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‘Betty

&the Patch’

JOHN MULANEY: Stand-up comedian to perform at MassMutual Center, E3 LIVEWIRE: Kevin Hart, Jerry Seinfeld added to Foxwoods lineup, E4 GARDEN TOUR: Event will benefit Forbes Library, E5

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“The set is gorgeous and takes you right outside of the restaurant, which has been faithfully re-created on stage, so audiences will need to remember that the actual story, however, is fictional.”

SUE DZIURA, ON THE RESTAURANT RE-CREATION OF THE FORMER BETTY’S IN THE PATCH IN AGAWAM

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‘Betty & the Patch’ arrives at Majestic Theater

Play’s title is homage to former Agawam restaurant

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By Keith O’Connor

Special to The Republican

casualty of the pandemic and postponed to a later date, Danny Eaton’s newest play, “Betty & the Patch,” debuts at the Majestic Theater in West Springfield today.

Eaton, the Majestic’s founding producer, wrote the play several years ago, noting its title is an “homage” to one of his favorite restaurants, Betty’s in the Patch in Agawam, which has long been gone from the restaurant scene.

“We did a reading on stage and invited an audience of 100 people and it was really well received,” he said about bringing the play to life.

In the play, which Eaton noted is not biographical, the restaurant has been run by Betty Borelli for years, but a recent kitchen fire has forced a shutdown. Determined to reopen, Betty has recruited her daughter Cristina, a successful attorney, to come home and help. But that’s not the only reason — she has had recent health issues and Betty wants Cristina and chef Bobo Henderson to ensure the restaurant’s future. There are family secrets as well that need to be finally revealed, and recent visits from past friends have added to the urgency.

“This is a really beautifully written piece, a Danny play for use, a no-frills story

about characters who love one another very much, and I think audiences are really going to love it. The play is such a sweet, sweet story, very nostalgic with some really touching moments,” said Sue Dziura, associate producing director/stage manager for the Majestic.

“The set is gorgeous and takes you right outside of the restaurant, which has been faithfully re-created on stage, so audiences will need to remember that the actual story, however, is fictional,” she added.

Christine Anthony, who portrays Betty, noted that it is “great to finally bring the play to life on stage.”

“I was part of the original reading back in 2019. For me it actually worked out well. I live in Heath, so driving back and forth in the winter months could have been a challenge,” Anthony said.

“It’s also a privilege to be the first actor to create a new character on stage for the first time,” she added.

Anthony called Betty an “admirable character who faces a lot of challenges in her life.”

Above, from left, actors Katie Mack and Issa Best (both of New York City) in a scene from “Betty & The Patch,” which runs today through July 24 at the Majestic Theater in West Springfield.

Tickets range from $31 to $35 and can be purchased in person at the box office or over the phone by calling 413-747-7797. At top, Michael Graham Morales (of Hartford) and Mack act out a scene. (LEE CHAMBERS PHOTOS)

COVID, and to present their vaccination card or a photo or other proof of it on their cellphone. No food or drink may “She never considers herself and J. T. Waite as Andy. be brought into the theater, to be a victim and never looks In accordance with regulaand must be consumed in the back, but always looks forward. tions from the Actors’ Equity Majestic Café.

Betty takes responsibility for Association, an American labor Tickets to “Betty & The her choices and deals with the union representing those who Patch” range from $31 to consequences,” she said. work in live theatrical perfor$35 and are available at the The cast of “Betty & The mance, the Majestic Theater Majestic’s box office Monday Patch” also includes Katie requires all attendees to wear through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 Mack as Cristina, Issa Best as masks at all times, except p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to Bobo, Brad Shepard as Joey, when eating and drinking, to 1 p.m., or by phone at 413-747Michael Morales as Michael, be fully vaccinated against 7797.

Tickets to “Betty & The Patch” range from $31 to $35.

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John Mulaney will perform tonight at the MassMutual Center in downtown Springfield. A limited number of tickets are available online at massmutualcenter.com. (PHOTO PROVIDED BY CASHMAN AND ASSOCIATES)

SPRINGFIELD

John Mulaney ready to cook up laughs Stand-up comedian, writer scheduled to perform tonight at MassMutual Center

By Keith O’Connor

Special to The Republican

Emmy Award-winning stand-up comedian and writer John Mulaney has cooked up a new tour, “From Scratch,” with a stop in Springfield today at the MassMutual Center.

Sponsored by MGM Springfield, showtime is 8 p.m. A limited number of tickets, available at massmutual

center.com, range in price from $59 to $139.

Produced by Live Nation, the tour kicked off on March 11 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and is making stops across North America, including Los Aneles, New York and Chicago.

Mulaney’s “Kid Gorgeous” tour in 2018 was a sellout across the United States and was filmed for Netflix and won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Variety Special.

Previously, in 2015 he released “The Comeback Kid,” also a Netflix original, which The AV Club called the “best hour of his career.”

In December 2019, the critically acclaimed and Emmy-nominated musical variety special “John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch” debuted on Netflix.

The popular comedian has starred on Broadway and been invited to host NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” five times.

It was recently announced that festivities will continue with a pair of holiday themed “Sack Lunch Bunch” specials coming to Comedy Central in the near future.

The popular comedian has starred on Broadway and been invited to host NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” five times.

He began writing for “SNL” in 2008 and created memorable characters such as Stefon with Bill Hader and appeared as a Weekend Update correspondent. He has written for IFC’s “Documentary Now!” and Netflix’s “Big Mouth,” on which he voices the character of Andrew.

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Kevin Hart, Jerry Seinfeld to play Foxwoods shows

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OXWOODS RESORT Casino is going for the laughs at the close of 2022.

The Mashantucket, Connecticut, casino will welcome two comedy superstars to its stage in December: Jerry Seinfeld and Kevin Hart.

Seinfeld will perform on Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. and tickets are priced between $82 and $150.

Hart will take the stage on Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. with tickets going for $76 to $246.

Tickets for both shows are available through foxwoods. com.

Seinfeld, of course, has been a household name for decades, both for his keen observational standup comedy and his hit television series, “Seinfeld,” which ran for nine years on NBC, often topping the ratings during its run.

Emmy- and Grammynominated Hart launched his career as a comedian during an amateur night at a local comedy club in Philadelphia.

