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SUMMARY:GWYN - Deadname - Schooner - Velveteen
DESCRIPTION:Doors at 6\, music at 7. \n$5
URL:https://holyokemedia.org/event/gwyn-deadname-schooner-velveteen/
LOCATION:Holyoke Media\, 1 Court Plaza\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
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SUMMARY:Holyoke Biking & Pedestrian Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Holyoke Media Conference Room \nAgenda Forthcoming
URL:https://holyokemedia.org/event/holyoke-biking-pedestrian-committee-meeting-3/
LOCATION:Holyoke Media\, 1 Court Plaza\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
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SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:Join in for a LIVE Gaia Roots concert featuring drummers Aimee Gelinas\, Shanti Stark and Dan Cohen with dancers Alpha “Kabisko” Kaba\, Miguel Periche and Noel Staples-Freeman and the intergenerational drum group The Valley Rhythm Keepers led by Aimee and Dan of Gaia Roots opening up! This incredible line up will bring traditional West African and Caribbean drum\, song\, guitar and dance to you all while being recorded on LIVE TV! Bring your friends and family\, there is theater style seating in the recording studio. Suggested donation at the door. Email aimee@gaiaroots.com for more info. Please RSVP via Facebook “Going” so we can get a head count! Hope to see you there\, please share. Doors open at 6:30 so come early!\n\nThis project has been supported in part by a grant from the Holyoke Cultural Council\, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council\, a state agency.
URL:https://holyokemedia.org/event/10976/
LOCATION:Holyoke Media\, 1 Court Plaza\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
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SUMMARY:Afro-Caribbean History through the Arts: Honoring Cuba\, Haiti\, Puerto Rico
DESCRIPTION:“Afro-Caribbean History through the Arts”:\nHonoring Cuba\, Haiti\, Puerto Rico (2026 edition)\nDrs. Gloria Caballero & Ivor Miller\, organizers.\nCuba: Oyo Oro Ensemble: Danys Pérez\, director with Lázaro Galarraga (voice)\nHaiti: Azaka Group: Azouke / Ayizan / Yatande\nPuerto Rico: Bomba de Aquí\nJune 19-21\, 2026 \nWorkshops: Lyman Park\, Holyoke\, MA. (June 19-20\, 4-5PM)\nPerformances Holyoke Media Center\, Holyoke\, MA. (June 19-21\, 6-8PM)\nService: Congregational Church\, Old Lyme\, CT. (June 22\, 10AM) \nWe gather in Holyoke\, MA.\, to honor the cultural systems of the circum-Caribbean as an innovating force in Our Americas. This third annual Juneteenth event highlights the spirituality of Caribbean peoples\, while recognizing Holyoke as an extension of the Caribbean through its contemporary Puerto Rican\, Dominican\, Haitian\, Cuban and other island populations. Our program title\, ‘Afro-Caribbean history through the arts’\, welcomes all to meet some of the best folk artists of this genre\, who will guide and teach us about the collective genius of Caribbean peoples\, through inherited methods of evoking and memorializing their history within a sacred context. \nOur artists are initiates into Afro-Caribbean systems — traditions that have developed over the centuries to teach mutual respect and co-existence — whose performance art sustains collective support\nfor the expression of visions and sentiments. Our Juneteenth celebration embraces the African heritage of the Caribbean as integral to the history of New England. As evoked by Herman Melville in Moby Dick\, as exemplified by the DeWolf family of Rhode Island\, as well as the Amistad ship in Mystic\, Connecticut\, the historic wealth of our coastal communities was developed through Atlantic shipping routes and Caribbean plantations. Today\, this history is being recovered through research\, for example by members of the Congregational Church of Old Lyme\, who have worked to identify and memorialize the enslaved Africans and descendants in their community\, as reflected in their African burial ground. Understanding the value of ancestors in our lives (even if to appreciate the traditions and ideas they left for us)\, the artists will lead us through songs and dance to honor the deceased who impact our lives positively\, to evoke their legacies\, whether they came from the Kongo\, China\, Native America\, Europe\, and to recall how they fought colonial bondage to give us sovereignty\, as we continue to struggle for justice in the present. Responding to a sequence of images from paintings created by culture bearers in the Haitian and Cuban ritual systems\, the artists will evoke a variety of artistic practices of their regions\, to demonstrate their affirmation of life and of collective power in community action.Drs. Gloria Caballero & Ivor Miller\, organizers. \nCuba: Oyo Oro Ensemble: Danys Pérez\, director with Lázaro Galarraga (voice)\nHaiti: Azaka Group: Azouke / Ayizan / Yatande\nPuerto Rico: Bomba de Aquí \nJune 19-21\, 2026\nWorkshops: Lyman Park\, Holyoke\, MA. (June 19-20\, 4-5PM)\nPerformances Holyoke Media Center\, Holyoke\, MA. (June 19-21\, 6-8PM)\nService: Congregational Church\, Old Lyme\, CT. (June 22\, 10AM)
URL:https://holyokemedia.org/event/afro-caribbean-history-through-the-arts-honoring-cuba-haiti-puerto-rico/
LOCATION:Holyoke Media\, 1 Court Plaza\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
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SUMMARY:Afro-Caribbean History through the Arts: Honoring Cuba\, Haiti\, Puerto Rico
