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here will be plenty of happy campers at this weekend’s 60th annual Springfield RV Camping & Outdoor Show. The annual event returns to the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield tomorrow for four days after being cancelled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic. “We feel comfortable holding the show .... Covid numbers are going down. People are also itching to get out of their house from being cooped up this winter,” said Phil Nadeau,” who is chairing the event with his wife, Candace. The largest RV show in New England, the event brings together more than 200 exhibitors including leading RV dealers, campgrounds and specialty products. There also will be entertainment, informative seminars and other special activities. “Camping is a good way to leave your work and daily frustrations behind and enjoy nature, breath in fresh air, and just relax and be yourself. It’s also a great way to meet some great new people,” Nadeau said. One of this year’s new vendors will showcase camper vans. Still considered an RV since it can be driven about, these vans are often outfitted with a bedroom, kitchen, lights and sometimes even a small bathroom. “I’ve been trying to get a van
A scene from a previous Springfield RV, Camping & Outdoors show in the Better Living Center at Eastern States Exposition. This year’s four-day show begins tomorrow. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)
IF YOU GO Event: 60th annual Springfield RV Camping & Outdoor Show When: Tomorrow, 4 to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Monday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Eastern States Exposition, 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield Cost: Admission is $10 general, $8 for seniors age 60 and older, DAV and military, and free for children 12 and under For more info: Online at springfieldrvcamping show.com
outfitter for a while for our show, and this year we finally have one - Sequoia+Salt from New Jersey,” Nadeau said. Outdoorsy.com, an RV rental site, found camper vans to be more popular compared to RVs and are seen as a universal
Tomorrow begins with Shriners Clowns walking throughout the buildings and making balloons for kids. They return Saturday with a special stage show, as well as performances by Up, Up & Away presented by MadScience of Western Mass. and YO-YO Extravaganza with Eric Koloski. option for all ages. Also, Jen Young, CMO and co-founder of Outdoorsy, believes people will be using their camper vans to work on the road and predicts they will become one of the most popular forms of travel as millennials increasingly seek to connect outdoors with nature. Just as camping is a family affair, so is this weekend’s show with plenty of entertainment for kids and that adults will find fun. Tomorrow begins with Shriners Clowns walking throughout the buildings and making balloons for kids. They return Saturday with a special stage show, as well as performances by Up, Up & Away presented by MadScience of Western Mass.
and YO-YO Extravaganza with Eric Koloski. Seminar topics throughout the four days will include Quick Tips with Randy, Selecting Your New RV, Randy’s Travel Trailer Buying Tips, Camping Safety with Your Pets, Everything You Need To Know About Making Money with Your RV, and Connecting RV and Mobile Networking. Admission is $10 general, $8 for seniors age 60 and older, DAV and military. Children 12 and under are free. Each paid admission ticket also comes with a raffle ticket for a chance to win the grand prize golf cart donated by E. W. Gardner Golf Carts. Since 1962, the Springfield
RV, Camping & Outdoor Show has been produced by the members of Pioneer Valley Chapter 8 (PV8) of NAFCA. Members volunteer their time to set up and create the show. The chapter was organized in 1960 as a way to further family camping in the Springfield, area. PV8 is a volunteer organization in which members take active roles in the operation of the chapter and its year-round activities. Business meetings are held monthly, with the exception of July and August. PV8 organizes at least four camping and outdoor functions each year. For more information on Pioneer Valley Chapter 8, visit pv8.org.
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wine sales increased £583 million to and spirits receipts rose £784 million, according to the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA). In 2021, pubs, bars, restaurants and clubs served approximately 1.4 billion fewer pints, the BBPA said. The precipitous drop in sales was “a stark reminder of the dislocating effect COVID restrictions had on our sector and the communities our pubs sit at the heart of,” said Emma McClarkin, chief executive of the BBPA. It would seem that the reason for the disparity between beer and both wine and spirits is that the latter two are probably consumed at home in a higher percentage. That’s not to say beer drinkers don’t drink at home; I’m merely saying that pubs and beer bars are gathering places where a lot of beer is sold. And even when people ventured out during the pandemic, they probably stayed for a shorter period of time. So while a beer drinker might have a few more brews if out for three or four hours at a time, wine and spirit drinkers probably had the same amount as they usually due, as those beverages have higher alcohol content.
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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 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 Delaney House: Tone Wolf. 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee East Mountain Country Club: 60’s Experience Band. 1458 East Mountain Rd, Westfield Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing. 91 Taylor St., Springfield The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: Jake Blount. 289 Main St., Greenfield The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: The Pangeans. 289 Main St., Greenfield The Magic Lantern: Nude dancers. 399 Wilbraham St., Palmer The O’s Music Bar: Original Music Showcase. 330 Amherst Road, Sunderland Theodores’: Petey Hop. 201 Worthington St., Springfield West Springfield Fish and Game Club: CD jukebox, pool table. 329 Garden St., Feeding Hills
SATURDAY Delaney House: Piper Hopkins Trio. 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee Mardi Gras: Nude female dancing. 91 Taylor St., Springfield The Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center: Guy Ferrari. 289 Main St., Greenfield
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The Unforgettable Fire, a U2 tribute band, will perform as the night’s entertainment, with Ed Jackowski opening the show. The evening will also include food, raffles and a cash bar. The show starts at 8 p.m., with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by contacting Jeff Walsh at either jeffwalsh127@ gmail.com or 413-530-3944. The Wherehouse is located at 109 Lyman St. The Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade is scheduled for
U2 tribute band, Unforgettable Fire, will perform at a fundraiser at the Wherehouse in Holyoke on Saturday, March 5.
