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“The leaves change color through a combination of cold nights and warm days as summer ushers in the fall.”

PETER TOMYL, PRESIDENT OF THE MOHAWK TRAIL REGIONAL TOURISM COUNCIL

Falling for foliage ON THE COVER

Leaf peeping underway in New England this weekend

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By Keith O’Connor

Special to The Republican

other Nature is at it again.

Each year from late September to early November, she takes her brush and paints a landscape of breathtaking colors — vibrant reds, shiny golds, Halloween oranges and some browns mixed in — on leaves from oak to maple to hickories and other species of trees.

This magical transformation sets the scene for leaf peepers each fall who travel to parks, woodlands, countrysides, mountains and even in the cities to relish the beauty that only Mother Nature can provide.

Just as everyone asks the magic question, “What type of winter are we going to have?” wondering about the snow and cold, they also ask a similar question each season about how colorful the leaves will be.

According to the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the leaves won’t be as vibrant

Fall foliage reflects on Bray Lake at the Mount Tom Reservation. Below, fall foliage in Woodford, Vt. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO; STAN HONDA / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)

as last year because of a lack of rain this year. They are also predicting a shorter foliage season, beginning earlier than in the past, with maple trees peaking in early October and oak trees in late October.

When Peter Tomyl, president of the Mohawk Trail Regional

Tourism Council, is asked to predict what type of “leaf peeping” to expect in a given year, he tells them, “Only Mother Nature really knows.”

“The leaves change color through a combination of cold nights and warm days as sumSEE LEAVES, PAGE E3

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Fall foliage around the Mount Tom Reservation. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)

from afar maybe even staying overnight somewhere, which all helps the local economy.

The fall foliage season also brings visitors in to see what we have to offer such as the area’s many attractions including the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame or the Dr. Seuss Museum right here in Springfield,� she said.

If you are planning a long day trip, or sleeping overnight at a bed and breakfast or hotel, Town&Country magazine recommends the following routes to drive or hike: • New Hampshire’s Kancamagus Highway • Lake Winnipesaukee Loop in New Hampshire • Vermont’s Route 100 • The Shires of Vermont Byway • Maine’s Coastal Route 1 • Maine’s Acadia National Park • Connecticut’s Route 7 and Route 9 • Route 6A in Massachusetts • Rhode Island’s Ocean Drive • The towns of Montgomery and Woodstock, Vermont; Bethel, Maine; and the city of Boston.

Tomyl is predicting a banner year for leaf peeping as far as peepers go. “We started getting calls this year much earlier than ever before, in July, from people who wanted to know more about driving the trail during foliage season. I really think COVID-19 has something to do with it ... people are anxious to get out of their homes,� he said.

That means more people will be on the road in search of the perfect palette of colors, especially during Columbus Day Weekend.

The AARP notes autumn can lull drivers into inattentiveness and recommends the following tips to stay safe: • Drivers tend to slow down when leaf peeping to enjoy a beautiful display of color. With both peepers and fallen foliage, make sure you have plenty of stopping distance to avoid a rear-ender. • Have your sunglasses handy because of the autumn glare resulting from the shifting of the sun on the horizon. • Fallen leaves can turn into a slick mess on wet roads. Beware of reduced traction when putting on the brakes.

10 new books to read in October

By Bethanne Patrick

“The Searcher: A Novel,�

by Tana French (Oct. 6) In a season when it feels So simple, yet so effective like great books are shooting as a plot device: A stranger out of a water cannon, choos- comes to town. In French’s ing just 10 is a challenge. But most recent mystery novel, here’s a start. that stranger is Cal Hooper, a “Leave the World Beretired Chicago police officer hind: A Novel,� by Rumaan who has come to a small Irish Alam (Oct. 6) village in search of peace and A white middle-class quiet. He slowly befriends a family rents an upscale home young neighbor, then finds for a vacation. That’s one himself caught up investigatkind of novel. Then, an older ing that child’s missing family member.

Black couple arrives, saying they are the homeowners. “What Were We ThinkAnother kind of novel. ing: A Brief Intellectual Finally, the power goes out, and cellphone service disap- History of the Trump Era,� pears. Still another kind of

by Carlos Lozada (Oct. 6) novel. Alam (“That Kind of Lozada, the Washington Mother�) doesn’t thicken the Post’s Pulitzer Prize-winning menacing plot; he changes book critic, has read 150-odd it up so skillfully, you’ll lose wide-ranging books to understand how Donald Trump your bearings just as the SEE BOOKS, PAGE E5 characters do.

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mer ushers in the fall. As for the Mohawk Trail, we usually tell people they can see peak color from the last weekend in September through the third weekend in October, depending on the elevation. We already have some beautiful colors visible along the higher elevation of the trail,� he said.

Considered as one of the first auto-touring roads in the United States, the 63-mile scenic byway opened in 1914 and stretches from the Massachusetts-New York line to Millers Falls on the Connecticut River. There are over 100 attractions along the route including country inns, gift shops camping areas, restaurants, and more. Hikers can travel 34 miles along the re-created Mahican-Mohawk Trail on rail trails, woodland paths and rural roads. Area leaf peepers can begin their scenic drive along the Mohawk Trail in Greenfield and travel to Williamstown.

