APRIL 22nd
6:30-7:30pm Concert and Exhibition
Artworks will reflect the experiences of participants in the workshops
Box of Sorrows: Offering Reverence, Tending Grief
Recycled Puppets and the Throw Away World
Come and enjoy an exhibition of three dimensional boxes and puppets
that reflect experiences navigating between the human world and the world of nature.
Box of Sorrows: Offering Reverence, Tending Grief
Recycled Puppets and the Throw Away World
Come and enjoy an exhibition of three dimensional boxes and puppets
that reflect experiences navigating between the human world and the world of nature.
Aisha Burns
Born and raised in Texas and now living in Western Massachusetts, violinist and
singer-songwriter Aisha Burns began playing violin when she was 10 years old. After years of secret singing, in 2013 she released her solo debut Life in the Midwater, praised for its “delicate intimacy” by NPR.
Her newest album Argonauta is a collection of songs about her struggle with the grief of losing her mother, while also navigating a new relationship. Bandcamp wrote “ Argonauta takes her vocal prowess to a new level- more confident and operatic… She evokes Tom Yorke’s plaintive cry… and occasionally she delivers the album’s most poignant messages with an air of almost stately detachment, bring to mind the German cult singer Nico, acting as a foil for the rich string arrangements, equally cinematic and mournful.”
We hope you enjoy Aisha’s music during the exhibition portion of out culminating event.
7:30-9:30pm Performance
Fables for a New World
The performance begins with a collective work facilitated by multi-disciplinary artist and musician Terry Jenoure after a group collaboration in her "Fables for a New World" workshop.
The Paper Mache Protest: A Mother’s Call to Action in the Face of Climate Change
Beth Fairservis
With her giant puppet the Great Green Being close by, counselor and artist, Beth Fairservis shares her journey from new mother to street theater activist, inspiring audiences to be courageous with their creativity and bring about a more beautiful and just world for all beings!
American Stink Bug
Jean Minuchin
Jean Minuchin founder/director of World and Eye will do a debut of the full performance of her new solo clown play, American Stink Bug. The piece, created in the style of Bouffon, works within a clown genre that provokes through grotesque humor, whimsy, and confrontation. Jean Minuchin plays the bug, who is trying to influence humanity before they destroy it all. This multidisciplinary piece includes puppetry, clown, storytelling, video projection and all of you, the audience.
Trigger Warnings: Audience interaction, Political themes, Scatological humor, Profanity and Bug clown
The performance begins with a collective work facilitated by multi-disciplinary artist and musician Terry Jenoure after a group collaboration in her "Fables for a New World" workshop.
The Paper Mache Protest: A Mother’s Call to Action in the Face of Climate Change
Beth Fairservis
With her giant puppet the Great Green Being close by, counselor and artist, Beth Fairservis shares her journey from new mother to street theater activist, inspiring audiences to be courageous with their creativity and bring about a more beautiful and just world for all beings!
American Stink Bug
Jean Minuchin
Jean Minuchin founder/director of World and Eye will do a debut of the full performance of her new solo clown play, American Stink Bug. The piece, created in the style of Bouffon, works within a clown genre that provokes through grotesque humor, whimsy, and confrontation. Jean Minuchin plays the bug, who is trying to influence humanity before they destroy it all. This multidisciplinary piece includes puppetry, clown, storytelling, video projection and all of you, the audience.
Trigger Warnings: Audience interaction, Political themes, Scatological humor, Profanity and Bug clown
Tickets for the evening from 6:30-9:30pm are below
Regular Tickets- $15
Supporters - $25
Card to Culture Tickets-$5
Up to 10 people/performance for those eligible
(Discounts for those with WIC, HealthConnector and EBT cards)
APRIL 23rd
1-2pm World We Love Parade!
Join the Great Green Being and others for an Earth Day Parade from City Space in Old Town Hall - 43 Main St. Easthampton, MA. We will gather in front of the Old Town Hall at 1pm-and then parade. We will sing songs and honor the Earth, Air, Fire and Water. Followed by a closing circle to share about how much we love the Earth and share our visions for activist art actions in the coming year! Costumes are welcome.
Free and for all ages
Free and for all ages
6:30-7:30pm Concert and Exhibition
Artworks reflect the experiences of participants in the workshops
Box of Sorrows: Offering Reverence, Tending Grief
Recycled Puppets and the Throw Away World
Come and enjoy an exhibition of three dimensional boxes and puppets
that reflect our experiences balancing between the human and natural worlds
Aisha Burns
Born and raised in Texas and now living in Western Massachusetts, violinist and
singer-songwriter Aisha Burns began playing violin when she was 10 years old. After years of secret singing, in 2013 she released her solo debut Life in the Midwater, praised for its “delicate intimacy” by NPR.
Her newest album Argonauta is a collection of songs about her struggle with the grief of losing her mother, while also navigating a new relationship. Bandcamp wrote “ Argonauta takes her vocal prowess to a new level- more confident and operatic… She evokes Tom Yorke’s plaintive cry… and occasionally she delivers the album’s most poignant messages with an air of almost stately detachment, bring to mind the German cult singer Nico, acting as a foil for the rich string arrangements, equally cinematic and mournful.”
We hope you enjoy Aisha’s music during the exhibition portion of out culminating event.
7:30-9:30 Performance
Do Puppets Dream?, or, The Song of the Bluebird (and other sad stories): A fairytale in one act
Written and directed by Rebecca Schrader in collaboration with K Adler. Set by Joshua Ruder; music by Sam Perry.
K Adler and Rebecca Schrader are co-creators of CLOUDGAZE Productions alongside Ashley Kramer, Sam Perry, and Joshua Ruder. CLOUDGAZE produces creative laboratories and A Happening: Arts Festival with the support of Eggtooth Productions and stages theatrical work around the Valley through Play Incubation Collective, the Northampton Arts Council, and Green River Fest.
American Stink Bug
Jean Minuchin
Jean Minuchin founder/director of World and Eye will do a debut of the full performance of her new solo clown play, American Stink Bug. The piece, created in the style of Bouffon, works within a clown genre that provokes through grotesque humor, whimsy, and confrontation. Jean Minuchin plays the bug, who is trying to influence humanity before they destroy it all. This multidisciplinary piece includes puppetry, clown, storytelling, video projection and all of you, the audience.
Trigger Warnings: Audience interaction, Political themes, Scatological humor, Profanity, Bug clown
Written and directed by Rebecca Schrader in collaboration with K Adler. Set by Joshua Ruder; music by Sam Perry.
K Adler and Rebecca Schrader are co-creators of CLOUDGAZE Productions alongside Ashley Kramer, Sam Perry, and Joshua Ruder. CLOUDGAZE produces creative laboratories and A Happening: Arts Festival with the support of Eggtooth Productions and stages theatrical work around the Valley through Play Incubation Collective, the Northampton Arts Council, and Green River Fest.
American Stink Bug
Jean Minuchin
Jean Minuchin founder/director of World and Eye will do a debut of the full performance of her new solo clown play, American Stink Bug. The piece, created in the style of Bouffon, works within a clown genre that provokes through grotesque humor, whimsy, and confrontation. Jean Minuchin plays the bug, who is trying to influence humanity before they destroy it all. This multidisciplinary piece includes puppetry, clown, storytelling, video projection and all of you, the audience.
Trigger Warnings: Audience interaction, Political themes, Scatological humor, Profanity, Bug clown
Tickets for the evening from 6:30-9:30pm are below
Regular Tickets- $15
Supporters - $25
Card to Culture Tickets-$5
Up to 10 people/performance for those eligible
(Discounts for those with WIC, HealthConnector and EBT cards)