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actor is promoting his new book, “I Was Better Last Night.” The evening, which is being presented by the Mark Twain House, will be hosted by Duby McDowell and will be held at Immanuel Congregational Church on 10 Woodland St. , directly across the street from the Twain House. Feinstein’s writing is known for such works as “Torch Song Trilogy,” “Kinky Boots,” “La Cage Aux Folles,” and “Newsies.” He also gained notoriety as a stage actor in “Hairspray” and “Fiddler on the Harvey Fierstein, a cast member in the television special “Hairspray Live!,” arrives at the NBCURoof ” and as a film actor in niversal Television Critics Association summer press tour on Aug. 2, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (RICH FURY/INVISION/AP) “Independence Day” and
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he late Frederick C. Tillis left an important cultural stamp not only on the University of Massachusetts Amherst community and region, but internationally as an ambassador of what he often referred to as America’s classical music — jazz.
IF YOU GO Event: “Celebrating the Musical Legacy of Frederick Tillis” When: Sunday at 4 p.m. Where: Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall in the Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts at UMass Amherst Cost: Free For more info: Visit umass. edu/music
collaborators from his past, and the present-day students who will hopefully carry the art form into the future,” Holmes said of the concert, which is to include at least one original tune that has not been performed in almost 40 years. All attendees must abide by the department’s protocols regarding COVID-19. For details visit, umass.edu/music/news/ patron-covid-19-safety-policy. The concert will be live streamed to the department’s YouTube channel, youtube. com/user/umassmusic dance.
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Tillis, who died on May 3, 2020, at the age of 90, was one of the foremost architects of the university’s current music program. He will be remembered with a musical tribute by the UMass Amherst Department of Music and Dance on Sunday at 4 p.m. “Celebrating the Musical Legacy of Frederick Tillis,” is free and open to the public. It will take place in the recently named Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall in the Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts at UMass Amherst. “Fred has left an important cultural stamp not only within the university and region, but internationally as an ambassador of … jazz. He was able to weave social commentary, authentic multi-cultural histories, sorrow and joy into his music, whether it came from his earthy tenor sax, his soaring soprano sax, or from his pen in song and poetry,” said Jeffrey W. Holmes, professor of music and director of Jazz and African American Music Studies. “As a faculty member of the Department of Music and Dance, Fine Arts Center director, director of the annual UMass Jazz in July summer workshop and Amherst resident, Fred left an indelible
saxophonist, collaborator and educator for so many decades. “Our 40th Annual Jazz Showcase video, which was shown on YouTube last spring, did include performances of pieces by Tillis as well as the late Yusef Lateef, but we certainly did not want that to be the only remembrance, and have been working toward holding a concert and panel discussion to properly honor Fred in Feb’ 22,” Holmes said. “This will be a tribute primarily ‘spoken’ through the power of musical expression — ‘voices’ instrumental, vocal Frederick C. Tillis stands outside the University of Massachuand in prose.” setts Fine Arts Center on Nov. 5, 1997. Tillis, the longtime diA free pre-concert discusrector and faculty member, will be remembered with a musical sion on Tillis’ life and legacy tribute by the UMass Amherst Department of Music and Dance will take place in the Bromery on Sunday at 4 p.m. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO) Center lobby beginning at 2:30 p.m. The discussion will footprint in his 48 years in music, as well as those in the be led by department chair, our valley. The connections African-American spiritual Salvatore Macchia. Tillis’ daughter, Pamela, will show a he made that brought so tradition. many world- renowned Jazz The Department of Music short excerpt from a documusicians to campus, the and Dance is presenting the mentary she is creating about pathways he provided for concert as a showcase in her father. aspiring students and his remembrance and celebra“I see this performance as a unrelenting commitment to tion of the musical impact multi-faceted musical scrapbook, with contributions from bringing appreciative equity Tillis had as a composer, for all art forms should not be forgotten.” Tillis came to UMass in 1970, where he was charged him with establishing a new program with jazz as its focus, the pre-cursor of the current Jazz and African American Music Studies WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Program. Tillis brought Polish American Fairview Knight of the department to national Columbus Citizens Club prominence through the 1599 Memorial Drive, 355 East Street, Ludlow, quality of its ensembles and Chicopee 583-6385 faculty, which included lu(413) 532-2011 Bingo Wednesdays minaries like Horace Boyer, DOORS OPEN 4:30PM 6:30-9:30pm Max Roach and Billy Taylor. Doors Open at 4pm. MASKS REQUIRED Tillis toured internaMinimum Admission $50 UNTIL SEATED tionally and recorded with 1 - 1199 Progressive w/ Progressive Jackpot students, alumni and faculty Climbing Consolation Prize 6:15pm Early Bird as part of the Tillis-Holmes 2 - $500 Cover Alls 6:20pm Start Duo and the Tradewinds 3 - $200 Special Games Min. Entry Package $15 Jazz ensemble. As a comAll Games will be $100 poser, his work spanned Electronic Bingo Aval. both the Jazz and European with 90 People or More Limited Snack Bar, traditions; his work includes All Cards are included Open Seating, more than 100 compositions with Admission Handicap Restrooms for piano and voice, orchestra, choral pieces, chamber CALL TODAY 413-788-1250 TO
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‘Uncharted’ signals shift in gaming’s Hollywood incursion By Todd Martens
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If “Uncharted,” mired in development delays for the better part of a decade, becomes a global film franchise for Sony Pictures, the love Tom Holland has for the PlayStation video game console will become the stuff of legend. It was on the PlayStation, between takes on 2017’s “Spider-Man: Homecoming,” that Holland immersed himself in the world of “Uncharted” — and accelerated his desire to portray a globe-trotting adventurer such as Indiana Jones or James Bond. “Uncharted” even led him to try his hand at pitching a Bond story. But more on that in a moment. Before video game studio Naughty Dog was known for its linear, story-driven narratives “Uncharted” and “The Last of Us,” two properties being adapted for film and television, it was a production house home to more lighthearted fare, particularly the run-and-jump series “Jak and Daxter.” Holland cites “Jak and Daxter” as one of his first video game crushes and talks about meeting Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann the way other actors gush over meeting a legendary director. “He actually worked on ‘Jak and Daxter,’ which is one of my favorite games. I loved that game as a kid,” Holland says of Druckmann, who started as an intern at Naughty Dog and worked as a programmer, designer, writer, creative director and vice president at the Santa Monica studio before he was promoted to co-president in 2020. “We were big gamers as kids,” Holland says of himself and his three brothers. “Our parents were always quite strict. We weren’t allowed to play video games on a school night. So I do remember waking up early on a Saturday morning trying to beat my brothers downstairs so I could get to the PlayStation first.” In 2022, video games appear to be the next big intellectual property arena for movie
