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Plenty to enjoy in the months ahead

Above, Adrian Landis of Easthampton is all smiles as she crashes and smashes into other cars on the bumper car ride during a past Cummington Fair. At right, clockwise, Scottish pride is front and center during a past Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival at Look Park in Northampton; Carl Speed, Jayme Fraser, and Sala Acker enjoy the music at the Green River Festival on the Franklin County Fairgrounds; and Michelle and Hayden Pepe, Cara Goodchild and Jessica Zuko find a perfect spot for fireworks during a past Star-Spangled Springfield. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTOS)

Special events planned throughout Western Mass

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By George Lenker

Special to The Republican

t promises to be the first lively summer of events in Western Massachusetts in two years.

While last year saw some resuscitation of events after the ghost town of 2020, this year sees even more activity.

Here are some of the major ones worth checking out:

Paradise City Arts Festival: May 28-30; Three County Fairgrounds, Northampton, paradisecityartsfestivals. com Arabian Horse Show of New England: Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield; June 2-4. Free. 413-737-2443; easternstatesexposition. com Stampercon: Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield; June 3-4. Free. 413-737-2443.

easternstatesexposition. com Connecticut Morgan Horse Show: June 8-11, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield; 413-737-2443. easternstatesexposition. com Asparagus Festival: Hadley Town Common; June 4; nepm.org Easthampton City Arts Festival: June 11, noon to 5 p.m., Cottage Street;

easthamptoncityarts.com/ culturalchaos Granby Charter Days: Dufresne Park Recreation, Route 202. June 10-12; granby charterdays.com Worthy Craft Brew Showcase: June 18, noon to 4 p.m.; Worthington Street, Springfield, $35-$50. theworthy brewfest.com Holyoke Independence Day Fireworks: June 24, 6 SEE EVENTS, PAGE E3

Madeline Neill, of Hadley, with her Hadley Grass during a past Hadley Asparagus Festival on the town common.

The festival returns June 4.

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p.m.; Holyoke Community College.

Monson fireworks: June 25, 4 p.m.; Quarry Hill School.

Northampton Family Fourth Celebration: Look Park; June 25; 5 p.m.

All-American Junior Sheep Show: Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield; June 29-July 3. 413-737-2443; easternstatesexposition. com South Hadley fireworks: Michael Smith Middle School, July 2. 413-538-5017.

Independence Day fireworks: July 1, events begin at 5 p.m. with fireworks at 9 p.m.

McGuirk Field, UMass, Amherst. amherstma.gov/432/ LSSE Independence Day Fireworks: July 1, 4-10:30 p.m.; Beacon Field, Greenfield. greenfield-ma.gov/ Monson Summerfest: Parade, July 4, 10 a.m.; Main Street. Activities, booths, music and beer garden at Veterans Field on State Street until 6 p.m.

Star-Spangled Springfield: July 4; fireworks at 9:30 p.m., Riverfront Park, Springfield. 413-733-3800. spirit ofspringfield.org Yankee Classic Cluster of Dogs: July 6-10, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield; 413-737-2443. easternstatesexposition. com Northeast Youth Sheep Show & Used Equipment Auction: July 8-10; Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield; 413-737-2443. easternstatesexposition. com Brimfield Outdoor Antiques Show: Route 20, Brimfield; July 15-16; 413-2832418. brimfieldshow.org Green River Festival: Music, crafts, food; Franklin County Fairgrounds; June 24-26; see website for various prices: greenriverfestival. com Glasgow Scottish Festival: Celebration of Scottish and Celtic Culture; Look Park, Northampton; July 16; 413-

Family members from Pine Hill Farm, of Southampton, enjoy the 2019 Westfield Fair. The fair returns Aug. 19-21. (DANNY NASON PHOTO)

Wearing her most festive Fourth of July hat, Lisandra Rivera, of Springfield, enjoys a past Fourth of July celebration and fireworks in Holyoke. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)

The Three County Fair returns Sept. 2-5 to the Three County Fairgrounds in Northampton. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)

Jul 23, noon to 5 p.m.; Butternut Ski Area and Tubing PARADISE CITY Center, Great Barrington.

The Paradise City Arts FesHampden County 4-H tival returns this weekend Fair: July 23, Eastern States to the Three County FairExposition, West Springfield; grounds in Northampton.

413- 737-2443. easternstateSee story on Page E6. sexposition.com Northampton Sidewalk 862-8095.

Sale Days: Downtown Region 6 Championship Northampton, July 28-31.

Show: July 19-24, Eastern 413-584-1900.

States Exposition, West Hot Tub & Swim Spa Springfield; 413-737-2443.

Expo: July 29-31, Eastern easternstatesexposition.

States Exposition, West com Springfield; 413-737-2443.

Garden Brothers Nuclear easternstatesexposition.

Circus: July 21-31, Eastern com States Exposition, West Middlefield Fair: Aug. 12Springfield; 413-737-2443.

14, 7 Bell Road. middle easternstatesexposition. fieldfair.org com East Coast Gem, Mineral Great Barrington Food and Fossil Show: Aug. 12-14, Truck & Craft Beer Festival: Eastern States Exposition,

West Springfield; 413-7372443. easternstates exposition.com Massachusetts Morgan Horse Show: Aug. 17-20, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield; 413-7372443. easternstatesexpo sition.com Westfield Fair: Russellville Road, Westfield, Aug. 19-21;

thewestfieldfair.com Northampton Arts Council Performance 32: All-day rock concert to benefit Northampton Schools.

Pines Theatre, Look Park, Northampton. 4-9 p.m., Aug. 23; 413-587-1269.

Newtown Kennel Club Dog Show: Aug. 25, Eastern

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Tanglewood plans full season of music Performances are slated through August

By Clifton Noble Jr.

Special to The Republican

Concertgoers enjoy a Boston Symphony Orchestra performance at the Koussevitzky Music Shed on the grounds of Tanglewood in Lenox. Tanglewood returns with a summer lineup full of music on June 17. (FRED COLLINS / BSO PHOTO)

Upshaw on July 14 at 2 p.m. in Ozawa Hall, a concert by pianist Emanuel Ax that evening at 8 p.m., a screening in the Shed of “The Empire Strikes Back” with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops playing John Williams’ iconic score on July 15 at 8 p.m., and Andris Nelsons leading an all-star cast in Mozart’s opera” Don Giovanni” on July 16 at 8 p.m.

Pianist Stephen Drury performs Westfield-born composer Frederick Rzewski’s sprawling variations on “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!,” a curiosity for avant garde music fans and a tour-de-force for the piano, on July 17 at 8 p.m. in the Linde Center.

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Even before the Boston Symphony Orchestra returns to its fabled summer home on July 8, a host of other activities await Tanglewood aficionados. annual visit(s) to Tanglewood on July 3 and 4; both concerts appear on the website as “sold out.”

On “Opening Night” July 8, the BSO returns to the Shed under the leadership of Music Director Andris Nelsons.

The program opens with a Hebrew benediction by Leonard Bernstein — his last work with orchestra — featuring the Tanglewood debut of baritone Jack Canfield, and continues with Leonard Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2 — “The Age of Anxiety” — with Jean-Yves “Thibaudet” at the piano, and Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring.” Tickets for the opening night performance include admission to a 6 pm prelude concert featuring members of the BSO playing music of Martinu, Child, and Lee. Nelsons and the BSO return to the Shed on July 9 with soprano Nicole Cabell singing Samuel Barber’s “Knoxville: Summer of 1915,” pianist Aaron Diehl playing Duke Ellington’s “New World

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Pack your picnic supper and get your ears ready for some great music, because Tanglewood’s 2022 season is just around the corner.

The Berkshire music paradise is offering its first full season of summer concerts since 2019, running from June 17 to Sept. 4, and featuring headlining classical and popular artists performing at the peak of their powers.

Even before the Boston Symphony Orchestra returns to its fabled summer home on July 8, a host of other activities await Tanglewood aficionados. On June 17 at 7 p.m., Ringo Starr and his All-Starr Band gather in the Koussevitzky Music Shed, rescheduled from last June. The following night, Bonnie Raitt with special guest Lucinda Williams is on the bill.

