Community Calendar

Please join us for the very first performance of the Welcome Table Chorus! Founded and directed by Nerissa and Katryna Nields, the chorus’s mission is to build community and spread joy through songs of hope, power, love, suffering, and change. In a time when many of us wonder what we can do to make a difference, we’ve decided that one simple, profound act is to bring people together to sing—to remind one another that we are not alone.

Since late September, the Welcome Table Chorus has gathered weekly to raise our voices in four-part harmony, singing songs from the folk tradition alongside beloved favorites from the 20th and 21st centuries. We can’t wait to share what we’ve been creating together. All proceeds will benefit the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts.

Tales and songs of the Winter Solstice come to life in this dramatic storytelling with award-winning storyteller and theatre artist Diane Edgecomb accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Tom Megan.

Celebrate the Winter Solstice with ancient tales of light, evergreen myths, and entertaining seasonal stories surrounded by traditional and original music and song. Award-winning storyteller Diane Edgecomb brings to life olden tales of the longest nights: the hauntingly beautiful Baldur and the Mistletoe from Scandinavia, humorous English Wassail traditions and the Tanzanian folktale of how the animal kingdom brought light and life during the darkest times.

Valley Players proudly present Joe Landry’s "It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play", December 12-20 at the Blue Heron Restaurant in Sunderland, MA!

This dinner-theater production imagines the beloved holiday classic as a 1940s radio play, performed live on stage with foley sound effects and a cast of six actors playing all 40 roles! Directed by Chris Rohmann and featuring Valley players Jane Barish, Jen Campbell, Mark Dean, Ben Hersey, Alex Manugian, and Joseph Van Allen, with sound effects by Chip Roughton, stage management by Jason Fregeau, costumes by Piper Pichette, and vocal musical arrangements by Nettie Harrington Pangallo. Produced by Matteo Pangallo.

Tickets on a pay-what-you-can scale and half of net performance ticket revenue from this production will be donated to the Springfield-based affordable housing nonprofit Way Finders. During the show, Valley Players will also be holding a food drive for the Amherst Survival Center and audience members are asked to bring a non-perishable food item to contribute.

Ticket includes a gourmet three-course meal, with choice of entree, featuring locally sourced ingredients (tax and tip included; drinks not included). Reservations are required and close three days before the performance date. Walk-in admission is not available.

The School for Contemporary Dance & Thought presents
The HATCHERY PERFORMANCE PROJECT in

ECHOES
Explorations in dance, humanity and interconnections

LIVE MUSIC, DANCE and VISUAL ART

Choreography and music by
The HATCHERY PIT BAND and dancers
Irina Andrews, Serena Gross, Desmond Campbell, Anika Theis, Amber Von Renesse, Veronica Przystas, Jamie Rose, Inna Selman

Professional guest choreographers:
Molly Rose-Williams, Katherine Kain, Ashirah Devi Dalomba and Jen Polins

When:
Friday December 19th at 6 PM
Saturday December 20th at 2 PM (with the Hatchlings) and 7 PM

Where:
the WORKROOM THEATER
at 33 Hawley Street in Northampton Ma

Back by popular demand! Join King Wenceslas and his loyal page as they embark on snowy new adventures with Vermont Suitcase Company. Vermont Suitcase Company will be joined by Heedless of the Gale singing songs of the season. Bring your friends and family and celebrate with laughter and song!

The concert features music heard in St. Mark’s Cathedral, Venice, during the holiday seasons between 1540 and 1620. The antiphonal music of Willaert, the Gabrielis, Croce, de Rore, Monteverdi and others flourished there thanks to the superb acoustics and multiple balconies of its exquisite architecture. Directed by Sheila Heffernon, Da Camera Singers are celebrating their 51st year.

Valley Players proudly present Joe Landry’s "It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play", December 12-20 at the Blue Heron Restaurant in Sunderland, MA!

This dinner-theater production imagines the beloved holiday classic as a 1940s radio play, performed live on stage with foley sound effects and a cast of six actors playing all 40 roles! Directed by Chris Rohmann and featuring Valley players Jane Barish, Jen Campbell, Mark Dean, Ben Hersey, Alex Manugian, and Joseph Van Allen, with sound effects by Chip Roughton, stage management by Jason Fregeau, costumes by Piper Pichette, and vocal musical arrangements by Nettie Harrington Pangallo. Produced by Matteo Pangallo.

Tickets on a pay-what-you-can scale and half of net performance ticket revenue from this production will be donated to the Springfield-based affordable housing nonprofit Way Finders. During the show, Valley Players will also be holding a food drive for the Amherst Survival Center and audience members are asked to bring a non-perishable food item to contribute.

Ticket includes a gourmet three-course meal, with choice of entree, featuring locally sourced ingredients (tax and tip included; drinks not included). Reservations are required and close three days before the performance date. Walk-in admission is not available.

The School for Contemporary Dance & Thought presents
The HATCHERY PERFORMANCE PROJECT in

ECHOES
Explorations in dance, humanity and interconnections

LIVE MUSIC, DANCE and VISUAL ART

Choreography and music by
The HATCHERY PIT BAND and dancers
Irina Andrews, Serena Gross, Desmond Campbell, Anika Theis, Amber Von Renesse, Veronica Przystas, Jamie Rose, Inna Selman

Professional guest choreographers:
Molly Rose-Williams, Katherine Kain, Ashirah Devi Dalomba and Jen Polins

When:
Friday December 19th at 6 PM
Saturday December 20th at 2 PM (with the Hatchlings) and 7 PM

Where:
the WORKROOM THEATER
at 33 Hawley Street in Northampton Ma

It’s a Messiah sing like you’ve never heard it before! Dust off your score, grab an adult beverage, and join us for our annual holiday celebration, where we’ll dish the dirt on Handel and his famous oratorio. Get into the holiday spirit with all your Messiah favorites, including a rousing barroom Hallelujah chorus!

A 21ST CENTURY NUTCRACKER
Let’s play with tradition!

Join The Center Dance on Sunday, December 21st for an exciting spin on a wintertime classic! It’s A 21st Century Nutcracker – dance styles from across the globe (and right next door!) set to Tchaikovsky’s timeless score.

Curtains will rise at UMass’s Bowker Auditorium at 1PM and 5PM.