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Taprooms becoming havens for bands

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ore and more craft beer taprooms are offering live entertainment, and let’s start by talking about one such event up at Hitchcock Brewing in Bernardston.

Tomorrow at 6 p.m., old friend Ted Wirt will play with two cool groups: The Triple Louie Jazz Quartet and Oakland Stroke. Oakland Stroke will headline the show. The group is a 12-piece Tower of Power Tribute (and now a Santana Tribute as well) that features Donna Lee on vocals and the horn section from the local band The Radiators.

The Triple Louie Jazz Quintet is where Mike

Spencer sings and plays the music of Louis Armstong, Louis Prima, and Louis Jordan. Guitarist Karl Rausch started the group a few years ago with bass player Andy Lawson and Dave Choquette on drums. It certainly sounds like a fun evening.

Hitchcock Brewing is located at 203 South St. Also on Friday, the Buddy McEarns Band will play Drunken Rabbit Brewery on 749 New Ludlow Road in South Hadley at 6 p.m. The band will also be playing at Fort Hill Brewery at 30 Fort Hill Road in Easthampton on Feb. 15. The group has been described as everything from blues roots rock ’n’ roll to funky folkie blues and blends catchy originals seamlessly with smartly arranged cover tunes.

It’s good to see more taprooms embrace this trend.

There are plenty of good bands and often not enough venues for them.

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• On Sunday, The Rendezvous will feature a night The Buddy McEarns Band will play the Drunken Rabbit of music from singer/songBrewery in South Hadley tomorrow night. (HOANG ‘LEON’ NGUYEN / writers Matthew Thornton THE REPUBLICAN) and Mark Schwaber and indie folk-rock group, Quiet Scouting report Western Massachusetts, and Houses. The Rendezvous is • Bishop’s Lounge in The Embers Precipice Seed, at 78 Third St. in the Turners Northampton will feature a Falls section of Montague. an original rock band from trio of intriguing bands on Do you have a cool event Northampton.

Saturday. One Time Weekcoming up at a local club? Send • Donovan’s Irish Pub end, a funk/rock/reggae me a note about it at least two at the Eastfield Mall in band from Connecticut, will Springfield will feature The weeks in advance to geolenker@ play along with Peak Fiction, Healys with Charlie Bongiovi yahoo.com and I’ll try to get it a progressive rock band from tomorrow. Terry Brennan in this space.

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Sammy Rae and The Friends will play the Iron Horse Music Hall tomorrow.

Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, South Hadley Buccaneer Lounge: DJ with rock and Top 40. 86 Maple St., Agawam Catch 1251 Seafood & Grill: Dave Brinnel. 1251 River Road, Agawam 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 Club One Entertainment Complex: Open Jam w/James Germana & Friends. 60 North Westfield St., Feeding Hills Delaney House: Italian music with Luke Baillargeon. 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee Donovan’s Irish Pub: Live entertainment. 1655 Boston Road #C6,

Springfield Froggy’s Saloon: DJ karaoke with songstress Shorty. 846 Airport Industrial Park, Westfield Hot Shot Billards: DJ JR. 1440 North Main St., Palmer J.J.’s Tavern: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 99 Main St., Florence Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing. 91 Taylor St., Springfield Mattie’s Cafe: DJ Aaron, reggae, old school, R & B. 750 Boston Road, Springfield MGM Springfield: Roar! Comedy Club Series: Bobby Collins. 1 MGM Way, Springfield Mike’s East Side Pub: Karaoke J & M Productions. 535 Page Blvd, Springfield My Brothers Place: DJ with rock.

185 Grove St., Chicopee Paisano’s Pub: Dave’s acoustic jam. 138 College Highway, Southampton Pizza Shoppe: Open mic with John O’Neil. 134 Shaker Road, East Longmeadow Rafters: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 422 Amity St., Amherst

Shadow Lounge: DJ with classics.

278 Worthington St., Springfield Shakago Martini and Piano Bar: DJ karaoke, featuring a full dinner menu and over 150 martinis. 21-23 Hampden St., Springfield Southwick Inn: Open mic hosted

by Steve Piper of Roadhouse Band. 479 College Highway, Southwick Tavern Restaurant: Just Len. 2 Broad St., Westfield The Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer The Still: Drink specials. 63 Springfield St., Agawam Theodores’: Rockstar Karaoke.

201 Worthington St., Springfield Turtle Pond: Live entertainment.

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

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

287 Elm St., Westfield

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FRIDAY Alina’s: Emery Smith. 96 Russell St., Hadley 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 Club One Entertainment Complex: Mac’s Slowhand Clapton tribute. 60 North Westfield St., Feeding Hills Collegian Court Restaurant: Blue Cube Jazz: Ed Brainerd with vocalist Ethel Lee. 89 Park St., Chicopee Danger Zone Saloon: Live entertainment. 948 Main St., Warren Delaney House: The Savoy Duo. 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee Donovan’s Irish Pub: Live entertainment. 1655 Boston Road #C6, Springfield East Mountain Country Club: Boot Hill Band. 1458 East Mountain Rd, Westfield Florence VFW: Karaoke with DJ Greg. 18 Meadow St., Florence Frankie B’s: DJ. 2957 Boston Road (Route 20), Wilbraham Froggy’s Saloon: DJ karaoke with songstress Shorty. 846 Airport Industrial Park, Westfield Iron Horse Music Hall: Sammy Rae & The Friends, Melt. 20 Center St., Northampton Kaptain Jimmy’s Restaurant and Distillery: King Kountry. 916 Suffield St., Agawam

Matador: Karaoke and DJ. 300 East St., Ludlow MGM Springfield: Roar! Comedy Club Series: Bobby Collins. 1 MGM Way, Springfield Michael F. Curtin VFW Post 8006: Karaoke with Reil Entertainment Productions. Florence Road, Florence My Brothers Place: DJ with rock.

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

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

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

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

Frankie B’s: DJ Lady Di. 2957 Boston Road (Route 20), Wilbraham Froggy’s Saloon: DJ karaoke with songstress Shorty. 846 Airport Industrial Park, Westfield

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

Gateway City Arts: The Soul of Hip-Hop: Live pt. 2. 92 Race St., Holyoke

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

Iron Horse Music Hall: Brandon ‘Taz’ Niederauer. 20 Center St., Northampton

Tavern Restaurant: Tied Down. 2 Broad St., Westfield

Iron Horse Music Hall: Gary Hoey.

20 Center St., Northampton

The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: Smif n Wessun. 289 Main St., Greenfield

Kaptain Jimmy’s Restaurant and Distillery: Looney Tunes. 916 Suffield St., Agawam

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

Lighthouse: Karaoke. 108 Sewall St., Ludlow

Theodores’: Jeff Blaney. 201 Worthington St., Springfield

Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield

Turtle Pond: Live entertainment.

349 Wilbraham St., Palmer

MGM Springfield: Roar! Comedy Club Series: Bobby Collins. 1 MGM Way, Springfield

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

My Brothers Place: DJ with rock.

185 Grove St., Chicopee

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

New City Brewery: ZoKi Band plays New City Brewery. 180 Pleasant St. (Rear), Easthampton

West Springfield Fish and Game Club: CD jukebox, pool table. 329 Garden St., Feeding Hills World War II Club-The Deuce: Karaoke. 50 Conz St., Northampton

SATURDAY 350 Grill: The New System. 350 Worthington St., Springfield Alina’s: Emery Smith. 96 Russell St., Hadley American Legion Post 260: Karaoke with Larry. 1 Bridge St., South Hadley American Legion Post 266: Variety nights, comedy, live music and pool. 74 Pleasant St., Granby American Legion Post 338-The

Open Door: DJ with karaoke. 247 Cady St., Ludlow Patti’s 410 Lounge: Karaoke with Peter Kennedy. 32 Quincy Ave., Chicopee

Gary Hoey will play the Iron Horse Music Hall on Saturday.

Wick 338: Karaoke with Chris. 46 Powder Mill Road, Southwick

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

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

Cindy’s Sports Bar: Live entertainment. 1620 North Main St., Palmer Club Castaway: Nude ladies dancing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately

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

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

Boston Boston: Live acoustics. 16 Bolduc Lane, Chicopee

Danger Zone Saloon: Karaoke.