On June 25 at 8 p.m., the Juilliard String Quartet will perform “Play and Talk” in the newest Tanglewood venue, the Linde Center for Music and Learning. The Mavericks and Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets entertain in the Shed on June 26 at 2:30 p.m., and The Black Crowes present “Shake Your Money Maker” the following Wednesday at 7 p.m., while the Juilliard Quartet holds a string quartet class for the Tanglewood Music Center across the campus in the Linde Center.

A broad array of Music Center events, featuring the Tanglewood fellows — rising stars in the classical music world — in string quartets, chamber music, and vocal music, take place that week, and are subsequently sprinkled throughout the two-month series of concerts.

James Taylor makes his

A-Coming,” and George Gershwin’s bubbly tone-poem “An American in Paris.” To wrap up opening weekend, on July 10, Nelsons presents Rachmaninoff ’s “Vocalise” in the composer’s orchestral arrangement, his Symphony No. 3, and the American premiere of Helen Grime’s Trumpet Concerto, featuring soloist Hakan Hardenberger.

Open rehearsals (some fans find these intricate presentations the most interesting way to hear music at Tanglewood) resume on July 9 with Nelsons rehearsing the repertoire for the following day.

Highlights of the following week include an open vocal workshop with world-renowned soprano Dawn

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Highlights of upcoming weeks include Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, and Berlioz’s “La Mort de Cleopatre” on June 23, featuring dramatic soprano Christine Goerke and conducted by Andris Nelsons.

The Silk Road Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens appears in Ozawa Hall on July 28. Tanglewood On Parade, the annual event where every musician participating in the festival seems to be involved in demonstrating why Tanglewood stands at the pinnacle of musical experience, takes place on Aug. 2, and features Thomas Ades, Stefan Asbury, JoAnn Faletta, Thomas Wilkins, and John Williams along with the BSO and the TMC Orchestra.

Earth, Wind & Fire picks up the popular artists series on Aug. 9, and an open cello workshop with Yo-Yo Ma is scheduled for 2 p.m. on Aug. 11 in Ozawa Hall. On Aug. 14, Yo-Yo Ma is the featured soloist in Edward Elgar’s beloved “Cello Concerto,” as part of a program including Debussy’s La Mer, and Anna Clyne’s Masquerade. Romanian conductor Cristian Macelaru makes his BSO debut with this concert.

On Aug. 16 in Ozawa Hall, pianist Garrick Ohlsson begins a four-concert excursion

through the complete piano works by Brahms. It’s all here — the Intermezzi, the Variations, the Waltzes, the Rhapsodies, the Sonatas — and played by an artist of Brahms’s own stature and power. Concerts on Aug. 18, 23, and 25 complete the cycle.

On Aug. 19 in the Shed, Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops remember the late Stephen Sondheim with a stellar Broadway cast including Nikki Renee Daniels, Conrad Ricamora, Emily Skinner, and Alton Fitzgerald White. From Company and Follies to Sweeney Todd and Assassins, Lockhart and his colleagues will celebrate Sondheim’s legendary genius.

Orchestral activities come to a close on Aug. 28 with the traditional performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, this summer conducted

by Michael Tilson Thomas.

Charles Ives’ “Psalm 90” will open the concert.

Aug. 30 (Brandi Carlile with special guest Indigo Girls), Sept. 3 (Judy Collins and Richard Thompson), and Sept. 4 (Van Morrison) bring the 2022 Tanglewood Season to its conclusion.

For information on and tickets to all of the events listed above, as well as the numerous other concerts, lectures, master classes and musical extravagances attendant upon a Tanglewood summer season, visit bso.org

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Above, Nora Keil, of Worcester, looks over bowls at Flying Pig Pottery at a past Paradise City Arts Festival. Below, a silver necklace with a citrine stone is displayed at Laise Handcrafted Jewelry. (STEVEN E. NANTON PHOTOS) Carol Kolenda, left, of Rocky Hill, Conn., and Janet Hunter, of Albany, N.Y., admire some hanging ornaments at a past Paradise City Arts Festival. The festival returns for a three-day run on the Three County Fairgrounds Saturday. (SEVEN E. NANTON PHOTO)

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Paradise City launches summer arts season 3 day festival begins Saturday

By Keith O’Connor

Special to The Republican

It’s not only the quality of work on display, but the exhibitors themselves that makes the Paradise City Arts Festival in Northampton so special.

Most are full-time artists traveling the country to participate in shows like Paradise City, which begins its threeday run on Saturday at the Three County Fairgrounds.

Over the Memorial Day weekend, visitors can meet some 200 talented artists and master craft-makers traveling from 15 states to show and sell original works in ceramics, painting, decorative fiber, art glass, furniture, jewelry, metal, mixed media, photography, sculpture, wearable art, and woodworking.

“This is our first spring show in three years since COVID-19.

It is usually nice weather and the show brings people together who enjoy being outdoors and indoors in the open-door and high-ceiling barns where they can see some of the most amazing works of art,” said Linda Post, founding director of Paradise City.

Post, both of whom are practicing artists.

Among the many artists at this year’s show is Bruce Peeso from Monson.

“Bruce is just wonderful at what he does, creating elongated horizontal acrylic paintings that come from the horizon and create a sense of serenity and stability. And they will sell

“This is our first spring show in three years since COVID-19.”

LINDA POST, FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF PARADISE CITY

“Also, this is the time of year that many are buying graduation and wedding gifts and there is no better place to purchase that very special gift you cannot find anywhere else that becomes a treasured gift forever, an heirloom, for the recipient,” added Post, who founded the art festival in 1995 with her husband Geoffrey

like hotcakes. He is new to the show,” Post said.

Also new to this year’s show is Haviland Justice from Granby of Made:Cozy where she designs and makes furniture and smaller household objects that blur the lines between sculpture and fine home furnishing. She graduated from Hampshire College, where she

took advantage of the college’s innovative Center for Design, where her final project was an interactive furniture exhibit where she built and staged a line of furniture inspired by childhood toys.

In addition, many aspects of the arts festival are being reintroduced this spring which have been absent since COVID-19. Visitors can once again make their own own patterned scarf using a rainbow of vibrant dyes. Richard Borden and Patricia Disantis of Shibumi Silks will offer a hands-on experience in silk marbling techniques. Alan and Rosemary Bennett, known for their life-sized, realistic renditions of fish and sea creatures, will lead their very popular clay sculpture workshops for children and adults alike. Ceramic sculptor Stephen Procter

will demonstrate his giant at talent at making human-sized vessels, using the potter’s wheel. Visitors can watch as he throws and stacks sections, uses flame to stiffen the clay, and involves his audience in his decisions about form, proportion, and decoration. Be prepared to be astonished.

For a number of years, the Posts have offered exhibitors to participate in a special themed exhibit, this year called “Something Wild.”

At the beginning of the 20th century, there was a group of artists who became known as Les Fauves. Les Fauves in French means “wild beasts”— it referred to Matisse and related artists’ choice of wild colors and flattened, unrealistic shapes, indicating that their work was savage and primitive.

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According to the Paradise City website, the contemporary world of art and design has morphed to a place where “something wild” is desirable, even expected. Some of Paradise City’s artists and makers create outrageous, out-of-thisworld but absolutely wearable art or jewelry. Others produce beautiful forms in glass, wood, fiber, metal, or clay that push against boundaries and functionality. Then there are painters, printmakers, photographers, and sculptors whose fine art can be surreal, challenging, or composed of an unexpected combination of colors. Visitors to the special exhibit may even discover one-of-a-kind furniture that heads off into wild territories.

Artistry comes in many shapes, not just at the canvas or the potter’s wheel, but in the form of the culinary and entertainment arts, both of which are represented at Paradise City.

