Loomis Communities
November 2024 Event and Trip Highlights
Applewood
Visit & Tour The Food Bank of Western Mass
November 14, 2024 2:00 pm
Join us November 14th at the Western Mass Food Bank for a tour of the facility.
Applewood
Trip: Springfield Museums
November 15, 2024 1:00 pm
Located in the heart of downtown Springfield, Massachusetts, the Springfield Museums offer access to five world-class museums, including the Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum and the Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden, all under a single admission.
Loomis Lakeside
Trip: Springfield Symphony - Echoes of America
November 16, 2024 6:30 pm
Experience a vibrant journey through contemporary Latin American classical music. The concert opens with Puerto Rican composer Ernesto Cordero’s violin concerto “Insula Tropical,” featuring Guillermo Figueroa as both soloist and conductor. Next, revel in Gabriela Lena Frank’s “Three Latin American Dances,” followed by Astor Piazzolla’s renowned “Libertango.” The suite from Manuel de Falla’s “The Three-Cornered Hat” offers a nostalgic nod to Spain. The evening culminates with Miguel del Aguila’s exhilarating “Conga,” featuring the composer on piano.
Loomis Lakeside
Trip: The Majestic Theater - A Moon for the Misbegotten
November 19, 2024 6:00 pm
A Moon for the Misbegotten is O’Neill’s final and most personal play. O’Neill completed the script in 1943 but it did not premiere on Broadway until 1957. Set on a dilapidated Connecticut farm, the play focuses on Josie, a woman commanding and tough outside, sensuous and sensitive inside, and Jim Tyrone, a dissipated former actor with an astonishing capacity for alcohol. Josie’s father, Phil Hogan, a tenant farmer, suspects that Jamie intends to sell the farm to a hated neighbor and sets a plan in motion to bring Jamie and Josie together. This American classic play is a requiem about being able to love and be loved with a unique blend of comedy, tragedy, autobiography and imagination.
Loomis Village
Trip: The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca
November 23, 2024 12:15 pm
ACT I
Rome, June 1800. The French revolutionary armies, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, are at war with the rest of Europe. Rome has briefly been a Republic under French protection but has now fallen to the Allied forces. Cesare Angelotti, former Republican Consul, has escaped from prison. He takes refuge in the Church of Sant’Andrea della Valle, where his sister, the Marchesa Attavanti, has hidden a key to her husband’s family chapel, where he hides. The artist Mario Cavaradossi returns to the church, where he is working on a fresco that depicts Mary Magdalene. He tells the shocked sacristan that the face of the Magdalene is that of the mysterious woman who has been praying near the chapel—in fact, Angelotti’s sister. Angelotti emerges once the sacristan has gone. He recognizes the painter and begs for his help. Cavaradossi’s lover, the singer Floria Tosca, calls from outside, and Angelotti hides again. The jealous Tosca suspects that Cavaradossi has been with another woman in the church, but he calms her fears. Turning to go, she spots his painting and immediately recognizes the Marchesa Attavanti. She accuses him of being unfaithful, but he again assures her of his love. When Tosca has left, a cannon signals that the police have discovered Angelotti’s escape, and he and Cavaradossi flee to the painter’s villa. The sacristan excitedly enters to tell the church choir that the Allies have won a great victory against the French at Marengo in northern Italy. As they celebrate, Baron Scarpia, chief of Rome’s secret police, arrives looking for Angelotti. His agents search the chapel, and he discovers the Marchesa Attavanti’s fan. Scarpia recognizes her in Cavaradossi’s portrait, and when Tosca returns, he uses the fan to trick her into believing that Cavaradossi is unfaithful after all. She vows to have vengeance and leaves as the church fills with worshipers. Scarpia sends his men to follow her; he knows that she will lead them to Cavaradossi and Angelotti. While the congregation intones the Te Deum, Scarpia declares that he will bend Tosca to his will.
Loomis Village
Open Office Hours with South Hadley Police Chief
November 26, 2024 10:00 am
Join us on November 26th for Open Office Hours with South Hadley Police Chief, Jennifer Gundersen.