Registration deadline is May 20th for the earliest events, and may fill up for later events, so register early! Complete this registration form and submit it with your non-refundable payment. As a courtesy to those involved in planning and presenting these programs, we ask that you make sure that you will be able to attend an event before signing up for it. Please let the contact person know if you cannot attend.
Please note that buses need to be confirmed and tickets bought weeks before these events. That is why meeting the deadline is important and calling after the deadline to register will probably not get you a ticket to an event. Please call or e-mail the contact person on your program for information, not the LIR office. Thanks!
What’s New at UMass?
A tour of cutting edge buildings.
Date: Thursday, June 9
Time: 10:00 a.m. to noon
Place: Integrated Science Building atrium, UMass, Amherst
Cost: $2
Contact: Nancy Denig
The UMass campus seems to have been mushrooming in recent years. Join us on a tour of the Integrated Science Building, Life Science Laboratories and the Integrative Learning Center to see how state-of-the-art architecture accommodates state-of-the-art approaches to interdisciplinary research, team-based learning and other University programs. Registrants will receive a map and fact sheet ahead of time, prepared by our tour leader, Jeff Quackenbush, UMass’ Lead Capital Project Manager.
(Note: this tour had been postponed from its originally scheduled date this past winter.)
Hill-Stead House, Museum & Gardens
Impressionist Art and Gardens. Followed by lunch at Apricots Restaurant and tour of White Flower Farm.
Date: Wednesday, June 29
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Place: Farmington and Litchfield, CT (via bus leaving from Sheldon Field in Northampton)
Cost: $90 per person (inclusive)
Contact: Marybeth Bridegam
Hill-Stead, the 1901 Colonial Revival house designed by female architect Theoda Riddle, is home to a magnificent collection of Impressionist masterpieces by Monet, Degas, Manet, Whistler and Cassatt; captivating Japanese woodblock prints; and superb decorative arts. After a gourmet lunch at the charming riverside Apricots Restaurant, travel to the outstanding gardens of White Flower Farm to see the Begonia House, White/Moon Garden, Shade Garden, Sunny Garden, the Lloyd Border, and other experimental gardens.
(Note: must sign up before the end of May.)
Hill-Stead House, Museum & Gardens
Impressionist Art and Gardens. Followed by lunch at Apricots Restaurant and tour of White Flower Farm.
Date: Wednesday, June 29
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Place: Farmington and Litchfield, CT (via bus leaving from Sheldon Field in Northampton)
Cost: $90 per person (inclusive)
Contact: Marybeth Bridegam
Hill-Stead, the 1901 Colonial Revival house designed by female architect Theoda Riddle, is home to a magnificent collection of Impressionist masterpieces by Monet, Degas, Manet, Whistler and Cassatt; captivating Japanese woodblock prints; and superb decorative arts. After a gourmet lunch at the charming riverside Apricots Restaurant, travel to the outstanding gardens of White Flower Farm to see the Begonia House, White/Moon Garden, Shade Garden, Sunny Garden, the Lloyd Border, and other experimental gardens.
New Century Theater
Bakersfield Mist by Stephen Sachs.
Date: Sunday, July 3
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: Mendenhall Century Theater, Smith Campus, Northampton
Cost: $24 (if we can get a group of 15)
Contact: Ellen Peck
An unemployed woman living in a trailer buys a $3.00 painting at a tag sale only to discover that it may be a Jackson Pollock original. When she invites an art expert to her California home, sparks fly. A moving comedy about the nature of art, of self-worth, of class and of criticism.
New Britain Museum of American Art
Date: Wednesday, July 27
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Place: New Britain, CT (via bus, leaving from Sheldon Field in Northampton)
Cost: $60 (excluding lunch)
Contact: Marybeth Bridegam
Delight in the American Masterpieces Tour of the New Britain Museum of Amerian Art, including fabulous glass sculptures by Chihuly, along with works by Georgia O’Keefe, Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, Norman Rockwell, Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, and many more. After lunch on your own at the Museum Cafe, take some time to peruse more of the exceptional collections of this first museum in the U.S. to offer only American Art.
Porter-Phelps-Huntington House Museum
A tour and tea on the porch with live music.
Date: Saturday, August 6
Time: 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Place: 130 River Drive, Hadley, MA
Cost: $20 per person (inclusive, for a group of 12 max)
Contact: Nancy Denig
LIR is offering this delightful tour, tea and concert on two separate occasions, given the small recommended group size. The live music for this date will be brought to us by Peter West and Burt Jackson, an instrumental jazz, pop and original song duo.
Chester Theater
The Mountaintop by Katori Hall.
Date: Thursday, August 25
Time: 2:00 pm, followed by a talk-back
(Theater-goers may make their plans for lunch at a local restaurant beforehand.)
Place: Chester Town Hall, Chester, MA
Cost: $30 (for groups of 10+)
Contact: Ellen Peck
At the Lorraine Motel Martin Luther King encounters a mouthy chamber maid who challenges him about his work and his sense of mission. A moving encounter and debate ensues.
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