Nightcrawler: Crushing It

Nightcrawler: Crushing It

Lori McKenna hit the musical trifecta earlier this month with a song she penned for the group Little Big Town. “Girl Crush” premiered at number one on Billboard’s Hot Country 100 back in December of 2014. Last month, it won “Song of the Year” at the 49th annual...
Boo! It’s Christmas

Boo! It’s Christmas

An old miser eats some strange cheese and gets visited by four ghosts: his dead business partner and the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future. They cajole, guilt and scare him into being less of a stingy crank to his family and employee. And it works. Ebenezer...
It’s Nutcracker time!

It’s Nutcracker time!

The wind gets cold, the winter holidays draw near, and Pioneer Valley Ballet presents its annual performance of the Nutcracker ballet. The Nutcracker is the classic tail of a weirdo godfather bestowing gifts on wealthy kids at a party. One of the toys, a nutcracker,...
The Arts: An Evening of Art and Music

The Arts: An Evening of Art and Music

“Music,” Les Miserables author Victor Hugo once noted, “expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” The intersecting Venn diagram of music, visual art, and literature will be further explored this Thursday at Gallery A3 in Amherst...
Nightcrawler: Piping Up

Nightcrawler: Piping Up

The Emmy-winning PBS series Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? has been off the air for nearly two decades And where in the world has the man who co-wrote the show’s theme song, Sean Altman, been in the time since? Performing at the White House Hanukah Party...