The Reminder

Thea Hopkins Concert
2026-09-13 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Contact Name: The Porter-Phelps-Huntington-Museum Contact Phone: (413) 586-7870 Contact Email: pphmuseumassistant@gmail.com

Venue Name: The Porter-Phelps-Huntington-Museum
Venue Address: 130 River Dr Hadley MA 01035

Event Details: Thea Hopkins, acclaimed performing songwriter and member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag
Tribe of Martha’s Vineyard, calls her music Red Roots Americana. Her album, “Blossoms & Ghosts”, released in 2026, is both timely and timeless. “A standout writer”– WASHINGTON POST

Enfield Community Chorus Begin Rehearsals 9/14
2026-09-14 18:30 - 20:30
Contact Name: Emily Clifford Contact Phone: 8605809668 Contact Email: enfieldcommunitychorus@gmail.com

Venue Name: Enfield Annex (Formerly Fermi HS)
Venue Address: 124 North Maple St. Enfield CT 06082

Event Details: The Enfield Community Chorus will be starting its chorus season on September 14th! We rehearse Monday nights from 6:30pm-8:30pm until our Winter Holiday Concerts on Dec. 12th and Dec. 13th. Prospective members are invited to our Open House rehearsals on 9/14 and 9/21. We are a non-auditioning chorus but it’s recommended that members be able to read music and have previous experience singing in a group.
Cost: $55 (covers all music, dues, and practice tracks)
Where: Enfield Annex (formerly Fermi High School)
Room 303
124 North Maple St.
Enfield, CT 06082
www.EnfieldCommunityChorus.org

Valley Jazz Voices Open Rehearsal
2026-09-14 19:00 - 2026-09-21 19:00
Contact Name: Valley Jazz Voices Contact Phone: 937-409-1376 Contact Email: valleyjazzvoices@gmail.com

Venue Name: Rockridge Retirement Community
Venue Address: 25 Coles Meadow Road Northampton MA 01060

Event Details: Join Valley Jazz Voices for a new season! We begin with two free open rehearsals on Mon. Sept 14 and Mon. Sept 21 at 7pm at Rockridge Retirement Community (rehearsals are in the Community Room). Try us out with no obligation! Directed by Jeff Olmsted, Valley Jazz Voices is a community choir singing jazz in four-part harmony. We are a no audition choir and singers of all ages and levels are welcome. Can’t read music? No problem. Parts recordings are available for those who prefer to learn by listening and singing along. Season dues are on a sliding scale of $200-275; students are $50. We rehearse through January and will end our season with a concert at Bombyx. Will we see you there?
For more information find Valley Jazz Voices on Facebook or at valleyjazzvoices.org

Beginner Watercolor
2026-09-15 10:00 - 2026-10-20 12:30
Contact Name: Bonnie McLoud Bonzella Watercolor Studios Contact Phone: 4133879099 Contact Email: bonniejmcloud@gmail.com

Venue Name: Easthampton Congregational Church
Venue Address: 112 Main St Apt 102 Easthampton MA 01027

Event Details: Watercolor 101 Beginners Class Easthampton Congregational Church. Tuesdays, Sept. 15 to Oct. 20, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Have you always wanted to pick up a brush and learn Watercolor? Now is your opportunity. Registrations are open. Reserve your seat as class size is limited. Click the link to learn more.
https://bonzellacompany.wixsite.com/bonzellaco/calendar-of-events

Psalms, Strings, and Songs Music in the Porter-Phelps-Huntington family
2026-09-26 13:00 - 15:00
Contact Name: The Porter-Phelps-Huntington-Museum Contact Phone: (413) 586-7870 Contact Email: pphmuseumassistant@gmail.com

Venue Name: The Porter-Phelps-Huntington-Museum
Venue Address: 130 River Dr Hadley MA 01035

Event Details: This talk explores the region’s music history, unearthing sonic cultures of the Connecticut River Valley and New England through the material collections at PPH, as well as through popular secular and sacred tunes of the past and present. From the psalm tunes sung by Elizabeth Porter Phelps as a young woman and still sung today at local shape note sings, to the history of the “guitar” played by three generations and on view at Forty Acres today, music has played an integral role in everyday life in the region.
Poe M. Allphin is a Research Fellow at the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum, where he is working on a multigenerational history of music in the Porter-Phelps-Huntington family and at Forty Acres. He received his PhD in historical musicology from the CUNY Graduate Center. Allphin’s scholarship, which appears in Resonance and Contemporary Music Review, has previously been supported by the New England Research Fellowship Consortium and the Center for the Humanities at CUNY.

Tim Ericksen Concert
2026-09-27 15:00 - 17:00
Contact Name: The Porter-Phelps-Huntington-Museum Contact Phone: (413) 586-7870 Contact Email: pphmuseumassistant@gmail.com

Venue Name: The Porter-Phelps-Huntington-Museum
Venue Address: 130 River Dr Hadley MA 01035

Event Details: A leading voice in the “shapenote” tradition, experimentalist and ethnomusicologist performs traditional ballads from the Appalachians to the Pioneer Valley, and original pieces that have been described as “magical realism in song.” “…a storyteller at heart, with a distinctive, unvarnished voice.”– WASHINGTON POST

Annual Spaghetti Supper
2026-10-17 15:00 - 19:00
Contact Name: Sister Frances MacKay Contact Phone: 8602651872 Contact Email: enasstdevelopment@littlesistersofthepoor.org

Venue Name: Little Sisters of the Poor – St. Joseph’s Residence
Venue Address: 1365 Enfield Street Enfield CT 06082-4900

Event Details: Enfield, CT, October 17, 2026 The Little Sisters of the Poor – St. Joseph’s Residence will be having their annual Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser, to be held inside St. Joseph’s Residence 1365 Enfield Street, Enfield, CT 06082. You can purchase tickets online at https://LSPDinner26.givesmart.com or by calling 860-265-1872 to reserve your tickets. Dinner will be inside restaurant style setting. Serving Spaghetti, Meatballs, Sauce, Garlic bread, Salad, and Dessert. There will be an option for Mac & Cheese as well. Ticket prices are $20/Adult, $10/Kids (8 and up).
St. Joseph’s Residence provides care for 70 elderly poor residents. The Little Sisters of the Poor and the residents get very excited about this event. All proceeds will help to complete many of the ongoing building projects that need to be upgraded and/or replaced.
