with St.Patrick/Joseph jimmyjangle

main gallery Rockwell Museum call and response

  Gracie Berry by the Golden Rule

                

 UpCoMiNg
March 16, 2:30 pm 
at Norman Rockwell Museum

"Karaoke Confession"   
Using Norman Rockwell's paintings as a launching point, "Karaoke Confession" is a performance by singer songwriter JoAnne Spies that weaves together songs, poems and stories on the theme of forgiveness. Part guided tour and part interactive poetry and song, this program is being created for the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers.

 Karaoke Confession 'Tour Guides':

 Mari Andreyco    Cheryl Luft

Gracie Berry         Kasiya Phiri

Mindy Dow           Eric Reinhardt

Ben Friedman        Natalie Shiras

Jan Hutchinson       Nathan Smith

 click here: Norman Rockwell Museum

->Berkshire Festival of Women Writers

Sunday, March 11th    2pm - 6pm

Fundraiser for Mountain Road School
I'll be joining a wonderful array of bands and musicians at The Abode in New Lebanon, New York. 
  Come support this  school which is a gem and needs our help to grow in its new location.

It's an honor to be featured in Our Berkshire Green's
December - March 2012 issue:

see page 10:

Our Berkshire Green

wake up 99 words and music by joAnne spies

Be the Change

 Occupy the Earth
 A link to Jenny Browdy's thoughtful blog

be the change 2012 :

Deep Green Resistance 

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 click here:
David Byrne and Thom Yorke interview on the real value of music 

                                                        carnival october 2011       j. spies

                                                      'motorboat'  monotype by j.spies

upcoming gigs

Saturday, December 10th 
Private Party 
West Cummington, MA 

Saturday, December 3rd
Alchemy Initiative Handmade Holiday Festival

  12:30 - 3pm

 Sunday, November 6

Unitarian Universalist of South Berkshire
Great Barrington, MA

10:30 a.m.

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   October 4, 2011     JoAnne Spies, Wintergreen, MCLA bands

   3:30PM to 06:00PM
      at North Adams City Hall

 

                  March and Rally for Jobs,Justice and Workers Rights

Hosted by April 4th Coalition

Meet at 96 Marshall Street (by Social Security Building) 

Music and Speeches at City Hall

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Thanks to Melinda and Tom at the Rockwell Museum for a fun gig on the terrace. I'm grateful for the NR posters they donate for the Art Cart, which is a program I run in six Berkshire Healthcare settings for CATA.

                                                   

Friday, September 23rd

Norman Rockwell Museum

Stockbridge, MA
Performance at 1:00pm







   September 17th, 2011 Peace Conference at Hancock Shaker Village
featuring Dennis Kucinich and Paul Winter
Eighteen Presenters on Tools and Explorations of Peace
JoAnne Spies workshop: "Writing Songs of Peace"
2:30 - 3:30pm
Performance
1:30pm  Round Barn
register:  Peace Conference info and registration

One highlight of this conference was reading the peace poems received from middle school students in the Round Barn at Hancock Shaker Village. Thank you to Herberg Middle School, Craneville Elementary and St. Mark's and all the teachers and students who took time to reflect on what peace means to them.  Keep on.