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May 25 Wednesday
An Evening for Ukraine

Springfield Symphony Hall

Tickets by donation - 100% of proceeds will go to humanitarian aid!

06:00 PM - 09:00 PM on Wed, 25 May 2022

Join the Pioneer Valley Symphony & Springfield Public Forum on Wednesday, May 25 at 6-9PM in Symphony Hall, Springfield for a benefit concert for UKRAINE. The program features Ukrainian orchestral and choral works conducted by Marika Kuzma and Tian Hui Ng. Soloists include violinist, Solomiya Ivakhiv and bandurist and soprano, Teryn Kuzma. The concert will be preceded by a Springfield Public Forum with Ambassador Bill Taylor, and an intermission with complimentary hors d'oeuvres sponsored by Elegant Affairs.
Tickets by donation. 100% of proceeds will go to humanitarian aid, including Восток SOS, Friends of the Lviv Philarmonic and Project HOPE. Concert sponsored by MassMutual and the Thomas de Hartmann Project.
PVSOC.ORG for info and tickets. Face masks required.

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May 16 Monday
- Art & Museum Exhibits
Lincoln Memorial Centennial Exhibition: The Lincoln Memorial Illustrated

Norman Rockwell Museum

0/$20

09:00 AM - 04:00 PM, every day through Sep 04, 2022.

Created in collaboration with Chesterwood to honor the Lincoln Memorial’s centennial in May 2022, this exhibition will highlight the work of illustrators and artists who have incorporated the Lincoln Memorial into their art as a symbolic element – an instantly-recognizable icon upon which to build meaning. Approximately fifty historical and contemporary artworks by noted illustrators and cartoonists will be featured, as will archival photographs, sculptural elements, artifacts, and ephemera.

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May 16 Monday
- Art & Museum Exhibits
Nathan Shepard: Oils & Gouaches, with Poems by Megan Buchanan

Next Stage Arts

09:00 AM - 05:00 PM, every day through Aug 12, 2022.

Nathan Shepard was born in New Hampshire in 1966. Both of his parents were artists who encouraged him to draw and paint from an early age. He later studied oil painting, sculpture and art history at Bradford College and The Museum School, Boston.
Nathan discovered a love for mural painting in 1996, inspired by artists such as Diego Rivera, Thomas Hart Benton, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, and his own father, Robert Shepard. The first of many trips to Mexico in the early 1990's resulted in a period at the Instituto Allende, Guanajuato, to further his study of mural painting. He spent a winter painting at the Vermont Studio Center and has studied plein air with Caleb Stone during multiple trips to Monhegan Island, Maine.
Nathan’s commissioned murals have been found in restaurants in Chiapas, farmstands on Martha’s Vineyard, on a New Mexican main street, as well as in private collections. In 2016, he contributed a mural for Whatever the Outcome, an innovative arts organization on Martha’s Vineyard focused on supporting education. Most recently Nathan’s work was featured in a summer show at the Canal Street Art Gallery in Bellows Falls, Vermont.
In addition to murals, Nathan paints landscapes and still life in gouache and oil. Whether it is the juniper-covered hills of New Mexico, the dramatic coastline of his ancestors’ home at Manchester-by-the-Sea, the vibrancy of Mexico, the fullness of fruit in a bowl or flowers in a vase, or the seascapes of Maine or Martha's Vineyard, Nathan always aims to explore the underlying spirit, history and nature of a scene or place.
After thirty years on the Vineyard, Nathan moved to Vermont in 2018 where he is inspired by the way sunlight and shadow model treelines, barns and metal roof slopes. He currently works from his home studio in Putney.
Megan Buchanan is a poet, dancemaker, organizer, and educator. Her poetry collection Clothesline Religion (Green Writers Press, 2017) was nominated for the 2018 Vermont Book Award. Find her work in Iterant, The Sun Magazine, Mom Egg Review, A Woman’s Thing, as well as numerous anthologies including Dream Closet: Meditations on Childhood Space (Secretary Press), Roads Taken: Contemporary Vermont Poetry, and also Healing the Divide: Poems of Kindness and Connection (GWP), and the brand-new collection, The Path to Kindness, edited by James Crews. Her work was featured on public display at Art at the Kent in 2020 and is currently part of the collaborative poetry + land trust project, Writing the Land.
She’s currently researching and preparing for an upcoming performance residency at BMAC which will run from mid-October 2022 through January 2023 – a new iteration of a collaborative, interdisciplinary performance project about radioactivity, rivers/oceans, grief and love.
She’s grateful for past support from the Vermont Arts Council, Vermont Performance Lab, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Arizona Commission on the Arts.
Born in Laguna Beach, California, Megan first came to New England as a teenager to attend Northfield Mount Hermon School. She moved to Vermont with her two children in 2010. She currently works at three area schools, supporting students with learning exceptionalities. Make contact at www.meganbuchanan.net.

