody and thrust. He is not your grandfather's folksinger.
Singing CIA Agent George Shrub, hedging his bets, has passed the torch - which was melting
down - to his rich relation, Wild Bill Bailout, the Bard of the Bankers. Like Shrub, Wild Bill employs anti-folk songs and anti-nationalization anthems to explain (and enforce) that the business of
America is none of your business, that those too big to fail are also too big for jail, and that the jobless and foreclosed must bail out their own boats.
How will Wild Bill finesse the
collapse of capital and find a new way to rule the world? Can he help Mr. Obama put lipstick on a war? Will he Bank on America or are we all turning Chinese? Can Hugo Chavez be stopped from using Gaza
to embarrass the US and hand the world to Iran? Come find out at the Echo Lake! Favorite tunes from this dynamic duo include Brother Can You Spare a Diamond, The Sport Futility Vehicle Tango, I
Hate Wal-Mart, Your Car is Disgusting, and many more endearing titles...
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More info at Echo Lake's website
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Live! from The Met - Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet
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| Natalie Dessay and Simon Keenlyside in Thomas' Hamlet at the Met |
Saturday, March 27, 1 pm
Expected duration: 3 hours, 43 minutes with 2 intermissions
Memorial Hall 51 Bridge Street Shelburne Falls
Few composers have dared to make an opera out of Shakespeare's tragedy, Hamlet, and only one has scored a hit: Ambroise Thomas, whose French version from 1868 returns to the Metropolitan Opera
stage this season after more than a century's absence. This powerful production has toured internationally with its star, baritone Simon Keenlyside, in the daunting title role.
Performing the role of Ophélie on March 27, will be soprano Marlis Petersen who last sang the role in Düsseldorf in 2006. With such numbers as Hamlet's spirited drinking song and
Ophelia's virtuosic mad scene, Thomas's Hamlet clothes Shakespeare's towering revenge tragedy in Romantic music without distorting its essence.
If it's Shakespeare's
Hamlet you want, you can read the play or see it. But if opera is your pleasure -- if it's all about the music -- you could do a lot worse than Thomas's Hamlet.
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Memorial Hall website here.
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Coop Concerts presents “All Cooped Up” winter concert.
Saturday, March 27, 7
pm
Community Room downstairs at All Souls Unitarian Church
Main Street, Greenfield MA
Tickets at door, sliding $5-$15
Contact Michael Nix 413-772-0328 for more info.
Coop Concerts presents the Second Annual "All Cooped Up" winter concert, a celebration of the "almost-end of winter." Last year's concert
was a full house, so plan to arrive early for a seat. Refreshments will be served by members of All Souls Unitarian Church. Performing will be many of your favorite Coopsters, including
Brooke Brown Saracino, Michael Pattavina, Roland LaPierre, Julia Burrough, Pat and Tex LaMountain, Jennie McAvoy, Michael Nix, Michael Orlen, Joe Graveline, Barry Higgins , and The Box Carl
Lilies.
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Coop concerts website here
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Michael Nix Uke Workshop - for Teens & Adults
Saturday, March 27,
10-4p.m.
Artspace Community Center
15 Mill Street, Greenfield, MA
Fee: $60
Info at: 413-772-6811.
Players should be able to play a few basic chords.
Attendees should bring their own uke, and some songs or music that they may want to work on, or have questions about. This workshop will expand your chords and strumming rhythms.
A short review of note reading will help you interpret melody. We will work in small groups on pieces in various styles. The afternoon will culminate in working through songs
as a group. Beginners are welcome.
The schedule for the day:
10-11:30 Uke Fretboard Basics! Expanding your chords and strumming rhythms will jazz up your playing and give you
more musical choices! Also, a short presentation on note reading on the Uke will help you interpret melody. We will apply the techniques to short pieces and excerpts.
12:30-2:00 Putting a
Tune Together: Somewhere over the Rainbow/It's a Wonderful World---A Modern Uke Classic! Apply what we learned about rhythm and chord choices in the morning session while working on this put
beautiful modern classic.
2-4 p.m. Work on songs in various styles.
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ArtSpace website here
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Call to Artists: Due April 1! Detritus show in Turners Falls!
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| Image by Angela Davies from Detritus 2004 show |
It's the dawn of a new
decade, the economy is in trouble & we still have too much garbage. Your art could be part of the solution!
The 2010 Art From Detritus Exhibition will take place at the former
Pure Light gallery space in Turners Falls and is a juried international art competition for dynamic, inventive and provocative work created from a multitude of materials that would have been discarded
if not rescued for artmaking.
Submit your best work now!
Email 3-6 jpegs of work no larger than 500 dpi in either direction. Include in your email an Artwork List with size, materials used, title & date, plus an artist bio & statement.
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Info on the Detritus show here.
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Call to Artists – Due April 15! Turners Falls RiverCulture’s Producers' Series.
Do you love Turners Falls? Have
an eye for the unusual or underutilized spaces? Have an idea for a cultural event but have not acted on it? Would you like to give it a whirl with a little help from RiverCulture? They
want to help you get started.
Current criteria for selection: Can you actually pull it off, is it participatory in nature, is it inventive and interesting, will the money be 'well
spent', does it integrate with some cool location in Turners, and perhaps most importantly, did you make the deadline?
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Get the details here on the Producers' call.
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Bring Your Business Into the Future!
The Greenfield Business Association, Shelburne Falls Area Business Association, Turners Falls RiverCulture and the Montague Business Association are offering workshops
emphasizing the importance of social media and cutting edge web technology to help promote local business.
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Find the Schedule here.
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36th Annual Massachusetts Sheep & Woolcraft Fair
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| 2009 Winning Two or More Sheep Photo by Melissa Cunningham |
Entry info available
now!
Memorial Day Weekend, May 29 & 30
Cummington Fairgrounds
Cummington, Massachusetts
The Pioneer Valley Sheep Breeders Association, the Massachusetts
Federation of Sheep Associations and the Massachusetts Dept. of Agricultural Resources will sponsor its Annual Sheep and Woolcraft Fair at the Cummington Fairgrounds. Premium money will be divided on
a point system from money available. All Massachusetts sheep producers and woolcraft enthusiasts are invited to participate in this event. Camping is available on the grounds for vendors and
exhibitors with a $10 fee for tents or campers without hookups, and $20 for camping with hook-ups. You should register by sending in the camping reservation form. Camping is first come, first
served.
For Info, call Kim LaBlanc at (413) 262-2730 and request specific department entry info be mailed to you.
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Check out entry information and schedule here.
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