Thursday, 5 Literary Arts

Amherst Arts Night Plus Poetry Night and Art Exhibition: 5 to 8 p.m. Emily Dickinson’s garden features poet Dina Stander at 6:45 p.m. and the band Official Old Flame at 7:15. Open mic at 6 p.m. with signups at 5. Free. The Emily Dickinson Museum, 280 Main St., Amherst. 508-951-8538. mmedeiros@EmilyDickinsonMuseum.org

Northampton Arts Council Biennial Art and Poetry Exhibition: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Reception on Friday, Oct 13, from 5 to 8 p.m. Thirty-two artists’ works include painting, printmaking, book arts, photography, video and sculpture. Poetry reading on Oct. 23. Free. Forbes Library, 20 West St., Northampton. 413-587-1013. fkaufmann@forbeslibrary.org

David Wiesner and The Art of Wordless Storytelling: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. David Wiesner has enthralled readers for three decades and his remarkable career is surveyed in this first-ever retrospective devoted to his art. Museum Admission. The Eric Carle Museum, 125 West Bay Road, Amherst. 413-559-6300. sandys@carlemuseum.org

Music

Mad Habits, Old Flame, The Greys, Flame N’ Peach and the Liberated Waffles: 7:30 p.m. Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center, 289 Main St., Greenfield. hawksandreed.com

Global Banjar: International Voices in Antebellum Banjo Music: 6:30 to 8 p.m. Jaffrey Library Friends present Marek Bennett and Woody Pringle performing. Free. Jaffrey Public Library, 38 Main St., Jaffrey. 603-784-5480. maryjovk@gmail.com

Luke Baillargeon: 6 p.m. Italian music in The Mick, 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke. Free. 413-532-1800.
info@logcabin-delaney.com

Theater

Granny D: The Power of One: 6:30 p.m. Actress and playwright Dixie Tymitz brings campaign finance reformer Doris “Granny D” Haddock and her legendary feat to life in her one-woman play. Free. Keene Public Library, 60 Winter St., Keene, N.H.
603-715-8197.
olivia@opendemocracy.me

“Greater Tuna”: 7:30 p.m. Silverthorne Theatre Co. present play about small Texas town. $20 general, $18 students and seniors. The Arts Block, 289 Main St., Greenfield. 413- 768-7514.
silverthornetheater@gmail.com

UMass Theater Season Kick-Off: 5:30 p.m. Clips from UMass Theater’s upcoming season. Food, prizes. Free. Rand Theater, UMass Fine Arts Center, Amherst. theater.umass.edu

Potpourri

“Circadian Sleep Rhythms in Adolescents and the 21st Century Lifestyle”: 4:30 p.m. Sleep expert Mary Carskadon of Brown University discusses how the 21st century lifestyle affects sleep cycles of teenagers. Free. McConnell Hall 103, Smith College, Northampton.
413-585-2190.
mhobbes@smith.edu

The Roaring Twenties: 7 p.m. Christopher Daley, historian and author, presents the program at Athol Historical Society, 1307 Main St., Athol.

Friday, 6 Dance

Amherst International Folkdancing: 7:30 p.m. Line, circle and couple dances from Balkans, Middle East, Eastern Europe. No partner needed. $3 to $10 sliding scale contribution. Amherst Center, Kellogg Street, Amherst. 413-549-6748. eva@amherstfolkdancing.org www.amherstfolkdancing.org

Music

Moonlight Davis sings the music of Stevie Wonder: 7:30 p.m. Featuring Miro Sprague. Moonlight Davis has been singing Gospel music in the Pentecostal Church since age 4. Miro Sprague will be music director and play piano. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center, 289 Main St., Greenfield. hawksandreed.com

Open Mouth Presents: 7 p.m. Samara Lubelski/Bill Nace Duo-Fursaxa, Mazozma(Ma Turner), Reazione Nera (J Pisani). $5 to $10. Abandon Dream, 39 K St., Turners Falls. billnace@gmail.com

Genticorum: 7:30 p.m. Montague Common Hall, 34 Main St., Montague. Genticorum presents heartfelt songs and uplifting tunes from the folk traditions of Quebec, Canada, with fiddle, flute, accordion, button accordion, guitar, and 3-part harmony. The concert is unamplified and seating is close to the stage. General admission is $20 per person.