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May 16 Monday
Whole Children Spring Classes Starting Soon!

Whole Children

10:00 AM - 06:15 PM, every day through May 27, 2022.

Whole Children's spring session runs from March 28 - May 27. Classes include topics such as Minecraft, Harry Potter Book Club, Photography, Music & Movement, Brunch Club, and Comic Writing. View website for the list of all currently available classes this session. A membership for 9 weeks is only $175 for unlimited online classes plus two in-person classes! Each additional in-person class is $50. Keep an eye out for in-person vs. virtual classes.
Masks are mandatory for all in-person classes and those classes will have a limit of 8-15 participants depending on the class, so don't wait to sign up!

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May 16 Monday
- Art & Museum Exhibits
SERGEI ISUPOV: PAST & PRESENT

Ferrin Contemporary

11:00 AM - 05:00 PM, every day through Jun 26, 2022.

Sergei Isupov: Past and Present features new ceramic sculptures presented with both a multi-dimensional, mixed-media wall installation and independent pedestal based works, all produced at Project Art in Cummington, MA. This exhibition comes at a particularly sensitive time for the artist, who was raised and educated in Kyiv, Ukraine and Tallinn, Estonia. Isupov and Ferrin Contemporary have been working together and presenting exhibitions internationally since 1996 and this will be the artist's third solo show in our North Adams gallery location.

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May 16 Monday
- Art & Museum Exhibits
Salmon Falls Gallery Quilt Group Show

Salmon Falls Gallery

11:00 AM - 05:00 PM, every day through Jun 27, 2022.

2022 Quilt Group Show — Salmon Falls Gallery hosts eight quilt and fiber artists in a group exhibit featuring a wide range of quilting styles and techniques. On view May 5 – June 27, 2022, reception on Sunday, May 8 from 2-4pm.
May 5 through June 27 Salmon Falls Gallery hosts an exhibition of eight mostly local quilters, many of national and award winning renown. Quilting, the stitching of fabrics together, has evolved from being an exercise of necessity to an art form. Along the way, it has become essential housework, social and community exercise, and hobby. The quintessential ‘women’s work’, quilting is a medium of nearly endless possibilities — both alone and coupled with other methods. This group of quilters were chosen for their wide range of styles and techniques, so that a full range of possibilities can be appreciated and contrasted.
Featured are the works of Timna Tarr, Lee Sproull, Carson Converse, Wen Redmond, Sarah Stroud, Ann Brauer, Carol Anne Grotrian, and Audrey Hyvonen.
There is a reception in the gallery for the artists and the community Sunday, May 8th from 2-4pm. All are welcome. Salmon Falls Gallery is located at 1 Ashfield Street in Shelburne Falls, MA, 01370. Contact the gallery at 413-625-9833 or at salmonfalls@megaplanet.com. Beginning May 1, the gallery is open every day from 11am to 5pm.

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May 16 Monday
Swing Sunday

Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center

16 / 20

03:00 PM - 06:00 PM, every month on Sunday through Nov 27, 2022.

Swing Sundays - Last Sunday afternoon of each month at Hawks and Reed in downtown Greenfield with alternating bands The O-Tones and Butterfly Swing Sunday, November 28 3 pm - beginner swing dance lesson with Christine and Mark of Linday League of Western MA 4 - 6 pm dance to the Swing and Motown tunes of The O-Tones Masks and Proof of Vax and ID required for entrance We all need safe live music and dancing! Please join and bring a friend!

