by James Heflin | May 12, 2012 | Arts
It’s remarkable that a city the size of Northampton wants a poet laureate. It’s more remarkable yet that Northampton’s 30-ish thousand residents include a sufficient number of poets to sustain the office of laureate. The office, with its two-year...
by Tom Sturm | May 26, 2012 | Arts
It’s a typical day in the affectionately named “Nerdodrome,” the Hampshire College headquarters of Bit Films, which describes itself as “in part, an attempt to bridge the gap between academia and industry” in the field of computer...
by Mark Roessler | May 26, 2012 | Arts
As exciting as spring is for anyone who appreciates leaves on a tree or green grass underfoot, for landscape architects it’s a season with added thrills—with professional consequences. In their art form, the brushstrokes they make—the geographical...
by James Heflin | May 26, 2012 | Arts
At the intersection of Easthampton’s Union and Cottage Streets, you’ll find One Cottage Street. Look up on the Union Street side, and you’ll see a couple of giant snowflakes in two windows. Those windows look out from the studio space of illustrator...
by James Heflin | May 31, 2012 | Arts
Outside the Oxbow Gallery rests an odd contraption. A steam kettle sits on a hot plate. From its spout, a piece of garden hose exits. The hose then enters a long rectangular box made of cut-up insulation of some sort. Here and there, a bit of steam leaks out....