Visit mohawktrail.com to download some driving tours.

Locally, Mary Kay Wydra, president of the Greater Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau, said there are “some great places to view right here in Western Massachusetts.� “You will find as the season progresses some really incredible views with a full array of colors. There are plenty of beautiful vistas to search out in the area from Mount Tom in Holyoke to Skinner Mountain in South Hadley to Mount Sugarloaf in South Deerfield. Walking on paths along the Connecticut River or from a boat on the river offer great vantage points from which to enjoy the scenery. And don’t forget the many biking paths and trails in your area to observe the changing leaves, as well as our many forests and parks such as Forest Park in Springfield or Stanley Park in Westfield,� she said.

Wydra noted that leaf peeping season is also good for the economy. “During their travels people stop to get a bite to eat, do a little shopping, stop to participate in typical fall activities such as apple picking or visiting a pumpkin patch, and if they are

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Taj Mahal among performers for John Lennon tribute

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HE 40TH ANNUAL John Lennon Tribute is set to take place on the late artist’s birthday and feature a plethora of musicians performing virtually.

The show will air tomorrow at 7 p.m. online at lennon tribute.org.

The program will include unreleased performances from previous tributes, plus new performances of John Lennon and Beatles classics.

Artists scheduled to perform during the virtual celebration include Springfield’s blues legend Taj Mahal, Rosanne Cash, Willi Nile, Shelby Lynne, Jackson Browne, and Patti Smith.

The show will benefit the John Lennon Real Love Project and other charitable causes.

going about their lives in a small California town. The tour, featuring his band Crazy Horse, made a stop at the Mullins Center in Amherst.

Last week, Young announced the release of “Archives Volume 2” a 10-disc release that features work from 1972 through 1976. The package includes 12 songs that have never been released and 50 previously unreleased versions of songs. In all, there are 132 tracks. The final disc is a live recording “Odeon Budokan” from shows in London and Tokyo with his band Crazy Horse.

That box set is also due out Like so many other events in the year of coronavirus, an annual in November. tribute to John Lennon held in his adopted city of New York will

Bonnaroo held a virtual festival from Sept. 24-27 for fans who had already purchased tickets and rolled them over to the new dates.

• After two postponements due to COVID-19, Christian pop duo for King & Country may have (finally) found a date for Springfield.

The Grammy Award winners originally scheduled a May 3 stop at the MassMutual Center for their “Burn the Ships” tour. That show was moved to June 20 and promptly postponed again.

The show is now scheduled to arrive at the downtown venue on May 20, 2021.

Tickets purchased for the go online. The five-hour event will be streamed for free on Len• Bonnaroo, the annual previous dates will be honnon’s birthday, tomorrow, starting at 7 p.m. on the LennonTrib ute.org website. It will feature recorded performances from Taj rock festival held in Tennesee, ored.

The Curb Word Entertainhas been postponed again.

Mahal, Patti Smith, Rosanne Cash, Natalie Merchant, Jackson ment recording artists have The festival, which takes Browne, Jorma Kaukonen and others. won four Grammy Awards. place in June, initially aimed (RON FREHM / ASSOCIATED PRESS) Liner notes for a September weekend but “Burn the Ships,” for King & • Tasked with programapart and the front row of COVID-19 concerns pushed it Country’s third studio album, ming an annual benefit seats is 15 feet from the perwas released in 2017. off until 2021. formers. concert during the COVID-19 The single “Joy” was nomThe new dates in 2021 • You must wear a mask at (June 17-21) have been moved inated for the 2019 Grammy crisis, Roger Daltrey has asked for a little help from his all times. again as organizers feel more Award for best contemporary friends.

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came to be president. Whether he’s looking at “Hillbilly Elegy,” “How to Be an Antiracist” or “On Tyranny,” Lozada argues that these books show us who we really are.

“Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World,” by Fareed Zakaria (Oct. 6) CNN anchor and Washington Post columnist Zakaria approaches the new realities of 2020 with his usual sangfroid, delineating the systems we must implement and the fears we must face to come out on the other side of the novel coronavirus. Zakaria considers the digital economy, the resilience of cities, the lessons of socialism and the deepening rift between the United States and China to deliver a small-scale syllabus for global course correction.

“She Come by It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs,”

by Sarah Smarsh (Oct. 13) As she did in her 2018 memoir, “Heartland,” Smarsh offers a feminist take on America’s rural working-class women who eschew the term “feminism.” The author looks at how songs by Dolly Parton and other country-music performers illuminate stories of women who might otherwise be overlooked: tired waiters, pregnant teenagers, spurned wives, loyal daughters.

“Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath,” by Heather Clark (Oct. 20) Whether or not you care about Sylvia Plath, her poetry matters, and Clark’s new biography demonstrates why.

