Amherst

There is a new exhibit - The Art of Wordless Picture Books – at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Massachusetts. Wordless picture books take center stage in The Carle’s new exhibition on view through December 5th. Artist and author David Wiesner, who has won six Caldecott citations, five of which were awarded for his tour-de-force wordless picture books, has traded in his paints and brushes to curate the exhibition.

The Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, MA is a nonprofit organization working to tell the whole Jewish story by rescuing, translating, and disseminating…

Now in its seventh year, Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music celebrates the best of Klezmer and new Yiddish music with a wide-ranging lineup of…

Now in its sixth year, Yidstock: The Festival of New Yiddish Music celebrates the best of Klezmer and new Yiddish music with a wide-ranging lineup of…

A well-known western Massachusetts blogger has been killed in a head-on crash.The Republican reports that the Northwestern District Attorney's Office…

One man is dead and another is injured after a shooting in the quiet college town of Amherst.The shooting happened at an apartment complex early Saturday…

The partnership between the University of Massachusetts flagship campus and the town of Amherst celebrated a milestone today. UMass Amherst Chancellor…

A “Black Lives Matter” banner was hung across a street in downtown Amherst, Massachusetts today in an event organizers said featured an apparent first:…

A plan is in place to discourage drunken disruptive behavior during the so-called Blarney Blowout this Saturday in Amherst, Massachusetts. Hoping to…

After almost a quarter-century as a Massachusetts state legislator, Democratic Representative Ellen Story of Amherst announced Thursday she will not seek…