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The streets are alive with music: Free live shows to be offered in several sites in downtown Northampton this summer
05-31-2023 4:22 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

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.Starting this week, free concerts will be held in the Masonic Street parking lot annex near the Iconica...


Bombyx allowed to reopen for live music in Florence after fire chief rescinds shutdown order
05-26-2023 5:17 PM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Almost as quickly as it was closed for live music events, the Bombyx Center for Arts and Equity on Friday reopened to performances.Executive Director Cassandra Holden said she received the welcome news Friday morning in an email from...


Northampton fire chief bars music in Bombyx until sprinklers installed
05-20-2023 9:41 AM

By STEVE PFARRER

NORTHAMPTON — The city’s fire chief, Jon Davine, has ordered the Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity to cease all its indoor music events until an automatic sprinkler system is installed in the center’s sanctuary, where concerts are held.The order comes a...


Back in full swing: Two programs at Academy of Music will highlight teen performers in dance, music, poetry and more
05-19-2023 2:27 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

For dancers, the pandemic proved a particularly tough time, in which an art form built on movement, collaboration and physical connection was mostly limited to Zoom sessions, with solitary dancers performing in front of video cameras in their rooms or...


The Beat Goes On: A musical tribute to Kate Lorenz, a potpourri of sounds at the Bombyx Center, and more
05-11-2023 4:43 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

The Valley’s music scene lost a well-known and well-liked voice last July when Kate Lorenz unexpectedly died of heart failure. Lorenz, who lived in Belchertown, had originally been part of the Amherst folk-rock band Rusty Belle in the early 2000s with...


Springfield Symphony Orchestra and musicians sign new contract: Agreement ends often acrimonious talks over past two-plus years
05-08-2023 3:43 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

SPRINGFIELD — Almost three years after their last contract expired, and following months of contentious negotiations for a new one, musicians with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra (SSO) have agreed to a new deal with the orchestra’s management.The...


Young@Heart Chorus gets ready to present its spring concert, ‘The Love Show’
05-03-2023 11:13 AM

By STEVE PFARRER

NORTHAMPTON — They’re back. And they’re in love.The Young@Heart Chorus, which celebrated its 40th anniversary last November at a sold-out concert at the Academy of Music, will return to the Academy this Sunday with a new program dubbed “The Love...


CISA to host annual storytelling event at the Academy of Music Theater on Sunday
04-28-2023 9:21 AM

By Maddie Fabian

NORTHAMPTON — For the first year since the pandemic, the Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture will host its annual storytelling event, Field Notes, in person Sunday at the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton.The event, which was first...


The Beat Goes On: A folk legend in Florence, a young cellist in Holyoke, blues in Amherst, and more
04-27-2023 11:17 AM

By STEVE PFARRER

A couple years ago, Loudon Wainwright III passed a milestone: The venerable folksinger, known for his sardonic wit and autobiographical songs, turned 75.The number, on one hand, feels kind of arbitrary, because Wainwright has seemingly been around...


Slam it: Academy of Music to host its first Youth Poetry Slam 
04-22-2023 5:14 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

There are poetry readings, the workshop leader said, and then there are poetry slams — and it’s important to know the difference.“Slam poetry,” said Lyrical Faith, “is about winning. It’s a very competitive sport.”Faith should know. She began...


Edo Mor looks to bring in international music based on the Pioneer Valley Jazz Shares model 
04-21-2023 7:09 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

When he and his wife moved to the Valley in 2005, Edo Mor says he found much to his liking: good bread, good bicycling country, nature and more. But for some time, the kind of eclectic music he liked, from North African guitar sounds to Middle Eastern...


Tree House Brewing in Deerfield OK’d to triple occupancy limit to 1,500
04-14-2023 12:33 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The Tree House Brewing Co. has won approval from the town to triple its occupancy for outdoor concerts and other special events to 1,500 people. The brewery, located off Routes 5 and 10, has 10 concerts tentatively scheduled for this...


Turnin’ the tables: Vinyl albums making a resurgence
04-13-2023 2:07 PM

By EMILY THURLOW

NORTHAMPTON — When digital downloads became widely available in the early 2000s and subsequently surpassed sales of physical music, the music industry and the public had all but signed the death certificate for local record stores, resigned to the...


South Deerfield’s Tree House Brewing Co. seeks increased occupancy limit for outdoor concerts
04-10-2023 9:31 AM

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — While showing initial support on April 5, the Select Board continued a hearing on increasing Tree House Brewing Co.’s occupancy limit to this Tuesday as members review the details of the proposed plans.After operating for more than a year...


A transformative experience: In his new graphic memoir, Jarrett Krosoczka looks back on the life lessons he learned as a camp counselor
04-01-2023 10:15 AM

By STEVE PFARRER

Five years ago, Jarrett J. Krosoczka, already an acclaimed children’s book author and illustrator, took his career to the next level with “Hey, Kiddo,” a graphic novel/memoir in which he shared poignant and often painful details from his childhood and...


Two roads converge: Academic and musician Florence Dore mines connections between her passions
03-18-2023 8:45 AM

By STEVE PFARRER

Who says you can’t merge a Ph.D. and rock and roll?    As Florence Dore explains, she spent a long time traveling on seemingly disparate tracks. On one hand she was the professor who’d devoted years to studying American literature and teaching...


Easthampton’s sizzling scene: In the dead of winter, city nightlife has a varied and vital buzz
02-18-2023 9:00 AM

By MELISSA KAREN SANCES

It’s the coldest night of the season, so cold that the wind stings, so cold that our photographer’s lenses need time to thaw, so cold that from the bar of the Marigold, you can’t see the street because the doors are coated in ice.But inside. Inside is...


Arts Briefs: Film in Northampton, theater at UMass, and a public art proposal in Easthampton
02-10-2023 12:33 PM

STEVE PFARRER

Climate change on film in NorthamptonNORTHAMPTON — Tonight (Friday, Feb. 10) from 6 to 8 p.m., CLICK Workspace in Northampton will present several short videos by Smith College students exploring the challenges of climate change.Students in a class on...


The water cure: Storytelling event in Northampton will examine how cancer survivors move beyond the disease, including competitive rowing
02-03-2023 4:57 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

Story slams have become all the rage in the last couple of decades, an outgrowth of poetry slams in which competitors tell real-life tales instead of reciting verse. The topics vary, but the goal is the same: tell short, engaging and truthful...


Race Street Live venture ends: Gateway City Arts to resume booking bands for large performance space after DSP Shows ends lease
01-12-2023 4:31 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

In late 2020, Valley music fans were disheartened to hear that Gateway City Arts, the multi-arts venue in Holyoke, was shutting it doors because of lost business during the first year of the pandemic.But the outlook brightened in April 2021, when...

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