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Aurora Agana, of South Hadley, above, admires a bird sculpture at Hayden Creations at a past Old Deerfield Spring Sampler Craft Fair. At left, Pamela Adams, left, of Colchester, Conn., shares a laugh with Marcia Press of Meshugenah Hat Company after purchasing a hat at the Old Deerfield Spring Sampler Craft Fair. The Spring Sampler returns this weekend to the Young Building on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield. (STEVEN E. NANTON PHOTOS)

Old Deerfield Spring Sampler Craft Fair returns to Eastern States Exposition

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By Cori Urban

Special to The Republican

hoppers at this weekend’s Old Deerfield Spring Sampler Craft Fair will find nearly 125 crafters and artists selling their creations inside the Young Building on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield.

Visitors will find unique artisan crafts such as pottery, jewelry, fashion items, Easter decorations and more alongside birdhouses and other garden accessories, as well as gifts for giving at upcoming Donna Roy of Unwinded Studio take a picture of a garden spin- graduations and weddings.

Hours are Saturday, 10 a.m. ner made with recycled glass at a past Old Deerfield Spring to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m.

Sampler Craft Fair. (STEVEN E. NANTON PHOTO)

Jaclyn P. looks over some tops at Curt’s Turn Artistic Woodworking with the help of her grandmother, Carol Curtin, left, and mother, Rebecca Curtin, all of South Windsor, Conn., at a past Spring Sampler. (STEVEN E. NANTON PHOTO)

to 4 p.m.

Among the new exhibitors at the spring craft fair will be Maggie Adams and her husband Peter, who until recently traveled the craft fair circuit for some 38 years selling their handmade jewelry.

“Our vendor family who show at the Old Deerfield Craft Fairs kept begging us to join them. We have never exhibited in Western Massachusetts and we are anxious

to see what we can do,” said Maggie Adams.

Gone is their jewelry, however, replaced by their wire tree sculptures.

“We were at a show one day and I struck up a conversation with a woman who was selling her wire trees. I did wire wrapping before, so I was familiar with working with wire, and she helped me out with the craft,” Adams said.

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WEST SPRINGFIELD

Golf Western Mass Expo welcomes spring

By CHRIS MIRACLE

Special to The Republican

With just a few weeks to go until the official end of winter, another sure sign of spring being right around the corner is the seventh annual Golf Western Mass Expo.

The golf expo will be held on Saturday at Springfield Country Club from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

In the past the expo has hosted 50 vendors and seen 2,000 attendees from across Massachusetts and Connecticut.

Golf Western Mass, founded in 2014 by Joann and David DiRico, has supported junior golf and golfers in Western Massachusetts, distributing over $60,000 in college scholarships, hosting the Western Massachusetts Junior Open,

supporting the Connecticut PGA Golf Foundation, and honoring the MassLive All Western Massachusetts Golf Team.

“We’re looking forward to a great expo and carrying on the tradition that the DiRicos started,” said Springfield Country Club head professional E.J. Altobello. “Joann and David have decided to transition out of the expo, and we are honored to try to fill their shoes.”

While the expo had been previously held at Chez Josef, Altobello said some reorganization at the Agawam venue meant having the country club host the event this year.

Springfield Country Club is partnering with Devillier

Cleveland, and Bridgestone will be represented.

Tickets can be purchased Event: Golf Western Mass Expo in advance at David DiRico’s When: Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Golf in West Springfield for Where: Springfield Country Club, 1375 Elm St., West $12.

Springfield Price at the door is $15.

Cost: $15 at door; $12 in advance Assisting Altobello with Advance tickets: David DiRico’s Golf, 21 Myron St., West event logistics is Lindsay Springfield Allard, who is the volunteer coordinator for the 2023 PGA Designs to present the show In 2021, Golf Western Mass Championship at Oak Hill and host the Golf Western awarded $8,000 in scholarCountry Club in Rochester.

Mass breakfast honoring the ships for high school golfers “She’s been really great, tak2021 All Western Massachucontinuing their education at ing care of all the prep work, setts Golf Team chosen by the University of Connecticut, and we partnered with Emma MassLive.

Franklin Pierce and Campbell Devillier, from Devillier “At that breakfast we will be universities.

Designs to present the show. honoring the male and female At this year’s expo, vendors It’s become a team effort for MVPs from last season. We including Titleist, Callaway, sure. Emma and Lindsay have are looking forward to another Mizuno, Clique Gear, Bushreally taken ownership and outstanding event,” Altobello nell, Taylor Made, Under Arhave done a great job in their said. mor, Ideal Flexibility, Cobra, first year,” Altobello said.

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“We’re looking forward to a great expo and carrying on the tradition that the DiRicos started.”

SPRINGFIELD COUNTRY CLUB HEAD PROFESSIONAL E.J. ALTOBELLO

Sampler

Admission has been reduced from $6 to $5 to celebrate the 23rd annual event.

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What makes their wire tree art different is that they take that tree and attach it to a mineral, driftwood, or an acrylic painting.

“We have plenty of driftwood here in Maine, minerals not so much, but we get them when we visit Cape Cod. And the both of us have done painting on the side,” Adams said.

In addition to the food concessions to grab a quick bite to eat, visitors will find many specialty food vendors selling fudge and other candy, sauces of all kinds, honey teas, dips, and jams and jellies.

To add to the merriment of the day, harpist Piper Pichette will stroll the aisles of the craft fair with her soothing sounds. There also will be a free family craft table to create your own takeaway art.

Admission has been reduced from $6 to $5 to celebrate the 23rd annual event.

Children 12 and under are

Barbara Boutot, left, of Barbaraboutot Designs helps Sherry Kinsey, of Springfield, pick out a coat during a past Spring Sampler Craft Fair. (STEVEN E. NANTON PHOTO) Terry Vosburgh, left, and Anita Bourcier, both of West Springfield, check out bunnies at Sew-Crazy Crafter at a past Old Deerfield Spring Sampler Craft Fair. (STEVEN E. NANTON PHOTO)

free. Eastern States Exposition charges $5 for parking, but you can turn in your parking receipt at the show’s information booth for a 2 for 1 coupon good for the next craft fair on Sept. 17 and 18.

While there is no mask man-

date in West Springfield, Old Deerfield officials encourage mask wearing “for everyone’s health” and will have masks available for those who want one.

For more information, visit Deerfield-craft.org.