There is so much to do and see that the Festival Dining Tent will offer visitors a place to sit and rest a spell and to put down all the bags they might be carrying from purchases made traveling from booth to booth. The Posts have turned to chefs from Northampton’s popular restaurant scene — many using fresh ingredients from local farms — to create tasty dishes from chicken tikka masala to mouthwatering burgers and zesty pizza to mention just a few treats from the menu, and that’s not even counting dessert. Back are Local Burger, India House, Spoleto, Bart’s Ice Cream and other mainstays. There is also a new food vendor this year, but you might not want to make your lunch consist only of their sweet confections. Tangle Chocolate will be bringing its single-origin, melt in your mouth, bean-to-bar chocolate sourced from the Cahabón region of Guatemala.

The Posts have also taken their own artistry to the Festival Dining Tent, where several years ago they became

bartenders at home creating signature craft cocktails to bring to the usual bar menu at Paradise City of wine, beer and soda. Their inspiring Manhattan Meets Northampton adds a dash of local maple syrup and is topped with a Bada Bing Cherry to make a big splash. There is also the Paradise City Cosmopolitan, a Madras, or a refreshingly simple Gin and Tonic.

In addition to food for the soul, there is music to calm and destress. On Saturday, acclaimed singer/songwriter Roger Salloom will perform along with his band. Sunday welcomes the jazzy Green Street Trio with George Kaye on bass, Paul Arslanian on piano and Jon Fisher on drums, and they are bringing along guest vocalists Barbara Ween and Carol Smith. Memorial Day ends with the rhythmic sounds and vocal harmonies matched with the singing strings and powerful vocal harmonies of the O-Tones.

Before leaving Paradise City, or as the Posts prefer to call it, “Springtime in Paradise,” consider stopping by Exhibition Building #3 where you will find the Silent Auction Tables. For several years the Posts have been giving back through the silent auction to area community nonprofits, raising $500,000 along the way, this year for the International Language Institute of Massachusetts (ILI).

“They provide a wonderful service and we have raised money for them a number of times. ILI provides completely free English classes to assimilate new immigrants into the community, so they can go to school, find work, start a business, feel a part of the community, and that’s always a good thing,” Post said.

Show hours are Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Monday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $14 online, $16 at the door, $8 for students, and free to those 12 and under.

Check the Paradise City website for any health and safety guidelines before attending at festivals.paradise cityarts.com

Theaters open doors again

By Keith O’Connor

Special to The Republican

Western Massachusetts theaters forced to scuttle their summer seasons for the past years are looking forward to welcoming theatergoers.

Before heading out to your favorite theater, check their safety precautions, as some are requiring proof of vaccination and masks.

Among the many theaters bringing plays and other performances to life on stage this summer that are worth checking out are: • The Barrington Stage Company, located in downtown Pittsfield, has several stage locations where theatergoers will find entertainment on their Boyd-Quinson Mainstage beginning June 16 such as “Ain’t Misbehavin’” — the Fats Waller Musical Show — followed by “Anna in the Tropics” by Nilo Cruz and directed

by Elena Araoz, “A Little Night Music” with music and lyrics

by Stephen Sondheim, and the world premiere of “All of Me”

by Laura Winters and directed

“The Approach” by Mark Rowe is now being staged by Shakespeare & Company in Lenox. (DANIEL RADER PHOTO)

by Ashley Brooke Monroe.

The St. Germain Stage at the Sydelle and Lee Blatt Performing Arts Center will play host to “Andy Warhol in Iran” by Brent Askari and directed by Skip Greer, the world premiere of “ABCD” by May TreuaftAli and directed by Daniel J. Bryant, the world premiere of “The Supadupa Kid” by the Youth Theater with book and lyrics by Sukari Jones, music by Joel Waggoner, and directed by NJ Agwuna,

and “Waiting for Godot” by Samuel Beckett and directed

by Joe Calarco. Additional special events include the 2nd Annual Celebration of Black Voices, Joshua Henry Up Close, Andy Karl and Orfeh: Legally Bound, Grace McLean Lives in Concert!, and An Evening with the Creators of “Come from Away.” For more information, visit barrington stageco.org • The Berkshire Theatre SEE THEATER, PAGE E11

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“In Old Age They Will Still Bear Fruit”(psalm 92:15) Pilgrims of all faiths, generations and cultures are invited to join our celebration of the 135th Novena to St. Anne beginning Monday, July 18, 2022 culminating on Tuesday, July 26, 2022.

A variety of speakers and music ministries (African, Hispanic, Vietnamese and others) will enhance our liturgies.

135th Novena to St. Anne Sturbridge (Fiskdale), MA 01518 For more information call 508-347-7338 or visit our website stannestpatrickparish.com The Gift Shop will be open extended hours for your convenience

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Pops concerts provide summer soundtrack

By Keith O’Connor

Special to The Republican

No need to go to big indoor or outdoor arenas to enjoy good music this summer.

Many municipal recreation departments, clubs, organizations, parks, museums and orchestras offer concerts — and most them are free. Music for all tastes and ages includes jazz, rock, country, folk, pop, from the ’50s to today.

Bring a blanket, a picnic basket, and a folding chair, and enjoy the music and some good company at the following locations: • Forest Park in Springfield, home to Bright Nights each holiday season, will host Concerts in the Park for four Thursdays including Dee Reilly on June 9, Manzi Family Band on June 16, Trailer Trash on June 23 and the Floyd Patterson Band on June 30. Held at the Forest Park Amphitheater, the outdoor concerts are scheduled at 6:30 p.m. and are open to the public free of charge. Attendees can enter Forest Park through the Sumner Avenue or Route 5 entrance for free after 5:30 p.m. For complete details, visit the Park Department website at spring field-ma.gov/park/ or call 413-787-6435. Rain locations are the Carriage House Tent, except for the Manzi Family Band which will be moved to July 7 at the Ampitheater.

• Held at School Street Park, SummerFest in Agawam begins June 29 with Richie Mitnik & Friends and continues on July 6 with Fever, July 13 with Floyd Patterson, July 20 with No Shoes Nation, July 27 with Aquanett, Aug. 2 with Changes in Latitudes, Aug. 10 with Johnny Six Gun, and Aug. 17 with Skid Marks. All SummerFest events are free and begin at 7 p.m., and will be canceled in case of bad weather. The free KidsFest will begin July 13 with a variety show by Steve Corning, musician Les Julian on July 27, and magician Matt Matthews on Aug. 10. Show-

Eight to the Bar will open the Sunday Night Concert Series at Stanley Park in Westfield on June 5.

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Hales, Pat & Tex with Avery • At the Porter-Phelps& White, and Gail Hegeman Huntington House in Hadand Friends; July 21 with Rob ley, Wednesday Folk TradiAdams, The Brookside Projtions kicks off this year on ect, and Austin & Elliott; July June 15 with Tim Eriksen and 28 with The Boxcar Lilies, Joe continues with Lee Rozie on Graveline and Nina Gross, June 22, Three Generations and Kathy Sylvester and of Reinterpretation at The Friends; Aug. 4 with Jennie PPH Museum on June 29 at McAvoy and Ellen Redman, 4 p.m., Dave Mallett — The and 133 Skeele, and Aug. 18 Voice of New England on with Small Change, Katie July 6, Zikina on July 13, Clarke and Larry LeBlanc and Tenth Horace Clarence BoyThe Brookside Project. Aug. er Memorial Gospel Concert 290-6443.

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Music lovers enjoy the Concert in the Park series at the Forest Park Ampitheater in Springfield. (STEVEN E. NANTON PHOTO)

times at School Street Park are 10 a.m. and in case of bad weather shows will be canceled. Visit agawam.ma.us for more information.

• There also will be music on Friday nights at Millside Park on Ferry Street in Easthampton, where the Easthampton Parks and Recreation Department will hold free concerts in the park beginning July 8 with Sarah the Fiddler, continuing July 22 with Jimmy Mazz, and ending on Aug. 5 with Roger Salloom. Showtimes are 6:30 p.m. and attendees should bring chairs. Call 413-5291440 for more information or visit easthampton ma.gov.

• The East Longmeadow Rotary Club will once again hold its Summer Concert Series at East Longmeadow High School’s Athletic Field.

