Holyoke Media

Voices of Working People
2024-05-03 19:00 - 22:30 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
A free program of dramatic readings and lots of songs, with emphasis on Western Mass. voices, telling the origin story of May Day as International Workers’ Day in Chicago with an inspiring introduction to US labor history up to present-day voices of workers rising up ~ inspired by Howard Zinn

Mayoral Press Conference
2024-05-03 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
Mayor Joshua García presents his plan for public safety with the Holyoke Police Department.
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Open Stage Showcase
2024-05-02 19:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
Discover Exciting New & Established Western New England Artists
April 9th 7:00 pm @Holyoke Media 1 Court Plaza Holyoke, MA Free Admission
Solo artists, duos, and trios performing their own original music.The New Music Alliance (501c(3) and Holyoke Media have partnered to present this monthly Showcase in the Brand New State-of-the-Art Holyoke Media Facility!Enjoy a great show in a superb acoustically-optimized listening room environment- Unique to this area!
Who’s Appearing? (in order of appearance)* Norma Dream (Norma Jean Haynes), Northampton, MA* Mantis Clay, Easthampton, MA* Austin James, Hartford, CT* The Bargain, New Haven, CT* 77 Apes, New Haven, CT* Jesse Brody (aka Jesse Lepkoff), Marlboro, VT* Glenn Petit, Easthampton, MA–Your Host: Mark SherrySponsored by Downtown Sounds

Masters of Sonic Liberation
2024-04-17 19:30 - 23:30 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States

Open Stage Showcase
2024-04-09 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
Open Stage Showcase New Music Alliance presents exciting new & established Western New England artists
April 9th 7:00 pm @Holyoke Media 1 Court Plaza Holyoke, MA
Free Admission
Solo artists, duos, and trios performing their own original music.
The New Music Alliance (501c(3) and Holyoke Media have partnered to present this monthly Showcase in the Brand New State-of-the-Art Holyoke Media Facility!
Enjoy a great show in a superb acoustically-optimized listening room environment- Unique to this area
Who’s Appearing? (in order of appearance)
* Cyd Reiman Pelham, MA
* Xavier Serrano, New Haven. CT
* Charlie Diamond, Enfield, CT
* Firetown Road, Simsbury, CT
* Seth Newton, Hardwick, MA
* Tom Maynard, Thompson, CT
* Roath, Fiskdale, MA
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Your Host: Mark Sherry
Sponsored by Downtown Sounds

Mark Sherry
Executive Director, New Music Alliance
Producer, Valley Music Showcase
(413) 374-7671
www.newmusicalliance.org
www.facebook.com/newmusicalliance

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www.facebook.com/ValleyMusicShowcase
www.newmusicalliance.org/Songbook

Masters of Sonic Liberation
2024-03-28 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
TONIGHT!
In order of appearance:
Connect Four
Io M Theft Able
Transcendent Winds

Masters of Sonic Liberation
2024-02-28 19:00 - 23:00 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
Performance at Holyoke Media Theater TONIGHT at 7 pm, music at 730 pm.
Masters of Sonic Liberation

New Music Alliance - Open Stage Showcase
2024-02-01 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
The New Music Alliance is premiering a monthly “Open Stage Showcase”. The Open Stage Showcase will showcase 6-8 performers at each event, as well as including a featured performer. We hope to present a lot of incredibly talented Western New England musicians.
The New Music Alliance is a non-profit 501c(3) organization whose mission is to assist the careers of musicians who write original music from the Western New England area & to promote the area as a destination for writing, recording, and live performances of original music. We do this in a variety of ways, including: producing a weekly syndicated radio show broadcast on 9 regional stations in W. MA and Northern CT; live events (like the Valley Music Showcase); compiling the Essential Western New England Songbook (a listenable Hall of Fame of many of the best songs ever written by W. New England artists; and workshops.
(Please note: We define Western New England as the area that includes Worcester and west in MA, all of CT ex. Fairfield County, and Southern Vermont.)

