>> COMING UP, STORIES WE'RE CONNECTING YOU WITH TONIGHT.

CONNECTING YOU WITH TONIGHT.

>> LEGENDARY BIRK SHARES DANCE >> LEGENDARY BIRK SHARES DANCE MECCA JACOB'S PILLOW LOOKS TO MECCA JACOB'S PILLOW LOOKS TO A POST-COVID FUTURE.

A POST-COVID FUTURE.

>> WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO >> WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOW THINK ABOUT A STRUCTURE, A NOW THINK ABOUT A STRUCTURE, A THEATER FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.

THEATER FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.

WHAT DOES THAT THEATER NEED?

WHAT DOES THAT THEATER NEED?

HOW CAN WE MAKE IT BE A HOW CAN WE MAKE IT BE A THEATER THAT IS ACCESSIBLE?

THEATER THAT IS ACCESSIBLE?

>> A LONG-NEGLECTED LOCAL >> A LONG-NEGLECTED LOCAL THEATER GETS A NEW LEASE ON THEATER GETS A NEW LEASE ON LIFE.

LIFE.

>> THE BUILDING ITSELF IS >> THE BUILDING ITSELF IS SOLID AS A ROCK.

SOLID AS A ROCK.

I TAKE PEOPLE IN AND I SAY, I TAKE PEOPLE IN AND I SAY, JUMP UP AND DOWN IN HERE.

JUMP UP AND DOWN IN HERE.

>> DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE >> DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO SEE THE SUNRISE?

THE SUNRISE?

NO WORRIES IF YOU DIDN'T.

NO WORRIES IF YOU DIDN'T.

WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED.

WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED.

>> HIS CAMERAS ARE SET.

>> HIS CAMERAS ARE SET.

AND HIS DRONE IS READY.

AND HIS DRONE IS READY.

>> THIS KIND OF LIGHT LASTS, >> THIS KIND OF LIGHT LASTS, IF YOU'RE LUCKY, 15 MINUTES.

IF YOU'RE LUCKY, 15 MINUTES.

>> DETAILS ON THOSE STORIES >> DETAILS ON THOSE STORIES AND MORE UP NEXT ON AND MORE UP NEXT ON "CONNECTING POINT."

"CONNECTING POINT."

>> SUPPORT FOR "CONNECTING >> SUPPORT FOR "CONNECTING POINT" IS PROVIDED BY OUR POINT" IS PROVIDED BY OUR CONTRIBUTING VIEWERS.

>> GOOD EVENING, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR "CONNECTING FOR JOINING US FOR "CONNECTING POINT."

POINT."

I'M ZYDALIS BAUER.

I'M ZYDALIS BAUER.

>> SINCE 1933, NATIONAL AND >> SINCE 1933, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DANCE COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL DANCE COMPANIES HAVE GATHERED AT HAVE GATHERED AT WORLD-RENOUNCED JACOB'S PILLOW WORLD-RENOUNCED JACOB'S PILLOW IN BECKET FOR PERFORMANCE, IN BECKET FOR PERFORMANCE, TALKS, AND TOURS.

TALKS, AND TOURS.

LIKE MANY CULTURAL LIKE MANY CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE INSTITUTIONS IN THE BERKSHIRES, THE PILLOW WAS BERKSHIRES, THE PILLOW WAS FORCED TO CAN SET ITS SUMMER FORCED TO CAN SET ITS SUMMER SEASON LAST YEAR, AND THIS SEASON LAST YEAR, AND THIS PAST NOVEMBER THEY LOST ONE PAST NOVEMBER THEY LOST ONE THEATER TO A FIRE.

THEATER TO A FIRE.

PRODUCER DAVE FRASER TALKED PRODUCER DAVE FRASER TALKED WITH JACOB'S PILLOW'S WITH JACOB'S PILLOW'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO LEARN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO LEARN MORE AND REFLECT BACK ON LAST MORE AND REFLECT BACK ON LAST YEAR.

YEAR.

>> OUR VALUES, WHO WE ARE, WAS >> OUR VALUES, WHO WE ARE, WAS TESTED THIS YEAR.

TESTED THIS YEAR.

AND IT'S THROUGH TIMES OF AND IT'S THROUGH TIMES OF CRISIS THAT YOU LEARN ABOUT CRISIS THAT YOU LEARN ABOUT THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH.

THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH.

>> EVEN BY THE STANDARDS OF >> EVEN BY THE STANDARDS OF 2020, JACOB'S PILLOW HAD A 2020, JACOB'S PILLOW HAD A TOUGH YEAR.

TOUGH YEAR.

NOT ONLY WAS THE DANCE CENTER NOT ONLY WAS THE DANCE CENTER FORCED TO CANCEL ITS ANNUAL FORCED TO CANCEL ITS ANNUAL SUMMER FESTIVAL, FOR THE FIRST SUMMER FESTIVAL, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS HISTORY, BUT LAST TIME IN ITS HISTORY, BUT LAST NOVEMBER, IT LOST ONE OF ITS NOVEMBER, IT LOST ONE OF ITS INDOOR THEATERS, THE DORIS INDOOR THEATERS, THE DORIS DUKE, TO A FIRE.

DUKE, TO A FIRE.

>> IT WAS A TRAGEDY.

>> IT WAS A TRAGEDY.

IT WAS SO FINAL.

IT WAS SO FINAL.

THERE WAS NO GOING BACK.

THERE WAS NO GOING BACK.

WE HAD FIREFIGHTERS FROM SIX WE HAD FIREFIGHTERS FROM SIX DIFFERENT TOWNS WHO CONVERGED DIFFERENT TOWNS WHO CONVERGED HERE TO SLOW THE FIRE.

HERE TO SLOW THE FIRE.

NOT A SINGLE EMBER DRIFTED.

NOT A SINGLE EMBER DRIFTED.

WE COULD HAVE LOST SO MUCH WE COULD HAVE LOST SO MUCH MORE.

MORE.

>> FOR OVER 80 YEARS, PEOPLE >> FOR OVER 80 YEARS, PEOPLE HAVE DESCENDED ON THIS HAVE DESCENDED ON THIS 200-PLUS-ACRE WOODED CAMPUS 200-PLUS-ACRE WOODED CAMPUS OFF ROUTE 20 IN THE HILLS OF OFF ROUTE 20 IN THE HILLS OF BECKET.

BECKET.

THEY COME TO SEE THE BEST THE THEY COME TO SEE THE BEST THE DANCE WORLD HAS TO OFFER, DANCE WORLD HAS TO OFFER, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES PERFORM HERE NIGHTLY COMPANIES PERFORM HERE NIGHTLY IN THE SUMMER.

IN THE SUMMER.

THE PILLOW STANDS HIGH ON A THE PILLOW STANDS HIGH ON A TALL LIST IN THE BERKSHIRES.

TALL LIST IN THE BERKSHIRES.

>> WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1933 BY >> WE WERE FOUNDED IN 1933 BY TED SHAUN, WHO HAD THIS IDEA TED SHAUN, WHO HAD THIS IDEA THAT HE WAS PIONEERING NEW THAT HE WAS PIONEERING NEW IDEAS IN DANCE, WANTING TO IDEAS IN DANCE, WANTING TO SORT OF THINK MORE BROADLY SORT OF THINK MORE BROADLY ABOUT WHAT DANCE COULD BE IN ABOUT WHAT DANCE COULD BE IN OUR WORLD.

OUR WORLD.

AND HE WANTED A RETREAT, A AND HE WANTED A RETREAT, A PLACE WHERE IN PARTICULAR MEN PLACE WHERE IN PARTICULAR MEN DANCERS COULD REALIZE DANCERS COULD REALIZE THEMSELVES.

THEMSELVES.

WE ARE A PLACE WHERE THE WE ARE A PLACE WHERE THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD COMES TO COUNTRY AND THE WORLD COMES TO THINK ABOUT DANCE, TO SEE THINK ABOUT DANCE, TO SEE DANCE, TO MEET.

DANCE, TO MEET.

AND HAVE HAD A REALLY AND HAVE HAD A REALLY IMPORTANT PLACE IN DANCE IMPORTANT PLACE IN DANCE HISTORY.

