Weekend - June 6, 2019

For a full listing of WMass events this weekend, go to masslive.com/entertainment

Weekend

E

LIVEWIRE: Westfield on Weekends to fill summer with music, E5 ‘MMMBOP:’ Hanson playing sold-out show in Springfield, E9 WINE PRESS: Wine and the power of memory, E13

| THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019

|

PENTATONIX

A cappella group to play Mohegan Sun, Worcester, Page E8

P LU S

Escape to the Berkshires, Page E20

JUICY NEVER TASTED SO GOOD! $5.00 $ 5.

OFF

Buy 3 Daily Specials, Get 4th

Any An A ny O Or Order rd of $50.00 or More

$10.00 OFF

Any Order of $100.00 or More

Cannot Ca C aann nnnott be be combined with other offers.

Please coupon when ordering.

PPle Pl lle easse ea eas e present p prre res Expires 7/4/19

Cannot be combined with other offers.

Please present coupon when ordering.

Expires 7/4/19

Cannot be combined with other offers.

Please present coupon when ordering.

Expires 7/4/19

FREE

1404 Boston Road Springfield, MA 01119 Order Online: www.juicyseafoodma.com

413-209-8297 • 413-209-8941

3113437-01

Sun - Thurs: 12pm – 10pm Fri – Sat: 12pm – 11pm

WEEKEND

E2 | THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

CLUBBING

Warehouse? hosting record release

by Holyoke native Fran O’Connell

A

S SOME READERS may know, my musical past has some firm roots in Holyoke. My former band, Cardiac Kids, was based there, so it is familiar territory for me.

So when Jamie Kent recently wrote to me about a new record he produced, I was happy to see it was by Holyoke native Fran O’Connell, and features Cardiac Kids drummer Rich Adelson, who is now O’Connell’s regular beatkeeper.

Kent produced half the record in his new Nashville digs and the other half at Sonelab in Easthampton. “(Fran) has made some pretty big strides the past couple of years, and the stories behind some of these new songs are pretty damn vulnerable,” Kent said of the new material.

The record will be celebrated at a release party on June 15 at The Warehouse? in Holyoke.

After losing his mayoral race in 2015 and the sudden, unforeseen death of his brother, O’Connell found himself in a dark place. This led him to

his guitar and a pad of paper, where he found that writing songs was the greatest healing tool he had.

“My world had become a microcosm of everything happening in our country. Too much fighting and too many things trying to pull me apart from the people and things I love most,” O’Connell said.

“I needed an outlet to express how I really felt, and music was it.”

He then turned to Kent to help him hone the songs into a cohesive record.

“When Franny played me these songs, I thought that I hadn’t heard something this vulnerable and honest in a really long time,” Kent said.

“I was honored to help Fran build recordings that would honor the songs, and enhance their emotion.”

The songs span subjects from love to childhood trauma to his time serving in the Army.

“I think after the mayoral race, I really felt a good deal of judgement and division amongst so many people that I grew up with and have loved

my whole life. The album and it’s title (“I Am You”) are my way of healing personally, but also my attempt at trying to heal the divide within my community,” O’Connell said.

The release party will fea-

ture O’Connell and his band (featuring Adelson, Joe Boyle, Dave Stern, Dinah Steward, and Beau Sasser). Peter Newland will open the night at 7 p.m., and tickets are available in advance at frannyo.com.

Nightclubs

Road, Chicopee

Way, Springfield

Donovan’s Irish Pub: Live entertainment. 1655 Boston Road #C6, Springfield

Mike’s East Side Pub: Karaoke J & M Productions. 535 Page Blvd, Springfield

Tavern Restaurant: Chris Lomma.

2 Broad St., Westfield The Still: Drink specials. 858 Suffield St., Agawam

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

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

My Brothers Place: DJ with rock.

185 Grove St., Chicopee

Theodores’: The Outcrops. 201 Worthington St., Springfield

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

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

Paisano’s Pub: Dave’s acoustic jam.

138 College Highway, Southampton

Tower Square: White Lion Brewing’s Outdoor Beer Garden. 1500 Main St., Springfield

Cabot Comedy Club: Cabot Comedy Club: Live Comedy. 66 Cabot Street, Chicopee

Iron Horse Music Hall: Christian McBride & Tip City. 20 Center St., Northampton

THURSDAY

Center Stage Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 267 Dwight St., Springfield Christy’s Lounge: DJ. 278 Main St., Indian Orchard Club Castaway: Nude ladies dancing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately Delaney House: Italian music with Luke Baillargeon. 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby

George Lenker Club Scout

The Wherehouse? is at 109 Lyman St. in Holyoke.

Holyoke native Fran O’Connell’s new record will be celebrated at a release party on June 15 at The Warehouse? in Holyoke.

The album, “I Am You,” was produced by Jamie Kent.

(THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)

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

Rafters: Karaoke with Highnote J.J.’s Tavern: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 422 Amity St., Amherst Productions. 99 Main St., Florence Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer

Shadow Lounge: DJ with classics.

278 Worthington St., Springfield

Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield

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

Mattie’s Cafe: DJ Aaron, reggae, old school, R & B. 750 Boston Road, Springfield MGM Springfield: Roar! Comedy Club Series: Carly Aquilino. 1 MGM

Southwick Inn: Open mic hosted

by Steve Piper of Roadhouse Band.

479 College Highway, Southwick

Turtle Pond: Live entertainment.

349 Wilbraham St., Palmer Uno Chicago Grill: Uno’s Summer Concert Series Good Acoustics.

820 West Columbus Ave., Springfield Waterfront Tavern: Karaoke with DJ Gavie and the Karaoke Mafia.

920 Main St., Holyoke

Scouting report • The Outcrops bring their wide musical smorgasbord of rock‘n’roll, blues, funk, R&B, old country and jazz to the Theodores stage tonight.

Theodores is at 201 Worthington St. in Springfield.

• The Healys with Charlie Bongiovi are slated to perform at Donovan’s Irish pub at the Eastfield Mall in Springfield tomorrow night.

• Peter Asher of Peter & Gordon joins forces with Jeremy Clyde of Chad & Jeremy for a June 14 show at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton.

Do you have a cool event coming up at a local club? Send me a note about it at least two weeks in advance to geolenker@ yahoo.com and I’ll try to get it in this space.

FRIDAY Alina’s: Emery Smith. 96 Russell St., Hadley American Legion Post 266: Baird Souls. 74 Pleasant St., Granby Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, South Hadley Boston Boston: Live acoustics. 16 Bolduc Lane, Chicopee Center Stage Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 267 Dwight St., Springfield Christy’s Lounge: DJ. 278 Main St., Indian Orchard Club Castaway: Nude ladies dancing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately

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

Club One Entertainment Complex: Whiskey Rebels. 60 North Westfield St., Feeding Hills

Whip City Brew: DJ with dance.

287 Elm St., Westfield

Danger Zone Saloon: Live enter-

SEE NIGHTCLUBS, PAGE E3

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

WEEKEND

THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 | E3

Nightclubs CONTINUED FROM PAGE E2 tainment. 948 Main St., Warren Delaney House: Tom Savoy. 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke

Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

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

Michael F. Curtin VFW Post 8006: Karaoke with Reil Entertainment Productions. Florence Road, Florence My Brothers Place: DJ with rock.

185 Grove St., Chicopee New City Brewery: Vox Sambou: Big Band Afrobeat + Food Truck Friday!. 180 Pleasant St. (Rear), Easthampton

Francisco Live. 92 View St. 2nd Fl, Chicopee Theodores’: Eran Troy Danner. 201 Worthington St., Springfield Tower Square: White Lion Brewing’s Outdoor Beer Garden. 1500 Main St., Springfield Turtle Pond: Live entertainment.

2019 SUMMIT VIEW

Stafford Palace Theater: Sugar Brown burlesque Presents Queen of Kink Hartford. 75 Main St., Stafford Springs Tavern Restaurant: Dave O’Connell. 2 Broad St., Westfield

No Charge For Music!

Music Starts 6:30pm BBQ Buffet available for purchase 5:30-8:30pm

Friday, June 7 Moose and The High Tops Classic Rock

Club One Entertainment Complex: Aquanett is the East Coast’s best 80’s band. 60 North Westfield St., Feeding Hills Danger Zone Saloon: Karaoke. 948 Main St., Warren Delaney House: Live music with Floyd Patterson. 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee Donovan’s Irish Pub: Live entertainment. 1655 Boston Road #C6,

SEE NIGHTCLUBS, PAGE E4

SATURDAY 6/8 JIMMY MCARDLE & JERRY MURPHY

Friday, June 14 Lynard Skynrd Experience Southern Rock FRI. 6/14 Jeff Conlon • SAT. 6/15 The Healys w/ Charlie Bongiovi

Gets You 20% OFF! Find Beer Selection on

555 Northampton St., Holyoke, MA • hamelssummitview.com (413) 538-7431

FRI. WHOLE BELLY CLAMS

SAT. PRIME RIB

SUNDAY BREAKFAST 8:30-Noon www.donovanspub.com

TUES. EAT-IN ONLY

BANQUET & MEETING HOUSE AND PAVILION

POOR RICHARDS

American Legion Post 266

Bar & Grill

116 School Street, Chicopee, MA • 413-331-3959 Facebook: Poor Richard’s live music bar & grill

74 Pleasant Street, Granby • 413-467-9545 www.granbylegionpost266.com Open 7 days a week noon to 1am

Every Wednesday & Thursday

Friday 6/7 ..... Baird Souls Friday 6/14 ... Tommy Whalen Friday 6/21 ... Union Jack Friday 6/28 ... Rock 201

Karaoke

Every Thursday

Every Sunday

Country Line Dancing Lessons

See Facebook Pg. for details

KARAOKE CONTEST

Friday, June 7

Saturday, June 8

Freakquency Collective Difference JRP & Rock 201

BackState Pass w/ Change Up

Friday, June 14 upcoming

F - Bomb

Saturday, June 15 Pantera Tribute -Trend Kill & Metallica Tribute - Meglamania

June 22 - Draw the Line - Aerosmith Tribute June 23 -FREE Outdoor Concert KISS Tribute Band-Dressed to Kill~ All Ages June 28 - Aquanet

3113231-01

Sat. Variety Night Music, Comedy, Pool, Electronic Darts Now Available Line Dance Lessons on Monday

THUR. COLOSSAL LOBSTER ROLL

Tues. Movie Stub from Eastfield 16

31 13 2 22 -0 1

The Loft Comedy Club: Pablo

FRIDAY 6/7 THE HEALYS W/ CHARLIE BONGIOVI

03046912

The Loft Comedy Club: Pablo Francisco Headlines the Loft Comedy Club. 92 View St. 2nd Fl, Chicopee

Club House Lounge: Open mic comedy. 250 Westfield Road, Holyoke

Pavilion Summer Concert Series

SUMMIT VIEW

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

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

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

Cash Only

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

Shakago Martini and Piano Bar: Dave Brinnel. 21-23 Hampden St., Springfield

American Legion Post 351: Karaoke with DJ Chris. 50 Saint Kolbe Drive, Holyoke

Uno Chicago Grill: Uno’s Summer Concert Series Tom Ingram Band. 820 West Columbus Ave., Springfield

All drinks and food must be purchased on the premises No coolers or outside food allowed

Pulaski Club: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 79 Maple St., Easthampton

American Legion Post 338-The Wick 338: Karaoke with Chris. 46 Powder Mill Road, Southwick

Underground Pub at the Crown Plaza: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 1 West St., Pittsfield

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

Polish American Citizens Club: Karaoke. 515 Granby Road, South Hadley

American Legion Post 266: Variety nights, comedy, live music and pool.

74 Pleasant St., Granby

349 Wilbraham St., Palmer

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

3113588-01

MGM Springfield: Roar! Comedy Club Series: Carly Aquilino. 1 MGM Way, Springfield

American Legion Post 260: Karaoke with Larry. 1 Bridge St., South Hadley

Carly Aquilino, known from MTV reality comedy series “Girl Code,” will bring her stand-up act to MGM Springfield this weekend.

Boston Boston: Live acoustics. 16 Bolduc Lane, Chicopee

Cindy’s Sports Bar: Live entertainment. 1620 North Main St., Palmer

Alina’s: Emery Smith. 96 Russell St., Hadley

Florence VFW: Karaoke with DJ Greg. 18 Meadow St., Florence

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

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

350 Grill: Dave Robbins and The Amplifires. 350 Worthington St., Springfield

Donovan’s Irish Pub: Live entertainment. 1655 Boston Road #C6, Springfield

John Boyle O’Reilly Club: The Coracles. 33 Progress Ave., Springfield

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

SATURDAY

Donovan’s Irish Pub: The Healys with Charlie Bongiovi. 1655 Boston Road #C6, Springfield

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

Road, South Hadley

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

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

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

VFW Post 8428: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 41 Pelham Road, Belchertown

WEEKEND

E4 | THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019

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

SUNDAY

Boston Boston: Open mic. 16 Bolduc Lane, Chicopee Center Stage Gentlemen’s Club:

/

// //

///

//////////////

Saturday in the Showrom

®

/

Aquanett $10

– LIVE MUSIC EVERY NIGHT –

– MAY 6TH - SEPTEMBER 1ST –

We provide a full banquet service for weddings, showers, retirement parties, bereavement gatherings, and much more.

We offer dinners shows on a regular basis along with live music during the week.

Book your next event with with us!

Music * Food * Drinks * Live Entertainment

S P O N S O R E D B Y:

Every Sunday 6-9pm Longest Running Blues Jam

Friday - Melekai Joe Saturday - Janet Ryan and Straight Up Sunday - Escape the Same, 3-6pm 60 N. Westfield St., Feeding Hills • 413-363-9018

3110820-01

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

/

3113662 0 3113662-01

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

39.95 Sunday Dinner Shows

Every Thursday 7pm Live Country Dancing Steel n Eazy

//

//

Whip City Brew: DJ with dance.

