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A sculpture by artist Don Gummer sits in front of The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum at the Springfield Museums. Gummer’s work is being featured in the exhibit “Constructing Poetry: Sculptural Work by Don Gummer,” which runs through Sept. 12 at the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts. At right, a sculpture by Gummer sits outside the Blake House at the Springfield Museums. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN)

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Artist ‘Constructing Poetry’ at the Springfield Museums Don Gummer’s artwork on exhibit through Sept. 12

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decades of his career. “The artist’s lifelong commitment to minimalism and rtist Don interest in architecture is preGummer’s sented through the sculptural works on view,” said Maggie three-diNorth, curator of art at the mensional C. Springfield Museums. “Gumworks mer recontextualizes the viewer’s perception of space explore ideas about through his investigation of balance, stability, en- the principles of construction, coupled with his desire to ergy and space. explore the visual poetry of And his current show, “Con- form.” structing Poetry: Sculptural There are seven large-scale Work by Don Gummer,” at sculptures scattered on the the D’Amour Museum of Fine museums’ lawn and 11 wall Arts, features large-scale reliefs, sculptural maquettes sculpture as well as wall reand a self-portrait on view in liefs and maquettes from four the Starr and Alpert Galleries Special to The Republican

Sculptor Don Gummer stands next to his work called “Mondrian,” now installed at the Quadrangle at the Springfield Museums. He was on hand to oversee the installation of his work for the exhibit “Constructing Poetry: Sculptural Work by Don Gummer.” (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN)

IF YOU GO Exhibit: “Constructing Poetry: Sculptural Work by Don Gummer” When: Through Sept. 12 Where: D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, Quadrangle Green Museum hours: Tuesday– Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Admission: Adults: $25; seniors (60+): $16.50; college students: $16.50; youth 3–17: $13; children under 3 are free More information: springfieldmuseums.org

inside the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts. In addition, four of the artist’s sculptures are on display in Pynchon Plaza, across the street from the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts. Though intrigued by all of the works on view, Heather R. Haskell, vice president and director of the Springfield Art Museums, especially likes “Blue House,” an architectural wall relief created by Gummer in 2004; it showcases his sensibility and brings a sense of calm.

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Suzuki String Serenade a ‘symbol of hope’ Annual concert features young musicians

BY Anne-Gerard Flynn

Special to The Republican

he 31st annual Suzuki String Serenade, featuring young musicians from Greater Springfield and northern Connecticut, will be held Saturday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1 Porter Road.

The 31th annual Suzuki String Serenade, featuring young musicians from Greater Springfield and northern Connecticut, will be held Saturday at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and will also stream online on Facebook Live. (ANNE-GERARD FLYNN PHOTO)

section that celebrates music with African origins. The Suzuki Talent Edu“Our middle-high school cation Partnership concert chamber ensemble has fobegins at 6:30 p.m., with cused on music with African a prelude at 6:15 with the roots this year, with the help youngest students, and benof STEP father Kevin Sharpe, efits STEP’s Scholarship and well-known area gospel choir Instrument Loan Fund. It will director, church musician and stream over Facebook Live; jazz instrumentalist,” said in-person seating is limited. Bortfeld, who until recently STEP founder and violinwas holding remote-only ist Lani Bortfeld called the classes for about a dozen event, which was not held last Chicopee siblings Arjana students. spring because of restrictions Kunanele, who will perform “The Suzuki method uses around the coronavirus pana Bach Minuet on her violin, folk songs and Western demic, “a symbol of hope for and Govinda Kunanele, who classical music as its founour community.” will perform Suzuki’s “Andation, so this unit on blues A graduate of the New dantino” on his viola. and jazz has taken them England Conservatory with The STEP quartet of violin- out of their comfort zone, a master’s degree from the ists Evelyn Erofeyev and Felix but they’ve responded well. University of Connecticut, Zhou and cellist Kathy Li, all They’ve worked hard on an Bortfeld teaches music based of Longmeadow, and Westarrangement of Gershwin’s on a method developed by field pianist Sam Longley will “Summertime,” which has Japanese violinist Shinichi perform Erskine Hawkins’ references to Dizzy GillesSuzuki. Her independent Su- “Tuxedo Junction,” assistpie, James Brown and Count zuki program dates to 2002 ed by Belchertown STEP Basie, and will perform jazzand draws many first-genersupporter Richard Loomis on style solos in the middle of ation American students and bass. the piece.” their families. Bortfeld, who directs the For further information, The three student soloists STEP Suzuki Strings, will per- including on ticket costs or chosen by audition for the form Ernest Bloch’s “Abodah” to make a donation, contact concert are Holyoke vioin memory of lives lost during Bortfeld at 860-265-2879, linist Evan Meara, who will the pandemic. or visit online at https:// perform “May Song;” and The program includes a fb.me/e/2rEm1EYGP

Lani Bortfeld, who directs the STEP Suzuki Strings, will perform Ernest Bloch’s “Abodah” in memory of lives lost during the pandemic.

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Theater to stream Stars gather for ‘Miscast’ and more By Elisabeth Vincentelli

New York Times

“It is about access.” That, put plainly, is the main reason the Young Vic in London will continue to livestream shows even after in-person theater resumes. “Access is our driver,” Kwame Kwei-Armah, the theater’s artistic director, said in a recent interview. “And this is a way that we make that access just a little more here and now.” As Broadway and theaters around the United States prepare to return to live performances, there are still many questions around issues of ticket price, fairness and programming. Streaming is likely to remain part of those discussions since, as you can see in the selections below, it is more varied and, well, accessible than ever.

