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1BERKSHIRE
(413) 499-1600; www.1berkshire.com
Jan. 20: Women & Minority Owned Business Certifi- cation Summit, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., hosted by Berkshire Innovation Center, 45 Woodlawn Ave., Pittsfield. 1Berkshire, EforAll Berkshire County, Pittsfield Eco- nomic Revitalization Corp., Berkshire Regional Plan- ning Commission, and Berkshire Innovation Center welcome any women- and/or minority-owned busi- nesses in the Berkshires to join us for this free event that will provide information about becoming a cer- tified women- and minority-owned business enter- prise (WMBE), a space to network with fellow busi- nesses, and direct access to resource providers who can walk you through the process of certification. This event is free and includes lunch. Registration is required at www.1berkshire.com.
Jan. 31: 1Berkshire Entrepreneurial Meetup, 4:30- 6 p.m., hosted by Anahata Schoolhouse Yoga and Well- ness Center, 201 North Summer St., Adams. Join us for our first Entrepreneurial Meetup of 2023. Recon- nect with your colleagues and hear from owner Howard Rosenberg about his entrepreneurial jour- ney. This event is free to attend and made possible through the support of Pittsfield Cooperative Bank. Registration is required at www.1berkshire.com.
HCC Women’s Leadership Series
Dec. 21: Award-winning executive coach Suzanne Blake of Medfield will be the featured speaker at the last fall session of the Holyoke Community College (HCC) Women’s Leadership Series. Her presenta- tion is titled “Ask for It and Get It.” The session runs from noon to 1 p.m. over Zoom. A certified profes- sional career coach, Blake has been recognized by the International Coach Federation of New England as one of the top coaches in the Greater Boston area, being nominated in 2013 as the Best Career Coach and receiving the Prism Award for excellence in cor- porate coaching in 2014. This is the sixth semester HCC has offered the lunchtime series over Zoom, which allows participants the opportunity to con- nect, network, and focus on professional develop- ment at a time and place that is convenient for them. During HCC’s Women’s Leadership sessions, participants join prominent women leaders for dis- cussions on relevant topics and ideas to help their leadership development. They also have the oppor- tunity to form a supportive network to help navigate their own careers. Registration is available at hcc. edu/womens-leadership. The cost of each session is $25. Email Lanre Ajayi, HCC’s executive director of Education & Corporate Learning, at [email protected] if pricing is an issue.
IRS Tax Changes
Jan. 12: The Pioneer Valley Estate Planning Council Inc. announced that its next event will be held at the Hotel Northampton. The planned topic is an update on IRS tax changes that may result in changes to the tax code and estate-planning techniques. A buffet- style breakfast will be served. Social hour begins at 7:30 a.m. The event cost is $40 for both members and non-members. Checks will be accepted at the door. As an update, the council received $800 from the National Council as reimbursement of fees for the current fiscal year, helping to replenish its bank account. Full details will be provided at the January meeting.
EAST OF THE RIVER FIVE TOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
(413) 575-7230; www.erc5.com
Jan. 4: ERC5 After 5, 5:30-6:30 p.m., location to
be announced. ERC5 After 5s happen on the first Wednesday of every other month. Please be sure to RSVP for future dates and secure your spot before they sell out. Cost is free, but registration is limited and required. To register, visit www.erc5.com.
GREATER EASTHAMPTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
(413) 527-9414; www.easthamptonchamber.org
Jan. 19: Annual meeting, 12-2 p.m., hosted
by the Boylston Room, 122 Pleasant St., East- hampton. Join us as we share the successes of the last year, what we have learned, and where we are headed. Cost: $35 for members, including lunch; $40 for future members, including lunch. To register, visit easthamptonchamber.org.
