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The Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory & Gardens in South Deerfield has reopened for visitors. Above is Esther Dugan from Antrim, New Hampshire. See MassLive. com for more photos.

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ing closed for 171 days,” said Kathy Fiore, general manager.

“We were obviously very concerned about the virus and its effects on our business, because we count on admissions to keep us open. We are an attraction with large groups of people coming through our doors, so we knew we were going to have to close at some point, then the shutdown occurred. While we closed to the public, we kept a skeleton crew of about nine employees to take care of our butterflies, creatures and plants,” she added.

As part of the reopening, a number of measures have been put into place to keep guests and staff members safe during their butterfly experience. Precautions include physical distancing, mask wearing at all times in the building, temperatures taken before being admitted, two-hour entrance blocks after which the building will

By Keith O’Connor be cleared and the next group Special to The Republican of visitors allowed to enter, a he butterflies are flying once again at waiting list for entrance once they have reached capacity, Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory and more.

What awaits nature lovers & Gardens in South Deerfield, proand other curious folks inside viding beauty and a sense of peace the doors to Magic Wings is, well, pure “magic.” during the current pandemic.

Once inside the glass conThe conservatory had been days in the near future. servatory, visitors are greeted closed for nearly six months “We had a tremendous turn- by some 4,000 exotic butterflies of all colors, shapes and since March, but is now open out on Labor Day Weekend when we first opened. People sizes fluttering throughout on a limited basis. Magic were excited to be back and a serene environment with Wings hours are Thursday we were equally excited to birds – Chinese Finch Quail, through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 SEE WINGS, PAGE E3 p.m., with hopes of expanding welcome them back after be-

Magic Wings showcases

beauty of butterflies Conservatory also features birds, lizards, tortoises, koi

T Once inside the glass conservatory at the Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory & Gardens, visitors are greeted by some 4,000 exotic butterflies of all colors, shapes and sizes.

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“For some it is the 100% wow factor of entering a tropical environment.

Others have a connection to butterflies for many reasons. We’ve had visitors from 5 days old to age 102.�

KATHY FIORE, GENERAL MANAGER AND CO-OWNER OF MAGIC WINGS BUTTERFLY CONSERVATORY & GARDENS

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IF YOU GO What: Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory & Gardens Where: 281 Greenfield Road, South Deerfield Hours: Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Admission: $16, $14 for seniors 62 and over, $10 for children age 3-17, and free to kids under age 3. Visitors can reserve their entrance time by calling 413-6652805.

More information: magicwings.com

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lunch,� Fiore said. “Many people have also sought out our romantic surroundings as the site for their weddings, as well as for other events, such as showers, birthday parties and more, Above, the gift shop at the which we are again booking Magic Wings Butterfly Conat a reduced capacity,� she servatory & Gardens, which added. has reopened for visitors. At Admission is $16, $14 for left are owners George Miller seniors 62 and over, $10 for III and his sister Kathy Fiore. children age 3-17, and free to (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN) kids under age 3. Visitors can reserve their entrance time by is at capacity, visitors will be admitted as others leave or at calling 413-665-2805.

For more information the next entrance time.

While the gift shop remains about the reopening and open, the food court is closed. new restrictions, visit the Magic Wings website at “We do have some picnic magicwings.com or visit tables outdoors, so if the weather is nice you can pack a their Facebook page.

to build a structure for his dream. Ground was broken in 1998 and two years later, in November 2000, their doors opened to the public. “My dad was that contractor, George Miller Jr., and he got more interested in hearing about what the building would house. So much so, that he became a partner in the project,� Fiore said.

Miller brought his daughter in to join the team two years later, eventually buying out his partner. Magic Wings is a family business operated by Fiore and her brother, George

Miller III, who serves as business manager. Their father died three years ago.

Still, one other person helped to bring the conservatory to life. It was Fred Gagnon, a local entomologist, who even before the conservatory opened began propagating the butterflies, 75% of whom were hatched in their own greenhouse, with another 25% coming from butterfly supply houses.

Admission to the building is limited to 50 visitors with entrance times at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. If the building

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Gouldian Finches, Senegal Parrot – flying above, the sounds of a waterfall, and true tropical vegetation to a backdrop of calming music. The glass walls further contribute to the tropical feeling by heating up the conservatory to a sweaty 80 degrees. Also awaiting visitors is a heartshaped pond with Japanese koi gracing the center of the conservatory.

Fiore said visiting Magic Gardens has different meanings for different folks. “For some it is the 100% wow factor of entering a tropical environment. Others have a connection to butterflies for many reasons. We’ve had visitors from 5 days old to age 102,� Fiore said.

While the butterflies may startle some very young children, there is nothing to be afraid of, Fiore noted. “Butterflies don’t have claws or teeth to harm you.

Periodically they will land on visitors walking around in their house, especially if you are wearing brightly-colored clothing or scents that will attract them. And, we see all sorts of reactions from surprise to laughter,� she said.

But the Magic Wings experience begins even before entering the conservatory.

Visitors first enter an exhibits and display area where butterfly videos are presented, and you can browse through the various exhibits showing the history and evolution of butterflies.

There is also a menagerie of topical creatures to explore in the display area including lizards, tortoises, frogs and other exotic insects.

It all began back in 1997 when an area man had the idea to build a butterfly conservatory. He contracted with George Miller Jr.

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‘Gratitude’ art exhibit celebrates essential workers On display today online, and at R. Michelson Galleries

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By Cori Urban

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shfield artist Robert Masla is grateful for essential workers who are often overlooked, but are no less essential to a whole, functioning, prosperous human society.