“Rent,” became an instant classic five years ago. Other participants include Kelly Marie Tran, Annaleigh Ashford, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Cheyenne Jackson (welcome back!), LaChanze, Idina Menzel, Kelli O’Hara and Billy Porter. Runs through today; mcctheater.org. Theatertreffen What is mainstream theater to German eyes can be completely wild to American ones. So this annual event should blow a few minds. Like the Golden Mask Festival in Russia, Theatertreffen showcases exciting shows from diverse companies. This year’s productions — online, with subtitles — include revisited classics and new works, both livestreamed and on demand. Dive in. Runs through May 24; berlinerfestspiele.de/en.

‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ ‘Miscast21’ When Brian Bedford took Since 2001, the annual on the role of Lady Bracknell “Miscast” benefit for MCC in 2011, Charles Isherwood Theater has created an wrote in The New York Times alternate universe in which that the formidable chargender roles are not so much acter had “perhaps never erased as gleefully subvertbeen more imperious, more ed, with performers taking indomitable — or more deon numbers they would be lectably entertaining.” Now unlikely to land in typical L.A. Theater Works and BY productions. This year sees Experience are making the the return of Gavin Creel and Roundabout Theater CompaAaron Tveit for another pow- ny’s revival of Oscar Wilde’s er duet after their take on best play available again. The SEE THEATER, PAGE E5 “Take Me or Leave Me,” from

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MUSIC

Chrissie Hynde, of The Pretenders, pays tribute to Bob Dylan on her latest album, “Standing in the Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan,” out tomorrow. (CHRIS PIZZELLO / INVISION / AP) Transperformance will return to Look Park in Northampton this summer, with a theme of “Transperformance 31: Unsung Heroes!” (DOUG STEINBOCK PHOTO)

Transperformance to celebrate music’s ‘Unsung Heroes’

HERE HAVE BEEN A lot of unsung heroes during the pandemic, so it’s fitting that this year’s Transperformance theme bears that name: “Transperformance 31: Unsung Heroes!” The yearly fundraiser, which sees local musicians playing cover songs from specific bands that fall under an annual theme, will be held Aug. 24 from 4 to 9:30 p.m. This year’s theme will be a potpourri, as it will feature locals covering acts that have never been featured before at Transperformance, like AC/ DC, Patti Smith or Thin Lizzy. Organized by the Northampton Arts Council, the familyfriendly event at the Pines Theatre in Northampton’s Look Park raises funds for arts enrichment in the schools and the community.

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will kick off Nov. 5 in Portland, Oregon, and end here in Massachusetts with a Dec. 18 show at the DCU Center in Worcester. Tickets are on sale now. For more information, visit the bands’ respective websites at evanescencestore.com and halestormrocks.com.

• Chrissie Hynde has certainly written some notable songs herself, but The Pretenders leader has decided to Liner notes put down her songwriting pen • Two top female voices in for an album and pay tribute rock will join forces this fall as to a musical icon. Evanescence and Halestorm Hynde’s latest venture will hit the road together. be an album of Bob Dylan Amy Lee (Evanescence) covers titled “Standing in the and Lzzy Hale (Halestorm) Doorway: Chrissie Hynde are real-life pals and have Sings Bob Dylan.” recently sung on each other’s The album will be released band’s tracks. The joint tour tomorrow via BMG.

The collection will feature nine songs, all recorded by Hynde during the pandemic. A press release announcing the album stated that it was created “almost entirely by text message,” with Hynde and her bandmate James Walbourne exchanging tracks and takes via their smartphones.

Staind will take to the road this summer with Korn for a pair of New England shows planned in August. (AMY HARRIS / INVISION / AP)

shows as part of the band’s Mansfield will feature two 2021 tour. nights, Sept. 2 and 3, while the The tour will start Aug. 16 in tour will stop in Hartford on • Korn and Staind will take Raleigh, North Carolina, and Sept. 5. to the road this summer with run through Halloween, with Presale tickets are available a pair of New England shows stops at the Xfinity Center in via Ticketmaster’s “Verified planned for August. Mansfield, and Xfinity Theatre Fan Presale” through today at The rockers will play the in Hartford. 10 p.m. Xfinity Theatre in Hartford on Aug. 20 at 8 p.m. Tickets are priced between $29.50 and $89.50. The following night, Korn and Staind will perform at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available through LiveNation.com. Sliquid Kama High on Bubble Sutra’s Love’s The coast-to-coast 28-city Bath Honeydust Lipgloss outing kicks off Aug. 5 in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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• Dead & Company — featuring Grateful Dead members Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, and Bob Weir with John Mayer, Oteil Burbridge and Jeff Chimenti — will play three New England

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“Though created of geometric and formal lines, the end result is both soulful and joyful.” HEATHER R. HASKELL, VICE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF THE SPRINGFIELD ART MUSEUMS

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ace supporting cast includes a rising Santino Fontana as Algernon Moncrieff. Through May 31; theatermania. stream. If one gender-reversed Lady Bracknell just isn’t enough, check out the L.A. Theater Works audio production starring Charles Busch. latw.org. This Jewish American Life Tracee Chimo Pallero stars in the Spotlight on Plays reading of Wendy Wasserstein’s “The Sisters Rosensweig” as Pfeni, the youngest of the title siblings (a role originated by Frances McDormand in the off-Broadway premiere, in 1992). There’s more: Lisa Edelstein will read Sara (Jane Alexander way back when) and Kathryn Hahn will be Gorgeous (once the great Madeline Kahn). Runs through May 24; stellar tickets.com. ‘Herding Cats’ This livestreamed version of Lucinda Coxon’s twistfilled dark comedy about a pair of roommates will star Jassa Ahluwalia (“Unforgotten”) and Sophie Melville in Britain, with Greg Germann (“Grey’s Anatomy”) joining from the United States. Coxon is a fine writer, of the play “Happy Now?” and the film adaptation of “The Danish Girl,” and this trans-Atlantic setup should make for an interesting experiment. Runs through May 23; stellartickets.com. Backstage stories In Britain, “For One Knight Only” gets an encore airing after its premiere in November. Kenneth Branagh hosts Judi Dench, Derek Jacobi, Ian McKellen and Maggie Smith as they reminisce about their incredibly long careers — imagine a highbrow installment of the “Red” film series, except with stars firing off bons mots rather than guns. May 21-30; stream.theatre/ season/116.