This year’s concerts kick off June 29 with Mac’s Slowhand Band (an Eric Clapton Tribute Band) followed on July 3 by Trailer Trash, July 13 by The Eagles Experience, July 20

by Good Acoustics, July 27 by Changes in Latitudes, Aug. 3

by Union Jack, Aug. 10 by Dan Kane & Friends, and Aug. 17 by The 60′s Experience.

Shows are free and begin at 7 p.m., bring your own chairs.

Rain date is usually the next day except for Trailer Trash to be determined, and Good Acoustics on Aug. 24. For more information, call 714-

Music for all tastes and ages includes jazz, rock, country, folk, pop, from the ’50s to today.

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field. Sept. 10-11; 413- 7360629. mattoonfestival.org The Big E: Eastern States Exposition grounds, West Springfield. Sept. 16-Oct 2. thebige.com Old Deerfield Craft Fair: Old Deerfield Village; Sept.

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Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival celebrates 90th season Performances run June 22 to Aug. 28

is a place that people call a refuge, a sanctuary, a heaven for dance. And I think it’s how people feel when they come

By Ken Ross to the Pillow and how they Special to The Republican have felt for decades. And Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festhey’ve passed that passion tival turns 90 years old this and that love for the Pillow summer. from generation to generation What’s the secret to the suc- to generation. And we are the cess of this beloved institution beneficiaries of that loyalty in the Berkshires? and that devotion to what it’s Part of it has to do with its like to see dance at Jacob’s respect for dance’s rich hisPillow. It’s unlike any other tory and the Pillow’s special dance venue in the world.”

Audience members before a performance in the Ted Shawn sense of place. Anyone who You can feel that sense of Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow in Becket in 2018. (KEN ROSS PHOTO) has been there knows there’s history in the Pillow’s historic something magical about this Ted Shawn Theatre, where the boundaries of dance. The modern dance, ballet and rural, hilltop location sursome of the world’s greatest festival isn’t stuck in the past. tap dancing. And for regulars rounded by hundreds of acres dancers have performed Instead, it regularly presents who have been coming to of wilderness. on the same stage for nine new works by new dance com- the Pillow every summer for Jacob’s Pillow Executive decades. panies from around the world. years, you’ll notice a few new and Artistic Director Pamela But a lot of the Pillow’s sucIf you come to the Pillow changes the second you step Tatge agreed during a recent cess also involves its continevery week, you know you inside the Ted Shawn Theatre, interview about the upcoming ued commitment to pushing will see some of the best in which will be open to the pubseason, which starts June 22 and runs through Aug. 28.

“Quite simply it’s the magic JACOB’S PILLOW EXECUTIVE AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PAMELA TATGE of the place,” Tatge said. “It

lic for the first time since the pandemic started in 2020.

“It (this summer’s 90th season) will mark the reopening of the Ted Shawn Theatre, which has had a complete new stage house built,” Tatge said.

“This (project) has been in the works all throughout the pandemic. The stage will be deeper, wider. We will have an orchestra pit. We’ll have access to the stage for disabled artists. And most importantly, we will have air cooling for the first time in the Ted Shawn Theatre. In a post-COVID world, we have ventilation and air cooling, which is just completely necessary and so excited to look forward to.”

“I’m excited for people to see work in that space,” Tatge added. “It will be the first time

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“It is a place that people call a refuge, a sanctuary, a heaven for dance.”

mation, call 413-538-5017.

• The fresh area and scenic tapestry of Stanley CONTINUES FROM PAGE E8 Park in Westfield serves as information, call 413-584the backdrop for its Sunday 4699 or visit pphmuseum. Night Concert Series in the org Beveridge Pavilion weath• South Hadley holds er permitting. This year’s its free Summer Concert concert series begins on Series on Thursdays at 6:30 June 5 with Eight To The p.m. at Village Commons.

Bar and also features such Presented by South Hadley performers as Good AcousRecreation Department in tics, Union Jack, Gunsmoke, conjunction with The Village Sweet Hitch Hiker, The Skid Commons. This year’s conMarks, The Eddie Forman certs begin June 23 with the Orchestra, and The Eagles South Hadley Community Experience. Showtime is 6 Band, and will also feature p.m. and the concerts are Bad News Jazz on June 30, free. Chairs will be available.

Cottonwood on July 7, Jimmy For more information and Mazz on July 14, Union Jack the full lineup and dates, on July 21, Night Moves on visit stanleypark.org July 28, The Willies on Aug. • The West Springfield 4, Lindsey LaBelle on Aug. Park and Recreation De11, Old Country Road on partment and the Rotary Aug. 18, The Phoenix Band Club of West Springfield on Aug. 25, and Capabilities will hold the 59th annual on Sept. 1. Concert-goes Summer Concert Series at are welcome to bring their various sites beginning June chairs and blankets if the 2 with The Storytellers. This night is cool. For more infor- year’s program also features

the James Paul Band, The Eagles Experience, Chalk Dust, General Gist, The Ethel Lee Ensemble, Sarah the Fiddler, New England Swing Orchestra, Union Jack British Invasion Band, Theater of Malum, Studio Two, Richie Mitnick & Friends, 91 South, Santucci Jazz Quintet, and a variety of children’s entertainment.

Performance sites include Morgan Road Pavilion, Big E, West Springfield Middle School and West Springfield Town Commons. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and folding chairs.

• The music continues with free performances by the Montague Community Band in the Turners Falls Band Shell at Peskeomskut Park. Showtime is 7 p.m. on June 20, 27, July 11, 18, 25 and Aug. 1. Free with donations accepted. Bring chairs.

• The Old Post Road Orchestra is offering “Legends of Sound: A Showcase of

American Music” on June 24 at 7:30 p.m. at Memorial Hall, 198 Main St. in

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Then last summer, the Pillow only presented outdoor performances due to the on-going pandemic. Some of last summer’s outdoor performances used the Pillow’s

220-acre grounds in creative ways and strengthened the Pillow’s connection to its physical surroundings, Tatge explained.

“We were forced to perform

outdoors last summer,” she said. “That really allowed us to use the campus in really inventive ways. So we have three site-based works planned for this summer to continue that tradition of having roving performances in non-traditional places on the campus.”

The past two summers also introduced the Pillow to an entirely new digital audience that doesn’t normally attend performances at the Pillow.

“We’ve always had a very robust profile online because of Jacob’s Pillow Dance interactive, which is our archival site, where you can see works from our past history,” Tatge said. “We built on that platform during the pandemic and did full-length streams of performances and we will be continuing that in 2022 and

B.I.R.D switching at The Unicorn, “Once” at The Colonia, “Songs for a New World” at The Unicorn, “Smokey & Me: A Celebration of Smokey Robinson featuring Tony nominee Charl Brown at The Colonial, Hershey Felder as “Chopin in Paris” – A New Musical Film virtual programming, “Dracula,” Edward Albee’s “Seascape,” Hershey Felder presents “The Crazy Widow of Moses de Leon” – A New Musical Film virtual programming, and Hershey Felder presents “A Musical Surprise for Holiday Time” virtual programming. For more information, visit berkshiretheatre group.org.

• Compelling stories, exceptional performances and vital conversations are on tap by Chester Theatre Company this season at their home in the foothills of the Berkshires at Chester Town Hall. This year’s thought-provoking plays begin on June 23 with “Pride@Prejudice” written and directed by Daniel Elihu Kramer, “Birds of North America,” written by Anna Ouyang Moench and directed

by Cara Hinh, “Pass Over” written by Antoinette Nwandu and directed by Christina Franklin, and the world

premiere of “To the Moon and Back,” written by Darcy Parker Bruce and directed by Keira Naughton. For more information, visit chestertheatre.org.

• Ko Festival of Performance has found a new home at Hampshire College for what they say will probably be its final summer season. Performances will run from July 22 to August 31, including Sandglass Theater/Linda Parris-Bailey’s “Flushing” and a Clear Creek Creative’s “Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man” in addition to the KoFest Story Slam. For more information, visit kofest.com.

