Calendar

Sun 1 Sep 2019, 1:30 -5:00 pm

The Breakers and Marble House • Audio tours courtesy The Preservation Society of Newport County • Newport • Rhode Island • With Anne

Sun 18 Aug 2019, 2:00 -5:00 pm

American Heritage Museum • Featuring the Jacques M Littlefield collection of tanks, armored vehicles, and military artifacts • Hudson • With Anne

Fri 2 Aug 2019, 12:00 -4:00 pm

Keeping Time: Clockmakers and Collectors • Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library • Liberty Ride Trolley Tour of Historic Lexington and Concord • Lexington • Concord • With Anne

Mon 29 Jul 2019, 3:00 -5:00 pm

Reach for the Stars: Christa McAuliffe and the Challenger Mission • Performed by Judith Kalaora, History at Play • Merriam-Gilbert Public Library • West Brookfield

Sun 7 Jul 2019, 11:00 am-11:10 am

Tour Opacum Ride for Land Conservation • 1.8 mile family friendly mini ride • Sponsored by Southbridge Credit Union, Brimfield Winery, Rapscallion Brewery, Southbridge Bicycles • Brimfield

Fri 5 Jul 2019 1:50 pm-2:00 pm

Visit Titan arum (“corpse flower”) • Morrill Greenhouses • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Wed 19 Jun 2019 6:30 pm-7:30 pm

Ecology and Conservation of Barn and Cliff Swallows • Mara Silver • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust and Ware River Nature Club • Hardwick

Sat 18 May 2019 11:00 am-2:00 pm

Asparagus Festival • West Brookfield Town Common • With Anne

Sat 4 May 2019 9:00 am-11:45 am

Brush Cutting • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Wendemuth Meadow • North Brookfield

Sat 13 Apr 2019 9:00 am-1:00 pm

Prepare pollinator garden • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Mass Central Rail Trail • New Braintree

Sat 30 Mar 2019, 2:30 pm-5:00 pm

Gender Bending FashionFrida Kahlo and Arte PopularExhibition Lab: Sargent and Fashion • Museum of Fine Arts • Boston • With Anne

Sun 10 Mar 2019 6:30 pm-7:45 pm

Spayghetti Dinner • Benefit for Here Today Adopted Tomorrow Animal Sanctuary • First Congregational Church • Brimfield • With Anne

Wed 27 Feb 2019 5:00 pm-6:00 pm

Lessons from Space • Cady Coleman • USAF Colonel, Space Shuttle Mission Specialist, PhD ’91 • Commonwealth Honors College • University of Massachusetts at Amherst • “Patience is a virtue; be brave and open; find connections; make a difference”

Sun 24 Feb 2019 2:00 pm-2:45 pm

Dragonflies and Damselflies of Massachusetts • Dave Small • Quabbin Visitors Center • Belchertown

Fri 8 Feb 2019 7:00 pm-9:30 pm

Massachusetts Hockey • Boston University Terriers at UMass Minutemen • Mullins Center • University of Massachusetts Amherst

Sat 19 Jan 2019 10:00 am-3:00 pm

Brush Burning • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Wendemuth Meadow • North Brookfield

Sat 3 Nov 2018, 9:00 am-12:00 noon

Brush Cutting • Petersham Meadow • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Petersham

Sun 14 Oct 2018, 10:00 am-11:30 am

Station Loop Ramble • East Quabbin Land Trust • New Braintree

Sun 7 Oct 2018, 12:00 noon-4:00 pm

Paradise City Arts Festival • Three-County Fairgrounds • Northampton • With Anne

Thr 27 Sep 2018, 4:30 pm-7:00 pm

Author Talks: Lawrence G. Smith • Mark Pietralunga, ‘To my dear Buddy in America, who let me in a new world’: Revisiting the First Chapter of Pavese’s Discovery of America • Geoffrey Brock, Into a Rhythm: Translating Pavese’s Poetry into English • Andrea Malaguti, First Love, Last Rites: Cesare Pavese and Film Imagery • Lawrence G. Smith, ‘To Connie, who understands, from Cesare’: Four books inscribed by Pavese to Constance Dowling • Sponsored by Dean’s Office, Humanities and Fine Arts; Italian Studies Program; Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; UMass Amherst Libraries; UMass Press • Tower Library 2601 • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sat 15 Sep 2018, 10:00 am-11:10 am

Helga Ragle • Celebration of Life • South Church • Amherst

Sat 8 Sep 2018, 9:00 am-12:00 noon

Unbuild stone wall • East Quabbin Land Trust Headquarters • Hardwick

Mon 3 Sep 2018, 12:30 pm-3:30 pm

Old Home Day • Charlton • With Anne

Sat 25 Aug 2018, 3:00 pm-3:30 pm

Brookfield Orchards • 100th Anniversary Celebration • North Brookfield

Sun 19 Aug 2018, 2:00 pm-5:00 pm

Paul Jeffrey Fowler • Celebration of Life • Worthington Golf Club • Worthington

Sat 21 Jul 2018, 12:30 pm-4:30 pm

25th Annual Glasgow Lands Scottish Festival • Highland Athletic Games • Look Park • Northampton • With Anne

Sun 8 Jul 2018, 11:10 am-12:10 pm

Tour Opacum Ride for Land Conservation • 7.5 mile family friendly loop • Sponsored by Southbridge Credit Union, Sturbridge Tourist Association, Rapscallion Brewery, Southbridge Bicycles • Fiskdale and Sturbridge

Sat 30 Jun 2018, 10:00 am-12:30 pm

Rail Trail Wheel-a-thon • Wood Duck Story Walk • Stations for Woodcraft, Railroad History, Tree Ages, Fly Fishing • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Mass Central Rail Trail • New Braintree

Sun 24 Jun 2018, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm

Arts in the Meadow • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust and Cultural Council • Wendemuth Meadow • North Brookfield

Wed 25 Apr 2018, 7:30 pm-9:00 pm

Machine de Cirque • Ugo Dario, Raphael Dubé, Yohan Fradette-Trépanier, Maxim Laurin,Frédéric Lebrasseur • University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center • Amherst

Tue 24 Apr 2018, 4:30 pm-5:30 pm

Los Deseos en Amherst • Text and Performance by Angélica Liddell • In Spanish with English supertitles • University of Massachusetts Integrated Learning Center • Amherst

Fri 20 Apr 2018, 1:30 pm-1:45 pm

Mandala Sand Painting Viewing • Created by monks of the Drepung Loseling Monastery • University of Massachusetts Old Chapel • Amherst

Tue 17 Apr 2018, 7:30 pm-9:00 pm

Hungarian March from “The Damnation of Faust” by Hector Berlioz • Intermezzo from “Goyescas” by Enrique Granados with soloist Jessica Toupin, soprano • Concertino da camera by Jacques Ibert with soloist Brandon Nowakowski, alto saxophone • Ballade for flute, piano, and string orchestra by Frank Martin with soloist Emily Kaplan, flute • Suite from “The Firebird” by Igor Stravinsky • University of Massachusetts Department of Music and Dance Symphony Orchestra • Morihiko Nakahara, Conductor • Fine Arts Center • Amherst

Wed 11 Apr 2018, 12:30 pm-12:45 pm

Building Bridges Art Showcase • University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center Atrium • Amherst

Sat 7 Apr 2018, 9:00 am-11:00 am

Brush Cutting • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Mandell Hill • Hardwick

Thr 5 Apr 2018, 6:00 pm-7:00 pm

Color in Containment • Guided Tour by Co-Curators Alison Ritacco, MA ’19 Art History, and Margaret Wilson, MFA ’19 Studio Arts • University Museum of Contemporary Art • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Wed 4 Apr 2018, 3:00 pm-3:45 pm

Nonviolence as a Means of Struggle, Change, and Success • Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient • Sponsored by the Psychology of Peace and Violence Program and the UMass Lowell Greeley Scholars for Peace Studies Award • University of Massachusetts Goodell Building • Amherst

Tue 3 Apr 2018, 7:30 pm-9:00 pm

When Gods Mingled with Mortals: Dances and Legends of Hawai’i • Halau Hula Ka No’eau Ensemble • Michael Pili Pang, Kumu Hula and Artistic Director • University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center • Amherst

Sun 1 Apr 2018, 1:30 pm-4:00 pm

Georgia O’Keeffe: Art, Image StyleT C Cannon: At the Edge of America • Peabody Essex Museum • Salem • With Anne

Fri 31 Mar 2018, 12:00 pm-2:00 pm

Ecumenical Good Friday Service • The Passion According to Mark • Reflections by Thomas Synan, Vanessa Cardinale, Christina Williams, Vicki Kemper, Greg Mozel, Steven Wilco • First Congregational Church • Amherst

Thr 30 Mar 2018, 7:30 pm-10:00 pm

BalletX • Gran Partita, choreographed by Jorma Elo, On the Mysterious Properties of Light, choreographed by Colby Damon, Big Ones, choreographed by Trey McIntyre • Christine Cox, Artistic and Executive Director • Tara Keating, Associate Artistic Director • University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center • Amherst

Sat 20 Jan 2018, 10:00 am-2:00 pm

Brush Burning • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Wendemuth Meadow • North Brookfield

Mon 1 Jan 2018, 12:00 pm-1:30 pm

Hiking the Mass Central Rail Trail • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust and Wachusett Greenways • New Braintree

Sat 11 Nov 2017, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm

View old growth black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) and core other tree species • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Oakham Wildlife Management Area • With others

