Eesha Williams's Blog, page 128
December 20, 2014
Matisyahu Northampton Concert December 29
Tickets are $50 for Matisyahu's December 29 concert at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton. The concert will be acoustic. Globally, his song “King Without a Crown” was one of the most popular songs of the past decade.
A video of Matisyahu performing an acoustic song is at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPuU-iTIFoI
Bike-Ped Tragedy, Rally
Two pedestrians were hospitalized after being hit by cars. A bicycle riders' rights rally is set for December 21. In Northampton on December 9, Chloe Rombach, age 22, was walking when she was hit by a car. Police say she was probably in a cross-walk. As of December 19, she remained in critical condition in a hospital in Boston, where she was taken by helicopter, according to a fund-raising web site set up by her family:
December 14, 2014
Matisyahu Northampton Concert December 29
Tickets are $50 for Matisyahu's December 29 concert at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton. The concert will be acoustic. Globally, his song “King Without a Crown” was one of the most popular songs of the past decade.
A video of Matisyahu performing an acoustic song is at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPuU-iTIFoI
Photos: Holyoke March Against Police Killings, Racism
On December 12 in Holyoke, there was a march to protest recent killings of unarmed black men by white police officers around the nation. At the head of the march, people carried a sign that read, "Black lives matter."
The march was promoted by the western Massachusetts chapter of www.jwj.org.
Photos of the march are below. To enlarge a photo, click on it, then scroll down and click "see full size image."
photos by Joe Oliverio
December 13, 2014
Matisyahu Northampton Concert December 29
Tickets are $50 for Matisyahu's December 29 concert at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton. The concert will be acoustic. Globally, his song “King Without a Crown” was one of the most popular songs of the past decade.
A video of Matisyahu performing an acoustic song is at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPuU-iTIFoI
Environmental Victory
At a dairy and beef farm in Hadley, Massachusetts, 123 acres of farmland has been permanently protected from development. Hadley borders Amherst. A photo of the farm is below. The farm is at 172 Hockanum Road and has a store that is open to the public. This environmental victory was made possible by www.KestrelTrust.org.
Most people who live in the Valley need a car to get to work or school, and to go shopping or visit friends.