So he has put together a solo exhibit of recent oil and watercolor paintings, “Gratitude: The Unrecognized Essential Workers Series,” that will be on view online beginning today and at the R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton.

“Most of us are acutely aware of the essential workers who are obvious to us during these challenging pandemic times – health care workers, doctors, nurses, etc.,” he said.

“Hopefully this time has also brought a heightened awareness and appreciation to those that though providing these essential services, they remain unrecognized in their value to society at large.”

He listed teachers, service persons, postal workers, immigrant farmers, artists, musicians, writers, EMTs, custodians, poets, social workers, dancers, repair persons, “etc.

(oil 48\u2033x72\u2033) that are on display in this exhibition at the R. Michelson Galleries.”

A full-time professional artist whose exhibition history extends over 40 years, Masla’s canvases, murals and portraits can be found in the United States and in Mexico in numerous public and private collections. His work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in both countries and in various books and publications.

Throughout his more than 40-year career, his work has moved from visionary and symbolic paintings, to landscapes, particularly from, but not limited to the areas around his homes and studios in Western Massachusetts and Mexico. His work has moved from trompe-l’oeil still lifes to abstract collages to portraits to murals. These are executed

Artist Robert Masla, of Ashfield, celebrates often overlooked workers in his recent oil and watercolor paintings exhibit, “Gratitude: The Unrecognized Essential Workers Series.” The exhibit is on view online today and at the R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton.

um is, and he replies “paint.”

Although Masla makes a living as an artist, art to him is more than a product: “It is a process as well, it is also a way of life, of seeing, being and doing – of connecting with myself and with the universe around me.”

tion always has been to use his work as a spiritual practice, a form of ritual and meditation, a practice that ultimately helps him transcend his limited ego and reach a place of nonjudgmental awareness and openness. “It grounds me in the present moment so I can

art, and if I am still enough, present enough, I am able to connect – to be in the place of my essence – open awareness – that is where spirit is, and you catch it on the in breath, aha, the in-spiration.”

Masla graduated from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University with a bachelor of fine arts degree and diploma in painting in 1979 and received a master’s in fine arts in painting and art history from The City College of New York in 1986.

His exhibit, “Gratitude: The Unrecognized Essential connect with the creative flow Workers Series,” will be available online beginning today of nature that surrounds me or at the gallery (masks and and is me. We are all a part of social distancing required). creation unfolding, and I see Masla will be at the gallery my role as an artist to play my on Saturday from 3 to 8 p.m., part as co-creator, and hopefully help others make that Sunday from 1 to 8 p.m., and connection through my work,” by appointment. he said. “We all go about our The gallery is at 132 Main work and our lives, hopefully St., Northampton. trying to be present, aware and For more information, go to compassionate. In my case, a MaslaFineArt.com or lot of that time is spent making RMichelson.com.

“Hopefully this time has also brought a heightened awareness and appreciation to those that though providing these essential services, they remain unrecognized in their value to society at large.”

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etc.,” adding that “perhaps the most impassioned of these, (and unpaid), are the ‘Defenders of a Real Democracy’ who are formed by all of the diverse members and occupations of society, depicted in the paintings ‘Take a Knee: Rural Communities in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter’ (oil 22”x72\u2033) and ‘The 30th of May: Persecution of the Defenders of Real Democracy’

in a variety of methods and a variety of mediums – oil paint, alkyd, watercolor, gouache, acrylic, digital collage, charcoal, water soluble graphite, sumi-e ink.

“I do not call myself a watercolorist or ‘oilist’ or ‘portraitist or ‘landscapeist’ or either impressionist, surrealist, realist or abstractionist,” he said.

Sometimes he has been asked what his favorite medi-

Art, like life, is not easily defined, he said; it is “a reflection and part of the great mystery we call the universe, (some would call God). Back in the ’70s, when I was constantly grappling with such existential questions, I coined the term SpiritRealism, to refer to artwork and a lifestyle that reflected these concerns, and had no ‘stylistic boundaries.’”

As an artist, Masla’s inten-

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MUSIC

Virtual Jim Brickman concerts to benefit venues

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ITH COVID-19 each Saturday night during shuttering live the pandemic without a live venues across audience. the globe, Jim Brickman has found a way to • Rocker Sting has announced a new album, which is continue touring and benefiting those same venues. set for a Christmas release.

The renowned pianist has The artist let slip the news of revamped his holiday tour the release during an appearance on NBC’s “The Tonight into a virtual outing and is Show with Jimmy Fallon.” using the events as benefits The release is said to be a colfor theaters that he was scheduled to visit. lection of duets recorded over Brickman’s “Comfort and time with famous friends such Joy at Home” tour will feature as Eric Clapton and Herbie performances that benefit Hancock. the Bushnell Performing Arts Sting performed “Mama,” Center in Hartford (Dec. 12) his recent single with Brooklyn and the Hanover Theatre and rapper Gashi, during the late Conservatory for the Performnight show. ing Arts in Worcester (Dec. 18). Tickets for the individual • While the organizers of performances are available Austin-based music festival Jim Brickman’s “Comfort and Joy at Home” virtual tour will feature performances that benefit through the artist’s site at the Bushnell Performing Arts Center in Hartford (Dec. 12) and the Hanover Theatre and Conser- South by Southwest haven’t jimbrickman.com. ruled out an in-person event vatory for the Performing Arts in Worcester (Dec. 18). (HOANG ‘LEON’ NGUYEN / THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO) Brickman is a world-class for next year, it is hedging bets pianist and pop songwriter The acclaimed Southern rock live audience. with a digital version of the with an incredible resume. band was scheduled to perform The event, which will feature acclaimed event.

