Stagestruck: Snarky Yule

Stagestruck: Snarky Yule

’T‌is the season when theaters go into hibernation or pull out the Christmas shows. Two Western Mass. companies — Old Deerfield Productions and Berkshire Theatre Group — are staging A Christmas Carol this month, along with Hartford Stage’s annual edition. In Putney,...
The Arts: An Evening of Art and Music

The Arts: An Evening of Art and Music

“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...
Nightcrawler: Piping Up

Nightcrawler: Piping Up

The Emmy-winning PBS series Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? has been off the air for nearly two decades And where in the world has the man who co-wrote the show’s theme song, Sean Altman, been in the time since? Performing at the White House Hanukah Party...
Nightcrawler: Picture Perfect

Nightcrawler: Picture Perfect

Two years ago, Tony Jillson was asked to contribute music for a short film about Cynthia Elbaum — a friend of his who was killed while covering the Chechen/Russian war in 1994 as a photojournalist. “The music was well received, but it was recorded with many computer...