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Frank Vignola took up the guitar at age 6 and hasn’t stopped since. The instrumental virtuoso is known for adapting a wide range of music, from jazz standards to The Beatles to Beethoven, to guitar.

Back on stage: Guitarist extraordinare Frank Vignola comes to the Valley

by Chris Goudreau Staff WriterJanuary 24, 2019

Excerpt from an earlier draft of “How to Enjoy Sweetland.”

A followup to Willy Wonka? Easthampton girl writes book about ‘Sweetland’

by Chris Goudreau Staff WriterJanuary 17, 2019

Actor and playwright Tanya O’Debra stars as Emily Dickinson, a woman she calls “America’s most brilliant and annoying poetess,” in her play “Shut UP, Emily Dickinson!” at Northampton’s Academy of Music Theatre Jan. 19.

Give it a rest, Emily! New play looks at famed Amherst poet through a sharper lens

by Chris Goudreau Staff WriterJanuary 10, 2019

Poet and activist Maurice Taylor formed Poetic Recovery more than a decade ago as a drug- and alcohol-free space and forum for artists and audience members to express themselves.

Looking for a good (drug- and alcohol-free) time? Poetic Recovery’s got you covered.

by Chris Goudreau January 4, 2019

There will be dozens of performers — musicians, jugglers, opera, yo-yo-ers and more — during First Night Northampton 2019.

First Night Northampton will ring in 2019 with festival, block party

by Chris Goudreau Staff WriterDecember 31, 2018

On Thanksgiving of 2000, Tracy Grammer (right) and Dave Carter feasted on string cheese at a convenience store somewhere between Wisconsin and North Dakota.

Musicians share tales of holidays on the road

by Chris Goudreau Staff WriterDecember 21, 2018

Artist Valerie Bassett hangs one of her paintings at Hosmer Gallery in Forbes Library as part of the “Thirty Years in Old Deerfield” exhibit.

Finding inspiration in nature — and each other: Deerfield painting group celebrates 30th anniversary with new exhibit

by Chris Goudreau Staff WriterDecember 12, 2018

Rise Up co-founders and directors Kyle Boatwright, left, and Nichole Wadleigh sing during last year’s “Hamilton” sing-along fundraiser to benefit MA Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition.

Singing for Irida: Local activists stage musical fundraiser for Russian immigrant in sanctuary

by Chris Goudreau Staff WriterDecember 5, 2018

Singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky, who first made her name playing alongside Shawn Colvin, Suzanne Vega and other New York performers, comes to The Parlor Room in Northampton this Saturday.

Doing it her way: singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky releases new, stripped-down album

by Chris Goudreau Staff WriterNovember 28, 2018

Calendario, who grew up in Amherst and Holyoke, invested his life savings in buying and renovating the Queen Anne Victorian.

A home away from home in Holyoke

by Chris Goudreau Staff WriterNovember 21, 2018