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BSO returns to Tanglewood

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By Ken Ross

Special to The Republican

hen the Boston Symphony Orchestra returns to Tanglewood for the first time in two years this summer, it will be joined by a familiar face at the orchestra’s idyllic summer home in the Berkshires — Emanuel Ax. The world-renowned, 72-year-old pianist has performed many times with the BSO since he made his Tanglewood debut in August 1978.

On Saturday, Ax and the BSO under the direction of conductor Andris Nelsons will perform one of the best-known works by one of the most popular classical composers — Beethoven’s 5th Piano Concerto as part of an all-Beethoven program.

The concert in the Koussevitzky Music Shed (or simply The Shed as the large theater at Tanglewood is affectionately known) is one of the opening weekend concerts at the beloved summer home of the BSO. The BSO canceled its summer season last year at Tanglewood for the first time since World War II (there were no performances at Tangelwood between 1942 and 1945) due to the ongoing worldwide pandemic.

Performing again in front of a live audience will be a welcome experience for Ax, he wrote in response to several questions about his upcoming Tanglewood performances this summer.

“Not performing for a year was a real change for me,” Ax wrote. “I had been playing in public for about 40 years, and this was the first real hiatus.

The one thing that was a silver lining was not having to get nervous every three days for a performance. I will probably

be extra nervous this summer.”

During the pandemic, Ax and his family spent most of last year in their home in the Berkshires near Tanglewood, where he serves on the faculty for the Tanglewood Music Center, the prestigious summer academy for young orchestra musicians. “I was in the Berkshires most of the year 2020 since I work at Tanglewood,” Ax wrote. “We have a house, and we were very lucky to be able to be there.”

Like many performers, Ax gave many online performances this past year instead of live performances due to the pandemic.

Concertgoers enjoy a Boston Symphony Orchestra performance at the Koussevitzky Music Shed on the grounds of Tanglewood in Lenox. The BSO opens its summer season at Tanglewood this weekend. (FRED COLLINS / BSO PHOTO)

“I did a lot of online stuff,” Ax wrote. “Most of it was volunteer playing for hospital ICUs, hosting some shows for the BSO and Carnegie Hall, and trying to help various organizations, such as Classical Action, which benefits AIDS research, Midori and Friends,

Conductor Bernard Haitink leads the Boston Symphony Orchestra in Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with pianist Emanuel Ax at Boston’s Symphony Hall in May 2018. Ax is performing with the BSO at Tanglewood in Lenox on Saturday.

(ROBERT TORRES / COURTESY OF THE BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA)

supporting music programs in schools, and Young Concert artists, a management for brilliant young musicians. This has been a nightmare year for everyone, and certainly for the music profession.”

Ax gave his first live, in-person performance this year in Providence, Rhode Island, in early June.

Ax’s Saturday performance at Tanglewood will be particularly special since it features some of the best-loved music

by Beethoven. Along with Beethoven’s 5th Piano Concerto, which is known as the “Emperor” concerto, the BSO will perform Beethoven’s 5th Symphony.

Beethoven’s music is the perfect choice for kicking off this summer’s season at Tanglewood, Ax explained.

“Beethoven’s music is especially appropriate this summer because there is no music that I feel is more filled with hope than his,” Ax wrote.

“The ‘Emperor’ concerto and the 5th Symphony are, to me, a musical tribute to brotherhood and hope.”

Running until Aug. 16, the abbreviated season will include eight orchestral programs led by Nelsons. The Boston Symphony performs on Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons, the Boston Pops and guest ensembles perform on Friday evenings, and the Tanglewood Music Center and its orchestra will present some public programming as well.

While the reduced six-week festival presents approximately 50% of Tanglewood’s usual offerings, it preserves the excellence and diversity of programming that concertgoers have come to expect.

Favorite soloists like violinist Joshua Bell and cellist Yo-Yo Ma return along with younger artists like pianist Daniil Trifonov and violinist Lisa Batiashvili.

In addition to Maestro Nelsons, three generations of TMC-trained conductors will lead the BSO in other concerts this summer. Herbert Blomstedt (class of 1953, and a Springfield native) conducts

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THURSDAY Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, South Hadley Buccaneer Lounge: DJ with rock and Top 40. 86 Maple St., Agawam Club Castaway: Nude ladies dancing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield Shadow Lounge: DJ with classics.

278 Worthington St., Springfield Southwick Inn: Open mic hosted

by Steve Piper of Roadhouse Band.

479 College Highway, Southwick The Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer The Still: Drink specials. 63 Springfield St., Agawam Uno Chicago Grill: Uno’s Summer Courtyard: Good Acoustics. 820 West Columbus Ave., Springfield West Springfield Fish and Game Club: CD jukebox, pool table. 329 Garden St., Feeding Hills Whip City Brew: DJ with dance.

287 Elm St., Westfield

FRIDAY Alina’s: Emery Smith. 96 Russell St., Hadley American Legion Post 266: Moose & The High Tops. 74 Pleasant St., Granby Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, South Hadley Club Castaway: Nude ladies dancing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately Delaney House: Myke Ross. 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee East Mountain Country Club: Karaoke with Kris Sanders. 1458 East Mountain Rd, Westfield Glendale Ridge Vineyard: Tailgate Tunes. 155 Glendale Road, Southampton Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield MGM Springfield: Pandemonium. 1 MGM Way, Springfield The Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer Theodores’: Carl Ricci and 706 Union Ave. 201 Worthington St., Springfield Uno Chicago Grill: Uno’s Summer

Courtyard: Tom Ingram. 820 West Columbus Ave., Springfield West Springfield Fish and Game Club: CD jukebox, pool table. 329 Garden St., Feeding Hills Wyckoff Country Club: Live Music with Floyd Patterson. 233 Easthampton Road, Holyoke

SATURDAY Alina’s: Emery Smith. 96 Russell St., Hadley Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, South Hadley Club Castaway: Nude ladies dancing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately Delaney House: Lower Valley Guys.

3 Country Club Road, Holyoke Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee East Mountain Country Club: Rock 201. 1458 East Mountain Rd, Westfield Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield Outlook Farms: The Savoy Trio.

136 Main Road, Westhampton The Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer Theodores’: The Racky Thomas Band. 201 Worthington St., Springfield Uno Chicago Grill: Uno’s Summer Courtyard: Floyd Patterson. 820 West Columbus Ave., Springfield Whip City Brew: DJ with dance.

287 Elm St., Westfield

SUNDAY Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, South Hadley Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee Glendale Ridge Vineyard: Tailgate Tunes. 155 Glendale Road, Southampton Glendale Ridge Vineyard: Tom Savoy. 155 Glendale Road, Southampton Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield The Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer Uno Chicago Grill: Uno’s Summer Courtyard: Ethel Lee Ensemble. 820 West Columbus Ave., Springfield

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

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Christina Aguilera backs Britney Spears

LTHOUGH CHRIStina Aguilera and Britney Spears may have been musical rivals a couple of decades ago, Aguilera clearly is on Team Britney as far as Spears’ battle to take back control of her life.

