by Sarah Heinonen | Mar 23, 2018 | Articles, News
It’s an old conundrum: vote for the person you really want or vote for the lesser of evils who has a chance to win. Some activists are trying to give Western Mass voters the chance to do both. A meeting was held on March 22 at Amherst College to discuss the potential...
by Meg Bantle | Mar 23, 2018 | Articles, Staff Picks
If you like folk and bluegrass and haunting vocals you shouldn’t miss Darlingside’s tour stop at the Academy of Music Theatre in Northampton. I’m a little biased because the four members of Darlingside met while they were attending my alma mater, Williams College but...
by Gina Beavers | Mar 23, 2018 | Articles, Daily Calendar
Saturday 3/24 MUSIC Art and Music: Novi Cantori at the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts: 3 p.m. – 4 p.m. The professional chamber choir Novi Cantori performs a variety of music highlighting art works. Museum Admission. D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts, 21 Edwards St.,...
by Gina Beavers | Mar 23, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Film, Newsletter
Okay, if you’re into the Grim Reaper, a disillusioned knight, the plague, a terrible stage performer who sees visions, chess and the oh-so-fun Crusades, then you’ll be into Ingmar Bergman’s classic film The Seventh Seal. It involves a lot more but...
by Chris Rohmann | Mar 22, 2018 | Articles, Columns, Newsletter, Stage, Stagestruck
It might seem like a conflict of interest, but for me, it’s a confluence of interests. You see, in addition to being the Advocate’s theater critic, I’m also a director. I work both sides of the curtain, so to speak. When I’m not sitting in a theater watching actors...
