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The St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church’s annual Armenian Food Festival returns to the church as an in-person and takeout event Saturday from noon to 5 p.m.

Meals will include shish kebab or losh kebab, served with rice pilaf, fasoulia, and pita bread. Spinach-cheese pie and baked goods will also be available. (DANNY NASON PHOTOS)

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Festival celebrates Armenian flavors, culture Event returns to Indian Orchard church Saturday

New England, “so Armenians from all over the area like to

By Cori Urban visit the church for its history, Special to The Republican friendly people and wonderful or Tanya A. Garibian the joy of the St. Gregory Armenian Ap- food,” Muradian-Brubach said.

Last year there was a “festival ostolic Church annual Armenian Food Festival is not just eating to-go” rather than an in-person event because of the COVID-19 the delicious Armenian foods, it’s also about the preparation. pandemic. So this year church “Our small Armenian community has so much fun preparing for members are excited resume the in-person aspect of the the festival. I think it’s important to enjoy the process of making “The last year and half traditional Armenian foods which were passed down from generation to gen- event. have been difficult for everyone eration,” said the church member and chairperson of the Board of Trustees. throughout every community so this is a great opportunity for During the festival she including baked goods,” draws to know that there’s an Areveryone who enjoys Armealso enjoys the fellowship people of all backgrounds to menian community in Indian nian food and culture to come with members of the church the event. “This event allows Orchard and an active Armetogether again to enjoy it once community and sharing their the outside community to exnian church. This is a great way again,” Muradian-Brubach said. heritage and history with perience our Armenian culture for our church to engage with Current pandemic precaunon-Armenians. that has been preserved for the broader community, and to tions will be followed.

The Armenian Food Festival decades by picnics and bazaars share who we are and what we Armenian people are deeply will take place Saturday from at our church,” said Claudia do. People in the community connected to their faith and noon to 5 p.m. as an in-person Muradian-Brubach, a member get a chance to experience our culture. “We treasure our and takeout event at 135 Good- of Board of Trustees that is culture, history and food at the Armenian identity. We were win St., Indian Orchard. organizing the festival. festival. I think — for first time the first Christian nation,” Meals will be served featur“The importance of the attendees — they will discover Garibian said. “In 1915, we ing two kinds of grilled kebab Armenian Food Festival goes an Armenian community rich were persecuted and mur— shish kebab (marinated lamb beyond just food. It serves as an in history and equally rich in dered for our identity. Many chunks) and losh kebab (seaopportunity for our community flavor.” of the members of our consoned ground lamb and beef) — to focus on a culture that often St. Gregory Armenian Church gregation are descendants of served with rice pilaf, fasoulia goes unrecognized,” Garibian in Indian Orchard is one of the the Armenian Genocide. It (Armenian green beans) and said. “It’s important for people oldest Armenian churches in was the first genocide of the pita bread. For lighter fare, visitors can order spinach-cheese pie. Baked goods will feature traditional Armenian breads and pastries including choerag, paklava, kourabia and khadayif.

TANYA A. GARIBIAN The “amazing Armenian food

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IF YOU GO Event: St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church annual Armenian Food Festival When: Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.

Where: St. Gregory Armenian Apostolic Church, Indian Orchard To place a takeout order: Call 413-262-7251 or email spariseau@charter.net

20th century, and it lasted for almost six years. During that time, it is estimated that about 1.5 million Armenians were killed, and tens of thousands of children were orphaned.

That’s why our cultural ties are so strong. We could have lost everything. I feel it’s important to perpetuate these kinds of (food festival) events so that our history and traditions are passed down.”

To place a takeout order or for more information about the festival, call 413-262-7251 or email spariseau@charter.net.

“The importance of the Armenian Food Festival goes beyond just food. It serves as an opportunity for our community to focus on a culture that often goes unrecognized.”

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Choreographer bringing ‘Afterwardsness’ to UMass Bill T. Jones created piece during pandemic

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By Ken Ross

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The dances he’s created throughout his illustrious career have earned him a long list of awards: Two Tony Awards for best choreography for “Spring Awakening” in 2007 and “Fela” in 2010; a MacArthur “Genius” grant; a Nation Medal of Arts; and a Kennedy Center Honor in 2010.

But Jones doesn’t quite see himself that way, the 69-yearold choreographer explained during a recent interview in advance of his dance company’s performance at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Sunday and Monday.

“I am a poet,” he said. “I am a poet who is taking the material of my world — my internal and external world — and finding form that expresses some ineffable relationship. I think it’s difficult to grasp, it’s difficult to name it but that is what art does for me. People call it social or political. I say it’s poetry. It’s poetry made from the reality of the world as I’m experiencing it.”

None of this should come as any surprise to Jones’ fans.

He’s one of the most verbal choreographers. He’s also one of the most fearless. His visually stunning choreography often goes hand in hand with dialogue or text read aloud.

And, like a great poet, he often takes the audience in thrilling, unexpected directions.

This includes Jones’ bestknown work “Still/Here,” his 1995 piece about AIDS that incorporates recordings of real people.

In 2012, he presented “Story/Time,” which features random one-minute-long stories

Choreographer Bill T. Jones.

(PHOTO COURTESY OF NEW YORK LIVE ARTS, BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE COMPANY)

IF YOU GO Event: The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company present “Afterwardsness” When: Sunday and Monday at 7:30 p.m Where: Totman Performance Lab at the University of Massachusetts, 30 Eastman Lane, Amherst Tickets: $40, available at the UMass Fine Arts Center.

More information: fac.umass.edu

A member of the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company dancing in “Afterwardsness,” which will be performed Sunday and Monday at UMass Amherst. (PHOTO BY STEPHANIE BERGER, COURTESY OF THE BILL T. JONES/ARNIE ZANE COMPANY)

speech from 1963. Jones performed an earlier, more intimate version of “Deep Blue Sea” at MassMoca in North Adams in 2017. Called “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: A Call and Response,” at the time, Jones created the read aloud by Jones as dancers piece after spending a week performed around him. immersed in Nick Cave’s art Recently, Jones created installation at Mass MoCA. another word-inspired work, This weekend, Bill T. Jones/ “Deep Blue Sea.” Performed Arnie Zane Company will through Oct. 9 in the vast Park perform “Afterwardsness” in Avenue Armory in New York the Totman Performance Lab City, this sprawling, ambiat the University of Massachutious piece featured Jones, 10 setts Amherst. “Afterwardsdancers from the Bill T. Jones/ ness” premiered last October in Arnie Zane Company and five the Park Avenue Armory, the singers. same large venue in New York “Deep Blue Sea” was inspired City where “Deep Blue Sea”

by Herman Melville’s classic was recently performed. novel “Moby-Dick” and the Jones was asked to create Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King “Afterwardsness” last year in Jr.’s famous “I Have A Dream” the middle of the pandemic.

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That might sound like a recipe for disaster. But such constraints simply inspired Jones to be even more creative, he said.

