Stagestruck: State of Plays
There won’t be a Stagestruck column in next week’s paper, but I can share with you what I know about the state of plays in area venues. There are cancellations and postponements, some events in the Valley are still scheduled for this weekend at least.
Q&A with Springfield Rapper Championxiii (with audio)
Twenty-three-year-old Springfield rapper Championxiii, has garnered quite the Internet following nearly overnight.
Valley Show Girl: TALOS, Over 10 Years in the Making
For those who do enjoy it, have no fear! Theis has been onto another project, very similar in the hardcore/metal genre.
Staff Picks: Biking folk duo, Roar! comedy, and the Green River Festival
Fiddler Lissa Schneckenburger and her husband Corey DiMario are playing a series of shows they plan to get to on their bikes.
Public Information or Public Shaming?: Some say Chicopee Police enable bullying on their Facebook page
A growing number questions Chicopee’s social media practices.
Editorial: Greenfield gets another shot at a Safe City Ordinance – Don’t blow it
For Greenfield officials, listening to the will of the city’s voters should be a priority.
Bizarro Briefs: Do Starfish have Butts?
Short answer: no. Alternate answer: internet memes say yes.
Stagestruck: “Culture is my food!”
This year’s through-theme at the Ko Festival of Performance, which opened last weekend in Amherst, is “Habitat (human)” – a topic that also runs through two more offerings this weekend: How I Learned to Drive, from Ghost Light Theater in Holyoke, and Moving Water, a work in progress at Serious Play Theatre Ensemble in Northampton. All three offer rich cultural nourishment.
Valley music staple F. Alex Johnson says ‘goodbye for now’
Johnson told the Valley Advocate, the Pioneer Valley and its rich musical community have made an impact on his life.
The Beerhunter: The Proof is in the Pilsner
Although more craft brewers these days are leaning into lagers, styles like pilsner still feel a bit stranded in the corporate beer-osphere.
Cinemadope: Visionaries
Deeply personal but never navel-gazing, his documentary explores his loss of vision and the possibilities of his creative future not only by looking at his own situation, but at that of other artists who are blind or visually impaired in some way.
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Pick of the Day 3/2: The Brother Brothers at The Parlor Room
They really know how to make desolation sound lovely.
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Cinemadope: The Nanny’s Gaze, discovering the secret world of little known Chicago street photog Vivian Maier
Now seen as one of the 20th century’s greatest street photographers — she is ranked with everyone from Bill Cunningham to Diane Arbus — Maier, in her day, was something far more prosaic: a nanny, who “lived on the third floor, in our attic,” as one bewildered interviewee recollects. She didn’t exhibit her work, and few people, if anyone, knew that she was so dedicated to her craft.
