by James Heflin | Jan 28, 2015 | Arts
by James Heflin | Jan 15, 2015 | Arts, Between the Lines, News
My driveway, not long ago, looked like those windswept landscapes where forlorn polar bears play. I’d waited too late to blow the snow, led astray by forecasts of a balmy 52-degree afternoon. I’m bad at snow removal. I blame my Southern childhood, in which frozen...
by James Heflin | Dec 24, 2014 | News
I grew up in West Springfield reading the Valley Advocate. Ask Isadora, The Grand Band Slam, back door ads, Dexter, the-hard-as-nails Mayor Albano coverage, sassy reviews, Halos and Horns, Best Of — I read the paper every week. For me, it was a font of cool. Flipping...
by Amanda Drane | Dec 18, 2014 | Articles, Featured, News
As Miranda LaPolice talks, she grips one of her creations — a tufty, ewok-like creature with an oversized green heart stitched to its front, glowing eyes, and a downturned mouth. Both her arms wrap around the critter and her hands make its little legs dance to the...
by Advocate Staff | Dec 18, 2014 | News
“Music,” Les Miserables author Victor Hugo once noted, “expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” The intersecting Venn diagram of music, visual art, and literature will be further explored this Thursday at Gallery A3 in Amherst...
