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‘Lively day on the water’

A scene from the 2018 Westfield River Wildwater Races. This year’s event will be held Sunday. (DOUG STEINBOCK FILE PHOTO)

A scene from the 2018 Westfield River Wildwater Races. This year’s race begins for experts at the Knightville Dam in Huntington at 9:30 a.m. The classic race (amateurs) begins at 11 a.m. in downtown Huntington and concludes before the waterfall in Woronoco. (DOUG STEINBOCK FILE PHOTO)

Westfield River Wildwater Races to draw 450 paddlers

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By Cori Urban

Special to The Republican

he Westfield River Wildwater Race is “probably one of the most beautiful whitewater races that you can participate in,” boasted Brian W. Conz, president of the Westfield River Watershed Association, presenting sponsor of the event.

It starts at the Knightville Dam, which does a special release of water to raise the level for racing. “The course twists and turns by amazing rock formations, rapids, giant boulders, forests, villages,” he said. “There are two places where the rapids are so strong you have to get out and portage your canoe. It makes for a very lively day on the water.”

The Westfield River Wildwater Races will be back Sunday for a 67th run, and some 450 expert and novice paddlers in both kayaks and canoes are expected to participate.

Most paddlers come from Western Massachusetts; the race also draws paddlers from throughout New England and New York.

The race will take place on two branches of the Westfield River, which has received a designation from the National Park Service as “Wild & Scenic” due to its history and

The classic start at the center of Huntington is much less wild but still has one Class 3 and several Class 2 rapids.

Participants in the Westfield River Wildwater Races navigate the “Hill and Dale” rapids in 2019. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)

natural beauty. Spectators are welcome at key vantage points.

The race begins for experts at the Knightville Dam in Huntington at 9:30 a.m. The classic race (amateurs) begins at 11 a.m. in downtown Huntington and concludes before the waterfall in Woronoco,

just outside Westfield.

“Typically, whitewater is created by an irregular river bottom, flowing water and rocks,” said Ed P. Hamel, Westfield River Wildwater Race director.

There are two starts for the race: The expert start at Knightville Dam, which has

Class 3 and Class 4 sections.

Class 4 is the maximum navigable water for an open canoe.

“The water is turbulent, and a high level of skill is required to negotiate,” he said. “Class 3 has rapids with irregularity where precise maneuvering is required.”

The classic start at the center of Huntington is much less wild but still has one Class 3 and several Class 2 rapids.

“There’s a place we call ‘Hill & Dale’ in Russell where you see especially kayakers going for a very cold swim,” he added.

Spotters along the river help those who go in, and participants must wear regulation personal flotation devices for safety.

The race is one of the oldest of its kind in the country.

“COVID caused us to lose that (‘oldest’) designation,” Hamel said. There were no races in 2020/ 21, “but several of the longtime committed paddlers made it a point to run the river on what would have been the race date to keep the designation in spirit.”

Today, the race looks different than it did in the early days. The participants are a cross-section of the demographics of modern America, and technology has changed every facet of race gear, from watercraft, paddles and clothing, to timing and communication of the results.

“Kayak and canoe design has changed for the better. The

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MUSIC & CLUBBING

HE GREEN RIVER Festival has announced that an additional five artists will join the already diverse slate of performers at this year’s festival.

Rayland Baxter, the Ryan Montbleu Band, Dustbowl Revival, Sarah Borges and Golden Shoals will join dozens of other acts. Lake Street Dive, Father John Misty serve as headliners, along with notable acts such as Guster, Waxahatchee, Ripe and Galactic.

The festival will take place June 24 to 26 at the Franklin County Fairgrounds located at 89 Wisdom Way in Greenfield.

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Symphony of Horses returns to Big E Coliseum Broadway-style show features 36 world-class horses

By Keith O’Connor

Special to The Republican

If you are thinking of attending Friday night’s UPHA 14 Symphony of Horses, you better not put it off for another year.

The last time the popular spectacle – featuring 36 world-class horses and

ponies and their riders in a Broadway-style show – came to town at the Eastern States Exposition’s Coliseum was in 2007 in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the UPHA 14 Spring Premiere Horse Show.

Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the Symphony of Horses range from $20 to $50 and are on sale now at ticketing. thebige.com/Admissions/ Default.aspx?GroupPromo Code=UPHA. Tickets for streaming are $25 and are available at showtix4u.com/ event-details/63271.

“It’s time and cost prohibitive to put on a show like

“If you want to get a good idea of what you will be seeing, think of going to an ice show, only the performers will be horses.”

Bob Funkhouser, United Professional Horsemen’s Association

this every year, but we have brought it back to celebrate the 40th anniversary milestone of our Spring Premiere Horse Show,” said event coordinator Bob Funkhouser of the UPHA (United Professional Horsemen’s Association).

“Holding a horse show like our Spring Premiere event this weekend doesn’t usually attract a lot of general spec-

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various structural materials are lighter and stronger. The designs make for a more stable craft and better maneuverability while shedding waves while keeping water out of the boats,” Hamel explained.

Paddles are made of wood and composites like carbon fiber. They’re lightweight and strong. The clothing participants wear is full of options from dry suits to wet suits to quick-dry clothing that wicks water away from the body.

“We’ll be using electronic timing for the races this year where results will be instantaneous. We used to just have ropes strung across so you could see who won,” Hamel added.

According to Hamel, the race began when a few men in a bar in Russell bet a case of beer on the team that could go the fastest in a canoe from Huntington to Woronoco Falls: “In its 67 years it became a local rite of spring with many women, families and multigenerational paddlers participating. Talk to people who have done the race and they will tell you it is one of the most fun things they have ever experienced.”

Bob Hosmer, left, and Rich Longhi, both of Chicopee, launch their canoe at the start of the Westfield River Wildwater Races on April 20, 2019. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)

In 1950, just before this race was begun, the river was so polluted that it often ran in various colors due to contaminants. Now it is so pristine that people fly fish and swim in it as well as kayak and canoe.