287 Elm St., Westfield

//

//

VFW Post 8428: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 41 Pelham Road, Belchertown

//

//

Uno Chicago Grill: Uno’s Summer Concert Series 1220 Band. 820 West Columbus Ave., Springfield

///

//

SEE NIGHTCLUBS, PAGE E5

///

Union Station Ballroom/Platform Sports Bar: Tom Savoy. 125A Pleasant St., Northampton

Magic Lantern: Nude female danc-

AmVets Post 12: Open pitch. 754

Theodores’: Hold Charlie Barath.

201 Worthington St., Springfield

////////////

Underground Pub at the Crown Plaza: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 1 West St., Pittsfield

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

////

Tower Square: White Lion Brewing’s Outdoor Beer Garden. 1500 Main St., Springfield

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

///

Theodores’: Eran Troy Danner. 201 Worthington St., Springfield

Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield

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

MONDAY

Club One ENTERTAINMENT COMPLEX $

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

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

//

Theodores’: General Gist & The Mexican Cadillac. 201 Worthington St., Springfield

Montgomery St., Chicopee

//

Tavern Restaurant: Double Play. 2 Broad St., Westfield

Uno Chicago Grill: Uno’s Summer Concert Series Ethel Lee Ensemble. 820 West Columbus Ave., Springfield

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

//

Shakago Martini and Piano Bar: DJ dance, featuring a full dinner menu and more than 150 martinis. 21-23 Hampden St., Springfield

Southwick Inn: Blues Jam hosted

by Cold Shot. 479 College Highway, Southwick

////

Shadow Lounge: DJ Redd. 278 Worthington St., Springfield

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

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

Eran Troy Danner will play Theodores’ in Springfield tomorrow night.

///

R-Bar: DJ Bosco. 269 Worthington St., Springfield

Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield

//

Patti’s 410 Lounge: Karaoke with Peter Kennedy. 32 Quincy Ave., Chicopee

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

/ //

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

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

Gateway City Arts: Los Lobos. 92 Race St., Holyoke

/

My Brothers Place: DJ with rock.

185 Grove St., Chicopee

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

//

MGM Springfield: Roar! Comedy Club Series: Carly Aquilino. 1 MGM Way, Springfield

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

//

Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield

TUESDAY

///

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

Club One Entertainment Complex: Jimmy Mazz’s Song Across America Show. 60 North Westfield St., Feeding Hills

/////////////

Lighthouse: Karaoke. 108 Sewall St., Ludlow

Club One Entertainment Complex: Escape the Same Duo. 60 North Westfield St., Feeding Hills

////

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

Uno Chicago Grill: Uno’s Summer Concert Series Smith & Ingram.

820 West Columbus Ave., Springfield

///

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

Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield

Club One Entertainment Complex: The Blues Jam. 60 North Westfield St., Feeding Hills

//

Springfield

ers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer

//

CONTINUED FROM PAGE E3

Nude dancing. 267 Dwight St., Springfield

//

Nightclubs

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

IT’S ALL HAPPENING UNDER THE STARS & ON THE PATIO AT UNO’S. Every night from 6pm-10pm (weather permitting) Next to Hilton Garden Inn, 820 Hall of Fame Avenue, Springfield 733-1300

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

WEEKEND

THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 | E5

MUSIC

Westfield on Weekends series to fill summer with music

Nightclubs CONTINUED FROM PAGE E4 Theodores’: Reverend Robert and Charlie Barath. 201 Worthington St., Springfield

W

ESTFIELD ON Weekends has announced its seventh annual free summer concert series.

The schedule includes Hitting the Note, an Allman Brothers tribute band on June 20; King Country, featuring Ray Guillemette Jr. on July 25; and Wolf Pit Big Band with vocalist Samirah Evans on Aug. 25.

The concerts will take place on the city’s town green and begin at 6:30 p.m.

“During Westfield’s 350th anniversary, we wished to spotlight the incredible talents of regional artists,” Gerry Tomasko, chair of the MusicFest series said. “Each of our concerts will be headlined by musicians, who have developed huge followings in the Pioneer Valley and beyond.”

• Peter Frampton will perform at the Rockland Bank Trust Pavilion in Boston on July 9 and Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, on Sept. 2.

Tickets for the shows are available through Ticketmaster at ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-745-3000.

His “Frampton Comes Alive” remains one of the top-selling live albums of all time.

He earned a Grammy for his instrumental offering “Fingerprints” in 2007.

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin will open the show.

Ray Guillemette Jr. with King Kountry will perform as part of Westfield on Weekends’ MusicFest on July 25 on the city’s town green at 6:30 p.m. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)

Nation — which owns and operates the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, and Xfinity Theater in Hartford — is looking to be more eco-friendly in the years ahead.

Its Green Nation sustainability program for its venues and events has set a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% before 2030.

It is also ending the sale of single-use plastics at all owned and operated venues and festivals by 2021.

Live Nation’s plans were detailed by Pollstar.

They also include working to reduce or eliminate the use of fossil fuels where possible,

“During Westfield’s 350th anniversary, we wished to spotlight the incredible talents of regional artist.”

• The Fab Faux will perform the album “Meet The Beatles” in its entirety, along with a set of Beatles favorites, Gerry Tomasko, chair of at the Academy of Music in Westfield on Weekends Northampton on Nov. 15 at MusicFest 7:30 p.m.

With a commitment to the accurate reproduction of The pursue a low-carbon economy by sourcing renewable Beatles’ repertoire, The Fab energy, and achieve at least a Faux treat the seminal music 50% material recovery rate by with unwavering respect, and 2030. are known for their painstak-

SEE LIVEWIRE, PAGE E6

World War II Club-The Deuce: Open Mic with Kevin Crane and Lincoln Hubley. 50 Conz St., Northampton

WEDNESDAY Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, South Hadley Center Stage Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 267 Dwight St., Springfield Club Castaway: Nude ladies dancing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee Gateway City Arts: Jake Shimabukuro. 92 Race St., Holyoke Tower Square: White Lion Brewing’s Outdoor Beer Garden. 1500 Main St., Springfield Uno Chicago Grill: Uno’s Summer Concert Series Eagle Eyes. 820 West Columbus Ave., Springfield Villa Napoletana: Dave Brinnel.

664 North Main St., East Longmeadow The Republican is not responsible for unannounced schedule changes.

Listings must be received two weeks before the date of the event.

Items should be mailed to: Entertainment Guide, The Republican, P.O. Box 1329, Springfield, MA 01102-1329, emailed to pmastriano@repub.com or submitted to masslive.com/myevent

u o y e r a t a Wh ight? wearing ton Sun. June 9, 2019 - 2PM

at Pulaski Park40 Belcher Town Road Three Thr Rivers, MA • Children Under 12 - FREE

Featuring 18 Time Grammy Winner

JIMMY STURR with Special Guests

THEE BO BOYS YS Bring Your Lawn Chair Rain or Shine Tickets at Gate $23

Greenfield, MA

Pleasure, Adventure & Fun 18 Main M in Street, Mai S Sttre treett Green G Greenfi reenfi field, field eld d MA www.Greenfield.AdamEveStores.com Mon-Thur 10-9, Fri, Sat 10-10 & Sun 12-7 413-774-9800

AEStoresGreenfield LGBTQ+ AdamEveGreenfieldMA Friendly

3113649-01

• Concert promoter Live

LiveWire

3112673-01

Liner notes • Peter Asher of Peter & Gordon fame teams up Jeremy Clyde of Chad & Jeremy for an evening of music and memories at the Iron Horse Musical Hall in Northampton on June 14 at 7 p.m.

Their respective British Invasion duos were collectively responsible for 30 Billboard chart hits.

From the Chad & Jeremy catalog, they bring you “Distant Shores,” “Yesterday’s Gone,” “Willow Weep For Me,” “Before and After,” “A Summer Song,” and more.

From the Peter & Gordon songbook comes “Woman,” “I Go To Pieces,” “I Don’t Want To See You Again,” “Lady Godiva,” “A World Without Love,” and more.

After the 1960s, Clyde found success on stage, television (“Downton Abbey”) and film (“The Iron Lady”), while Asher had a Grammy-winning career as producer and manager of the likes of James Taylor, Linda Ronstadt and more.

Donnie Moorhouse

Uno Chicago Grill: Uno’s Summer Concert Series The Brian & Vicky Show. 820 West Columbus Ave., Springfield

WEEKEND

E6 | THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019

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

Bush, Live: Today, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

Soul Sound Revue: Today, 7 p.m. – MGM Springfield Plaza Gary Hoey: Friday, 9 p.m. – MGM Springfield Plaza Hanson: Saturday, 8 p.m. – MGM Springfield Plaza Pentatonix: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. – DCU Center, Worcester Pentatonix: June 13, 7:30 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Shokazoba: June 13, tba – MGM Springfield Plaza Fab Faux: June 14, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

Usually Normal: June 14, 8 p.m. – MGM Springfield Plaza Wu-Tang Clan: June 14, 8 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Wisin & Yandel: June 15, 8 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Brian Wilson: June 16, 2:30 p.m. – Tanglewood, Lenox Turtles, Gary Puckett: June 16, 7 p.m. – Calvin Theatre, Northampton Willie Nelson Outlaw Festival: June 16, 3 p.m. – Xfinity Theatre, Hartford Livio Gravini: June 20, 7 p.m. – MGM Springfield Plaza Richard Thompson: June 21, 8 p.m. – Tanglewood, Lenox Diana Ross: June 21, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

Matt and Kim: June 21, 8 p.m. – MGM Springfield Plaza Dave Matthews Band: June 22, 8 p.m. – Xfinity Theatre, Hartford Jenny Lewis: June 22, 8 p.m. – Calvin Theater, Northampton Postmodern Jukebox: June 22, 8 p.m. – Tanglewood, Lenox Boz Scaggs: June 23,

8 p.m. – Calvin Theater, Northampton Air Supply: June 23, 8 p.m.

– Symphony Hall, Springfield Pat Benatar, Melissa Etheridge: June 28, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

80sHD: June 27, tba – MGM Springfield Plaza Queen tribute with Marc Martel: June 27, 8 p.m. – Tanglewood, Lenox Dalton & The Sheriffs: June 28, 8 p.m. – MGM Springfield Plaza Earth, Wind and Fire: June 28, 7 p.m. – Tanglewood, Lenox Wilco’s Solid Sound Festival: June 28-30, times vary – MassMoCA, North Adams Terry Fator: June 29, 8 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield Norah Jones: June 29, 7 p.m. – Look Park, Northampton Lil Wayne Blink-182: June 29, 7:30 p.m. – Xfinity Theatre, Hartford Village People: June 29, 8 p.m. – MGM Springfield Plaza Rodrigo y Gabriela: June 30, 2:30 p.m. – Tanglewood, Lenox Josh Groban: July 2, 7 p.m.

– Tanglewood, Lenox New Kids on the Block: July 3, 7:30 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

James Taylor: July 3-4, 8 p.m. – Tanglewood, Lenox Toby Keith: July 4, 8 p.m.

– Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Earth, Wind and Fire: July 5, 8 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Fab Four: July 5, 8 p.m. – MGM Springfield Plaza Little Big Town: July 7, 7:30 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Aziz Ansari: July 6, 8 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield Kansas: July 7, 7 p.m. – Foxwoods Casino – Mashantucket, Conn.

Phish: July 9-10, 7:30 p.m.

– Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, 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

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

LiveWire CONTINUED FROM PAGE E5

ing recreations of the songs.

Tickets begin at $38.50 and are available through ticket fly.com • Beach Boys founding member Brian Wilson will kick off Tanglewood’s 2019 season on June 16 with a performance of the “Pet Sounds” album.

Beach Boys co-founder Al Jardine and former Beach Boys member Blondie Chaplin will join Wilson.

Tickets are available at bso. org/seat/SelectYourOwn Performance/101127 • Advance buzz on Bruce Springsteen’s forthcoming “Western Stars” is good.

Rolling Stone has awarded the disc four stars, writing, “a lushly orchestrated set of

Brian Wilson will kick off Tanglewood’s 2019 season on June 16 with a performance of the “Pet Sounds” album.

(ROB GRABOWSKI/INVISION)

throwback, country-tinged folk pop that, despite some resemblance to previous works like Nebraska and The Ghost of Tom Joad, sounds like little else in his catalog.

Frankly, its sheen is off-putting at first. But once you settle in, the set reveals some of

Springsteen’s most beguiling work ever.”

“The sound dates back to Springsteen’s youth, and he channels it masterfully, with some of his most polished singing.”

The album arrives in stores on June 14.

We’re proud to specialize in Individual, Group and Student Travel!

We charter the finest luxury motorcoaches from Travel Kuz! Safety is our #1 priority!

