2025 South Hadley Cultural Council Grant Recipient. Elders do a complete chair, dance, warm-up and hip hop class that begins and ends in the chairs. We travel through time on the “Soul Train” and chair dance to clean cut hip hop and R & B songs. We use creative props such as smiley faces and […]
Free Deluxe Sock Puppet workshop with Homeslice Puppetry (Eric Weiss) for adults. The workshop will be at the Gaylord Memorial Library on Thursday February 27th from 5:30pm -7:30pm. Please pre-register for the free workshop by phone @: 413.538.5047 or on their website @:https://shadleylib.libcal.com/event/13409021 This class begins with an introduction to puppetry and creating a puppet […]
The Mount Holyoke College Music Department presents the world premiere of Chickasaw composer Jerod Tate’s Loksi’ Shaali’ (Shell Shaker), a groundbreaking opera about the journey of the Chickasaw-Choctaw migration. The story follows the journey of a Chickasaw girl named Loksi’ (Turtle), transforming from a troubled girl into a confident young woman and the significance of embracing […]
