GLOW :: Ecstatic Dance Northampton :: "Flow" w/DJ Eoka

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April 28th, 7-9:30pm

Online & At the Door (sliding scale): $15-25
Low Income w/ EBT Card: $10
Students w/ valid ID: $10
Kids 3-12: $5

More financial information, including scholarships, available at event link on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2301543483457453/ or online at www.ecstaticnnortheast.com

"The dance can reveal everything mysterious that is hidden in music ... dancing is poetry with arms and legs."
~ Charles Baudelaire

Dance is love, community, nourishment, inspiration, connection, bliss...

Let's dance together and start the week off in movement and magic. GLOW invites an early evening gathering of community to co-create a journey together... with a mix of local and worldwide teachers, DJs, artists, and musicians to weave a rich experience with a worldwide community and our local family.

..come together and glow with us!

PROGRAM

6:45pm Doors open, Welcome
7:00 Opening Circle & Warmup w/ Sarah Monette
7:15 First Dance Wave w/Chris Marti
8:15 Second Wave w/Dj eoka (Canada)
9:15 Soundscape w/ Nash Atkins & Closing

❖ In honoring the dance and integrating the experience, we will conclude with humming of gratitude and silent departure ❖

Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2301543483457453/


Shakespeare Stage: The Tempest

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Shakespeare Stage returns to the Flex Space Friday April 19th and Saturday April 20th at 7:30pm and Sunday April 21st at 6:30pm to present The Tempest.

The Tempest is the story of facing Nature's superior power over man and woman and the humble journey of those who suffer and in the end, surmount such adversity. Neither a comedy nor a tragedy, The Tempest is a magical and spiritual experience that focuses on many different aspects of love or lack thereof: Romantic, Fraternal, and love of drink to name a few.

Come with us on this tempestuous journey as we set the stage between the 1st and 2nd World War. A time when the great globe itself was facing such tumult and fear of complete destruction and annihilation. Will we succumb to technological advancements or will the heart, will love win in the end?

Shakespeare Stage strives to provide artistic enrichment in the Pioneer Valley and beyond. Through passionate performances, involvement from the community, and the pursuit of dramatic growth and excellence, we contribute to the increasing importance of the arts and theatre for our neighbors.

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased by visiting https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4211756 , or at the box office day of show for cash or check. Space is limited, so get your tickets soon! Keep updated on all the happenings at Shakespeare Stage by visiting our Facebook page at  https://www.facebook.com/ShakespeareStage/.

For more information please contact Director Julian Findlay at julian.shakespearestage@gmail.com or 413-992-7317.

CAST & CREW 
Alonso: Mark Tidswell
Sebastian: Jimmy Murphy
Prospero: Chris Devine
Antonio: Izzy Salant
Ferdinand: Sean O’Connor
Gonzalo: Rod Kleber
Adrian: Andrew LaPenta
Caliban: Julian Findlay
Trinculo: Ryan Dunn
Stephano: Autumn Tustin
Boatswain: Tim McCabe
Miranda: Sarah Etkin
Ariel: Kate Glowatsky, Jayse Matrishon, Jasmine Camaano

Director: Julian Findlay
Choreographer: Catherine Stewart
Music: Chris Devine 
Costumes: Reba-Jean Shaw-Pichette, Piper Pichette

Glow - Ecstatic Dance

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GLOW - ECSTATIC DANCE NORTHAMPTON

A bi-monthly dance journey to take us into self exploration and creative expression. We honor moving as the music inspires you in a judgement-free space designed to inspire easeful presence and energetic flow. GLOW is an opportunity to connect with your self, shake up your patterns, let free-form inspiration abound, and co-create a transformative experience.

Let carefully crafted musical journeys allow you to process emotions, exercise your body and mind, lift your spirits, and be welcomed by a vibrant local community as part of a global family in ecstatic expression. You can engage in the dance as you wish… through movement, meditation, expansion, observation, introspection, development, and connection.