Over the years, Hart became a Hollywood powerhouse, opening 10 films at No. 1 at the box office, and garnering $4.23 billion in revenue globally.

Liner notes • Daryl Hall and John Oates are set to play the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncas-

Nightclubs CONTINUES FROM PAGE E3 Doc’s Place: Karaoke. 1264 Granby Road, Chicopee

Jerry Seinfeld, left, and Kevin Hart are among the comedy acts performing at Foxwoods Resort Casino. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Seinfeld will perform on Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. and tickets are priced between $82 and $150.

Hart will take the stage on Dec. 16 at 8 p.m. with tickets going for $76 to $246. ville, Connecticut, on Oct. 9 at 7 p.m.

Tickets for the duo’s sole New England gig this fall are available through ticket master.com Selling more than 40 million records, Hall & Oates have been hitmakers since the 1970s, with singles such as “She’s Gone” and “Rich Girl,” but the pair really became dominant in the ’80s.

Their chart-topping singles from that era include “Maneater,” “Say It Isn’t So,” “Private Eyes,” “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do),” “Out of Touch,” “You Make My Dreams,” and “Kiss on My

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British singer Debbie Wileman will perform the music of Judy Garland at Town Hall in Provincetown on June 26.

(PHOTO BY GABRIEL GOLDBERG)

• The Mountain Goats have announced their next album, their 20th, titled “Bleed Out,” the follow-up to 2021′s “Dark in Here.”

Produced by Bully’s Alicia Bognanno, the songs on “Bleed Out” were inspired by action films that Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle watched during the pandemic.

George Lenker “So, heads up. I got this LiveWire idea to write a bunch of songs where they were all uptempo List.” mini-action movies,” DarThe pop and soul duo have nielle said in a statement. been both inducted into the “Plots, characters, heists, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame hostages, questionable and received a star on the Hol- capers, getaway cars, all that lywood Walk of Fame. stuff. Gas pedal glued to the

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floor. Eventually as you might guess I wanted at least one song where the tempo relaxed a little and that’s the title track but otherwise buckle up. We hid out in the woods in Chapel Hill and made this album with nobody knowing about it.

Proper secret-soldier style.”

The album is due out Aug. 19 on Merge.

The band will kick off its tour June 25 in Durham, North Carolina. They are slated to play the Wilbur Theatre in Boston on Sept. 2.

• With her passing 53 years ago, younger fans of Judy Garland never got the chance to see her perform in concert, but the next best thing is coming to Cape Cod this month.

British singer Debbie Wileman will be doing a brief U.S. tour this month, with its final stop at Town Hall in Provincetown on June 26 at 7 p.m.

Tickets, priced between $75 and $150, are available at bpt. me/event/5429120.

The show, “Happy 100th Birthday Judy Garland!,” dovetails with Wileman’s new album, “I’m Still Here.”

The album features hits made by famous by Garland, as well and songs made by popular by Adele, Lady Gaga and others. The album will be released Friday to mark Garland’s 100th birthday. It

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NORTHAMPTON

Garden tour will benefit Forbes Library Tour set for Saturday, rain or shine

is part of the 28th annual Northampton Garden Tour for the benefit of Forbes Library.

By Keith O’Connor The popular event, running Special to The Republican from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Debbie Windoloski and her features six private home garpartner, John Orrell, are hold- dens of all shapes, sizes and ing a garden party of sorts on colors. However, you must Saturday, but not everyone purchase a ticket to receive a is invited unless they have a booklet with directions to all ticket. six gardens.

The event, at their home at “What has happening was Hastings Heights in the Flor- that when we were giving out ence section of Northampton, the locations of the gardens

ahead of time, people were just showing up without tickets,” Windoloski said.

It is the first time their garden has been featured on the Forbes Library garden tour.

“It is a very extensive garden located around a halfacre of property. Our goal was to make it wildlife friendly, to attract bees and other pollinators and songbirds, and to also grow vegetables and herbs — all with an eye to making the garden natural,

no chemicals and ecologically friendly. Our hope is to inspire others to do the same thing by coming for a tour and seeing our garden,” said the master gardener.

The couple’s garden has been certified by the National Wildlife Federation as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat.

Wildlife gardens provide native plants as food eaten by a variety of wildlife, water for animals to survive and bathe, cover to take shelter from bad

weather and predators, places to reproduce and raise young, and to maintain sustainable practices.

But they don’t want wildlife to eat everything.

“Visitors will see how we grow home vegetables in containers, large pots, up off the ground, surrounded by chicken wire, to keep woodchucks away from nibbling on them,” Windoloski said.

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The popular event, running from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. features six private home gardens of all shapes, sizes and colors.

‘The Contractor’ explores dark side of life after military service Tribune News Service

A thriller about a former special forces soldier who reluctantly gets a job as a private contractor tops the DVD releases this week.

“The Contractor”: Chris Pine stars as a discharged veteran struggling to provide for his family who takes a private security gig in Germany, where he shortly finds himself on the run from a shadowy company.

“What elevates ‘The Contractor’ is the incredible cast,” writes Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh in her review. “Pine is excellent, whether he’s in motion — swiftly executing the technical skills he knows so well — or in repose, often in physical or mental anguish.”

From left, Chris Pine as James Harper, Eva Ursescu as Kelly, Ben Foster as Mike, Nicolas Noblitt as Mike Jr. and Tyner Rushing as Christine in “The Contractor.” (VLAD CIOPLEA / PARAMOUNTPICTURES / TNS)

Reis, boxing’s first Indigenous American female world champ, makes her acting debut in this film about a former Also new on DVD champion boxer who embarks “9 Bullets”: Lena Headon a search for her missing ey plays a former burlesque sister. dancer who must protect a “Compartment No. 6”: neighbor boy after he witness- Two strangers on a train es the murder of his parents bound for the Arctic Circle in this thriller that also stars make a connection in this Dean Scott Vazquez and Sam drama, which was Finland’s Worthington.

Oscar submission at this “Catch the Fair One”: year’s Academy Awards.

Kali “K.O. Mequinanoag” “Eraser: Reborn”: The ’90s

Arnold Schwarzenegger movie gets a reboot, with Dominic Sherwood starring as a U.S. marshal who works for a secret government agency that helps fake the deaths of witnesses.