MOTOCOACH TOURS * CRUISE VACATIONS * AIR PACKAGES

JUNE/JULY ONE-DAY TOURS

Sat June 8 Sat June 15 Sat June 15 Sat June 22 Sat July 7 Sat July 13 Sat July 13 Sun July 14 Fri July 19 Sat July 20 Sat July 20 Mon July 22

Newburyport Yankee Clipper Cruise & lunch ....$149* New York City Have It Your Way ..................$62 Broadway Have It Your Way .........................$Call Museum of Natural History & Central Park ....$129 Paddlewheel Cruise & Hearth n’ Kettle ..........$139* Lake Winn Cruise and Hart’s Turkey Farm ......$149* New York City Have It Your Way ..................$62 Lobsterbake & Lighthouse Cruise ...................$149* Newport Beach or Newport On Own .............$89 Block Island & Lunch at the National Hotel .....$149* Lake Champlain Luncheon Cruise & more ........$119* Newport Playhouse Lobsterfest ....................$139*

JUST ADDED RED SOX GAMES AT FENWAY PARK

Sat, August 17, 2019 ................................................$149 9/21st Come From Away The Musical in NYC .......$189 A – Adult C – Child 12 and under Tours marked with a * Meal included

MULTI DAY TOURS 2019 Sun July 7-8 ..... Von Trapp Family Lodge Stowe, VT (2 Days) ......................................................$399p/p do* Fri. July 19-21..Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards 3 days ......................$499p/p do* Fri, Aug 9-11...... Costuming “The Crown” Exhibit, Longwood Gardens & so much more! (3 Days) ........ $579p/p do* Fri, Aug 19-21 .. Mystery Tour (3 Days) ....................$569p/p do* Sun, Sep 8-9 ..... Nantucket Island Tour (2 Days) ........$349p/p do* Sat, Oct 5-6...... Cooperstown, Baseball Hall of Fame, Luncheon Train, Erie Canal Cruise & much more (2 Days) ............$349p/p do* Sat Oct 26-30... Las Vegas with air and Hotel - Flamingo Hotel and Casino (5 Days) .......... $789 p/p do^^^

Many other multi day tours available!

Call for our brochure or visit us at www.fctours.com SPECIAL GROUP RATES FOR PARTIES OF 10 OR MORE ON ONE OF THESE PRESCHEDULED TOURS!

For all your travel needs please call 800-730-9091 Ride a luxurious motor coach with your special group. You will step aboard a state of the art vehicle and experience why First Choice Tours has earned the reputation of being one of the premier tour operators in New England.

30 & 56 passenger coaches, DVD players, climate control, complimentary Wi-Fi, flushable lavatories, and plugs for your electronics.

Pick up locations for the above Tours: (**) Special pick up location(*) “Always give the customer more than they expect.”

Brattleboro* Gill S.Deerfield* W. Springfield TOURS INCLUDE THE DRIVER AND TOUR DIRECTOR GRATUITY!

Includes a meal or meals p/p do Per person double occupancy ^^ Special group/pickup ^^^Meet at the airport

*Voted #1 Travel Agency in Franklin County 2018* 110 North Hillside Road, Suite 12 South Deerfield, Massachusetts 01373 Ph. (413) 665-9090 or (800) 730-9091 91 www.fctours.com

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

WEEKEND

THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 | E7

VIDEO GAME REVIEW

‘Blood & Truth’ coasts by on its novelty

By Christopher Byrd

‘BLOOD & TRUTH’

V

The Washington Post

Developed by: London Studio Published by: Sony interactive Entertainment Available on: PlayStation VR

A scene from “Blood & Truth.” (SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT)

Ryan a vaporizer, which you can grab with a PlayStation Move controller, raise to your mouth and puff. Alas, you can’t pass it back.

The first shootout that stood out for me begins with Ryan in a DJ booth. Standing behind the DJ controller I tinkered with musical effects until goons started scurrying below me. Then I shot at them with my left hand as I scratched a record with my right — a scenario I found unusually appealing.

The developers of “Blood & Truth” did well to include other features that complement the gunplay. Ryan has a tool kit that he periodically fishes out to get past security devices.

Using the Move controllers you

can unscrew bolts, pick locks, snip wires, and plant charges.

Although a standard PlayStation controller can be used, the Move controllers are recommended since they better facilitate the illusion that you are operating Ryan’s individual hands. It pains me to say that my frustrations with “Blood & Truth” are focused on the fact that the PlayStation camera and the Move controllers seem ill-equipped to deliver a consistent 1:1 experience. The game itself, while certainly not a classic, strings along a series of action scenes well enough.

Holstering a sidearm in the game involves performing a corresponding gesture with the PlayStation Move controller, while reloading a gun

“Blood & Truth” is a revenge tale that puts players behind the hands of Ryan Marx, a highly trained military operative whose immediate family runs one of Europe’s biggest black market operations out of their base in London. requires raising a controller to your chest as though you are grabbing a clip. One of the nifty things about a VR action game like this is that during

ROAD BIKES

FOR HOMELESS DOGS

ON SALE NOW

MIXED DRINKS

Thursday, June 20, 2019 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Collegian Court Restaurant 89 Park St., Chicopee, MA 01013 Advance / Door 7 Tastes - $25 / $30 10 Tastes - $35 / $40

CALL 413-594-8144 TO PURCHASE ADVANCED TICKETS

ADOPTION EVENT June 3-9

ALWAYS HIGH PRICES PAID.

Visit our website for more details

muttrescueofmassachusetts.org

594-8144

- Lori

Rt. 5, Easthampton • 538-7662 Rt. 83, E. Longmeadow • 737-7495 www.compedgeskibike.com

3113988-01

102 Grove St., Chicopee, MA

3113780-01

63 Cabot Street, Chicopee Center (413) 592-0220

03091382

IRTUAL REALITY gaming is still in an embryonic state.

Although there have been breakout titles that have made excellent use of the technology (“Moss,” “Superhot VR,” and “Tetris Effect” to name a few) far more games remind me of the current confines of the medium which can include awkward traversal systems or strange object scaling.

“Blood & Truth,” the new action title that’s exclusive to PlayStation VR, avoids these specific problems. Still, as I made my way through its 19 missions, I rarely lost myself in the game for any length of time because of issues that kept me overly mindful of the controllers in my hands. And as any veteran player will tell you, no one wants to be thinking about controllers while playing an action game.

“Blood & Truth” is a revenge tale that puts players behind the hands of Ryan Marx, a highly trained military operative whose immediate family runs one of Europe’s biggest black market operations out of their base in London. Near the start of the game Ryan is called back from a deployment in a desert land to attend his father’s funeral.

Soon after the ceremony, the head of a rival organization makes a power grab which sets off a mutually destructive chain of events.

Like much of VR right now, “Blood & Truth” coasts on its novelty. Its spies-and-mobsters story line is unlikely to entrench itself in long-term memory but that doesn’t much diminish the curious experience of sharing space with its virtual characters. When, for example, Ryan takes a car ride with his brother, who had picked him up from the airport, there is a nice interactive moment where Nick passes

a firefight one can physically lean in and out of cover. Unfortunately, I found that doing so often threw off the calibration, making loading and holstering my weapon difficult. This led to several “game over” screens.

Moreover, I found it impractical to operate rifles with two hands because no matter how carefully I tried to keep steady the Move controller that corresponded to the hand on the weapon’s stock, it was never long before a disjunctive movement in the game occurred that made me give up.

So, like some kind of knockoff Rambo, I ended up one-handing everything. The finicky Move controllers leave much to be desired.

Caveats noted, I’d recommend “Blood & Truth” to anyone itching for an action game on PlayStation VR because there aren’t many titles that offer a campaign this fully realized. Nevertheless, one can only hope that a successor to the PlayStation camera and Move controllers aren’t too far away.

WEEKEND

E8 | THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

ON THE COVER

Pentatonix ready to raise their voices What to know about the a cappella group before their Worcester, Mohegan Sun concerts

W

By Keith O’Connor

IF YOU GO

hen Pentatonix brings its word tour to the DCU Center in Worcester on Saturday, and the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut, on June 13, they will be accompanied by ...

Event: Pentatonix: The World Tour with special guest Rachel Platten When/Where: Saturday, 7:30 p.m., DCU Center in Worcester; June 13, 7:30 p.m., Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn.

Tickets: Available at ticket master.com For more information: ptxofficial.com; dcucen ter.com/event-calendar/ pentatonix-the-worldtour-with-specialguest-rachel-platten; mohegansun.com/ events-and-promotions/ schedule-of-events/ pop-pentatonix.html

Special to The Republican

Wait a minute, there is no band, backup singers or dancers — Pentatonix accompanies themselves as the country’s premier a cappella group.

The three-time Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum artists got their start on the once-popular NBC a cappella talent competition “The Sing-Off.” Pentatonix placed first in the show’s third season after being judged best by Ben Folds, Shawn Stockman and Sara Bareilles.

They received $200,000 and a recording contract with Sony Music.

Since then they have sold nearly 10 million albums worldwide with nine of their compact discs reaching the Top 10 on Billboard’s 200 chart. The group has had two holiday specials on NBC, released their tour documentary “On My Way Home” in 2015, and appeared in the feature film “Pitch Perfect 2.”

Last April the group released the first collection in their PTX Presents series, “PTX Presents: Top Pop Vol. 1,” which features 11 PTX-curated modern pop performances.

A popular attraction wherever they go – the group has performed for hundreds of

Pentatonix brings their world tour to Worcester on Saturday, and the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Conn., on June 13. Group members include Scott Hoying, Mitch Grassi, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola and Matt Sallee. (JIRO SCHNEIDER FOR RCA RECORDS)

thousands of fans at sold-out concerts across the world – they are also known for their holiday tours and in December released their fourth holiday album, “Christmas Is Here!”

Emmy Award-winning, multi-platinum-selling artist Rachel Platten, born in New York City and raised in Massachusetts, is opening for Pentatonix on all their dates.

Best known for her empowering “Fight Song,” she has released two albums, “Wildfire” and “Waves.”

Meet the members of Pentatonix: Scott Hoying: Songwriter and pianist, Hoying was first recognized as a finalist on CBS television’s “Star

Search.” He attended the University of Southern California, where he was a member of the SoCal VoCals, the school’s popular a cappella group. The singer grew up with fellow Pentatonix Scott Hoying members, Mitch Grassi and Kirstie Maldonado, in Arlington, Texas.

Mitch Grassi: The youngest member of Pentatonix, Grassi was only a high school senior when taping NBC’s “The Sing-Off.” Before winning “The Sing-Off ” with fellow Pentatonix members, he

took first place at the Teen Talent Follies.

He is also a big fan of underground club and electronic music with an eye toward production.

He also enjoys DJ’ing.

Kirstin Maldonado

before joining Pentatonix.

Classically trained, she was a member of the Texas All State Choir for three years, and a touring member at Theater Arlington, where she learned to sing eight-part harmonies.

She released a solo EP in 2017 entitled “LOVE, “ and starred last year as Lauren in the Broadway musical “Kinky Boots.”

Kevin Olusola: The versatile Olusola has twice appeared at Carnegie Hall as a soloist on the cello and saxophone.

Originally a pre-med major at Yale University, he began to develop his “celloboxing” Mitch Grassi skills and took second Kevin place in the Olusolaof Celebrate and Collaborate Kirstin Maldonado: with Yo-Yo Ma international competition. Olusola was also A National named one of 100 History Hispanic Scholar, Mal- Makers in the Making by NBC’s TheGrio, and he was donado was a sophomore hand-picked by Quincy Jones music theater to represent him in concert at major at The the 2012 Montreux Jazz FestiUniversity of val alongside Bobby McFerrin SEE VOICES, PAGE E11 Oklahoma

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

WEEKEND

THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 | E9

SPRINGFIELD

Hanson ready to ‘MMMBop’ at casino

5 things to know about trio of brothers before sold-out show

I

By Chris Dondoros

Special to The Republican

f you’ve listened to the radio or watched MTV between 1997 and now, you’ve heard Hanson’s “MMMBop” at least once.

Beneath the surface, however, lies a trio that’s more than 25 years, 11 albums — and one craft brewery — into its career, despite the fact that none of its members have reached 40 years old.

Hanson will perform an outdoor show at the Plaza at MGM Springfield on Saturday at 8 p.m.

The show is sold out. (NICHOLAS HUNT/GETTY IMAGES)

significant? “MMMBop” was initially written and recorded while two-thirds of the band were still pre-teens. Taylor and Zac were born in 1983 and 1985, respectively, while elder brother Isaac was born in 1980 – making him 15 when the song was recorded.

While the late 1990s were inundated with child stars breaking into the music industry, this feat is notable for Zac Hanson in particular: at 12 years old, Zac is the youngest songwriter nominated for a Grammy and fourth-youngest nominee of all time.

Hanson will perform before a sold-out crowd of 1,450 at the Plaza at MGM Springfield on Saturday at 8 p.m.

For those heading to the show, here are 5 things you should know:

most recent of which, “String Theory,” was released in 2018 and features orchestral arrangements of the band’s material.

1. Hanson isn’t quite a

recorded before members of the band were even teenagers.

In fact, the song’s initial recording (on appropriately-titled demo album “MMMBop”) dates back to 1996. The recording, while bearing heavy resemblance to the single, features a slowedUnlike many other down tempo and clocks in at child stars, Hanson wrote over 5 minutes. their own songs.

What makes this recording

3.

.

GAZETTE

2018

WINNER

The perfect Father’s Day Gift for Dad Golf and Family Picnic!

The public is invited to the- 11th Annual

Hibernian Summer Picnic Saturday June 15, 2019

2018

WINNER

Jim O’Connor and the Boston Blackthorne Band Early Afternoon of June 15th E the Third Annual Chip and Putt Tournament at Annie’s Driving Range284 Chicopee St., Chicopee Registration 12:30 PM and tee-off time is 1:00 PM. Cost is $25.00 per person-teams of 4.

Contact Mary Laura Hohol by June 1st at mlwhelihan@yahoo.com or Nora McMahon at driscona@gmail.com.

3113017-02

GAZETTE

www.ElementsHotTubSpa.com

SEE HANSON, PAGE E11

Featuring

• State-of-the-art Indoor and Outdoor Hot Tubs WINNER Aromatherapy Best Therapeutic Massage Steam, Far Readers State-of-the-art Infrared SaunasIndoor CHOICE and Outdoor Hot Tubs • Individuual & Aromatherapy Steam, Couples Far Infrared Saunas Massage Readers Individual & CHOICE Couples Massage • “Spa Father’s Day Mini-Retreats” “Spa Mini-Retreats” is June 16th!

