Art & Entertainment

Hollywood in the Hills: Karen Allen

Since her debut in Animal House, Berkshires resident Karen Allen has been a star of stage and screen for decades, building a career pursuing passion projects. Now, the veteran actor and director is taking on a new role: her feature film directorial debut, which will...

Hollywood in the Hills

Hollywood is no stranger to the region, with major motion pictures regularly being shot in part in our neck of the woods, from Mel Gibson’s “Edge of Darkness” in Northampton to the recent picture “The Judge” which did extensive shooting in Shelburne Falls. But not all...

Storm Drain Art

Priscilla Kane Hellweg from Enchanted Circle Theater in Holyoke and Patty O’Donnell, Environmental Educator at Hitchcock Center for the Environment in Amherst, discuss the “Storm Drain Art” project jointly undertaken using art to educate about the...

Creative Resources Conference

While most of us might think of art as just that – art – it’s also commerce, and is a hugely important subset of the business community, particularly in the Berkshires. As “solopreneurs,” many artists tend to work alone or in very small teams,...

Double Edge Theatre

Double Edge Theater, located in Ashfield, is currently engaged in the national and international tour of the Grand Parade of the 20th century. Double Edge recently worked with students in Springfield, presenting this fascinating period of U.S. history, in a way that...

Filmmaker Larry Hott

Filmmaker Larry Hott of Florentine Films discusses his latest production, Rising Voices looking at how modern culture and media are threatening to cause the “death” of the native spoken language of the Lakota Native Americans. WGBY will broadcast Rising...

Maestro Kevin Rhodes

Maestro Kevin Rhodes discusses the 2015-16 season for the Springfield Symphony Orchestra and their Oct. 3 season-opening gala, as well as their performance Sept.10 as part of the nationally-televised opening game of the NFL season between the New England Patriots and...

Kevin Eastman

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been a worldwide phenomenon since 1984, and they were born out of the minds of two men based in Northampton: Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman. Since co-creating the iconic Turtles, Kevin Eastman has seen his creations adorn pretty...