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St. Patrick’s Parade successful thanks to support of many

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APPY 2019 GREEN Season!

On behalf of the St. Patrick’s Committee of Holyoke, it is my honor to welcome you to the city of Holyoke, the 68th annual Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade, and a weekend of amazing festivities! It has been a privilege to serve this past year as president of our committee and to be able to celebrate so many different Irish events in our region. Being president of this group is the easy part as I am grateful to the over 200 members of our committee for their hard work and dedication. They truly make it possible to put on an amazing and successful 44th annual Road Race and 68th parade.

I also want to thank the citizens of Holyoke for their support of the parade and road race over the years.

It is because of their pride that Devin Sheehan we can allow our streets to shine during this great time. I need to acknowledge the great support we receive from Mayor Alex Morse and the Holyoke City Council. We are able to be successful because the mayor and City Council are always ready to support our community. Holyoke is proud to be on display parade weekend and the rest of the year because of the hard work of the Holyoke Department of Public Works, Holyoke Gas and Electric, Holyoke Police Department, the Holyoke Auxiliary Police, the Holyoke Fire Department and the Massachusetts State Police. Collectively, these groups ensure that we are all safe 365 days a year. I am grateful for their unwavering commitment and dedication as they truly are some of the best public servants I know.

We could not be successful

as an organization without the support of the business community and all of our generous sponsors from across Western Massachusetts and across the Commonwealth. Our sponsors make it possible for us to be on television, recruit the greatest bands, build the best floats and allow us to display the best the Pioneer Valley has.

I also want to congratulate all of our outstanding award winners this year. I look forward to marching with our Grand Marshal Roger Reidy, a dedicated local business owner and parade committee member for many years. It is a pleasure to recognize Holyoke native TJ Jagodowski as the John F. Kennedy National Award Winner. We honor Dr. Christopher Fox, who hails from Notre Dame University, with the Ambassador Award.

Joe Weisse who has ensured our runners have stayed hydrated as the owner of Laurel Pure Water is the recipient of the Citizenship Award. Our committee is also recognizing the work of three long time members for their hard work over the years. Ann Lowe will receive the Rohan Award, Jennifer Cooper the O’Connell Award and Joe Morrison the Gallivan Award. Finally, I want to recognize Lauren Dulude as our 2019 Grand Colleen and the other members of her court.

Growing up in Holyoke, we all have our memories of parade day and green season. I can vividly remember standing out with my family at the end of Hitchcock Street with excitement as bands, floats and colleens made there way down the street. I always remember seeing the people in the “yellow jackets” who made sure that the parade continued down the street. I never really thought that I would someday see myself as one of these people with a yellow jacket.

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2019 HOLYOKE ST. PATRICK’S PARADE GUIDE Start time: Sunday at noon Audience: The parade attracts some 400,000 spectators, plus viewers watching live on The CW Springfield, WWLP’s sister station. Live streaming coverage of the parade will begin at noon on Sunday and can be seen at wwlp.com Parade route: The 2.65-mile march begins at noon north on Northampton Street to Beech Street; east on Beech Street to Appleton Street; southeast on Appleton Street to High Street; and north on High Street to Hampden Street.

Assembly area: K-Mart Plaza Parking Lot, Northampton Street (Route 5) and Whiting Farms Road, Divisions: “A” through “J.” Division “K” through Shriners Unit on Route 5 Northampton Street northbound side.

Assembly information can be found at the Command Post.

First aid stations: Holyoke Medical Center area and K-Mart Plaza Website: For more information, visit holyokestpatricksparade.com

The 2019 Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade is Sunday. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)

Social media: To stay connected to parade via social media: • Twitter: @holyokeparade • Facebook: facebook.com/HolyokeParade • Hashtag: #Parade413

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Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse says the annual Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade offers the city a chance to show off its ongoing economic revival. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)

REETINGS, FAMILIES, friends and guests.

Welcome to Holyoke, the “Greenest City” on this side of the planet. Get ready to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day like never before. We in Holyoke celebrate this holiday unlike any other place.

For decades, Holyoke’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration has drawn hundreds of thousands into the heart of our city from across the Pioneer Valley, the country, and even the world, to enjoy this weekend-long event. Friends and family from all corners of the world come back to Holyoke for a unique homecoming that strengthens and celebrates the history, heritage and the bonds of those that came before us to make Holyoke the city it is today.

The future is looking bright as we continue to push the boundaries on innovative strategies and new projects that continue to make Holyoke a pioneer in various industries. As you walk through Holyoke, you will see formerly vacant industrial buildings, once left behind to decay, becoming a source of investment, bringing in new jobs and revenue to our city.

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convinced me to come to a meeting with her and that we should join the group. I was hesitant but I said, “I can give a little bit of time.� Now, 11 years later I find myself as president of an organization that has been like a second family.

Parade day and road race weekend is a time we all get to celebrate the rich diversity of Holyoke and Western Massachusetts.

Whether you are Irish or Irish-at-heart (#allarewelcome), we come together to celebrate all that is great within our city.

Parade day and road race weekend is a time we all get to celebrate the rich diversity of Holyoke and Western Massachusetts. Whether you are Irish or Irish-at-heart (#allarewelcome), we come together to celebrate all that is great within our city. If you are a visitor to Holyoke, I would encourage you to take some time and visit the Holyoke Merry Go Round, the International Volley Ball Hall of Fame, Mt. Tom or any of the other amazing points of interest that we have to offer.

I also would not have been successful as president without the support of my family. I had many events across Western Mass to attend and I often had to alter plans and break commitments so I could represent the parade committee. I am grateful to my partner, Michael, for always being willing to attend events and help out where needed to make me successful this year. I hope that everyone has a great and safe St. Patrick’s Day Weekend! I can’t wait to see you along the parade route.

Sincerely, Devin M. Sheehan, president, St. Patrick’s Committee of Holyoke

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It’s probably safe to the city’s heritage and the I would also like to thank assume that the 5th anfounding of volleyball, 20 the Holyoke Department of nual 2018 Halfway to St. new, large fiberglass volley- Public Works and the many Patrick’s Day 5K road race Police Departments throughin early September will balls are located at highly have had somewhat better trafficked areas of the city, as out the State of Massachuweather conditions than the well as at the city entrances. setts, including the Masupcoming St. Patrick’s Road They were each individually sachusetts State Police, for Race on Saturday. and uniquely painted as a offering their services each if bad weather occurs.

The halfway race, public art project to help year. Your help is invaluable held at Holyoke’s brighten the city. to the success of the Holyoke “Forecast – what’s your Ashley ReserSt. Patrick’s Parade.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE E4 The Holyoke race began with fewer than 200 runners city ready for the weekend.” back in 1976, but was given The September “halfway” immediate legitimacy by race is held each year to Olympians Bill Rogers and raise money to help cover the costs associated with the Frank Shorter. Rogers won the first three races, providing the following year’s St. Patrick’s event with name recognition Day parade. More than 700 right out of the gate. It’s now runners participated in that the largest race in Western event, a number that will be dwarfed, obviously, by the up- New England with runners coming race, which will draw competing for cash prizes.

Donoghue said the winner thousands, including some of last year’s men’s category, top athletes from around the John Brusque, is confirmed world. to run again this year, but the “We are tracking to have women’s winner from 2018, between 6,500 and 7,000 Apryl Sabadosa, is a maybe.

“She’s won the last two years, so I’m hopeful she will return,” he said. There is no word on whethThis year’s race, as usual, er this runner in the 2018 St. Patrick’s Day Road Race was faster than a speeding bullet.

will start at 1 p.m. at the corner of Maple and Lyman streets in Holyoke. It will be preceded by the kids’ fun run, with a road race walk starting right after the race begins.

The kids’ event will start at 11 a.m. at the intersection of Hampden and Walnut streets and go to the race finish line.

The two-mile walk start immediately after the runners depart and will go out to the first mile marker and then circle back onto Maple Street and finish at Dwight and Maple.

There will also be entertainment along the walk course and walkers will also receive a T-Shirt.

A concert by the legendary Mummers will also be on tap, starting at 12:10 p.m. at the intersection of Maple and Hampden streets.

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Award recipients include actor, professor

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are proud to call one of our own,” he said. “His accomplishments and versatile career as a performer certainly earns him a place among the notable Irish-Americans whose names are etched in our JFK monument and I look forward to adding his name to this distinguished list.”

A look at this year’s award recipients follows:

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A nationally recognized actor from Holyoke who stars in the long-running Sonic Drive-In commercials and a professor and author who has devoted a lifetime to Irish studies, along with five outstanding members of the St. Patrick’s Parade Committee of Holyoke, are among this year’s award winners who will wear their green in the line of march during the annual Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade on March 17.

This year’s prestigious John F. Kennedy National Award recipient is Thomas James (T.J.) Jagodowski, an actor and improv artist who was born in Holyoke and later moved to Chicago, where he has pursued a successful career in making people laugh.

Originally presented in 1958 as the Outstanding American of Irish Descent award, it was renamed in 1964 to honor its first recipient, John F. Kennedy, who at the time was a senator and soon to be the president of the United States.

Other than the John F. Kennedy National Award recipient and the Ambassador Award, which is being presented to professor and author Dr. Christopher Fox, the remaining five awards recognize members of the St. Patrick’s Parade Committee of Holyoke: • Roger J. Reidy, Jr. has been named Grand Marshal, • Joseph Weisse is the Citizenship Award winner, • Anne Lowe is the Thomas F. Rohan Award winner,

Roger J. Reidy, right, the 68th grand marshal of the 2019 Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade, addresses the audience at The Wherehouse? in Holyoke. At left is Devin Sheehan, president of the parade committee. (STEVEN E. NANTON PHOTO)

• Jenn Cooper is the George E. O’Connell Award recipient, and • Joseph Morrison is the Daniel J. Gallivant Award recipient.

“I am extremely proud to be marching along with this year’s esteemed group of award winners,” said Devin Sheehan, 2019 parade president. “They represent all that is great about Holyoke, our parade and our Irish heritage.

This year’s award recipients have made positive impacts in the city of Holyoke in a number of ways – whether as business owners, community volunteers, or proud Holyokers – and their personal and professional achievements are to be celebrated, along with their dedication to the parade and our committee.”

The parade president said

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“For nearly 30 years, Roger has been an extremely dedicated member of the Parade Committee, whether as parade coordinator, on the road race or by serving on our board of directors. He is very deserving of this great honor,” Sheehan said.

About Jagodowski receiving the prestigious JFK Award, Sheehan noted the Holyoke Parade Committee takes special pride in recognizing the achievements and talents of fellow Holyokers.

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Born in 1962, Reidy is the son of Roger and Jeanne (Villamaire) Reidy, and is the second-youngest of seven siblings who grew up in Bemis Heights in Holyoke.

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Hosts plan ‘a spectacular parade for all to watch’ Organizers offering mix of traditional, new attractions

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Special to The Republican

There’s a new Mummers band in town.

Heralding the arrival of this year’s Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade will be the Fralinger String Band from Philadelphia in its first-ever appearance in Holyoke.

“We have four Mummers bands in this year’s parade,” said Kathy Krisak, chair, Parade Coordination.

They will be followed by the traditional blowing sirens of the Holyoke Police Department and the official start of this year’s annual parade.

Once the shiny Holyoke Police cars have passed, the line of march begins with Grand Marshal Roger J. Reidy Jr., fol-

lowed by JFK Award recipient Thomas James (T.J.) Jagodowski, then Devin Sheehan, who is president of the 2019 Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade, followed by several Committee Award recipients.

This year’s Committee Award recipients include Ambassador Award winner Dr. Christopher Fox, Citizenship Award winner Joseph Weisse, Thomas F. Rohan Award winner Anne Kathleen M. Lowe, George Krisak E. O’Connell Award recipient Jenn Cooper, and Daniel J. Gallivant Award recipient Joseph Morrison.

Krisak noted that once again this year, new Holyoke Chief of Police Manny Febo will be followed in the line of march

Holyoke 2019 Grand Colleen Lauren H. Dulude, center, will be joined by her court members — Brianna L. Minie, Summer J. Kaeppel, Caroline H. Sullivan and Meghan L. Goshea — during this year’s Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade. (FREDERICK GORE FILE PHOTO)

by a double-decker bus from Peter Pan holding retired Holyoke police officers greeting parade-goers.

This year’s parade has 25 floats, a big addition over last year’s 15 floats, noted Krisak.

About 10 of the floats can be found in the Holyoke contingent, including the Holyoke Grand Colleen float, the first

float to drive down the streets of Holyoke each year.

This year it will be carrying Grand Colleen, Lauren Hanna Dulude, and her court – Caroline Hafey Sullivan, Summer Jade Kaeppel, Brianna Leigh Minie and Megan Lee Goshea.

Several years ago, as a way to generate greater interest in the parade among the youth

of Holyoke, the St. Patrick’s Parade Committee initiated a contest with the Holyoke schools to render a design for the Grand Colleen float.

“This year’s float, called Emm’a Cottage after its student designer, has our colleen and her court sitting inside the dining room of an

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Committee floating a story idea Sons of Erin aim to ‘excite the kids’ each year

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Among those representing Agawam in the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade will be Agawam Colleen Bailey Claire Thomas, center, and her court, from left, Cassidy Patterson, Taylor DeGeorge, Meghan Haines and Allison Leonard. (STEVE SMITH FILE PHOTO)

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a contingent from Westfield 350 (celebrating Westfield’s 350th birthday May 19) and members of American Legion Post 124.

“The Westfield Division of the parade is run solely through The Sons of Erin,” said Karen M. Casey, chairperson of The Sons of Erin Westfield Parade Committee, noting that the group is celebrating its 40th year. “We are very proud of our city and of our Irish club.”

Working on the parade “is so much work and so much fun at the same time,” she said. “The kids love it; we love it and everything about it.”

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The Westfield Division also is to include The Sons of Erin general membership and women’s auxiliary, the Westfield High School Band and members of police and fire departments from Westfield.

