Talk on Battle of Bloody Brook set for Sept. 17

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Local historian Peter Thomas is hosting a lecture on the Battle of Bloody Brook on Sunday, Sept. 17, at 2 p.m. in Frontier Regional School’s auditorium.

Thomas will share information about one of the most significant moments in the early stages of King Philip’s War, where an Indigenous war party ambushed and destroyed an English convoy delivering crop harvests from Pocumtuck (now Deerfield) to Hadley. This loss, among others, elicited an aggressive English response, later leading to the Great Falls Massacre that marked a turning point in the war in favor of the colonists.

Refreshments will be served.

Author Gary Wilson presenting book ‘Moonlight Visions’

WHATELY — Resident Gary Wilson will present a program and sign copies of “Moonlight Visions,” his new novel that was published this summer, at the First Congregational Church of Whately, 177 Chestnut Plain Road, on Sunday, Sept. 10, at 2 p.m.

“Moonlight Visions” is a collection of tales arranged in prose and verse that came to Wilson in his dreams. Story settings range from foreign countries to fantasy worlds.

“Readers will be entertained by shapeshifters, magic pills, the keyhole of frightening visions, and even swept away to the Far East and Africa for adventure,” according to church Minister Cynthia Crosson, who also wrote the book’s foreword.

“Moonlight Visions” is available at Greenfield’s World Eye Bookshop, Boswell’s Books in Shelburne Falls and Amherst Books, as well as garywilsonbooks.net and other online retailers.

Mount Toby Concerts hosting Emma’s Revolution on Sept. 16.

LEVERETT — Mount Toby Concerts will welcome longtime, award-winning duo Emma’s Revolution to the stage for an outdoor show on Saturday, Sept. 16, at 4 p.m.

Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow have traveled the world for the last 20 years singing about critical issues and lending their voices to various human rights causes. Over the years they have garnered several awards from folk music associations, including winning the John Lennon Songwriting Contest’s grant prize and the first-ever Phil Ochs Award.

The show will be outdoors at 194 Long Plain Road (Route 63). Folks are encouraged to bring a lawn chair and refreshments. In the event of rain, the concert will be moved inside the meetinghouse.

A suggested donation of $20 to $30 is requested. For more information, contact diacrowe@yahoo.com or 413-835-1695.

Sept. 30: New date for Solomiya Ivakhiv concert

WHATELY — Following the postponement of Ukrainian violinist Solomiya Ivakhiv’s Watermelon Wednesdays concert, the show has a new date of Sept. 30 for a special presentation of Watermelon Saturdays.

The show will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the West Whately Chapel, located at the intersection of Conway and Williamsburg roads.

To buy tickets, visit events.humanitix.com/soloyia-ivakhiv.