“Halloween Jazz” performance at the Westfield Athenaeum

Grand Opening of the…Westfield State College Downtown Art Gallery!

An Evening with Andrew Lloyd Webber

Delicious Colonial Harvest Dinner

Rag Shag Parade & Downtown Trick or Treating Enjoyed By Many

15th Annual Community Fall Festival

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.

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. 

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)