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Daylong Irish music festival comes to Northampton fairgrounds

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he inaugural Ireland Forever Festival will take place June 4 at the Three County Fairgrounds in Northampton.

Along with vending booths selling Irish-themed products and local Irish clubs and associations representing themselves, music will be a main draw.

Big Bad Bollocks, Banish Misfortune, the Boston Blackthorne Band and Unforgettable Fire will all take the stage at the festival. The Duffy Academy of Irish Dance is also set to perform.

The band Unforgettable Fire will be part of the lineup for the inaugural Ireland Forever FestiThe festival, which will run val to take place at the Three County Fairgrounds in Northampton on June 4. Above, the band from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., will rocks the stage during the 2017 Mighty Oktoberfest on Fort Street in downtown Springfield. also have a dedicated chil(HOANG ‘LEON’ NGUYEN / THE REPUBLICAN) dren’s area for fun, games and other activities. Food and beving on bass shortly after. at the Mohegan Sun casino in erages also will be available.

The group has displayed a Uncasville on June 3.

Tickets, priced at $30, and repertoire anchored in AmerRock has enjoyed ongomore details can be found icana, country, folk, pop and ing success in both film and online at irelandforever rock. television as a comedian, festival.com.

After years of live perforactor, writer, producer and mances, the trio decided to director for more than three Liner notes make a full-length album decades. He recently wrapped • The Music Hall at which resulted in their 2014 production on the upcoming Gateway City Arts has been debut “No Fools, No Fun.” biopic “Rustin.” Rock is also renamed Race Street Live.

Puss N Boots returned with set to direct an as-yet untitled George Lenker Race Street Live LLC was its second full-length album, project of his own in 2023.

LiveWire formed in early 2021 by John “Sister,” in 2020 — a collecSanders and Dan Smalls of tion of originals written by the • LCD Soundsystem has DSP Shows with Neal Robgreat space and are excited to band members collectively announced a residency at inson of Avalon Lounge & bring amazing shows to Holy- and individually, mixed with Roadrunner in Boston, runGame Café in order to reopen oke for years to come.” unique covers of songs by top ning from April 3-6. and operate The Music Hall at songwriters.

Roadrunner is Bowery BosGateway City Arts.

• Puss N Boots, a trio ton’s newest live music venue, DSP Shows serves as the featuring Norah Jones, • Grammy- and Emscheduled to open its doors in-house promoter and talent Sasha Dobson, and Cather- my-winning comedian Chris this month. buyer for the club, while gen- ine Popper, will perform at Rock has announced his James Murphy’s band eral manager Garrick Perry Gateway City Arts in Holyoke return to live comedy via appeared on “Saturday Night and production manager Jim on April 20. his “Ego Death World Tour Live,” hosted by comic John Frogameni add decades of Tickets, priced at $25 and 2022.”

Mulaney, this past weekend. experience producing live $30, are available through The 38-date North AmerLCD Soundsystem last apmusic in the region. eventbrite.com ican leg of Rock’s first world peared on the show in 2017.

“The Pioneer Valley is The trio formed Puss N tour in more than five years The band’s most recent unmatched in supporting the Boots in 2008. Initially it was kicks off April 2 in Atlantic residency, a 20-date stint at arts, especially live music,” a vehicle for Jones and Dobson City, New Jersey, with stops at Brooklyn Steel in December, Sanders said. “We are honto play music together and try the Wilbur Theater in Boston was halted due to a COVID-19 ored to be the stewards of this new things, with Popper join- March 30-April 1 and a show surge.

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MOVIES REVIEW

‘The Batman’ is dark, heavy and no fun at all

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By Adam Graham

The Detroit News

nrelentingly and unnecessarily bleak, “The Batman” is the darkest, heaviest big screen Batman yet, the result of years of fan demand that the Dark Knight’s brooding match the weight of our world.

Well, here it is, and it’s no fun whatsoever.

That’s by design: Director and co-writer Matt Reeves has scaled this Batman to let in as little light as possible, both tonally and aesthetically; this is a movie that exists in the shadows of shadows. That it’s coming out at a time when the world is in a particularly grim state — two years into a global pandemic, war raging overseas — is in keeping with its mood board. This is the world, “The Batman” says, so why should Gotham City be any different?

How about escapism, or entertainment? Well, you can find that elsewhere, just not in “The Batman,” which is a fairly representative snapshot of the ways these types of movies are constructed today, and the way that internet fan demands have influenced blockbuster filmmaking on a wholesale level.

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‘THE BATMAN’

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Rated: PG-13 Running time: 176 min.

Playing at: Agawam Cinemas; Cinemark Enfield, Hadley, and West Springfield; Regal MGM Springfield; South Hadley Tower Theaters

We’ve always been able to count on Bruce Wayne to be a billionaire playboy when he’s not out busting heads in the streets in his superhero gear, but not this time around.

“Justice League.”

“The Batman” goes even moodier, and in its color palate and temperament, its default setting is despair.

This is a movie that drops a needle on Nirvana’s anthem of anguish “Something in the Way” not once, but twice.

C’mon, even Kurt Cobain had a sense of humor.

Robert Pattinson, who played hottie vampire EdBack in 1997, Joel Schumward Cullen in the “Twilight” acher’s “Batman & Robin” movies before pivoting to a was pure cartoon, and it series of esoteric art films, flopped. Fans revolted and plays Batman/Bruce Wayne let their voices be heard, and like a guy who throws on that led to the character’s “Something in the Way” to more grounded reinvention listen to while he drinks his in Christopher Nolan’s trilogy morning coffee. His blackof Batman films, and into Ben out eye makeup doesn’t get Affleck’s joyless stint in the wiped off when he takes off Batsuit in “Batman v Superhis Bat helmet, it stays on, man: Dawn of Justice” and caked around his eyes like a

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Jeffrey Wright, left, as Lt. James Gordon and Robert Pattinson appear in “The Batman.” (WARNER BROS. PICTURES / TNS)

goth teen that just discovered the Cure.

We’ve always been able to count on Bruce Wayne to be a billionaire playboy when he’s not out busting heads in the streets in his superhero gear, but not this time around.

He’s not the smoothest or the savviest player in the room.

He’s a disaffected broken soul who’s in pain and can barely muster a smile, and his suits fit like he’s wearing his dad’s clothes. (At least we don’t have to see his parents get killed in an alley, again.)