Spears recently spoke at a hearing where she claimed that a court-ordered conservatorship allowed her father to not only control her finances, but also to make decisions about her body.

“These past few days I’ve been thinking about Britney and everything she is going through,” Aguilera wrote on social media. “It is unacceptable that any woman, or human, wanting to be in control of their own destiny might not be allowed to live life as they wish.”

Aguilera and Spears both skyrocketed to stardom in the late 1990s after both starred in the early 1990s version of “The Mickey Mouse Club” along with Justin Timberlake, Keri Russell, and Ryan Gosling.

On June 30, Judge Brenda Penny signed an order naming the singer’s father, Jamie Spears, and fiduciary Bessemer Trust to serve as co-conservators.

Liner notes • Big Red Machine, the duo of The National’s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, recently dropped the video for “Renegade,” a collaboration with Taylor Swift.

The song was recorded in Los Angeles during the same week that Swift and Dessner won the Grammy Award for album of the year. The song is from Big Red Machine’s upcoming album, “How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?”

“While we were making folklore and evermore last year, Taylor and I sometimes

Christina Aguilera performs at the 2019 American Music Awards in Los Angeles. (CHRIS PIZZELLO / INVISION / AP)

that’s how Big Red Machine started and has grown — and that’s how ‘Renegade’ came about, too,” Dessner said in a statement about the song.

Swift also collaborated on a second song, “Birch,” on the upcoming BRM album: a duet between Swift and Vernon.

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talked about experimenting and writing songs together some day for Big Red Machine. Making music with your friends just to make it —

• Fans who were awaiting the release of Lana Del Rey’s new album, “Blue Banisters,” will have to wait a little longer.

The album, originally titled “Rock Candy Sweet,” was slated to be released on the Fourth of July, but the singer’s SEE LIVEWIRE, PAGE E12

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Sevenars Concerts return

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

6 performances to take place Sundays

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Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield Pizza Shoppe: Monday Night Trivia.

134 Shaker Road, East Longmeadow The Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer Union Station Ballroom/Platform Sports Bar: Tom Savoy. 125A Pleasant St., Northampton Uno Chicago Grill: Uno’s Summer Courtyard: Smith & Ingram. 820 West Columbus Ave., Springfield

TUESDAY Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, South Hadley Club Castaway: Nude ladies dancing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield Tavern Restaurant: Trivia Night. 2 Broad St., Westfield The Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer Uno Chicago Grill: Uno’s Summer Courtyard: Gary & Natalie Jones.

820 West Columbus Ave., Springfield

WEDNESDAY American Legion Post 351: Open mic with Kevin Crane. 50 Saint Kolbe Drive, Holyoke Anthony’s Gentlemen’s Club: Nude dancing. 500 New Ludlow Road, South Hadley Club Castaway: Nude ladies dancing. Routes 5 and 10, Whately Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing.

91 Taylor St., Springfield The Magic Lantern: Nude female dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer Uno Chicago Grill: Uno’s Summer Courtyard: Eagle Eyes. 820 West Columbus Ave., Springfield

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pianos and (according to the program) “with a few addiBy Clifton Noble Jr. tional instruments.”

Special to The Republican On July 18, The Elm Chamber Ensemble (Joel Pitchon, evenars Concerts emerge from the violin; Volcy Pelletier, cello; shadow of the COVID pandemic and Yelena Bertyeva, piano) will present piano trios by on Sunday at 4 p.m., with the traBeethoven (Op. 1 No. 3), Turiditional family concert in South na (Op. 76), and Brahms (Op. 87). On July 25, the extraorWorthington. dinary pianist Jiayan Sun will Since 1968, the Schrade Christopher James) may be play the last three Beethoven family of pianists has delight- diminished, but the music in Piano Sonatas, Op. 109, 110, ed audiences with piano mu- nonetheless grand. and 111. sic for many hands, ranging “Summerland” by African On Aug. 1, the Taconic from the traditional two to as American composer William Chamber Ensemble (Joana many as eight.

Grant Still, shared by RoriGenova and Heather Brown, Despite the tragic loss of anne and Lynelle, is a fitting violins; Ariel Rudiakov, viola; Many concertgoers Robelyn Schrade in 2014, opener for the time and the and Thonas Landschoot, followed by the passing of season. Christopher James, cello) will play Beethoven’s have noted that to parents/founders Robert a skillful and impassioned String Quartet in F Major, Op. attend a Schrade and Rolande the following player of both piano and cel18, No. 1, Rachmaninoff ’s year, the Schrade family is “… lo, will follow at the keyboard String Quartet No. 1, Jessie family concert is determined to continue the with two of Franz Liszt’s Montgomery’s “Strum,” and to become part of beautiful legacy they created Hungarian Rhapsodies, No. Stephen Dankner’s String the family. with us all – and with you , 6 and (the very famous and Quartet No. 18. On Aug. 8, our most wonderful and loyal well-known) No. 2.

Lynelle James will be joined audiences.”

Rorianne and Lynelle return Rorianne picks up the by violinist Alexis Walls in a Many concertgoers have with Serge Rachmaninoff ’s pace with Chopin’s B-minor program of Handel, Faure, noted that to attend a Schrade Suite No. 1 in G Minor, Op. Scherzo, and follows with her Kreisler, Gershwin (the piano family concert is to become 5. The lush, sprawling work mother’s composition “At Preludes arranged by Jascha part of the family. In the for two pianos is divided into Peace” from the Little Acorn Heifetz), and Piazzolla. On time-honored tradition of the four movements, Barcarolle, Suite, after which Lynelle will Aug. 15, the season closes with house concert, the SchuberLa nuit…l’amour, (The night… offer “Ondine” from Ravel’s free-wheeling traditional jazz tiade, etc., the Schrades’ the love), Les larmes (The masterful “Gaspard de la by the Bob Sparkman Trio. invitation to join them in the tears), and Paques (Easnuit.”

Sevenars Concerts take matchless acoustic of the ter). The piece is dedicated The closing work on place Sundays at 4 p.m. at the Academy on the corner of to Tchaikovsky, and was Sunday’s program is Astor Academy on the corner of Ireland Street is akin to taking premiered in 1893 by RachPiazzolla’s “Years of SoliIreland Street and Route 112 in a seat in their parlor or living maninoff and Pavel Pabst. tude,” arranged by Rorianne South Worthington.

SEE SEVENARS, PAGE E6 room, to revel in the sounds Rorianne’s parents, Robert for herself and Lynelle at two of Chopin, Beethoven, Rach- and Rolande, often excerptmaninoff, Liszt — the music ed the Romance movement of the masters. of Rachmaninoff ’s second Sunday’s opening concert is suite for two pianos in past 244 Fuller Rd., Chicopee, MA cut from that venerable cloth. family concerts.

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up the cello for Arvo Part’s “Spiegel im Spiegel” (Mirror in the Mirror). Some of us may recall sitting in the barber chair and following our reflections to infinity in the mirrors placed on facing walls of the shop. This is the sonic intention of Part’s piece – triads are reflected infinitely between the two players, as if in an infinite mirror. The deeper intention of this particular performance is, according to Sevenars, “…to reflect upon those we have lost and whom we miss from this tragic past year and a half.”

