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Skills to last a lifetime: Growing A Bunch Farm in Ashfield offers two fiber arts and textile summer camps
05-30-2025 10:00 AM

By EVELINE MACDOUGALL

Local youngsters wishing to develop fiber arts, textile, and other creative skills have a chance at being mentored by an Ashfield woman who – for about a decade – made a living in New York City by running an unusual business. “I made chain mail, professionally,” said Lisa Fortin. Readers may be wondering how Fortin made a go of it; after all, how many knights in shining armor populate the Big Apple?

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Finding belonging through nature: Leverett exhibit showcases linoleum block prints
07-04-2025 10:04 AM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

Different people, different perspectives, united in ink.


Teens showcase talents: Second annual performing arts showcase planned in Turners Falls
05-21-2025 10:33 AM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — After a successful inaugural performance last June, the Franklin County Teen Performing Arts Showcase will return to the Shea Theater Arts Center on Friday, May 23.


Franklin County arts organizations concerned by proposed NEA elimination
05-09-2025 6:36 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN and MADISON SCHOFIELD

Franklin County arts organizations are worried about the future funding landscape after hearing about cuts the Trump administration is proposing to the National Endowment for the Arts.


46th Artspace Market to raise money for community clay studio
04-09-2025 1:41 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — The community is invited to peruse handcrafted goods created by local artists while supporting the creation of a new community clay studio at this year’s Artspace Market.


Four Rivers students to perform ‘Treasure Island’ at Shea Theater
02-26-2025 11:51 PM

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

TURNERS FALLS — Members of Four Rivers Charter Public School’s Drama Club are putting their set design skills to the test this year by opting to perform an adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic pirate adventure story “Treasure Island.”


Shea Theater to host second annual concert to support The United Arc
02-13-2025 3:47 PM

By GUSTAVO ATENCIO FLORES

TURNERS FALLS — The United Arc is collaborating with the Shea Theater Arts Center for its second annual Arc-a-Palooza fundraiser, bringing together award-winning musicians from across western Massachusetts.


Multilingual performance of ‘Mother Tongue’ coming to Shea Theater
01-30-2025 2:45 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — When The Performance Project’s First Generation ensemble gathered to put together its materials for “Mother Tongue,” one question was used to guide the performers.


What does looking forward mean?: Artspace exhibit invites artists to explore what lies ahead
01-21-2025 1:01 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — Combining art and activism, the latest Artspace Community Arts Center exhibit aims to explore what the future may hold.


Plans for clay studio taking shape at Artspace in Greenfield: New space for ceramics education expected to be available in fall 2025
01-03-2025 10:58 AM

By AMALIA WOMPA

Fueled by community and donor support, Greenfield’s Artspace Community Arts Center is undergoing substantial transformations that are set to be completed in 2025.In 2023, Artspace received a $14,000 matching grant from the Massachusetts Cultural...


Documentary on Montague Farm commune makes homecoming with Shea Theater screening
12-19-2024 1:36 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — The documentary “Far Out: Life On & After the Commune,” co-produced by Charles Light of Guilford, Vermont, and Dan Keller of Wendell, will experience a Montague homecoming on Friday with a screening at the Shea Theater Arts Center. The...


Highlighting ‘community and beauty’: ‘Welcome Yule’ performers taking stage in Turners Falls for 40th year
12-06-2024 11:41 AM

By AMALIA WOMPA

The annual production of “Welcome Yule: A Midwinter Celebration” is set to return for its 40th year this winter, bringing together both old and new folklore traditions.On Dec. 13, 14 and 15, the Shea Theater Arts Center in Turners Falls will host the...


‘Home for the Holi-gays’ blends drag show with musical theater in Turners Falls
12-04-2024 3:00 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Joe Dulude II as “Mr. Drag” and the rest of his drag family return with a fresh take on the story of “A Christmas Carol” during Eggtooth Productions’ eighth annual holiday drag show called “Home for the Holi-gays” this...


Drum roll, please: Longtime UMass percussion instructor Thom Hannum inducted into Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame
11-29-2024 9:43 AM

By CAROLYN BROWN

Thousands of University of Massachusetts Amherst students have learned from percussion instructor Thom Hannum, whose 40-year career at the college included a tenure as the assistant director, then associate director, of the Minuteman Marching Band...


Shelburne Falls art exhibit showcases ‘wool and glass’
11-15-2024 9:44 AM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

A New Hampshire glass blower and rug hooker has a new exhibit on display at the Shelburne Arts Co-op. Peter Bott’s “Wool and Glass” collection will be on display through Nov. 25.Bott has been an artist his entire life, and said he was inspired by his...


Immersive ‘A Happening IV: Leviathan’ arts festival coming to Shea Theater
10-23-2024 3:55 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — For the fourth installment of Cloudgaze Productions and Eggtooth Productions’ “A Happening” series, people are invited to explore a world bigger than themselves during the immersive “A Happening IV: Leviathan” arts festival. The Shea...


Learn to hear music differently: Six week course in Montague focuses on ‘The Art of Makam’
10-04-2024 5:17 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Weathervane Community Arts (WCA), in partnership with the Montague Common Hall, will host an inaugural six-class series called “The Art of Makam,” where participants will learn the modal music system of makam, taught by Boston-based musician and...


Great Falls Word Festival marks 15 years of storytelling
10-01-2024 10:05 AM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

TURNERS FALLS — Human Error Publishing will host its Great Falls Word Festival on Saturday, Oct. 5, at the Shea Theater Arts Center, where local writers, poets and book publishers will celebrate 15 years of storytelling. Starting at noon, authors and...


Garlic galore at Orange’s 26th annual North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival
09-29-2024 5:07 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival has earned the reputation as a place to find garlic in unexpected places, like chocolate chip cookies and ice cream. But Greenfield resident Chris Weeks made sure to save room for 25 cloves …...


26th annual North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival coming up in Orange
09-23-2024 9:49 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Vampires beware — it’s time once again for the North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival.What started as a conversation about finding a new way to sell local products has blossomed into a beloved community tradition fondly known as “the festival...


‘Something for everyone’ at 48th annual Old Deerfield Fall Arts and Crafts Festival
09-17-2024 10:12 AM

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With the 48th annual Old Deerfield Fall Arts and Crafts Festival set for Sept. 21 and 22, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association is welcoming folks for a weekend of shopping and family fun.The annual fair, celebrating Deerfield’s 19th-...

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