“The future of the watershed is not just people recreating on the river, but understanding that it is one of our most valuable regional assets,” Conz said. “We want people in Western Mass. to see themselves as stewards of the river for future generations.”

The race helps to introduce

new generations to the magnificence of the river. “The paddling clinics, the practice runs, the cold swims, the anticipation and the thrill of the race, the post-race gatherings and camaraderie – participating in these events helps people form bonds with the river, establishing memories, traditions and connections,” he said. “Such experiences can be the foundation for feeling invested in the future of the area and feeling invested in the next generations’ ability to enjoy it as well.”

The Westfield River Watershed drains more than 500

tators, but they are welcome to view the show for free. We hope that the Symphony of Horses will bring in the general public to see the beauty and athletic ability of our horses in a special performance venue,” Funkhouser said.

It was the Springfield Symphony Orchestra that provided the musical accompaniment to its last show, but the organiz-

square miles of forested hills in Western Massachusetts, and it is home to some of the region’s best cold-water fisheries and intact wildlife habitat. It supports local economies through a variety of activities including maple sugaring, forestry, farming and various recreational activities. The forests and wetlands help to buffer against floods, store carbon and support biodiversity. “All of these assets attract many visitors seeking to revel in its beautiful scenery throughout the year, and they help make the greater Westfield area such a wonderful place to live,” Conz said.

Registration closes today at 6 p.m. The $35 fee covers race clinics and a Paddlers Party after the race with food available for purchase, music and entertainment from 1 to 5 p.m. at Strathmore Park in

ers have put together what they are calling the 35-piece Best of Boston Orchestra, featuring the best musicians from the Boston area.

Staged in a true theatrical setting, the show is produced

by Raye Lynn Mercer, Funkhouser’s wife, and features a cast of world’s grand champions, world champions and national champions from across the country. It is the horses – Morgan, American saddlebred, hackney and Friesian breeds – and not people who are the stars of the show. They will perform to 19 live songs ranging from

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Russell.

Funds from the event cover the cost to put on the race including insurance, timing and registration systems and additional policing.

Race committee member Phil Sousa handcrafts miniature wooden canoe paddles. Any racer that gets first, second or third place in his or her category will take home a handcrafted trophy.

Every racer gets that year’s race sticker. “It is so cool to see boats in the water that have more than a dozen of these,” Hamel said. “It’s been a very long two years, and this event really is a celebration of what is so unique and amazing about our region. We’re back!”

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the world. While they are based in Celtic traditions, the group is by no means constrained to typical Irish sounds. The band honed its craft in mid-1990s, when Gaelic Storm started as a pub band in Santa Monica, California. Their big break came when they were cast to appear as musicians in the blockbuster film “Titanic.”

This led to the group regularGaelic Storm will perform at the Calvin Theater in Northamply headlining Irish festivals ton on June 19. (AMY HARRIS / INVISION / AP) across the U.S. The Calvin Theatre is located at 19 King St. The band honed its craft in mid-1990s, when Regina Spektor will play The Pines Theater at Look Park in Northampton on July 26.

Tickets, priced at $45 and $59.50, are available through eventbrite.com.

The Grammy Award nominee first garnered attention with her gold-certified LP, “Begin to Hope,” which includes singles “On the Radio,” “Better,” “Samson,” as well as “Fidelity,” which climbed the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart.

Spektor’s fifth album, “Far” (2009), and sixth album, “What We Saw From the Cheap Seats” (2012), both debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

Spektor has performed at The White House as well as on Broadway and “Saturday Night Live.

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Gaelic Storm started as a pub band in Santa Monica, California. Their big break came when they were cast to appear as musicians in the blockbuster film “Titanic.”

Jam drummer Matt Cameron. The group also features Bubba Dupree, guitarist for Indie rockers Dinosaur the hardcore outfit Void, and Jr will open The Drake in vocalists Jennifer Johnson Amherst on Wednesday. and Jillian Raye, who also A limited number of tickets perform with Novoselic’s will be available via an onother band, Giants in the line lottery at thirdrow.live/ Trees. dinodrake.

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Jazz artist Regina Carter will perform two shows April Portishead will play its 28, at what has been billed first show in seven years, as The Drake’s grand openperforming a set at the War ing.

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Exit 7 Players stage ‘Wedding Singer’ Production begins tomorrow, runs through May 8

By Cori Urban

Special to The Republican

“The Wedding Singer,” soon to be staged by Exit 7 Players in Ludlow, is a show that is meant to be enjoyed, to make the audience laugh and to get people out to enjoy live theater again.

That’s what Adam R. Malmborg, director, hopes it will do: “It is a chance for people to put the real world on hold just for a little while and have fun.”

“The Wedding Singer” is set for tomorrow through May 8 at Exit 7 Theater, 37 Chestnut St., Ludlow.

The production takes audiences back to a time when hair was big, greed was good, collars were up and a wedding singer might just be the coolest guy in the room. Based on the hit Adam Sandler movie, it is set in 1985, and rock-star wannabe Robbie Hart is New Jersey’s favorite wedding singer. He’s the life of the party until his own fiancée leaves him at the altar, so he makes every wedding as disastrous as his own.

But a waitress, Julia, wins

Exit 7 Players is partnering with Community Survival Center by running a food and donation drive to support community members that are in need. his affection; she is about to be married to a Wall Street shark, and, unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a decade, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.

“The whole show from the costumes to the music and the dances are phenomenal,” Malmborg said. “My choreographers have added dance elements that people who lived in the ’80s would recognize. My eight-person pit band is bringing the ’80s back and will have the audience dancing in their seats.”

Because of the pandemic, he wanted to take all precautions, so he cast understudies for the show. “Some of my cast have had to learn more than one part. They really have been putting a lot of work in for this show, and I couldn’t be more proud and thankful to them,” he said.

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“They have even given me some ideas to help develop the flow of the show and develop their characters further.

I am excited for this show because I want the audience to see their hard work.”