You’ll be amazed at what emerges when you let go and just dance!

For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/340029886854050/

PROGRAM 4/14/19
6:45pm Doors open, Welcome
7:00 Opening Circle & Guided Warmup W/ Chandra Cantor
7:30 Ecstatic Dance Wave w/ Journey Weaver & Special Guest
9:00 Soundscape Integration w/ Kelli Joy
9:15 Closing Circle

Along with dancing, each event will offer local vending, community networking, family corner, and chair massage!


Limited Early-bird Online until sold out: $10
Online & At the Door (sliding scale): $15-25
Low Income: $10 w/EBT ID
Students: $10 w/valid ID
Kids 3-12: $5
Limited number of discount tickets available online at http://www.ecstaticnortheast.com/event-registrations-tickets

GUIDELINES

1. Conversation outside the dance space
2. Judgement free, move however you wish
3. Respect yourself and one another

Connect with inquiry before assumption, give yourself permission to be present and free of digital distractions, enjoy a natural high, and co-create the experience with consideration.

Any concerns at any point can be addressed with an available Space Holder (listed at the entrance table)

Kids: Are welcome but must be supervised, match the energy of the dance, and may only run around outside. Children must have a guardian, in the dance space or out in the lobby, at all times.

“I see dance being used as communication between body and soul, to express what it too deep to find for words.” ~ Ruth St. Denis

Dance is love, community, nourishment, inspiration, connection, bliss...

Let's dive into an ecstatic wave together and start the week off in movement and magic. GLOW invites an early evening gathering of community to co-create together... we'll bring you a mix of local and worldwide teachers, DJs, artists, and musicians to weave a rich experience twice a month for our dancing family!

Already filling the schedule with... warmups of 5 rhythms, gaga, soul motion, authentic movement, afroyoga... DJs from Boston, Nevada City, Guatemala, NYC, Berlin, Northamtpon, Los Angeles, Goa, Hartford, London, Montreal, the Bay area, Salt Lake City.... and live musician soundscapes with bells, didgeridoos, guitars, gongs, bowls, harps, kalimbas, violins, voice, piano, flute .... and much more!!!

We invite you to be inspired, expand, connect, and move... with a worldwide community and our local dance family.

…...come together and glow with us!

Melody Fader, Pianist, In Concert

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APRIL 14, 2019: 2:00-3:00 PM, with reception to follow

General Admission: $15; Seniors over 60: $10

Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4090383

Melody Fader will perform a piano concert, including music by Chopin, Bach, Schubert, Mazzoli, and Debussey. 

Melody Fader enjoys a busy career as piano soloist, chamber musician, vocal accompanist and interdisciplinary collaborative artist in New York City. She has performed throughout the United States and in such New York venues as Alice Tully Hall, The Joyce Theater, The New York Times Center and Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall. Ms. Fader is also often on tour abroad. Her performances have been enthusiastically reviewed, including by The New York Times, which has called her work “sumptuous,” “stirring,” “masterful” and which commented that she “plays with elegance.” Ms. Fader holds a BM degree from the Eastman School and an MM from Juilliard, where she was a student of Margo Garrett, former Chair of the Collaborative Music Program.

For more information about the concert, please e-mail larryfader@comcast.net.

For more information about Melody and her work, please visit www.melodyfader.com

Season Teaser Wine and Cheeser

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Saturday, April 13th, 7 - 10pm

Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4198276

Please join Strident Theatre at the Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley Street, for our first annual SEASON TEASER WINE AND CHEESER. We'll have refreshments, a few words about the company, and some short readings from our summer scripts. And we'll have a chance to say hello, and to talk!

We are taking this night not only to hold a fundraiser, but to show our gratitude, and to start building conversations about how we would all like to see Strident grow, very much in concert with our beloved community. This isn't just a night to tell you who we are. It's a night to build connections, foster community, celebrate art, and discover ways to grow TOGETHER. What would you like to see Strident Theatre bring to Northampton? Children's classes and productions? Classes for adults? Staged readings? New works? Classics through a progressive lens? These notions are all on our radar. What's on yours?