Clark examines the poet’s life and work, claiming access to unpublished writings, and showing doggedness in tracking down the writer’s friends, family members and colleagues. With its balanced attention to the poet’s personal and professional struggles, this is a major addition to Plath’s legacy.

Novel,” by Emily M. Danforth (Oct. 20) Everyone needs a delicious Gothic tale in October, and Danforth’s first novel for adults (following her YA debut, “The Miseducation of Cameron Post”) provides a tasty brew of creepy shuttered prep school, creepy reopened prep school, queer feminist legacy and modern adaptation of said legacy. The Brookhants School for Girls and its students will make you crave more of Danforth’s smart, funny prose.

“150 Glimpses of the Beatles,” by Craig Brown (Oct. 13) Brown’s “Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret” captured that British icon in a unique way, and now he turns his blend of reportage, memoir and anecdote to the “lads from Liverpool.”

Interviews with celebrities (including Tom Hanks and Bruce Springsteen) are interspersed with stories that never made their way into larger projects.

A delight for Fab Four fans, a surprise for everyone.

“The Cold Millions: A Novel,” by Jess Walter (Oct. 27) In early 20th-century Spokane, orphaned brothers Gig and Rye Dolan meet everyone from a suffragist to a large-living vaudeville performer known as Ursula the Great and a detective named Del Dalveaux who deems the Washington city where they all live a “right blood blister of a town.” Another triumph for the versatile novelist behind “Beautiful Ruins.”

“Memorial: A Novel,” by Bryan Washington (Oct. 27) Ben and Mike, a gay couple, live in Houston’s historically Black Third Ward — which Ben’s middle-class Black parents disdain and Mike’s Japanese parents haven’t seen.

When Mike flies to Osaka to care for his estranged, dying father, he leaves Ben and his own visiting mother, Mitsuko, together. What unfolds is a beautiful, unusual examination of the difference between love and care, and what happens when they merge.

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at the Grand Theater will look for a 2021 date.

Originally scheduled for Dec. 11, the rock show has been postponed to a date to be determined.

Tickets purchased for the original date will be honored.

Foxwoods has entered a new phase in its pandemic response, announcing social-distancing guidelines and COVID-19 capacity restrictions for a handful of upcoming shows. Those shows will feature standup comics for the time being.

• Country music group Dan + Shay were scheduled for their first ever arena headlining tour this year before COVID-19 put those plans on hold.

The pandemic caused the postponement of Dan + Shay’s Oct. 10 performance at Mohegan Sun Arena.

That show has been moved to Sept. 11, 2021.

Tickets purchased for the original date will be honored.

The country pop duo is composed of vocalists and songwriters Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney. The pair won a 2018 Grammy in the best country duo category for their song “Tequila.”

• Live events continue to be scrapped from the local concert scene due to coronavirus concerns.

Add a performance by former J. Geils Band frontman Peter Wolf to that list.

Wolf and his band, the Midnight Travelers, were scheduled to perform at Infinity Hall in Norfolk, Connecticut, on Oct. 16.

That show has been postponed, and fans await the announcement of a future date.

Tickets purchased for the original date will be honored.

• Industry trade publication Pollstar has been tracking livestream numbers since the pandemic broke and recently released two new charts to its catalog.

The Top 50 Livestreams highlight the most viewed

Comic Rob Schneider will perform on the Grand Theater stage at Foxwoods in front of a limited live audience on Dec 11.

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performances while the Top 50 Livestreamers recognize the artists that have racked up the most online traffic.

The initial Livestream chart recognizes the virtual heavy metal Wacken festival which aired from July 29 to Aug 1 and garnered over 11 million views.

French DJ David Guetta’s May 30 show came in second with over 7 million views followed by Dropkick Murphy’s (with Bruce Springsteen) May 29 “Streaming Outta Fenway” performance.

The Livestreamers chart tabs Norah Jones as the top individual artist online with nearly 7 million views of her Facebook Live performances.

The big winner in the alternative concert space seems to be country music as the weekly Opry Live shows have earned over 18 million views and almost 50,000 “shares.” The Opry Live shows have featured artists such as Keith Urban, Vince Gill, Luke Bryan, and Reba McEntire.

• Post Malone is gearing up for a big night at the Billboard Music Awards as the artist has landed a whopping 16 nominations.

Post’s nominations include top artist, top Billboard 200 album, top male artist and top Billboard 200 artist.

Malone’s 2019 album “Hollywood’s Bleeding” debuted on top of the Billboard 200 charts, selling nearly a half million copies in its first week.

The awards show, originally scheduled for April, will be broadcast live from Los Angeles on Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. on NBC. • At 93 years old, one would think Tony Bennett has a finite number of postponements left in his legendary career.

Nonetheless, Foxwoods has moved the crooner off of the calendar once again.

Originally scheduled for a March 13 date at Foxwoods Resort Casino, the show was moved to June 6 in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic. That performance at the Grand Theater was pushed off until Dec. 11, a date that has now been rescinded.

