Eesha Williams's Blog, page 43
November 26, 2020
Indigo Girls Northampton Concert is June 25, 2021
The Indigo Girls will perform June 25, 2021 at the Pines Theater in Northampton. 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 Saliers live near Atlanta, Georgia.
90 at Springfield Rally
In Springfield, about 90 people attended a rally against police brutality. The rally was on November 21 in the afternoon outside the mayor's house. “The mayor and his wife kind of slinked away,” Tara Parrish told the Valley Post in a voice phone interview on November 23. “They got in their car and drove off.” Parrish works for the group that organized the rally. It has a web site at www.PioneerValleyProject.org.
The rally then moved to outside the police commissioner's house.
“We plan to disrup...
November 19, 2020
Indigo Girls Northampton Concert is June 25, 2021
The Indigo Girls will perform June 25, 2021 at the Pines Theater in Northampton. 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 Saliers live near Atlanta, Georgia.
Workers Win
Hundreds of union workers in Brattleboro had a major win November 16 when Megan Baston resigned from her job as a senior executive at the Brattleboro Retreat mental hospital. The workers held rallies earlier this year demanding her resignation. “The union wishes Meghan Baston the best in her future endeavors," Sy Creamer told the Valley Post on November 19. Creamer is president of the union at the Retreat. The union has a web site at www.unap.org. Unions reduce inequality and increase democracy....
November 12, 2020
Indigo Girls Northampton Concert is June 25, 2021
The Indigo Girls will perform June 25, 2021 at the Pines Theater in Northampton. 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 Saliers live near Atlanta, Georgia.
Hundreds Take to the Streets to Celebrate
In Northampton, 300 or so people attended a spontaneous celebration of Joe Biden's and Kamala Harris's win when it was announced midday on November 7. Among those hundreds of people were 50 or so who attended a previously planned march for democracy that went from Sheldon Field to downtown. Dyan Wiley was a march organizer. She told the Valley Post, “Trump hasn’t conceded.... Control of the senate hangs on two runoff elections in Georgia.... The United States is deeply polarized, such that half ...
November 9, 2020
Indigo Girls Northampton Concert is June 25, 2021
The Indigo Girls will perform June 25, 2021 at the Pines Theater in Northampton. 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 Saliers live near Atlanta, Georgia.
Photo: Green Mountain Forest
There are two popular ways to get to the summit of Stratton Mountain in Vermont, near Brattleboro. One is to take a ski lift. The other is to hike. The hiking trail is on the opposite side of the mountain from the ski resort so hikers don't see any sign of the resort until they reach the fire tower at the summit. The summit is big so the only sign of the ski resort from the fire tower is the top of one ski lift in the distance. This photo was taken on November 8 from the fire tower. It shows Som...
November 5, 2020
Indigo Girls Northampton Concert is June 25, 2021
The Indigo Girls will perform June 25, 2021 at the Pines Theater in Northampton. 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 Saliers live near Atlanta, Georgia.