948 Main St., Warren

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

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

Shadow Lounge: DJ Redd. 278 Worthington St., Springfield Shakago Martini and Piano Bar: DJ dance, featuring a full dinner menu and more than 150 martinis.

21-23 Hampden St., Springfield Tavern Restaurant: Dave O’Connell. 2 Broad St., Westfield The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: The Gaslight Tinkers, Taproots. 289 Main St., Greenfield The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: Slap Frost Re-

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Nightclubs CONTINUED FROM PAGE E3 vueu-Equipto, Michael Marshall, Z-Man, Vocab Slick, & DJ True. 289 Main St., Greenfield

The Red Hot Chilli Pipers will play the Academy of Music in Northampton on March 10.

The Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer Theodores’: Petey Hop. 201 Worthington St., Springfield Underground Pub at the Crown Plaza: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 1 West St., Pittsfield VFW Post 8428: Karaoke with Highnote Productions. 41 Pelham Road, Belchertown Whip City Brew: DJ with dance.

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

SUNDAY 350 Grill: Sunday Night Jazz: Warren Byrd. 350 Worthington St., Springfield

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

Springfield Symphony Orchestra: Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield ABBA Mania: Feb. 9, 7 p.m. – Calvin Theatre, Northampton Brandy: Feb. 14, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

Gaelic Storm: Feb. 15, 8 p.m. – Calvin Theatre, Northampton Ice Cube: Feb. 21, 7:30 p.m. – Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Conn.

Springfield Symphony Orchestra: Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield Squeeze: Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. – Academy of Music, Northampton The Revitalists: Feb. 28, 8 p.m. – Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

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

Oakdale Theatre, Wallingford, Conn.

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

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

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

Survivor: March 20, 8 p.m.

– Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashantucket, Conn.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Godsmack: April 16, 5 p.m.

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

Springfield Symphony Orchestra: April 18, 7:30 p.m. – Symphony Hall, Springfield Voyage: April 24, 8 p.m. – Calvin Theatre, Northampton

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, MGM Springfield Plaza, Mohegan Sun, Mullins Center, Oakdale, Symphony Hall, Xfinity Theatre and XL Center, 800-745-3000

Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, South Hadley Boston Boston: Open mic. 16 Bolduc Lane, Chicopee

Center Stage Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 267 Dwight St., Springfield Club One Entertainment Complex: The Blues Jam. 60 North Westfield St., Feeding Hills Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield Mattie’s Cafe: DJ Aaron, reggae, old school, R & B. 750 Boston Road, Springfield Pizza Shoppe: Kids nite with John O’Neil. 134 Shaker Road, East Longmeadow Shakago Martini and Piano Bar: Featuring a full dinner menu and over 150 martinis. 21-23 Hampden St., Springfield Southwick Inn: Blues Jam hosted

by Cold Shot. 479 College Highway, Southwick The Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer 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

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Dashboard Confessional marks 20th anniversary

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ashboard Confessional is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a new release and a corresponding tour with several stops in the region.

Dashboard Confessional will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a concert at Mohegan Sun Arena on April 4.

The band will play three sold out nights at the Paradise Rock Club in Boston (March 20-22) before headlining Mohegan Sun Arena on April 4 at 8 p.m.

Tickets for the show are available beginning tomorrow at 10 a.m. through all Ticketmaster outlets and locations including ticketmaster.com and by phone at 800-745-3000.

The group recently released “The Best Ones of the Best Ones,” a career-spanning compilation of its seven studio albums.

Liner notes • Cedric the Entertainer is bringing his stand-up routine to Connecticut.

The actor / comic will perform at Mohegan Sun Arena on March 14 at 7:30 p.m.

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

In addition to starring in and executive producing TV’s #1 new comedy, “The Neighborhood” on CBS, now celebrating its second season, Cedric also simultaneously co-stars in the hit TBS dramedy “The Last O.G.” opposite Tracy Morgan and Tiffany Haddish.

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offered on a first-come, firstserved basis.

In 2013, Checker’s signature song “The Twist” was named the top song on Billboard’s All-Time Top 100 Song list.

“What keeps it going now is its two-time run at No. 1 in two different years,” Silvio Pietroluongo of Billboard told USA Today at the time. “No one else has gone back to No. 1.”

Gillette Stadium.

Bieber will play the Foxboro stadium on Sept. 17.

Tickets for the show are on sale beginning Feb. 14 at 10 a.m. through all Ticketmaster • Guns N’ Roses will outlets and locations including ticketmaster.com and by spend the summer on a stadium tour and will include phone at 800-745-3000.

Bieber will release his fifth a stop at Fenway Park on July studio album “Changes” on 21. the same day as the ticket Tickets for the show are available beginning tomorrow on-sale.

The stadium tour will feaat 10 a.m. through all Ticketmaster outlets and locations ture supporting acts Kehlani including ticketmaster.com and Jaden Smith. The tour and by phone at 800-745starts May 14 in Seattle and 3000. closes at MetLife Stadium in The band will head out to New Jersey on Sept. 26.

Latin America throughout March and April, with a European tour booked for May and June.

The concerts are part of the Rock Hall of Fame group’s long-running “Not In This Lifetime” reunion tour, which began in 2016.

• Justin Bieber has announced plans for a new studio album and a 2020 stadium tour that will stop at

• Country star Thomas Rhett is coming to Connecticut.

Along with two nights at the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Guilford, NH (May 29-30), Rhett will perform at the Xfinity Theatre in Hartford on Aug. 22 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are available through Live Nation at livenation.com.

Cole Swindell and HARDY will open the show.

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• Chubby Checker has scheduled a date for Mohegan Sun. The legendary 1950s pop star will play The Wolf Den on March 14 at 8 p.m.

Admission to Wolf Den shows is free with seating

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Cedric the Entertainer will bring his stand-up routine to the Mohegan Sun Arena on March 14.

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It’s messy, crazy and deep: Kesha returns with a roar

By MARK KENNEDY

Associated Press

Kesha’s new album starts out on a portentous and soaring note with the singer on the opening song “Tonight” in full Broadway mode, belting out “Take me out toooonniiiigghht.” But 40 seconds in, it dissolves into a messy club banger complete with random expletives, crowd screams, a lost phone and the singer high and drunk as she readies to hit the town.

In other words, welcome back, Kesha.

“High Road” is Kesha at her wonderfully anarchic, tipsy, profound and goofy best. Few artists can portray themselves as silly, airy party girls and then utterly subvert that very image, all in the same song.

“I don’t do that dance,” she warns us on the new album. “I only do my own dance.”

“High Road” has a complex mix of textures, ranging from “High Road” by Kesha. the gospel-influenced dance hall of “Raising Hell” with Big (KEMOSABE/RCA RECORDS) Freedia to the somber country of “Resentment” with Sturgill Wilson. Kesha can go from Simpson, Wrabel and Brian quietly singing about a lover’s

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other country acts like Jason Aldean and Florida Georgia Line. His latest release is called “Center Point Road.”

• The Go-Go’s are coming to Foxwoods.

The band will play the Grand Theater on July 10 at 8 p.m.

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

The Go-Go’s bill themselves as the most successful all-female rock band of all time and helped usher in the New Wave era in the early ’80s. The group earned the Best New Artist Grammy in 1981.

• Sammy Hagar and The Circle are going back out on the road in 2020 and will have two stops in the region.

The rock band will perform at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, New York, on Aug. 18 and the Xfinity Center in Mansfield on Aug. 22.

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

5 Seconds of Summer will play the Mohegan Sun Arena on Aug. 29, the Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion in Boston on Sept. 2, and the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Guilford on Sept. 3. (SCOTT EISEN / GETTY IMAGES FOR IHEARTMEDIA)

Whitesnake and Night Ranger are joining Hagar as opening acts on tour.

Hagar’s band, The Circle, features former Van Halen bandmate Michael Anthony and drummer Jason Bonham.

• Danny Klein’s Full House is coming to Northampton.