But Bats is the life of the

party compared to his foe this time around, the Riddler, who’s no longer a cackling funnyman in a bright green question mark leisure suit but a barking mad serial killer who’s part Zodiac, part Jigsaw. He’s played by Paul Dano, the babyfaced “There Will Be Blood” and “Love & Mercy” star, who showed his nasty side as a vile slave driver in “12 Years a Slave” and as a deeply damaged suspected kidnapper in “Prisoners.”

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Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne in “The Batman.” (WARNER BROS. PICTURES)

ways, and Reeves doesn’t even try. This one’s for the hardcore fans. Don’t like it?

Go watch a Marvel movie.

But even within a similar Zoe Kravitz, left, and Robert Pattinson appear in a scene from framework, 2019’s “Joker” “The Batman.” (JONATHAN OLLEY / WARNER BROS. PICTURES VIA AP) was able to evoke more the soul and spirit of the Bathumanity from and more “The Batman” man character and what he sympathy for its lead characalienates crowds represents: He is vengeance, ter. It existed in a world that as we’re reminded many was more recognizable to our who don’t read times throughout the film. own, and struck a chord with the comics, who But in catering to that mind- audiences who were familset, “The Batman” alienates iar with the character but just want to crowds who don’t read the were open to a darker take comics, who just want to on the material. It worked enjoy the latest enjoy the latest installment of because on a base level it told installment of a long-running, immensely a relatable story of an outcast popular superhero franchise. pushed to, and beyond, his a long-running, It’s tough to have it both breaking point.

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in near total darkness, the occasional high red or burnt orange cutting through the black.

The film’s themes are just as dark as its visuals: Wayne is investigating troublesome truths within his own family legacy, Kyle is on her own mission of harrowing self-discovery, and crime and murder blot the city (both are up, of course, we’re told in an early news report).

And that’s not even counting the Riddler, who is leading an army of copycats and detailing horrific how-tos in plotting mass murder.

Fun stuff! Comic fans will argue this is the “Batman” that most closely matches

“The Batman” is a layer removed from that world and, at three hours, it’s certainly a lot of time to spend in the darkness and the rain. (That heaviness is felt, especially in the cumbersome third hour.)

It’s tough to see where we go from here, or how the pendulum swings back toward the light, but if the Batman movies are in any way meant to reflect our times — honest question: are they? — “The Batman” certainly mirrors the dismal state of the world today. Any breaks from that dreariness will have to come at a different bat time on a different bat channel.

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deranged psychopath in an oversized army green coat and a leather mask that looks copped from the Gotham City bondage gear outlet, and he’s disturbing in ways we’re not used to from “Batman” movie villains.

And then there’s Catwoman, the leather-clad cat burglar (she signs her checks Selina Kyle) who is on her own mission of revenge in the city. She’s played by Zoe Kravitz as a wild card who doesn’t fit into traditional hero-villain categorization, and her scenes with Pattinson bring “The Batman’s” only feelings of electricity, as well as levity.

On the periphery are a handful of familiar side characters: Jeffrey Wright is typically strong playing James Gordon, a lieutenant with the Gotham Police force who has yet to make commissioner; Andy Serkis is Alfred Pennyworth, Wayne’s butler and confidant, more youthful than we’re used to in some incarnations of the character; and Colin Farrell is Penguin, in a role that is as underrealized as Farrell is unrecognizable underneath his fat suit and layers of makeup.

Along with crime lord Carmine Falcone (John Turturro) and Gotham district attorney Gil Colson (Peter Sarsgaard), they’re all players in a drug and corruption yarn that only unfolds during nighttime hours. If there’s a Gotham City neighborhood bagel shop that does a good mid-morning walk-up business, we certainly don’t see it in “The Batman.”

Reeves, who made his name with the mysterious monster film “Cloverfield” and also helmed the last two “Planet of the Apes” movies, has a wide net in which to work and decades of mythology to play with. He downplays the cool side of the Batman character — the cars, the gadgets — and leans into the gloom: scenes unfold

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DINE & WINE

Kudos to Brewers Association for not adding new styles

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OMETIMES NO news is good news, as they say.

Such is the case with last week’s announcement that the Brewers Association has decided not to add any new style categories to its annual beer style guidelines this year. These guidelines are revised and reviewed annually and serve as a resource for brewers, beer judges, and competition organizers.

The association has been compiling these beer style guidelines and descriptions since 1979, and it deserves great credit for providing this educational tool and adding focus to the wide range of beers in our world.

This year, the Brewers Association chose to not add any new categories, but rather decided to add more clarification to existing styles. In my view, this is a smart move.

It’s always fun to see new styles emerge, but at some point we all have to step back and start to see the forest for the trees. And just because a brewery or two (or even 10) create what might be a new style, that doesn’t mean we have to make it some official style category. After all, with the exception of obtuse use of additives, beer is still mainly a four-ingredient concoction.

And while there are innumerable ways for those ingredients to be manipulated into

all sorts of delicious alchemy, a lot of creations still more or less fit into existing brackets.

“As the craft beer landscape continues to evolve, we want to ensure that our Beer Style Guidelines continue to be a trusted resource worldwide and are in stride with the innovation that continues to be brought forward,” said Chris Swersey, competition director of the Brewers Association. “We took 2022 as a year to focus on housekeeping, to address some discrepancies within the existing beer styles, and for a small number of significant updates to certain beer styles.”

Some of the tweaks include “adding several hybrid IPA styles to the Experimental

the brakes a bit this year seems like a prudent move.

After all, if too many categories exist, events like beer competitions become an exercise where everyone gets a trophy, like certain tournaments for young children. I’m not someone who cares much about beer competitions overall; I mean, George Lenker I have nothing against them, Beer Nut they’re just not my thing. (I view beer like I view art: I IPA category” and “standard- don’t need my favorite bands izing language on Juicy or to win awards.)

Hazy Styles based on brewer But if we’re going to have and judge feedback,” accord- beer tournaments, having ing to the announcement. too many categories defeats Since the Brewers Associthe purpose. ation added about 10 new So kudos to the Brewers style categories over the Association for this breather past three years, pumping this year.

“We took 2022 as a year to focus on housekeeping, to address some discrepancies within the existing beer styles, and for a small number of significant updates to certain beer styles.”