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TV / MOVIES DVD RELEASES

Chris Evans is torn father ‘Defending Jacob’ Tribune News Service

In a week light on feature films, one of the early limited series on Apple TV+ tops the DVD releases for this week.

“Defending Jacob”: Chris Evans of “Captain America” fame stars as a Massachusetts assistant district attorney whose world is turned upside down when his teenage son is accused of killing a classmate.

Based on the bestselling novel

by William Landay, “the eightpart series stars an A-list cast, adheres to familiar crime genre convention and steps so carefully toward the finale reveal that it often feels more sleepy than suspenseful,” writes Los Angeles Times critic Lorraine Ali in her review. “The idea is to keep viewers guessing up until the end, but the true challenge is sticking with this unimaginative story long enough to find the answers.”

While mostly critical of the show, Ali concedes that “the series does explore a few interesting theories about baked-in predispositions toward violence, and convincingly pits the deep love of father and son against the churn of a compromised criminal justice system.”

Also new on DVD “Equal Standard”: This drama takes current policing issues head-on, with the consequences reverberating throughout New York City after a white NYPD officer is shot and killed by a fellow officer who is Black.

“A Nightmare Wakes”: Mary Shelley loses her grip on reality as she writes her masterwork at a remote estate in this adaptation of the novel “Frankenstein.”

“Locked In”: Mena Suvari is a storage unit employee in the wrong place at the wrong time who must protect her daughter and herself after jewel thieves on the run arrive at the facility.

REVIEW

Black Widow’s spotlight stolen by co-star

By Justin Chang

Los Angeles Times

It’s taken almost 20 years for Marvel fans to get the Black Widow movie many of them have been craving. So it seems oddly appropriate, if unfair, that when it finally arrives, it’s virtually stolen from under her.

Not that Scarlett Johansson doesn’t bring her A-game to “Black Widow,” a big, ambitious prequel that fills in the intriguing blanks of her character’s backstory. In a plot reminiscent of the cult hit series “The Americans,” Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff revisits her youth in a Soviet sleeper cell in the 1990s, when as a gutsy blue-haired tomboy she posed as the young daughter of an Ohio couple who were actually spies named Alexei Shostakov (“Stranger Things’s” David Harbour) and Melina Vostokoff (Rachel Weisz). In “Black Widow’s” tense, expertly orchestrated opening flashback scenes, the pseudo-family’s happy home life is interrupted by a U.S. government raid, which they narrowly escape by way of a spectacular and utterly unbelievable airplane getaway.

Natasha had a little sister in Ohio: Yelena, who, like Natasha, was a precocious KGB trainee, but who was young enough to have believed all the capitalistic hokum about cozy Christmases and close-knit nuclear families.

In “Black Widow,” the grownup Yelena is played by Florence Pugh, who delivers a funny, tough and compelling performance in a movie that is clearly meant to launch her character into her own patch of the franchise stratosphere.

There’s no doubt that Yelena is worthy of that honor. But it still feels like Johansson has gotten short shrift over the course of several Avengers movies in which Natasha has been little more than eye candy, despite her skills, sober-minded pragmatism and personal roots that intersect with geopolitical history in tantalizing ways.

When “Black Widow” catches up with her as an adult, she has

Scarlett Johansson, left, and Florence Pugh in a scene from “Black Widow.” (MARVEL STUDIOS-DISNEY VIA AP)

intensely observant psychological portraits of isolated young women, brings the right tonal complexity to “Black Widow’s” more intimate interludes, although one gets the sense that demands of the Marvel behemoth – the action-centric “whammies” that must appear in every movie with metronomic predictability – never allow those moments to breathe as they should.

Ultimately, “Black Widow” shifts the focus from Natasha’s fractured but funny parents and sister to her greater mission, which is to murder the man who turned her – and, it turns out, millions of other lost young women – into a killing machine.

“Black Widow” isn’t subtle about connecting that mercenary training to grooming and sex trafficking, a feminist sensibility that’s reinforced by a mysterious substance that can turn an army of dead-eyed fembots into instant allies. But that not-so-sub-text still threatens to be buried under the rubble of ever-escalating mayhem, which inevitably blasts its way into diminishing and increasingly implausible returns. As gratifying as it is that Johansson has finally gotten the movie her character has long deserved – not to mention a worthy and equally watchable foil in Pugh – “Black Widow” simultaneously feels like too much and too little.

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an all-Beethoven program on Aug. 7, presenting the Violin Concerto with soloist Joshua Bell and the Seventh Symphony, and an all-Brahms concert on Aug. 15, featuring the Violin Concerto with soloist Leonidas Kavakos, and the Fourth Symphony.

Alan Gilbert (class of 1987 and 1988) leads the BSO in Schumann’s “The Bride of Messina Overture,” Wilhelm Stenhammar’s “Serenade,” and Saint-Saens’ Violin Concerto No. 3, featuring Lisa Batiashvili, on Aug. 1. Karina Canellakis (class of 2014) makes her debut appearance with the BSO on Aug. 8, presenting Missy Mazzoli’s “Sinfonia” (for Orbiting Spheres), a brilliantly atmospheric work that Springfield Symphony concertgoers will recall from the SSO’s 2019-2020 season, and two Tchaikovsky favorites, his Fourth Symphony and his “Variations on a Rococo Theme” for Cello and Orchestra, featuring Yo-Yo Ma. Another young conductor making her Tanglewood debut is BSO assistant conductor Anna Rakitina, who will lead the orchestra in a fascinating program (Aug. 14) including Elgar’s Enigma “Variations,” Elena Langer’s “Suite from Figaro Gets a Divorce,” and Ravel’s Piano Concerto, with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet.

Friday night Boston Pops concerts include the ever-popular John Williams’ Film Night (Aug. 13), and a concert honoring John Williams and his massive contribution to American film music, accompanied by exclusive

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“Beethoven’s music is especially appropriate this summer because there is no music that I feel is more filled with hope than his. The ‘Emperor’ concerto and the 5th Symphony are, to me, a musical tribute to brotherhood and hope.”

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filmed interviews in which Williams tells the stories behind the music and his career (July 23).

Other Friday night shows include The Knights (July 9), Apollo’s Fire (July 16), an evening of Beethoven chamber music with violinist Leonidas Kavakos, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and pianist Emanuel Ax (July 30), and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis (Aug. 6).

BSO Artistic Partner Thomas Ades directs the Festival of Contemporary Music on July 25 and 26, presenting works by living composers including Andrew Haig, Per Norgard, Kaija Saariaho, and Judith Weir. On July 26 at 8 p.m, Ades conducts the TMC orchestra in Norgatd’s “Dream Play,” Steve Reich’s “Reich/Richter,” and Gyorgy Ligeti’s Violin Concerto, with soloist Anthony Marwood.

