On Exhibit: Unseen Ruins Near Pompeii

On Exhibit: Unseen Ruins Near Pompeii

From Italy With Ash Featuring works seen for the first time outside Italy, this exhibit contains pieces from the ancient town of Oplontis. When Mount Vesuvius blew in 79 CE it buried more than just Pompeii. Pieces excavated from Oplontis reveal a life of luxury and...

Saturday: Nasty Women Take the Stage

Saturday: Nasty Women Take the Stage

Nasty Jazz The Ladies of Jazz music series is dedicating its Saturday, March 25, concert to all the “nasty” (aka “strong”) women fighting for female and reproductive rights. And all proceeds are going to benefit Planned Parenthood of Northern New England in...

President of the NAACP in Amherst

President of the NAACP in Amherst

The NAACP members advocate for civil rights, fight against police brutality, and conduct voter mobilization campaigns in their communities — rights that seem to be under attack right now. Hearing him speak on any of these topics would be fascinating.

Between the Lines: No Man is an Island; It Takes a Village to Raise a Hero

Between the Lines: No Man is an Island; It Takes a Village to Raise a Hero

The “power of one” isn’t a real thing.
It takes a village to raise a hero … or a jerk. What I’m saying is, the people, places, and opportunities around a person shapes who he becomes. Outside of Willy Loman’s sketchy brother in “Death of a Salesman,” no one has ever walked into the “dark” jungle by himself and emerged with handfuls of diamonds.

Stream Queen: Women’s Work, rediscovering female directors

Stream Queen: Women’s Work, rediscovering female directors

Though the film industry still has a long way to go, these four films each demonstrate a female director’s significant artistic contribution. These works are wildly varied in terms of genre and style, so they’ll give you a nice taste of what’s possible when artists take a chance. This spring, put on an old T-shirt, grab your Windex, and wipe the dust off of these important cinematic works.

Dance VIP Raja Feather Kelly Comes to Town

Dance VIP Raja Feather Kelly Comes to Town

“Brooklyn-based Raja Feather Kelly brings a vivid boundlessness to all he does. Whether dancing for the likes of Reggie Wilson or cooking up his own darkly entertaining dance-theater productions, he seems insatiably curious.”

Glasstastic! at the Brattleboro Museum

Glasstastic! at the Brattleboro Museum

Last fall, the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center invited kids in kindergarten through sixth grade to create drawings and descriptions of imaginary creatures, with the promise that some of those creatures would be featured in the upcoming “Glasstastic” exhibit at the musem.

Stream Queen: Personal Documentary (The Real Alternative Facts)

Stream Queen: Personal Documentary (The Real Alternative Facts)

There are a lot of zippy phrases floating around right now that blur the concept of journalistic integrity — “fake news,” “alternative facts,” “White House press secretary Sean Spicer” — but in the film world, objectivity and performance coalesce into a kind of honestly biased duet. Despite its journalistic nature, even documentary filmmaking demands a viewpoint.

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