The Arts: An Artistic Herd
If you need a bestiary in order to catalogue your animals, who better to make one than a disparate group of artists? Curator Rob Kimmel gathered just such a group for the exhibition/bestiary called Horns to Tale. The artists include, among others, Sophie Argetsinger,...
Summer Arts Preview: The Best Up-coming Concerts, Shows, and Events of the Season
Summertime, and the livin’ is greatly enhanced by a calendar ripe with performances. In a Valley that comes alive with music, theater, and every other incarnation of the arts, it can be tough to know where to turn. We’ve compiled a short list of highlights from the...
The Uncanny Valley: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral
Behind the scenes at the Wistariahurst Museum in Holyoke in the 1990s, Stephen Petegorsky made a delightful discovery: “hundreds of taxidermed animal specimens — most of them really ratty — stuffed in a storage closet.” He borrowed some stuffed animals for photo...
A Sad Moment for Valley Music
Usually, it’s a happy occasion that puts a band in the paper. This week, it’s tragic news. As you may have heard, The Alchemystics recently lost two of their circle. Drummer Demse Zullo and his longtime friend Brian White were killed when the van they were travelling...E-Edition
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