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Clockwise, from top left, Charlotte Dixon, of Southwick, takes a big bite of her pancakes; a youngster helps himself to syrup; and Juliana Dixon, of Southwick, enjoys her pancake as her mother, Stacey Dixon, looks on during a past World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast in downtown Springfield.

The event returns Saturday with new additions to the “usual” breakfast lineup. (STEVEN E.

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Steven Perez and his daughter, Alina, of Feeding Hills, pour maple syrup on their breakfast at a past World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast. (FREDERICK GORE PHOTO)

World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast returns Saturday to downtown Springfield

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By Keith O’Connor

Special to The Republican

ome may think the menu never changes, but that’s not entirely true this year at the World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast.

Back are those fluffy pancakes served up alongside bacon, milk, orange juice and coffee as part of the pancake breakfast marking Springfield’s 386th birthday on Saturday. But that’s not all. This year’s menu includes samples of iced coffee and Munchkins from Dunkin’, cheese from Cabot Creamery Co-operative, and “something special” from the Place 2 Be opening soon in Springfield.

Admission to the event, beverages, and activities are free, but if you want to enjoy a hearty breakfast, the cost is $3 general and $1 for children under 12.

The annual nosh fest, sponsored by MGM Springfield, will be held from 8 to 11 a.m. along an endless table running along Main Street from State Street to Bridge Street.

This year’s honorary chair is Chris Kelley, president and chief operating officer for MGM Springfield.

“MGM Springfield is incredibly proud to support the Spirit of Springfield in creating such unforgettable events like the pancake breakfast. It is a partnership we have valued since before opening our resort in 2018,” Kelley said in a statement. “When great partners come together, positive things can happen. But when an entire community comes together, that is when extraordinary things happen, and that’s what this event is all about.”

Judith A. Matt, president of the Spirit of Springfield, said she is hoping for good weather and one of the largest turnouts ever in the long history of the event.

“The pancake breakfast has always brought communities together in both the good times and the bad, including after the nation was still reeling from the effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the city of Springfield and adjacent cities and towns were

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A little girl waits as a volunteer puts syrup on her pancakes at the 2019 World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast. (STEVEN E. NANTON PHOTO)

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rebuilding after the devastating effects of an unprecedented strong EF-3 tornado,” Matt said.

“As the senseless war and devastation continues in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic enters its third year, people need a reason more than ever to put their troubles aside for a few hours and enjoy some good times with friends and neighbors attending the breakfast,” she added.

In addition to filling up on pancakes, there is plenty to do downtown during the breakfast and after the last pancake is served.

There will be two entertainment stages, including the Bruce Landon Way Stage featuring the Sci-Tech Jazz Band at 8 a.m. and Youthful Expressions at 10 a.m. The Harrison Avenue Stage will showcase Grisel’s Schools of Art at 9 a.m., En Motion Dance Theater at 9:30 a.m., Austin Fair at 10 a.m., and Springfield Prep at 10:30 a.m.

Monson Savings Bank will sponsor activities in Court Square, including cornhole games and Jenga, as well as a Massachusetts Army National Guard inflatable obstacle course, displays from the Springfield Police and Fire Departments, and the Hampden County Sheriff ’s Department.

TD Bank will be hosting activities at the corner of Main and Harrison Avenue that will include an appearance by their mascot, TD, a prize wheel, giveaways and more.

The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife will have a cast clinic to help improve your fishing. Several businesses and non-profit organizations will also be promoting their services.

For those who haven’t been vaccinated or received their boosters yet, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Springfield Department of Health and Human Services, and American Medical Response will be administering COVID-19 vaccines.

Above, while Jason Olive ponders what to do with his plastic utensils, his brother, Francis Olive, digs into his breakfast as dad, Francis Olive, watches. At right, a guest gets syrup for her pancakes during the 2019 World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast. (STEVEN E. NANTON PHOTOS)

“We have been doing this since 1986, so nobody goes away hungry.”

JUDITH A. MATT, PRESIDENT, SPIRIT OF SPRINGFIELD

Cooking, serving, selling tickets and keeping the tables clean will be hundreds of volunteers representing 94.7 WMAS, Armoury Quadrangle Civic Association, Baystate Charter Academy, Bethel Child Care Services, iHeart Radio Stations, Jack and Jill of Western Massachusetts, John Boyle O’Reilly Club, Law Office of Maurice Powe, Rock102, SATCO (PVTA), Springfield Code Enforcement/Building Division, Springfield Department of Health and Human Services, Springfield Thunderbirds, Springfield UNICO, The Q 99.7, United States Postal Service, United Way of Pioneer Valley, Western Mass News, Western Mass.

Square Round Dance Association, and others.

All of the action begins the day before at Mercy Medical Center where they will be mixing the pancake batter and filling 100 5-gallon buckets that will be delivered to the downtown breakfast on Saturday. Then, volunteers arrive as early as 4 a.m. to begin all the preparations and don’t leave until the last piece of trash is picked around 1 p.m.

In addition to MGM Springfield, the World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast is supported by Monson Savings Bank and TD Bank, and donations

from area businesses including American Medical Response, Baystate Health, Cabot Creamery, Costco, Elegant Affairs, Gleason Johndrow Landscaping, Hampden County Sheriff ’s Department, H.P. Hood, Home Grown Springfield – Sodexo, Mansfield Paper Company, Mass Convention Center Authority, MassMutual Center, Mercy Medical Center/Trinity Health of New England, Performance Foodservice, Quality Beverage, Republic Services, Sheraton Springfield, Smithfield Packaged Meats, Springfield Business Improvement District, as well as the Springfield Police, Fire, Parks, and Public Works Departments.

To help make the pancake breakfast as inclusive as possible, 80,000 free tickets were printed by Mercy Medical Center’s print shop and loaded into American Medical Response (AMR) vehicles for safe transport to area schools and daycare centers.

“We have been doing this since 1986, so nobody goes away hungry,” Matt said.

Students from throughout Western Massachusetts will dine for free at the World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast.

