Looky Here

Strange Page– Experimental Writing Workshop
2023-08-15 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-22 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-08-29 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Tickets and info in week 1!

Lil ones at Looky
2023-08-18 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-08-25 10:30 - 23:30
10-15 donation

Digital Death Dive with Jayson Keery 8/20
2023-08-20 16:00 - 18:00 | Looky Here, 28 chapman street, greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Digital Death Drive is a dip into finding poetic inspiration via digital technology. In class, we’ll briefly discuss the ethics and theories of technology as a means of artistic production, weaving in the history of techno music. Then we’ll launch into different means of unlocking a poetic flow through use of personal technology. Please be prepared to use a smart phone and feel free to bring a laptop. If you have neither of these, no worries! We’ll have some on hand.
Bio: Jayson Keery is based in Western Massachusetts. They are the author of The Choice is Real (Metatron Press, 2023) and the chapbook Astroturf (o•blēk editions, 2022). They have been anthologized in Mundus Press’s Nocturnal Properties, Nightboat Books’ We Want It All: An Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics, and Pilot Press London’s A Queer Anthology of Rage. They received the 2022 Metatron Prize for Rising Authors, selected by Fariha Róisín, and the 2021 Daniel and Merrily Glosband MFA Fellowship, selected by Wendy Xu. A complete list of publications, awards, and interviews live online at JaysonKeery.com

Figure Drawing 8/24
2023-08-24 18:00 - 20:00
Byo materials
easels provided
masks optional
Session starts 6pm prompt!

Greenfield Gallery Walk: Reception for Olivia Hamilton
2023-08-25 17:00 - 20:00

Writing a Hit Poem with Zoe Tuck 8/27
2023-08-27 12:00 - 14:00 | Looky Here, 28 chapman street, greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Some poems, like some songs, are hits, bops, bangers. They stick in our heads and we can’t stop humming along. What distinguishes a hit from a flop? And how can we learn how to write hit poems? In this workshop, we’ll read a sample of hit poems, talk about what makes them tick, then write our own.

Bio: Zoe Tuck was born in Texas, became a person in California, and now lives in Western Massachusetts. She is the author of Bedroom Vowel (BUNNY Presse, 2023) and Terror Matrix (Timeless, Infinite Light, 2014), in addition to the chapbooks The Book of Bella (Doublecross Press), bound in a dos-a-dos edition with Emily Hunerwadel’s Peach Woman, and Vape Cloud of Unknowing (Belladonna* Collaborative). With Britt Billmeyer-Finn, she is the co-host of The But Also house reading series and she co-edits Hot Pink Magazine with Emily Bark Brown.

The Lovelights Present: A Mermaid Wedding! Fairy House Day on Avenue A
2023-09-02 13:00 - 16:00
Seaweed Monsters, Niaids, Dryads, Pirates and Fairy Queens of All Ages are invited to the Magical, Mystical Wedding of Merfolk to take place at Peskeumskut Park on Saturday, September 2nd from 1-4pm.

Attendants are encouraged to dress “Magical Formal” for this special occasion. Wings, tails, horns, beaks and antenna are all welcome. Expect wedding cake, a photo booth, a butterfly release, fairy house making supplies and live original music by the talented Wednesday Knudsen , Kryssi B and Madden Aleia! All are invited to participate in the annual “Prettiest Picnic Contest” with prizes! And all will be entered in a drawing to win the Ultimate Lovelights Boxset! Plus a Cameo in our next episode!

The Lovelights is a comic series, a performance group and a Children’s T.V. show produced by Montague Community Television and Looky Here. This will be the 4th annual Fairy House day to take place!
Participation in Fairy House day is free and welcome to all! Fairy house day is supported by Riverculture and the Massachussetts Cultural Council. If you love Fairy House Day, please consider making a donation to Looky Here with the note “Lovelights” to contribute to next year’s event! Donations can be made via Paypal to Lookyheregreenfield.com, Venmo @L00ky_here or a check made out to Looky Here can be mailed to our storefront at 28 Chapman street in Greenfield MA 01301.
Cheers to the happy couple!!

EN EL ESPAÑOL…
Monstruos de algas, náyades, dríadas, piratas y reinas de hadas de todos los edades están invitados a la boda mágica y mística de sirenes que tendrá lugar en el Parque de Peskeompskut el sábado 2 de septiembre de las 13:00 hasta las 16:00.

Se animan a los asistentes a vestirse formal y mágico para esta ocasión especial. Las alas, colas, antenas, y los picos, y cuernos son bienvenidos. ¡Espera un pastel de bodas, una cabina de fotos, un lanzamiento de mariposas, los materiales para hacer una casa de hadas, y música original en vivo de las talentosas Wednesday Knudsen, Kryssi B y Madden Aleia! ¡Todos están invitados a participar en el “Concurso anual del picnic más bonito” con premios! ¡Y todos entrarán en un sorteo para ganar el Ulimate Lovelights Boxset! ¡Además de un cameo en nuestro próximo episodio!

