This hands-on class will explore energetic action painting, shadow drawing, and spontaneous collage techniques that will stir your imagination and get your creative juices flowing! It is open to older teens and adults with all levels of artistic experience and ability. SPRINGFIELD, MA – Art from Intuition guarantees to be a fun and vigorous experience that will have you painting and drawing for the... 

A free forum to help social service workers, healthcare providers, adult literacy staff and concerned community members who serve the immigrant and multicultural community to better connect their clients to local services will be held on September 15 from noon to 2:00pm at the First Baptist Church, 88 South Street, Pittsfield. Sponsored by the Cross Cultural Action Network (CCAN), the “Power Networking”... 

The Creole Choir of Cuba Wednesday, October 12 @ 7:30 PM The University of Massachusetts at Amherst Fine Arts Center Concert Hall $15-30 Five Colleges, 17 and under $10   Prepare to be blown away by the passionate melodies, wild harmonies and richly textured arrangements of ten inspiring vocalists. Real World recording artists The Creole Choir of Cuba are an entirely fresh export, easily the most... 

By Amanda Cohen The National Geographic show “Border Wars” depicts the daily activities of border patrol agents stationed along the U.S./Mexico border. Border Wars focuses on The Río Grande River, Tucson and Nogales, Arizona.  The realism of the show is immediately evident by the footage of searches conducted by U.S. border agents upon cars and people crossing into both the U.S. and Mexico.  Although... 

The show transports audiences from Springfield, Massachusetts, to a U.S. Army base, to Nepali family and their struggle for recognition, to a refugee camp in Tanzania, and to the ensemble’s worlds and dreams for the future. ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE PROJECT The Performance Project began September of 2000 as a theater and movement workshop at the Hampshire Jail and House of Corrections in Northampton,... 

Any driver who has sat in bumper to bumper traffic and listened to radio reports about how Americans have the longest commuting times of any developed nation, knows that our transportation network needs improvement. At its core, the goal of our national transportation system is to move passengers and commercial goods from point to point as safely and efficiently as possible.  Our current reality,... 

By Elga Castro-Ramos How many countries are in the world? Anyone would think this might be an easy question to answer, because it should be a concrete issue. In theory, it would be enough to count them all. Anyhow, the answer varies drastically depending whether we consider the numbers of members provided by the United Nations (UN), those given by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), or if we... 

Boston Smarts is a website that highlights the best-kept secrets around the city, including hidden bars, restaurants and the coolest hang-outs visitors probably wouldn't stumble across otherwise. Founded in 1630 by the Puritan colonists, Boston is located along Massachusetts Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean. Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States and the largest in the state of... 

When some people think of Latinos in Springfield, they assume all live in the North End. It’s akin to thinking that all Puerto Ricans live in El Barrio, Spanish Harlem in NYC. The fact is, Latinos live everywhere statewide and nationwide. There are some cities and neighborhoods that have large concentrations of Latinos for sure. But it is important to know that we are everywhere as well. Take... 

Felita was born in Naranjito, Puerto Rico on May 4, 1924, the eldest of the eleven children of Julián Oyola and María Cruz. Her schooling only went as far as the second grade of elementary school, but even as a child she showed artistic inclinations, taking part in school programs. At age 15 she married Joaquín Rivera Padilla, but divorced him after eight years of marriage and four children:...