The Spirit of Springfield reached out to area may-

ors, superintendents, and heads of schools to offer complimentary tickets to the students. The response was overwhelming. Requests came from both sides of the Connecticut River including Agawam and West Springfield, Longmeadow and East Longmeadow, charter schools, private schools, and daycares.

This put the print shop at Mercy Medical Center into overdrive. They spent days printing, cutting, and packaging 80,000 tickets and fliers.

After being carefully counted

for each request, the tickets were loaded into American Medical Response vehicles for safe transport to each school.

After the World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast, guests can attend Healthy Us from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Riverfront Park. The community day of wellness is presented by Springfield Vax Force Youth Council.

The Spirit of Springfield has been presenting the World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast — one of the nonprofit organization’s signature events — since 1990.

For more information about the World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast, visit spiritof springfield.org or contact the Spirit of Springfield at 413733-3800 or staff@spiritof springfield.org.

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Celtic punk rockers the Dropkick Murphys will perform at The Big E on Sept. 16

Dropkick Murphys to play at The Big E

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ELTIC PUNK ROCKers the Dropkick Murphys will kick off The Big E in West Springfield on Sept. 16 Tickets are on sale exclusively at TheBigE.com. Concert tickets include admission to the fair.

The Boston-based band’s latest album, “Turn Up That Dial,” released via Dropkick Murphys’ own Born & Bred Records, is their 10th studio offering and fourth consecutive Billboard Top 10 album debut.

Overall, Dropkick Murphys’ music has generated half a billion streams. They’ve sold 8 million-plus units worldwide, sold out gigs on multiple continents and generated millions of livestream views — even nabbing the No. 3 spot on Pollstar’s “Top 2020 Livestreams.”

For more information on Dropkick Murphys at The Big E Arena, visit TheBigE.com.

The Big E, the largest fair on the East Coast, returns to West Springfield Sept. 16-Oct. 2.

Liner Notes • The Young@Heart concert originally scheduled for April 29 has been rescheduled for June 9 at 7:30 p.m.

Recently, two Young@Heart singers tested positive for COVID. Chorus director Bob Cilman said that because of this and the need to ensure that other Young@Heart singers did not also contract the virus, the group — which includes seven 90-year-olds — decided to postpone the show.

The concert will still take place at the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton and purchased tickets will still be valid for the rescheduled date of show

• MGM Springfield will present “A Bronx Tale” starring Chazz Palminteri on Oct. 8 at 8 p.m.

The one-man show, which will be held in the Aria Ballroom, was written by Palminteri about a killing he saw in the Bronx when he was 9 years old. It became a hit

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and made him an in-demand character actor.

Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com.

In the show, Palminteri brings each character — 18 in all — to life in this autobiographical piece.

The current play is the original one-man show he wrote and performed in 1989, which served as the basis of the later acclaimed movie and Broadway musical.

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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

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• Wilco will drop a new album, “Cruel Country,” on May 27.

The album, being issued on dBpm Records, will kick things off with its first single, “Falling Apart (Right Now).”

“Cruel Country” is almost entirely live takes of the songs, with very little

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Admission costs range from $5 to $10, but many of these fees are waived midday. Many of the fields do not charge an admission cost, and you can move about from field to field.

A shopper checks out items at the Brimfield Antique Flea Markets July show on July 15, 2021.

The first show of 2022 runs through Sunday.

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overdubbing. The band all played in the room in The Loft in Chicago, unseparated by sound baffles.

The album will be a twodisc work, and will arrive on the same weekend as the band’s annual Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, where they will perform the album for the first time.

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• Pure Prairie League and Jim Messina will headline the first full season of events at the Worthington Golf Links.

The season kicks off with Messina on June 25, followed by Carla Cook on July 2. Pure Prairie League takes the stage on Aug. 12, with James Montgomery and Joe Louis Walker coming to town on Aug. 28.

Tom Rush closes out the season on Sept. 4.

The Worthington Golf Links has been steadily expanding its summer concert series in recent years, holding an inaugural concert featuring Jon Pousette-Dart in 2021.

In addition to this year’s national lineup, the Links also will be featuring local and regional artists.

The Brimfield Antique Flea Markets is open through Sunday for its first run of 2022.

The fields along Route 20 are open dawn to dusk and rain or shine for deal hunters.

The show space runs about a mile in length and is set up to accommodate strollers and wheelchairs. People attend from all over the world, and the expansive space allows for easy movement throughout the fields.

Some tips for deal hunters: • Bring your umbrella and shop in the rain when attendance isn’t as heavy.

• Cool hard cash speaks better to some dealers than a check.

• Take a small memo pad with you so that you can write down the item that caught your eye, but weren’t ready to purchase, along with the name, booth number and field for that dealer. With so many fields, it’s easy to forget where you saw something you liked.

• Begin your treasure hunting early to avoid the crowds and don’t wait until

• “Exchange: Dances from the Heart to Sunday” has been postponed from its original April date to Sept. 18. at 4 p.m.

The show will feature performances from Lauren Horn, Tyler Rai, Rebecca Pappas, Tori Lawerence/Ellie Goudie-Avrill and Angelica Polk.

The artists will share current works, including dance, theater and performance art.

The performance will take place at 33 Hawley Workroom Theater, 33 Hawley St., Northampton If you purchased tickets, they will be honored at the rescheduled date.

For more information visit northamptonarts council.org.

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Rennie Hinog, of Farmington, N.Y., carries out an antique pillar he purchased at the Brimfield Antique Flea Markets July show in 2021. (HOANG ‘LEON’ NGUYEN / THE REPUBLICAN)

noon to eat lunch when everyone else is getting hungry at the same time.

• Don’t see something that you might be looking for? Don’t be afraid to ask.

• Check the temperature and weather for Brimfield before leaving home.

Admission costs range from $5 to $10, but many of these fees are waived midday. Many of the fields do not charge an

admission cost, and you can move about from field to field.

Parking fees vary, with some lots charging as little as $6 a day.

Other Brimfield shows are planned for July 12-17 and Sept. 6-11.