“Evil: Season Two”: The drama, which features an eclectic team that investigates supposedly supernatural occurrences, moved from CBS to the Paramount+ streaming service for its second season.

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Bush, but landing on the No. 1 spot on Apple iTunes because of being featured on CONTINUES FROM PAGE E4 the show “Stranger Things” will be available on streamhas to be up there on the list. ing and digital platforms Bush, 63, saw her 1985 worldwide. song “Running Up That Hill” Wileman, the daughter become the most-streamed of iconic indie rocker Nick song on the music service afSaloman, the main man in ter it was used during a scene The Bevis Frond, caught of this show’s season debut. people’s attention during The song peaked at No. the height of the pandemic 3 on the U.K. charts when lockdown when she started it was first issued some 37 making videos of herself years ago, and only was able singing a smorgasbord of to crack the Top 40 on Billclassic songs to give people a board in the U.S. bright spot during those dark The song comes from days.

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RICES HAVE soared in recent months for many of the things we regular-

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‘Negative’ sides of beer writing

VER THE ALMOST two decades I’ve been writing this column, I’ve received a wide variety of reactions when I tell people that one of my jobs is “beer columnist.”

A lot of the responses fall into the “jocular ribbing” category. Of course, many people think that writing about beer and getting paid for it is a dream gig. And it certainly is most of the time.

From “tough work, but I guess someone has to do it,” to “do you need an assistant?” to “I’d do it for free!”

— the reactions are almost always good-natured and poke fun at the idea that any job where part of it is drinking beer isn’t really work.

But some people also have asked me what the hardest parts of the job are. (Sometimes they are asking this facetiously, but some folks have asked seriously.)

Well, there really aren’t any big downsides to my parttime job (and it’s always been a very small part of what I’ve written about, until my

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Filling up the gas tank costs nearly 50% more than it did the same time last year, according to the latest government statistics.

Going to the grocery store can be just as painful as well, especially if you sometimes enjoy a nice steak once in a while.

The same goes for some wines and spirits.

At least it often seems that way recently in some cases.

Champagne from France’s Champagne region often costs more than it did a year ago.

The same is true for many

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retirement last year, when it became one of the few things I now do). But since the subject recently came up, I thought it might be interesting to write about the minor “difficulties” a beer writer might encounter.

But before I proceed, let me offer this caveat: In no way am I complaining about anything. Writing this column has been 99.9% fantastic for me and to me. But there are a few minor pains: As any columnist who writes a column weekly will tell you: Some weeks are as dry as a 20-year-old empty

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the 40th anniversary of the “Grease” sequel that stars Michelle Pfeiffer and MaxCONTINUES FROM PAGE E5 well Caulfield as high school “Fortress: Sniper’s Eye”: students from different backStarring Bruce Willis, who grounds who defy the odds to recently announced his retire- find true love. ment from acting, this action Out on Digital HD cyber-thriller continues the adventure in “Fortress.”

“The Unbearable Weight “La Brea: Season One”: of Massive Talent”: An NBC sci-fi drama in which a action-comedy starring giant sinkhole opens up under Nicolas Cage as actor Nicolas L.A.’s famed tar pits, sending Cage. A self-aware Hollythose entrapped by it into the wood commentary as buddy prehistoric past. comedy.

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Book release celebrating “The Prey: Legend of

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“Rondo and Bob”: Documentary about Robert A. Burns, art director on the original “Texas Chain Saw Massacre,” who harbored an obsession with actor Rondo Hatton, aka the Creeper of 1940s cinema.

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Smaller restaurant portions sign of ‘skimpflation’

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HRINKFLATION — it’s an impact of rising prices we’ve all experienced but of which we may not always be conscious. Shrinkflation is the taller-but-smaller cereal box, the “pint” container of ice cream that’s really only 14 fluid ounces, or the toilet tissue sheet that’s just a bit narrower than it was a few months ago.

When faced with cost pressures, manufacturers and food processors have long instituted sneaky price increases by providing less for the same price, or sometimes brazenly even charging more for the newly downsized package.

Shrinkflation is also starting to crop up in the restaurant business — either explicitly, as exemplified by a pizza chain’s recent reduction in the number of wings it served in an order — or more subtly, in something that consumer advocates are beginning to refer to as “skimpflation.”

Skimpflation is the practice of delivering less for the same price, either in terms of product or service. In restaurant terms, it might mean a smaller portion or the use of lower quality ingredients. Service might be slowed down or delivery times made longer, all as an effort to reduce costs and increase profits.

There’s not a lot of evidence that widespread, deliberate skimpflation is as of yet taking place in the restaurant industry, although labor challenges and supply chain issues may be leading to those dining out sometimes getting less for their money these days.

Customers are certainly pessimistic when it comes to restaurant skimpflation. A recent survey by Marketman, a software company that specializes in restaurant management solutions, found that 74% of those surveyed expected restaurants to shrink portion sizes while maintaining price levels. Similar expectations were expressed

Hugh Robert Off The Menu

Skimpflation is the practice of delivering less for the same price, either in terms of product or service. regarding ingredient quality; 66% of the survey participants anticipate restaurants using cheaper ingredients in order to offset higher costs.

Some chefs and restaurant owners have already turned to a process of making their menus “smarter” and “more efficient,” primarily through simplifying plate presentations (fewer garnishes and condiments, for instance) and better cross utilization of ingredients to reduce inventory and curtail waste. Some are choosing to reduce the number of items listed on their menus as a way of further improving cost-effectiveness.

Most operators, when asked about explicit forms of skimpflation, reject using cheaper ingredients and cutting back portion sizes, correctly reasoning that customers may react negatively to the resulting decline in the dining out experience.

Side dishes • Friendly’s Restaurants are going all-in with lobster this summer, offering six different lobster dishes on their Lobster Festival menu.

Lobster Bisque is being featured, as is a Lobster Roll Classic, a grilled roll filled with a chilled lobster salad

vanilla cream custard.

Horizon Beverage Group will be supplying wine selections to accompany each course, and live music will be provided by James Tiraboschi.

Tickets for the Summer 5 Course Wine Dinner are $85 per person. Call Villa Rose at 413-547-6667 to make reservations, which are essential.