Sat  4 Nov 2017, 7:30 pm-10:00 pm

A Duo-Piano Gala Concert • Malcolm Halliday, Kallin Johnson, Sima Kustanovich, Olga Rogach, Myron Romanul, Ian Watson, Ken Watson • Tuckerman Hall • Worcester • With Anne

Sat 14 Oct 2017, 10:00 am-12:00 pm

Hike the Town of Ware Rail Trail • Senior Center to Walmart and Back • Sponsored by Friends of the Ware Rail Trail • Ware

Wed 27 Sep 2017, 11:30 am-5:00 pm

Eastern States Exposition • Avenue of States • Mariachi Azteca del Sol at Court of Honor Stage • Better Living Center • Farm-A-Rama • Young Building • Commerford’s Petting Zoo • Mallary Complex with Butter Sculpture •  Fiber Nook • Wine and Cheese Barn • Agility Competition at Coliseum • West Springfield • With Anne

Mon 21 Aug 2017, 1:20 pm-2:30 pm

Total Solar Eclipse viewing • Hosted by Astronomy Department • University of Massachusetts Sunwheel • Amherst

Sat 29 Jul 2017, 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Brush Clearing • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Wendemuth Meadow • North Brookfield

Sun 9 Jul 2017, 12:10 pm-1:15 pm

Tour Opacum Ride for Land Conservation • 7.5 mile family friendly loop • Sponsored by Rapscallion Brewery and Southbridge Bicycles • Proceeds to benefit Dingley Dell project • Fiskdale and Sturbridge

Sat 6 May 2017, 7:30 pm-9:45 pm

Bon Voyage Concert • Worcester State University Unplugged Chamber Orchestra and Worcester State University Chorale • Directed by Dr Christie Nigro • Our Lady of the Angels Church • Worcester

Sat 6 May 2017 9:00 am-2:30 pm

Bridge Repair • East Quabbin Land Trust • Mass Central Rail Trail • Hardwick

Sun 30 Apr 2017, 2:00 pm-4:10 pm

Marc Camoletti’s Boeing Boeing • Directed by Adam Zahler • Visual and Performing Arts Department • Fuller Theater • Worcester State University • Worcester

Sat 22 Apr 2017, 8:30 am-10:30 am

Earth Day Clean-up • Sponsored by Friends of Sturbridge Trails and The Last Green Valley • Plimpton Community Forest • Sturbridge

Sun 9 Apr 2017, 5:00 pm-6:30 pm

The North Atlantic Right Whale • Philip K Hamilton, New England Aquarium • In conjunction with Listen to the Whales • Ann Barrett and William Chambers • Gallery 263 • Cambridge

Tue 4 Apr 2017, 7:30 pm-9:15 pm

Grand Overture by Mauro Giuliani • Lute Suite No 1 by JS Bach • Rumores de la Caleta by Isaac Albéniz • Jongo by Paulo Bellinati • Drei Tentos by Hans Werner Henze • Always and Forever by Antônio Carlos Jobím • Suite del Recuerdo by José Luis MerlínIn a Sentimental Mood by Duke Ellington • Jason Vieaux • University of Massachusetts Bowker Auditorium • Amherst

Sat 25 Feb 2017, 1:00 pm-2:30 pm

Optical Heritage Museum: Past, Present, and Future Vision • Dick Whitney, Executive Director • Introduction by Marcy Dawley • Sponsored by The Last Green Valley • Southbridge

Sun 29 Jan 2017, 2:00 pm-3:30 pm

Hotspot for Cool Creatures: Reptiles and Amphibians of the Connecticut River Valley • Michael T Jones, State Herpetologist • Quabbin Visitor Center • Belchertown

Thr 26 Jan 2017, 1:30 pm-3:00 pm

Orientation Video Docent Tour • Hill-Stead Museum • Farmington • With Anne

Mon 16 Jan 2017, 10:00 am-1:00 pm

Brush Burning • Sponsored by Greater Worcester Land Trust • Sibley-Warner Farm • Spencer

Sun 15 Jan 2017, 9:45 am-12:45 pm

Brush Burning • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Wendemuth Meadow • North Brookfield

Sun 1 Jan 2017, 12:00 pm-2:00 pm

Hiking the Mass Central Rail Trail • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust and Wachusett Greenways • New Braintree and Hardwick

Sat 5 Nov 2016, 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Brush Clearing, Invasives Removal • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Pynchon’s Grist Mill Preserve • West Brookfield

Thr 20 Oct 2016, 5:00 pm-6:00 pm

What’s the Use of Human Rights • Amartya Sen • 20th Annual Gamble Memorial Lecture • Introduced by Chancellor Subbaswamy and Economics Department Chair Michael Ash • University of Massachusetts Campus Center Auditorium • Amherst

Fri 14 Oct 2016, 8:00 pm-10:00 pm

Othello in the Seraglio • Music by Mehmet Ali Sanl?kol • Script by Robert Labaree • Max Sklar, Mehmet Ali Sanlikol, Camila Parias, Michael Barrett, Burcu Güleç • University of Massachusetts Bowker Auditorium • Amherst

Thr 6 Oct 2016, 7:30 pm-9:00 pm

Agua Furiosa • Contra-Tiempo • Ana Maria Alvarez, Director and Choreographer • University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center • Amherst

Sat 1 Oct 2016, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm

Back Roads Studio Tour • Mihoko Wakabayashi and Ellen Finan, Brookfield • June Glidden (sponsor), New Braintree • Rose 32 Bread (sponsor), Hardwick

Sat 1 Oct 2016, 9:00 am-11:45 am

Brush Clearing • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Wendemuth Meadow • North Brookfield

Sat 24 Sep 2016, 1:30 pm-2:30 pm

Facing the World: Modernization and Splendor in Meiji JapanThe Pregnant Woman by Otto Dix • Admission courtesy of Smithsonian Institution • Worcester Art Museum • Worcester

Sat 3 Sep 2016, 8:00 am-11:00 am

Wall Clearing • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Mandell Hill • Hardwick

Sat 18 Jun 2016, 9:00 am-12:00 noon

Trail Work • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Town Forest Loop Trail • North Brookfield

Sun 12 Jun 2016, 12:30 pm-3:00 pm

MeowDocent TourLast Judgement Tapestry • Worcester Art Museum • Worcester • With Anne and Heather

Sat 4 Jun 2016, 9:00 am-12:00 noon

National Trails Day Trail Cleanup • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Loop Trail • Wheelwright

Thr 2 Jun 2016, 11:00 am-11:45 am

Introduction to Controlled Burn • Northeast Fire and Forest Management • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Wendemuth Meadow • North Brookfield

Thr 19 May 2016, 11:30 am-3:00 pm

#techstyleMegacities AsiaPaintings of Lawren Harris Ruined: When Cities Fall • Museum of Fine Arts • Boston • With Anne and Amelia

Wed 18 May 2016, 7:00 pm-8:15 pm

Birds of New England Swamps • Peter Christoph • Haston Free Public Library • North Brookfield

Mon 9 May 2016, 1:20 pm-1:30 pm

Transit of Mercury Viewing • Sponsored by Department of Astronomy • University of Massachusetts Campus Center • Amherst

Sat 7 May 2016, 9:00 am-12:00 noon

Brush Removal • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Frohloff Farm • Ware

Sun 1 May 2016, 12:00 noon-1:00 pm

New England Vegfest • Sponsored by VegWorcester • DCU Center • Worcester

Sat 30 Apr 2016, 9:30 am-11:30 am

Work for Wildlife • Sponsored by Mass Audubon • Habitat Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary • Belmont

Mon 25 Apr 2016, 7:30 pm-9:30 pm

Catfish Row by George Gershwin • Trombone Concerto No 1 “Motorbike Odyssey” by Jan Sandstrom with Soloist Greg Spiridopoulos • Symphony No 8 in G major Op 88 B 163 by Antonin Dvorak • University of Massachusetts Department of Music and Dance Symphony Orchestra • Ng Tian Hui, Conductor • Qianli He, Graduate Conductor • Fine Arts Center • Amherst

Sat 23 Apr 2016, 8:15 am-11:15 am

Earth Day Cleanup • Sponsored by Sturbridge Trail Committee • Supported by The Last Green Valley and Friends of Sturbridge Trails • Riverlands • Sturbridge

Sun 17 Apr 2016, 10:00 am-12:15 pm

Guided Hike • Flynt Quarry Lands • Yellow Trail Loop and White Trail Loop • Led by Leslie Duthie and Ed Hood • Monson

Sat 9 Apr 2016, 9:00 am-11:00 am

Spring Cleanup • Wendemuth Meadow • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • North Brookfield

Sun 27 Mar 2016, 10:00 am-11:15 am

Easter Sunday Service • Brookfield Congregational Church • Holy Communion • Pastor Condon • Sermon: God Knows Your Name • Brookfield

Thr 24 Mar 2016, 6:30 pm-7:30 pm

The Slave’s Cause: A History of Abolition • Manisha Sinha • Jacob Edwards Library • Southbridge

Tue 22 Mar 2016, 7:30 pm-9:30 pm

On the Nature of ThingsThe Deep and Fresh Guacamole (film) • All Is Not LostWind (film) • Thresh/HoldThe Inconsistent PedalerExplosions (film) • Megawatt • Associate Artistic Directors Renee Jaworski and Matt Kent • Charter Artistic Directors Robby Barnett and Michel Tracy • Pilobolus • Fine Arts Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sun 20 Mar 2016, 2:00 pm-3:30 pm

Quabbin Through the Seasons • Dale Monette • Quabbin Visitors Center • Belchertown

Sat 27 Feb 2016, 11:30 am-1:30 pm

Brush Burning • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Wendemuth Meadow • North Brookfield

