Holyoke Stars of the Silent Screen
MIFA brought the idea for Holyoke Stars to PorterHouse Media as part of MIFA’s ongoing research into Holyoke artists and celebrities. PorterHouse Media and Zach MacDonald of 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. The video is a mix of original sounds and images from rare footage and recordings blended artistically with a modern approach. The video short will be followed by either the full-length silent film Where The North Holds Sway (1927), staring Pauline Curley, or Where the North Begins (1923), staring Rin Tin Tin.
April 19, 2013 from 5-7pm FREE
Wauregan Gallery at 386 Dwight Street, Holyoke, MA
Holyoke Then and Now, a photography exhibit, accompanies the viewing. Holyoke: Points of View is a series of art and cultural events which will take place during April 2013 in venues throughout Holyoke’s Arts & Innovation district. All programs are free and open to the public.
DEPOSIT Pop-Up Dinning & Art Experience
Holyoke's first pop-up restaurant
Sponsored by MIFA
A night of food, art, and giving back to the community. It will also be Holyoke's first pop-up restaurant, with chefs from Boston. Guests will have the opportunity to vote for their favorite non-profit, and a portion of proceeds will be donated the selected charity. Young chefs from Boston’s top restaurants bring you an evening of unforgettable cuisine at this pop-up.
April 5 & 6, 2013 at 6pm
The Great Banking Hall 56 Suffolk Street Holyoke, MA.
2013 Holyoke Winter Carnival
Sponsored by MIFA
Featuring, ice skating, free hot chocolate, music, special Olympians, picture taking opportunities with family and friends, and other invited guests. The event is free and open to the public.
March 1 – 3, 2013
holyokewintercarnival.org
SACRE
Dance Performance by French choreographer/dancer David Wampach with Tamar Shelef
Wampach's new work "SACRE" is inspired by the 100th anniversary of the Nijinsky/Stravinsky/Diaghilev masterpiece "Le Sacre du Printemps" (The Rite of Spring).
January 18, 2013 at 8pm (Doors Open at 7:00pm)
Cash Bar
Reception with the artist immediately following the performance
Gateway City Arts
92 Race Street, Holyoke, MA 01040
We're pleased to be presenting David Wampach's take on ‘The Rite of Spring’ with the help of the Theodore H. Feder Fund for French Culture, a New York City based fund newly set up to sponsor French contemporary art annually at MIFA Holyoke.
Screening ofAFTER THE FACTORY
Idea Mill will be hosting a screening of the documentary "After The Factory." This film looks at the spirit of innovation, creativity, and re-invention of post-industrial Detroit, Michigan and Lodz, Poland.
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the efforts to save the Victory Theatre. After the film, we'll have an open discussion about ways Holyoke and other communities can spark more creative energy, community engagement, and more! Myrna Breitbart, professor of Urban Studies at Hampshire College will be helping guide the discussion after the film.
January 11, 2013
$12.00, $7.00 (student/seniors)
6PM - Doors Open
6:30PM - 7:30PM - Screening
7:30PM - 8PM - Discussion / Social
The Great Banking Hall
56 Suffolk Street, Holyoke, MA 01040
Free Parking
Film & Music Extravaganza Alexander Nevsky
Film by Sergei Eisenstein
Original score by Sergei Prokofiev
Performed live on the Skinner Organ by Peter Krasinski
with Gigi Mitchell-Velasco, mezzo-soprano and chorus sung
by the Holyoke High School Choir under the direction of Mark Todd
November 17, 2012 at 7:00pm
*Gala Performance
$125.00 (Includes Gala*) $45.00 General Admission $25.00 Student I.D.
United Congregational Church of Holyoke
Corner of Appleton & Maple Street Holyoke, MA
300 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA 01040
Free Parking
*Gala Event* (includes)Premium Seating and a pre-performance Champagne Reception with Hors d'oeuvres at the Great Banking Hall of the Hadley Falls Trust Company building, 56 Suffolk Street, Holyoke, MA 01040. From 5:00 - 6:30pm
Film & Music Extravaganza Alexander Nevsky
Film by Sergei Eisenstein
Original score by Sergei Prokofiev
Performed live on the Skinner Organ by Peter Krasinski
with Gigi Mitchell-Velasco, mezzo-soprano and chorus sung
by the Holyoke High School Choir under the direction of Mark Todd
November 15, 2012 at 12:15pm
School Performance
United Congregational Church of Holyoke
Corner of Appleton & Maple Street Holyoke, MA
300 Appleton Street, Holyoke, MA 01040
Free Parking
PassportHolyoke.org: Discover Holyoke Day
October 13, 2012
Site Specific Installation Art by: Olivia Bernard, Torsten Zenas Burns, Taiga Ermansons, Kari Gatzke, Amy Johnquest, Chris Nelson, Joshua Vrysen, Christopher Willingham and Angela Zammarelli
Victory Theatre, 81-89 Suffolk Street Holyoke, MA
11am - 4pm
Other exhibit hours September 21st – December 2nd can be arranged by appointment. Call Chris Nelson at (413) 297-0786
Showcasing local musicians along with world-class performers from New York City and/or other locations from outside the Pioneer Valley
The Winter Palace Theater, 108 Cabot Street Holyoke, MA
$1 entry 4pm – 12am
Sponsored by MIFA
”In The Round” Second Annual Art at the Victory Theatre Exhibition and Opening Reception
Site Specific Installation Art by: Olivia Bernard, Torsten Zenas Burns,Taiga Ermansons, Kari Gatzke, Amy Johnquest, Chris Nelson, Joshua Vrysen, Christopher Willingham and Angela Zammarelli
Opening Night Reception Friday September 21, 2012 from 5-7pm
Victory Theatre, 81-89 Suffolk Street Holyoke, MA
Other exhibit hours September 21st – November 18th can be arranged by appointment
Call Chris Nelson at (413) 297-0786
Vision for a Relic: “Pictory Theatre” continued Closing reception
Thursday Sept. 6th from 5 - 7pm.
