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From the Directors

SPRING GUIDE 2018
Who doesn’t look forward to Spring?
PUBLISHER If you’re like us, when the first blossoms improbably poke their
Michael Rifanburg colorful heads through the melting snow, we find ourselves pacing
ADVERTISING DIRECTOR back and forth in front of our windows, eagerly scanning the yard
Letty Acosta for any signs of new life. We pore over seed catalogues, planning
CREATIVE DIRECTOR the vegetable garden, reimagining the perennial beds. What flowers
Stephanie T. Hadley did we enjoy from last year, which ideas wilted on the vine and
what new landscaping projects do we find irresistible? As soon as
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DEVELOPMENT we can, we strap on our mud boots and slog about, delighting in
Kevin LaMagdelaine the swollen pale green buds and thawed branches that begin to
CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER take on the pastel hues of the new season. Who can resist those first
Mark Galat bunches of forced forsythia brightening up the kitchen, the barren
twigs suddenly exploding in a frenzied yellow haze!
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Isabella Dell’olio Spring is a time of promise, revitalization, new love, and fresh beginnings. For many artists and
makers, the anticipation of Spring brings new ideas. Potters, painters, sculptors, jewelers, furniture
ADVERTISING makers – they all emerge from their studios inspired by this energy and ready to share the results
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Dane Kuttler with you. Your response is truly part of the creative process. When you come upon an imaginative
Kathryn Regan necklace, a bowl that’s glazed with that perfect color or a landscape painting that brings the
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT outdoors inside, you’re not just taking home a treasure. You complete a progression that started as
the seed of an idea months before in the artist’s mind. It’s also why wandering through Paradise City
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is like finding yourself in an ever-growing garden of artful delights.
Noticing a lot of flower analogies? You’re right! Our special themed exhibit at both Paradise City
shows this spring is titled “Flower Power!” Floral imagery is a perennial subject in art and literature. Did
you know that each variety of flower symbolizes a different human attribute, like patience, elegance,
115 Conz Street gratitude, rebirth, joy, modesty, desire, love, fertility, charity and even royalty? Look them up! “Flower
Northampton MA 01061 Power” also became the marching anthem for a generation discovering the art of peaceful protest,
doing what they loved and searching for a way to lead a fulfilling, unconventional life.
The Paradise City Guide is Flowery exuberance in all its manifestations takes over the Sculpture Café in Marlborough the first
published by Newspapers of New
England, Inc., a family-owned media weekend of spring, and continues in Exhibition Building Two in Northampton on Memorial Day
company headquartered in Concord, Weekend. Bet you can’t wait!
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SPRING 2018 – VOLUME ONE, ISSUE ONE
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