HISTORY.

>> PART OF THAT HISTORY WAS >> PART OF THAT HISTORY WAS THE DORIS DUKE THEATER.

THE DORIS DUKE THEATER.

ONE OF THREE PRIMARY SPACES AT ONE OF THREE PRIMARY SPACES AT THE PILLOW.

THE PILLOW.

PLANS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY TO PLANS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY TO REBUILD THE LOST THEATER.

REBUILD THE LOST THEATER.

>> WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO >> WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOW THINK ABOUT A STRUCTURE, A NOW THINK ABOUT A STRUCTURE, A THEATER FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.

THEATER FOR THE 21ST CENTURY.

WHAT DOES THAT THEATER NEED?

WHAT DOES THAT THEATER NEED?

HOW CAN WE MAKE IT BE A HOW CAN WE MAKE IT BE A THEATER THAT IS ACCESSIBLE?

THEATER THAT IS ACCESSIBLE?

THAT IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE THAT IS A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GO, THAT MIGHT WANT TO GO, THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY HELP US ATTRACT NEW ACTUALLY HELP US ATTRACT NEW AUDIENCES?

AUDIENCES?

>> THE PILLOW'S OTHER INDOOR >> THE PILLOW'S OTHER INDOOR THEE IS CURRENTLY IN THE MIDST THEE IS CURRENTLY IN THE MIDST OF A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR OF A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR RENOVATION.

RENOVATION.

HISTORY OF THOSE WHO PERFORMED HISTORY OF THOSE WHO PERFORMED THERE IS LITERALLY WRITTEN ON THERE IS LITERALLY WRITTEN ON THE WALLS OF THE DRESSING THE WALLS OF THE DRESSING ROOMS.

ROOMS.

BUT THEATRICAL TECHNOLOGY HAS BUT THEATRICAL TECHNOLOGY HAS TRANSFORMED AND AUDIENCES TRANSFORMED AND AUDIENCES EXPECT MORE COMFORT THAN A EXPECT MORE COMFORT THAN A THEATER BUILT 78 YEARS AGO CAN THEATER BUILT 78 YEARS AGO CAN PROVIDE.

PROVIDE.

>> THE TED SHAUN THEATER IS >> THE TED SHAUN THEATER IS THE FLAGSHIP AMERICAN DANCE THE FLAGSHIP AMERICAN DANCE THEATER.

THEATER.

THE FIRST STRUCTURE BUILT THE FIRST STRUCTURE BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR DANCE.

SPECIFICALLY FOR DANCE.

AND IT IS TIRED.

AND IT IS TIRED.

SO WE'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF SO WE'VE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF THIS TO TAKE IT OFFLINE THIS TO TAKE IT OFFLINE BETWEEN NOW AND THE SUMMER OF BETWEEN NOW AND THE SUMMER OF '22, WHICH IS NEXT YEAR, OUR '22, WHICH IS NEXT YEAR, OUR 90th ANNIVERSARY, AND WE'RE 90th ANNIVERSARY, AND WE'RE DOING A COMPLETE RENOVATION OF DOING A COMPLETE RENOVATION OF THE STAGE AREA.

THE STAGE AREA.

IT WILL BE DEEPER, WIDER, IT WILL BE DEEPER, WIDER, HIGHER, REINFORCED, AND MOST HIGHER, REINFORCED, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL HAVE AIR IMPORTANTLY, WE WILL HAVE AIR CONDITIONING, AND VENTILATION.

CONDITIONING, AND VENTILATION.

>> THE CANCELLATION OF LAST >> THE CANCELLATION OF LAST YEAR'S FESTIVAL ALSO MEANT YEAR'S FESTIVAL ALSO MEANT CUTBACKS AND LAYOFFS.

CUTBACKS AND LAYOFFS.

BUT THE PILLOW, IN SUPPORT OF BUT THE PILLOW, IN SUPPORT OF ITS MISSION TO ENHANCE AND ITS MISSION TO ENHANCE AND DEEPEN PEOPLE'S APPRECIATION DEEPEN PEOPLE'S APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT OF DANCE, PIVOTED AND SUPPORT OF DANCE, PIVOTED TO ITS DIGITAL PLATFORM IN TO ITS DIGITAL PLATFORM IN WAYS IT HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE.

WAYS IT HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE.

OFFERING WORKSHOPS, DANCE OFFERING WORKSHOPS, DANCE PERFORMANCES, AND TALKS WITH PERFORMANCES, AND TALKS WITH DANCE SCHOLARS.

DANCE SCHOLARS.

>> 38 EVENTS IN EIGHT WEEKS, >> 38 EVENTS IN EIGHT WEEKS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO REACH AND WE WERE ABLE TO REACH THOUSANDS OF AUDIENCES.

THOUSANDS OF AUDIENCES.

AND I THINK EVERYONE IS SAYING AND I THINK EVERYONE IS SAYING THIS IS THE SILVER LINING THIS IS THE SILVER LINING ABOUT THIS TIME, THAT WE'RE ABOUT THIS TIME, THAT WE'RE GIVING ACCESS TO THESE GIVING ACCESS TO THESE INCREDIBLE INSTITUTIONS THAT INCREDIBLE INSTITUTIONS THAT EVERYONE HAS HEARD OF, BUT EVERYONE HAS HEARD OF, BUT MAYBE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET MAYBE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET TO BEFORE.

TO BEFORE.

>> SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, 2021 IS >> SO NEEDLESS TO SAY, 2021 IS OFF TO A BRIGHTER START AT OFF TO A BRIGHTER START AT JACOB'S PILLOW AS PLANS FOR JACOB'S PILLOW AS PLANS FOR THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL WERE THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL WERE ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH.

ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH.

THEY INCLUDE IN-PERSON EVENTS THEY INCLUDE IN-PERSON EVENTS ON THE PILLOW'S OUTDOOR STAGE, ON THE PILLOW'S OUTDOOR STAGE, AS WELL AS SITE-SPECIFIC WORKS AS WELL AS SITE-SPECIFIC WORKS THAT WILL UNFOLD THROUGHOUT THAT WILL UNFOLD THROUGHOUT THE CAMPUS.

THE CAMPUS.

>> IT'S A VERY GENERATIVE >> IT'S A VERY GENERATIVE PLACE.

PLACE.

I USE THAT WORD A LOT.

I USE THAT WORD A LOT.

WE FEEL A SENSE OF RETREAT, WE FEEL A SENSE OF RETREAT, PEOPLE HAVE CALLED IT A PEOPLE HAVE CALLED IT A REFUGE, A SANCTUARY, AND I REFUGE, A SANCTUARY, AND I THINK IT'S BECAUSE ALL OF THE THINK IT'S BECAUSE ALL OF THE SPECIALISTS OF EVERYONE WHO SPECIALISTS OF EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE JOIN YOU HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE JOIN YOU WHEN YOU ARRIVE.

WHEN YOU ARRIVE.

AND YOU HAVE THE FEELING OF AND YOU HAVE THE FEELING OF THE HISTORY THAT'S TAKEN PLACE THE HISTORY THAT'S TAKEN PLACE HERE.

HERE.

>> EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT >> EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT "CONNECTING POINT" EXPLORES "CONNECTING POINT" EXPLORES THE PEOPLE, PLACES, AND IDEAS THE PEOPLE, PLACES, AND IDEAS THAT MATTER MOST TO WESTERN THAT MATTER MOST TO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.

NEW ENGLAND.

BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE -- BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE -- YOU CAN FIND US ONLINE ANY YOU CAN FIND US ONLINE ANY TIME FOR EXCLUSIVE FEATURES TIME FOR EXCLUSIVE FEATURES AND CONTENT.

AND CONTENT.

IN OUR DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE THIS IN OUR DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE THIS WEEK, WE'RE CELEBRATING WEEK, WE'RE CELEBRATING NATIONAL TRAIN DAY THIS NATIONAL TRAIN DAY THIS SATURDAY, WITH A BIT OF LOCAL SATURDAY, WITH A BIT OF LOCAL HISTORY AS WE TRAVEL BACK IN HISTORY AS WE TRAVEL BACK IN TIME TO HOP ON BOARD MT.