Bennett will now appear at the Grand Theater at a date to be determined, presumably in 2021.

Tickets purchased for his March show or the make-up dates are valid for the eventual new date. If fans cannot make the new performance date and want a refund, they must email their confirmation number to FWTicket@ foxwoods.com.

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Shows to watch during Halloween season

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By Kathleen Christiansen

Orlando Sentinel

o you want to get in the Halloween spirit? Many TV shows for all ages tell stories of vampires, ghosts, witches, zombies and more, offering the perfect outlet to dive into a visual spookfest. So turn off the lights, curl up under a blanket, grab some popcorn (or perhaps a pumpkin-spiced treat) and check out these TV series suggestions for your supernatural viewing pleasure.

‘American Horror Story’ Each season of this horror anthology is contained within itself, and you’ll notice familiar faces as actors take on new roles. However, as the series progresses, astute fans can piece together how all the stories are intertwined. The best seasons to check out are “Murder House” (season one) about a family who unknowingly moves into a house haunted by ghosts of former residents and their victims; “Coven” (season three) about a group of witches; and “1984 (season nine),” which parodies summer-camp slasher films. Other seasons take place in an asylum, at a circus and inside a hotel inhabited by vampires and ghosts. Fair warning: It’s spooky and supernatural, but it can be gory at times.

Watch nine seasons on Hulu.

‘Bates Motel’ This psychological horror drama is a prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho.” It depicts the life of Norman Bates and his mother prior to the events of the 1960 film.

Watch five seasons on Netflix.

‘Courage the Cowardly Dog’ Courage overcomes his fears to protect his owners Eustace and Muriel from ghosts, monsters, aliens, zombies, vampires and more in this horror cartoon. While it is a cartoon, “Courage the Cowardly Dog” may be too frightening for younger viewers and is recommended for ages 10 and older.

Sarah Paulson appears in a scene from “American Horror Story.” (MICHAEL YARISH / FX)

A scene from “Stranger Things,” available on Netflix. (NETFLIX)

Watch all four seasons with a free trial on Boomerang.

‘Creepshow’ Based on the 1982 horror-comedy classic, this anthology series brings the Creepshow comic book to life in six episodes featuring haunted dollhouses, werewolves, murderous goblins, villainous trick-or-treaters and more.

Watch it on Shudder.

‘Goosebumps’ “Goosebumps” adapts the creepy collection of tales crafted by author R.L. Stine for the TV screen. From a mask that can’t be removed once donned to a horror theme park, killer camera, werewolf and dummy that comes to life, spooky adventures abound for ages 8 and older.

Watch it on Netflix.

‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’ Sabrina Spellman discovers she’s a witch on her 16th birthday and lives with her peculiar aunts, who teach her the ways of witchcraft, until going away to college. And who could forget black cat Salem, who provides many comedic moments through all of his scheming plots? The sitcom is based on a 1960s comic-book series and an animated series that aired in

Shaggy and Scooby-Doo appear in a scene from “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” (WARNER BROS. TV ANIMATION)

Scooby-Doo provides some of the best spooky, family-friendly viewing. Two series to check out: “Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated” and “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” Follow Scoob and the gang (Velma, Fred, Daphne and Shaggy) as they set out ‘Santa Clarita Diet’ to solve supposedly supernatThe life of a suburban, mar- ural mysteries. Once you’re ried Realtor couple gets turned through with these, check out upside down when wife Sheila his other TV series as well as becomes undead, develops a several animated and live-acnew personality and begins to tion films.

Watch two seasons of “Scoocrave human flesh. by-Doo: Mystery IncorporatUnfortunately, the horror-comedy series was caned” on Netflix, three seasons celed just when things were of “Scooby-Doo, Where Are getting good, but you can still You!” with a free seven-day enjoy three seasons of the Boomerang trial or two seasons of “Scooby-Doo, Where show on Netflix.

Are You!” on HBO Max. Scooby-Doo shows SEE HALLOWEEN, PAGE E7 Scaredy-cat cartoon pup the 1970s.

Watch seven seasons of “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” on Hulu. For those who want a darker twist on Sabrina’s story, catch three seasons of “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” on Netflix.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Screamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Inspired by the film of the same name, a group of teenagers is targeted by a masked serial killer in this MTV series. While not quite as good as the original, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still worth a watch.

Watch all three seasons on Netflix. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Scream Queensâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; In this slasher comedy series, the sisters of Kappa Tau at Wallace University deal with a serial killer dressed at the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Red Devil mascot in season one, followed by a second season where the characters encounter a new serial killer called the Green Meanie while working in a hospital.

Watch it on Hulu. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Stranger Thingsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Set (mostly) in 1980s Indiana, a group of friends uncovers secret government experiments; befriends a young girl with psychokinetic and telepathic abilities; and discovers the Upside Down, an alternate dimension inhabited by Demogorgons.

Three seasons of this sci-fi, horror series are available on Netflix, and a fourth is on the way. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Supernaturalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Brothers Sam and Dean Winchester become hunters of supernatural beings, ranging from demons to ghosts and gods. With 14 seasons and some of the 15th and final season available, this series will take considerable time to plow through.

