Dever Auditorium,   WSC     577 Western Avenue    (413) 572-5300

The Westfield State College Foundation presents the 2008  Speaker Series with…

                                              Bob Milne, Ragtime Pianist

Free and Open to the PublicFor the most up-to-date schedule, please visit: wsc.ma.edu/speakerseries

Saturday, September 27, 2008   10:00-4:00pm on the Green

 Colonial Harvest Day with Washboard Slim 

Please join us Sept 27, 10-4, on the Green for the 5th annual Colonial Harvest Day. There  will be crafts dealers, colonial crafts demos, fun and games for kids, a Scarecrow Contest, a Revolutionary War camp, haywagon rides, pony rides, home-baked pies, apple cider, hot dogs & burgers, hot soups, ice cream and more!

For all the details go to www.westfieldonweekends.org

 Rinova Building    105 Elm Street

We are so excited and pleased to welcome…

Westfield State College Celebrates its 170th year

Past Presence Alumni Art Show

Westfield State College Downtown Art Gallery

 Rinnova Building – 105 Elm Street, Westfield, MA

September 23 – October 31

Tuesday – Saturday 2:00 – 5:00

Artist Reception

Homecoming Weekend October 18, 5:30 – 8:00pm

Distinguished Alumni Artists featured in the Past Presence Show include:

Nevartte Bedrosian:  Abstract Expressionist, Painting, Member of the Art Students League, New York, New York during the early 1950’s.  Her career brought numerous awards.

Diane Savino: Tempera Painter, Exhibitions John F. Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.,

World Financial Trade Center NYC, Chelsea Art Fair, London, England, among others.

Reviews in American Art Collector, American Artist Magazine, Art New England among others.

Laura Jennings:  Paintings are part of the following collections:  musician Bruce Hornsby, television personality Joan Lunden, major modern artist Steve Pace

She has exhibited extensively including the Harvard Museum.

Roberta Williams:  Painting, local artist with extensive exhibitions and part of permanent collections one of which is Westfield State College.  

Questions contact Gallery Curator Faith Lund at flund@wsc.ma.edu

The Arbors at Westfield     40 Court Street     413-562-0001  

    westfield@arborsassistedliving.com

Mark your calendars…
Please join us in celebrating “National Assisted Living Week”
You are Welcome to Join in Our Week of Festivities  

                                ARBORFEST  – Filling Life with Love

Tuesday, September 9             
                      2:00pm     Sandy Robinson – Piano melodies.

Thursday, September 11           
                      2:00pm     How to Prevent Falls - Presented by Tender Loving Care.

                      6:00pm     Arbors Taste – Sample Foods from other Cultures.

Friday, September 12        
                      2:00pm    Music with Laurie singing wonderful show tunes.

Saturday, September 13    
                      2:00pm     Music with Jimmy Mazz’s 
                                         performing an amazing Dean Martin impersonation.

                      3:00pm     Joe Bongio’s Magic Show will dazzle adults & children alike.

CALL TODAY TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT (SPACE IS LIMITED)

September 10, 2008   6:00 -8:00PM
Westfield Women’s Club     28 Court Street   Westfield

Another community collaborative brought to you by Optimum Health Therapeutic Massage, Choice Health, and The Chef for All Seasons…

Come and find out about Plastics: It’s Nothing to Play With!

It’s everywhere we don’t want it to be! Join us and learn what the implications of our constant contact with plastics is doing to our health and our environment!

THE Spoken Word

Every Tuesday from 7pm – 9 pm, the Tea Pot Gallery at 22 Elm Street offers the mike and stage up to local voices that share their Poetry,  Prose, Tall Tales, Short Stories, Personal Life Stories, Words of Enlightenment, Rants, Comedy, and whatever else you may offer.

For more information call the Tea Pot Gallery at 413-562-6966 or be sure to check out the website; http://www.teapot-gallery.com/

We are looking for Artists to join our family of Artists on the Green
in Westfield, Labor Day Weekend! (August 30th, August 31st, September 1st)

A great CommUnity Event. 3 days of Art, Music and Fine Food.
 

For an application to get involved stop by the Tea Pot Gallery, 22 Elm Street, Westfield
or send an email:  GETGER@COMCAST.NET

Thank you Westfield for the great response!
The first Farmers’ Market on May 15th was a huge success!

Farmers who attended included:
Stoney Creek Farm with breads, pies, cookies, other delicious baked goods, and jams and jellies.
Valley View Acres with honey and bee hive products.
White House Farm with perennials, annuals, herbs, accents, hangers, scented geraniums, and vines.
Twin Oak Farms with many tropical and unusual plants.
Zawalick’s Sugar House with maple syrup, maple candy, maple cream and maple nuts.
Chicoine Family Farm with their 100% grass fed beef.
Barnum & Buckley Farm with free range eggs, maple syrup, maple candy, an assortment of gift baskets, and plants.

Make sure to check the website each week to see highlights from the latest Farmers’ Market and find out what produce is being harvested each week.

A Farmers’ Market in Westfield…on our beautiful town green!
You are invited to join us every Thursday 2:00 to 6:00pm
on the Park Square Green from May 15th to September 25th.

Our goal is to support our local family owned farms and food producers and provide this wonderful opportunity to our community. Our farmer’s will be selling…plants, perrennials, annuals, tropical and unusual plants, herbs, accents, hangers, vegetables, fruit, organic veggies, honey products, maple products, grass fed beef, and delicious baked goods – assorted breads, sweet breads, fruit pies, cookies, whoppie pies, cinnamon rolls and homemade jams & jellies from Stony Creek Farm!
Be a local hero and join us in supporting local agriculture!