• The Brass Rail Meeting House and Banquet Facility in Southwick will be holding a Father’s Day Sunday Brunch on June 19 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

The Villa Rose Restaurant in Ludlow will host its Summer 5 The chef-attended buffet Course Wine Dinner on June 30. Above is the main dining will include options such as room. (DON TREEGER / THE REPUBLICAN) eggs Benedict, French toast, and served with a side of • Panera locations biscuits and gravy, quiche, French fries. throughout the Northeast are and waffles.

The Lobster Roll Deluxe is also getting onto the lobster On the savory luncheon a riff on the Classic roll; it’s bandwagon with two limitside, selections will range additionally garnished with ed-time offerings. from smoked wings, pulled bacon and tomato.

Lobster Mac & Cheese pork, and beef brisket to Two pasta creations on this includes buttered claw and Nora’s chicken and a catch of summer’s menu also include knuckle meat along with Ver- the day. lobster. A Zesty Lemon Garlic mont cheddar and seasoned Salads, roasted potatoes, Lobster pasta features lobster panko breadcrumbs. fresh vegetables and more meat tossed with pasta and a Panera’s Lobster Roll is will populate the side dish creamy lemon-garlic sauce, based on a chilled lobster displays. while Fiery Lobster Pasta salad dressed with a lemonCost to attend is $29.95 for gets its heat from a creamy, tarragon mayonnaise; the adults and $15.95 for kids red-pepper-infused tomato sandwich is served in a New from ages 3 to 12. sauce.

England-style hot dog roll.

Walk-ins are welcome, but A Lobster and Shrimp prepaid reservations can be Quesadilla will additionally • The Villa Rose Restau- made online at brassrail be available as part of the rant in Ludlow has anmeetinghouse.com/ Festival menu. nounced its Summer 5 Course fathers-day-brunch.

All of these summer adWine Dinner.

More information is availditions are scheduled to be To be held June 30 starting able by calling 413-569-9585. offered through August. at 6 p.m., the dinner will begin with a crisp Maine lobster and • Sandwich chain Arby’s • On Saturday, Champpotato latke accented with a has introduced its first burger ney’s Restaurant at the tomato aioli. sandwich ever.

Deerfield Inn in Deerfield The appetizer that follows is Available at participating will be holding its final Fancy to be a butter and sugar corn Arby’s locations through July Nancy Luncheon of the soup with smoked chicken; 31, the Wagyu Steakhouse season. grilled, rosemary-skewered Burger also claims the distincScheduled to begin at 11:30 swordfish with lobster risotto tion of being the largest patty a.m., the event features a will next be served as a “first available in the quick service reading of Jane O’Connor’s entree.” segment.

“Fancy Nancy” while those Espresso-crusted filet Arby’s new burger patty, attending enjoy lunch. mignon is planned as the which is fashioned from a Champney’s children’s second main dish. The steak blend of American Wagyu menu and regular lunch will be sauced with a red wine beef and regular ground beef, menu will be on offer; those demiglace; sides of roasted weighs in at 6.4 ounce preattending are invited to “dress purple potatoes and blistered cooked. fancy” if they so choose. rainbow tomatoes will comThe burger is also unique Reservations are suggestplete the presentation. in the manner it’s prepared. ed, and they can be made by Dessert is to be fresh Arby’s is using a sous vide calling 413-774-5587. summer berries topped with SEE MENU, PAGE E8

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Single Malt Scotches from Scotland.

And in both cases, good luck finding certain brands you know and love at any price.

Part of this has little to do with inflation and more to do with sky-high demand the past two years.

But that’s another story I previously wrote about a year ago.

Whatever the reason, it’s great to discover a delicious wine these days that doesn’t break the bank.

That’s why I was thrilled when a friend recently recommended an outstanding sauvignon blanc from France’s Loire region that costs less than $10 a bottle.

Then again, I’m not too surprised.

The Loire Valley has long been a great source for affordable, outstanding wines.

And this is especially true when it comes to sauvignon blanc.

Hope you enjoy this week’s recommended wine.

Wine recommended this week • 2020 Folium Sauvignon Blanc Val De Loire ($9.99 at

Like many Loire Valley sauvignon blancs, this delightful wine has a slightly flinty, crisp taste and finish.

Table & Vine in West Springfield) Sauvignon blanc wine regions Many people nowadays associate this versatile, white wine grape with New Zealand.

And while I definitely love New Zealand sauvignon blanc wines, winemakers in France’s Loire Valley have been making dry white wine using this grape since the 1500s.

Other places that make outstanding sauvignon blanc wines include: California, Chile, Australia, and South Africa.

Loire Valley wines based on my wine tasting trip there several years ago on MassLive. com.

Wine tasting notes There’s no mistaking where this wine comes from or what grape is used to make it. The label clearly states in large, bold letters “sauvignon blanc” and “Val De Loire,” French for Loire Valley.

Like many Loire Valley sauvignon blancs, this delightful wine has a slightly flinty, crisp taste and finish. That’s probably due to the rocky limestone soil found throughout much of the Loire Valley.

Loire Valley wine regions Flavors range from dried What often confuses many lemons and sea salt to melon people is many sauvignon and apricots. Serve this wine blanc wines from France’s chilled but not too cold — probLoire Valley sometimes don’t ably somewhere at 40 to 50 deeven say the name of the grape grees. That way, you can taste on the bottle. Instead, like the subtle, understated flavors Italy or Spain, the wine bottle of this outstanding bargain label lists the name of the perfect for warm afternoons wine-growing subregion. and crisp, chilly evenings.

In France’s Loire Valley, Cheers! some of the most famous Wine Press by Ken Ross apsubregions for sauvignon pears on Masslive.com every blanc wines include: Sancerre, Monday and in The RepubPouilly-Fume and Touraine. lican’s weekend section every You can read more about Thursday.

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Down Events will be The Wagyu Steakhouse leading the tasting proBurger is topped with cheese, gram, which will explore pickles, tomatoes, shredded Hardwick’s portfolio. The lettuce, red onion, and a cheesecakes, which will be special burger sauce. both savory and sweet, will As is now customary with be provided by Moeshmalpremium burger offerings, lows of Holden. the sandwich is assembled In addition to the tastings, on a toasted brioche bun. A there will be demonstrations Bacon Ranch Wagyu Steakcovering the basics of wine house Burger variation is also and food pairings. available.

