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By STEVE PFARRER

What could be better in winter than a trip to the Caribbean? Warm but not overly hot temperatures, beautiful sandy beaches, crystalline waters — sounds like paradise.But as a current exhibit at the Mead Art Museum in Amherst shows, paradise for some...

By DON STEWART

There are those who see winter not as a season but as a siege. They tire of shoveling white glittering fractals from their driveways and see snow as the unnecessary freezing of water.If you’re among those who don’t consider the frozen monochrome of...

By STEVE PFARRER

About five to six years ago, staff at the Yiddish Book Center began considering an expansive exhibit on Yiddish culture that would open in 2020 to mark the book center’s 40th anniversary.The pandemic and a few other things prevented that from taking...

‘Camping’ in the forestNORTHAMPTON — Valley Light Opera is returning to the Academy of Music with a new Gilbert & Sullivan production, though it’s one the community-based troupe has not tackled in many years: “Iolanthe.”Gilbert & Sullivan created a...

Four hands better than twoDEERFIELD — The Brick Church Music Series at The First Church of Deerfield continues its 2023 season with two classical pianists, Pi-Hsun Shih and Yu-Mei Wei, combining to play music from Mozart, Hensel, Brahms, Ravel and...

By STEVE PFARRER

When it comes to transgender rights, the headlines across many parts of the country have become increasingly ugly in the last several months.At least 15 states, all controlled by Republicans, have banned or restricted gender-affirming medical care for...

By STEVE PFARRER

NORTHAMPTON — Looking back to an incident that sparked controversy in fall 2021, the city’s Arts Council board has issued a formal apology for abruptly canceling its Biennial art exhibit days before it was set to open.At the time, some local...