One of the three pieces in Joan O’Beirne’s exhibit, “The Scarf,” is eye-grabbingly visible from the main gallery at the Brattleboro Museum and Art...
I was nervous as I chose a spot at one of the four large tables arranged in a rough semi-circle at The Art Garden in Shelburne Falls. I got out my...
The Poet’s Seat Poetry Contest, founded in 1991 and sponsored by the Friends of the Greenfield Public Library, usually makes its big splash in the...
Recently, I sat down with Shutesbury poet Janet MacFadyen to talk about her new full-length collection, “Waiting to Be Born: American Ghazals and...
For North Leverett artist Lori Lynn Hoffer, opening the door to her studio at the Leverett Crafts and Art Center is like “heaven.” “It is the most...
To anyone who follows the poetry and spoken word scene in our area, Wendell resident Paul Richmond has become a familiar character. Recently named...
What is a dancer’s worst nightmare?Marjorie Morgan, Colrain dancer and choreographer turned painter, knows firsthand, because six years ago she...
On a recent trip to South Africa, Greenfield artist Nancy B. Baker and her husband saw almost 464 species of birds. The couple was participating in...
Late morning on a sunny day last week, Turners Falls poet Patricia Pruitt sat with me in the living room of her Prospect Street home to talk about...
Most often, preparation for an ArtBeat column brings me to an artist’s studio or a gallery or museum. Last week, when a couple of column ideas fell...
Shelburne Falls writer and workshop leader Pam Roberts remembers vividly the first writing workshop she took after receiving her breast cancer...
There couldn’t be a landscape more different than New England. The red and umber rock formations of the dry Southwest region of the United States...