373 Main St., Amherst, MA | 413-256-TUBS (8827) Instant Online Gift Certificates to Print or Email

tioned acts’ biggest songs, Martin currently sits behind Paul McCartney and John Lennon as the songwriter with the third-most No. 1 singles on Billboard charts. Pearlman, while initially rising to fame for launching the careers of the aforementioned boy

from - 5:30 PM-10:30 PM(Serving at 6:30 PM) at the Summit View Pavillion, 555 Northampton Street , Holyoke

3113627-01

“one hit wonder.”

Sure, most people know the trio for 1997’s ridiculously catchy “MMMBop” — and for good reason. The hit single took the world by storm upon its release, reaching No. 1 in 27 different countries and receiving praise from VH1, Rolling Stone and the Village Voice as one of the top songs of the decade. Fast-forward two decades, and the residual effect of the song’s popularity is still on display, with concertgoers too young to see the band live in 1997 now possessing the disposable income necessary to relive their childhood.

But Taylor, Isaac and Zac’s recording career didn’t start – or end – with the hit song.

By time the year 2000 rolled around, the brothers’ sound veered away from bubblegum pop and toward stadium rock with “This Time Around,” which while not a smash hit, has still sold over a million copies. The band has released a total of eleven albums, the

2. “MMMBop” was

The late 1990s had their share of memorable teen pop acts. There were Britney and Xtina. N’Sync and the Backstreet Boys.

But behind every Britney exists a Max Martin. Behind every Backstreet Boys exists a Lou Pearlman. Responsible for many of the aforemen-

Cost of the picnic is $25.00 for adults; children 11-15=$12.00; children 10 and under are free.

For reservations by June 10 call Paul Hogan at 413-533-0436. Most major credit cards will be accepted. The servings will consist of sausage and peppers, BBQ chicken, hamburgs and hot dogs, baked beans, salads, soda, coffee, dessert-cash bar.

Sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians of Hampden/Hampshire Counties To Benefit the Maurice A. Donahue Memorial Scholarship

WEEKEND

E10 | THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

MOVIES

Screen times

MGM SPRINGFIELD 7

Dark Phoenix 3D (PG-13) 10:10 The Secret Life of Pets 2 (PG) 7:15 The Secret Life of Pets 2 3D (PG) 9:50 X-Men: Dark Phoenix (PG-13) 7

AGAWAM CINEMAS

(413-285-7162) Call theater for movies and times.

RAVE ENFIELD 12

AMHERST CINEMA

(860-741-6053) Dark Phoenix (PG-13) 7 Dark Phoenix 3D (PG-13) 10 The Secret Life of Pets 2 (PG) 6, 8:20, 10:40 Call theater for complete list of movies and times.

(413-253-2547) Amazing Grace (G) 4:45 The Biggest Little Farm (PG) 2:10, 7:20, 9:45 Photograph (PG-13) 4:30, 7:15, 9:40 War and Peace Part 3 (Not Rated) 1:15, 6:30 War and Peace Part 4 (Not Rated) 3:15, 8:30 The White Crow (R) 1:50, 4:25, 7

RAVE WEST SPRINGFIELD 15

CINEMARK HAMPSHIRE MALL AND XD

(413-587-4237) Dark Phoenix (PG-13) 7, 9:45 Dark Phoenix 3D (PG-13) 8, 10:45 RiffTrax Live: Star Raiders (Not Rated) 7:30 The Secret Life of Pets 2 (PG) 6, 8:15, 10:30 Call theater for complete list of movies and times.

GREENFIELD GARDEN CINEMAS

(413-774-4881) Call theater for movies and times.

RAVE EASTFIELD 16

(413-543-3440)

Film capsules ALADDIN rrts (PG) Guy Ritchie directs this live action version of the popular Disny animated tale. Will Smith takes on the role of the genie who transforms a poor boy into a charming prince in order to marry the beautiful princess, Jasmine. (128 min.)

From left, Snowball, voiced by Kevin Hart, Daisy, voiced by Tiffany Haddish and Pops, voiced by Dana Carvey, appear in a scene from “The Secret Life of Pets 2.” (ILLUMINATION ENTERTAINMENT / UNIVERSAL PICTURES) Aladdin (PG) 11:05, 11:50, 12:30, 1:20, 3, 3:50, 4:40, 6:05, 7:10, 8, 10:20 Aladdin 3D (PG) 2:15, 9 Avengers: Endgame (PG-13) 2, 5:50, 9:50 Brightburn (R) 1:30, 4:10, 6:50, 9:50 Dark Phoenix (PG-13) 7 Dark Phoenix 3D (PG-13) 10 Godzilla: King of the Monsters (PG-13) 12, 1:10, 3:10, 4:20, 5:20, 6:20, 7:30, 9:30, 10:40

Godzilla: King of the Monsters 3D (PG-13) 11, 2:10, 8:40 John Wick: Chapter 3 -- Parabellum (R) 12:20, 3:40, 6:45, 9:55 Ma (R) 11:40, 12:50, 2:20, 3:30, 5:10, 6:30, 7:50, 9:10, 10:30 Rocketman (R) 11:30, 1, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7, 8:30, 10 The Secret Life of Pets 2 (PG) 6, 8:20, 10:40

(413-733-5131) Dark Phoenix (PG-13) 10:20 Dark Phoenix XD (PG-13) 7 Dark Phoenix 3D (PG-13) 7:30, 9:50 The Secret Life of Pets 2 (PG) 6, 8:20, 10:40 Call theater for complete list of movies and times.

SOUTH HADLEY’S TOWER THEATERS

(413-533-3456) Aladdin (PG) 12:30, 6:30 Aladdin 3D (PG) 3:30 Rocketman (R) 12:30, 3:30, 6:45

The Republican is not responsible for schedule changes.

hit by a mysterious cosmic force during a rescue mission in space.

Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable.

(120 min.)

DETECTIVE PIKACHU rtss (PG) A neutered Ryan Reynolds tries hard but can’t make this live action-meets-animated movie gel. It’s plodding and listless and AVENGERS: ENDGAME rrrs really not funny or smart enough.

(PG-13) The grave course of events Live-action feature film adaptations set in motion by Thanos that wiped of video games have proved a dicey out half the universe and fractured proposition in the past. For every the Avengers ranks compels the “Mortal Kombat” there’s a “Prince remaining Avengers to take one final of Persia.” This one just feels like stand in Marvel Studios’ grand con- a venal money grab from a mega clusion to twenty-two films. “Endcorporation. (104 min.) game,” at its best moments, carries the thrill of classic comic-book GODZILLA: KING OF THE twists and reversals. (181 min.)

MONSTERS rtss (PG-13) Big on special effects, but light on story, CAPTAIN MARVEL rrts (PG-13) Godzilla takes on Mothra, Rodan, The latest superhero to join the and the three-headed King GhiMarvel cinematic franchise deserved dorah in this sci-fi monster yarn. more. It’s hard to say whether the (123 min.) flaw is in Brie Larson’s performance or a failure of the script, but I came THE HUSTLE rtss (PG-13) Rebel out of the film not caring all that Wilson and Anne Hathaway star as much about her beyond what her a pair of con artists plying their trade dazzling powers might mean for the in a seaside town in the south of next Avengers film, which is perhaps France. (93 min.) the lamest way of all to experience these movies. (128 min.)

THE INTRUDER rtss (PG-13) The thriller stars Michael Ealy and DARK PHOENIX - not yet reviewed Meagan Good as a young couple - (PG-13) In this latest chapter in who move into their dream home in the X-Men saga, Jean Grey (Sophie Napa Valley after chancing upon a Turner) is nearly killed when she is seller: the mysteriously eager — and

From left, Dante Brown, Gianni Paolo, Octavia Spencer and McKaley Miller appear in a scene from “Ma.” (ANNA KOORIS / UNIVERSAL PICTURES)

mysteriously clingy — retiree and widower played by Dennis Quaid.

(101 min.)

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 - PARABELLUM rrrs (PG-13) Assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) returns in the third installment of the action franchise with a $14 million price tag on his head and bounty-hunters on his trail. (131 minutes) LATE NIGHT rrrs (R) Smart, timely, and brought to life by a terrific cast, Late Night with Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling is a workplace comedy with a lot of heart — and just as many laughs.

(102 min.)

LONG SHOT rrrs (R) A romantic comedy with a political edge starring Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen, as a woman with presidential ambitions falls for her speechwriter.

(155 min.)

MA rrts (R) Octavia Spencer’s performance overpowers many of “Ma”’s flaws, but uneven pacing and a labored story keep this thriller from fully realizing its unhinged potential. (110 min.)

ROCKETMAN rrts (PG-13) Like its flamboyant subject, this

Taron Egerton appears as Elton John in a scene from “Rocketman.” (DAVID APPLEBY / PARAMOUNT PICTURES)

Elton John biopic is outfitted to the nines in dazzle and verve, even if it’s gotten all dressed up with nowhere to go but the most conventional places. (120 min.)

TOLKIEN rrss (PG-13) A worthy biopic of the author, but it lacks the imagination required to truly do its subject justice. (111 min.)

Star ratings based on The Washington Post, Associated Press, Rotten Tomatoes aggregation and Advance Digital reviews.

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

WEEKEND

THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 | E11

DINE & WINE

T

June shapes up to be busy time for restaurants

HOUGH THE month of June is often a busy time for many of us with graduations, family celebrations, and the occasional June wedding to attend, it’s also a time of the year when area restaurants and caterers create some of their most interesting dining events.

The Delaney House in Holyoke is, for instance, presenting another “Dine in the Dark” dinner experience on June 21. The evening begins at 6 p.m. and is priced at $35 per person, not including tax or gratuity. Those participating are blindfolded and led to their seats, where they have a “no-peeking” meal of tasty surprises.

Advance reservations are

with stuffing, along with all the traditional trimmings.

Salad, rolls, coffee, and soft drinks will also be served.

Adults make a required $14 cash donation; children ages 4 to 12 pay $5. Two seatings are available; one at 4:30 p.m. and a second at 6:30 p.m. No reservations are taken.

Hugh Robert For more details contact the Off The Menu Publick House at 508-3473313. required; they can be made On June 15, Teresa’s Restaurant in Ware will be hosting by contacting the Delaney “Kiss Forever,” a group that’s House at 413-532-1800. billed as New England’s preOn Monday, the Publick mier Kiss tribute band.

House Historic Inn in Sturbridge will be hosting the The evening will begin first of two June “Fundraising with a cocktail hour at 5 p.m.; Feasts.” a six-course, family-style The first of these will feadinner of Italian-American ture a Publick House signafavorites will follow at 6 p.m. ture offering, roast turkey Showtime is set for 8 p.m.

Tickets at $50 per person and can be reserved by calling 413-967-7601.

Wheelhouse Farm Catering of Amherst will once again be partnering with the Grow Food Northampton Organic Community Garden to prepare and present a Solstice Dinner. The four-course gourmet meal experience is sourced from local farms and will feature both vegetarian and omnivore entrees.

Planned for June 20, at 5:30 p.m., the dinner will begin with a brief tour of the Community Garden, which

SUNDAY

Voices CONTINUED FROM PAGE E8

and Chick Corea. He released his first album entitled “The Renegade EP” in 2015 on RCA Records.

Hanson

Matt Sallee

Matt Sallee: The second bass in Pentatonix, Sallee recently was named the group’s official new member, replacing Avi

5. The Hanson Brothers

Beer Co. exists – and it’s exactly what you think it is.

Based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Hanson Brothers Beer Co. was founded in 2013 and currently offers a half-dozen different beers — all of which pack a punch.

While the company’s website makes little mention of the band or its members, a look at its beer list reveals that its flagship brew, “MMMHops,” was awarded a gold medal in the 2013 World Beer Championships.

TUESDAY CHRIST the KING

WEDNESDAY POLISH CLUB 355 East St., Ludlow 583-6385 Red Progressive with a $1199 or $600 consolation prize Black Progressive with a $1199 or $200 consolation prize 50/50, 2 WTA’s, Layer Cake Special 4:30pm Kitchen Open Free Coffee & Tea DOOR 6:30 PM PRIZES START

THURSDAY FAIRVIEW K OF C

43 Warsaw Ave, Ludlow SUPER BINGO 583-8957 1599 Memorial Dr., Chicopee Polish Food • Free Coffee/Tea 413-532-2011 • KofC4044.com The Only Electronic Bingo Progressive Consolation $300 Wkly Prizes • Prog. $3,000 Minimum Entrance - $10 pack Stinger Games • Horse Race 6:30pm • Exit 7-MA Pike 6:15 Early • 6:30 Start DOOR PRIZES Handicap Access.• Min. Entry $15

CALL TODAY 413-788-1250 TO LIST HERE

3113795-02

4.

tinue this trend with “The Walk Tour,” using their fame to raise awareness about poverty and AIDS in Africa.

LUDLOW ELKS 69 Chapin St., Ludlow 589-1189 Prog., 2 - 50/50’s, Jackpot, 2 WTA’s Doors Open 4pm Kitchen 4:30, Bingo @ 6pm Horse Race/Bingo Nuts Scratch Tickets

SEE MENU, PAGE E15

0 305 4 872

ed controversy.