They will be joined by members of the Southwick Fire Department, elected officials, St. Mary’s Parish schools faculty and students,

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2019 Westfield Colleen Hannah E. Jury, center, will be joined by her court members – Fionnuala J. Matthews, Maura R. Wurster, Shaunessey E. Lambert and Kaitlin R. Sicard – in the Holyoke St. Patricks Parade. (FREDERICK GORE FILE PHOTO)

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Mary Jo Safford, this year’s Agawam parade marshal for the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade, greeted news of the honor with astonishment. “I remember asking, ‘Are you sure?’” she said. “It is an honor that I have always held in high regard, and I am so joyful to be the recipient!”

Safford will join other Agawam award winners in Mary Jo the parade: Safford Linda Wojcik, winner of the Ann Sullivan Award, and David DeMatteo, recipient of the Agawam Citizenship Award.

Also featured in the parade will be the Agawam colleen and her court, the mayor, council members, school committee members, police and fire department representatives, the Agawam High School marching band,

Agawam cheerleaders and representatives of the Agawam Senior Center and the Shane Foundation.

“Each year (the parade) is anticipated to be better than the last,” said Laurie J. Wright, president of the Agawam St. Patrick’s Committee.

“Our committee enjoys the camaraderie of fellowship and the happy ... energy of the crowd.”

This year’s Agawam float will have a “Faith & Knowledge” religious theme.

This year’s Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade float entry from the Sons of Erin of Westfield has a story to tell.

Several, actually.

Titled “Tell Me a Story,” the float features a giant wizard hovering over a book of children’s tales while heroes and demons bound from the book to scatter over the float.

Characters come from the stories of Harry Potter, “Lord of the Rings,” Disney and Madeline.

“Floats in a parade? We’re the entertainment. You’ve got bands for the sound and static marchers, but we’re the eye candy, for what we do, and different every year, in our winning way, is excite the kids. We get them to scream and shout; it’s for the kids!” exclaimed Mark S. Hanrahan, Sons of Erin Float Committee chairman.

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CONTINUED FROM PAGE E7 Also, Bob Charland, “The Bike Guy,” who is the winner of the Irish cottage, complete with a Springfield contingent’s Paul fireplace, windows, thatched G. Caron Award – recognizing roof, fresh flowers and a little someone who has contributed glitter and stone work,” said greatly to the greater SpringWilliam Quesnel, chair of the Float Committee, who noted field community – will have the cottage is only enclosed on his own bike-inspired float three sides so that it is open to entered in the parade.

Charland is the Founder public view. of Pedal Thru Youth Inc. He The float is under construcstarted working with children tion by students at Dean in 2003 when he led a Girl Technical High School based Scout Troop for his daughter on award-winning designer Emma Tisdell’s conception of and coached her softball team.

He started teaching autoan Irish cottage named after her. She is a fifth-grader at motive classes at Willie Ross Mater Dolorosa School.

School for the Deaf in 2012.

Around the same time, he Tisdell was recently with a started fixing bikes to donate framed copy of her design, as well as a $100 scholarship. She to less-fortunate children. In will also have the opportunity 2017, after being diagnosed with a neurodegenerative disto ride in the vehicle towing the float. ease, he decided that he wantThis is the third year that ed to create a formal organizastudents from Dean Technical tion and start donating bikes High School are putting their to large groups of children talents to the test by construct- and the idea for Pedal Thru Youth was born. Charland has ing the Grand Colleen float. received numerous awards “It gives these students a from local government and wonderful opportunity to put community agencies for his into practice what they are contributions to the communilearning in school,” Quesnel said. ty, including being recognized by the Springfield City Council Additional floats in the Holyoke division include new and the Center for Human floats from Blessed Sacrament Development in 2017.

In addition to the many School and Mater Dolorosa School, as well as the Ancient breathtaking floats, the HolyOrder of Hibernians, Jericho oke contingent has plenty of and Holyoke Rowers. marching contingents, includOther floats scattered ing new this year the Paper City Basketball Club, alongthroughout the parade will include a Dr. Seuss float from side Holyoke Medical Center the Springfield Museums, Eric Carle Museum in Amherst,

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with their many caregivers walking the parade route, as well as the lively sounds of the Holyoke High School Band and more.

Among some others included in the Holyoke parade contingent include: • National Association of Letter Carriers, • Caffin Academy of Irish Dance, • Holyoke Charter School and Paulo Freire Charter School, • Holyoke Fire Department, • Aqua String Band, • Sparkling Crowns Pageant participants and • Mt. Tom Lodge A.F. & A.M. Krisak said other parade divisions will include: • Miss Massachusets Senior, • Miss Western Mass., • Miss Pioneer Valley and Miss Bristol County’s Outstanding Teen.

• Federal and state dignitaries including U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, state Sen. Don Humason, state Rep. Aaron Vega, as well as Hampden County District Attorney Anthony Gulluni and Hampden County Sheriff Nick Cocchi and his marching contingent, and • The Most Rev. Mitchell T. Rozanski, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield.

Also back this year are the Caballos De Paso Horses from Belchertown.

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coverage will be broadcast live on the CW Springfield. The parade will also be streamed live on WWLP.com. WWLP-TV22 news anchors Rich Tettemer and Tamara Sacharczyk will serve as parade hosts and anchor Barry Kriger will provide interviews from the parade route with bystanders and participants.

“The amount of music and many more colorful floats this year will make for a spectacular parade for all to watch,” Krisak said.

“We’re planning for another sunny day and hope that everyone will come out to support all the work we’ve done to make this year’s parade one of the greatest ever,” added Quesnel.

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of riders that for years now all across New England has been promoting the world’s smoothest riding horse and Puerto Rico’s National Horse and pride – the Paso Fino.

They were invited to participate in the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade back in the early 2000s. Even though at that time they were already participating in about eight annual events and parades, including the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in Manhattan, it wasn’t until appearing in the popular Holyoke parade that they gained additional notoriety.

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Safford has been a member of the Agawam St. Patrick’s Committee for 10 years.

Since 2012, she has been co-chairman of the colleen committee and has been on the board of directors for the past two years. She has been involved in fundraising, and she hosts the “Ladies Irish Tea” at her home to honor the colleen, her court and the important women in their families.

“Our committee enjoys the camaraderie of fellowship and the happy ... energy of the crowd.”

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On parade day he enjoys seeing friends along the parade route and the pride History will be made for the and smiles on the faces of the Chicopee St. Patrick’s Parade colleen and court as they are Committee when the city’s contingent in the Holyoke St. ushered through the streets of Patrick’s Day Parade is led by Holyoke. “During the entire all women for the first time; season, the sense of civic all of the executive members pride and camaraderie are and the chair of the board of among the best the city has to directors are women. offer,” he said.

The contingent will include For Clark, the most chalmarshals Jack and Eileen lenging part of the parade Kelly, past marshals, the route is the hill on Beech Chicopee High and Chicopee Street, but all along the route Comprehensive high school he likes to see the children bands, award recipients, “on the side of the road laughChicopee Colleen Madison Hartling and her court – Nyah committee members, Mayor Martineau, Kayleigh Dion, Sydney Demers and Catalina Ulloa- ing, cheering and having a Richard Kos and his staff, Hiltz - will be part of the contingent representing the city at the good time while we are doing city councilors and other the same.”

Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade. (FREDERICK GORE FILE PHOTO) elected officials, police and fire department members, on the streets of Holyoke and representatives of the Moose cheer on the members of our Lodge Family Center, Boy community,” he said. “There Scouts and Cub Scouts. is a wide variety of people Honorees include Chiwho march in our parade contingent so there is always copee St. Patrick’s Parade something for everyone.

Committee president Mary Plus, since our float continO’Brien Rodowicz, Woods Award recipient Michelle uously earns awards, it is a Liswell-Zimmek, Meara source of pride for ChicopAward winners Matthew ee.”

Turgeon and Michael Croteau Bernie St. George, a memand Atkinson Award recipient ber of the committee and Daniel Mashia. political liaison, likes how the The contingent will include parade brings communities a float, but according to Josh- together for a celebration. He said keeping the Irish culture ua T. Clark, press secretary and member of the Chicopee alive and celebrated is an St. Patrick’s Parade Commit- honor and privilege — “even tee, the theme is a secret until for this Frenchman.”

“It is a great time of the year the day of the parade.

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The young women represent the town of Agawam “with our own form of Irish pride and to do so with consistent dignity and respect for all the members in the community who have made this possible for them,” Safford said.

“We love being ‘Irish in Agawam’!” she added.

She said maintaining the Irish pride and culture is the most important aspect of the parade for her, noting that her grandmother came from Ireland in the early 1920s, escaping poverty and the “common scourges” of the time. “She came to America to seek a better future for herself. She immersed herself in the American ways and culture and essentially eschewed her own heritage,” Safford said. “She became an American citizen and stated she was an American.”

Safford grew up with little information about her heritage and the Irish culture, but she has found Irish camaraderie in “the wonderful group of friends that have now become my ‘Irish’ family — the Agawam St. Patrick’s Committee.”

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graduated summa cum laude with an associate degree in applied science. When his father retired, he began his own independent company, Reidy Heating & Cooling Inc. A communicant at Blessed Sacrament Church, he is a Eucharistic Minister and chair of the church’s Finance Council.

Active in the community, he is a former commissioner of the Holyoke Parks and Recreation Department and served as a coach for his son’s sports teams.

A longtime member of the Parade Committee, he has given countless hours serving in a multitude of leadership positions, including chief of staff and chair of the Board of Directors, and chaired many other committees. Reidy served as parade president in 2003 and was honored with the Parade Committee’s O’Connell Award in 2006.

Actor Thomas James “T.J.” Jagodowsk is winner of the 2019 John F. Kennedy Award from the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade Committee.

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After auditioning for the nationally renowned Second City sketch comedy theater, Jagodowski was hired to perform as part of the national touring company playing theaters across the country and also in Europe. The Second City then promoted him to the mainstage, where he co-wrote and starred in “The Psychopath Not Taken” and later at their ETC Theater. It was there he co-wrote and starred in their first post 9-11 show called “The Yellow Cab of Courage.”

In February of 2002, Jagodowski began two long-running partnerships.

First, he became one of the “Two Guys” spokesmen for Sonic Drive-In. The campaign still runs today and is one of the longest running television commercial campaigns in history. He also started improvising with David Pasquesi as part of the improvisational duo TJ and Dave. Their show has run in Chicago for 17 years, has had consistent runs at the Barrow Street Theater in Greenwich Village for almost 15 years, and been performed across the United States, as well as in Toronto, Rome, Vienna, Copenhagen and London’s Soho Theater. He and Dave are two-time winners of New York City’s Nightlife Award, receiving one in 2006 for Best Unique Comedy Performance and again in 2007 for Outstanding Unique Comedy Performance. The duo shared the Chicago Improv Festival’s award for Improvisers of the

2019 Citizenship Award Winner: Joseph Weisse (The Citizenship Award is presented to a person or organization that may be of non-Irish

descent that has made substantial contributions to the parade and/or the St. Patrick’s Committee.)

Weisse is the son of the late Virginia (Ubertalli) and Frank Weisse.

He and his three siblings, Peggy, Tom and Mary, were born and raised in the Elmwood section of Holyoke, where he attended Holyoke High School and then went on to University of Massachusetts Amherst.

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“T.J.” Jagodowski Shortly after leaving Syra(The John Fitzgerald Kennedy cuse, he moved to Chicago to Award is presented annually to pursue a career in television production and worked briefly an American of Irish descent on the television show “The who has distinguished themUntouchables” before being selves in their chosen field.) introduced by a college friend Known for his work on to improvisation at the Second the popular Sonic Drive-In commercials, Jagodowski was City and IO (formerly Improraised in Holyoke along with vOlympic). Over the past 23 his two brothers, Todd and years, he has taught, directed, Troy, his parents, Maureen and performed at these two and Tom, and his grandpartheaters. ents, uncles and an aunt. He grew up on Elmwood Avenue, where he would walk to school at Joseph Metcalf Elementary and later at Blessed Sacrament, where he also The Irish Cultural Center works 429 Morgan Road attended mass. to preserve, share, and promote He played Pee Wee baseball West Springfield, MA Ireland’s cultural heritage, for all as a member of Pat’s Superto appreciate its rich legacy.

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Jagodowski has also had small roles in numerous television shows such as “Prison Break,” “Shrink,” “Easy” and “Chicago Fire.” In theatres, he has appeared in “Soul Survivors,” “The Ice Harvest,” “Stranger Than Fiction,” “Oz The Great and Powerful” and “Get Hard.”

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T.J., Mary O’Brien to lead contingent

When it comes to hot tickets for events in Paradise City, you can’t find one that’s more sizzling than the Northampton St. Patrick’s Association’s breakfast at Hotel Northampton each year.

“It’s sold out,” association president Meggan Gilboy said.

“We could probably double the size.”

But the good news is that there will be a postbreakfast party at Fitzwilly’s so revelers can meet up there to join in the fun.

“After the breakfast, we have a bagpiper walk us over to Fitzwilly’s, where we will have bands playing all day,” Gilboy said.

The association honored its new parade marshal, Dr. Caitlyn Shea Butler, and Brennan Award winner, Lorraine Weimann, at its annual awards reception dinner on Feb. 23. Butler and Weimann received the parade sashes to wear when they march in the Holyoke parade on Sunday.

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By Keith O’Connor open a business. They have Special to The Republican really made themselves known Sometimes it just takes two in the community.” people to get the job done — The O’Brien’s business has like leading a parade. long supported the St. PatT.J. and Mary O’Brien, of rick’s Parade Committee of West Springfield, hosting sevCurran-O’Brien Funeral Home in South Hadley, will eral “hooley” fundraisers for serve as co-grand marshals the Committee at their West leading the South Hadley con- Springfield facility. In 2004, tingent of this year’s Holyoke Curran-Jones was honored as the Committee’s Olde MittinSt. Patrick’s Day Parade.

“We are honored to be seeague Award winner, which recognizes a business in the lected as co-grand marshals.

Town of West Springfield that We have only lived in South Hadley for four years and we has made substantial contriare so grateful that people butions to the committee. have welcomed us with open The O’Briens are now arms. So, we are especially SEE MARSHALS, PAGE E16 thrilled to be recognized,” said Mary O’Brien.