The Lovelights es una serie cómica, un grupo de actuación y un programa de television para niños producido por Montague Community Television y Looky Here. ¡Este será el cuarto Fairy House Day que tendrá lugar! ¡La participación en el Fairy House Day es gratuita y bienvenida a todos.

El Fairy House Day cuenta con el apoyo de Riverculture y el Massachusetts Cultural Council. Si te encanta el Fairy House Day, considera hacer una donación a Looky Here con la nota “Lovelights” para contribuir al evento del próximo año. Las donaciones se pueden hacer a través de Paypal a Lookyheregreenfield.com, Venmo @L00ky_here o se puede enviar un cheque a nombre de Looky Here a nuestra tienda en 28 Chapman street en Greenfield MA 01301. ¡¡Saludos a la feliz pareja!!

READING: The Strange Page Presents...
2023-09-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Looky Here, 28 chapman street, greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Join us for wine, seltzer, cheese, and chips, and a reading of 11 very short, strange stories.
6:00-8:00
$5-$10 suggested donation
N.O.T.A.F.L.O.F.

Spanish through Art (Wednesday, 9/6)
2023-09-06 18:00 - 20:00
Let’s paint, speak Spanish and learn more about Hispanic art and Artists on Wednesday nights at Looky Here in September. You don’t need to be a fluent Spanish speaker or a professional artist, just excited for both!
Tickets are $20 per class, all materials included. N.O.T.A.F.L.O.F.

Figure Drawing 9/7/23
2023-09-07 18:00 - 20:00
BYO materials
Easels and Drawing Horses provided

Spanish through Art (Wednesday, 9/13)
2023-09-13 18:00 - 20:00

Needle Felting Workshop with Anna Sunschauer (9/18 4:00-6:00p.m.)
2023-09-18 16:00 - 18:00 | Looky Here, 28 chapman street, greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Come learn the art of needle felting! Fiber artist Anna Sunschauer will teach you how to sculpt fluffy wool fiber into 3D objects using felting needles. In this workshop, you will learn how to make a sweet little little hen ornament! No prior felting experience is necessary, but it is recommended that all participants have solid fine motor skills to avoid injury with the sharp needles.
This workshop is open to teens and adults ages 12 & up and is limited to 8 participants. All necessary tools and materials will be provided.
About the instructor: Anna Sunschauer (pronouns: they/them) is a local fiber artist who sculpts cute, colorful creatures from wool using felting needles. They started running felting workshops around the Pioneer Valley in the beginning of 2023, and have been featured in a variety of local craft fairs and art shows across Western MA over the last three years. You can check out more of Anna’s work on their Instagram page @whimsical.fiber.

Spanish through Art (Wednesday, 9/20)
2023-09-20 18:00 - 20:00

Figure Drawing 9/21/23
2023-09-21 18:00 - 20:00

Spanish through Art (Wednesday, 9/27)
2023-09-27 18:00 - 20:00

Northampton Print and Book Fair
2023-09-30 12:00 - 17:00 | APE Gallery, 126 Main Street, Northampton, MA, United States

Absolution: Confessional Nonfiction and Hybrid Memoir Workshop with L Scully (VIRTUAL - 10/1 - 2:00 - 4:00)
2023-10-01 14:00 - 16:00
Absolution: Confessional Nonfiction and Hybrid Memoir Workshop
Absolution is a VIRTUAL workshop designed to challenge the soul(s) of self-narrative. Through a combination of craft and a peer support sharing activity, we will transmutate our confessions and their literature into imperfect texts. Feel free to bring multimedia ephemera for the creation of physical and hybrid works. This workshop is a pro-queer and trans space.

BIO:
L Scully is a trans writer and double Capricorn currently based in the ether. Their debut full-length book, Fuck Me: A Memoir, is available from Gnashing Teeth
Publishing. L’s chapbooks, Like Us and I00 I Love Yous, are available from ELJ Editions and Ethel, respectively. They have recently completed their first bicoastal book tour, and have work appearing internationally in the UK’s WORMS Mag, the Dutch Simulacrum Magazine, and Finnish publication Almanac Press’s Journal of Trans Poetics. L earned their MFA in Creative Writing from Lesley University in Cambridge and now hosts queer literary events in Boston at [Working Title]. Find them on Instagram @_caprihorny_.

Standup Comedy Workshop with Mo Schweiger (4 week series - Tuesdays 10/3 - 10/24)
2023-10-03 18:00 - 20:00
This four session comedy workshop is designed to make performing stand-up comedy less daunting! Each week, we will watch sets by pros and discuss what makes them great. We will then take their wisdom with us into solo writing time and end the class with an open mic and optional feedback. This workshop is specifically meant for people underrepresented in traditional comedy spaces, though all are welcome. No experience necessary!

About the facilitator: Mo Schweiger is a writer and comedian living in Greenfield. They produce seasonally appropriate Jewish comedy shows at 10Forward and co-produced Far Out! Comedy Festival, a three day festival of queer and trans comedy. They also frequently guest host the Taking Back Mondays open mic at The Majestic Saloon.