The Taber Art Gallery
Donahue Building, Holyoke Community College
Mon, Tues, Thur. Noon - 4:30pm
For gallery information call (413)552-2614
Vision for a Relic: “Pictory Theatre” continued
August 13 – September 13, 2012
The Taber Art Gallery
Donahue Building, Holyoke Community College
Mon, Tues, Thur. Noon - 4:30pm
For gallery information call (413)552-2614
La Noche de San Juan
The third annual beginning of summer party at Holyoke Heritage State Park. A celebration of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture in Holyoke, Noche de San Juan is about local music, arts, food and the warm summer evenings we enjoy in Holyoke. Celebrarán Música, Artesanos y Comidas de Puerto Rico en Holyoke.
June 23, 2012
4pm - 9pm
Heritage State Park, Holyoke
"Pictory Theatre” Photography Exhibition & Auction
Photographs of the Victory Theatre by more then 38 photographers from around the world will be shown in a special exhibition & auction to benefit the restoration of the Victory Theatre. Photographs will be available for purchase. Admission and Parking are free.
June 1, 2012 4:00 – 7:00pm
In the great banking hall of the Hadley Falls Trust (a McKim, Mead and White interior)
56 Suffolk Street Holyoke, MA 01040
All Proceeds Benefit MIFA Victory Theatre
Photographers: Alex, Andrew Kraemer, Billamack, Brendan Clinch, Chandra Lampreich, Chris Reed Kiely, Clara Daly, Darren Ketchum, Giovanni Adavelli, Janine Norton, Jason Baker Photography, Jason Toews, Jim Armstrong Jr., Kate Broderick, Kati Mennett, Greg Saulmon, Kurtz, Lindsay Blair Brown, Liska, Luke, Bartkus, Matt Lambros, Paul Gallo, Phrenzee, Rana Xavier, Ray Ciborowski, RJ Carroll, Rob Rea, Sean McGrady, Olaf, Tom Troutman, Jeffrey Byrnes
"Pictory Theatre” Photography Exhibition & Auction
Photographs of the Victory Theatre by more then 38 photographers from around the world will be shown in a special exhibition & auction to benefit the restoration of the Victory Theatre. Photographs will be available for purchase. Admission and Parking are free.
May 18, 2012 4:00 – 7:00pm
In the great banking hall of the Hadley Falls Trust (a McKim, Mead and White interior)
56 Suffolk Street Holyoke, MA 01040
All Proceeds Benefit MIFA Victory Theatre
Photographers: Alex, Andrew Kraemer, Billamack, Brendan Clinch, Chandra Lampreich, Chris Reed Kiely, Clara Daly, Darren Ketchum, Giovanni Adavelli, Janine Norton, Jason Baker Photography, Jason Toews, Jim Armstrong Jr., Kate Broderick, Kati Mennett, Greg Saulmon, Kurtz, Lindsay Blair Brown, Liska, Luke, Bartkus, Matt Lambros, Paul Gallo, Phrenzee, Rana Xavier, Ray Ciborowski, RJ Carroll, Rob Rea, Sean McGrady, Olaf, Tom Troutman, Jeffrey Byrnes
"Pictory Theatre” Photography Exhibition & Auction
Photographs of the Victory Theatre by more then 38 photographers from around the world will be shown in a special exhibition & auction to benefit the restoration of the Victory Theatre. Photographs will be available for purchase. Admission and Parking are free.
April 28, 2012 6:00 – 10:00pm
In the great banking hall of the Hadley Falls Trust (a McKim, Mead and White interior)
56 Suffolk Street Holyoke, MA 01040
All Proceeds Benefit MIFA Victory Theatre
Photographers: Alex, Andrew Kraemer, Billamack, Brendan Clinch, Chandra Lampreich, Chris Reed Kiely, Clara Daly, Darren Ketchum, Giovanni Adavelli, Janine Norton, Jason Baker Photography, Jason Toews, Jim Armstrong Jr., Kate Broderick, Kati Mennett, Greg Saulmon, Kurtz, Lindsay Blair Brown, Liska, Luke, Bartkus, Matt Lambros, Paul Gallo, Phrenzee, Rana Xavier, Ray Ciborowski, RJ Carroll, Rob Rea, Sean McGrady, Olaf, Tom Troutman, Jeffrey Byrnes
Tango Hits Holyoke
Sponsored by MIFA
Friday, March 23, 2012
Beginner lesson, taught by local instructor Veronika Kruta + performance by world re-known guest instructors Nick Jones and Diana Cruz, evening dance, and fun 30's/40's costume dress up theme!
Saturday & Sunday, March 24 -25, 2012
Workshops for various levels, taught by Nick and Diana + evening dance Saturday with avant garde/creative costume theme, and tango shoes/apparel bazaar!
http://vktango.com/
Holyoke Winter Carnival
Victory Theatre Open House
Featuring
“Before the Curtain Call”: Art at Victory Theatre
Site Specific Installation Art by Chris Nelson, Amy Johnquest,
Christopher Willingham and Taiga Ermansons
February 4, 2012
11am – 1pm
81-89 Suffolk Street Holyoke, MA
Visitors can meet some of the artists and view the installation art.
holyokewintercarnival.org
Holyoke Winter Carnival
Saturday January 29 – Saturday February 4, 2012
Sponsored by MIFA
The carnival offers fun events for the whole family, live music and dance, sledding, hockey, snowshoeing and plenty of hot chocolate. Admission is free to most events.
holyokewintercarnival.org
Hal Holbrook in his legendary one-man show ‘Mark Twain Tonight’
November 19, 2011 8 pm
Sears Auditorium
Holyoke High School
500 Beech Street Holyoke, MA
VIP Gala $125 Preferred Seating $60.00 General Seating $35.00
FREE PARKING
All Proceeds Benefit MIFA Victory Theatre
Hal Holbrook Holyoke High School After School Program Special Event
The program will feature one of the world’s foremost actors Hal Holbrook who will meet and talk with Holyoke High School students about his career as an actor.
