Music by the river: Porter-Phelps-Huntington House Museum readies summer series
06/26/2018
by Steve Pfarrer, Amherst Bulletin
HADLEY - One of the highlights of summer, aside from beaches, baseball and barbeque, is outside concerts — and the Porter-Phelps-Huntington House Museum in Hadley has no shortage of shows this year.
And, in a tradition that dates back almost four decades, you can hear some of that music as you sip tea and munch on pastries donated by area bakeries and restaurants.
The Hadley museum, an historic farmhouse dating to the mid 1700s that was home to six generations of an extended family, has since the early 1980s featured Wednesday evening summer concerts that explore folk and traditional music from different cultures. On Saturday afternoons, meanwhile, visitors can hear a range of sounds — jazz, blues, a capella — during the “Perfect Spot of Tea” shows, which take place on the museum’s back veranda.