A STONE’S THROW
A Northhampton Festival of Visual Art and Performance illuminating the experiences of Military Veterans and their Families
November 3-30
Explore the details below of festival EXHIBITIONS and PERFORMANCES that take up the question:
How can we come together in today's divided world to better understand one another and bring a much-needed sense of belonging and community into our lives?
EXHIBITIONS
“Untitled”: work by Danny Nguyen and Steve Maxner
Home/War/Home: An Installation
A.P.E. Gallery
126 Main Street, Northampton MA
November 3-25
Opening Reception November 10, 5-8pm (Arts Night Out)
Artist Talk: 'The Rhyme of our Fathers' with Danny Nguyen and Mollye Maxner; November 15 at 6pm
(full details in 'Live Events' below)
Home/War/Home explores impacts of combat on soldiers, children, and families. Featuring the work of Steve Maxner, who served as a combat medic in Vietnam, and Danny Nguyen, a US military veteran who came to Northampton in 1979 as a 7-year-old Vietnamese refugee. Woven through the installation are recorded audio pieces crafted from interviews with area veterans and their families.
“PTSD-1972” by Barry Sponder
Artful Bonds: Veterans and their families
An Exhibition
New England Visionary Artists Museum / Anchor House for Artists
518 Pleasant St, Northampton MA
November 10-30
Opening Reception November 10, 5-8pm (Arts Night Out)
Featuring the work of area soldiers, veterans, and their family members, Artful Bonds sheds light on the connections of family through art. Many of the pieces in this exhibit were made through engagement with Warriors Art Room in Easthampton, MA.
“Mind Blown” by James Loiselle
Waves of Healing
City Hall, Memorial Hall, and Forbes Library
of Northampton, MA
November 1-30
Visit these locations throughout Northampton to see artwork from the creative arts therapy program at the VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System on the Northampton campus in Leeds and from veterans residing on the campus at the Soldier On residential community. These 30+ pieces offer a lens into the creative capacity of our veterans, all of whom are doing the important work of introspection and emotional healing -- just 'a stone's throw' from downtown Northampton.
PERFORMANCES/ LIVE EVENTS (all performance take place at the A.P.E. Gallery)
An Iliad
by RhinoLeap ProductionsA play by Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare
Performed by Patrick Osteen
Co-Directed by K. Paul M. and Jeremy Skidmore
A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street, Northampton MA
November 4, 7pm
Performances are FREE, but seating is limited.
Reserve seats HERE
A poet walks into the room. Then waits. Once the silence comes, he begins. Through poetry and humor, physicality and rage, the poet takes the ancient tale of the Trojan War and brings it crashing down into the middle of the modern world.
"Lost War, Found Souls" / Poetry of Vietnam Veterans
A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street, Northampton MA
November 5, 2pm
FREE and open to the public. No reservations necessary.
Vietnam Veterans and esteemed poets Doug Anderson and Preston Hood read from their bodies of work.
Photo by C. Stanley Photography
"for Jude"
Adapted from the off-Broadway play Occupied Territories
Written by Nancy Bannon and Mollye Maxner
A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street, Northampton MA
Readings on:
November 11th at 7pm
November 12th at 2pm
November 17th at 7pm
November 18th at 7pm
November 19th at 2pm
Readings are FREE, but seating is limited.
Reserve seats HERE
In “for Jude”, a one-act play adapted from Occupied Territories (off-Broadway 2017), two adult sisters reckon with their legacy as children of a Vietnam Veteran on the night of their father’s funeral.
"The Rhyme of Our Fathers" / Artist Talk with Danny Nguyen and Mollye Maxner
A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street, Northampton MA
November 15, 6pm
FREE and open to the public. No reservations necessary.
In this conversation, artists Danny Nguyen and Mollye Maxner will share the threads of their two fathers, whose hope-filled actions amid internal and external turmoil wove a story central to the exhibition Home/War/Home.
A Stone's Throw: Hope, Healing, and Finding Community
A Conversation
A.P.E. Gallery, 126 Main Street, Northampton MA
November 19, 3pm
FREE and open to the public. No reservations necessary.
Mollye Maxner, co-director of A.P.E. and daughter of a Vietnam Veteran, will facilitate a panel discussion with local spouses and children of veterans. Join us for an open and honest dialogue about the powerful relationship between the challenges and gifts of being spouses and children of military veterans.
A Stone's Throw festival is presented through a partnership between Available Potential Enterprises, Ltd. (A.P.E.) and Central Hampshire Veteran Services, which provides support to area military veterans and their family members living in 11 cities and towns in Hampshire County in receiving benefits and help with food and housing and medical and employment assistance.
This Exhibition is made possible in part through support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, The Northampton Arts Council, and ARPA.