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Emily Arsenault’s new mystery, “All the Pretty Things,” is the Shelburne Falls author’s eighth novel and second young adult title.

Not all fun and games: Emily Arsenault’s new mystery probes aftermath of amusement park accident

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterMay 21, 2020

Friends Hannah Moushabeck, left, of Interlink Books and Lexi Walters Wright, owner of High Five Books, have joined with Grow Food Northampton to launch Valley Book Rally, an effort to get books to kids who may have little access to them. Photographed at High Five Books in Florence on Tuesday, May 12.

Food for thought: ‘Valley Book Rally’ matches children’s books with families receiving free farm produce

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterMay 21, 2020

Fusion Nomads play at the Porter Phelps Museum in Hadley last June as part of the museum’s longrunning summer music series. The museum has canceled all its programming this year.

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Pandemic cancels North Hall Arts Fest, Porter-Phelps music series

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterMay 21, 2020

The Tennessee warbler, which breeds primarily in Canada and northern New York state and New England, and winters in Central America, is a species that can be hard to spot in Massachusetts outside of this time of year.

Birding in place: This year’s Mass Audubon count has a homey feel

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterMay 21, 2020

Hannah Grace of Florence, an interfaith minister who officiates at weddings throughout the Northeast, says she suspects the COVID-19 outbreak will increase the number of elopements and small weddings.

‘We wanted something good to happen’: Saying ‘I do’ in the era of COVID-19

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterMay 11, 2020

Northampton writer Ocean Vuong has been long-listed for a Massachusetts Book Award in fiction for his novel “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.”

13 Valley writers longlisted for Massachusetts Book Awards

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterMay 7, 2020

Leila Wilson, at right, joins director Bob Cilman and other members of the Young@Heart Chorus at a rehearsal in 2018 at the Northampton Senior Center. The singers are rehearsing via Zoom these days.

Together in spirit: Young@Heart Chorus finds its voice via Zoom rehearsals

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterMay 7, 2020

Cancer Connection, the Northampton nonprofit that offers services such as reiki to cancer patients, survivors and their families, continues to reach out to people by phone and computer amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

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‘We are still here’: Cancer Connection offers phone, online support during difficult time

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterMay 6, 2020

Singer-songwriter and instrumentalist Kris Delmhorst is one of numerous musicians who have been part of Signature Sounds’ live-steamed music series.

The virtual parlor room: Live-streamed shows organized by Signature Sounds net musicians $37,000

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterMay 1, 2020

David Zucchino’s new book paints a searing picture of white mob violence against blacks in late 19th-century North Carolina. The cover depicts the destruction of the office of an African-American newspaper.

Book review: ‘Wilmington’s Lie,’ detailing rise of white supremacy, should be required reading

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterMay 1, 2020