The View UpStairs

K AND E THEATER GROUP PRESENTS

THE VIEW UPSTAIRS

Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Friday, June 23, 2023 at 7:30 PM

Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 2:00 PM*

Saturday, June 24, 2023 at 7:30 PM

​Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 2:00 PM

*Face coverings required at this performance. Otherwise, face coverings are recommended, but optional for all other performances.

For Tickets ($27 general Admission), please go to: The View UpStairs

When Wes, a young fashion designer from 2023, buys an abandoned building in the French Quarter of New Orleans, he finds himself transported to the UpStairs Lounge, a vibrant seventies gay bar. As this forgotten community comes to life, Wes embarks on an exhilarating journey of self-exploration that spans two generations of queer history. This smash Off- Broadway hit by Town Award-nominated Max Vernon features a gritty, glam rock score and a tight-knit ensemble of unforgettable characters. The View UpStairs asks what has been gained and lost in the fight for equality, and how the past can help guide all of us through an uncertain future.

For tickets, please go to: https://www.ketg.org/the-view-upstairs.html

MAX ROACH: THE DRUM ALSO WALTZES

Photo courtesy of The Film Collective

Northampton Jazz Festival presents:

MAX ROACH: THE DRUM ALSO WALTZES

Directed by Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro

Thursday, June 15, 2023 from 7 to 9 PM

Tickets: $15 in advance on Eventbrite; $20 at the door

Wine & cheese reception before the film screening, starting at 6 PM

Q&A session after the film with Director Sam Pollard and NEPM’s Jazz a la Mode Host, Tom Reney

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes explores the life and music of the legendary drummer, composer, bandleader, and social activist through a remarkable series of creative peaks, struggles, and personal reinventions—from the Jim Crow era to the Civil Rights years, surveying the heady days of post-war modern jazz to hip hop and beyond.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/max-roach-the-drum-also-waltzes-film-screening-and-discussion-tickets-615989740897

Unusual Suspects: A Circus of Criminal Intent

SHOW Circus Studio presents:

Unusual Suspects: A Circus of Criminal Intent

Sunday, June 11 at 1 PM and 3 PM

Masks required

Tickets: $12/$10 in advance; $7/$5 in advance for ages 6-11

Please go to Unusual Suspects

Join us for a fun, family-friendly circus performance by the SHOW-Offs Youth Troupe! Devious villains, bumbling investigators, and innocent bystanders will entertain you with incredible skills on the ground and in the air. Being “bad” can be lots of fun when it’s at the circus!

Masks required for audience members and performers.

To purchase tickets in advance, please go to https://show-circus.ticketleap.com/unusual-suspects/

Exhibit Reception: Art with Heart

Exhibit Reception: Art with Heart

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Garden: A center for Grieving Children and Teens

Friday, June 9, 5:00-7:00pm

Free as part of Arts Night Out Northampton

Please join the Northampton Center for the Arts, A.P.E. Ltd., and Northampton Open Media at 33 Hawley for a reception with refreshments and live music for Art with Heart, an exhibit of artwork celebrating the 25th anniversary of The Garden: A Center for Grieving Teens and Families. Since 1998, The Garden has provided free bereavement support to hundreds of local children and families after the loss of a loved one. This exhibit, hosted by Northampton Open Media, features artwork created by participants in The Garden’s arts program this year. Children and families welcome!

Prescience: An Exhibition Showcase

Prescience: An Exhibition Showcase

Saturday, June 3, 2023 FROM 5:00-8:30PM

DONATION-BASED ADMISSION AT THE DOOR

Masks encouraged and appreciated

SUNDAY SOCIAL DANCE!

SUNDAY SOCIAL DANCE!

SUNDAY, JUNE 4 FROM 3 TO 5:45 PM

WITH HOST MELI MORASH AND DJ JONI FRASER

CHA CHA CHA INSTRUCTION 3 TO 3:30 WITH EMILY FOX

COVER: $12

Hello Everyone,

Hope all is well.  As some of you know our June dance will take a place on JUNE 4th... Not quite a month, but that is the only opening the Northampton Center for the Arts at 33 Hawley had, and we did not want to miss the Fun...Please let others know if they are not in my email!