While festival presenters are delighted to reopen to a live audience, the organization remains vigilant and committed to the health and safety of patrons. In response to recent health and safety issuances by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and in support of regulations set by the Tri-Town Health Department and the Lenox and Stockbridge health boards, Tanglewood will limit attendance

performing organization returning to live concerts this summer, Sevenars “will not be liable for personal health decisions in this challenging environment.” They urge patrons to take responsibility for their own safety and to be considerate of others – to attend only if they are well and without symptoms.

For further information or with questions, call 413-2385854 and leave a message for a return call.

we cherish our extraordinary orchestra, the many outstanding guest artists … featured throughout the summer, and the festival’s exquisite grounds that have welcomed many of the world’s greatest musicians, and countless music lovers, since Tanglewood’s founding in 1937.

The 2021 Tanglewood season is destined to be one for the books!”

All public performances and events at Tanglewood this summer will take place in and around the Koussevitzky Music Shed. Ozawa and Hall and the Linde Center will be closed to the public.

Performances will be about 80 minutes in length with no intermission, as part of the festival’s health and safety measures in place for summer 2021.

Increased air filtration and ventilation, newly installed hand hygiene stations, and enhanced cleaning and sanitation are among the additional measures that will be in place to minimize health risks. In consideration of families with children under vaccination age, Tanglewood will not require vaccinations for entrance to the grounds. Entry

BSO TANGLEWOOD CONCERTS July 10: Emanuel Ax and the Boston Symphony Orchestra perform at all-Beethoven concert at 8 p.m.

July 30: Emanuel Ax, violinist Leonidas Kavakos and cellist Yo-Yo Ma will perform as part of an all-Beethoven concert at 8 p.m.

Tickets and more information: bso.org/ Performance/Listing?brands=6427&searchKeywords=Boston%20Symphony%20 Orchestra

to Tanglewood patrons under age 18 is free.

New signage and additional safety officers and audience support staff will be on hand to help patron negotiate parking and entrance and exit to the grounds. Secure, contactless mobile ticketing is in place for the summer. The BSO recommends buying tickets ahead of time wherever possible to further reduce contact.

For tickets and more information, visit tanglewood.org

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Admission is as always by Sevenars recommends donation at the door (suggest- three-feet physical distancing ed $20). between parties for all perAs the world emerged from formances. Although physical the pandemic, Sevenars was distancing is no longer required taking reservations for the July in Massachusetts, it is recom11 opening concert to premended for patrons who are pare for limited numbers and unvaccinated per guidelines extreme distancing. Then the from the Center for Disease guidelines were relaxed as of Control.

May 29, and reservations are no Along with every other

capacity to 9,000 – 50% of its usual capacity of 18,000. This represents a significant increase over the previously announced cap of 25%.

Tanglewood will maintain three-feet physical distancing between patron parties seated in the Koussevitzky Music Shed for all BSO-related performances.

Up to 2,400 patrons will be admitted to the Shed, and 6,600 to the lawn for these performances. Although mask wearing and physical distancing are no longer required, both measures are recommended for patrons who are unvaccinated per guidelines from the centers for disease control and prevention.

The 9,000 overall capacity limit applies as well to the revised 2021 Popular Artist Schedule, (Brandi Carlile, with Mavis Staples opening on Aug. 21, Judy Collins with guests Richard Thompson and Jesse Colin Young on Aug. 22, and Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! on Aug. 26) although there will be no capacity restrictions in the Koussevitzky Music Shed for Popular Artist concerts.

In a public statement, former BSO President and CEO Mark Volpe (the announcement of his successor, Gail Samuel, was released June 21) said “experiencing concerts this summer at Tanglewood is sure to be a poignant reminder of how deeply

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Restaurants want to Tuscany’s Banfi Winery creates keep ‘cocktails to go’ outstanding red wines

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liability on anyone who serves or sells it. Thus to-go alcohol sales could easily become an operational headache for restaurant owners at a time when they are beset with other challenges.

Training staff in new beverage sales practices, coping with ID checks, relying on third-party delivery services to handle alcohol responsibly, and dealing with dram shop insurance costs are all predictable consequences of a continued “cocktails to go” operating policy.

Side dishes • Miso Robotics, the hightech startup that developed “Flippy,” the robot grill cook, has recently debuted an automated beverage dispenser for restaurant use.

The beverage unit, which interfaces with a food outlet’s point-of-sale system, automatically dispenses cold drink products and the ice to chill them as drinks are ordered, capping each individual cup with an airtight, leak-resistant seal rather than the conventional snap-on lid. The dispenser’s conveyor system sequences the sealed drinks and positions them for quick access by counter service staff.

A short video showing the new beverage system in operation can be viewed at misorobotics.com/products/automated-beverage-system SEE MENU, PAGE E9

TALY’S TUSCANY REgion has a world-renowned reputation for producing powerful yet elegant wines, particularly when it comes to its dry, complex reds.

But making sense of wines from this part of central Italy can be a challenge.

Italian wine labels can be hard to understand at times, as I explained in a wine column earlier this year.

There are more than 150,000 acres of vineyards in Tuscany and 52 wine subregions within this single wine region alone.

The Banfi Winery red wines recommended this week.

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fi Brunello di Montalcino DOCG (SRP $74.99) More about Banfi Winery Banfi Vintners was founded in 1919 by John Mariani Sr. and focused on importing Italian wines in the United States. In 1978, Mariani’s Ken Ross sons, John and Harry, foundWine Press ed Castello Banfi, a Tuscany-based winery. Castello Banfi oversees 7,100 acres That’s why I decided to and has vineyards throughout write this week about three the northwest coast of Italy.

Tuscan reds from three different subregions from one Castello Banfi is best known family-owned winery — Banfi. for its Brunello and “Super Below, you can learn more about this wine region and this winemaker, particularly the wines from its Castello Banfi winery, which produced all three wines recommended this week and which is famous for its exceptional reds. Hope you enjoy.

Wines recommended this week • 2017 Banfi Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG ($19.99 at Table & Vine in West Springfield) • 2016 Castello Banfi Magna Cum Laude Toscana IGT (Suggested Retail Price $39.99) • 2016 Castello Ban-

Tuscan” wines.

More about Tuscany wines This part of central Italy on the western coast of the country contains some of Italy’s best known wine regions, including Chianti and Brunello di Montalcino.

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NE OF THE PUBlic policy initiatives designed to help restaurants survive the past year, “cocktails to go,” is now getting a second look from restaurants, industry leaders, and legislators as they all contemplate post-pandemic regulatory realities.

Allowing licensed restaurants the opportunity to sell beer, wine, and mixed drinks as part of pickup or to-go orders was originally promoted as a way to help restaurants survive lockdown. Beverage alcohol takeout offered a way to book additional revenue with little additional cost, and it was an option of which nearly every licensed eatery took advantage.

Now that pandemic-related business restrictions have been relaxed, many in the industry are lobbying to make cocktails-to-go permanent.

A number of states have already extended the right for licensed restaurants to sell alcohol with food to-go, and here in Massachusetts similar proposals are being discussed.

Other jurisdictions, such as New York and Pennsylvania, have ended the practice, much to the dismay of restaurants in those states.