Watch previously aired episodes on Netflix and catch new episodes starting today on cwtv.com.

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Watch it on Netflix. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Real Ghostbustersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; This animated series is a spinoff and sequel to the hit 1984 film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ghostbusters.â&#x20AC;?

Fans of the film will be happy to watch the paranormal adventures continue for Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Egon Spengler, Dr. Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, secretary Janine Melnitz and their mascot ghost, Slimer.

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Patrick Stewart goes boldly once again in ‘Picard’

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A familiar “Star Trek” hero leads the DVD releases for this week.

“Star Trek: Picard – Season One”: Patrick Stewart picks up the role of Starfleet legend Jean-Luc Picard, 18 years after his previous “Star Trek” series — “Star Trek: The Next Generation” — signed off. This series was available only on the CBS All Access subscription service.

The series opens with Picard in a sort of forced retirement. But he soon gets back into action and runs into many familiar faces: Jeri Ryan as former Borg baddie Seven of Nine; Jonathan Frakes as former First Officer William Riker and Marina Sirtis as counselor Deanna Troi. Brent Spiner’s android Data is key to the plot in the first season of this series.

And there are some new faces in Picard’s crew: Alison Pill as Dr. Agnes Jurati, an expert on androids with a few secrets; Michelle Hurd as Raffi Musiker, an old colleague of Picard’s with a tortured past, and Santiago Cabrera, as rogue pilot Chris Rios, ferrying Picard across space.

Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times gave the show a positive review, writing: “Guided by Michael Chabon

has not been announced.

Also new on DVD “Eli Roth’s History of Horror Season 1”: The “Hostel” director talks about things that go bump in the night with Stephen King, Linda Blair and others.

“Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo!”: Ruh-roh. The gang is in trouble, yet again.

“Invincible Dragon”: An undercover agent with a dragon tattoo fights crime, gets into trouble.

“The Last Kingdom: Season Four”: Series based on the “Saxon Stories” historical novels, based in England in the ninth and 10th centuries Sir Patrick Stewart as Jean-Luc “The Pale Door”: Witches and cowPicard of the CBS All Access series boys collide in this western horror film.

“Star Trek: Picard.” (TRAE PATTON/CBS) “The Secret Garden”: Another adand Akiva Goldsman, “Picard” doesn’t aptation of the classic children’s novel. break the mold. (Fitting the mold is Stars Colin Firth and Julie Walters. more the point.) The story of an aged “Save Yourselves!”: A young couple lion going once more into battle is a unplug their phones for a weekend and familiar one, although given that the se- miss an alien attack. ries has already been granted a second “Tales from the Hood 3”: The latest season, this will not be Picard’s final in the horror-comedy anthology series. frontier. Neither is this the first time in “The 2nd”: A Secret Service agent fiction that a ragtag team of refugees (Ryan Phillippe) must save his son and and rebels join forces in a way they are the daughter of a Supreme Court justice yet to understand.” from terrorists.

A release date for the second season “To Your Last Death”: Animat-

ed adult action horror film with a time-twisting plot.

“The Tax Collector”: Things go bad for two enforcers (also known as “tax collectors”) working for a Los Angeles crime lord.

“Valley Girl”: Remake of the 1983 classic.

“Yummy”: Zombie-comedy-horror film from Belgium.

Out on Digital HD “American Pie Presents: Girls’ Rules”: The latest romp from the “American Pie” cinematic universe.

“The Curse of Audrey Earnshaw”: Villagers suspect a mother and daughter of witchcraft as a plague decimates crops and livestock in this timely horror film.

“Cut Throat City”: Four desperate friends band together to pull off a daring heist in hurricane-battered New Orleans.

“Naughty Books”: Profiles of authors who became famous after self-publishing their erotic romance novels.

“The Ringmaster”: A quest to make onion rings famous.

“Spontaneous”: Teens learn to seize the day amid a world where their peers being to spontaneously combust.

ONLINE STREAMING

‘The Glorias’ leads new releases

By Michael O’Sullivan

22, and her undercover stint as a Playboy Club bunny for a magazine exposé. But it’s If Rose Byrne’s portrayal of Gloria Steinem at its best when Taymor is most theatrical, in “Mrs. America” left you craving a bit more staging some scenes as elaborate fantasy, and regularly allowing the four actresses who play insight into the head of the feminist writer the protagonist at various ages – Ryan Kiera and activist, “The Glorias” just may be your Armstrong, Lulu Wilson, Alicia Vikander ticket. Based on Steinem’s memoir “My and Julianne Moore – to converse with each Life on the Road,” and directed by theater impressaria-turned-filmmaker Julie Taymor other, not quite in character, from the inside of a bus traveling, metaphorically, through – who co-wrote the screenplay with Sarah Steinem’s fascinating life. But by the time Ruhl – this nontraditional biopic forgoes chronology for a collage-like storytelling that Armstrong, as the youngest Gloria, asks “Are we there yet,” you may find yourself thinking jumps backward and forward and backward again, covering Steinem’s itinerant childhood that the film, at nearly 2 1/2 hours, has run out of gas. TV-MA. Available on Amazon Prime with her quirky father (played by Timothy Video. Contains strong language and brief lewd Hutton), her two years living in India in her images. 147 minutes.