He has 21 No. 1 albums and on Oct. 9 at Infinity Hall in performances from Vince Gill, SXSW, one of the first major 32 Top 20 Radio Singles, two Hartford and on Oct. 11 at its Lorrie Morgan, Dierks Bent- arts festivals shuttered by Grammy nominations, gospel Norfolk, Connecticut, location. ley, and Terri Clark, will take the pandemic last March, has place Saturday at the Ryman music’s Dove Award, two Both have been moved off announced it will go online Auditorium in Nashville.

SESAC Songwriter of the Year the calendar. New dates have from March 16 to March 21, Seating capacity for the event 2021. The event will include Awards. yet to be announced but tickets purchased for the original dates will be limited to 500 fans and conference keynotes and sesLiner notes COVID-19 protocols, including sions, screenings, showcases, will be honored. Ticket information is available through • It was the last remaining networking, and exhibitions. physically-distanced seating, Donnie Moorhouse hartfordboxoffice@infinityhall. mandatory masks, designated date on the Calvin Theatre Performance spots will be LiveWire granted first to artists who were 2020 calendar. com. restrooms, and temperature And now its gone. previously scheduled for the The Outlaws is one of the checks for all will be in place. and Eaglemania, tributes The Wailin’ Jennys, a 2020 event. most influential bands of the The Grand Ole Opry is the Canadian roots music group, For more information, visit to Fleetwood Mac and The southern rock genre and is longest-running radio broadcast in U.S. history and has run the festival site at sxsw.com. was scheduled to play the Eagles, join forces for a perknown for ’70s hits “There Northampton theater on Nov. formance.

Goes Another Love Song” and 11. That date has been moved “Green Grass and High Tides.”

• The Outlaws were schedto Nov. 11, 2021. uled for a weekend’s worth of Tickets purchased for the • The Grand Ole Opry will original date will be honored. concerts in Connecticut but continue a month-long celebration of its 95th anniversary Ticket information is available the shows have been postponed due to COVID-19. with a live show, in front of a through iheg.com.

The postponement means that the Calvin 2020 slate has been wiped clean going back to March when the initial outbreak of COVID-19 hit the U.S. !

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‘Oliver Sacks: His Own Life’ leads new releases ‘We Are Many’ revisits 2003 Iraq war protests

By Michael O’Sullivan and Ann Hornaday Washington Post

The late neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks is the subject of the documentary “Oliver Sacks: His Own Life.”

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The life story of the late Oliver Sacks, the neurologist and author who revived the medical case history with such bestsellers as “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” and “Awakenings” – the latter inspiring an Oscar-nominated film by the same name – is told in the moving documentary “Oliver Sacks: His Own Life.” True to its title, the film uses Sacks himself to tell most of the tale, from his somewhat wild youth to his coming out as gay in 2015, mere months before his death.

Standard-issue talking-head interviews are interspersed with voice-over by Sacks reading from his 2015 memoir “On the Move,” shortly

before his death. That title is also telling: Sacks was a restless intellect, passionately curious not just about the quirks of the mind – his brother Michael was schizophrenic – but about the power of storytelling. “His Own Life” is a compassionate, endlessly fascinating testament to that, as well as to the assertion, by one of Sacks’s friends, that the man’s placid acceptance of mortality offered a “master class in dying.” Unrated. Available at afisilver.afi. com and virtualavalon.org. Contains strong language and discussion of sexuality and drug use. 116 minutes.

– Michael O’Sullivan It’s taken five years for “We Are Many” to get to American audiences, but somehow the timing seems right. Amir Amirani’s stirring documentary revisits the events of Feb. 15, 2003, when nearly 300 million people around the globe took to the streets to protest the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Beginning on Sept.

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DVD RELEASES

‘John Lewis: Good Trouble’ follows life of civil rights icon

By Katie Foran-McHale

subtitle: As Lewis said in March of this year, to commemorate A documentary featuring an the anniversary of Bloody American legend tops the new Sunday, “Get in good trouble, DVD releases for this week. necessary trouble, and redeem “John Lewis: Good Trouthe soul of America.” ble”: Rep. John Lewis died in As Tribune News Service July, leaving a breathtaking critic Katie Walsh wrote in legacy. Known for marching her review, the documentary across the Edmund Pettus reminds us that these battles Bridge on 1965’s Bloody Sunweren’t that long ago, and they day to protest voting discrimiespecially resonate in the curnation against Black people and rent climate. risking his life amid deadly po“Lewis is such a towering lice beatings, his more than 40 figure in American history, and arrests during the civil rights American politics, that any movement protesting segrega- tribute to him is a worthy one,” tion, and decades of work toWalsh wrote. “We all have so ward legislation in these areas much to thank him for.” as well as health care and gun Also new on DVD reform (just to name a few), “Agatha Christie’s Death Lewis is affectionately profiled on the Nile”: While on a cruise in the documentary, directed in Egypt, Detective Hercule

by Dawn Porter.

Among its charming moPoirot (David Suchet) enments are the ones when Lewis counters a love triangle with a reflects and reacts on archival conflict that turns deadly. Also footage featuring the iconic stars Emily Blunt and JJ Feild. activist. But its anchor is its “Charmed: Season 2”: The Tribune News Service

hit early 2000s series follows a group of San Francisco witches who learn they have magical powers. Stars Holly Marie Combs, Alyssa Milano, Rose McGowan, Shannen Doherty and Brian Krause.

“Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America”: Documentary series breaks down historical context and compositional history for some of the most iconic hip-hop songs.

“Penny Dreadful: City of Angeles Season One”: Showtime series follows a pair of late 1930s detectives (Daniel Zovatto and Nathan Lane) who encounter a disturbing Los Angeles murder.

“DC’s Stargirl: Complete First Season”: CW series stars Brec Bassinger as the high school superhero who rallies an unlikely group together to fight evil.

“Welcome to Sudden Death”: Sequel to 1995’s JeanClaude Van Damme-starring

Congressman John Lewis appears in a scene from “John Lewis: Good Trouble.” (BEN ARNON / MAGNOLIA PICTURES)

“Inez & Doug & Kira”: A “Sudden Death.” Stars Michael woman and her fiance invesJai White, Debby Ryan, Bill tigate her sister’s death by Burr, Ken Jeong and Gary suicide.

Owen.

“The Silencing”: Years Out on Digital HD after a killer may have taken a “The Dead Ones”: Teens hunter’s daughter, the hunter in detention are hunted by a (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and a group dressed up as the Four sheriff (Annabelle Wallis) set Horsemen of the Apocalypse. out to find him.

“Digimon Adventure: Last “Wives in the Skies”: RoEvolution Kizuna”: Animated mantic dramedy features a pair of female flight attendants in film leads Tai and his pals to discover that as they get closer 1965 (Rachel Alig and Maddito adulthood, they’ll lose their son Bullock) delving into an inbonds with their Digimon. Look terview with a British journalist for it on DVD and Blu-ray Oct. 6. (Sebastian Fernandez).

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Gloria Steinem asks ‘what would Ruth do?’

Talks about biopic ‘The Glorias’

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By Julie Hinds

Detroit Free Press

he death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has left another icon of gender equality, Gloria Steinem, thinking about the big picture of the 2020 presidential race.

“It’s yet another reason to win the next election and to vote,” says Steinem, the public face of the feminist movement for the last 50 years.

“It’s just one more reason that this is the most important election in my lifetime ever.”

Gloria Steinem But the passing of Ginsburg also leaves Steinem feeling, like so many other women, as if she’s lost a hero and a guide.

“Day by day, I want to say to myself, ‘What would Ruth do?,’” Steinem says. “If I do that, if I ask myself that question, and do my best to do it, then Ruth will still be here.

And I hope a lot of us can do that, everyone who knew or saw or honored her.”

At 86, Gloria Steinem has been on a remarkable journey, which she covered in her 2015 memoir “My Life on the Road.” Now that book has been adapted into “The Glorias,” a timely and emotionally resonant film by director Julie Taymor that premiered yesterday on Amazon Prime Video.

As a journalist and activist, Steinem has carved out a huge legacy of achievement that extends from helping launch Ms. Magazine to co-founding the National Women’s Political Caucus to fighting for the still-unrealized Equal Rights Amendment and beyond.

In 2013, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

But “The Glorias” isn’t a

career retrospective of a great woman. As interpreted by Taymor, who’s best known for audacious creative leaps like Broadway’s “The Lion King” and the Beatles soundtrack movie musical “Across the Universe,” it presents Steinem’s story as the bus ride of a lifetime.

The biopic stars four different actors as Steinem at various ages, with a twist. The Glorias don’t just portray her at different periods of her life; they’re able to see each other and, at times, interact during scenes set on a bus. The destination of the trip isn’t revealed until the end, but it provides an absolutely fitting conclusion.

There’s the little girl (Ryan Kiera Armstrong) whose charming father values adventure over his family’s stability; the lonely teen (Lulu Wilson) who cares for her mentally fragile mother; the young woman (Alicia Vikander) who struggles to be taken seriously as a writer and emerges as a voice for women’s rights; and the mature leader (Julianne Moore) with the aviator glasses and unflappable cool who takes on the political power structure in her war for equal treatment and respect for her sisters.

The credit for the movie’s insightful approach goes to Taymor, says Steinem, who put her trust in the director (and co-screenwriter) and wasn’t disappointed.

“It seems to me she’s a genius filmmaker of our time.

I had faith she would tell the emotional truth. I wasn’t present (during the filming).

I didn’t have any conditions. I

Lorraine Toussaint as Flo Kennedy, left, and Julianne Moore as Gloria Steinem appear in a scene from “The Glorias.” (DAN MCFADDEN / LD ENTERTAINMENT AND ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS VIA AP)

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just had faith in who she is as a filmmaker.”

Steinem calls Taymor’s use of “the Greyhound bus through time” a genius approach for the biopic. “I could not imagine how she could do a book that covers eight decades and two continents. But she invented a way to do it.”

Fittingly, Steinem’s story shares the screen with snapshots of key feminist titans who were her friends and allies, including Dorothy Pitman Hughes (Janelle Monae), Flo Kennedy (Lorraine Toussaint), Bella Abzug (Bette Midler) and Wilma Mankiller (Kimberly Guerrero).

But it’s the bond the Glorias have with each other – a comforting hug here, a validating comment there – that gives the movie a surprising tenderness.

Asked what she would share with the Glorias in the film at this point in her life, Steinem says, “I think what I would say to my childhood and teenage self and 20s self is it’s going to be all right.”

As depicted in the film, Steinem defied expectations for young women of her generation.

“I was supposed to lead a certain kind of life, have a

regular job, get married and have children. In the ’50s and ’60s and ’70s, there was much more of a formula for women’s lives, which I was not doing. I was rebelling. I was just hoping no one would notice,” she said with a laugh.

