August in Northampton has a tradition of at least three things: late summer corn, back-to-school preparations, and a certain themed concert at Look...
EASTHAMPTON – Growing up surrounded by corn and beans in rural Iowa, Leah Nichole Ewing would wake up early to the chirps and songs of birds.Her...
NORTHAMPTON — With summer almost upon us, the city is opening stages and streets for a wide range of free music at a number of downtown locations...
NORTHAMPTON — For the second year in a row, the Northampton Arts Council has joined forces with a local education company to produce the Power of...
NORTHAMPTON — Looking back to an incident that sparked controversy in fall 2021, the city’s Arts Council board has issued a formal apology for...
The Back Porch Festival, which is set to expand to multiple venues in downtown Northampton in early March 2023, has begun to fill out its lineup...
In 2020, COVID-19 shut down all manner of arts events, including First Night Northampton, although some of the city’s traditional New Year’s Eve...
NORTHAMPTON — The Back Porch Festival, Signature Sounds’ late-winter showcase for American roots music, is poised to return in 2023 — in a much...
NORTHAMPTON — The city’s Arts Council board is planning to revisit an issue that spurred controversy just about a year ago: the abrupt cancellation...
FLORENCE — A new mural coming to Florence aims to depict the history of the village, from the time when Native peoples held sway over the land, to...
The 1990s witnessed something of a sea change in popular music, as the glam metal and hair bands of the 1980s gave way to grunge and alternative...
Can the arts help us reexamine our past and come to terms with injustice? Can music, painting, film, literature and other mediums serve as tools...