• The Berkshire hills are alive with music this summer when the popular Williamstown Theatre Festival kicks off its season on July 13 on the Main Stage with “Most Happy in Concert” featuring songs from Frank Loesser’s “The Most Happy Fella,” conceived and directed by Daniel Fish and choreographed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. The season continues on the Nikos Stage with a new comedy thriller, “Man of God,” by Anna Ouyang Moench and directed by Maggie Burrows, when four teenage girls on a mission trip to Bangkok discover a camera hidden by their pastor in their hotel bathroom. The action

continues on the Nikos Stage with a world premiere WTF commission, “We Are Continuous,” by Harrison David Rivers and directed by Tyler Thomas about a life-changing secret that challenges a mother-son bond. “Just For Us” by Alex Edelman will be performed on the Main Stage and will take the audience through comical anecdotes from his life. There will also be a special benefit concert on Aug. 7 at the Main Stage starring two-time Tony Award winner and legendary director James Naughton as he regales the audience with stories and songs, accompanied by a surprise guest. Williamstown Theatre Festival’s Fridays@3 reading series is a renowned program for the development and discovery of new work.

The 2022 Fridays@3 readings will happen throughout the season. All Fridays@3 readings take place on the Nikos Stage at the ’62 Center for Theatre & Dance at 1000 Main Street in Williamstown.

For more information, visit wtfestival.org.

• Shakespeare & Company’s 45th season in Lenox marks the reopening of the Elayne P. Bernstein Theater following its pandemic closure, as well

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we can have 30 dancers and 15 musicians in an orchestra pit for Miami City Ballet (Aug. 24-28), the program that closes the festival. We’re very excited about that.”

The first year of the pandemic in 2020, Jacob’s Pillow did what many arts organizations did that year and presented an online-only program that summer.

That same year, the Pillow also had to deal with another, unexpected event – the unexpected loss of the Pillow’s Doris Duke Theatre, which was destroyed by a fire on Nov. 17, 2020. Plans for the new Doris Duke Theatre will be announced as scheduled this fall, Tatge said.

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Group was created in 2010 by the merger of two of Berkshire County’s oldest cultural organizations, Berkshire Theatre Festival found in 1928 in Stockbridge and The Colonial Theatre built in 1903 in Pittsfield Based in Stockbridge, they oversee the development, production and presentation of theater, music, and the performance arts on several stages. Summer begins at their several stages on May 13 with The Security Project performing the timeless masterpieces of Peter Gabriel at The Colonial, Rev Tor’s 10th annual Dead of Winter Jam featuring Dead Man’s Waltz and Friends at The Colonial, song and dance man Tony Yazbeck at The Colonial, Tony Award Winner Chita Rivera in “Chita: The Rhythm of My Life” at The Colonial, “The Assembly: A New Musical Film” virtual programming, Colin Mochrie presents HYPROV with master hypnotist Asad Mecci at The Colonia, David Grover: A Celebration of Life at The Colonial, The Black Legacy Project Premier Film Screening at The Colonial, B.R.O.K.E.N code

Dancers perform on an outdoor stage at Jacob’s Pillow in 2017.

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2023 by releasing a new performance stream every month between October and May. That will be a really important way to stay connected to the digital audience that discovered us during the pandemic.”

Outdoor dance performances last summer on the Henry J. Leir Stage were especially popular as well, Tatge said.

“We’ll continue to program our outdoor stage, which I still think is one of the most magnificent places to see dance in the world,” Tatge said. “The stage backdrop is the Berkshire hills. And we will have 10 weeks of performances on that stage, which we have also had renovated, has benches and which is fully accessible.”

“The programming there (on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage) includes everything

as a return to concessions and gift shop sales. Classic titles include “An Iliad,” “Much Ado About Nothing” and “Measure for Meaure.” Modern titles include “The Approach”

by Mark Rowe, “A Walk in the Woods” by Lee Blessing, “Hymn” by Lolita Chakrabarti, and “Golden Leaf Rag Time Blues” by Charles Smith. For more information and various stages, visit shakespeare.org • Hampshire Shakespeare Company is not having a 2022 main stage season. However, registration for their Educational Workshops for kids ages 7-16 is open by visiting their Education page at hampshire shakespeare.com.

• While the Majestic Theater in West Springfield doesn’t begin its season until the fall, its stage plays host to a number of bands and singers over the summer. Before that begins, “Betty & The Patch,” a new contemporary comedy/ drama written by Majestic founder Danny Eaton and postponed in January as COVID began rising again, will debut in June and run through July. This summer also sees the return of the Majestic Children’s Theater.

For more information, visit majestictheater.com.

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RAMMY-NOMINATed, multi-platinumselling band Bring Me The Horizon will play The Big E Arena on Sept. 25.

The quintet emerged in 2020 with the release of the first of four EPs titled “Post Human: Survival Horror.” The critically acclaimed release debuted at No. 1 on the U.K. charts The band has recently collaborated with Machine Gun Kelly on his album single “maybe” and last month with Norwegian pop-star Sigrid on her anthemic track “Bad Life”.

Bring Me The Horizon recently announced a North American tour, including support from Knocked Loose, grandson, and Siiickbrain.

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HERE WAS A TIME when the typical restaurant operator was proudly entrepreneurial and fiercely independent. He or she often typified the American Dream, having created a successful business out of little more than hard work and determination.

Today, however, the nature of the business seems to be subtley evolving in a direction of entitlement, a change partly driven by the pandemic but also symptomatic of broader social currents.

In Washington, the National Restaurant Association and other restaurant industry groups are lobbying hard for a Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) “refill” of $40

billion as a supplement to the original RRF allocation passed last year.

Regardless of the merits, real or otherwise, of the original RRF, one can legitimately question the need for more such funding at a time when much of the restaurant industry is reporting healthy sales growth and seems well on the road to recovery.

Locally, a new restaurant in Berkshire County held a recent “soft opening.” Traditionally, a soft opening was the process by which a new eatery quietly opened to serve either walk-ins or invited guests such as the friends and family of employees.

This particular Berkshire County establishment,

however, turned its “soft opening” into an “event,” complete with five-figure “sponsorship” opportunities and even “suggested donations” that didn’t so much as even entitle a donor to attend the opening (which was by ticket only).

Restaurants, like any

Side dishes • New England Public Media is once again holding its Asparagus Festival on the Hadley Town Common.

The festival is scheduled for June 4 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and is intended to be a celebration of the region’s agricultural legacy.

A dozen food trucks will be in attendance, and three local breweries will be dispensing their beverage handiwork in the Festival’s Beers and Spears tent.

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The opening program is inspired by some of the first performances Jacob’s Pillow CONTINUES FROM PAGE E11 founder Ted Shawn presentfrom commissioned works ed featuring American folk for the dancer Taylor Standances. ley (July 27-31) who’s with “I turned to our two assothe New York City Ballet, to ciate curators and said if you Leonardo Sandoval Music were to program an evening From The Sole (July 20-24),” of American folk dance or Tatge said. “He’s a Brazilian quintessentially Americana tap dancer who really has an dance, what would it be,” Tatincredible dialogue of his ge said. “They put together a work of dance and music.” program that includes Jacob’s In the past, tickets for Pillow Dance award winner outdoor performances were Dormeshia. She has a tap free. This summer, paid company. She’s an incredible tickets will be required for tap artist with live music.” performances on the Henry J. American dance groups in Leir Stage. But in celebration particular will take center of the festival’s 90th annistage this summer at the versary, up to 90 free tickets Pillow. In years past, approxwill be distributed for each, imately “a quarter to a third” outdoor performance. More of the dance companies at details will be released later the Pillow came from other this spring. countries, Tatge said. This Overall, more than 30 summer is different partly dance companies will perbecause of the uncertainty of form this summer on the the ongoing pandemic. outdoor Henry J. Leir stage “This summer, we will only and in the iconic, indoor Ted have one week in the (Ted) Shawn Theatre.

Shawn (Theatre) dedicated to Jacob’s Pillow’s season an international company,” kicks off with a 90th anniver- Tatge said. “That’s Black sary gala on June 18.

Grace (July 27-31) from New Soon after, the season offi- Zealand. This is because cially starts a few days later there were too many uncerwith a program called Ameri- tainties related to the shipca(na) To Me (June 22-26). ping of sets, visa processing

and any number of things that have made it difficult for international companies to tour while we’re still in pandemic times.”