“I wish I had had more faith in rebelling as an act of will and uniqueness.”

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Fall temperatures to curb outdoor dining

Harpoon Brewery and Dunkin’ are launching a series of donut-infused beers for fall. A trio of new beers, Harpoon Dunkin’ Pumpkin Spiced Latte Ale, Boston Kreme Stout, and Jelly Donut IPA, join Harpoon Dunkin’ Coffee Porter. (DUNKIN’ PHOTO)

Sampling 3 latest donut-infused brews

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ASSUME MOST READers of this column like beer, and I would bet that most also like donuts.

But that doesn’t mean we want donut flavors in our beer.

However, I am always willing to give things a chance, and the recent news that Dunkin’ has once again teamed up with Harpoon Brewing to make donut-flavored beers caught my attention. Overall, I’m not a fan of beers with a lot of extra ingredients or flavors added in, but I never say never.

After the success of their Harpoon Dunkin’ Coffee Porter beer last year, the two companies decided that folks needed some donuts to go with that coffee. So this year, they collaborated on a mixed pack, which features the new Pumpkin Spiced Latte Ale, Boston Kreme Stout, and Jelly Donut IPA. The coffee porter is decent and pretty much standard issue for the style. Nothing much new to report here, but it’s good if you enjoy that style, which I am fairly ambivalent about.

So, let’s look at the three

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This iteration of a pumpkin ale is actually a bit better than most.

It doesn’t hide the fact that it has a spiciness to it and the pumpkin flavor is innocuous enough. new donut beers: We’ll start with the Pumpkin Spiced Latte Ale, since there seems to be a cabal of folks who dread pumpkin spice anything in autumn. I don’t belong to that group of

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Hugh Robert Off The Menu

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ITH OCTOBER’S arrival heralding the onset of chilly days and even colder nights, restaurant owners and operators are now facing a new challenge – what to do about outdoor dining when shirtsleeve weather comes to an end.

A dining capacity lifeline in an era of limited access to traditional restaurant space, outdoor dining has been a welcome stopgap measure for those eateries that needed to bring in enough revenue to keep afloat.

Given the persistence of COVID-19, authorities seem reluctant to authorize further reopening of inside dining, making those tables on decks, terraces, or even in the street out front essential to the short-term survival of many restaurants.

Three-season outdoor dining has long been a part of the operating strategy for many restaurants here in New England. Windscreens, heaters, and tents have traditionally been used by some operators to make al fresco service an April-to-October reality.

A few area restaurants, newly dependent on their outdoor seating, are already promoting cold weather enhancements.

Mezze Bistro + Bistro in Williamstown has, for instance, recently installed five heaters to its “back porch,” which is currently the restaurant’s primary dining space.

Restaurants recaptured some lost revenue during the last few months with outdoor dining, but operators are now looking for ways to keep it going once it gets colder.

(KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH / ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Adding heaters can be frustrating and expensive, however, with freestanding, commercial-grade gas units currently costing as much as $1200 and up each. Adding to the difficulty involved is the problem of actually locating a source for such heaters, with suppliers already reporting being backordered on their most popular units.

Another obstacle to maintaining outdoor dining in the weeks ahead is compliance with public health and building code guidelines. In order

for outdoor dining to remain a truly low-risk option, adequate ventilation of the dining space is a must. This likely means no fully-enclosed tents will be permitted, and adequate ventilation will have to be provided for any other sort of enclosure, such as a modular greenhouse or a plastic bubble.

Building inspectors will also expect that proper precautions are in place to anchor and stabilize such structures against wind and other late-season weather hazards.

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Side dishes • The Steaming Tender Restaurant in Palmer has announced that, starting today, they will be offering limited seating on its 1909 parlor car.

The restaurant has also embraced the apple and pumpkin season. Its bar is stocking fall season craft brews, and the barkeeps are compounding autumn cocktails like apple cider White Hut on Memorial Avenue in West Springfield has crespiked with caramel vodka. ated a new breakfast menu that includes the Hut Sandwich, a For more information, two egg and toast plate, and several omelet creations. contact the Steaming Tender (HOANG ‘LEON’ NGUYEN / THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO) Restaurant at 413-283-2744.

ing crisp and cool, the screened windows in the dining room continue to remain open, with the heat turned on as necessary.

Deborah Snow and Barbara White, co-owners of the Blue Heron, are encouraging guests to take the establishment’s “open window policy” into account when coming to dine.

Bringing a sweater, they suggest, is probably a good idea.

The restaurant is open for limited indoor seating Wednesday through Sunday evenings from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. Online ordering for takeout, family style meals, and grocery ordering all remain available as well. The restaurant’s website at blueherond ining.com is a source for more information.

The Blue Heron answers at 413-665-2102.

Discontinued in January 2020 because of supply chain challenges, carne asada is returning. Made from beef top sirloin seasoned with cumin, coriander, lime, and chopped • The arrival of October cilantro, the carne asada is means it’s Oktoberfest time at sous-vide cooked at central the Student Prince Cafe and commissaries and griddle finFort Restaurant in downtown ished at the time of service.

This fall’s reintroduction is Springfield. Starting today, also to be a limited-time offerthe establishment will have ing, but the chain’s managea considerable assortment of German and Oktoberfest beers ment has revealed that carne asada will made permanent on tap; the Student Prince Oktoberfest menu will also be once an adequate ongoing supply of the product can be available.

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tened “Mill District,” Jake’s at the Mill is currently offering online ordering, curbside pickup, and outdoor dining.

