Eesha Williams's Blog, page 37
April 16, 2021
April 17 Climate March is On
Despite snow on April 16, the April 17 Brattleboro climate march is on. More information is at www.valleypost.org/node/1687
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April 15, 2021
Indigo Girls Northampton Concert is June 25, 2021
Despite what their web site says ("no upcoming tour dates") the Indigo Girls will perform June 25, 2021 at the Pines Theater in Northampton. That's according to the "events" tab of their Facebook page, and the Facebook page of the venue.
Details on their concert near Keene in June are at www.northlandslive.com.
Rain, Snow, Protest
As of April 15, the weather forecast looked good for the April 17 Brattleboro climate march. Longtime Brattleboro resident Ellen Schwartz is one of the speakers scheduled for immediately after the march. She is a retired teacher, former board chair at the Vermont Workers' Center, and is still active with that group. Nine-year-old Grace of Dummerston, Vermont has written a speech and will read it unless she feels shy. Her parents' last names are Rosa and McNamara. Dummerston borders Brattleboro. ...
April 8, 2021
Indigo Girls Northampton Concert is June 25, 2021
Despite what their web site says ("no upcoming tour dates") the Indigo Girls will perform June 25, 2021 at the Pines Theater in Northampton. That's according to the "events" tab of their Facebook page, and the Facebook page of the venue.
Details on their concert near Keene in June are at www.northlandslive.com.
Hundreds Rally
In 2019, dozens of people were arrested for non-violent civil disobedience at Wendell, Massachusetts state forest near Greenfield. The goal was to stop logging of 80 acres of 110 year old oak trees on publicly owned land. The USA is losing 6,000 acres of open space to development every day. Stopping logging on publicly owned land forces logging companies to buy their own land. If the loggers want to grow new trees after logging, the land can't be paved.
April 2, 2021
Indigo Girls Northampton Concert is June 25, 2021
Despite what their web site says ("no upcoming tour dates") the Indigo Girls will perform June 25, 2021 at the Pines Theater in Northampton. That's according to the "events" tab of their Facebook page, and the Facebook page of the venue.
The Indigo Girls have sold more than 14 million albums and won a Grammy award. The Indigo Girls are Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, plus a changing lineup of musicians on their records and at some of their concerts. Some tours are just Ray and Saliers. Ray and Salie...
Fight for the Trees
The USA is losing 6,000 acres of open space to development every day. In Easthampton, Massachusetts, people are saying “enough.” Easthampton borders Northampton and Holyoke. “When you cut out a good section of forest and replace it with houses, you've disrupted the environment, period! Anything you do after that to mitigate the situation never makes up for the habitat you destroyed in the first place,” John Bator told the Valley Post in an email. He's president of an Easthampton group that has a...
