by Hunter Styles | Nov 28, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Music, Newsletter
The Four Winds Although long distance commonly separates Christopher Elchico, Shane Rathburn, Steven Lawhon, and Justin Polyblank, the Barkada Sax Quartet seeks to remind its listeners that chamber music is known historically as “the music of friends.” Formed in 2011...
by Hunter Styles | Nov 28, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Newsletter, Stage
Everything Goes Calling all designers, makers, artists, stylists, fashionistas, tattooers, dandies, body painters, costumers, and retailers: next Thursday, Easthampton turns all of its fashion dials up to a fabulous 11. The first-ever STRUT is an all-inclusive,...
by Hunter Styles | Nov 28, 2016 | Articles, Arts
Leaves of Gloss The natural world bends abstract, then comes sharply into detailed focus, only to recede away again in dreamlike shapes (like in Summer Song, pictured here). It’s an enjoyably surreal experience, stepping from canvas to canvas at Athol artist Susan...
by Hunter Styles | Nov 28, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Stage
Unfinished Business Noel Coward’s surprisingly durable stage comedy Blithe Spirit debuted in London in 1941 and still hasn’t give up the ghost. In fact, it’s one of the longest running non-musical plays ever, having come to Broadway and appeared in film, on...
by Hunter Styles | Nov 21, 2016 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Music, Newsletter
Power to the Panther Hartford-born emcee and musician Afropanther is, in her words, “a Space Jungle Club DJ, producer, and lyrical assassin.” She’s been building communities in New York, Montreal, and Boston, soaking up influences (Fast Eddie, Masters at Work, MK,...