(The Republican | Mark M. Murray)
November 18, 2011
Edward Shevlin Studio
(1st level across form Auditorium)
Holyoke High School
500 Beech Street
Holyoke, MA 01040
3:30 – 4:30pm
PassportHolyoke.org Discover Holyoke Day
Victory Theatre Open House
Featuring
“Before the Curtain Call”: Art at Victory Theatre
Site Specific Installation Art by Chris Nelson, Amy Johnquest,
Christopher Willingham and Taiga Ermansons
October 22, 2011
11 – 5 pm
81-89 Suffolk Street Holyoke, MA
$1.00 Wristband for Entry
“Before the Curtain Call”: Art at Victory Theatre
Site Specific Installation Art by Chris Nelson, Amy Johnquest,
Christopher Willingham and Taiga Ermansons
“Trio” by Chris Nelson
October 21 – November 20*
Artist Opening Reception October 21 from 5 -7pm
Victory Theatre
81-89 Suffolk Street Holyoke, MA
*Other Exhibit Hours by appointment only
Silent Film Night: The Last Command (1928)
Organ Accompaniment by Peter Krasinski
Starring Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent and William Powell
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
October 15, 2011 7 pm
United Congregational Church
Corner of Appleton & Maple Street Holyoke, MA
Tickets $10.00
Victory Theatre Tour
c.r.u.s.h 2011 Holyoke Block Party
click here for tour photos
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Tour: 11am - 12pm
81-89 Suffolk St. Holyoke, MA
Block Party: 12 - 9pm
Veteran’s Park, Chestnut St. Holyoke, MA
Music, Food and Fun
La Noche de San Juan
June 25, 2011 4pm - 9pm
Heritage State Park, Holyoke
The second annual, beginning of summer, party at Holyoke Heritage State Park. A celebration of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture in Holyoke, Noche de San Juan is all about local music, arts, food, and the warm summer evenings we enjoy here in Holyoke. Celebrarán Música, Artesanos y Comidas de Puerto Rico en Holyoke
Arts on Canalwalk - Winter Ice Festival
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2011
2p.m. - 7p.m.
FREE
CLICK HERE TO SEE PHOTOS!
HOLYOKE CANALWALK & HERITAGE STATE PARK.
1ST LEVEL CANAL BETWEEN APPLETON AND DWIGHT STREET.
WINTER FESTIVITIES INCLUDE: ICE SCULPTING DEMONSTRATION, FIRE JUGGLING, A VISIT FROM RIVÈ THE RIVER OTTER, LIGHTS, KIDS ACTIVITIES, ART, FOOD & FUN!
Arts on Canalwalk is a collaboration of The Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts, The City of Holyoke and PassportHolyoke
Sojourner's Truth "I will shake every place I go to"
Performance by Enchanted Circle Theater
www.enchantedcircletheater.com
A multi-media theatrical concert takes you on a dramatic tour of Sojourner’s life as a Northern slave, her spiritual walk to freedom, her search for home and community, and her emergence as one of the foremost public speakers in American history.
Friday December 3, 2010 Special School Performance at 1:00 p.m.
Saturday December 4, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday December 5, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.
Sears Auditorium Holyoke High School
500 Beech Street
Holyoke, MA
Sojourner's Truth "I will shake every place I go to"
Performance by Enchanted Circle Theater
www.enchantedcircletheater.com
Friday December 3, 2010 Special School Performance at 1:00 p.m.
600 Students
6 Student Production Team
Subsidized Special School Performance
Sears Auditorium Holyoke High School
500 Beech Street
Holyoke, MA
Follow The Thread
America's Jewish Immigrants and The Birth of the Garment Industry Fashion Show
Food & Refreshments Sponsored By MIFA
Sunday November 21, 2010
Silent Film Night Double Feature
Cops & Wings
Organ Accompaniment By Peter Krasinski
United Congregational Church
November 13, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
on the corner of Appleton & Maple Street
Holoke, MA
PassportHolyoke.org Discover Holyoke Day
Victory Theatre Open House
October 23, 2010
Victory Theatre
81-89 Suffolk Street
Holyoke, MA
Guided Tours on the hour.
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
$1.00 wristbands
BATTERIE
Solo Performance by Dancer/Choreographer David Wampach
with live percussion by Anders Griffen
French Dance
Kendall Sports & Dance Complex, October 17, 2010
Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA
$10.00 General Admission and $5.00 Students
Noche de San Juan
Sponsored By MIFA
A Party in celebration of Puerto Rican Heritage in Holyoke. Live music and dance, good food, arts, crafts and other activities will be part of the fun for all ages.
"Una fiesta en Heritage Park celebrando la cultura de Puerto Rico aqui en Holyoke. Habra musica, baile, comida, exhibiciones y espectaculos para toda la familia."
Heritage State Park Holyoke, MA. June 27, 2010
Education Outreach: Opera Workshop
Program Operator: Haley Anderson MIFA Outreach Intern, University of Virginia
Topics are flexible depending on specific interest and may include a history of opera, a discussion of opera types, opera as an interdisciplinary art form, opera today, Russian language and history, background and discussion of these operas specifically, early music performance theory and practices, and authenticity in music performance.
Girls Inc.
Holyoke, MA
June 9, 2010
Swan Lake
Music: Pyotr IIyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography- Idan Cohen & Dancers: Reut Levi, Rita Komisarchik, Daniel Gal
Award winning Israeli choreographer Idan Cohen will present his Internationally acclaimed contemporary version of Swan Lake, performed by three outstanding dancers from Mr. Cohen’s company, also from Israel.