Karaoke at JJ’s Tavern: 9 p.m. Free. 99 Main St., Florence.
413-888-7224.
revron316@gmail.com

Pulp Poetry Slam & Music Open Mic: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. $5 general, ages 17 and younger free. Eastworks Room 160, 116 Pleasant St., Easthampton.
pulppoetryslam@gmail.com
pulpslam.com

Wind Ensemble with New England Brass Band concert: 7:30 p.m. Conducted by Matthew Westgate and Stephen Bulla, with trumpet soloist Eric Berlin. Featured works include Turrin’s “The Sounding of The Call.” $10 general, $5 seniors/students/youth under 18 (UMass free). FAC Concert Hall, UMass Amherst, 151 Presidents Dr., Amherst.
413-545-2511.
music@music.umass.edu

Dan Bern: 8 p.m. Bern is a consummate generalist, a singer- songwriter, guitarist, novelist and painter; his writing are compared to Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. The Parlor Room, 32 Masonic St., Northampton. 413-341-3317. abbie@signaturesounds.com

First Friday Concerts at Coho: 7:30 p.m. Dean Stevens and David Dodson perform. $10 to $20 suggested donation. Pioneer Valley Cohousing, 120 Pulpit Hill Road, Amherst.

Fred Marple and the Speed Bumps in concert: 7 p.m. Oldies, classic rock and sing-a-longs. $15. $15. Peterborough Players Theater, 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough, N.H.
603-283-8627.
kennethsheldon@yahoo.com

Party of 2: 7 p.m. The Mick, 3 Country Club Road, Holyoke. 413-532-1800.
info@logcabin-delaney.com

Theater

“Greater Tuna”: 7:30 p.m. Silverthorne Theatre Co. present play about small Texas town. $20 general, $18 students and seniors. The Arts Block, 289 Main St., Greenfield. 413-768-7514.
silverthornetheater@gmail.com

Fairs and Festivals

40th Anniversary Harvest Party of Franklin Community Co-op: 3 to 6 p.m. Music, food, kids’ activities and more. Green Fields Market back parking lot, 144 Main St., Greenfield. 413-325-8802.
sarah.kanabay@franklincommunity.coop

Potpourri

Civics Trivia Night: 7:30 p.m. The League of Women Voters of Franklin County host. Elks Lodge, Church Street, Greenfield.

Saturday, 7 Dance

Contra dance with Steve Zakon-Anderson: 8 p.m. Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove St., Peterborough, N.H. $10 general, $7 students and seniors.
603-762-0235.
lsievert@yahoo.com

Music

Intonition: 8 p.m. Founded by Danyelle Devino MacLeod and Chris Dixon. The two are co-writers of original music with rock, soul, blues and a lot of heart. $10 in advance, $13 at the door. Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center, 289 Main St., Greenfield. hawksandreed.com

Stephan Crump’s Rhombal: 7:30 p.m. Pioneer Valley Jazz Shares presents the concert. $15. The Shea Theater, 71 Avenue A, Turners Falls.
jazzshares.org

Trevor Healy and the Footings: 8 p.m. Guitarist and luthier Trevor Healy will perform with his drummer Jason Labbe and upright bassist Josh Owsley. With the Footings. $10. Montague Bookmill, 440 Greenfield Road, Montague. ctesongs@gmail.com

Karaoke at JJ’s Tavern: 9 p.m. Free. JJ’s Tavern, 99 Main St., Florence. 413-888-7224. revron316@gmail.com

Paul Taylor Dance Company: 8 p.m. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington. 413-528-0100.
info@mahaiwe.org

Fred Marple and the Speed Bumps in concert: 7 p.m. Oldies, classic rock and sing-a-longs. $15. Peterborough Players Theater, 55 Hadley Road, Peterborough, N.H. 603-283-8627. kennethsheldon@yahoo.com

The Healys: 7 p.m. Irish music in The Mick, 3 Country Club Road Holyoke. 413-532-1800.
info@logcabin-delaney.com

Mandolin Orange: 8 p.m. Bluegrass, folk, Americana. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Gateway City Arts, 92 Race St., Holyoke. 413-341-3317.
abbie@signaturesounds.com

Reverend Dan and The Dirty Catechism with The Donut Kings: 9 p.m. Whiskerz Pub, 75 Cottage St., Easthampton. Free. 413-695-8502.
angry@getangry.com

World Rhythm Ensemble: 8 p.m.The Senegal-America Project. Music as the vehicle to set the world in motion. Senegal meets America. $10 to $12. The Stone Church, 210 Main St., Brattleboro, Vt. 413-658-5109. pouyecorp@yahoo.com

