Benefit gallery show

As part of November’s Arts Night Out Northampton, The New England Visionary Artists Museum/Anchor House of Artists at 518 Pleasant St. will hold a benefit gallery show of works by the late Northampton artist Charlie Miller on Friday, Nov. 8, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Miller passed away this summer at the age of 92. He was known for painting “man’s inhumanity to man,” according to his obituary, including victims of war and racial injustice.

Per Miller’s wishes, all of his paintings will be “agreeably priced,” according to the museum’s website.

In his lifetime, Miller also showed his works at 33 Hawley and A.P.E. Gallery in Northampton.

For more information, visit www.neva-museum.org.

Music fit for a king

The historical music performance group Arcadia Players will perform “Concerti for a King: Music from the Court of Frederick the Great” at Wesley United Methodist Church, 98 North Maple St., Hadley, on Saturday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m.

Frederick II of Prussia was known not only for his military victories, but also for his strong support of the arts, which included commissioning composers.

In this performance, violinist Julia Glenn will perform works by Johann Gottlieb Graun and Franz Benda, and fortepianist Andrus Madsen will perform a keyboard concerto by C.P.E. Bach.

Tickets are $35 at the door or at arcadiaplayers.org (or $10 for students or low-income audience members through the Card to Culture program).

Two art exhibitionsin Amherst

Gallery A3, at 28 Amity St. in Amherst, will have two exhibitions in November: “Ukraine” by Keith Hollingworth and “From There to Here” by Ron Maggio.

The show will be open to the public starting at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7, through Saturday, Nov. 30, with an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. on Nov. 7.

“Ukraine” is a collection of mixed media and collage works about the current war between Ukraine and Russia.

“From There to Here” features works that use grids in various forms.

For more information, visit www.gallerya3.com.

‘Sweetheart Deal’

Amherst Cinema will screen the movie “Sweetheart Deal,” a documentary about four sex workers in Seattle who are struggling with addiction, today, Thursday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m.

There will be a Q&A after the showing with Brittany Kaplan, the movie’s editor, who grew up in Amherst.

Kaplan has also worked on “The Vow,” “Harry and Meghan,” and “Unveiled: Surviving La Luz Del Mundo.”

Tickets are $11.75 for adults and $10.75 for seniors and students at amherstcinema.org.

Protest songs‘from the hahht’

Pamela Means, a guitarist, singer, and self-described “double Gemini nurturing multiple projects,” will perform a solo set of original songs “from the hahht,” according to a press release, including protest songs, at the Parlor Room on Friday, Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m.

In a press release, Means said, “I write protest songs because they still need to be written. I believe that protest songs are love songs. We fight for what we care about. I think that the seed of every protest song, protest rally, and social movement is the greatest kind of human love.”

Means’ songs include “Vote Blue,” a response to Project 2025, and “My Favorite Ex,” a “queer post-breakup love song.”

Matthew Thornton will open.

Advance tickets are available via parlorroom.org for $15 general admission or $13 for members of the Parlor Room Collective.

Halloween Scare Fest

Be very careful, because your night will be scare-ful: Twisted Emporium will host a Halloween Scarefest at CitySpace in Easthampton on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 1 p.m.

Live music for the night will include the bands Hero and the Horror, The Prozacs, Degenerates of Punk, Ragz to Stitchez, Left Hand Backwards and Basic Plus. Other live entertainment will include burlesque, magic, witch dancing, freakshow acts, and more.

There will also be a market of 20 oddity vendors.

Frank Farel, producer and writer of “Spookies” and producer of “Street Trash,” two cult-classic horror movies, will be on hand for photos and autographs.

Tickets are $20, not including fees, and can be purchased at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6464956.

The MajesticSaloon says goodbye

Last but not least: the Majestic Saloon, Northampton’s only explicitly queer bar, will close its doors after Halloween night. Naturally, though, they will not go quietly into that good night — they’ve got a full slate of events lined up until then, including these two.

On Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 7 p.m., the Come Again Players will host their third shadow-cast production of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”

There’s a $20 cover charge at the door, which includes a “C.R.A.P. kit,” which is a bag full of props for audience members to use at specific moments in the show.

On Thursday, Oct. 31, at 9 p.m., more than a dozen local(ish) drag performers (including Alden Peotter, co-owner of the Majestic Saloon) will put on “The Majestic Finale,” hosted by DaishaDore Famouz. Admission to the 21-plus party is $10.

For both events, arrive early: The bar can only seat 49 people.

To read more about the Majestic Saloon and its coming closure, check out the Gazette’s Oct. 2 story.