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studios and streaming services. “Uncharted” comes shortly after L.A. studio Riot Games had a hit with Netflix’s adult animation series “Arcane,” weeks before a “Sonic the Hedgehog” sequel and “Halo” series for Paramount+, and months before HBO, with Druckmann’s heavy involvement, launches a series based on the somber, traumatic, zombie-inspired game “The Last of Us.” “It’s a testimony to how good the video game IP is and how robust it is in terms of narrative,” says Alex Gartner, one of the producers on “Uncharted.” “It’s robust in terms of narrative, and it’s matured. It has created real characters. It’s not just the playability of the games anymore. It’s the characters.” For “Uncharted,” that main character is Nathan Drake, originally inspired for the game by “Jackass’” Johnny Knoxville and portrayed in the film by Holland, about a decade or so younger than the character seen in the series’ first 2007 installment. Drake, as written in the games, was a serious-yet-carefree persona who made his living as a not-always-successful thief. Drake’s story arc came to a conclusion in the games with 2016’s “Uncharted 4: A Thief ’s End”; a non-Drake-starring spinoff was issued a year later. In the film, due in theaters Feb. 18, audiences will be introduced to a Nathan Drake with a borderline pathological desire for life-threatening adventures,
this time following in the sailing path of Ferdinand Magellan in an attempt to find a hidden treasure as well as discover what happened to his long-lost brother, Sam. “The core narrative vision for this game was trying to deal with someone who has an addiction to this,” Druckmann says. “He needs this in his life, to the point he doesn’t even realize. What if you oversteered with your life and try to find balance and the right relationship and move away from all that, to the point that you hurt who you are? There’s a calling you’re not answering. The narrative question is: Can you ever find a balance? That very much parallels our lives. We dedicate too much of our lives to our art.” Holland wasn’t the first actor attached to “Uncharted,” which has been in development for about 10 years. His desire to play the character, however, awakened his own yearning to see the world. “I didn’t know there was a film in the works, but I did inquire about it with my agents,” Holland says. “They were under the impression that Ryan Reynolds was going to play Nathan Drake. For whatever reason that film was never made.” Inspired by the game but thinking Drake was spoken for, Holland, in a conversation with Sony Pictures Chairman Tom Rothman, instead offered a pitch for a new Bond film,
a franchise once in the Sony family. “It was actually a really good pitch,” Holland says with mischievous insistence. “But I think from a marketing point of view it didn’t work. The idea of the film was you wouldn’t know he was James Bond until the end. He was supposed to just be a kid who was graduating into the SAS and goes on a mission, which is obviously exciting and adventurous. At the end of the film, he would be recruited into MI:6 and given the status of double-O and the title of James Bond. I thought it was really cool, but no one else, I guess, thought it was cool.” Asked specifically what drew him to Drake, Holland is blunt and isn’t afraid to say there was a hint of selfishness motivating his push to get this film made. “What intrigued me most about the character was his sense of adventure and where that would take me,” Holland says. “We’re talking about a character that explores the world and I love traveling, so I’m hoping that with this film series of ‘Uncharted’ we can go to places I would never have normally gone. So far that has been the case.” If only everything could be so simple. Although “Uncharted” follows in a lineage of classic adventure films, from the “Indiana Jones” flicks of Holland’s youth to last summer’s “Jungle Cruise,” “Uncharted” the game was never a sure sell. To understand the effect of the “Uncharted” games, one must capture the video game scene in 2007. With the risk of oversimplification, games that featured male protagonists — that is, most of them — tended to be of the brooding, toughguy type. And if they didn’t, they were still often set in sci-fiinspired locales. An old-fashioned adventure of the Indiana Jones sort hadn’t really be seen since the “Pitfall” games of yore or the pointand-click of “Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis” in the early 1990s. Although plenty of video game liberties are taken with “Uncharted,” there simply
weren’t many big-budget action games starring mostly normal people and set in what could be the present-day real world. It was such a rarity that people quit. “We actually had people leave the studio,” says Bruce Straley, who co-directed “Uncharted 4” with Druckmann and, with “Uncharted” architect Amy Hennig, had a role in the early development of the franchise. Straley, who left Naughty Dog, partially due to burnout, shortly after the release of “Uncharted 4,” explains that some Naughty Dog staff “were so adamant about losing the characterization and fun in video games that we had in ‘Jak and Daxter’ that they were appalled we would use motion capture. It would ‘restrict them as animators and creators.’ OK. It was that grounded of a game, but it’s not grounded at all, compared to ‘The Last of Us’ or more games that have come out.” Holland’s desire for the project to get made is credited as the reason Drake is younger in the film than in the games, where the character is in his 30s and 40s. But Holland does capture Drake’s jovial approach to life; he’s a man who seems to revel in the ridiculous situations he gets himself into, even as there’s a part of him that longs for deeper connection. In “Uncharted 4,” recently reissued for the PlayStation 5, the game plays with Drake’s struggle to settle down and be an honest partner to his wife. In the film, which largely sidesteps romance, Holland’s Drake is missing the father figure of his older brother and finds a thief-going partner, eventually, in Mark Wahlberg’s Victor “Sully” Sullivan. But he’s still ultimately a criminal. Holland says a lot of care was taken to make sure audiences connect with Drake in the film. “We needed Nathan to be very likable in this film, which is why we introduced the idea that finding the gold would mean finding his brother,” Holland says.