20s, the founding of Ms. magazine and her work on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment (the subject of “Mrs. America”). In The unsettling documentary “Blood on the some ways, “The Glorias” is disappointingly Wall” bites into a huge mouthful of story: straightforward, dutifully ticking off such How the immigrant crisis in Central America SEE STREAM, PAGE E12 milestones as Steinem’s illegal abortion, at The Washington Post

Alicia Vikander as Gloria Steinem, left, and Janelle Monae as Dorothy Pitman Hughes in a scene from “The Glorias.”

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Beef, poultry supply returns to normal

HERE’S GOOD NEWS for consumers and restaurant owners alike — the production system for fresh meat and poultry continues to recover from the earlier bottlenecks the pandemic brought about.

As reported in the Wall Street Journal, processing levels for beef, pork, and chicken has returned to normal, resulting in prices for those commodities retreating to their pre-pandemic levels.

Echoes of the ongoing constraints on restaurant operations can be seen in the market for specific beef and poultry products. Primal beef ribs, the source of the restaurant-favorite prime rib, were down more than 10% last month over January 2020 price levels, a decline driven by weak food service sales. With many fewer weddings and banquets booked, the restaurant-driven demand for prime rib has been much less than normal, causing prices to decline markedly.

Similarly, chicken wings are cheaper than they were a year ago. A bar food staple, demand for raw wings has been less than robust during the pandemic. Many fewer are being fried and sauced as sports venue concessions, bars and restaurants remain closed or operate on a limited basis.

Don’t look for this drop in wholesale prices to result in immediate menu price declines, since cash-strapped operators are likely to retain any savings on their food purchases to help fund other expenses.

Some chains and independents might instead offer “specials” that take advantage of plentiful supply and lower wholesale costs.

Family pack of chicken wings, anyone?

Side dishes • As well as offering indoor and outdoor dining, McCarthy’s Pub in Belchertown is now promoting curbside pickup as well as local area delivery, with draft beer and signature drinks among the

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take-out options.

Open Tuesday through Sunday, McCarthy’s relies on an extensive “specials menu” to supplement its regular offerings.

Recent choices among the entree special choices include golumpki in tomato sauce, maple-pecan encrusted salmon, and lobster mac & cheese.

McCarthy’s Pub is also preparing for its observance of Halloween, with a “Trunk or Treat” event scheduled from noon until dark on Oct. 31.

The festivities have had to be scaled back, mask mandated, and socially distanced, but the McCarthy’s team is looking forward to seeing lots of creative costumes.

For more details contact McCarthy’s Pub at 413-323-6420.

• It’s Oktoberfest time at the Student Prince Cafe and Fort Restaurant in downtown Springfield, and along with an extensive selection of German and Oktoberfest-style beers, the restaurant will be featuring its Oktoberfest menu throughout the month.

Main plate selections include beef roulade, a marmalade-glazed half chicken with sausage, and a sausage medley plate.

For dessert the kitchen is preparing toasted almond cake and pumpkin crisp. There’s also an adult finale in the form of a “boozy” pumpkin shake that’s spiked with white creme de cacao, pumpkin pie liqueur, and vodka.

Live entertainment is being featured on Friday and Saturday evenings.

For information or reservations contact the Student Prince at 413-734-7475.

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Chez Josef answers at 413413-786-0257.

• Chez Josef in Agawam has introduced two new family packs for the cool weather weekends ahead.

There’s a Fall Harvest Family Pack that features Cape Cod chicken, butternut squash ravioli, and a trio of Yukon, Red Bliss, and sweet potato.

“Harvest” salad, rolls with cinnamon maple butter, and apple crisp for dessert are also included.

The establishment’s Oktoberfest Family Pack is built around knockwurst and bratwurst; red cabbage, potatoes, and soft pretzels with cheddar sauce are part of the package as well.

Apple strudel is provided as dessert.

The packs are available for pickup or local delivery on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday. They can be pre-ordered online at chez2go.

• The Saybrook Point Resort & Marina in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, has announced that its restaurant, Fresh Salt, has introduced a new autumn

menu. Executive Chef Jeffrey Renkl has put together a kitchen agenda designed to show fresh seasonal ingredients at their best.

He’s created dishes like a baby kale and butternut squash salad, a creation he’s garnish-

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Unibroue cleans up at World Beer Awards

I

USED TO THINK THAT the best Belgian beers were made in Belgium.

That only makes sense, right?

I mean, I had had plenty of American breweries’ attempts at Belgian-style ales, and while a lot of them were good, I never found any that were on the level of, say, Rochefort 10 (which is possibly my favorite Belgian beer).

