Happy Birthday, Meat For Tea • Saturday
Award-winning local literary mag Meat For Tea is celebrating double digit action! The Western Mass magazine is officially one decade old and will be celebrating in due style on Saturday at Sonelab with a multi-media infused gala. Local artwork will be on display, spoken word will be spewed, and Ex Temper and Beige will perform. Event runs from 7:30 p.m. to 12 a.m.; $5 suggested donation at entry. — Amanda Drane
Beers For Bernie • Friday
Bernie Sanders supporters will join forces on Friday to raise funds for the campaign. Relax, have some beers and dump on Trump with your fellow Berns. DJ Bongohead and DJ Studebaker Hawk will be spinning a collection of funk, soul, latin, african and other worldy beats throughout the night. Suggested donations to the Sanders campaign of whatever you can afford. 18+ (21 to drink), 7:00 p.m., 121 Club, (Eastworks building), 116 Pleasant St., Ste. 121, Easthampton. — Jennifer Levesque
Contemplative Clay • Through March 25
Clay strikes me as a primal medium for art — I mean, it’s almost older than dirt. Artists working in clay have an intimate relationship with their creations that isn’t possible with materials that don’t ooze, squish and bend. What I’m saying is, I like to read the intentions of each thumb swipe in a clay piece. So, this week I’m checking out Contemplative Clay by Viki Gable, a pro potter, teacher, and art therapist. She’s exhibiting her work at Springfield College’s William Blizzard Gallery through March 25, with a reception on March 24. — Kristin Palpini
Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project • Sunday
Folklorist and researcher Alan Lomax died in 2002, but his public archive of thousands of folk music recordings lives on. That huge library of songs is the basis for a show at the Parlor Room by Jayme Stone and fellow roots musicians, who want to “revive, recycle, and reimagine traditional music” in a concert that ranges from Bahamian sea shanties to African-American a cappella to fiddle tunes to ancient Appalachian ballads. At the Parlor Room in Northampton. Doors at 6:30 p.m. $10-$17 in advance; $20 at the door. — Hunter Styles