Let's raise a glass to the possibilities, together.
Cheers!

https://stridenttheatre.com/

Computer Music and Video: Free Workshop & Concert

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Computer Music and Video: Free Workshop & Concert

Saturday April 6th, 2019

Tickets and more information can be found at www.free-computer-music-workshop.eventbrite.com

Reserve your free ticket and get five dollars off evening concert.

Workshop: 3:00pm FREE

Concert: 8:00pm $15 ($10 with free workshop ticket)

Bring laptops and headphones + learn creative audio/video synthesis using Max8 and Gibber(JavaScript).

Beginners welcome. Intro provided. 

The workshop ticket is free. The concert is $15. Presenting the free workshop ticket at the concert will get people $5 off the concert price, making it $10.

Penny's From Heaven

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Friday, April 5, 7:30 pm at 33 Hawley Street

The Center for the Arts invites you to its debut signature party at Northampton’s hottest venue. Join us for an evening of music and dancing with DJ Johnny Memphis, colorful cuisine, creative cocktails, and special guests in celebration of Penny Burke (retired but not retiring) and all things Penny…

Festive attire (vintage and retro encouraged!) Tickets are $25 per person plus cash bar. Advance purchase available online until 4:30 pm event day. Tickets sold at the door from 7 pm.

Tickets at: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4094835

In for a Penny, In for the Sound: Help fund our new sound system by bringing us all the pennies that you can spare. Generous donors are matching every penny with a dollar up to $15,000. That’s right. Every penny buys a dollar!

Penny Whistle Stop: Check into our lobby bar where we’ll be reviving the classic Artini and introducing the Cosmopennyton.

Penny Social: Try our artsy auction with a raffle twist. We start you off with ten complimentary chances to win.

Ditch Your Penny Loafers: Slip away from the main event for a sock hop in the dance studio. Appropriate footwear provided.

All proceeds benefit community arts!

Many thanks to Berkshire Brewing Company, Daury Wealth Management LLC, Eastside Grill, Florence Bank, Herrell’s Ice Cream & Bakery, Murr-ma Distilling Company, Myers Catering, Northampton Rental Center, PeoplesBank, Sylvester’s, Thornes Marketplace, TommyCar Auto Group and Whalen Insurance.

Celebrate the Struggle: 100 Signs for 100 Years

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What better way to celebrate and honor Frances Crowe on her 100th Birthday than to show up with a sign about the issues- ones you care about and work for and ones Frances cares about. Our goal is to get you and 99 others- 100 people- holding 100 signs.

We will march from 33 Hawley St. and up Main Street, then back to Hawley St. and inside for a proper celebration!

Visit our Facebook Event page for more information!

Looking Down the Iraq Line, by Harriet Diamond

Looking Down the Iraq Line, by Harriet Diamond

The Valley Light Opera Presents: Costumes through the Ages

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Friday, March 29, 7:30 PM, doors open at 7:00. Silent auction, hors d’oeurves, and cash bar.

Tickets: $20. Available at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4067786

Valley Light Opera is presenting a fundraising fashion show and musical revue, featuring exquisite costumes from medieval times to the 20th Century, all created by VLO’s team of costume designers for past productions. More than a dozen performers will model the costumes and sing joyous, funny, brilliant music to match. There will be selections from a full range of Gilbert and Sullivan’s works (The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, HMS Pinafore, Ruddigore, Yeomen of the Guard, and more), other light operas (The Merry Widow), and classic Broadway musicals (My Fair Lady, Brigadoon). There will even be a preview of VLO’s Fall 2019 show, Camelot!

Valley Light Opera Inc., is a volunteer-run nonprofit organization based in Amherst, Massachusetts. Founded in 1975 by a group of Gilbert and Sullivan devotees, the VLO presents a fully-staged opera every fall at the Academy of Music in Northampton, with less formal productions each spring.

