World Class Performance and Art Events
For tickets and event information, call (800) 224-MIFA.
Returning this year will be local favorites, Jose Gonzalez'
. Banda Criolla, Jesus Pagan y Conjunto Barrio, as well as a few other bands joining us for the first time.
Vendors will offer a variety of festive foods and non-alcoholic drinks. Jereton the Clown will be back again! Watershed on Wheels will help us learn more about the Connecticut River.
In Holyoke Stars, PorterHouse Media and Zach MacDonald (Milltown Productions) have collaborated to create an audio/visual composition highlighting three famous stage and silent film actresses: Eva Tanguay, Ormi Hawley, and Pauline Curley. All three hailed from Holyoke. MIFA brought the idea for Holyoke Stars to PorterHouse Media as part of MIFA’s ongoing research into Holyoke artists and celebrities. The video compilation is a mix of original sounds and images from rare footage and recordings blended artistically with a modern approach.
Holyoke Stars:
Eva Tanguay
(1879-1947) born Helene Eva Tanguay. Moved to Holyoke in 1883 and at the age of 8 began her stage career at Parson’s Hall. “The Queen of Vaudeville” performed on stage and film. She died in 1947 in Hollywood, CA.
Ormi Hawley
(1889-1942) Born Ormetta Grace Hawley in Holyoke, Massachusetts, she began her acting career in live theatre before turning to the new silent film industry in 1911 with Lubin Studios in Philadelphia, She died in 1942 in Rome, NY.
Pauline Curley
(1903-2000) born in Holyoke as Rose Pauline Curley. She began her professional career as a child stage actress at age five. Her first film role was in 1912. She appeared in her final film in 1929. She died in 2000 in Santa Monica, CA.
La Noche de San Juan
Saturday, June 22, 2013
2:00 PM until 9:00 PM
Hertiage State Park - 221 Appleton St, Holyoke, MA
Celebrate the beginning of summer with Puerto Rican Arts and Culture in Holyoke! La Noche de San Juan en Holyoke is all about local music, arts, food, and the long summer evenings we enjoy here in New England.
MIFA Victory Theatre to collaborate with Happy Valley Guitar Orchestra, presenting new work in Holyke concerts,
... and with Holyoke Community College,expanding HVGO's roster
with HCC guitar students.
The Third Annual Great Holyoke Brick Race
Saturday June 8, 2013
The Third Annual Great Holyoke Brick Race In Front of 80 Race St. in Downtown Holyoke.
Preliminaries: 11-1pm. Race starts at 1pm.
RAIN DATE: Sunday, June 9th
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April 19, 2013 FROM 5 -7pm
MARCH 1 - 3, 2013:
“After The Factory” Film
January 11, 2013 at 6pm
The Great Banking Hall, 56 Suffolk St. Holyoke, MA.
After the film, there will be a discussion about how Holyoke and other post-industrial cities can spark their creative economies, foster entrepreneurship, and and boast community engagement.
co-produced by Idea Mill & Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts(MIFA)
SACRE
David Wampach, French Dancer & Choreographer with dancer Tamar Shelef
January 18, 2013, 8:00pm
Gateway City Arts, 92 Race Street, Holyoke, MA.
Doors open at 7:00pm, with a cash bar. There will be a reception with the artist immediately following the performance.
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Holyoke, MA 01040
