One-of-a-kind glass planets keep trade fresh for glass artist Josh Simpson

By DIANE BRONCACCIO

In 1981, glass artist Josh Simpson threw a few teaspoons of cobalt, copper, silver and zinc into a crucible of molten glass, and came out with an explosion of swirling reds, blues and greens that closely resembled a NASA photograph of the Crab Nebula,...

Elvis tribute artist returns to Greenfield

By SHERYL HUNTER

When is Elvis coming back to Greenfield?    That’s a question I’ve heard more than once from readers of this column, and they aren’t referring to dead Elvis sightings in the area. Instead, they are wondering about Greenfield native Travis LeDoyt who...

Sounds Local: Paula Cole returns to her roots

By SHERYL HUNTER

In the mid ’90s songs like “Where Have all the Cowboys Gone?” and “I Don’t Want to Wait” sent singer-songwriter Paula Cole soaring to the top of the charts. Both songs are off her 1996 album, “This Fire,” a work that garnered seven Grammy nominations,...

Guatemalan art in Turners

The culture of the Americans is being celebrated in Turners Falls and Greenfield this month during an event on migration.“Migration — Connecting through Art and Culture of the Americas” started with Indigenous Peoples Day in Turners Falls on Oct....

Tap dance finds home in Library of Congress

By JENNA CARERI

Tap dance finds home in Library of Congress- Tap dance isn’t just for show anymore. Now it has found a home in the Library of Congress.Constance Valis Hill, a Five College professor of dance at Hampshire College in Amherst and an accomplished tapper and dance historian, recently donated a...