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By CAROLYN BROWN
Northampton writer Cleo Rohn won the 2024 Beals Prize for Poetry last week for her poem, “Not Every Poem Has to Be About God.”Rohn won the award, which included a cash prize, at Winchendon’s Beals Memorial Library. The award and the library were both...
By CAROLYN BROWN
NORTHAMPTON — The Majestic Saloon, Northampton’s only nightlife venue explicitly focused on the LGBTQ community, is for sale and is slated to host its final show on Halloween night.Co-owners Kayla Abney and Alden Peotter attributed the necessity of...
By CAROLYN BROWN
Earlier this month, the Massachusetts Center for the Book, the state branch of the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, announced the winners of its 24th annual Massachusetts Book Awards — and six authors from the Pioneer Valley were on the...
By CAROLYN BROWN
Three upcoming local all-ages events will celebrate queer joy and community, albeit in very different ways.QueerCore Fest, an all-ages punk and hardcore festival that centers “BIPOC, queer, trans, gender-diverse, and femme artists,” will debut at...
By CAROLYN BROWN
After more than two decades at Smith College, a beloved music professor will say goodbye to Northampton with a farewell concert at the Iron Horse next week. Professor Steve Waksman, who has taught at Smith for 23 years, will complete his last semester...
By CAROLYN BROWN
Francis Ford Coppola’s latest movie — his first in over a decade — is a passion project he’s been working on for 40 years. Even more exciting? An actress from Northampton is in it.Caroline Bloom will make her most prestigious screen credit to date in...
By CAROLYN BROWN
The Northampton Center for the Arts recently announced the appointment of Kelly Silliman and Heather Geoffrey as its new co-directors.Silliman, a dancer and educator, was program director at the Center since 2017, prior to stepping into her new role....
By CAROLYN BROWN
In a year of international strife, the Northampton Jazz Festival is aiming to bring people together with music that transcends borders. The Northampton Jazz Festival, which will return for its 12th year on Sept. 27 and 28, is celebrating the unifying...
By CAROLYN BROWN
A local author’s new cookbook aims to inspire activism through food designed for community organizing and social justice.“The Revolution Will Be Well Fed,” written by Corrie Locke-Hardy, features 50 recipes that are made for community activism —...
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