“When our kids were younger, I can remember us standing with them in front of Barry Farrell Funeral Home on Northampton Street and watching the parade from Enjoy there, then later making it a the tradition to go to the road race Parade! every year,” she added.

Jacqueline R. Reardon, liaison to the South Hadley contingent of the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade, recently delivered to the O’Briens the Proudly serving the people of Holyoke! sashes and walking sticks District Office needed for parade day.

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his or her work in the overall community, while the Brennan Award winner is honored for work with the association itself, Gilboy said.

The Brennan award is named in honor of a late founding member of the association, James Brennan. The awards ceremony also saw Butler receive the traditional shillelagh, with which she will march in the parade and which has the names of all of the previous marshals engraved on it. The association, which preserves and honors Irish culture, provides grant

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After that first year, he knew “he would do this for the rest of my life,” he said.

“It’s an honor to be on the team.”

Easthampton, Southampton and Westhampton are included in the Greater Easthampton St. Patrick’s Day Committee. “Our current committee of over 20 represent the three towns as residents and business owners, Our Lady of the Valley

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Bill E. Lynch has a busy life with a wife and two children, multiple committee meetings, Easthampton City Council and the Greater Easthampton St. Patrick’s Day Committee.

“It’s a challenge to juggle all of it, but the results are worth it,” said the St. Patrick’s committee member. “All the time, effort and teamwork that goes into all of our events, to see the finished product succeed and everyone having a great time — that is the reward I enjoy the most.”

New for the parade committee is becoming a sister city with Oughterard, Galway, Ireland. Residents will be invited here in October and people from Easthampton will visit there in 2020.

“We are looking forward to hosting them and showing them where we live and our lifestyles,” Lynch said.

“There is a lot of Irish pride in our area because of the Irish ancestors that moved here and the education of the heritage. Not only is there the parade, but there are many organizations that help educate and support the Irish heritage.”

His favorite memory of a past parade was his first year on the committee: He had been put in charge of the K-Mart plaza and making sure everyone was accounted for, in the right location and joined the parade in the right order.

“There are about 15 others that help make this happen, and I bounce from person to person making sure they are in good shape and on time,” he said. “Helping make that happen for the first time was one of the best feelings. I saw it for the first time, the teamwork that makes it happen,

police and fire departments and current and past award winners.

“The parade builds community by inclusion. It doesn’t matter who you are, everyone is welcome,” Lynch said. “You don’t have to be Irish to join. The whole idea is education, inclusion and overall community support.”

A scholarship named in memory of Barbara Parnell, a former member of the committee, is given to a graduating senior of Irish descent. This year’s scholarship winners are Gwen Lech, Colin Bush and Marylyn Mathers.

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sunny with a sea of green,” she said.

The West Springfield continAmie Ennis-Chrzanowski has been involved with the gent will include Town Marshal the St. Patrick’s Committee of Al Howard along with award West Springfield for a dozen winners: years, and for her, every year is • Olde Mittineague Award, better than the last.

Sorrento Pizza; • Ray Distefano Citizenship “So many people come Award, West Springfield Youth together to make this parade Sports Association; possible, whether it is lend• Jinx Powers Award, Joan ing a hand to build the float, Patten; attending the various events • Senior Colleen Carol to support the award winners Duffy; or just being in the crowd on • Colleen Ceara Bowler; and parade day cheering us on,” she • Colleen’s Court members said.

Emma Bowler, Krista O’Brien, Ennis-Chrzanowski, the St. Megan McCaffrey and Olivia Patrick’s Committee of West Dwyer.

Springfield parade coordinaThey will be joined by repretor/Holyoke liaison, is hoping for “ideal” weather for the pa- sentatives of the West Springrade on Sunday. “To walk that field police and fire departparade route, ideal weather for ments, the City Council, West me would be 45 (degrees) and Springfield Mayor William C.

ing Band and representatives of the Irish Cultural Center of Western New England.

This year’s West Springfield float for the Colleen and her Court was designed by Emma Tryba, a West Springfield middle school student. “We are in the Irish theme category and the name is Emma’s Memorial Garden, honoring our marshals that have passed this year, Gerald Begley Sr. and Gerald Connor Jr.,” Ennis-Chrzanowski said.

She has so many favorite parade memories, but for her From left are West Springfield Colleen Ceara Bowler and the most of them come from the members of her court - Olivia Dwyer, Megan McCaffrey, Emma people that have made up the Bowler and Krista O’Brien. contingency year after year.

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The association also brought back its celebrity bartender event last week at The Toasted Owl. “We did it for the first time last year, and it definitely went over very well,” Gilboy said.

While women have served as marshals before and won the Brennan award previously, this year might be unique.

“We’ve had women win the awards before, but I don’t believe – at least since I’ve been in the association – that we’ve had two women before,” Gilboy said.

While the association usually promotes the theme its contingent will use in the parade, Gilboy said that this year the theme will remain a mystery.

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Grand Marshal – Roger J. Reidy, Jr. and Margaret Reidy and family

Miss Bristol County’s Outstanding Teen Meghan Kalbaugh

Sparkling Crowns Pageant

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carrying on that tradition in South Hadley by providing support and contributions to the South Hadley Parade Committee.

Reardon said there is quite a story behind their float for this year. “It’s a reproduction of the inclined plane, the nation’s first navigational canal. Our committee likes to retain a patriotic theme to our floats, and after doing some research learned that the inclined plane provided an advantage in winning the War of 1812,” she said.

The inclined plane has quite a long history behind its development. It was believed that the barrier of the rapids of the Holyoke falls on the Connecticut River was holding down population and economic growth.

Business leaders agreed that the cost to move goods north or south of the falls was two to three days of travel plus extra labor to unload and reload barges or boats using the river.

So wealthy business groups got together to support inventing a system to move barges and boats over the rapids instead, drastical-

Mont Marie Rehabilitation and Health Center Mount Tom Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons Jericho Float and marchers Holyoke Gas & Electric Utility Vehicle St. Peter’s Drum Corps – New Hartford, Conn.

Holyoke Medical Center and Valley Health Systems Marching Units Cassin Academy of Irish Dance

Military Order of the Purple Heart Western Massachusetts Chapter 875 Disabled American Veterans #68 Disabled American Veterans #625 VFW Post #801 Marching Unit Western Mass Veteran’s Services Officers Association Marching Unit American Red Cross Pioneer Valley Chapter Van

The 2018 Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade Grand Colleen, Madelynne Aline Kelleher, waves to the crowd. (NEIL HAWLEY FILE PHOTO) AOH Man of the Year – J.D. Watson LAOH Women of the Year – Kimberly Gaughan

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American Legion Post #124 Color Guard Westfield Parade Marshal – Barry “Bo” Sullivan Thomas M. Kane Irish Man of the Year – James Rood Dorothy Griffin Irish Women of the Year – Terri Broderick-Hathaway 350TH Celebration Banner – Volunteers for the Westfield 350th Committee Westfield Mayor Brian Sullivan

The Great American Marching Band State Representative – John Velis – Massachusetts Westfield City Officials Westfield High School

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ly limiting travel time. With the building of the inclined plane in 1793, the future of the valley and its economy took a giant leap.

In 1795, the lift opened for use as the nation’s first successful navigational canal. Ten years later locks replaced the inclined plane as the means of raising and lowering boats.

After 1826, steamboats passed through the locks, hauled flatboats and fed the growth of Western Massachusetts. The locks operated beside the falls – and then the dam after 1849 – until trains put the canal out of business in 1862.

Reardon, who previously served as parade president and has served as South Hadley’s liaison since 2005, noted the town’s contingent will feature town officials, members of the South Hadley Police and Fire Departments, and a performance by the South Hadley High School Band.

“This will be Jennifer Gundersen’s first time marching with us after recently being sworn in as new South Hadley police chief,” Reardon said. “And it will be Dan Carey’s first time marching with us after being elected 2nd Hampshire District state representative in November.”

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South Hadley Police Chief Jennifer Gundersen

Easthampton Police Cruiser and Motorcycles

South Hadley Police Marching Unit

Easthampton Mayor Nicole LaChapelle

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South Hadley Fire District #1 Fire Chief Robert Authier

Sons of Erin Women’s Auxiliary Marching Unit – President Beth Burns

South Hadley Fire Districts #1 and Marching Unit Leprechaun Plunge

Sons Of Erin Colleen Hannah E. Jury and her court – “Tell Me A Story” float

Granby Fire Association Department Antique Fire Truck

Stop and Shop Vehicle

Bondsville Fire Department and Truck

Skyliners Drum And Bugle Corp – Wilkes Barre, Pa.

Connecticut Hurricans Drum and Bugle – Seymour, Conn.

Westfield Police Department – Captains Michael McCabe and Larry Valliere

Eric Carle Museum VW Bug Car

Westfield Fire Department Marching Unit Franklin Technical – Montague St. Mary’s Parish School – Principal Matthew Collins, faculty and students

Eric Carle Museum

The South Hadley High School Band marches in the 66th annual Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO) Chicopee High Cheerleaders Chicopee Parade Committee President – Mary O’Brien Rodowicz

Southwick Fire Department – Depu- Jack Woods Award Winner – Mity Rich Stefanowicz chelle Liswell Zimmek Blandford Officials and Fire Truck

Atkinson Award Winner – Daniel J Mashia

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Bill Meara Award Winner – Michael Croteau and Matthew Turgeon

AGAWAM Division Sponsor Sign Agawam Parade Marshal – Mary Jo Safford Agawam Ann Sullivan Award Recipient – Linda Wojcik Agawam Citizenship Award Recipient – David DeMatteo Agawam Colleen Bailey Thomas and her court – “Faith and Knowledge” float Agawam Town Banner Agawam Mayor William P. Sapelli Agawam City Officials Agawam School Committee Agawam High School Band Agawam High Cheerleaders Agawam Fire Department – Chief Alan Sirois Agawam Police Department – Chief Eric Gillis Shane Foundation Agawam Senior Citizens Bus Worcester Kiltie Pipe And Drum Band – Worcester

DIVISION F CHICOPEE Division Sponsor Banner Chicopee Banner Chicopee Marshal – Jack and Eileen Kelly Past Parade Marshals Chicopee High School Band

Chicopee Fire 1929 Fire Truck and Hose Wagon Polish American String Band Moose Family Center #1849 Officers Marching Unit

Division Sponsor Sign – Easthampton Savings Bank Easthampton Parade Marshal – Michael Callini Easthampton Past Marshal’s Easthampton Shamrock Award – Amy’s Place owners Amy & Meghan Florek

Easthampton Gallagher/Walker Moose Family Center Marching Unit Award Winner – Steve Zavisza Boy Scout Troop 1849 Easthampton Scholarship Winners: Oscar Mayer “Weinermobile”

Gwen Lech, Colin Bush and Marylyn Mathers

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Greater Easthampton Parade Committee

Chicopee Mayor Richard J. Kos

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Easthampton Police Color Guard

Chicopee City Council and Elected Officials

South Hadley Division Sponsor Sign – Beers & Story Funeral Home

Chicopee Parade Committee Members Chicopee Colleen Madison Hartling and her court – “Chicopee First Responders”

Chicopee Police Department – Chief South Hadley St. Patrick’s Parade William Jebb Committee Banner Chicopee Police Department South Hadley Parade Marshal – Marching Unit Timothy (T.J.) and Mary O’Brien and Chicopee Comp School Band

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Chicopee Comp School Cheerleaders

State Representative Dan Carey

WWLP-22 News & The CW Springfield Marching group Chicopee Fire Department Marching Unit

South Hadley Town Officials and Board of Selectman South Hadley High School Band South Hadley Float – “The Inclined Plane”

Hot Tamale Brass Band – Cambridge

Chief Bob Alberti and the Easthampton Police Department Chief Dave Mottor and Easthamp-

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ton Fire Department

West Springfield Town Council Irish Cultural Center

Easthampton City Officials and City Council

Quaboag Highlanders Pipe and Drum – Monson

Easthampton School Committee

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West Springfield Police Department – Acting Chief Robert Duffy

Duffy School of Irish Dancers Girl Scouts of Easthampton and Southampton

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West Springfield Police Marching Unit West Springfield Fire Department – Chief William Flaherty

Marching bands entertain the crowd during the 2018 St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

West Springfield Fire Department Marching Unit Reds Towing Truck

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Northampton Banner Florence VFW Post 8006 Color Guard

John & Agnes Burke Award – Tom and Mollie Sullivan

Veterans Council of Northampton

Mary B. Troy Appreciation Award – Paul Phaneuf

Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz Northampton City Councilors Northampton High School Marching Band Northampton Parade Marshal – Dr. Caitlyn Shea Butler James Brennan Award Recipient – Lorraine Weiman William F. O’Connor Shanachie Award Winner – Karla Torres Northampton St. Association Banner St. Patrick – Bill Metzger Past Marshals Northampton St. Patrick’s Association Members

Springfield St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Banner and Marching Unit Springfield Colleen Rose McCaffrey and her court – “A Tribute to Our Lady Of Hope”

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Rainbow Girls

Claddagh School of Dance – Irish Step Dancers

MGM Marching unit

Parade Marshal – Matthew Herman

Springfield Lodge of Elks #61 - Irish Elk of Year Cindy Bartels

Melha Banner – Color Guard – Legion of Honor

John Boyle O’reilly Club Float – Irish Pub & Music

Illustrious Potentate – Daniel Smith

“The Bike Show”

Springfield City Council

Springfield Lodge Of Elks #61 Float

Narragansett High School Marching Band – Baldwinville

Springfield School Committee

Massachusetts Elks Association President – Stephen D. Santosuosso

Chief Rabban – Leo Plourde

New England Donor Services Central High School Air Force Junior ROTC Central High School Championship Football Team WMASS News marching unit

John Boyle O’Reilly Club “Irish Person of the Year – John “Jackie” Cavanaugh

Springfield Kiltie Band – Springfield

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Springfield State Representatives & State Senators Springfield Police Commissioner – Acting Police Commissioner Cheryl Clapprood