Fri 5 Feb 2016, 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

UMass vs Boston University Hockey • Terriers over Minutemen 6-3 • Guest of Chancellor Subbaswamy • Mullins Center • University of Mass • Amherst

Sat 16 Jan 2016, 10:00 am-1:00 pm

Brush Burning • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Wendemuth Meadow • North Brookfield

Sun 10 Jan 2016, 10:30 am-12:10 pm

Class Distinctions: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt and VermeerCrafted: Objects in Flux • Museum of Fine Arts • Boston

Sun 22 Nov 2015, 2:00 pm-4:10 pm

Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) • Ann-Marie MacDonald • Directed by Lisa Kramer • Visual and Performing Arts Department • Fuller Theater • Worcester State University • Worcester

Tue 10 Nov 2015, 7:00 pm-8:20 pm

Rebels in Paradise • Bruce Laurie • Sponsored by University of Massachusetts Press and Jones Library • Jones Library • Amherst

Mon 26 Oct 2015, 4:00 pm-5:00 pm

The Double Revolution: Women, the Middle East and Global Feminism • Mona Eltahawy • Sponsored by Social Science Matters Series on Resistance • Amherst Room of Campus Center • Amherst

Sat 17 Oct 2015, 6:00 pm-7:00 pm

Furiously Happy • Reading and Book Signing • Jenny Lawson • Porter Square Books • Cambridge

Thr 1 Oct 2015, 11:00 am-6:00 pm

Eastern States Exposition • Avenue of States • Storrowton Tavern • Better Living Center • Stroh Building • Young Building • Commerford’s Petting Zoo • Mallary Complex with Butter Sculpture and Swimming Pig • Food Court • Wine and Cheese Barn • Parade featuring Salute to Westfield • West Springfield • With Anne

Thr 24 Sep 2015, 5:00 pm-6:00 pm

Inflation and Monetary Policy • Janet Yellen, Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System • Department of Economics 2015 Gamble Lecture • Fine Arts Center • Amherst

Wed 16 Sep 2015, 7:00 pm-8:45 pm

Letters Home, Part I • Written by George Harwood, 36th Massachusetts Regiment, 9th Army Corps, 1862-1863 • Sponsored by North Brookfield Historical Society • Presented by Jan and Dave Drake • Haston Free Public Library • North Brookfield

Sat 29 Aug 2015, 10:00 am-4:00 pm

Exploring Boston’s Urban Forest • Earthwatch Expedition • Vanessa Boukili, Research Director • Cambridge

Fri 21 Aug 2015, 3:50 pm-4:45 pm

Free Fun Friday • Emily Dickinson Museum • Sponsored by Highland Street Organization • Amherst

Thr 6 Aug 2015, 5:15 pm-6:15 pm

Hokusai • Gund Gallery • Museum of Fine Arts • Huntington Av • Boston

Sat 18 Jul 2015, 9:00 am-12:10 pm

Summer Bioblitz • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Pynchon’s Grist Mill Preserve • Wickaboag Valley Road • West Brookfield

Sun 14 Jun 2015, 6:30 pm-8:20 pm

The Many Aspects of Love • Quaboag Choral Society • Eric von Bleicken, Director • Eva Brown, Accompanist • Spencer Congregational Church • Spencer

Sun 7 Jun 2015, 3:00 pm-5:05 pm

The Best of QVS: A Ten Year Retrospective • Quinebaug Valley Singers • Directed by Nym Cooke • St Anne and St Patrick Parish • Fiskdale

Sun 7 Jun 2015, 8:00 am-9:00 am

Bird Count • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Wendemuth Meadow • North Brookfield

Sat 6 Jun 2015, 3:10 pm-4:10 pm

Celebrate National Trails Day • Sponsored by Greater Worcester Land Trust, Mass Audubon, Mass DCR, AMC Mid-State Tail • Sibley-Warner Farm • Spencer

Sat 6 Jun 2015, 11:15 am-12:30 pm

Walking the Trail • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust  • Mass Central Rail Trail  • New Braintree

Wed 3 Jun 2015, 5:00-7:30 pm

Trail work • Greater Worcester Land Trust and Common Ground Land Trust • Sibley-Warner Farm • Spencer

Sat  30 May 2015, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm

Work Day • Sponsored by Trustees of Reservations • Rock House Reservation • West Brookfield

Thr 28 May 2015, 7:00 pm-8:40 pm

Changing Landscape of Sturbridge: Past, Present, and Future • Ed Hood, Executive Director of Opacum Land Trust • Sponsored by Sturbridge Historical Society • Publick House • Sturbridge

Mon 25 May 2015, 12:00 noon-2:00 pm

Paradise City Arts Festival • Three County Fairgrounds • Northampton • With Anne

Sat 23 May 2015 9:00 am-12:00 noon

Trail work • East Quabbin Land Trust • Mass Central Rail Trail • New Braintree

Sat 16 May 2015, 12:00 noon-4:00 pm

Asparagus Festival • On the Common • West Brookfield • With Anne

Sat 2 May 2015, 11:00 am-1:00 pm

May Festival of Local Food, Farms, and Gardens • Haston Free Public Library • Congregational Church Green

Sat  25 Apr 2014, 9:00 am-12:00 noon

Statewide Volunteer Day Spring Cleaning • Mass Audubon • Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary • Hampden

Thr 23 Apr 2015, 5:30 pm-6:30 pm

Estate Planning Basics • Michael Pugliese • Sponsored by Financial and Investment Services and CUSO Financial Services • UMass Five College Federal Credit Union • Hadley

Thr 16 Apr 2015, 7:30 pm-9:10 pm

Big Daddy • Choreography, Text, and Performance by Stephen Petronio • Music by Son Lux • Locomotor/Non Locomotor • Concept and Choreography by Stephen Petronio • Original Score by Clams Casino • Stephen Petronio Company • Fine Arts Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Thr 16 Apr 2015, 11:00 am-12:10 pm

Adventures of an IT Leader • Robert Solis • Tech Talks • Information Technology • Campus Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sun 5 Apr 2015, 10:00 am-11:10 am

Easter Sunday Service • Brookfield Congregational Church • Holy Communion • Pastor Eleanor Kraner • Sermon: Easter Dinner • Brookfield

Sun 29 Mar 2015, 4:00 pm-5:00 pm

The Journey • Easter Cantata created by Celeste and David T Clydesdale • Presented by the Christian Community Choir • Conducted by Linda Cross • Narration by Paul and Nathan Myers • Sound by Allan Parker • United Methodist Church • Spencer

Thr 26 Mar 2015, 7:30 pm-9:30 pm

Cinderella • Music by Sergei Prokofiev • Libretto by Nicolai Volkov • Russian National Ballet Theatre • Choreography by Rostislav Zakharov • Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts • University of Connecticut • Storrs

Sat 21 Mar 2015, 8:00 am-4:00 pm

Gaining Ground: Conserving our Common Wealth • 25th Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference  • Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition • Featuring Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Matt Beaton and Congressman Jim McGovern as Keynote Speakers • Worcester Technical High School • Worcester

Sat 14 Mar 2015, 6:00 pm-7:00 pm

Barn Dance and Potluck • Live Music and Caller • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • West Brookfield Town Hall • West Brookfield

Thr 12 Mar 2015, 7:30 pm-9:00 pm

And at midnight, the green bride floated through the village squareOnce again, before you go  • o2Joy • Bodytraffic • Lillian Barbeito, Co-Artistic Director • Tina Finkelman Berkett, Co-Artistic Director • Barak Marshall, Choreographer • Victor Quijada, Choreographer • Richard Siegal, Choreographer • Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts • University of Connecticut • Storrs

Sat 28 Feb 2015, 1:30 pm-3:00 pm

Science, Silviculture, and Stewardship • Dan Evans • Winter Lecture Series • Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary • Wales

Tue 24 Feb 2015, 7:30 pm-9:30 pm

Sem Mim • Onqotô  • Grupo Corpo • Paulo Pederneiras, Artistic Director • Rodrigo Pederneiras, Choreographer • Fine Arts Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Mon 23 Feb 2015, 4:00 pm-5:45 pm

21st Annual DuBois Lecture • David Levering Lewis • Sponsored by W E B DuBois Center at University Libraries • Student Union Ballroom • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sun 1 Feb 2015, 8:00 am-11:00 am

Winter BioBlitz • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Pynchon’s Grist Mill Preserve • West Brookfield

Thr 1 Jan 2015, 10:00 am-11:10 am

Walking the Trail • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust and Wachusett Greenways • New Braintree and Hardwick

Thr 18 Dec 2014 12:45 pm-2:45 pm

Museum of Fine Arts • Hollywood Glamour: Fashion and Jewelry from the Silver Screen • National Pride (and Prejudice) • Over There! Posters from World War I • Boston • With Anne

Sun 14 Dec 2014 2:00 pm-4:00 pm

Trail work • East Quabbin Land Trust • Mass Central Rail Trail • New Braintree

Sat 13 Dec 2014, 1:00-2:30 pm

Remembrances of the Life of Rose Richardson Olver, 1937-2014 • Johnson Chapel • Amherst College • Amherst

Sun 23 Nov 2014 12:30 pm-3:30 pm

Trail work • East Quabbin Land Trust • Mass Central Rail Trail • New Braintree

Sun  9 Nov 2014, 2:00-4:40 pm

Lionel Bart’s Oliver • Directed by Jay Valencourt • Produced by Joe Chenevert • Theatre Guild of North Brookfield • Elementary School Auditorium • North Brookfield

