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Live classical musicOn Sunday, Oct. 20, members of the Israeli Chamber Project (pianist Assaff Weisman, violinist Carmen Zori, and cellist Raman Ramakrishnan) will perform three works: “Duos for Violin and Cello” by Jörg Widdman, “Violin Sonata in D...

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 SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Crocker Farm School reopened for regular school days this week, along with its after-school program, as work crews completed repairs to the building’s fire safety system.With a final inspection completed by the Amherst Fire Department, both...

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...

Amherst Volunteer Fair coming upAMHERST – The town invites students and community members to join its annual Amherst Volunteer Fair on Saturday, Sept. 21, to explore the many volunteer opportunities available in town.The event connects community...

By PAIGE HANSON

During his sophomore year of college in November 2021, Charley Blacker wanted to start an organization that was unique and new to the University of Massachusetts Amherst community: a group dedicated to promoting local musicians through playlists,...

By MELISSA KAREN SANCES

To Coco Bustin, the body is a beautiful vessel. She first came to appreciate it in figure drawing classes at Tufts University, where she met every curve and contour with wonder. Nudity, she realized, was an artistic invitation. As a natural foodie,...

By ALEXA LEWIS

Nature has served as an artistic muse for centuries, so it’s no surprise that music and environmental activism have historic connections.Two music festivals returning to Easthampton this summer embody the relationship between the natural and musical...

Peachy keenStone fruit season is in full swing and this Sunday, Aug. 18, there will be an opportunity to celebrate at the Outlook Farm Peach Festival in Westhampton. Located at the scenic Outlook Farm winery and brewery, the event will include a pig...

By ELISE LINSCOTT

“Growing up somewhat poor, we learned how to get creative and use different things to do magic with,” said magician and ventriloquist Craig Browning, holding up a piece of yellow rope. “I went to a carnival when I was about 5 years old and saw a...

By PAIGE HANSON

Earlier this week, the University of Massachusetts Amherst Fine Arts Center announced its lineup of performances for its 2024-2025 season, which includes quite a few notable offerings, including “a one-time Grateful Dead keyboardist, two of the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A nonprofit organization that has long supported efforts to provide housing for low- and moderate-income individuals, and helped launch the town’s first overnight emergency homeless shelter in 2009, is making a donation to the Amherst...

By MELISSA KAREN SANCES

Even the bats are moved.At intermission they dance out of the belfry of the West Whately Chapel, like musical notes across a sunset staff. And after precisely cut watermelon slices are enjoyed, darkness falls and the second set begins, they flutter in...

By EMILEE KLEIN

Sara Fortin and her boyfriend Robert Mehr explore their new home of western Massachusetts by hopping in their car and driving from neighborhood to neighborhood, searching for yard sales, tag sales, estate stales, any type of local market with...

By ALEXA LEWIS

Going out with friends can be challenging when clashing tastes in food make it impossible to choose a restaurant. But for Abandoned Building Brewery in Easthampton, the solution to this predicament is simple, and it comes rolling in on four...

By PAIGE HANSON

Clay all dayHILLTOWNS – The annual Hilltown 6 Pottery Tour returns next weekend, July 27 and 28. The event, which includes a tour of pottery studios in Westhampton, Cummington, Ashfield, Williamsburg and Windsor, brings throngs of visitors to the...

By PAIGE HANSON

For the first time in two years, The Friends of Mount Holyoke Range have returned the Summit House Sunset Concert Series to its namesake, Skinner State Park’s historic Summit House. The Summit House, which sits at a 935-foot elevation on top of Mount...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Crocker Farm School’s Amherst Early Education Center recently became one of 35 schools across the country to earn the Human Rights Campaign’s Welcoming Schools Seal of Excellence, where work over the past three years is honoring family...

By ALEXA LEWIS

When Shellie Stone went to Nashville two years ago, she was intoxicated with the city’s quintessential culture of  music and dancing, and immediately took to the dance floor. Stone, who had been line dancing for fun since attending her first class...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Downtown Amherst’s first standalone restroom could soon be installed at Kendrick Park, close to a playground that opened in August 2021 as a way to activate the 3.3-acre common at the north end of downtown.The Planning Board recently...