Brian Bedford as Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest,” at the American Airlines Theatre in New York, Dec. 22, 2010. As Broadway and theaters around the United States prepare to return to live performances, there are still many questions around issues of ticket price, fairness and programming. (SARA KRULWICH / THE NEW YORK TIMES)

‘Crave’ In the U.S., it’s hard to fathom how wildly popular the playwright Sarah Kane is on European stages: Her uncompromisingly bleak “Crave” hits a raw nerve and responds to a malaise that is often hard to pinpoint. Now, the Chichester Festival Theater in England is again making available its acclaimed production of this “throat punch of a play,” from November. Runs through May 29; cft.org.uk. ‘Grey Matters’ The company Colt Coeur may be small, but it has an impressive track record unearthing intriguing shows, so we’re ready to gamble on this play about an interracial

marriage in 1970s and ’80s Brooklyn, by Eden Marryshow. Steve H. Broadnax III, of Katori Hall’s “The Hot Wing King” and the coming “Thoughts of a Colored Man” on Broadway, directs. May 22-26; coltcoeur.org. ‘Broadway by the Year’ As this cabaret series’ name suggests, it usually focuses on musicals that opened in a given year, but this spring the attention is shifting to songwriters. Max von Essen, Liz Callaway and Ethan Slater help celebrate everybody’s favorite pandemic hero with “The Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber Years” (May 24-26). So, “Love Never Dies”: yea or nay? thetownhall.org.

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The work is based on a simplified architectural schematic of a 200-year-old guest house, purported to be haunted, that is located on the artist’s property in Connecticut. “Gummer presents the most basic outline of the building, with its peaked roofs and rectangular living spaces, and I find Don Gummer myself easily transported into the space,” Haskell said. “Though created of geometric and formal lines, the end result is both soulful and joyful.” Throughout his career, Gummer has explored spatial relationships. “The exhibition showcases works that indicate movement, and negotiate with the principles of energy, gravity and open and closed spaces to not only communicate with each other, but to create a flowing momentum that interconnects each of the pieces,” she said. Best known for abstract, large-scale sculptures that seem to reach, swirl or expand upward, Gummer has long been invested in creating pieces with presence. Influenced by the structured beauty of floorplans, the artist began a series of large, wooden wall reliefs in the early 1970s. This project has become a lifelong pursuit, and his ongoing series of reliefs often reimagine architectural plans by placing the schematics of one building on top of another. In the 1980s and 1990s, Gummer’s work expanded in scale and material as he began to design free-standing sculptures that incorporated various metals and stained glass.

“The extraordinary way that the artist combines his interest in space and form with an exploration of architecture and composition,” North said, adding that visitors will be fascinated with how the artist uses different materials, including metal, wood, glass and stone to create powerful visual statements. As a student at Yale University, Gummer became interested in the French philosopher, Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s theoretical text, “The Phenomenology of Perception” and began to think of “sculpture as a recontextualization of natural phenomenon, of unaltered things brought into aesthetic balance by choosing and placing.” Haskell said the dynamic sculptures, both formal and expressive, amplify the lines and geometric forms of the museum buildings surrounding the green: “The placement of the works encourages visitors to explore each piece separately as well as to regard the sculptures as an entire assemble, where each sculpture, weighted to the ground, reaches, swirls or expands upward to the sky.” Gummer’s works subvert expectations on weight and motion and ask visitors to consider how the essence of form is envisioned, she continued. “The exhibition furthers Gummer’s ultimate goal of sharing his artwork. One day, he hopes that as the world turns, the sun is always shining on one of his public works of art.” Today, Gummer’s works are in numerous public collections and have been displayed in locations from Massachusetts to Japan. The Springfield exhibit runs through Sept. 12. For more information, visit springfieldmuseums.org/ exhibitions/don-gummer.

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MOVIES ONLINE STREAMING

‘Us Kids’ follows Parkland shooting survivors By Michael O’Sullivan

Washington Post

Part portrait of a political movement and part coming-of-age story, the documentary “Us Kids” follows several survivors of the 2018 Parkland school shooting — particularly Emma González, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, Jaclyn Corin and Samantha Fuentes — as they evolve from what one calls “normal a— kids doing normal a— things” to leaders of a national gun reform youthquake. It’s not just Parkland either. As the March for Our Lives movement grows, it’s clear that reform can’t happen if it remains a local thing — or merely a periodic response to sporadic episodes of violence. Bria Smith, a teenager from Milwaukee concerned about kids of color who are being shot “every day,” as she puts it, is also featured. Among the most powerful scenes are ones in which the young activists engage, face to face, with gun rights protesters who show up at March for Our Lives events. Hogg is nothing

March for Our Lives activists Emma González, left, and Jaclyn Corin in “Us Kids.” (GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT)

like he’s “depicted on television,” one of the protesters tells him, almost admiringly. But change is incremental in this film (except as manifested in the burnout experienced by some of its subjects). “Us Kids” makes clear that gun reform, like growing up, will take time, patience and one other thing that may be the hardest of all to make happen: participation in democracy by more young people. As Hogg has tweeted, “If we vote we win.” Unrated. Contains crude

language and mature thematic elements. Available at afisilver. afi.com and virtualavalon.org. 98 minutes. Also streaming Volatile David (Clayne Crawford) and his estranged wife, Niki (Sepideh Moafi), agree to see other people during a trial separation — an arrangement that’s better in theory than practice — in the Utah-set domestic drama “The Killing of Two Lovers.” Variety says: “Crawford’s

Sepideh Moafi, left, and Clayne Crawford in “The Killing of Two Lovers.” (NEON)

dominating performance makes David no hick but a sensitive and accommodating man a bit intimidated by his admittedly ‘much smarter’ wife, flailing in his efforts to hold together a family unit he can’t go on without.” R. Available on various streaming platforms. Contains strong language. 92 minutes. A man who’s hit rock-bottom (Finn Wittrock) meets and falls hard for a beautiful

stranger (Zoë Chao) who may or may not be an NSA agent from the future in “Long Weekend.” IndieWire calls it a “sweet and glossy riff on the surprisingly robust subgenre of movie romances about sad people who fall in love with time travelers (they feel like the ones who got away before they’ve even left!).” R. Available on various streaming platforms. Contains strong language throughout. 94 minutes.