New Music Alliance - Open Stage Showcase
2024-01-04 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
Starting January 4, 2023 the New Music Alliance is premiering the monthly “Open Stage Showcase”. The Open Stage Showcase will showcase 6-8 performers at each event, as well as including a featured performer. We hope to present a lot of incredibly talented Western New England musicians.
The New Music Alliance is a non-profit 501c(3) organization whose mission is to assist the careers of musicians who write original music from the Western New England area & to promote the area as a destination for writing, recording, and live performances of original music. We do this in a variety of ways, including: producing a weekly syndicated radio show broadcast on 9 regional stations in W. MA and Northern CT; live events (like the Valley Music Showcase); compiling the Essential Western New England Songbook (a listenable Hall of Fame of many of the best songs ever written by W. New England artists; and workshops.
(Please note: We define Western New England as the area that includes Worcester and west in MA, all of CT ex. Fairfield County, and Southern Vermont.)

PVTA Public Hearing
2023-12-11 13:00 - 15:00 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
PVTA seeks public comments on Title VI Analysis & route enhancements on the P21E and G73E. To review the changes being proposed, please visit: https://www.pvta.com/meetingsManage/attachments/102/WebsiteP21E_G73E.pdf

mssv/Sky Furrows/Vex Party
2023-10-12 20:00 - 23:00 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
mssv aki tour 2023 https://mikebaggetta.bandcamp.com/music
The Punky power trio / dreamy experimental rockers (mike baggetta + stephen hodges + mike watt) return to Flywheel!
Sky Furrows https://skyfurrows.bandcamp.com/album/sky-furrows
Fronted by poet Karen Schoemer, Albany NY’s Sky Furrows combine influences from krautrock, NZ bands the Clean and the Verlaines, the Minutemen, Sylvia Plath and early Sonic Youth. Schoemer collaborates with bassist Mike Watt in Jaded Azurites, and with Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby. Eric Hardiman, Mike Griffin and Phil Donnelly are members of psych rock unit Burnt Hills.
Vex Party https://vexparty.bandcamp.com/ Western MA loose-weave nonchalantcore

Open MIC'd Featuring Rachel Tanaka
2023-09-16 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
Join Attack Bear Press and Holyoke Media for a new live recorded monthly poetry night! Featuring Rachel Tanaka!
Rachel Tanaka (she/they) was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She currently writes in Western Massachusetts and is a student at UMass Amherst’s MFA for Poets and Writers. They’ve been published in Vagabond City Lit, Poetry Northwest, and Overheard lit. Her work engages with the body, family, and water.
Show starts at 7 PM, Open Mic sign ups start at 6:45 PM. Poetry and spoken word welcome. Entry is free. Donations welcome!!
The show is recorded for broadcast on Holyoke Media.

Cable License Renewal Hearing
2023-09-14 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
Mayor Joshua A. Garcia, as cable television licensing authority, will hold a public cable license renewal hearing at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 14, 2023, at Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, as part of the City’s license renewal proceedings pertaining to Comcast.
Holyoke’s Comcast cable license expires on March 11, 2024.
Federal law requires a public hearing to ascertain the community’s cable-related needs and interests as part of the license renewal process. Public comment is invited regarding Comcast’s past performance.
Interested persons may attend and directly participate in person or they may access the hearing remotely via www.zoom.us Meeting ID: 881 3755 3176 Passcode: [REDACTED] or by call in at 1-929-205-6099 with same Meeting ID and Passcode. The hearing can be observed without remote participation for viewing only on Comcast Channel 15 in Holyoke.
For further information and copies of renewal records, or to offer testimony regarding Comcast’s past performance, please contact Stephen Fay at the Holyoke Mayor’s Office, City Hall, 536 Dwight Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts 01040. Email: fays@holyoke.org, telephone: 413-561-1600.