CHRIS SWERSEY, COMPETITION DIRECTOR OF THE BREWERS ASSOCIATION

Fast food chain raising capital with NFT sales

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FTS (NON-FUNGIble tokens), the blockchain-secured digital images that can be bought and sold online, have come into the world of restaurant financing.

As reported by “Restaurant Business,” an industry news magazine, Florida-based Chick’nCone is raising capital for expansion by selling “Chick’nCoins” at $14,500 each. The coins are NFTs, each of which represents a market area in the U.S. If a Chick’nCone franchise for a particular market area is sold to someone who subsequently develops a Chick’nCone restaurant, the NFT coin owner for that market gets half of the chain’s $45,000 franchise fee and 2% of restaurant sales from that market for six years.

If the market area is never

franchised by Chick’nCone, the coin holder gets nothing. Like other NFTs, Chick’nCoins can be sold by those who hold them to other willing buyers; in such instances Chick’nCone will collect 10% of the NFT sale proceeds.

Chick’nCone’s signature menu item is fried chicken nuggets tossed with sauce and served in ice cream cones. The restaurant also offers chicken sandwiches, chicken tenders, Cajun-spiced fries, and shakes.

The company has already sold an initial issue of 10 Chick’nCoins.

Some restaurant industry observers are describing Chick’nCone’s NFT issue as a new form of restaurant crowdfunding rather than a legitimate investment vehicle.

More information about

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Chick’nCone can be found online at chickncone.com.

Side dishes • The Skyline Beer Co. of Westfield is planning an Irish-themed beer dinner for March 13. Priced at $50 with tax and gratuity included, the four-course dinner will feature a number of Skyline’s own craft-style brews.

For tickets and more information, visit skylinebeerco. com/calendar/2022/3/13/ irish-beer-dinner.

Skyline Beer Co. answers at 413-378-3333.

Chicken in a waffle cone is one of the menu items at Chick’nCone restaurants. The Florida-based restaurant is raising capital for expansion by selling “Chick’nCoin” NFTs at $14,500 each. (SUBMITTED PHOTO)

• On the Border locations have recently introduced a number of new limited-time-only menu items.

The short-term menu enhancements will be available through the end of May. Savory additions include Mexican street corn topped with lime crema, spicy chorizo

quesadillas, birria quesa tacos filed with barbecue-style beef, and chicken tomatillo tamales.

On the dessert menu strawberry cheesecake chimichangas are making a cameo appearance.

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Affordable next-door neighbors

HAT DO BUYING a house and shopping for wine have in common?

How much you pay often depends on three, important things.

Location, location, location.

In real estate, properties in different cities, neighborhoods or even on certain streets cost significantly more than other ones.

The same is true with many wines. Certain ones from specific wine regions often cost significantly more than other wines.

But just like real estate, there are often bargains to be found — if you simply look someplace else.

However, where a wine comes from makes a dramatic difference in how a wine tastes.

There’s a reason why wines from France’s Burgundy region or Tuscany in Italy cost more. The type of soil (limestone, clay, etc.) and specific weather conditions (cool nights, sunny days, some rain, etc.) there often come together to create magical wines.

So what’s the solution? How do you find affordable wines that taste almost as great as expensive iconic ones?

I have three more magical words for you — next-door neighbors.

One of the tricks I’ve used over the years for finding affordable wines often involves trying ones located near some of the best-known wine regions.

I will admit it’s getting harder. Winemakers and wine merchants have caught on over the years and now often charge much higher prices for wines from these wineries located near better-known places.

But there are still bargains to be found out there. So this week, I want to highlight some of my favorite wines (and wine regions) located near some of the best-known ones. Hope you enjoy.

dry red and white wines.

Bergerac Located in Southwest France closest to Bordeaux, the Bergerac region produces many outstanding red wines, especially ones made with cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc and merlot grapes.

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affordable wines. Red zinfandels from Lodi are especially Some of the wines from affordable wine regions recommended outstanding. So are many of its cabernet sauvignons (I this week. (KEN ROSS PHOTO) wrote about a great one last By country to find. And if you do find any, week for under $15 a bottle), France’s next-door neigh- odds are you’ll come across merlots and chardonnays. bors: red wines made with the counSpain try’s distinct (and delicious) Brunello Di Montalcino I love France and truly tannat grape.

(Italy’s) next-door neighbelieve you can find great bor: bargains here. But in general, By state Chianti many of the best wines — and California’s next-door Some of the best — and even many of the affordable neighbor: most expensive — Italian ones — from Spain cost sigOregon red wines from the town of nificantly less than ones from While you can still find great Montalcino in Tuscany. Less neighboring France. This is wines for under $15 a bottle than an hour’s drive north, especially true when it comes from California, you often you’ll find Italy’s Chianti wine to many Spanish red wines. need to spend a lot more on region, home to some of the You can easily find many great many wines, including on most affordable — and most ones for less than $20 or even some that are way overpriced delicious — Italian red wines. $10 a bottle. in my opinion. That’s why Older readers might rememOregon’s such an amazing ber short, squat bottles of Portugal alternative. It’s no secret that wine wrapped in straw from Taking the next-door neigh- Oregon produces outstanding Chianti. Many of those wines bor concept one step further, wines. Many winemakers were frankly not that great, eiif you think there are a lot of from France’s Burgundy ther. Not anymore. Now, most great bargains in Spain, you region began making wine Chianti red wines taste great will be amazed by many of the here several decades ago since and come in traditional-lookgreat affordable wines from many parts of the state have ing wine bottles.

Spain’s neighbor to the west. similar soils and weather.

Here, it’s not usual to find That’s why Oregon’s pinot Bordeaux (France)’s nextnumerous, outstanding wines noirs and chardonnays have door neighbors: (red and white ones) for under such a well-earned reputation Southwest France $10 a bottle. for being outstanding, affordDon’t get wrong. Many able wines. bargains can still be found in Argentina’s next-door France’s Bordeaux region.

