Nipmuck POW WOW
The Nipmuck Indian Council of Chaubunagungamaug is presenting the annual POW WOW for the 29th time this coming weekend. Click here to read the flyer with the info. Here is a video from last years celebration:
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Holland Aqua Riders Show Team & Ski Club annual Show.
This Saturday, August 15, the Club will hold his annual Show so many are training for and practice countless hours. The weather will be perfect, hot and sunny. There will be a raffle with prizes. If you want to buy tickets, all members of the Holland Aqua Riders Show Team & Ski Club are selling raffle tickets. Cash prizes will be $200 for 1st, $150 for 2nd, and 3rd prize will be $75. The show will be as usual across from PJ’s and will start at 10 a.m. Picture by Chad Brigham,
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Rod & Gun Club Pork Barbecue
The Holland Rod and Gun Club can expect another beautiful day for their Pork Barbecue this Saturday, August 15. Day time temperatures will reach 90. There will be live music from 2 p.m. until 7 p.m. Tickets can be bought for $15 at the Holland Market or at the Club on Saturday. Participation by non members of the Club is encouraged. Peter FreiComments - Edit - Delete
LaMountain Bros. Racing at the Thompson Speedway.
Those of you who happen to be motor-sports fans or more specifically NASCAR fans
may want to visit the Thompson Speedway on a Thursday night.
Thompson Speedway is a paved 5/8 mile high bank race track and is the oldest paved NASCAR track in the USA. One of Holland's own, James LaMountain, toghether with his brothers, fields a Super Late Model on Thursday's throughout the summer. Last week, the LaMountain Bros racing team made the victory lane with its number 15 car.
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500 Club Roast Beef Diner
Fortunately, the weather will cooperate with the planned “500 Club Roast Beef Diner” organized every year by the Holland Rod and Gun club. The event that will take place tomorrow, Saturday July 25, is the biggest event organized by the club every year.
There will be country music played by the Stone Canyon Band, a band that made it into the Country Hall of Fame. The band will play from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. The dinner will be served at 1 p.m., half an hour earlier than last year.
As every year, the club will sell 500 tickets for $15.00.
The drawing will be at 4 p.m. The first prize will be $1200, 2nd prize $600, 3rd prize $300, 4th prize $200, 5th Prize $175, 6th prize $150, 7th prize $100, and 8th prize $50.
There will also be drawings of attendance prizes of $25 each. The times of the drawings will be: 2.30 p.m., 3 p.m., 3.30 p.m., and 4 p.m.
There will be horseshoe pitching and time to catch-up on local gossip at the bar inside. I was there last year and had fun meeting new people. You don’t need to be a member to attend.
Peter Frei
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Amnesty International local Group at the Sturbridge Coffee House
The local Amnesty International Group is organizing a “night of music & information” at the Sturbridge Coffee House this coming Saturday July 25 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. There will be live music and members of the local group will give information about Amnesty and speak a little bit about what the group is doing. The group typically meets every third Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm at the Booklover's Gourmet in Webster, MA. The work of Amnesty International is very important and satisfying. I am a member myself; I can’t attend the monthly meetings as I cover the selectboard meetings which, unfortunately, are held at the same time.
Peter Frei
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Mountain Biking at Quinebaug Woods
Most people don't realize that two hours of fun is just a stone-throw away.
Right in your backyard is Quinebaug Woods.
Pack your picnic baskets, grab your mountain bikes, and head for the trails!
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Screening of the movie “The Great Match”
If you don’t have any plans for tomorrow evening July 9, and you like a good flick, I might just have the right tip for you... Library Box Office presents independent and foreign film series at the Jacob Edwards Library.
The screenings start at 18:00 hours in the Pioppi room at 236 Main Street in Southbridge once a month and are free of charge!
This film [adult] tells the adventurous story of three heroes, none of whom have ever met, but who nevertheless have two things in common: firstly, they all live in the farthest-flung corners of the planet and, secondly, they are all three determined to see on TV the final in Japan of the 2002 World Cup between Germany and Brazil. The protagonists in this 'global' comedy are: a family of Mongolian nomads, a camel caravan of Tuareg in the Sahara, and a group of Indios in the Amazon. They all live about 500 kilometres away from the next town – and the next television – making their task a particularly daunting one. Nevertheless, these inventive people possess the resourcefulness and the willpower to achieve their goal.
The movie is in Kazajo (Mongolia), Tamashek (Niger), Tupi (Brasil), with subtitles in English. Running time is 91 minutes. For more information about this movie Click here!
Peter Frei
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Screening of the movie “XXY”
If you don’t have any plans for tomorrow evening June 11, and you like a good flick, I might just have the right tip for you... Library Box Office presents independent and foreign film series at the Jacob Edwards Library.
The screenings start at 18:00 hours in the Pioppi room at 236 Main Street in Southbridge once a month and are free of charge!
The Argentinean movie “XXY” [Adult], is the story about 15 year old Alex who confronts adolescence. Alex (Ines Efron,) does not just face the usual choices and life decisions, Alex's choices and decisions are monumental as she/he was born an intersex child. As Alex begins to explore her sexuality, her mother invites friends from Buenos Aires to come for a visit at their house on the gorgeous Uruguayan shore, along with their 16-year-old son Álvaro (Martin Piroyanski.) Alex is immediately attracted to the young man, which adds yet another level of complexity to her personal search for identity, and forces both families to face their worst fears.
The movie is in Spanish with subtitles in English and won 12 awards! Running time is 91 minutes. For more information about this movie click here!
Peter Frei
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Increadible performance by Sara Ashleigh and the “Push the Blues Band”
Six local amateur artists gave a most unexpected, stunning performance last night. It’s hard to impress me… so I was not only surprised but genuinely impressed with the talent of these six local musicians. Sara Ashleigh and the Push the Blues Band are a “must see.”
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Screening of the movie “The Violin”
If you don’t have any plans for Thursday evening May 14, and you like a good flick, I might just have the right tip for you... Library Box Office presents independent and foreign film series at the Jacob Edwards Library.
The screenings start at 18:00 hours in the Pioppi room at 236 Main Street in Southbridge once a month and are free of charge!
“The Violin [Adult],” is a story about Don Plutarco, his son Genaro and his grandson Lucio who live a double life: on one hand they are musicians and humble farmers, on the other they support the campesina peasant guerilla movement's armed efforts against the oppressive government. When the military seizes the village, the rebels flee to the sierra hills, forced to leave behind their stock of ammunition. While the guerillas organize a counter-attack, old Plutarco executes his own plan. He plays up his appearance as a harmless violin player, in order to get into the village and recover the ammunition hidden in his corn field. His violin playing charms the army captain, who orders Plutarco to come back daily. Arms and music play a tenuous game of cat-and-mouse which ultimately results in painful betrayal.
The movie is in Spanish with subtitles in English and won 13 awards!
Peter Frei
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