Are cocktails to-go a good idea that deserves to be made permanent? The answer to that question depends on who you ask.

Restaurants like the idea as a way to boost revenue. The brewers, wine companies, importers, and distributors are mostly indifferent, since who handles the consumer-facing sale of their products isn’t likely to have a big impact on their overall sales volume.

Retail package stores, on the other hand, are opposed to this new source of competition.

Selling beverage alcohol, however, imposes significant responsibility and legal

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Openings, cancellations and more beer news on tap

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E’RE MIDWAY through the year, so time to clear off my virtual beer

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First up, in better-late-thannever news, congratulations to White Lion Brewing for finally getting its downtown Springfield brewery open. The opening occurred between deadlines, so I couldn’t write about it last week, but wanted to send a shoutout to Raymond Berry, Mike Yates and the entire White Lion team.

I can’t wait to get down there and check it out.

In similar joyous news, Moe’s in Lee reopened after an extensive remodel that owner Josh Cohen undertook while the bar was shut down during the pandemic. It’s always been one of the best beer bars around and photos of the spiffed-up venue look

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gorgeous.

I definitely miss the Worthy Beer Festival. Outside of NERAX, it was by far the best beer fest I’ve ever been to — and it maintained that quality every year. It‘s just that the planning that goes into it coupled with the uncertainty of when the lockdowns and mandated social distancing made it untenable for organizers to pull it off this year. I

can’t wait until it returns next year.

I recently bought a pewter beer tankard, and I have to say that I like the feel, temperature and overall experience of drinking from a metal container. But pewter specifically seems better than stainless steel. I did some research and found out why.

According to The Crafted Cup Co., a business that sells handcrafted tankards and beer mugs, pewter’s composition makes it better. Here’s what the company’s website says: “... the performance of a stainless steel tankard depends on what’s known as the ‘passive surface’ remaining intact, and having access to oxygen (in the air). If stainless steel is scratched, perhaps during cleaning, then it will rust. If any residue remains

Last but not least, Building 8’s latest offering, the Grapefruit IPA, is maybe the brewery’s best beer yet. I’m not a huge fan of adding fruit to beer, but I guess grapefruit, when done subtly, is one I enjoy. stuck to a stainless steel tankard this will prevent oxygen getting to the passive layer and will cause pitting underneath.

“Crevices in the stainless steel, such as at a join, may corrode due to lack of oxygen.

Pewter is different. Your pewter’s resistance to corrosion is not dependent on a thin surface layer in the same way as stainless steel, and scratches and dents accrued over years of enjoyment won’t cause your pewter to rust.”

Sounds good to me. Plus the soft glow of pewter makes it look cooler. And you can also

pretend you’re drinking in an old English ale house in the 17th century, when many pub regulars had their own pewter mugs.

Last but not least, Building 8′s latest offering, the Grapefruit IPA, is maybe the brewery’s best beer yet. I’m not a huge fan of adding fruit to beer, but I guess grapefruit, when done subtly, is one I enjoy. (Another beer I love, the Northampton Brewery’s Greyhound, adds grapefruit zest.) Building 8 uses a grapefruit purée, but it’s very understated, and the beer is simply delicious.

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• Dunkin’ locations are offering coffee lovers the chance to try a new flavor experience.

Through Aug. 17 participating locations will be stocking a smoked vanilla syrup that will be used to create two limited-time beverage offerings, a Smoked Vanilla Cold Brew and a Smoked Vanilla Latte.

The cold brew option will be further enhanced with “sweet cold foam,” a topping of nonfat milk, cream, and sugar that is becoming a permanent Dunkin’ menu option.

Dunkin’ is also using several of its Springfield-area shops as test market locations for a new “ElectroBrew” option, which is cold brewed coffee blended with coconut water.

• One consequence of the staffing problems restaurants are experiencing is an inability to gear up operations as customer traffic returns.

In a recent social media posting, the Steaming Tender Restaurant in Palmer revealed it won’t be able to expand its operating schedule to include Wednesdays until it can fill more key kitchen and dining room positions.

In Berkshire County, where the “high season” for that region’s cultural tourism begins in early July, Mezze Bistro + Bar in Williamstown has announced it has not been able to fully staff up for the summer, so it is temporarily “truncating” its operating schedule to four nights only, Thursday through Sunday.

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at the Deerfield Inn in Deerfield will be hosting another “Food & Wine & Jazz” evening July 16 from 6 until 8 p.m.

The evening incorporates four flights of wines for participants to sample along with substantial hors d’oeuvres selections designed to harmonize with the vintages being served.

Reservations are required for this event, and they can be made by calling 413-774-5587.

soned cod tenders, and truffle parmesan fries.

Masse’s American Bistro answers at 413-315-8501.

• The new White Lion Taproom in Tower Square has announced that it has retained Springfield native Andrew Brow to oversee the Taproom’s food offerings. Brow is the owner of HighBrow Wood Fired Kitchen + Bar in Northampton; his culinary resume includes stints Champney’s Restaurant at the Deerfield Inn in Deerfield will be • Masse’s American Bistro at Spoleto, Paradise City Tavhosting another “Food & Wine & Jazz” evening July 16 from 6 to in Chicopee has announced new ern, and Center Square Grill.

8 p.m. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO) hours. The restaurant, which The Taproom’s current specializes in fresh seafood, will hours are Wednesday through The burger reportedly has at delaneysmarket.com. be operating Tuesday through Saturday from 4 to 9 p.m. White a high voltage flavor profile, Saturday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Lion’s telephone number is 413thanks to a special seasonings • The Table 3 Restaurant The Bistro’s dining patio is 455-0820. blend as well as toppings that Group in Sturbridge has analso open, weather permitting.

Hugh Robert is a faculty meminclude chipotle sauce and nounced that the Cedar Street The restaurant is promotber in Holyoke Community Coljalapeno slices.

Grille in Sturbridge will be reing “Appy” House Specials lege’s hospitality and culinary arts suming its Global Tapas Dinner on Tuesday, Wednesday, and program and has nearly 45 years • In pre-pandemic days the series starting in August. Each Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. Op- of restaurant and educational Delaney House in Holyoke dinner focuses on regional flations available include clams experience. Robert can be reached put on a successful series of vor traditions from throughout and oysters on the half shell, a online at OffTheMenuGuy@aol. beverage sampling events in the the world; when possible, locally lump crab cake, Old Bay-seacom. form of its monthly “Drink Like sourced ingredients are used. a Pro” dinners.

Each dinner also begins with a Pandemic restrictions have signature cocktail experience. meant that event programs have The first dinner in the 2021 been put on hold, but the Delseries, which will be held Aug. aney House management team 3, will focus on traditional has reinvented the experience Spanish tapas. A subsequent as a “pick up and carry out” event on Sept. 21 will be option. themed around what’s availIn conjunction with its able on the regional farmers’ Delaney’s Market affiliate, market scene. the Delaney House has created Pricing for the Global Tapas four-course “Drink Like a Pro” event is $65 per person, not packages. The second of these is including tax or gratuity. ReserACROSS FROM THE BEACH - planned for July 17, with a four- vations can be made by calling THE VILLAGE GREEN. Rates from course dinner and matching 508-347-5800. $125 - $170 to 9/5/21 (excluding holidays, wines.