Then, around 1999, I discovered Unibroue, a fantastic brewery in Chambly, Quebec, Canada. (The brewery had been going since 1992, but just never landed on my radar – and this was four years before I even started writing this column.) And its beers made me reassess my whole way of thinking about Belgian beer.

3 white wines from France’s Alsace region perfect for fall

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Belgian Style Tripel.

The brewery also won top honors for these brews: Lune de Miel, an 8% Belgian-style amber ale, took home the World’s Best Flavored Honey & Maple award, while Maudite, an 8% bottle-refermented Abbey-style ale was awarded World’s Best Dark Belgian Style Dubbel.

Blanche de Chambly, a 5% “I hope more people Belgian-style white ale, did double duty by winning in two want to explore categories: World’s Best Wheat Belgian beers and Beer and World’s Best Belgian think of Unibroue Style Witbier.

“Medaling eighteen times as the gold this year on the world stage standard for these really speaks to our brewing styles.” team’s deep understanding of the intricacies of brewing Jerry Vietz, Unibroue brewmaster quality Belgian-style beers,” said Jerry Vietz, Unibroue brewmaster. “And to win My introduction to its beers, World’s Best Beer for four of maybe like many of you, was a our brands is an exceptional fine specimen called La Fin du honor. I hope more people Monde, a bottle-refermented want to explore Belgian beers tripel that combines a magical and think of Unibroue as the blend of spiciness, yeastiness gold standard for these styles.” and fruit undertones to create Another favorite of mine, one hell of a delicious and Trois Pistoles, a Belgian dark quaffable beer. It’s one that ale, took a silver medal and Fin goes down pretty easy for a 9% du Monde also took a second (alcohol by volume) beer. But bow by being a country winit’s not a brew you can pound, ner. If you like complex beers either. Nor should you want to. with dark fruit flavors up front, I mention Unibroue today this is one to try if you haven’t because the brewery just already. cleaned up at the 2020 World And to be honest, I still think Beer Awards, winning 18 med- the best Belgian beers are from als, including five medals for Belgium. Unibroue’s Belgian quadrupel, humorously World’s Best Beer (in various named “Terrible,” is still not categories). Not surprisingly, the aforementioned La Fin du as great as Rochefort 10, but I have faith they may make one Monde, Unibroue’s flagship as good someday. beer, won World’s Best Pale

ROUND THIS TIME of year, many wine lovers start to drink more red wines instead of white wines.

It’s easy to understand why.

The days get cooler.

The nights get longer.

And the food becomes heartier.

Chicken slow roasted in an oven for hours.

Chili simmering on a stove all afternoon.

Beef stews or meat pies to keep us warm on cold, fall nights.

Who wouldn’t want a full-bodied red wine to go with The three white wines from France’s Alsace region recommended this week. (KEN ROSS PHOTO) any of these meals?

But not all white wines are explain why the long, slender made for warm, summer wine bottles from Alsace look afternoons. Many great wine like ones more often found in wines can more than hold their Germany. And like Germany own the rest of the year. And and unlike most of France, the right near the top of the list wines from Alsace are often are white wines from France’s labeled based on the grape Alsace region. variety rather than geographic Many flavorful white wines locations. can be found in this northern corner of France. This week, Common grapes in Alsace I decided to highlight wines Ken Ross Alsace produces a wide made with three white wine Wine Press range of red (particularly pinot grapes that thrive in Alsace noir) and white wines. But and seem to be tailor-made for the vast majority of its wines crisp, cold weather – gewurzNot all white traminer, pinot gris and include some of the most popwines are made ular white wine grapes often riesling. And while you can for warm, summer found nearby on the German find many great white wine side of the Rhine River. The producers in Alsace, I wanted afternoons. Many three most popular white wine to recommend three particgreat wine wines ularly great wines from three grapes in Alsace are: can more than different Alsatian winemakers.

• Riesling (Roughly 21% of Let me add the wines range all Alsatian wine) hold their own the from $13 to $28 a bottle. Hope • Gewurztraminer (18%) rest of the year. you enjoy.

• Pinot gris (15%) Let me add that one of things Recommended wines I love about Alsatian white near the Rhine River, the • 2018 Pierre Sparr Gewurz- Alsace region has been prowines is the way they blend traminer ($13 Suggested Retail ducing outstanding wines for the mineral-like crispness of Price) centuries. And there’s a reason French Chablis wines with • 2016 Domaines Schlumwhy wines from here somethe pear-like fruit flavors of berger Pinot Gris Les Princes times seem more German certain German wines.

Abbes ($26 SRP) than French. That’s because Wine tasting notes • 2018 Domaine Zind Hum- the Alsace region went back brecht Riesling ($28 SRP) 2018 Pierre Sparr and forth several times in the Gewurztraminer past few centuries to being More about France’s Grape: Gewurztraminer part of Germany or France Alsace region Tasting notes: A hard name before finally being declared Located along the German to say (geh-vertz-tra-mean-er), part of France in 1919 after border in northeastern France World War I. This might also SEE WINE, PAGE E11

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ing with bacon, quinoa, crumbled goat cheese, and toasted pumpkin seeds.