World premier: 28/06/09, Silesian dance theater, Bytom-Poland
Tickets are free. Open Seating
Kirby Theater, Amherst MA. April 10, 2010
Sojourner's Truth
Written by: Priscilla Kane Hellweg & Rachel Kuhn
"I will shake every place I go to" takes the audience on a multi-dimensional tour of Sojourner Truth's life, exploring her experience as a Northern slave, her spiritual walk to freedom, her search for home and community, and her emergence as one of the foremost public speakers of our time
Academy of Music, Northampton MA. April 1, 2010
Performed by Enchanted Circle Theatre
Project-13 Student Short Film Festival
Sponsored By MIFA
“The Victory” by BenFoleyFilms
Films; Categories include; Drama, Action, Comedy, Musical, Animation and Science Fiction
Ages 10-18, 5 minutes or less,
Guest Judges are: Alan Pierce, Director of Photography, “Winter’s Bone”, award winning film at 2010 Sundance Film Festival, The Apprentice: Martha Stewart, John Mayer in Concert. Joel Stillerman, VP of Program Development, AMC. Scott Kalvert, Film Director, Basketball Diaries, Deuces Wild. Aaron Vega, Film and Video Editor, A Class Apart, Artists of the Bahamas
War Memorial Auditorium. Holyoke, MA. March 26,2010.
Films Shown and winners announced
C.R.U.S.H. New Year's Eve Gala "On the Canals"
Sponsored By MIFA
Sponsored by MIFA
Log Cabin and Delaney House, Holyoke, MA. December 31,2009
Open Square
7pm - 1am
Open Square
Ticket $50.00
A Past, Present, and Future of Holyoke
“Holyoke Youth Mural Unveiled” by Samantha Lyon
A mural unveiling at the Victory Theatre
December 17,2009
A collaboration between a student of Social Justice Education, students from Holyoke High School Connections Program and MIFA Victory Theatre
Shakespeare's London Globe Theatre in "Love's, Labour's, Lost"
Saturday, December 5, 2009
2:00pm Matinee
8:00pm Evening Performance
Holyoke War Memorial Auditorium
310 Appleton Street Holyoke, MA
First Tier - $45
Second Tier - $35
Limited rush seats - $20 (with student ID)
Shakespeare's London Globe Theatre in "Love's, Labour's, Lost"
Friday, December 4, 2009
1:00pm Special School Performance (subsidized student tickets)
8:00pm Evening Performance
Holyoke War Memorial Auditorium
310 Appleton Street Holyoke, MA
First Tier - $45
Second Tier - $35
Limited rush seats - $20 (with student ID)
Shakespeare's London Globe Theatre in "Love's, Labour's, Lost"
Opening Night Performance: Thursday, December 3, 2009
8:00pm performance
Holyoke War Memorial Auditorium
310 Appleton Street Holyoke, MA
First Tier - $45
Second Tier - $35
Limited rush seats - $20 (with student ID)
Pre-Performance Party $70 - Party includes hor d'oeures, meet cast & producers and first tier seats
Refreshments provided by Hamel's Creative Catering
Bar provided by Brennan's of Holyoke (VICTORY ALE provided by Paper City Brewery)
Scones provided by students of the Culinary Arts Program of William J. Dean Technical High School
PassportHolyoke.org Discover Holyoke Day
Victory Theatre Open House
October 24, 2009
Tours of Victory Theatre with Don Sanders
Ongoing events throughout the city- shuttle transportation provided
C.R.U.S.H. BLOCK PARTY
September 6, 2009
Chestnut Street at Veterans Park
Free Admission
Local Restaurants, music and family fun
Co-sponsored with Citizens for the Revitalization and Urban Success of Holyoke and MIFA
Ensemble for the Romantic Century and MIFA's Spring Gala
"Heine: First They Burn Books" A Theatrical concert about exile featuring music by Mendlessohn, Schubert, Schumann and Brahms
Written by Eve Wolf
Directed by Donald T. Sanders
Production & Costume Design by Vanessa James
The Leiderkranz Foundation, 6 East 87th Street, New York, N.Y.
Thursday May 7,2009 at 8pm & Saturday May 9,2009 at 3pm
Tickets $45
Student tickets with ID $15
Degenerae Ideologies: Heine' Exile and the Nazi's Entartete Musik, and Panel Discussion
Free Seminar
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, NYC
April 27, 5:30-7:30pm
Conversations with Paul Sorvino
Actor Paul Sorvino gives Holyoke High students an inside look at the acting life
Connections After School Program
Holyoke High School
4pm - 5pm
April 6, 2009
Master Class with Paul Sorvino
April 6, 2009
81 College Students
Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
Readings of a new play "Stella in the Bois de Boulogne"
Starring Paul Sorvino as Stanislovsky and Michael Sorvino as Harold Clurman
By Tara Prem and Jane Wood
Produced by MIFA
Directed by Donald T. Sanders
April 5th, 2009
Amherst Cinema Arts Center
Amherst, MA
"Irish Cream"
A triple bill of Irish Contemporary Dance
Direct from Dublin - MATCH, REX LEVITATES AND HANGING IN THERE
provided through a grant from Culture Ireland
March 20, 2009
Holyoke, MA
Presentation of the Skinner Servants' Tour
A living History of Wistariahurst Museum, 238 Cabot St Holyoke, MA
General admission: $20 and Students $16
(Friday and Saturdays at 7pm, Sunday's at 2pm)
March 6,7,8,13,14,15, 2009
The Cameraman
American 1928 silent film comedy
starring Buster Keaton
Organ Accompaniment By Peter Krasinski
on the 1921 E.M. Skinner organ
United Congregational Church of Holyoke
395 High Street and Appleton
7pm
March 14,2009
Readings of a new play "Stella in the Bois de Boulogne"
Starring Paul Sorvino as Stanislovsky and Michael Sorvino as Harold Clurman
By Tara Prem and Jane Wood
Directed by Donald T. Sanders
Produced by MIFA
Funded in part by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation's Jewish Arts & Cultures Initiative and presented in collaboration with the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival and the Center for Jewish History in NY.
