by Gina Beavers | Apr 26, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Film, Newsletter
Colleen Lyon is a busy woman in a club of one. The owner of Vermage Productions, a Western Mass movie production company, Lyon laments that she is the only female movie producer in the area. When asked if she gets lonely, she sighs and says, “It’s lonely. Very, very...
by Advocate Staff | Apr 25, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Get Out With Staff Picks, Newsletter
Far Out Film Discussion: Donnie Darko // MONDAY, April 30 Forbes Library in Northampton hosts the Far Out Film Discussion, which is basically a book club for weird cult classic and art house films. The next meeting the group will be discussing 2001’s cult classic,...
by Gina Beavers | Apr 25, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Film, Newsletter
It’s the closing night of the Multicultural Film Festival at UMass. Tonight’s film is a special treat. 89-year old French New Wave pioneer Agnès Varda and acclaimed 33-year-old French photographer JR co-direct Faces Places/Visages Villages. This...
by Gina Beavers | Apr 24, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Film, Newsletter
For the love trees! Call of the Forest is a 2017 documentary that sounds the alarm bells about deforestation around the globe. The brilliant scientist Diana Beresford-Kroeger explores how our health and the health of the Earth depends on the state of our forests. She...
by Gina Beavers | Apr 23, 2018 | Articles, Music, Newsletter
“Raw power,” “emotional complexity,” and “vibrant,” are words that have been used to describe Ana Popovic’s sound. She’s a singer and guitar slinger and she’ll be at the Iron Horse tonight. Big Blues Bender says,...
