Eesha Williams's Blog, page 149
July 10, 2013
Sierra Leone All Stars Concert Is August 18
The Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars will perform a concert in Northampton on August 18. The show at the Iron Horse Music Hall will start at 7 p.m. The band performed an outstanding public concert at the same venue last summer. The night club appeared to be almost sold out and most of the people at the concert danced. Also last year, the All Stars released an excellent album, Radio Salone. Most of the songs on the album are Afro-Pop or “high life” style. Some are reggae.
Photo: Immigrant Activists From the Valley
This photo shows people from Springfield, Northampton, and Amherst. They were arriving at the statehouse in Boston. The photo was taken on July 10. They were lobbying in favor of the Trust Act, which would help immigrants. “If it comes into law, the Trust Act would establish a limit on state participation in deportation, delineating specifically when local or state police will participate in the work of Immigration and Customs enforcement,” Bliss Requa-Trautz told the Valley Post. She works f...
July 7, 2013
Sierra Leone All Stars Concert Is August 18
The Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars will perform a concert in Northampton on August 18. The show at the Iron Horse Music Hall will start at 7 p.m. The band performed an outstanding public concert at the same venue last summer. The night club appeared to be almost sold out and most of the people at the concert danced. Also last year, the All Stars released an excellent album, Radio Salone. Most of the songs on the album are Afro-Pop or “high life” style. Some are reggae.
Photo: Deerfield River
This photo shows the Deerfield river in Charlemont, Massachusetts. The Deerfield is one of the cleanest rivers in the region. It runs from Stratton mountain in Vermont to the Connecticut river in Greenfield. It's about 70 miles long and it drops about 2,000 feet in elevation. The information in this article is from www.DeerfieldRiver.org. The photo was taken on July 7. To enlarge the photo, click on it, the scroll down and click "see full size image." photo by Eesha Williams
July 6, 2013
Sierra Leone All Stars Concert Is August 18
The Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars will perform a concert in Northampton on August 18. The show at the Iron Horse Music Hall will start at 7 p.m. The band performed an outstanding public concert at the same venue last summer. The night club appeared to be almost sold out and most of the people at the concert danced. Also last year, the All Stars released an excellent album, Radio Salone. Most of the songs on the album are Afro-Pop or “high life” style. Some are reggae.
July 5, 2013
Springfield Area Protests Are July 6 and 11
In June, more than 100 Wal-Mart workers went on strike to protest low wages paid by the billionaire Walton family, the richest family in the world. The Waltons own Wal-Mart and pay barely above minimum wage. The strikers, including Aubretia Edick, who works at the Chicopee Wal-Mart, drove to Arkansas and held a protest rally at Wal-Mart’s annual shareholder meeting. The workers’ right to strike is protected by federal law. But Wal-Mart broke the law and fired 10 of the strikers. Edick’s boss...
June 29, 2013
Sierra Leone All Stars Concert Is August 18
The Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars will perform a concert in Northampton on August 18. The show at the Iron Horse Music Hall will start at 7 p.m. The band performed an outstanding public concert at the same venue last summer. The night club appeared to be almost sold out and most of the people at the concert danced. Also last year, the All Stars released an excellent album, Radio Salone. Most of the songs on the album are Afro-Pop or “high life” style. Some are reggae.
For Forest Near Keene, Against Holyoke Wal-Mart
Logging is underway in the biggest state park in New Hampshire. Pisgah state park is near Keene and Brattleboro. It includes more than 13,000 acres. Kathy Thatcher is president of Friends of Pisgah www.FriendsOfPisgah.org an environmental group. On June 27, she said that, in 1968, the state asked the federal government for money to buy the land that is now Pisgah state park. The request was approved. The written plan was “to build a state park specifically for outdoor recreation... The reques...