Tickets are $49 plus a “conThere is an Arby’s location venience fee.” Tickets can be in Chicopee on Granby Road ordered at hardwickcheese and in Auburn on Southcake.eventbrite.com. bridge Street.

Hardwick Winery and

Simple Gift Farm in Amherst will host two Strawberry Daze events, on Saturday and again on June 18, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pick-your-own strawberries will be part of the festivities. (METRO CREATIVE ARTS)

Vineyard answers at 413967-7763.

• This summer and fall bicycle tour operator Ciclismo Classico, of Arlington,

Beer

a downer. I let those things go pretty quickly, but it still leaves a sour taste in your CONTINUES FROM PAGE E6 mouth, at least briefly. keg. This isn’t true at first, of This third and final kvetch course, but after a few years is one that falls into the “a sometimes you just can’t good problem to have” catethink of a great topic. Since gory: I can’t write about every I don’t do beer “reviews,” good beer or development.

I can’t just fall back on that Now I know some will say, sort of thing. Yes, early on, “Wait, your first complaint I wrote more about specific was sometimes not having a beers and described them good idea every week. Those (and I still do so occasionseem contradictory.” But ally), but I have found that here’s the thing: Sometimes it’s more interesting to write timing plays a huge role. If a and read about beer culcool event or development ture, trends, innovations, occurs at the same time as shifts, etc. I have never done another, better one, writing “reviews” because I don’t about the lesser one a week believe my opinion is more later doesn’t always make worthy than anyone else’s. sense. Sometimes it does, but Take this very column often it doesn’t. you’re reading. I had a couple There is also the issue of of decent ideas for this week variety. I try to mix things up kicking around my noggin, and don’t like to write three but neither of them thrilled consecutive columns about me. Then this topic came up similar topics. So again, timand it made me smile. ing plays a role.

Second “problem”: And although I welcome Mean-spirited replies. Now suggestions from readers, a I’m a big boy and can handle corollary to this last item is criticism (heck, I sign my not being able to write about name to my work) and honest all of the good ones. I only disagreement. If you can’t, have 52 columns a year, so you shouldn’t be out writing some ideas just fall by the in the public forum. But when wayside. some people just decide to But those are just about all engage in misanthropic per- the “downsides” to this job. sonal attacks (almost always Like they say, “tough work, anonymously), it’s kind of but someone’s got to do it.”

has organized three “Farm to Table: Pioneer Valley Paradise” tours that explore both the byways and food ways of Western Massachusetts.

The first of these four-day excursions is planned to begin Friday, June 17, with subsequent trips planned for September and October.

Tours visit various winery and farm locations, using Northampton as a base of operations.

For more information, go to ciclismoclassico.com or call 800-866-7314.

festivities will include live music, lawn games, and kids’ crafts.

The farm will also be offering a luncheon menu of comfort food favorites that can topped off with fresh strawberry shortcake.

Strawberry Daze #2, a reprise of the fun described above, will be held on June 18.

For more information, call 413-230-3262.

Hugh Robert is a faculty member in Holyoke Community College’s hospitality and • Simple Gifts Farm in culinary arts program and has Amherst will be holding more than 45 years of restauStrawberry Daze #1 on Satur- rant and educational experiday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. ence. Robert can be reached In addition to a pick-youronline at OffTheMenuGuy@ own strawberry option, the aol.com.

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Events THURSDAY “Betty & The Patch”: Thu., 7:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 8 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m.

Majestic Theater, today - July 24.

Tickets range from $31-$35. 131 Elm St., West Springfield; 413-747-7797 or majestictheater.com.

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged): Thu.Sat., 8 p.m. Gateway City Arts.

Prepare to have a long laugh as three actors trip, fall, stab, and kiss their way through the Bard’s tales, $20. 92 Race St., Holyoke, or gatewaycityarts.com.

drinks, $10-$20. 153 Newton St., South Hadley; Young@Heart Chorus Back on Stage: Thu., 7:30 p.m. Academy of Music Theater. Purchase tickets at youngathearchorus.com/shows, $20-$50. 274 Main St., Northampton; 413-584-9032 or aomtheatre. com.

FRIDAY “Betty & The Patch”: See Thursday listing

Buckland Historical Society Program and Pie Social: Fri., 7 p.m.

Buckland Public Hall, Please wear masks during the program. Michael Hoberman, professor of English literature at Fitchburg State Connecticut Morgan Horse University, to speak. Program will Show: Eastern States Exposition, be followed by pie social, at which Coliseum, 1305 Memorial Ave., time audience can spread out with West Springfield. 413-737-2443 or their choice of pie and remove their thebige.com. masks. $8 members, $10 nonmemFree Summer Concert: Thu., 6 p.m. bers. 15 Upper St., Buckland.

Heritage Woods Assisted Living The Complete Works of William presents Dan Kane & Friends. Free Shakespeare (Abridged): See and open to the public (bring your Thursday listing own lawn chairs). 6-8 p.m., 462 Main St., Agawam; 413-789-8332, Connecticut Morgan Horse Show: or genesishcc.com/heritage See Thursday listing woods.

HVC’s Fun Fridays: Trivia Night: “Sandy Toes & Salty Kisses,” Fri., 5:30 p.m. Happier Valley Compresented by Black Cat Theater: edy Theater. Come with a team of Thu.-Sat., 7 p.m.; Sun., 2 p.m. Black up to six people or by yourself to Cat Theater, The Lovers’ Landing prove what you know about music, Beach Hotel has acquired a certain science, sports, literature, current mystique as the home of “Sandy events, movies, TV, and more.

Toes & Salty Kisses.” On this partic- Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; trivia ular day, a mix-up of room numbers begins at 7. Free, 1 Mill Valley Road triggers a series of mistaken idenSuite B, Hadley. tities. While some characters find “Power of Truths” Arts & Eduthemselves falling in love, others cation Festival: Fri.-Sat., 6 p.m. find themselves utterly confused.

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parents who “loved gardening.”

“I’ve always had a fondness for gardening and birds and John’s mom was a wonderful gardener. We’ve been close to nature since we’ve been kids,” she said.

