Monday, March 4, 2013
EASTHAMPTON — Matthew Lamorie, 37, rolled his wheelchair slowly through the fifth floor hall of the 1 Cottage St. former factory. He stopped in front of the historic building’s stairwell, where sunlight flooded through an arched window. He …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Creating art came naturally to Zachary Gedelman. The Florence artist says he remembers drawing his first pictures when he was just 4 years old. Even at that young age, he says, he was able to represent what he …
Monday, February 18, 2013
SHUTESBURY — The Valley is home to hundreds of fervent Morris dancers who form nearly 10 troupes, so it’s no surprise that three years ago, a teen group joined their ranks. Now that group is planning to travel …
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The Greenfield-based Celtic Heels Irish Dance Company performed its St. Patrick’s Day show to sold-out audiences at the Shea Theatre in Turners Falls for many years before moving last year to the larger Academy of Music in Northampton. …
Thursday, February 21, 2013
‘Wrath of Mom’ Actress Kelsey Flynn is a world-class multitasker. I once interviewed her during a “break” in a rehearsal, and her rear end never hit a chair: She ran errands, grabbed a sandwich, chewed it between answers and hustled back to the theater. So it’s no surprise …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
“We got started in my living room,” says Northampton pianist Christine Olson. “I was playing a set of pieces that were very colorful — they provoked my imagination and I started hearing a story. But I knew I …
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
“The Really Big Show,” the Northampton Arts Council’s annual program of vaunted variety acts, is promising another fantastic and eclectic lineup this year. Set to be introduced onto the stage of the Academy of Music on Sunday by …
Thursday, February 14, 2013
When Smith College professor and sculptor Elliot Offner died in October 2010, he left behind an extensive body of work that included wood and bronze sculptures, watercolors, woodblock prints and other types of art. Now that art, along …
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Apples, nuts, avocados, blueberries, strawberries, citrus fruit, soybeans, broccoli, cucumbers ... how’d you like to do without any of these, and scores of other types of food, in your diet? That’s a question Piti Theatre is asking with …