From Jodie Foster, to Macaulay Culkin, to the likes of CONTINUED FROM PAGE E9 Lindsay Lohan or Amanda bands, would eventually fall Bynes, child actors, actresses from grace due to aggressive and musicians oftentimes and fraudulent business experience significant practices. difficulties as they deal with Hanson, on the other hand, fame – and public scrutiny – has spent the bulk of their at such a young age. However, this was not the case with career doing the exact opposite. For better or worse, the members of Hanson. the trio have always prided Instead, by the time its themselves on writing their members reached an age old own material. In fact, demo enough to drive, the members of Hanson had already album “Boomerang” — recorded before Zac Hanson’s gained a reputation for their age reached double-digits philanthropy. All proceeds — featured primarily original from 2006’s “Great Divide,” material. recorded with a school choir in Soweto, South Africa, were directed toward AIDS Unlike many other prevention and research child stars, Hanson avoid- efforts. The band would con-

Kaplan. Born in Dallas, the clinically trained vocalist started singing in church under the direction of his father, a music pastor. He attended Berklee College of Music and became a member of one of the country’s most recognized collegiate a cappella groups called Pitch Slapped.

is located at 140 Meadow Street in Florence. Tickets, which are available from Eventbrite.com, are $65 plus a ticket broker’s fee.

No alcohol will be served, but participants are welcome to bring their own beverage selections if they so desire.

More information on this event, which is fair weatheror-foul, can be found at the Community Garden’s web site, growfoodnorthamp ton.com.

The Salem Cross Inn in West Brookfield is once again

WEEKEND

E12 | THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

DINE & WINE Fran Bellamy | Restaurant Review

Chili’s boosting emphasis on Tex-Mex

F

OUNDED IN THE mid 1970s, Chili’s has long been a tried and true staple of the casual dining sector.

Having spent years expanding its menu to keep pace with competition, it recently pivoted away from trying to please every palate and back toward its Texas roots. The dramatically scaled back menu places the focus squarely on its core Tex-Mex items; with baby back ribs and fajitas as the anchors.

While the new menu may be a nod to the past, the décor of the brand has continued to evolve, with the Springfield location serving as an example of its new, large-format, industrial-chic units. The cavernous space offers diners a multitude of options, from high-top tables in the bar area, to additional table seating at the back and a labyrinth of booth spaces making up the remainder of the massive footprint.

The current menu is divided into categories with catchy titles such as Well, For Starters, Greens with Envy, and Make it Sizzle to the Table. Although some fusion options creep in by way of the Southwestern Eggrolls ($8.39) and the Cajun Chicken Pasta ($11.39), most options are clearly connected to the Southwest. Classics such as the Skillet Queso ($6.79) and the Chicken Enchiladas ($10.59) should satisfy the Tex-Mex purists; whereas the Loaded Boneless Wings ($10.39) and the Bacon Ranch Quesadillas will speak to those who are a bit more adventurous.

If you’re in the mood for a burger, Chili’s offers up its half-pound Big Mouth Burgers in nine varieties, including the aptly named Boss ($15.19). The burger is laden with four additional meats in the forms of smoked brisket, rib meat, jalapeno-cheddar smoked sausage, and bacon;

Above, Chili’s Southern Smokehouse Burger is made with bacon, cheddar, pickles, Awesome Blossom Petals, lettuce, tomato and garlic aioli. At right, Chili’s “Triple Dipper” appetizer, with Awesome Blossom Petals, Southwestern Eggrolls and Boneless Buffalo Wings. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN)

then topped with cheddar, lettuce, tomato, BBQ sauce, and ranch. Although we were goaded by its tagline “We. Dare. You.,” we were not brave enough to give it a try.

Less gut-punching burger options include everything from the classic Oldtimer with Cheese ($9.39) to a Queso Burger ($9.29) complete with tortilla strips.

Salads and lighter entree options are also addressed in their own distinct categories.

The former are primarily of the entree variety topped with either chicken or shrimp and

include the popular Quesadilla Explosion Salad ($11.69) with grilled chicken, cheese, tomatoes, corn & black bean salsa, tortilla strips, and yes, a whole cheese quesadilla.

A selection of six “Fresh Mex” meals includes Mexican options such as Spicy Shrimp Tacos ($11.70); and the Guiltless Grill section of the menu still features the perennially popular, low-calorie Margarita Grilled Chicken for $12.20.

We couldn’t start the meal without the requisite Chips and Salsa. At Chili’s the options include the Bottomless

CHILI’S GRILL AND BAR Address: 302 Cooley St., Springfield Telephone: 413-426-9507 Website: chilis.com/locations/us/massachusetts/ springfield/east-springfield/ Hours: Sunday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to Midnight Entree prices: $9.29-$18.99 Credit cards: American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa Handicapped access: Accessible; rest room equipped for wheelchair use Reservations: Does not accept reservations, has call-ahead seating option

Tostada Chips with salsa for $4.29, or with the addition of Fresh Guacamole at $6.49.

We opted for guacamole and were served up three large scoops of the dip, which was not the pounded in a pestle fresh variety of authentic Mexican restaurants, but still savory and studded with avocado chunks and fresh tomato. The salsa was a style closer to a picante sauce and not the chunky pico de gallo served with the restaurant’s Mexican options, but it was mild and likely to please even the most timid palate.

Thanks to its Triple Dipper option ($12.89) we were able to try three appetizers, and chose the Southwest Eggrolls, Big Mouth Bites, and Honey Chipotle Chicken Crispers.

The platter proved to be the best part of the meal, with all three options deftly prepared and served piping hot.

The sliders were cooked to a perfect medium and were juicy despite their small size, with caramelized onions and bacon cut into a petite dice pleasingly appropriate to the size of the sandwich. The egg SEE CHILI’S, PAGE E13

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

WEEKEND

THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 | E13

DINE & WINE

W

Wine and the power of memory

HAT DID YOU have for dinner last night? You can probably remember. The same goes for remembering what that meal actually tasted like. Those flavors are probably still fresh in your mind.

But what about dinner the same night last week? Can you remember what you had and what that meal tasted like?

Now let’s go back a few months or a few years. Odds are you can’t remember a thing unless perhaps that day happened to be a holiday or your birthday or another special occasion.

But even then, it’s still hard to remember exactly what

something tasted like years ago, even if some of us like to think we can remember specific tastes.

That’s why no one would be surprised if you couldn’t remember a thing about a certain meal you had years ago.

Sure, the lead character in Marcel Proust’s seven-part novel “Remembrance of Things Past” remembered his entire childhood after eating one, single madeleine, a small French cake.. (My reaction?

“I’ll have what he’s having,” to paraphrase “When Harry Met Sally.”)

But for the rest of us schlubbs, the foods we ate as a child or last year are probably a complete blur, long lost

forever.

But what about wine?

Do you remember how certain wines taste that you had years ago?

I don’t know what it is about wine, but some wine people claim they can remember exactly what a specific wine tasted like that they had a long time ago.

These people often tend to think that their brains are steel traps, that specific memories of specific wines are stored there for all of eternity.

If only that was the way memories worked.

If only our memories were perfect and accurate and never changed over time.

If only our memories were

Chili’s CONTINUED FROM PAGE E12

This is the bar/lounge area in Chili’s in Springfield, located at 302 Cooley Street in the busy Five Town Plaza. The décor of the brand has continued to evolve, with the Springfield location serving as an example of its new, large-format, industrial-chic units. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN)

maine and tomato, red onion, shredded cheese and croutons for $4.59.

Having recently enjoyed a well-executed version of the Chili’s chicken fajitas at another location, we were disappointed to find the experience may have been site-specific. The chicken in this rendition seemed a bit flat flavor wise and was lacking in any of the characteristic char of the chicken we’ve come to expect in the sizzling dish.

And although the standard accompaniments of pico de

gallo, guacamole, sour cream and shredded cheese made for a tasty, hand-held taco once piled inside the warm tortilla; the well-done, chewy strips of steak were impossible to eat without a fork and knife.

The Baby Back ribs on the other hand were as good as we’d remembered; cooked to falling off the bone and lightly brushed with tangysweet BBQ sauce. The chicken was as advertised: a boneless breast topped with BBQ sauce, bacon and shredded

cheddar cheese. The corn on the cob proved the most unique of the sides and indeed reminiscent of Mexican street corn with its butter, spice and cilantro toppings.

Chili’s offers full alcoholic beverage service with a focus on its rotating selection of $5 Monthly Margs, with the current feature being a seasonally appropriate fresh strawberry margarita.

For those in the mood for dessert, Chili’s offers up a quartet of options sufficiently portioned for sharing. The

Ken Ross Wine Press

paintings since 2002. But they were just as thrilling as the first time I saw them 17 years ago.

The paintings are based on old newspaper photographs.

But the images are slightly blurred, slightly out of focus.

(Richter reportedly brushes the wet paint with another brush to achieve this effect.)

There was even a portrait of SEE WINE, PAGE E16

requisite Molten Chocolate Cake, Paradise Pie (a riff on a seven-layer bar), and Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie are all topped with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. A slice of Cheesecake with strawberry puree rounds out the selection, and all come in around $7.

If you are looking for a casual chain restaurant experience without the long wait, this Chili’s with its expansive seating and classic American and Tex-Mex menu options might be the one for you.

MOOSE FAMILY CENTER #1849 244 Fuller Rd., Chicopee, MA

t / r C e l c assic Car S n o C r e m m u how 2019 S Sponsored by Gallagher’s Olde Fashioned Service Every Thursday Night • Starting May 16 ENTERTAINMENT 6/6 - DJ Gary/Back In Time - Mopar Night 6/13 - Chicken Wire Band DJ Gary Back in Time Buick • Olds • Pontiac Night Family Fun for Everyone • All proceeds go to Moose Charities

3112051-01

rolls were an interesting mash-up of black bean filling and crisp, tasty wonton skins that were rolled, fried, cut on the bias and served with a creamy avocado ranch dip.

The level of spicy heat they brought to the table was a pleasant surprise that was replicated in the spicy-sweet hit of chipotle sauce on the crispy, white meat chicken tenders.

For our entrees we chose to stick with the Chili’s cornerstones of ribs and fajitas; and again took advantage of the combination options. We paired our half rack of ribs with the intriguing-sounding Cheesy Bacon BBQ Chicken and stuck with the suggested sides of Roasted Street Corn, Fries, Chile-Garlic Toast and Garlic Dill Pickles all in for $16.49. For our fajitas we went with the classic Chicken and Steak combo for $16.99. Substituting a salad for the rice and beans proved problematic, and we ended up with all three sides. The house salad was a basic offering comprised of chopped ro-

like the one a particular character has in the movie, “Citizen Kane,” which is all about the power of memory.

That character vividly recalls the brief glance of a beautiful woman on a ferry in New York City decades earlier.

But for every vivid memory of a parting glance, a particular wine or another memorable moment, there are millions more that slowly fade away over time.

Modern artist Gerhard Richter perfectly captures the way memories fade and change in many of his best paintings. I recently saw a few of these paintings again at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. I hadn’t seen these

WEEKEND

E14 | THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

DINE & WINE

Western Mass Beer Week 2019 has plenty on tap

T

HE ONGOING EXplosion of new craft breweries blooming everywhere means that no matter where you go, you are probably within a short drive of great, or at least good, beer.

It also means that one’s own area probably has a good assortment of brews, and here in Western Massachusetts, we have much more than most places. And that is just one of the reasons behind the upcoming annual Western Mass Beer Week.

While I enjoy beers from all over the world, in the end I always prefer local brews.

And there is no better way for our area to showcase the abundance of brewing talent

The week kicks off with Pints in the Park at Greenfield’s Energy Park on Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. The afternoon will features beer from The People’s Pint, along with Ginger Libation from Artisan Beverage Cooperative, food from The People’s Pint and Bart’s Ice Cream, along with plenty of music.

The week kicks off with Pints in the Park at Greenfield’s Energy Park on Saturday from noon to 6 p.m. The George Lenker afternoon will features beer Beer Nut from The People’s Pint, along with Ginger Libation from Arand knowledge than Western tisan Beverage Cooperative, Mass Beer Week. food from The People’s Pint Not all the events occurring and Bart’s Ice Cream, along during the week were finalwith plenty of music. Advance ized at the time of this writing, tickets are $10. so I am giving you a sampling Also on Saturday is White of some of the ones that will Lion Brewing’s Fresh Paint definitely grab the interest of Party, featuring more than some readers.

20,000 square feet of mural

art in downtown Springfield, along with great beer and food trucks.

Saturday will also see a Western Mass Beer Week Scavenger Hunt, hosted by Beerology in Northampton.

The hunt will ask participants to find as many items in a packet that people can pick up at Beerology on Friday.

Entrants will have until June 18 to turn in their finds. There will be a prize for the winners, and the entry fee is $20.

Sunday sees the Valley Malt

Think Frigo’s Catering for a Delicious Worry-free Graduation Party.

We deliver on time and set up.

Visit our website for more food service info

1625 Memorial Drive, Chicopee, MA • 413-612-2800 • fronterafreshmex.com 1411 Boston Rd., Springfield, MA • 413-455-2101 AWARDS:

- Best Taco’s - Best Margarita’s - Best Service Live Mariachi Band Every Week!

Welcome to the Best Mexican Restaurant in Western Mass.

GOURMET FOODS 3113388-01

Since 1950

90 William St., Springfield 732-5428 l 159 Shaker Rd, East Longmeadow 525-9400 l www.frigofood.com

Celebrati Over 40 Y ng EARS!

BOOKING PARTIES FOR ALL OCCASIONS!

WESTFIELD Open for Lunch & Dinner O 7 Days • 7 Nights

ITALIAN RESTAURANT & CATER CATERING Make Your Reservations Now For

PRIME RIB

FATHER’S DAY - SUNDAY, JUNE 16!

SUNDAY, JUNE 9

FRIDAY, JULY 12

CHER & NEIL DIAMOND TRIBUTE

BACK IN TIME Rythm & Blues, Doo Wop and more

5:30pm Seating/Dinner 7pm Show

5:30pm Seating/Dinner 7pm Show

Dinner Not Included with Tickets

Trivia Everyht!

Tuesday Nig

Book your Celebration or Event with us!

We can seat up to 140 Guests.

Thurs.

Fri.

Chris C h Lomma

Dave O’Connell n ll

Sat. Double Play

NEW ENTERTAINMENT TTIIMES Thurs 77-110 Fri and Sat 88-111!