Audience members can expect to walk into the theater and be taken back to a time of leg warmers and big hair and be reminded of how life was in the ’80s. “The show isn’t just about what they see on stage, but it’s also about what they see as they enter. Cast photos have taken on a new look. Some of our ushers are going to look a little different as well. Even some of our concessions are a blast from the past,” said Malmborg, vice president of Exit 7 Theater.

Exit 7 Players is partnering with Community Survival Center by running a food and donation drive to support community members in need.

Audience members who make a donation to a food drive, either with cash or with a nonperishable food item, will receive a small gift. “Who goes to a wedding without getting a wedding favor from the happy couple?” Malmborg said.

“The Exit 7 Players are going above and beyond to help hungry people in our area,” said Mary Cassidy, executive director of Community Survival Center.

Community Survival Center provides bagged groceries up to six times a year to low-income people from Ludlow, Wilbraham and Hampden, as well as from the Indian Orchard, Sixteen Acres and Pine Point neighborhoods of Springfield. Eligible seniors who live anywhere in Hampden County may visit the pantry every month.

Funds donated at the performances will be used to help with operating expenses.

Tickets for “The Wedding Singer” are available at exit 7players.org and at the box office on the nights of the performance. Check the website for seat availability and ASL shows. For handicapped seating, call 413-583-4301.

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Friendly’s revamps menu with a dozen new offerings

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NOTHER CHAPter in the saga of Friendly’s is unfolding this month as Greater Springfield’s homegrown restaurant brand rolls out a radical menu rework.

Since it was sold by its founders, the Blake brothers, back in 1979, the story of the chain has been a search for relevance in a rapidly changing world.

Curtis and Prestley Blake had created a brand founded on 1950s simplicity – high-quality ice cream, ultra-thick milkshakes, and the iconic “Big Beef ” sandwich – but over the ensuing decades the tastes of the dining out public evolved.

Super-premium brands such as Haagen-Daz and “mix-in” specialists such as Coldstone Creamery revolutionized the scoop shop scene, while preferences for “hot-andspicy” and “global flavors” have reset customer taste bud expectations.

The quandary faced by a succession of Friendly’s ownership teams over the last four decades has been how to successfully “modernize” the Friendly’s experience. Those efforts, which included fullservice menus, drive-thru “Express” locations, and even a liquor license or two, haven’t been particularly successful, as the chain’s unit count continued to drop. The brand now has only 130 loca-

The Friendly’s Cafe on East Main Street in Westfield is now open with its new-concept restaurant. (JIM KINNEY FILE PHOTO)

The quandary faced by a succession of Friendly’s ownership teams over the last four decades has been how to successfully “modernize” the Friendly’s experience. tions, down from a onetime peak of 850.

As part of a sweeping renewal effort, Friendly’s current owners, Amici Partners Group, LLC, this month are implementing a major overhaul of Friendly’s menu. In addition to a downsizing it from eight pages to two, the bill of fare now features 12 new menu items, many of which have contemporary ingredients and “big flavors” as their inspiration.

Bacon- and cheese-stuffed Tater Kegs are now on the appetizer menu, while a $100,000 Cobb Salad and a Chicken Caesar Salad help populate the menu’s enhanced salad department.

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Burger (it’s finished with beef brisket, cheese sauce, and fig jam); the Cheese Skirt Burger, a sandwich that gets its name from the crispy cheese disk that makes it look like a flying saucer; a Doritos Cool Ranch Chopped Cheese Burger; an American Cheese Brisket SuperMelt; and a Grilled Chicken Mozza SuperMelt.

Four new entree selections are available: spicy Tex-Mex Alfredo Taco Pasta, Bangin’ Beef Stroganoff, Oven Roasted Beef Brisket, and an Aloha Stir Fry Chicken.

A new ice cream flavor, Barking Pretzel, has also been introduced. It features brown sugar ice cream swirled with peanut butter and a combination of salty and chocolatecoated pretzel pieces.

By drastically reducing the menu’s size while at the same time updating its offerings, Amici Partners are undoubtedly trying to increase operational efficiency while attracting younger diners.

Amici Partners has also developed a new restaurant format, the fast-casual Friendly’s Cafe, and last month opened a prototype in Westfield. Many of the new menu items now being rolled out chainwide were first introduced at the Friendly’s Cafe.

Whether this latest brand renewal effort at Friendly’s turns out to be successful will

ing local ingredients, along with new packaging that provides additional transparency.

Exhibit ‘A’ helped launch the Northeast Grainshed Alliance and the Square Foot Project, which brings together breweries with farmers, processors and educators to promote the use of local grains.

To this end, each Exhibit ‘A’ beer now brewed in collaboration with local farmers will

carry a badge that denotes exactly how many square feet of local farmland each can of beer supports. The first beer to feature the badge is a relaunch of the brewery’s popular American IPA, Market Gap, which supports 4 square feet of land per can.

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Fieldcrest Brewing Co. answers at 413-596-3632.

• Advance tickets are now on sale for Maifest on Fort • The Steaming Tender Street, a two-night celebration Restaurant in Palmer is host- (May 20 and 21) sponsored by ing an Artisan Emporium on the Student Prince and Fort Olmsted Park, just outside the Restaurant. restaurant’s front door.

The Maifest will feature two The event, which will run tribute bands – Unforgettafrom 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May ble Fire, which performs U2 1, is a fundraiser to promote favorites, and the Zac Brown the restoration of the Frederick Tribute Band. Also included Law Olmsted-designed “sunk- in the good times will be the en garden” that once graced Berkshire Mountain Wanderthe grounds of Palmer’s railers. road depot, now the Steaming Tickets purchased before Tender Restaurant.

May 1 are $15; the price goes Vendor fees go toward the up to $20 on May 2. garden’s restoration and preserTickets may be ordered onvation; the Emporium event will line at studentprince.com/ also feature food and live music. maifest.

Artisans wishing to participate can email steaming • The Hideaway Lounge tender1@gmail.com for more in Easthampton will be the information. site of Riff ’s Joint’s first spirits dinner, planned for • On April 27, Iron Duke Tuesday with a 5:30 p.m.