DESCRIPTION:“Afro-Caribbean History through the Arts”:\nHonoring Cuba\, Haiti\, Puerto Rico (2026 edition)\nDrs. Gloria Caballero & Ivor Miller\, organizers.\nCuba: Oyo Oro Ensemble: Danys Pérez\, director with Lázaro Galarraga (voice)\nHaiti: Azaka Group: Azouke / Ayizan / Yatande\nPuerto Rico: Bomba de Aquí\nJune 19-21\, 2026 \nWorkshops: Lyman Park\, Holyoke\, MA. (June 19-20\, 4-5PM)\nPerformances Holyoke Media Center\, Holyoke\, MA. (June 19-21\, 6-8PM)\nService: Congregational Church\, Old Lyme\, CT. (June 22\, 10AM) \nWe gather in Holyoke\, MA.\, to honor the cultural systems of the circum-Caribbean as an innovating force in Our Americas. This third annual Juneteenth event highlights the spirituality of Caribbean peoples\, while recognizing Holyoke as an extension of the Caribbean through its contemporary Puerto Rican\, Dominican\, Haitian\, Cuban and other island populations. Our program title\, ‘Afro-Caribbean history through the arts’\, welcomes all to meet some of the best folk artists of this genre\, who will guide and teach us about the collective genius of Caribbean peoples\, through inherited methods of evoking and memorializing their history within a sacred context. \nOur artists are initiates into Afro-Caribbean systems — traditions that have developed over the centuries to teach mutual respect and co-existence — whose performance art sustains collective support\nfor the expression of visions and sentiments. Our Juneteenth celebration embraces the African heritage of the Caribbean as integral to the history of New England. As evoked by Herman Melville in Moby Dick\, as exemplified by the DeWolf family of Rhode Island\, as well as the Amistad ship in Mystic\, Connecticut\, the historic wealth of our coastal communities was developed through Atlantic shipping routes and Caribbean plantations. Today\, this history is being recovered through research\, for example by members of the Congregational Church of Old Lyme\, who have worked to identify and memorialize the enslaved Africans and descendants in their community\, as reflected in their African burial ground. Understanding the value of ancestors in our lives (even if to appreciate the traditions and ideas they left for us)\, the artists will lead us through songs and dance to honor the deceased who impact our lives positively\, to evoke their legacies\, whether they came from the Kongo\, China\, Native America\, Europe\, and to recall how they fought colonial bondage to give us sovereignty\, as we continue to struggle for justice in the present. Responding to a sequence of images from paintings created by culture bearers in the Haitian and Cuban ritual systems\, the artists will evoke a variety of artistic practices of their regions\, to demonstrate their affirmation of life and of collective power in community action.Drs. Gloria Caballero & Ivor Miller\, organizers. \nCuba: Oyo Oro Ensemble: Danys Pérez\, director with Lázaro Galarraga (voice)\nHaiti: Azaka Group: Azouke / Ayizan / Yatande\nPuerto Rico: Bomba de Aquí \nJune 19-21\, 2026\nWorkshops: Lyman Park\, Holyoke\, MA. (June 19-20\, 4-5PM)\nPerformances Holyoke Media Center\, Holyoke\, MA. (June 19-21\, 6-8PM)\nService: Congregational Church\, Old Lyme\, CT. (June 22\, 10AM)
URL:https://holyokemedia.org/event/afro-caribbean-history-through-the-arts-honoring-cuba-haiti-puerto-rico-2/
LOCATION:Holyoke Media\, 1 Court Plaza\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Flywheel Arts Collective Presents: Downtown Boys -- Perennial
DESCRIPTION:DOWNTOWN BOYS\nDance punk devotees return to Flywheel to promote their first album in 9 years. Out on Sub Pop Records June 26! \nPERENNIAL\nModernist punk from CT/Western Mass.
URL:https://holyokemedia.org/event/the-flywheel-arts-collective-presents-downtown-boys-perennial/
LOCATION:Holyoke Media\, 1 Court Plaza\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
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SUMMARY:Masters of Sonic Liberation
DESCRIPTION:Masters of Sonic Liberation is a groundbreaking monthly music series aiming to captivate your senses and push the boundaries of sonic creation. Presented by Bonnie Kane and John Loggia of the KaneLoggiaHYPOTHESIS\, the series is a gateway to a universe of limitless musical exploration\, fueled by the expansive imagination of master musicians who have left the norms and abandoned the pop\, easy listening and pre-fab culture\, to continually investigate and create music of the greatest depth and personal expression that reaches directly into the algebra of the mind\, heart\, and soul. You are invited to witness wildly expressive improvisations\, scintillating in their immediacy\, an expression of the intersection of time and place known as the NOW. \nFrom improvisation and free jazz to noise\, avant-garde\, electronic manipulations\, and modern composition\, our lineup encompasses a wide spectrum of sonic expressions that defy conventional categorization. The unifying principle of these artists is their dedication to exploratory\, hypothetical\, investigational\, probing\, observational\, theoretical\, innovative\, inventive\, radical\, avant-garde\, anti-normative\, alternative\, fringe\, unfamiliar\, unorthodox\, unconventional\, unusual\, eccentric\, avant-garde\, avant-core\, free thinking\, way-out music. \nWhether it’s a solo performance that pushes the boundaries of traditional instruments\, or a dynamic ensemble blending a symphony of unconventional sounds\, we present encounters with the avant-garde that will leave you mesmerized. From hauntingly exquisite melodies to ear-bending dissonance\, Masters of Sonic Liberation offers an unique live experience with virtuoso artists\, where every note is a testament to audacious creativity. \nThe live shows are streamed at:\nhttps://bit.ly/SonicLiberation_facebook\nhttps://bit.ly/SonicLiberation_youtube \nPast performances can be found on Youtube. http://youtube.com/@mastersofsonicliberation \nMasters of Sonic Liberation: Where the intangible becomes tangible; where sound becomes magic.
URL:https://holyokemedia.org/event/masters-of-sonic-liberation-21/
LOCATION:Holyoke Media\, 1 Court Plaza\, Holyoke\, MA\, 01040\, United States
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