By wine region neighbor: But there’s no denying that Uruguay Napa Valley (California’s) some of the most expensive Like France, you can still next-door neighbor: wines in the world come from find many outstanding, affordLodi Bordeaux. Fortunately, some able wines in Argentina. But Before I start a riot among of the best — and most affordin recent years, prices have California wine fans for the able — wines can be found slowly started to climb higher above entry, I figured I should in Southwest France. This for some Argentinian wines. highlight this outstanding Cal- wide-ranging wine includes That’s why affordable wines ifornia wine region right away. several amazing wine subfrom neighboring Uruguay de- Located just south of Napa regions, including Gascony, serve more attention. Wines Valley and east of San FranGaronne and another subrefrom this charming South cisco, Lodi produces a mother gion listed below. In each case, American country can be hard lode of mouth-watering, you can find many affordable

Cahors Just south of Bergerac in the Garrone region of France, you’ll find Cahors. For centuries, Cahors has produced powerful, complex wines, especially when it comes to its reds. Many people might associate malbec with Argentina, but Cahors first cultivated this grape long before introducing malbec to Argentina and the rest of the world.

By wine village Chateauneuf-du-Pape (Rhone Region, France)’s next-door neighbor: Lirac and Vacqueyras Compared to many of the most expensive wines in the world, red blends from Chateauneuf-du-Pape in France’s Rhone region remain a relative bargain. (Many of the best ones cost less than $80 a bottle.) But if you’re looking for other great, affordable Rhone wines, this region remains a bargain hunter’s paradise.

And two of the villages where you can find distinct, delicious red wines are Lirac (just west of Chateauneuf-Du-Pape across the Rhone River) and Vacqueyras (just northeast of Chateauneuf-Du-Pape). Both villages produce outstanding, subtle red wines, especially Vacqueyras, which are also easier to find in many wine stores in this country.

Gevrey-Chambertin (Burgundy, France)’s next-door neighbor: Marsannay You can easily spend more than $100 on a single bottle of outstanding red wine from Gevrey-Chambertin in the northern part of France’s SEE WINE, PAGE E12

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restaurant off Riverdale Street near Ashley Avenue; the eatery can be reached at 413304-3500.

• As industry statistics from the last several months are released, it appears that the sales slump in the restaurant business that began in December persisted into January, with a negative rate of sales growth just under 1%.

Guest counts were also down more than 6% December to January. Some of that drop could have been seasonal (January is a historically quiet month in the restaurant business), but some analysts also suggest that rapidly increasing menu prices are discouraging guests from visiting restaurants as often as they might otherwise be inclined.

Industry observers hope that good news about the pandemic may translate to better numbers for February and March.

• The spring edition of Dine Out Boston is only a little more than a week away.

A promotional event formerly known as Restaurant Week Boston, Dine Out Boston is a twice-a-year occurrence presented by the Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau.

The special price points for Dine Out Boston this March are $22, $27 and $32 for lunch, with dinner prices set at $36, $41 and $46.

More than 100 participating restaurant throughout the Boston metro area are offering specially created prix fixe menus.

Dine Out Boston runs from March 13 through 26, with some restaurants not participating on Saturday evenings.

The Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau, which answers at 888-SEE-BOSTON, maintains a database of restaurants participating in Dine

meets waffles.

They also create dessert waffles and several gourmet grilled cheese sandwich variations.

Wickedly Wild Waffles will next be at Tin Bridge Brewing on Sunday from noon to 6 p.m.

Tin Bridge Brewing answers at 413-642-6418.

A chance to dine “wild” is now available on March 18, with the game dinner buffet starting at 6 p.m.

In addition to a carving station stocked with bison, mountain goat, and more, there will be a selection of hot dishes, cheeses, and sides.

A Vienna-style dessert table will bring the evening to a sweet close.

• Champney’s RestauAdmission is $55 and tickrant at the Deerfield Inn in ets can be purchased on line Deerfield will once again at munichhaus.com. welcome young fashionistas The telephone number at on March 12 as the restaurant Munich Haus is 413-5948788.

The Munich Haus German Restaurant in Chicopee has added a hosts a Fancy Nancy Luncheon.

March 18 date to its series of Hunter’s Harvest Dinners.

The fun starts at 11:30 • On March 23 at 6 p.m.

(DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN) a.m., with everyone, wheththe Student Prince Cafe Out Boston at boston • Chick-fil-A locations are er young or young at heart, and Fort Restaurant will be usa.com/dine-out-boston/ bringing back, as a limitencouraged to dress in their hosting a “Luck O’ the Irish” restaurant-search/. ed-time-only offering, a fan fancy best. Those attending Whiskey Tasting Dinner. favorite. can, depending on what they The event, which will fea• On March 12, the StorThe Smokehouse BBQ “fancy,” order from Champ- ture five courses paired with rowton Village Museum in Bacon Sandwich features ney’s regular luncheon menu various whiskeys, is priced at West Springfield will hold its the chain’s signature grilled annual Maple Harvest Day chicken breast topped with and pancake breakfast from Colby Jack cheese and let10 a.m. to 2 p.m. tuce.

The celebration, which is The special flavor element co-sponsored by the West of the sandwich is bacon that Springfield Lions Club, will has been tossed in a brown highlight the history and sugar-pepper blend before traditions of maple sugaring. being slathered with SmokeDemonstrations of tree taphouse BBQ sauce. ping and sap boiling will be Pricing will vary according held along with the preparato restaurant participation. tion of various maple recipes.

There are Chick-fil-A From 10 a.m. until noon, locations on Memorial Drive members of the Lions Club in Chicopee and in Enfield at will hold a pancake breakthe Enfield Commons Shopfast in Storrowton Village’s ping Center.

Greenwich Barn. Price of the meal, which includes sausage • Tin Bridge Brewing and coffee or juice, will be $5. Co. of Westfield is periodiThe Student Prince Cafe and Fort Restaurant in Springfield For more information about cally hosting Wickedly Wild will offer a “Luck O’ the Irish” Whiskey Tasting Dinner on Storrowton Village Museum’s Waffles, a food truck that’s March 23. The event will feature five courses paired with variMaple Harvest Day, visit also headquartered in the ous whiskeys. (HOANG ‘LEON’ NGUYEN / THE REPUBLICAN) storrowtonvillage.com or Whip City. call 413-205-5051.

Wickedly Wild specializes or make selections from the $65, tax and gratuity includin liege waffles, a variety kids’ menu. ed.

• Grow Food Northamp- sometimes referred to as the A reading of Jane O’ConTickets can be purchased ton will once again be hold“real” Belgian waffle. Aunor’s children’s classic, online at studentprince. ing a winter farmers market thentic liege waffles are made “Fancy Nancy,” is a highlight com; the telephone number on Saturday from 10 a.m. to from a yeast dough similar of the occasion. to call is 413-734-7475.