The founding bassist for the legendary J. Geils Band will perform with his group Full

Kesha has returned with a roar with her new studio album “High Road.” (TOMMASO BODDI / GETTY IMAGES FOR IHEARTMEDIA)

alienation with a revered Beach Boy to “Birthday Suit,” a horny, cornball ditty that uses ’80s video game sounds to seduce a lover (“You got

any secret tattoos?”).

It wouldn’t be a Kesha record without some funny recorded vignettes — in one,

House at the Iron Horse Music Hall on July 18 at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the show are on sale through the Northampton Box Office at 413-586-8686 and online at iheg.com.

Danny Klein was a founding member of The J. Geils Band and remained with them through the band’s breakup in the 1980s. He has performed with the group during reunions and continues to showcase the band’s catalog with Full House.

The group will play the Pines Theater at Look Park on Saturday, June 6 at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the show go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. through the promoter’s website at dspshows.com.

One of world’s premier banjo players, Fleck leads a band that has won 15 Grammy awards and has been nominated in more categories than any other artist in history, covering bluegrass, jazz, classical pop, rock and world beat.

• Country star Chris Stapleton is coming to the Boston area for a summer show.

He will perform at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts on Aug. 1.

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

Stapleton debuted as a solo artist in 2015 with his release “Traveller,” which went to No. 1 on the U.S. album charts. He has gone on to win multiple CMA awards and a Grammy for Best Country Album.

The show will feature opening sets from Elle King and Kendell Marvell.

• The rock band 5 Seconds of Summer has announced a summer tour that will have several New England stops.

The group will play Mohegan Sun Arena on Aug. 29, the Rockland Trust Bank Pavilion in Boston on Sept. 2, and the Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion in Guilford on Sept. 3.

Tickets for the shows go on sale beginning tomorrow at 10 a.m. through all Ticketmaster outlets and locations including ticketmaster.com and by phone at 800-745-3000.

The group is the first Australian act to achieve three chart-toppers on the Billboard album chart. The group’s first three releases all landed at No. 1 on the U.S. charts. The group will embark this summer on the “No Shame 2020” tour.

• Bela Fleck and the Flecktones have a summer date in Northampton.

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‘Hamilton’ to hit theaters with original Broadway cast Filmed June 2016; to hit theaters 2021

By Michael Paulson

New York Times

At long last, you don’t have to be in the room where it happens.

For all those who have been unable to afford, or even find, tickets to “Hamilton,” there is going to be a solution: A filmed version of the stage performance will be distributed to movie theaters late next year.

The blockbuster musical was filmed in June 2016, during one of the last weeks when the original Broadway cast was still intact. The producers, who include the show’s creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, have been sitting on the film since, trying to weigh when would be the best time to release it to the public — while interest was still high but without damaging the multiple ongoing stage productions.

The decision: The Walt Disney Co. will release it on Oct. 15, 2021, a little more than six years after the show opened on Broadway.

This is not a feature film — that may yet happen — but an edited version of two performances captured live at the Richard Rodgers Theater on Broadway. The filming was directed by Thomas Kail, who also directed the stage produc-

strong on Broadway, where it is the top-grossing show each week. Since beginning performances in 2015, it has been seen there by 2.6 million people, and has grossed $636 million.

The show’s leadership team believes a movie will reinforce interest in the stage productions. “This is a complement to all the other versions of the show — in a way that the book and the documentary and the cast album are,” Kail said. lasting 1 hour, 14 minutes. He There are some precedents said the creative team is still for the film — Spike Lee filmed talking with Disney about how the Broadway production of In this June 12, 2016, file photo, Lin-Manuel Miranda and the it would be presented, but “Passing Strange,” and Netflix cast of “Hamilton” perform at the Tony Awards in New York. that he thought some sort of filmed “Oh, Hello.” The NaNext year you’ll be able to see the original Broadway cast of intermission between the acts tional Theater and Broadway“Hamilton” perform the musical smash from the comfort of a HD are among companies that was likely. movie theater. (EVAN AGOSTINI / INVISION) have broadcast stage perfor“Hamilton,” which uses the life and death of America’s first mances, but those tend to be tion, and is produced by Kail; live and unedited; there have the cast in the empty theater treasury secretary to explore Miranda; Jeffrey Seller, the between those performances. the nation’s revolutionary his- also been feature films made of tory, has been showered with some stage musicals while they musical’s lead producer; as well He cut the footage into a film were still running, including as Disney. some time ago, and said he will praise and awards: In 2016, “We worked a very long time continue to polish it before next among other honors, it won the “Chicago,” “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Rent,” each Pulitzer Prize for drama and to make the very best piece of year’s release. of which was credited with the Tony Award for best new theater possible, and Tommy The film is expected to be bolstering interest in the stage musical. has translated that into an exabout 2 1/2 hours long, Sellciting film version, where you er said, with two acts, each versions.

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ABBA Mania will take the stage at the Calvin Theater in Northampton on Sunday.

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ore than four decades have passed since ABBA last brought some of the 20th century’s most catchy pop songs to life in concert – but their music lives on to this day.

ABBA Mania will stop at the Calvin Theater on Sunday, promising to bring the music of the Swedish sensations to life as both performers and concertgoers alike say “thank you for the music.”

According to Kirbi Long, who “plays” Agnetha, per-

forming with the group is simply a way to say – in the words of ABBA’s own 1977 single – thank you for the music.

“ABBA Mania is a real high-energy show with a lot of dancing, singing along and audience interaction.

While it’s technically a musical, it feels a lot more like a rock concert. It’s interactive,” she said. “We definitely try to honor the original band; I hope they know how much we appreciate their music.”

Long said that part of this ing that part of the public’s hit “Mamma Mia!,” which appreciation includes taking interest in ABBA has also experienced a 14-year run on the steps to separate the been sustained by Broadway the small stage that ended band from a crowded market full of tribute acts that might not pay quite as much attention to detail – down to who plays guitar stage right and who sings what harmonies.

“There are so many tribute acts out there. I think it’s a cool way to keep their music alive and introduce it to new KIRBI LONG, ABBA MANIA generations,” she said, add-

in 2015.

“I think ABBA Mania is an event that people might come to and, depending on if they’re a big fan or not, don’t know what to expect.

I’ve come to realize, the music really makes people happy. I don’t know any band in history that genuinely had this happiness behind it. It’s upbeat and catchy, but there’s this underlying message of hope that makes it so much more fun for me to perform,” she said.

However, Long – a Nebraska native who has opened for the likes of Katy Perry, SEE ABBA, PAGE E9

“ABBA Mania is a real high-energy show with a lot of dancing, singing along and audience interaction. While it’s technically a musical, it feels a lot more like a rock concert. It’s interactive.”

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‘Doctor Sleep,’ ‘The Good Liar’ pack emotional punches

By Katie Foran-McHale Tribune News Service

“The Shining” returns (kind of) and two new co-stars meet their matches in this week’s top DVD picks.

“Doctor Sleep”: Years after the “redrum” in “The Shining,” a traumatized adult Dan Torrance (Ewan McGregor) meets a teenage girl (Kyliegh Curran) who shares his gift,

and together they must stop a group of vampires called the True Knot that tortures and kills children. While prolific horror writer Stephen King disliked director Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining,” he loved director Mike Flanagan’s take on his 2013 sequel to the Overlook Hotel saga.

Flanagan’s visual and editing skills are impressive, wrote Los Angeles Times critic Justin Chang in his review, but naturally, something more powerful brews below.

plot could have used some heightening, but those twists make the thriller a fun ride, wrote Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh in her review.

“There’s more twist where that twist comes from, and Condon carefully lays out the pieces of the mystery with his accomplished actors,” she wrote. “As it rounds the bend, doubling back on itself, the folds and bends and detail of the story revealed only in hindsight, ‘The Good Liar’ Ewan McGregor appears in a scene from “Doctor Sleep.”

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Ian McKellen, right, and Helen Mirren appear in a scene from “The Good Liar.” (CHIA JAMES / WARNER BROS. PICTURES)

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appreciation – and a bond with her fellow performers – is key to connecting with the audience.