“Most of us in the creative arts are always expected to be nimble and resourceful and meet challenges with imagination,” Jones said. “When everything closed down in March of 2020, we were all feeling very bad about the future of live performance. Therefore, New York Live Arts, which is our theater company, we were doing a lot of things digitally, everyone was doing something

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in our lobby, audiences out in the street were looking through glass windows.

“So when Michael Lonergan and Rebecca Roberts from the (Park Avenue) Armory called with an idea ... I understood it to be this big, beautiful space is not being used. Could you think of a work that would be easy on you and easy on us and that could be socially distanced. And I thought, why not? Why not explore that?”

Creating “Afterwardsness” was a collaborative process between Jones and the dancers, according to dance company member Marie Lloyd Paspe.

Jones would give the dancers certain tasks or dance phrases to learn and the piece evolved from there.

“There’s a task Bill directs,” Paspe said during a recent interview. “The movement is what it is. And then as an individual, I have agency to play within the task … That’s the best way I can describe it, the game, the fun of it.”

“Afterwardsness” also grew out of the dance company’s exploration of videos of some of the dance company’s oldest works during the pandemic.

“I’ve seen Bill’s work in my college dance history classes, but as a company member, I haven’t really had the chance or time to watch archival videos except during this pandemic, New York City

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Beach Boys to celebrate New Year’s Eve at Mohegan Sun

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HE BEACH BOYS will help bid adieu to 2021 with a performance at Mohegan Sun Casino on Dec. 31.

Tickets for the show at the Uncasville, Connecticut, casino are $44 and $34 and go on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster.com. Tickets will also be available at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning Saturday, subject to availability.

The Beach Boys are led by Mike Love, who, along with longtime member Bruce Johnston, musical director Scott Totten, Brian Eichenberger, Christian Love, Tim Bonhomme, John Cowsill, Keith Hubacher and Randy Leago, continue the legacy of the iconic band.

This concert will not feature Brian Wilson, Al Jardine or David Marks.

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The Beach Boys’ Mike Love, right, and Bruce Johnston perform Oct. 23, 2020, at the Ventura County Fairgrounds in Ventura, Calif. The group will perform at Mohegan Sun Casino on Dec. 31. (BRIAN VAN DER BRUG / LOS ANGELES TIMES / TNS)

said she was “nowhere near where I’d hoped to be when I first started it nearly 3 years ago.” Adele has had some fairly turbulent times recently, having filed for divorce from Simon Konecki in 2019, and Liner notes losing her fa• Elton John’s new single ther to cancer featuring Dua Lipa has given this year. the musical legend yet anoth“I’ve George Lenker er honor: He’s the first artist learned a lot LiveWire to have a Top 10 song in six of blistering different decades. home truths The single, “Cold Heart,” about myself Adele recently made it to No. 2 on time we will finish making along the the U.K. charts. albums,” Martin said. “This is way. I’ve The achievement takes not a joke; this is true, I think shed many layers but also John out of a tie with Michael after 12 that will be the end of wrapped myself in new ones,” Jackson, Elvis Presley, our catalogue.” she wrote, adding that she had David Bowie, Cher, and But Martin added that the “discovered genuinely useful Cliff Richard, who all had at end of studio work wouldn’t and wholesome mentalities least one Top 10 track in five be the end of the band. to lead with” and that she different decades.

“But I think we will always “would go so far as to say that The track is from John’s want to play live together,” he I’ve never felt more peaceful upcoming album, “The Lock- said. “So, I think in the way in my life.” down Sessions.” that the (Rolling) Stones do, it “And so, I’m ready to finally will be so cool if we can still be put this album out.”

• Coldplay frontman touring in our late 70s.”

Chris Martin said that the The band has announced • Jazz guitarist Pat band will stop making records 2022 tour plans with no stops Metheny is coming to Foxafter its 12th album. announced for New England. woods Resort Casino on Nov. Martin dropped the surpris6 at 8 p.m. ing bit of information while • Adele has announced her Tickets are $69, $79 and speaking to Absolute Radio that fourth album, “30,” will $89 and can be purchased at host Andy Bush in an interbe released Nov. 19. foxwoods.com. view to promote the band’s The record will be her first Metheny has three gold new (and ninth) album, “Mu- since 2015′s “25,” which won albums and 20 Grammy sic of the Spheres,” which just six Grammy Awards.

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In a statement on social son to win Grammys in 10 “I think that in a few albums media, the 33-year-old singer categories.

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‘The Who’s Tommy’ returns to stage Musical based on 1969 rock concept album

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he Exit Seven Players’ production of “The Who’s Tommy” was shut down in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, two-thirds of the way through rehearsals and just more than a month before opening night.

But most of the cast has returned along with nearly all of the production team, “showing the extreme dedication to and excitement for this project,” said Michael O. Budnick, artistic director.

Exit Seven Players will bring a fully staged production of The “The Who’s Tommy” to Ludlow tomorrow through Oct. 31.

Based on the 1969 rock concept album, “The Who’s Tommy” is a story of hope, healing and the human spirit. The eponymous pinball-playing “deaf, dumb and blind” boy triumphs over his adversities.

“Through various presentations — first as a world-touring ballet, then a period piece ’70s movie and then re-imagination as a one-of-a-kind stage musical, the story has resonated with new audiences

and provoked new interpretations,” Budnick said. “First and foremost, the music is awesome, and the song ‘Pinball Wizard’ is iconic with one of the most recognized guitar intros around.”

He added, “‘Tommy’ speaks in so many ways to so many people, and at different stages in their lives.”

The compelling story of a child that is deprived of his senses due to a traumatic event and who in his isolation gains a greater understanding of himself and his place in the world “has deep, spiritual underpinnings and particularly strong messages for today’s world,” Budnick said. “The themes include a longing for connectedness, the illusory nature of popularity and pop culture, and the importance of our fragile connections with family and humanity — all the more poignant after our shared pandemic experience. In the end, we find ourselves asking, ‘Who in this story, and in our lives and society, is really ‘deaf, dumb and blind?’”

For Budnick, the cast of this production “is one of the most talented groups of people I have ever had the opportunity to work with.”

He noted that the lead, Tommy, (Michael Luciano of Springfield) “is a phenomenon.”

“The vocal and acting challenges of this iconic rock tenor role are enormous, and at every step he has surpassed all expectations,” Budnick said. “He generates real pathos on stage, we feel his anguish, see it in his movements and hear it in his SEE ‘TOMMY’, PAGE E12

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shutdown time,” Paspe said.

“Everyone was sort of forced to be in the digital realm. We all had the opportunity as a company to watch our archives. … Suddenly, we had time to learn, relearn, discover these old phrases that Bill created in his many decades of creative work.”

The idea of exploring the company’s older works started simply as an exercise to keep the dancers active and engaged during the pandemic, Jones explained.