The breakfast menu at Jake’s suggests choices ranging from French toast, biscuits and gravy, and an egg-topped hash bowl to a breakfast burrito than can be customized with guacamole, bacon, soy sausage and more.

At lunch the restaurant features the Jake’s Burger, a six-ounce ground beef patty sandwich that can be tweaked with a number of topping options. Pork tacos, a Cuban sandwich, mac & cheese, and several salad bowls are also available.

Jake’s serves a selection of beers and even offers pickup purchasing of selected grocery items.

Hours for Jake’s at the Mill are Wednesday through Sunday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wednes• As part of a chainwide day through Sunday. Orders effort to “come clean” by no can be placed through Jake’s longer using food additives, Miami-based Burger King has main website, jakes announced that it has complet- northampton.com. The ed removal of artificial flavors, restaurant answers at 413-230• With controversy still sim- coloring, and preservatives 3717. mering about the “safety” of from its signature Whopper indoor dining, the Blue Heron sandwich.

• Panera Bread locations Restaurant in Sunderland Overall, Burger King reports have tweaked their popular is taking no chances with the that about 85% of the items on mac & cheese menu item, crehealth of its patrons. its menu are now additive-free. ating a Broccoli Cheddar Mac As it’s been doing since & Cheese option. A permanent indoor dining resumed early • Fans of Jake’s Restaurant addition to the bakery-cafe in the summer, the Blue Heron in downtown Northampton chain’s offerings, the dish is has de-emphasized inside may be interested to hear that made with broccoli, julienned climate control measures to carrots, and macaroni tossed Jake’s has opened a second instead favor plenty of fresh air location across the river in with two different cheese circulation.

Amherst. Located at 63 Cowls sauces.

Now that nights are becomThere are Panera Bread locaRoad in Amherst’s newly chris• The recently-reopened White Hut on Memorial Avenue in West Springfield, which is now operated by the Bean Restaurant Group, has created a new breakfast menu for the venerable roadhouse eatery.

The morning food agenda features the Hut Sandwich, an egg, cheese, and breakfast meat creation made with a patron’s choice of bread. A two egg and toast plate and several omelet creations are available as well.

Breakfast is available daily Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. and on weekends from 8 a.m. until 10:30 a.m.

The White Hut has also partnered with Ludlow-based Harmony Springs Inc. to feature that company’s line of locally made soft drinks.

Harmony Springs uses natural flavors and spring-fed wells to produce its beverage products.

White Hut is now begun offering online ordering at WhiteHut.com; its telephone number is 413-733-8000.

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Argentina’s Bodegas Caro’s red wines outstanding

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RGENTINA’S MENDOZA region has become world famous for its mouthwatering malbecs from this mountainous region in South America.

On the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, France’s Bordeaux region needs almost no introduction for its legendary blended red wines revered by wine lovers around the world.

Both places have legions of fans who adore the subtle, sophisticated favors of wines created in these two distinct areas.

But what if you could combine the best of both worlds?

Fortunately, you can. Thanks to a partnership between Domaines Barons de Rothschild (Lafite) in France and the Catena family in Argentina, you can enjoy outstanding red wines made by Bodegas Caro in Argentina.

The three wines recommended this week from Bodegas Caro. (KEN ROSS PHOTO) Recently, I tasted three of Bodegas Caro’s red wines as part of an online Catena Zapata tasting hosted by Philippe Rolet, the This world-renowned, famiEstate Manager for Bodegas Caro. ly-owned winery has been making Throughout the tasting, I was thoroughly impressed by the elegance and comwine in Argentina’s Mendoza region plexity of all three wines, which range since 1902. Founded by Nicola Catena, his grandson, Nicolas Catena in price from $15 to $65 a bottle. Below, Zapata, has carried on the family you’ll find my tasting notes along with tradition of creating outstanding, Rolet’s descriptions of each wine. high-altitude wines regularly referred Wines recommended to as the Grand Cru of South America.

Ken Ross this week Famous for its magnificent malbec Wine Press • 2018 Bodegas Caro Aruma ($15 wines, Catena Zapata also produces Suggested Retail Price) complex chardonnays and cabernet • 2017 Bodegas Caro Amancaya ($20 vered for centuries for its elegant, sauvignons.

SRP) refined red wines that age beautifully Bodegas Caro • 2017 Bodegas Caro CARO ($65 for decades. Located in Pauillac in the Created in 1999 in partnership with SRP) Medoc subregion of Bordeaux, Lafite Rothschild wines are made with a blend Lafite Rothschild and the Catena Chateau Lafite Rothschild family, Bodegas Caro focuses on makof predominately cabernet sauvignon ing wines with malbec and cabernet One of the original “First Growth” grapes and a small amount of merlot, Bordeaux wines (the highest rating giv- the traditional blend for Bordeaux red sauvignon grapes from two distinct, en to four Bordeaux wineries in 1855), wines from the left bank of the Gironde high-altitude areas in Argentina’s Chateau Lafite Rothschild has been re- River.

Mendoza region – The First Zone (the

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people, but I will say I’m not a huge fan of pumpkin beers in general. I don’t hate them or

anything, but they are not among my favorites. This iteration of a pumpkin ale is actually a bit better than most. It doesn’t hide the fact that it has a spiciness to it and the pumpkin flavor

is innocuous enough. My take is that if you like these sorts of flavors in general, you’ll probably like this beer. There is also a hint of dark-roast coffee in there, it seems.

The Boston Kreme Stout is very tasty for an in-between stout, which is described as a dry Irish stout, but which has a somewhat sweet ending note due to the chocolate.