“We are choosing rather to celebrate American dance companies that really need us to be there for them,” Tatge added. “For many (American dance companies), this will be their first public performance since the pandemic (started in 2020).”

Such performances include the “world premiere of a work called ‘The Equality of Night and Day’ and that’s by Ronald K. Brown / Evidence (June 29-July 3). That has live music and a composition by Jason Moran, who’s a MacArthur winning jazz pianist.”

“There also are a number of groups which we had commitments to present in 2020 and we wanted to honor those commitments,” Tatge said.

“That includes the Limon Dance Company (July 20-24) celebrating their 75th anniversary with us at the Pillow.”

“Alonzo King Lines Ballet (Aug. 3-7) from San Francisco will be coming and this happens to be their 40th so we’re happy to be there for them. This is an incredible program. This is a beautiful

ballet-based company.”

Other dance companies performing this summer in the Ted Shawn Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow include: • SW!NG OUT (July 6-10) featuring the swing dancing choreography of Caleb Teicher and live music by Eyal Vilner Big Band.

• A.I.M by Kyle Abraham (July 13-17) • Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (Aug. 10-14) • Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble (Aug. 17-21) The key to a successful season, Tatge explained, is presenting a wide range of world-class dance companies.

“I think the selection of work really relates to wanting to have a balance of genres – from tap to ballet and everything in between,” Tatge said.

“We also want to amplify the voices of black and indigenous people of color and women artists. We also want to serve as the artistic home to companies that have been with us over the years.”

Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket runs from June 22 through Aug. 28. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit jacobs pillow.org or call 413-2430745.

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they also are really tasty.

These are just five of my favorites and by no means a definitive list. I would love to summer. hear about your favorites that With that as a background fit this category. I know I will — along with the upcoming leave some great ones out. cookouts and picnics that Without further ado, here will be occurring — I thought are five great Memorial Day I’d make a list of some great cookout beers: backyard craft beers. By • Jack’s Abby House that I mean easy-drinking, Lager: This one will have warm-weather brews you you falling in love at the mere can hold in one hand while scent of it, light bready malts playing horseshoes or bocce with a hint of floral hops. or cornhole with the other.

The flavor is just as tantaThese are brews that are lizing, with a superb tango low(ish) in alcohol, don’t being danced between the bloat you or make you logy tart notes and the sweet malt and are able to refresh you on structure. Light and airy, this the warmest (or even hottest) brew is sessionable even at of days. But the trick is that 5.2% ABV.

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• Building 8’s The Session: At 4.8% ABV and almost as crisp as most lagers, this session IPA is both slightly piney and moderately juicy, with some zesty citrus notes dovetailing nicely with just enough malt to keep things in balance. Some grassy notes chime in as the beer warms, and the whole shebang is as refreshing as a trip down a water slide. It might be the best session IPA I’ve ever had.

• Victory Prima Pils: When you think of a German-style Pilsner, you probably think of a sweet malty flavor profile that is attenuated by some snappy Hallertau, Saab or Spalt hoppiness. And that’s exactly what you get

with Victory Prima Pils. The aroma has a nice pattern of coral hops and caramel malts, and this combination morphs nicely into a biscuit-like breadiness flanked by pine resin and some tasty, bitter finishing hops. Yet all in all, it’s not overwhelming and serves as a fantastic summer brew.

• Allagash River Trip: This nod to farmhouse ales, at 4.8% ABV, has a citrus punch accentuated by coriander. The main flavor here is grapefruit, but the beer is not cloyingly fruity and finishes fairly dry. Hints of lemon and yeast peek around the corners of this brew and it’s pretty complex for a low-ABV

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• Brick & Feather Montague Gothic: This local take on the Kölsch style of beer is clear, bright, snazzy with a dollop of lemon hoppiness that ties things up neatly.

At just 5.2% ABV, this brew brings plenty to the (picnic) table for your money.

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Great Greek red wine for under $18 a bottle

REEK WINE SOMEtimes gets a bad rap or doesn’t get much attention at all.

Mention wine from Greece and many people don’t know much about them.

And for those who do, some of them only think of one particular wine that’s frankly given Greek wine a bad name — Retsina, a “distinct” wine made from pine resin. (If you ever wondered what wine made from pinecones tastes like, this is it.)

That’s too bad. That’s because there’s a whole wonderful world of outstanding wines from Greece, which has been making wine for thousands of years.

I personally fell in love with Greek wines 10 years ago this month, when my wife and I went to Greece on our honeymoon.

I can still vividly remember the crisp, refreshing, fragrant white wines from Greece that pair perfectly with fresh fish or

vegetables.

Or the dry Greek red wines that go great with lamb or other grilled meats.

Soon after we got back, I went in search of similar, delicious Greek wines.

But a decade ago, it wasn’t that easy to find many Greek wines in the United States.

Fortunately, that’s slowly changing and Greek wines are gradually becoming easier to find in this country.

And while many of the Greek wines available here are white ones, there are many outstanding, affordable, dry red wines from Greece.

This week, in honor of my 10th wedding anniversary, I wanted to focus on one great Greek red wine I recently “discovered” at a nearby wine store.

Let me add that if you can’t find this particular wine, I strongly recommend you embark on your own odyssey in search of other great Greek wines. I promise you won’t be

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disappointed — or have to strap yourself to the mast of a ship to find them in some faraway sea.

You also don’t have to read an epic poem to learn more about Greek wines. Below, you’ll find a brief description and history of winemaking in Greece.

Hope you enjoy.

About Greek wines As you might expect in one of the oldest inhabited places, people have been making wine in Greece for thousands of years. Specifically, Greeks have been making wine for more than 6,000 years. Many an-

land, Macedonia has several popular wine growing areas, including Naoussa, where one of today’s featured red wines comes from. The island of Crete is another popular place for wine production, along with several Aegean Islands (including Santorini and Rhodes) and Ionian Islands (including Corfu and Kefalonia).

Grapes used to make Greek wines One of the great things about Greek wines is the wide range grapes used to make their This week’s recommended wines. Some of the more popuwine from Greece. (KEN ROSS lar grapes include: PHOTO) • Red wine: Agiorgitko, limcient Greeks even worshipped niona and xinomavro; Dionysus, the Greek god of • White wine: Assyrtiko, wine. Wine was also sometimes malagousia and moschofilero used for medicinal purposes to 2018 Domaine Paterianakis treat different ailments.

Melissokipos Red Blend ($17.99 at Provisions Popular Greek wine in Northampton) growing regions You can find wines made with • Grapes: 50% kotsifali, grapes grown throughout many 50% mandilari SEE WINE, PAGE E14 parts of Greece. On the main-

Specifically, Greeks have been making wine for more than 6,000 years. Many ancient Greeks even worshipped Dionysus, the Greek god of wine.

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The event’s Spearit Lunch was, as always, an early sellout; the Farmers & Makers Market associated with the festival will be featuring more than 100 food, craft and agricultural vendors.

Live music, children’s games and various demonstrations and displays will also be part of the fun.

For more details about the As- Champney’s Restaurant at the Deerfield Inn in Deerfield will paragus Festival, go to nepm. kick off its Summer Concert Series on the Terrace on June 2.

(THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO) org/nepm-asparagusfestival.

• On May 31, Barstow’s “cashback” deal on gas pur• Panera Bread BakeryDairy Store and Bakery in chases made by its drivers, who Cafe locations have brought Hadley will celebrate National also are entitled to bonuses back a fan favorite, the Fronte- Macaroon Day with its own that are based on the miles they ga Chicken Sandwich. Dropped homemade macaroons. travel. from the menu in March, it’s The cookies, which are deAn increase in mileage-based been reintroduced and given scribed as “gluten free,” can be pay has been Grubhub’s repermanent menu status. enjoyed plain or topped with a sponse to rising gas prices.

The sandwich features dollop of chocolate ganache.

