Paradise City Press Release, October 2011 Google Taps Paradise City Furniture Artist -- 'Google, the internet powerhouse, has selected the Modernist chairs of a Massachusetts artist to
adorn their new corporate headquarters in Cambridge, MA.'
m11trebbe-googlecommission.pdf (95k)
Channel 22 News, Springfield, MA • October 6, 2011 Interview with Linda Post & Ken Salem on MassAppeal •
Video from WWLP website
AmericanStyle Magazine, February 2011 'Fairest of Them All' by Jennifer Clary
-- 'The Paradise City Arts Festival aims to show the work of the nation’s
very best craftsmen and artists. And year after year, AmericanStyle readers agree...'
s11americanstyle_fairestofthemall.pdf (70k)
AmericanStyle Magazine Press Release, February 28, 2011 'AmericanStyle Announces Top 10 Arts Festivals, Ranked by Readers' -- 'Paradise City Arts Festival in Northampton, Massachusetts secured its place for the seventh
time among the Top Ten Arts Festivals nationwide, this year as the #3 art fair in America.'
s11americanstyle_top10pressrelease.doc (40k)
Rainy Day Magazine, December 2010 Rainy Day Destinations (online 'zine)
-- 'With Thanksgiving over, the Holiday shopping season has officially started. We got an early
jump when we spent a day at the Paradise City Arts Festival....this
festival features works at a level of artistry and craftsmanship much higher than the typical fair...'
Read full article on rainydaymagazine.com
Daily Hampshire Gazette, October 2010 Paradise City Arts Festival Celebrates Food, Glorious Food by Adrienne Berard, Gazette Contributing Writer
-- '...The Paradise City Arts Festival at the Three County Fairgrounds in Northampton this
weekend offers a crash course in eating-season basics....'
c10gazette.pdf (125k); also online at gazettenet.com
boston.com • Globe-trotting, October 2010 Paradise City Returns to Northampton by Kimberly Sherman
-- 'Paradise City Arts Festival is a nationally recognized show of art, fine crafts, music and food...'
c10boston-com.pdf (40k)
AmericanStyle Magazine, February 2010 2010 Essential Guide to Fairs and Festivals by Claire Patterson Blome
-- 'Our readers weighed in on their favorite shows in AmericanStyle's sixth annual
Top 10 Fairs and Festivals competition, and the results are in...' Paradise City is #3! • spr10amstyle-top10.pdf (550k)
Press Release: AmericanStyle Magazine, February 24, 2010 Paradise City Arts Festival in 'Top Five for the Sixth Time -- 'Baltimore, MD -...Paradise City Arts Festival in Northampton, Massachusetts secured its place for the sixth time among the Top Ten Arts Festivals nationwide, this year as the #3 art fair in America...'
americanstyle_top10sprg2010.pdf (50k)
Crafts Report, February 2010 Regional Profile • 'Experimental Creativity' by Linda Post
-- 'This issue highlights the art of
jewelry design, and it seemed a natural step to talk with several jewelers, specifically those in the large craft scene of New England...'
craftsreport_feb2010.pdf (480k)
The Boston Globe and boston.com Travel Desk, November 17, 2009 The jewel in the crown of craft shows posted by Kimberly Sherman
-- 'Shoppers beware. Paradise City 'is back in Marlboro, Mass., this weekend...'
globetrotting.pdf (85mb)
Daily Hampshire Gazette, October 8, 2009 Out and About in 'Paradise' by Ashley Barry
-- 'Tips for navigating annual arts festival...'
c09outaboutgazette.pdf (220k)
Boston Globe Magazine, September 2009 Artsiest Foliage Weekend -- 'New England is famous for its fall color...The best way to take in the vibrant landscape is to seek out a new adventure.'
c09globemagfeature.pdf (520k)
Crafts Report, February 2009 Craft Scene • Paradise City Arts Festival -- 'Paradise City Arts Festival was founded in 1995 by a painter and fiber artist with ambitious visions...'
sprg09craftscene.pdf (800k)
The Artful Mind, August 2008 Celebrating Art with Linda and Geoffrey Post by Kerry O'Keefe
-- An interview with Linda and Geoffrey Post about their lives as artists, business owners and administrators of Paradise City, and their life as a couple in the midst of it all.
artfulmind-august2008.pdf (32mb)
Commonwealth Journal Podcast, May 2008 Radio Interview with Linda and Geoffrey Post with Janis Pryor
-- 'Janis Pryor converses with Founding Directors Linda and Geoffrey Post about the history of Paradise City, its philosophy and more...'
