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"On the Threshold" by Margaret Lloyd JERREY ROBERTS

Art People: Margaret Lloyd | poet, painter

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Florence artist Margaret Lloyd lived for only two years in her native country of Wales, before moving as a toddler with her family to central New York state. Even so, she says, she left a bit of her heart in her homeland. “Welsh is my first language; I’m an immigrant,” Lloyd said in an interview last week as she meandered … 0

Blaise’s Bad Movie Guide

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Happy Flag Day! My editor suggested I review a movie with a patriotic theme, but such is not my forte. Even listening to Sylvester Stallone give his speech at the end of “Rambo” is below my threshold of pain. Then a coworker reminded me of a movie that ranks tops in the Most … 0

Diane Cluck

Tuned in: What's happening in the Valley this weekend

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Jonathan Richman often gets described as “childlike” because of his unadorned songs with a big heart on their sleeve, whether he’s singing about the magic of “Vincent Van Gogh” or “The Lonely Little Thrift Store.” But a better description of Richman is “honest,” because he’s always been direct, both musically and lyrically. He … 0

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Patricia Gillepsie practices cantering with her horse at Stone Pony Farm in Leverett on June 16, 2013. She has been riding horses since 1989. AYRIKA WHITNEY Cantering in Leverett
Center, from left: Sarah Dobrow, Sage Loomis, Heather Giguere JERREY ROBERTS Your Time: Childs Park, Northampton
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Greek culture Creamy and tangy, yogurt’s thicker sibling enhances your cooking

Thursday, June 13, 2013

We spoon up so much yogurt at breakfast, lunch and dinner that we spent $7.3 billion on the tart stuff last year. Its creamy texture and good-for-your-gut benefits are draws. So are the varieties: full fat, nonfat and … 0

People wait in line outside the Moscone West Center for the start of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, Monday, June 10, 2013, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

Apple revamps look of iPhone, iPad software

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Apple is throwing out most of the real-world graphical cues from its iPhone and iPad software, like the casino-green “felt” of its Game Center app, in what it calls the biggest update since the iPhone’s launch in 2007. … 0

In this Monday, May 20, 2013 photo, from left, actor and writer, Ethan Hawke, actress and writer, Julie Delpy and director and writer, Richard Linklater, from the film "Before Midnight," pose for a portrait in Los Angeles. This is the third drama film in the series of walking, talking European romances. The movie releases in the US on Friday, May 24, 2013. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

One more shot at romance in ‘Before Midnight’

Thursday, June 13, 2013

The hardest segment to watch in “Before Midnight” — an extended, emotional hotel-room argument that comprises the film’s final third — was actually the easiest to shoot, say co-stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy and director Richard Linklater. … 0

21 and Over

Newon DVD

Thursday, June 13, 2013

21 & Over: The night before his big medical school exam, a promising student celebrates his 21st birthday with his two best friends. Stars Miles Teller, Justin Chon, Jonathan Keltz. Rated R. Jack the Giant Slayer: The ancient … 0

Book Notes

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Ringo Starr writes  ‘Octopus’ Garden’  as children’s book Ringo Starr is turning an old Beatles favorite into a children’s book. The drummer has a deal with Simon & Schuster’s Children Books for “Octopus’ Garden,” based on one of the few songs the drummer wrote and sang while with … 0

Chris Condon JERREY ROBERTS

Your time Boat-building at the  Hill Institute, Florence

Thursday, June 6, 2013

The smell of paint and varnish was in the air at the Hill Institute in Florence on a recent Saturday as six students spent one of the final sessions of a two-semester class completing their skin-on-frame canoes. Each … 0

John Riley. KEVIN GUTTING

Art People: John Riley | photographer

Thursday, June 6, 2013

He is not among the earliest arrivals — the diehards arrive with their flashlights before dawn — but John Riley is usually scoping out the Olde Hadley Flea Market on Sunday mornings by 6 a.m. He’s gone for … 0

Audrey Child of Amherst. KEVIN GUTTING

First person A summer downpour brings soaked shoes — and memories

Thursday, June 6, 2013

One day last summer, I parked in front of the Housing Authority building in Amherst where I had a late-afternoon meeting. For some unplanned reason, I had a half-hour to kill. Rather than sit in an empty meeting … 0

Blue and gold balloons decked out the bleachers during a lacrosse game at Northampton High School on May 24th, 2013. The decorations immediately caught my eye, offering a bit of color and cheer as they danced in the wind against the dull, overcast sky. SARAH CROSBY

Photo Gallery: Catch the wind

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Blue and gold balloons decked out the bleachers during a recent lacrosse game at Northampton High School. The decorations immediately caught my eye, offering a bit of color and cheer as they danced in the wind against the … 0

PHOTO BY SUSAN WILSON The Adaskin String Trio

Tuned In

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Ariel Pink has created countless songs, and for the first decade or so, the prolific musician did it all by himself, at his Los Angeles home — he’d “fall out of bed and record a track,” as he … 0

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