“It’s a lot of work. It’s also a lot of fun. The people that I work with, we’ve been together for years. When you can do it with people you love and people who support each other, it’s easy. Most of us have a family and kids at

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the first movie wherein Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren have worked together, but “The Good Liar,” directed by Bill Condon, is the first one featuring both in co-starring roles (and it’s about time). In the film, a longtime con artist (McKellen) plans to scam a wealthy widow (Mirren) out of her fortune but has second thoughts after developing feelings from her. And from there, things keep twisting... and twisting... and twisting.

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home. Spending weeks at a time performing and on a tour bus is hard work. But when you’re on stage together, it’s amazing,” she said.

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performed the National Anthem at Yankee Stadium and plays in a Johnny Cash tribute act, “The Man in Black,” as one of the Carter sisters – admitted to being somewhat unfamiliar with the band before joining the act.

“I didn’t know a lot of ABBA songs before I started with the group. I knew ‘Dancing Queen’ and some others, of course, but now that we’ve learned the majority of their catalogue, I’ve become a fan and appreciate the music,” she said. “It’s intricate. It’s catchy. It’s amazing what they were able to do in a short period of time.”

Long said that as a musician, she believes this

“Beneath the movie’s slick surfaces there is also an insistent, pulsing humanity, an understanding of the deep emotional underpinnings of King’s fiction,” Chang wrote. “‘Doctor Sleep’ may cut a wider narrative swath than ‘The Shining,’ but it returns to many of the same themes: the innocence and mischief of children, the protective and predatory capacities of adults, the vulnerability of the family unit.”

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Above, an order of Pistachio Crusted Salmon is ready to leave the kitchen at Galaxy in Easthampton. At left is a Smoke Nebula cocktail with Mezcal, lime juice, mint syrup, champagne and Angostura bitters. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN)

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Galaxy in Easthampton remains true to concept

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aving last been to Galaxy in Easthampton soon after its opening six years ago, we were happy to see it still felt fresh and new. The vibe is mid-century space-age, and the light vs. dark dichotomy in its side-by-side dining and bar spaces give the eatery a duality of appeal that is not easy to achieve in a singular space.

A look inside the kitchen at Galaxy, located at 60 Main St. in Easthampton. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN)

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their way onto the menu.

Also included in the genre are the appetizers Nashville Hot Chicken (also $10), and Buttermilk Fritters ($5).

Popovers are like the risotto We settled into our tufted pletely fall on deaf ears. of the bread world in terms white vinyl booth on the Deviled eggs ($3) have of difficulty in consistent production, and are a rare bird in swankier left side of the stood the test of time on these parts save for those at eatery, which features the the Galaxy menu, and the the famed Judy’s in Amherst. slick booths across from specials list is the key to the tables bookended by chairs current offering. On the night So we ordered the ‘Pop Over’ with Pumpkin Butter; or “a and a room-length, similarly we visited it was a blend of upholstered bench. All are parsley, sage, rosemary, and $6 pocket of air” as my tablemate decried it. Well, it was situated under sparkly, sput- thyme aptly entitled Scarnik-meets-Waterford chanborough Fair. A daily soup worth every penny in that it deliers — so chic and fun. can be found only on the du was adeptly executed with On the food side of the jour menu as well, alongside a crisp shell and soft, eggy equation, Galaxy has moved the handmade fettucine of interior surrounding its large away from its original small the day, a couple of entrees, intentional pocket of air; and plates concept to a more a specialty dessert and even the butter an interesting mystraditional salads, appetizers, cocktail, beer and wine high- tery in its lack of pumpkin entrees menu mix. That said, lights. The Tonight’s Specials color but present pumpkin flavor and sweetness aplenty. the menu still contains more truly serve as a substantial counterpoint to the other(Our best guess was pumpkin starters than mains, and we wise concise menu. syrup, but just a guess.) did observe more than one The Pulled Pork Biscuits Four salads make the stanparty tucking into several dard roster at Galaxy; all are shared starters and a shared ($10) in the appetizer list a la carte but a budget-friendare one of several nods to entree; a clear sign that the ly $7, and all have the add a original concept did not com- the South that have made

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protein option available in the form of chicken, shrimp or tofu for an additional $6; thereby resulting in an also budget-friendly main dish option. We chose the Wilted Spinach Salad over Caesar, Roasted Beet, and a green salad featuring roasted tomatoes.

In this era of over portioning some might consider the baby spinach salad presented to us on a small rectangular plate as small, but it certainly was not lacking in flavor. We appreciated the restrained combination of ingredients including the tart cubed apple, shaved parmesan and cider vinaigrette all topped off with a sprinkling of flashfried crispy quinoa that made for a tasty and surprising crouton alternative.

Without consultation we

ordered entrees that our server later informed us are the restaurant’s most popular: the Pistachio Crusted Salmon with mango hollandaise, napa cabbage slaw, and purple sticky rice ($21); and the Buttermilk Fried Chicken with mashed potatoes, gravy, and coleslaw ($18).

Although the salmon dish would not win any beauty contests, its flavors made up for its lack of eye appeal.

The large portion of salmon filet was one of the best we’ve had, with its thick crust of pistachio browned to perfection atop the expertly prepared, still creamy but cooked through filet. We would have been satisfied with the generous portion of smooth rich hollandaise SEE GALAXY, PAGE E11

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finally steps into its full potential as a satisfying potboiler mystery.”

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pastry cook and server in a nod to effective cross-training. Although tempted by the Mocha Cheesecake from the specials menu, we opted for sharing the classic Creme Brulee and were not disappointed by either the smooth custard with its thin coating of hard crack sugar or the accompanying salted chocolate cookie.

The beverage program is an integral component of the well-thought out formula that is Galaxy, with a full page of unique cocktail options that include everything from seasonal mules and whiskey highballs to “Zero Proof Mocktails.” The wine list is also carefully planned to include about 30 vintages from across the globe, most

serial killer (Matt Dillon) revisits his murders.

“Dragonheart: Vengeance”: A farmer (Jack Kane) sets off with a dragon and a mercenary to seek revenge against his family’s killers.

“Grand Isle”: A man (Luke Benward) must convince a detective (Kelsey Grammer) he’s not a murderer after sinister events unfold at a couple’s home.

“Keeping Faith - Series 2”: A lawyer (Eve Myles) searches for her missing husband in this BBC thriller series.

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Also new on DVD this week “Last Christmas”: A disillusioned woman (Emilia Clarke) who works in a yearround New York Christmas store meets a charming man (Henry Golding).

“Playing with Fire”: Firefighters run into trouble while

babysitting three kids they rescued. John Cena stars.

“Arctic Dogs”: A team of Arctic animals must work together to thwart a plot by an evil walrus to destroy their habitat in this computer-animated family film. Cast includes Jeremy Renner, Alec Baldwin, Heidi Klum, John Cleese, Anjelica Huston, Omar Sy and James Franco.

“Waves”: A suburban family works to heal after a devastating loss.

“The House That Jack Built”: A Pacific Northwest

An order of Short Rib Fettuccini is ready to leave the kitchen.

of which are offered both by the glass and the bottle.

And last but not least the bar features a decent selection of now requisite craft beers.

Having surpassed the dreaded five year mark, Galaxy is an example of a chef-driven restaurant that has managed to stay true to its concept while continuing to subtly evolve to please its core guest; a formula far too uncommon in the volatile industry.

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Having surpassed the dreaded five year mark, Galaxy is an example of a chef-driven restaurant that has managed to stay true to its concept while continuing to subtly evolve to please its core guest; a formula far too uncommon in the volatile industry.

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Desserts at Galaxy are moist and well-seasoned, made in house by its resident and the entree did not go

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Restaurant check surcharges may surprise diners

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hough they’re not a particularly new concept — restaurant check surcharges have been in the news before — the idea of adding an additional amount onto a dining patron’s bill is becoming an increasingly popular way of boosting revenue in the face of rising expenses.

In one sense, dining out prices have never honestly reflected the true cost of enjoying a meal “out.” The practice of tipping is, after all, a menu price surcharge that the house uses to offset part of its wage costs.