Center for Jewish History
15 West 16th St. NYC
January 26, 2009 and February 2, 2009
PassportHolyoke Book Fair
Barnes and Noble
Holyoke, Ma
November 6, 2008
'Parings and Gleanings Art Works' by Peter Dellert
Connections After school Program
Free admission
October 30, 2008
Official grand opening on Saturday, November 15
Wistariahurst Museum
Exhibition of new work by sculptor and mixed media artist
How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry" by Edward Hirsch
Edward Hirsch, a MacArther Fellow, Has published seven books of poems: For the Sleepwalkers (1981), Wild Gratitude (1986), which won the Natonal Book Critics Circle Award, The Night Parade (1989), Earthly Measures (1994), On Love (1998), Lay Back the Darkness (2003), and, most recently, Special Orders (2008)
November 2,2008
Emil Zola's 'La Terre'
The French Silent Film
Directed by A.Antoine
Original score composed and played by organist, Peter Krasinski on the Skinner organ
United Congregational Church
Appleton St Holyoke, MA
Prelude Discussion of Film at 4pm
5:30 French themed dinner and 7pm showing of the film
November 1,2008
Cultural Bus Tour of Holyoke
Tour narrated by Kate Thibodeau
featuring historical and cultural interests in the city of Holyoke
10am to 12pm
November 1, 2008
MIFA Open House
Cocktails and refreshments
56 Suffolk St, Suite 300,
4pm to 6pm
October 23, 2008
Victory Theatre Open House
Hourly escorted tours through the parts of the shuttered theatre
10am – 4pm
81-89 Suffolk St., Holyoke
September 27, 2008
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL - 2nd European Tour
Presented by the Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts and London Arts Discovery
Caledonian Hilton Hotel-7 nights
Meals: Full Scottish Breakfast daily, Lunch at Manderston, Farewell Lunch
Performances- 8 total (5 from EIF and 3 from the Fringe) Discussions- Briefings: The Beating Heart of Scotland, EIF/Fringe Leading Personality, EIF/Fringe Leading Performer
Visits- Tour with Yves Walker- Manderston
Price: $5,475 per person + $500 MIFA donation
August 16 - 23 2008
Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon
Gala Benefit Party: A Theatrical concert with the music of Chausson, Chaminade, Gottschalk and Steven Foster
To benefit Ensemble for the Romantic Century and MIFA
Written by Eve Wolf
Directed by Donald Sanders
A multi-media voyage for the senses and a one-night only, World Premier Event
Sky Room, Florence Gould Hall, French Institute Alliance Francaise
55 East 59th St, New York, NY
Ticket: General admission $50, $250 per person (includes priority seating for the concert and gala party)
June 5, 2008
Shakespeare's Genealogies
Book talk signing by Vanessa James, Plots and Illustrated Family Trees for all 42 works, mistaken identities, separate siblings and more. British born Vanessa James, a Professor of Theartre and the Chair of the Dept. of Theatre Arts at Mount Holyoke College. Saturday, November 17, 2007, 4pm, Location: Wistariahurst Museum, 238 Cabot St, Holyoke, MA. Reception and book signing immediately following talk. Free admission
Pierre Rigal's "Eréction"
AMERICAN PREMIERE, conceived, choreograpghed, interpretation and video creation by Pierre Rigal and Aurelien Bory. Presented November 21st, 2007 at TNT- Theartre National de Toulouse. Tickets: $22 General Admission, $17 Seniors and Students. Location: War Memorial Auditorium 310 Appleton St, Holyoke Ma. All performances at 8pm.
Dance Workshop at UMASS campus, Friday 18th 2pm, Professor Bill Bob
Mary Frank Exhibit
At This Moment: An exhibition of work by noted American painter and sculptor, Mary Frank. Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA. September 30-October 31, 2006
French Dance
Odile Duboc and her company, Contre Jour: in trio, 03/ODIL/bolero, two with music by Maurice Ravel and Pascal Contet, Costumes by Virginie and Jean-Jacques Weil and Dominique Fabregue with painting on fabric by Selim Saiah and Sergio Lopez and lighting by Francoise Michel. War Memorial Auditorium, Holyoke, MA. October 13& 14, 2006
Boris Charmatz
And his company, Association edna: in A bras le corps with dancer Dimitri Chamblas, an intensely physical evening of pure dance. War Memorial Auditorium, Holyoke, MA. October 21&22, 2006
A Warning for the King
By The Performance Project: The Performance Project, directed by Julie Lichtenburg, creates original works of theater and movement through collaboration with men and women in jail, those recently released from jail and other artists in the community. The work is immediate, funny, and transforming theater. The Esther B. Griswold Theatre, American International College. Springfield, MA. October 19, 20, 26, 27, 2006
Leah Enters Late
A New Page in the Story of Yiddish (premiere): Following last season’s Skinner Servants Tour, Enchanted Circle Theater creates a new play on a subject pertinent to life in the Pioneer Valley. Leah Enters Late is about the husband and wife team whose passion for rescuing Yiddish books formed the basis for the valley’s world famous Yiddish Book Center. The Yiddish Book Center, Amherst MA. November 4-16, 2006
Epistle to Young Actors
A new play by French playwright/director Olivier Py whose Requiem pour Srebrenica was a highlight of MIFA Fall Festival 2000, in a production from the Centre Dramatique d’Orleans. Epistle, performed in an English translation by David Edney, features an ageing tragedian in his tragi-comic lament on the decline of language in theatre and life. I>Epistle was a success of the 2004 Edinburgh Festival and stars British actor John Arnold and Olivier Py. The Curtain Theater, UMASS/Amherst, Amherst MA. January 23 & 24, 2007
Van Gogh’s Ear
A theatrical concert by Eve Wolf; an Ensemble for the Romantic Century production; Directed by Donald Sanders; The dramatic story of Van Gogh’s tormented and ecstatic inner life during his last years. Florence Gould Hall, New York, NY, June 8, 2006
Macbeth
By William Shakespeare; An Out of Joint Production; Directed by Max Stafford-Clark; Famed British theatre company sets Shakespeare’s classic tale in Africa. The War Memorial Auditorium, Holyoke, October 12-16, 2005
Eddie Palmieri
Seven-time Grammy Award winning Latin Jazz great in concert.
