‘Uncomfortable echoes’: A Q&A with filmmaker Ken Burns, whose latest work, ‘The U.S. and the Holocaust,’ debuts Sunday

Music for a troubled time: Arcadia Folk Festival works to be a model for environmentally sustainable music events

Best Bites: Valley gastropubs: Feels like a tavern, tastes like a culinary gem

A musical melting pot: Composer David Sanford brings the eclectic sounds of his Big Band to Florence

Appalachian ‘trail magic’ welcome through state

‘The Hidden Gem’ in the Orchard: Easthampton exhibit focuses on two artists

The Beat Goes On: Melody Gardot in smoky jazz duo; a hot slate at the Drake, and more

Best Bites: In Hadley, ice cream is king

Book Bag: ‘Abracadabratude’ by Chris O’Carroll; ‘Darkest Before Dawn’ by Robert T. McMaster

A journey to the Valley’s musical past: Amherst native is restoring a viol built two centuries ago in a town underneath the Quabbin Reservoir

Get Growing with Mickey Rathbun: An expert plantsman takes the reins at Sugarloaf Gardens

Best Bites: Eat up Shelburne Falls