More recently surcharges have been tacked onto menu prices to pass along spikes in supplier delivery charges when fuel prices have surged. Other restaurateurs have added supplementary charges to cover wage and benefit mandates, such as minimum-wage increases and the provision of health insurance. Banquet operators have long added “service charges” to their bills.

The latest wrinkle in the guest check surcharge story comes from San Francisco, where a number of restaurants in that city and elsewhere have banded together to add a 1% surcharge to guest checks, the proceeds from which will be used to support ecologically-friendly farming practices.

The effort, which is being sponsored by Restore California, is designed to raise money to foster climate-friendly agriculture through grants to farmers.

Over 100 restaurants in California and elsewhere are participating.

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The get-together will feature small plate renditions of Big Easy favorites like seafood gumbo, shrimp etouffee, jambalaya, and more as well as a special regional cocktail, wine, or beer.

The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. and is priced at $52 per person (tax and gratuity additional).

Call Cedar Street Grille at 508-347-5800 to make reservations or get more details.

The Delaney House restaurant in Holyoke will offer its annual game dinner Feb. 28, and a “Learn to Drink like a Pro” session Feb. 17. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN)

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campaign might seem, such surcharges call into question the whole idea of “truth in pricing.” The information on a menu ought to present the true cost to the consumer of a dining experience, not merely a starting point onto which a multiplicity of charges can be tacked.

If restaurant prices need to be increased to cover costs, so be it. Let’s be transparent, however, by having menu prices fully and accurately reflect the true cost of dining out.

The Student Prince Cafe and Fort Restaurant in Springfield will carry on its tradition of game month with hunters dinners offered tonight, Feb. 18 and Feb. 27. (HOANG ‘LEON’ NGUYEN / THE REPUBLICAN)

• The Delaney House in Holyoke has announced that it will be holding its 14th annual game dinner on Feb. 28. Delaney House executive chef Mick Corduff is planning a “wild” menu that will incorporate venison, bison, wild boar, rabbit, peasant and alligator.

Side dishes The evening begins at 6:30 • The food truck from p.m.; price per person is $60 Cousins Maine Lobster will not including tax or tip. be at Brew Practitioners The monthly session of in Florence on Sunday. The “Learn to Drink like a Pro” at truck will be on site from 1 the Delaney House is planned to 6 p.m., offering Cousins for Feb. 17 starting at 6 p.m.

Maine’s menu of lobster rolls “You’re Bacon Me Crazy” is and other deep sea favorites. the evening’s theme, and Two Brew Practitioners’ tap Roads Brewing of Stratford, room is located at 36 Main St.; Conn., will be the featured its telephone contact is 413beverage brand.

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For dessert, a bacon cookie dough Oreo ball will be topped with salted caramel sauce; Expressway Cold Brew Coffee Stout will be paired with that cookie dough finale.

Cost to attend the Feb. 17 dinner is $40, not including tax or tip.

Reservations for either event can be made by calling 413-532-1800.

• The Cedar Street Grille in Sturbridge is celebrating the festive seasonal cuisine of New Orleans with a Mardi Gras Tapas Dinner on Feb. 24.

• Tucker’s Restaurant in Southwick will be the site of a “Richie Mitnick Music Presents” show “The Way it Used to Be,” a tribute to pop singers Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck.

The Feb. 22 evening will feature crooner Joe Saimeri, who will perform romantic, easy-listening favorites like “After the Loving,” “She’s a Lady” and “Quando.”

Chef Michael Anderson of Tucker’s will be starting the event off with a dinner of chicken Francaise. Salad, sides and dessert are included; a cash bar will be available.

Tickets for the dinner and performance, which will begin at 5:30 p.m., are $45 per person, with tax and gratuity included. Contact Tucker’s Restaurant at 413-569-0120 to make reservations.

• A game menu is a February tradition at the Student Prince Cafe and Fort Restaurant in Springfield. This year’s month long celebration of all things wild will feature dishes made with buffalo, boar, ostrich, shark, rabbit, peasant, venison, quail and more.

Highlighting game month at the Student Prince are the three hunters dinners held tonight, Feb. 18 and 27.

Six-course experiences, the dinners will include the likes of elk sausage, game stew and buffalo ribeye; appetizer options are to be crispy duck wings and wild boar hash.

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3 hearty red wines perfect for winter

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Here are three red wines – ranging in price from $9 to $55 a bottle – from Argentina, Spain and California that can more than hold their own with any substantial meal this winter.

Two of the wines are 100% Cabernet Sauvignon.

The third wine is blend of two different grapes. And all three of them were impressive in their own, unique way.

But enough chit chat. Let’s get to the wines. And hope you’re as excited about them as I was this past week. Let me add that I tasted several other wines this past week or so and these are the wines that really stood out for their fascinating flavors, complex character and subtle charms.

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Wines recommended this week • 2018 Laya Almansa Red Wine ($9 suggested retail price); • 2017 Septima Cabernet Sauvignon Mendoza Argentina ($14 SRP); • 2017 Cuttings Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley ($55 SRP);

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is well known for its big, brawny Malbecs. This outstanding Cabernet Sauvignon Tasting notes shows that Argentina can also 2018 Laya Almansa Red produce complex Cabs worth Wine seeking out.

Region: Garnacha, Spain Of the three wines recommended this week, this one Grapes: 70% Tintorera, is the softest and subtlest of 30% Monastrell the three wines. Instead of This is one of those wines Three hearty red wines (including one under $10) for winter overpowering my senses, this dreams are made of – affordrecommended this week. (KEN ROSS PHOTO) wine made its presence known able, stylish and delicious.

I’ve had this blended red wine raspberries and blackberries wine costs less than $10 a bot- quietly and carefully. Imagine to toasted almonds and dark tle, making it an absolute steal a mist from a waterfall instead from Spain before but it’s of a heavy downpour. That’s at this price. been a while. Boy, am I glad I chocolate. what the flavors feel like in The next day, those flavors tried this wine again. were more subtle, more unthis refreshing wine.

2017 Septima Cabernet Some wines take a while derstated. In fact, I found the Sauvignon Mendoza The second day, this wine to warm up and reveal their Argentina wine to be a bit too subdued was just as good as the first secrets, sort of a like a shy Region: Mendoza, Argenday. Not better or worse. So party guest. This wine was the the second day. Personally, tina if you’re wondering about life of the party straight out of I preferred the wine the day Grapes: 100% Cabernet whether or not you have to before, when it was bright the bottle. I was blown away Sauvignon finish this wine the first night, by its complex, subtle fruit fla- and lively and thrilling to be vors, which range from dried around. And best of all, this Argentina’s Mendoza region SEE WINE, PAGE E15

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While I certainly am not one to tsk-tsk anyone who gets a buzz on, I always feel it’s my responsibility as a person who writes about beer to caution people not to overindulge and certainly not to get behind the wheel of a vehicle after drinking.

The reason I delineated those reasons for drinking beer was to be able to compare them to the reasons why people might choose to drink a relatively new type of beverage, which although not alcoholic, still has the ability to alter one’s consciousness.

I’m referring of course to the series of cannabis and marijuana drinks that are now popping up all across the beverage market in states that allow them. Some of these drinks use beer as a model, but remove the alcohol in favor of THC, the active ingredient in weed that gets you high. Others are THC and/or CBD-infused drinks such as sparkling water or tea. CBD is a non-psychoactive ingredient in weed and hemp that can allegedly act as a relaxant and/ or reduce pain.

I’m certainly no expert when it comes to marijuana (note that this column isn’t titled “Pot Nut”), but from what I’ve read and heard from friends, these drinks (and edibles) are pretty low-dose affairs and unlikely to be dangerous unless one overindulges in them. (Jeez, that sounds familiar.) But I will say SEE BEER, PAGE E15

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that I wouldn’t want someone who has had one too many of either type of drink to be my Uber driver.

So it’s cool if you want to drink THC-based beverages, but let me get back to how this column began: What about the flavor? The one occasion I sampled one of these drinks, it was fine, but not something I’d seek out like I would a great stout or IPA. It basically was iced tea – a refreshing drink on a hot summer day, but not something I go out to have with friends at a bar.