The War Memorial Auditorium, Holyoke, September 30, 2005
Wire Monkey Dance in Precarious
Choreography by Saliq Francis Savage & Jennifer Polins; Music by Stephen Katz; Videography by Yoann Tullen; Multi-media modern and aerial dance on scaffolding. The Tree Studio, Holyoke, September 30- October 23, 2005
The Skinner Servants’ Tour
A play by Priscilla Kane Hellweg and Rachel Kuhn Daviau; A living history of Wistariahurst: home of Holyoke’s premier silk manufacturer, William Skinner. Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, September 23-October 2, 2005
Spring Scatter Summation
Exhibition of paintings by Robert Kushner; New works by the nationally known artist, painted specifically for the music room at The Wistariahurst Museum. Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, September 17, 2005-January 29, 2006
Hecuba
By Euripides; New version by Tony Harrison from The Royal Shakespeare Company; Starring Vanessa Redgrave; MIFA’s honorary chair, Vanessa Redgrave co-hosted with William Weld, MIFA’s New York City Spring Gala to benefit MIFA’s activities.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY, June 17, 2005
The Skinner Servants’ Tour
A play by Priscilla Kane Hellweg and Rachel Kuhn Daviau; A living history of Wistariahurst: home of Holyoke’s premier silk manufacturer, William Skinner.
Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, September 17-October 3, 2004 and May 11 & 18, June 3-June 12, 2005
Holyoke Civic Symphony
Conducted by David Kidwell; Guest Soloist Leonid Makarov, piano; Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto #1 in B flat minor.
The War Memorial Auditorium, Holyoke, November 14, 2004
Wire Monkey Dance in As If Life
Choreography by Saliq Francis Savage & Jennifer Polins: Multi-media modern and aerial dance on scaffolding.
Tree Studio, Holyoke, September 17-October 3, 2004
Canal Gallery Exhibitions One of a Kind New England Monoprint Guild
Exhibition of award-winning mono-prints; Like or Not Like, Me: sculpture by Lisa Yetz; Photography by Saralyn Fosnight.
Canal Gallery, Holyoke, September 18-October 16, 2004
Oliver Mtukudzi & Black Spirits
MIFA Spring benefit evening with Zimbabwe’s best-selling artist.
Chapin Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, April 19, 2004
Solos With Piano or Not An Evening With MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV and Pianist PEDJA MUZIJEVIC
An evening of solos dances by American and European choreographers, including a world premiere of new work by Eliot Feld.
War Memorial Auditorium, Holyoke. January 2004
The Island
By Athol Fugard; directed by Malcolm Purkey; A Side Street Production from Johannesburg, South Africa starring Thami Mngqolo and Mpho Osei-Tutu. Four performances at Mount Holyoke College’s Rooke Theater. October 2003
Odyssey she once was a true love of mine
Beppie Blankert Danceconcerten, Amsterdam; choreography by Beppie Blankert; original music by Louis Andriessen; text by James Joyce (from Ulysses). Three performances in Mill 3 Theater at OpenSquare, Holyoke October 2003
Between The Canals: the evolution of a mill town
Co-written by Priscilla Kane Hellweg, Rachel Kuhm Daviau & Steven Angel; directed by Priscilla Kane Hellweg; a production of Enchanted Circle Theater. Performed in the historic Lyman Mill in a Living Museum Theater-style, the series of vignettes traces of evolution of immigrant life in the first planned industrial city in America (1846), the loss of industry and the arrival of new residents from Puerto Rico in the 1960’s. Three performances in Mill 1 Theater at OpenSquare, Holyoke. October 2003
IRAN – Exhibition of Illustrations from the book Persepolis
By Marjane Satrapi. Hart Gallery, Guild Art centre, Northampton October 23, 2003
Film Screenings – TEN
Director Abbas Kiarostami
&
Iran sous le voile des apparences
Director Thierry Michel.
Academy of Music, Northampton. October 2003
Wire Monkey Dance in As If Life
First studio showing of work in progress by Holyoke-based company creating physical, inventive dance installations that transform towers of steel scaffolding in their Holyoke work space.
Tree Studio. Holyoke. October 2003
The Complete Works for Carillonby John Cage
Performed by George Steel on the Smith College Carillon. October 2004
Rembetika
A program of Greek music and dance performed by the Mikrokosmos Ensemble and the Akrites Dance Company; hosted by Gail Holst-Warhaft, musicologist and author of Road to Rembetika. Academy of Music, Northampton. October 2003
Omar Sosa in Concert
Cuban-born composer/pianist with Cuban vocalist Marta Galarraga, rapper Brutha Los, percussionist Gustavo Ovalles – state-of-the-art world Jazz,
Chapin Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College. September 2003
Long Day’s Journey Into Night
By Eugene O’Neill; Starring Vanessa Redgrave; First Spring MIFA benefit followed by a gala dinner at the French Consulate in New York City.
