Oct. 08 Happenings

Ongoing Springfield, SeniorNet. Computer Club meets the first and third Friday of each month at Good Life Center, 1600 East Columbus Ave., Springfield, at 9 a.m. Discuss computing, hardware/software, Internet or just ask questions. All are welcome, no membership is required. Through Oct. 19, "American Dream," an exhibit by artists Sally Curcio and Jeff Vespa at Wunder, 383 Main St., Amherst. Gallery hours: Thurs.-Sun., noon-5 p.m. (Sat. until l 6 p.m.) and by appt. Info: www.wunderarts.com; phone: 256-6600. Through Nov. 9, The Canterville Ghost. Shakespeare and Company welcomes internationally renowned director Irina Brook for her highly anticipated adaptation of Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost at the new Elayne P. Bernstein theatre, which is air-conditioned and wheelchair accessible. Performances in the evenings begin at 7:30 p.m. and in the afternoons at 2 p.m., with morning performances at 11 a.m. on Oct. 9, 16, 23, 30. Seating is general admission, and tickets are $36 for previews and $48 for all performances thereafter. For a complete listing visit the website at www.shakespeare.org or call the Box Office at 637-3353. For special group rates and activities, call 637-1199, X132. Oct. 2-3, Volunteer Days at Nasami Farm, 128 North St., Whately, MA (5 miles from I-91) to benefit plant conservation. Training provided at no charge. Reserve your place with John Burns at jburns@newenglandwild.org or 508-877-7630, X3204. Event sponsored by New England Wildflower Society. Oct. 4, Music in Deerfield Opens 30th Season with Trio Solisti, performing as part of the MID Smith College Music Department partnership. This "soloists' trio" of pianist Jon Klibonoff, violinist Maria Bachmann and cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach will perform Schubert's melodic Notturno, the trio's unique arrangement of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and the sensuous Four Seasons of Buenos Aires by classical tango master Astor Piazzolla. All concerts start at 8 p.m. at Sweeney Concert Hall, Smith College. Advance tickets are $28. Undergraduate student tickets are $10; children/high school students tickets are $5, except for Anonymous 4 concert, where tickets will be $10. Tickets purchased at the door are $32 adults and $10 for undergraduate students and $5 for children/high school students. Info: call Music in Deerfield at 774-4200 or visit www.musicindeerfield.org. Oct. 5, A Conversation with author Lucette Lagnado, at 2 p.m., at the National Yiddish Book Center, located on the campus of Hampshire College, 1021 West St., Amherst. Tickets are $6. Reservations are suggested. Lagnado is the coauthor of Children of the Flames: Dr. Josef Mengele and the Untold Story of the Twins of Auschwitz. Former editor of the Forward, Lagnado is currently the senior special writer and investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal and has received numerous awards for her writing. The National Yiddish Book Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to teaching and learning about the riches of Yiddish and modern Jewish culture. For more info call 256-4900, email yiddish@bikher.org or visit www.yiddishbookcenter.org. Oct. 6, Lecture: "Rain Gardens: Helping Nature and Having Fun" 7 p.m., with Scott LaFleur, New England Wild Flower Society Horticulture Director at Garden in the Woods. Event takes place at Conway School of Landscape Design, Conway, Mass. Info: 413-360-4044. Visit www.newenglandwild.org for directions. Oct. 6, Economic Seminar 5-7 p.m. at the Majestic Theater, Elm St. West Springfield. Sponsored by Skroback & Associates, and featuring former CNBC chief Economist Dr. Marci Rossell speaking on "Our Economy, Globalization, Credit Markets and the Federal Reserve." Seminar includes and overview of investment advice. Refreshments served. Limited seating; call 413-781-2222 to reserve a place. Oct. 11, Festival Choral Vespers with the full Cathedral Choir of Boys and Adults, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. in The Cathedral of St. Michael The Archangel, 250 State St., Springfield. Christopher Houlihan, who has just finished a year as organist of the American Cathedral in Paris, France, will be the festival organist. This event and reception sponsored by the American Guild of Organists as part of the October Celebrations marking The International Year of the Organ. Photo exhibit by M. J. Tash featuring creative shots of may well known pipe organs in western Mass. For more info email worship@diospringfield.org or call 452-0839. Oct. 11, The Elegant Cello, 8 p.m., at Springfield Symphony Hall, Matt Haimovitz, cello. Elgar's noble elegant Cello Concerto, the rugged Scandinavian romanticism of Sibelius' Symphony No. 2, combine in a program of beauty and power. Sponsored by Daily Hampshire Gazette. Brahms Tragic Overture, Op. 81, Elgar Cello Concerto, Op. 85, E minor, Sibelius Symphony No. 2, Op. 43, D. Major. Oct. 12 and 19, High Notes and High Tea XXV, "The Forgotten Half Century." Music from the second half of the 17th century including Froberger's Toccata in a, Caldara's Alma de Core, Torelli's Sonata in D, and more. Oct. 12 at 4 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, 183 Howe Ave., Shelton, Conn; phone: 203-924-4128; www.trinitylutheranchurchonline.org Oct. 19 at 4 p.m., Christ Episcopal Church, 60 Middle Haddam Rd., Middle Haddam, Conn.; phone: 860-267-0287; www.christchurchmiddlehaddam.com. Presented by members of the New England Chamber Choir. Oct. 12, Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel, A talk with author and professor Murray Zimiles at the National Yiddish Book Center, 1021 West St., Amherst, at 2 p.m., Tickets are $6. Lecture will explore the secularaization of the work of Jewish woodcarvers and other artisans from Eastern and Central Europe. Info: 413-256-4900 or www.yiddishbookcenter.org. Oct. 16, The Ministry of Special Cases by Nathan Englander, 7 p.m. at National Yiddish Book Center, 1021 West St. Amherst. The long-awaited novel from Englander, author of For the Relief of Unbearable Urges. Discussion led by Rachel Rubinstein, Hampshire College. Info: 256-4900, email yiddish@bikher.org or visit www.yiddishbookcenter.org. Oct. 24-26, Healing in Tibetan Buddhism, a three-day seminar at the Yoga Sanctuary third floor at Thorne's Market, Northampton. Revered Buddhist teacher Khen Rinpoche Geshe Lobsang Tsetan and Buddhist professor and scholar David Gardiner will address the central role of compassion in Buddhist practice, developing an altruistic mind in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition and will provide an overview on healing in Buddhist philosophy and practice. Topics will be White Tara Long Life Blessing and Practice, the Practice of Exchange of Self and Others, and Offerings in Deity Yoga Practice and the Medicine Buddha Blessing and Practice. For complete times and prices visit www.fineartscenter .com/asian.