For more information, go online to brimfield.com or brimfieldantique fleamarket.com.

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MOVIES DVD RELEASES

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Mark Wahlberg, left, and Tom Holland appear in “Uncharted.”

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A blockbuster based on a popular video game franchise tops the DVD releases this week.

“Uncharted”: A young pickpocket/bartender gets recruited for the adventure of a lifetime, hunting down Magellan’s gold, in this swashbuckling action film featuring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg.

“While ‘Uncharted’ should be a rip-roaring adventure, it neither rips nor roars,” writes Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh in her review.

“Instead, it’s a rather basic travelogue through various

far-flung locations, filled with riddles, puzzles, symbols, keys and historical fun facts, like a ‘Da Vinci Code’ with abs.”

However, the star power of the leads proved undeniable.

“If ‘Uncharted’ survives on one thing, it’s the charming banter between Holland and Wahlberg,” Walsh writes.

“While Holland is a bit youthful for the role, he’s in a fun zone as a naughtier, zippier version of his Queens-born city kid Peter Parker. He’s matched by Wahlberg, who is locked in his signature highpitched/rapid fire, ‘say hi to ya mother for me’ cadence.

The pair are so entertaining to watch that it’s a letdown when Holland interacts with anyone else.”

Also new on DVD “Dog”: Comedy starring Channing Tatum, who also co-directed, as a wounded veteran driving his friend’s combat dog to his funeral in Arizona.

“The Cursed”: A pathologist with personal demons of his own travels to a small village to investigate a supernatural occurrence in this horror film set in 19th-century Europe.

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‘Black Site’ is action-thriller starring Michelle Monaghan

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for the (as yet completely theoretical) sequel “Black Site 2: This Time It’s Even More Personal.” Unrated.

Available on Amazon, iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, Redbox on Demand, Vudu and other on-demand platforms. Contains strong, bloody violence and crude language throughout. 93 minutes.

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I like Michelle Monaghan — even in an entirely fungible action thriller like “Black Site,” in which she portrays a CIA analyst playing a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a ruthless killer (Jason Clarke) who is methodically picking off the staff of a secret desert facility for the interrogation of terrorist suspects. Clarke, who barely has any dialogue as an assassin code-named Hatchet (appropriately enough), faces off against a beefy ex-military contractor (Jai Courtney) and other soon-to-bevictims, as he dispatches them in spectacular ways.

But this is really Monaghan’s show, as she plays a woman with a special reason to want Hatchet apprehended: She holds him responsible for the deaths of her husband and child, who were killed in an explosion at a Turkish medical facility that opens the film. The violent action is predictable, and the plot slightly ludicrous at times.

Michelle Monaghan stars in “Black Site.” (REDBOX ENTERTAINMENT / VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT)

But Monaghan, who knows her way around an action film (“Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol”) is never less than watchable. Maybe that’s why the ending of this sophomore feature from director Sophia Banks, working from a screenplay by John Collee (“Hotel Mumbai”) and Jinder Ho, sets up Monaghan’s character

Also streaming Based on the young-adult romance novel by Sarah Dessen, “Along for the Ride” tells the story of two insomniacs (Emma Pasarow and Belmont Cameli) who entertain each other in the middle of the night.

Andie MacDowell and Dermot Mulroney also star.

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Based on the book by the Rev. James Martin, the documentary “Building a Bridge” looks at the Catholic priest’s efforts to make the church more accepting of the LGBTQ community. Unrated. Available on demand;

also available June 21 on AMC Rhoads, who was the lead Plus. 95 minutes. guitarist for Quiet Riot and Ozzy Osbourne before dying “Randy Rhoads: Reflecin a plane crash in 1982 at the tions of a Guitar Icon” is a age of 25. Unrated. Available documentary portrait of on demand. 85 minutes.

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DINE & WINE

Sampling brews at the Salt House in Galway, Ireland

George Lenker

I The Salt House in Galway, Ireland, boasts a wide selection of fine brews. (GEORGE LENKER PHOTO)

Beer Nut

T WOULD BE A BIT OF a cliché to start a column about beer in Ireland with yet another mention of Guinness.

Unfortunately, that’s what I’m going to do today, but with a twist: I’m not writing about the classic stout, I’m writing about a more recent Guinness product — Hop House 13. The brew is a hoppy lager first introduced in 2015. It’s named after a hop store building at St. James Gate that existed in the early 20th century.

A trio of beers enjoyed at the Salt House in Galway, Ireland.

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Hop House 13 is very good.

It has floral notes in the nose and packs a decent hop wallop in the flavor, but has a solid barley foundation on which the fruity hop notes can sit.

I’ve read that it was made in response to the ever-burgeon-

ing craft beer movement, so good for Guinness for responding with such a sold, crisp beer.

OK, enough with the obligatory Guinness stuff. Truth be told, I only had two Guinness

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“As I always do in Galway, I spent more than my share of time at the Salt House, a craft beer pub that opened just over a decade ago. It’s small and rustic and the staff is fantastic.”

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Fenway Park, ballparks tweak snack offerings

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NCE LIMITED TO peanuts, hot dogs, and beer, the food served today at ballparks and similar sports venues has become flamboyantly creative, bringing together flavors and textures in ever-more unconventional ways.

The companies that provide stadium concession services each year invest considerable time and effort into developing signature menu items, many of which are customized to reflect “home field” food traditions.

Aramark Sports + Entertainment, which manages concessions at Boston’s Fenway Park, has this spring introduced several new items, including Fluffer Nutter Fries, a snack

that features sweet potato fries topped with crushed peanuts, peanut sauce, and marshmallow cream.

Those going to games at Fenway this season will also be able to sample MingsBings, brown-rice flatbread wraps with a plant-based pedigree.

The creation of celebrity chef and Boston-area restaurateur Ming Tsai, MingsBings are based on a traditional Chinese street food and are available in veggie-stuffed, plant-based sausage and pepper, and Buffalo cauliflower variations.