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HEN IT COMES to wine-related terminology, the letter B contains a lot of great wine words. From Bordeaux to Burgundy, bouquet to Barolo, there’s no shortage of wine-related words that start with the letter B. So here’s what you need to know about wine words that start with B, especially if you’re a Boston banker or beautician buying bottles of Beaujolais for your beautiful beau in Beantown’s Back Bay. That’s the best I can do with the letter B.
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sweet or too dry. They’re just right. In other words, a well-balanced wine can mean almost anything. So don’t worry if someone says a wine tastes balanced. They probably just mean the wine Bacchus – Best known tastes smooth. as the Roman God of wine, Barrel – Large, round Bacchus also refers to an wooden container in which obscure wine grape used to wine is aged. Normally made make white wines in Gerof French Oak or American many. Again, you would be Oak, most wine barrels hard pressed to find a wine typically hold around 60 made with Bacchus grapes. gallons of wine. Most wine is But if you love wine, odds are aged in barrels before being you’ve heard of this fun-lov- bottled. For some wines, the ing Ancient Roman God. aging process lasts only a few Balance – Winemakers months. For other wines, the and wine lovers often talk aging process might last sevabout whether a wine is well eral years. Either way, barrel balanced. But what exactly aging is a very important part does that mean? Think of of the wine making process. the fairy tale “Goldilocks Bitter – Another common and The Three Bears.” Well word used to describe how a balanced wines aren’t too SEE WINE, PAGE E9
O OFTEN USED IN the restaurant business these days that the phrase has become a cliche, “supply chain problems” continues to turn up in various discussions throughout the industry, especially when the development and construction of new restaurant locations is being discussed. Backorders on restaurant equipment continue to be several months on up to a year in length, delaying both renovations and new build outs. Several major chains have had to cut back on expansion plans and factor increased costs associated with construction delays into their development budgets. A number of factors are causing these supply chain headaches. Continued COVID surges around the globe are one reason for holdups. China, for instance, has been locking down major manufacturing and port cities in order to slow the spread of the omicron variant and, in doing so, has cut off supplies of parts and equipment, including those destined for food service use. Labor shortfalls, particularly a shortage of transport truck drivers, gums up the supply chain at major ports in this country as well as delaying the flow of parts and materials with the U.S. Some estimates suggest that the shortage of long-haul truck operators is currently approaching 100,000 in number. Government and consumers are also partly to blame for supply chain problems. Pandemic-related economic recovery payments the U. S. Treasury has made to some businesses, local governments, and especially individual consumers have created demand for goods and materials that the global supply chain would have been hard-pressed to handle even
Staff shortages and supply chain issues have harmed restaurant profits. (MLIVE.COM FILE PHOTO)
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in pre-pandemic times. Consumer behavior has also shifted, with the pandemic increasing spending on “things.” Services and experiences like travel, dining out, and such were (and sometimes still are) shut down and therefore don’t provide alternative outlets for consumer spending. One economic research firm estimates that consumer spending on goods would have to decline substantially from its current levels — on the order of 15% or more for several years — in order for the congestion in the supply chain to clear up. For such a decline to take place would require a significant shift in buying behavior, with individuals putting more to into savings or spending money on something other than “things.”
