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Stagestruck: Changing Lives, One Play at a Time

When I was in California last month, I saw two plays by a small, adventurous theater company in Berkeley that I’d never heard of....

Staff Picks: Diva’s and Dwarves

Rock and Shock • Friday to Sunday Rock and Shock is like Disneyland for horror film buffs who love their music heavy. It’s a horror...

Editorial: There Goes the Internet

Let me start by saying that I would avoid the internet if I could. It is creepy to think about huge corporations tracking each...

Live Music in the Valley for September

Sept. 8 — Rhiannon Giddens with Francesco Turrisi, Academy of Music, 7:30 p.m. Americana favorite Giddens has a new album out, “They’re Calling Me Home,” which...

Stagestruck: This Weekend – Slowgirl & the Doctor

Two small-scale productions playing in the area this weekend have one thing in common. They both take place in the jungle. Apart from that,...

Reading His Own CIA File‘Left, Gay & Green’ autobiography a coming-of-age story amid turbulence

Born a red diaper baby in, of all places, Liberty, N.Y., and raised on a hardscrabble poultry farm owned by his American Communist parents,...

Cinemadope: Movies for winter vacation

Listen, I love my kids. I do. But it’s been a long winter around here. The holiday season was a terrible round-robin of stomach...

Saturday Live: Terence Blanchard and the E-Collective

One of the Greats New Orleans native Terence Blanchard has become one of America’s most respected jazz musicians, working as a trumpeter, bandleader, composer, arranger,...

In wake of deadly fire, Holyoke expands alarm incentive program

It was a terrible way to start the New Year.Three people died and nearly 50 were displaced as a fire consumed the five-story building...

VA06-pickART-2017

Meditating with Marius Artist Marius Sznajderman will be hosting his third solo art show at the Jewish Community of Amherst through April 30. Sznajderman focuses on...

Brabus Launches ‘Deep Blue’ G-Wagon, Speedboat & Luxury Watch Line

Brabus is unifying its collaborations with Mercedes-AMG, Finland’s Axopar Boats, and Panerai luxury watches under one Deep Blue collection.Being that Brabus is...