Locavore: Daily Bread

Locavore: Daily Bread

by | Mar 5, 2009 | Food + Booze

A big step for mankind and local consumers alike was taken last month in a small farmhouse. With the sun streaming through the windows on the bills of feed caps, a delicate negotiation was taking place between two factions whose strange coupling could affect our daily...
The Debut of a Cycling Umbrellist

The Debut of a Cycling Umbrellist

by | Mar 5, 2009 | Arts

Northampton writer Jedediah Berry's novel The Manual of Detection starts with the image of a man riding a bicycle while holding an unbrella. And Berry is astride a bicycle of sorts himself, jutting an umbrella into the aether—his novel's gears crank...

Art in Paradise: The Greener Grass

by | Mar 5, 2009 | Arts

My formal arts education started in high school, when I was fortunate enough to attend a fantastic public school called the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts. I was delirious with the stuff, steeped in French film, Surrealist art, jazz, James Joyce and the...
Dress My Friends Up Just For Show

Dress My Friends Up Just For Show

by | Mar 5, 2009 | Arts

The Futter Gallery in the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum is displaying a painting, a print, and over 150 photographs recently donated by the Andy Warhol Foundation. The painting is a piece from the Diamond Dust Shoes series, currently being used as part of the...