TOM'S TIME TO HOP ON BOARD MT.

TOM'S INCLINED RAILROAD.

INCLINED RAILROAD.

>> IT WAS ABOUT A MILE IN >> IT WAS ABOUT A MILE IN DISTANCE, THEY WERE EACH ON DISTANCE, THEY WERE EACH ON THE END OF A CABLE, THEY MADE THE END OF A CABLE, THEY MADE A SINGLE LOOP AROUND TO THE A SINGLE LOOP AROUND TO THE UPPER STATION AND THERE WAS AN UPPER STATION AND THERE WAS AN EIGHT-FOOT PULLEY THAT CAME EIGHT-FOOT PULLEY THAT CAME BACK DOWN AND THEY ALWAYS BACK DOWN AND THEY ALWAYS PASSED IN EXACTLY THE SAME PASSED IN EXACTLY THE SAME SPOT.

SPOT.

>> DON'T MISS THIS DIGITAL >> DON'T MISS THIS DIGITAL EXCLUSIVE ONLINE RIGHT NOW AT EXCLUSIVE ONLINE RIGHT NOW AT NEPM.ORG/CONNECTINGPOINT.

NEPM.ORG/CONNECTINGPOINT.

>> UNIVERSALLY GRAND MATTERS >> UNIVERSALLY GRAND MATTERS TEND TO BE HELD IN HIGH REGARD TEND TO BE HELD IN HIGH REGARD AND PLAY IMPORTANT ROLES IN AND PLAY IMPORTANT ROLES IN THE LIVES OF MANY FAMILIES.

THE LIVES OF MANY FAMILIES.

THROUGH A GRANT AWARDED BY THE THROUGH A GRANT AWARDED BY THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, HOLYOKE WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS, HOLYOKE MEDIA WILL PRESENT THE FOURTH MEDIA WILL PRESENT THE FOURTH ITERATION OF A MULTIMEDIA AND ITERATION OF A MULTIMEDIA AND MULTICULTURAL EXHIBIT TITLED MULTICULTURAL EXHIBIT TITLED "OUR GRANDMOTHERS."

"OUR GRANDMOTHERS."

WITH STORIES AND PHOTOS BEING WITH STORIES AND PHOTOS BEING SUBMITTED TO THE EXHIBIT BY SUBMITTED TO THE EXHIBIT BY ADULT GRANDCHILDREN, IT ADULT GRANDCHILDREN, IT CELEBRATES THE INSTANCE CELEBRATES THE INSTANCE INFLUENCE THESE GRANDMOTHERS INFLUENCE THESE GRANDMOTHERS HAVE HAD ON THEIR FAMILIES' HAVE HAD ON THEIR FAMILIES' LIVES AND IN THEIR LIVES AND IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

COMMUNITIES.

I SPOKE WITH WALESKA I SPOKE WITH WALESKA SANTIAGO-CENTENO, THE EXHIBIT SANTIAGO-CENTENO, THE EXHIBIT CURATOR, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CURATOR, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS EXHIBIT AND WHY IT'S SO THIS EXHIBIT AND WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO CAPTURE THESE IMPORTANT TO CAPTURE THESE STORIES.

STORIES.

>> THIS IS AN AMAZING PROJECT, >> THIS IS AN AMAZING PROJECT, EVERY TIME IS DIFFERENT, EVERY EVERY TIME IS DIFFERENT, EVERY TIME WE HAVE A DIFFERENT TIME WE HAVE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE.

EXPERIENCE.

SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW IF WE SOMETIMES WE DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE CELEBRATING, MOURNING, ARE CELEBRATING, MOURNING, CRYING, OR LAUGHING, WITH ALL CRYING, OR LAUGHING, WITH ALL THOSE WONDERFUL STORIES.

THOSE WONDERFUL STORIES.

THIS ONE IS SPECIAL BECAUSE WE THIS ONE IS SPECIAL BECAUSE WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM ENCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, DIFFERENT ETHNICITY TO DIFFERENT ETHNICITY TO PARTICIPATE.

PARTICIPATE.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE LATINO, OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO LATINO, OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A WOMAN, IT'S OPEN TO BE A WOMAN, IT'S OPEN TO EVERYONE.

EVERYONE.

>> IT SEEMS THAT ACROSS ALL >> IT SEEMS THAT ACROSS ALL CULTURES, THIS CONNECTION CULTURES, THIS CONNECTION BETWEEN GRANDMOTHERS AND BETWEEN GRANDMOTHERS AND GRANDCHILDREN IS VERY DEEP, GRANDCHILDREN IS VERY DEEP, AND THIS RECENT ITERATION OF AND THIS RECENT ITERATION OF THIS EXHIBIT IS REALLY GOING THIS EXHIBIT IS REALLY GOING TO SHOW THAT.

TO SHOW THAT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS ABOUT WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS ABOUT GRANDMOTHERS THAT JUST MAKE GRANDMOTHERS THAT JUST MAKE THEM SO SPECIAL?

THEM SO SPECIAL?

>> YOU KNOW, THIS MAKES ME >> YOU KNOW, THIS MAKES ME THINK OF MY OWN GRANDMOTHER.

THINK OF MY OWN GRANDMOTHER.

THIS IS A REFLECTION.

THIS IS A REFLECTION.

I THINK GRANDMOTHERS HOLD A I THINK GRANDMOTHERS HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR SOCIETY.

SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR SOCIETY.

IN MANY SOCIETIES.

IN MANY SOCIETIES.

I THINK THAT LEGACY, WE CARRY I THINK THAT LEGACY, WE CARRY WITH US, SOMETIMES WE WITH US, SOMETIMES WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT, SOMETIMES WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT, SOMETIMES WE DON'T.

DON'T.

SO THAT'S PART OF THIS SO THAT'S PART OF THIS PROJECT, THAT YOU GO THROUGH PROJECT, THAT YOU GO THROUGH THAT AND REFLECT ON YOUR THAT AND REFLECT ON YOUR GRANDPARENTS, AND SEE HOW MUCH GRANDPARENTS, AND SEE HOW MUCH YOU SEE THEM IN YOURSELF.

YOU SEE THEM IN YOURSELF.

SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND ALSO, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AND ALSO, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING ABOUT GRANDPARENTS.

SOMETHING ABOUT GRANDPARENTS.

TODAY, IN THE 21st CENTURY, TODAY, IN THE 21st CENTURY, WE HAVE A LOT OF GRANDPARENTS WE HAVE A LOT OF GRANDPARENTS THAT ARE PARENTS AS WELL.

THAT ARE PARENTS AS WELL.

SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

SO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

BUT IN THE EXHIBITION, I WANT BUT IN THE EXHIBITION, I WANT ALL DIFFERENT KIND OF ALL DIFFERENT KIND OF EXPERIENCES.

EXPERIENCES.

FROM GRANDMA THAT COULD COOK FROM GRANDMA THAT COULD COOK OR BAKE A WONDERFUL CAKE, FROM OR BAKE A WONDERFUL CAKE, FROM A GRANDMOTHER THAT PROBABLY A GRANDMOTHER THAT PROBABLY YOU DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY YOU YOU DON'T KNOW, PROBABLY YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU REMEMBER HAVE SOMETHING YOU REMEMBER ABOUT THAT GRANDMA.

ABOUT THAT GRANDMA.

I HAVE A LITTLE STORY ABOUT A I HAVE A LITTLE STORY ABOUT A FRIEND, I WAS TALKING TO HER FRIEND, I WAS TALKING TO HER AND ENCOURAGED HER TO AND ENCOURAGED HER TO PARTICIPATE.

PARTICIPATE.

AND SHE NEVER MADE IT TO AND SHE NEVER MADE IT TO GRANDMA, BUT SHE HAS A PLANT GRANDMA, BUT SHE HAS A PLANT THAT COMES BACK TO THAT THAT COMES BACK TO THAT GRANDMA.

GRANDMA.