“Janet Wong, my associate artistic director, a really forward-thinking woman, had already at the time of the shutdown, to keep our dancers on salary, (come up with the idea that) they would be given assignments of learning old phrase material going back to the ’90s, when I was dancing, material that I made on my body, and things going back to pieces like ‘Still/Here’ or things that might have been a section from ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin,’ which is even earlier,” Jones said. “She was bringing young dancers into the reparatory by having them learn material and here’s an opportunity to put those materials into some context, which we didn’t know.

And that’s what’s exciting about it. And that’s how the piece was made. And it was unusual.

“I wouldn’t say it was made by indeterminate or chance procedure but it was almost like that,” Jones added. “The material we have comes from different context and we’re going to put it in a situation where we’re all going to be wearing masks. We can’t touch each other. And we will be in a socially distanced audience and we will be dancing in spaces between that audience. So that was the recipe for the work, the constraints actually determined what the work would be. That was unusual, but not unusual for how we have to improvise in my field.”

Revisiting such older dance phrases while creating “Afterwardsness” was a fascinating experience, Jones explained.

This is especially because his thinking about certain movements has changed over time.

“Yes, very much so,” Jones said. “It’s very difficult for me to separate what the movement is from who was doing it. Therefore, I have to — a case in point might be, Nayaa Opong,” a current dancer in the company. “She was asked to do a very difficult solo that was made by Odile Reine-Adelaide, a French-Trinidadian woman who had a wonderful technique, strong use of her legs. So Nayaa, who is relatively new to my work, was learning Odile’s part and Odile was doing a piece that was called ‘Slash, Poison or Burn,’” which was part of Jones’ work “Still/Here.”

“Initially, this was dealing with the question of life-threatening illness from the point of view of women dealing with breast cancer. These are your choices — slash, poison or burn. It’s to be operated on, to have chemotherapy or radiation. There are certain gestures, certain intensity and resistance in that material that has to be transferred to Nayaa but we didn’t tell her to think of a woman dealing with breast cancer. We just told her try to master the material, the gestures from the videotape.”

“It was really gratifying and surprising to see when Nayaa is wearing a mask and holding her body in a way that revealed it. There’s something about woundedness and struggle and resistance that comes across and made a wonderful connection over the years. That’s just one example and that was very gratifying to see.

“Of course, I was not in the room in Nayaa’s home when she was learning this. The coaching came later. And the coaching came in the form of contextualizing it to a musical universe and a spatial universe.

Like I say, it had to be done in an immersive environment, in the round if you will and it had to be socially distanced from the audience and from other performers. Those things happened when it got into the (Park Avenue) Armory, putting all the pieces together.”

Violinist Pauline Kim Harris created the score for “Afterwardsness” based partly on passages of music from Olivier Messiaen’s haunting World War II-era composition “Quartet for the End of Time,” a piece

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Jones was asked to create “Afterwardsness” last year in the middle of the pandemic. That might sound like a recipe for disaster, but such constraints simply inspired Jones to be even more creative, he said.

Jones has admired since he was a college student at the State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton.

“I was telling her (Pauline Kim Harris) about this commission we had been offered and remembering being a young college student back in the early ’70s and hearing that music for the first time and how moving it was to me and particularly the short, four movements,” Jones said. “And she said, ‘I know that and I used to play it all the time.’ So there you have it. Let’s make that the spine of this work, which is about the suspension of all congress, the suspension of all intercourse and it worked beautifully.

“I was making a kind of collage that was informed by the phrase material the dancers knew, who they were, the space being offered and that’s what we started putting together,” Jones said. “The musical element came in to sort of shore up those other realities.”

But “Afterwardsness” wasn’t created in a vacuum, Jones explained. There’s no getting around what was happening at the time last year around the country — the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the killing of George Floyd.

“You have to realize this was also happening at the time when the country was convulsed by the murder of George Floyd,” Jones said. “So many of the dancers were leaving their isolation to go attend rallies. So that was also in the air and in the news. We all lived through it. Those two things sort of forced themselves into the piece, which was wonderful.

“I did not know what the piece would be,” Jones added.

“The piece revealed itself to me putting the elements together and listening very closely to what was happening in my company, what was happening between what we were doing and the musical and the spatial imperatives and in some ways listening to myself.”

Jones’ sensitivity to himself,

work,” Jones said. “But there’s something about the ground on which it stands which makes it different.”

The abstract quality of “Afterwardsness” starts right with the name of the piece itself. Jones learned about the word soon afthe dance company and the ter he started creating the work. time we were living in last year “It started with me just about was evident throughout the the time the commission came creation of “Afterwardsness,” in from the Armory,” Jones said.

Paspe explained.

“I was thinking I would like “Bill would often stop to find a psychotherapist. … A rehearsal or take a little break friend said I know these people from actually moving and we that do exciting work and he would talk,” Paspe said. Disturned me onto a progressive cussions would range from the psychotherapist and they meaning of race to hate crimes were doing a kind of series of and other important issues. conversations between people “The conversation was part of involved in psychotherapy and the process,” Paspe said. “The people involved in other fields. crying was part of the process.

And there was a conversation The holding hands was literally with a journalist and a psychoand figuratively of the people in therapist … and someone menthe room and the pain they’re tioned casually this concept of experiencing, literal pain. … afterwardsness, which psycholThat’s something that was part ogists call that period of time of the process and informed so after trauma for the traumamany decisions we made for tized person to look back. this work.

“There is something we’ve all “I felt so purposeful as a per- been through as a nation,” Jones son,” Paspe added. “I feel like added. “We’re all in it. So I said, everybody had a say. Everybody ‘Oh, this piece will happen when was fighting for something ... everything is over, looking back’ The piece feels real.” and it’s not really over and …

Still, if you’re expecting to see so this piece became a wistful, a literal work about what was wishful looking back. We’re alhappening in the country last most looking forward to a time year, “Afterwardsness” is not when we can look back and that piece, Jones explained. think we’re after that time.”

“The work is an abstract Spoken like a true poet.

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And like many great wine grapes, merlot perfectly captures the unique sense of place where they grow, that magical quality that winemakers refer to as “terroir.”

They’re also often less expensive than other red wines and routinely taste great straight out of the bottle. No need to wait a few years or decant these wines for an hour or two.

And the funny thing is many of the people who say they hate merlot have probably been drinking wines made with this wonderful grape more often than they might realize.

Winemakers in France’s famous Bordeaux region have been making and blending wines for centuries primarily using merlot grapes, particularly in Bordeaux’s Right Bank region, which includes Pomerol and Saint-Emilion.

But Bordeaux’s not the only place where you can find great wines made with merlot grapes.

That’s why this week I decided to highlight other great Merlot wines from around the world. The four merlot wines featured this week come from California, Washington, Spain and Argentina.

The four merlot wines recommended this week. (KEN ROSS PHOTO)

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(Merlots are) also often less expensive than other red wines and routinely taste great straight out of the bottle.

reference to merlot (which was called “merlau” at the time) can be found in 1783, according to “Wine Grapes” by Jancis Robinson, Julia Harding and Vouillamoz. The English translation reads “merlau … makes a black and excellent wine, and is productive in a good soil.”