Sat  8 Nov 2014, 1:00-4:00 pm

Clearing Invasive Knapweed • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Wendemuth Meadow Preserve • North Brookfield

Thr  6 Nov 2014, 7:30-9:30 pm

National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China • Fine Arts Center Concert Hall • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sat  1 Nov 2014, 3-4:15 pm

Grand Opening • Pynchon’s Grist Mill Preserve • Sponsored by Town of West Brookfield and East Quabbin Land Trust • Wickaboag Valley Road • West Brookfield

Thr 30 Oct 2014, 4:30 pm-6:00 pm

A Conversation with Orhan Pamuk • 2014 Troy Lecture • Bowker Auditorium • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Mon 27 Oct 2014, 7:30 pm-9:00 pm

Fur and Feathers • Gail Hansche Godin • Sponsored by Quabbin Photo Group • Quabbin Reservoir Visitor Center • Belchertown

Sun 26 Oct 2014, 8:30 am-12:30 pm

Hike the Quabbin • Gate 37 • Over Soapstone Hill • Old Dana Road • Cross old beaver dam • Past Bassett Pond toward Blackington Rd • Past Fairview Hill to Gate 31 • 13 hikers • Led by East Quabbin Land Trust • Petersham • New Salem

Sat 25 Oct 2014, 2:00 pm-3:00 pm

Grand Opening • Gilbertville Fitness Trail • Sponsored by Baystate Mary Lane Hospital, Town of Hardwick, East Quabbin Land Trust • Along Ware River • Gilbertville

Wed 22 Oct 2014, 7:00 pm-8:00 pm

The Importance of Stories in Our Lives • Thatcher Freund • Sponsored by North Brookfield Historical Society • Haston Free Public Library • North Brookfield

Sat 18 Oct 2014, 10:00 am-12:00 noon

Riding the Trail • Walktober with the Last Green Valley • Sponsored by Holland and Brimfield Trail Committee • Holland and Brimfield

Thr 16 Oct 2014, 1:30 pm-2:35 pm

From Inspiration to Transformation • Sue Cinner, Wellness Coach • Hampshire Athletic Club • Amherst

Mon 13 Oct 2014, 12:30 pm-2:30 pm

Paradise City Arts Festival • Three County Fairgrounds • Northampton • With Anne

Wed 8 Oct 2014, 11:00 am-12:00 noon

Thoughts on IT Security • Dave Heaney, UMass BS ’01 • Eric Galis, UMass BS ’04 • UMass Amherst Tech Talks • Integrative Learning Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sat 4 Oct 2014, 1:30 am-3:30 pm

Back Roads Studio Tour • June Glidden, New Braintree • Jennifer Scott Geldard, West Brookfield • Elisabeth Hyder, North Brookfield • Rose 32 Bread (sponsor), Hardwick

Sun 28 Sep 2014, 12:30 pm-3:00 pm

Birthday Celebration • For Deirdre H • Lunch in Pomona-Vertumnus Dining Room • Orangerie • Systematic Garden • Belvedere Overlook • Summit Loop Trail • Tower Hill Botanic Garden • Boylston

Sat 27 Sep 2014, 3:00 pm-7:00 pm

University of Massachusetts Minutemen vs Bowling Green State University Falcons • Bowling Green over UMass 47-42 • Homecoming • McGuirk Stadium • Amherst

Sat 27 Sep 2014, 12:00 pm-1:00 pm

The Art of Eric Carle: Re-Imaged and Re-Imagined • Harriet the Spy Turns FiftySimms Taback: Art by Design • Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art • Admission courtesy of Smithsonian Institution • Amherst

Sun 21 Sep 2014, 8:30 am-12:30 pm

Hike the Quabbin • Gate 40 to Dana Common • Whitney Hill Road to Doubleday Village near Leveau Island • Cross East Branch Fever Brook past Rattlesnake Hill • Monson Turnpike Road to Gate 37 • 8 hikers • Led by East Quabbin Land Trust • Petersham

Thr 18 Sep 2014, 7:30 pm-8:30 pm

Trekking the Trails of Sturbridge • Tom Chamberland • Sponsored by Friends of the Sturbridge Library • Town Hall • Sturbridge

Sat 13 Sep 2014 8:00 am-12:00 noon

Trail work • East Quabbin Land Trust • Mass Central Rail Trail • New Braintree

Wed 10 Sep 2014, 7:30 pm-10:00 pm

Joe DiPietro’s The Last Romance • Benefit performance for Dakin Animal Shelter • Directed by Danny Eaton • Majestic Theater • West Springfield • With Cathy

Sat 6 Sep 2014 8:00 am-12:00 noon

Trail work • East Quabbin Land Trust • Mass Central Rail Trail • New Braintree

Sat 30 Aug 2014 2:15 pm-5:00 pm

Worcester Art Museum • Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Wall at WAMKnights!Abstractions in BlueYou are HereRenaissance Art GalleriesEuropean Art GalleriesAmerican Art Galleries • Worcester • With Amelia and Anne

Mon 11 Aug 2014 5:30 pm-6:40 pm

Trail work • Greater Worcester Land Trust and Common Ground Land Trust • Sibley-Warner Farm • Spencer

Sat 19 Jul 2014, 10:00 am-4:00 pm

Exploring Boston’s Urban Forest • Earthwatch Expedition • Vanessa Boukili, Research Director • Cambridge

Sun 29 Jun 2014, 2:10 pm-3:10 pm

Rock the House • Jeff Robbins, Greg Ackerman, Bill Simpson, Rick Barkowoski • Sponsored by Trustees of Reservations • Rock House Reservation • West Brookfield

Mon 16 Jun 2014, 10:30 am-11:00 am

Tour of Franklin Permaculture Garden • Lilly I, Head Gardener • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sat 14 Jun 2014, 9:00 am-10:30 am

Trail work • Eagle Scout Project • Opacum Woods • Sturbridge

Sat 7 Jun 2014, 9:00 am-12:00 noon

Trail work • Greater Worcester Land Trust and Common Ground Land Trust • Sibley-Warner Farm • Spencer

Fri 30 May 2014, 1:00 pm-2:00 pm

Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve • Falmouth • With Amelia, Miranda, Debbie, Marti

Thr 29 May 2014, 10:00 am-12:00 noon

Sandwich Glass Museum  • Sandwich • With Amelia, Miranda, Marti

Wed 28 May 2014, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm

Woods Hole Science Aquarium • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Exhibit Center • Woods Hole • With Amelia, Miranda, Debbie, Marti

Tue 27 May 2014, 10:00 am-12:00 noon

Ashumet Holly  • Massachusetts Audubon Sanctuary • East Falmouth • With Amelia, Miranda, Debbie, Marti

Sun 25 May 2014, 11:00 am-1:20 pm

182nd Commencement • Speaker: Theodore Shaw • Andrus Field • Wesleyan University • Middletown • With Amelia, Debbie, Marti, Jim, Joan, David, Tyler

Sat 24 May 2014, 5:30 pm-6:30 pm

Anugerah • World Music Hall • Wesleyan University • Middletown • With Amelia, Debbie, Marti, Jim, Joan, David, Tyler

Sat 24 May 2014, 11:00 am-12:00 noon

History of the Japanese Garden • Mansfield Freeman Center for East Asian Studies • Wesleyan University • Middletown • With Amelia, Miranda, Debbie, Marti

Sat 17 May 2014, 12:00 noon-2:00 pm

Asparagus Festival • On the Common • West Brookfield • With Anne

Thr 8 May 2014, 17:45 pm-9:15 pm

The Nature of Central Massachusetts • Mark Lynch • Photography by Sheila Carroll • Overlook Performing Arts Center • Masonic Home • Charlton

Thr 1 May 2014, 11:30 am-1:00 pm

Creativity Workshop, Session 2 • Led by Dennis C, Matthew M • Lederle A215 • Univ of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sun 27 Apr 2014, 8:00 am-3:00 pm

Hike the Quabbin • Lookout Tower to Goodnough Dike to East Street to Fitzpatrick Road to Gate 43 • 19 hikers • Led by East Quabbin Land Trust • Ware, Hardwick

Sat 26 Apr 2014, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm

Requiem Opus 9 • Maurice Duruflé • Soli, Choruses of the Worcester Consortium, Orchestra, Organ • Directed by Dr Christie Nigro • Mechanics Hall • Worcester

Sat  26 Apr 2014, 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Statewide Volunteer Day Spring Cleaning • Mass Audubon • Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary • Princeton

Thr 24 Apr 2014, 8:00 pm-10:30 pm

Twelfth Night • William Shakespeare •  Visual and Performing Arts Department • Fuller Theater • Worcester State University • Worcester

Thr 24 Apr 2014, 11:00 am-12:00 noon

The Importance of the Arts in Technology and Sciences • Kyle Frazier, UMass BFA Sculpture ’96 • UMass Amherst Tech Talks • Campus Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Tue 22 Apr 2014, 9:00 pm-10:00 pm

A Fierce Green Fire • American Masters • WGBY • Other PBS Stations

Mon 21 Apr 2014, 5:30 pm-7:30 pm

Trail work • Greater Worcester Land Trust and Common Ground Land Trust • Sibley-Warner Farm • Spencer

Thr 17 Apr 2014, 11:30 am-1:00 pm

Creativity Workshop, Session 1 • Led by Dennis C, Fred Z, Matthew M, Karen H • Lederle A215 • Univ of Massachusetts  • Amherst

Sun 13 Apr 2014, 10:00 am-11:10 am

Palm Sunday Service • Brookfield Congregational Church • Holy Communion • Pastor Eleanor Kraner • Homily: Blessed are the merciful • Brookfield