2 p.m. to that used for brioche. The Seating is limited and Held at the Northampton dough is studded with pearls reservations are suggested.

Hugh Robert is a faculty Senior Center on Conz Street of sugar that add crunchy Champney’s answers at 413- member in Holyoke Commuin Northampton, the market hints of caramel flavor as the 774-5587. nity College’s hospitality and will feature fresh produce, waffle is baked. culinary arts program and has prepared foods, honey, maple Wickedly Wild prepares an • The Munich Haus Ger- more than 45 years of restauproducts, and more. assortment of waffle variman Restaurant in Chicop- rant and educational experiAdditional such market ations such as fig and goat, ee has added another date to ence. Robert can be reached events are planned for March maple bacon, and the Waffliz- this year’s series of Hunter’s online at OffTheMenuGuy@ 19 and April 2. za, their version of pizza Harvest Dinners. aol.com.

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of Knights, 33rd annual electronics hamfest. Snack bar will offer coffee, soda, donuts and breakfast sandwiches. Raffle prizes. Free VE exams, contact Jeff Bail NT1K at 413-238-1992. Table registrations, contact Brian Mullarney N1FI 860-478-6790, $5. 1599 Memorial Drive, Chicopee; castleofknights. com.

THURSDAY “Blithe Spirit”: Thu, 7:30 p.m.; Fri.Sat, 8 p.m.; Sun, 2 p.m. Majestic Theater, through April 3. Tickets start at $29. 131 Elm St., West Springfield. 413-747-7797, majestictheater.com.

Old Deerfield Spring Sampler Craft Fair: Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern States Exposition, Young Building, featuring 150 juried artisans in all craft media, including garden and Easter-themed items. There will be free demonstrations by crafters, music, activities for families and a chance to win $50 shopping certificates with multiple winners each day. $6 adults, free for children 12 and under; parking $5. 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield; 413-737-2443, thebige.com.

Irish Dance Performance: Thu., 5 p.m. ICC’s Irish House Restaurant and Trinity Pub welcomes the Black Rose Academy of Irish Dance. Restaurant and pub will be open for food and drinks. Free. 429 Morgan Road, West Springfield; IrishCenterwne.org.

“Witch”: Thu.-Sat., 7:30-9 p.m.

In the Rand Theater, located in the Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts at UMass. Content advisory for strong language, violence and blood. Tickets are $15 general admission, $5 youth, students, and seniors, and can be purchased in advance online at the Fine Arts Center Box Office or by calling 413-545-2511. Before you purchase tickets, please read the UMass Patron COVID Safety Policy online to ensure you are prepared.

Patrons who are unable to meet the requirements will be turned away at the door, 151 Presidents Drive, Amherst; umass.edu.

FRIDAY Applause Series presents Banish Misfortune: Fri., 7 p.m.

Online, pre-recorded concert to be broadcast/streamed at 7 p.m. on Agawam, Southwick and Westfield Channel 15. Viewers outside of those towns can enjoy the broadcast in high-definition online at agawammedia.tv, southwickma. org/channel-15-public-access or cityofwestfield.org/511/Community-Access-TV. The performance also will be available on the Agawam Cultural Council YouTube channel.

“Blithe Spirit”: See Thursday listing Springfield Thunderbirds vs.

Hershey Bears: Fri., 7:05 p.m.

MassMutual Center, $10+. 1277 Main St., Springfield; 413-7876600, massmutualcenter.com.

“Witch”: See Thursday listing

SATURDAY 2022 Irish Night in Holyoke A-Go-Go Part Two: Sat., 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Log Cabin Banquet and Meeting House. A curbside pickup of a traditional corned beef and cabbage dinner and ribs prepared by the Log Cabin. The event will benefit the Maurice A. Donahue

Getting ready to be judged takes a lot of work as this participant is prepped during a past Connecticut River Working Group Association Dog Show. The show returns to the Mallary Complex on the grounds of the Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield this weekend. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO) Memorial Scholarship and is in memory of Daniel P. Curran. For reservations, contact Joe O’Connor at 413-527-7148 or Fran Hennessey at 413-785-5687. The Hibernian website is aoh-holyoke.com, $25 per person includes the meal and one entry into the 50/ 50 raffle.

500 Easthampton Road, Holyoke; 413-535-5077, logcabin-delaney. com.

Agawam Lions Comedy Show: Sat., 6 p.m., Oak Ridge Golf Club.

This year’s show will feature comedians Joe Yannetty, Jody Sloane, and Jason Merrill. Concession food will be available for purchase and a cash bar will be open. In keeping with tradition, a large selection of raffle prizes as well as a 50/50 raffle will be offered. Doors open at 6 p.m., show begins at 7 p.m. Tickets cost $25 in advance or at the door.

To purchase in advance, contact club secretary Dick Lanier at 413335-5434. 850 South Westfield St., Feeding Hills.

Amherst Symphony Orchestra Concert: Sat., 8 p.m. Buckley Recital Hall, “Dram & Dance: Sibelius & Beethoven.” No tickets are required. Open to the public pending current COVID protocols.

Visit amherst.edu/acadmeilife/ departments/music/events/ covid-concert-protocols, Intersection of Routes 9 and 116, Amherst. amherst.edu.

“Blithe Spirit”: See Thursday listing “Bridges”: Sat., 7 p.m. LAVA Center, tickets available at thelavacenter.eventbrite.com, 324 Main St., Greenfield.

Connecticut River Working Group Association Dog Show: Sat.-Sun., Eastern States Exposition, Mallary Complex, 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield; 413-737-2443, thebige.com.

First Company Governor’s Foot Guard Dog Show & Obedience Trials: Sat.-Sun., 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Eastern States Exposition, Mallary Complex, 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield; 413-737-2443, thebige.com.

Happier Valley Comedy’s Fun Fridays Game Night: Sat., 5:30 p.m.

Happier Valley Comedy Theater, Enjoy a night of board and card games in Happier Valley Comedy’s Next Door Lounge. Free, 1 Mill Valley Road Suite B, Hadley.

Listening Ear Session: Sat., 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. LAVA Center, part of the Social Justice in the Arts and Media series. Tickets available at thelavacenter.eventbrite.com, 324 Main St., Greenfield.