I’m certainly no expert when it comes to marijuana (note that this column isn’t titled “Pot Nut”), but from what I’ve read and heard from friends, these drinks (and edibles) are pretty low-dose affairs and unlikely to be dangerous unless one overindulges in them.

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Events THURSDAY "Deathtrap": Thu, 7:30 p.m.; Fri, 8 p.m.; Sat, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sun, 2 p.m.

Majestic Theater, Through Feb. 16, $24-$31. 131 Elm St., West Springfield. 413-747-7797 or majestictheater.com.

First Thursdays with the Co-op: Open Mic Night!: Thu, 7-9 p.m.

Bangs Community Center. Poets, musicians, storytellers, comedians, and beyond are all welcome. $15 suggested donation. 70 Boltwood Walk, Amherst; 413-259-3065 or amherstma.gov.

Philadanco! The Philadelphia Dance Company: Thu, 7:30 p.m.

Fine Arts Center Concert Hall. The Philadelphia-based dance company returns to UMass Amherst in celebration of its 50 years as one of the premiere African-American dance companies, presenting iconic Philadanco works as well as new choreography that highlights their continued engagement with today's most important social issues. Among the new work is 2018's “Endangered Species,” a piece takes on police violence towards African-American males.

Pre-performance talk in the lobby at 6:30 p.m., $25-45; Five College Students and Youth 17 and under: $10-$15. 151 Presidents Drive, Amherst; 413-545-2511 or fine artscenter.com.

Open Studio during WinterFest: Sat, Noon-6 p.m. Cottage Street Studios. Stop in and warm up during WinterFest in Easthampton.

Philadanco!

The Philadelphia Dance Company will perform at the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall at the University of Massachusetts Amherst tonight at 7:30.

Opera House Players presents "Legally Blonde": See Friday listing Springfield Symphony Orchestra Concert: Sat, 7:30 p.m. Springfield Symphony Hall, "Mozart's Concerto for Flute & Harp.” Tickets $25-$75. 34 Court St., Springfield.

413-733-2291 or symphonyhall. com.

Valley Jazz Voices Spring Session Open Rehearsals: See Thursday listing

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Westfield Concerts Series: “33 1/3 Live's Killer Queen Experience,” Sat, 7 p.m. Westfield Women's Club, To order tickets visit westfieldconcerts.com, $33 advance, $43 day of show. 28 Court St., Westfield.

WinterFest Amherst 2020: See Thursday listing

SUNDAY FRIDAY Applause Series Presents: Handler & Levesque "Romanza": Fri, 7 p.m. Agawam Senior Center, If you know someone who would like to attend the Applause series and would need a ride, the Agawam Senior Center has an "All Aboard" program that provides rides in vans. The vans are handicapped accessible. Call the transportation line at 413-726-2839. Rides are $1 round trip (48 hours notice minimum for booking). Free. 954 Main Street, Agawam. 413-821-0604.

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

To order tickets, go online to operahouseplayers.org or call 860-2926068, $23 adult, $19 student over 60 under 12 with valid ID. 124 North Maple St., Enfield.

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Fri, 5 p.m. Northampton Community Valley Jazz Voices Spring Session Music Center, The Northampton Open Rehearsals: Thu.-Sun, Community Music Center will Rockridge Community Room, hold a ribbon cutting ceremony to Singers of all ages, levels and celebrate the purchase of the hisbackgrounds are welcome. No toric South Street School building reading or auditions are required, from the City of Northampton Join although familiarity with singing in BYBO-Beginner's Night Out: Fri, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. EdanSe Company & the community with special guest an ensemble is helpful. There are Ballroom, This unique Beginner’s Mayor David Narkewicz at 5 p.m. opportunities for solos and small Light refreshments will be served. group ensembles. Valley Jazz Voic- Night Out evening will be held eves rehearses weekly on Thursdays, ery 1st and 3rd Friday of the month. Free and open to the public. Free.

No partner or experience necessary. 139 South St., Northampton; 4137-9 p.m., through May 28. The fee Light refreshments will be served.

585-0001 or ncmc.net. is a sliding scale of $180 to $220 $20 per person. Night includes 2 and $50 for students. A reduced Valley Jazz Voices Spring Session lessons and 2 supervised practice fee is negotiable if the cost is proOpen Rehearsals: See Thursday hibitive. For more information, visit sessions. 127 Pearl St., Enfield; listing 860-265-7700 or edanseCT.com. the Valley Jazz Voices Facebook Westfield Concerts Monthly Creative Collage - Art for Everypage or email valleyjazzvoices@ Music Weekend: Fri, 7 p.m. Westgmail.com, 25 Coles Meadow Road, one: On 1st and 3rd Friday of the field Women's Club, Starman: The Month at South Hadley Council Northampton.

Bowie Tribute. To purchase tickets on Aging-Senior Center.

Center WinterFest Amherst 2020: visit westfieldconcerts.com, $35 Thu.-Sat, Amherst Town Common, provides paints, glue, and other advance, $45 day of show. 28 Court materials to help you create.

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Herron provides guidance, prompts winter celebration in Western MasWinterFest Amherst 2020: See and a starting point.

For more sachusetts, is back again and it’s Thursday listing bigger and better than ever before. information, call 413-538-5042 or email LHennessey@southhadleyWinterFest Amherst culminates ma.gov, free. 9 East Parkview Drive, with its Grand Finale Event on SATURDAY Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. at Cherry South Hadley; 2020 Homeward Vets Winter Mu"Deathtrap": See Thursday listing Hill Golf Course in North Amherst sic Fest: Sat, Noon-1 a.m. Polish and this year its free. Main Street, First Friday - Jim Armenti: Fri, American Citizens' Club-Ludlow, Amherst; amherstma.gov/3506/ 8 p.m. Bing Arts Center, $5. 716 Featuring live music on 3 stages.

Winter-Fest Sumner Ave., Springfield. 413-731-

Tickets available at bigsurfdance@ brownpapertickets.com, $10. 355 East St., Ludlow.

Berkshire Bach presents “The Organ Masters”: Renee Anne Louprette & George B. Stauffer: Sat, 2 p.m. Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, $20-$25. Free for children & students with ID. 1089 Main St., Housatonic.

"Deathtrap": See Thursday listing Easthampton WinterFest: Sat, Easthampton Municipal Building, Throughout the city. Featuring family friendly events, ice harvest, wagon rides, a 90+ vendor craft fair, dance and music parties, art making and much more, 50 Payson Ave., Easthampton.

Fairy Tale Valentine's Tea!: Sat, 11 a.m.-noon Edwards Public Library, Featuring Tantalizing tea, delicious delights, captivating crafts, energetic entertainment and a special story read by State Rep. Lindsay Sabados. To register, call 413-5279470 or visit southamptonlibrary. org, 30 East St., Southampton.

413-527-9480.

Improvised Mockumentary: Sat, 7 p.m. Happier Valley Comedy Theater, A new limited run show inspired by “The Office” and Christopher Guest films. Tickets: $13 online and at the door. happiervalley.com, $13. 1 Mill Valley Road Suite B, Hadley.

Jen Kober: Sat, 8 p.m. Academy of Music Theater, doors open at 7:30 p.m., $20. 274 Main St., Northampton. 413-584-9032 or aomtheatre. com.

"Deathtrap": See Thursday listing Historic Classical Inc. Program: Sun, 1:30 p.m. Classical High Condominiums, Building tours of the former Classical High School that was converted 30 years ago into condominiums, Free. State St, Springfield.

Karaoke Klub: Sun, 1:15 p.m. South Hadley Council on Aging-Senior Center, Ron & Joan Leombruno will share their selection of over 3,000 songs, which means there is song just right for everyone. If you don't want to sing, audience members and dancers are welcomed. Call 413 538-5042 for more information, free. 9 East Parkview Drive, South Hadley; Love Geography - Norman Rockwell Museum: Feb. 9, 1 - 4 p.m., 9 Route 183, Stockbridge. (413) 2984100 or nrm.org.

