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The gates of Smith College open onto lively downtown Northampton, Massachusetts, in the heart of New England's scenic Pioneer Valley. With a population of 30,000, Northampton combines small-town charm with metropolitan cultural and educational opportunities. You'll find plays, music and dance; shops both trendy and traditional; a smorgasbord of ethnic eateries; and movie theaters showing first-run, art and foreign films. You can relax at a sidewalk café or take in a concert by Ellis Marsalis, bluesman Buddy Guy, The Nields, The Neville Brothers or Tori Amos.
On a tour of historic Noho, you can visit the law offices of Calvin Coolidge, who was mayor here before he became president; the home of Sylvester Graham, the dietary reformer who gave his name to the Graham cracker; the site where 18th-century preacher Jonathan Edwards stirred his congregations; and the Academy of Music, on whose stage the Barrymores acted, Anna Pavlova danced, John Philip Sousa conducted and Harry Houdini escaped. Echoes of the past can be found today in local enthusiasm for natural foods, social activism and the arts. |
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