by Hunter Styles | Dec 19, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Newsletter
Here in Spirit Photographer Sandy Alpert’s new exhibition reveals a project she first began gathering imagery for in 1998. Back then, she writes, “I was haunted by the ghosts of my past.” As she worked to capture fellow citizens moving, ghostly and detached, through...
by Hunter Styles | Dec 19, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter
THE BARGAIN Megan Burtt Self-released Rock musicians with something to prove sometimes lean too heavily on a dark, distressed demeanor. But it’s not hard to spot which artists take up that pre-fab attitude like an expensive frayed coat, and which artists are simply,...
by Hunter Styles | Dec 19, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter
The Warm-Up Act Fighting to regain some of that precious body heat that you lost on the way in from the car? Let master guitarist Jose Gonzalez and Latin jazz virtuoso Ahmed Gonzalez help you out. Together they’ve founded Banda Criolla,...
by Hunter Styles | Dec 19, 2016 | Articles, Newsletter
The Warm Fuzzies We each do a lot of thinking about ourselves this time of year — what didn’t we get around to in 2016, and what new opportunities can we line up for the coming year? — but at risk of sounding too preachy: please look to the neighbor on your left. Now...
by Hunter Styles | Dec 19, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Music
Over the River and Off the Grid The past is still present at Old Sturbridge Village, which has been bringing visitors up close and personal with New England history since 1946. The annual Christmas by Candlelight evenings make good on those old traditions, with live...