Cirque du Soleil Presents ‘Corteo’
Jan. 12-15: Corteo, the arena production from Cirque du Soleil, is back in North America and heading to Worcester. This unique production, directed by Dan- iele Finzi Pasca, first premiered in Montreal under the Big Top in April 2005. Since its creation, the show has amazed more than 10 million spectators in 20 countries on four continents. Corteo will be present- ed at the DCU Center on Thursday, Jan. 12 at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan. 14
at 3:30 and 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 15 at 1 p.m. Corteo, which means ‘cortege’ in Italian, is a joyous procession, a festive parade imagined by a clown. The show brings together the passion of the actor with the grace and power of the acrobat to plunge the audience into a theatrical world of fun, comedy, and spontaneity situated in a mysterious space between heaven and earth. In a Cirque du Soleil first, the stage is central in the arena and divides the venue, with each half of the audience facing
the other half, giving a unique perspective not
only of the show, but also a performer’s eye view
of the audience, an atmosphere never seen before in Cirque du Soleil arena shows. Tickets for Corteo in Worcester are currently available at cirquedusoleil. com/corteo.
SSO to Celebrate MLK
Jan. 14: The Springfield Symphony Orchestra (SSO) will celebrate the life and spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. on the Symphony Hall stage at 7:30 p.m. Music
of African-American composers will be performed by the orchestra and guest pianist Artina McCain, and highlighted by a spoken-word presentation by Springfield’s poet laureate, Magdalena Gómez. Tick- ets are on sale, starting at $15, on the SSO website, www.springfieldsymphony.org. Kevin Scott, an Afri- can-American conductor, composer, and native New Yorker, will lead the orchestra. Concert attendees
will hear works such as “Lift Every Voice and Sing” ( J. Rosamond Johnson and James Weldon Johnson, arr. Hale Smith); “Rise to the Occasion” (Quinn Mason); “The Audacity of Hope” (Ozie Cargile II); and “Fan- nie’s Homecoming,” composed by the evening’s con-
GREATER WESTFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE (413) 568-1618; www.westfieldbiz.org
Jan. 4: Mayor’s Coffee Hour, 8-9 a.m., hosted by West- field Gas & Electric Operations Center, 40 Turnpike Industrial Road, Westfield. Join us for the first May- or’s Coffee Hour of 2023. Mayor Michael McCabe will update attendees on City Hall activities, and there will be an opportunity to ask the mayor questions. This event is free to attend. To register, visit www. westfieldbiz.org.
Chamber Corners: Upcoming Events
Jan. 26: Morning Brew, 8-9 a.m., hosted by Shortstop Bar & Grill, 99 Springfield Road, Westfield. Join us for a great networking opportunity. Introduce yourself and your business to the attendees. Everyone has a chance to discuss what their business does and what they are looking for to expand and improve. This event is free to attend. To register, visit www.west- fieldbiz.org.
ductor. Music of Florence Price and William Grant Still will also be performed.
MOSSO Concert Series at Westfield Athenaeum
Feb. 23, March 23, April 20: The Westfield Athenae- um will present a three-concert chamber-music series with MOSSO (Musicians of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra) performing. This is the sec- ond year of this partnership. Guy McLain, execu- tive director of the Westfield Athenaeum, will offer a pre-performance talk at 6 p.m., which is free to ticket holders. The Westfield Athenaeum series opens with MOSSO and Friends on Feb. 23. Violin- ist Beth Welty, horn player Sarah Sutherland, and
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pianist Elizabeth Skavish will perform horn trios of Frédéric Duvernoy, Trygve Madsen, and Johannes Brahms. Welty, chair of MOSSO, is acting principal second violin of MOSSO and the Springfield Sym- phony Orchestra (SSO). Sutherland, MOSSO and SSO horn player, is also MOSSO’s finance director. The series continues on Thursday, March 23 with
a performance by the Vermont-based Champlain Trio, which includes MOSSO and SSO principal
cello Emily Taubl. The Champlain Trio will perform “Brilliant Colors,” a program that features music by Tchaikovsky, Erik Neilsen (“Trio No. 2” written for the ensemble), Jennifer Higdon, Amy Beach, and Stravinsky’s “Firebird Suite.” The series concludes on Thursday, April 20 with MOSSO and SSO horn player Robert Hoyle’s quintet, the Connecticut-based Har- monia V. The quintet will celebrate April in Paris with an all-French program, featuring pieces by Barthe, Fauré, Ravel, Poulenc, Debussy, Pierné, and Lefeb- vre. Tickets for the concerts, $25 per person, must be purchased in advance at the Westfield Athenaeum during business hours, or online at www.westath.org.
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