The Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the “Changes in Latitude” Concert at Tekoa Country Club on April 10, 2010 from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. This event is open to the public.

Please call the Chamber of Commerce at 568-1618 for ticket information.  Visit their new website,www.westfieldbiz.org, for other exciting news and events.

To celebrate Mayor Dan Knapik’s open door policy at city hall, everyone is invited to share their special photos, new or old, with the community.   Westfield’s history and culture is reflected in the architecture and decor of our downtown businesses and residences.  Share your favorite photos of the doors in Westfield that invite us to enter and experience reflections of not only the past but of our present and future.   These photos will be displayed in downtown store fronts as part of the Westfield BID’s “Windows of Westfield” project during the month of February.

Click here for a submission form,Photo Contest .  Submissions received by 1/28/2010 will be considered for display at the Mayor’s Inaugural Ball.

Please submit 8×10 or larger matted prints of photos of “Doors of Westfield” to the front desk of the Westfield Athenaeum from January 15th through February 8th.  Judges for the event are Barbara Krawczyk, President of the Westfield Camera Club and Dick Simmons, past President of the Springfield Camera Club.

Prizes will be awarded in the form of Westfield BID gift certificates which can be used at any BID member retailer or professional business.  See our business directory for participating members.

1st prize – $100 WBID gift certificate, 2nd prize – $50 WBID gift certificate, and 3rd prize – $25 WBID gift certificate.

For further information please call our WBID office at 572-1260.

Westfield on Weekends will hold its’ Annual Meeting on Wednesday, January 27th in the Westfield Athenaeum.  Special guest speaker will be Mayor Dan Knapik of Westfield.

Introducing Valley Yoga’s monthly outdoor yoga excursions called Yoga Hikes with Tracy. This January we’ll kick (and glide) it off with cross-country skiing at Maple Corner Farm in Granville, MA.

Upon return Tracy will lead a restorative yoga class to help your muscles stretch and relax from the days activity. You’ll return home feeling strong, refreshed and rejuvenated by the beauty of winter in Western Massachusetts.

Location
Valley Yoga
82 Broad Street
Westfield, MA 01085

Contact
Bill Westerlind
info@valley-yoga.com
413-562-1140
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School Street Bistro Music Hall, 3rd Floor
29 School St

Westfield on Weekends and the School Street Bistro are proud to welcome the acclaimed Celtic Rock band, PRYDEIN, to the School St Bistro Music Hall as part of WoW’s Spring Music Hall Concert Series. Following up last year’s inaugural smash Wintergreen Days success with Seven Nations, we are proud to present another blood boiling bagpiping Celtic music legend. Burlington Vermont based Prydein has been pleasing fans all over New England and other parts of this wide world since 1995 and are still going strong. We are proud to welcome them back to western Mass and the Westfield area. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased at the School St Bistro or online at Tix.com.

Optimal Health Day will be held on Saturday, March 6 from 10 AM to 3 PM at The Westfield Woman’s Club.  It includes exhibits and presentations  by local businesses, organizations  and practitioners that offer health and well-being information in a relaxed setting.  The event is open to the public free of charge.  Get healthy, Stay healthy!

WTG will present “An Evening of One Acts” to be held January 22, 23, 29, and 30 at 7:30 pm at the Westfield Woman’s Club, 28 Court Street, Westfield. The evening will consist of three one-act plays:

Relative Strangers by Sheri Wilner
A young airline passenger decides that the woman seated next to her might be the mother she never had. She finds an ally in a wacky stewardess who, unlike the reluctant mother figure, believes these two passengers are a match made in heaven.

Untaken by Kathleen Palmer
Everyday we make decisions and choices that affect our lives in ways that we will never know, because we rarely get to see what would happen if we made the other choice. In this one-act drama, follow the stories of several people who are given the rare opportunity to see how their lives would change if they took another path.

Just Desserts by Pat Cook
Where there’s a will, there’s a relative. This was never truer than in the case of the late Desmond Clairborn. And greed was never better represented than in the relatives of the deceased. This farce has more twists than a pretzel, and half the fun is watching who gets what and the other half is watching them get it.

Tickets will be available at the door. Admission is $10 for adults and $8 for students and seniors. For more information, call 413-572-6838.

Location
Westfield Woman’s Club
Court St
Westfield, MA 01085

Contact
Westfield Theatre Group
info@westfieldonweekends.org
413-572-6838

Wednesdays, 6:00 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

Therapeutic Yoga for Beginners is for anyone just starting out with yoga or for those who have ongoing muscular pain or tension requiring special attention. It’s also appropriate for those who like a gentle to moderate class. The class is taught by instructors versed in Structural Yoga, which is a style of yoga focused on adapting yoga to an individual’s body and specific needs. The theme of the class often focuses around strengthening the back, and releasing tension in the neck and shoulders.

This is a six week class series taught by two instructors to provide more individual student attention during class. Karla Geoffroy is a co-owner of Valley Yoga and a certified structural yoga therapist specializing in back care. Roger Lagasse is a registered yoga teacher with a strong background in structural yoga therapy.

Location
Valley Yoga
82 Broad Street
Westfield, MA 01085

Contact
Bill Westerlind
info@valley-yoga.com
413-562-1140

About the workshop:
Every day, women are bombarded by the command to be thin, lose weight, and get a flat belly fast.  Images of severely malnourished models and actresses penetrate our gaze whenever we step into the grid.  When coupled with stress and lack of awareness, these words and images can lead us down a self-destructive path that can erode self-esteem and lead to psychological and physical harm.  In this supportive, affirming workshop led by two yoga teachers with varied backgrounds, women will get the chance to evaluate the cultural ‘norms’ that keep us on the weight-obsession treadmill, formulate pro-active plans to bring peace into our self-image, and discuss our stories to discover common ground.

This workshop is designed for any woman who:
Struggles with her weight, has ever felt “too fat”, diets when not medically necessary, judges her body parts as flawed, or has ever felt less than worthy compared to others based on her weight.

Location
Valley Yoga
82 Broad Street
Westfield, MA 01085

Contact
Nill Westerlind
info@valley-yoga.com
413-562-1140