GREENFIELD — The next concert in the “Bach’s Lunch” series at the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew, located at 8 Church St., will be held Wednesday, Nov. 13, at 12:15 p.m.
Pianist Chonghyo Shin is returning with a new program of music by Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, Albéniz, Granados and Debussy. She most recently performed a “Bach’s Lunch” concert in June.
Shin teaches piano at Amherst College and the Brattleboro Music Center. She is a graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music and has performed as a soloist with the Boston Pops and the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra. Read more...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN, Staff Writer

GREENFIELD — On the eve of Election Day, the Interfaith Council of Franklin County welcomed people of all faiths and political backgrounds to the Episcopal Church of Saints James and Andrew for an evening of prayers, songs and conversations about the nation’s future.
More than 25 people gathered in the church’s Whiteman Room. Leaders from multiple faiths, including the Rev. Heather Blais of the Episcopal Church, David Arfa of Temple Israel and Sister Clare Carter from the New England Peace Pagoda, provided guided prayers for attendees to participate in.
In one ritual, participants lit candles. Each person, gathered in a circle, said, “I light this flame for ...” before finishing the sentence with a single word or phrase. Hope, compassion, peace, decency, tolerance and neighborliness were just a few of the words people chose. Additionally, musician Annie Hassett performed a Pete Seeger song and Interfaith Council of Franklin County Vice President Leslie Fraser, a multi-faith chaplain, used a singing bowl.

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