Brewing in Ludlow will starting time. partner with the CRAVE Food The evening will begin Truck, which is based in Holy- with a welcome cocktail in

the form of a Knob Creek Rye Manhattan; an amuse bouche of Aleppo Honey glazed figs and sweet potato gaufrette will also be served.

The dinner will start at 6 p.m., with a planned first course of chicken liver mousse with smoked bacon jam. The event’s “second tipple” will be a small plate of duck “three ways,” a course which will be followed by seared sea bass served with bok choy and shitake mushrooms. A taste of Knob Creek Bourbon will accompany the main course, which is to be red wine braised elk with creamy polenta.

For dessert, Maker’s Mark Whiskey will be served with raspberry white chocolate bread pudding.

Tickets are $105 per person and can be ordered by calling Riff ’s Joint at 413-527-8811. A

be an effort worth watching.

Q. How did the brew-

ery get involved with this project?

A.

Exhibit ‘A’ Brewing is a founding member of the Northeast Grainshed Alliance.

At the very first meeting in February 2020, we broke off into several groups based on our desire to create ideas and form plans for what the NEGA would actually accomplish SEE LENKER, PAGE E9

$50 deposit is required at the time of reservation.

• Holyoke’s Office of Planning & Economic Development (OPED) has announced Explore Holyoke Restaurant Week. Scheduled for June 6-12, the event is designed so local restaurants can showcase what they have to offer and, in doing so, attract customers from across the Pioneer Valley.

Holyoke restaurants interested in more information about the Explore Holyoke Restaurant Week should contact Ileana Carrion, OPED’s senior project manager. She can be reached by email at carrioni@ holyoke.org or by calling 413322-5655.

Hugh Robert can be reached online at OffTheMenuGuy@aol. com.

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Celebrate Mother’s Day at one of Table 3’s highly acclaimed locations.

With the many available dine-in options it may be difficult to choose!

The Duck and Avellino will be serving a traditional pre-fixe menu with all mom’s holiday favorites, fantastic holiday cocktails, and decadent desserts. Call 508-347-2321 for Mother’s Day reservations at The Duck & Avellino. Seating is 11am–4pm.

Cedar Street Grille will be offering their unique brunch menu all day plus some great Mother’s Day Specials. Call 508-347-5800 for reservations. Seating is 10am–4pm.

The Barn at Wight Farm’s will host a spectacular Mother’s Day brunch buffet this year, brimming with all her favorites. This mom’s day feast is just $42.95 per guest (plus tax & gratuity). Call 774-241-8450 for reservations. Seating is 10am-4pm.

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7 Calif. Sauvignon Blanc wines ideal for spring

AST WEEK, I WROTE about seven California red wines worth splurging on this spring.

This week, I wanted to give California white wines their turn in the lineup, so to speak, for the baseball fans out there.

But rather than write about all different types of white wines, I wanted to focus on one particular grape used to make some of the best, most affordable white wines from California – Sauvignon Blanc.

What I love about Sauvignon Blanc in general is the versatility of these grapes. Wines made with Sauvignon Blanc taste great with a wide range of foods, from fresh fish and oysters to spicy hot dishes.

Part of that has to do with their often slightly tart, crisp, refreshing flavor. Unlike certain Chardonnays, there are never any over-the-top butter flavors when it comes to most Sauvignon Blancs. And while many Pinot Grigios have almost no flavor at all, there’s no mistaking the bright, vibrant, often grassy-like flavors of many Sauvignon Blancs.

Another great thing about Sauvignon Blanc is how many wine regions around the world make such outstanding ones.

From France’s Loire Valley to Australia and South Africa, you can find distinct, delicious Sauvignon Blancs, often for a fraction of the price of many other white wines.

The same is definitely true in California, which I will admit makes many outstanding Chardonnays. But be prepared to pay a lot more than the downto-earth prices for the seven, great California Sauvignon

favorite Napa Valley wineries, this Stags’ Leap Sauvignon Blanc has a complex, floral-like finish with hints of more traditional Sauvignon Blanc flavors, including lemon, lime, green grass and sea salt. Definitely one of the more aromatic wines, this gem smells and tastes delicious from start to finish.

Ken Ross • 2020 Banshee Sauvignon Wine Press Blanc Region – Sonoma County, Region – Napa Valley, CaliCalifornia fornia Tasting notes – Maybe it’s just Tasting notes – A consistent- my imagination, but I swear The seven California Sauvignon Blanc wines recommended ly great wine from one of my you can taste the influence of this week. (KEN ROSS PHOTO) favorite, relatively affordable the nearby ocean in this subtle, Napa Valley wineries, this Sonoma County Sauvignon Blancs featured this week, infresh-cut grass) from a cheeky Charles Krug Sauvignon Blanc Blanc. You can practically taste cluding one that costs less than winery with a sense of humor strikes all the right notes – from and smell the ocean crashing $10 a bottle. (cue the kid doing a cannonball its smooth, refreshing finish to against the rocks in this invigHope you enjoy. on the label). Like the best Sau- its zesty, citrus-like flavors, in- orating wine with sea salt-like vignon Blancs, this one has a cluding hints of grapefruit and flavors, along with hints of Recommended wines zesty finish with hints of lemon lime. Again, what I love most lemon and lime. Crisp and dry, 2020 Cannonball Sauvignon and lime. It’s the perfect wine about this wine is its smooththis refreshing white wine will Blanc ($16.99 Suggested Retail for sipping beside the pool on ness and subtlety. There’s noth- excite your senses and tickle Price) a warm spring afternoon. Just ing over the top or in your face your tastebuds.

2020 Bonterra Sauvignon watch out for that kid on the about this elegant, crisp wine.

• 2020 Justin Sauvignon Blanc ($9.99 at Table & Vine in diving board.