Sat 12 Apr 2014, 8:30 am-11:30 am

25th Annual Earth Day Cleanup • Sponsored by Regional Environmental Council • Greater Worcester Land Trust CR at Coe’s Reservoir • Worcester

Tue  8 Apr 2014, 6:30 pm-9:10 pm

Getting Paid to Talk • John Gallogly, Instructor • Bay Path Adult Evening School  • Charlton

Sat  5 Apr 2014, 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Work Day • Sponsored by Trustees of Reservations • Rock House Reservation • West Brookfield

Sat 22 Mar 2014, 8:00 am-4:00 pm

Healthy Land – Healthy Communities • 24th Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference  • Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition • Featuring Dr Eric Chivian as Keynote Speaker • Worcester Technical High School • Worcester

Tue 18 Mar 2014, 11:00 am-3:15 pm

Lobby Day for Animals • Organized by Humane Society of the United States, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals • State House • Boston

Thr 6 Mar 2014, 6:30 pm-7:45 pm

Herstory New England: Remarkable New England Women, 1789-1900 • Emma Willard, Mary Lyon, Maria Mitchell, Sarah Josepha Hale, Lucy Stone, Lydia Child, Dorothea Dix, Clara Barton, Margaret Fuller • Roger H Kolb • Merriam-Gilbert Public Library • West Brookfield

Wed 5 Mar 2014, 7:00 pm-7:45 pm

Ash Wednesday • Message by Reverend Lisa Durkee of First Congregational Church • United Methodist Church • West Brookfield

Wed 12 Feb 2014, 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Photographing Massachusetts Birds • Peter Christoph • Haston Free Public Library • North Brookfield

Sun 26 Jan 2014, 11:00 am-12:30 pm

Little Three Squash Tournament • Amherst College, Wesleyan University, Williams College • Davenport Squash Courts • Amherst

Sun 8 Dec 2013, 3:00 pm-4:45 pm

Holiday Choral Concert • Worcester State University Alumni Singers, Chorus, and Chorale • Directed by Dr Christie Nigro • Our Lady of the Angels Church • Worcester

Thr 21 Nov 2013, 6:10 pm-7:20 pm

Writing The Art Forger • B A Shapiro • Worcester Art Museum • Worcester • With Darlene

Sun 17 Nov 2013, 1:30 pm-3:30 pm

Giving Thanks for the Land • Bob Wilber, Henry Tepper, Jared Chase, Bob Ford • Mass Audubon • Roberta Soolman, Ashland • Wenley Ferguson, Barnstable • Drumlin Farm • Lincoln

Thr 14 Nov 2013, 8:10 pm-10:15 pm

Peter Shelburne’s Stealing the Packard • Staged Reading • Theatre@First • Directed by Dorothy Mallam • Unity Somerville • Somerville • With Cathy

Fri 8 Nov 2013, 7:10 pm-8:15 pm

The Radical Idea: UMass Amherst and America’s Education Revolution • Documentary produced by WGBY Springfield • Presented by WGBY and MTA • University of Massachusetts Campus Center Auditorium • Amherst

Thr 7 Nov 2013, 7:00 pm-8:10 pm

The Quest for the Eastern Cougar • Robert Tougias • Haston Free Public Library • North Brookfield

Thr 24 Oct 2013, 3:00 pm-4:15 pm

Think Like a Spy: Protecting Yourself From Identity Theft • John Sileo • University of Massachusetts Mullins Center • Amherst

Sun 6 Oct 2013, 11:30 am-12:30 pm

Back Roads Studio Tour • June Glidden, New Braintree • Elisabeth Hyder, North Brookfield

Sat 5 Oct 2013, 9:00 am-12:15 pm

Set-up for 25th Anniversary Celebration • Greater Worcester Land Trust • Sibley-Warner Farm • Spencer

Wed 25 Sep 2013, 7:00 pm-9:15 pm

Regional Forum • Rural-11 Prioritization Project • Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission • New Braintree

Thr 12 Sep 2013, 6:00 pm-8:00 pm

Ward Hollow • Produced and Directed by Tyler Nickerson • Remarks by North Brookfield Historical Society President Brandon Avery • Hosted by Quaboag Historical Society • New Braintree Town Hall • New Braintree

Mon 2 Sep 2013, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm

Hippie Chic • Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World • Art of Asia • Contemporary Art • Museum of Fine Arts • Boston • With Anne

Mon 26 Aug 2013, 5:30 pm-7:30 pm

Trail work • Greater Worcester Land Trust and Common Ground Land Trust • Sibley-Warner Farm • Spencer

Wed 26 Jun 2013, 7:00 pm-9:15 pm

Regional Forum • Rural-11 Prioritization Project • Central Massachusetts Regional Planning Commission • New Braintree

Sun 23 Jun 2013, 5:00 pm-6:15 pm

Annual Meeting • Greater Worcester Land Trust • Camp Kinneywoods • Holden

Wed 29 May 2013, 1:00 pm-3:00 pm

Worcester Art Museum • Kennedy to Kent State: Images of a GenerationPortrait Photographs of ArtistsAncient Art GalleriesMedieval Art Galleries • Worcester • With Debbie and Marti

Sun 26 May 2013, 10:00 am-12:15 pm

Commencement • Field House • Live feed in Bicentennial Hall • Student Speaker Bronwyn Dale Oatley • Commencement Speaker Jonathan Safran Foer • Middlebury College • Middlebury VT

Sat 25 May 2013, 2:15 pm-3:30 pm

Baccalaureate • Mead Chapel • Live feed in Dana Auditorium • Middlebury College • Middlebury VT

Fri 24 May 2013, 8:00 pm-9:00 pm

Senior Week Choral Concert • Middlebury College Choir • Conducted by Jeffrey Buettner • Mahaney Center for the Arts • Middlebury VT

Mon 20 May 2013, 5:30 pm-7:00 pm

Trail work • Greater Worcester Land Trust and Common Ground Land Trust • Sibley-Warner Farm • Spencer

Sun 19 May 2013, 2:00 pm-2:45 pm

Spring Concert • Selections from Bach’s Minuet #1 in G, Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess • Quabbin Community Orchestra, with four violins, two violas, two cellos • North Brookfield Congregational Church • North Brookfield

Sat  18 May 2013, 7:00 am-10:45 am

Spring Birding at Broad Meadow Book  • Led by Natural History Guide • 2013 Mass Audubon Bird-a-thon • Worcester

Wed 8 May 2013, 7:30 pm-9:00 pm

Peter Shelburne’s Red State of Marriage • Directed by Toby Bercovici • Jeannine Haas and Julie Waggoner • Parlor Room at Signature Sounds • Northampton • With Cathy and Tony

Sat  27 Apr 2013, 5:00 pm-6:45 pm

Mass, Fifth Sunday of Easter  • Special Intention for 2013 Confirmandi • Our Lady of the Valley Parish • Easthampton

Sun  21 Apr 2013, 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Clearing Invasives • Sponsored by Trustees of Reservations • Rock House Reservation • West Brookfield

Sun 14 Apr 2013, 2:00 pm-2:30 pm

Dedication of the George Dresser Trail • Camp Kinneywoods • Sponsored by Greater Worcester Land Trust and White Oak Land Conservation Society • Holden

Sun 31 Mar 2013, 10:00 am-11:25 am

Easter Service • Brookfield Congregational Church • Pastor Eleanor Kraner • Sermon: Thrown Off Balance • Brookfield

Wed 27 Mar 2013, 7:00 pm-8:30 pm

Octavia Taylor • Road from Damascus: Syrian Stories of Love and War • Haston Free Public Library • North Brookfield

Tue 12 Mar 2013, 4:30 pm-5:30 pm

Charles C Mann • Reflections on the Columbian Exchange • Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies • Amherst

Sat 19 Jan 2013, 10:00 am-12:00 pm

Volunteer Work • National Day of Service • Broad Meadow Brook Audubon Sanctuary • Worcester

Sun 6 Jan 2013, 2:00 pm-3:15 pm

Everlasting Light • Christmas Concert • Christian Community Choir • Directed by Linda Cross • St John the Baptist Church • East Brookfield

Mon 24 Dec 2012, 7:00-8:10 pm

Festival of Lessons and Carols • West Brookfield Congregational Church • Pastor Lisa Durkee Abbott • Christmas Meditation: That Deep Peace • West Brookfield

Sat 8 Dec 2012, 2:00 pm-3:10 pm

Lisa Nanni-Messegee and Todd Messegee’s Carol vs Christmas • Theater Guild of North Brookfield • Directed by Jay Valencourt • Produced by Joe Chenevert • North Brookfield Elementary School • North Brookfield

Sun 2 Dec 2012, 8:00 pm-9:45 pm

Holiday Choral Concert • Worcester State University Alumni Singers, Chorus, and Chorale • Directed by Dr Christie Nigro • Our Lady of the Angels Church • Worcester

Sat 10 Nov 2012, 7:30 pm-10:00 pm

Alan Ayckbourn’s Confusions • Pasture Prime Players • Directed by Rip Pellaton and Don Konopacki • Charlton • With Anne

Sat 3 Nov 2012, 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Trail work • Greater Worcester Land Trust and Common Ground Land Trust • Sibley-Warner Farm • Spencer

Sun 28 Oct 2012, 1-2:15 pm

Dedication of the Chuck Kidd Interpretive Trail • Moose Brook Preserve • East Quabbin Land Trust • Hardwick

Sun 14 Oct 2012, 2-3 pm

Celebration of the Protection of Sibley Farm • Common Ground Land Trust, Greater Worcester Land Trust, Mass Audubon, Town of Spencer • Spencer

