Community Calendar

The Remnant and The Echo, Ligia Bouton

Opening Reception on Thursday, April 16, 4:30 - 6:30pm at Pegasus Gallery

Sheldon Krevit has had a long and distinguished career. A painter, Mr. Krevit’s work has been included in curated exhibitions with Robert Motherwell, Willem de Kooning, William Bailey, and Barkley L. Hendricks. For Meeting of the Spirits the artist will be showing a dozen, critically acclaimed paintings, and one framed drawing. Some of the work was painted in the artist’s New Haven studio, before his move to Santa Fe, New Mexico, in December of 2004, where he painted most of the others, including Meeting of the Spirits. The artist, currently resides in Hamden, CT.

Evident in Krevit’s work is a love of painting, and an ongoing involvement with the nature of perception, with the organic continuum of the microcosmic and macrocosmic.

Mr. Krevit is a graduate of The Philadelphia College of Art and The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. His work is represented in public, private, and corporate collections. See more about Krevit’s work at https://www.sheldonkrevit.com

Pegasus Gallery is located within the library on the first floor of Chapman Hall. Hours: Monday - Thursday: 8:30 am - 7 pm, Friday: 8:30 – 4pm.
The Niche is in Founders Hall, across from the Enrollment Services Office. Hours: Monday - Thursday 7:30 am - 5 pm: Fridays 8 am - 4pm.

JooYoung Choi is an astro-futurist artist whose expansive practice blends autobiography and invention. For over a decade, Choi's work has centered on developing narratives within a highly structured imaginary realm known as the Cosmic Womb.

Adventures of the Quantum Soup Surfer brings together early and recent paintings, a sculptural installation, and video works that chronicle one character's journey of self-discovery. Long known as Nina Blue, the Quantum Soup Surfer first appeared in the Cosmic Womb as a professional imaginary friend, contributing to the journeys of several legendary heroes of the Cosmic Womb.

The exhibition follows Nina Blue's passage from supporting character to protagonist. She emerges as the Quantum Soup Surfer--a celestial superhero and thoughtful navigator who channels the spiritual energy of water to brave uncharted territories and share her story of resilience.

Inspired by the Cosmic Womb's motto--"Have Faith for You have Always Been Loved"--this exhibition foregrounds imagination, curiosity, and art as tools for resilience that have been significant for Nina Blue's transformation into the Quantum Soup Surfer and the hero of this story.

Adventures of the Quantum Soup Surfer is made possible by the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.

This exhibition will explore movement as an integral throughline in Kwame Brathwaite’s work—one that spans his deep engagement with social and political movements and his keen attention to the body in motion. Brathwaite’s images intimate the powerful and transformative ways that action can convey joy, beauty, strength, and hope, even in charged moments.

Brathwaite (1938-2023) is perhaps most recognized for photographs celebrating Black beauty and excellence in fashion, music, and athletics. His studio portraits and concert photography like his documentation of historic marches, the everyday life of residents in Harlem and The Bronx, and of athletes such as Muhammad Ali convey the power of the body as a symbol of cultural strength, resilience, and pan-African solidarity. Through a selection of original and new prints from archival negatives, the exhibition will offer an opportunity to experience the breadth of his work and its resonance today.

Curated in close partnership with Brathwaite’s son and daughter-in-law, Kwame and Robynn Brathwaite (Amherst College Class of 1996 and 1998, respectively), Revolutionary Movements will expand stories about the artist's work and its international circulation.

Kwame Brathwaite: Revolutionary Movements is made possible by Teiger Foundation.

The Friends of the Westfield Athenaeum is seeking donations of gently used adult and children’s books, DVDs, and jigsaw puzzles for their upcoming book sale. Donations will only be accepted by curbside drop-off at the back door of the First United Methodist Church, 16 Court St., Westfield, during the weeks of April 6-11 and April 13-18 as follows: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10-1; Tuesday and Thursday from 4-7, and Saturday from 9-12.
Please note that we cannot accept musty or damaged books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, textbooks, Reader’s Digest books, or outdated manuals, travel books, or self-help books.
The book sale will be held at the Church on Thursday, April 23, 10-7; Friday, April 24, 10-5; and Saturday, April 25, 10-2. On Thursday only, we are offering a $5.00 discount for educators (bring your ID!) and new Friends members joining at the door.
The Friends of the Westfield Athenaeum is an all-volunteer 501(C)3 not-for-profit organization that supports the programs and services of the Westfield Athenaeum.