Labor shortfalls, particularly a shortage of transport truck drivers, gums up the supply chain at major ports in this country as well as delaying the flow of parts and materials with the U.S. Some estimates suggest that the shortage of long-haul truck operators is currently approaching 100,000 in number. The predictable impact of all these supply chain problems on the restaurant industry is likely to be fewer new restaurants and a lot less remodeling and upgrading of existing eateries for several years to come. Side dishes • Wendy’s Restaurants are getting into the sweet and spicy chicken business with the introduction of two Hot SEE MENU, PAGE E9
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For those who prefer it, the restaurant’s regular dinner menu will also be served CONTINUES FROM PAGE E8 during the brunch hours. Honey Chicken offerings. February is Game Month The blueprint for the new at the Student Prince, with Hot Honey Chicken Sandwich buttermilk fried frogs legs, calls for a breaded, fried spicy venison short loin, bison strip chicken breast, Pepper Jack loin schnitzel, a grilled buffacheese, bacon strips, pickles, lo rib eye, and a game wurst and a hot honey drizzle all plate all among the “wild piled onto a bun. things” offerings. A Hot Honey Chicken The restaurant will also Biscuit is a simpler sandwich be presenting a six-course construct. It features a deepHunter’s Dinner on Feb. 24. fried chicken breast and hot Tickets, which are $75 inhoney drizzle served on a cluding tax and gratuity, can biscuit. be purchased online. Both items are slated to be For more details on brunch, an ongoing menu presence the game menu, or the Huntat participating Wendy’s er’s Dinner call the restaulocations. rant at 413-734-7475 or go to • This month brunch restudentprince.com. turned to the Student Prince • The Ancient Order of Cafe and Fort Restaurant in Hibernians of Hampden/ Springfield. Served every Sun- Hampshire Counties is day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., the presenting “Irish Night in brunch buffet includes a gen- Holyoke 2022 A G0-Go” on erous assortment of breakfast March 5, from 11 a.m. to 2 food favorites such as French p.m. toast, eggs Benedict, waffles, Held in memory of Daniel and breakfast meats. An om- P. Curran and to benefit the elet station and a selection of Maurice A. Donahue Scholarhot entrees are also built into ship Fund, the Irish Night in the experience. Holyoke is a pick-up, takeNew this winter is a “botout event produced in contomless” Mimosa and Bloody junction with the Log Cabin Mary option. Banquet and Meetinghouse
in Holyoke. The menu is a traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner with ribs added in; the meal will be available for curbside pickup on the day of the event. Each meal also includes an entry in a 50/ 50 raffle. The Irish Night dinner package is $25. Reservations must be made by Feb. 25; they can be secured by calling Joe O’Connor at 413627-7148 or Fran Hennessey at 413-785-5687. Reservations can also be made online at Eventbrite. com, where a broker’s fee will be charged. • Max Burger in Longmeadow is hosting another local beer and food pairing dinner on Monday, Feb. 21 at 6:30 p.m. Guest brewery that evening will be Leadfoot Brewing Company of Chicopee; Patrick Randall, the owner of Leadfoot, will be on hand to provide brewmaster commentary during the dinner. The menu, which was created by Max Burger Chef Gabe Vancil, is a five course affair that begins with a German meatball and a “flight” of three guacamoles.
A presentation of Mexicali shrimp skewers will be accompanied by Leadfoot’s West Coast IPA; an elegant-sounding Beef Wellington is planned as the dinner’s main course. Sticky toffee pudding with whipped cream and caramel will be the dessert that brings the dinner to a close. Cost to attend is $65, not including tax or gratuity. Reservations can be made by calling 413-798-0101. • The Uno Pizzeria & Grill on Boston Road in Springfield is presenting a kid’s mid-winter event on Feb. 22 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Themed around the Walt Disney Production’s motion picture “Frozen,” this “Dinner with Elsa & Anna” evening will feature a Frozen-themed kids’ menu, crafts, and special beverage selections. Highlight of the event will be visits from Else and Anna, characters from “Frozen.” Tables accommodating a maximum of six can be reserved by calling 413-5436800. • Recipe note to pizza shop operators who are struggling with hard-to-shape pizza
dough — add a little fresh pineapple juice to help that dough relax and develop what bakers call “extensibility.” Fresh pineapple juice contains enzymes that break down any stubborn protein strands in a dough in much the same way as commercial dough conditioners do. Care is warranted, however, since only tiny amounts of juice are needed to promote dough workability. Moreover, the pineapple has to be fresh; canned or bottled pineapple juice won’t work, since the heat involved in the packing process deactivates the enzymes. A longer discussion of pineapple juice and dough conditioners can be found in an epicurious.com article at epicurious.com/expertadvice/help-your-pizzadough-relax-with-pineapple-juice-article.
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And if you want to experiment with wine blending yourself, buy a few red or white wines made with a single grape and blend them together for fun. Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon blend well together. So do Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre. Enjoy! Blush – A less common type of white wine made with red wine grapes. Often pink in color, blush wines are sometimes referred to as rose wine. Although most people rarely call rose wines blush wines anymore. That’s probably because blush wines frankly have a bad reputation for being sweet, cheap wines. And that’s definitely not true when you’re talking about some of the best rose wines in the world, which can be crisp, lively, aromatic and exciting – especially when they come from France’s Provence region, home to the best rose wines in the world.
Bottle – Wine often comes in a glass bottle. Although in recent years, you can also find many wines, including good wines, in other types of packaging. (See “box” below.) Bouquet – Another common term used to describe a wine’s aroma. You can tell a lot about a wine by its bouquet. Does the wine smell like a field of fresh-picked roses? Or maybe the wine’s bouquet has a barnyard-like aroma, which often means the wine’s big and intense and needs an hour or so to “open up” and reveal its robust flavors. Feel free to use any words to describe a wine’s bouquet. If the wine smells like chocolate, blackberries or moldy cheese, go ahead and say it. There are no wrong words to describe a wine’s bouquet. Box – Box wine used to be synonymous with bad wine. Not anymore. Nowadays, you can find many great wines
that just happen to come in a box. Beerenauslese – A particular type of German wine made with late-harvested grapes. Often referred to ‘BA’ wines, these wines are often sweeter, dessert-like wines because they have a higher sugar content due to the grapes being picked later than normal. Popular wine grapes that start with the letter B: • Baco Noir (Red wine grape popular in France, New York’s Finger Lakes region and Southern Ontario in Canada) • Barbarossa (Red wine grape popular in Italy’s Tuscany region) • Barbera (Red wine grape popular in Italy’s Piedmont region) • Blaufrankisch (Red wine grape popular in southern Germany and Austria’s Burgenland region) Cheers!