As for the party aspect to the tour, Windoloski said they will have a string band performing for guests.

Organized by the Friends of Forbes Library Inc., all proceeds go to Forbes Library for books, equipment and programs.

Tickets are available in advance for $20 through

tomorrow at Bay State Perennial Farm in Whately, Cooper’s Corner, State Street Fruit Store, Gardener’s Supply Company in Hadley, Wanczyk’s Nursery and Forbes Library. Tickets on tour day are $25 and available only at Forbes Library from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Additional funds are also being raised though a raffle with tickets available though tomorrow at Forbes Library and at garden No. 2 on tour day. Eight prizes include a $100 gift card from Gardener’s Supply, a handmade quilt, $100 gift card from Thornes Market, garden bench from Friends of Forbes and more.

The event will be held rain or shine.

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stonechurch.org/2022/02/14/ view-2022-events-and-buytickets/, $25. 283 Main St., Gilbertville.

Juneteenth Community Celebration: Sat., 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Bay Path University, Celebrating the “Sandy Toes & Salty Kisses,” emancipation of African Ameripresented by Black Cat Theater: cans from slavery, this community See Thursday listing event is family friendly and will include a read-aloud “Juneteenth Jamboree” written by Carol Boston SATURDAY Weatherford, special performancAgawam Garden Club Plant es, free blood pressure screenings Swap: Sat., 10 a.m. Feeding Hills (sponsored by Bay Path physician Congregational Church UCC, assistant students), a painting acall plants should be labeled with tivity, lawn games, door prizes and name, color, and light requirements. a complimentary lunch for the first No invasive plants. To be comfort100 registered guests. Register able, bring a chair. At the start evonline at baypath.edu; 588 Longerybody will pick a plant and return meadow St., Longmeadow. to their seat, repeating the process Northampton Garden Tour: Sat., until all participants have chosen 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Forbes Library, their plants, 21 North Westfield St., annual self-guided tour of gardens Feeding Hills section. in the Northampton/Florence area, “Betty & The Patch”: See Thursto be held rain or shine. Tickets day listing $20 in advance at Forbes Library, Building 8 Grapefruit IPA Release: Bay State Perennial Farm, Cooper’s Sat., noon-8 p.m. Building 8 Brew- Corner, Hadley Garden Center, State Street Fruit and Wanczyk ing Company. Full pours of the Nursery. $25 day of the tour at Grapefruit IPA, The Session, The Hazy, and The Lager German Style Forbes Library. 413-587-1012 or forbeslibrary.org. Reserve tickets Pilsner will be available. Cans of all the beers listed will be available in advance at forbeslibrary.org/ for purchase to-go. Thai Chili Food friends/, 20 West St., Northampton.

Truck will provide food. Rain or shine. 320 Riverside Drive, Florence Open Pantry Drive In and Vendor section.

Fair/Tag Sale: Sat., 1-3 p.m.

Foster Memorial Church, Monthly Community Day at Jacob’s outreach “drive-in” collection of Pillow!: Sat., noon-3 p.m. Jacob’s donations in the church’s back Pillow Dance. All events are free parking lot. Nonperishable food and family-friendly; no registration being collected for the Emergency required. In-person. Celebrate the Food Cupboard of the Open Pantry, start of Jacob’s Pillow’s Festival 1791 Wilbraham Road, Springfield. with an afternoon of performanc413-782-2112. es by Berkshire County regional dance artists, movement classes, “Power of Truths” Arts & Educadance-themed children’s activities, tion Festival: See Friday listing a special performance by Cuban Race Brook Lodge Presents Half flamenco dancer/choreographer Waif & Blue Ranger: Sat., 7 p.m.

Irene Rodríguez, a first look at the Race Brook Lodge, For dinner newly expanded backstage of the or room reservations call 413Ted Shawn Theater and more. 358 229-2916. For more information George Carter Road, Becket; 413and tickets visit rblodge.com/ 243-0745 or jacobspillow.org. event-calendar/2022/barn The Complete Works of William space-half-waif, $20 advance, Shakespeare (Abridged): See $25 day of show. 864 South Thursday listing Undermountain Road (Route 41), Connecticut Morgan Horse Show: Sheffield.

See Thursday listing “Sandy Toes & Salty Kisses,” presented by Black Cat Theater: St. John the Evangelist Church See Thursday listing Craft Fair: Fair will include crafts made from various mediums, such “This Shining Night,” A farewell as wood, fabrics, upcycled, and concert for Dr. Tony Thornton: glass. Handmade soaps, crocheted Sat., 7 p.m. Grace Episcopal animals, stained-glass panels, sun Church-Amherst, Illuminati Vocal catchers, piston clocks and much Arts Ensemble’s last concert of the more. Danish and coffee as well as 2021-22 season will be the final lunch items will be available, 833 concert with Dr. Tony Thornton.

Main St., Agawam.

Concert will feature one of the first pieces Thornton preformed, Morten Friends of the Stone Church Lauridsen’s “Lux Aeterna,” and Concert: Sat., 7 p.m. The Stone other favorites from his eight years Church, Malcolm Halliday, Stanely Wilson and Chester Brezniak pres- as artistic director. $20 general, $15 seniors (65+), $10 students. 14 ent “The Stone Church Trio.” To purchase tickets visit friendsofthe Boltwood, Amherst.

sculpture, Smith College Museum of Art. Springfield Science Museum: “Family Pride Day” Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. This new event is a celebration of diversity, equality and family, featuring a rainbow of activities for all ages. Free with museum admission. Takes place in all five museums. “Nature Cat: Backyard and Beyond,” through Sept. 4. This hands-on, immersive, bilingual (Spanish and English) exhibit will encourage young children to explore the natural world.

$15-$25. 130 Pine St., Florence section of Northampton.

The Young@Heart Chorus will perform tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy of Music Theater in Northampton. Above is Bob Cilman, founder of the chorus. (JULIAN PARKER-BURNS PHOTO) Vendor Fair and Yard Sale: Sat., 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Foster Memorial Church, rain or shine. There will be new and gently used items for sale, as well as a bake sale, lunch for purchase and a fun gift basket Raffle! If you would like to be a vendor, or need more information, please contact Lori at 413-626-9040 or lorilhi@aol.com. 1791 Wilbraham Road, Springfield; 413-782-2112.