2 Broad Street, Westfield • 562-0335

3111303-01

www.FigaroCT.com • 90 Elm St., Enfield, CT Minutes from Spfd, exit 48 off I-91, next to Enfield Mall Mon. - Sat. 11:30-10, Sun. 12-9 • 860-745-2414

975 Lunch $1495 Dinner Sundays $1495 All Day

Thursdays $

31 1 39 3300--00 1

with Lisa Carter & Charlie Lask

Thursdays & Sundays

Riverboat Beer Cruise from 12:45 to 2:15 p.m. at Brunelle’s Marina in South Hadley. The cruise will feature beer made with local malt from the company along with light snacks and bread from Hungry Ghost Bakery.

Other events throughout the week include a lager, pilsner and kolsch night on Tuesday at The Dirty Truth in Northampton, an oyster and oyster gose night by Bear and Bramble Brewing on Wednesday at Bistro 63 in Amherst, a poignant night of farewell for a send-off of the closing Lefty’s Brewing at The Wheelhouse in Greenfield on June 13, and a June 14 tap takeover extravaganza featuring Hitchcock Brewing beers at the Hatfield Pub. For more information as the list gets filled out, go to westernmassbeerweek.org.

Beer note As locals know, the Northampton Brewery is one of the most environmentally forward venues in the region. To help acknowledge this, patrons can go and vote for the brewery as America’s favorite solar craft brewery.

The vote runs until June 16, so go to brewsfromthesun. org/Northampton and vote.

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

WEEKEND

THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 | E15

DINE & WINE

Menu CONTINUED FROM PAGE E11

presenting a traditional 1700s Drovers Roast on June 16.

The Roast is a tribute to the Colonial era tradition of “cattle drives” to summer pasturage; the version that Salem Cross produces involves a trailside feast of fire-pit-roasted prime rib, hand-formed fritters, and a seafood chowder slow-simmered in a cast iron cauldron.

Festivities associated with the Roast include horse drawn hay wagon rides, music, live entertainment, crafter demonstrations, and more.

The event, which is rain-orshine, begins at 1 p.m. with the feasting scheduled to start at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets, which can be purchased online at salemcrossinn.com, are $65 all-inclusive; children under age 12 are charged $25.

For more information on the Drovers Roast call the Inn at 508-867-2345.

the Enfield Mall Shopping Center in Enfield, Connecticut.

nity College’s hospitality and Box of Happy, and each culinary arts program and has monthly box includes a $10 over 40 years of restaurant and DQ gift card. educational experience. Please More details about DQ’s send items of interest to Off • The Farm Table Box of Happy subscription the Menu at the Republican, Restaurant at Kringle Canseries can be found at DQ dle in Bernardston has added BoxofHappy.com.

P.O. Box 1329, Springfield, two cool and savory summer MA 01101; Robert can also be options to its menu.

Hugh Robert is a faculty reached at OffTheMenu Guy@aol.com.

The first is a classic lobster member in Holyoke Commuroll made with lobster meat and tarragon mayonnaise; also new on the agenda is a spinach and farro entree salad that features crumbled feta, sliced strawberries, and • Olive Garden Italian toasted pepitas all finished Kitchen locations are once with a poppy seed vinaigrette. again featuring their “Buy The restaurant continues to One, Take One” deal, a promote its “Burger & Craft promotion that will continue Beer Mondays,” a deal that through July 29. offers $12 burgers and $6 Guests can order a favorcraft beer pours each Monday ite Olive Garden entree to evening from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. enjoy at the restaurant and More information about the take home, at no additional Farm Table Restaurant can be Tuesday-Saturday • Exclusions apply charge, one of four Olive had by going to their website *Not to be combined with any other discount. Alcohol excluded.

Garden classics to savor later. kringlefarmtable.com, or “Take home” choices include by calling 413-648-5200.

1068 Riverdale St. • West Springfield, MA fettuccine Alfredo, spaghetti 413-827-9353 • calswoodfiredgrill.com with meat sauce, five cheese • This summer Dairy ziti, and cheese ravioli.

Queen is taking fun to a new One of Olive Garden’s new- level by launching “Box of est offerings, creamy garlic Happy,” a subscription series Quality Seafood Since 1912 Tuscan chicken, is being fea- of summer themed kits, each 224 Westfield Rd. Holyoke, MA • 413-533-9229 tured during this promotion. of which is filled with fun, Open 7 Days • Schermerhornsseafood.com It’s a creation that features family-focused activities. sauteed seasoned chicken, Created in conjunction with roasted garlic, red peppers, the Coca-Cola Company, All Day Every Day Beer & W ine and spinach all tossed with the three monthly fun boxes Available BOILED MAINE ziti in a white wine rosemary have their own distinctive sauce. theme. June’s box will focus There are Olive Garden on indoor camping fun, while Italian Kitchen Restaurants the July box will feature water on Boston Road at Parker park style suggestions.

Street, in the Riverdale Shops The series will conclude in West Springfield, and in with an August “Road Trip” Sun. thru Thurs. • All Day

20% OFF Dinner*

SCHERMERHORN’S SEAFOOD RESTAURANT YOUR LOBSTER HEADQUARTERS

LOBSTER $ DINNER

Twin Lobster

1499* $

22*

Add $3.00 for Takeout

Char-Broiled

Whole Belly

Swordfish

Clams w/French Fries & Cole Slaw

$

99*

19

Lemon Grilled Parmesan

$

1699*

$ 00*

Mon.-Sat.

5

Lunch Specials starting at

All specials with the purchase of beverage. Dine In only-No takeouts

FISH MARKET SPECIALS Live Maine

Fresh

Fresh Maine

LOBSTERS

SWORDFISH STEAKS

STEAMERS

starting at

R

$

6.99

lb

$

12.99

lb

$

4.99

lb

3113163-01

3113183-01

Side dishes • This month MGM Springfield has expanded its culinary offerings with the debut of “Sunday Buffet,” a weekly dining opportunity presented in the resort’s Bellagio Ballroom.

The Sunday Buffet agenda begins at 10 a.m. with a brunch buffet featuring morning food favorites such as brioche French toast and a chef ’s “breakfast scramble.”

A fully-loaded, made-to-order omelet station is also part of the brunch buffet package, which runs until 2 p.m.

MGM Springfield’s Sunday brunch buffet is priced at $19.99 for adults, with children ages 4 through 10 paying $11.99.

At 4 p.m. the Sunday buffet reopens in dinner mode, offering entree choices that include classic meatloaf, oven-baked cod, herb roasted chicken and more, all of which will be accompanied by a variety of sides.

The dinner buffet runs until

8 p.m. and is priced at $24.99 for adults, $13.99 for children ages 4 through 10, and complimentary for youngsters ages 3 and under.

Prices for both buffet options include tax, gratuity, and non-alcoholic beverages; spirits, wine, and beer will be available for separate purchase.

For more information on the Sunday Buffet experience, visit mgmspringfield. com or call 413-273-5000.

E16 | THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019

WEEKEND

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

DINE & WINE

Wine CONTINUED FROM PAGE E13

a portrait that was even more blurred than the same painting next to it – a memory of a memory of a memory.

So what were talking about?

Oh right, wine.

So can I remember exactly how a specific wine tastes?

Or am I remembering something else, something besides taste when I’m remembering a wine I had years ago?

Personally, what I tend to remember most are the circumstances involving certain, specific wines.

I remember the very first time years ago that I ever tried a Turley, an outstanding California zinfandel. (The Pitcher Inn in Warren, Vermont, after skiing for a day at Sugarbush.)

I vividly remember tasting certain wines with the people who made them in the cellars in their wineries – whether it was in Burgundy or Provence, Champagne or France’s Loire Valley.

I can also remember one time around Christmas in my late 20s nearly 20 years ago drinking a glass of 1987 Mazzocco, a California red wine I set aside during dinner with my family because the wine tasted a bit harsh. Hours later, that same glass of wine tasted lush and soft and velvety. It was the first time in my life that I realized that the flavors in a wine could change so dramatically over the course of a few hours.

But what were those exact flavors?

And even if I could recall them (which I can’t) and tell you exactly what that wine tasted like, that would still be a memory of tasting a wine.

And a memory of something is different than the actual thing.

It’s sort of like the difference between doing anything (skiing, cycling, hiking a mountain) or telling someone a story about it a few hours or a few years later.

The same is true with wine.

There’s a big difference between remembering what a wine tastes like versus actual-

And even when we think we remember exactly what a specific wine tastes like, do we really remember? I don’t think so. I think our minds play tricks on us. I think our memories of a specific wine fade over time – just like many of the memories in our minds. refresh their memories. They want to experience their favorite wines all over again.

I also think that’s why certain older wines cost a fortune.

People are willing to pay a little – or a lot – extra for the opportunity to taste their favorite older wines again and again.

Personally, I can’t afford to buy older vintages of my favorite wines. So I did the next best thing during my recent trip to California. Along that familiar stretch of Route 1 in Big Sur, my wife and I had a bottle of one of our favorite wines – Turley zinfandel – the same wine I vividly remember falling in love with years ago on a cold winter’s night in Vermont. The wine was also particularly special since I had just interviewed the winery’s fascinating founder, Larry Turley, a few hours earlier at his winery in Napa Valley.

(You can read more about Turley and his wines in a few weeks.)

We had the bottle of 2017 Turley Napa Valley Zinfandel Turley Estate (normally $45 to $50 a bottle) while sitting in A bottle of wine enjoyed by the author recently in Big Sur, California. (KEN ROSS PHOTO) Adirondack chairs overlookly tasting a wine. ing the Pacific Ocean. Waves Before this trip, I kept telling stretch of road.

And even when we think crashed against the rocks far The same was even more my wife that I vividly remembered that drive down Route below. The last light of the sun we remember exactly what true along certain sections disappeared into the fog on 1 along the water and as well a specific wine tastes like, do of Route 1 along the ocean in the horizon. The cool night air as wine tastings a decade or so Big Sur. There, the two-lane we really remember? I don’t ago in California. think so. I think our minds road winding along the rugged became colder. And the red play tricks on us. I think our But when I was actually mountains plunging down into wine gradually went from a little harsh and big and robust memories of a specific wine there recently in California, the Pacific Ocean looked the fade over time – just like many the memories were much fuzz- same as I remembered it more straight out of the bottle to full and lush and as round of the memories in our minds. ier, especially when it comes than three decades ago. to tasting wine in Sonoma I was thinking about all this But many of the other places and smooth as the stones you County. Granted, I didn’t go to in California seemed comoften find washed up on a recently while visiting California. It’s been a while – more the same wineries in Sonoma pletely foreign, completely beach. than a decade – since I’ve been or Napa. But none of the roads new – even if I had been there It’s a great memory. And to Sonoma and Napa Valley to or towns seemed familiar – before. maybe, just maybe, I’ll remember it very well for many, taste wine. And it’s been even except for one – a section of All of this can be a little delonger since I traveled down Route 29/ Saint Helena High- pressing – the thought that our many years to come. way in Napa County between memories fade over time.

Cheers! the Pacific Coast Highway I think that’s why some peoWine Press by Ken Ross right along the water from San Robert Mondavi Winery and ple drink their favorite wines appears on Masslive.com every Francisco to Los Angeles. I was Beringer Winery. There, the fairly often. Not to drown their Monday and in The Repub12 or 13 the one time I took that memories flooded back from lican’s Weekend section every road trip with my family down several trips years ago to sever- sorrows, Smarty Pants. They al wineries along this familiar do so because they want to Thursday. the coast in California.

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

WEEKEND

THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 | E17

CALENDAR

Events

late 1800s and early 1900s. Victorian and some Ragtime Era dancing will be part of the afternoon’s fun.

Come dressed up if you so choose THURSDAY and please bring good shoes for CT Morgan Horse Association dancing. All are welcome. No exShow: Thu.-Sat, Eastern States perience (or partners are needed).

Exposition; show hours: Wed. 9 For more information or to register a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.-9 p.m.; to participate, visit the Welcome Thu. 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and 6:30-9 Center or call 413-787-6785. This p.m.; Fri. 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. and event is made possible through a 6:30-9 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. and Community Development Block 7:15-9:30 p.m.; Free. 1305 Memorial Grant; Free. 1476 Roosevelt Ave., Ave., West Springfield. 413-737Springfield.

2443 or thebige.com.

Huntington Historical Society Program: Today, 7 p.m. Stanton Hall; "The History of Early Traditional Dancing and Modern Western Style Square Dancing."

There will be a short presentation of the two styles of dance, then a demonstration from dancers.

Audience participation is welcome and encouraged, Routes 20 and 112, Huntington.

Liberty Elementary School Turns 100: Today, 6-8 p.m. Liberty Elementary School; Are you a former student, teacher, or parent of a Liberty Elementary School student?

If so, help celebrate the school's 100th birthday. The celebration will begin with a proclamation from Mayor Domenic Sarno and Keynote Speaker Tim Allen. After come take a tour of the school and enjoy refreshments with former classmates; Free. 962 Carew St., Springfield.

Neighborhood Playgroup: Today, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sixteen Acres Branch Library; Meet other families, chat with the librarian about great books for your child, enjoy the toys in the Activity Center, try out art projects, and more.

No registration required. An adult must accompany and consistently supervise children. Ages birth-5 years with siblings welcome. Meets every Thursday during the school year; Free. 1187 Parker Street, Springfield; 413-263-6858.

Rivermills Center Summer Concert Series: Today, 6 p.m.

RiverMills Center; Featuring Ken Stearley and the Goat Ropers; $5 all proceeds will go to the senior center building fund. 5 West Main St., Chicopee.

Trivia: Today, 7 p.m. Tatham Memorial Club, 3 Paul St., West Springfield.