Emily Fox who has a dance Studio in Florence will go over Cha Cha Cha moves. Hope to see you all then.

Have a great time, any question we are just an Email, Eext or Phone Call away.

Love to all.❤

KIDZ ROCK BAND ACADEMY CONCERT

Downtown Sounds Presents:

KIDZ ROCK BAND ACADEMY CONCERT

Featuring: Agents of Insanity

Sunday, May 28 at 4 PM — Doors open at 3:30 PM

FREE ADMISSION

The students of the Downtown Sounds Kidz Rock Band Academy have been hard at work learning a wide array of songs both old and new and are ready to rock the stage at 33 Hawley Street! Please join us for an afternoon of fun and see what the next generation of rockers have in store for us. Hang around until the end to enjoy pizza and beverages!

ADMISSION IS FREE!!!

Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra presents: Eight Hundred Years

Eight Hundred Years

Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra’s Spring Concert

Saturday, May 27 at 7:00 pm

Tickets $15-$30, Available here!

The Northampton Center for the Arts is thrilled to welcome the Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra back to the Flex at 33 Hawley for their annual Spring Concert. This is a group like no other which combines the timbres and techniques of electric, acoustic, classical and bass guitars played by musicians hailing from an array of musical backgrounds. Each year Artistic Director Joseph Ricker curates and arranges a selection of music that is as unique as the ensemble itself.

This year the orchestra presents a program entitled "Eight Hundred Years." It begins with a 21st century update on music written for the Christmas Eve service in 1198 AD at the Notre Dame Cathedral in medieval Paris and spans to music composed for the Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra just a few years ago. Along the way the program also includes HVGO's own spin on two 18th century sonatas by Scarlatti and Albéniz, a piano work of the 19th Century Romantic composer Edvard Grieg, 20th Century modernist works by Igor Stravinsky and Aram Khatchaturian and avant-garde pop music by the Beatles and Stereolab.

Playing the Game - CANCELLED!

Playing the Game

Friday, May 26 from 7 to 8:30 PM - CANCELLED!
A NEW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON.

Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the door

Please visit: Playing the Game

In Playing the Game, Denise Casey explores the many games she’s played in order to belong — from taking cover in a monastery to skip out of rehab, to going halfway across the world to hear the Himalayas, or time traveling through a seventh grade science class. In this 60-minute, one-woman play, Denise follows the games she’s played through the seen and unseen world into a larger collective moment, the summer of 2020. Part memoir, part meditation, part make believe, Playing the Game is unshaking in its exploration of possibility and courage.

On Saturday, May 27, Denise Carey offers a Playing the Game Workshop (see Programs — Body and Mind page for more info).

Tickets are $15 in advance ($20 at the door) at https://sevendaystickets.com/events/northampton-playing-the-game-and-workshop-5-26-2023

SUNDAY SOCIAL DANCE!

Ballroom Sunday Afternoon Social Dance!

With Host Meli Morash and DJ Joni Fraser

Sunday, May 21 from 3 to 5:45 PM

Instructional Salsa Class 3 to 3:30 PM

Cover: $12

Our monthly Ballroom Sunday Afternoon Social is on MAY 21.

Come on down and have FUN.

I will teach Instructional Salsa Class. It will be FUN!

Please tell a friend and bring them with you.

🎶  🎶💃🕺💃🕺💃🕺

Dancing is good for BODY and SOUL! If you are looking for a FUN way to listen to music, energize your body, and stimulate your brain then consider getting into Ballroom / Latin  Dancing — come and join us at NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS!

The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights

The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights

a Production of WNED PBS and Florentine Films/Hott Productions, Inc.

A FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION WITH THE FILMMAKERS AND FILM PARTICIPANTS AT BOTH SCREENINGS

TWO SCREENINGS: SATURDAY, MAY 20 AT 4:00PM AND 7:00PM

Free to attend; donations are welcome in support of the Northampton Center for the Arts

Reserve your seats here!*

Special thanks to producer/director Larry Hott for his ongoing support of the Center!

The Niagara Movement: The Early Battle for Civil Rights is a one-hour documentary focusing on the formation and impact of the first civil rights movement of the twentieth century. The program traces the social and economic conditions of Black Americans at the turn of the century, examines the different strategies for racial advancement led by Black leaders of the time, explores the creation of the Niagara Movement, and places the legacy of the movement into a contemporary context. 

Central to the story of the Niagara Movement are the roles played by three of the most dynamic Black leaders of the time – Booker T. Washington, Monroe Trotter and W.E.B Du Bois. Their lives intersected at a critical junction when leading Black activists debated how best to push to obtain civil rights. The principles that drove the creation of the Niagara Movement crystallized DuBois’ radical stance to take up the fight for equal rights and were largely seen as a direct affront to the philosophy espoused by Washington. 

Lawrence R. Hott has been producing documentary films since 1978, when he left the practice of law to join Florentine Films.  His awards include an Emmy, two Academy Award nominations, a George Foster Peabody Award, the duPont-Columbia Journalism Award, the Erik Barnouw Award, five American Film Festival Blue Ribbons, fourteen CINE Golden Eagles, screenings at Telluride, and first-place awards from the San Francisco, Chicago, National Educational, and New England Film Festivals.  Hott was the Fulbright Fellow in Film and Television in the United Kingdom in 1994 and Fulbright Specialist in Vietnam in 2015.  He received the Humanities Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities in 1995; a Massachusetts Cultural Council/Boston Film and Video Foundation Fellowship in 2001; and the Rosalynn Carter Fellowship for Mental Health Journalism in 2001.  

Rikk Desgres is a veteran editor, color grader and sound mixer. His credits include broadcast television, museum immersive theater, radio, and corporate video. Rikk has handled post-production duties for over 25 Florentine Films documentaries and productions including Ken Burns’ Emmy winning film, BASEBALL and the Academy Award nominated WILD BY LAW. Most recently, Rikk edited THE WARRIOR TRADITION, a one-hour film about Native Americans in the U.S. military, produced by WNET and Florentine Films/Hott Productions, which aired nationally on PBS. Rikk founded Pinehurst Pictures & Sound, a full-service post-production house, located in Northampton, Massachusetts.

*Advance reservations will be capped at 175, remaining seats will be available at the door. Please arrive 1/2 hour before the screening time if you haven’t made reservations in advance.

Latin Fridays

lATIN FRIDAYS: MEMORY LANE DANCE

FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2023

FREE SALSA CLASS FROM 9:00-9:30 PM
DANCE FROM 9:30 PM-12:00AM

ADMISSION: $10

We heard you and are bringing Latin Fridays back! Our first monthly dance will be in the Flex space at 33 Hawley. You are going to love it!

Have dinner out in Northampton and then join us for “Memory Lane Dance!”

Yoga and Modeling Workshops with Sasha Melina Krumholz Lynn

Yoga and Modeling Workshops with Sasha Melina Krumholz Lynn

Saturday, May 13 at 11:00am and 12:00pm

Suggested donation for Yoga is $10+, suggested donation for modeling workshop is $25 +

Payment may be made in person via cash, Venmo, or Cashapp

These unique workshops combine Sasha’s knowledge of anatomy and physiology from past work as a paramedic with her understanding of movement as art and science as a dancer and choreographer. These workshop are safe spaces. For more information about Sasha’s background in both medicine and dance/the arts, or to contact her with questions, please visit her business website or Instagram.

YOGA 11:00am-12:00pm:

Join Sasha for a yoga-based stretching and core conditioning class. Using principles of correct alignment within the spine and an emphasis on engagement of core muscles to build strength, this class focuses on grounding and de-stressing. Please bring your own yoga mats if you need the support under your spine. Exercise and dance wear recommended.

