The Westfield Women’s Club  28 Court St   (Westfield Theatre Group 572-2646)

This Holiday season we will once again be doing a wonderful Christmas show adapted for stage and directed by Kathi Palmer with musical arrangements written by Marion Dunk and Kathi Palmer. This year our stage will be graced by the great cast of “The Littlest Angel”.

The performance dates for this are set for December 5, 6, 12 and 13, 2008 at 7:30 p.m., with a special matinee at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday December 13th. It promises to be a great time for all!

Tickets are $12 for Adults and $10 for Students and Seniors. Call the theater at (413)-572-2646 to reserve your tickets today.

Garden Room  Westfield State College   333 Western Avenue

In a unique collaborative fundraising event, the Alzheimer’s Association, MA/NH Chapter, the Tri-County Alzheimer’s Partnership and the YMCA of Greater Westfield will hold an art auction featuring watercolor paintings created in the Alzheimer’s Association art expression program called, Memories in the Making. The event, scheduled to take place at Westfield State College on Friday, December 5th from 6:30-9:00PM, will also have accompanying paintings submitted by student artists from the YMCA and Westfield State College. The evening will be an intergenerational celebration of the arts, recognizing the power of art to enrich our lives throughout the lifespan from early childhood to older adulthood.

Tickets are $25/person and will be available beginning on November 1st, at the YMCA, located at 67 Court Street in Westfield and the Alzheimer’s Association, located at 264 Cottage Street in Springfield.

Sponsorships are available at the $25 level to the title sponsor level of $2,500.

For more information or to be a personal or corporate sponsor, please contact Rosann Scalise, Program Operations Director at the YMCA at 413-568-8631 or Ginny Sinkoski, Outreach Coordinator at 413-787-1113.

The 50 paintings for both silent and live auction will be available to view by November at the Alzheimer’s Association website, http://www.alzmass.org/. Online bidding will also be available of select paintings.

If you have any additional questions please contact Rosann Scalise at
rscalise@westfieldymca.org or call her at 413-568-8631.

Dever Auditorium      Westfield State College    577 Western Ave    Westfield, MA

Beginning with the San Francisco Chorus at age 7, Noah has shared the stage with Paul Robeson, Leontyne Price, and Nat King Cole. He also appeared with Duke Ellington and has performed all around the world. He has worked for TV as a talk show host and the Hearst Examiner, http://www.noahgriffin.com/.

Please join the WSC Foundation and Mr. Griffin for a wonderful night of entertainment at the Dever Auditorium on the college campus.

Show will run for three nights, Nov 17th, 18th, and 19th from 4:00-6:00PM.

Woodward Center    Westfield State College Campus   Western Ave, Westfield
 
Doris Kearns Goodwin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, historian, and NBC News analyst, is as knowledgable about the White House as she is about the Red Sox. Please join the Westfield State College community in welcoming her as part of the WSC Foundation’s Speaker Series. She will discuss her numerous books along with her experiences with PBS and NBC.

She will appear with a panel at the Woodward Center on the Westfield State College campus.

For more info go to www.wsc.ma.edu or call Joanne Bigelow at 413-572-5580

Westfield Boys and Girls Club   413-562-2301

Please join the Westfield Boys and Girls Club for the 15th Annual Community Fall Festival. Events will be held all day at the club including Helicopter Rides, Jack-O-Lantern Contest, Kids Karnival, Pony Rides, Scarecrow Trail Contest, Halloween Costume Contest, and Fright Night Festival. Food Drive all day to benefit Westfield Open Pantry. Sponsored by Boys and Girls Club with the Mayor’s Office, Westfield Police Dept, and Westfield G & E.

For more info, contact Mayor’s Office at 572-6200 or Boys & Girls Club at 562-2301. October 25th, 2008 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM

Downtown Westfield     Elm St     6:00PM

The Rag Shag Parade will be held on October 24th at 6 pm with the traditional Downtown Trick or Treat to follow.

All are invited and encouraged to wear costumes!

Please contact Lerryn  413-562-2301 at the Boys and Girls Club, if you need more info.

Westfield Women’s Club    Court St    Westfield, MA     (413)-572-2646

Westfield Theatre Group’s  fall production, “An Evening of Andrew Lloyd Webber”, is set for October 17, 18, 24, and 25, 2008 at 7:30 p.m., with a special matinee at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday October 25th.

Come see past, present and future theater stars bring to life the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. The show will be showcasing a selection of Andrew Lloyd Webber works including Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Evita, Sunset Boulevard, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Jesus Christ Superstar. This will be an evening with plenty of music for all to enjoy, especially those who are theater enthusiasts.

This show is being produced by Mary Caswell and directed by Liz Golen and Laurie Furkey, with vocal coaching by Sue Comstock.

Tickets are $12 for Adults and $10 for Students and Seniors. Call the theater at (413)-572-2646 to reserve your tickets today.

“A Tribute to the Rat Pack” by Richard Fabozzi 

Two shows held at Piccolo’s  110 Elm Street

Friday, November 7  and  Saturday, November 8 

Show starts @ 8:30pm

$ 20.00 Per ticket

Come and have a wonderful time

 For Reservations Call 413-572-1433

http://www.piccoloswestfield.com/   

The Westfield Athenaeum will be presenting a program of “Halloween Jazz” on Wednesday, October 29 at 7:00 p.m. in the Lang auditorium. The “Halloween Jazz” program will feature singer-songwriter Ellen Cogen and bassist Gary Culver, who have performed frequently together as a duo throughout the Northeast, including a number of appearances at the Tea Pot Gallery in Westfield, where Ms. Cogen helps organize a weekly Jazz series on Thursday nights that includes students as well as seasoned jazz performers. In the spirit of the season, the songs offered at the Athenaeum will include “That Old Black Magic,” “Witchcraft,” and “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered.”

Jazz musician Ellen Cogen began her musical life as a classical musician, beginning piano studies at age 5 and cello at age 10. She then went on to study voice while a senior at the University of Massachusetts, followed by a Masters Degree in Voice Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music. Ms. Cogen said she now makes vocal music her primary focus, whether she is performing, teaching, composing or conducting. ”The art of improvisation is irresistible and the purest essence of musical expression” she says.  More information about Ellen Cogen can be found on her website at http://ellencogen.com/home.html.

The “Halloween Jazz” program is a musical interlude in the Athenaeum’s Fall Lecture Series. Funding is provided in part by the Friends of the Westfield Athenaeum. The public is cordially invited to attend and “Halloween” refreshments will be served. For more information, call the Westfield Athenaeum at (413) 562-0716.