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"No Background Music" -- Play & Talk-Back
This dramatic play stars the playwright Normi Noel in the role of Nurse Penny Rock. The one-woman powerful presentation is, in part, a compilation of letters from Vietnam soldiers -- many near death. The setting is intimate, in a theatre at the Springfield Armory, with weapons aligning one wall, encased in glass, with a light shining on them. The talk-backs following each show include Ms. Rock, Dr. Jarice Hanson (professor at UMass), as well as several Vietnam veterans.
When:

7:30pm, August 8 & 9
2:00pm, August 10 & 11
Where: Springifeld Armory National Historic Site, Springfield
Contact: (413) 737-8474
Phone: inthespotlightinc.org

Rediscovering Hawley's Old Town Common**
"work-in-progress session" by scholar Dr. John F. Sears

When:

Thursday, September 11, 2008, 7pm
Where: The Meeting House, E. Hawley Rd, Hawley
Contact: (413) 782-7248 or (413) 339-4035

Traces of the Trade: Massachusetts and
the Economy of Slavery
In Commemoration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade, Massachusetts and the Economy of Slavery will feature screenings of the discussion version of Katrina Browne's documentary Traces of the Trade at various historical sites in Massachusetts, paired with archival materials, and followed by discussion of the centrality of the business of slavery to the Massachusetts economy prior to the Civil War as well as the "traces" of this economy in our economy and landscape today.

When: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 12:30pm
Where: Sheffield Historical Society

**MFH grant funded events

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