MODELING 12:00-2:30pm:

The modeling workshop will consist of a runway section to learn different styles of runway walks, as well as posing for head shots and body shots. Footage will be taken so that participants can see what their walks/poses look like and use that as a reference for future practice. Emphasis is on building self-confidence and body positivity for anyone who is interested in modeling, fashion, and performance for the camera, including (but not limited to) actors, dancers, and singers. This environment is a safe space and participants are encouraged to invite friends who may be interested as well! Please wear fitted black pants/leggings or fitted jeans with a white or black tank or t shirt. Also, models please wear natural make up if you want to wear any at all. And for female identifying people and those who want to practice posing in Runway in heels, bring black, white or nude thin Heels, as opposed to platform shoes. Otherwise wear/bring a nice pair of brown or black dress shoes or neutral color sneakers.

Revelry Exhibit

Revelry EXHIBIT - EXTENDED!

FEATURING THE WORK OF more than 35 local artists

Exhibit: April 2 - May 27

Reception: Friday, May 12, 5-8pm

This exhibit, hosted by the Northampton Center for the Arts, features the artwork of over 35 local artists. All art is for sale, and proceeds will be split between NCFA and the artists as part of our spring fundraising!

See the art for sale here! (Includes sizes and prices)

The price list and availability can also be found here, and you can purchase art by emailing revelryart@nohoarts.org. Purchases will support both the artist and NCFA!

Join us for a final reception on Friday, May 12th from 5-8pm as part of Arts Night Out, with refreshments, live music, and performances by SCDT’s teen dance company Hatchery from 5:30-6:30pm!

Featured Artists: Alexa Burke, Amy Kotel, Andrew Grant, Annaleah Gregoire, Anne Cloutier, Arch MacInnes, Beth Crawford, Bonnie Sennott, David Andrews, Dawn Allen, Deb Lohmeyer, Deborah Rubin, Debra Hoyle, Ebbie Russell, Elizabeth Meyersohn, Emikan Sudan, Harold Dumas, Jackie Gallo, Jeannie Donovan, Jeff Wrench, Jennifer Lotstein, Jenny Tibbetts, JoAnn Denehy, Kerry St. Laurent, Kim Condon, LESN101, Linda Baker-Cimini, Lindsay Fogg-Willetts, Mary Walsh Martel, Mary Witt, Megan Weiner, Mona Shiber, Petula Bloomfield, Sally Curcio, Sara Gately, Steve Monterosso, and Tara Bronner

Vishniac

Film Screening: Vishniac

Presented by the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival

Sunday, May 7, 2023, 3:30 PM

Tickets: $12 general admission, $11 students and seniors (65+)

Purchase Tickets Here

After three years of disruption (and creative adaptation), the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival is officially back in person in 2023! A world-class showcase of the best in foreign and independent cinema, PVJFF welcomes everyone to engage with Jewish culture and conversation. Please join us for our screening of the documentary feature Vishniac at the Northampton Center for the Arts.

Roman Vishniac is best known for photographing Jewish life in Eastern Europe in the 1930s. Few could have predicted that these photographs would provide the last visual records of an entire world. But while Vishniac owes his fame to this specific collection, his prodigious body of also includes considerable contributions in the field of microscopic photography. This exploration of Vishniac’s career and photographs brings to life the world in which he worked and details his dramatic life story and flamboyant personality. Introduction by Dr. Simon Sibelman, Professor Emeritus of Judiac, Holocaust, and Peace Studies at Appalachian State University, and former Executive Director of the Virginia Holocaust Museum.

For the full film line-up, please visit PVJFF.org.

March 1968

Film Screening: March 1968

Presented by the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival

Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 7:00 PM

Tickets: $12 general admission, $11 students and seniors (65+)

Tickets will be available at the door. Questions? Call 413-739-4715!

