Oct 23 Thursday
The Norman Rockwell Museum is honored to present a rare series of early twentieth century lighting advertisements by Norman Rockwell and fellow Golden Age illustrators Maxfield Parrish, N.C. Wyeth, Dean Cornwell, Stanley Arthurs, Worth Brehm, and Charles Chambers created for Edison Mazda Lamps, a division of the General Electric Company. These luminous, richly painted works were widely circulated in published advertisements through the 1920s and are on loan to the Museum for the first time through the generosity of GE Aerospace.
Oct 24 Friday
The music and energy of two legendary stadium rock bands comes together in one electrifying show! Their repertoire of classics hits by Foreigner and Journey provide a crowd-pleasing night of unforgettable music. Get your wine coolers, mullets and stone washed jean vests ready for a night of sing along debauchery and dance grooves that will pop you from your seats.
From heartwarming power ballads like “Faithfully,” “I Want to Know What Love Is,” to anthems like “Feels Like The First Time,” “Don’t Stop Believin’,” “Cold As Ice” and “Any Way You Want It,” FJ – A Tribute to Foreigner & Journey featuring vocalists from American Idol are more than a tribute band. They’re a time machine, and their energy is infectious!
Rudy Cardenas
“With over 18 years in the LA music scene, Rudy has made his mark on the industry with gritty, powerful, yet undeniably beautiful vocals reminiscent of a young Steve Perry. Graduating from the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in Vocal Performance, Rudy has taken his studies in the Rock, Classical, Jazz and Latin genres to create a sound all his own.
Best known as a season 6 American Idol finalist, Rudy has taken that experience and platform to share his talents nationally. For the last 5 years Rudy has toured with the UK sensation The Classic Rock Show, an all-star classic rock review who have played 33 yearly sold out shows across Europe. Rudy’s solo album “Fly” on record label Frontiers Music, is available now on all platforms.”
Oct 25 Saturday
Join us at our 11th annual fundraiser to benefit the Easthampton High School World Language Club. Our students are raising money to travel to Germany! Over 60 local vendors will be there. Stop by for some early holiday shopping, food and music from local band Acousticca! Free to public and plenty of parking. See you there!
Oct 26 Sunday
Celebrate the anniversary of Yiddish: A Global Culture with a full day of free events for all ages. Visit our website soon for the full schedule of activities.
“New Songs for an Old Poet” is a series of four concerts that will span the remainder of 2025. Organized by long-time Valley vocalist Peter W. Shea, who is also the principal performer, the series presents a very wide variety of songs, all of them musical settings of the great nineteenth-century German-Jewish poet Heinrich Heine, whose verses have been set to music more than any other poet. All are works that Peter has in some way helped to bring into the world, either by suggestion, commission, or premiere, as part of his thirty-year project on Heine and the music he continues to inspire. All but one of the sixty-plus songs have been composed since the turn of this century, with two-thirds of the composers being from New England.
This concert, “Heinrich Heine, Far and Near,” features sixteen songs by thirteen composers who hail from as far away as Germany and as close at hand as the Pioneer Valley. The songs range in style from cabaret to classical, in mood from witty to tragic, and in tonality from Baroque to twelve-tone. Nearly all display some aspect of Heine’s characteristic irony, and several will be sung in English translation. Peter will be joined by mezzo-soprano and guitarist Justina Golden, pianist and guitarist Clifton J. Noble, Jr., and soprano Junko Watanabe.
Oct 27 Monday
The Northampton Scrabble Club prides itself on being a welcoming group where the priority is on FUN, not strict competition. Come in at any point in the evening and we'll get you in a game! Some players stay for one game, others for multiple games. We have a wide variety of skill levels represented, so come join the fun!