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A celebration of history-making women: The Rockwell Museum exhibits over 200 of Anita Kunz’s portraits in ‘Original Sisters’
11-29-2024 9:58 AM

By DON STEWART

She’s the first woman, and the first Canadian, to present a solo exhibit of her work at the Library of Congress, and two of her paintings can be found at Washington’s National Portrait Gallery. You’d recognize Anita Kunz’s often satirical works from...

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50 years of ‘Free to Be’: New exhibition at Eric Carle Museum celebrates thinking beyond gender stereotypes
11-22-2024 11:29 AM

By CAROLYN BROWN

The album “Free to Be… You and Me,” released by Marlo Thomas in 1972, inspired a generation to think beyond gender stereotypes. Now, the Eric Carle Museum in Amherst is celebrating the “Free to Be...” project’s lasting legacy and impact in a new...


Calling all history buffs to annual Trolleyfest in Shelburne Falls
09-22-2024 10:12 AM

SHELBURNE FALLS — Trolleyfest is on track to return on Saturday, Sept. 28, celebrating the mode of travel of yesteryear and the restoration of Trolley No. 10. Trolley No. 10 is a relic of the trolley era of 1896-1927, according to the Shelburne Falls...


‘Lost in art history until now’: First ever major Guillaume Lethiere exhibition on display at the Clark before heading to the Louvre
08-02-2024 10:41 AM

By DON STEWART

He was prominent in the court of Napoleon Bonaparte and painted the Emperor and Josephine and many of the significant figures of that time. Among his close friends were the General Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, father of the famed author, and the Marquis de...


A history of satire, lampoons and lawsuits: The Rockwell celebrates Mad magazine’s 72nd year with first major retrospective
06-28-2024 12:55 PM

By DON STEWART

“Working for Mad means never having to grow up.” John Ficarra, Mad magazine editor-in-chief 1985-2018The Norman Rockwell Museum’s current exhibit provides a nostalgic voyage for Baby Boomers, a gold mine for pop historians and a wellspring of ideas...


Book Review: A life on the rails: Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum board chair Alden Dryer pens autobiography
06-28-2024 12:53 PM

By TINKY WEISBLAT

The Tired Telegrapher’s Terribly Tall Traveler’s Taleby Alden Dreyerprivately published160 pages, $19Alden Dreyer has lived in Shelburne for decades and is the chair of the board of the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum. As his autobiographical book...


Colorful visions from Brazil: Eric Carle Museum hosts first U.S. exhibit of Brazilian artist and children’s author Roger Mello
06-21-2024 10:22 AM

STEVE PFARRER

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has displayed the work of dozens and dozens — or more likely hundreds — of illustrators and writers over the years, in solo exhibits and group shows.Among them have been a fair number of artists from other...


The story behind the New Salem Museum
05-19-2024 1:01 PM

By CARLA CHARTER

Laura Barletta and her husband Vincent’s connection to New Salem began with Vincent’s grandmother Helen Truman, who attended school at New Salem Academy. After the school closed in 1969, the building, which originally housed the home economics classes...


Painting a more complete picture: ‘Unnamed Figures’ highlights Black presence and absence in early American history
04-19-2024 10:53 AM

By CHRIS LARABEE

In partnership with the American Folk Art Museum, Historic Deerfield is presenting an exhibition on the unexplored histories of Black people in early America.“Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North” explores Black...


Harvard Forest exhibits offer information on history through dioramas
03-03-2024 12:01 PM

By CARLA CHARTER

At Harvard Forest in Petersham, visitors can learn about the forest and its history through dioramas dating back to the 1930s. The dioramas and the museum that was built for them was the idea of Richard T. Fisher, who was named director and primary...


Preserving a key part of Emily Dickinson’s legacy: Historic Evergreens house reopens at the Emily Dickinson Museum
03-01-2024 11:49 AM

By STEVE PFARRER

Between the “Dickinson” series on Apple TV+ and movies such as 2016’s “A Quiet Passion,” interest in Emily Dickinson has grown in the last several years, even beyond the already intense admiration that existed for her poetry among readers and literary...


Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum expansion nears finish line
02-23-2024 12:25 PM

By BELLA LEVAVI

SHELBURNE FALLS — Outgrowing the Car Barn built in 2016, the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum is expanding so that it can store more trolleys in its facilities.The expansion will increase its already existing 40 by 60-foot Car Barn by 43 feet. The...


The Evergreens house is ready for its closeup after preservation work at Emily Dickinson Museum
02-09-2024 12:51 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

AMHERST — Closed since 2019 for extensive preservation efforts and infrastructure improvements, The Evergreens, a key property at the Emily Dickinson Museum, will reopen for visitors March 1.The 19th-century house was built in 1856 for Austin...


A perfect gift for Historic Deerfield: Museum receives impressive collection of work by 19th century New England renaissance man Rufus Porter
02-02-2024 12:06 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

With the “unusual” donation of a collection of a 19th century artwork, publications and inventions, Historic Deerfield is looking to highlight the life of 19th century New England renaissance man Rufus Porter.Porter, an inventor, author and the...


The infinite imaginarium of Leo Lionni: A groundbreaking Rockwell exhibit
12-29-2023 6:05 PM

By DON STEWART

As an inquisitive boy growing up in Amsterdam, he kept a menagerie of snails and toads and other small woodland fauna in his room, populating the glass terrariums he’d filled with mosses and ferns. Influenced by one uncle, an architect, and two others...


Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum, Double Edge Theatre land tourism grants
10-09-2023 4:42 PM

By BELLA LEVAVI

The Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum and Double Edge Theatre in Ashfield are in line to receive a combined $82,500 in state grants to help boost the county’s cultural and tourist attractions.The money is part of nearly $2 million awarded to 45 cultural...


Clang, clang, clang went the trolley: Lose a jolly hour at the annual Shelburne Falls Trolleyfest, Saturday, Sept. 30
09-22-2023 11:14 AM

By BELLA LEVAVI

On Saturday, Sept. 30, the Shelburne Falls Trolley Museum will hold its annual Trolleyfest celebration from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. The festival celebrates the restoration of the historic Trolley Car No. 10. “The trolley made a big big difference in that...


Fleet of foot and easy on the eye: ‘Horse Tales,’ a new exhibit at the Eric Carle Museum, celebrates our four-legged friends
06-30-2023 1:45 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

Is the dog man’s best friend? Or it is the horse?Based on the longevity of their relationship with humans, horses might have the better claim. Researchers have estimated horses were widely domesticated at least 4,000 years ago and even further back...


The different sides of James Baldwin: Mead Museum exhibit showcases writer’s artistic connections
03-10-2023 7:59 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

It’s mostly a lesser-known footnote to his career: From 1983 to 1986, James Baldwin was based at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he was part of the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies and taught students from across the...


A bright splash of color: Carle Museum tries on special glasses for visitors with vision issue
03-03-2023 6:09 PM

By STEVE PFARRER

For Will Schneider, putting on this pair of glasses opened up his vision to a depth of color he wouldn’t ordinarily see.“The blue is so much more textured,” said Schneider as he peered at an illustration at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art....


Hilary Knight at 96: The Rockwell Museum presents a life well lived
02-12-2023 12:06 PM

By DON STEWART

Baby Boomers growing up in the 1950s were full of adventure. We rode in cars lacking seat belts, sped in bicycles without helmets and were told, in the event of nuclear war, nothing could be safer than nestling under our school desks for protection....

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