Applause Series: David neill and his Imagery Circus and the Windjammers Circus Band: Fri, 7 p.m. Agawam Senior Center, doors open 6:15 p.m. For residents in the Feeding Hills and Agawam area, free rides are available, call Lynn Cummings the transportation Coordinator, Mon, Wed, Fri, 413-726-2839. Any calls in excess of 8 would be placed if desired on a wait list as people have been known to cancel, 954 Main Street,

CT Morgan Horse Association Show: See Thursday listing El Puerto Rico, The Rich Port 2: Fri.-Sat, 7:30 p.m. El Mercado (Nueva Esperanza), MIFA Victory Theatre presents El Puerto Rico, The Rich Port 2, the second concert in a series celebrating Puerto Rico’s rich cultural heritage through contemporary classical music. The concert features world premieres of three commissions by composers Christian A. Quiñones, Tony Solitro, and Omar Surillo and introduces the music of this year’s composers in residence, Carlos Carrillo, Iván Enrique Rodríguez, and Liliya Ugay.

The June 7-8 concerts are the culminating event of a two-week residency by the Victory Players, a program of the MIFA Victory Theatre International Arts Academy; $20.413 Main St., Holyoke.

Free Family Movie: “The Little Mermaid”: Fri, 5:30 p.m. Sandisfield Arts Center; Free popcorn provided. 5 Hammertown Road, Sandisfield, 413-258-4100.

Pothole Pictures: "Caddyshack": Fri.-Sat, 7:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Theater; Live music both nights before the movie showing at 7 p.m.; $6 adults, $4 for children. 51 Bridge St., Shelburne Falls. sfmh.org.

“Urinetown: The Musical”: Fri, 7 p.m.; Sat.-Sun, 6 p.m. Evangel Assembly; A sidesplitting sendup of greed, love, revolution (and musicals!), in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he's had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom; $15 adults. $10 children. 348 Stony Hill Road, Wilbraham; 413-599-1729 or evangelassembly.org.

SATURDAY

12th Annual Puppy Pride Fun Day: Sat, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Moose Lodge; The Enfield Dog Park Action Committee will be holding its 12th Annual Puppy Pride Fun Day and will feature K9 demos; dog contests, cost per contest/per dog; cornhole tournament, $10 entry fee per team; dog wash, vendors, raffles, DJ Tim Jensen. Hamburgs/ hot dogs/soda/water for sale by Thompsonville Moose Lodge. Visit enfielddogpark.org or email enfielddogpark@gmail.com for more information, Admission is free. 124 South Road, Enfield.

Annual Classic Car Show: Sat, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. American Inn; The event will include lots of Classic cars, local vendors including the Hot Oven Cookies Food Truck and the Westfield River Brewing Company beer truck. There will be a 50/50 raffle and grill, and classic music provided by MKM Productions. Everyone is welcome to this fun family-friendly event; free. 802 College Highway, Southwick.

SEE CALENDAR, PAGE E18

New England

TRAVELER CAPE COD

CAPE ANN

ACROSS FROM THE BEACH - THE VILLAGE GREEN. Rates from $90 - $130 to 6/20/19 (excluding holidays, some restrictions apply). Ocean views and efficiencies available. FREE continental breakfast in season. All rooms have refrigerators and cable TV. Heated outdoor pool. Take children to the beachside playground.

Close to several golf courses, tennis courts, whale watch cruises, ferries to Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, restaurants, shops, bike trails and many more of the Cape’s unique attractions.

10% Senior Discount. South Shore Drive, South Yarmouth, MA 02664.

1-800-487-4903. www.vgreenmotel.com.

THE TUCK INN B&B Come, rest & relax and save $75, on a 2 night visit with our June Mid-Week Special: Eff. Mon. – Thurs. nights Through June 21st. Come explore Rockport and Gloucester on Cape Ann, or hop our local Train to Boston & Salem: all under 2 hrs from Springfield.

Plus our train station is only 3 blocks away! Savor our renowned breakfast, a unique Home-Baked Buffet. Enjoy our lovely 1790 colonial, in a quiet neighborhood, then walk to the ocean and village center or shops a block away, or take in a concert at the Shalin Liu Performance Ctr. AAA: 3 stars!

Non-Smoking! Selected 2002 Editor’s Pick “Yankee Magazine’s” Guide! Read about us on Tripadvisor. Then come indulge yourself! We warmly invite you: Come to Rockport & Stay With Us! BOOK DIRECT and save at: 17 High Street, Rockport, MA 978-546-7260 • 800-789-7260 WWW.TUCKINN.COM

TO ADVERTISE HERE CALL 413-788-1165

3 1 12 70 0 -0 2

Vintage Dance Performance: Today, 1 p.m. Raymond A. Jordan Senior Center; The Springfield Department of Elder Affairs and the Council on Aging presents a special Vintage Dance program at the Raymond A. Jordan Senior Center, 1476 Roosevelt Avenue. The Vintage Dance Society will present a workshop on the dances of the

FRIDAY

Agawam. 413-821-0604.

WEEKEND

E18 | THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019

Calendar

your journey. All regular meetings include a short business meeting.

Guests are always welcome and encouraged. Nonmembers may attend individual guild meetings for a fee of $5 per meeting, 867 North Pleasant St., Amherst.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE E18 Art On Screen: "Water Lilies of Monet: The Magic of Water and Light": Sat, 12:30 p.m. Amherst Cinema; Not rated, Regular admission. 28A Amity St., Amherst.

Canal Walk to the Fishway at the Holyoke Dam: Sat, 10 a.m.-noon Holyoke Heritage State Park; Holyoke Heritage State Park begins its summer tour season with a walk to Robert E. Barrett Fishway at the Holyoke Dam. Learn about the fish that migrate up the Connecticut River while observing them through viewing windows. The walking tour to and from the Fishway is two miles. Meet at Holyoke Heritage State Park at 221 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA. Please call 413-5341723 with any questions. Suitable for families with children 8 and older (siblings welcome,) Free. 221 Appleton St., Holyoke; 413-5341723.

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

Stanley Park Sunday Night Concert Series: Sun, 6 p.m. Stanley Park, 91 South. Beveridge Pavilion; Chairs are provided, and a food service will be available; Free. 400 Western Ave., Westfield. 413-5689312 or stanleypark.org.

The CT Morgan Horse Association Show runs today through Saturday at the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield.

(DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)

lege, is a clinical psychologist widely known for her expertise on race relations and as a thought leader in higher education. Book signing to follow; Free and open to the public.

50 College Street, South Hadley; 413-538-2000 or mtholyoke.edu/ campusmap/categories/academic/ locations/hooker.

children under 4 are free. 5K Race Registration is $25 for adults, $15 for children 4–12. 255 Padgette St., Chicopee.

St. Anthony of Padua in Chicopee Parish Festival: Sat, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

St. Anthony of Padua Church; Holy Mass (Bilingual) at 4 p.m.; Parking, admission and entertainment will Chamber Music with the Quark be free. Games and activities will Northampton Garden Tour: Sat, String Quartet: Sat, 2-3:30 p.m. be modestly priced. Polish, Italian, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Forbes Library; Forbes Library, 20 West Street, Spanish among other food will Forbes Library sponsors annual Northampton. 413-587-1011 or be for sale. Popcorn, snow cones self-guided tour of gardens in the forbeslibrary.org. and cotton candy will be also be Northampton/Florence area. Rain or shine. Tickets: $15 in advance at available. Raffle tickets will be on Close Encounters With Music Forbes Library, Bay State Perennial sale. Any and all proceeds will be presents: Like Father-in-Law, Like going towards improvements to the Farm, Cooper's Corner, Hadley Son-in-Law: Antonin Dvorák and Parish Center. In case of rain, the Garden Center, State Street Fruit Josef Suk: Sat, 6 p.m. Mahaiwe Store; $20 day of the tour at Forbes festival will be held in the Parish Performing Arts Center; $50 Library. 413-587-1011, forbeslibrary. Center. Free Admission. 56 St. (Orchestra and Mezzanine), $27 Anthony St., Chicopee. org. All proceeds to benefit the (Balcony) and $15 for students. 14 Forbes Library. Raffle tickets also Castle St., Great Barrington; 413“Urinetown: The Musical”: See available at the garden tour for 528-0100 or mahaiwe.org.

Friday listing a variety of gardening and other CT Morgan Horse Association West Mass Brass Concert: Sat, items. 20 West Street, NorthampShow: See Thursday listing 2-3:30 p.m. Pekeomskut Park; ton; 413-587-1011 or forbeslibrary.

Bring a folding chair; Free. Avenue El Puerto Rico, The Rich Port 2: org.

A and 7th Street, Turners Falls.

See Friday listing "The Partitions of Poland or How An Evening of Jazz & Bossa Nova a Major European state was with Vita Kay: Sat, 7 p.m. SandisSUNDAY Wiped Off the Map of Europe": field Arts Center; Vita grew up in Sat, 1-3 p.m. Chicopee Main Birding for Beginners: Sun, 10:30 a Soviet republic of Kazakhstan Library; By Patrice M. Dabrowski; a.m. Mount Tom State Reservation; studying classical piano and singFree. 449 Front Street, Chicopee.

Meet at the Stone House Visitor ing Soviet pop and patriotic hymns. 413-594-1800.

Center, $5 per car fee on weekends She later sang in a variety of choirs, Pothole Pictures: "Caddyshack": and holidays. 125 Reservation Road, from classical to gospel, in Russia See Friday listing Holyoke. 413-534-1186. and UK. She got introduced to Jazz, Run the Runway 5K, Festival & Bossa Nova and traditional Indian Community Celebrate for 33 Car Show: Sat, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. call & response devotional singing Hawley St: Sun, noon-7 p.m. (kirtan) in London, which is still her Westover Metropolitan Airport; Northampton Center for the Arts; primary base. $15. 5 Hammertown Start the day with a 5K Run/Walk Celebrate 33 Hawley Street, a down the runway and past the Road, Sandisfield; 413-258-4100.

Permanent Home for the Arts. Live Patriot Wing's massive C-5Ms. Performances: 1-5 p.m., new show The Ha-Ha's & Friends: The Thing Pre-registration required for the 5K every half hour. Salsa Dance Party Is.: Sat, 7 p.m. Happier Valley Run/Walk. Then starting at 11 a.m., 5-7 p.m., courtesy of DJ Roger Comedy Theater; Local favorites Westover Metropolitan Airport Aucoin. Showing of “Coco” (the The Ha-Ha's present a format that will host a Festival & Car Show movie) 5-7 p.m. Food Trucks and brings inanimate objects to life. celebrating the military and WestBeer Garden, Building 8 Brewing.

Stick around after for the 9 p.m. ern Mass. On display – a C-5M Help complete a Chalk Mural and showcase and open improv jam. open for tours, military displays, create the Community Sculpture.

Tickets: $13 online and at the door. vintage aircraft, helicopter rides, See the Life-Size Right Whale; For more info: happiervalley.com, 1 Touch-a-Truck, Food Trucks, DJ Free. 33 Hawley St., Northampton; Mill Valley Road Suite B, Hadley. and Live Music, Vendors and Beer 413-584-7327 or nohoarts.org.

An intimate conversation with Dr. Tent. Proceeds benefit the Galaxy Hands Across the Valley Quilt Beverly Daniel Tatum: Sat, 7 p.m.

Community Council and Greater Guild Meeting: Sun, 2:30 p.m.

Hooker Auditorium Mount Holyoke Chicopee Chamber of Commerce.

Immanuel Lutheran Church; College; Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, Admission to the Festival is $5 Desserts and show and tell, share President Emerita of Spelman Col- adults, $2 for children 4-12, and

“Urinetown: The Musical”: See Friday listing

ilies this summer. Starts May 18 through Sept. 2. To find a complete list of participating museums visit arts.gov/bluestarmueeums.

Springfield Science Museum: "Interactive Science Exhibit: Fallen Log." "Thomas & Friends: Explore the Rails." Through Sept. 8.

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: Permanent Exhibit: First floor exhibition provides opportunities to explore new sounds and vocabulary, play rhyming games, Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden: invent stories, and engage in activDr. Seuss National Memorial is ities that encourage teamwork and an outdoor sculpture garden of creative thinking, with interactive larger-than-life bronze statues of three-dimensional exhibits. Second Springfield native Dr. Seuss at his floor contains Geisel's personal drawing board surrounded by some memorabilia, including never of his most beloved characters before publicly displayed art, the including Horton the Elephant, the original Geisel Grove sign which Grinch, the Lorax and others, free used to hang in Forest Park, and on the green. furniture from Ted's sitting room George Walter Vincent Smith and studio, including his drawing Art Museum: Permanent exhibit: board and armchair. Timed tickets "Ancient Treasures," a display of ar- required, for reservations visit tifacts from ancient China, Greece, springfieldmuseums.org.

Rome and Egypt.

Quadrangle admission – $25 for

Quadrangle

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 July 7. 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 related memorabilia.

Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts: "Fresh Paint Springfield Paint Parties."

Today, 5-8 p.m., part of Culture & Cocktails, ages 21+; $10 members, $20 nonmembers. "In Bloom: Floral Works from the Collection."

Through Sept. 1. In the Starr Gallery. Museum a la Carte, 12:15 p.m., "Exhibition on Screen: Van Gogh & Japan;" Cookies and coffee provided, $4, $2 members.

Mount Tom State Reservation: Hike to Whiting Peak. Saturday, 1 p.m. This two hour hike travels on the MM Trail to Whiting Peak, the pace is moderate as you study nature on the way. The terrain is fairly easy with some moderately strenuous stretches. Bring water and bug spray.

Quadrangle Welcome Center and Museum Store: Springfield Museums Blue Star Museum. The museums will offer free admission to military personnel and their fam-

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.