Sat 13 Oct 2012, 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Trail work • Greater Worcester Land Trust and Common Ground Land Trust • Sibley-Warner Farm • Spencer

Mon 8 Oct 2012, 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Trail work • Greater Worcester Land Trust and Common Ground Land Trust • Sibley-Warner Farm • Spencer

Sun 7 Oct 2012, 12-3 pm

Paradise City Arts Festival • Three County Fairgrounds • Northampton • With Anne

Fri 21 Sep 2012 12:00 pm-6:30 pm

Big-E • Budweiser Clydesdales • Avenue of States • Coliseum • Stroh Building • Young Building • Food Court • Better Living Center • Butter Sculpture • Wine and Cheese Shoppe •  West Springfield • With Anne and Hugh

Wed 12 Sep 2012, 5:00 pm-7:00 pm

Trail work • Greater Worcester Land Trust and Common Ground Land Trust • Sibley-Warner Farm • Spencer

Sat 8 Sep 2012, 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Trail work • Greater Worcester Land Trust and Common Ground Land Trust • Sibley-Warner Farm • Spencer

Wed 22 Aug 2012, 5:00 pm-7:30 pm

Trail work • Greater Worcester Land Trust and Common Ground Land Trust • Sibley-Warner Farm • Spencer

Sat 4 Aug 2012, 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Trail work • East Quabbin Land Trust • Moose Brook Preserve • Hardwick

Sat 30 Jun 2012, 2-4:30 pm

OperaHub • Midsummer Night’s Dream • Text by William Shakespeare •  Music by Michael Ching • Boston

Sat 30 Jun 2012, 11:00 am-1 pm

Museum of Fine Arts • Alex Katz Prints • Paper Zoo •  Juno • Boston

Thr 28 Jun 2012, 9:10 am-12:00 pm

Sign Work • Greater Worcester Land Cascades Trailhead • Worcester

Sat 16 Jun 2012, 2:30-5 pm

Wadsworth Atheneum • Andrew Wyeth: Looking Beyond • James Welling: Wyeth •  American Decorative Art •  Colt Firearms •  Wallace Nutting Collection •  American Art • European Art • Hartford • With Anne and Hugh

Wed 30 May 2012, 7 pm-8 pm

History of North Brookfield High School • Paulette Adams and Ellen Smith • North Brookfield Historical Society • North Brookfield Elementary School Auditorium • North Brookfield

Sat 5 May 2012, 7:30-9:15 pm

A Spring Choral Concert • Worcester State University Alumni Singers, Chorus, and Chorale • Directed by Dr Christie Nigro • Our Lady of the Angels Church • Worcester

Sat  28 Apr 2012, 1-2 pm

Grand Opening • West Brookfield Wildlife Management Area • Sponsored by Mass Division of Fish and Wildlife and East Quabbin Land Trust • Land donated by the McRevey Family • West Brookfield

Sat  14 Apr 2012, 1:30-3:30 pm

Clearing Invasives • Sponsored by Trustees of Reservations • Mt Tom • Holyoke

Sun 8 Apr 2012, 10:00-11:10 am

Easter Service • Brookfield Congregational Church • Pastor Eleanor Kraner • Sermon: The Resurrection Parade • Brookfield

Tue 3 Apr 2012, 7:30-9:30 pm

Ballet Hispanico • Nube BlancoEspiritu VivoClub Havana • Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Ronald K Brown, Pedro Ruiz • Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro • Fine Arts Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Tue 6 Mar 2012, 7:30-9:00 pm

Circa • C!rca • Artistic Director Yaron Lifschitz • Tour Manager and Diretor Diane Stern • Fine Arts Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Wed 22 Feb 2012, 7:30-9:30 pm

Suzanne Farrell Ballet • Haieff DivertimentoDiamonds Pas De DeuxMeditationAgon • Choreography by George Balanchine • Artistic Director Suzanne Farrell • Fine Arts Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sun 12 Feb 2012, 2:00-3:30 pm

Bluebird House Building Workshop • East Quabbin Land Trust Main Office • Hardwick

Thr 26 Jan 2012, 9:00-11:50 am

Sign Work • Greater Worcester Land Trust Main Office • Worcester

Wed 11 Jan 2012, 10:00-11:10 am

Liturgy of Christian Burial for Mary Andrews • St Peter and St Casimir Parish Church • Westfield

Mon 2 Jan 2012, 9:00 am-12:15 pm

Trail Clearing • Sponsored by Greater Worcester Land Trust • Kinney Woods • Worcester

Sat 24 Dec 2011, 7:00-8:10 pm

Festival of Lessons and Carols • West Brookfield Congregational Church • Pastor Lisa Durkee Abbott • Christmas Meditation: Waiting for Love and Light • West Brookfield

Sat 17 Dec 2011, 2:00-3:40 pm

Quabbin Community Jazz Orchestra • Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite and Other Holiday Classics • Peter Lewis, Artistic Director and Conductor • The Cultural Center at Eagle Hill • Hardwick

Sun 11 Dec 2011, 3:00-4:00 pm

Nothing But Treble • Christmas Concert • First Congregational Church • Leicester

Sat 10 Dec 2011, 11:00 am-12:00 pm

Training Session • Effective Advocacy for Animals in Massachusetts • Alexis Fox, Massachusetts State Director for Humane Society of the US • Worcester

Fri 9 Dec 2011, 1-4 pm

Museum of Fine Arts • Degas and the Nude • Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art •  Beauty as Duty •  Christian Marclay’s The Clock •  Jewels Gems and Treasures •  Dress and Textiles in Africa • Boston • With Anne

Sat 12 Nov 2011, 7:00-8:45 pm

Sarah Stockwell-Arthen • Honoring the Land • On behalf of the East Quabbin Land Trust • Haston Free Public Library • North Brookfield

Fri 28 Oct 2011, 8:00-9:30 pm

Shantala Shivalingappa • Swayambhu • Artistic Director and Choreographer Shantala Shivalingappa • Bowker Auditorium • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sat  22 Oct 2011, 1:00-2:00 pm

Rewilding the Hardwick Hills • Mandell Hill Farm • East Quabbin Land Trust • Guided walk led by botanist Caren Caljouw and Director Cynthia Henshaw • Hardwick

Wed 19 Oct 2011, 7:30-8:30 pm

Gallim Dance • Blush • Artistic Director Andrea Miller • Choreography Andrea Miller • Fine Arts Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Thr 13 Oct 2011, 4:15-4:30 pm

Opening Reception • Resting by Copper Frances Giloth • Student Union Art Gallery • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Mon 10 Oct 2011, 4:30-6:30 pm

Trail Clearing • Sponsored by Greater Worcester Land Trust • Airport Road • Worcester

Sun 2 Oct 2011, 11:30 am-2:30 pm

Back Roads Studio Tour • Gail Bruce, West Brookfield • Kara Bigda, West Brookfield • June Glidden, New Braintree • Elisabeth Hyder, North Brookfield

Wed  28 Sep 2011, 5:30-6:15 pm

Grand Opening • East Side Trail • Remarks by City Manager Michael V O’Brien and GWLT Executive Director Colin Novick • Lake Quinsigamond Boat Ramp on North Lake Avenue • Worcester

Sun  25 Sep 2011, 8:00 am-1:30 pm

Bird Walk at Pine Island, Winimusset, Mandell Hill • Sponsored by the East Quabbin Bird Club and Hampshire Bird Club • Hardwick and New Braintree

Sun  18 Sep 2011, 2:00-5:00 pm

Worcester stART • Festival of Art and Music • Park Avenue • Worcester • With Anne and Hugh

Sat  17 Sep 2011, 10:00-11:15 am

Community Hike at Sibley-Warner Farm • Sponsored by Common Ground Land Trust, Greater Worcester Land Trust, Massachusetts Audubon • Spencer

Thr  1 Sep 2011, 7:15-7:50 pm

Digital Art & Photography by Daniel Milberg • First Thursday Amherst Art Walk • Burnett Gallery at Jones Library • Amherst

Sat  20 Aug 2011, 7:00-10:00 pm

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet • Worcester Shakespeare Company • Directed by Mel Cobb and Michael Burnet • Hanover Theatre • Worcester

Sun 7 Aug 2011, 1:00-2:00 pm

India Day • Sponsored by India Society of Worcester • Italian-American Cultural Center • Worcester • With Anne

Sun 26 Jun 2011, 2:30-3:30 pm

Danforth Museum • Off the WallCommunity of ArtistsPicture This • Framingham • With Anne and Hugh

Fri 24 Jun 2011, 11:00-11:45 am

Gallery Talk • Four Pre-Columbian Objects • Mead Art Museum • Amherst College • Amherst • With Amelia

Sun 5 Jun 2011, 3:00-4:30 pm

The Shining River • Quinebaug Valley Singers • Directed by Nym Cooke • Spencer Congregational Church • Spencer

Wed  1 Jun 2011, 6:30-11:50 pm

Wagner’s Die Walküre • Metropolitan Opera • Simulcast in HD • Live broadcast May 14 • Conductor James Levine • Producer Robert Lepage • Brünnhilde Deborah Voigt Sieglinde Eva-Maria Westbroek Fricka Stephanie Blythe Siegmund Jonas Kaufmann Wotan Bryn Terfel Hunding Hans-Peter König • Hadley Cinemark Theatres • Hadley

Sun 22 Mar 2011, 2:30-3 pm

Museum of Fine Arts • Dale Chihuly’s Through the Looking Glass • Boston • With Miranda

