Artist to
demonstrate
creation of
birch quilt
SHELBURNE FALLS — Polly French, who has worked closely with the Salmon Falls Gallery since it first opened in 1985, will bring the necessary materials to the gallery on Saturday to demonstrate her newest mixed media series.
After explaining the materials she uses, French will create a birch quilt. The demonstration will be held at 1 p.m. In the event of inclement weather, it will be moved to Sunday at the same time.
“I am more at home in the woods than in a crowd. I hold the area in western Massachusetts close to my heart,” French said in a statement. “Local woodlands, the river and my own backyard where I grow native plants provide me with much of my subject matter. As I love to experiment with media, I incorporate a variety of non-traditional techniques along with the traditional in order to achieve the effect I want.”
The demonstration will be limited to 12 mask-wearing individuals, spaced per COVID-19 health safety regulations. Visit SalmonFallsGallery.com to sign up online, or contact the gallery at 413-625-9833 or SalmonFalls@megaplanet.com.
Choir to perform free concert at
Trinity Church
SHELBURNE FALLS — The Grove City College Touring Choir, currently on its 62nd annual tour, will offer a free concert at Trinity Church, 17 Severance St. on Monday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m.
The 48-voice choir hails from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is directed by music professor Katherine Mueller. Singers are students from a variety of academic majors.
In addition to the spring tour, the choir performs for churches, colleges and community events in western Pennsylvania. Past honors include performing with Keith and Kristyn Getty, and the Erie and Pittsburgh symphony orchestras.
In Shelburne Falls, the choir will perform “Laudette,” by Rene Clausen; “A Spotless Rose” by Paul Mealor; “The Sun Never Says,” by Dan Forrest; “Nearer My God to Thee,” arranged by James Stevens; “There Shall We Rest,” by Andre Arneson; “Sometimes I Feel,” arranged by Robert Page; “I Can Tell the World,” arranged by Moses Hogen; and “God Be in My Head,” by John Rutter.
BUCKLAND — Selectboard members agreed Tuesday to accept the Board of Health’s recommendation and reopen Town Hall to the public on March 1, with the requirement that people still wear masks inside. Boards can decide for themselves whether to meet in person or virtually.
The Selectboard also agreed to modify the current mandate for face coverings in indoor settings that are open to the public to be instead a recommendation, starting March 7, “if the trend continues toward a risk level of substantial (currently at high) in Franklin County per the CDC’s risk level of community transmission.” The mask mandate originally took effect Sept. 9 following a vote by the Board of Health.
SHELBURNE FALLS — Eleanora Boyd-Owens of Shelburne Falls was named to the Dean’s List at Sewanee: The University of the South for the fall term.
To be named to Sewanee’s Dean’s List, a student must earn a minimum grade point average of 3.625 on a 4.0 scale.
COLRAIN — Elizabeth Herzig of Colrain was named to the Dean’s List at the University of Maine for the fall semester.
To be eligible for the full-time Dean’s List, a student must have completed 12 or more calculable credits in the semester and have earned at least a 3.50 grade point average for the semester.
Students who have part-time status during both the fall and spring semesters of a given academic year are eligible for the part-time Dean’s List. They must have completed 12 or more calculable credits over both terms and have earned a combined GPA in those terms of at least 3.50.