Massachusetts Drug Awareness Program Trailer – Kevin Hastings State Chairman

Divan Asst. Rabban – Garth Parker Past Potentates Melha Temple Military Band – Springfield Legion Van Trustees

Springfield Police Department Honor Guard

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Springfield Police Marching Unit – Vehicles

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Springfield Fire Commissioner B.J. Calvi

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Springfield Fire Department Marching Unit

West Springfield Banner

Directors Van – Mel Balloon on Trailer

West Springfield High School Band

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West Springfield Town Marshal – Al Howard

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“The Amazing World Of Dr Seuss” Avalon String Band – Philadelphia,

West Springfield Past Marshals Ray DiStefano Citizenship Award – West Springfield Youth Sports Association

Hopkins Academy Marching Band – Hadley Hampshire Sheriff’s Office Marching Unit

Past Citizenship Award Winners

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Olde Mittineague Award – Sorrento Pizza

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Amherst Fire Department Marching Unit and Truck – Chief Tim Nelson

Jinx Powers Award Winner – Joan Patten Past Jinx Powers Award Winners

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Shrine Club: K-9, Burns Brigade, Berkshire Shrine Club Clowns Float Rider’s Mini – Choppers Flyers – Trailer Highlanders Band Vintage Autos Dazzle Balloon Float Melha Temple Oriental Band – Springfield Mariners Melha Riders

Hadji: Dune Buggy, Mustang, Mini-Bikes, Big Rig’s Plus, Rattlers, Model T’s Monster Trucks, Go West Springfield Colleen Ceara Ann Carts, Dune Buggy Bowler and her court – “Emma’s Jeeps Memorial Garden” West Springfield St. Patrick’s Committee

SPRINGFIELD Division Sponsor Sign Springfield Banner Springfield Parade Marshal – Monsignor David Joyce

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Northampton Police Department Marching Unit (Vintage car)

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Spectators show off their Irish pride at a past Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)

G. Caron Award – Bob Charland

Northampton St. Patrick’s Association Float – “Football Frenzy”

Department of Conservation “Smokey Bear”

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The Aqua String Band of Philadelphia marches in the 2018 Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade. (NEIL HAWLEY FILE PHOTO)

West Springfield 2019 Senior Colleen – Carol Duffy

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the family business. Over 50 years later, the business now known as Laurel Pure – after the Elmwood street the Weisse children grew up on – has grown to include purified water for industrial applications, delivery to homes and businesses, and water cooler rentals.

For over 25 years, Weisse has supported the St. Patrick’s Parade Committee Road Race, donating Laurel Pure water and supplies for thousands of runners every year.

He also donates to several other community races and events.

He is a “proud” member of the St. Patrick’s Committee of Holyoke and is also a member of the Holyoke Elks No. 902.

In his spare time, he enjoys golfing and traveling.

home we may never have fully known.”

Before starting the institute with co-founder Seamus Deane, Fox established The IRISH Seminar, which convenes every summer – in places such as Dublin, Paris, Rome and Buenos Aires – to bring together Irish scholars, graduate students, and faculty in Irish Studies. An intense intellectual exchange and experience, the seminar has been a formative experience for scores of Notre Dame graduate students and their peers from universities around the world.

One of Fox’s many roles as director of the institute was serving as executive producer of the landmark documentary “1916: The Irish Rebellion.”

The film had its premiere in Dublin in March 2016 by the Republic of Ireland as a centerpiece of its international commemoration of the centennial of the 1916 Easter Rebellion. The three-part documentary aired on the BBC, PBS, and RTE, an Irish television network. It was also released as a feature movie to a global audience.

It has been shown in over 60 countries and won major awards, including the PBS Quality Programming Award, Poland’s Silver Sabre Historical Documentary prize, and Irish Television’s 2017 Award for Best Documentary of The Year. The documentary highlighted connections between Ireland and the United States that have significance up to and including the recent Irish peace process.

Fox is a professor of English at Notre Dame University, as well as a fellow of the Nanovic Institute for European Studies and of the Reilly Center for Science, Technology, and Values. His research interests are in 18th century studies, literature and science, and Irish studies. He has lectured in the United States, Europe, and Latin America.

Fox’s interests in Irish studies grew out of his study of Jonathan Swift and 18th century Ireland. He has served on the national board of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the editorial boards of

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various journals, including Eighteenth-Century Thought, Eighteenth-Century Studies and Bullán: A Journal of Irish Studies. Fox has also served as president of the Midwest American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, president of the Samuel Johnson Society, and president of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies National Irish Caucus.

At Notre Dame, he was the recipient of a Presidential Distinguished Service Award and has served as chair of the Department of English, chair of the Department of Irish Language and Literature, director of the Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, associate dean for Faculty and Research, and acting dean of the College of Arts and Letters. He has held fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, American Council of Learned Societies, Newberry Library, and the Folger.

Fox received an institutional Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities that established a $2.25 million fund for a library acquisitions program in Medieval English, Irish, and Old Norse literatures and permanent faculty fellowships in the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies and Notre Dame’s Medieval Institute. He is the author of numerous books and scholarly articles, and his current project is a book on Jonathan Swift.

Fox’s wife, Judith Fox, is a clinical professor of Law at the Notre Dame Law School, where she teaches and practices consumer law. They are the parents of four children: Annie, Sean, Geoffrey, and Ashley.

2019 Thomas F. Rohan Award Winner: Ann Lowe (Presented to a long-standing member of the Parade Committee who has made significant contributions to the overall success of the parade and/or the St. Patrick’s Committee. Established in 1957, the award honors its first grand marshal, Thomas F. Rohan.)

A native of Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland, Ann

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(Burke) Lowe emigrated to America at age 8 with her family – parents, John and Nora (Lavelle) Burke, sister, Mary, and brothers Sean and Desmond. They arrived in New York in December 1950 after an ocean voyage aboard the SS America and were immediately welcomed home to Holyoke by family that had come before them.

She attended Nonotuck, Lawrence, and Sacred Heart elementary schools, and graduated from Holyoke’s Sacred Heart High School in 1960. She then attended Holyoke Business School, and later worked for several local businesses as an administrative assistant.

A member of the Irish Cultural Center of Western Mass., she served as secretary and as a member of the board of directors. She is a communicant of Blessed Sacrament Church.

In 1959, Lowe was named the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day Parade’s Grand Colleen. Since then, much of her work on the Parade Committee has been with the young women involved in the Colleen Pageant and the Coronation Ball.

She has also enjoyed working with the committees on the Memorial Mass, Ambassador’s Award Breakfast, Bishop’s Mass, Grand Mar-

shal’s reception, the Parade Committee archives, and at many other events.

Lowe met her future husband, Richard Lowe, while working at Holyoke’s Strand Theater. They were married in 1964 and moved to Fort Knox and Fort Devens before he served a year in Vietnam with the U.S. Army. Once discharged, the couple – he passed away in 1998 – settled in Holyoke and raised their two daughters, Kelly and Heather.

2019 George E. O’Connell Award Winner: Jenn Cooper (Presented to a long-standing member of the Parade Committee who has made significant contributions to the fundraising efforts of the parade and/or St. Patrick’s Day Committee.)

After moving back to Massachusetts from Salt Lake City, Cooper joined the Holyoke Parade Committee at the suggestion of Ray and Sue Feyre as a way to make new friends, get involved and give back to the Holyoke community.

Since 2013, she has served on the Road Race, Nominating and Marketing Committees, and is valued by the Marketing Committee co-chairs for her task-oriented efficiency.

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Hands Across the Valley Quilters Guild Presents their 17th Biennial

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2019 Ambassador Award Winner: Dr. Christopher Fox (The Ambassador Award is presented to a person who has worked to promote the relationship between the people of the Republic of Ireland and the people of the United States.)

Fox is a professor of English at the University of Notre Dame and co-founder of the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies.

Fox was the first director of the institute from 2001 through 2017. Upon his retirement as director, his colleague and noted scholar professor Declan Kiberd said, “In the past three decades Chris Fox has done more than any other scholar-professor to deepen and enrich Ireland’s understanding of itself and of its place in the wider world. He has, in his work on Jonathan Swift and in leadership of the institute, challenged us all to re-imagine our disciplines.

His combination of intellectual acuity and instinctual empathy enabled dozens of projects, which have utterly altered our imaginative landscapes. He has inspired every worker in the field to recognize that Irish studies is a truly global enterprise and at the same time a search for a

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Spots to visit during St. Patrick’s Parade weekend

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HILE ST. PATrick’s Day is, well, supposed to be one day, its celebrations often encompass the weekend — and frankly, sometimes an entire week or more.

I’ve already listed some of the early-bird St. Paddy’s Day parties in previous columns, but there is still plenty on tap this weekend. So let’s dive in: Tomorrow is the annual Mummers Pub Crawl beginning at The Student Prince in downtown Springfield at 5:30 p.m. with stops at nearby UNOs, MGM Springfield, Theodores’ and Plan B. Transportation is provided by Peter Pan Bus Lines.

Bo Fitzgerald and the YankCelt Band has been making the rounds on yet another one of the legs of its “farewell tour” (this is year 4). Coming up for the last two headlining gigs this year, they will play at the Irish Cultural Center

of Western New England on 429 Morgan Road in West Springfield tomorrow at 7:30 p.m., and then Theodore‘s in Springfield on Saturday at 5 p.m.

On Saturday, the eve of the Wearin’ o’ the Green, an annually assembled ad hoc band named The Poitín Machine will take the stage at Bishop’s Lounge in Northampton. The band, which takes its name from bootleg Irish hooch, will play songs from every corner of Wild Irish tunes from such groups such as Flogging Molly to the Dubliners and a bunch of stuff in between. There will be ribald tunes, wild songs and funny lyrics.

The group consists of J Witbeck on vocals, tin whistle and “yelling,” Andrew Woodland on banjo and vocals, Dan Thomas on guitar and vocals, Chris Ball on bass, and Jimmy Robitaille on drums. Tidwell’s Treasure will also be on the bill. Bishop’s is on the third

of Luck O’ Libation at JJ’s Tavern in the Florence section of Northampton on Saturday.

The new concoction is a ginger beer brewed with vanilla and Irish moss, then conditioned on Irish whiskey infused oak.

They will tap one of the few The Mummers St. Patrick’s Pub Crawl featuring the Aqua kegs of this limited release and String Band of Philadelphia begins tomorrow at The Student will be raffling off flights and a Prince in downtown Springfield at 5:30 p.m. with stops at growler to take home later in nearby UNOs, MGM Springfield, Theodores’ and Plan B. the evening during the Come(HOANG ‘LEON’ NGUYEN / THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO) dy as a Weapon show upstairs at the 13th Floor Music the Northampton Brewery on 1 Lounge. JJ’s is at 99 Main St. floor at 41 Strong Ave. Brewster Court (where it plays Banish Misfortune plays at Do you have a cool event each Sunday) on Sunday from coming up at a local club? Send The Yarde House Tavern at 3 Hadley St. in South Hadley on 4 to 8 p.m. me a note about it at least two Last but not least, Ginger Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. The weeks in advance to geolenker@ Libation will take on a new traditional Irish music group yahoo.com and I’ll try to get it will then take its usual spot at Celtic form with the release in this space.

Nightclubs

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

DJ karaoke, featuring a full dinner menu and over 150 martinis. 21-23 Hampden St., Springfield

Road, South Hadley

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

Southwick Inn: Open mic hosted

by Steve Piper of Roadhouse Band.

479 College Highway, Southwick

Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield

Tavern Restaurant: Christopher John. 2 Broad St., Westfield

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

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

Buccaneer Lounge: DJ with rock and Top 40. 86 Maple St., Agawam Mattie’s Cafe: DJ Aaron, reggae, old school, R & B. 750 Boston Cabot Comedy Club: Live ComeRoad, Springfield dy. 66 Cabot Street, Chicopee MGM Springfield: Roar! Comedy Center Stage Gentlemen’s Club: Series: Greg Fitzsimmons. 1 MGM Nude dancing. 267 Dwight St., Way, Springfield Springfield Mike’s East Side Pub: Karaoke J Christy’s Lounge: DJ. 278 Main & M Productions. 535 Page Blvd, St., Indian Orchard Springfield Club Castaway: Nude ladies dancMy Brothers Place: DJ with rock. ing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately 185 Grove St., Chicopee Delaney House: Live Irish music Paisano’s Pub: Dave’s acoustic with The Healy’s. 3 Country Club jam. 138 College Highway, SouthRoad, Holyoke ampton Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Pizza Shoppe: Open mic with Road, Chicopee John O’Neil. 134 Shaker Road, East Donovan’s Irish Pub: Live enterLongmeadow tainment. 1655 Boston Road #C6, Rafters: Karaoke with Highnote Springfield Productions. 422 Amity St., Froggy’s Saloon: DJ karaoke with Amherst songstress Shorty. 846 Airport Shadow Lounge: DJ with classics.

Industrial Park, Westfield 278 Worthington St., Springfield Hot Shot Billards: DJ JR. 1440 Shakago Martini and Piano Bar: North Main St., Palmer

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The Still: Drink specials. 858 Suffield St., Agawam Theodores’: Rockstar karaoke. 201 Worthington St., Springfield Turtle Pond: Live entertainment.

349 Wilbraham St., Palmer Waterfront Tavern: Karaoke with DJ Gavie and the Karaoke Mafia.

920 Main St., Holyoke 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 Alina’s: Emery Smith. 96 Russell St., Hadley American Legion Post 266: Rich Badowski. 74 Pleasant St., Granby Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow

Boston Boston: Live acoustics. 16 Bolduc Lane, Chicopee

Christy’s Lounge: DJ. 278 Main St., Indian Orchard Club Castaway: Nude ladies dancing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately Danger Zone Saloon: Live entertainment. 948 Main St., Warren

featuring Zoe Darrow, Below the Gaff. 20 Center St., Northampton John Boyle O’Reilly Club: Jimmy McArdle. 33 Progress Ave., Springfield Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield Matador: Karaoke and DJ. 300 East St., Ludlow

Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby MGM Springfield: Roar! Comedy Series: Greg Fitzsimmons. 1 MGM Road, Chicopee Way, Springfield Donovan’s Irish Pub: Live enterMichael F. Curtin VFW Post tainment. 1655 Boston Road #C6, 8006: Karaoke with Reil EntertainSpringfield ment Productions. Florence Road, East Mountain Country Club: Florence Gerry Moss Acoustic Show. 1458 Mill 180 Park: Ray Mason. 180 East Mountain Rd, Westfield Pleasant St., Easthampton Florence VFW: Karaoke with DJ My Brothers Place: DJ with rock.