Plymouth Theater, New York City, NY, June 5, 2003
OUDS (Oxford University Dramatic Society: Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
By William Shakespeare; directed by Alex Clifton. OUDS is responsible for the most exciting and experimental theatre in Oxford. Past members include John Gielgud, Edith Evans, Kenneth Tynan, Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton and Caryl Churchill. Six performances at Mt. Holyoke College, September 2002
Silcon Dance Project in Room
American premier of two-act dance collaboration between the Turkish State Modern Dance Theater and Chimera Physical Theater. Features six dancers from Turkey and two from the United States. Three performances at Northampton’s Center for the Arts, September 2002
Lackawanna Blues
Written and performed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson with music by Bill Sims, Jr. Tony Award winner Santiago-Hudson performs his multi-character tour de force of petty hustlers, lost souls and would-be philosophers who people the boarding house ruled by his beloved “Nanny.” Four performances at Northampton’s Academy of Music, September 2002
Avila/Weeks Dance in Without Words
Edisa Weeks and Homer Avila combine their companies in a new program of solos, duets and ensembles. Partial proceeds to benefit Family Diversity Projects. One performance at Northampton’s Academy of Music,
October 2002
Thomas Cole, A Waking Dream
Written and directed by Don Sanders; music by Henry Threadgill. A play about the American painter Thomas Cole, father of the Hudson River School of Painting. Written in verse, this multi-media work includes a live score by composer Henry Threadgill. Six performances at Mount Holyoke College’s Rooke Theater, October 2002
Wire Monkey Dance in Short Circuits
Premiere of a new work and a continuing look at the young troupe presented in 2001 by MIFA to critical acclaim. Six performances at Northampton’s Center for the Arts, November 2002
Wire Monkey Dance in Endangered Species
A multimedia dance event from floor to ceiling. Four performances at The Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA and two performances at The Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, October 2001
The Noise of Time
Conceived and directed by Simon McBurney, creative collaborator Gerard McBurney, a Complicite production in association with the Emerson String Quartet. Extraordinary visual and music theater piece about the life and work of Dmitri Shostakovich featuring a live performance by the Emerson String Quartet. Direct from Lincoln Center, three performances at Northampton’s Academy of Music, October 2001
Ballet Nacional de Cuba in La Magia de Alonso (The Magic of Alonso)
A spectacular production featuring the full 57 member company of principals, soloists, and corps de ballet, showcasing excerpts from Alicia Alonso’s choreography of ballet’s most beloved classics including Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Coppelia, Nutcracker, Don Quijote, Swan Lake, and Gottschalk Symphony. One sold-out performance at Northampton’s Academy of Music, November 2001
La Comédie-Française: La Dernière Lettre (The Last Letter)
The world renowned la Comédie-Française presents a new play adapted and directed by Frederick Wiseman from a chapter of Russian novelist Vassily Grossman’s Life and Fate and starring France’s leading actress Catherine Samie. Eight performances at The Market Theater, Cambridge, MA and two performances at Springfield’s CityStage, June 2001
Kartik Seshadri in Concert
Internationally acclaimed sitar virtuoso Kartik Seshadri in concert accompanied by the sought after tabla artist Arup Chattopadhyay. Congregational Church, Belchertown, MA. June 2001
Buster Keaton & Peter Blanchette
Double feature screening of Buster Keaton’s silent film comedy masterpieces The General & The Navigator, with music played live by Blanchette and his trio of musicians. Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT, and Memorial Hall, Shelburne Falls, MA
Requiem pour Srebrenica
merican premiere of a new play by internationally acclaimed French multimedia artist Olivier Py. Production of Centre Dramatique Naitonal/Orleans-Loiret-Centre with original French cast. Academy of Music, Northampton, MA & the C. Walsh Theatre, Boston, MA. Presented in conjunction with the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)
Avila/Weeks Dance in Enwraptures
A program of solos and duets featuring the world premiere of a new work that explores a new style merging stunning, expressionistic dance with the dramatic tension of powerful theater. Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
Pedro Martinez in Concert
Opening of MIFA’s Fall 2000 season, Cuban born percussionist and singer in concert with jazz sextet. Martinez’ first public engagement since winning the prestigious Thelonius Monk Institute of Jazz Competition in September 2000. Chapin Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Dave McKenna in Concert
Legendary Jazz pianist in a solo concert (spring 2000 festival finale). Congregational Church, Belchertown, MA
Riverfest
Festival of arts and crafts in Shelburne Falls, MA
Some Explicit Polaroids
The new play by Mark Ravenhill. Return engagement of London’s Out of Joint company directed by Max Stafford-Clark (MIFA 1999’s Blue Heart by Caryl Churchill.) Only U.S. appearance. Theatre 14, Smith College, Northampton, MA
George Tooker
An exhibition of recent egg tempura paintings and lithographs by one of America’s contemporary masters. Hart Gallery at the Guild Art Center, Northampton, MA
Midnight Sandwich or God Smells Like a Roast Pig
A new play written and performed by award winning Melinda Lopez. Blanchard Hall, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley
An Evening with Queen Victoria
A Portrait in Her Own Words- Adapted and directed by Katrina Hendrey starring British actress Dame Prunella Scales with tenor Ian Partridge and Richard Burnett on the piano, CityStage, Springfield, MA
Irakere
Salsa Cubana direct from Havana with Chuchito Valdez. Chapin Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Valdemar Bastos in Concert
Angolan composer/singer/musician – “the voice of that war-torn country.” Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
A Fuego Lento
A full length dance drama based on the Argentinean Tango, and performed by Companie Quat’Zarts, Lyon, France. Academy of Music, Northampton, and at the Emerson Majestic Theatre, Boston, MA
Dubrovsky
A concert reading of a new opera by William Russo, libretto by Donald T. Sanders, Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
Bitter Sweet
A concert reading of Noel Coward’s musical masterpiece, Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
Tchaikovsky’s The Queen of Spades
A US premiere and exclusive engagement of the Helikon Opera of the Moscow State Theatre (55 member orchestra, 20 member chorus and 20 soloists.) Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
The Ionian Singers London
In a chamber choir presentation entitled “Renaissance Now and Then” Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
The Other Eric Carle
New works by the famed children’s book illustrator. Hart Gallery, Guild Art Center, Northampton, MA
The Navigator
Buster Keaton’s silent film with an original score by Peter Blanchette. Memorial Hall Theatre, Shelburne Falls, MA
L’Ensemble Koteba D’Abidjan: Waramba
A folkloric opera from the Ivory Coast, written by Souleymane Koly. Chapin Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA. Presented in conjunction with the Kennedy Center
The Out of Joint production of Caryl Churchill’s Blue Heart
Directed by Max Stafford-Clark and featuring the original London cast. CityStage, Springfield, MA Presented in conjunction with BAM
The Old Ship of Zion
A gospel evening with Dr. Horace Clarence Boyer and the Freedom Choir of Springfield. Part of Mount Holyoke College’s black history month series. Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Paul Robeson
By Phillip Hayes Dean starring Floyd Patterson Jr.- Part of the Northampton Center for the Arts black history month series. It is a one-man production chronicling the life of Paul Robeson. Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA
Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis
starring Corin Redgrave, with opening remarks by Wilde’s grandson, Merlin Holland. A one-man performance of Oscar Wilde’s epic letter to his friend and nemesis, Lord Alfred Douglas. Bowker Auditorium, UMASS/Amherst
New Works of Gregory Gillepsie
An exhibition by one of America’s most important painters, and Massachusetts resident. Hart Art Gallery, Northampton, MA
Fiesta Cubana
A three-day offering of exciting and innovative music groups from Cuba, that characterize the new, explosive appeal of Cuban music, both in Havana and internationally. Academy of Music, Northampton; Symphony Hall, Springfield; The Mullins Center, Amherst; Razzls’ Nightclub, Springfield, MA. (American debut)
Nine Metaphors
An Anthology of Visual Images of Cuba: A multimedia exhibition of works by nine Cuban artists. Sprague Cultural Arts Center, American international College, Springfield, MA. (Together, a first American showing)
Illuminations: Tale of Three Cities
A set of site-specific art installations by multimedia artist and designer, Phillip Baldwin, and students from Springfield, Holyoke, and Northampton High schools. (World Premiere)
Pre-Concert Conversation with Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Symphony Hall, Springfield, MA.