Sat  21 May 2011, 7:30-10:30 pm

Joe DiPietro’s I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change • Music by Jimmy Roberts • Directed by Linda Tomasi • Musical Director John Tomasi • Produced by Bill and Carmen Gelinas • Gilbert Players in Association with the Cultural Center at Eagle Hill • Hardwick • With Miranda and Anne

Sat  14 May 2011, 8:00-10:30 pm

Dale Wasserman’s Man of La Mancha • Music by Mitch Leigh • Lyrics by Joe Darion • Directed by Dennis Metro • Musical Director Margaret Tartaglia • Choreographer Karen Jean White • Don Quixote Todd Yard Dulcinea Christina Pierro Sancho Michael Lapomardo • Worcester County Light Opera Company • Grandview Ave • Worcester • With Anne

Sat 7 May 2011, 10:30-11:30 am

Second Annual May Festival of Local Food, Farms, and Gardens • Haston Free Public Library • Congregational Church Green • Art of Recycling by North Brookfield Public School Students • Police Station Meeting Room • North Brookfield • With Anne

Fri 6 May 2011, 7:00-8:00 pm

Special Town Meeting • 11 Articles • Annual Town Meeting • 20 Articles • North Brookfield Elementary School Auditorium • North Brookfield

Tue 3 May 2011, 7:30-10:00 pm

Pilobolus • Tsu-Ku-TsuWalklyndonGnomenDuetDay Two • Artistic Directors Robby Barnett, Michael Tracy, Jonathan Wolken • Fine Arts Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sat 30 Apr 2011, 7:30-9:15 pm

Germany 2011 Concert Tour • Worcester State University Chorale • Directed by Dr Christie Nigro • Brookfield Unitarian Universalist Church • Brookfield

Sat 30 Apr 2011, 8:30-11:30 am

Earth Day Clean-up • Co-ordinated by Regional Environmental Council and City of Worcester • Sponsored by Greater Worcester Land Trust • Crow Hill • Worcester

Fri  29 Apr 2011, 8:00-10:30 pm

Greg Kotis’ Urinetown • Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollmann • Directed by Paul Mullins • Musical Director Ken Clark • Choreographer Gerry McIntyre • Penelope Pennywise Andrea McArdle Bobby Strong Ken Clark Hope Cladwell Alison Barton Caldwell B Cladwell Bob Walton • Connecticut Repertory Theatre in collaboration with the University of Connecticut School of Fine Arts • Harriet S Jorgensen Theatre • Storrs

Wed  27 Apr 2011, 6:30-9:30 pm

Rossini’s Le comte Ory • Metropolitan Opera • Simulcast in HD • Live broadcast Apr 9 • Conductor Maurizio Benini • Producer Bartlett Sher • Countess Adèle Diana Damrau Isolier Joyce DiDonato Count Ory Juan Diego Flórez • Hadley Cinemark Theatres • Hadley

Tue 26 Apr 2011, 12:50-1:20 pm

HerbFest • Projects for PLSOIL 280: Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Plants • Student Union Ballroom • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sun 24 Apr 2011, 10:00-11:10 am

Easter Service • West Brookfield Congregational Church • Pastor Lisa Durkee Abbott • Sermon: What Will You Tell Them • West Brookfield

Fri  15 Apr 2011, 6:45-7:30 pm

Opening Reception • Terra Verde, Terra MundeCycles by Ann Rokosky, Clark University BFA ’11 • Quinnebaug Council for the Arts and Humanities • Southbridge

Sun 27 Mar 2011, 3-4:30 pm

Avant Brass Quintet •  FanfareFrost FireMy Spirit Be JoyfulSleepers AwakeBrandenburg SuiteSimple GiftsGirl with the Flaxen HairWest Side Story • Brookfield Unitarian Universalist Church • Brookfield

Tue  22 Mar 2011, 7:30-9:30 pm

Cirque Mechanics • Boomtown • Fine Arts Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sun 20 Mar 2011, 3-5 pm

Paradise City Arts Festival • Royal Plaza Trade Center • Marlborough • With Anne and Hugh

Thr 17 Mar 2011, 11 am-3 pm

Museum of Fine Arts • Art of the Americas 18th CenturyScaasi, American CouturierArt of the Ancient World • Art of Asia • Boston • With Miranda

Thr 10 Mar 2011, 7:30-9:30 pm

Philadanco • Bolero TooBy Way of the FunkElegyEnemy Behind the Gates • Choreography by Christopher Huggins, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Gene Hill Sagan, Christopher Huggins • Fine Arts Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Wed 2 Mar 2011, 7-9 pm

Bob Adelizzi • An Evening with Boston ATC • Terminal Building Second Floor • Worcester

Sun 27 Feb 2011, 7-11:30 pm

83rd Annual Academy Awards • Live broadcast on ABC • With Anne and Hugh

Sat  26 Feb 2011, 1-3:30 pm

Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride • Metropolitan Opera • Simulcast in HD • Conductor Patrick Summers • Producer Stephen Wadsworth • Iphigénie Susan Graham Oreste Plácido Domingo Pylade Paul Groves Thoas Gordon Hawkins • Blackstone Valley Theatres • Millbury

Sun 20 Feb 2011, 2:30-4:00 pm

Worcester Art Museum • Charline von Heyl, Wall at WAM • Édouard Manet, The Dead ToreadorArt Since the Mid-20th Century: The Persistence of Abstraction, Revivals of Figuration and Portraiture, Cultural Signs in James Corcoran Donnelly Gallery • Worcester

Thr 27 Jan 2011, 7:30-9:30 pm

Balé Folclórico da Bahia • Sacred HeritagePuxada de RedeBerimbauSamba de RodaCapoeiraAfixirêSamba Reggae • Choreography by Walson Botelho, José Carlos Arandiba, Rosângela Silvestre • University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center • Amherst

Wed  26 Jan 2011, 6:30-10:30 pm

Puccini’s La Fanciulla Del West • Metropolitan Opera • Simulcast in HD • Live broadcast Jan 8 • Conductor Nicola Luisotti • Producer Giancarlo del Monaco • Minnie Deborah Voigt Dick Johnson Marcello Giordani Jack Rance Lucio Gallo • Hadley Cinemark Theatres • Hadley

Sun 2 Jan 2011, 3-5 pm

Worcester Sharks vs Portland Pirates • 3-2 Sharks • DCU Center • Worcester

Fri 24 Dec 2010, 6:45-8:25 pm

Festival of Lessons and Carols • West Brookfield Congregational Church • Pastor Lisa Durkee Abbott • Christmas Meditation: Reconciling Grace • West Brookfield

Thr  16 Dec 2010, 5:00-5:30 pm

Opening Reception • Morrix by Jim Morris • Caturano and Company Art Gallery • Bentley University Library • Waltham

Sat  11 Dec 2010, 12:30-5:15 pm

Verdi’s Don Carlo • Metropolitan Opera • Simulcast in HD • Conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin • Producer Nicholas Hytner • Blackstone Valley Cinemas

Wed  1 Dec 2010, 6:30-9:30 pm

Donizetti’s Don Pasquale • Metropolitan Opera • Simulcast in HD • Live broadcast Nov 13 • Conductor James Levine • Producer Otto Schenk • Hadley Cinemark Theatres

Fri  19 Nov 2010, 7:30-10 pm

L Frank Baum’s Wizard of Oz • Adapted by Frank Garielson with music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and E Y Harburg • Theatre Guild of North Brookfield • North Brookfield Elementary School Auditorium • North Brookfield

Wed  10 Nov 2010, 6:30-11:00 pm

Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov • Metropolitan Opera • Simulcast in HD • Live broadcast Oct 23 • Conductor Valery Gergiev • Producer Stephen Wadsworth • Hadley Cinemark Theatres

Wed 2 Nov 2010, 7:30-9:00 pm

Lar Lubovitch Dance Company • North StarDuet from MeadowColtrane’s Favorite ThingsMarimba • Choreography by Lar Lubovitch • Fine Arts Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sat 23 Oct 2010, 10:00-10:20 am

May Brook Glen Dedication • Land donated by Hull Forest Products • Sponsored by Opacum Land Trust • May Brook Road • Holland

Sat 16 Oct 2010, 10:00-10:45 am

Worcester Tree Initiative Tree Planting • Our Neighborhood Peace Park • Sponsored by Women Together • Pleasant and Winslow Streets • Worcester

Wed 6 Oct 2010, 7:30-9:00 pm

Yasuko Yokoshi • Tyler Tyler • Directed by Yasuko Yokoshi • Choreography by Masumi Seyama, Julie Alexander, Kayvon Pourazar • Bowker Auditorium • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sat 2 Oct 2010, 8:00-10:00 pm

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet • Sunday, AgainUnit in Reactionframe of view • Choreography by Jo Strømgren, Jacopo Godani, Didy Veldman • Fine Arts Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sun  19 Sep 2010, 5:30-6:15 pm

Frohloff Farm Open House • Sponsored by East Quabbin Land Trust • Church Street • Ware

Sun 15 Aug 2010, 2:30-4:30 pm

Museum of Fine Arts • Avedon Fashion: 1944-2000Vincent Van Gogh’s The SowerRenaissance Art of Northern Europe and Italy • Back Bay Fens • Kelleher Rose Garden • Boston • With Anne

Sat 31 Jul 2010, 10-10:45 am

Dedication and Grand Opening • North Brookfield Police Station • School Street • North Brookfield

Thr 22 Jul 2010, 6-8 pm

Wild Edibles • Walk led by Russ Cohen • Sponsored by Opacum Land Trust and East Quabbin Land Trust • Warren Farm • North Brookfield