Greg. 18 Meadow St., Florence 185 Grove St., Chicopee Frankie B’s: DJ. 2957 Boston Road Open Door: DJ with karaoke. 247 (Route 20), Wilbraham Cady St., Ludlow Froggy’s Saloon: DJ karaoke with Patti’s 410 Lounge: Open mic. 32 songstress Shorty. 846 Airport Quincy Ave., Chicopee Industrial Park, Westfield ICC’s Irish House Restaurant and Polish American Citizens Club: Karaoke. 515 Granby Road, South Trinity Pub: YankCelt Band. 429 Hadley Morgan Road, West Springfield Iron Horse Music Hall: Dicey Riley

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

Kelly Clarkson, Brynn Cartelli: March 14-15, 7 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Doug E Fresh, Biz Markie: March 15, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

Fleetwood Mac: March 15, 8 p.m. – XL Center, Hartford Pixies, Weezer: March 16, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Casino – Mashantucket, Conn.

Blake Shelton: March 21-22, 7 p.m.

– Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Joe Bonamassa: March 21, 8 p.m. – The Bushnell, Hartford Indigo Girls: March 22, 8 p.m. – John

Justin Timberlake: April 12-13, 7:30 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Aaron Neville: April 13, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

Jethro Tull: April 20, 8 p.m. – Academy of Music, Northampton Springfield Symphony Orchestra: April 27, 7:30 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield Derek Hough: April 27, 8 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Joan Baez: April 28, 8 p.m. – John Greene Hall, Northampton Cher: April 30, 7:30 p.m. – MassMutual Center, Springfield Jason Aldean: May 3-4, 8 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Springfield Symphony Orchestra: May 4, 7:30 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield

Green Hall, Northampton KISS: March 23, 7:30 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Springfield Symphony Orchestra: March 23, 7:30 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield Pat Metheny: March 29, 8 p.m. – Academy of Music, Northampton Ariana Grande: March 30, 7:30 p.m.

– Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Celtic Woman: April 3, 7:30 p.m. – The Bushnell, Hartford 2Cellos: April 5, 8 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Lewis Black: April 5, 8 p.m. – Calvin Theater, Northampton Blue Oyster Cult: April 11, 8 pm. – Academy of Music, Northampton Nick Mason: April 12, 7:30 p.m. – Oakdale Theater, Wallingford, Conn.

Engelbert Humperdinck: May 11, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

Joe Jackson: May 15, 7:30 p.m. – Academy of Music, Northampton Judas Priest: May 16, 7 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Shakey Graves: May 17, 8 p.m. – Academy of Music, Northampton Springfield Symphony Orchestra: May 18, 7:30 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield Evanescence: May 19, 8 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Annie Lennox: May 25, 4 p.m. – MassMoCA, North Adams Patti LaBelle: May 31, 8 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Walk Off the Earth: May 31, 8 p.m.

– Foxwoods Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

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 – 888-266-1200; Ticketmaster – Serves DCU Center, Mohegan Sun, Mullins Center, Oakdale, Symphony Hall, Xfinity Theatre and XL Center – 800-745-3000

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185 Grove St., Chicopee Open Door: DJ with karaoke. 247 Cady St., Ludlow Patti’s 410 Lounge: Open mic. 32 Quincy Ave., Chicopee Polish American Citizens Club: Karaoke. 515 Granby Road, South Hadley Pulaski Club: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 79 Maple St., Easthampton Shakago Martini and Piano Bar: Dave Brinnel. 21-23 Hampden St., Springfield Shakago Martini and Piano Bar: Featuring a full dinner menu and over 150 martinis, DJ Dance. 21-23 Hampden St., Springfield Shaker Farms Country Club: Tom Savoy. 866 Shaker Road, Westfield Tavern Restaurant: Tied Down. 2 Broad St., Westfield The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: Roomful of Blues, She Said. 289 Main St., Greenfield Theodores’: Mummers Aquastring Band Pub Crawl. 201 Worthington St., Springfield Turtle Pond: Live entertainment.

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Magic Lantern: Nude female Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer Road, Chicopee Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

Donovan’s Irish Pub: Live enter91 Taylor St., Springfield tainment. 1655 Boston Road #C6, Road, Holyoke

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East Mountain Country Club: The Piano Man. 1458 East Mountain Rd, Westfield

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

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

Cindy’s Sports Bar: Live entertain- Froggy’s Saloon: DJ karaoke with ment. 1620 North Main St., Palmer songstress Shorty. 846 Airport Club Castaway: Nude ladies danc- Industrial Park, Westfield Iron Horse Music Hall: Big Bad Bollocks, Disorderly Konduct. 20 Center St., Northampton

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John Boyle O’Reilly Club: Jim Brady. 33 Progress Ave., Springfield

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MUSIC

Green River Fest adds Anjelique Kidjo, more to lineup

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HE GREEN RIVER Festival has announced additions to its summer festival including Anjelique Kidjo, The Record Company, and The Suffers.

Green River Festival celebrates 33 years this summer with three days of music on July 12-14.

The new acts join previously announced artists such as First Aid Kit, The Wood Brothers, The Devil Makes Three, Rhiannon Giddens, Eilen Jewell, and The Stone Coyotes.

Presented by Signature Sounds and named one of “50 essential summer music festivals” by The New York Times, the festival boasts more than 30 acts on four stages.

The Green River Festival takes place at Greenfield Community College, located at 1 College Drive in Greenfield.

Ticket and hotel package information is available through the festival website at greenriverfestival.com.

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James was the star of the long-running “King of Queens” sitcom and has written, produced, and performed in films and his own comedy specials. He appeared in the films “Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” “Grown Ups” and “Here Comes the Boom.”

• Ben Folds is joining forces Angelique Kidjo is among the performers added to the Green with Violent Femmes for a River Festival, which runs July 12-14. (ROBERT ALTMAN /INVISION) summer tour that will stop in Connecticut.

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Ben Folds Five and for the last “Sixteen Stone” (Bush).

Tickets for the show are on • Cedric the Entertainer sale through the Foxwoods Box decade the pianist / composer has scheduled a show for Mo• Pat Benatar and Neil Office at foxwoods.com or by has worked with some of the hegan Sun Arena. world’s greatest symphony Giraldo are celebrating 40 calling Ticketmaster at 800The comic actor / stand-up orchestras.

745-3000. star will perform at the Uncas- years of making music with a Violent Femmes debuted in tour that stops in Connecticut Both country music stars ville, Connecticut, casino on and includes an appearance are adding the Foxwoods stop the ’80s as an acoustic punk May 11 at 8 p.m. band and will release a new to an already busy touring Tickets for the performance by Melissa Etheridge and a recording this summer. special guest appearance by season. are on sale beginning tomorBlack is currently on the road row at 10 a.m. through all Tick- Liz Phair.

• Little Big Town has The show will play the Grand with his “Still Killin’ Time 30th etmaster outlets and locations Theater at Foxwoods on June Anniversary Tour” to celebrate included Connecticut on its list including ticketmaster.com of stops on its “Summer Fever” 28 at 8 p.m.

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• Kevin James is on the The bands will kick off the Benatar and husband Girlado road this spring and will make sale through all Ticketmaster 33-city tour with a stop at the outlets and locations including a stop in Worcester.

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The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: Jimmy Just Quit’s St. Patrick’s Day Bash. 289 Main St., Greenfield Theodores’: Bo Fitz and the Yankcelt Bands. 201 Worthington St., Springfield Underground Pub at the Crown Plaza: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 1 West St., Pittsfield World War II Club-The Deuce: Acoustic music, karaoke. 50 Conz St., Northampton

SUNDAY Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, South Hadley Boston Boston: Open mic. 16 Bolduc Lane, Chicopee Center Stage Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 267 Dwight St., Springfield Iron Horse Music Hall: Bombino, Dead Messengers. 20 Center St., Northampton John Boyle O’Reilly Club: Sarah the Fiddler, The Cabey’s. 33 Progress Ave., Springfield Mattie’s Cafe: DJ Aaron, reggae, old school, R & B. 750 Boston Road, Springfield Pizza Shoppe: Kids nite with John O’Neil. 134 Shaker Road, East Longmeadow Shakago Martini and 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: Rosemary Caine and the Wilde Irish Shenanigans.

289 Main St., Greenfield The Parlor Room at Signature Sounds: Nuala Kennedy and Eamon O’Leary with Jefferson Hamer. 32 Masonic St., Northampton 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 or email pmastriano@ repub.com or submit it to masslive. com/myevent

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MOVIES

Film capsules

Separated from her owner, a dog sets off on an 400-mile journey to get back to the safety and security ALITA: BATTLE AGENT rrss of the place she calls home. Along (PG-13) James Cameron (“Avatar”) the way, she meets a series of new and Robert Rodriguez (“Sin City”) friends and manages to bring a little present the story of Alita (Rosa bit of comfort and joy to their lives.

Salazar), who awakens with no Although it might be a stretch to memory of who she is in a future categorize this as a movie, “A Dog’s world she does not recognize. She is Way Home” is harmless enough taken in by Ido (Christoph Waltz), a and a nice little adventure that’s fit compassionate doctor who realizes for the whole family. But you might that somewhere in this abandoned want to have the tissues ready. (96 cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a min.) young woman with an extraordinary past. (125 min.)

GLASS rrts (PG-13) From “Unbreakable,” Bruce Willis returns CAPTAIN MARVEL rrts (PGas David Dunn as does Samuel L. 13) The latest superhero to join Jackson as Elijah Price, known also the Marvel cinematic franchise by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining deserved more. It’s hard to say from “Split” are James McAvoy, whether the flaw is in Brie Larson’s reprising his role as Kevin Wendell performance or a failure of the Crumb and the multiple identiscript, but I came out of the film ties who reside within, and Anya not caring all that much about her Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only beyond what her dazzling powers captive to survive an encounter with might mean for the next Avengers The Beast. Following the conclusion film, which is perhaps the lamest of “Split,” director / writer M. Night way of all to experience these mov- Shyamalan has Dunn pursuing ies. (128 min.)

The Beast in a series of escalating encounters. (110 min.)

COLD PURSUIT rrrs (R) A revenge thriller infused with irreverent HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: humor with Liam Neeson as a family THE HIDDEN WORLD rrrs (PG) man whose quiet life with his wife The rare trilogy capper that really is upended following the mysterious works, “How to Train Your Dragdeath of their son. His search for on: The Hidden World” brings its justice turns into a vengeful hunt for animated saga to a visually dazzling a drug lord he believes is connected and emotionally affecting concluto the death. (118 min.) sion. (110 min.)

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by Rebel Wilson bonks her head and ends up in one herself. It’s an enjoyable surface-level experience that hones in on all the generic romcom tropes you love to hate. “Isn’t It Romantic” stays pretty surface level, which makes for a fine and pleasurable viewing experience, but doesn’t exactly do anything to show that rom-coms would be better if the best friends had more of an inner life, for example. (88 min.)

THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART rrrs (PG) While The LEGO Movie 2 is pretty darn good, you can’t help shake the feeling that it’s just never going to live up to the exciting newness of the first. It’s

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not entirely their fault, once the real world element was revealed in the first “LEGO Movie,” there are only so many directions you can go and the

THE UPSIDE rrts (PG-13) Based on the hit 2011 French film “The Intouchables,” Kevin Hart stars as a recently paroled ex-convict who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a paralyzed billionaire (Bryan Cranston). (126 min.)

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MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL rtss (PG-13) In what is billed as Tyler Perry’s final outing as Madea, a family reunion turns into a nightmare as Madea and the friends travel to backwoods Georgia and unexpectedly plan a funeral, which threatens to reveal sordid family secrets. (109 min.)

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DINE & WINE Fran Bellamy | Restaurant Review

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McCarthy’s Pub great place to ‘get your Irish on’ year-round

VERY MARCH IRISH tradition becomes a significant part of the dining out scene hereabouts, with restaurants and bars of all sorts joining in on the March 17 celebrations that honor Ireland’s patron saint.

One local drinking and dining destination that’s at the forefront of those St. Patrick’s Day festivities is McCarthy’s Pub in Belchertown. Sited at the north end of the Town Common, McCarthy’s firstfloor public rooms incorporate a bar surrounded by generously spaced dining tables.

With its decorative agenda dominated by Irish-themed bric-a-brac, McCarthy’s maintains a menu focused on pub food favorites.

Entree choices include Chicken Pot Pie ($12.99), Mac and Cheese ($8.99), and a slow-roasted Turkey Dinner ($13.99). Elaborating on those are other options such as Shepherd’s Pie ($10.99) and Mediterranean Scrod ($12.99).

Burger variations – in addition to the Pub’s standard six-ounce Hamburger ($8.99) – include a bacon-topped Leprechaun Burger ($9.99) and a McReuben Burger ($10.99) on which is lavished corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut.

Among the sandwich options at the Pub can be found the likes of a County Kerry Grilled Club ($10.99), a Corned Beef Reuben ($9.99), and a Drunken Pastrami Sandwich ($9.99), the last featuring pastrami that’s been doused with ale.

Wrap sandwiches and pizza are also part of the kitchen’s repertoire.

From a “Wee Bit o’ Munchies” listing populated by choices such as Garlic Cheese Knots ($8.99), Irish Nachos ($8.99), and a Guinness BBQ Pork Loaded Potato ($7.99), we chose a Reuben Egg Roll

marinara sauce in which tomato, oregano, onions and peppers strived for flavor dominance. Garlic toasts were also included.

Finished with shredded mozzarella and a dusting of grated cheese, the competently prepared chicken parmesan was quite enjoyable.

The green salad we opted for was freshly constructed and conventionally garnished, while the coleslaw we chose to go with our “bangers” was dressed with a tart, vinegar-based dressing.