Among his entree inspirations, Fresh Salt patrons will find a locally sourced pork chop sauced with a whole-grain mustard demiglace and a houseaged NY strip finished with gorgonzola-truffle butter.

A new dessert list complements the savory dishes on the autumn menu. That array of sweets incorporates a pumpkin-maple-bourbon creme brulee, a death-by-chocolate cheesecake, and warm apple crisp served with cinnamon-caramel sauce.

The complete menu at Fresh Salt can be seen at saybrook. com.

The Munich Haus German Restaurant, 13 Center St. in downtown Chicopee, has reworked its Oktoberfest celebrations this year, offering it in a socially distanced, family-style format.

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Big E Creampuffs to its Springfield Street location for pickup purchase as part of a fundraiser benefiting the family of a veteran Bellamy school teacher, Jody Smith, who died in February of this year.

For his part, Billy Stetson of • Teresa’s Restaurant in the Rumbleseat is donating Ware has created two new fall all the proceeds of the Big E drinks to enhance the dining Creampuff sale he’s organized experience the restaurant offers to that fundraising effort. Cre– a frozen caramel apple martini ampuffs are available Saturday and caramel apple sangria. The through Monday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. and Tuesday bar is also celebrating October by shaking up pumpkin through Friday from 7 a.m. to martinis.

2 a.m.

The restaurant is open daily The Rumbleseat Bar & Grille for take-out and dine in; its tele- answers at 413-592-9025. phone number is 413-967-7601.

• In late September the Boat• The Rumbleseat Bar & house in South Hadley launched Grille in Chicopee is bringing a new fall menu.

That bill of fare update debuted an appetizer sample that featured a giant pretzel, fried mozzarella sticks, coconut shrimp, and crab cake poppers, all served with four different dipping sauces.

Also being offered this fall is an apple pecan salad, braised short ribs, chicken broccoli Alfredo, and prime rib on Friday and Saturday evenings.

The Boathouse offers Early Bird Specials Monday through Friday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., with ten meal options priced at $12.99. Choices include meatloaf, baked cod, skillet mac & cheese, blackened pork chops, and more.

The bar at the Boathouse is preparing a suite of autumn themed beverage specialties,

Wine

sweet. This outstanding Alsatian riesling from one of the most revered wineries in the region (the Humbrecht family has been making great wine since 1620) smells and tastes delicious. Floral aromas mixed with soft, understated pear and peach flavors give this wine a hint of sweetness without being overwhelming. Perfect with spicy food, roasted turkey or great on its own, it was a pleasure to spend some time with Alsace’s most popular grape made by one of its most respected wine makers.

Cheers!

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an easy wine to love. I’ve long been a big fan of these hearty, flavorful white wines. This gewurztraminer illustrates why. Floral, licorice-like flavors abound in this fragrant, dry wine. There’s also hints of anise and tropical fruits in the taste and aromas. Let me add that the Sparr family has been making wines in Alsace since 1680. So it should come as no surprise that this refreshing white wine tastes so great. Practice makes perfect.

Tasting notes: Fans of clean, crisp, dry white wines likely already know all about pinot gris wines. This particular one raises the bar. A beautiful blend of subtle, fruit flavors (apricot, lemon and blood orange), this pinot gris also remains wonderfully dry and refreshing.

There’s also a hint of minerality to the wine that makes it ideal for spicy or heartier fall foods like duck, turkey or lamb. A truly delicious wine and a great example of Alsace’s gracious pinot gris wines.

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style desserts will be sent to each table as the meal comes to a close.

Each table seats six and costs $210 (tax and gratuity not included). Social distancing rules will figure into the placement of • The Munich Haus German Restaurant in Chicopee seating for the event. has reworked its Oktoberfest The Oktoberfest celebration celebrations this year, offering it on Oct. 16 will feature the Berkshire Mountain Wanderers; the in a socially distanced, family-style format. Tables need to Vagabonds will appear on Oct. be reserved in advance, and the 17. Doors open at 6 p.m. both all-you-care-to-eat Oktoberfest nights. menu will be served to each Contact the Munich Haus table on platters.

German Restaurant at 413-594The festivities will begin with 8788 for details or to purchase a plated salad and a giant Bavar- reservations. ian pretzel. Family style platters of Oktoberfest pretzel chickHugh Robert is a faculty en, sausages, German-style member in Holyoke Community College’s hospitality and culinary schnitzels, and meatballs with egg noodles get passed around arts program and has nearly 45 during the feasting, as will sides years of restaurant and educasuch as spatzle, sauerkraut, and tional experience. Robert can be reached online at OffTheMenu red cabbage.

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David Kross plays Bert Trautmann in “The Keeper.”

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A Native American teenager sets out in search of her estranged mother in “Once Upon a River.” Film Threat calls the 1970s-set tale, based Also streaming on the best-selling novel The documentary “David

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