Prime Happenings 3/3-5/1/2010

March 2, Peter Pan Performance. The Kinetic State Ballet from Artistic Dance Conservatory, located at 257A Shaker Rd. in East Longmeadow, will perform the childhood favorite, Peter Pan, on March 2 at 1 p.m. at the Pleasant View Senior Center. The Kinetic State Ballet Company is a non-profit division of the conservatory that brings the art of dance to local schools and neighborhoods year-round. Refreshments will be provided. This performance is free and open to the public. March 2, Music in the Noon Hour. At 12:30 p.m. Sweeney Concert Hall, Avanti Wind Quintet plays the 1955 Wind Quintet No. 1 by Professor Emeritus Alvin Etler (1913-1963). Free, Smith College. March 2, Disabled American Veterans. The local Chapter 55 of the Disabled American Veterans is helping to form an Auxiliary Unit. The chapter meets the first Tuesday of each month at the American Legion Post 185, located at 478 Springfield St., Agawam. For further information, please contact Marge Debarge at 747-0547, or Mike Granger at 786-2758, or Michelle Harris at 306-2433. The post is located near a large U.S. Army tank just off the road. March 3-6, Festival of One-Act Plays. March 3-6, 8 p.m. Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre. New plays by Theatre's Playwriting MFA candidates Roger Gordon, Kendra Arimoto, and Darren Harned. Visit our Web site for details about the individual plays and directors. Tickets: $8 general, $5 students/seniors, $3 Smith students. March 3 is Dollar Night for all students. Call the Box Office at 585-ARTS (2787) or email boxoffice@smith.edu. Smith College. March 4, Traditional Music of Afghanistan. March 4, 8 p.m. at the Sweeney Concert Hall. Performance by John Baily (rubab and dutar), Veronica Doubleday (daireh and voice), and Samir Chatterjee (tabla). The concert is part of a week-long Five College residency by Baily and Doubleday (March 1-5) that will include class visits and film screenings. The concert is open to the public. Free, Smith College. March 4, Ingrid Michaelson and Eric Hutchinson Concert. Contemporary singer/songwriters Ingrid Michaelson and Eric Hutchinson bring tunes such as "Breakable," "The Hat," "Rock & Roll," and "OK, It's Alright With Me" to Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on the UConn campus in Storrs, on Thurs. March 4 at 8 p.m. Regular tickets: $10, $20, and $25; UConn students (with ID): $8, $10, $15, and $20. Call the Box Office at (860) 486-4226, Mon. through Fri., 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., or order online at jorgensen.uconn.edu. Convenient parking is available. March 5, Gamelan Galak Tika and Ensemble Robot: In Concert. The Gamelan Galak Tika and special guests Ensemble Robot perform on March 5 at 8 p.m. at the Bowker Auditorium, UMass Amherst. Presented by the Asian Arts and Culture Program at the Fine Arts Center, reserved tickets are $20 and $15. Call the Fine Arts Center Box Office at 545-2511 or 1-800-999-UMAS or online at www.umasstix.com. March 6, Annual Polish Supper. The Annual Polish Supper, sponsored by the Felician Sisters in Enfield, is having a delicious Polish supper from 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Cost is $10 per person. Supper includes kielbasa, pierogi, golabek, rye bread, cabbage, beverage and dessert. Take-out orders and Babki are available. This supper is to benefit the elderly and infirm sisters. Mass in the Convent Chapel at 4 p.m. For more information, please call (860) 745-7791. March 7, Gabriel Faur 's Requiem. March 7, 2 p.m. at the John M. Greene Hall. The Virginia Glee Club, Frank Albinder, director, joins the Smith College Glee Club in performing the Requiem by Gabriel Faur in the chamber version preferred by the composer. Featured performers: Grant Moss, organ, and soloists Alicia DePaolo '10, soprano, and Richard Block, a member of the Virginia Glee Club, Jonathan Hirsh conducts. Tickets: $5 general admission, $1 Smith students. Smith College. March 10-11, Smith Theatre New Play Reading Series. March 10-11, 7:30 p.m. at the Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre. The staged reading of A Number by Caryl Churchill, directed by Andrea Hairston, is presented by Chrysalis Theatre in conjunction with the Smuth Theatre New Play Reading Seres. Churchill has turned her extraordinary dramatic gifts to the subject of human cloning- how might a man feel to learn that he is only one in a number of identical copies? And which one of him is the original? Ms. Hairston is Artistic Director of Chrysalis Theatre and Professor of Theatre and Afro-American Studies at Smith. Free, Smith College. March 13, Mike Agranoff Concert. On Sat., March 13 at 8 p.m., the uNi Coffeehouse Concert Series presents humorist/folksinger/musician Mike Agranoff. The concert will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Society Meetinghouse 245 Porter Lake Dr., Springfield, MA 01106. For information/reservations, call 562-3990 or visit uNiCoffeehouse.org. $15 at the door. Mike Agranoff's sense of humor and parody is legend on the folk music circuit, from his home in New Jersey to festivals and concert series all over the northeastern U.S. But it is the extraordinary breadth of his folk repertoire that surprises many who see him in full concert for the first time. He is equally at home in the contemporary and traditonal camps of folk music. March 16, St. Patty's Day Party. Mark your calendar now for March 16 when the East Longmeadow Council on Aging will have a special luncheon for St. Patrick's Day, with Irish music performed by singer Mary Franz. March 19, Frangrance In Your Garden. "Fragrance In Your Garden" will be the topic of the Springfield Garden Club's meeting at 11:30 a.m. in the hall of Wilbraham United Church, 500 Main St., Wilbraham. Master Gardener, Toi Graham's slide presentation will show how to create a sweet-scented garden for nearly year-round pleasure. All interested persons are welcome to attend. Guest fee: $5. Information: call 525-6957. March 27, Western Mass Mineral Jewelry and Fossil Show. March 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and March 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Holiday Inn at Ingleside (Exit 15 off I-91) in Holyoke, MA. $4 admission. Children 12 and under free with adult. Show features mineral, gemstones, jewelry, crystals, beads, fossils, lapidary, and mineral arts from around the world. Live demonstratons, free exhibits, ample secure free parking, and on site food. April 24, 2010 Craft Fair. Now taking applications for the April 24 Craft Fair to be held at the Florence Congregational Church from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Handcrafted items only please. Cost for 8' table $30. Vendors are needed and welcome. Spaces fill up fast, so if you would like an application, please call the Church office at 584-1325 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mon-Thurs or call Carrie at 586-9170 between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. May 1, New York City Trip. The Agawam Cultural Council is sponsoring a "Plan Your Own Day" trip to New York City on Sat. May 1. Buses will leave from the Agawam Middle School parking lot in the rear of the building at 6:25 a.m. There will be stops at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rockfeller Center, Times Square Ticket Booth, 34th St. and the South Seaport. The return trip will leave New York City at 6:30 p.m. and be back in Agawam between 9:30 and 10 p.m. Tickets are $33 per person, including the driver tip. Send a request for tickets to the Agawam Cultural Council, 153 Anthony St., Agawam, MA 01001 and include a self-addressed envelope for tickets. For further information, call 789-1201. Generations Online. Would you like to learn to use e-mail and the internet? The Department of Elder Affairs has launched a new, national program called Generations Online, with free morning and afternoon coaching sessions. You may call the Goodlife Center in Springfield at 750-2090 to register.