Thanks to its “pub” status, McCarthy’s is licensed to serve all manner of adult beverages and thus offers cocktails as well as draft beers. The wine card lists ten McCarthy’s Pub is located at 5 brand-name bottle options, all of which are priced at $25.

E. Walnut St. in Belchertown.

McCarthy’s promotes (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN) a quartet of dessert alternatives. We passed on the caramel cheesecake and the MCCARTHY’S PUB apple crisp a la mode, instead Address: 5 East Walnut St., settling for the “Ultimate” Belchertown Chocolate Cake ($5.50), a Telephone: 413-323-6420 dessert that was all about dark Website: mccarthys-pub. chocolate intensity. net A dessert “special,” Banana Hours: Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 10:30 Toffee Bourbon Cake ($5.95), p.m.; Friday and Saturday, proved to be a four-layered 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.; and construct finished with caraSunday, noon to 10:30 p.m. mel icing.

Entree prices: $8.99 – Although most likely made $15.99 A Corned Beef Reuben is ready to leave the kitchen at McCarelsewhere, both cakes qualiCredit cards: American thy’s Pub. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN) fied as appealing ways to end Express, Discover, Mastera dinner.

Card, Visa In addition to the Pub’s reg($4). dish is designed to deliver. A Handicapped access: Cylinder-shaped and the generous mound of “mash” ular menu, the kitchen at McSteps at entrance, rest size of a small baked potato, (mashed potatoes) is surCarthy’s Pub prepares daily room not equipped for the tortilla-crusted wrap-up features like the Corned Beef rounded by six pork sausages, wheelchairs was stuffed with a mixture Sandwich Special ($9.99) we lengthwise-cut and grilled Reservations: Not normally of shredded corned beef and enjoyed one Thursday. Made ‘till lightly browned. Mellow taken steamed cabbage. Deep-fried onion gravy is ladled over all, with freshly cooked corned and partnered with Thousand while a garnish of crisply fried beef and served with thick-cut Island dressing, the eggroll onions contributes crunch.

“Irish” chips ($1 additional), delivered hearty crunch as Hearty and delicious, we the sandwich was a first-class is modern Ireland’s favorite well as savory flavors. decided. between-bread indulgence. international cuisine.

Bangers & Mashed ($10.99) Chicken Parmesan ($11.99) The “parm” version served Specializing in pub grub and is an iconic “pub grub” certainly doesn’t seem Irish, to us was a credible enough a casual, Irish-themed setting, specialty; the version served but its place on McCarthy’s effort – two breaded breast McCarthy’s Pub is a good at McCarthy’s incorporates menu is nonetheless appropri- portions plated over linguine choice for “getting your Irish the earthy satisfaction the ate. Italian cookery, it seems, and topped with a chunky on” any day of the year.

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How to ‘make’ your own wine using box wine

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ANY WINEMAKers spend their whole lives perfecting the art of making great wine.

Many pass down the tricks of the trade to their children or grandchildren, sharing the secrets from one generation of winemakers to the next.

Others spend years going to specialized schools to learn highly technical skills to make world-class wine.

Or you can just do what I did.

Make your own wine with no training at all.

That’s what I did recently. Although I use the term “make” very loosely.

That’s because I didn’t spend months growing and harvesting grapes. Or even toiling for hours in a wine cellar or a laboratory.

Instead, I simply did the blending part using wines that were already made.

And I didn’t use just any wine.

I made a point of blending together several different single-grape box wines.

I have wanted to try this experiment for a while – to blend together different box wines to make unique wines.

In theory, you can blend together any wines you want. All you have to do is mix different wines together like a cocktail.

And I’m not the first person to come up with this idea. I’ve read about several companies that will personally blend a wine for you based on your specific recipe – at a fairly hefty price, I might add.

But even that seemed too complicated. I wanted something more do-it-yourself, something anyone could do any night they feel like it, without having it be some big ordeal.

That’s why I kept coming back to the idea of blending together different box wines to make a custom-made wines. There was something about this experiment that appealed to me on so many

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different levels as a wine drinker and a wine writer.

First, box wines are easy to find. So it’s not like I’m writing about blending together some obscure wine that no one can find.

Second, they’re affordable.

So if this experiment didn’t turn out well, it wouldn’t cost myself or readers a fortune.

Third, box wines last longer than wines in bottles after they’re open. That’s because box wines are vacuum-sealed.

Why does that matter?

Because most of us don’t have time to drink and blend together four different wines.

Once you open a bottle of wine, most wines only taste great for a day or two. But in the case of a box wine, that wine can often last for months at a time in a box.

And then there’s the respect factor. For better or for worse, box wines often unfairly get a bad wrap. They’re the Rodney

For better or for worse, box wines often unfairly get a bad wrap.

They’re the Rodney Dangerfield of wines. They don’t get the respect many of them deserve. Just because a wine’s in a box doesn’t mean it’s a bad wine.

Dangerfield of wines. They don’t get the respect many of them deserve. Just because a wine’s in a box doesn’t mean it’s a bad wine.

So I was determined to see if I could take several different box wines and “make” great blended wines.

For the purposes of this experiment, I used four different single-grape red wines from the Black Box Wine company – Merlot, Malbec, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon.

And while I could have easily made thousands of different wines using different combinations of these four grapes, I decided to keep things simple.

I blended all the grapes together evenly.

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VERY PART OF THE world has a food experience or two that is uniquely identified with their culture and history.

In New England it’s baked beans and maple syrup; in France, vin ordinaire and onion soup.

When it comes to Ireland, the iconic food experience is what’s know as the “Irish breakfast.” It’s a morning food plateful that’s available in all sorts of dining venues, from small town cafes to elegant four-star resorts.

What constitutes an Irish breakfast can vary somewhat from place to place, but a typical example incorporates the following – breakfast meats (sausage and bacon), eggs (traditionally fried in butter), baked beans, and distinctively Irish touches such as “black pudding” (blood sausage), boxty (potato cake), and Irish soda bread.

When contemplating the hearty nature of such a morning meal, it’s tempting to assume it evolved from a workingman’s breakfast, but nothing is further than the truth.

Cottagers in 19th century Ireland were more likely to start their day with a simple meal of oatmeal and tea; it was the Anglo-Irish aristocracy that was indulging in breakfasts rich with meats, eggs, and butter.

Some aspects of the “full Irish” are particularly distinctive. Black pudding, an Irish breakfast essential, is a sausage made with blood that’s a byproduct of butchering beef or pork. Fat and a cereal product such as oatmeal are used to bind the “pudding” and give it body.

Another similar food, white pudding, is put together using some of the same ingredients but doesn’t include blood.

Baked beans, a very common component of an Irish breakfast, are different from the American variety in that

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they contain no molasses.

Other typical parts of an Irish breakfast can include grilled tomato, sauteed mushrooms, and sometimes, fried potato.

The traditional Irish breakfast can be found locally for those hungry enough to give it a try.

Donovan’s Irish Pub on Boston Road in Springfield offers “Donovan’s Irish Breakfast” on its Sunday morning breakfast menu. Their version is traditional, incorporating three eggs, link sausage, bacon, black and white puddings, fried tomato, and toast.

Mrs. Mitchell’s Kitchen on Homestead Avenue in Holyoke has a traditional “Irish Fry Up” in its repertoire. Served whenever the restaurant is open, it includes two eggs, Irish sausage, bacon “rashers,” black and white puddings, tomatoes or beans, and brown bread.

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Half Malbec, half Pinot Noir: Butterscotch-like flavors mixed with plum and cherry dominate this unique blend.

Half Malbec, half Cabernet Sauvignon: Fleshy, fruit-forward wine with hints of plums and butterscotch on the finish.

Half Pinot Noir, half Cabernet Sauvignon: My favorite blend of two different grapes.

The spiciness of the Pinot Noir blends together perfectly with Wines made the fruitiness of the Cabernet using two grapes Wine tasting notes Sauvignon. The result is a soft, subtle, understated wine. I 2017 Black Box Merlot Half Merlot, half Malbec: California ($19.99 for 3 L box Fruit-forward wine with plum- highly recommend it. Let me at Table & Vine in West Spring- like flavors. Semi-sweet finish add that a slight extra dash of field): Soft, cherry-like flavors with hints of sugar and butter. Pinot Noir smoothes this wine out even more.

Half Merlot, half Pinot with subtle, fruit-like aromas.

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Merlot, Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon blend: Flinty, robust wine with bright fruit $ flavors and complex finish.

Really clean, crisp, refreshing finish.

Malbec, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon blend: One of the driest, flintiest, smoothest wines in the tasting. Soft roasted plum-like finish. Really well balanced wine with wonderful dry fruit flavors. I highly recommend it.

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Like any trial-and-error experiment, some were much better than others. But most of all, I was amazed by how different particular combinations of wines tasted.

So without further ado, here are my tasting notes on these 11 different wines, along with baseline notes about the four Black Box Wines used for this experiment taste.

But don’t just take my word for it. Make your own wine. It’s easy, affordable and fun.

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I highly recommend it.

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If you’re looking for more of an Irish craft beer experience (as I’m guessing most readers will be), try Against the Grain

ites as far as old-school pubs are The Quays (11 Quay St.) and Feeney’s (19 High St.) I also used to love An Pucan (11 Forster St.), but I have not been back since it reopened after closing a number of years back. I will definitely check it out as soon as I get back there, though. I like the way it looks.

For craft beer, you can’t beat The Salt House (4 Raven Terrace, and again, owned by Galway Bay Brewing). It’s a rustic cozy large room that invites the telling of tales, camaraderie, and the clinking of glasses.

Not too far is the Bierhaus (2 Henry St.), which pours as good a pint as anywhere.

Sipping a brew where the craic is good and the music might even be better is a pleasure that can’t be replicated anywhere else, in my opinion.

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Bonus tip: If you find yourself in Ennis, Co. Clare, check out the Diamond Bar (25 O’Connell St.) Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Sláinte.

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I miss the electric landscape of the wild Atlantic West Coast: Galway, Clare, Kerry and Cork. I miss the peatpacked verdant hills of the midlands. I pine for the people I’ve befriended over the years, and even for those I hope to meet in the future.

My feet look to stroll the city streets of Galway City and Dublin. My ears and heart yearn for the music in a crowded pub.

But, of course, I also miss the beer.

For me, there’s nothing quite like quaffing a pint in an Irish pub. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a popular metropolitan beer bar or brewpub or a quaint, historic county place that only serves Guinness, Harp and Smithwick’s. Sipping a brew where the craic is good and the music might even be better is a pleasure that can’t be replicated anywhere else, in my opinion.

I have too many spots to mention, but I’ll name a few in the three major cities for anyone heading over this year.

Dublin is, of course, overflowing with pubs (although a few years back, someone actually figured out how to beat the challenge of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” and was able to draw a map of a path across Dublin that didn’t pass a pub). But here are a few of my favorites: If you’re looking for oldschool traditional pubs in the dead center of town, you can’t beat McDaid’s (3 Harry St.) which is right off Grafton Street the city center. This is where Brendan Behan drank, and it remains a perfect illustration of what an old Irish pub once was. Likewise, The Long Hall (51 South Great George’s St.) is one of the most beautiful pubs I’ve seen in the country, with ornate wood and glass fixtures, and which

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Events THURSDAY Baristas with Brushes: Today, 6 p.m. Cultural Center at Eagle Hill; Enjoy a hot cinnamon hazelnut latte while painting with fellow teens; $10. 242 Old Petersham Road, Hardwick; thecenterateaglehill.org.

"Boeing Boeing": Today, 7:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat, 8 p.m.; Sun, 2 and 7 p.m.

Majestic Theater; Through March 31; Tickets: $24-$34. 131 Elm St., West Springfield. 413-747-7797 or majestictheater.com.

"Futurity": Thu.-Fri, 7 p.m.; Sat, 2 and 7 p.m. Hartsbrook School; For students in grades 6 and up. For tickets email admissions@hartsbrook.org or visit hartsbrook.org, 193 Bay Road, Hadley.

History of Northampton State Hospital Building: Today, 1 p.m.

Easthampton Council on Aging; A visual walk through the Northampton State Hospital. This is a history of the building by Mark Rossler; Free. 19 Union St., Easthampton.

413-527-6151.

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Iconica Chess Club: Today, Iconica Social Club, “Get Pawned!” Every Thursday 2-7 p.m. Iconica Social Club hosts a chess club for all skill levels. Casual play for now, then there will be a scheduled tournament using the Swiss point system with cash and cafe prizes; Free. 1 Amber Lane, Northampton; 413341-0258 or iconicasocialclub. com.

non-NHS students and memebers of the seniors community; $16.52 general public; $6.17 Northampton High School Students and Staff.

380 Elm Street, Northampton. 413587-1344 or hamphigh.org.

Sarah the Fiddler: Today, 7 p.m.

ICC's Irish House Restaurant and Trinity Pub; Pub will open at 4:30 p.m. to ticketholders only. Cost is $20 for ICC Patrons / $25 for general public, for table seating in the main room and back room. The main room/bar will be filled first in order of purchase. Drinks and dinner will be available for purchase, from the 3-course event menu (not included in ticket cost). Buy tickets online (brownpapertickets.com/ event/4057180), or call 413-3424358. 429 Morgan Road, West Springfield; IrishCenterwne.org.

Neighborhood Playgroup: Today, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sixteen Acres Branch Library; Meet other families, chat with the librarian, enjoy the toys in the Activity Center, try out art projects, and so much more. No registration required, just drop-in any time during the program. An adult must accompany and consistently supervise children.

Ages birth-5 years with siblings welcome. Meets every Thursday Trivia: Today, 7 p.m. Tatham during the school year; Free. 1187 Memorial Club; 3 Paul St., West Parker Street, Springfield; 413-263- Springfield.

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Northampton High School Theater and Music Departments Presents "Grease": Thu.-Fri, 7 p.m.; Sat, 2 and 7 p.m. Northampton High School; Tickets available at brownpapertickets.com; $11.34

BrickRoad’s repertory company will be presenting “The Wake of Timothy O’Toole.”