March Arts Night Out Opening Reception

Untitled, by Lourdes Morales

Untitled, by Lourdes Morales

The Center for the Arts is thrilled to be exhibiting the work of two talented local artists, Lourdes Morales and Abbie Steiner, and invites the community to join us for an opening reception during Arts Night Out on March 8, 2019, from 5-8pm. The art will be available for public viewing in March and April of 2019.

Lourdes Morales’ subject matter evokes spaces of "interior/exterior" visual aspects. Her work dips freely into the realms of abstraction, figuration, surrealism, pop art, and spiritual expression. She also takes from the German Expressionists the vortex of perspective that gives us the sense of walking through unrecognizable spaces. 

Abbie Steiner’s “The Aleph Bet Bestiary” (2002-2019) is a response to the tradition of bestiaries and illuminated alphabets, and she creates whimsical prints suitable for animal lovers of all ages. Steiner’s version of the Hebrew alphabet is inspired by an interest in medieval art and illuminated manuscripts, and her lifelong fascination with both Judaism and animals.

This opening is sponsored in part by ConVino Wine Bar and River Valley Co-op.

On March 8, join us for a first glimpse of this exhibition, meet both artists, enjoy light refreshments, and tour the beautiful space at 33 Hawley St! Free parking.

Mouse, by Abbie Steiner, from The Aleph Bet Bestiary (2002-2019)

Mouse, by Abbie Steiner, from The Aleph Bet Bestiary (2002-2019)

Phallacies Community Performance

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PERFORMANCE
February 9, 7-9 PM
Free

Announcing the very first Northampton community performance of this award-winning program. Phallacies is the original men's health dialogue and theater program. Please join us as we will explore issues of masculinity and race, relationships, violence, body image, allyship, pornography, men's friendships, and much more. A community dialogue will follow the performance.

Benefit Concert for Sanctuary Caravan

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Featuring: 

Jon Carroll & Friends

Mandy Pachios & Dan Thomas (of The Mary Jane Jones)

Spinelli


Please help support this humanitarian effort!

Sanctuary Caravan is a volunteer group providing support to Central American asylum seekers who are waiting at the border.

Some of the objectives of the organization are: to help guide asylum seekers to valid ports of entry, explain the refugee status process, assist asylum seekers in beginning the process of entering the United States legally as Refugees, help provide material support to asylum seekers such as clothes, non-perishable foods, water, and/or first-aid kits. 

Admission: $10 Suggested Donation

50/50 Raffle!

For more information, please visit https://www.sanctuarycaravan.org/take_action


The Center for the Arts Presents: The Lisa Leizman Dance Company's "Long Way Home"

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Friday, December 14th, 2018, 7:30 PM. SOLD OUT.

Please join us for a winter concert celebrating the debut of the Center's resident dance company in the newly-opened Flex theater space at 33 Hawley Street. The performance is followed by a trademark festive dinner reception prepared by members of the troupe. Advance tickets are recommended.

About Long Way Home: After five years of wandering throughout the greater Pioneer Valley, awaiting a new home for the Center, this long-time resident company finally has a new residence. Grateful and joyful, the dancers will present audience favorites Spiegel im Spiegel, set to music by Arvo Pärt and Derek Walcott’s the amen of calm waters, with music by Ludovico Einaudi. The concert will also include the secret that bamboo guards with music by composer-in-residence Andrea Kwapien.

