South Athol Church suppers return
ATHOL – The first of the five monthly South Athol United Methodist Church suppers will begin on Saturday, April 18, with savory chicken and biscuits with gravy, mashed potatoes, coleslaw, green beans, dinner rolls and homemade pies for dessert.
Reservations are required and tickets are $16 for adults, $8 for children ages 6-12, and free for children under 6. The suppers will be at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
There have been some changes to the ‘supper staff’ and the reservation phone number has changed to 978-249-3167. This phone will be monitored by assigned members of the congregation, so please leave a detailed message and someone will return the call. When making reservations, please specify if they are for eat-in or take-out, as this will simplify it for servers to accommodate all diners.
Four more suppers are also scheduled. On May 16, pot roast of beef is on the menu. For Father’s Day weekend, consider treating dad to Swedish meatballs on June 20 with a strawberry shortcake for dessert. Swedish meatball suppers will be dedicated to Ralph Stoddard, who has been a long-standing, invaluable Church Supper Manager, along with his many other tasks.
The remaining suppers will be held on Sept. 19 with baked ham and Oct. 17 with braised beef. Both these suppers will have a selection of homemade pies for dessert. There will be no scheduled supper in November because of the Thanksgiving holiday.
All food is prepared and served family-style by experienced kitchen helpers, many who are Serve Safe certified. The church is located at at 65 Morgan Ave.
Annual Women’s Fellowship Game Night
ATHOL – South Athol United Methodist Church at 65 Morgan Ave. is holding its annual Women’s Fellowship Game Night on Friday, April 24, at 6 p.m. in Fellowship Hall.
Please bring crafts, board games, cards or something else to play with others in attendance. A variety of pizzas and desserts will be served. This event is open to the public. There is no admission charge, but a donation would be appreciated. Come on out and join us for an evening of fun, food and socializing.
Art Center opens new exhibition with Elisabeth and Darrell Hyder
PETERSHAM – The Petersham Art Center is hosting a new exhibition, “Paper & Print / One Couple’s Cottage Collaboration: Elisabeth and Darrell Hyder’s Paste Paper and Letterpress Lives.” This exhibition runs through May 10.
The public is invited to join the artists for an opening reception on Sunday, April 12, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Along with meeting the artists and enjoying a gallery full of their paper and print works, the reception offers refreshments and a time to see friends and meet new people from the area.
Artists Elisabeth and Darrell Hyder have run their North Brookfield studios since the 1970s; Brookfield PaperWorks for her, Sun Hill Press for him. They are renowned for their works of fine printed papers, constructions, letterpress projects, books and more. Elisabeth Hyder creates intricate decorative paste papers using a specialized wet-pigment process to craft unique, colorful paper works. Using traditional, centuries-old paste paper methods to produce her custom designs, she creates custom mixes of paste and pigment applied to acid-free paper with a range of specialized tools depending upon what effect she is striving for.
Darrell Hyder is a renowned letterpress printer, designer and compositor. He specializes in high-quality letterpress printing and is known for producing decorative patterns, book arts, and typography works working with his Heidelberg cylinder and platen presses, as well as a Vandercook press. Along with his personal work, Hyder has produced work for museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions.
Art center hours are Thursdays through Sundays, noon to 4 p.m. For more information about the exhibition and the center, please call 978-724-3415.