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3,000 points, while a free Big “Drink Like a Pro” packages Mac is available to those who 10% Senior Discount. South need to be reserved at one of have acquired 6,000 or more Shore Drive, South Yarmouth, MA 02664. the three Delaney’s Market loyalty points.

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• Starting Monday, participating Wendy’s Restaurants will be stocking a new “Ghost Pepper Ranch” dipping sauce that can be ordered along with a number of menu items.

The burger chain is also experimenting with a “Spicy Black Bean Burger” in three test markets — Columbus, Ohio, Jacksonville, Florida, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The burger test, according to published reports, represents a possible chainwide response to growing consumer interest in vegetable-sourced meat alternatives.

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Events THURSDAY Contra-Tiempo: Thu.-Sun, Jacob’s Pillow Dance, Henry J. Leir Outdoor Stage. Tickets: $45 single, $150 bench seating for up to four individuals. 358 George Carter Road, Becket. 413-243-0745 or jacobspillow.org.

Court Square Concerts: Thu, 7 p.m. Court Square Common, featuring Darik & the Funbags. Bring a chair or blanket, enjoy drinks, food trucks and more. Court Square, Springfield.

Fountain Park Summer Concert Series 2021: Thu, 6:30-9 p.m.

Fountain Park, featuring Tom Ingram. Free, $5 parking donation unless you have a season pass. 883 Tinkham Road, Wilbraham.

lenge: Thu.-Sun, Windsor Town Hall. 35 upcycled platners will be on display at various sponsor busienss locations and on the town green. For a full map of planter locations visit view.ermapme. com/upcycled-platner-chal lenge-windsorct, 275 Broad St., Windsor.

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Summer Concert Series: Thu, 7 p.m. Storrowton Village Museum, The Ethel Lee Ensemble. Free.

1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield. thebige.com.

FRIDAY Contra-Tiempo: See Thursday listing Friday Mornings for Children: Fri, 10 a.m. Stanley Park, Big Joe with Storyteller presents: “Ticklish Tales & Sill stories from Around the World.” In the Beveridge Pavilion Annex. Free. 400 Western Ave., Westfield. 413-568-9312 or stanleypark.org.

”The Importance of Being Earnest”: Thu.-Sat, 7 p.m. Berkshire Theatre Festival, Outside under the main stage tent at the Fitzpatrick Main Stage. Closing: Saturday at 7 ”The Importance of Being Earp.m., $75. 6 East St., Stockbridge; nest”: See Thursday listing 413-298-5576 or berkshiretheatre. ”King Lear”: See Thursday listing org.

Shabbat Shabloom at Abundance ”King Lear”: Thu.-Sun, Shakespeare and Company, through Aug. Farm: Fri, B’nai Israel Temple.

Event features morning of music, 28. Performed at the new outdoor singing and stories for ages 5 and theater, Spruce Theatre. Featurunder. Free for first visit, $5 per ing Christopher Lloyd. For tickets family suggested donation thereafand more information visit shake ter. 253 Prospect St., Northampton. speare.org, 70 Kemble St., Lenox.

413-637-3353. ”Silents are Golden” at the Stone Church online concert: See Reflections Writing Group: Thu, Thursday listing 4 p.m. Edwards Public Library. For the library’s time capsule: “How I Upcycled Pollinator Planter ChalGot Through the Pandemic.” With lenge: See Thursday listing Psychologist and storyteller, Jean Pao Wilson, Ph.D. Join either, one or SATURDAY both session. In the pavilion. Bring a notebook and pen. For ages 10 Contra-Tiempo: See Thursday and up. Free. 30 East St., Southlisting ampton. 413-527-9480. ”The Importance of Being Ear”Silents are Golden” at the Stone nest”: See Thursday listing Church online concert: Thu.-Sun, ”King Lear”: See Thursday listing The Stone Church, Peter Krasinski returns to Gilbertville to accomOpen Pantry Drive In and Gift pany “Peter Pan” (1924) silent film.

Basket Raffle Event: Sat, 1-3 p.m.

Free to worldwide audiences at Foster Memorial Church, in the the FOSC website Friendsofthe church’s back parking lot. Non-perStoneChurch.org/music, 283 ishable food will be collected for Main St., Gilbertville. the Open Pantry and there will also be a drawing/raffle of gift baskets.

South Hadley Summer Concert 1791 Wilbraham Road, Springfield.

Series: Thu, 6:30-8 p.m. South 413-782-2112.

Hadley Town Common, featuring The Willie’s. Rain date is Sunday.

Bring a blanket or chair. Free. Route 47 and 116, South Hadley.

”Silents are Golden” at the Stone Church online concert: See Thursday listing

Suds and Songs at The Montague Village Store: Thu, 5-7 p.m.

Montague Village Store, Thursdays in July. Series of craft beer tastings paired with singer/songwriters across the Valley. Free. 60 Main St., Montague.

South Church Summer Fair: Sat, 10 a.m. South Congregational Church. Art, antiques, collectibles, craft supplies, clothing, baked goods, household items, jams & pickles, “grab & go lunch”, live music, raffle, and more. Profits shared between Amherst Survival Center, Food Bank of W. MA and

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Museum: Permanent Exhibit: First floor exhibition provides opportunities to explore new sounds and vocabulary, play rhyming games, invent stories, and engage in activities that encourage teamwork and creative thinking, with interactive three-dimensional exhibits. Second floor contains Geisel’s personal memorabilia. Timed tickets required, for reservations visit springfieldmuseums.org.

“Soar into Summer Fun” at the New England Air Museum features nine weeks of summer fun with interactive programs for children and families. Each week will showcases a new aerospace theme and all programs are included with general admission. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO) South Church ministries. Rain date is Sunday; no admission fee. 1066 South East St., Amherst.

A Tribute to James Taylor and Simon Garfunkel: Sat, 8-11 p.m.

Crestview Country Club, featuring Good Acoustics. This will be an outdoor event and in the case of inclement weather will move inside the Grand View. The View restaurant will be taking reservations prior to the show, reservations will be required and must be made in advance. Call 413-786-2593, $28.50 per person. 281 Shoemaker Lane, Agawam. 413-786-2593 or crestviewcc.org/.

Upcycled Pollinator Planter Challenge: See Thursday listing

SUNDAY Contra-Tiempo: See Thursday listing ”King Lear”: See Thursday listing Sevenars Concerts: Sun, 4 p.m.

Sevenars Academy. Opening concert features Rorianne Schrade, Lynelle James and Christopher James.

Free refreshments; $20 suggested donation at the door. Ireland Street at Route 112, Worthington. 413-2385854 or sevenars.org. ”Silents are Golden” at the Stone Church online concert: See Thursday listing Stanley Park Sunday Night Concerts: Sun, 6 p.m. Stanley Park, 91 South Band. In the Beveridge Pavilion. Chairs will be available.

