McGovern gleans input from farmers ahead of White House conference 

Earth Matters: Role-playing games, storytelling and the fate of the earth

Blue Heron’s newest owners look to keep tradition alive in Sunderland

Earth Matters: English farmer takes journey back to older, deeper ways

Roaming with the dinosaurs: Beneski Museum a popular destination since reopening in June

Nice time for cool, cool art: Local galleries feature a range of work in August

An Englishman home in Amherst: ARHS and Hampshire College graduate returns with his memoir of playing a Napoleonic-era soldier

They’re not gonna take it: Double Edge Theatre has feminist take on ‘The Bacchae’

Celebrating 20 years of children’s art: Eric Carle Museum recognizes big anniversary with exhibit on collage, the specialty of its founder

Room to play: Pay It Forward program provides artists with practice, performance space 

Valley Bounty: Dave’s Natural Garden, adapting with the help of friends

Book Bag: ‘Footnotes to Northampton’s History’ by John S. Bowman; ‘An Island in Time’ by Sharon Dunn