Make-A-Wish Fundraiser at Lady Killigrew Cafe & Pub: Sun, 5:30 and 9 p.m. Montague Mill, Come support Boston Marathon runner Gray Davidson Carroll during their Make-A-Wish Fundraiser on Sunday. Enjoy a fun-filled evening with complimentary food from local Montague businesses, a silent auction and raffle to win great prizes including gift certificates to local eateries, massage sessions, tattoo sessions and more. 100% of proceeds will go directly to MakeA-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island to help grant wishes for children with critical illnesses. Free.

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

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The Philanthropy of Mr. Smith & Mr. Wesson." Through June 7.

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

Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts: "People at Work and Other Environmental Portraits by Tad Malek." Through July 12. Bauhaus Exhibit. Through Feb. 16. Museum a la Carte. Feb. 6, 12:15 p.m. "The Seven Sisters Go to War: American Women's Colleges During World War II," presented

by Amanda Goodhear Parks, Ph.D. Cookies and coffee provided, $4, $2 members.

Springfield Science Museum: "Interactive Science Exhibit: Fallen Log." Dinosaur Train the Traveling Exhibit. Through May 10. Permanent exhibit: Family Science George Walter Vincent Smith Adventures, will be presented on Art Museum: Permanent exhibit: weekends 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Dinosaur "Ancient Treasures," a display of arHall with Tyrannoseaurus Rex, tifacts from ancient China, Greece, African Hall with elephant, giraffe Rome and Egypt. and other animals. Solutia Live Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum Animal Center, Native American of Springfield History: "Legacy: Hall, animal habitats. “Stars Over

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Join members of the Springfield Stars Club for skygazing in the Science Museum's observatory. If overcast, a planetarium show will be presented. $3, $2 children ages 3-17.

The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum: Permanent exhibit:. 1st floor exhibition provides opportunities to explore new sounds and vocabulary, play rhyming games, invent stories, and engage in activities that encourage teamwork and creative thinking, with interactive three-dimensional exhibits. 2nd floor: contains Geisel's personal memorabilia, including never before publicly displayed art, the original Geisel Grove sign which used to hang in Forest Park, and furniture from Ted's sitting room and studio, including his drawing board and armchair. Timed tickets required, for reservations visit springfieldmuseums.org.

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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.

Berkshire Museum: "She Shaped History." Through May 25. 39 South St., Pittsfield or berkshiremuseum.org.

Children's Museum at Holyoke:

Connecticut Science Center: Permanent exhibit: hands-on, interactive experiences with over 150 exhibits in ten galleries and a range of topics, including space and earth sciences plus more. Hours: Tues.-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Admission $17, $14 children 4-17, $15.50 seniors 65+, free ages 3 and under. 250 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford or ctsciencecenter.org.

East Longmeadow Historical Commission Museum: Permanent Exhibit. Featured at the museum are East Longmeadow artifacts pertaining to the quarries, local native Americans, period clothing, the railroad system, and much more.

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Calendar CONTINUED FROM PAGE E17 of the month, Sept.-June, weather permitting. appointment, 413-5253425 (messages only). Free, 87 Maple St., East Longmeadow Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: "Under the Sea" with Eric Carle. Through March 1.

"Now and Then: Contemporary Illustrators and their Childhood Art." Through May 10. Permanent exhibit: Gabrielle Healy Carroll Storytime. Programs are held Tues. and Fri. 10:30 a.m.; Sat. 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m., free with admission. Hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. $6, $9, $22.50 for a family of four. "The Pursuit of Everything: Maira Kalman's Books for Children." Through April 5. 125 West Bay Road, Amherst or carlemuseum.org.

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

Holyoke Heritage State Park: Permanent exhibit: Holyoke Parks and Recreation exhibits depict city's history. Hours Tues.-Sun. noon.-4 p.m. free, 221 Appleton St., Holyoke 413-534-1723.

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

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

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art: Permanent exhibit, "Works by James Turrell, Sol leWitt, and Laurie Anderson" currently on extended view. Fall/winter hours: 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Wed.-Mon, closed Tues. $20 adults, $18 seniors/ veterans, $12 students with ID, $8 children (6-16); $2 EBT/WIC Cardholder; children under 6 and museum members including MCLA and Williams College students visit for free, 87 Marshall St., North Adams or massmoca.org.

Mead Art Museum: Permanent exhibit: various American and European paintings, Mexican ce-

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Mount Holyoke College Art Museum: Permanent Exhibit: Special Loans from the David C. Driskell Center. Through June 21, 2020.

Hours: Tues.-Fri. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 1-5 p.m. Free, open to the public. Lower Lake Road, South Hadley or mtholyoke.edu.

Smith College Museum of Art: "A Dust Bowl of Dog Soup: Picturing the Great Depression." Through May 24. In 1935, in the midst of the Great Depression, President Roosevelt needed to generate enthusiasm for his New Deal. The challenge was to find support for investments into programs and Naismith Memorial Basketball services directed primarily to the Hall of Fame: Permanent exhibit: recovery of rural America, which three floors with dozens of handson exhibits, a regulation sized bas- most city folk had not experienced firsthand. Roosevelt’s conversationketball court and more than 900 al and intimate fireside radio chats artifacts on display. Hours: Mon.Fri. and Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 10 brought him into people’s homes.

His straight talk promised hope a.m.-5 p.m. $19, $15 seniors 65+, and comfort to an ailing nation and $14 children 5-15, free for children 4 and under, 1000 West Columbus highlighted what the government Ave., Springfield or hoophall.com. was doing to remedy the country’s ills. $5, "Object Histories: From the New England Air Museum: African Continent to the SCMA Permanent exhibit: including the Galleries." Through June. Miller restored F-104 Starfighter, vintage Lecture: Amanda Williams. Today, planes, gift shop, hands-on activ5 p.m. Based in Chicago, Williams ities. $12.50, $7 children 4-11, free is a distinguished visual artist for children 3 and under free, and whose creative practice employs $11.50 seniors 65+, 36 Perimeter color as a way to draw attention to Road, Windsor Locks or neam.org. the political complexities of race, Norman Rockwell Museum: place and value in cities. Free, "The Spirit of Giving Illustrated."

Elm Street at Bedford Terrace, Through Feb. 9. "Visual Memoirs of Northampton or scam.smith.edu.

Four Master Illustrators' Immigrant Springfield Armory National HisExperiences." Through May 25. toric Site: Ranger-led interpretive 35th Annual Berkshire County programs offered in the museum in High School Art Show. Through. the afternoon. Junior Ranger proMarch 7. Permanent exhibit: Galgrams conducted frequently each lery talks on the second Tues. of ev- day. Hours: Daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 1 ery month at 1:30 p.m. Hours: Daily Armory Square, Springfield or nps.

Nov.-April weekdays 10 a.m.-4 p.m., gov/spar. weekends and holidays 10 a.m.-5 The Clark Art Institute: Permanent p.m. Gallery talks daily, 11 a.m., exhibit: European and American 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. $18, $17 paintings and sculpture, extensive seniors, $10 students, $6 children 6-18, free for members and children collections of master prints and 5 and under, "Finding Home: Four drawings, English silver and early photography. Hours: Tues.-Sun. 10 Artists' Journeys." Through May 25. "The Spirit of Giving." Through a.m. to 5 p.m. Free year round for Feb. 9. 9 Route 183, Stockbridge or members, children 18 and younger, and students with valid ID, $20 nrm.org. general, 225 South St., WilliamOld Sturbridge Village: Permastown or clarkart.edu. nent exhibit: visit Kidstory, a new Titanic Museum: Permanent exindoor learning gallery in the Visihibit: exhibits from the collection of tor's Center where kids ages 3-10 the International Titanic Historical can try on period costumes and Society. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 imagine life in the 1830's; "Neat and Tasty: Getting Dressed in Early p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $4, $2 children and students, 208 Main New England"; apparel in portraiture. Hours: Wed.-Sun. 9:30 a.m.-4 St., Indian Orchard or titanic1.org. p.m. $24, $22 seniors, $8 children 3-17, free for children under 3, Route 20, Sturbridge or osv.org.

Pan African Historical Museum USA: Permanent exhibit: exhibitions by local artists. Hours: Tues.Fri. noon-4 p.m. free, 1500 Main St., Springfield 413-733-1823.

