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A perennial favorite, the Bridge of Flowers, to temporarily reopen
The trolley bridge over the Deerfield River in Shelburne Falls — known as the Bridge of Flowers — will temporarily reopen this weekend. The unexpected opening follows an over-budget repair bid, and stalled construction. The group that tends the plantings that attract visitors from all over the world,...
State euthanizes bear in Hatfield after fatal I-91 crash, report says
A bear was euthanized in Hatfield on Monday, though it remains unclear if it was the same bear found near a crash site on Interstate 91 South Sunday morning, where a South Hadley man was killed, Western Mass. News reported Monday. “The Massachusetts Environmental Police and MassWildlife euthanized a bear...
Iron Horse Music Hall scrambles for liquor license as Monday opening approaches
NORTHAMPTON — Iron Horse Music Hall’s new owners are working this week to get a liquor license ahead of Monday’s reopening-night concert despite a bureaucratic snag that ties back to former owner Eric Suher. The IronHorse is separately working on a fallback BYOB — bring your own...
Off the Menu: Greenfield Culinary Institute is training next generation of chefs for free
Getting professional training as a restaurant chef can turn out to be major investment, with tuition and fees at top-tier culinary schools exceeding $50,000 a year. Those fortunate enough to make the cut at Greenfield’s Stone Soup Culinary Institute (SSCI) don’t have to worry about tuition bills, however, since the Institute is free to those attending. It operates as a 100% tuition-free program, thanks to support from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and its Urban Agenda grant program along with contributions from community members and other supporters.
Strummers united by love for ukuleles in Northampton (Photos)
NORTHAMPTON — Don Rovero, of South Hadley and a longtime elementary music teacher in West Springfield, stood in front of his students Thursday singing, strumming and fingerpicking on a ukulele in the Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library & Museum as part of National Play Your Ukulele Day on May 2.
Beer Nut: An OAQ (Occasionally Asked Questions) column
You’ll often see websites that offer FAQs (frequently asked questions) for readers to help streamline addressing queries that arise regularly. Although I get a fair amount of correspondence with some repeated questions, (as well ones I get asked in person at brewpubs), I would not deign to designate any of them “frequent.” So let’s call them OAQs (occasionally asked questions) for the purposes of this week’s column.
Yolande Du Bois’ visual legacy unveiled in never-seen-before images
On Friday, April 26, the W.E.B. Du Bois Center hosted “Scissors, Silhouettes and Stencils: Yolande Du Bois’s Artistic Imagination.” Facilitated by Luke Sinitiere, historian and professor of history at the College of Biblical Studies, the event unveiled never-before-seen images and excerpts from newly discovered scrapbooks of Yolande Du Bois’ life.
Chester Theatre Company Reveals Casting For 35th Season
Chester Theatre Company has announced casting for its 2024 season. Learn more about the full season here!. Everyone who ever died is still here, just in a different part of here. Linda can communicate with them. And if you believe, she can make you hear them, too — in the thin place, the fragile boundary between our world and the other one. With acuity and relentless curiosity, Lucas Hnath's play transforms the theater into an intimate séance, crafting an unnerving testament to the power of the mind, which has a mind of its own.
Market 32 Supports Local Food Banks Through May
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. — Market 32 has launched its two-month-long "Fill A Glass with Hope/Fill a Plate with Promise" campaign in partnership with the Northeast American Dairy Association, Garelick Farms, and local food banks. From May 1 to June 30, customers will be given the opportunity to round up their...
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