Aramark has additionally created unique flavor experiences for the other Major League venues it operates, such as the PBJ Burger it offers at Citizens Bank Park in Phil-

Aramark Sports + Entertainment, which manages concessions at Boston’s Fenway Park, has this spring introduced several new items, including Fluffer Nutter Fries, a snack that features sweet potato fries topped with crushed peanuts, peanut sauce, and marshmallow cream. adelphia. The PBJ is topped with peanut butter, jalapeno jelly, American cheese, and bacon.

At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Aramark is enhancing a pulled pork sandwich with peanut butter cups and bacon crumbles, calling it a BBQ Reese’s Sandwich.

Aramark’s account at Pittsburgh’s PNC Park has

created a cross-cultural food experience in the form of the PBurgh Katsu, which tops fried ham with mini perogies, kimchi, and a hoisin-flavored aioli.

Pickle Poutine is this season’s specialty at Rogers Centre in Toronto, where Aramark chefs have reworked the traditional Canadian cheese curd snack by adding fried

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pickle straws, peanut butter gravy, and bacon bits.

Aramark is also partnering with local restaurants to open kiosks in a number of the ballparks where the firm is the master concession contractor.

Side dishes • On May 23 at 5 p.m., UNO Pizzeria & Grill at Haymarket Square in Springfield SEE ROBERT, PAGE E9

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DINE & WINE

The A to Zs of wine: letters F, G and H and Spain’s Rioja region, where it’s called garnacha, known for making complex, dry wines) • Gruner veltliner (white wine grape popular in Austria known for producing crisp, dry, chalky-like wines with a green apple-like finish)

Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series about wine terminology from A to Z.

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ROM “FERMENTAtion” to “hybrid” and everything in between — including “gamay” and “Gewurztraminer” — there are a lot of wine-related words that start with these three letters.

So let’s get right to “fattoria,” “filtration,” “grenache” and all the other unique wine words that start with the letters F, G and H. Hope you enjoy.

Letter F • Fattoria: Italian word for “farm,” which you might sometimes see on certain Italian wine bottles.

• Fermentation: Easily the most important step when it comes to making wine, fermentation is the term used to describe the chemical process of turning grapes into wine.

More specifically, fermentation involves the process of turning the sugar in grapes into alcohol.

• Filtration: Another important step in the winemaking process, filtration or filtering the wine often involves removing certain substances in the wine before being bottled. Some winemakers filter their wine before bottling. Others don’t. Like many things involved in the winemaking process, there’s endless debate about whether or not wine should be filtered before being bottled.

• Finesse: An elusive, somewhat vague term used to describe how a wine tastes.

If someone says a wine has finesse, what they’re probably saying is the wine has a smooth, elegant finish.

• Finish: Speaking of finish, this is another word often used to describe a wine’s unique taste. In this case, the word finish often refers to the last flavor you taste when you taste a wine. Sometimes, people will say a wine has a

Popular wine regions that start with G Wine Press • Gattinara (small wine region located in Italy’s be called a “Gran Reserva” Piedmont region) in Spain, a red wine must be • Gigondas (wine region aged at least 5 years before in France’s southern Rhone it can be sold, including region famous for producing spending at least 2 years in affordable, intense, robust oak barrels. For white wines red wines) from Spain, they must spend • Gironde (large wine reat least 6 months in oak bar- gion located in France, which rels and be at least 4 years old includes the world-famous in order to be called “Gran wine region of Bordeaux) Reserva” wines.

• Graves (small wine • Grand cru: Term used subregion which is part of in France to describe cerFrance’s larger Bordeaux retain high-quality vineyards gion located on the left bank in France’s Burgundy and of the Garrone River) Alsace regions. In Burgundy, French winemakers designat- Letter H ed these vineyards grand cru • Habillage: Here’s a wine vineyards centuries ago. Only word you can use to impress 1% of wine from Burgundy is and entertain your friends. grand cru wine and it’s some It’s the French word used to of the best — and most expen- describe the wine cork cage sive — wine in the world. and foil wrapping on the top • Grape: Since there aren’t of a bottle of sparkling wine. a lot of wine words that start • Harsh: Word sometimes with G, I figured why not used to describe how a wine throw in the word grape, tastes. As you might expect, the fruit used to make wine if someone says a wine has throughout the world. a harsh flavor or finish, odds are they think the wine Popular wine grapes doesn’t taste that good. that start with G • Hectare: Form of mea• Gamay (red wine grape surement often used to depopular in France’s Beauscribe the size of a winery or jolais region in southern a vineyard. Similar to an acre, Burgundy used to make a hectare equals 100 square light, refreshing red wines, meters. Compared to an acre, including the widely popular one hectare equals 2.47 acres.

Beaujolais Nouveau wine) • Hogshead: A type of • Gewurtztraminer wine barrel that holds 63 (white wine grape popular in gallons of wine.

France, Germany and many • Hybrid: Term used to other countries famous for describe a grape created by making crisp, dry, refreshing combining two different types wines) of grapes. Popular examples of • Grenache or garnacha hybrid grapes include baco noir (red wine grape popular (a red wine grape) and seyval in France’s Rhone region, blanc (a white wine grape). where it’s called grenache, SEE ROSS, PAGE E9

Ken Ross

All three wines pictured here are made with grapes that start with the letter G — gamay, garnacha and gruner veltliner.

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smooth finish. Other times, they might say that a wine has a harsh finish. There’s no right or wrong way to use to word finish. If you think the wine has a bubble gum-like finish, go for it and say exactly what you mean.

• Fino: A type of sherry from Spain, fino sherry is often very light in color and dry in taste. Fino sherry is often served slightly chilled at the start of a meal in Spain.

• Fortified wine: These are wines in which distilled alcohol is added to the wine.

Sherry and port are two of the most popular and most common fortified wines.

• Frizzante: Italian word used to describe certain light, sparkling wines from Italy.

• Fruity: Another vague word often used to describe how a wine tastes. When someone says a wine tastes fruity, often what they mean is the wine tastes slightly sweet. But like many words used to describe how a wine tastes, there are no set rules.