Free. 400 Western Ave., Westfield.

413-568-9312 or stanleypark.org.

Sundays In the Park, Free Live Music and Take Out Brunch: Sun, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. First Congregational Church. This weekend’s performance features the Orb Mellon Trio (Dave Robbins/Jack Waldheim).

25 Park Plaza, Lee. Upcycled Pollinator Planter Challenge: See Thursday listing

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

George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum: “Summer Spectacular.”

Through Aug. 11. Permanent exhibit: “Ancient Treasures,” a display of artifacts from ancient China, Greece, Rome and Egypt. Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History: “Horn Man: The Life and Musical Legacy of Charles Neville,” through Nov. 28. Permanent exhibit: More than two dozen Indian motorcycles and related memorabilia.

Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts: “Capturing Our Worlds” Works by the Springfield Photographic Society.” Through June 26, 2022. “Construction Poetry: Sculptural Work” by Don Gummer. Starr Gallery, Alpert Gallery, and the Springfield Museums’ Grounds; through Sept. 12.

Springfield Science Museum: “Cut ‘N’ Rough Collection.”

Through June 2022; Mineral Hall.

“Wild Kratts: Creature Power.”

Through Sept. 12. Sensory Friendly Saturday, 9–11 a.m. at the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum and the Springfield Science Museum.

The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss

Quadrangle admission: $25 for adults, $16.50 for seniors (60+) and college students with ID, $13 for children ages 3-17; free to children under age 3 and members, Springfield residents are free with proof of residency. Welcome Center and Museum store. Tues.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Museums Connecticut Trolley Museum: Summer hours through Aug. 29: open everyday except Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Last trolley ride is at 4 p.m. Guest Motorman Day is Saturday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. For ages 18 and up only. Admission to the museum is included with the cost of the event. 58 North Road, East Windsor or cttrolley.org.

Edith Wharton: The Mount: SculptureNow 2021. Through Oct. 13. Jazz and Classics for Change.

Sunday, 5:30 p.m. $20 members, $25 general, 18 and under free, 2 Plunkett St., Lenox or edithwharton.org.

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: Everyday Art Project: Song Books. Through Aug. 8, all day, free with admission. Use drawing tools to create your own song book. Special Storytime: Steve Light on Saturday at 11 a.m. Free with museum admission, 125 West Bay Road, Amherst or carlemuseum.org.

Historic Deerfield: Exhibits through Nov 28: “Celebrating the Fiber Arts: The Helen Geier Flynt Textile Gallery”; “Into the Woods: Crafting Early American Furniture”; “Engraved Powder Horns from the French and Indian War and the American Revolution: The William H. Guthman Collection (Copy)”; “Branches of Woodworking: Labor, Learning & Livelihood, 1760-1860.” Family Fun Days: Enjoy special outdoor activities for families on the museum grounds, Saturday and Aug. 14. 80 Old Main St., Deerfield or historic-deer field.org.

Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art: “In the Light of a Shadow” by Glenn Kaino, through Sept. 5. “Close to You,” SEE CALENDAR, PAGE E11

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(including wines made with cabernet franc, cabernet sauvignon, merlot and syrah) are unofficially known as “Super Tuscan” wines. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Like many great wine regions, you could spend a lifetime learning about wines from Tuscany.

What do DOC and DOCG mean?

Many red wines from Italy have DOC or DOCG on the label. These acronyms have to do with where the wines comes from and the quality of the wine. In Tuscany, there are 41 DOC and 11 DOCGs. DOC is Italian for “designation of origin,” meaning the wine is from a particularly geograph-

Calendar CONTINUES FROM PAGE E10 through January. “How to Move a Landscape” by Blane De St. Croix, through Sept. 6. 87 Marshall St., North Adams or massmoca.org.

New England Air Museum: “Soar into Summer Fun,” through Aug. 22. Each week will feature a new aerospace theme and all programs are included with general admission.

Program schedules are subject to change. Visit neam.org for more details. 36 Perimeter Road, Windsor Locks.

Norman Rockwell Museum: “Real and Imagined: Fantastical Rockwell,” through Oct. 31. “Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration,” through Oct. 31. “Land of Enchantment: Fantastical Sculptures.” July 10-Oct. 31; opening Saturday, 2-4 p.m. Meet the sculptors, find the fairies in the Yellowwood tree, and make a dragon egg. 9 Route 183, Stockbridge or nrm.org.

ic area. The G in DOCG in Italian means “guaranteed.”

Wines with DOCG on the label mean the Italian government guarantees the wine as being of “exceptional high quality.” Two out the three wines recommended this week are DOCG wines. Let me add I personally guarantee that all three wines are fantastic.

Wine tasting notes 2017 Banfi Chianti Classico Riserva DOCG Wine region: Chianti Classico, Tuscany, Italy Grapes: Blend of sangiovese, canaiolo nero and cabernet sauvignon Tasting notes: Aged for at least two years, with a minimum of one year in Slavonian oak barrels, this wonderful, DOCG wine from Chianti Classico (meaning the wine’s

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from the Florence or Siena area and made with at least 80% sangiovese grapes) has a dry, flinty finish. Hints of dried cherry flavors mixed with earthy, woodsy notes combine to give this wine a crisp, long finish that pairs perfectly with a wide range of foods, including grilled meats and pasta.

2016 Castello Banfi Magna Cum Laude Toscana IGT Wine region: Sant’Antimo, Tuscany, Italy Grapes: 30% cabernet sauvignon, 30% merlot, 25% sangiovese, 15% syrah Tasting notes: Latin for “high honors,” Castello Banfi’s Magna Cum Laude combines Montalcino’s historic sangiovese brunello clone grape with cabernet sauvignon, merlot and syrah. The Sant’Antimo DOC in Sienna (located

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in the southern part of Montalcino) has very stony, calcium rich, chalky soil. The result is a bright, lively wine with a long, luxurious finish. There are also hints of ripe cherry, sea salt and blackberry flavors in this fruity, yet dry wine. This wine is a pleasure that pairs perfectly with a wide range of foods, including steak, sliced meats or is great even on its own.

recommended a few months ago.) This particular Brunello di Montalcino, a DOCG wine, tastes absolutely amazing.

Released in the fifth year after harvest, the wine was aged for a minimum of four years, including two years in oak barrels of various sizes, mainly French oak barriques and partly in Slavonian oak casks. The result — a big, robust, dark, inky, intense, luscious wine. Like a great 2016 Castello Banfi Brunel- Italian tenor, this full-throated lo di Montalcino DOCG wine makes its presence known Wine region: Montalcino, and hits all the high notes with Tuscany, Italy a wide range of powerful yet Grapes: 100% sangiovese ethereal flavors and aromas, Tasting notes: All Brunello including hints of blackberry di Montalcino wines must come and licorice, toasted almonds from particular vineyards in and roasted cherries. Bravo!

Montalcino near Siena and Cheers! must be made with 100% sanWine Press by Ken Ross appears giovese grapes. (Biondi-Santi is on Masslive.com every Monday another well-known Brunello and in The Republican’s weekend di Montalcino wine, which I section every Thursday.