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wine tastes. When someone says a wine tastes bitter, what they’re probably saying is the wine tastes a bit sharp or sour. Often, wines high in acid taste bitter. In addition, wines made with younger grapes often have a slightly bitter taste. Some people love bitter wines, especially certain white wines and so-called “orange” wines. For many others, bitter wines are best avoided at all costs. Blanc – Blanc simply means “white” in French. So if you see “Blanc” on a wine bottle, that means it’s a white wine. Several different types of white wines (and white wine grapes) also have the word “Blanc” in them, including Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc and Ugni Blanc. Blanc de Blanc – Another French term, “Blanc de
Blanc” simply means it’s a white wine made entirely with white wine grapes. (Some white wines are made with red wine grapes, but that’s another story.) In addition, Blanc de Blanc is a particular type of Champagne that’s only made in France’s Champagne region. As the name suggests, Blanc de Blanc Champagne is only made with white wine grapes, often Chardonnay grapes. In general, they’re often very crisp, dry and delicious Champagnes. Blending – Many wines are made with more than one grape. When that happens, the winemaker blends together several grapes to make a single wine. There’s a real art and skill to wine blending. That’s why many of the best winemakers in the world are revered for their wine blending techniques. This is especially true in France’s Bordeaux and Rhone regions.
Hugh Robert is a faculty member in Holyoke Community College’s hospitality and culinary arts program and has more than 45 years of restaurant and educational experience. Robert can be reached online at OffTheMenuGuy@ aol.com.
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Events THURSDAY MGM Casino:Thu.-Sun, MGM Springfield, featuring retail stores, restaurants, Regal Cinemas and more. For more information visit www.mgmspringfield.com, 1 MGM Way, Springfield.
FRIDAY ”The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”: Fri.-Sat, 8 p.m.; Sun, 2 p.m. Exit 7 Theater, $18-22. 37 Chestnut St., Ludlow; (413) 583-4301 or www.exit7 players.org. HVC’s Fun Fridays: Storytelling Standup Showcase, Fri, 7 p.m. Happier Valley Comedy Theater, Storytelling Standup Showcase @ Happier Valley Comedy’s Next Door Lounge! Watch Happier Valley Comedy talent try out their latest material, laugh together, raise a glass, and support up-and-coming standup comedians. Doors open at 5:30. Showcase starts at 7 p.m., 1 Mill Valley Road Suite B, Hadley. Jean Jeffries, Wistaria Quartet Program: Fri, Buckley Recital Hall, Visitors will be required to show proof of either full vacciantion and booster or a negative test result taken within 72 hours preceding the event. Off-campus audiences are invited to view the livestream at https://www.amherst.edu/ mm/631556, Free. Intersection of Routes 9 and 116, Amherst. www. amherst.edu. MGM Casino: See Thursday listing Springfield RV, Camping and Outdoor Show: Fri, 4-8 p.m.; Sat, 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sun, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Eastern States Exposition, Better Living Center, Mallary Complex and Young Building, $10 adults, $8 seniors (60+), DAV, military, free children 12 and under. 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield. (413) 737-2443 or www.thebige.com. The Suffield Players Presents “Almost, Maine”: Fri.-Sat, 8 p.m.; Sun, 2 and 8 p.m. Mapleton Hall, COVID-19 precautions will be in place, as per CDC and local guidance; visit www.suffieldplayers. org for more information. recommended for ages 13+. For tickets call 800-289-6148 or visit www. suffieldplayers.org, Tickets $20, $15 opening night. 1305 Mapleton Ave., Suffield. (860) 668-0837 or www.suffieldplayers.org.
SATURDAY ”The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time”: See Friday listing
A statue of Springfield native Theodore Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, seems to watch over the Springfield Museums Quadrangle on what would have been his 116th birthday on March 2, 2020. The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum contains memorabilia of the beloved children’s author. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO) MGM Casino: See Thursday listing
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the Elephant, the Grinch, the Lorax and others, free on the green.