Drivers for all three compasmoked pulled chicken Barstow’s, which is open daily nies are “independent contracgarnished with mozzarella, from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., accepts tors,” so they are responsible tomatoes, red onion, and basil. macaroon pre-orders on a for all vehicle operating costs, Assembled on black pepper by-the-dozen basis. A listing of including fuel. focaccia, it’s finished with a the other bakery goods can be Rising gas prices are cutting chipotle sauce. found at barstowslongview into driver income, and the farm.com/menu/bakery. third-party services are con• On Saturday, the HardIt can also be reached by tele- cerned about having enough wick Vineyard & Winery in phone at 413-586-2142. personnel available to meet Hardwick will be featuring its demand for their delivery first ever Spring Fling Craft Fair • On June 2, Champney’s services. & Food Festival.

Restaurant at the Deerfield Organized to benefit the Inn in Deerfield will begin its • On Saturday, Bennington, Hardwick Food Pantry, the Summer Concert Series on the Vermont, is celebrating festival will feature food trucks, Terrace, a weekly throughout MayFest 2022, its downtown live music, and craft vendors. the summer, rain-or-shine arts & crafts festival.

The event will run from 11 a.m. offering featuring various local A small urban center with to 4 p.m., with Sunday, May 29, artists. the charm of a Northampton or designated as a “rain date.”

This summer’s series will be Shelburne Falls, Bennington is For additional information kicked off by the Janet Ryan an easy day trip away. visit hardwickwinery.com.

Duo, which will be entertaining The MayFest will have a from 6 to 9 p.m. substantial food component, • As part of its ongoing “Eat Champney’s full dinner menu and Bennington has an interFresh Refresh” menu upgrade, is available; reservations can be esting portfolio of restaurants Subway sandwich shops are made by calling 413-774-5587. ready to cater to those looking currently showcasing a reforfor a more substantial dining mulated sweet onion teriyaki • The run-up in gasoline experience. sauce. prices over the last several Details on MayFest events As part of the sauce’s months has proven to be a chal- and offerings can be found at introduction into the chain’s lenge for the major third-party betterbennington.com/ ingredient lineup, it’s being delivery services. mayfest2022. featured in a Sweet Onion Steak Uber Eats has instituted a fuel Teriyaki Sub. Assembled on surcharge on its delivery orders; Hugh Robert is a faculty Italian bread, the grilled steak the additional charge will remember in Holyoke Community is garnished with American flect average trip distances and College’s hospitality and culinary cheese, green peppers, red on- local gas prices. arts program and has more than ions, and the aforementioned The surcharge will reportedly 45 years of restaurant and educateriyaki sauce. remain in place for at least two tional experience. Robert can be The steak sub is a “limited months. reached online at OffTheMenu time only” menu offering.

DoorDash has put together a Guy@aol.com.

Tickets are on sale at TheBigE.com and include admission to the fair.

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

16-Oct. 2.

Liner notes • Mary Chapin Carpenter will play The Pines Theatre at Look Park in Northampton on Aug. 13 at 7 p.m.

Tickets are priced at $38.50 and $58.50 and available through eventbrite.com Carpenter, who has won five Grammy Awards (over 16 nominations), two CMA awards, and two Academy of Country Music awards, is one of only 15 female members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Over the course of her career, Carpenter has sold more than 16 million records. In 2020, Carpenter recorded two albums — “The Dirt And The Stars,” released in August 2020, and “One Night Lonely,” recorded live without an audience at the Filene Center at Wolf Trap in Virginia during the COVID-19 shutdown, which was nominated for “Best Folk Album” at the 64th Grammy Awards in 2022.

Her new album, “The Dirt And The Stars,” was produced

by Ethan Johns and recorded entirely live at Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studios in

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• Region: Crete, Greece • Tasting notes: This delightful, blended red wine made with grapes popular on the Greek island of Crete has a very bright, lively finish with hints of cherry, blueberry and other ripe fruit flavors. And while those fruit flavors are front and center, there’s nothing sweet or cloying about this dry, red wine. In a way, this

Mary Chapin Carpenter will play The Pines Theatre at Look Park in Northampton on Aug. 13. (THE REPUBLICAN FILE PHOTO)

Bath in southwest England.

• Northampton Arts Council will present its seventh year of salsa music in Pulaski Park.

The council will feature five salsa events on evenings in July and August. Shows start at 6 p.m. and go until 8:30 p.m. The dates are: July 12 featuring DJ Bongohead of Peace & Rhythm; July 16 featuring Salsa De La Mata Release Party with Jesus Pagan Y Su Orquesta with Peace & Rhythm DJ Crew; July 19 offering DJ Bongohead of Peace & Rhythm; July 26 with DJ Roger Jr.; and Aug. 2 featuring DJ Roger Jr. Guests should bring sunblock, drinking water, and a blanket to sit on. No pop-up tents or metal-legged chairs are allowed on the grass turf at Pulaski Park.

For information, please contact arts@northamptonma. gov or call 413-587-1069

wine reminds me of some nicer village red wines from the Beaujolais region of Burgundy in France.

But what’s great about this fragrant, floral red wine is it has a character as unique as Greece itself. And like many Greeks, this wine is friendly, approachable and welcoming to everyone.

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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Vaccine; Our Best Defense,” through May 31. 39 South St., Pittsfield or berkshiremuseum.org.

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 Sunday, 131 Elm St., West Springfield. 413-747-7797 or majestictheater.com.

Patio Opening Fiesta — Food and Music: Thu., 6 p.m. West Springfield’s Irish House Restaurant and Trinity Pub. Freddie Marion will sing and DJ with tunes from Santana, Jimmy Buffet and more. Reservations are required, call 413-3424358. $50 for ICC patrons, $55 A draft beer is poured at the Irish House Restaurant and Trinity nonpatrons. Price includes meal, Pub, 429 Morgan Road, West Springfield. The restaurant is two crafted tequila drinks, one Dos hosting a patio opening fiesta today at 6 p.m. (DON TREEGER / THE Equis with main meal, and server REPUBLICAN) gratuity. Tickets are nonrefundable.

429 Morgan Road, West Springfield; Main St., Greenfield.

Giovanni Battista Piranesi, through IrishCenterwne.org.

MGM Roar Comedy Club presents July 17. Museum a la Carte. Today, 12:15 p.m. “Who Was Anna Lindner?

Jimmie Walker: See Friday listing FRIDAY Life and Work in Early 20th CenTag Sale: Sat., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. 141 tury Springfield.” Cost $4, free for ”9 to 5: The Musical”: See Thursday Main Street Restaurant front lawn, members. listing 141 Main St., Agawam. 413-821Springfield Science Museum: “Cut 9881.

Community Action Awareness ‘N’ Rough Collection.” Through June Day: Fri., 1 p.m. Springfield Partners Wild & Precious Arts Festival: See in Mineral Hall at the Springfield for Community Action. Stop by with Friday listing Science Museum. A collection of cut the family for an afternoon full of stone displayed side-by-side with fun, food, music and activities. Free. the same stone in its original rough SUNDAY 721 State St., Springfield; 413-263state, on loan from Fred Wilda and 6500 or springfieldpartnersinc. ”9 to 5: The Musical”: See Thursday Helen Rodak of Hadley. “Nature Cat: com. listing Backyard and Beyond,” through MGM Roar Comedy Club Presents: Berkshire Bach at New Year’s Sept. 4. Hands-on, immersive, bilinJimmie Walker: Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m. gual (Spanish and English) exhibit. in May - The “Brandenburg” MGM Springfield, in the armory. For Concerti: Sun., 3 p.m. Academy of The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss tickets visit ticketmaster.com/ Music Theatre, $35 & up. 274 Main Museum: Permanent Exhibit. First artist/1724211?venueId=9264, St., Northampton; 413-584-9032 or floor exhibition offers interactive $28. 1 MGM Way, Springfield. aomtheatre.com. three-dimensional exhibits. Second Wild & Precious Arts Festival: Fri, floor contains Theodor Geisel’s 4:05 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m. personal memorabilia. Timed Old Town Hall, two days of celebratickets required, for reservations visit tions of creativity by women over 50. springfieldmuseums.org.

