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Arts Briefs: Opportunities for local creatives, All Hamptons Read, Jewish Film Fest, and more
03-26-2025 11:55 AM

CitySpace in Easthampton is now accepting applications for its 2025 Pay It Forward program.

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Arts Briefs: Silent film in Florence, McCartney’s music in Northampton, and more
03-19-2025 3:43 PM

Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity in Florence will host a screening of the silent film “The Ancient Law” (“Das alte Gesetz”) with live musical accompaniment on Saturday, March 22, at 7 p.m.


They ‘don’t come to play around’: Ten local students will compete in Third Annual Academy Regional Youth Poetry Slam next month
03-12-2025 2:38 PM

By CAROLYN BROWN

Ten local high school students will take the stage at the Academy of Music on Saturday, April 5, at 7 p.m. to compete in the Third Annual Academy Regional Youth Poetry Slam. The event, a competition for young spoken word poets, is the only one of its kind in the Pioneer Valley.


Arts Briefs: Carle puppet show at UMass, seawall paintings in Easthampton, and more
03-12-2025 2:36 PM

Children’s author Eric Carle, who lived in Northampton for decades, was known for books including “Brown Bear, Brown Bear,” and “The Very Hungry Caterpillar.” Now, those books (and a few others) are part of a puppet show, “The Very Hungry Caterpillar Show,” which will be at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Tillis Performance Hall on Sunday, March 16, at 3 p.m.


Arts Briefs: Magical opera at UMass, ‘Hedwig’ filmmaker at Mount Holyoke, and more
03-05-2025 2:10 PM

John Cameron Mitchell, the writer, director and star of the movie musical “Hedwig and the Angry Inch,” will take part in a screening and discussion of the movie at Mount Holyoke College’s Gamble Auditorium on Monday, March 10, at 5 p.m.


Arts Briefs: Solo piano in Northampton, wedding giveaway in Haydenville, and more
02-26-2025 3:36 PM

Pioneer Valley Jazz Shares and the Northampton Center for the Arts will present “A World of Piano,” an event series featuring one of three solo pianists per night, at 33 Hawley in Northampton from Thursday, Feb. 27, through Saturday, March 1, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.


From seed to sweep: Fifth graders at Hartsbrook School make brooms from scratch
02-21-2025 10:21 AM

By EMILEE KLEIN

Fifth grader Hattie Griffin rubs the soft, thin tree trunk with one piece of sandpaper before switching to a different piece with a softer grit, hoping to make her already-velvety broom handle even smoother. 


Arts Briefs: One-woman ‘Hamlet’ in Northampton, drag ball in Easthampton, and more
02-19-2025 2:28 PM

One of Shakespeare’s most famous plays is coming to the Pioneer Valley – with a cast of one.


Boys basketball: Hartsbrook School downed by Four Rivers in River Valley Athletic League final (PHOTOS)
02-13-2025 9:26 PM

By GARRETT COTE

GREENFIELD — As the adage goes, the third time is the charm.


Arts Briefs: Ska in Easthampton, stories about food in Northampton, and more
02-05-2025 2:03 PM

It’s not often that we get to tell readers to skank to their hearts’ content, but that’s entirely the point of an upcoming event at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8: namely, “The 1st Annual NU England Ska Summit,” an all-ages festival celebrating ska and nu metal (which the event description jokingly calls “the two most respected genre’s [sic] of music”) at CitySpace in Easthampton.


Arts Briefs: Folk rock at Iron Horse, ‘Xanadu’ auditions at UMass, and more
01-29-2025 2:36 PM

Local folk rock band High Tea (Isabella DeHerdt and Isaac Eliot) and Wallace Field will co-headline a show at the Iron Horse on Friday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m.


Arts Briefs: ‘Love Letters’ in Hatfield, paintings done by feet in Northampton, and more
01-22-2025 2:25 PM

The local theater company Valley Players will present a production of the play “Love Letters” on Feb. 7, 8, 14 and 15, each at 7:30 p.m., at Black Birch Vineyard in Hatfield.


Arts Briefs: Crafts and cinema in Northampton, new exhibition at the Carle museum, and more
01-15-2025 1:52 PM

The Academy of Music will host its first “Stitch ‘n’ Flix” movie screening — that is, a screening in which guests can bring their own craft project, like knitting or crochet, to work on while watching a movie in a theater with dimmed lighting — on Sunday, Jan. 26, at 2 p.m. (The only caveat is that the project must be “self-contained” and unable to produce mess.)


Arts Briefs: ‘Rent’ actors in Amherst, Grunge Brunch at Iron Horse, and more
01-08-2025 1:39 PM

A ‘Rent’ reunionRentheads, rejoice! Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp (who played Roger and Mark, respectively, in the movie adaptation of the Broadway musical) will perform together at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Bowker Auditorium on Friday,...


Arts Briefs: ‘Valley Folklore’ in Northampton, Poe-themed cocktails in Amherst, and more
01-02-2025 6:10 AM

‘Earth MusicTheater Live’The show “Earth Music Theater Live” will debut at 33 Hawley on Friday, Jan. 17, and Saturday, Jan. 18, at 6 p.m.During “Earth Music Theater Live,” the audience will watch high-res footage of the earth and nature captured by...


Arts Briefs: Bach and rock in Northampton, cumbia in Amherst, and more
12-26-2024 6:01 AM

Auditions for ‘Love Letters’ The volunteer theater company Valley Players will hold auditions for the play “Love Letters” by appointment only on Monday, Jan. 6, and Tuesday, Jan. 7, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Bangs Community Center in Amherst.The show,...


Arts Briefs: Christmas shows of a wide variety and a sprinkling of other events
12-18-2024 1:58 PM

A ‘Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular’The Academy of Music will host “The Country Christmas Singalong Spectacular with Zara Bode” on Sunday, Dec. 22, from 4 to 5:30 p.m.Bode, one half of the country duo The Sweetback Sisters, is a powerhouse...


Double Edge Theatre eyes eco-friendly housing, new Community Design Center
12-18-2024 1:50 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ASHFIELD — Combining creativity and community, Double Edge Theatre is working to create a sustainable future by providing eco-friendly housing and renovating old buildings into new apartments, while also constructing a Community Design Center. Between...


Eat to the beat: New event series in a new venue mixes music, meals, and job training
12-11-2024 1:21 PM

By CAROLYN BROWN

At an upcoming new concert series at a recently opened venue in Holyoke, guests can listen to live music while they eat themed meals and help local students build career skills.The series, Feast & Harmony, will debut next week at De La Luz Soundstage...


Arts Briefs: Local holiday show options for everyone, both naughty and nice
12-04-2024 3:03 PM

An ‘anti-holiday spectacular’Prefer rudeness to Rudolph, getting blitzed to Blitzen, or X-rated humor to Xmas? The show “F*ck That! Erin McKeown’s Anti-Holiday Spectacular,” which will be at the Iron Horse on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 7 p.m., might be for...


Drum roll, please: Longtime UMass percussion instructor Thom Hannum inducted into Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame
11-27-2024 12:58 PM

By CAROLYN BROWN

Thousands of University of Massachusetts Amherst students have learned from percussion instructor Thom Hannum, whose 40-year career at the college included a tenure as the assistant director, then associate director, of the Minuteman Marching Band...

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