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By SHERYL HUNTER

It promises to be a special night of music when a group of talented local and regional singer-songwriters come together at the Shea Theater in Turners Falls on Sunday, Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. to pay tribute to the great Lucinda Williams. The show is part...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Human Error Publishing will host its Great Falls Word Festival on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Shea Theater Arts Center, where local writers, poets and book publishers will celebrate 15 years of storytelling. Starting at noon, authors and...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — RiverCulture Director Suzanne LoManto believes “good public art is a response by an artist to the times we live in and the people who make up a community.”The completion of the 3,200-square-foot mural on the exterior of the Shea...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

CHARLEMONT — Outdoor time anyone? Piti Theatre Co., an award-winning theater troupe, is launching “Bee and Blossom,” a program designed to encourage nature and arts exploration for children up to 8 years old.The program allows kids time to play...

By ALEXA LEWIS

Easthampton’s Old Town Hall has once again opened its doors to a diverse assortment of local artistic talent as part of CitySpace’s 2024 Pay it Forward program. As summer winds to a close, the 10 artists and groups selected to this year’s cohort are...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

North Carolina-based muralist Darion Fleming has arrived to Montague to begin working his creative magic on the 3,200-square-foot exterior wall of the Shea Theater Arts Center on Avenue A.The mural’s final design and painting timeline were released on...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

HEATH — Thanks to a $100,000 three-year grant from the Mosaic Opioid Recovery Partnership, Hilltown Youth Recovery Theatre, which is now at capacity, will be able to increase its staffing to provide its mental health arts programming to area youths....

By SHERYL HUNTER

Before diving into Mark Schwaber’s new release, “Glacier,” I suggest you put on your headphones or earbuds, as this record is best experienced when you can listen closely. On the 11 tracks here, Schwaber, who lives in Greenfield, utilizes various...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

A raunchy and comical dinner theater troupe brings murder mysteries to supper time.The Comical Mystery Tour was created 29 years ago and has performed across the county and beyond.“We don’t make a lot of money doing it, we just do it because we love...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

DEERFIELD — For its fourth year, Arena Civic Theatre is running a free summer theater program to give local students the opportunity to participate in theater while school is out of session.This year’s summer program will culminate in three...

By EMILEE KLEIN

On Nov. 15, 2022, thousands of Taylor Swift fans glued one eye to the clock and the other eye to their computer screen, counting the seconds until their one-in-a-lifetime chance to see the artist’s cumulative career on stage in the United States’ leg...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

Over 400 years after Shakespeare wrote “King Lear,” a theater production reimagines the story as one about the complexities of dementia.Director Toby Vera Bercovici of Cleveland Heights, Ohio and Northampton created the play over the course of five...

By STEVE PFARRER

In the early 1990s, I answered an ad for a reporting job at the Gazette. I had editorial experience — I’d worked as a copywriter, a copy editor, and a proofreader — and I liked writing, but I’d never worked for a newspaper, unless you counted a few...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — A group of teens who have been rehearsing since November will share their work with an audience on Sunday, June 23, with “Mind Matters Most: A Mental Health Cabaret.”The audience will be taken on a vaudeville-style journey through time...

By PAIGE HANSON

Last week in Northampton, Lez Zeppelin, an all-female Led Zeppelin tribute band, rocked the stage at Iron Horse Music Hall, bringing an electric and mesmerizing performance to the packed audience.“We are just true to the spirit of the band, which is...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

The “On the Boards” festival of play readings is underway at The LAVA Center in Greenfield for the second year in a row, giving local playwrights a chance to get feedback on their work-in-progress plays.“The focus of the festival last year and this...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The Brick House Community Resource Center will hold the inaugural Franklin County Teen Performing Arts Showcase at the Shea Theater Arts Center on Friday, June 14, at 7 p.m. The show will feature a variety of solo and small-group...

By SHERYL HUNTER

Get ready for the village of Montague to be transformed into a mini music festival when Good Music Makes Good Neighbors returns on Saturday, June 8. The fest went on hiatus for a couple of years, but now festival organizers Nicole Nemec and Matthew...

By STEVE PFARRER

Time was when summer theater in the Valley was typically produced by a number of mainstays, including Chester Theatre Company, New Century Theatre, and the Ko Festival at Amherst College.But New Century Theatre shut down a few years ago, as did the Ko...

TURNERS FALLS — Eggtooth Productions and the Shea Theater Arts Center will present Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s “Orlando” on May 30, May 31 and June 1, at 7:30 p.m.Tickets are $20 at sheatheater.org or at the door. VIP tickets for the...