Truer words have never been written. Merlot makes some of the best wines around the world. These early-ripening, fleshy grapes are closely related to cabernet franc grapes, which might explain they’re often blended with them and other grapes to make great red wines.

Merlot wine growing regions If there’s someone making wine somewhere in the world, odds are some people in that Recommended wines region using merlot grapes to • 2019 J. Lohr Estates Paso make red wines. What started Robles Los Osos Merlot ($14 as a popular grape in France’s Suggested Retail Price) Bordeaux region has spread far • 2018 Northstar Merlot and wide to many other parts Columbia Valley ($37 SRP) of the world, including many • 2015 Enate Somontano parts of Italy, Spain, Chile and Merlot ($26 SRP) especially in California and • 2018 La Mascota Unanime Washington State.

Merlot ($24 SRP) Wine tasting notes More about merlot 2019 J. Lohr Estates Paso Winemakers have been Robles Los Osos Merlot using merlot grapes to create Location: Paso Robles, great wines since at least the California SEE WINE, PAGE E10 late 1700s. The first written

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T HAS BEEN A TOUGH year and half that has impacted many businesses.

Holyoke Craft Beer is no exception.

It began as a tiny nanobrewery in 2018 and has come up against a wall, due to circumstances out of the brewery’s control in its current taproom space combined with the persistence of COVID-19.

“We no longer see a path forward in our current location for our taproom,” writes owner Mike Pratt.

“This is a huge blow to us as the taproom was key to our financial success and core to our mission.”

Due to the brewery’s minuscule size, there is an even smaller margin for error or unforeseen problems than at most places. The brewery itself seemed to be hitting on all cylinders and hitting all the right notes in its city.

Not too long after launching, the brewery started featuring local music, trivia nights, DJs, and even held a yoga session.

Pratt and company also participated in local events such as Celebrate Holyoke, the Holyoke Canoe Club Brewfest, the Volleyball Hall of Fame fundraiser, and the Big Brother Big Sister Brews and Bites fundraiser.

In the spring of 2020 they were planning to have a huge St. Patrick’s Day event at the Holyoke Road Race with their PeoplesStout, which was brewed in collaboration with PeoplesBank.

And while the warmer temperatures of summer provided the brewery with enough outdoor business to keep things afloat, the current inability to use the indoor taproom is clearly a huge roadblock. Thus Pratt has launched “Operation Hunker Down,” an Indiegogo campaign geared to provide the brewery with

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a bridge over the coming fiscal chasm of winter.

I’ll let Pratt explain the goals as he did on the campaign website: “Our plan that we have set out is to raise enough money ahead of time to allow us to forecast properly, pay for our rent, payroll, utilities, supplies, and more for the next six months so we don’t need to hibernate until next spring,” he wrote.

But the campaign isn’t charity: Donors get beer in return. Basically, you’re just buying beer in advance. The campaign offers different levels of commitment from one four-pack per month of beer up to a full case (24 cans) per month. You can also donate and get glassware or even become an assistant brewer for a day. Without these upfront commitments the brewery would likely need to shut down production through the winter.

If you haven’t had their beer and want to sample it before committing, here are a few local places you can try it: Luthier’s Co-op in Easthampton, Smith Billiards in Springfield, The Boathouse in South Hadley, Murphy’s Pub in Agawam, and Delaney House and Tavern on the Hill in Holyoke.

To read more or join the campaign, go to indiego go.com/projects/holyokecraft-beer-operationhunker-down.

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Homemade food sales get boost imized in California by the 2018 passage of The Homemade Food Act. The legislation outlines a framework within which what it calls “Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operations” (MEHKOs) can Hugh Robert operate.

Off The Menu Under the act, home-based businesses selling ready-toPENING YOUR eat food must be inspected own restaurant has and registered, with all long been a subtext appropriate health, training within the American and safety standards met.

Dream, but the financial and Food must be prepared the regulatory barriers to doing so day it is sold; no leftovers can can be daunting for would-be be served. restaurateurs.

The home cook or a family Now, however, with the help member must also deliver the of legislative initiatives and meals prepared directly to the a pair of high-tech startups, customer; third party intera new pathway into the food mediaries cannot be involved. service business has been creMEHKOs are limited to ated — the home restaurant. $50,000 in annual revenue, While the sale of home-pre- with no more than 30 meals pared, ready-to-eat food has per day and 60 meals per gone on for generations, the week produced. Fees fund impractice was recently legitplementation of the act, with

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Under the act, home-based businesses selling ready-to-eat food must be inspected and registered, with all appropriate health, training and safety standards met. Food must be prepared the day it is sold; no leftovers can be served. initial MEHKO permit costs typically under $800.

The California law also requires that a MEHKO is served by appropriate utilities, including public water and sewer, and is equipped with adequate refrigeration.

Foodnome (foodnome. com), an internet startup created by Akshay Prabhu, has played a major role in growing the California home restaurant scene. Back in 2014 Prabhu, then a student at the University of California-Davis, fell afoul of local authorities while running a home-based food business.

site also recruits and provides permitting assistance for potential home restaurant entrepreneurs.

Foodnome’s revenue comes from a 14% commission on each transaction that’s shared equally by diners and cooks.

The site also acts as a processor of credit card payments, charging a 2.9% fee for those remittance services.

While a number of states have regulatory frameworks that permit the limited home production of food for retail sale, only Utah currently has a law similar to California’s Homemade Food Act. Part of Foodnome’s mission, therefore, remains ongoing advocacy on behalf of the home restaurant industry.

Smart money also sees potential in an emerging home restaurant sector. Shef (shef. com), a San Francisco-based

As a result he began lobbying the California legislature for what eventually become the Homemade Food Act. He also founded Foodnome which, in addition to advocating for home restaurant legalization nationwide, serves as marketplace for home restaurant dining experiences.

Currently hosting about 100 home restaurants and having 25,000 active users, Foodnome supports member restaurants with listings in its online database, by supplying marketing assistance, and handling online payments and sales tax remittances. The

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start-up, has attracted the attention of (and $20 million in venture capital from) a group of high-profile investors. Shef ’s business model is similar to Foodnome’s, although Shef is promoting a chill, deliver, and reheat approach to home restaurant fare.

Prabhu, Foodnome’s founder, likes to characterize home restaurants as not being a threat to the traditional restaurant industry, but instead serving as a pathway to eventual restaurant ownership.

Side dishes • On Friday and Saturday, the Munich Haus Restaurant in Chicopee will wrap up its celebration of Oktoberfest with two back-to-back evenings of traditional German food and entertainment.

Friday’s event will feature the Berkshire Mountain Wanderers, while the Vagabonds will entertain on Saturday. Both evenings will be built around a festive buffet dinner of German specialties, with a roasted whole pig presented as the centerpiece.