One person’s fruity wine might be another person’s bright or lively wine.

of sauvignon blanc. They’re the exact same grape. Who knows why Mondavi decided to use a different name — probably done for marketing purposes.)

• Falanghina flegrea (white wine grape popular in Italy’s Campania region) • Fernao Pires (white wine grape popular in Portugal) • Fiano (white wine grape popular in Southern Italy) • Freisa (red wine grape often used to make wine in Italy’s Piedmont region)

Popular wine grapes that start with F • Fume blanc (white wine grape name created

by California winemaker Robert Mondavi used instead

Letter G • Gran Reserva: Term used in Spain to describe high-quality wines that meet specific “Gran Reserva” criteria. In order for a wine to

Popular wine regions that start with F • France (not a region, but definitely one of the most famous and influential winemaking countries in the world) • Fronsac (located in southwest France on the right bank of the Gironde River in the Bordeaux region, Fronsac is famous for its merlot-based red wines) • Franconia (located in the Bavarian region of southern Germany, Franconia produces a wide range of wines, most white and some reds)

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will be hosting a Dinner with Mirabel.

The heroine of Disney’s animated feature “Encanto,” Mirabel Madrigal will be on hand for a “meet and greet.”

Youngsters attending will also be gifted with a goodie bag.

Uno’s “Kids Eat Free” deal will be in effect during the event, with young diners eligible to select an option from the kid’s menu as long as the adult accompanying them is an UNOs Extras member.

For more details, contact the restaurant at 41- 543-6600.

• Boston-based Commonwealth Kitchen, in conjunction with The Western Mass Food Processing Center in Greenfield has put together a two-day program designed for chefs and food entrepreneurs wishing to develop products for retail sales.

Presented in collaboration with Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA), UMass Amherst, and the University of Rhode Island, the program will focus on the product development and food safety issues small processors often confront as they introduce an item into retail channels.

The course will be taught in a remote format on June 22 and June 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuition is $100.

Registration is available on line at Eventbrite.com; more information can be had by emailing ploy@common wealthkitchen.org.

• This May, Sonic Drive-in locations are featuring two new limited-time-only menu specialties, both of which harness “the power of the pickle.”

The Big Dill Cheeseburger is built with a grilled beef patty that’s piled high with pickle fries and crinkle-cut pickle slices, then garnished with chopped lettuce, a dill-infused ranch dressing, and American cheese.

Sonic’s pickle fries are also available as a side dish; the

A Whole Belly Clam Platter leaves the kitchen for a to-go order at Holland’s Maine Attraction in Holland. Voted “Best Clam Shack in Western Mass” in MassLive.com’s Best of Mass poll, the restaurant is open for the season. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN)

aforementioned ranch sauce is provided for dipping purposes There’s a Sonic Drive-In location on Boston Road in Springfield and on Buckland Street in Manchester, Connecticut.

• With the arrival of spring weather, Holland’s Maine Attraction in Holland is once again open for business.

Offering an authentic “clam shack “ dining experience (it was voted “Best Clam Shack in Western Mass” in MassLive’s Best of Mass poll), Holland’s Main Attraction may feature freshwater views (the restaurant is located on the shores of Hamilton Reservoir), but the menu is saltwater shoreside.

In addition to fried seafood favorites like whole belly clams, oysters, and haddock nuggets, the operation features lobster rolls and seafood platters.

For those who aren’t seafood fans, sandwiches, subs, and burgers are available.

A full ice cream scoop-shop operation is located on site.

Open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., the establishment answers at 413-245-6043.

The restaurant’s web address is hollandsmaine attraction.com.

• Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen has expanded its chicken sandwich repertoire by bringing together two popular flavor signatures —

Buffalo hot sauce and Ranch dressing.

The new Buffalo Ranch Chicken Sandwich features the chain’s hand-battered chicken filet served on a brioche roll; the sandwich has an herb buttermilk ranch flavor spiced up with hot sauce.

Barrel-cured pickles are an additional component of the within-a-bun presentation.

The sandwich carries a suggested price of $4.99.

Greater Springfield has Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen locations at 489 State Street, 665 Boston Road, and on Memorial Drive in Chicopee.

• Now through Saturday, Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut, will be hosting a “Country Weekend Festival” with a lineup of superstar performers as well as up-and-coming local talent.

As part of the three-day festival, restaurants in the Foxwoods complex will be featuring dining specials; a barbecue cookout at the Celebration Zone will bring hearty Southern eatin’ to Connecticut’s premier resort casino.

Tickets and further information are available at fox woods.com.

• The Irish House Restaurant in West Springfield is celebrating the opening of its outdoor dining space with a summer party.

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carries over seamlessly over to the flavor. It’s 5.7% ABV but it goes down like a session CONTINUES FROM PAGE E7 beer. stouts the entire week I was • I thought that Triból, a in Ireland. Of course the first Czech Pilsner at 4.5% ABV few days I was at St. Mary’s was going to be my favorite.

Abbey in County Waterford I had several of these over with some nun friends (that’s three nights there. It’s a a story for another time and perfect rendition of the style, place). Unlike some orders slightly floral with a great of monks, the sisters at St. crisp edge that is rounded Mary’s Abbey do not brew perfectly by the delicious malt beer, which is just as well backbone. since I had plenty when I got • Another treat was Only to Galway.

Swerving by Whiplash As I always do in Galway, I Brewing out of Dublin. This spent more than my share of is a dark mild, which is not a time at the Salt House, a craft style you find here in the U.S. beer pub that opened just very often. It’s a classic British over a decade ago. It’s small style that sticks strictly to and rustic and the staff is fan- the middle of the road. This tastic. It’s owned by Galway edition had a malty nose with Bay Brewing Co., so it carries hints of chocolate, with some a lot of those beers, but also hints of coffee later on. As my has some taps of other Irish new pal, John, who I met at craft brews, as well as a nice the bar, said about it: “That’s selection of cams and bottles a really good swing at the from both Ireland and Europe. style.”