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DVD RELEASES

Oscar-winning films feature moving performances Tribune News Service

Alan Kim and Yuh-Jung Youn in “Minari.” (MELISSA LUKENBAUGH/A24)

Two best picture nominees featuring Oscar-winning performances top the DVD releases for this week. “Minari”: Written and directed by Lee Isaac Chung, this semi-autobiographical story follows a Korean American family that moves from California to rural Arkansas to start a farm. “The movie ... takes its name from a hardy Korean herb that thrives if given time, an apt emblem for what this family — and most immigrant families — must sacrifice to pursue the American dream,” critic Glenn Whipp wrote in

his review for the Los Angeles Times. “The story is mostly seen through the eyes of the precocious youngest child, David (newcomer Alan S. Kim), something of a stand-in for Chung himself,” explains Whipp, “as he based the screenplay on his experience of growing up on a small farm in Lincoln, Arkansas, in the 1980s.” In addition to Kim’s breakout debut, the film also stars Steven Yeun and Yeri Han as the parents, and Yuh-Jung Youn as the family matriarch who arrives midway through the film. Youn, a star in

South Korea, largely swept the awards season for her performance in “Minari,” culminating in a historic win for best supporting actress at the Academy Awards last month. “For all the struggle that takes place in this movie, it is its quiet grace that you most remember,” Whipp writes. ‘Minari’ shares its secrets with a whisper, and as it unfolds, you find yourself leaning into it, enraptured.” “The Father”: Yeun was nominated for best actor for his performance as Jacob in “Minari,” but lost out to Anthony Hopkins for his

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MOVIES REVIEW

‘The Woman in the Window’ a non-thriller Despite sparkling pedigree, film is dull

By Ann Hornaday

The Washington Post

he pedigree of “The Woman in the Window” is so impressive that is looks like a no-lose proposition: In this twisty psychological thriller, based on A.J. Finn’s best-selling novel, Amy Adams plays an agoraphobic child psychologist whose voyeuristic obsession with her new neighbors leads her into an increasingly perilous labyrinth of lies and distorted identities.

Throw in a supporting cast that includes Gary Oldman, Julianne Moore and Tracy Letts — working with Letts’ own adapted screenplay and under the directorial hand of Joe Wright — and “The Woman in the Window” promises to be the kind of elegant, atmospheric, locked-room mystery that made its most obvious literary and cinematic inspirations such classics. Indeed, Wright makes sure to toss in plenty of brief film clips from the likes of Alfred Hitchcock and Otto Preminger (“Laura”), and the shadowy Harlem townhouse that Adams pads around in would no doubt prompt Ag-

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atha Christie to poke around its most tantalizing corners. But even with all this promise, “The Woman in the Window” falls apart, devolving into tawdry body horror and tiresome, talky exposition. Things get off to an alarmingly cliched start during the movie’s first moments, when the camera pans across a creepy doll house belong-

Amy Adams in a scene from “The Woman in the Window.” (MELINDA SUE GORDON / NETFLIX VIA AP)

From left, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Tyree Henry, Amy Adams, Gary Oldman and Wyatt Russell in “The Woman in the Window.” (NETFLIX)

ing to Anna Fox (Adams). Trapped in her gentrified Harlem pad for the past several months, Anna has spent most of the time chasing a variety of medications with copious glasses of red wine. Her therapist, played by Letts with his usual dry humor, stops by for occasional sarcastic banter with Anna, who is resolute in her inertia. That is, until the Russell family moves in across the street, and their adolescent son Ethan (Fred Hechinger) stops by for an impromptu meet-and-greet. Something’s not quite right at the Russells, and Adams begins to study them from afar, cued by a mixture of compassion, clinical interest and garden-variety curiosity. But her addled state, exacerbated by her intake of alcohol and pills, blurs her perceptions. Is she seeing what she thinks she’s seeing? And is it as bad as it looks? Reportedly, “The Woman

“The Woman in the Window” is the kind of film that could go places, but sadly never manages to get out the door. in the Window” has been in progress for a few years now, rewritten and refilmed to accommodate confused test audiences. It’s now gone directly to streaming at a time when, like Anna, many of its viewers are cooped up, stir crazy and drinking more than they probably should. Had Wright brought his gift for scene-setting to bear on the story, that might have made “The Woman in the Window” at least a visual escape. Instead, he doubles down on Anna’s sepulchral interior life, making Adams look as puffy and dowdy as possible and filming her in dreary, dimly lit rooms that have all the appeal of a grimy aquarium. (Between this movie and her recent appearances in “Hillbilly Elegy” and HBO’s “Sharp

Objects,” it’s past time for Adams to bring the catatonia phase of her career to a close; it has done her no favors.) When Moore shows up in a provocative cameo, she injects a welcome jolt of destabilizing brio into the otherwise dull proceedings; Oldman, for his part, is criminally underused. The cinematic references of the original novel here are telegraphed in quick clips, which feels like a missed opportunity for the visual style Wright brought to such films as “Atonement” and “Anna Karenina”; a late scene of magical realism is perfunctory and tonally out of place. “The Woman in the Window” is the kind of film that could go places, but sadly never manages to get out the door.