“There are no shortcuts in art. Do the work. Be tenacious. Be resilient. Keep going. Applaud the beautiful, elegant destination. Celebrate the journey, no matter how far. Take the long way home”—Lisa Leizman

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The Center for the Arts Presents: Real Live Theatre's "When Last We Flew"

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“When Last We Flew,” by Harrison David Rivers
Co-directed by Ellen Morbyrne & Trenda Loftin

Thursday-Sunday, December 6 - 9, 2018

After stealing his local library’s only copy of Angels in America, misfit teenager Paul locks himself in the bathroom and begins reading the landmark play. He soon finds that his life and the lives of those around him in his small Kansas suburb are about to take flight, and over the course of a seemingly ordinary day, extraordinary things start to happen

This coming of age story follows teenagers Paul, Ian, and Natalie (and their families) as they discover who they really are, whether that's being gay, being in love, or choosing activism over educational security. When Last We Flew is also a loving homage to Tony Kushner’s Angels in America.

Visit reallivetheatre.net/now-playing/ for more information

Advance Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3907230

We are still casting a few roles for this production! Check out reallivetheatre.net/audition-opportunities/

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The Center for the Arts Presents: Shakespeare Stage's "Twelfth Night. Or What You Will"

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Shakespeare Stage presents TWELFTH NIGHT (Or What You Will)

Friday, November 30th at 7:30pm
Saturday, December 1st at 7:30pm
Sunday, December 2nd at 6:30pm

Love. Trickery. Mistaken identity. Join us for a classic retelling of one of Shakespeare's greatest comedies. Through laughter, music, and a fair bit of pranking, once again, love conquers all. 

Tickets $15.00 cash or check at the door. Advance tickets available online: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3907173 

Email julian.shakespearestage@gmail.com for reservations and more information.

 www.Facebook.com/ShakespeareStage

Jaunito Pascual Trio with Special Guest Flamenco Dancer Neli Tirado

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November 11, 2018 4:00 PM. Box office 3 pm. Doors at 3:30 pm for general seating/

Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students, $10 children under 12.  They are available in advance at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3629205  until noon on Sunday. Remaining tickets will be sold at the door from 3 pm. Please note that door sales are cash or check only.

A versatile virtuoso guitarist/composer/improviser, Juanito Pascual has been called "one of the hottest flamenco guitarists in recent years" by National Public Radio, a major accolade that is just the jumping off point for the Minneapolis native's masterful musical style. His sound is an organic blend of traditional and contemporary flamenco with influences ranging from Jimi Hendrix and the Grateful Dead to Miles Davis and J.S. Bach. 

The Juanito Pascual Trio features two highly versatile and dynamic musicians, New York-based percussionist Guillermo Barrón and stunning bassist Brad Barrett. By combining their distinct musical backgrounds with a powerful personal chemistry, the Trio has created a fresh, exhilarating and constantly evolving sound, performing to enthralled audiences throughout the U.S. and abroad. The 2014 release Juanito Pascual New Flamenco Trio was included in NPR critic Milo Miles Best World Music Albums for that year. 

The Trio will be joined for this performance by special guest, highly acclaimed flamenco dancer Neli Tirado. 

Pascual's international touring schedule has brought him to venues that include the Tanglewood Jazz Festival, New York's Lincoln Center and Blue Note Jazz Club, and Madrid's renowned Casa Patas. He has performed with a lengthy 'who's who' of top flamenco artists including Jorge Pardo in addition to collaborations with a diverse range of musicians: Grammy-winning soprano Dawn Upshaw; bassist John Patitucci; pianist Danilo Perez; percussionist Jamey Haddad; virtuoso guitarist Grisha Goryachev.

Please use the main street entrance to the Arts Trust Building at 33 Hawley Street. Parking is free in the lot directly adjacent.

Karrin Allyson: “Some of that Sunshine”

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November 2, 2018 - 7:30 - 10:00 PM

Join five-time Grammy nominee and Pioneer Valley favorite, Karrin Allyson, as she celebrates her new, all-original CD, Some of that Sunshine,featuring Miro Sprague, Marty Jaffe, and Jon Fisher.

Tickets: $25 advance, $27 at the door. Buy tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/karrin-allyson-some-of-that-sunshine-at-northampton-center-for-the-arts-tickets-50222688413

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