SO SHE'S GOING TO WRITE SO SHE'S GOING TO WRITE SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH SOMETHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH THAT PLANT, AND THAT FLOWERS, THAT PLANT, AND THAT FLOWERS, AND THAT MAKES HER THINK ABOUT AND THAT MAKES HER THINK ABOUT HER GRANDMOTHER.

HER GRANDMOTHER.

>> ONE STORY THAT WAS >> ONE STORY THAT WAS PARTICULARLY TOUCHING FOR ME PARTICULARLY TOUCHING FOR ME WAS THAT OF THE GRANDMOTHER WAS THAT OF THE GRANDMOTHER WHO HAS ALZHEIMER'S, AND WHO HAS ALZHEIMER'S, AND DOESN'T REALLY RECOGNIZE HER DOESN'T REALLY RECOGNIZE HER GRANDDAUGHTER ANYMORE.

GRANDDAUGHTER ANYMORE.

BUT WHEN SHE RECEIVES A KISS BUT WHEN SHE RECEIVES A KISS FROM HER GRANDDAUGHTER, IT FROM HER GRANDDAUGHTER, IT PUTS A SMILE ON HER FACE AND PUTS A SMILE ON HER FACE AND IT BRINGS BACK THAT IT BRINGS BACK THAT CONNECTION.

CONNECTION.

WHAT STORY HAS LEFT A WHAT STORY HAS LEFT A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON YOU?

SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON YOU?

>> OH, WE HAVE ONE STORY, WE >> OH, WE HAVE ONE STORY, WE HAVE MANY STORIES.

HAVE MANY STORIES.

BUT ONE OF THEM TOUCHED MY BUT ONE OF THEM TOUCHED MY SOUL WAS, WE HAVE A STORY FROM SOUL WAS, WE HAVE A STORY FROM AN IMMIGRANT THAT SHE CANNOT AN IMMIGRANT THAT SHE CANNOT TELL US HER NAME DUE TO TELL US HER NAME DUE TO IMMIGRATION LAWS, AND SHE IMMIGRATION LAWS, AND SHE WROTE ANONYMOUS, AND WE CALL WROTE ANONYMOUS, AND WE CALL IT OUR SISTER OF GUATEMALA.

IT OUR SISTER OF GUATEMALA.

AND THE GRANDMOTHER WAS ABOUT AND THE GRANDMOTHER WAS ABOUT TO BE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD, TO BE A HUNDRED YEARS OLD, INDIGENOUS, AND SHE WOULD NOT INDIGENOUS, AND SHE WOULD NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK, IF THE GRANDMA PASSED BACK, IF THE GRANDMA PASSED AWAY TO SEE HER.

AWAY TO SEE HER.

AND THAT GAVE ME GOOSE BUMPS, AND THAT GAVE ME GOOSE BUMPS, IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL ONES I RECEIVED.

POWERFUL ONES I RECEIVED.

BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, ALL OF BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU, ALL OF THEM ARE POWERFUL.

THEM ARE POWERFUL.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WHEN I I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WHEN I HAVE TO EDIT ALL THESE HAVE TO EDIT ALL THESE STORIES, I HAVE A BOX OF STORIES, I HAVE A BOX OF TISSUE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES I TISSUE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES I CAN'T -- I CANNOT -- I HAVE -- CAN'T -- I CANNOT -- I HAVE -- I HAVE TO GO BACK, BECAUSE ALL I HAVE TO GO BACK, BECAUSE ALL OF THEM ARE EXPERIENCES, IN OF THEM ARE EXPERIENCES, IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT TALKS MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT TALKS ABOUT UNIVERSAL THEME THAT ABOUT UNIVERSAL THEME THAT CONNECTS ALL OF US.

CONNECTS ALL OF US.

AND ALL OF THEM ARE REALLY, AND ALL OF THEM ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.

REALLY IMPORTANT.

ALL OF MY STORIES ARE REALLY ALL OF MY STORIES ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.

IMPORTANT.

>> ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T >> ONE THING THAT I DIDN'T REALLY NECESSARILY REALIZE WAS REALLY NECESSARILY REALIZE WAS THAT THE STORIES OF OUR THAT THE STORIES OF OUR GRANDMOTHERS ARE TELLING THE GRANDMOTHERS ARE TELLING THE STORIES AND THE HISTORY OF OUR STORIES AND THE HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY.

COUNTRY.

AND IT WAS JUST REALLY AMAZING AND IT WAS JUST REALLY AMAZING TO ME, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT TO ME, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT.

THINKING ABOUT THAT.

WHAT OTHER REVELATIONS HAVE WHAT OTHER REVELATIONS HAVE COME TO LIGHT THROUGH THESE COME TO LIGHT THROUGH THESE STORIES?

STORIES?

>> OH, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT >> OH, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THAT, LISTEN, THIS GOES BACK THAT, LISTEN, THIS GOES BACK TO ORAL HISTORY, CULTURAL TO ORAL HISTORY, CULTURAL STUDIES, THIS GOES BACK TO STUDIES, THIS GOES BACK TO COMMUNITY HISTORY.

COMMUNITY HISTORY.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HISTORY OF STORIES, WE ONLY HISTORY OF STORIES, WE ONLY THINK ABOUT THE POWERFUL THINK ABOUT THE POWERFUL PEOPLE.

PEOPLE.

WE HAVE POWERFUL PEOPLE IN OUR WE HAVE POWERFUL PEOPLE IN OUR OWN FAMILY, IN OUR OWN OWN FAMILY, IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS PART OF IT.

AND THIS IS PART OF IT.

I THINK WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE I THINK WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT LEGACY IN MANY DIFFERENT THAT LEGACY IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

WAYS.

AND THIS IS A WAY TO RECOGNIZE AND THIS IS A WAY TO RECOGNIZE THIS.

THIS.

BECAUSE OTHERWISE, THIS STORY BECAUSE OTHERWISE, THIS STORY IS GOING TO BE LOST.

IS GOING TO BE LOST.

AND THAT'S THE PROJECT TOO, AND THAT'S THE PROJECT TOO, THE PROJECT IS TO RECUPERATE THE PROJECT IS TO RECUPERATE AND PRESERVE THE STORIES THAT AND PRESERVE THE STORIES THAT CONNECT ALL OF US.

CONNECT ALL OF US.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS >> THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU NEXT, BECAUSE GOING TO ASK YOU NEXT, BECAUSE WHEN I THINK ABOUT MY OWN WHEN I THINK ABOUT MY OWN GRANDMOTHER, AND THE GRANDMOTHER, AND THE CONNECTION THAT I HAVE WITH CONNECTION THAT I HAVE WITH HER, AND THE STORIES, AND THE HER, AND THE STORIES, AND THE SACRIFICES AND THE STRUGGLES, SACRIFICES AND THE STRUGGLES, I DON'T WANT ANY OF THAT TO BE I DON'T WANT ANY OF THAT TO BE LOST IN VAIN.

LOST IN VAIN.

SO BEYOND THIS EXHIBIT, HOW SO BEYOND THIS EXHIBIT, HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE CAN WE MAKE SURE WE CAPTURE THESE STORIES SO THEY'RE NOT THESE STORIES SO THEY'RE NOT FORGOTTEN?

FORGOTTEN?

>> IT'S MANY WAYS THAT YOU CAN >> IT'S MANY WAYS THAT YOU CAN REPRESENT AND TELL A STORY.

REPRESENT AND TELL A STORY.

IT'S NOT ONE WAY.

IT'S NOT ONE WAY.

I'M NOT LOOKING FOR AN ESSAY, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR AN ESSAY, I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A PERFECT I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A PERFECT ESSAY, I'M LOOKING FOR -- I'M ESSAY, I'M LOOKING FOR -- I'M NOT LOOKING FOR A PERFECT NOT LOOKING FOR A PERFECT GRANDMA EITHER.

GRANDMA EITHER.

I'M LOOKING FOR THE STORY.

I'M LOOKING FOR THE STORY.

WHAT LEGACY, WHAT YOU WHAT LEGACY, WHAT YOU REMEMBER, WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER, WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO YOU AND TO YOUR FAMILY THROUGH YOU AND TO YOUR FAMILY THROUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE EYES OF THIS GRANDCHILD THAT EYES OF THIS GRANDCHILD THAT SEES GRANDMA.