Springfield Museums will host acclaimed children’s author Phaea Crede for an action-packed event celebrating her new picture book, Princess Battle Royale, an exciting introduction to the world of wrestling. Princesses from around the globe—including Rapunzel, the Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty, Little Red, and more—compete for the chance to be crowned victor and wear the Enchanted Championship Belt in this funny and heartwarming tale. Following the presentation, attendees will have the chance to create their own wrestling character and throw their hat in the ring!

Books will be available for purchase and signing following the program.

​​This Mass Kids Lit Fest event is presented in partnership with the Massachusetts Center for the Book. For a full schedule, please visit https://www.makidslitfest.org/.

Phaea Crede writes silly stories for silly kids. Serious kids, too! She is the author of seven picture books including Princess Battle Royale (Viking Books), Oh Deer! (Sleeping Bear Press), and Jet the Cat (is Not a Cat) (Barefoot Books). Phaea lives near Boston with her husband, two kiddos, two cats, and two dogs. Her favorite wrestling move is the moonsault.

Call for artwork
Science, technology, engineering, art, math, an exhibit inspired by and incorporating the sciences.
Exhibit runs April 3 - May 17, 2026
With special events, demos, and fun activities during the course of the exhibit.
Contact margedvaa@gmail.com by March 20 with your interest.

Join the Sunderland Public Library for a fun, interactive storytime with New York Times-bestselling illustrator Scott Magoon! Scott will introduce his new picture book, There’s No Place Like Gnome’s—a story rooted in community, set in the New England woods, and shaped by real climate-care themes. When humans destroy the forest and bigger animals arrive seeking shelter, Gnome makes room for everyone in his small hotel, but after disaster strikes, it takes an unlikely guest to inspire him to rebuild and reopen his doors.

After exploring Gnome’s world, Scott will lead a live drawing demo!

​​This Mass Kids Lit Fest event is presented in partnership with the Massachusetts Center for the Book. For a full schedule, please visit https://www.makidslitfest.org/.

Scott Magoon is an award-winning author and New York Times bestselling illustrator of nearly 40 picture books, including Rescue & Jessica: A Life Changing Friendship and Spoon series, as well as his own picture books and Extincts graphic novels. With over two decades of experience—including roles as a designer at Candlewick Press and art director at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt—Scott infuses his art with warmth, humor, and heart. When he isn’t dreaming up new stories from his home in the Boston area, he can be found adventuring with his family, running, or hunting for jazz vinyl in local record shops.

Come celebrate West African Music and Dance with Drummers and Dancers of Wofa in collaboration with Ghanaian gyil/kuar duo Valerie Naranjo and Barry Olsen! Wofa is the West African Drum and Dance Ensemble at the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School directed by Alpha Kabisko Kaba. They will share the stage with Visiting Artist Valerie Naranjo of SNL and Barry Olsen of The Lion King.

Naranjo’s career has broken boundaries of genre and gender to help redefine the way percussionists engage with their communities. She has created a space for percussionists that is more inclusive to everyone, especially women. “She broke a gender barrier by being the first woman to perform on gyil (African marimba) and to become (with Barry) a first-place prize winner in Ghana’s Kobine Festival of Traditional Music,” says Dr. Patrick Roulet. "She has incorporated musical instruments and styles from around the world into pop, classical, rock, and folk traditions, which have influenced our entire field. "

"Her contributions to music and percussion are boundary breaking, crossing, and uniting,” says Dr. Roger Braun. “From the popular music of the Saturday Night Live band, to the New York musical theater scene, to the gyil music of Ghana, to her impact as a world music educator, her influence is profound.” Barry (trombone, piano, percussion) and Valerie (marimba, gyli, voice, percussion) have shared their artistry with renowned musicians like Philip Glass, Paul Simon and David Burne. You can catch them on rare occasions playing their own music in their group Mandara, their home for original compositions.

On the eve of the German invasion in 1940 Belgium, a tender attachment forms between a gifted young radio apprentice and a rising actress, their hopes colliding with a world edging toward war.