and 70s. It will also highlight the efforts of the late artist Josephine “Jo” Edmonds and the ways that Springfield RV, Camping and Out- George Walter Vincent Smith she helped transform the cultural door Show: See Friday listing Art Museum: Permanent exhibit: politics of Springfield, MA through “Ancient Treasures,” a display of arThe Suffield Players Presents her role as art coordinator at the “Almost, Maine”: See Friday listing tifacts from ancient China, Greece, Rome and Egypt. Hands-on making Afro-American Cultural Center at UMass Music & Dance to Present activities in the Hasbro Games Art American International College. Musical Celebration of Frederick Presented by Kiara Hill, Doctoral Discovery Center. Part of the free Tillis: Sun, 4 p.m. Tillis Concert Candidate, W.E.B. Du Bois Departfamily activities. Summer Hours: Springfield RV, Camping and Out- Hall: formerly the Fine Arts Center ment of Afro-American Studies, Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 11 door Show: See Friday listing Concert Hall, Important COVID-19 a.m.-5 p.m. University of Massachusetts. Cost information: all attendees must Stephen Page Quartet: Sat, 7 $4, free members. Available in Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum wear a face mask (KN95 or N95 p.m. Buckley Recital Hall, General person or on Zoom, to register for of Springfield History: Permamasks are strongly encouraged) seating. visitors will be required to Zoom visit www.springfield nent exhibit: more than two dozen show proof of either full vaccination and also be prepared to show proof museums.org. Indian motorcycles and related of full vaccination or a negative and booster or negative test result Springfield Science Museum: memorabilia. COVID-19 test within the last 72 taken within 72 hours preceding “Cut ‘N’ Rough Collection,” through hours. UMass students, faculty, Michele and Donald D’Amour Muthe event. off-campus audiences June 2022; Mineral Hall, Springand staff can show their UCard as seum of Fine Arts: “Capturing Our are invited to view the livestream field Science Museum. A collection proof of vaccination, Free and open Worlds” Works by the Springfield at https://www.amherst.edu/ of cut stone displayed side-by-side to the public. 151 Presidents Drive, Photographic Society.” Through mm/631556, Free. Intersection of with the same stone in its original Amherst. (413) 545-2511 or www. June 26, 2022. “Front Row Center: Routes 9 and 116, Amherst. www. rough state, ready for all to see in fineartscenter.com. Icons of Rock, Blues, and Soul.” amherst.edu. Earth Hall, on the second floor of Feb. 12–May 1. “The Body Adorned: The Suffield Players Presents the Springfield Science Museum. Artistry and Legacy of the Ancient “Almost, Maine”: See Friday listing The Cut ‘N’ Rough exhibit is on Americas,” through Feb. 27. Muloan from Fred Wilda and Helen seum a la Carte. Feb. 17, 12:15 p.m. Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden: Dr. Rodak of Hadle. “Under the Arctic: “Black Arts in Springfield”; this lecSUNDAY Seuss National Memorial. outdoor Digging into Permafrost,” through sculpture garden of larger-than-life ture will provide historical insight May 1. ”The Curious Incident of the Dog into the political and cultural forces bronze statues of Springfield native in the Night-Time”: See Friday The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Dr. Seuss at his drawing board sur- that shaped the Black Arts Movelisting Museum: Permanent exhibit; 1st ment nationally and specifically rounded by some of his most beMGM Casino: See Thursday listing loved characters including Horton in Springfield, MA during the 60s SEE CALENDAR, PAGE E11 Nunsense the Musical: Sat, 7 p.m.; Sun, 2 p.m. Ja’Duke Theater, For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit JaDukeTheater.com, $12 Children 12 and under and Seniors; $15 General Admission. 110 Industrial Blvd, Turners Falls; (413) 863-0001 or www.jaduke.com.
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tours are on the hour with the last self-guided tour weekdays at 2 p.m. and weekends at 3 p.m. Masks are required and social distancing will be practiced. Call to reserve at 413-637-3206. Admission is $18 adults, $17 seniors (65+), $10 students with ID and $7 children 5-17. Admission $18; $17 for seniors (65 and over); $10 for students (ages 18 – 23) with student ID and free for members. 104 Walker St., Lenox or www.gildedage.org.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE E10 1st 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. 2nd floor contains Geisel’s personal memorabilia, including never before publicly displayed art, the original Geisel Grove sign which used to hang in Forest Park, and furniture from Ted’s sitting room and studio, including his drawing board and armchair. Timed tickets required, for reservations visit springfieldmuseums.org. Quadrangle admission is $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.
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Volleyball Hall of Fame: Due to Covid-19, the museum is only open Sat. & Sun. from 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 purchasing strongly recommended. Visitors are required to wear masks. Box office staff will provide a mask for any visitor who does not have one. $2.50-$3.50, 444 Dwight St., Holyoke or www. volleyhall.org.
The center court inside of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. (HOANG ‘LEON’ NGUYEN / THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)
Eventbrite is highly recommended, as visitor capacity is reduced. Permanent exhibit: 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. Thurs.-Fri. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun. noon-4 p.m. $6, $9, $22.50 for a family of four, 125 West Bay Road, Amherst or www.carlemuseum.org.
for ages under 5, 1000 West Columbus Ave., Springfield or www. hoophall.com.