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May 16 Monday
- Performance
- Theater
The Approach by Mark O'Rowe

Shakespeare & Company

$37 - $67

03:00 PM - 11:59 PM, every day through May 29, 2022.

THE APPROACH
‘Holds your attention like a transfixing riddle’ – The Irish Times
Three women have three conversations that draw us into their inner lives. Listen carefully: what will they reveal to each other, and what does each have to hide?
A play about being human, an exploration of betrayal, and an appeal to listen before it’s too late, The Approach follows the story of Anna, Cora, and Denise as they converse over coffee about their shared childhoods and burgeoning middle-age, with much left unspoken.
The Approach will include both in-person and online performances, with tickets ranging in price from $37 to $67; preview performances are $10 less.
Online, The Approach will be made available by live stream at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 14, and via recorded broadcast will be available Saturday May 21, at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, May 22, at 3 p.m.; Saturday May 28 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, May 29 at 3 p.m. Tickets for virtual performances are $27.
Talkbacks will be held with the cast and directors for the following performances:
Thursday 5/12 (7:30p curtain)
Saturday 5/14 (7:30p curtain)
Sunday 5/15 (3p curtain)
Thursday 5/19 (7:30p curtain)
Sunday 5/22 (3p curtain)
Thursday 5/26 (7:30p curtain)
Generously Co-sponsored by Steve Bader and Cathy Monoxelos
COVID POLICY FOR INDOOR PERFORMANCES
All patrons planning to attend any indoor performances are required to show a form of ID and one of the following:
Presentation of a COVID vaccination card OR
Proof of a negative COVID test taken within the last 48 hours

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May 16 Monday
- Classes/Workshops
- Community Events
Art & Wellness: A Retreat for the Mind, Body & Soul

Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program

$700 plus housing/meals

04:00 PM - 01:03 PM, every day through May 20, 2022.

This 5-day retreat at Snow Farm combines hands-on craft learning with wellness activities such as yoga, meditation, movement, nature walks, writing and more. Participants pick one craft workshop that meets each day in the morning and includes ample open studio time to practice new skills and complete projects. The wellness activities are offered throughout the day to inspire creativity, calm, relaxation and rejuvenation. Simple dorm accommodations and homemade meals round out the perfect balance of nourishment for the mind, body, and soul.

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May 16 Monday
Spring Circus Classes

Free

05:30 PM - 11:59 PM, every day through Jun 05, 2022.

Registration is open for our Spring Session of circus classes - online and in person! Check out our new adult classes: Made for Video Act Creation, Ballet Bar & Active Flex, and Learn to Catch on Flying Trapeze. Other favorite classes include all levels of fabric, trapeze, and youth classes too! Spring into circus and move your body in a new way. Beginners welcome!
ONLINE CLASSES: https://necenterforcircusarts.asapconnected.com/#CourseGroupID=47175
ADULT CLASSES: https://necenterforcircusarts.org/training/adult-session-classes/#adult-classes
YOUTH CLASSES: https://necenterforcircusarts.org/training/youth-session-classes/
WHEN: Weekly classes from March 21 - June 5
WHERE: Trapezium: 10 Town Crier Dr. Or Cotton Mill Studios: 74 Cotton Mill Hill Brattleboro, VT 05301
REGISTER: https://necenterforcircusarts.asapconnected.com/

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May 17 Tuesday
- Art & Museum Exhibits
Lincoln Memorial Centennial Exhibition: The Lincoln Memorial Illustrated

Norman Rockwell Museum

0/$20

09:00 AM - 04:00 PM, every day through Sep 04, 2022.

Created in collaboration with Chesterwood to honor the Lincoln Memorial’s centennial in May 2022, this exhibition will highlight the work of illustrators and artists who have incorporated the Lincoln Memorial into their art as a symbolic element – an instantly-recognizable icon upon which to build meaning. Approximately fifty historical and contemporary artworks by noted illustrators and cartoonists will be featured, as will archival photographs, sculptural elements, artifacts, and ephemera.

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