SUNDAY “Betty & The Patch”: See Thursday listing Celtic Music Festival: Sun., 1 p.m.

West Springfield’s Irish House Restaurant & Pub, Traditional and popular Irish music along with Irish dancing in the Irish Cultural Center’s Trinity Pub and on the outdoor patio. Free admission, rain or shine. Featuring the launch of two new beers from Two Weeks Notice Brewing Company. Full bar, burgers and hot dogs on the grill with fixings, sides, and salad for purchase. Entertainment takes place in the Trinity Pub and outdoor patio. Guests are welcome to bring chairs or blankets for more seating room on the grass.429 Morgan Road, West Springfield; Irish Centerwne.org.

“Sandy Toes & Salty Kisses,” presented by Black Cat Theater: See Thursday listing Stone Soup Café’s Birthday Bash!: Sun., 4-7 p.m. Greenfield Town Common/Court Square, Stone Soup Café celebrates 10 years as a pay-what-you-can nonprofit café. Bobby C will be DJ-ing and there will be pizza, mural-making, juggling, hula hooping, face painting, and games, 2-8 Bank Row, Greenfield; West Springfield Coin Club Meeting: Sun., 7 p.m. Mittineague Congregational Church, A presentation and discussion will include facts about the U.S. Branch Mint

in Carson City. A small auction will take place and refreshments will be available. Guests are always welcome. For further information, contact Peter Setian at 413-5969871; 1840 Westfield St., West Springfield.

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.

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. Second floor contains Theodor Geisel’s 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: hands-on activities and creative exhibits.

Sign up online for a play session at ameliaparkmuseum.org; Hours: George Walter Vincent Smith Mon., Thurs., Fri., Sun. 10 a.m.Art Museum: Permanent exhibit: noon and 1-3 p.m. Open for groups “Ancient Treasures,” a display of ar- on Tues. and Wed. $8 adults, $8 tifacts from ancient China, Greece, children (12 months and older); Rome and Egypt. Hands-on making $4 grandparents/seniors (60+); activities in the Hasbro Games Art military personnel and teachers Discovery Center. Part of the free receive a 10% discount off the price family activities. Summer hours: of regular admission. Members and Mon.-Sat.. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 11 infants free, 29 South Broad St., a.m.-5 p.m.

Westfield or ameliaparkmuseum.

Lyman and Merrie Wood Museum org. of Springfield History: “A Legacy Children’s Museum at Holyoke: of Campus Activism: The SpringPermanent exhibit. Hours: Tues., field College Protests of 1969Wed., Thurs., and Fri. 9 a.m.-noon 1970,” through June 26. and 1-4 p.m.; Sat., 10 a.m.-noon and 1-4 p.m.; Sun., noon-4 p.m.

Michele and Donald D’Amour (two slots), closed Mon. Closed Museum of Fine Arts: “Capturnoon-1 p.m. for cleaning each day. ing Our Worlds: Works by the Children & adults $8; Seniors (62+) Springfield Photographic Society,” through June 26. “Fantastic Ruins: $5; children under 1 year of age and members are free. 444 Dwight St., Etchings by Giovanni Battista Holyoke or childrensmuseum Piranesi,” through July 17. “Washi holyoke.org.

Transformed: New Expressions in Japanese Paper,” Sat. through Sept.

4. Museum a la Carte: Today, 12:15 p.m. “Self-Portrait of a Woman Artist: Elisabetta Sirani,” Cost $4, free for members. This talk will provide a close examination of Sirani’s self-portrait to learn more about the artist and her approach to drawing. Presented by Danielle Carrabino, curator of painting and

Connecticut Trolley Museum: First Responders Day and Fire Truck Show. Sat., 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

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Calendar CONTINUES FROM PAGE E10 and see some vehicles on display from local fire departments at the trolley museum. The Shaker Pines Fire Department will have their kid’s smoke trailer simulator, which teaches drills of how to handle a fire at home. Food and refreshments will be available to purchase at the event. Included with general admission. 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 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 four for $10, 221 Appleton St., Holyoke or holyoke merrygoround.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.

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: Hours: Thurs.-Mon. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Advanced ticket purchase required; closed Tuesday 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. Norman Rockwell: Freedom’s Legacy: “Imprinted: illustrating Race,” Sat. through Oct. 30. “In Our Lifetime: Paintings from the Pandemic” by Kadir Nelson, Sat. through Oct. 30. 9 Route 183, Stockbridge or nrm.org.

Sturbridge Village: Permanent exhibit. 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” exhibit: through July 2023, examines parades and parade traditions in New England from 1776 to 1940. Included with general admission. “Women’s History Weekend” Sat.-Sun., 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Join Old Sturbridge Village to celebrate women in the early 19th century. Stop outside the historic houses of the village to learn about how women ran their households.

Join interpreters in the gardens for talks on indigenous plants, medicine, and discussions on the roles of women and children in gardening.

Beyond the domestic sphere, issues surrounding gender, freedom, and rights occurring during the 1830s will be discussed through readings of first-person accounts of the 19th century. Included with admission.

Route 20, Sturbridge or www.osv. org.

workshop, $15 per person, all ages welcome; Blacksmith Apprentice Experience, $25 per person, ages 12+.

Free tours of museum spaces will be offered. Registration and more information at storrrowton village.com. Admission is free, 1305 Memorial Ave., West Springfield or thebige.com.

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.

Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum: Open weekdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and weekends, 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. Masks are required and social distancing will be practiced. Call to reserve at 413-637-3206. Admission Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museis $18 adults, $17 seniors (65+), $10 um: The museum is open for guided students with ID and $7 children 5-17. tours through Oct. 15. Sat.-Wed. Children 4 and younger free. Nutshell from 1-4 p.m. and closed on Thurs.

Playhouse Presents: “Spyjinks,” Sun., and Fri. All visitors are required to 1 p.m., the program is appropriate for wear face masks and be fully vacchildren of all ages accompanied by cinated against COVID-19. Starting adults. Reservations are required by June 15, Wednesday Folk Traditions calling the museum at 413-637-3206. return with Tim Eriksen, 6:30 p.m., in Proof of vaccination including ages 5 the Sunken Garden. Picnickers weland over, ID for ages 18 and over. $15 come on grounds starting at 5 p.m. adults, $7 ages 4-17, free for children Admission for the concerts is $12, $2 ages 3 and under, 104 Walker St., for children 16 and under. 130 River Lenox or gildedage.org.