I can’t write exhaustively • But what turned out to about each the eight I had be my favorite was another (who’s counting?) but let me one from Brû: a nitro stout. run down a few of the most It’s had a head as smooth as impressive: ice-glazed snow and featured • Bru Xtra Pale Ale is light tobacco notes in a ballet brewed by Brü Brewery in Co. with some coffee hints, but Meath which is now part of nothing too overwhelming.

Galway Bay Brewing compa- I never “rate” beers, but if I ny. It’s a tasty classic pale ale, did, this one and the Tribol dry with a fruity nose which would be 10 out of 10.

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Popular wine grapes that start with H You have to dig pretty deep to find wine grapes that start with the letter H. So here are a few obscure ones to stump your favorite enophile.

• Helios (obscure, relatively new hybrid white wine grape in Germany) • Hibernal (obscure German white wine grape used to make wine in Czech Republic) • Hron (relatively new red wine grape in Slovakia) Popular wine regions that start with H • Haut-Medoc (wine sub-

region located in France’s Bordeaux region on the left bank of the Gironde River famous for its elegant, refined red wines) • Hermitage (wine subregion located in France’s Rhone region best known for its elegant red wines made with syrah grapes) • Hunter Valley (one of the oldest and best-known wine regions in Australia famous for its red wines, particularly ones made with shiraz and cabernet sauvignon grapes) Cheers!

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

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a weekend-long celebration of heritage-breed sheep and their role in the agricultural history of early New England. Come meet the THURSDAY sheep and lambs up close, watch “9 to 5: The Musical”: Thu, 7:30 sheepdog herding and shearing p.m.; Fri.-Sat, 8 p.m.; Sun, 2 p.m. demonstrations, and learn about Majestic Theater, through May 29, textiles and wool processing. The 131 Elm St., West Springfield. 413- event will also include kid-friendly 747-7797 or majestictheater.com. activities such as make-and-take craft projects and a sheep-themed Baseball Trivia: Thu, 7 p.m. Kent scavenger hunt. Museum and Memorial Library. The contest will be led by Karl Cicitto of the Society historic houses: The Flynt Center of Early New England Life will be for American Baseball Research. open during Sheep on the Street, Two rounds. Register for this free and historic houses will be open for program in person or by phone tours. General admission: $18; ages at 860-668-3896 or online at suffield-library.org. 50 N, Main St., 13-17: $5; ages 12 and under: free; members and Deerfield/South Suffield.

Deerfield residents: free. 80 Old Popup Exhibit by JJ White and Main St., Deerfield; 413-775-7214 Josie Bender of Art Deviation: or historic-deerfield.org.

Thu., 5-8 p.m. LAVA Center, part of Lava’s Social Justice in the Arts and Media Series. In addition to SATURDAY the live performance, the exhibit “9 to 5: The Musical”: See Thurswill feature a range of original day listing art. This exhibit is intended for mature audiences only. Parental Berkshire Bach presents James guidance is recommended. Enjoy Bagwell conducting Bach & Vicomplimentary wine, nonalcoholic valdi: Sat, 4 p.m. First Congregarefreshments and tasty treats, 324 tional Church of Great Barrington.

Main St., Greenfield.

Distinguished Bach scholar Dr. George Stauffer joins Maestro BagWilbraham Women’s Club May well to provide commentary about Meeting: Thu., Country Club of the music, $30-$60. 251 Main St., Wilbraham, final meeting of the women’s club for this year; scholar- Great Barrington. ships will be awarded. Social hour Drive-thru event: Sat., 1-3 p.m. is at 11:30 a.m. and the luncheon Foster Memorial Church, Foster at 12:30 p.m., 859 Stony Hill Road, Memorial Church is holding its Wilbraham. 413-596-8887 or monthly drive-thru event in the ccofwilbraham.com. church’s back parking lot to collect nonperishable food for the Open WorthPoint Treasure Hunt in Pantry. They will also sell tickets for Brimfield: Thu., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. a raffle of a variety of gift baskets, WorthPoint, the world’s largest with proceeds benefiting the online resource for researching, church’s ongoing ministries. 1791 valuing and preserving antiques, art and collectibles, invites treasure Wilbraham Road, Springfield; 413782-2112. seekers to its treasure hunt on the second day of Brimfield Antique Jimmie JJ Walker Comedy Shows, Hertan’s in Brimfield, to Show: Sat, 6 p.m. East Mountain hunt for hidden treasures and Country Club, from television’s discover an item’s true worth, Free. “Good Times”; also featuring Kyle 6 Mill Lane Road, Brimfield.

Crawford, Mike Murray and Bob Montgomery. Reservations can be made by calling 413-568-1539 or FRIDAY online at eastmountaincc.com; doors open at 6 p.m., buffet dinner “9 to 5: The Musical”: See Thurs7 p.m. and show starts at 8 p.m., day listing $55 for dinner and show. 1458 East HVC’s Fun Fridays: Trivia Night.

Fri, 5:30 p.m. Happier Valley Come- Mountain Road, Westfield.

MGM Roar Comedy Club presents Mike Cannon: Sat, 8 p.m.

MGM Springfield, takes place in the Armory. For tickets visit ticket master.com/event/01005C7F MGM Roar Comedy Club presents C89C89BE, $28. 1 MGM Way, Springfield.

Kerryn Feehan: Fri, 8 p.m. MGM “Most Dangerous Women”: Sat, Springfield, Takes place in the Armory. For tickets visit ticketmaster. 1 and 7 p.m. LAVA Center, part of com/event/01005C7FBB3B7618, LAVA’s Social Justice in the Arts and Media series. Tickets available $28. 1 MGM Way, Springfield. at thelavacenter.eventbrite.com; Sheep on the Street: Fri.-Sun, wirtten and directed by Jan Maher.

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Historic Deerfield, dy Theater, trivia night at Happier Valley Comedy’s Next Door Lounge.

Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; trivia play begins at 7 p.m. Free, 1 Mill Valley Road Suite B, Hadley.

tour guide. By mid-1851 Herman Melville was well on his way to completing his whaling novel. At age 31 he began reading Shakespeare intensively for the first time.