Wed  21 Jul 2010, 6:30-8:30 pm

Puccini’s Turandot • Metropolitan Opera • Simulcast in HD • Live broadcast Nov 7 • Conductor Andris Nelsons • Hadley Cinemark Theatres

Sat 17 Jul 2010, 2:30-3:30 pm

Unity Pow Wow • Presented by the Nipmuck Indian Council • Sponsored by the Brookfield Quaboag 350th Committee • Colonel Crosby House Fields • Brookfield

Sun  20 Jun 2010, 7:30-10:00 pm

Michael Frayn’s Noises Off • New Century Theatre • Directed by Sam Rush • Smith College Mendenhall Center • Northampton

Sat 29 May 2010, 1-4 pm

Paradise City Arts Festival • Cinderella by New Century Theatre’s Paint Box Theatre • Three-County Fairgrounds • Northampton • With Anne

Fri 21 May 2010, noon-1 pm

Jack Szostak • The Origin of Life on the Early Earth • Integrated Sciences Building Room 135 • Amherst

Sun 9 May 2010, 3:30-5 pm

Worcester Art Museum • Who Shot Rock and RollWhat MattersPre-Columbian Collection • Worcester • With Anne

Fri 30 Apr 2010, 8:00-10:00 pm

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet • In Hidden SecondsSue’s LegSlingerlandRed Sweet • Choreography by Nicolo Fonte, Twyla Tharp, William Forsythe, Jorma Elo • University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center • Amherst

Sun 4 Apr 2010, 10:00-11:15 am

Easter Sunday Service • Brookfield Congregational Church • Pastor Eleanor Kraner • Special Music: In the Garden with Trumpeter David Turley, Halle Halle Hallelujah by Wings • Brookfield

Thr 25 Mar 2010, 10:30 am-1:30 pm

Museum of Fine Arts • Japanese Noh CostumeLuxuries from JapanSecrets of Tomb 10AHarry CallahanAlbrecht Dürer • Boston • With Amelia and Chris

Tue 9 Feb 2010, 7:30-9:30 pm

Black Grace Dance Company • Fa’a UlutaoMinoiDeep FarPati PatiLausaeGathering CloudsExodusKeep Honor Bright • Neil Ieremia, Choreographer and Artistic Director • University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center • Amherst

Sun 17 Jan 2010, 11-11:30 am

Memorial Service for Ruth B Linsky • Levine Chapel • Brookline

Thr 24 Dec 2009, 6:00-7:15 pm

Festival of Lessons and Carols • West Brookfield Congregational Church • Pastor Lisa Durkee Abbott • Christmas Meditation: In Ten Thousand Faces • West Brookfield

Sun  13 Dec 2009, 1:00-3:30 pm

Peter Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker • Connecticut Ballet• Brett Raphael, Artistic Director • Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts • University of Connecticut • Storrs

Sat  14 Nov 2009, 8:00-10:00 pm

A Duo-Piano Gala Concert • Malcolm Halliday, Kallin Johnson, Sima Kustanovich, Tea Lomdaridze, Dick Odgren, Olga Rogach, Myron Romanul, Ian Watson • Tuckerman Hall • Worcester • With Anne

Wed  11 Nov 2009, 6:30-10:00 pm

Verdi’s Aida • Metropolitan Opera • Simulcast in HD • Live broadcast Oct 24 • Conductor Daniele Gatti • Blackstone Valley Cinemas

Tue  10 Nov 2009, 7:30-9:30 pm

Cirque Mechanics • Birdhouse Factory • University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center • Amherst

Thr  1 Oct 2009, 7:00-7:20 pm

Observations by Steve Fratoni • First Thursday Amherst Art Walk • Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce • Amherst

Sat  19 Sep 2009, 3:30-5:30 pm

Cirque du Soleil • Alegria • Mullins Center • University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Sun  2 Aug 2009, 7-9 pm

Bats at Elm Hill Farm • Sponsored by Broad Meadow Brook • Led by Naturalist Tammy Fleming Maus • Brookfield

Fri 31 July 2009, 4:30-6 pm

Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice • Museum of Fine Arts • Boston • With Anne

Sun  26 Jul 2009, 2:00-5:00 pm

Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor • Opera New Jersey • Conductor Michael Ching • Stage Director John Hoomes • Princeton University McCarter Theatre for the Performing Arts • Princeton

Thr  23 Jul 2009, 5:15-7:15 pm

Mid-Summer Evening Nature Walk • Sponsored by Hitchcock Center • Led by Naturalist John Green • Quabbin Dike • Belchertown

Sun 19 Jul 2009, 6:00-7:00 pm

Memorial Service for Alan M Linsky • 2 Cricket Lane • Milford

Fri  17 Jul 2009, 7:30-10:00 pm

Williams Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night • Hampshire Shakespeare Company • Directed by Barry Magnani • Hartsbrook School • Hadley • With Steve

Fri  3 Jul 2009, 7:30-9:15 pm

Rick Larrimore and Band (Rod Stewart Tribute) • Bonfire • West Brookfield Concerts on the Common • West Brookfield • With Steve

Sat  13 Jun 2009, 7:30-10 pm

Eddie McPherson’s Acting Can Be Murder • Theatre Guild of North Brookfield • North Brookfield Elementary School Auditorium • North Brookfield

Sat 23 May 2009, 2-6 pm

Peabody-Essex Museum • McIntire Historic District • Salem • With Anne

Sat 16 May 2009, 1:00-3:30 pm

Emily Dickinson Poetry Walk • The Homestead, Amherst Train Station, The Evergreens, Amherst Academy, Pleasant Street House, West Cemetery • Poems read by Pat Schneider, Lisa Olstein, Daniel Hall, Deborah Gorlin, and others • Amherst

Wed 13 May 2009, 7:30-10:00 pm

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater • excerpts from Blues Suite, Streams, Choral Dances, Mary Lou’s Mass, The Lark Ascending, Hidden Rites, Night Creature, Cry, Phases, Landscape, For “Bird With LoveCaverna Magica, Opus McShannRevelationsPilgrim of SorrowTake Me to the WaterMove, Members, Move • University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center • Amherst

Sun 12 Apr 2009, 10:00-11:00 am

Easter Sunday Service • Brookfield Congregational Church • Pastor Eleanor Kraner • Special Music: Lord of the Dance • Brookfield

Fri 10 Apr 2009, 7:00-7:20 pm

Good Friday Service • West Brookfield Congregational Church • Pastor Lisa Durkee Abbott • Special Music: Were You There • West Brookfield

Fri 3 Apr 2009, 2:00-3:00 pm

Memorial Service for Charles T Kidd • First Universalist Church • Hardwick

Sat 28 Feb 2009, 7:00-9:30 pm

Fifth Birthday Celebration for Sruthi • VFW Post 754 Hall • Amherst

Wed 4 Feb 2009, 7:30-9:00 pm

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago • Strokes Through the Tail • Constant Shift of Pulse • Minus 16 • University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center Concert Hall • Amherst

Tue 20 Jan 2009, 11:30 am-12:30 pm

Inauguration of the 44th president • Multicast provided by Northwestern University • Lederle Low Rise Second Floor Conference Room at University of Massachusetts • Amherst

Fri 2 Jan 2009, 3-4 pm

Memorial Service for Kurtiss J Gordon • Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst • Amherst

Sun 7 Dec 2008, 2-4 pm

Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life • Theatre Guild of North Brookfield • North Brookfield Elementary School Auditorium • North Brookfield

Wed 19 Nov 2008, 7-7:45pm

Bathsheba Spooner • Madeline R. Arn • North Brookfield Historical Society • Christ Memorial Church • North Brookfield

Thr 13 Nov 2008, 7:30-9:45 pm

Paul Taylor Dance Company • Arden CourtEventideLe Sacre du Printemps • University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center • Amherst

Thr 6 Nov 2008, 4:30-6 pm

Margaret Atwood • Troy Lecture on the Humanities and Public Life • A Precision of Language • University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center • Amherst

Tue 28 Oct 2008, 7:30-10:30 pm

Bizet’s Carmen • Teatro Lirico d’Europa • University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center • Amherst

Sun 12 Oct 2008, noon-4 pm

Paradise City Arts Festival • Three-County Fairgrounds • Northampton • With Anne

Sat 4 Oct 2008, 11 am-2 pm

Back Roads Studio Tour • June Glidden, New Braintree • Shirley Lewis, Barre • Elisabeth Hyder, North Brookfield

Sat 27 Sept 2008, 11 am-noon

The Hurricane of 1938 • Paulette Adams and Ellen Smith • North Brookfield Historical Society • Haston Library • North Brookfield

Sun 17 Aug 2008, 2-5 pm

Puccini’s Madame Butterfly • Opera North • Lebanon Opera House • Lebanon, New Hampshire

Sat 12 July 2008, 1-3 pm

Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi • Ching’s Buoso’s Ghost • Lake George Opera • Spa Little Theatre • Saratoga Springs, New York

Sat 3 May 2008, 7:30-10 pm

George M Cohan’s 50 Miles From Boston • Theatre Guild of North Brookfield • North Brookfield Elementary School Auditorium • North Brookfield

Sat 22 Mar 2008, 1:30-3 pm

Kenneth Grahame’s Wind in the Willows • Children’s Theater of Folsom • Stage Nine Theatre • Folsom, California • With Marti

Sun 13 Jan 2008, 3:00-6:00 pm

Verdi’s Macbeth • Metropolitan Opera • Simulcast in HD • Live broadcast Jan 12 • Conductor James Levine • Cinemark Theaters • Hadley

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