CONTINUED FROM PAGE E25 Written by Brent Northup, the mystery-comedy details can be made by calling 774the murder of a rich Irish 241-8450. inventor and the shenanigans • Another Game Feast eve- surrounding his untimely ning is planned at the Munich demise.

A buffet dinner will be Haus German Restaurant served at 7 p.m.; the show and in Chicopee. Scheduled for dinner are priced at $40 per March 23, the feast will start at 6 p.m. and is priced at $55. person.

Contact the 1761 Old Mill The centerpiece of the game buffet will be a carving station for more information and to reserve tickets. They answer at which venison, bison, elk, mountain goat, and more can at 978-874-5941. be sampled. Other featured • To usher in the St. dishes are to include roasted wild boar, wild turkey schnit- Patrick’s Day season, Dairy Queen locations are featuring zel, fried alligator, and game two seasonal specials. stew.

Through Sunday, particiSides such as spatzle, oven-roasted potatoes, red pating DQ restaurants will cabbage, and more will also be offering a twofer deal be available. on any flavor or size of DQ Blizzard treats. Guest who Contact the Munich Haus order a Blizzard are eligible to at 413-594-8788 to purchase purchase a second of equal or tickets. smaller size and pay only 99 cents for that second Bliz• On March 22, the 1761 Old Mill in Westminster will zard. This limited-time-offer includes the March Blizzard be collaborating with Brickof the month, Mint OREO, Road Productions of Monwhich features OREO cookie son to host a dinner theater evening. pieces and creme de menthe

FRIDAY Agawam Knights of Columbus Lenten Fish Dinners: Fri, 5-7 p.m.

Sacred Heart Church; They will be serving baked fish, french fries

syrup blended into vanilla soft serve.

Also available for a limited time is the new Mint Shake, a frozen dairy drink made with vanilla soft serve and mint-flavored syrup.

There are Dairy Queen locations on Memorial Drive in Chicopee.

• Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar restaurants across New England are celebrating the return of the chain’s 3-Course Meal promotion. It’s a package deal that allows Applebee’s guests to customize their visit from a list of 15 different dishes.

The first course in the 3-Course Meal is a side salad, with house or Caesar variations available.

Four appetizer choices — boneless wings, mozzarella sticks, spinach & artichoke dip, and onion rings — represent the second part of the deal.

The entree part of the package lists nine options. Three entrees – shrimp wonton stirfry, a classic bacon cheeseburger platter, and threecheese chicken penne — are

and cole slaw, along with beverage and dessert. Takeout is available and the cost is $10 per meal.

Proceeds will assist the Knights of Columbus in their Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy such as Pro-Life works in the communities, supporting the churches, etc, 1061 Springfield St., Feeding Hills.

"Boeing Boeing": See Thursday listing Friday Fish Fry: Fri, 7:30 p.m. Swift River Sportsman's Club; $10-$14.

79 Moore Road, Belchertown.

"Futurity": See Thursday listing Hartford Symphony Orchestra: Fri.-Sat, 8 p.m.; Sun, 3 p.m. The Bushnell; "Mozart meets Klezmer," Tickets range from $35 to $73. 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford. 860-9875900 or bushnell.org.

Karaoke: Fri, 7 p.m. Tatham Memorial Club; 3 Paul St., West Springfield.

Late Nights at Amherst Cinema: Fri, 9:45 p.m. Amherst Cinema; "The Fly" (1986, Rated R), Regular admission. 28A Amity St., Amherst.

Lenten Lunch: Fri, Trinity United

Methodist Church; Every Friday, through April 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m., Lenten luncheons will be served in Asbury Hall at Trinity United Methodist Church, 361 Sumner Avenue, Springfield.

Chapel services will be held from 12:30 to 1 p.m. in Grace Chapel.

Takeout orders are available by calling ahead on Friday mornings at 413-221-5399. There will be a 50 cent charge per takeout order to help defray the cost of packaging.

Proceeds from the luncheons go to support local and global mission projects, Varies with cost of food.

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Northampton High School Theater and Music Departments Presents "Grease": See Thursday listing Springfield Storytellers March Story Swap: Fri, 7 p.m. Springfield Storytellers, 1000 Wilbraham Road, Springfield.

St. Patrick's Day at MGM Springfield: Fri.-Sat, MGM Springfield; Celebrate the luck of the Irish all day, with green beer and live music

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• Apparently looking for ways to enhance revenue without having to raise menu prices, Pizza Hut has been testing a new operating strategy in “select” South California restaurants.

As reported in “Nation’s Restaurant News,” those Pizza Hut locations are now selling small shakers of crushed red pepper and grated cheese.

The individual-serving con• Taco Bell locations are tainers are priced at 99 cents heating things up this month each. will a limited-time-only offer.

A spokesperson for the Rattlesnake Fries, which chain described the test as an will be available at Taco Bell attempt to “capture consumer locations through early April, response.” layer the chain’s new Nacho Additionally, the article refries with pieces of steak and ported that Domino’s franchitwo sauces – nacho cheese sees currently have the option and creamy jalapeno – before of charging $1.25 for containtopping things off with sliced ers of extra cheese and/or jalapeno peppers. pepper flakes.

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Applebee’s is also offering a $2 drink of the month – ABSOLUT Rainbow Punch, a vodka-based cocktail with flavors of green apple, ginger, and lemon.

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Saturday in March there will be a Maple Breakfast buffet featuring local maple syrup, maple prodCONTINUED FROM PAGE E28 ucts & vendors, maple wine and slushies. Bring the family to see live at TAP Sports Bar and Lobby Bar, 1 oxen, black smithing demonstraMGM Way, Springfield. tions, face painting and hayrides WGBY Wine, Beer & Food Tasting: (weather permitting) and more.

Fri, 5-8 p.m. Tower Square Hotel; Seating is limited so reservations $49. Boland Way, Springfield. are strongly recommended. $15 adults; $10 children under 12. Seat"The Wolves": Fri.-Sat, 7:30 p.m.; ing times are 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 12 Sun, 3 and 6:30 p.m. Drama and 1 p.m. 3305 Greenwich Road, Studio; Tickets can be purchased online at wolves.brownpapertick- Hardwick. ets.com or call the drama Studio 44th Annual Holyoke St. PatBox Office at 413-739-1983 during rick's Day Road Race: Sat, 1 p.m. the following hours: Mon.-Fri. 4:30- Francie's Tavern; Come early to 7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; $20 watch or join the Kid's Fun Run adults, $10 students. 41 Oakland with lineups starting at 10:45 a.m.

St., Springfield. 413-739-1983 or for ages 2-10. Just after 12 p.m. the dramastudio.org.

Aqua String Band Mummers will Women of The Word Conference: perform down Maple and Lyman Street. At 1 p.m. the first wave Fri.-Sat, Cornerstone Church; To register for the event, visit Godcon- of 10k runners will go down the ferences.com or call 413-531-1661, street and following them will be the 2 mile walk. Stay to party and $75. 15 Kibbe Road, East Longcelebrate in downtown at Veterans meadow.

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late Major Richard W. Cooper of Salisbury, Maryland, and Mary Jacqueline “Jacki” Cooper of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Cooper family lived on Westover Air Force Base until his plane was downed on December 19, 1972, and he was listed as missing in action. His remains were eventually found and he was buried on December 19, 2003, in Arlington National Cemetery.

Her mother then relocated to Holyoke to raise her two daughters, Jenn and Natalie.

Jenn Cooper graduated from Holyoke Catholic High School in 1991 and received her bachelor’s degree in political science in 1995 and master’s in higher education administration in 1997 from University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Since 1997, she has worked in higher education and currently serves as senior director of development for the University of Massachusetts Foundation.

Cooper is considered a top performer for the Amherst campus, having raised over $13 million in donations since 2013. Prior to UMass, she

Art on Screen: "David Hockney at the Royal Academy of Arts": Sat, 12:30 p.m. Amherst Cinema; Not rated, Regular admission. 28A

worked at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Boston University and MIT. She is a member of the board of directors for the Dakin Humane Society in Springfield.

She resides in Holyoke with her partner and fellow committee member, Billy Dinn, and their dog, Murphy D. 2019 Daniel J. Gallivan Award Winner: Joseph Morrison (Presented to a long-standing member of the St. Patrick’s Committee, who, while not a resident of Holyoke, has made significant contributions to the overall success of the parade and/or St. Patrick’s Day Committee. Gallivan was from South Hadley and a longtime member of the St Patrick’s Committee.)

A resident of East Longmeadow, Morrison was born in Holyoke and is a graduate of Holyoke High School and the University of Massachusetts, where he received a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s degree in education. He also received a master’s degree in special education from Westfield State College.

He has been a special education teacher for 23 years.

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242 Old Petersham Road, Hardwick; thecenterateaglehill.org.

Be Brave & Shave: Sat, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. MGM Springfield; Head shaving event to support St. Baldrick's foundation and childhood cancer research. Guests of all ages are invited to join MGM Springfield staff and local dignitaries at the historic Armory as they shave then heads for this worthy cause. Information can be found at stbaldricks.org, 1 MGM Way, Springfield.

"Boeing Boeing": See Thursday listing "Futurity": See Thursday listing The Happier FAMILY Comedy Show: Sat, 3 p.m. Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art; Monthly family-friendly improv comedy show, great for 5-12 year olds and their adults. Tickets at the door: $10 adults, $5 kids, Free for 4 years

While primarily a middle and high school teacher, he has taught at all levels from second grade through college.

He is currently a teacher at the Michael E. Smith Middle School in South Hadley.

A member of the Holyoke Parade Committee since 1998, he has been a co-chair of several sub-committees, including the Citizenship Dinner, Golf Tournament, Parade Raffle, and the “LoveIn” – the Colleen Gathering.

He has also been a member of numerous other committees, including the Music Committee, which he has been an active member of for the past five years. Currently, he is the financial secretary of the Parade Committee and is also in charge of assigning workers on Parade Day. Morrison and his wife, Jennifer, who is also a member of the Parade Committee, reside with their daughter Kelsea in East Longmeadow. They have two sons: Daniel, who is a senior at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, majoring in English, and Patrick, who is a freshman at Union College, in Schenectady, New York, majoring in economics and history.

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and under (Reduced admission for museum members). For more info: happiervalley.com, 125 West Bay Road, Amherst; 413-559-6300 or carlemuseum.org.

Happier Valley Comedy Presents: Not In Charge: Sat, 7 p.m. Happier Valley Comedy Theater; Join the talented group Not In Charge for a polished, fast-paced improv show inspired by the improvisers' real life stories. And stick around after for the 9 p.m. showcase and open improv jam. Tickets: $10 online and at the door. For more info: happiervalley.com. 1 Mill Valley Road Suite B, Hadley.

Hartford Symphony Orchestra: See Friday listing Irish Dancers: Sat, 10:30-11 a.m.

Kent Memorial Library; Dancers from Scoil Rince Luimni, an Irish Dance Academy in South Windsor and Farmington. No need to register, just drop in, 50 North Main Street, Suffield. 860-668-3896.

Lupa Zoo Winter Fundraiser: Sat, 6 p.m. Polish American Citizens' Club-Ludlow; Featuring food, raffle, music, Polish-American Buffet.

To purchase tickets, call 413-5899883 or email info@lupazoo.org,

$35 each. 355 East St., Ludlow.

The Mammals at Hinterland: Sat, 6 p.m. Valley View Farm; Chefs Alex Kemper and Katrina Pierson will prepare a seasonal feast served family style at rustic farm tables.

Net proceeds will go to the Rosenberg Fund for Children, $60/$65 dinner + show; $20/$25 music only. 16 Walpole Road, Haydenville Northampton High School Theater and Music Departments Presents "Grease": See Thursday listing St. Patrick's Day at MGM Springfield: See Friday listing WGBY Wine Lovers Dinner with Chef Sanford D'Amato: Sat, 6-10 p.m. Tower Square Hotel; The 2019 WGBY Wine Lovers Dinner (wgby.org/dinner) features a seven-course menu carefully designed by guest chef Sanford D'Amato of Good Stock Farm, Hatfield. Each course is served with fine wines expertly paired by Michael Quinlan of Table & Vine; $175. Boland Way, Springfield; "The Wolves": See Friday listing Women of The Word Conference:

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Berkshire Museum: "Leonardo Da Vinci: Machines in Motion."

Through May 5. 39 South St., Pittsfield or berkshiremuseum.org.

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Children's Museum at Holyoke: Permanent Exhibit: The newest additions are The Wiggle and Wash/Vet Clinic. A toddler MerryGo-Round and a state of the art, 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.

See Friday listing

SUNDAY Andrei Tarkovsky: The Complete Feature Films: Sun, 1 p.m. Amherst Cinema; "Ivan's Childhood." Not rated; Russian with English subtitles; Regular admission. 28A Amity St., Amherst.

"Bag It" Environmental Film: Sun, 4:30 p.m. Second Baptist Church; Following the film, there will be a discussion. Childcare, as well as popcorn will be provided during the 80 minute film; Free. 100 North Main St., Suffield.

Connecticut Science Center: "Real Bodies: The Exhibition."

Through June 30; Included with General Admission or Science Center Membership, ctsciencecenter.org. 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, $15.50 seniors 65+, free ages 3 and under. 250 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford or ctsciencecenter.org.

"Boeing Boeing": See Thursday listing Hartford Symphony Orchestra: See Friday listing Holyoke St. Patrick's Parade: Sun, 11:30 a.m. Begins at K-Mart Plaza and parade continues to Beech Street and High Street, Northampton Street Route 5, Holyoke.

West Springfield Coin Club Coin Show: Sun, 9:30 a.m. Dante Club; Coin dealers will be exhibiting as well as buying, selling coins and giving free appraisals. Admission and parking are free. For further information contact Peter Setian at 413-596-9871. The Dante Club is located across from the Big E in West Springfield; Free. 1198 Memorial Ave., West Springfield.

"The Wolves": See Friday 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.

Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History: "Charles Manthos and his Prototype Indian Motocycle." Through June 30.

"Thank You for Your Service: The City Salutes the USS Springfield." Through July 31. "Toytopia."

Through April 28. Play the world's largest Etch-A-Sketch, retro arcade area, with working classic games, a life-size doll house, and more.

