The days may be getting shorter here in New England, but the work taking place at Art For the Soul Gallery never stops. Although we are three months away from the new year, the gallery is already looking forward to acclaimed artist Garry Hallgren’s upcoming exhibit, “Cartoon Intersection,” and welcoming new and familiar faces to…

Magdalena Gómez, Springfield’s Poet Laureate (2019-2022) and an Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow (2021 – 2022), has won the coveted, International Latino Book Award for her highly acclaimed memoir noir, Mi’ja (Heliotrope Books, NYC; May, 2022). Other winning authors this year include: Chita Rivera, Julia Alvarez, Carmen Tafolla, Luis A. Miranda and Richard Wolffe.The…

Outdoor Exhibit Showcase | Open to the public Wistariahurst Museum is excited to announce the return of our popular outdoor display, Faces on the Fenceline. This outdoor, walking exhibit in the front of the museum features people from our Black Holyoke Project and throughout the Commonwealth. Visitors can use QR Codes provided with each portrait…

Matthew King is an artist I’ve written about before and will probably write about again, as well as his band, TapRoots. King loves hard and it plays out in his music. Not only in his global and intricate grooves, but in the artists he works with and the choices he makes of how to use…