SEES GRANDMA.

>> THIS IS THE FOURTH IT RACE >> THIS IS THE FOURTH IT RACE COMING UP FOR THIS EXHIBIT.

COMING UP FOR THIS EXHIBIT.

WHY DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO WHY DO YOU FEEL THE NEED TO KEEP CONTINUING THIS EXHIBIT KEEP CONTINUING THIS EXHIBIT AND BRINGING IT BACK?

AND BRINGING IT BACK?

>> TWO THINGS.

>> TWO THINGS.

ONE, PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE ONE, PEOPLE ASK ME ALL THE TIME, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO TIME, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DO ANOTHER ONE?

ANOTHER ONE?

BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE DO IT, BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE DO IT, PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO TELL PEOPLE FEEL THE NEED TO TELL THE STORY.

THE STORY.

SO I THINK GRANDMOTHERS HAVE A SO I THINK GRANDMOTHERS HAVE A POWERFUL, POWERFUL ROLE IN OUR POWERFUL, POWERFUL ROLE IN OUR CULTURE, AND I THINK ANY, MANY CULTURE, AND I THINK ANY, MANY CULTURES, RIGHT?

CULTURES, RIGHT?

AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS IS AND THAT'S WHY I THINK THIS IS POWERFUL, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE POWERFUL, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE GRANDMAS.

GRANDMAS.

WE CANNOT BE HERE IF WE DON'T WE CANNOT BE HERE IF WE DON'T HAVE GRANDMAS OR GRANDPAS, HAVE GRANDMAS OR GRANDPAS, RIGHT?

RIGHT?

I THINK THAT IF WE GO BACK TO I THINK THAT IF WE GO BACK TO THAT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THAT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THOSE STORIES AND THOSE HAVE THOSE STORIES AND THOSE MEMORIES, A LIFE.

MEMORIES, A LIFE.

THAT'S PART OF THIS PROJECT.

>> IF YOU'RE UP EARLY ENOUGH TO CATCH THE SUNRISE, AND THE TO CATCH THE SUNRISE, AND THE CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT, YOU MAY CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT, YOU MAY BE TREATED TO A SHOWCASE OF BE TREATED TO A SHOWCASE OF AMAZING COLORS IN THE SKY.

AMAZING COLORS IN THE SKY.

LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER JAMIE LOCAL PHOTOGRAPHER JAMIE MALCOLM-BROWN CAPTURES SCENES MALCOLM-BROWN CAPTURES SCENES LIKE THIS ACROSS NEW ENGLAND, LIKE THIS ACROSS NEW ENGLAND, EARNING HIMSELF A REPUTATION EARNING HIMSELF A REPUTATION AS ONE OF THE BEST LANDSCAPE AS ONE OF THE BEST LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE REGION.

PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE REGION.

"CONNECTING POINT" ROSS "CONNECTING POINT" ROSS LIPPMAN MET MALCOM-BROWN ON A LIPPMAN MET MALCOM-BROWN ON A RECENT EARLY MORNING, WHERE RECENT EARLY MORNING, WHERE THE SUNRISE, AND THE SUNRISE, AND MALCOM-BROWN'S PHOTOS, DIDN'T MALCOM-BROWN'S PHOTOS, DIDN'T DISAPPOINT.

DISAPPOINT.

>> IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS >> IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WHEN MOST OF US ARE STILL WHEN MOST OF US ARE STILL ASLEEP, JA JAMIE MALCOLM-BROWN S ASLEEP, JA JAMIE MALCOLM-BROWN S AWAKE.

AWAKE.

>> GETTING CLOSE.

>> GETTING CLOSE.

>> AND WAITING.

>> AND WAITING.

>> NICE.

>> NICE.

>> FOR SIGNS IN THE SKY.

>> FOR SIGNS IN THE SKY.

>> WE'RE GETTING SOME REAL >> WE'RE GETTING SOME REAL NICE COLOR THROUGH THE TREES NICE COLOR THROUGH THE TREES TOO.

TOO.

>> MALCOM-BROWN IS A LANDSCAPE >> MALCOM-BROWN IS A LANDSCAPE AND AYMAN NOURAL PHOTOGRAPHER.

AND AYMAN NOURAL PHOTOGRAPHER.

HERE AT -- AERIAL HERE AT -- AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHER.

PHOTOGRAPHER.

HERE AT CRANBERRY POND, HIS HERE AT CRANBERRY POND, HIS CAMERAS ARE SET AND HIS DRONE CAMERAS ARE SET AND HIS DRONE IS READY.

IS READY.

>> THIS KIND OF LIGHT LASTS, >> THIS KIND OF LIGHT LASTS, IF YOU'RE LUCKY, 15 MINUTES.

IF YOU'RE LUCKY, 15 MINUTES.

>> SOON THESE FAINT HINTS OF >> SOON THESE FAINT HINTS OF PINKS, REDS, AND PURPLES WILL PINKS, REDS, AND PURPLES WILL BURST WITH COLOR.

BURST WITH COLOR.

AND THAT'S WHEN MALCOM-BROWN AND THAT'S WHEN MALCOM-BROWN TAKES FLIGHT.

TAKES FLIGHT.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> OH, YEAH.

A NICE SKY.

A NICE SKY.

WE LUCKED OUT.

WE LUCKED OUT.

>> CAPTURING A SUNRISE LIKE >> CAPTURING A SUNRISE LIKE THIS, WITH SO MUCH COLOR AND THIS, WITH SO MUCH COLOR AND BRILLIANCE, IS WHAT BRILLIANCE, IS WHAT MALCOM-BROWN DESCRIBES AS AN MALCOM-BROWN DESCRIBES AS AN INEXACT SCIENCE.

INEXACT SCIENCE.

>> AS MUCH TIME AS I EXTEND >> AS MUCH TIME AS I EXTEND LOOKING AT THE WEATHER MAPS, I LOOKING AT THE WEATHER MAPS, I GET DUD AFTER DUD, BECAUSE ALL GET DUD AFTER DUD, BECAUSE ALL IT TAKES IS ONE LOW CLOUD ON IT TAKES IS ONE LOW CLOUD ON THE HORIZON TO KILL THE HORIZON TO KILL EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING.

>> THOUGH THIS IS CER CERTAINLY >> THOUGH THIS IS CER CERTAINLY NOT ONE OF THOSE DAYS.

NOT ONE OF THOSE DAYS.

IT'S A KIND WHERE A PICTURE IS IT'S A KIND WHERE A PICTURE IS WORTH AT LEAST A THOUSAND WORTH AT LEAST A THOUSAND WORDS.

WORDS.

>> I ALWAYS LOVED THE IDEA OF >> I ALWAYS LOVED THE IDEA OF PHOTOGRAPHY, GROWING UP MY PHOTOGRAPHY, GROWING UP MY FAMILY HAD THE OLD BIG GIANT FAMILY HAD THE OLD BIG GIANT VHS CAMERA, I WAS ALWAYS USING VHS CAMERA, I WAS ALWAYS USING THAT AT FAMILY PARTIES AND THAT AT FAMILY PARTIES AND STUFF.

STUFF.

>> HIS CHILDHOOD PASSION HAS >> HIS CHILDHOOD PASSION HAS GROWN INTO MALCOM-BROWN BEING GROWN INTO MALCOM-BROWN BEING ONE OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN ONE OF THE MOST WELL-KNOWN PHOTOGRAPHERS IN NEW ENGLAND.

PHOTOGRAPHERS IN NEW ENGLAND.

BASED HERE IN WESTERN BASED HERE IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.

MASSACHUSETTS.

ON SEAN MAHONEY HIS WORK IS ON SEAN MAHONEY HIS WORK IS SHARED BY -- ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHARED BY -- ON SOCIAL MEDIA, HIS WORK IS FOLLOWED BY HIS WORK IS FOLLOWED BY THOUSANDS.

THOUSANDS.

HE SAYS GET OUT AND EXPLORE, HE SAYS GET OUT AND EXPLORE, HOWEVER YOU CAN.

HOWEVER YOU CAN.

>> PRIMARILY IT'S THE LOVE OF >> PRIMARILY IT'S THE LOVE OF BEING OUTSIDE.