Amateur Radio & Electronics Hamfest: Sat., 8:30 a.m., Castle of Knights. 33rd annual electronics hamfest. Snack bar including coffee, soda, donuts, breakfast Berkshire Bach presents organist sandwiches will be open. Raffle Renee Anne Louprette: Sat., 2 prizes. p.m. Unitarian Universalist MeetAmateur Radio & Electronics ing House, $35. 1089 Main St., Hamfest: Sat., 8:30 a.m. Castle Housatonic.

Springfield Thunderbirds vs.

Providence Bruins: Sat., 7:05 p.m. MassMutual Center, Pink in the Rink Night, $10+. 1277 Main St., Springfield; 413-787-6600, massmutualcenter.com.

“Witch”: See Thursday listing

SUNDAY “Blithe Spirit”: See Thursday listing Connecticut River Working Group Association Dog Show: See Saturday listing First Company Governor’s Foot Guard Dog Show & Obedience Trials: See Saturday listing Old Deerfield Spring Sampler Craft Fair: See Saturday listing

Quadrangle Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden: Dr. Seuss National Memorial. Outdoor sculpture garden of larger-thanlife bronze statues of Springfield native Dr. Seuss at his drawing board surrounded by some of his most beloved characters, including Horton the Elephant, the Grinch, the Lorax and others. Free on the green.

George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum: Permanent exhibit: “Ancient Treasures,” a display of artifacts from ancient China, Greece, Rome and Egypt. Handson activities in the Hasbro Games Art Discovery Center, part of free family activities.

Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History: Permanent exhibit: more than two dozen Indian motorcycles and related memorabilia.

Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts: “Capturing Our Worlds: Works by the Springfield Photographic Society,” through June 26. “Front Row Center: Icons of Rock, Blues, and Soul,” through May 1. Museum a la Carte: Today, 12:15 p.m., “On Account of Sex: A History of Women’s Suffrage in America.” $4, free for members. Presented

by Amanda Goodheart Parks, a historian, museum educator, and historical interpreter. In person or virtually on Zoom. To register the Zoom presentation, visit springfieldmuseums.org.

Springfield Science Museum: “Cut ‘N’ Rough Collection,” through June. A collection of cut stone displayed side-by-side with the same stone in its original rough state, ready for all to see in Earth Hall, on the second floor of the Springfield Science Museum. The Cut ‘N’ Rough exhibit is on loan from Fred Wilda and Helen Rodak, of Hadley. “Under the Arctic: Digging into Permafrost,” through May 1. Stars Over Springfield: Friday, 7:30 p.m., $3.

Join members of the Springfield Stars Club for skygazing in the Science Museum’s observatory. If overcast, attendees will be offered a tour of the observatory. Topic will be “Star Light, Star Bright: A Brief History of How Astronomers Gained Insight Into Our Universe

By Studying Starlight” with Ed Faits. Purchase entry on the night of the program at the Museums; $3 adults, $2 children.

The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum: Dr. Seuss Birthday Party on Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., through all 5 museums. Free with museum admission. Meet the Cat in the Hat and Thing 1 and Thing 2. Permanent exhibit: First floor exhibition provides opportunities to explore new sounds and vocabulary, and engage in activities that encourage teamwork and creative thinking, with interactive three-dimensional exhibits. Second floor contains Geisel’s personal memorabilia, including the original Geisel Grove sign which used to hang in Forest Park, and furniture from Geisel’s sitting room and studio, including his drawing board and armchair. Timed tickets required, for reservations visit springfieldmuseums.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.

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A.P.E. Gallery: Permanent exhibit.

Hours: Tues.-Thurs. noon-5 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. noon-8 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m.; “In the Blink of Our Lifetimes-The Ecology of Dusk” by Pamela Petro, through Friday. 126 Main St., Northampton, apearts. org.

Amelia Park Children’s Museum: Permanent exhibit: hands-on activities and creative exhibits, including the Hurricane Simulator. Sign up online for a play session at ameliaparkmuseum.org; Hours: Mon., Thurs.-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; ameliaparkmuseum.org.

Children’s Museum at Holyoke: Permanent exhibit includes the Wiggle and Wash/Vet Clinic, a toddler merry-go-round and a STEM-based cash register for kids.

HOURS: Tues.-Fri., 9 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m. Closed noon-1 p.m. for cleaning each day. Sat., 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Closed for Holyoke St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day. 444 Dwight St., Holyoke; childrensmuseum holyoke.org.

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: “Color \ Joy \ Eric Carle.” through Sunday, exhibit included with general admission. 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. “I Could Do That!” The Picture Book Art of Ed Emberley, through June 12. “The Undefeated: An Exhibition of Original Paintings”

by Kadir Nelson, through April 3.

Purchasing museum admission in advance on Eventbrite is highly recommended, as visitor capacity is reduced. Hours: 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; carlemuseum.org.

Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: Open for rides. Sat.-Sun. noon-4 p.m. $3.50 ride or 4/$10, 221 Appleton St., Holyoke ; holyokemerry goround.org.

Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery: Permanent exhibit. Hours: Tues.-Fri. 12:30-4:30 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

First floor of building 28. 1 Armory Square, Springfield; 413-755-5258.

Christ Church Cathedral: “God in Art” paintings by Tannie Faye Swent-Redfearin, through March 31.

35 Chestnut St., Springfield Forbes Library: Ceramic sculptures

by Immer Cook, oil paintings by Susan Valentine, through March 30. 20 West St., Northampton; forbeslibrary.org.

Julie Flynn-Powell, of Williamsburg, and her daughter Beatrix, meet the Cat in the Hat during a past birthday celebration for Springfield native Dr. Seuss at the Springfield Museums. The Springfield Museums will celebrate Dr. Seuss’ 118th birthday on Saturday with a day of activities throughout the museum. (FREDERICK GORE PHOTO) three floors with dozens of handson exhibits, a regulation-sized basketball court and more than 900 artifacts on display, in addition to a new technologically-advanced visitor experience including the following: “High Above Center Court,” “Hall of Honor,” “1891 Gallery,” “Players Gallery,” “James Goldstein Superfan gallery,” and “Jerry Colangelo Court of Dreams.”; Hours: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $28 adults (16-24); $23 seniors (63+); $19 youth (5-15); $23 students with valid high school or college ID. Free for ages under 5, 1000 West Columbus Ave., Springfield; hoophall.com.

Norman Rockwell Museum: Permanent exhibit. Hours: Thurs.Mon. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Advance tickets purchase required. $20 adults; $18 seniors, AAA, retire military; $10 college students, free children 18 and under, members and active military.