But again, I’m not overly

enthusiastic about chocolate stouts in general. I will say, however, this one is done well, and it is not cloying the way some chocolate stouts can be. If I were into rating beers, which I’m not, I’d give it a solid 7.5 on a scale of 1-10.

Last but not least (at all) is the Jelly Donut IPA. To be honest, I expected to absolutely hate this beer.

India pale ales should not have fruit flavors in them,

first place where malbec grapes were grown in Argentina) and The Uco Valley (located about one hour south of Mendoza).

Wine tasting notes 2018 Bodegas Caro Aruma Grapes: 100% malbec Winemaker’s tasting notes: “All malbec are not entirely the same,” Rolet said, noting that malbec grapes have thrived in Argentina’s Mendoza region since the 1850s. “Malbec at that time really adapted itself quite well to Mendoza ... Now in Mendoza, we have a specific selection of malbec.

This malbec was pre-phylloxera,” the disease that wiped out many vineyards in France in the 1860s. “That’s why today when we compare genetically the malbec from Argentina to France or other places in the world, they are not the same. The leaves are different. The grapes are different.

And the wines are different. Here, we have a traditional malbec coming from altitude ... To protect the seeds (at altitude), the grapes (used to make Aruma) have a thicker skin. In the skin, you have tannins. So usually when you get higher (in altitude), you have grapes with higher contents of natural good things for red wines, good colors and flavors ... You also get more fresh air in the night in the mountains ... This cold air is going down and you have cold air (in the vineyards) at night. And if you have more cold air, you have more acidity in the wines. The idea here was to produce a wine with a lot of fruit and a lot of freshness.”

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and if they do, they should be citrus flavors to augment whatever citrus notes are created by the hops. But raspberry purée? I braced myself for a bad reaction.

But you know what? Maybe I’m getting old and soft about certain opinions, but this brew wasn’t bad at all. I know a lot of “purists” will poo-poo the purée part, but those folks usually annoy me anyway. Look, this isn’t

a Top 10 entry in the IPA category or anything, but somehow Harpoon made these flavors work just fine. I won’t be buying it again, but if you are looking for an odd but tasty IPA that has a raspberry aspect, this is right up your alley.

So kudos to Harpoon for making a nice, if weird, batch of autumnal brews that clearly aren’t for everyone. But then again, what is?

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political and cultural figure has led recently to other fictional portrayals of her. In June, Christine Lahti played Steinem in “Great Performances – Gloria: A Life,” a PBS airing of the 2018-19 off-Broadway play. In the TV version, Lahti was joined onstage in the second act by

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11, 2001, “We Are Many” reviews the spurious case that George W. Bush and British prime minister Tony Blair made for going to war, tracing a steadily building drumbeat created by official lies, a supine press and a cynical marketing campaign. When the global protests burst forth, it was a moment of power and clarity. Of course, it didn’t make a difference, as observers as wide-ranging as retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, author John le Carré and actor Mark Rylance correctly note.

But “We Are Many” argues persuasively that the public engagement of 2003 had a direct effect on the Arab Spring several years later.

What’s more, the lesson – that marches are good for the soul but that it takes sustained action and organization to effect real change – couldn’t be more germane at a time when American citizens are grappling with a combination of impotent rage and hopeless despair. Unrated. Available at virtualavalon.org. Contains brief obscenity and disturbing wartime images. 110 minutes.

– Ann Hornaday Also streaming Lena Olin plays the wife of a famous painter with dementia (Bruce Dern) in “The Artist’s Wife.” As he prepares for his final show and his behavior deteriorates, his wife – once a promising painter herself – struggles with the question of staying on the sidelines and supporting her spouse or stepping into the spotlight herself.

her friend Steinem.

Also this year, Rose Byrne played Steinem in the FX on Hulu miniseries “Mrs. America.” Steinem wasn’t involved in the project and says it was “false in its basis” for portraying Phyllis Schlafly and her homemaker allies, not corporate foes, as the prime forces behind the defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment.

“I clearly wanted to have

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nothing to do with it, but once you’re a public figure, there’s nothing you can do about it,” says Steinem.

Nearly half a century since battling to ratify the ERA, Steinem is still going strong in her mission to reach gender equality and to preserve rights that are protected by law, like reproductive rights.

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we don’t have the rights to decide the fates of our own bodies, then we can’t really have much power over the rest of our lives,” Steinem says.

As someone who helped pave the way for current gains like the #MeToo movement, Steinem is heartened by its global spread. “You see a change in consciousness becoming a change in law, becoming a change in peo-

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Whatever happened to Judd Nelson? You’ll find the Brat Pack veteran playing a small role as a teacher in “Iceland Is Best,” an English-language drama about an Icelandic teenager (Kristin Audur Sophusdottir) from a remote fishing village who dreams of moving to California to write poetry. Unrated. Available on various streaming platforms.