Inside Local Cultural Councils: a Webinar about Community Arts Funding in the Valley
2023-09-07 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Halifax) | Zoom, MA, United States
You know that Local Cultural Councils exist and you have been to LCC funded events but . . . who are these volunteers and how does the whole process really work? This webinar is for artists and art-appreciators who want to learn more from experienced LCC members before this year’s application deadline on October 17.
Register Today at https://artsmentors.org/

NMA Singer-Songwriter Showcase-"Men With a Jam": Four of the Best New Voices in W. New England Music
2023-08-25 19:30 - 22:00 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
*The New Music Alliance and Holyoke Media have partnered to present this special show at Holyoke Media’s brand new $2.5 million state-of-the-art facility.
*Performers were selected as 4 of the Best New Voices in Western New England Music
Enjoy a great show in a superb acoustically-optimized listening room environment- Unique to this area.
Who’s Appearing?
1) Charlie Diamond, Enfield, CT
2) Jared Fiske, Ware, MA
3) Sean Lemkey, Hartford, CT
4) Dylan Patrick Ward, Bellows Falls, VT
(See More Information on the artists below)
– Performers will each do a 30 minute set that will showcase their original compositions
– The event will conclude with all the performers joining together on stage for an ensemble performance.
Admission: $10 (Seating is limited)
1) Charlie Diamond
Singer-Songwriter/Firefighter/Adventurer– “I was born at night. When the stars were out and the wind danced through the trees like a whirlwind serenade.
And so, music was in my bones. Life’s mysterious undercurrents made sure of that.
Wrestled an alligator, fought a tornado, and been everywhere twice. Ran away with the circus when I was 16 and spent a few years as a tent rigger. Started writing songs when I was hiking the Appalachia trail. Thoroughly convinced I’ve been reincarnated and landed in the wrong decade. I write a lot about the mountain I grew up on. Spend a lot of time in corners talking to myself.”
Song Links: https://open.spotify.com/track/3EJnVeutnaoGlikPCqAnlb…
https://open.spotify.com/track/0o1GVJXhM66Mls5a0ZdVcY…
2) Jared Fiske
Jared is best known for his work as a solo performer and songwriter, and as a member of the popular Americana/rock outfit “The Casters”. He also performs in an acoustic duo with his wife, Jessica, under the pseudonym “Never Say Never”. Hailing from an artistic family, Fiske began performing in musical groups with his father, Rob Adams, and brother Seth at a young age.
Fiske’s original song “Choice” was selected for use in a short film by the non-profit organization Planetaid.org. Worcester Magazine said of his most recent album “We’re Already Gone” that “there’s really no way to prepare oneself for how achingly beautiful and melancholy Jared Fiske’s new album is.” (Victor Infante).
You can catch Jared performing at bars, coffeehouses and festivals throughout Massachusetts.
Song Links: https://open.spotify.com/track/3RDGKiEwa8OEEp97FXHeHT…
https://open.spotify.com/track/7Kkvc4MMve9h244WgtIAX1…
3) Sean Lemkey
Sean Lemkey is a singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Sean is best known for his involvement as vocalist and cofounder of the folk-rock band “Among The Acres”. Lemkey fuses an ethereal and yearning energy with an evocative modern indie-folk-pop sensibility. Taking up the drums at age 5, he would go on to study the instrument for 13 years before later teaching himself guitar in college.
As a drummer, guitarist, songwriter and collaborator, Lemkey has been involved in dozens of projects over the past decade, spanning a breadth of genres and styles. During the isolating pandemic winter of 2022, Lemkey decided to finally embark on the journey of writing and recording his first ever full length solo LP, which was released in April 2023.
Song Links: https://open.spotify.com/track/3BjdBVNOQuPkQpmijQcbfF…
https://open.spotify.com/track/0yuIVXce2OqVpCg4hsAHrI…
4) Dylan Patrick Ward
“He’s funny. He’s also as serious as an ax-handle.”-Peter Mulvey
Known for songs that are by turns heartbreaking and laugh-out-loud funny, Dylan Patrick Ward is a Vermont-based singer-songwriter whose sharp lyrics and sweet melodies present the world in all it’s absurd and tragic glory.
His empathy and candor have drawn comparisons to the Mountain Goats, John Prine and Randy Newman, and since arriving on the scene in 2021, he’s become increasingly respected and recognized in the worlds of both folk and underground music, and has played respected venues such as Club Passim in Cambridge, MA.
Song Links: https://open.spotify.com/track/10HZsfEwXhuz0OtXgub6dk…
https://open.spotify.com/track/0AYP0BsocIYKc13mvJDMxW…