• 2021 Ferrari Carano Fume Blanc Central Coast West Springfield) • 2020 Bonterra Sauvignon Blanc (Sauvignon Blanc) Region – Central Coast, 2021 Charles Krug Sauvignon Blanc Region – Sonoma County, California Blanc Napa Valley ($20 SRP) Region – Mendocino County, California Tasting notes – Subtle, under2021 Ferrari Carano Fume California Tasting notes – Don’t let the stated, elegant and refined – Blanc (Sauvignon Blanc) Tasting notes – One of my name fool you. Fume Blanc is these are just some of the words ($12.99 at Table & Vine) favorite wines under $10 a bot- the exact same grape as Sauvi- that can be used to describe 2020 Stags’ Leap Sauvignon tle, this Sauvignon Blanc made gnon Blanc. many wines from Justin Winery Blanc ($32 SRP) with organic grapes has a clean, Its subtle flavors have a soft, in California’s Central Coast.

2020 Banshee Sauvignon refreshing finish that makes refined finish. The hints of lem- This delicate Sauvignon Blanc Blanc ($22 SRP) it an ideal choice for warmer on and sea salt don’t overpower is no exception. Light and crisp 2020 Justin Sauvignon Blanc weather and a wide range of you. They whisper in your ear and fragrant, this dry white Central Coast ($16 SRP) foods. Its subtle flavors range and have a crisp, clean, under- wine has a zesty finish with from fresh lime and green grass stated finish. An absolutely hints of lemon and other citrusWine tasting notes to hints of green apple and sea delightful wine. like flavors. A truly delicious • 2020 Cannonball Sauvisalt. An absolutely incredible • 2020 Stags’ Leap Sauviwine ideal for any time of year. gnon Blanc bargain that proves you don’t gnon Blanc Cheers!

Region – Dry Creek Valley, have to spend a fortune for Region – Napa Valley, CaliWine Press by Ken Ross appears Monterey, California great wine. fornia on Masslive.com every Monday Tasting notes – Classic Sauvi• 2021 Charles Krug SauviTasting notes – Another great and in The Republican’s weekend gnon Blanc taste (crisp, bright, gnon Blanc Napa Valley wine from another one of my section every Thursday.

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the grain farmers. (Matthew sits on the SQFT Project team and has held this role since its inception.)

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and be as an organization.

The SQFT Project was born out of the concept of calculating the grain usage in a given amount of beer and solidifying the ideals of supporting

some upcoming beer launches might support more than 4!

NEGA and the SQFT project team members worked with farmers, brewers, bakers, millHow is that 4 square of ers and maltsters to determine land calculated per can? how much farmland was supported for a certain amount The 4 square feet of of grain. Wheat, barley and support applies to Market Gap; other cereal grains each have

Q. A.

their own calculations. Our good friend Barry Labendz from Kent Falls Brewing in Connecticut was the catalyst and helped conceptualize the calculators we now use to determine how much grain is used in a particular product.

I’ll be hunting down some Market Gap, which I was told

is available at Atkins Farm in Amherst and Superphipps in Westfield in the Western Massachusetts area. As the saying goes, “No farms, no beer!” So I urge everyone to support this effort.

Plus, I’ve never known Matthew to make a bad beer.

Cheers.

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Events THURSDAY “9 to 5: The Musical”: Thu, 7:30 p.m.; Fri, 8 p.m.; Sat, 2 and 8 p.m.; Sun, 2 p.m. Majestic Theater, Through May 29, 131 Elm St., West Springfield. (413) 747-7797 or majestictheater.com.

MGM Casino: Thu.-Sun, MGM Springfield, featuring retail stores, restaurants, Regal Cinemas and more. For more information visit mgmspringfield.com, 1 MGM Way, Springfield.

FRIDAY “9 to 5: The Musical”: See Thursday listing MGM Casino: See Thursday listing Springfield Chapter of the American Guild Organists Concert: Fri, 7 p.m., St. Michael’s Cathedral.

The Springfield Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will celebrate its 75th anniversary year with a festival concert by Monica Czausz Berney. The concert is free and all are welcome. 260 State St., Springfield.

Music Award (NAMA) nominated CD “UNDER OPEN SKY,” $20/$25.

121 N. Pleasant St., Amherst.

Berkshire Bach presents Organist Peter Sykes: Sat, 4 p.m. First Congregational Church of Great Barrington, For tickets, visit berk shirebach.org/events, $35, $30 for members, free for children and students with ID. 251 Main St., Great Barrington.

MGM Casino: See Thursday listing Monson Spring Art Show: Sat.Sun, noon-5 p.m. House of Art, weekends, April 23-May 8.

200 Main St., Monson.

SUNDAY “9 to 5: The Musical”: See Thursday listing MGM Casino: See Thursday listing

SATURDAY “9 to 5: The Musical”: See Thursday listing

Quadrangle Welcome Center: Earth Day Festival 2022, April 24, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on the Quadrangle Green. In case of inclement weather, the festival will be moved into the Science Museum. Free and open to the public. Visitors can participate in free fun activities that demonstrate ways to enjoy the outdoors from a variety of nonprofit and community agencies who specialize in earth-centered work.

Mas Grass Festival 2022: Sat, noon, Franklin County Fairgrounds, Live art and interactive installations, vendors and food trucks, massages and Reiki. LGBTQ+ safe space. Family camping area.

General admission $30; admission and camping $60. 87 Wisdom Way, Greenfield.

Paper Cutting Workshops: Sat, 2-3 and 3-4 p.m. Kent Memorial Library. Come join instructor Landi Hou at the Kent Memorial Library for a paper cutting workshop. The session will be limited to 10 people.

All supplies will be provided. the art form involves making small cuts UMass Amherst Dept. of Music into paper to create beautiful deand Dance Presents: Fri, 7:30 p.m. signs. Sign up for this free program Bromery Center for the Arts, UMa- by calling the library at 860-668ss Wind Ensemble and Symphony 3896 or registering online at Band. To purchase tickets call 413- suffield-library.org. 50 N. Main St., 545-2511, go online to finearts Suffield. 860-668-3896. center.com/musicanddance or Psychic Fair/Mediums Day/Bake go to the Fine Arts Center box Sale: Sat, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Healing office. In accordance with current Hands of Light Spiritualist Church. guidance from the university, all Readings must be booked in attendees must be prepared to advance to assure the proper safety present either proof of full vaccimeasures on this Mediums Day. nation ofr COVID-19 or proof of a For information or advance booknegative PCR test for COVID-19 ings, call Denise at 413-519-9669. within 72 hours of the event.

