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Patriotic festivities and 167th Belchertown Fair arrive this weekend

BELCHERTOWN — Patriotic pride promises to populate this weekend in Belchertown with the town’s United States 250th celebration, the return of a fireworks show and a stars-and-stripes-themed Belchertown Fair. The festivities begin Thursday at 5 p.m. at the Chestnut Hill Recreation Area, 59 State St., with the Red, White & Belchertown event. The evening highlights Belchertown’s past, present and future by delving into the town’s history and creating a 25-year time capsule. The night ends with the town’s first firework show since 2013. “We wanted people to be able to reflect on the country, but also the community and where they […]

Curiosities fair returns to Market Street in Northampton on Oct. 3

Perhaps you’ve been to flea markets, art markets, or antiques markets, but what about an “oddities market?” Market Street Market: A Curiosities Fair, billed as “a one-day marketplace of the macabre and the mystical,” will return to Northampton for its second year on Saturday, Oct. 3, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Market Street […]

'The past is not set in stone': New art show reimagines Medusa's story

Medusa did not get a good deal. As the Roman poet Ovid tells it, Medusa, a Gorgon in Greek mythology, was sexually assaulted by a god inside the goddess Minerva’s temple. Minerva gave her snakes for hair — as punishment, the source text says. Medusa could turn people to stone by looking at them. She […]

America’s story unfolds in art: Norman Rockwell Museum exhibition brings together more than 300 works spanning 250 years of the country’s history

Somehow, the days of feathered quills, snuff and pointy hats seem not so long ago, yet centuries have passed. In celebrating the nation’s birthday, or its difficult-to-pronounce semiquincentennial, through Oct. 26, Stockbridge’s Norman Rockwell Museum is providing an encyclopedic view of our nation’s history as told by artists, photographers and crafts people. “The goal here is to illustrate, as well as possible, how America is defined and depicted in pictures made over the last 250 years,” Russell Lord said during a press reception. He’s the museum’s chief of curatorial affairs and was joined by the site’s chief curator Stephanie Plunkett. “This […]

H.S. girls soccer preview: Granby among several area teams eying deep postseason runs

Soccer season is in full swing as teams hit the pitch for their third week of matches across Hampshire County. Some teams already look to be in mid-season form while others are finding their rhythm in the early swing of the season. Several girls soccer teams left their mark during the playoffs last year and […]