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ISTS ABOUT SUPposed “best beer cities” usually make me raise an eyebrow. First of all, “best” is a loaded term. I mean, the criteria for this type of assessment can often be random, and I’ve seen some articles that use data in a somewhat lazy manner. However, my column today George Lenker is going to be one about Beer Nut the “best beer cities” in the nation, and I feel pretty good about the data, which offering more variety (28 can be found at realestate types) than the average U.S. witch.com. The Clever brewery (19). research team reports on a The research found some variety of topics related to surprises. Here are the top 10 personal finance and real cities, according to Clever’s estate – including attributes assessment: San Francisabout major cities that might co, Indianapolis, Chicago, entice people to move there Philadelphia, Los Angeles, or visit the area, according to Portland, Denver, Tampa, Francesca Ortegren, a data Cleveland, San Diego. scientist with the company. Ortegren, who is also a “We decided to focus on craft beer drinker, and I were breweries besurprised by The metro areas cause our team some of the is filled with same things. that Clever folks who love “I assumed examined offered beer and love Portland, Oreabout 70,067 visiting brewgon, would be eries when we unique beers, with higher on the explore new just based the top 15 breweries list cities, so we on their reputaall offering more tion – and was figured others could benevariety (28 types) very surprised fit from the Indianapthan the average by information olis’ ranking, U.S. brewery (19). to be honest; as we all start to move out they weren’t on of pandemic-related lockour radar as a brewery-laden downs,” she told me. metro,” she said. “The most While the criteria Clever surprising finding was just used is as subjective as any the sheer number of brewerlist of data points one might ies in each of these metros, employ, the method that was though. It’s astonishing, applied still yields objective but all the research has me results in those categories. hankering to visit some new And, I have to say, they make cities!” sense in many ways. Here is Boston ranked 20th, which how the company looked at isn’t too shabby, but I expect50 major metropolitan cities: ed it to be higher. It’s not a The number of breweries huge city, and the fact that it within each metro area; the has 94 breweries is notable. density of breweries per 100 But what dragged it down a square miles; the number of bit was that it only averages beers per brewery; and the 18 beers per brewery and only number of beer styles per 10 types of beer per brewery. brewery. If you want a more detailed The metro areas that look at all the data, visit Clever examined offered Clever’s site, realestate about 70,067 unique beers, witch.com/best-beerwith the top 15 breweries all cities-2021.

Restaurant service pivots from businesses to homes

ESTAURANT DElivery has become an integral part of the contemporary dining experience, and Alchemista, a Boston-based food service innovator, is melding delivery with technology to facilitate the at-home enjoyment of restaurant food. Founded in 2012 to provide chef-quality meals in upscale office settings, Alchemista suddenly found itself mostly without customers when lockdowns rolled out last March. Alchemista has since pivoted to a program of high-tech food lockers it had previously developed for smaller clients, at the same time creating delivery partnerships with two Boston-area restaurateurs. The company has been installing what it refers to “on-demand modular marketplaces” in the lobbies of luxury apartment buildings. Ten of these installations, which the company has branded as “The Locket,” were in place across greater Boston as of March, with more rolling out weekly. The individual marketplace lockers are temperature controlled, enabling them to hold hot, cold, or ambient-temperate items; the boxes also incorporate a self-sanitizing UV capacity. Customers order and pay online via an Alchemista app, then subsequently access an individual cubicle using a QR code. Although Alchemista’s own culinary staff prepares meals and snacks to stock the modular marketplaces, the company has also partnered with two James Beard Award winners, Chefs Ken Oringer and Jamie Bissonnette, who operate a pair of Boston South End eateries — Toro, a tapas restaurant, and Coppa, an Italian “enoteca.” Both restaurants have now created simplified versions of their menus for “The Locket” program. Alchemista uses a schedule of twice-daily deliveries to

Outside dining has returned to Fort Street in Springfield as the Student Prince Cafe and Fort Restaurant has reopened its dining tent, offering the establishment’s full menu as well as live music Wednesday through Saturday evenings. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)

ations, while the proliferation of online wings brands has led to steep increases in overall demand. Labor problems at chicken processing facilities are also creating a choke point in the supply chain. The biggest players in the wings business have, for the most part, have their supplies protected by long-term Hugh Robert contracts with poultry producOff The Menu ers. Smaller operators and independents, however, are stock its marketplaces with reporting difficulties getting these chef-prepared dishes. enough wings to sell. Entree prices, which include Some have turned to finger Alchemista’s markup, are food alternatives, such as between $20 and $25. chicken breast strips, thighs, Like most third party delivand pork riblets. Others have ery arrangements, the process trained staff to suggest alterisn’t profitable at this point, natives to wings and, in some but all involved are bullish cases, are even limiting the about its future potential. number of wings individual For more information on customers can purchase. Alchemista, including photos Wholesale prices for boneof menu selections, go to in wings have risen about 50% alchemista.com. over the last several months, and the current supply probSide dishes lems are expected to persist • It’s not just computer through 2021. chips that are in short supply One industry executive these days; restaurant operjoked that what is really needators across the country are ed to remedy this supply precoping with a serious shortage dicament is the development of chicken wings. of a four-winged chicken. The wings drought is the result of multiple causes. The • Champney’s RestauFebruary freeze in Texas dis- rant at the Deerfield Inn will SEE MENU, PAGE E9 rupted chicken-farming oper-