For more information visit healing For UMass faculty, students and handsoflightspch.com, $20, 15 staff, a valid UCard is sufficient to min. private readings. 465 Granby verify full vaccination. Masks are Road, Chicopee. no longer required by university policy. Cost is $10 general, $5 for students, seniors and UMass Amherst employees, and free for UMass students. Presidents Drive, Amherst.

Olmsted Legacy: Bringing Nature to the City and Creating Breathing Space for Democracy,” an illustrated presentation on The Olmsted Legacy by writer, public historian and filmmaker Laurence Cotton.

Cost $4, members free.

Monson Spring Art Show: See Saturday listing

The Silver Chord Bowl: Sun, 1:30 p.m. Academy of Music Theatre.

Ancient Voices: Sat, 7:30 p.m.

The Silver Chord Bowl, in its Unitarian Universalist Society of 38th year, is the oldest and most Amherst. Blending Native Amerrespected collegiate a cappella ican flute and grand piano, these showcase in the region. The Acadedon’t-miss performances are enmy of Music Theatre in Downtown tertaining and educational as they Northampton will host this year’s engage audiences with musical event. It begins with Northampton insight and faraway panoramic mu- High School’s very own Northampsical imagery. Meet-and-greet Datones, followed by performances vid Rose and Dan Kennedy as they from premier colleges and universiplay from their Native American ty groups around the Northeast in-

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On the Majestic stage “9 to 5: The Musical” is onstage at West Springfield’s Majestic Theater through May 29. Tickets range from $31 to $37 and can be purchased by visiting or calling the box office at 413-747-7797.

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cluding Berklee On The Vox, Tufts sQ!, Amherst College Zumbyes, MIT Ohms, UMass Dynamics and Smith College Notables. Hosted

by Northampton Mayor-Elect Gina-Louise Sciarra and Smith College Professor of Music Steve Waksman, PhD, $10-$40. 274 Main St., Northampton; 413-584-9032 or aomtheatre.com.

UMass University Chorale and Conductors’ Chorus Concert: Sun, 4 p.m., First Congregational Church Amherst. In accordance with current university guidance, attendees must be prepared to present either proof of full vaccination for COVID-19 (the original CDC vaccination record card, a copy of the card, or mobile photograph of the card) plus a matching photo ID bearing the same name or proof of a negative PCR test for COVID-19 with collection date and time stamp within 72 hours of the event. For UMass faculty, students, and staff, a valid UCard is sufficient to verify full vaccination.

Masks are no longer required by university policy though patrons are welcome to wear them. Free. 165 Main St., Amherst.

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

George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum: “Ancient Treasures,” a display of artifacts from ancient China, Greece, Rome and Egypt.

Hands-on making activities in the Hasbro Games Art Discovery Center. Part of the free family activities.

Hours: Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History: “A Legacy of Campus Activism: The Springfield College Protests of 19691970,” through June 26. Permanent exhibit includes more than two dozen Indian motocycles and related memorabilia.

Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts: “CapturWest Springfield Coin Club Coin ing Our Worlds: Works by the Show: Sun, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m. DanSpringfield Photographic Society,” te Club. Coin dealers will exhibit through June 26. “Fantastic Ruins” as well as buy and sell coins and etchings by Giovanni Battista give free appraisals. Admission Piranesi, through July 17. “Front and parking are free. For further Row Center: Icons of Rock, Blues, information, contact Peter Setian at and Soul,” through May 1. Museum 413-596-9871. 1198 Memorial Ave., a la Carte: Today, 12:15 p.m. “The West Springfield.

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. April School Vacation Week “Rocks,” through April 22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Explore the science behind rocks and rock music; free with museum admission. Inspired by current exhibits “Under the Arctic: Digging into the Permafrost” and “Front Row Center: Icons of Rock, Blues and Soul,” the school vacation week activities explore themes of geology and music.

The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum: Permanent exhibit: first floor exhibition provides opportunities to explore new sounds and vocabulary, play rhyming games, invent stories, and engage in activities that encourage teamwork and creative thinking, with interactive three-dimensional exhibits.

Second floor contains Geisel’s personal memorabilia, including never before publicly displayed art, the original Geisel Grove sign which used to hang in Forest Park, and furniture from Ted Geisel’s sitting room and studio, including his drawing board and armchair.

Timed tickets required, for reservations visit springfield museums.org.

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

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Museums Amelia Park Children’s Museum: Hands-on activities and creative exhibits, the Hurricane Simulator.

Sign up online for a play session at ameliaparkmuseum.org. Hours: Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sun. 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. Closed noon-1 p.m. for cleaning. Open for groups on Tues. and Wed. Admission is $8 for adults, $8 for children (12 months and older); $4 for 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.

6-12, free for members, 70 Park St., West Springfield 413-734-8322.

Mead Art Museum: Various American and European paintings, Mexican ceramics, Tibetan scroll paintings and more. Museum hours: Tues.-Thurs. and Sun. 9 a.m.-midnight; Fri. 9 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. free, 220 South Pleasant St., Amherst or amherst. edu.

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Three floors with dozens of hands-on 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. Admission is $28 for adults (16-24); $23 for seniors (63+); $19 for youth (5-15); $23 for students with valid high school or college ID, free for ages under 5, 1000 West Columbus Ave., Springfield or hoophall.com.

in Junior Ranger activities, make a sun catcher, plant some seeds, learn about bees, and more. Ranger-led interpretive programs offered in the museum in the afternoon.

Junior Ranger programs conducted frequently each day. Hours are Wed.-Sun, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 1 Armory Square, Springfield or nps. gov/spar.

