by Kristin Palpini | Nov 16, 2015 | Articles, Arts, News
Leaving Our Mark: In Celebration of the Pencil is the new exhibit at the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield that shines a spotlight on a ubiquitous and unassuming tool. Wielded by three-year-olds and CEOs alike, the pencil’s versatility makes it an interesting...
by Kristin Palpini | Nov 16, 2015 | Articles, Arts, News
If you think raw fish ruins sushi, then perhaps you should try making candy sushi? On Friday, Sunderland Library is holding a candy sushi workshop for tweens and teens. Sunderland Candy Sushi Making, Friday, 6-7 p.m. Free. Sunderland Public Library, 20 School St.,...
by Kristin Palpini | Nov 16, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Music, News
These are the best kind of neighbors — the kind that don’t actually live next door. And The Neighbors is a little Appalachia mixed with the grit of the Lower East Side. On Saturday the acoustic duo, with Dave Houghton of Fancy Trash and Debra DeMuth, is holding a...
by Kristin Palpini | Nov 16, 2015 | Articles, Arts
Sarah Sousa The Diary of Esther Small (Small Batch Books) The poem “Independence Day, 1886” is about the life of a woman Sarah Sousa first met in a faded 1886 pocket diary in an antiques store. Sousa — an award-winning poet and writing teacher, who has received...
by Kristin Palpini | Nov 16, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Music, News
Dark Star Orchestra, a Grateful Dead cover band that plays the Dead’s concerts instead of their albums will be in Northampton Tuesday. Dark Star, Nov. 24, 8 p.m. $27.50. Calvin Theatre, 19 King St., Northampton, (413) 586-8686.