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once again be hosting Fancy Nancy luncheons on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. and on Sunday at half-past noon. Those attending are encouraged to “dress fancy” as they enjoy a reading of the children’s classic “Fancy Nancy” during lunch. A full children’s menu will be available; reservations are suggested. Call 413-774-5587 for details. • Outside dining has returned to Fort Street as the Student Prince Cafe and Fort Restaurant has reopened its spacious dining tent, offering the establishment’s full menu as well as live music Wednesday through Saturday evenings. The Student Prince is also celebrating the month of May with a special “Festival of Lamb” menu. The selections available range from an appetizer of lamb “lollipops” to lamb sheherd’s pie and a spring lamb rack. May’s special dessert is an almond cake served with whipped cream. To make reservations at the Student Prince, call 413-7347475. • Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews restaurants are into bacon big-time this spring, offering a “Bacon Jammin” Burger topped with bacon jam, bacon strips, and bacon aioli. “Bacon Jammin” wings are also being featured; they come garnished with bacon jam, bacon crumbles, cherry peppers, and barbecue-brown sugar glaze. The “Bacon Jammin” experience will be available at Red Robin through mid-summer. Red Robin locations can be found at Holyoke Crossing in Holyoke and on Hazard Avenue in Enfield. • The Irish House Restaurant in West Springfield will hold a tequila pairing dinner May 27. The four-course event will start at 6 p.m. and will feature smoky tuna tostadas, lemon chicken soup, a chicken and

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dressings, two sides, and a large package of the restaurant’s signature chip and dip • Masse’s American pre-dinner nibbles. Bistro in Chicopee recently For larger groups many installed a new pizza oven in menu items can be ordered in its kitchens, and the restaufull-pan or half-pan amounts. rant has begun preparing Entree options include assortartisanal pizza creations like ed German sausages, sauerwhite garlic shrimp or chicken braten, golumbki, or selected and broccoli. chicken and pork schnitzels. To celebrate this menu Sides, salads, soups, and apple expansion, Masse’s is offerstrudel are also available. ing a $10 pizza and Bud Lite A day’s advance notice is special. requested on panned bulk orMasse’s American Bistro, 1329 Memorial Drive in Chicopee, reMasse’s answers at 413-315ders, and contactless curbside cently installed a pizza oven and has begun preparing artisanal 8501. pickup is available. pizza creations. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN) For a full menu go to seafood paella, and tres leches bacon, tomato, and American • For those looking for munichhaus.com; call 413cupcakes. A different tequila cheese, while the “Western” is family pack take-out options, 594-8788 to place an order. cocktail will be paired with made with the classic combi- the Munich Haus German each course. nation of diced ham, peppers, Restaurant in Chicopee Hugh Robert is a faculty Tickets are $50; call the and American cheese. Both maintains an assortment of member in Holyoke CommuIrish Cultural Center at 413are served on a water roll. options. nity College’s hospitality and 342-4358 to inquire. During the rest of the Family pack dinner selecculinary arts program and has The Irish House Restaurant day bratwurst topped with tions, which are available nearly 45 years of restaurant has also introduced specially sauerkraut and stone ground sized to serve either four or and educational experience. priced Wednesday evening mustard is now available. six, include an entree selecRobert can be reached online at pasta specials. White Hut’s full menu can tion, salad with a choice of OffTheMenuGuy@aol.com. be viewed online at white • Sonic Drive Ins are this hut.com; its telephone nummonth featuring chili-topped ber is 413-733-8000. sandwich creations. Their “Twisted Texan” cheeseburg• Participating Dunkin’ er gets dressed with chili, locations have begun offering American cheese, and fried an additional diary substionion strings; a foot-long tute in the form of coconut “Twisted Texan” hot dog is milk, which can be specified similarly garnished. in espresso beverages for an Two limited-time-only ice extra charge. cream blast experiences are Coconut milk is also a also available. The Cheesecomponent in a new series of cake Blast features cheesefruit-flavored “refreshers;” ACROSS FROM THE BEACH - cake pieces blended with ice a coconut milk iced latte is THE VILLAGE GREEN. Rates from cream, while the Strawberry available as well. Both are $60 - $85 to 5/30/21 (excluding holidays, Cheesecake Blast also has permanent menu additions. strawberries swirled in. Both some restrictions apply). 3 Night Special are available through late • The Shortstop Bar and off season starting from $145 all week. June. Grill in Westfield is now Ocean views and efficiencies available. There is a Sonic Drive In on offering a menu of spring Boston Road across from Five cocktail creations. FREE continental breakfast in season. Mile Pond. These include a “PineapAll rooms have refrigerators and cable TV. ple Upside-Down Martini” • Changes are in store at made with pineapple rum, Heated outdoor pool. Take children to the the iconic White Hut Restau- amaretto, and pineapple beachside playground. Close to several rant on Memorial Avenue in juice; a tequila-based “Mint golf courses, tennis courts, whale watch West Springfield. Strawberry Smash”; and The White Hut is now open “The Cuke,” a tall cooler that cruises, ferries to Nantucket and Martha’s later, serving until 7:30 p.m. features a shot of cucumber Vineyard, restaurants, shops, bike trails and seven days a week. “The Hut” and mint-infused vodka, many more of the Cape’s unique attractions. opens at 6:30 a.m. Monday soda water, a splash of sour through Friday and 8 a.m. on mix, and a fresh lime and 10% Senior Discount. South Saturday and Sunday. Curbcucumber garnish. Shore Drive, South Yarmouth, MA 02664. side pickup is available. Shortstop is once again 1-800-487-4903. www.vgreenmotel.com. New menu items have also promoting banquet events, been introduced this month. which can be held indoors White Hut customers can now in a private room or outside, enjoy two breakfast sandwich- with a maximum capacity of es. The “Popeye” features an 60. egg-spinach scramble with Contact the establishment

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South African pinotage wines express unique sense of place

