FALL 2025
OFFERINGS + EVENTS
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FLIP FACTORY and ValleyCreates present
SPRINGFIELD 2 NORTHAMPTON
Hosted by A.P.E.
OCTOBER 3, 7:30-10pm
Preceded by ETERNAL:ELEMENTS with NAGO + LESN1015:30-6pm, rear entrance of A.P.E.
Not just another art event; but a ValleyCreates initiative with a mission—to bring together two communities that, for too long, have thrived in parallel but rarely shared the same creative stage. For the night of October 3rd, Springfield’s burgeoning hip-hop culture and visual arts scene will take up residence within the heart of downtown Northampton, carrying the energy and urgency inherent to the “City of Firsts.”
The night will feature four music producers showcasing their craft, demonstrating the range of Springfield’s hip-hop scene—from the esoteric and whimsical, to the hard-hitting and brutal. Alongside them, four Springfield visual artists will give concise presentations of their work, giving context to the music through sharp, moving exercises in storytelling and world-building.
Featuring Music Producers: NAGO (@love.nago), Truck Julius (@truckjulius), Lennos Barnel (@l3nn0s_barn3l) and Boombostic Beats (@boombosticbeats)
Visual artists to be announced soon!
Come ready to listen, feel, and be changed.
ARTIST RESIDENCY: KPAULM
AUGUST 11 - 24AWESOME
BLOSSOM
FLOWER
SHOW
AUGUST 22, 7-9pm Reception
Sliding scale: Free-$10
Flowers are a unique and intense expression of life. So simple and so complex. They radiate resilience, fortitude, and ingenuity, and thrive on a constant quest for the light. Join us for an evening of FLOWERS and ARTWORK.
This is a curated event with artists from Hatfield, Amherst, Greenfield, Whately, Northampton, Westhampton and more. Support the Artists, Designers, and Farmers from this precious valley with your attention, and feast your eyes on this Brilliant Harvest. Bring the family.
FOR INFORMATION CALL 413-687-4578
KILL TALK
a reading and discussionAUGUST 15, 7pm
Anthropologist Janet McIntosh, and Vietnam Veterans Doug Anderson, Marc Levy, Preston Hood, and David Connolly will speak and read together.
A discussion will follow.
Brandeis anthropologist Janet McIntosh interviewed fifty combat veterans from three different wars over a period of eight years for her book, Kill Talk (Oxford University Press, 2025). In addition to these interviews, she visited the famous/infamous Marine Corps bootcamp at Parris Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, and interviewed drill instructors. There is the language of training: brutal and sometimes outrageous, intended to prepare men and women for obeying orders under extreme stress; and there is the language created by veterans themselves as they experience situations for which no training could have prepared them. It is a language rich with wit, insight and the testimony of survival. From these interviews McIntosh, employing her long experience as an ethnographer, wrote Kill Talk. Some of the veteran men and women she interviewed became writers themselves and transformed the language of their experience in their own way. The intersection of a disciplined and imaginative anthropologist and combat veterans produced a book revealing a world of language not known by many, and deeply important for the understanding of what happens to human beings in war. McIntosh will give a brief talk and four veteran poets will read briefly from their work at A.P.E, Gallery, 126 Main St. Northampton August 15, at seven P.M. A discussion will follow.