by Amanda Drane | Jan 7, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Music, News
By Amanda Drane One Bar and Grill — formerly Tully O’Reilly’s and The Elevens — is once again reborn after little more than a year in its former incarnation. Following Wednesday’s convening of the Northampton License Commission, the establishment is officially doing...
by Amanda Drane | Jan 4, 2016 | Articles, Third Eye Roaming, Wellness
A staggering 80 percent of New Year’s resolutions fail, and yogis can tell you why. These surface-level resolutions — get a gym membership, lose ten pounds, and the like — lack San Culpa, or deep-seated intention. In yoga, the phrase means that you set an intention in...
by Amanda Drane | Jan 4, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Music
Joshua Davis: A Miracle of Birds (Independent release) Joshua Davis had me at The Voice. While other finalists in last winter’s season of the show scrambled to find themselves as artists, Davis came into the competition knowing exactly who he was — a piercingly...
by Amanda Drane | Jan 4, 2016 | Articles, Food + Booze, Leisure
Cottage Street in Easthampton is a busy street on any night, and this New Year’s Eve is no different. I approach The Library’s front door and am warned by its words that I must be properly dressed to enter. Given the holiday — luckily — I’m dressed for the occasion,...
by Amanda Drane | Jan 4, 2016 | Articles, Scene Here
AMANDA DRANE PHOTO It’s here — the white we all wanted on Christmas. But they sent the wrong stuff. Given the Valley’s tropical Christmas — we saw people posting Christmas bikini pics on social media — it’s really a mean joke that flakes fell last Tuesday while...