ERTAIN GRAPES bring out the best in certain places. Elegant, yet earthy wines made from pinot noir and chardonnay grapes abound in France’s burgundy region. Refreshing, subtle sauvignon blancs flourish in New Zealand’s Marlborough region on the south island. Meaty, sophisticated malbecs make their mark in Argentina and France’s Cahors region. Each of these grapes has a distinct, delightful taste you won’t find anywhere else in the world. Add to this list South African red wines made with pinotage grapes. While you can find wines made from pinotage grapes from other places, the vast majority of pinotage wines come from wineries in South African, where the grape was South African pinotage wines recommended this week. (KEN ROSS PHOTO) created almost a century ago. And even within South Africa, pinotage wines can “It’s a really interesting and peculiar place to taste dramatically different grow grapes, much cooler than we expected.” from one part of the country Dr. Etienne Terblanche to another. That was certainly the case with six pinotage wines from six different wineries. Some different wine grapes writon a wine list at a restaurant, had bright, ripe flavors. Othten by Jancis Robinson, Julia that wine likely came from ers were more understated or Harding and Jose Vouillamoz. South Africa. aromatic, dry and flinty. Charles Niehaus later saved Why pinotage thrives Let me add that all of them the pinot noir/cinsaut plants Ken Ross in South Africa were outstanding and well created by Perold and used Wine Press worth searching for in your lothem to create vines with Like many things to do with cal wine store or online. Hope pinotage grapes. The name wine, it’s all about the weather you enjoy. Wingerde Piekenierskloof pinotage comes from the and the topography in South Pinotage ($40 SRP) combination of pinot noir and Africa, according to pinotage Pinotage wines hermitage, the name used expert Dr. Etienne Terrecommended this week History of pinotage grape in South Africa for cinsaut blanche, who recently co-host• 2017 Ashbourne PinoPinotage is a relatively new grapes at the time. ed an online South African tage ($57.99 Suggested Retail grape first created in 1925 pinotage tasting I attended. Pinotage wine regions Price) in South Africa. University “It’s really an interesting • 2017 Beaumont Pinotage of Stellenbosch professor Pinotage is grown in many phenomenon that we have Twenty Eight Barrels ($34 Abraham Izak Perold created wine regions throughout these cool summer temperaSRP) the grape by cross-pollinatSouth Africa, including Swart- tures in a really hot and warm • 2017 B Vintners Liberte ing pinot noir plants with land, Paarl and most notably climate,” Terblanche said, Pinotage Stellenbosch ($21 cinsaut, which is sometimes Stellenbosch located just east adding, “The biggest influSRP) spelled cinsault. Perold then of Cape Town. Outside South ence is probably the ocean • 2017 L’Avenir Stellenreportedly forgot about the Africa, wines made from currents that surround the bosch Single Block Pinotage seedlings when he left the pinotage grapes can be found Cape Town area — the cold ($48 SRP) university to work at a winery in limited quantities primarily current in the Atlantic (Ocean) • 2018 Beeslaar Stellenin 1927, according to “Wine in California, Brazil and New and the slightly warmer curbosch Pinotage ($55 SRP) Grapes,” the outstanding Zealand. But odds are if you rent … in the Indian Ocean. • 2017 Sangiro Swartberg book about the history of see pinotage wine in a store or “It’s a really interesting and

peculiar place to grow grapes, much cooler than we expected,” Terblanche said. The Cape Town area’s “very dramatic topography” also plays a significant role in the successful cultivation of pinotage grapes in nearby vineyards, Terblanche said. “We have a mountain range in Stellenbosch … and we have amazing aspects and altitudes to play with,” he added. As a result, “over very short distances of travel, you get very large differences in wines,” Terblanche said. Wine tasting notes I recently attended an online South African pinotage tasting hosted by pinotage winemaker Dirk Coetzee of L’Avenir Estate and viticulture and pinotage expert Dr. Etienne Terblanche. Their comments appear first for each wine, followed by my wine tasting notes. Let me add I tasted these six pinotage wines side by side over three days.

2017 Ashbourne Pinotage Region: Hemel-En-Aarde Valley, South Africa Wine tasting hosts’ comments: “There’s a massive maritime influence, a cooling effect on the vines. That’s what you’re going to taste. You’re going to taste not just the soils but also those berries that have been cooled down especially during the night.” – Dirk Coetzee Writer’s wine tasting notes: One of my favorite wines of the tasting, this smooth, understated, dry wine has a long, luxurious finish. Reminiscent of an elegant Bordeaux blend, flavors range from dried blackberries and raspberries to roasted almonds and other subtle flavors. Tastes great the second day as well. Didn’t last long enough to taste a third day. 2017 Beaumont Pinotage Twenty Eight Barrels Region: Bot River, Walker Bay, South Africa SEE WINE, PAGE E11

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The documentary “Los Hermanos/ The Brothers” tells the story of Cuban-born musicians Ilmar LópezGavilán, based in New York, and his brother Aldo López-Gavilán, who returned to live in Havana after studying in England. The film, directed by Marcia Jarmel and Ken Schneider, includes plentiful music, culminating in a reunion concert. According to Film Threat, “The soundtrack alone makes ‘Los Hermanos/The Brothers’ worth watching, but Jarmel and Schneider also show us how American exceptionalism and isolation are denying us the gifts of art that come from being an engaged participant in the world. Listening to Aldo and Ilmar López-Gavilán play may help us un-

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derstand how much more important the blending of cultures is than any benefit of clinging to an outdated political ideology.” Unrated. Available at afisilver.afi.com. In English and Spanish with subtitles. 84 minutes. More than 15 years in the making, the documentary “Punk the Capital: Building a Sound Movement” premiered in 2019 to a warm reception from D.C. music fans happy to have the story of punk rock in D.C. – or at least a chapter of it – told by those who were there in the heyday. The Washington Post’s Hau Chu wrote of the film: “Dating from the 1970s, the film’s footage captures the raucous spirit of the communion of limbs (and spittle) that once rattled around cramped houses and makeshift stages. That spirit is one of the hallmarks of Washington’s punk landscape that carries through to

