Valley Show Girl: Pamela Means is All That Jazz
A few weeks ago, before this whole quarantine thing happened, I ventured over to downtown Greenfield to catch what would be my last show for quite a bit. I parked my car just in time to see two people pass my parking spot with medical face masks on. If only I knew...
Letters to the Editor: Support and advice for Alex Morse
“Godspeed Alex. Take back something for the rest of us broken folks.”
Staff Picks: A Renaissance Faire in Cummington and Majestic Saloon in Northampton
What to do this week.
Basemental: No need to dig beyond Kurt Vile’s riffs to enjoy
While this is Vile’s most expansive record in terms of length, I’m not really sure it goes anywhere that profound or different from what came before.
Stagestruck: All the Livelong Eons
Two shows now playing on the Berkshire Theatre Group’s Stockbridge stages look at who we are as humans. One goes up close to delve into folks’ working lives, the other takes a long view – very long, from the dawn of time to the day after tomorrow. Working, subtitled...
Bizarro Briefs Podcast: Seagull steals dog, asking someone out with a bomb threat, and a port-a-potty disaster
Dave and Trumpy talk weird news of the week.
Easthampton’s Artisan Welder: Michael Poole’s work inspires whimsy and reflection
Making art from tiny toys and weighty topics.
Editorial: It’s So Hot that Iceland Lost a Glacier
Researchers from Rice University in Houston will join the Icelandic Hiking Society to unveil a plaque in the former glacier’s honor.
Bizarro Briefs: Come Back With My Dog!
Come back with my dog! Many of us have had the experience of getting a slice of pizza or food item snatched from us by a greedy seagull while minding our own business near the beach. Few, however, can say that their pet dog was snatched by the grabby birds. But that’s...
Stagestruck: Past, Present and Prologue
Two timely dramas are playing in the Valley this week and next, and a timeless tragedy is prequelled in the Berkshires, all of them grappling with vital questions of life and death.
Clueless Parent: Kicked Out a Few Minutes In
Local classical music community: you need to do better.
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Pick of the Day 3/23: Jeremy Turgeon Quintet at Rootstock
Jeremy Turgeon is a young guy, but man does he have chops and the Jeremy Turgeon Quintet, or “JTQ,” brings a fresh, new sound to modern jazz .
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Stagestruck: Guy Meets Girl
I feel a kinship with the musical Once, because in a former life I did my own share of street-busking, like the bluejeaned lead in the 2007 film. It’s a simple, poignant tale that’s both heartrending and uplifting, filled with simple, tuneful songs that strike the...










