Use Your Illusion

Use Your Illusion

Cultural nostalgia and myopia tend to make family psychodramas seem like a symptom of modern malaise as “discovered” by Mr. Freud and dramatized by Mr. Allen. Tony Kushner reminds us that intergenerational conflicts are timeless in his adaptation of Pierre...
Hoppin' Into Hamp

Hoppin' Into Hamp

Hoppity the grasshopper returns from a sojourn in the big city only to find his neighborhood in peril in Hoppity Goes to Town (originally released as A Bug Goes to Town), a 1941 cartoon by brothers David and Max Fleischer. The humans who live nearby have trampled bug...
Dust to Dust

Dust to Dust

Almost seven years ago, Richard Jozan Treston (whose work is pictured), like many, was rattled by the events of September 11, 2001, and decided to respond—with art. He rallied many Amherst area artists in the hope of responding to the event with creativity, and...