Soon he discarded what he had written and began anew. In this show you will hear some of the musings of Ishmael, Father Mapple, Captain Peleg, Starbuck and Ahab.

Cost $4, members free.

A customer shops for produce at the Red Fire Farm booth at the Farmers Market at Forest Park in 2021. The market is open for the season Tuesdays through Oct. 25. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN) Also available online. For more information, visit localaccess.org/ social-justice-in-the-arts-andmedia/, 324 Main St., Greenfield.

Guests are always welcome. For more information, contact Peter Setian at 413-596-9871, 1840 Westfield St., West Springfield.

Second Saturday Walking Tour: Sat., 10:30 a.m. Quadrangle Welcome Center, walking tour: Springfield’s Advent Campgrounds.

Note: This tour will begin at the intersection of Phoenix and Freeman Terraces (off Carew Street in the Hungry Hill neighborhood of Springfield). Free for museum, Armoury-Quadrangle Civic Association, and preservation trust members. 21 Edwards St., Springfield; 413-263-6800 or springfield museums.org.

Will Run for Cookies! A Dakin Humane Society 5K: Sun., 10:30 a.m. Stanley Park, proceeds benefit Dakin Humane Society, $20-$35.

400 Western Avenue, Westfield; 413-568-9312 or stanleypark.org.

Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”: Sat, 2 and 6 p.m.; Sun, 2 p.m. Greenfield Energy Park, bring a lawn chair or blanket and a hat or sunglasses. Rain location: Greenfield Middle School, 50 Miles St., Greenfield. coopconcerts.org Sheep on the Street: See Friday listing Springfield World’s Largest Pancake Breakfast: Sat, 8-11 a.m.

Downtown Springfield, breakfast tickets $3 per person, $1 children.

Demonstrations and entertainment. Main Street from State Street to Bridge Street, Springfield.

SUNDAY “9 to 5: The Musical”: See Thursday listing Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing”: See Saturday listing Sheep on the Street: See Friday listing West Springfield Coin Club Meeting: Sun, 7 p.m. Mittineague Congregational Church, a presentation and discussion will include facts about the 1792 U.S. half dime.

A small auction will take place and refreshments will be available.

Quadrangle Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden: Outdoor sculpture garden of larger-than-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: Permanent exhibit: “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.

Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum of Springfield History: “A Legacy of Campus Activism: The Springfield College Protests of 19691970,” through June 26. 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. “Fantastic Ruins: Etchings by Giovanni Battista Piranesi,” through July 17. Museum a la Carte: Today, 12:15 p.m.

“Monologues from Moby-Dick”; presented by Stephen Collins, performer, teacher, and professional

Springfield Science Museum: “Cut ‘N’ Rough Collection,” through June at Mineral Hall. A collection of cut stone displayed side-by-side with the same stone in its original rough state 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.

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 Theodor Geisel’s personal memorabilia. 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.

Museums Amelia Park Children’s Museum: Permanent exhibit. Hours: Mon, Thurs, Fri, Sun. 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. Open for groups on Tues. and Wed. $8 adults; $8 children (12 months and older); $4 grandparents/seniors (60+); military personnel and teachers receive a 10% discount off the price of regular admission.; members and infants free, 29 S. Broad St., Westfield or ameliaparkmuseum.org.

Berkshire Museum: “Project Vaccine; Our Best Defense,” through May 31. 39 South St., Pittsfield or berkshiremuseum.org.

Children’s Museum at Holyoke: Permanent exhibit. Hours: Tues., Weds., Thurs., 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., closed noon-1 p.m. for cleaning; Sun., noon-4 p.m. (two slots). Closed Mondays.

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Connecticut Trolley Museum: Spring Fling. Saturday, noon-4 p.m. sample wine and beer while enjoying all the museum has to offer.

Live music from New Earth and Aquadutes. Must be 21+ to drink and will have to show your ID when you arrive at the museum. Tickets are $20 per person in advance at ct-trolley.org or $25 at the door.

The event will be held outside unless raining. Every ticket comes with a trolley ride and the entire museum will be open. 58 North Road, East Windsor or cttrolley.org.

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: Permanent exhibit: Gabrielle Healy Carroll Storytime Programs are held Tues. and Fri. 10:30 a.m.; Sat. 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Sun. 2 p.m., free with admission. Thurs.-Fri. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sun. noon-4 p.m. $6, $9, $22.50 for a family of four. “I Could Do That!” The Picture Book Art of Ed Emberley, through June 12. 125 West Bay Road, Amherst or carlemuseum.org.

Holyoke Merry-Go-Round: Open for rides. Sat.-Sun., noon-4 p.m. $3.50 ride or four for $10, 221 Appleton St., Holyoke or holyoke merrygoround.org.

Josiah Day House: Permanent exhibit: featuring guided tours, artifacts, furniture, clothing and documents from 1754-1902. Call for open house schedule and individual tours. Admission $3, $1 children 6-12, free for members, 70 Park St., West Springfield; 413-734-8322.

Mead Art Museum: Permanent exhibit: 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: Permanent exhibit: three floors with dozens of handson exhibits, a regulation sized basketball court and more than 900 artifacts on display. Exhibits include “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: $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 or hoophall.com.

Norman Rockwell Museum: Permanent exhibit: Gallery hours: Thurs.-Mon. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Advance tickets purchase required; Closed Tues. and Wed.;. $20 adults; $18 seniors, AAA, retire military; $10 college students, free children ages 18 and under, members and active military. “The Lincoln Memorial Illustrated,” through Sept. 4.

“Bascove: The Time We Spend with Words,” through June 5. 9 Route 183, Stockbridge or nrm.org.

Old Sturbridge Village: Permanent exhibit: Visit Kidstory, an indoor learning gallery in the Visitor’s Center where kids ages 3-10 can try on period costumes and imagine life in the 1830s; “Neat and Tasty: Getting Dressed in Early New England”; apparel in portraiture. Hours: Wed.Sun. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission: $24, $22 seniors, $8 children 3-17, free for children under 3. “New England on Parade” exhibit, through July 2023; exhibit examines parades and parade traditions in New England from 1776 to 1940. Included with general admission, Route 20, Sturbridge or osv.org.

Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum: Permanent exhibit. Featuring new exhibitions, programs and refurbished historic buildings. Tues.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., including holiday Mondays, through Oct. 16. $4 allday pass, $2 children, children 6 and under free with adults. 14 Depot St., Shelburne Falls or sftm.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 or 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 or titanic1.org.

Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum: Permanent exhibit: guided tours of the first and second floors. Open weekdays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and weekends from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Self-guided tours are on the hour with the last self-guided tour 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 (ages 18-23) with ID and $7 children 5-17. Virtual talk on Zoom: “Dressing Up: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion,” with Elizabeth L. Block, Friday.

Tickets are $20. Reservations are required. For reservations visit ventfort05132022.eventbrite.com.

Reading of “Mr. Fullerton, between the Sheets” on Sunday, 7 p.m.

Tickets are $25. Reservations are required. For reservations, call 413-

637-3206. Note that all tickets are nonrefundable. Proof of vaccination and ID required. 104 Walker St., Lenox or gildedage.org.

Volleyball Hall of Fame: Permanent exhibit. Online ticket purchasing strongly recommended. Hours: Mon.-Fri., 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; closed Sundays. $2.50$3.50, 444 Dwight St., Holyoke or volleyhall.org.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: Permanent installation: “Post-War and Contemporary Art.” Visit thewadsworth.org for more information; Hours: Fri. noon-8 p.m. (after 5 p.m. enter at 29 Atheneum Square North); Sat.-Sun: noon-5 p.m. Museum is closed July 4. Free, 600 Main St., Hartford.

Windsor Historical Society: “100 Years of Windsor Historical Society” exhibit, through summer. “Fishing for Fun!” Shad-themed family fun, Saturday with rain date Sunday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Children pre-k to grade 5 will enjoy outdoor activities including fishing for prizes, photo-ops with Queen Roe-Ena, shad painting, shad cooking demonstrations and more. All children will receive a festive derby hat. Register in advance or just show up. To register in advance visit windsorhistorical society.org or call 860-688-3813.

Advance registration $5 per child or $10 per family; same-day registration $7 per child or $15 per family.

96 Palisade Ave., Windsor or 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 or wistariahurst.org.

Yiddish Book Center: Permanent exhibit, “A Velt mit veltelekh: The Worlds of Jewish Culture.” Open Thurs., Fri., Sun., and Mon. from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed Shabbos (Saturday) and Jewish and legal holidays. $8 adults, $6 seniors, free for members, students and children, 1021 West St., Amherst or yiddish bookcenter.org.

Galleries A.P.E. Gallery: “Cellblock Visions”

by Phyllis Kornfeld, through May 29; reception Sunday, 3-5 p.m., artist talk at 4 p.m. Permanent exhibit.

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

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.

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Isupov: Past & Present,” through June 26, features new ceramic sculptures presented with both a multidimensional, mixed-media wall installation and independent pedestal based works, all produced at Project Art in Cummington. Free, ferrincontemporary.com. 1315 Mass Moca Way, North Adams.

maker, Karen Axtell. “Kidleidoscope Story Hour: Fish,” Friday, 10:30-11:30 a.m. For children ages 3-6, accompanied by an adult. Come learn about our wildlife neighbors who share our home in the Connecticut River watershed. Program includes stories, activities, and crafts. Activities may be both indoors and outdoors. Siblings and friends welcome.

Forbes Library: Northampton “Art Naturally Series,” Saturday, High School Students Art Exhibit.

10:30 a.m. to noon. Discover nature through May 31. Reception Friday, through story and art at this first in 4-6 p.m., during Arts Night Out, with live music by NHS Jazz Project. a series of free spring, summer and fall Art Naturally programs. Using 20 West St., Northampton or words and images, this program forbeslibrary.org. features instruction, and techniques Gallery A3 Amherst Art Alliance: to help you create an art piece “Cold Water and Millicent” by inspired by the natural world to Nancy Meagher, through May 28; take home. For adults, teens, and art forum online May 19, 7:30 p.m. children ages 6 and up (accompaTo register for the forum visit nied by an adult). All materials are gallerya3.com. 28 Amity St., Amprovided. 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls herst; 413-256-4250. or greatfallsma.org.

Hope and Feathers Framing and Holyoke Elks Lodge: Weekly EORC Gallery: “In the Clouds” oil paintings Cross Country Race at Ashley Reserby Mary Kersell, through May 30. voir. Timed Thursday evening races Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 consisting of dirt and gravel roads, p.m.; Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 10 circling Ashley Reservoir. Open to a.m.-4 p.m. 319 Main St., Amherst or the public, hosted by Empire One hopeandfeathersframing.com.

Running Club. Weekly through 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.-Wed., 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 or westath.org.

Aug. 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Age group records are kept and prizes are awarded weekly to winners in selected male and female categories.

The remaining prizes are distributed in a lottery drawing. Cost $7, plus $2 reuseable bib, facebook. com/events/472996691189965/ 479985047157796. 250 Whitney Ave., Holyoke; 413-538-8895.

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.

LAVA Center: Tom Swetland art exhibit, through May 28; Hours: Sat. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and Thursdays, 5-8 p.m. 324 Main St., Greenfield

Turners Falls Fishways: Open May 14-June 12. Wed.-Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Open on Memorial Day, May 30.

Free, 15 First St., Turners Falls.

Old Town Hall: “Spring Outlook: A Community Art Show,” through May 21. 43 Main St., Easthampton

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

Outdoors Great Falls Discovery Center: Story Walk Series, through 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: “Cast of Swans,” through June 1. An exhibition of works on paper by painter and print-

Amherst Farmers Market: Saturdays through Nov, 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. More than 40 vendors, including local growers, set up on the downtown common along Boltwood Ave. Boltwood Avenue and Spring Street, Amherst.

Farmers Market at Forest Park: Tuesdays through Oct. 25, 12:30-6 p.m, in the parking lot of Cyr arena.

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

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