Magazine Archive
Magazine Archive
Karen Foster and April Cannon: Adventures every day
Karen Foster has spent most of her life being active and in motion, so it’s no wonder that in 2007 she met her future wife, April Cannon, while playing pick-up indoor soccer. “Exploring the outdoors has always been a big part of our relationship,” Karen said. Their first date was a kayaking trip from Montague to Sunderland along the Connecticut River and little did they know that they would get married on the banks of that same river two years later.
The Neighborly Absorption (Part 4)
I finally booked a proper amphitheater to hold my 3-act play, The 3 Scrooges. It is a take on the Charles Dickens’ classic A Christmas Carol; however, Ebenezer’s siblings, Maurice & Shirley, pay him a surprise visit. The dollops of the wallops will make one, oh kneel in April’s delights. What-cha gonna do when the supernatural slapstick of Moe, Eben, and Shirley collide in an outdoor space near you?
Up Jumped Spring: April Jazz Series
The Northampton Jazz Workshop made its start in 2010 at the beloved French restaurant, the Green Street Café, steps from the Smith College Campus. When the restaurant’s building was torn down, the Workshop packed up and moved to The Loft at the Clarion Hotel on Atwood Drive. When that hotel was torn down, the intrepid troupe moved to the City Sports Grille–the bar and lounge at Spare Time Entertainment on Pleasant Street.