BEING OUTSIDE.

I LOVE TO BE OUT EXPLORING NEW I LOVE TO BE OUT EXPLORING NEW PLACES.

PLACES.

I LIKE THAT DRAMA OF THINGS I LIKE THAT DRAMA OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T NORMALLY THAT PEOPLE DON'T NORMALLY SEE.

SEE.

BECAUSE THEY'RE ASLEEP.

BECAUSE THEY'RE ASLEEP.

>> FROM SUNRISES AND SUNSETS, >> FROM SUNRISES AND SUNSETS, TO CAPTURING THE MILKY WAY IN TO CAPTURING THE MILKY WAY IN THE NIGHT SKY, MALCOM-BROWN THE NIGHT SKY, MALCOM-BROWN USES HIS PASSION FOR USES HIS PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY TO FUEL THOSE DAYS PHOTOGRAPHY TO FUEL THOSE DAYS HE GETS LITTLE SLEEP.

HE GETS LITTLE SLEEP.

>> ON MONDAYS I'M WORKING >> ON MONDAYS I'M WORKING FULL-TIME, HOME SCHOOLING, AND FULL-TIME, HOME SCHOOLING, AND TRYING TO MANAGE MY SOCIAL TRYING TO MANAGE MY SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, WHICH IS HOW MEDIA PRESENCE, WHICH IS HOW PHOTOGRAPHERS THESE DAYS GET PHOTOGRAPHERS THESE DAYS GET THEIR WORK OUT.

THEIR WORK OUT.

IT'S -- SOME DAYS I CAN'T DO IT'S -- SOME DAYS I CAN'T DO IT.

IT.

IT'S DIFFICULT.

IT'S DIFFICULT.

BUT IT'S THE NEXT MORNING THAT BUT IT'S THE NEXT MORNING THAT EXCITES ME, THE NEXT MORNING EXCITES ME, THE NEXT MORNING THAT I CAN GET OUT FOR A THAT I CAN GET OUT FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND HOPEFULLY COUPLE HOURS AND HOPEFULLY CAPTURE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.

>> HE'S ALSO EXPLORING NEW WAYS TO CAPTURE THAT BEAUTY.

WAYS TO CAPTURE THAT BEAUTY.

AT GUN BROOK FALLS, JUST DOWN AT GUN BROOK FALLS, JUST DOWN THE ROAD IN SUNDERLAND, HE'S THE ROAD IN SUNDERLAND, HE'S TESTING OUT HIS NEW SLIDER.

TESTING OUT HIS NEW SLIDER.

IT'S A DEVICE THAT HE'LL IT'S A DEVICE THAT HE'LL PROGRAM TO MOVE HIS CAMERA PROGRAM TO MOVE HIS CAMERA LITTLE BY LITTLE, CAPTURING LITTLE BY LITTLE, CAPTURING ONE FRAME AT A TIME.

ONE FRAME AT A TIME.

IT'S HUNDREDS IN TOTAL, THAT IT'S HUNDREDS IN TOTAL, THAT WHEN PUT TOGETHER, GIVES YOU A WHEN PUT TOGETHER, GIVES YOU A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.

UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE.

>> LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY IS >> LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHY IS REALLY JUST THE ACT OF BEING REALLY JUST THE ACT OF BEING OUT IN THE LANDSCAPE AND OUT IN THE LANDSCAPE AND CAPTURING AN IMAGE.

CAPTURING AN IMAGE.

BUT I USE NEW TOOLS FOR THAT.

BUT I USE NEW TOOLS FOR THAT.

SO LIKE THE DRONE, GIVES YOU A SO LIKE THE DRONE, GIVES YOU A NEW PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU CAN'T NEW PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU CAN'T GET OTHERWISE.

GET OTHERWISE.

AND THEN THE SLIDER I'M USING, AND THEN THE SLIDER I'M USING, IT CAN SHOW MOVEMENT AND TIME IT CAN SHOW MOVEMENT AND TIME IN A WAY THAT THE HUMAN EYE IN A WAY THAT THE HUMAN EYE CAN'T SEE.

CAN'T SEE.

>> MALCOM-BROWN'S GOAL IS FOR >> MALCOM-BROWN'S GOAL IS FOR PHOTOGRAPHY TO BECOME HIS PHOTOGRAPHY TO BECOME HIS FULL-TIME JOB IN THE NEXT FIVE FULL-TIME JOB IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

YEARS.

THOUGH HE DOESN'T THINK IT THOUGH HE DOESN'T THINK IT WILL HAPPEN SIMPLY BY SELLING WILL HAPPEN SIMPLY BY SELLING HIS WORK.

HIS WORK.

INSTEAD, IT WILL BE THROUGH INSTEAD, IT WILL BE THROUGH SHARING HIS KNOWLEDGE WITH SHARING HIS KNOWLEDGE WITH OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS.

OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS.

>> I THINK MAKING THIS A >> I THINK MAKING THIS A LIVING IS GOING TO DEPEND ON LIVING IS GOING TO DEPEND ON ME FINDING A WAY TO TEACH ME FINDING A WAY TO TEACH OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS HOW TO DO OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS HOW TO DO THINGS.

THINGS.

DOING MORE WORKSHOPS, WRITING DOING MORE WORKSHOPS, WRITING E-BOOKS, AND DOING TUTORIALS, E-BOOKS, AND DOING TUTORIALS, THAT'S THE WAY I THINK MOST THAT'S THE WAY I THINK MOST LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHERS ARE MAKING MONEY.

MAKING MONEY.

>> UNTIL THEN, HE'S AT A POINT >> UNTIL THEN, HE'S AT A POINT WHERE HE MAKES ENOUGH MONEY WHERE HE MAKES ENOUGH MONEY THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY TO KEEP THROUGH PHOTOGRAPHY TO KEEP BUYING NEW EQUIPMENT AND PAY BUYING NEW EQUIPMENT AND PAY FOR HIS TRAVEL.

FOR HIS TRAVEL.

THOUGH THERE'S STILL NO THOUGH THERE'S STILL NO PUTTING A PRICE ON SOME OF THE PUTTING A PRICE ON SOME OF THE EXPERIENCES HE'S HAD.

EXPERIENCES HE'S HAD.

INCLUDING HERE IN WESTERN INCLUDING HERE IN WESTERN MASS.

MASS.

>> ONE MORNING IS LIKE SUPER >> ONE MORNING IS LIKE SUPER FOGGY, SUN CAME UP THROUGH THE FOGGY, SUN CAME UP THROUGH THE FOG, AND ONE TREE IN FOG, AND ONE TREE IN SOMEBODY'S YARD JUST LOOKED SOMEBODY'S YARD JUST LOOKED AMAZING.

AMAZING.

THE SUN WAS GLOWING BEHIND IT, THE SUN WAS GLOWING BEHIND IT, I HAD ON MY LONG LENS.

I HAD ON MY LONG LENS.

JUST JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR, JUST JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR, TOOK SOME SNAPS AND IT'S TOOK SOME SNAPS AND IT'S JUST -- IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE JUST -- IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'RE IN MASSACHUSETTS.

YOU'RE IN MASSACHUSETTS.

THAT MOMENT WAS JUST THAT MOMENT WAS JUST EXTRAORDINARY.

>> IN 1920, THE VICTORY THEATER OPENED IN HOLYOKE AND THEATER OPENED IN HOLYOKE AND WAS ONE OF THE FINEST OF ITS WAS ONE OF THE FINEST OF ITS KIND IN THE REGION.

KIND IN THE REGION.

AFTER FOUR DECADES OF SERVICE, AFTER FOUR DECADES OF SERVICE, THE THEATER CLOSED ITS DOORS, THE THEATER CLOSED ITS DOORS, BUT REMAINED AN HISTORIC LAND BUT REMAINED AN HISTORIC LAND MARK IN THE CITY.

MARK IN THE CITY.