Other dishes being offered include sauerbraten, pretzel-coated chicken, sausages, and more. An assortment of sides like cucumber salad, spatzle, and red cabbage will also be included.

The Munich House will assemble its signature Viennese dessert table as its way of bringing the meal to a close.

Performances begins with the 6 p.m. opening of the doors both evenings; tickets are $35, tax and gratuity not included.

For ticket information call the Munich Haus at 413-594-8788.

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program begins at 6 p.m. and incorporates “a kick of Chipotle costs $84 to attend. flavor,” starts with shaved steak, Participants will put create partnering that protein option and sample green papaya salad, with spicy pepper jack cheese, Thai grilled chicken, and sweet green peppers, and red onions. coconut sticky rice.

A selection of dressings, inOn Nov. 5, Carter will also be cluding a Baja Chipotle sauce, leading a program on Middle can be specified as part of the Eastern cookery. The agenda sandwich’s flavor construct. that evening is falafel with Subway has also partnered tahini, a tabbouleh salad, and with Frito-Lay to offer a limitstrawberries roasted with warm ed-time-only “Buffalo Chicken spices.

Dip” potato chip variety.

More details on both instrucFor the sweet tooth, Subway tional evenings can be had by has brought back its Caramel The Munich Haus Restaurant, 13 Center St. in Chicopee, on Apple Cookie for a fall season Friday and Saturday will wrap up its celebration of Oktoberfest calling the HCC-MGM Culinary Institute at 413-552-2823. guest appearance. The cookie with two back-to-back evenings of traditional German food Online registration is available incorporates an apple-student and entertainment. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO) at hcc.coursestorm.com. buttery dough, caramel chips, the Processing Center’s parent Dunkin’ Donut Decorating kits. caramel salted crunch, and a organization, at 413-774-7204. Available in two sizes, a 4-dough• As part of its “Eat Fresh caramel icing drizzle. nut “small” and a 9 doughnut Refresh” menu overhaul, the Hugh Robert is a faculty • Glendale Ridge Vineyard “large,” the kits include donuts, Subway sandwich chain has member in Holyoke Commuin Southampton will be hosting three icing varieties, and three added several new choices to nity College’s hospitality and its first annual wine and cheese sprinkles blends. its repertoire, some of which culinary arts program and has festival on Oct. 30 from 1 to 7 Finally, Dunkin’ has put towill only be available for a nearly 45 years of restaurant p.m. gether a virtual “trick-or-treat” limited time. and educational experience.

In addition to tasting the experience at dunkindoor.com, The Baja Steak & Jack sub, Robert can be reached online at vineyard’s wine, those attending where fans can “ring the bell” a creation that Subway says OffTheMenuGuy@aol.com. will have the opportunity of sam- and open a virtual door on pling artisanal cheeses from four their screen. Treats dispensed area cheesemakers. These will at the “door” include eGift include Grace Hill Dairy in Cum- Cards good towards a Spider mington, makers of “Hilltown Donut or a Peanut Butter Cup Blue;” Smith’s Country Cheese Macchiato; one daily winner of Winchendon; High Lawn will qualify for a $1000 prize.

Farm in Lee, a Berkshire County More information is availproducer of small-batch dairy able at DunkinDonuts.com. products; and Hubbardston’s Westfield Farm, whose cheese• Vanished Valley Brewmakers specialize in distinctive ing Co. in Ludlow is holding a goat cheeses that include a choc- Paella Night tonight. olate-flavored variety as well as The event, which will begin ACROSS FROM THE BEACH - their “Classic Blue.” at 5:30 p.m., includes a “welTickets to the tasting are $18 come” of cheese and charTHE VILLAGE GREEN. Rates (plus a broker’s fee) and can be cuterie. A classic paella made from $63 - $88 to 5/27/22 (excluding purchased at eventbrite.com with pork, chicken, mussels, holidays, some restrictions apply). 3 Night Glendale Ridge Vineyard clams, shrimp, and scallops, Special off season starting from $145 answers at 413-527-0164. will be served at 6:30 p.m.

Cost to attend is $30 all-inall week. Ocean views and efficiencies • In celebration of Hallowclusive. Reservations can be available. FREE continental breakfast in een, Dunkin’ locations are made online at vanishedseason.

All rooms have refrigerators and currently serving up some valley.com or by stopping in limited-time-only treats. at the brewery location on cable TV. Heated outdoor pool. Take The chain’s new Peanut Center Street. children to the beachside playground.

Butter Cup Macchiato brings Vanished Valley Brewing Close to several golf courses, tennis together the classic candy Co. answers at 413-610courts, whale watch cruises, ferries matchup of peanut butter and 1572. chocolate with the bold flavor to Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard, of espresso.

• Holyoke Community restaurants, shops, bike trails and many Making its seasonal return to College and its Business & more of the Cape’s unique attractions.

Dunkin’s bakery case lineup, Workforce Development office the Spider Donut is also back. A will be presenting chef Tracy 10% Senior Discount. South Shore yeast-raised donut frosted with Carter in a hands-on instrucDrive, South Yarmouth, MA 02664. orange icing and topped with tional program Carter is call1-800-487-4903. www.vgreenmotel.com. a chocolate doughnut hole, the ing “A Night in Thailand.” pastry is decorated with frostAn in-person class conducting eyes and legs. ed at the HCC-MGM Culinary Participating Dunkin’ locations Institute in Holyoke’s Arts and are also offering Halloween DIY Entertainment District, the

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• The Western Massachusetts Food Processing Center in Greenfield will be celebrating its 20th anniversary on Saturday with an afternoon open house. From 1 to 3 p.m. the Center, which is located at 324 Wells St., will be offering tours, tastings, and the opportunity to network with local food industry entrepreneurs.

For more information contact the Franklin County Community Development Corporation,

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Tasting notes: Many merlot wines have one thing in common — they’re silky smooth.

That is certainly the case with this delightful, velvety soft red wine. Flavors range from blackberries and dark chocolate to toasted almonds and roasted plums. Truly delightful.

2018 Northstar Merlot Columbia Valley Location: Walla Walla, Columbia Valley, Washington Tasting notes: Washington’s Columbia Valley is another place where merlot consistently produces wonderful wines. This elegant wine abounds with fantastic flavors, ranging from roasted cherries and raspberries to melted chocolate and pine nuts. Absolutely outstanding.

2015 Enate Somontano Merlot Location: Salas Bajas, Somontano, Spain Tasting notes: Jesus Artajona has been making wines at Enate for 30 years and his skills in the cellar show in this wonderful wine from Salas Bajas in Somontano, a wine-growing area located in Northern Spain. This particular merlot is smooth yet intense and bursting with flavors, including hints of roasted almonds, blackberries and cherries. Simply spectacular.

2018 La Mascota Unanime Merlot Location: Mendoza, Argentina Tasting notes: Chile might be better known in South America for making great merlot wines, but Argentina can more than hold its own judging from this intense, full-bodied wine. Definitely the richest and strongest of the four merlots recommended this week, with ripe fruit flavors that range from fresh-picked cherries to hints of black pepper.

