Bluegrass/klezmer/folk duo to play at the Parlor Room
Bluegrass/klezmer/folk duo Zoe & Cloyd will perform at the Parlor Room in Northampton on Friday, March 13 at 7:30 p.m.
The wife-and-husband duo includes fiddler and vocalist Natalya Zoe Weinstein and multi-instrumentalist and vocalist John Cloyd Miller. Weinstein is originally from Leverett and Miller is a 12-generation North Carolinian and grandson of bluegrass fiddler Jim Shumate.
Their latest album, “Songs of Our Grandfathers,” features “soaring harmonies, heartfelt songwriting and a seamless blend of bluegrass, klezmer, old-time and folk” played with “downhome sincerity and musical zeal,” according to a press release.
Irish dance school to perform at the Academy of Music
The Hadley-based Irish dance school Duffy Academy will perform at the Academy of Music in Northampton on Saturday, March 14 at 5 p.m.
The show will feature traditional Irish dance moves and contemporary music, “creating performances that feel both deeply rooted and vibrantly current,” according to the event listing. “The result is a show that is timeless… yet bursting with fresh energy. … Each choreography is designed not only to showcase strong technique, but to tell a story. Through rhythm, character and expression, dancers embody narrative and invite audiences to experience those moments with them. Whether spirited and bold or playful and lighthearted, the stories unfold through footwork, music and heart.”
Tickets to the show are $16.24 to $41.42, fees included, at aomtheatre.com, by phone at 413-584-9032, or at the Academy of Music box office. Card to Culture tickets are also available for $10. For more information about Duffy Academy, visit duffyacademy.com.
Bombyx to present children’s entertainer Mx. Lindz
Children’s entertainer Lindz Amer, also known as Mx. Lindz, will present a live version of their YouTube series “Queer Kid Stuff” at Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity in Florence on Sunday, March 15 at 10 a.m.
The web series features kid-friendly explanations of concepts like pronouns and gender identity. At the live show, Amer will read their picture book “Hooray for She, He, Ze and They! What Are Your Pronouns Today?” High Five Books will have copies available to guests to purchase and have signed.
Adults can also take part in Amer’s “Rainbow Parenting Workshop” from 1 to 2 p.m.
Admission is pay-what-you-can at the door. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. For more information about Queer Kid Stuff, visit youtube.com/@QueerKidStuff.
The Unlucky Shots to perform at Luthier’s Co-op
The Northampton indie rock band The Unlucky Shots, which changed its name from The Lucky Shots last year, will release a four-song EP, “Line Up,” on Friday, March 13.
On the band’s website, Schatz said the EP is about “late-night conversations, conflicts, and the disciplined, sometimes obsessive craft of chasing something that can never be caught. The music leans darker and heavier, a continuation of where [the band’s previous album] ‘Second Tongue’ left off. We recorded these tracks during the same winter sessions, the band locked in. These songs didn’t spark into existence. They were mined. Stayed up with. Debated with. Followed down side roads. I couldn’t be happier with how they turned out.”
The band will be performing at Luthier’s Co-op in Easthampton on Friday, March 20, from 9:30 to 11 p.m. The Unlucky Shots have also been added to the lineup at Progression Brewing in Northampton as part of Back Porch Fest on Friday, March 27. A time will be announced at a later date.
For more information about the band, visit theunluckyshots.com.
Tickets are $24 via ironhorse.org.
Wistariahurst hosts live performance about Elizabeth ‘MumBet’ Freeman
Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke will host a live performance about the life of Elizabeth “MumBet” Freeman on Sunday, March 15, from 1 to 2 p.m.
This performance, created by Hidden Women Stage Company, will be a historical interpretation from Freeman’s perspective. Freeman, a Black woman who was enslaved in Sheffield for much of her life, was part of a lawsuit (Brom and Bett v. Ashley, 1781) that granted her her freedom; the lawsuit would end up being instrumental in the cessation of slavery in the state.
Tickets are $0 to $15, sliding scale, on Wistariahurst’s Eventbrite page. For more information about Freeman and her story, visit elizabethfreemancenter.org/who-we-are/elizabeth-freeman.
Amherst Cinema to screen film about legendary British painters
Amherst Cinema will screen “Turner & Constable,” a movie about legendary British painters (and rivals) J.M.W. Turner and John Constable, on Wednesday, March 18 at 7 p.m.
“Turner’s blazing sunsets and sublime scenes from his travels and Constable’s idealised depictions of beloved places from home whipped the public of the time into a frenzy of enthusiasm. Constable represents the very best of the old school of realism and pastoral nostalgia; Turner, an exciting new way of depicting emotion and dreamlike impressions. Critics compared their starkly different styles to a clash of ‘fire and water,’” according to the movie listing.
Tickets, including fees, are $13.25 for adults, $12.25 for seniors 65 and up, and $12.25 for students via amherstcinema.org.
The Oxbow Gallery to screen Gregory Gillespie documentary
The Oxbow Gallery will present a screening of the documentary “The Painted Life of Gregory Gillespie,” a feature-length documentary profiling the late artist, on Sunday, March 15 at 3 p.m. at the Marigold Theater in Easthampton.
Gillespie, who moved to western Massachusetts in the early 1970s, was known for creating visceral works in a style that often gets described as “magic realism.” Many of his paintings are self-portraits, featuring not-quite-photorealistic faces with tough or uncomfortable expressions. Others combine a random assortment of objects and figures within an empty space.
Director Evan Goodchild, who is originally from Springfield, will host a Q&A after the screening.
Admission is free.