Fairs and Festivals

Riverside Blues, Brews, & BBQ Festival: Noon to 5 p.m. Barbecue, live music and craft beer. Cooking demos by professional barbecuers, contests and lawn games. Family event. $20, general, $15 in advance. Franklin County Fairgrounds, 87 Wisdom Way, Greenfield. 413-772-1553. christym@greenfield-ma.gov

The Great Greenfield DinoFest: 9:30 a.m. into the evening. Presented by Piti Theatre and Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association. Celebratory day of performances, food, activities for children, a panel discussion, chalk art, dino films with live music and more, honoring Dexter Marsh. Outside the Second Congregational Church on the Town Common. Free.

Old 78 Farm Festival: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. The Old 78 Farm Festival features family-friendly fun with bands on two stages, local craft vendors, local food and more. $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Old 78 Farm, 823 Orange Road, Warwick. 413-522-5965.
kelly@simonsaysbooking.com

Potato Festival: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Featuring award-winning Polish food, fun and games, photo booth, arts and crafts, touch a tractor, sunflower maze and more. Smiarowski Farmstand and Creamy, 320 River Road, Sunderland. Prospect Meadow Farm, Zesty Zim’s Sauerkraut Demo and meet and greet.

2017 ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Browse through thousands of rare objects at this annual two-day event that brings the country’s leading antiques dealers to western Massachusetts. $15. Mullins Center, 200 Commonwealth Ave., Amherst.
603-942-6498.

Paradise City Arts Festival: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fine craft, painting and sculpture by 250 artists in three buildings. Great food, live music, a benefit silent auction and the new Sculpture Promenade. $14 adults, $12 seniors, $8 students, 12 years old and younger are free. Three County Fairgrounds, 54 Old Ferry Road at Route in Northampton.
800 511-9725.
info@paradisecityarts.com

47th Annual Newfane Heritage Festival: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. On the Common of South Newfane, Vt. (Route 30). Free.
802-365-4079.
newfanechurch@gmail.com

Theater

“Greater Tuna”: 7:30 p.m. Silverthorne Theatre Co. present play about small Texas town. $20 general, $18 students and seniors. The Arts Block, 289 Main St., Greenfield. 413-768-7514.
silverthornetheater@gmail.com

Time Traveling Stories — Meeting Mabel Loomis Todd (1880s): 2 p.m. Multi-Art presents. Theater show Free. Strong House, 67 Amity St., Amherst. 413-584-7951.
carrubla@gmail.com

“Yerma”: 12:30 p.m. HD screening of performance by Britain’s National Theatre of play by Federico García Lorca. $26. Amherst Cinema, 28 Amity St., Amherst. amherstcinema.org

Potpourri

Communication Before the Computer: Noon to 4:30 p.m. Historic Deerfield discovers the many ways people in the past communicated with each other. $5 to $18 admission, under 5 years old and Deerfield/South Deerfield residents and members are free. Historic Deerfield, 80 Old Main St., Deerfield.
413-775-7214.

Sunday, 8 Dance

Brattleboro Contra Dance: 7 p.m. Dave Eisenstadter calls. Music by Autumn Rose Lester and Jesse Ball. Adults $10 to $12, students $8, youth $5. 118 Elliot Street, Brattleboro, Vt.
518-561-2594.
susan@quietdesigns.org

Paul Taylor Dance Company: 2 p.m. Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center, 14 Castle St., Great Barrington. 413-528-0100.
info@mahaiwe.org

Literary Arts

TALK — Norton Juster and Ilan Stavans: 2 p.m. Norton Juster, author of “The Phantom Tollbooth,” and Ilan Stavans, editor of “The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories,” discuss writing for young people. Free. Yiddish Book Center, 1021 West St., Amherst. 413-256-4900.
programs@yiddishbookcenter.org

Music

Michael Nix — Banjar: The Art of the Modern 7-String Banjo: 3 p.m. Nix developed the 7-string Banjar by crossing three instruments: the lute, the banjo and the classical guitar. $8 in advance, $12 at the door. Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center, 289 Main St., Greenfield.
hawksandreed.com

Banish Misfortune: 5 p.m. Traditional Irish hornpipes, reels, jigs, waltzes, polkas, airs, songs and craic. Free. Northampton Brewery, 11 Brewster Court, Northampton. 413-586-4997. davemeuser@msn.com

