Eesha Williams's Blog, page 121
May 25, 2015
Photos: Keene
These photos were taken on May 25 in Keene. A man rides his bicycle outside the Keene food co-op. People walk down Main Street. World War II veteran Jim Johnston of Keene, seated, and Vietnam war veteran Jeffrey Scott of Chesterfield, New Hampshire, hold peace signs on the town common. "We've been here every week for the past 13 years, in snow, rain, you name it," Johnston said. "Once we had about 150 people here with us."
Lucinda Williams will perform a public concert at the Colonial Theate...
May 23, 2015
Blues Concert July 25: Luther Johnson
Luther Johnson and the Magic Rockers will perform a public concert in Northampton on July 25 at 7 p.m. Johnson, who is also known as Guitar Junior, was born in 1939 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. Johnson worked as guitarist and singer in Muddy Waters’s band for six years, starting in 1973. The Rolling Stones, and Rolling Stone magazine, were named after a Muddy Waters song.
Garland Jeffreys Will Play in Northampton June 6
Rock and roll musician Garland Jeffreys will perform a public concert at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton on June 6. His recent albums have received positive reviews from the New Yorker magazine and NPR's "Fresh Air with Terry Gross." You can hear free samples of his music at:
www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-k...
Environmental Victory
In Northfield, Massachusetts, near Greenfield, 142 acres of farmland, forest, streams and ponds will soon be permanently protected from development, David Kotker told the Valley Post on May 19. He works for the group that is fighting to save the land. The group has a web site at www.MountGrace.org.
A trail designed for people in wheel-chairs and for people walking will be open to the public. More than $330,000 to save the land and build trails came from the state and town government, and don...
Photo: Greenfield Rally
Last year, a Massachusetts state employee failed to show up for eight appointments with a four-year-old boy whose survival the employee was responsible for. The boy died. His name was Jeremiah Oliver. The employee and her bosses were fired. On May 18 in Greenfield, dozens of people attended a rally to try to prevent more children from dying due to inadequate state funding of the agency responsible for caring for orphans. The group that organized the rally has a web site at www.seiu509.org.