Norman Rockwell Museum: Permanent exhibit: Gallery. Hours: Thurs.-Mon. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Advance tickets purchase required; Closed Tuesday and Wed.;. $20 adults; $18 seniors, AAA, retire military; $10 college students, free children ages 18 and under, Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: Open members and active military, Feb. for Rides. Sat.-Sun. noon-4 p.m. School vacation Week. Feb. 19 - 27. $3.50 ride or 4/$10, 221 Appleton An indoor adventure with the beSt., Holyoke or www.holyokemerry loved stories and animals featured goround.org. in Jan Brett’s books. Explore the art on view by going on a Winter Mead Art Museum: Permanent Wonderland Scavenger hunt, exhibit: various American and readings from Jan Brett’s books are European paintings, Mexican ceramics, Tibetan scroll paintings and scheduled throughout the week more. Museum hours: Tues.-Thurs. and art activities are available. Book you ticket online at www.nrm. and Sun. 9 a.m.-midnight; Fri. 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. free, org. 9 Route 183, Stockbridge or Connecticut Science Center: 220 South Pleasant St., Amherst or www.nrm.org. Hands-on, interactive experiences www.amherst.edu. Old Sturbridge Village: “New Enwith over 150 exhibits in ten gallergland on Parade” exhibit, through Naismith Memorial Basketball ies and a range of topics, including July 2023. The exhibit examines Hall of Fame: Three floors with space and earth sciences plus parades and parade traditions in dozens of hands-on exhibits, a more. Hours: Tues.-Sunday, 10 a.m.New England from 1776 to 1940. regulation sized basketball court 5 p.m. Admission: adults $24.90; Included with general admission, and more than 900 artifacts on seniors (65+) $22.95; children ages Permanent exhibit: visit Kidstory, a display. The museum is now open. 3-17 $16.95; free for members. 250 In addition to a new technologically new indoor learning gallery in the Columbus Boulevard, Hartford or Visitor’s Center where kids ages advanced visitor experience inwww.ctsciencecenter.org. cluding the following: “High Above 3-10 can try on period costumes and imagine life in the 1830’s; Eric Carle Museum of Picture Center Court,” “Hall of Honor,” “Neat and Tasty: Getting Dressed Book Art: “Color \ Joy \ Eric “1891 Gallery,” “Players Gallery,” Carle,” through March 6. Included “James Goldstein Superfan gallery,” in Early New England”; apparel in portraiture. Hours: Wed.-Sun. with general admission, “I Could and “Jerry Colangelo Court of Do That!” The Picture Book Art Dreams.” Hours: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-4 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. $24, $22 seniors, $8 children 3-17, free for children of Ed Emberley. Through June 12. p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $28 under 3, Route 20, Sturbridge or “The Undefeated: An Exhibition of adults (16-24); $23 seniors (63+); Original Paintings” by Kadir Nel$19 youth (5-15); $23 students with www.osv.org. son. Through April 3. Purchasing valid high school or college ID; free Springfield Armory National Hismuseum admission in advance on Amelia Park Children’s Museum: Permanent exhibit: hands-on activities and creative exhibits, the Hurricane Simulator. The museum is now open. To limit capacity and provide time for cleaning the museum mid-day. Sign up online for a play session at www.ameliapark museum.org; Hours: Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sun. 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. Open for groups on Tues. and Wed. $8 adults, $8 children (12 months and older); $4 grandparents/seniors (60+); military personnel and teachers receive a 10% discount off the price of regular admission. Members and infants free. 29 South Broad St., Westfield or www. ameliaparkmuseum.org.
Wistariahurst Museum: Permanent exhibit, “Wisteria Vines in Full Bloom.” Carriage House and Gift shop open Sat.-Sun, Mon. noon-4 p.m.; historic house tours $7, $5 students and seniors, 238 Cabot St., Holyoke or www.wistariahurst. org.
toric Site: Ranger-led interpretive programs offered in the museum in the afternoon. Junior Ranger programs conducted frequently each Yiddish Book Center: Permanent day. hours are Wed.-Sun, 9:30 a.m.exhibit, “A Velt mit veltelekh: The 4 p.m. 1 Armory Square, Springfield Worlds of Jewish Culture.” The or www.nps.gov/spar. center will be open to the public The Clark Art Institute: “Hue & on Thurs, Fri, Sun, and Mon. from Cry: French Printmaking and the 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed Shabbos Debate Over Colors.” Through (Saturday) and Jewish and legal March 6. Permanent exhibit: holidays. $8 adults, $6 seniors, European and American paintings free for members, students and and sculpture, extensive collections children,1021 West St., Amherst or of master prints and drawings, En- www.yiddishbookcenter.org. glish silver and early photography. Hours: Tues.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Free year round for members, children 18 and younger, and students with valid ID, $20 general, 225 A.P.E. Gallery: Permanent exhibit. South St., Williamstown or www. Hours: Tues.-Thurs. noon-5 p.m.; clarkart.edu. Fri.-Sat. noon-8 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 Titanic Museum: Exhibits from p.m.;. 126 Main St., Northampton the collection of the International or www.apearts.org. Titanic Historical Society. Hours: Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts GalMon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat. 10 lery: Permanent exhibit. Hours: a.m.-3 p.m. $4, $2 children and Tues.-Fri. 12:30-4:30 p.m.; Sat. 10 students, 208 Main St., Indian a.m.-2 p.m. First floor of building Orchard or www.titanic1.org. 28. 1 Armory Square, Springfield University Museum of Contempo(413) 755-5258. rary Art - Fine Arts Center: Nicole Anchor House of Artists: Charles Eisenman, “Prince,” through May Miller: “Deep Space.” Through Feb. 1. “Sideshow: Nicole Eisenman’s 26, 1-6 p.m. Tues.-Sat. In this 3rd Modernist Inspirations,” through installment of a year-long celebraMay 1. Permanent exhibit. exhibits tion of this notable artist’s ninetieth are available online, visit https:// fac.umass.edu/UMCA/Online/.151 year on the planet, the museum wing at the Anchor House of ArtPresidents Drive, Amherst ists focuses on the DEEP SPACE Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded series, a suite of oils paintings Age Museum: Guided tours of the with white mists sprayed on deep first and second floors. Ventfort ultramarine fields. The effect is like Hall is open weekdays from 11 staring into space from a dark field. a.m. to 3 p.m. and weekends from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Self-guided SEE CALENDAR, PAGE E12
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