Twisted Pine: 7:30 p.m. $15 in advance, $18 at the door. The Parlor Room, 32 Masonic St., Northampton. 413-341-3317.
abbie@signaturesounds.com

Fairs and Festivals

Buckland Historical Society open houses: 2 to 5 p.m. Open hearth cooking, crafts demonstrations, music, cider pressing, Morris dancers. $3 adults, $1 children. Wilder Homestead Colonial Day, 129 Route 112, Buckland. 413-625-9763.
pollyanderson@comcast.net

2017 ADA/Historic Deerfield Antiques Show: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Browse through thousands of rare objects at this annual two-day event that brings the country’s leading antiques dealers to western Massachusetts. $15. Mullins Center, 200 Commonwealth Ave., Amherst. 603-942-6498.

47th Annual Newfane Heritage Festival: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. On the Common of South Newfane, Vt. (Route 30). 802-365-4079. newfanechurch@gmail.com

Paradise City Arts Festival: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fine craft, painting and sculpture by 250 artists in three buildings. Great food, live music, a benefit silent auction and the new Sculpture Promenade. $14 adults, $12 seniors, $8 students, 12 years old and younger are free. Three County Fairgrounds, 54 Old Ferry Road at Route 9, Northampton.
800-511-9725.
info@paradisecityarts.com

Monday, 9 Music

Charlie Parr: 7 p.m. Parr prepares to release his new album. $15 in advance, $18 at the door. The Parlor Room, 32 Masonic St., Northampton. 413-341-3317. abbie@signaturesounds.com

Fairs and Festivals

Paradise City Arts Festival: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fine craft, painting and sculpture by 250 artists in three buildings. Great food, live music, a benefit silent auction and the new Sculpture Promenade. $14 adults, $12 seniors, $8 students, 12 years old and younger are free. Three County Fairgrounds, 54 Old Ferry Road at Route 9, Northampton.
800-511-9725.
info@paradisecityarts.com

Tuesday, 10 Music

United States Marine Band Concert President’s Own: 7:30 p.m. The UMass Department of Music and Dance presents. Directed by Col. Jason K. Fettig, a UMass alum. Tickets required. Free. Call or visit FAC Box Office beginning Friday. FAC Concert Hall, UMass Amherst, 151 Presidents Dr., Amherst.
413-545-2511.
music@music.umass.edu

Northampton Jazz Workshop: 7:30 p.m. Saxophonist and pianist Fred Haas will be the guest soloist with the Green Street Trio, followed by an open jazz jam session. $5. City Sports Grille, 525 Pleasant St., Northampton.
paulphiliparslanian@gmail.com

Art exhibit talk: Noon. By George Wardlaw about recent paintings in gallery. Free. Greenfield Community College, 1 College Dr., Greenfield.

Wednesday, 11 Music

Mark Nomad & “Harmonica” Steve: 100 Years of Playing the Blues: 7:30 p.m. This duo combines one of this area’s best known blues players with a harmonica player who is different from the crowd. $5. Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center, 289 Main St., Greenfield.
hawksandreed.com

Wheelhouse Karaoke: 8 p.m. Sing your favorite classics. Free. Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center, 289 Main St., Greenfield. marketing@hawksandreed.com

Lenny Zarcone: 6 to 8 p.m. Music as guests dine. Jazz standards, the great American and Sinatra songbooks, along with other songs from the 1950s and 1980s. Free. GianniFig’s 6 Elm St., South Deerfield.
413-834-0841.
lennyzarcone@gmail.com

All-Ages Open Mic Night with F. Alex Johnson: 7 p.m. All ages. Free and open to all. Brew Practitioners, 36 Main St., Florence. 413-584-2444.
info@colorwaymusic.com

Charlie Hunter Trio: 7 p.m. Charlie Hunter plays blues, rock, jazz and Latin-flavored songs with Kirk Knuffke (cornet), Bobby Previte (drums) and Curtis Fowlkes (trombone). $20 in advance, $25 at the door. The Parlor Room, 32 Masonic St., Northampton.
413-341-3317.
abbie@signaturesounds.com

Peter Biedermann — original solo guitar: 5 p.m. Free. Forbes Library, 20 West St., Northampton.

UMass Faculty Concert: “Voices of Inspiration”: 7:30 p.m. Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet, with Jamie-Rose Guarrine, Edward Arron and guest Jeewon Park. Featuring music by Schubert, Weber and Glinka. Free. Bezanson Recital Hall, UMass Amherst, 151 Presidents Dr., Amherst.
413-577-2154.