Taking place at various locations, Quadrangle admission - $25 for adults, Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden: Luthier’s Co-Op, Galaxy, Marigold $16.50 for seniors (60+) and college Outdoor sculpture garden of largerTheater, Elusie Gallery, CitySpace’s students with ID, $13 for children ages than-life bronze statues of SpringBlue Room in Old Town Hall and 3-17; free to children under age 3 and field native Dr. Seuss at his drawing more. 43 Main St., Easthampton, members, Springfield residents are board surrounded by some of his wildpreciousartsfestival.com free with proof of residency. Welcome most beloved characters including Horton the Elephant, the Grinch, the Center and Museum store. Tues.-Sat. SATURDAY Lorax and others. Free on the green. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Quadrangle

”9 to 5: The Musical”: See Thursday George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum: Permanent exhibit: listing “Ancient Treasures,” a display of Commencement Choral Society artifacts from ancient China, Greece, Concert: Sat., 8:30 p.m. Buckley Rome and Egypt. Hands-on making Recital Hall, free. For audience activities in the Hasbro Games Art permissions and the most recent Discovery Center.

COVID protocols, visit amherst.

Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum edu/mm/654269. Intersection of of Springfield History: “A Legacy of Routes 9 and 116, Amherst.

Campus Activism: The Springfield Lava Center Social Justice in the College Protests of 1969-1970,” Arts and Media Series: Sat., 1 p.m. through June 26.

LAVA Center. Reserve tickets for a donation of your choice $5-$10 sug- Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts: “Capturing Our gested, $1 minimum. Seating will Worlds” works by the Springfield be limited plays and presentations.

Photographic Society,” through June Space can be reserved at https:// thelavacenter.eventbrite.com, 324 26. “Fantastic Ruins” etchings by

Museums Amelia Park Children’s Museum: Sign up online for a play session at ameliaparkmuseum.org; Hours: Mon., Thurs., Fri., Sun. 10 a.m.noon and 1-3 p.m. Open for groups on Tues. and Wed. $8 adults, $8 children (12 months and older); $4 grandparents/seniors (60+); Military Personnel & Teachers receive a 10% discount off the price of regular admission. Members and infants free, 29 South Broad St., Westfield Berkshire Museum: “Project

Children’s Museum at Holyoke: Permanent exhibit. Hours: Tues., Wed., Thurs., and Fri. 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-4 p.m. Closed noon-1 p.m. for cleaning each day. Sun. 12-4 p.m. (two slots); Closed Mondays. 444 Dwight St., Holyoke or childrens museumholyoke.org.

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art: 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 Heritage State Park: Permanent exhibit. Visitor Center open daily, noon-4 p.m. Free admission. mass.gov/locations/holyokeheritage-state-park. 221 Appleton St., Holyoke; 413-534-1723.

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

Josiah Day House: Call for open house schedule and individual tours. $3, $1 children 6-12, free for members, 70 Park St., West Springfield 413-734-8322.

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Hours: Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Admision: $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: “The Lincoln Memorial Illustrated,” through Sept. 4. “Bascove: The Time We Spend with Words,” through June 5. Hours: Thurs.Mon., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. $20 adults; $18 seniors, AAA, retired military; $10 college students; free children 18 and under, members and active military. 9 Route 183, Stockbridge or nrm.org.

Old Sturbridge Village: Hours: Wed.-Sun. 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. $24, $22 seniors, $8 children 3-17, free for children under 3. “New England on Parade,” through July 2023, included with general admission. Route 20, Sturbridge or osv.org.

Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum: Hours: Tues.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., including holiday Mondays, through Oct. 16. $4 all-day pass, $2 children; children 6 and under free with adults, 14 Depot St., Shelburne Falls

or sftm.org.

Springfield Armory National Historic Site: “A Global Connection” local student artwork on display, through June 13. Ranger-led and junior ranger programs offered.

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

Titanic Museum: 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.

Wistariahurst Museum: 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: Hours: Thurs., Fri., Sun., Mon., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed on Jewish and legal holidays. $8 adults, $6 seniors, free for members, students and children, 1021 West St., Amherst or yiddishbookcenter.org.

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

by Phyllis Kornfeld, through Sun. 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: 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.

Anchor House of Artists: Charles Miller: “The Kurds,” through Sat., 1-6 p.m. “Drawing With Light: Bill Arnold Photograms,” through Sat, 1-6 p.m. $10. anchorhouseartists. org. “Four Artists, Four Showrooms,” through Sat. 518 Pleasant St., Northampton Ferrin Contemporary: “Sergei Isupov: Past & Present,” through June 26. Free, ferrincontemporary. com. 1315 Mass Moca Way, North Adams Forbes Library: Northampton High School student art exhibit, through May 31. 20 West St., Northampton or forbeslibrary.org.

Gallery A3 Amherst Art Alliance: “Cold Water and Millicent” by Nancy Meagher, through Sat. 28 Amity St., Amherst; 413-256-4250.

Hope and Feathers Framing and Gallery: “In the Clouds” oil paintings by Mary Kersell, through May 30. Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 319 Main St., Amherst or hopeandfeathers framing.com.

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Mount Tom State Reservation has a weekend of outdoor programming planned.

Calendar CONTINUES FROM PAGE E15 Indian Orchard Mills Dane Gallery: Hours: Sat. noon-4 p.m. or by appointment. 34 Front St., Indian Orchard; 413-543-3321.

J. H. Miller Custom Framing and Gallery: Hours Mon.-Fri. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Thurs. 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 86 Elm St., West Springfield; 413-7329128.

Old Town Hall: Wild & Precious Arts Festival begins Fri., 4-6 p.m.

On Sat., the gallery opens from 12 to 3:30 p.m., unveiling over 30 new works. Pieces are on sale, with proceeds supporting the artists and gallery. Show will be up through June. Visit wild preciousartsfestival.com. Free, info@cityspaceeasthampton.org.

43 Main St., Easthampton William Baczek Fine Arts: “Travis Louie: Misfits,” through July 2; reception Sat., 4-6 p.m. Free, wbfinearts.com. 36 Main St., Northampton or wbfinearts.com.

Outdoors Great Falls Discovery Center: Great Hall exhibit: “Cast of Swans,” through June 1. StoryWalk Series: “Jam & Honey” by Melita Morales, through June 29.

For ages 3-7 and everyone who appreciates pollinators. 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls or greatfallsma. org.

Mount Tom State Reservation:

We have been catering for all types of events for over 70 years.

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 Turners Falls Fishways: Open through June 12, Wed.-Sun. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., open on Memorial Day. Free, 15 First St., Turners Falls

Markets Amherst Farmers Market: Sat. through Nov. 7, 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. More than 40 vendors, including local growers, set up on downtown common along Boltwood Avenue. Boltwood Avenue and Spring Street, Amherst Farmers Market at Forest Park: Tues. 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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Holyoke Elks Lodge: Weekly EORC cross-country race at Ashley Reservoir. Timed Thursday evening races consisting of dirt and gravel roads, circling Ashley Reservoir. Open to the public, hosted by Empire One Running Club. Through Aug. 25, 6:308:30 p.m. The race is open to the public and attracts runners of all abilities. 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, 250 Whitney Ave., Holyoke; 413-538-8895.

“Life Around the Lake,” Sat., 10:30 a.m. Turtles that inhabit in and around the lake will be the focus for this week’s program.

Meet at Bray Lake. “Hike to Mount Nonotuck.” Sat., 1 p.m. this two-hour hike will travel on the MM Trail to Mount Nonotuck.

The pace will be moderate. The terrain is fairly easy with some moderately strenuous stretches, bring water and bug spray. “Birding for Beginners.” Sun., 10:30 a.m. This one-hour program helps beginners to learn the basics of birding. The use of bird guides, lists and binoculars to learn about the local feathered inhabitants of Mount Tom. “Sunday Afternoon Family Program,” Sun., 1 p.m.

“Impressions of Nature.” This program takes a look at he designs and shapes of nature and then recreate them with plaster and crayon crafts. 125 Reservation Road, Holyoke; 413-534-1186.