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Pete Seeger performing in San Francisco in 1978.

Celebrating a folk music legend

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterApril 24, 2019

They’re not record players: Vanja Malloy, curator of the exhibit “Dimensionism” at the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, speaks about “Rotoreliefs” (optical discs), by Marcel Duchamp. The paper discs, printed on each side in offset color lithography, are set on rotating turntables for full effect.

Art and the Theory of Relativity: new exhibit examines influence of science on modern art

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterApril 18, 2019

Jennifer Acker, founder and editor in chief of The Common, the Amherst College literary magazine, has published her debut novel, "The Limits of the World.”

Switching her editorial pens: Jennifer Acker, editor of The Common, writes debut novel

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterApril 11, 2019

Valley jazz advocate and concert producer Glenn Siegel has been named a 2019 “Jazz Hero” by the Jazz Journalists Association.

Glenn Siegel honored for his advocacy for jazz

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterApril 10, 2019

Pam Victor, founder of Happier Valley Comedy.

New England Public Radio announces 2019 Arts & Humanities Award winners

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterApril 3, 2019

UMass Amherst music professor Felipe Salles, a native of Brazil, has spent the past year creating an extended jazz-flavored composition that chronicles the experiences of young immigrants in the U.S.

A musical story of immigrants: UMass composer debuts extended jazz-flavored piece inspired by “Dreamers”

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterApril 3, 2019

Members of Real Live Theater, a Northampton ensemble, perform at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke earlier this month in a benefit for the Scarlet Sock Foundation.

A lasting legacy: Nonprofit group to fund theater projects in teen’s memory

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterMarch 27, 2019

Jamilla Deria, who previously worked in the Valley and grew up in Connecticut, has been appointed the new director of the Fine Arts Center at UMass Amherst.

UMass appoints new Fine Arts Center director

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterMarch 27, 2019

Pierre Niney and Charlotte Gainsbourg in a scene from “Promise at Dawn,” which plays at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst March 30.

Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival returns

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterMarch 20, 2019

Luis Azogue, from left, Carmen Quillay, Johnny Manzanares and Blanca Sandoval learn English during a class at the International Language Institute in Northampton, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019.

Go fish! A language school where everyone is welcome — and laughter is a major goal.

by Steve Pfarrer Staff writerMarch 18, 2019