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Keira Knightley, left, and Gugu Mbatha-Raw appear in a scene from “Misbehaviour.” (PARISA TAGHIZADEH / SHOUT! STUDIOS)

Rubaiyat Hossain encountered as a women’s rights activist, “Made in Bangladesh” tells the story of a clothing factory worker who tries to Woody Harrelson narrates form a union after a co-work“Kiss the Ground,” a documentary about regenerative er dies in a fire. “There are agriculture, an alternative times when the lessons feel approach to farming that pro- like needless hand-holding ponents say has the potential for viewers,” according to the to balance the climate, replen- New York Times. And yet, as ish the water supply and feed the worker’s attempt to unionthe world. TV-G. Available on ize begins to look increasingly futile, the film acquires a “quiNetflix. 84 minutes. et power.” Unrated. Available at afisilver.afi.com. In BengaSet in a dystopian future li with subtitles. 95 minutes. in which Earth’s ozone layer has been so badly damaged Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Keira that it is unsafe for most people to venture outdoors in Knightley and Jessie Buckley daylight, the sci-fi thriller “LX star in “Misbehaviour,” which tells the true story of a group 2048” stars James D’Arcy as of women who plotted to a contrarian who continues disrupt the Miss World beauty to go to work in a physical pageant of 1970 – the year that office, refusing to take the Jennifer Hosten (played by state-mandated antidepressants prescribed for his fellow Mbatha-Raw) became the first citizens’ near-universal mood Black woman to win. Variety disorders. Anna Brewster, calls the comedy a “straightDelroy Lindo and Gina McKee forward, spirited message also star. Unrated. Available on movie” and “effervescent and eager to please, even when various streaming platforms. handling tricky intersectional 103 minutes. politics of gender, race and class.” Unrated. Available on Inspired by real-life stories various streaming platforms. that Bangladeshi filmmaker

ple’s lives and a change in the number of people having access to new rights.”

“The Glorias” speaks to not only Steinem’s life, but the collective lives of women who’ve found support from each other and stood up for every woman’s essential rights and dignity.

A line near the end of the movie says it all: “God may be in the details, but the goddess is in connections.”

mentary “Ottolenghi and the Cakes of Versailles” looks at a collaboration between the Metropolitan Museum of Art and chef Yotam Ottolenghi to tell of the rise and fall of Versailles through pastry.

The film, according to the female-focused film website In Their Own League, shows a “different and more artistic side of the food world in a deeply personal and connective way. For everything that should come off as too artsy and pretentious, (Gabbert) keeps it engaging, personable, and adds a sense of heart that will be touching for any and all foodies.” Unrated. Available on various streaming platforms.

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The documentary “Public Trust” looks at conflicts over three parcels of public land and water: Bears Ears National Monument in Utah; Boundary Waters Canoe Area Sculptor and writer Barbara Wilderness in Minnesota; and Chase-Riboud, seen in Paris, the Arctic National Wildlife 2008, is featured in the docu- Refuge in Alaska. Outside mentary “Myth of a Colorblind calls the film a “call to action.”

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The wine’s vibrant yet subtle fruit flavors taste great two or three days after opening the bottle.

2017 Bodegas Caro Amancaya Grapes: 72% malbec, 28% cabernet sauvignon Winemaker’s tasting notes: “This wine is the second wine of the winery. It was born in 2003, the first vintage.

It is a blend. It has always been a blend between malbec and cabernet sauvignon. Why does malbec and cabernet sauvignon mix so well? Malbec tends to oxidate and the cabernet is a relative grape. So with blending both, we are equilibrating the wine. This vintage (2017) was dry and cold, which is one of my favorite (climates.)

If we look back at other vintages in the last decade – 2007, 2005, 2009 – they are this kind of vintage, which was dry and cold, which I like in Argentina,” Rolet said, adding that they blend the wine “the Bordeaux way,” meaning they make an early blend, age it in barrels and store the other wine in tanks before blending both together and bottling. Rolet added that the wine is aged in finely-grained barrels made

by Lafite Rothschild in France.

Writer’s tasting notes: Restrained, dry, reserved red wine with subtle yet bright, ripe fruit flavors. Fascinating complexity and depth, this wine tastes even slightly better the second day, exhibiting even more finesse and restraint.

Tastes great now and over the next five years or even longer.

Rolet added they are looking for grapes “with more tension, more elegance” when making the Caro wine, which Rolet said is wellknown in Argentina for “being one of the most elegant wines.”

prepared to absorb this water.

So what happens is when it rains a lot in the Andes Mountains, it creates rivers that go down to the Andes, and those rivers in the last 10,000 to 100,000 years created alluvial fans that come down from the river. These alluvial fans have had an evolution depending on where the river has flowed, which means most of the vineyards that are planted in Mendoza are on those alluvial fans. We have several of them in Mendoza,” Rolet said. Some of these alluvial fans have different types of soils. As a result, “the soil knowledge is absolutely imperative,” Rolet said. “The Caro grapes come from vineyards where we have made a special selection within the vineyard because of the subsoil. And what we are looking for with this wine is calcareous soil,” which is chalky, calcium-rich limestone soil. Rolet added they are looking for grapes “with more tension, more elegance” when making the Caro wine, which Rolet said is well-known in Argentina for “being one of the most elegant wines.” Before bottling, all of the wine was aged in barrels.

Writer’s tasting notes: The most elegant, refined wine of the tasting, the Caro combines 2017 Bodegas Caro CARO earthy, robust flavors with Grape: 74% malbec, 26% a smooth, silky finish. The cabernet sauvignon soft fruit flavors last nearly a Winemaker’s tasting minute after each taste. Let notes: “It’s a limited producme add that this outstanding tion. It’s not produced every wine tastes phenomenal right year. We only produce it when now but has the potential to the vintage allows us to proage and develop over the next 5 duce it. It’s a wine that is scarce to 8 years – if you can wait that because it comes from a very long. specific subdivision of terroir Cheers! ... The mountains and the rain Wine Press by Ken Ross appears on Masslive.com every are scarce in Mendoza. So it Monday and in The Republican’s means when it rains, it rains weekend section every Thursday. very hard and the soil is not

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