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Westfield Athenaeum Lecture Series

February 25, 2009toJune 3, 2009

2009 Spring Lecture Series

Lectures take place on Wednesday evenings at 7:00 p.m. in the Lang Auditorium, 6 Elm Street, unless otherwise noted.

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  • Educate Malawi, Inc. with Karen Hardy, Teacher. February 25, 2009
  • The Naked Quaker: True Crimes and Controversies from the Courts of Colonial New England. (illustrated presentation and book signing) with Diane Rapaport, Author. March 11, 2009
  • 400 Miles of the Connecticut River with Michael Tougias, Author. March 25, 2009
  • Stories Carved In Stone: Westfield, Massachusetts with Bob Clark, Author. April 8, 2009
  • Watercolor Demonstration: The Westfield Athenaeum Building with Susan T. Pecora, Artist. April 15, 2009
  • Poetry Night in Celebration of National Poetry Month with Lori Desrosiers, Poet. April 22, 2009
  • Rock and Alpine Gardening with Pernell Gerver, Horiculturalist. April 29, 2009
  • The Historical Journal of MassachusettsL Celebrating 37 Years of Publishing Local History with L. Mara Dodge, Editor. May 13, 2009
  • EastWest Institute with John Mroz, President, Founder and CEO. May 20, 2009
  • Jazz with Too Human, Jazz Duo featuring Ellen Schwartz and Roger Bruno. June 3, 2009

For more information about the Athenaeum’s free Lecture Series, call Reference and Information Services, at 413-568-0716 or go to our website www.westath.org

~The Lecture Series is funded in part by the Friends of the Westfield Athenaeum~

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WBID Announces Four Summer Concerts on the Green!

June 11, 2009toSeptember 10, 2009

Westfield Business Improvement District Inc. (WBID) in colaboration with Westfield On Weekends (WOW) invites you to join us for 4 great evenings of music and fun!

Bring your lawn chairs, enjoy dinner before or after the show at one of our local restaurants or pick up a “concert dinner special” at one of the participating restaurants.

We will even have a “TAKE OUT TENT” on the green with menus from district restuarants for you to phone in your order and have your food delivered right to you on the green!!!

Concerts begin at 7:30 P.M. on the Town Green in Westfield Downtown!

The Summer ends with a return engagement by a fabulous band…

Thursday, September 10th will feature Roomful of Blues…                                                                      

summer_concert2.jpgDon’t miss out, come and enjoy the last great days of summer with us on the Westfield town green! Piccolo’s Ristorante will be serving OPA-OPA beer and wine! So come and relax, have dinner before at one of our great restaurants or enjoy a picnic on the green! Hope to see you there!

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                                “One of the finest jump and swing blues bands in the land”
                                                                                          … Pittsburgh Post Gazette

To learn more about Roomful of Blues go to http://www.roomful.com/

PAST CONCERTS IN THE 2009 SUMMER SERIES…

*Mark your calendars, tell your friends and join us!Concerts will be held on the 2nd Thusday of each month throughout the summer…
                        
Thursday, June 11th will feature Debbie Davies back for a second appearance…

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2008 Blues Music Award Nominee
Best Female Blues Artist!

“I don’t often give endorsements or references, but once in a rare while I hear a musician of such talent that I want people to know … Such a one is Debbie Davies.
Hear her now.”  
- JOHN MAYALL

 

Thursday, July 9th will feature Maia SharpMaia Sharp coming to Westfield Green on July 9

The Westfield Downtown Business District’s Summer Sounds 2009 returns for this year’s series of concerts on the Green, which are free and feature Maia Sharp on July 9 at 7:30pm. Bonnie Raitt, Carole King, the Dixie Chicks, Art Garfunkel, Keb’ Mo’, Terri Clark,  and Trisha Yearwood are among the artists who have recorded Maia’s songs and treasured her talent. Maia’s touring in support of her new critically acclaimed CD “Echo”.  For a full color poster of the summer’s entertainment schedule, please click here. Summer Sounds 2009 is a production of the Westfield BID and Westfield on Weekends. Please support the sponsors of this great event, Piccolo’s Ristaurante, The Tavern Restaurant, the Tea Pot Gallery, Opa Opa, School St Bistro, WRNX, and The Tobacco Shop.

Bonnie Raitt, Carole King, the Dixie Chicks, Art Garfunkel, Keb’ Mo’, Terri Clark,  and Trisha Yearwood are among the artists who have recorded Maia’s songs and treasured her talent.
Maia’s touring in support of her new critically acclaimed CD “Echo”.  
 

“Maia is making some of the most innovative and soulful music around with songs
that are head and shoulders above the rest. She has become one of my favorite artists.”

                                                                                                                        - Bonnie Raitt

 

Thursday, August 13th will feature “Changes in Latiude”…

                           A fabulous Jimmy Buffet Tribute Band and so much more!!!

 

 

For a full color poster of the summer’s entertainment schedule, please click here.