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

University Museum of Contemporary Art - Fine Arts Center: “Sideshow: Nicole Eisenman’s Modernist Inspirations,” through May 1. Nicole Eisenman: “Prince,” through May 1. “We Gotta Get Out of This Place: Transportive Art,” Berkshire Museum: “Project Vacthrough May 1. COVID-19 Health cine; Our Best Defense,” through and Safety policy: The Fine Arts May 31. 39 South St., Pittsfield or Center requires patrons to be fully berkshiremuseum.org. vaccinated to attend performancChildren’s Museum at Holyoke: es. UMass students, staff, and Amazing world of learning and volunteers are required to be fully play. The newest additions are vaccinated per university policy.

The Wiggle and Wash/Vet Clinic.

Masks are not required, but are A toddler Merry-Go-Round and welcome and encouraged. Please Norman Rockwell Museum: a state of the art, STEM based review our policy before attending Hours: Thurs.-Mon. 10 a.m.-5 cash register for kids. Hours: Tues, an event. The University Museum p.m.; closed Tuesday and Wed. Wed, Thurs, and Fri. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. is open through May 1 Tue–Fri, 11 Admission is $20 for adults, $18 for and 1-4 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. seniors, AAA, retire military, $10 for a.m.–4:30 p.m.; Sat-Sun, noon–4p and 1-4 p.m. (closed noon-1 p.m. p.m.; and first Thursdays until 8 college students, free for children for cleaning; Sun.- 12-4 p.m. (two p.m. Closed Mondays, holidays, ages 18 and under, members and slots); closed Mondays. Admission: active military. Advance tickets pur- and academic breaks. 151 Presi$8 for children and adults, $5 for chase required. “Bascove: The Time dents Drive, Amherst. seniors (62+), free for children We Spend with Words” exhibit Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded under 1 year of age and members. runs through June 5.

9 Route 183, Age Museum: Guided tours of Special school vacation programs Stockbridge or nrm.org. the first and second floors. Open include magic and balloons with weekdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Old Sturbridge Village: Visit Bowey the entertainer today from and weekends from 10 a.m. to 4 Kidstory, a new indoor learning 13 p.m. plus storytime with the director today at 10 a.m., and Friday gallery in the Visitor’s Center where p.m. Self-guided tours are on the hour with the last self-guided tour kids ages 3-10 can try on period at 2 p.m. 444 Dwight St., Holyoke weekdays at 2 p.m. and weekends costumes and imagine life in the or childrensmuseum at 3 p.m. Masks are required and 1830s. “Neat and Tasty: Getting holyoke.org. social distancing will be practiced.

Dressed in Early New England” Eric Carle Museum of Picture Call to reserve at 413-637-3206. apparel in portraiture.

Hours: Wed.Book Art: Gabrielle Healy Carroll Admission is $18 adults, $17 Sun. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Admission: Storytime Programs are held Tues. seniors (65+), $10 students with $24, $22 seniors, $8 children 3-17, and Fri. 10:30 a.m.; Sat. 10:30 a.m.

ID and $7 children 5-17. Admission free for children under 3.

“New Enand 2 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m., free with $18; $17 for seniors (65 and over); gland on Parade” exhibit, through admission. Thurs.-Fri. 10 a.m.-3 $10 for students (ages 18 – 23) July 2023, examines parades and p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun. with student ID; $7 for children parade traditions in New England noon-4 p.m. $6, $9, $22.50 for a 5-17 years; free for members and from 1776 to 1940. Included with family of four. “I Could Do That!” children 4 or younger. Psychic general admission.

Route 20, Sturthe picture book art of Ed Embermedium Rebecca Anne LoCicero. bridge or osv.org. ley, through June 12. 125 West Bay April 23, 6-8 p.m. Reservations for Springfield Armory National Road, Amherst or carlemuseum. attending the talk are required and Historic Site: National Park Week can be made online at eventbrite. org. is April 16-24. Bring your family to Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: Open com. Email infor@gildedage.org visit during National Park Week as for rides Sat.-Sun., noon-4 p.m.; or call 413-637-3206 and leave a they celebrate men and women, $3.50 ride or 4 rides for $10. 221 message if there are issues signing and the network of parks with fun, Appleton St., Holyoke or holyoke up through Eventbrite. Cost is $40. family activities and more. Be sure merrygoround.org.

104 Walker St., Lenox or gilded to pick up your free interagenage.org.

Josiah Day House: Featuring cy federal recreation land pass guided tours, artifacts, furniture, Volleyball Hall of Fame: The mufor you and your family to enjoy clothing and documents from 1754- discover the history and culture seum is only open Sat. & Sun. from 1902. Call for open house schedule o the Springfield Armory, take a 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Docent-led tours and individual tours; $3, $1 children ranger-led walking tour, participate 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. Our box office staff will provide a mask for any visitor who does not have one. $2.50-$3.50. 444 Dwight St., Holyoke or volleyhall.org.

Memorial Library is open on Thurs.

1-8 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m.-noon. 47 College St., South Hadley, 413-538-5047.

Galleries

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 or westath.org.

Hope and Feathers Framing and Gallery: “Close to Home” original oil paintings by Maggie Hodges, through April 28. Gallery hours: Wistariahurst Museum: Carriage Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Thurs. 10 House and gift shop open Sat.-Sun, a.m.-8 p.m., and Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Mon., noon-4 p.m. Historic house 319 Main St., Amherst or hope tours $7, $5 students and seniors. andfeathersframing.com.

238 Cabot St., Holyoke or wistar Indian Orchard Mills Dane Galiahurst.org. lery: All new exhibits every month Yiddish Book Center: The center featuring the artists at Indian is open to the public on Thurs, Fri, Orchard Mills. Hours: Sat. noon-4 Sun, and Mon. from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. p.m. or by appointment. 34 Front Closed Shabbos (Saturday) and St., Indian Orchard 413-543-3321.

Jewish and legal holidays. AdmisJ. H. Miller Custom Framing and ion: $8 adults, $6 seniors, free for Gallery: Featuring the works of members, students and children. local artists. Hours Mon.-Fri. 9:30 1021 West St., Amherst or yiddish a.m.-5 p.m. Thurs. 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; bookcenter.org.

Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 86 Elm St., West Springfield 413-732-9128.

A.P.E. Gallery: Permanent exhibit.

Hours: Tues.-Thurs. noon-5 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. noon-8 p.m.; Sun. noon5 p.m. “Wanna Come Over?,” through April 24; 126 Main St., Northampton or apearts.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.

Augusta Savage Gallery: Kabu MBII is “Nolda,” through April 27.

Gallery hours: Mon.-Tues. 1-7 p.m.; Wed.-Fri. 1-5 p.m. 101 New Africa House, Amherst or umass.edu.

Chicopee Main Library: NAMI Western Massachusetts 11th Annual Art & Poetry Show, through April 30. Free. Visit namiwm.org/ events. 449 Front Street, Chicopee 413-594-1800.

Forbes Library: “Rubber Stamp Portraits” by Alison Johnson; “Thread” by Jen Dieringer; “The Bay State: A Multicultural Landscape, Photographs of New Americans” by Mark Chester, through April 29. “Home” a virtual exhibit by Western Mass. artists and writers, through April 30. 20 West St., Northampton or forbeslibrary.org.

Gallery A3 Amherst Art Alliance: “twenty-three pieces” by Diane Steingart, through April 30; art forum online today, 7:30 p.m. Gallery hours: Thurs.-Sun. 3-7 p.m. 28 Amity St., Amherst 413-256-4250.

Gaylord Memorial Library: “Altered Books,” April 21-30, with an opening reception today at 6:30 p.m. Artworks are on view during open library hours between April 22 to April 30. The Gaylord

Online exhibit: Friends of the Agawam Public Library 2nd Open Juried Virtual Photography Show, through April 30. Visit agawam library.org/about-2/friends/ #Friends2ndPhotoShow.

William Baczek Fine Arts: Scott Prior, Watercolors 2022, through May 14. Open to the public. 36 Main St., Northampton or wbfinearts.com.

Outdoors Great Falls Discovery Center: StoryWalk Series, through April 27, “One Earth” by Eileen Spinelli, for ages 4-8. April 29-May 18, “We Planted a Tree” by Diane Muldrow, for ages 3-7. Enjoy a story, fresh air and exercise. On the grounds of the center for a free series of self-guided StoryWalks featuring children’s picture books. Follow the path to book pages posted along the route.

Great Hall Exhibit: “Watershed Moments” by Joanne Belair, through April 29. Earth Week Investigation Station, through April 24, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Activities include a “What’s wrong in the Watershed?” scavenger hunt, a spring outdoor bingo game, an outdoor Story Walk. Kidleidoscope Story Hour: April 22, “Skunks”; April 29, “Who Lives in a Tree?” 10:30-11:30 a.m. For ages 3-6 accompanied by an adult. Come learn about our wildlife neighbors who share our home in the Connecticut River Watershed. Program includes a story,

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activities, and a craft. Activities will be both indoors and outdoors. Siblings and friends welcome. 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls or greatfallsma.org.

classical, to rock, pop and Broadway. But there are some guest performers who are not horses. Mercer, founder of the Franklin School for the Performing Arts, is no stranger to staging musicals at its Black Box theater.

“If you want to get a good idea of what you will be seeing, think of going to an ice show, only the performers will be horses,” Funkhouser said.

Natural Bridge State Park: Visitors Center Exhibits. Daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., year round; explore the park story through displays, artifacts and scavenger hunts. $2 parking fee; programs are free.

107 McAuley Road, North Adams.

The Zoo in Forest Park and Education Center: Open weekends only, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The zoo opens seven days a week on May 9. They will be open the entire week of school vacation week, including today and tomorrow.

The City of Springfield charges a daily parking fee of $3 per in-state and $5 per out-of-state passenger car cash only. All buses and larger vehicles are charged $15 per vehicle. Please note that these prices are subject to change as the city decides the parking admission prices.

The Zoo is open on the following holidays: Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Father’s Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day and Columbus Day. Adults, $10; military and seniors, $7; children ages 1 - 12, $5; children under 1, free. Sumner Avenue, Springfield or forestparkzoo.org.

Wells State Park: Celebrate Earth Day with a stroll at Wells State Park on April 23, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Walk the Mill Pond Trail at Wells State Park and meet costumed forest characters who will explain the ecology of the areas you are walking through. The Lady of the Wetlands, a lumberjack and a farmer from the 1800s who built stone walls. Reach the end of the trail and receive a free tree or shrub or an environmental book. Kids will have activities and entertainment there too. Free, grassrootscentralmass.org/ TRT22/ 159 Walker Pond Road, Sturbridge

Markets Forest Park: Winter’s Farmers Market at Forest Park. Cyr Arena.

Sat. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sumner Avenue, Springfield The Republican is not responsible for unannounced schedule changes. Listings must be received two weeks before the date of the event. Items should be mailed to Entertainment Guide, The Republican, P.O. Box 1329, Springfield, MA 01102-1329, emailed to pmastriano@repub.com or submitted to masslive.com/myevent.

Broadway and Disney star Josh Strickland and television personality Carson Kressley will also be part of the evening’s entertainment.

Broadway and Disney star Josh Strickland and television personality Carson Kressley will also be part of the evening’s entertainment. Strickland will sing several songs as the horses parade in the ring, including “Go the Distance” from Disney’s “Hercules” movie and “Strangers Like Me” from Disney’s “Tarzan” movie. Strickland created the title role of Tarzan in the original 2006 Broadway play and in 2009 he made his starring Las Vegas debut in “PEEPSHOW” at Planet Hollywood.

Kressley is known for appearing in the 2003 Bravo series “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” and has been a contestant on ABC television’s hit show “Dancing with the Stars” and the popular CBS television show “Celebrity Big Brother.” No stranger to horses, he is the owner of American Saddlebred horses and won a world title in 2009. At the Symphony of Horses, Kressley, from his own platform in the arena, will be providing commentary for those who are streaming the show.

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