Powerful perfection.

Cheers!

Wine Press by Ken Ross appears on Masslive.com every Monday and in The Republican’s weekend section every Thursday.

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Events

George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum: Permanent exhibit: “Ancient Treasures.” Hands-on making activities in the Hasbro Games Art Discovery Center. Part of the free family activities. Summer Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

THURSDAY Outdoor Circle Time: Thu, 10:3011 a.m., Sixteen Acres Branch Library, featuring songs, rhymes and a story or two. In event of rain, program will be canceled. Ages to 5, older siblings welcome. Free. 1187 Parker Street, Springfield; 413-2636858.

Six Flags New England Fright Fest 2021: Thu.-Sun, Six Flags New England, Open weekends and select days, visit sixflags.com/new england for more information and to purchase tickets, 1623 Main St., Agawam. 413-786-9300.

Toddler & Preschool Storytime on the Lawn: Thu, 10 a.m. Forbes Library; For ages 2-5 and their parents and caregivers. Books, songs and play. In the event of rain, storytime will be canceled, 20 West Street, Northampton. 413-587-1011 or forbeslibrary.org.

FRIDAY Barrington Stage Company Presents “Mr. Saturday Night”: Fri.-Sun, Barrington Stage Company, with Billy Crystal, also featuring Randy Graff, David Paymer, Alysha Umphress, Chasten Harmon, Jordan Gelber, Brian Gonzales, Mylinda Hull. All patrons must provide proof of vaccination or proof of a negative COVID test and a form of identification prior to entering the theatre.

Masks must be worn at all times in the theatre, regardless of vaccination status, 30 Union St., Pittsfield.

413-236-8888 or barringtonstage co.org.

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.

Six Flags New England’s Fright Fest offers activities for the whole family throughout the day and a frightening evening of fun after the sun goes down. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO) of the event. For UMass faculty, students, and staff, a valid UCard is sufficient to verify full vaccination. $10 general, $5 students, seniors & UMass Amherst employees, and free for UMass students. 151 Presidents Drive, Amherst. 413-545-2511 or fineartscenter.com.

“The Who’s Tommy”: Fri.-Sat, 8 p.m.; Sun, 2 p.m., Exit 7 Theater, $18-$22. 37 Chestnut St., Ludlow; 413-583-4301 or exit7players.org.

SATURDAY Barrington Stage Company Presents “Mr. Saturday Night”: See Friday listing Six Flags New England Fright Fest 2021: See Thursday listing Suffield Players Present “The Dining Room”: See Friday listing

Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center Haunted Hollow Six Flags New England Fright Spooktacular Fundraiser Event: Fest 2021: See Thursday listing Sat, Tamarack Hollow Nature and Cultural Center, Rain date, Sunday.

Suffield Players Present “The Dining Room”: Fri.-Sat, 8 p.m. Mapleton From 5-6 p.m., decorated woodHall, For tickets visit suffieldplayers. land “Candyland” trick or treat org or call 800-289-6148. COVID-19 trail, costumes are encouraged, for families and children (not scary, plus precautions will be in effect: audicampfire, marshmallow roasting and ence members are asked to present storytelling). From 6:30-8 p.m. and proof of vaccination and will be 8:30-10 p.m, Haunted Hollow guided required to wear masks during the 1/3 mile woodland walk in the dark performance. $20 per person ($15 opening night). 1305 Mapleton Ave., with creepy characters and scary scenes (teens and adults only). To Suffield. 860-668-0837 or suffield register, email aimee@gaiaroots. players.org. com For the 5-6 p.m. program, $25 UMass Music & Dance Live Confamily of 3 ($5 per extra child); for certs: Fri, 7:30 p.m. Tillis Concert the 6:30 and 8:30 p.m., $25 per Hall: formerly the Fine Arts Center person per program. 1515 Savoy Concert Hall, Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band combined program Hollow Road, Windsor. tamarack hollow.com. entitled “Beginnings.” All attendees “The Who’s Tommy”: See Friday must wear a face mask, those ages 12+ must also be prepared to present listing either proof of full vaccination for COVID-19, plus a matching photo SUNDAY ID bearing the same name or proof of a negative COVID-19 test (PCR) Barrington Stage Company or antigen) with collection date Presents “Mr. Saturday Night”: and time stamp within 72 hours See Friday listing

Farmers Market: Sun, noon-2 p.m. Holy Cross Church, With free hay ride, cider and cookies.

Costumes welcome, 221 Plumtree Road, Springfield.

Holyoke Civic Symphony: “We’re back! A Long-Awaited Celebration”: Sun, 3 p.m. Holyoke Community College, in person or on Zoom. Visit holyokecivic symphony.org/were-back-along-awaited-celebration/ to register for Zoom, 303 Homestead Avenue, Holyoke. hcc.edu.

Music at Amherst Presents: Anthony McGill on clarinet, with the Catalyst String Quartet: Sun, 3 p.m. Buckley Recital Hall; or livestream at amherst.edu/academiclife/departments/music/ events/event-live-stream; Free.

Intersection of Routes 9 and 116, Amherst; amherst.edu.

Six Flags New England Fright Fest 2021: See Thursday listing Virtual Program on Soldiers of Production: Sun, 2 p.m. Historical Classical Museum. Series of free online programs to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the U.S. entering into World War II. Susan Ashman, Park Ranger/Historic Weapons Supervisor at the Springfield Armory will speak on “Soldiers of Production.” For more information about receiving a link to the program, email info@HistoricClassical.org or call 413-7469067, 235 State St., Springfield.

“The Who’s Tommy”: See Friday listing

Quadrangle Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden: The Dr. Seuss National Memorial is an outdoor sculpture garden of statues of Springfield native Dr. Seuss and his characters including Horton the Elephant, the Grinch, the Lorax and others; free on the green.

Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts: “Ai Weiwei: Tradition and Dissent,” through Jan. 2 in the Wheeler and Barn Galleries.

“Capturing Our Worlds,” works by the Springfield Photographic Society.” Through June 26, 2022.

Museum a la Carte, today, 12:15 p.m.

“Family Reflections on the Horn Man,” with Kristin and Khalif Neville.

This lecture will be accompanied by a photo slideshow. Cost: $4, $2 members. Join in person or online.

To register for the Zoom presentation, visit springfieldmuseums.org.

Quadrangle Welcome Center and Museum Store: “A Story Telling Tour of the Springfield Museums Grounds: True or Tall?” Saturday, 5:30-6:30 p.m. and 7:30-8:30 p.m.

During this outdoor-only event museums staff will regale you with famous, mysterious and sometimes-true stories of the Quadrangle and the five museums. Each participant will receive a souvenir, museums branded flashlight to bring along on the tour. This program is recommended for visitors 10 and up.

Springfield Science Museum: “Cut ‘N’ Rough Collection.” Through June 2022; Mineral Hall.

The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum: Timed tickets required, for reservations visit springfield museums.org.

