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Extravaganja Organizers Seeking New 2020 Venue Due to Age Restriction

Extravaganja Organizers Seeking New 2020 Venue Due to Age Restriction

by Chris Goudreau | Apr 15, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News

After a forced move from the Amherst Common to Northampton in 2016, this could be the last year that political rally/festival Extravaganja will be held at the Three County Fairgrounds. The reason: the student-led University of Massachusetts Amherst Cannabis Reform...
Editorial: Half-baked Plan Not Good Enough for Hampshire

Editorial: Half-baked Plan Not Good Enough for Hampshire

by Chris Goudreau | Apr 10, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News

Although the future of Hampshire College still remains uncertain, there’s a lot to be said for the strong level of support for the experimental 1960s-established college among Valley residents, alumni, students, faculty, and staff in advocating for an independent...
Bizarro Briefs: Little Debbie Getaway

Bizarro Briefs: Little Debbie Getaway

by Chris Goudreau | Apr 3, 2019 | Articles, Bizarro Briefs, Featured, News

For the love of Debbie  A man from Elmira, N.Y., has been charged with a felony crime after stealing a Little Debbie snack cakes delivery truck. Did he do it for the sweet, sweet chocolate cakes? No. He wanted to visit his friends. Twenty-minutes after allegedly...
Q&A with Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes: Dealing With a Dismantled Reality

Q&A with Of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes: Dealing With a Dismantled Reality

by Chris Goudreau | Apr 1, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Music

For more than two decades Of Montreal frontman, songwriter, and singer Kevin Barnes, based in Athens, Georgia, has been a musical chameleon; starting out with psychedelic indie pop before moving on to a wide range of other genres such as synth-driven electronic pop...
“Breathing In, Monotypes:” Abstract nature art in layers of ink

“Breathing In, Monotypes:” Abstract nature art in layers of ink

by Chris Goudreau | Mar 29, 2019 | Articles, Featured, Review

At first glance, Doris Madsen’s artwork seems to be a collection of slightly abstract paintings inspired by nature: a frigid island shore, an overhead bird’s eye view of Greenland, the stark Icelandic countryside, and a collection of pitcher plants. But on closer...
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