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By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Garden Cinemas plans to experiment for two months by showing movies with open captions to determine the popularity of doing so.The Main Street theater already provides assistive listening devices and closed-captioning viewer screens...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Claire Hilsinger moved to western Massachusetts in August, but is already making positive impacts here. A professional botanist who delineates wetlands and does rare plant surveys, Hilsinger helps advise on projects like bridge replacements and...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

If you relish culinary challenges, you might attempt to provide scrumptious treats for everyone in your social circle, even if some people are dairy-free, others gluten-free (GF), and still others nut-free. And of course, baking for vegans adds a...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — Health inspectors are requesting the assistance of the Board of Health as they deal with ongoing concerns from tenants about rodents at Greenfield Gardens.“It seems like there is some type of tenant request for Health Department needs...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

A recent Home & Garden column featured Supreme Microgreens, a burgeoning home business founded this year by two UMass Amherst students in their early 20s. It seems fitting, then, that today’s spotlight is on a Deerfield-based company founded 30 years...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — With a multimillion-dollar apartment renovation project underway, public health officials are grappling with complaints of rodents at Greenfield Gardens. “We’re working diligently to address people’s concerns,” said Caroline Murray,...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Garden Cinemas had planned to start showing “White Bird: A Wonder Story” on Aug. 25. The problem is, Lionsgate bumped the film’s release date because there are no actors promoting it due to their union’s much-publicized strike for...

GREENFIELD — In celebration of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” releasing on Friday, the Garden Cinemas is hosting a cosplay contest.The contest invites moviegoers to dress as Barbie, Ken or any other character from the Barbie universe prior to the film’s 6:30...

GREENFIELD — More than 50 native shrubs, grasses and flowering plants have found homes on either side of the City Hall entrance, following the efforts of Greening Greenfield’s Pollinator Group.The project’s roots date back to the spring of 2022, when...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Comedy is returning to the Garden Cinemas as co-owners Isaac and Angela Mass welcome three comedians for a Mother’s Day weekend special.Jody Sloane, Joni Grassey and Rafi Gonzalez will star in “Two Mothers and a Son” on Saturday at 8:30...

By LAWRENCE WINSHIP

Each spring the Connecticut River Valley is flooded with fresh colors and smells as leaves and flowers burst out of dormant buds on trees and shrubs. Green shoots push up through the last snow and over-top last year’s brown leaves, covering the ground...

By MICKEY RATHBUN

Earlier this week my friend Lisa, a demon flower-designer, mentioned to me that she had agreed to provide the floral decorations for her cousin’s birthday party in New York. She lamented that there weren’t many flowers for sale at this time of year...

By ALLIE MARTINEAU

The days are longer, snow sculptures have melted and the seeds sleeping in the dirt are considering their next moves. Spring is here, and the outdoors of western Massachusetts are calling.There are plenty of day trips to community gardens, public...

By MARY BYRNE

GREENFIELD — An Oscar-shortlist documentary, co-produced by a Greenfield High School alumna, will be screened exclusively at the Garden Cinemas on Saturday.“Descendant,” co-produced by Essie Chambers, will be shown at 3 p.m. at the theater on Main...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

A decade before Bryant Stewart and Jeanie Schermesser began transforming a former church into their home and art studio, Stewart spotted the Erving building from Route 2. “I stopped in and met the owner, Clessen Field,” said Stewart, 73.Stewart had...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

For Laura Schlaikjer, horticultural inspirations come from multiple branches of her family tree: relatives on her father’s side were Midwestern homesteaders, and Schlaikjer says that her mother, Elise, has “10 green thumbs.” Elise gave Laura and her...

GREENFIELD — To celebrate its 94th birthday on Saturday, the Garden Cinemas is offering free screenings of “Singin’ in the Rain” (1952) and “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” (1985) at 10 a.m.“These two movies from different generations are both comedy...

By JESSICA DAMIANO

Planning this year’s garden? My guess is you’re envisioning plants bathed in daylight.But the problem is that by nightfall, when the sun has set and you’re ready to kick back at home, you won’t be able to see and fully enjoy the fruits of your...

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Melinda McCreven’s family maintained a small garden behind their West Haven, Connecticut home, but she wasn’t very interested in gardening as a child; later, though, McCreven developed a passion for all things horticulture. Local residents have...