IN 2009, THE MASSACHUSETTS IN 2009, THE MASSACHUSETTS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS, KNOWN AS MIFA, ACQUIRED ARTS, KNOWN AS MIFA, ACQUIRED THE BUILDING WITH THE HOPES OF THE BUILDING WITH THE HOPES OF BRINGING MORE ARTS AND CULTURE BRINGING MORE ARTS AND CULTURE TO THE AREA AND KEEPING THE TO THE AREA AND KEEPING THE THEATER'S HISTORIC CHARACTER THEATER'S HISTORIC CHARACTER INTACT.

INTACT.

RECENTLY, MIFA WAS ABLE TO RECENTLY, MIFA WAS ABLE TO FINALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FINALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RENOVATION AND HAS BROKE RENOVATION AND HAS BROKE GROUND ON THE PROJECT.

GROUND ON THE PROJECT.

I SPOKE WITH DONALD SANDERS, I SPOKE WITH DONALD SANDERS, THE EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC THE EXECUTIVE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR AT MIFA TO HEAR MORE DIRECTOR AT MIFA TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE THEATER AND THE PROGRESS OF THEATER AND THE PROGRESS OF THE RESTORATION.

THE RESTORATION.

>> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE >> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE VICTORY IS IT WAS ONE OF SEVEN VICTORY IS IT WAS ONE OF SEVEN THEATERS IN HOLYOKE IN ITS THEATERS IN HOLYOKE IN ITS HEYDAY.

HEYDAY.

AND IT SHOWS THAT HOLYOKE WAS AND IT SHOWS THAT HOLYOKE WAS AN ENTERTAINMENT CITY.

AN ENTERTAINMENT CITY.

BECAUSE IT WAS CREATED BECAUSE IT WAS CREATED BASICALLY WHERE THERE WAS NO BASICALLY WHERE THERE WAS NO CITY BEFORE.

CITY BEFORE.

IN ORDER TO HAVE PEOPLE COME IN ORDER TO HAVE PEOPLE COME AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND HAVE AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND HAVE A RICH, ENJOYABLE LIFE, THERE A RICH, ENJOYABLE LIFE, THERE HAD TO BE ENTERTAINMENT HAD TO BE ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS.

OPTIONS.

AND NO EXPENSE WAS SPARED ON AND NO EXPENSE WAS SPARED ON THE VICTORY.

THE VICTORY.

IT REPRESENTS THE STATE OF THE IT REPRESENTS THE STATE OF THE ART LIVE THEATER, AND THE ART LIVE THEATER, AND THE THEATERS ARE STILL RUNNING ON THEATERS ARE STILL RUNNING ON BROADWAY.

BROADWAY.

THAT'S HOW GOOD THE THEATERS THAT'S HOW GOOD THE THEATERS ARE.

ARE.

SO I TALK ABOUT THE THEATER SO I TALK ABOUT THE THEATER HAVING AN AURA, IT'S NOT A HAVING AN AURA, IT'S NOT A GHOST, BECAUSE GHOSTS HAVE GHOST, BECAUSE GHOSTS HAVE DIED.

DIED.

[LAUGHTER] [LAUGHTER] THE VICTORY HAS AN AURA THAT THE VICTORY HAS AN AURA THAT IS SO LIVE, EVERYBODY FEELS IT IS SO LIVE, EVERYBODY FEELS IT WHO GOES IN THERE IF THEY'VE WHO GOES IN THERE IF THEY'VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE, OR IF NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE, OR IF THEY REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE THEY REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE THERE WATCHING MOVIES, TO BE THERE WATCHING MOVIES, BECAUSE IT BECAME PRIMARILY A BECAUSE IT BECAME PRIMARILY A MOVIE HOUSE.

MOVIE HOUSE.

SO I CALL IT THE AIR, THE GOOD SO I CALL IT THE AIR, THE GOOD AIR OF HOLYOKE, AND IT'S AN AIR OF HOLYOKE, AND IT'S AN AURA, AND A SOUND THAT AURA, AND A SOUND THAT PERMEATES OUR REGION, BECAUSE PERMEATES OUR REGION, BECAUSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY OF HOW MANY PEOPLE REALLY ENJOY LEARNING AND ENJOY LEARNING AND ENTERTAINMENT, AND LAUGHTER, ENTERTAINMENT, AND LAUGHTER, AND THAT'S WHAT THE VICTORY AND THAT'S WHAT THE VICTORY REPRESENTS.

REPRESENTS.

IT'S A 1600-SEAT IT'S A 1600-SEAT BROADWAY-STYLE THEATER, THE BROADWAY-STYLE THEATER, THE LAST OF ITS KIND REMAINING IN LAST OF ITS KIND REMAINING IN THE ENTIRE CONNECTICUT RIVER THE ENTIRE CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY.

VALLEY.

AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

FOR THAT ALONE, IT'S WORTH FOR THAT ALONE, IT'S WORTH SAVING.

SAVING.

>> SINCE 2009 WHEN THE >> SINCE 2009 WHEN THE MASSACHUSETTS INTERNATIONAL MASSACHUSETTS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS FIRST FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS FIRST ACQUIRED THE VICTORY THEATER, ACQUIRED THE VICTORY THEATER, THE GOAL HAS BEEN TO RESTORE THE GOAL HAS BEEN TO RESTORE IT TO ITS ORIGINAL GLORY.

IT TO ITS ORIGINAL GLORY.

IT'S A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING, IT'S A MASSIVE UNDERTAKING, AND AFTER 12 YEARS, YOU STILL AND AFTER 12 YEARS, YOU STILL ARE PERSISTENT IN MAKING SURE ARE PERSISTENT IN MAKING SURE THAT THAT GOAL IS COMPLETED.

THAT THAT GOAL IS COMPLETED.

WHY HAS THIS BEEN SO IMPORTANT WHY HAS THIS BEEN SO IMPORTANT PERSONALLY FOR YOU?

PERSONALLY FOR YOU?

>> MY HISTORY IS IN PRESENTING >> MY HISTORY IS IN PRESENTING THEATER, MUSIC, DANCE, THEATER, MUSIC, DANCE, EVERYTHING IN THE EVERYTHING IN THE ENTERTAINMENT AND LITERARY ENTERTAINMENT AND LITERARY ARTS, AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, ARTS, AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, YOU NEED A REALLY GREAT SPACE.

YOU NEED A REALLY GREAT SPACE.

AND AS WE CAME TO BE DOING AND AS WE CAME TO BE DOING THINGS LIKE THE GATE THEATER THINGS LIKE THE GATE THEATER FROM DUBLIN, AND THE IVORY FROM DUBLIN, AND THE IVORY COAST OPERA, ETC., WE REALIZED COAST OPERA, ETC., WE REALIZED WE NEEDED WHAT WE CALL IN OUR WE NEEDED WHAT WE CALL IN OUR INDUSTRY A HOUSE.

INDUSTRY A HOUSE.

THAT COULD HOUSE THESE EVENTS.

THAT COULD HOUSE THESE EVENTS.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY BASICALLY THAT WAS ACTUALLY BASICALLY UNDER OUR CONTROL, SO WE COULD UNDER OUR CONTROL, SO WE COULD BRING IN THINGS WHENEVER WE BRING IN THINGS WHENEVER WE WANTED.

WANTED.

SO I'VE BEEN PERSISTENT.

SO I'VE BEEN PERSISTENT.

PEOPLE ASK THAT QUESTION, PEOPLE ASK THAT QUESTION, BECAUSE IT'S SO WORTH DOING.

BECAUSE IT'S SO WORTH DOING.

>> THE THEATER CLOSED ITS >> THE THEATER CLOSED ITS DOORS IN 1979 AND BEING SHUT DOORS IN 1979 AND BEING SHUT DOWN FOR OVER 40 YEARS, IT'S DOWN FOR OVER 40 YEARS, IT'S ACQUIRED QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE ACQUIRED QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE THAT'S GOING TO BE COSTLY TO THAT'S GOING TO BE COSTLY TO RENOVATE.

RENOVATE.

WHAT RESOURCES ARE NEEDED TO WHAT RESOURCES ARE NEEDED TO ACCOMPLISH THIS FEAT, AND WHAT ACCOMPLISH THIS FEAT, AND WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THIS IS THE VALUE OF THIS RESTORATION TO THE CITY OF RESTORATION TO THE CITY OF HOLYOKE?