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 childrensmuseum holyoke.org.

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

Through June 30; Included with General Admission or Science Cen-

SEE CALENDAR, PAGE E19

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

Calendar

manent 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.

WEEKEND

Through Sunday. Permanent exhibit: Gallery talks on the second Tues. of every month at 1:30 p.m. Hours: CONTINUED FROM PAGE E18 Daily Nov.-April weekdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m., weekends and holidays ter Membership, ctsciencecenter.

10 a.m.-5 p.m. Gallery talks daily, Josiah Day House: Permanent org. Permanent exhibit: Hands-on, 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. exhibit: featuring guided tours, interactive experiences with over $18, $17 seniors, $10 students, $6 artifacts, furniture, clothing and 150 exhibits in ten galleries and a documents from 1754-1902. call for children 6-18, free for members and range of topics, including space open house schedule and individual children 5 and under, 9 Route 183, and earth sciences plus more.

Stockbridge or nrm.org.

Hours: Tues.-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. tours. $3, $1 children 6-12, free for members, 70 Park St., West Old Sturbridge Village: PerAdmission: $17, $14 children 4-17, manent exhibit: Visit Kidstory, a $15.50 seniors 65+, free ages 3 and Springfield 413-734-8322. new indoor learning gallery in the under. 250 Columbus Boulevard, Mark Twain House and Museum: Hartford or ctsciencecenter.org.

Permanent exhibit hours: Mon.-Sat. Visitor's Center where kids ages 3-10 can try on period costumes 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sun. noonEric Carle Museum of Picture and imagine life in the 1830's; 5:30 p.m. $16, $14 seniors, $10 Book Art: "Eric Carle Makes a "Neat and Tasty: Getting Dressed children 6-16 and children under 6 Book." Through Aug. 25. Permain Early New England"; apparel free for the main house tour. $6, $4 nent exhibit: Gabrielle Healy Carroll in portraiture. Hours: Wed.-Sun. Storytime Programs are held Tues. children 6-16 servants wing tour.

9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. $24, $22 seniors, $20 adults, combined main house and Fri. 10:30 a.m.; Sat. 10:30 a.m. $8 children 3-17, free for children and servants wing tour package, and 2 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m., free with under 3. Speaker Series: Mel Allen, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford or admission. Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 editor of Yankee Magazine, today. A marktwainhouse.org. a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; reception with hors d'oeuvres and Sun. noon-5 p.m. $6, $9, $22.50 for Massachusetts Museum of Cona cash bar begins at 6 p.m. and the a family of four. "The Picture Book temporary Art: Permanent exhibit, lecture begins at 7 p.m. For tickets Odysseys of Peter Sis." June 8–Oct. "Works by James Turrell, Sol leWitt, visit osv.org. $10 osv members; $12 27. 125 West Bay Road, Amherst or and Laurie Anderson" currently on non members. Antique Car Rally carlemuseum.org. extended view. Fall/Winter hours: on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. Included 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Wed.-Mon, closed Hancock Shaker Village: Reggie with museum admission, Route 20, Wilson: Fist and Heel Performance Tues. $20 adults, $18 seniors/ Sturbridge or osv.org. veterans, $12 students with ID, $8 Group, today at 2 p.m. Praised for children (6-16); $2 EBT/WIC Card- Pan African Historical Museum how "his sprawling movement holder; children under 6 and muse- USA: Permanent exhibit: Exhibipieces fold history into present" tions by local artists. Hours: Tues.(The New York Times), award-win- um members including MCLA and Fri. noon-4 p.m. free, 1500 Main Williams College students, visit for ning choreographer Reggie free, 87 Marshall St., North Adams St., Springfield 413-733-1823.

Wilson imagines what Black Polish Center of Discovery and Shaker worship might have looked or massmoca.org.

Learning: Permanent exhibit: A like. A special site-based roving Mead Art Museum: Permanent living monument safeguarding performance at Hancock Shaker exhibit: Various American and historical objects representative Village will weave the historic European paintings, Mexican ceShaker Buildings and landscape ramics, Tibetan scroll paintings and of the material culture of the into his narrative, emphasizing more. Museum hours: Tues.-Thurs. Polish people in America. Galleries include "Coming to America"; "At the intense physical expression and Sun. 9 a.m.-midnight; Fri. 9 of Shaker spirituality. Inspired by a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. free, Home in America"; "Folk Art"; "Hisblack Shakers and Ring Shout 220 South Pleasant St., Amherst or tory." Hours: Mon.-Fri. 1-5 p.m. $5 donation, 33 South St., Chicopee or traditions, Wilson explores the amherst.edu. polishcenter.net. intersection of worship and dance Mount Holyoke College Art Muwith dazzling imagination. $30, Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museseum: Permanent Exhibit: Special hancockshakervillage.org/whatsum: Community Day for Amherst, Loans from the David C. Driskell new/reggie-wilson-fist-and-heel- Center. Through June 21, 2020.

Hadley and Sunderland is Saturday performance-group/. Shaker from 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. All residents Hours: Tues.-Fri. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Meets Brooklyn: Mead Dinner, Sat.-Sun. 1-5 p.m. Free, open to the of Amherst, Hadley and SunderFriday at 6 p.m. Come try mead land are welcome for free tours on public. Lower Lake Road, South from Brooklyn's first meadery, the half hour. Afterward, guests Hadley or mtholyoke.edu.

Enlightenment Wines. The evening can relax on the back vernada Naismith Memorial Basketball includes food, drink, and a herbal with complimentary lemonade Hall of Fame: Permanent exhibit: mixing lesson. Menu consists of and cookies. Guided tours will organic vegetables and meats from Three floors with dozens of hands- be available Saturday through on exhibits, a regulation sized bas- Wednesday from 1-4:30 p.m. The the farm, the oldest working farm ketball court and more than 900 in the Berkshires, with a variety of museum is closed on Thursdays mead. Cocktails include cool herbal artifacts on display. Hours: Mon.and Fridays. Admission is $5 for mixology. Come prepared to shake, Fri. and Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 10 adults and $1 for children. On June a.m.-5 p.m. $19, $15 seniors 65+, stir, and get enlightenment; $120, 12, Wednesday Folk Traditions $14 children 5-15, free for children hancockshakervillage.org/whatsfeatures Evelyn Harris at 6:30 p.m.

4 and under, 1000 West Columbus in the Sunken Garden. Admission new/shaker-roots-in-brooklyn/.

Ave., Springfield or hoophall.com.

1843 Housatonic St., Pittsfield or is $12, $2 children 16 and under.

New England Air Museum: Perhancockshakervillage.org.

Picnickers are welcome on the manent exhibit: The restored F-104 grounds at 5 p.m. the museum Historic Northampton Museum and its grounds are a smoke-free and Education: Permanent exhibit Starfighter, vintage planes, gift shop, hands-on activities. $12.50, site. The Porter-Phelps-Huntington hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; $7 children 4-11, free for children 3 House, known as Forty Acres, is an Sat.-Sun. noon-4 p.m. $3 individand under free, and $11.50 seniors 18th-century farm on the banks of uals, $6 families, 46 Bridge St., the Connecticut River that today Northampton or historic-northamp- 65+, 36 Perimeter Road, Windsor Locks or neam.org. interprets life in rural New England ton.org. over three centuries. 130 River Holyoke Heritage State Park: Per- Norman Rockwell Museum: "The Drive, Hadley or pphmuseum.org.

Art and Wit of Rube Goldberg."

THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019 | E19

Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum: Permanent Exhibit: Ride on the restored 1896 trolley car on Sat, Sun. and holidays from May 25 to Oct. 27, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. In July and August, the museum will also be open Mon. from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. admission to the TrolleyShop and the Visitors Center and grounds is free. All-day passes for a 15 min. ride on the trolley car is $4 adults, $2 children ages 6-12, children 5 and under are free, 14 Depot St., Shelburne Falls or sftm.org.

Smith College Museum of Art: "Object Histories: From the African Continent to the SCMA Galleries."

Through June 2020. "Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials." Through July 28, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 0-$5, smith.edu/artmuseum/ On-View/Upcoming/Plastic-Entanglements. “Contemporary Kids.”

Today and Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Join museum educator Gina Hall for an artful adventure fit for toddlers and their caregivers.

Explore a different theme each session, in the museum’s galleries and the Smith College campus. In June, find out what happens when you put toddlers into a gallery full of contemporary art. Register by emailing scmamembers@smith. edu. Members are free, nonmembers pay admission fee, smith.edu/ artmuseum. Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Northampton or scam. smith.edu.

Springfield Armory National Historic Site: "Arts at the Armory: Student Art Exhibit." Through July 31 in the museum theater. Opening reception, today, 4-6 p.m. "Art in the Everyday: A Photographer's Perspective at Springfield Armory."

Through September. Ranger-led interpretive programs offered in the museum in the afternoon.

Junior Ranger programs conducted frequently each day. Hours: Wed.Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., closed on Mon. and Tues. National Parks passes available, picnic tables available on site. 1 Armory Square, Springfield or nps.gov/spar.

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

The Old Meeting House: "Toto the Tornado Kitten" and his owner Jonathan. Sunday, 2-4 p.m.; the talk is at 2:15 p.m. Free and open to the public, but a free-will offering would be graciously accepted, 450 Main St., Wilbraham.

Titanic Museum: Permanent exhibit: Exhibits from the collection of the International Titanic Historical

Society. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $4, $2 children and students, 208 Main St., Indian Orchard or titanic1.org.

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

Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum: Permanent exhibit: Guided tours of the first and second floors. 104 Walker St., Lenox or gildedage.org.

Volleyball Hall of Fame: Permanent exhibit hours: Thur.-Sun. noon-4:30 p.m. $2.50-$3.50, 444 Dwight St., Holyoke or volleyhall.org.

Windsor Historical Society: First Thursdays Genealogy Support Group. Today, 5:30-7 p.m. Free, History Comes Alive, Saturday, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. 96 Palisade Ave., Windsor or windsorhistoricalsociety.org.

Wistariahurst Museum: Permanent exhibit: "Wisteria Vines in Full Bloom." Carriage House and Gift shop open Sat.-Sun, Mon. noon-4 p.m.; Historic house tours: $7, $5 students and seniors, 238 Cabot St., Holyoke or wistariahurst.org.

Worcester Art Museum: “Lee Mingwei: Stone Journey.” Since ancient times humans have strived to represent or emulate the beauty of the natural world. In the Chinese literati tradition, scholars would not only decorate their studies with paintings, jades, and ceramics that portrayed the natural world outside, but they would also collect and display naturally-formed rocks.

Free with Museum admission, worcesterart.org/exhibitions/mingwei-lee/. “Archaic Avant-Garde: Contemporary Japanese Ceramics from the Horvitz Collection.” Through Oct. 27. Archaic Avant-Garde focuses on contemporary Japan's leading ceramicists who have explored and experimented with ancient Japanese pottery techniques and forms to invigorate their own modern creations. This case rotation features works from such renowned late twentieth-century potters. On view Wed.-Sun., 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Third Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. The Museum is closed Monday and Tuesday. Free with Museum admission, worcesterart. org/exhibitions/archaic-avant-garde/. 55 Salisbury St., Worcester or worcesterart.org.

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 e-mail pmastriano@repub.com or submit it to masslive.com/myevent

E20 | THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 2019

THE REPUBLICAN | MASSLIVE.COM

JUNE EVENTS Berkshire Museum 39 South St, PittsďŹ eld, MA 01201 413-443-7171 berkshiremuseum.org da Vinci Docent Hours June 7 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm & Jun 8 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Learn more about Leonardo and his innovative designs from our knowledgeable exhibition docents and enjoy hands-on demonstrations of many of his machines, including mechanisms that are usually do not touch!

Included with regular Museum admission.

Women in Wine Gala Jun 8 @ 5:00 pm – 10:30 pm Celebrate women winemakers and support Berkshire Museum’s innovative educational programs during this biennial event featuring live and silent auctions including rare wine and lifestyle lots, and a celebratory wine dinner.

Tickets start at $350.

Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion After Hours Jun 8 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Explore Leonardo’s imaginative inventions at a reduced ticket price during extended evening hours every Saturday night. Use cranks, levers, and pulleys to test da Vinci’s mechanisms after family dinner, bring your date to see a wooden battle tank, or spend some time marveling at ying machines before catching a Little Cinema screening. $5, Museum members $3.

The Raft Jun 7, Jun 9 & Jun 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:45 pm Jun 9 & Jun 10, @ 1:30 pm – 3:15 pm In 1973, ďŹ ve men and six women drifted across the Atlantic on a raft as part of a scientiďŹ c experiment studying the sociology of violence, aggression and sexual attraction in human behavior. Although the project became known in the press as ‘The Sex Raft’, nobody expected what ultimately took place on that three month journey. Through extraordinary archive material and a reunion of the surviving members of the expedition on a full scale replica of the raft, this ďŹ lm tells the hidden story behind what has been described as ‘one of the strangest group experiments of all time.’Documentary, not rated, 1 hr. 37 min., 2018. $7.50, Museum members $5

EXHIBITION EXTENDED!

Discovery Tank Program Jun 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Meet the residents of the Berkshire Museum Aquarium’s tide pool tank in this guided, hands-on educational program for all ages. This drop-in experience will be led by a member of the Museum’s staff who can answer your questions and help you interact with the exciting sea creatures in the tank. Included in regular Museum admission.

ONGOING PROGRAMS WeeMuse Littlest Learners Tuesdays, 10:30 am

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!

Chow Time in the Aquarium Saturdays, 12:30 pm Included with regular Museum admission.

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

ON VIEW THROUGH SEPTEMBER 8 FEIGENBAUM innovative experience

'RZQWRZQ 3LWWVĂ€HOG 0$ EHUNVKLUHPXVHXP RUJ

3113617-01

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.