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 Amelia Park Children’s Museum: Sign up online for a play session at ameliaparkmuseum.org. Hours: Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sun. 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. Open for groups on Tues. and Wed. Admission: Children and adults $8; Seniors (62+) $5; Children under 1 year of age

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Calendar CONTINUES FROM PAGE E10 and members are free. 444 Dwight St., Holyoke or childrensmuseum holyoke.org.

purchase required. Admission: $20 adults; $18 seniors, AAA, retire military; $10 college students, free children ages 18 and under, members and active military. 9 Route 183, Stockbridge or nrm.org.

Old Sturbridge Village: Hours: Wed.-Sun. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. AdmisChildren’s Museum at Holyoke: sion: $24, $22 seniors, $8 children Hours: Tues, Wed, Thurs, and Fri. 3-17, free for children under 3. “New 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. Closed England on Parade” exhibit, through 12-1 p.m. for cleaning each day; Sat. July 2023, examines parades and 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m.; Sun.parade traditions in New England 12-4 p.m. (two slots). Admission: from 1776 to 1940. Included with $8, seniors (62+) $5; children under general admission. “Phantoms 1 year of age and members are & Fire.” Wednesdays-Sundays free. 444 Dwight St., Holyoke or through Oct. 31 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. childrensmuseumholyoke.org.

Featuring theatrical and famiEdith Wharton: The Mount: ly-friendly Halloween activities in Family Ghost Tours, Friday at 5:30 the village. For more information p.m. with Robert Oakes. This tour is visit osv.org. Members: $20 adults, tailored for children ages 7-12 and $12 children 4-17. Route 20, Sturlasts approximately 60 minutes. bridge or osv.org.

Children must be accompanied Springfield Armory National Hisby an adult. $12 per child, parent toric Site: Ranger-led interpretive or guardian may attend for free. 2 programs offered in the museum in Plunkett St., Lenox or the afternoon. Junior Ranger proedithwharton.org. grams conducted frequently each Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: “Color \ Joy \ Eric Carle.” Through March 6. Included with general admission. “Speechless: The Art of Wordless Picture Books.” Through Dec. 5, in the East Gallery. Tickets must be purchased in advanced online. “Ashley Bryan in Song,” through Nov. 7 in the Central Gallery. Gabrielle Healy Carroll Storytime Programs are held Tues. and Fri. 10:30 a.m.; Sat. 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m., free with admission. Hours: Thurs.-Fri. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun. noon-4 p.m.

Admission: $6, $9, $22.50 for a family of four, 125 West Bay Road, Amherst or carlemuseum.org.

Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: Hours: Sat.-Sun. noon-4 p.m. Cost: $3.50 ride or 4/$10. 221 Appleton St., Holyoke or holyokemerrygoround. org.

Mead Art Museum: Various American and European paintings, Mexican ceramics, Tibetan scroll paintings and more. Hours: Tues.Thurs. and Sun. 9 a.m.-midnight; Fri. 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

Admission: free. 220 South Pleasant St., Amherst or amherst.edu.

day. Hours: Wed.-Sun, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 1 Armory Square, Springfield or nps.gov/spar.

Titanic Museum: Exhibits from the collection of the International Titanic Historical Society. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. $4, $2 children and students, 208 Main St., Indian Orchard or titanic1.org.

University Museum of Contemporary Art - Fine Arts Center: Nicole Eisenman: “Prince,” through Dec. 5; and Feb. 3-May 1; virtual live chat with the artist, Nov. 10, 6-7 p.m.

“Sideshow: Nicole Eisenman’s Modernist Inspirations.” Through Dec. 5; Feb. 3 - May 1. “We Are for Freedoms.” Through Dec. 5. “Artifacts at the End of a Decade.” Through Dec. 5; first annual Eva Fierst Student Curatorial Exhibition. Curated by Jessica Scott, 2021 MFA, Studio Arts, and Jill Hughes, 2021, MA, Art History. Exhibits are available online, visit fac.umass.edu/UMCA/On line/. 151 Presidents Drive, Amherst.

Volleyball Hall of Fame: Hours: Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Docent-led tours are not available; a maximum of 50 visitors will be permitted inside at a time. Online ticket Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall purchasing strongly recommendof Fame: Hours: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-4 ed. Admission: $2.50-$3.50, 444 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $28 Dwight St., Holyoke or volleyhall. adults (16-24); $23 seniors (63+); org. $19 youth (5-15); $23 students with Wistariahurst Museum: “Wistevalid high school or college ID. free ria Vines in Full Bloom.” Carriage for ages under 5, 1000 West Colum- House and Gift shop open Sat.-Sun, bus Ave., Springfield or hoophall.

Mon. noon-4 p.m. Historic house com. tours: $7, $5 students and seniors.

Norman Rockwell Museum: “Enchanted: A History of Fantasy Illustration,” through Oct. 31. “Real and Imagined: Fantastical Rockwell,” through Oct. 31. “Land of Enchantment: Fantastical Sculptures,” through Oct. 31. Hours: Thurs.-Mon. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Advance tickets

Melange d’Art” by Emikan Sudan, through Oct. 26. Admission to this exhibit is by suggested donation, accepted at the door. Pre-registration for viewing times is required at wistariahurst.org. The exhibit will be open to the public on Sun. from 12-3:00 PM, Mon. from 10 a.m.-1

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doors/program-catalog#search.

127 Combs Road, Easthampton 413-584-3009.

p.m., and Tues. from 5:30-7 p.m. with scheduled visiting time slots on the half-hour. 238 Cabot St., Holyoke or wistariahurst.org.

McCray’s Farm: Monster Mash Scream Park at McCray’s Farm runs Fridays-Sundays, through Oct. 31, 7 p.m. For more information visit fearonthefarm.com. Cost: $25 per person, 55 Alvord St., South Hadley.

Yiddish Book Center: “A Velt mit veltelekh: The Worlds of Jewish Culture.” Hours: Thurs, Fri, Sun, and Mon. from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission: $8 adults, $6 seniors, free for members, students and children, 1021 West St., Amherst or yiddish bookcenter.org.

Galleries A.P.E. Gallery: Hours: Tues.-Thurs. noon-5 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. noon-8 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. “Positions and Props: a loosening line” by Roberly Bell & Sandy Litchfield. Through Nov. 6. 126 Main St., Northampton or apearts.org.

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noon-8 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m. 132 Main St., Northampton or michelson.com.

Northfield Mountain: Connect with Nature: Forest Wellness Walk, Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free program for participants 18 years and older. Registration is required as group size is strictly limited.

Visit firstlightpower.com/northfield. Free, 99 Millers Falls Road, Northfield or firstlightpower.com/ northfield.

The Zoo in Forest Park and Education Center: Timed tickets Taber Art Gallery: “Cosmology of are required to visit. Zoo is open the Body” by Anna Bayles Arthur.