9 Route 183, Stockbridge, nrm.org.

Old Sturbridge Village: “New England on Parade” exhibit, through Mead Art Museum: Permanent July 2023; The exhibit examines paexhibit: various American and rades and parade traditions in New European paintings, Mexican ceEngland from 1776 to 1940. Included ramics, Tibetan scroll paintings and with general admission. Permanent more. Museum hours: Tues.-Thurs. exhibit: Visit Kidstory, an indoor and Sun., 9 a.m.-midnight; Fri. 9 learning gallery in the Visitor’s Cena.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free, ter where kids ages 3-10 can try on 220 South Pleasant St., Amherst; period costumes and imagine life in amherst.edu. the 1830s; “Neat and Tasty: Getting Naismith Memorial Basketball Dressed in Early New England”; Hall of Fame: Permanent exhibit:

apparel in portraiture. Maple Days.

Sat.-Sun. in March. The village’s working sugar camp demonstrates maple sugaring as it was done in early 19th century New England.

Hours: Wed.-Sun. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. $24, $22 seniors, $8 children 3-17, free for children under 3, Route 20, Sturbridge; osv.org.

Springfield Armory National Historic Site: Ranger-led interpretive programs offered in the museum in the afternoon. Junior Ranger programs conducted frequently each day. Hours: Wed.-Sun, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 1 Armory Square, Springfield; nps.gov/spar.

Titanic Museum: Permanent exhibit: 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; titanic1.org.

University Museum of Contemporary Art - Fine Arts Center: Nicole Eisenman: “Prince,” through May 1. “Sideshow: Nicole Eisenman’s Modernist Inspirations,” through May 1. Permanent exhibit. Exhibits are available online, visit fac.umass. edu/UMCA/Online/. 151 Presidents Drive, Amherst

from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Self-guided tours are on the hour with the last self-guided tour offered weekdays at 2 p.m. and weekends at 3 p.m. Call to reserve at 413-637-3206. Admission is $18 adults, $17 seniors (65+), $10 students with ID and $7 children 5-17. Admission is free for children 4 and younger, 104 Walker St., Lenox; gildedage.org.

Volleyball Hall of Fame: Online ticket purchasing strongly recommended, $2.50-$3.50, hours of operation subject to change. Current hours: Mon-Fri., 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-3 p.m., closed Sundays. Most up-to-date hours available online. 44 Dwight St., Holyoke; volleyhall.org.

Windsor Historical Society: “100 Years of Windsor Historical Society Exhibit.” available to view through summer. 96 Palisade Ave., Windsor; windsorhistoricalsociety.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; wistariahurst.org.

Yiddish Book Center: Permanent exhibit, “A Velt mit veltelekh: The Worlds of Jewish Culture.” Open Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Thurs., Fri., Sun. and Mon. from Age Museum: Permanent exhibit: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed Shabbos guided tours of the first and second (Saturday) and Jewish and legal floors. Ventfort Hall is open weekdays holidays. $8 adults, $6 seniors, free from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and weekends for members, students and children,

Gallery A3 Amherst Art Alliance: “Interwoven: Words & Images.”

Friday-April 2. Works by Marianne Connolly, Laura Holland, Sue Katz, Nancy Meagher, Rochelle Shicoff, Janet W. Winston; opening reception today, 5-7 p.m. Art forum online, March 17, 7:30 p.m. Register at gallerya3.com. 28 Amity St., Amherst; 413-256-4250.

Indian Orchard Mills Dane Gallery: All new exhibits every month featuring the artists at Indian Orchard Mills. Hours: Sat. noon-4 p.m. or by appointment. 34 Front St., Indian Orchard; 413-543-3321.

J. H. Miller Custom Framing and Gallery: Featuring the works of local artists. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.; Thurs. 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 86 Elm St., West Springfield; 413-732-9128.

Jasper Rand Art Museum: Permanent exhibit. Hours: Mon.-Thurs.

8:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 6 Elm St., Westfield; westath.org.

Salmon Falls Artisans Showroom: “Redemption” Daguerreotypes re-imagined in enamel and compassion by Jennifer Davis Carey, through May 2. Reception and talk, March 12, 2-4 p.m. 1 Ashfield St., Shelburne Falls; salmonfalls gallery.com.

Taber Art Gallery: “Paintings on Newspaper,” through March 10. 303 Homestead Ave., Holyoke; 413-5522614.

William Baczek Fine Arts: “Animal Kingdom,” through April 9. 36 Main St., Northampton; wb finearts.com.

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$60 nonmembers. massaudubon. org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#search; 127 Combs Road, Easthampton, 413-584-3009.

Natural Bridge State Park: Visitors Center exhibits. Daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., year round; explore the park story through displays, Berkshire Botanical Garden: artifacts and scavenger hunts. $2 Close Up and Far Away - Leonhardt parking fee; programs are free, 107 Galleries, through March 27, 11 McAuley Road, North Adams. a.m.-3 p.m. A stunning collection of paintings and drawings inspired by nature, created by artists with disabilities from Community Access to the Arts (CATA) Closed Mondays. Free, berkshirebotaniWinters Farmers Market at cal.org. “The Bulb Show - FitzHampshire Mall: In the Target patrick Greenhouse,” an evolving hallway. Saturdays through April collection of traditional New En2, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 367 Russell St., gland favorites such as narcissus, Hadley tulips and grape hyacinths together Northampton Winter Farmers with hardy varieties new to the Market: At the Northampton show: a striking, dark purple tulip Senior Center, Saturdays through with fringed petals named “Vincent April 2, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 67 Conz St., Van Gogh”; a diminutive, pink-orNorthampton; northampton ange tulip called “Salmon Gem”; seniors.com. a trio of new daffodils; and two Holyoke Winter Farmers Market: exquisite dwarf irises, “Harmony” War Memorial Hall, first and third and “Pauline,” through March 16, Saturday through March 19, 10 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 5 West Stockbridge a.m.-2 p.m. 310 Appleton St., Road, Stockbridge; berkshire Holyoke botanical.org.

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Mass Audubon-Connecticut River Valley Wildlife Sanctuaries: “Changes to Life and Landscape in Winter,” Saturday. In this threepart series, participants will be introduced to the hidden and not-so-hidden worlds of a western Massachusetts winter. Registration is required. $50 members,

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