Polish Center of Discovery and Learning: Permanent exhibit: a living monument safeguarding historical objects representative of the material culture of the

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. Fall hours beginning, Nov. 11: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. and Sun. 10 a.m.-3

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p.m.; tours are on the hour with the last tour at 3 p.m., Mon.-Sat. and at 2 p.m. Sun. 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.

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.

Yiddish Book Center: Permanent exhibit, "A Velt mit veltelekh: The Worlds of Jewish Culture." $10, $8 member, $5 student, 1021 West St., Amherst or yiddishbookcenter. org.

collaborative art projects. free, gallerya3.com. 28 Amity St., Amherst 413-256-4250.

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

Hours: Sun. noon-5 p.m. and by appointment. 471 Main St., Hatfield or Gallerylavie.com.

Hope and Feathers Framing and Gallery: "Future Forward."

Through Feb. 29. 319 Main St., Amherst or hopeandfeathersframing. com.

Indian Orchard Mills Dane Gallery: All new exhibits every month featuring the artists at Indian Orchard Mills. Open Studios, Art Show & Sale, Nov. 10 and 11, noon4 p.m. Admission $2 per person; Hours: Sat. noon-4 p.m. or by appointment. 34 Front St., Indian Orchard 413-543-3321.

Invisible Fountain: Long Live Painting. through Feb. 29. Newest showing of paintings by Luke J. A.P.E. Gallery: Permanent exhibit. Cavagnac. gallery open: Monday - Friday + sometimes on the weekHours: Tues.-Thurs. noon-5 p.m.; end; Please come to the Opening/ Fri.-Sat. noon-8 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m.;. 126 Main St., Northampton or Party: Sat, Feb. 8, from 6 to 9 p.m. invisiblefountain.com. 116 Pleasapearts.org. ant St. Suite #206, Easthampton or Agawam Public Library: Friends invisiblefountain.com. of the Agawam Public Library Open J. H. Miller Custom Framing and Juried Photography Show. Feb. Gallery: Featuring the works of 3-28. 750 Cooper St., Agawam or local artists. Hours Mon.-Fri. 9:30 agawamlibrary.org. a.m.-5 p.m. Thurs. 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts GalSat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 86 Elm St., lery: Permanent exhibit. Hours: West Springfield; 413-732-9128.

Tues.-Fri. 12:30-4:30 p.m.; Sat. 10 Jasper Rand Art Museum: Pera.m.-2 p.m. First floor of building manent exhibit. Hours: Mon.-Thurs.

28. 1 Armory Square, Springfield 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 8:30 413-755-5258. a.m.-5 p.m. 6 Elm St., Westfield or Arts Unlimited Gallery: Featurwestath.org. ing the works of local artists and beyond. Hours: Mon. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Salmon Falls Artisans Showroom: Permanent exhibit. Hours: Mon.Tues.-Wed. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thurs.Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 Fri. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 1 Ashfield St. #9, Shelburne p.m.; Sun. noon-4 p.m. Located in Falls or salmonfallsgallery.com. the Village Commons. 25 College

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St., South Hadley; 413-532-7047.

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

71 Spring St., Williamstown or barbaraprey.com.

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

Vault Gallery: Permanent exhibit: prints by Marilyn Kalish and other artist available for purchase. 322 Forbes Library: "Photography" by Marty Espinola and metal sculpture Main St., Great Barrington; 413644-0221.

by Jon Bander. Through March 5; Reception with Kay Canavino and Western New England University Jesse Merrick: Feb. 8, 2-4 p.m.

Arts Gallery: Permanent exhibit.

Hours: Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Reception with Veronika Patty Sun. 11 a.m.-8 p.m.;. 1215 Wilbraand the Northampton Recovery ham Road, Springfield or wne.edu/ Center: Feb. 12, 6-7 p.m. 20 West St., Northampton or forbeslibrary. arts. William Baczek Fine Arts: 2020 Landscape Exhibition. Feb. org.

8 - March 14; In this exhibition, we Gallery A3 Amherst Art Alliance: invite artists to expand upon and "Partners." Feb. 6 - 29; opening redefine what can be considered a reception, Feb. 6, 5-8 p.m. Opening landscape. Opening reception with Reception for Partners Exhibition. the artists on Saturday, February Feb. 6, 5 p.m. For a group show in 8th from 5 - 7 pm. Gallery hours February, members of Amherst’s are: Tuesday - Wednesday: 10 a.m.

Gallery A3 turned to each other, to 5 p.m.; Thursday - Saturday, to family members, and to other 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday: Noon artists in the community to work on SEE CALENDAR, PAGE E19

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Calendar CONTINUED FROM PAGE E18 to 5 p.m. Free. wbfinearts.com/ index.php?id=7886. 36 Main St., Northampton or wbfinearts.com.

Outdoors Berkshire Botanical Garden: Unborn Sun, Paintings by John Gordon Gauld. Through Feb. 7. Free, berkshirebotanical.org/. 5 West Stockbridge Road, Stockbridge or berkshirebotanical.org.

Great Falls Discovery Center: You Are Here: A Juried Community Art Exhibit. Through Feb. 29, Great Hall. Work by regional artists in multiple media exploring maps, the significance of place, and movement across boundaries, curated

by Exploded View. 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls or greatfallsma.org.

Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary: Winter Walk at Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary. Feb. 8, 10 a.m. Enjoy mid-winter with an interpretive walk at Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary. Along the trails we'll look for wildlife tracks, as well as other signs of wildlife such as browsing, scat, and winter homes. We'll also look at the stone walls and discuss the past history of the land. Please bring water and a snack. Snowshoes recommended, if deep snow. Location: Mass Audubon Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Hampden Time: 10 am to 1 pm. $15 Mass Audubon members, $20 non-members, massaudubon.org/arcadia. Main Street, Hampden Mass Audubon-Connecticut River Valley Wildlife Sanctuaries: "Moving Water" photography exhibit. Through Feb. 29; 9 a.m. is an exploration of the streams, rivers, and waterfalls of New England and beyond, in all four seasons, highlighting the motion of water

through long exposure photography. Nathan Wood hails from West Virginia and now calls Easthampton home. In his four years in New England he has roamed far and wide. He hopes this exhibit will make you fall in love with the New England landscape just as he did while taking these photographs.

Free, massaudubon.org/arcadia.

The Wonders of Ice. Feb. 8, 10 a.m.

Science and art are a wonderful combination. Interested in natural history or photography? You will be awed by ice! Discover a bit about the science of ice and how it affects local animals, but also capture the beauty of ice through photography. This program starts with a presentation, followed by a short hike on Arcadia's trails to photography ice. Dress for the weather, including warm winter/hiking boots and ice walkers/microspikes.

Bring a camera or smart phone.

Location: Mass Audubon Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Easthampton Time: 10 am to 12 noon. $10 Mass

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Audubon members, $15 non-members, massaudubon.org/arcadia.

127 Combs Road, Easthampton 413-584-3009.

for registration information. 1515 Savoy Hollow Road, Windsor or tamarackhollow.com.

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

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Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center: Spruce-Fir Boreal Forest Snowshoe Trek and Track.

Feb. 9, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Snowshoe (or hike depending on trail conditions) in the Spruce-Fir boreal forests and learn about the unique ecology of the upper elevations of Massachusetts featuring balsam fir and red spruce trees snowshoe hare and ruffed grouse tracks and other characteristics unique to higher elevations. This moderate trek is approximately 2 miles round trip.

Snowshoe rentals available for $5 per pair. Email aimee@gaiaroots. com to reserve snowshoes and

Forest Park: Winter Farmers' Market at Forest Park. 10 a.m.-noon.

Monkey House. Takes place on the 2nd and 4th Sat. through April.

Use Trafton Road entrance. Free, Sumner Avenue, Springfield Northampton Senior Center: Winter Farmers' Market. Every Sat. 9 a.m-1 p.m. every Sat. through April 18. 67 Conz St., Northampton or northamptonseniors.com.

The Republican is not responsible for unannounced schedule changes.

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

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