Drive, Hadley or pphmuseum.org.

Wistariahurst Museum: PermaShelburne Falls Trolley Museum: nent exhibit: “Wisteria Vines in Full Permanent exhibit. Hours: Tues.-Sun. Bloom.” Carriage House and gift 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., including holiday shop open Sat.-Sun., Mon., noon-4 Mondays, through Oct. 16. $4 all-day p.m. Historic house tours $7, $5 pass, $2 children; children 6 and students and seniors, 238 Cabot St., under free with adults, 14 Depot St., Holyoke or wistariahurst.org.

Shelburne Falls or sftm.org.

Yiddish Book Center: Permanent Smith College Museum of Art: exhibit, “A Velt mit veltelekh: The SCMA Members Double Discount Worlds of Jewish Culture.” Open Days: Show or enter your SCMA Thurs., Fri., Sun. and Mon., 10 a.m.-4 membership card onsite or online to p.m. Closed Shabbos (Saturday) receive a 20% discount on all of your and Jewish and legal holidays. $8 museum shop purchases. Not sure if adults, $6 seniors, free for members, you are a member? Email scmamstudents and children, 1021 West St., embers@smith.edu. Elm Street at Amherst or yiddishbookcenter.org.

Bedford Terrace, Northampton or scam.smith.edu.

Springfield Armory National Historic Site: “A Global Connection” local student artwork on display, through June 13. Ranger-led interpretive programs offered in the museum in the afternoon. Junior Ranger programs conducted frequently each day. Wed.-Sun., 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. 1 Armory Square, Springfield or nps. gov/spar.

Storrowton Village Museum: Summer Sampler, Sat., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. This family-friendly day will feature hands-on activities that give a sampling of everything the village offers year-round, as well as demonstrations of blacksmithing and open hearth cooking. Hands-on workshops include Kids Craft Sample, $5 per person, all ages; garden

Galleries

Forbes Library: “Landscape Paintings” in pastel and oil by Stephanie Vignone; “Abstract Embroideries and watercolors” by Bonnie Sennott, through June 29. 20 West St., Northampton or forbeslibrary.org.

Gallery A3 Amherst Art Alliance: “Syncopate: Homage to Jazz,” through July 2; art forum online June 16, 7:30 p.m. Register at gallerya3. com. Gallery hours: Thurs.-Sun. 3-7 p.m. 28 Amity St., Amherst, 413-2564250.

Hope and Feathers Framing and Gallery: “A Walk in the Reeds,” original pastels by Donna Roy, through July 2. Gallery hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m.- 6 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m. and Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 319 Main St., Amherst or hopeandfeathers framing.com.

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

Jasper Rand Art Museum: Permanent exhibit. Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8:30 a.m.-8 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

6 Elm St., Westfield or westath.org.

William Baczek Fine Arts: Travis Louie: “Misfits,” through July 2. Free, 36 Main St., Northampton or wb finearts.com.

Outdoors Great Falls Discovery Center: StoryWalk Series: “Jam & Honey” by Melita Morales, through June 29. For ages 3-7 and everyone who appreciates pollinators. Great Hall Photography Exhibit: “Pollinators and Predators of Massachusetts and Costa Rica,” through July 5; reception June 25 1-3 p.m. 2 Avenue A, Turners Falls or greatfallsma.org.

Holyoke Elks Lodge: Weekly EORC Cross Country Race at Ashley Reservoir. Timed Thursday evening races A.P.E. Gallery: ARC 2022: “Kinetic consisting of dirt and gravel roads, Art Book” by Sunny Allis, through circling Ashley Reservoir. Open to Sun. Workshop, Sun., 2-5 p.m. the public, hosted by Empire One “Kinetic Storytelling” artist Sunny Allis will teach an all-ages workshop Running Club. Through Aug. 25, 6:30-8:30 p.m. The race is open to on how to make your own moving pictures and objects. Reservations re- the public and attracts runners of all quired, email lisathompson@apearts. abilities. Age group records are kept and prizes are awarded weekly to org. Permanent exhibit hours: Tues.winners in selected male and female Thurs. noon-5 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. noon-8 p.m.; Sun. noon-5 p.m.; 126 Main St., categories. The remaining prizes are distributed in a lottery drawing. Cost Northampton or apearts.org. $7 plus $2 reusable bib, facebook.

Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery: com/events/472996691189965/ Permanent exhibit. Hours: Tues.-Fri., 479985047157796. 250 Whitney 12:30-4:30 p.m.; Sat. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Ave., Holyoke 413-538-8895.

First floor of building 28. 1 Armory Mass Audubon-Connecticut River Square, Springfield, 413-755-5258.

Valley Wildlife Sanctuaries: “Cel-

ebrate Pride Month:” Nature Play for LGBTQIA2S families, Sat. at 10 a.m. Best suited for children in the toddler to early elementary range, though older children are welcome.

Bathrooms are available in the Visitor Center. Masks are required for entering the Visitor Center. Registration is required. Free. “Pride Month Youth Walk,” Sat., 1 p.m. Explore Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary with a group of like-minded, nature-loving LGBTQIA2S+ youth. For teens 13-17. Registration is required. Free, massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/ program-catalog. 127 Combs Road, Easthampton, 413-584-3009.

Mount Tom State Reservation: “Life Around the Lake,” Sat. 10:30 a.m. Amphibians that live in and around the lake is the focus for this week’s topic. Discussion about their adaptations and survival skills are meant to enhance the walk. Meet at Bray Lake. “Hike the McCool Trail,” Sat., 1 p.m. This one-and-a-half hour hike on the McCool trail travels on mostly easy terrain at a moderate pace. 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. Sunday Afternoon Family Program, Sun., 1 p.m. This week’s program is “Spiders and their Webs”; discover different types of webs, their uses and which spiders make them. 125 Reservation Road, Holyoke, 413-534-1186.

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, Thur.-Sun., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free, 15 First St., Turners Falls

Markets Amherst Farmers Market: Sat. 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: 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.

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