No one turned away for lack of funds, email mfschweiger@gmail.com with questions if $65 doesn’t work for you.

Interaction of Color
2023-10-04 18:00 - 20:00
Josef Albers Interaction of Color Reading and Color Theory Class

In this 8 week class, we will work through the color experiments presented by Josef Albers in his 1963 publication “Interaction of Color”. Albers taught at the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College, headed Yale University’s department of design, and is considered one of the most influential teachers of the visual arts in the twentieth century. Students will need to have a copy of the text as well as color swatches to work with (color swatches from paint stores work best!). Experiments will be done at home and in class.

Figure Drawing 10/5/23
2023-10-05 18:00 - 20:00

Rescue/Everybody BIG BOOK LAUNCH + Reading
2023-10-06 18:00 - 21:00 | Looky Here, 28 chapman street, greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
A TRIPLE book release featuring Stella Corso and Jed Munson from Rescue Press, and Jennifer Robertson from Everybody Press.
Additional readers include Deja Carr, Vanessa Brewster, and Riley Mac.
Doors at 6:00, Reading at 7:00
$10 suggested donation
drinks and snacks!
NOTAFLOF

Binging the Syntax: A Workshop for Greedy, Horny Sentences (10/8/2023 - Stella Corso)
2023-10-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Looky Here, 28 chapman street, greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
In this workshop, we will look at examples of energetic, engorged, fervent, and audacious syntax, consulting some literary theories of the sentence along the way. We will examine these sentences for their various multiplicities and anticipations, considering how many temporalities, attitudes, and points of view one might dare to contain. Please bring a short piece of in-progress writing (of any genre) so that you may experiment with pushing the boundaries of your own slutty syntax.

Bio: Stella Corso is the author of Green Knife (Rescue Press, 2023) and TANTRUM (Rescue Press, 2017) along with the chapbooks Taboo Vivant (b l u s h, 2022) and Wind & the Augur (Sixth Finch, 2021). She is a graduate of the MFA program at UMass-Amherst and a founding member of the Connecticut River Valley Poets’ Theater (CRVPT). Currently, she is a doctoral candidate in English & Literary Arts at the University of Denver where she acts as the Managing Editor for Denver Quarterly. She also works as a farmhand on Lost Greens Farm in Colorado and is busy writing her first novel.

Standup Comedy Workshop with Mo Schweiger (4 week series – Tuesdays 10/3 – 10/24)
2023-10-10 18:00 - 20:00
Go to Week 1 for tickets and info!

Interaction of Color
2023-10-11 18:00 - 20:00
Josef Albers Interaction of Color Reading and Color Theory Class

In this 8 week class, we will work through the color experiments presented by Josef Albers in his 1963 publication “Interaction of Color”. Albers taught at the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College, headed Yale University’s department of design, and is considered one of the most influential teachers of the visual arts in the twentieth century. Students will need to have a copy of the text as well as color swatches to work with (color swatches from paint stores work best!). Experiments will be done at home and in class.
(TICKETS IN WEEK 1)

Draw What You See: A 3 Workshop Series (Biweekly Thursdays 10/12, 10/26 & 11/9)
2023-10-12 18:00 - 20:00 | Looky Here, 28 chapman street, greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
“Draw What You See”

A 3 workshop series
Every other Thursday evening from 6-8pm
All materials included or bring your own
October 12, 26, Nov 9
All levels of experience/ adults and mature teens
$65

Draw What You See is a drawing workshop for all levels of experience, and those who want a solid foundation for painting: Using still life set-ups from the Looky Here menagerie, draw from observation ,consider the composition, and make shapes combine to represent that which is before you. Learn and experiment with drawing tools and techniques. Look and draw, and look and talk about it, every other week, so there is time to see and draw outside of class.

Julia Shirar is a painter and educator working across disciplines, from observation. Her work has been shown internationally in exhibitions at The Tate Modern in London, UK, The National Veterans Art Museum in Chicago, IL, Gray Area Foundation for Art in San Francisco, CA, Rowan Morrison Gallery in Oakland, CA, and La Mama Galleria in New York City, among many others. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at City University of New York and Adjunct Faculty at New York University, living and working in Shelburne Falls, MA.

Looky Here Magazine Release, Reading and BRUNCH with a PIE BAR!
2023-10-14 11:00 - 14:00 | Looky Here, 28 chapman street, greenfield, MA, 01301, United States
Our very first magazine is arriving on Saturday, October 14th!
Join our Magazine Release and Reading with a Pie Bar!
Pie and drinks served from 11:00-2:00 (or until we sell out!)
Reading starts at noon!
Sarah Wisby / Catherine Bresner / Kat Freeman / David Russell / Casper Lucia / Vanessa Brewster and more TBA!

Entry Tickets include…
-A copy of the magazine
-A delicious slice of pie
-One beverage (coffee, juice, or mimosas!)

Standup Comedy Workshop with Mo Schweiger (4 week series – Tuesdays 10/3 – 10/24)
2023-10-17 18:00 - 20:00
Go to week 1 for info and tickets!
