What’s Happening In Amherst?

There is a lot happening in Amherst this spring – much of it still virtual. We’re relaunching this feature after a year plus hiatus and we’ll do our best to keep you posted on happenings around town and on the web.

IN PERSON EVENTS
SATURDAY April 17- SATURDAY November 20. Amherst Farmers Market every Saturday from 7:30 a.m – 1:30 p.m, rain or shine through November 20. The market will continue with COVID protocols initiated last summer with vendors spread across the wide space of the Town Common. Face coverings are required and customers will travel in one direction past the stalls with plenty of space for social distancing. Read more here. 

VIRTUAL EVENTS
FRIDAY April 30 and SATURDAY May 1 Symposium: Truth, Dissent and The Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg. Daniel Ellsberg, Edward Snowden, Amy Goodman, Frances FitzGerald, John Dean, Elizabeth Holtzman, Fredrik Logevall, Beatrice Fihn, Hedrick Smith, and many other distinguished historians, journalists, activists, whistleblowers, and former policymakers explore the major issues that have engaged Ellsberg’s life: the Vietnam War, nuclear weapons, antiwar resistance, the Pentagon Papers, Watergate, and the wars of the 21st century. Registration (free) here. Full schedule of events and podcasts here.

SATURDAY May 1. Virtual Gathering To Support Vaccine Equity. 7 p.m. on Zoom. The western MA-based People for Global Vaccine Equity has launched a fundraising campaign, with donations to be divided among the nonprofits Oxfam America, Justice is Global, Public Citizen and Right to Health Action. The campaign will culminate in the Global Vaccine Equity Gathering on Zoom. Emceed by Phil Straub, DJ at WRSI in western Massachusetts, the event will include music, poetry and international guests speaking about vaccine efforts around the world. Register for the event here.  

SATURDAY MAY 1. Faculty Wind Concert. 2:30 PM on YouTube Live. Music by Nina Shakhar, Pierre Gabaye, Valerie Coleman, Gernot Wolfgang, Cassie Wieland, and Paquito D’Rivera More info =>

SUNDAY May 2. UMass Brass and Wind Chamber Ensemble. 3 PM via YouTube Live. World premiere of Volition by alumnus Brian Martin, plus music by Bach, Whitacre, Morales, Stevens, Cervantes, & others     More info =>

SUNDAY May 9. UMass Vocal Jazz Ensemble. Tributes .2PM via YouTube. Catherine Jensen-Hole, director
Music by Fred Tillis, Billy Taylor & others    More=>

WEDNESDAY, May 12. UMass Jazz Ensemble. 7:30PM via YouTube. Music by Don Grolnick, Billy Taylor, Sammy Nestico, Andrew Wilcox (G ’22) & others     More=>