After three years of disruption (and creative adaptation), the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival is officially back in person in 2023! A world-class showcase of the best in foreign and independent cinema, PVJFF welcomes everyone to engage with Jewish culture and conversation. Please join us for our screening of the film March 1968 at the Northampton Center for the Arts. 

Hania and Janek, a pair of rebellious college students blinded by love, find themselves swept up in the raging socio-political crisis of 1960s communist Poland. Although initially apathetic, the young couple find that the growing government censorship and antisemitic purges cannot be ignored. This handsomely crafted historical drama depicts the inexorable convergence of a whirlwind romance, a battle for national identity, and political awakening. Introduction by Justin Cammy, Professor of Jewish Studies and of World Literatures, Smith College.

For the full film line-up, please visit PVJFF.org.

This screening is co-sponsored by Lathrop Community Inc.

Revelry at 33

A CELEBRATION AND FUNDRAISER FOR THE NORTHAMPTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS

SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2023

7:30-11:00PM

TICKETS: $40 IN ADVANCE; $50 AT THE DOOR

ADVANCE TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE UNTIL 4PM THE DAY OF THE EVENT

The Northampton Center for the Arts (NCFA), a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that provides affordable space for artists, performers, and educators, and offers programming dedicated to arts education, multidisciplinary collaborations, and community connections, has been serving Northampton and the Connecticut River Valley for 40 years! To ensure we can keep that track record going, we are thrilled to be hosting our second annual fundraising event for the evening of Saturday, April 29 called Revelry at 33, so named because it’s happening in the beautiful Flex Space at 33 Hawley, the arts center we are proud to call home. This is a fun and meaningful way to support the Center, especially as we navigate this period of reduced programming due to the current construction at 33 Hawley.

Join us for live music from Now’s The Time Jazz Trio, yummy vegetarian hors d’oeuvres from Haymarket Cafe, and signature cocktails mixed up by Kayla Manzi from The Majestic Saloon. At 8:30pm, local favorites Soul Magnets will play a set in the Flex to get us all dancing! During the month of April, leading up to the event, we are holding an art sale featuring the work of 35 fabulous local artists. (This link includes sizes and prices of artwork.) The price list and availability can be found here, and you can purchase art by emailing revelryart@nohoarts.org. Purchases will support both the artist and NCFA. On the night of Revelry, there will be a silent auction. So, mark your calendar, order your tickets, and come party with us! You’ll be helping the Center to keep going strong. Let’s eat, drink, and be merry in celebration of our local arts scene!

Spring is Here and: WE DANCE!

Spring is Here! Social Dance

Sunday, April 23 from 3 to 5:45 PM

With Host Meli Morash and DJ Joni Fraser

Instructional East Coast Swing! by Evelyn Bloom

Cover: $12

Bread & Puppet Theater

Bread & Puppet Theater Presents Inflammatory Earthling Rants (with help from Kropotkin)

One Night Only!

Wednesday, April 19 at 6:30 PM (Doors open at 6)

Tickets: $20 at Bread & Puppet

The Bread & Puppet Theater returns to Northampton as part of its 60th anniversary a tour, presenting the company’s latest show: Inflammatory Earthling Rants (with help from Kropotkin). One night only: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 @ 6:30pm.

Tickets: $20 at https://breadandpuppet.org/product/inflammatory-earthlings-rant-with-help-from-kropotkin-northampton-ma-wednesday-4-19-23-630pm

GRACELAND

Graceland — A Multimedia Dance Performance by

The Legible Bodies

Saturday, March 25 — 6:30 and 8:30 PM

For tickets ($20), please visit GRACELAND

Join The Legible Bodies for an evening of work that pays homage to one of the great records of our time in a display of movement, music, and art. Set to the album if the same name by Paul Simon, Graceland features contemporary dance with a dynamic backdrop that changes with each piece. The audience is transported into the heart of the music, invited to connect with the stories being brought to life onstage. Taking inspiration from the album’s themes of life, culture, and family, this concert artfully reflects on modern day issues.

For tickets ($20), please visit https://www.legiblebodies.com/events/tickets/