by Jack Brown | Jan 29, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Newsletter
A few years back, I spent most of my weekends running around Western Mass as part of an acoustic jazz band. We played parties, weddings, and a lot of restaurant gigs, but the place I was always happiest to see was the welcoming porch of Elmer’s Store in Ashfield....
by Jack Brown | Jan 16, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Cinemadope, Film, Newsletter
Few artists have captured the public’s fancy like Vincent Van Gogh. His richly textured landscapes, interiors, and portraits, built up with a painterly impasto as inviting as a rich ganache, seem to grow in popularity with every passing year. And while the calendar...
by Jack Brown | Jan 8, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns
As the father of three little kids, I’ve come to regard the entertainment world — especially television and movie fare — as an ever-shifting battlefront. I’m not interested in shutting them off from the experience, but figuring out how to make it both enjoyable and...
by Jack Brown | Jan 2, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Newsletter
It’s tough to start a new year on a sad note, but it was only after the last Cinemadope’s deadline that I got the news that Duane Robinson had passed away. The driving force behind the revival of the Academy of Music in Northampton, and its enthusiastic and dedicated...
by Jack Brown | Dec 26, 2017 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Newsletter
With the new year scratching at the door, it’s natural to take a reckoning of the one gone by. People tend to focus on the big changes — smoking, the gym, a reading list — but mixing up the smaller things can make a big difference too. Try getting your coffee at a...