Panel Discussion: Bertolt Brecht with the Berliner Ensemble. Amherst College, Amherst, MA.
Bertolt Brecht’s The Pocket Book or The Comeback of Evil: A cabaret performance featuring two members of the Berliner Ensemble of Berlin. Academy of Music, Northampton, MA. (American debut)
Happy 100th Birthday, George!
Tribute to George Gershwin featuring pianists, Nigel Coxe and Estela Olevsky, soprano Paulina Stark, and DanceGalaxy with Judith Fugate. Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
Road to Heaven
Musical revue of songs created for the “’97 Forever Young Festival,”
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, with The Young At Heart Chorus. Leslie Phillips Forum Theatre, Holyoke, MA
Art on the River
A gallery walk and open studio tour. Shelburne Falls, MA
Buster Keaton’s The General
With original music by Peter Blanchette and the Festival Ensemble. Memorial Hall, Shelburne Falls, MA
Sarah Bernhardt Comes to Town
A recital based on newly translated Chekov stories and favorite Chekov women, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Rachel Redgrave. A Moving Theatre Production (London). StageWest, Springfield, MA. (World Premiere)
Patience & Sarah
Opera in concert – first full length performance of new American opera by Paula Kimper, libretto by Wende Persons. Academy of Music, Northampton, MA. (This work was presented in workshop form by MIFA in 1995, and premiered at Lincoln Center in July, 1998.)
Schubert & Vienna
Annual gala for Mohawk Trail concert series. White Church, Deerfield, MA
Alcina
Opera by Handel, American debut by the Nationale Reisopera of The Netherlands. Mullins Center, Amherst, MA
Faustus in Africa
The Handspring Puppet Company of Johannesburg, South Africa. Symphony Hall, Springfield, and The Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
Comedie Francaise in a Lecture-Spectacle Paroles de theatre
By Moliere-Jouvet. Amherst College, Amherst, MA
Chamber at the Quad
Featuring violinist Masako Yanagita and pianist, Abba Bogin. Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
She’ll be Wearing Pink Pajamas
Film by Tara Prem. Tower Cinemas, South Hadley, MA
Moan
Silent film by Robert Flaherty, new soundtrack by Monica Flaherty Frassetto. Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Tito Puente and his Latin Jazz Orchestra
War Memorial Auditorium, Holyoke, MA
Festival Finale pianist Nigel Coxe in Concert
Congregational Church, Belchertown, MA
The Coronation of Poppea
An opera by Claudio Monteverdi. American debut of Onafhankelijk Toneel of Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The Fine Arts Center, UMASS/Amherst, Amherst, MA
Combattimento Consort Amsterdam in Concert
Sweeny Recital Hall, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Voices of Light/The Passion of Joan of Arc
By Richard Einhorn with the Da Camera Singers. Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
Dr. Suess Double Bill
Two original musical theatre works: Gertrude McFuzz, with Angelina Reaux, and The Sneetches, with Mercedes McCambridge. Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
Mini British Film Festival
A Bigger Splash, and A Rude Boy, by David Mingay. Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
Tito Puente and his Latin Jazz Orchestra
War Memorial Auditorium, Holyoke, MA
Johnny Guitar
Film by Nicholas Ray; conversation with actress Mercedes McCambridge. Showcase Cinemas, West Springfield, MA
La Comedie Francaise in L’Amour Joue
A documentary film by Fredrick Wiseman. Academy of Music, Northampton, MA. (Massachusetts Premiere)
Angelina Reaux in Concert
Congregational Church, Belchertown, MA
Balcom & Norris in Concert
Soprano Joan Morris and pianist, William Balcom. Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
Hilton Ruiz and his Latin Quartet
Grand Ballroom, City Hall, Holyoke, MA
Rossini Opera Gala
Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
Robert White in Concert
Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA
La Belle et la Bete
An opera for the Cocteau film by Phillip Glass, performed by the composer and Ensemble. John M. Greene Hall, Northampton, MA
Flaming Saddles
A musical revue featuring the Young At Heart Chorus and the Pioneer Valley Gay Men’s Chorus. Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
Patience & Sarah
A workshop of a new American opera based on the novel by Isabelle Miller. Unitarian Society, Northampton, MA
Green Eggs & Ham
Children’s musical from the classic story by Dr. Seuss. First Church, Court Square, Springfield, MA
I’ll Go On
Gate Theatre of Dublin, Ireland, comedy starring Barry McGovern. Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
MassFest Music Finale
Featuring Western Massachusetts composers Arnold Black, Salvatore Macchia, Ronald Perera and Donald Wheelock. Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
The Rite of Spring
Featuring local artists Robert Salloom and the Stragglers. Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
Green Eggs & Ham
Children’s musical from the classic story by Dr. Seuss. First Church, Court Square, Springfield, MA
International Opera Gala
Featuring the Metropolitan Opera Competition Winners. Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
Robert White in Concert
The Victory Theatre, Holyoke, MA
Jazz Nightcap
Featuring pianist David Golostchokin, founder of the Leningrad Jazz Orchestra, and the Jeff Holmes Big Band. Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA