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today: a D.I.Y. spirit of music-making that exists not because it’s fun or easy, but because doing it under anyone else’s rules would betray your principles.” Unrated. Available at afisilver.afi. com, virtualavalon.org and themiracle

ments: “This is a wine I made personally … The block itself is situated on the top of a hill. CONTINUES FROM PAGE E10 And the beautiful thing about Wine tasting hosts’ comL’Avenir, which I would say ments: “It’s a cooler area … makes L’Avenir quite special They farm with very shallow is, we have a lot of this decomshale … Sometimes, they only posed shale and this is what we have 40 to 60 centimeters to slot into our pinotage. We really work with … They have very believe it gives us great fruit beautiful old vines. They have intensity and this is why we a 46-year-old vineyard, but it have chosen to farm with this also has some younger vines. South African grape, because For me, this is a great combiof the soil type. It really fits.” – nation of old technique… with Dirk Coetzee younger innovations. “ – Dirk Writer’s wine tasting 2017 B Vintners Liberte PinoCoetzee notes: For those of you who tage Stellenbosch is one of Writer’s wine tasting the six South African pinotage love dry, flinty red wines like notes: A wonderful combinamyself, this is the one you’ll wines recommended this tion of bright, ripe fruit flavors week. (KEN ROSS PHOTO) likely be most excited about. (particularly plum) mixed with This wine’s aromas and flavors soft, subtle dried fruit notes. It it’s gentle extraction.” – Dirk cover a wide range – from dried is especially great the second Coetzee blackberries, plums, raspberday after opening the wine. Writer’s wine tasting ries and roasted almonds to fraThat’s when the flavors become notes: This is the wine for grant, floral aromas. A magical even more subtle, softer and those of you who prefer your wine that manages to be lively more rounded. It is equally as flavors on the understated and and vibrant while remaining delicious the third day as well. softer side. A bit too understat- dry and understated. Terrific ed at first, make sure to give straight out of the bottle and 2017 B Vintners Liberte this wine time to evolve and the second day as well. Didn’t Pinotage Stellenbosch slowly reveal its subtle flavors, make it to the third day. It was Region: Stellenbosch, South which include a hint of fresh just too good and too tempting. Africa picked raspberries and plums Wine tasting hosts’ comand distinct floral notes. This 2018 Beeslaar Stellenbosch ments: The winemaker “is wine’s well worth the wait Pinotage trying all out to have minimum and tastes especially great the Region: Stellenbosch, South interference. He really just second day after opening the Africa wants to be true to the sense bottle. Wine tasting hosts’ comof place in terms of his site. ments: “I think the amazing He’s all for modern pinotage. 2017 L’Avenir Stellenbosch thing about these wines is most It’s something he really fights Single Block Pinotage of the winemakers get to work for. He fights for floralness, he Region: Stellenbosch, South with a lot of different sites … fights for fragrance and that Africa Abrie Beeslaar is the winemakyou can pick up in the wines … Wine tasting hosts’ comer for Kanonkop Estate, which

“There Is No Evil” is a drama by Mohammad Rasoulof, a dissident Iranian filmmaker who managed to make the movie despite a lifetime ban on directing, imposed by the Iranian government. The Hollywood Reporter writes: “His staunch opposition to the death penalty and to killing in general are urgently repeated in four unrelated stories, which broadcast the message that Iran’s authoritarian regime can be opposed and resisted, in spite of the powerful influence it exerts on people’s lives. Though the message comes across loud and clear, the four tales suffer from being narratively uneven, making the film’s 2½-hour running time seem long indeed.” Unrated. Available at afisilver.afi.com. In Farsi and German with subtitles. 150 minutes.

is just down the road. But he also gets to source and buy lots of difference components all across not just Stellenbosch but from other areas as well … Through the years, spending time with different sites, he really felt… this specific hill, this particular block of vines (where the grapes for this wine come from) really gives him the best wines … This particular hill has a nice combination of granite and shale.” – Dirk Coetzee Writer’s wine tasting notes: Bright, ripe, lively fruit flavors (especially cherry, raspberry and plum) straight out of the bottle reminiscent of pinot noir wines from California’s Napa Valley. If you like such flavors on the softer side, give this wine a day or two to open up, particularly since this wine’s still relatively young. The second and third day, the fruit flavors become softer and more subtle. Personally, though, I would give this wine another five years to mature and evolve.

terms of site, it’s quite unique.” – Dirk Coetzee “If we travel 300 kilometers north of Stellenbosch, we land in a mountain range called the Cederberg Mountain Range … This (vineyard where the grapes are grown for this wine) has a sandy terroir … The site is about 300 meters above sea level to about 700 meters above sea level. It’s a really arid place … It gets about a third of the rain Stellenbosch gets … But it’s also close to one of the coldest currents in the world … which blows off the Atlantic (Ocean) and creates a very interesting microclimate for wines.” – Etienne Terblanche Writer’s wine tasting notes: Only 1,790 bottles were made of this fascinating, complex, distinct wine. Straight out of the bottle, the wine tastes flinty yet fruity, dry yet supple, full and aromatic. Graceful and understated with a hint of dried plums, this intense wine needs time to breathe. Twenty minutes after opening the bottle, the finish becomes even longer 2017 Sangiro Swartberg and more graceful. The next Wingerde Piekenierskloof day, the wine has an intense Pinotage yet bright and lively finish with Region: Piekenierskloof, hints of light fruit, including South Africa plums and blackberries. Yet Wine tasting hosts’ another unique, delicious pinocomments: “The last wine is tage wine from South Africa. almost as secretive as the wineCheers! maker. He’s a very interesting Wine Press by Ken Ross appears bloke and he makes beautiful on Masslive.com every Monday wines. I think this is quite an and in The Republican’s weekend interesting wine, especially in section every Thursday.

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