Permanent exhibit: more than two dozen Indian motorcycles and

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Sarah the Fiddler will play the Irish Cultural Center’s Irish House Restaurant and Trinity Pub in West Springfield tonight at 7. (DIANNE B. LYONS PHOTO) related memorabilia.

Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts: Museum a la Carte, today, 12:15 p.m. "Georgia O'Keeffe, At Home in New Mexico," with Maggie North. Cookies and coffee provided; $4, $2 members.

Springfield Science Museum: "Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas Traveling Exhibition from the American Museum of Natural History." Through May 12. "Interactive Science Exhibit: Fallen Log." Permanent exhibit: Family Science Adventures, will be presented on weekends 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Dinosaur Hall with Tyrannoseaurus Rex, African Hall with elephant, giraffe and other animals.

Solutia Live Animal Center, Native American Hall, animal habitats.

The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum: "The Baby's Biography: Theodor Seuss Geisel." Through May 12. 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. Second floor contains 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. Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

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.

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: "Illustrated Owls: A Who's Hoo from the Museum's Vault." Through April 21. Permanent exhibit: Gabrielle Healy Carroll Storytime Programs are held Tues. and Fri. 10:30 a.m.; Sat. 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m., free with admission. Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m.; $6, $9, $22.50 for a family of four. "Out of the Box: The Graphic Novel Comes of Age." Through May 26. "The Very Hungry Caterpillar Turns 50." Through March 24. 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.

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: Permanent exhibit, "Works by James Turrell, Sol leWitt, and Laurie Anderson" currently on extended view. Fall/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, 2020.

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: Three floors with dozens of handson 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: Including the 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.

Norman Rockwell Museum: Permanent exhibit: Gallery talks on the second Tues. of every month at 1:30 p.m. 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 Josiah Day House: Permanent students, $6 children 6-18, free for exhibit: Featuring guided tours, members and children 5 and under. artifacts, furniture, clothing and "The Art and Wit of Rube Golddocuments from 1754-1902. Call berg." Through June 9. "Rockwell for open house schedule and individual tours; $3, $1 children 6-12, on Libations." Saturday, 4-6 p.m. free for members, 70 Park St., West Enjoy a look at four of Rockwell's Springfield 413-734-8322. advertisements for beer and spirits, as well as tastings with Wandering Mark Twain House and Museum: Permanent exhibit hours: Mon.-Sat. star Craft Brewery. Try your hand at designing your own beer labels. 21+ 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sun. noononly. Reservations required, email 5:30 p.m. $16, $14 seniors, $10 register@nrm.org or call 413-931children 6-16 and children under 6 free for the main house tour. $6, $4 2221. $25, $15 members, 9 Route SEE CALENDAR, PAGE E31 Holyoke Heritage State Park: Permanent exhibit: Holyoke Parks and Recreation exhibits depict city's history. Hours Tues.-Sun. noon.-4 p.m.; free, 221 Appleton St., Holyoke 413-534-1723.

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University Museum of Contemporary Art - Fine Arts Center: Permanent exhibit hours: Tues.-Fri. CONTINUED FROM PAGE E30 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 2-5 p.m. Closed Mondays, holidays and 183, Stockbridge or nrm.org. spring break. 151 Presidents Drive, Old Sturbridge Village: Permanent Amherst. exhibit: Visit Kidstory, a indoor Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded learning gallery in the Visitor's Cen- Age Museum: Permanent exhibit: ter where kids ages 3-10 can try Guided tours of the first and secon period costumes and imagine ond floors. 104 Walker St., Lenox or life in the 1830's; "Neat and Tasty: gildedage.org.

Getting Dressed in Early New Volleyball Hall of Fame: PermaEngland"; apparel in portraiture. nent exhibit hours: Thur.-Sun. Hours: Wed.-Sun. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. noon-4:30 p.m. $2.50-$3.50, 444 $24, $22 seniors, $8 children 3-17, Dwight St., Holyoke or volleyhall. free for children under 3. "Maple org.

Days," Saturday and Sunday and Williams College Museum of March 23-24, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Included with admission, Route 20, Art: "Delirious Matter: a public art installation" by Diana Al-HadSturbridge or osv.org. id. Through March 24. "Possible Pan African Historical Museum Selves: Queer Fotovernaculars."

USA: Permanent exhibit: ExhibiThrough April 14. 15 Lawrence tions by local artists. Hours: Tues.Hall Drive, Williamstown or wcma.

Fri. noon-4 p.m.; free, 1500 Main williams.edu.

St., Springfield 413-733-1823.

Wistariahurst Museum: PermaPolish Center of Discovery and nent exhibit: "Wisteria Vines in Full Learning: Permanent exhibit: A Bloom." Carriage House and Gift living monument safeguarding shop open Sat.-Sun, Mon. noon-4 historical objects representative p.m.; Historic house tours: $7, $5 of the material culture of the students and seniors, 238 Cabot Polish people in America. Galleries St., Holyoke or wistariahurst.org. include "Coming to America"; "At Home in America"; "Folk Art"; "His- Worcester Art Museum: “Radiance Rediscovered”: Stained tory." Hours: Mon.-Fri. 1-5 p.m. $5 donation, 33 South St., Chicopee or Glass by Tiffany and La Farge.

Through April 21. Free with Musepolishcenter.net. um admission, worcesterart.org/ Smith College Museum of Art: exhibitions/tiffany-and-lafarge.

"Object Histories: From the African “Travels with Hiroshige.” Through Continent to the SCMA GallerMay 26. The Famous Views of the ies." Through June 2020. "Plastic Sixty-odd Provinces is a famous Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetlandscape print series by the ics, Materials." Through July 28; Japanese artist Utagawa Hiroshige.

10 a.m.-4 p.m.; 0-$5, smith.edu/ Free with Museum admission, artmuseum/On-View/Upcoming/ worcesterart.org/exhibitions/hiPlastic-Entanglements. Elm Street roshige. “Monet's Waterloo Bridge: at Bedford Terrace, Northampton Vision and Process.” Through April or scam.smith.edu.

28. Exhibit brings together nine Springfield Armory National Hisstellar versions of Claude Monet's toric Site: Ranger-led interpretive well-known series of paintings deprograms offered in the museum picting London's Waterloo Bridge. in the afternoon. Junior Ranger Free with Museum admission, programs conducted frequently worcesterart.org/exhibitions/ each day. Hours: Wed.-Sun. 9 a.m.- waterloo-bridge/. 55 Salisbury St., 5 p.m., closed on Mon. and Tues.

Worcester or worcesterart.org.

National Parks passes available, Yiddish Book Center: Permanent picnic tables available on site. 1 exhibit, "A Velt mit veltelekh: The Armory Square, Springfield or nps.

Worlds of Jewish Culture;" $10, $8 gov/spar. member, $5 student. Film: "BombThe Clark Art Institute: Permanent shell." Sunday, 2 p.m. Students: $4, exhibit: European and American Members: $6, General Admission: paintings and sculpture, extensive $8, programs@yiddishbookcencollections of master prints and ter.org.1021 West St., Amherst or drawings, English silver and early yiddishbookcenter.org. 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., WilliamA.P.E. Gallery: Permanent exhibit stown or clarkart.edu. hours: Tues.-Thurs. noon-5 p.m.; Titanic Museum: Permanent exFri.-Sat. noon-8 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 hibit: Exhibits from the collection of p.m.; 126 Main St., Northampton or the International Titanic Historical apearts.org.

Society. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 Alumnae House Gallery: "Toward p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $4, $2 Abstraction" photos by Esther Pullchildren and students, 208 Main man. Through April 12, Mon-Fri. 9 St., Indian Orchard or titanic1.org.

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Amherst Business Improvement District: "Small Oil Paintings" by Lorna Ritz. Through March 30. 35 South Pleasant St., Amherst.

Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery: Permanent exhibit 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: new work by Barbara Ernst Prey. Hours: Daily 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. 71 Spring St., Williamstown or barbaraprey.com.

Bing Arts Center: Meredith Marciano's "Vanity Fare." Through June 22. 716 Sumner Ave., Springfield or bingartscenter.org.

Central Library: Breathing In: “Monotypes” by Doris Madsen.

Saturday-Thursday, through April 25. Doris Madsen draws inspiration from the world around her; places, plants, and things she sees;free, springfieldlibrary.org/library/ art-central-breathing-in-monotypes-by-doris-madsen/. 220 State Street, Springfield or springfieldlibrary.org.

Cooper's Common: Agawam Community Artists and Artisans Local Art for Sale. Through Dec. 31. For further information, contact Ceil Rossi, 413-207-1247 or tocarefree2@hotmail.com. 159 Main St., Agawam.

Forbes Library: Nancy Dickinson "Acorn People." Through September. Emily Tareila: "A Score For Possibility" (Mixed media) Lou Peugh: "Collage"; Bonnie Sennott: "Abstract Embroidery." Through March 30; 20 West St., Northampton or forbeslibrary.org.

Gallery A3 Amherst Art Alliance: “Photography & Mixed Media: In Tune with Our Imagination.”

Through March 30; gallerya3.com.

28 Amity St., Amherst 413-2564250.

Gallery La Vie: Permanent Exhibit: Interact with your surrounds, read a book, write a letter, savor a snack.

Hours: Sun. noon-5 p.m. and by appointment.

471 Main St., Hatfield or Gallerylavie.com.

Hope and Feathers Framing and Gallery: Opening: David Hyde Costello - “Real Life Imaginary Friends.” Through March 30; David will be also sketching in the gallery on Saturday, 1-3:30pm. A coloring zine featuring drawings by David

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will be for sale for the duration of the show. hopeandfeathersframing.com/david-hyde-costello-imaginary-friends; free. 319 Main St., Amherst or hopeandfeathersframing.com.

Indian Orchard Mills Dane Gallery: All new exhibits every month featuring the artists at Indian Orchard Mills. Hours: Sat. noon-4 p.m. or by appointment.

34 Front St., Indian Orchard 413543-3321.

J. H. Miller Custom Framing and Gallery: Featuring the works of local artists. Hours Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Thurs. 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 86 Elm St., West Springfield 413-732-9128.

Jasper Rand Art Museum: Permanent exhibit 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: "Sway, Shift, Formation" an exhibiton by Debbie Hesse. Through April 18.

4 Batchelder Road, Windsor or mercygallery.org.

Montague Mill: "The Glance of Mercy" the power of animal vision, paintings of animals by Shali Sanders. Through March 31; Gallery hours: Mon. and Wed. noon-4 p.m.; Thurs.-Sun. noon-6 p.m. Closed Tues. 440 Greenfield Road, Montague or sawmillriverarts.com.

Nina's Nook: "Spontaneous Combustion: The Improvisatory Art of Adam Bosse." Through May 5. Artist reception, April 14. 125A Avenue A, Turners Falls.

Old Town Hall: "Silk Roads/Paper Trails" by Elisa Lanzi. Through April 6. 43 Main St., Easthampton.

Primary Colour Gallery: Permanent exhibit: Featuring artwork of Dave Carmen, Jeff Groleau, Renee Groleau, Anna Lee Lipman, and Jo Barry. Hours: 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Thurs. 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Fri. 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Sat. 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Closed Sun.-Tue. 183 West State St., Granby 413467-9183.

R. Michelson Galleries: Mo Willems "Try Being Nice." Through March 31. 132 Main St., Northampton or michelson.com.

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

Smith College: Installation: The Bagshare Project Creative Reuse in Action. Through April 8. At The Nolen Art Lounge. BagShare Project volunteers transform locally sourced surplus materials into reusable bags. Presented in conjunction with “Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials.”

Free, smith.edu/artmuseum.Green St., Northampton

Smith College-Oresman Gallery: "Patterns and Identity Intersect” by Donnabelle Casis. Through March 26. "The Time Being" by Emily Orzech. Through today. On view Mon.-Fri. 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Green Street, Northampton.

Taber Art Gallery: "If the Future of This world Can't be Depended on, I'll make My Own: Fantasy Spaces in the 21st Century" by Anya Klepacki. Through March 21, Gallery talk, March 21, 5-6 p.m. 303 Homestead Ave., Holyoke 413-552-2614.

The Greenfield Gallery and Fine Art Printing: "The Long View" by Marjorie Morgan. Through Friday.

231 Main St., Greenfield 413-7729334.

Valley Photo Center: Permanent exhibit 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: Permanent exhibit hours: Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; 1215 Wilbraham Road, Springfield or wne.edu/ arts.

The Republican is not responsible for unannounced schedule changes.

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MARCH EVENTS Berkshire Museum 39 South St, Pittsfield, MA 01201 413-443-7171 berkshiremuseum.org WeeMuse Parent/Child STEM Session Wednesday, March 13, 10 am and 11 am Free with advance registration.

Children ages 2 to 4 and their caregivers are invited to explore science, technology, engineering, and math concepts during this free STEM program. Older and younger siblings welcome. To register, visit our calendar at berkshiremuseum.org or call 413.443.7171 ext.360.

Pop Up Play Day Saturday, March 16, 10 am to noon Included with regular Museum admission.

Join us for a morning of child-directed play! The big, blue blocks of Imagination Playground™ encourage children to build and rebuild, exploring innovative play equipment that leads to collaboration. da Vinci After Hours Saturdays, March 16, March 23, March 30, 5 to 7 pm $5, Museum members $3 Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion remains open until 7 pm every Saturday night! Join us during extended hours at a reduced ticket price to explore Leonardo’s imaginative inventions, from his flying machines to a battle tank, and even a Renaissance robot.

ONGOING PROGRAMS WeeMuse: Littlest Learners Tuesdays, 10:30 am Included with regular Museum admission.

Littlest Learners is for children 6 to 18 months and their caregivers and includes reading stories, singing songs, learning sign language, and stretching both bodies and minds.

WeeMuse Adventures Fridays, 11 to 11:30 am Included with regular Museum admission.

Songs, stories, scavenger hunts, play time, and more, geared towards children 18 months to 3 years. Older and younger siblings are always welcome!

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Learn about the creatures in the Aquarium and help prepare enticing feasts for the turtles, fish, chameleon, and even the blue-tongue skink!

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