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Book Bag: ‘Games of Deception’ by Andrew Maraniss; ‘Kids Have All the Write Stuff’ by three UMass Amherst educators

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterDecember 12, 2019

The Americana duo Mandolin Orange — Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz — joined members of their touring band in a well-received show at Northampton’s Academy of Music last week, one of a number of gigs the North Carolina group has played in the region in the last few years.

Turning darkness into light: Americana standouts Mandolin Orange shine at Northampton show

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterDecember 6, 2019

Avery Sharpe, seen here in his home in Plainfield, has composed a new album, “400,” that marks the infamous anniversary of the introduction of slavery into the future United States.

From 1619 to today: Composer Avery Sharpe examines the African American experience in ‘400’

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterNovember 28, 2019

Jon Clinch’s new novel, “Marley,” offers an imaginative backstory of two of Charles Dickens’ more memorable characters, Jacob Marley and Ebenezer Scrooge of “A Christmas Carol.”

The backstory to ‘A Christmas Carol’: John Clinch revisits a Charles Dickens classic in his new novel, ‘Marley’

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterNovember 14, 2019

Larry Hott, left, talks with his film editor, Rikk Desgres, at Hott’s studio in his Florence home, where they finalized Hott’s new documentary, “The Warrior Tradition.”

‘Still, this is our land’: Larry Hott film “The Warrior Tradition” highlights Native Americans serving in the U.S. military

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterNovember 9, 2019

A portrait of Anne Frank that Gillham painted when he was 30. He’s long been interested in the famous teenage diarist from World War II.

If she’d lived: new novel imagines Anne Frank survives the Holocaust

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterNovember 7, 2019

At his Ashfield home, photographer Frank Ward considers selections for his show last month at Northampton’s A.P.E. Gallery, “The Last Empire — The new countries of the old Soviet Union.”

Art Maker: Frank Ward, photographer

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterOctober 24, 2019

David Little, director and chief curator of the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College, leads a discussion and tour of the new contemporary artworks the museum received from an anonymous donor.

The newest additions: Mead Art Museum exhibit features treasure trove of contemporary art

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterOctober 24, 2019

Book Bag: ‘Stormy Isles’ by Vitorino Nemésio; ‘Beautiful Stuff from Nature,’ edited by Cathy Weisman Topal and Lella Gandini

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterOctober 10, 2019

“Leonardo Drew: Cycles” at the University Museum of Contemporary Art at UMass Amherst features large sculptures and installations such as “Number 142L,” which is made of thousands of pieces of wood.

‘Allow yourself to be open to the new’: UMass Amherst exhibit showcases the imaginative art of Leonardo Drew

by Steve Pfarrer Staff WriterOctober 10, 2019