Mon.-Sun, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. through Arno Maris Gallery: “Ephemeral Through Dec. 9. Gallery hours: Oct. 31. The City of Springfield Marks” by Charles Suggs. Through Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. during charges a daily parking fee of $3 Saturday. Gallery hours: Tues.-Fri, regular school sessions. 303 per in-state and $5 per out-of-state 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Sat. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Homestead Ave., Holyoke, 413-552- passenger car, cash only. All buses 577 Western Ave., Westfield 4132614. and larger vehicles are charged $15 572-5236.

William Baczek Fine Arts: “Holly- per vehicle. Admission: $10 adult; Florence Congregational Church: wood Nights”: a Solo Exhibition of $7 military & senior; $5 children Exhibit of Angel de Cora’s work on (ages 1 - 12); children under age Artwork by Ryan Landry. Through view in the Parish Hall through Dec. Oct. 30. 36 Main St., Northampton 1 are free. Please note: admission 2. 130 Pine St., Florence. prices vary depending on the seaor wbfinearts.com.

Gallery A3 Amherst Art Alliance: son. Sumner Avenue, Springfield or “Reflex” by Kerry St. Laurent and forestparkzoo.org.

“At a Glimpse” by Abbie Wanamaker. Through Oct. 30; art forum online, today, 7:30 p.m. 28 Amity Great Falls Discovery Center: St., Amherst, 413-256-4250.

“Kidleidoscope Story Hour.” Fridays Hampden Gallery: “The Think Farmers Market at Forest Park: in October at 10:30 a.m. Theme Itself” by Christopher Janke.

Tuesdays through Oct. 26, 12:30-6 for Oct. 22 is “Bear.” For children Through Dec. 1. 131 Southwest ages 3-6, program includes a story, p.m., enter at Trafton Road enCircle, Amherst or umass.edu. trance. Sumner Avenue, Springactivities, and a craft. Program is Holyoke Community College: Vir- mostly outdoors. Great Falls Fest, field. tual Art Exhibit of HCC’s Visual Art Saturday, 2-5:30 p.m. Also known Greenfield Farmers Market: Faculty can be viewed online now as Pumpkin Fest. Learn about Mas- Saturdays through Oct. 31, 8 through the end of the 2021. Visit sachusetts bats. Grab an “art-toa.m. - 12:30 p.m. Court Square the exhibit at hcc.edu/tabergo” bag from 2-5:30 p.m. 2 Avenue Greenfield. faculty21. 303 Homestead Avenue, A, Turners Falls or greatfallsma.

Holyoke Farmers Market: Sat, Holyoke or hcc.edu. org.

11 a.m.-3 p.m. At the intersection Indian Orchard Mills Dane GalLupa Zoo: Weather Permitting, the of Dwight and Appleton Streets, lery: All new exhibits every month Zoo is open through Oct. 31, TuesHolyoke. featuring the artists at Indian Sun., 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.Buy tickets Northampton Farmers Market: Orchard Mills. Hours: Sat. noon-4 online at lupazoo.org. Admission: Saturdays, 8 a.m.- 1 p.m., through p.m. or by appointment. 34 Front $15 adults (13+); $12 seniors (62+); Nov. 13. 8 Gothic St., Northampton.

St., Indian Orchard, 413-543-3321. $10 children (2-12); Infants under 2 are free, 62 Nash Hill Road, Ludlow Farmers Market at The LongJasper Rand Art Museum: Hours: meadow Shops: Thursdays or lupazoo.org.

Mon.-Thurs. 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; through Oct. 28 from noon-6 p.m.

Fri.-Sat. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 6 Elm St., Mass Audubon-Connecticut thelongmeadowshops.com. 690 Westfield or westath.org.

River Valley Wildlife Sanctuaries: Bliss Road, Longmeadow.

Fall Ecology Series: Seeds and Old Town Hall: “Our Times” by Nuts Nature Walk, Saturday, 9 a.m. Westfield Farmers Market: ThursKen Gagne, Matt Gagne, Anthony Audience: people 16 and older. Reg- days through Oct. 14, noon-5 p.m.

Pacinella and Mariah Pacinella. at Episcopal Church of the Atoneistration is required. Member: $10; Through Oct. 31; Hours: daily 10 ment, 36 Court St., Westfield.

Nonmember: $12. Lost Towns of a.m.-6 p.m. and Sat. 9 a.m.-noon. the Quabbin: A Natural and Histori43 Main St., Easthampton. cal Field Trip, Saturday, 9 a.m. Hike The Republican is not responsible Oxbow Gallery: Exhibition by back to the 19th century to discover for unannounced schedule changes.

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Michael O. Budnick, artistic director

ting: the action is nonstop, high energy and constantly in motion, and the actors and singers are pushed to the absolute limit. Not every theater is equipped to pull this off,” Budnick said.

Exit Seven Players uses the historic auditorium of what was Ludlow High School.

All patrons and staff in the theater will be masked regardless of vaccination status. All members of the cast that are eligible have been vaccinated, and performers wear masks except when they are on stage for performances. At least 12 feet of space is maintained between the performers and the audience. Hand sanitizers are available to all patrons in the lobby and the theater, and frequently-used surfaces are sanitized.

Special socially distanced seating sections will be available at performances on request.

Tickets are $18 for students and seniors, $20 for the general public and $22 for preferred front rows.

The show will be presented on Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. and Oct. 28-30 at 8 p.m. with a final matinee performance Oct. 31 at 2 p.m.

For tickets and more information, go to exit7players. com.

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A unique feature of the Exit Seven Players’ production is a partnership with the Western Mass Pinball Club. One of the songs in the production is “Pinball Wizard.”

The pinball club is a group of pinball enthusiasts based in Three Rivers, who buy, restore and have available for play more than 75 pinball machines from vintage to modern. With members’ help, Exit Seven Players secured 1950s- and 1960s-era pinball cases for props, as well as working vintage models.

“Amazingly, one of the principals of the club also had the original machine fashioned after the Broadway musical, which we are going to put in the lobby for free-play with a donation box,” Budnick said. All proceeds will be donated to the Pinball Project Charity, a group that purchases and refurbishes pinball machines that members then place in children’s hospitals.

According to Budnick, ‘Tommy’ was chosen for an Exit Seven Players’ production because of its “enduring popularity, resonant themes and the exciting combination of musical, artistic and acting talent we would be able to put on stage.”

As a unique and challenging rock opera, “The Who’s Tommy” is “a great vehicle for Exit Seven to showcase our outstanding regional talent and amazing venue, as well as the artistry of our dedicated lighting and set designers,” he said.

Since Exit Seven began producing musical theater in the Pioneer Valley in 1984, its reputation and pool of talent has grown considerably, and it now draws performers, musicians and theatrical artists from throughout Connecticut and Massachusetts. “‘Tommy’ is like going to see a show that is being performed in a concert set-

“The themes include a longing for connectedness, the illusory nature of popularity and pop culture, and the importance of our fragile connections with family and humanity — all the more poignant after our shared pandemic experience.”

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