HOLYOKE?

>> FORTUNATELY THE >> FORTUNATELY THE DETERIORATION IS ONLY DETERIORATION IS ONLY SKIN-DEEP.

SKIN-DEEP.

IT LOOKS TERRIBLE, BUT THE IT LOOKS TERRIBLE, BUT THE POINT IS, IT HAS -- IT CAN ALL POINT IS, IT HAS -- IT CAN ALL BE PUT BACK EXACTLY AS IT WAS.

BE PUT BACK EXACTLY AS IT WAS.

BECAUSE THE BUILDING ITSELF IS BECAUSE THE BUILDING ITSELF IS SOLID AS A ROCK.

SOLID AS A ROCK.

I TAKE PEOPLE IN AND I SAY, I TAKE PEOPLE IN AND I SAY, JUMP UP AND DOWN IN HERE.

JUMP UP AND DOWN IN HERE.

YOU CAN'T -- THERE ARE THREE YOU CAN'T -- THERE ARE THREE STEEL BEAMS, WE HAD A REALLY STEEL BEAMS, WE HAD A REALLY EXTENSIVE ARCHITECTURAL AND EXTENSIVE ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING STUDY DONE, SO THE ENGINEERING STUDY DONE, SO THE DETERIORATION IS IN THINGS DETERIORATION IS IN THINGS LIKE PLASTER, PANELING, THINGS LIKE PLASTER, PANELING, THINGS THAT HAVE SUFFERED.

THAT HAVE SUFFERED.

THOSE ALL GO BACK, THAT'S THOSE ALL GO BACK, THAT'S WHAT'S SO GREAT.

WHAT'S SO GREAT.

THIS IS A HISTORIC THIS IS A HISTORIC PRESERVATION PROJECT.

PRESERVATION PROJECT.

AND WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE IN AND WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE IN THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS THE THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORIC MASSACHUSETTS HISTORIC COMMISSION WHOSE JOB IS TO COMMISSION WHOSE JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT TREASURES LIKE MAKE SURE THAT TREASURES LIKE THE VICTORY GET SAVED AND GET THE VICTORY GET SAVED AND GET PUT BACK.

PUT BACK.

>> AND JUST LAST MONTH, THE >> AND JUST LAST MONTH, THE VICTORY THEATER RESTORATION VICTORY THEATER RESTORATION PLANS WERE ABLE TO MOVE PLANS WERE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, AND DEMOLITION BEGAN.

FORWARD, AND DEMOLITION BEGAN.

SO WHAT'S THE UPDATE ON THAT SO WHAT'S THE UPDATE ON THAT PROGRESS?

PROGRESS?

>> THE BUILDING BEHIND THE >> THE BUILDING BEHIND THE VICTORY, AT 134 CHESTNUT VICTORY, AT 134 CHESTNUT STREET, WHICH ORIGINALLY WAS A STREET, WHICH ORIGINALLY WAS A HOUSE BUILT IN 1848, I LOVE HOUSE BUILT IN 1848, I LOVE HISTORY AND I LOVE HISTORY AND I LOVE ARCHITECTURE, AND THAT -- IT'S ARCHITECTURE, AND THAT -- IT'S DIRECTLY BEHIND THE VICTORY.

DIRECTLY BEHIND THE VICTORY.

WHEN WE HAD THE FINAL WHEN WE HAD THE FINAL ARCHITECTURAL PLANS DONE, IT ARCHITECTURAL PLANS DONE, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT IN ORDER TO BECAME CLEAR THAT IN ORDER TO MAKE THE VICTORY BE A 21ST MAKE THE VICTORY BE A 21ST CENTURY FACILITY, WHERE WE CENTURY FACILITY, WHERE WE COULD HAVE JUST ABOUT COULD HAVE JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING WE WANT, WE NEEDED EVERYTHING WE WANT, WE NEEDED TO EXPAND TO HAVE A SERVICE TO EXPAND TO HAVE A SERVICE BUILDING OR ANNEX THAT COULD BUILDING OR ANNEX THAT COULD HANDLE MORE DRESSING ROOMS, HANDLE MORE DRESSING ROOMS, MORE OFFICE SPACE, TECHNICAL MORE OFFICE SPACE, TECHNICAL ROOMS, ET CETERA AND SO IT ROOMS, ET CETERA AND SO IT BECAME CLEAR WE NEEDED TO BECAME CLEAR WE NEEDED TO ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY.

ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY.

AND TO TAKE IT DOWN AND TO AND TO TAKE IT DOWN AND TO BUILD ALL THAT.

BUILD ALL THAT.

BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO THAT INSIDE THE THEATER AND RETAIN INSIDE THE THEATER AND RETAIN THE THEATER'S INTERIOR THE THEATER'S INTERIOR INTEGRITY.

INTEGRITY.

>> YOU SAID YOU LOVE HISTORY.

>> YOU SAID YOU LOVE HISTORY.

I IMAGINE YOU PLAN ON I IMAGINE YOU PLAN ON INCORPORATING SOME OF THAT INCORPORATING SOME OF THAT HISTORY IN THE RENOVATION HISTORY IN THE RENOVATION PROCESS.

PROCESS.

>> YES.

>> YES.

ONE OF MY HAPPIEST MOMENTS WAS ONE OF MY HAPPIEST MOMENTS WAS HAVING A WONDERFUL FIREPLACE HAVING A WONDERFUL FIREPLACE MANTLE AND BEAUTIFUL DOORS MANTLE AND BEAUTIFUL DOORS TAKEN OUT OF THE HOUSE, AND TAKEN OUT OF THE HOUSE, AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE THEY ARE GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGNS INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGNS OF SOME OF THE NEW SPACES OF SOME OF THE NEW SPACES INSIDE THE VICTORY.

INSIDE THE VICTORY.

THE VICTORY WILL HAVE, BELIEVE THE VICTORY WILL HAVE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, FIVE LOUNGES, BARS, IT OR NOT, FIVE LOUNGES, BARS, ETC., FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY ETC., FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY BEFORE, DURING INTERMISSION, BEFORE, DURING INTERMISSION, AND AFTER THE SHOW.

AND AFTER THE SHOW.

>> WHEN WE SPOKE ON >> WHEN WE SPOKE ON "CONNECTING POINT" LAST "CONNECTING POINT" LAST AUGUST, I ASKED YOU IF YOU HAD AUGUST, I ASKED YOU IF YOU HAD CONCERNS THAT THE PANDEMIC CONCERNS THAT THE PANDEMIC WOULD AFFECT PLANS FOR THE WOULD AFFECT PLANS FOR THE VICTORY THEATER, AND HERE WE VICTORY THEATER, AND HERE WE ARE ALMOST A YEAR LATER, ARE ALMOST A YEAR LATER, GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN.

GROUND HAS BEEN BROKEN.

UPON REFLECTION OF THE UPON REFLECTION OF THE TEMPORARY SETBACK THAT THE TEMPORARY SETBACK THAT THE PANDEMIC CAUSED AND THE PANDEMIC CAUSED AND THE UNCERTAINTY FOR LIVE UNCERTAINTY FOR LIVE PERFORMANCE, HOW DOES IT FEEL PERFORMANCE, HOW DOES IT FEEL FOR YOU TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO FOR YOU TO FINALLY BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD?

MOVE FORWARD?

>> IT'S ONE OF THE MOST >> IT'S ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING MOMENTS OF MY LIFE.

EXCITING MOMENTS OF MY LIFE.

I THINK GIVEN THE PANDEMIC, I THINK GIVEN THE PANDEMIC, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO ENJOY BEING TOGETHER AGAIN, ENJOY BEING TOGETHER AGAIN, AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE BEING AND THERE'S NOTHING LIKE BEING TOGETHER IN A THEATER, AND TOGETHER IN A THEATER, AND WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

WITH OTHER PEOPLE.

AND SHARING THOUGHTS AND AND SHARING THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS, AND LAUGHS.

>> THAT DOES IT FOR "CONNECTING POINT" FOR MAY "CONNECTING POINT" FOR MAY 7th, 2021.

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