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Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum: “Serving Fish and Oysters in the Gilded Age” exhibit.

Through July. Exhibit is included in general house admission for self-guided tours of $18 for adults, $17 for seniors 65 plus. Nutshell Playhouse to Perform: “Top Bananas,” Sunday, 1:30 p.m. and Aug. 6, 10:30 a.m. Program is appropriate for children of all ages accompanied by their grown-up. Performance will be held outside on the museum grounds.

Bring chairs or blankets, masks required if unvaccinated. $15 adults, $7 ages 4-17, ages 3 and under free, 104 Walker St., Lenox or gildedage.org.

The Farmers Market at Forest Park in Springfield is open

Galleries A.P.E. Gallery: “ARC, activate, research, create,” through July 18.

Permanent exhibit hours: Tues.Thurs. noon-5 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. noon-8 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m.; 126 Main St., Northampton or apearts.org.

Arts for the Soul Gallery-Tower Old Sturbridge Village: Old SturSquare: “Creative Quarantine” bridge Academy Student Exhibit, exhibit. Through July. Gallery hours: through Sept. 4. Available to the Tues.-Fri. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat. noon-3 public on the Old Sturbridge Village p.m. 1500 Main St. 2nd floor, Springin the former cabinet-making shop on field, 413-788-3903. the campus of Old Sturbridge Village.

Forbes Library: “May Day: An Route 20, Sturbridge or osv.org.

International Labor Poster Exhbit.”

Springfield Armory National Through Aug. 26. Current hours: Historic Site: “Stronger Together.”

Mon, 2:30-5:30 p.m., Tues.-Fri. 9:30 Through July 31. By students from a.m.-5:30 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. the East Street School, Ludlow Hours may change. 20 West St., and the William E. Norris School, Northampton or forbeslibrary.org.

Southampton. “Art in the Everyday: Gallery A3 Amherst Art Alliance: A Photographr’s Perspective at Springfield Armory.” Through July 31. In-Person exhibit: “Inward & Out1 Armory Square, Springfield or nps. ward” by Janet W. Winston and Laura

Tuesdays from 12:30 to 6 p.m. through Oct. 26.

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Holland. Through July 31. Hours: Thurs.-Sun. 3-7 p.m. Updates will be posted online at gallerya3.com. 28 Amity St., Amherst 413-256-4250.

Lupa Zoo: Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tues.–Sun., weather permitting. Buy tickets online at lupazoo.org 62 Nash Hill Road, Ludlow.

Masonic Temple: Housatonic Valley Art League Juried Art Exhibit.

Through July 31, Thurs.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on the website, hvart.org, the show will run through Aug. 31. All artwork is for sale and entrance to the show is free. 232 Main St., Great Barrington.

Mass Audubon-Connecticut River Valley Wildlife Sanctuaries: Summer Ecology Series: Insect Investigations. July 10, 9 a.m. Registration is required. Member: $10, nonmember: $12, massaudubon.org/get-out doors/program-catalog#search.

Visit Hawley Bog in Hawley, Sunday at 9 a.m. Audience: Adult. Member: $15, nonmember: $20, mass audubon.org/get-outdoors/pro gram-catalog#search. 127 Combs Road, Easthampton, 413-584-3009.

Outdoors Great Falls Discovery Center: Great Hall Exhibit: “Fertile Ground-Corn, Cranberries, Tobacco and Artists,” through July 31; hours: Tues. 12-4 p.m.; Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls or greatfallsma.org.

The Zoo in Forest Park and Education Center: Timed tickets are required to visit. Zoo is open Mon.Sun, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. through Oct. 31.

The City of Springfield charges a daily parking fee of $3 per in-state and $5 per out-of-state passenger

car cash only. All buses and larger vehicles are charged $15 per vehicle.

Admission prices: $10 adults, $7 military and senior, $5 children (ages 1 - 12), free for children under age 1. Sumner Avenue, Springfield or forestparkzoo.org.

Markets Farmers Market at Forest Park: Tuesdays through Oct. 26, 12:30-6 p.m., enter at the Trafton Road entrance. Sumner Avenue, Springfield.

Greenfield Farmers Market: Saturdays through Oct 31, 8 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Court Square, Greenfield.

Holyoke Farmers Market: Saturday 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Race Street (between Dwight Street and Appleton Street) Holyoke.

Northampton Farmers Market: Saturday, 8 a.m.- 1 p.m., through Nov. 13. 8 Gothic St., Northampton.

Farmers Market at The Longmeadow Shops: Thursdays through Oct. 28 from noon-6 p.m., thelong meadowshops.com. 690 Bliss Road, Longmeadow.

Westfield Farmers Market-Episcopal Church of the Atonement: Thursdays through Oct. 14, noon-5 p.m. 36 Court St., Westfield.

The Republican is not responsible for unannounced schedule changes.

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

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Brian May reacts in the audience as “Bohemian Rhapsody” wins for best sound editing at the Oscars on Feb. 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (CHRIS PIZZELLO / INVISION / AP)

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MTV Unplugged announced the gig on its webCONTINUES FROM PAGE E3 site, and the show included Instagram indicated that songs from the pair’s new the project’s release is now standards album.

“TBD.” But Del Rey gave fans A broadcast date has not a glimpse of the record by been announced. posting a short clip of a new The concert was recorded track from the album. at an undisclosed New York But it’s not like the artist location on July 2. has been slacking, as her last Bennett, 94, recently album, “Chemtrails Over revealed he has Alzheimer’s The Country Club,” came out disease. just last year.

• Queen guitarist Bri• Lil’ Kim vs. Nicki Minaj an May says that when his in a Verzuz rap battle? Appar- children watched the biopic ently at least one side is up “Bohemian Rhapsody,” for it. they thought their dad had When asked during a red dubbed his own voice for the carpet interview at the BET actor who played May in the Awards if she would ever film. be interested in putting her May told Absolute Radio’s skills against another artist Leona Graham, “Gwilym for one of Swizz Beatz and (Lee), who played me, even Timbaland’s online facefooled my kids when they offs, Lil’ Kim didn’t flinch. saw it. They said ‘you must And when asked if she had have done the voice dad.’ I anyone in mind, she immedi- went, ‘no, no he did that.’” ately named Minaj.

May, who was on the show There seems to be no love to promote Queen’s 50th anlost between the two, as they niversary, also noted that the both have seemed to toss film almost didn’t happen. salvos at each other over the “It was all called off at one years, with Kim being more point, and then we managed straightforward. She has reto put it back on the rails, ferred to Minaj as a “Lil’ Kim and then everybody who clone” and a “wannabe.” had been effectively laid off But Minaj also seems to have came back and said we want returned fire with diss tracks to make this film, we love it, that seemed to aimed at Kim. and we believe in it,” May Fans of both can only hope said. “So, it was an amazing this battle occurs. feeling of teamwork on that film.”

• Lady Gaga and Tony Queen + Adam Lambert Bennett performed together plans to tour Europe this year again for an MTV Unplugged and next.

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