Open Mic'd
2023-08-19 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
Join Attack Bear Press and Holyoke Media for a new live recorded monthly poetry night! Featuring Julio Cesar Diaz!
Julio Cesar Diaz, a Texas-born Centroamericano, lives in Western Massachusetts. As a gay bilingual poet, their work questions their own frameworks of (queer) family, memory, and hyper realistic dreams. Diaz was the recipient of the 2023 Mass MoCA Massachusetts Artist Fellowship, 2022 Daniel and Merrily Glosband MFA Fellowship in Poetry and was a finalist for the 2022 James Hearst Poetry Prize. Diaz has received scholarships from the Bread Loaf Conferences as Translator and Writer, Palm Beach Festival, and the Juniper Institute. They serve as a reader for Frontier Poetry and editor for Poetry Currency. Their work can be found in The Cortland Review, Pleiades Magazine, North American Review, Southword Journal, and elsewhere.”
Show starts at 7 PM, Open Mic sign ups start at 6:45 PM. Poetry and spoken word welcome. Entry is free. Donations welcome!!
The show is recorded for broadcast on Holyoke Media.

A More Perfect Union: How the Insular Cases Prolonged Colonialism in Puerto Rico
2023-08-04 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Holyoke Media, 1 Court Plaza, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
The Insular Cases have condemned to oblivion a definitive solution to the political status of Puerto Rico, maintaining it as a colony of the United States for 125 years. As a prelude to the 250th anniversary of this American nation’s Declaration of Independence in 2026, the National Endowment for the Humanities supports multiple initiatives for dialogue and reflection about this event.
Puerto Rico Humanities Foundation and Ágora Cultural Architects invite you to the conference A more perfect union: how the Insular Cases prolonged colonialism in Puerto Rico. Award-winning historian and journalist Pedro Reina-Pérez will discuss the political, socioeconomic and cultural repercussions Puerto Ricans suffer today due to decisions on the Insular Cases.
About the speaker:
Pedro Reina Pérez is an award-winning historian and journalist specializing in contemporary Spanish Caribbean history, and the director of the Harvard Puerto Rico Winter Institute. He is a Full Professor of Humanities, and Arts and Cultural Agency and Administration at the University of Puerto Rico in Río Piedras. Known for his publications on culture and current affairs as well as his work on cultural entrepreneurship, he is a contributing writer for El Nuevo Día (Puerto Rico), El País (Spain) and ReVista: Harvard Review of Latin America (US). Among his eleven books and edited volumes are Poeta del Paisaje (2013), El Arco Prodigioso (2009) and La Semilla Que Sembramos (2003). He has also worked on documentaries for TV and public radio such as Si Me Da El Tiempo (WIPR-TV 2003), Palés y la Rumba de Esquina (BPPR 2009) and Pau Casals: La Música Por La Paz (Televisión Española 2013). He has been awarded the Ricardo Alegría Medal (2010), the Bolívar Pagán Journalism Prize (2006) and the 1995 Public Humanities Fellowship (NEH), among others. He holds a BA in Latin American Studies from New York University (Cum Laude), and a PhD in History from the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe.
Learn more HERE

Holyoke Media Board of Directors Meeting
2020-12-16 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Zoom, MA, United States
Meeting to be held via Zoom
Agenda

Acceptance of prior meeting minutes
Director’s Report
Old business:

COVID response
Strategic plan

Standing items for discussion:

Building
How do we combat systemic racism within our organization and in the wider community
Membership check-in
See-Click-Fix audit
Personnel check-in

New business:

Budget
Sick time bank
Schedule next meeting – Wed., Jan 20, 2021 at 6:30 p.m.

Review in February:

Translation

Adjourn

Holyoke Media Board of Directors Meeting
2019-10-17 18:30 - 20:00 UTC | Holyoke Public Library, 250 Chestnut St, Holyoke, MA, 01040, United States
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