ARTS PREVIEWS
Tangled up in polymers: Smith College art exhibit looks at our complex relationship with plastic
Arts Previews
Bringing it all back home: Backporch Music Festival features country, bluegrass, zydeco and more
Celebrating the written word: Amherst College LitFest brings top writers to campus to inspire new ones
Friday Takeaway: High anxiety
Review: Esi Edugyan’s “Washington Black” offers unique meditation on freedom
Numbers, nature, science and more: UMass exhibit showcases two approaches to abstract art
Taking the long view: UMass Fine Arts Center Director Willie Hill, Jr. reflects on his tenure
Confronting the unthinkable: Haunting play “On the Exhale” examines gun violence