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By BELLA LEVAVI

ASHFIELD — For 39 years, a band of local storytellers has been presenting a Solstice Storytelling and Songfest Celebration to spread joy as the weather gets cold.This year, the celebration will be held on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 6:30 p.m., with doors...

By DOMENIC POLI

The nonprofit 10,000-square-foot workshop on the Orange Innovation Center’s third floor has taken steps to help enable more people the financial ability to participate in the programs offered at 131 West Main St.LaunchSpace initiated the “Access to...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Eight weavers in Shelburne Falls, Conway and Florence will open their studios to the public this weekend for demonstrations and sales as part of the Working Weavers’ fifth Studio Trail tour. Studios will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday,...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD – Vintage Days is returning for its second year with as many as 18 businesses expected to participate in the annual event aimed at celebrating the city’s “vintage vibe.”“We have an amazing vintage vibe in Greenfield all the time,” said...

By KAREN LIST

“What if it’s a Musical,” last year’s co-Act performance at the Northampton Center for the Arts, explored the actors’ experiences as gender-queer young people through words and music, including the songs of Sam Smith and ZZ Top.Shai Kuper, co-director...

By STEVE PFARRER

ASHFIELD — Double Edge Theatre, which has passed some significant milestones in the last few years — 40 years of total operation, 25 years of staging performances in Ashfield — is marking another important moment.Founder Stacy Klein, who started the...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Having been diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer about seven years ago, South Deerfield resident Frank Marchand, 67, doesn’t expect his life to last much longer. And yet, the 47-year plumber isn’t worried about what’s down the pipeline...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — With the return of Charley’s Tropical Bar and Chess Club at the Shea Theater Arts Center on Saturday, locals once again have a chance to detach from the baggage of everyday life.“Welcome to Charley’s — a cozy, one-night-only escape...

By STEVE PFARRER

Mass Humanities has awarded more than $160,000 to five cultural organizations in the Pioneer Valley to help them sustain or increase their staffing, with the larger goal being to help those groups “create, restore and grow humanities programs.” The...

By STEVE PFARRER

June Millington is a familiar name in the Valley music scene, a veteran guitarist and educator who since the early 2000s has overseen numerous programs at The Institute for the Musical Arts (IMA), the Goshen center dedicated to supporting women and...

By STEVE PFARRER

Until recently, it hasn’t seemed like much of a spring: a lot of damp or rainy days, overcast skies, and cold nights.But the weather has warmed up this week, just in time to be a fitting backdrop to an art exhibit designed to celebrate...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Nisse Greenberg hopes to cultivate a community-centered art practice away from the lure of fame.“Fame is stupid. Hopefully this is an art form that is divorced from fame,” Greenberg said about the new storytelling open mic at the Greenfield arts venue...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GREENFIELD — After a successful premiere last summer, the Human Agenda Theater production “Mira and the Liminal Dimension” is back on stage to deliver an out-of-this-world experience.The show, directed by Kevin Van Develde and co-produced by a...

By MARY BYRNE

Pioneer Valley potters will be joined by guests from across the country this weekend for the 19th annual Asparagus Valley Pottery Trail.“Nineteen years ago, it started with five of us,” recalled Greenfield resident Lucy Fagella, one of the founders....

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — At 15 years old, Shelburne Falls resident Martín Espada, now a nationally renowned poet, wrote his first poem.At the time, he had no idea it would become the first poem in a lifelong body of work. It was simply a writing assignment for an...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — For one night, the village may feel like the center of the world as perspectives from three continents entwine during a youth performance at the Shea Theater Arts Center.“Mother Tongue,” a multilingual, multimedia performance that...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

GILL — Northfield Mount Hermon School has signed a three-year agreement to continue hosting the annual Summer Stars Camp for the Performing Arts, a free program that uplifts economically disadvantaged children through creativity and collaboration.The...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

NORTHFIELD — Having recently received a $10,564 grant, jazz musician Terry Jenoure is set to make a years-long dream come true with a tour spanning the Northeast this summer.Jenoure, of Northfield, was awarded the grant in February by Atlanta-based...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Nationally acclaimed comedian Jimmy Tingle’s standup show at the Shea Theater Arts Center on Saturday might be the most fun you have this weekend. All jokes aside, though, the show is also poised to help those who need more than just a...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — As the village’s “Crossroads” series winds down, nationally touring songwriter Erica Wheeler looks to celebrate the region’s “layers, grit and beauty” through her keynote concert at the Shea Theater Arts Center on Sunday.The free...