(15 minutes, 9MB MP3, play below, or right click link to save)
KYW1060 'Philly Scene' Podcast, April 2008 Radio Interview with Linda Post with Karin Phillips
-- 'Friday March 30, KYW community affairs reporter Karin Phillips toured [Paradise City Philadelphia] at the Armory in University City before its opening with show founder Linda Post.'
(25MB MP3, play below, or right click link to save)
AmericanStyle, February 2008 Issue
AmericanStyle 2008 Essential Guide to Fairs & Festivals Paradise, and More...
-- '...Paradise City Arts Festivals have finally broken through to the 2008 top spot. The consistent AmericanStyle
reader favorite is known for introducing new, frequently offbeat, artists...' --by Claire Patterson
americanstyle_feature.pdf (16mb, high speed connection recommended)
AmericanStyle Press Release, December 14, 2007 Paradise City Arts Festivals Climbs to the Top AmericanStyle Readers Reveal America's Favorite Art Fairs & Festivals -- 'Baltimore, Md. (December 14, 2007) - After two years in second place, the Paradise City Arts Festivals
have earned the top spot in AmericanStyle magazine's 2008 Top 10 Fairs & Festivals readers' poll....' --by Daniel Waldman
amstylenumber1release.pdf (80k)
Paradise City Press Release, July 1, 2007 Good Night and Good Luck! -- Northampton, MA - July 1, 2007 - Hundreds of Murrow Society members and friends of WGBY, Public Television for western New England,
attended the 2nd Annual Paradise City Arts Festival preview event...'
s07pcafinnews.pdf (375k)
From Hartford Courant CAL, May 24, 2007 An Arts and Crafts Paradise... 'Paradise' Found by Korky Vann
-- 'Artists and attendees refer to it as an 'elite' craft event.
AmericanStyle magazine has named it one of the top five craft shows in the country....'
s07courant-cal.pdf (2.2mb)
From KEY to Philadelphia, March 26, 2007 'Jewel of Craft Shows' Moves to the City by Marc Kaplan
-- 'This is not your typical art show. It is not another
gallery opening its doors ........This is a
fair - a juried fair of fine and functional art.'
p07keyarticle.pdf (3.2mb)
Paradise City Press Release, February 23, 2007 GSCVB Names 2007 Spotlight Award Recipients -- 'Pioneer Valley, MA - February 23, 2007 - The Howdy Awards Committee of the Greater
Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau (GSCVB) has selected Geoffrey and Linda Post,....'
07gscvbspotlight.pdf (90k)
Paradise City Press Release, January 25, 2007 'Fresh, Vibrant' Paradise City Tops National Show Ranking Again -- 'Northampton, MA - January 25, 2007 - Paradise City Arts Festivals received recognition
on both the national and regional fronts....'
spr07releasepcafnews.pdf (100k)
From the Boston Globe, November 16 2006 Fine and Finer Art by Denise Taylor, Arts Columnist
-- '....visitors to the Paradise City Arts Festival tend
to wander the aisles in awe of the visual banquet before them....'
fall06globepr.pdf (75k)
WGBY Press Release, April 2006 PARADISE CITY ARTS FESTIVALS ARTWORKS AIR ON WGBY; ONLINE AUCTION OF
DONATED ITEMS TO BENEFIT PUBLIC TV STATION by Charley Rose
-- 'Superior handcrafted works by America's top artisans can be seen on WGBY, public television for
western New England, beginning Saturday, May 20 at 7:30 p.m. when 'WGBY Presents The
Paradise City Collection...'
s06wgby.pdf (100k)
Paradise City Press Release, April 2006 Springtime in Paradise Goes 'Tulipmania!' -- 'Celebrate the Pioneer Valley's Go Dutch! extravaganza with 'Tulipmania!',...'
s06tulipmania.pdf (125k)
AmericanStyle Magazine Press Release, October 2005 AmericanStyle Magazine Readers Name 2005 Top 10 Art Fairs and Festivals by Daniel Waldman
-- 'Baltimore, MD -- October 25, 2005 -- 'AmericanStyle magazine announced the results of its second annual Top 10 Art Fairs and Festivals readers' poll today.....
2. Paradise City Arts Festivals...' • 2005top10.pdf (100k)
Springfield Republican, October 15, 2005 Dressed Up For a Cause
-- 'Guests dressed to the nines Oct. 6 at a black tie/black bra event at the Hotel Northampton. The event was 'Kick Off Your Bra!'
and served as a benefit for the Breast Form Fund and a kickoff for the Paradise City Arts Festival.
The fund provides uninsured and underinsured women post-mastectomy prostheses and bras...' koyb-repub.pdf (1.7mb, used with permission)
Yankee Magazine, October 2005 New England's Finest ('New England Today' section) by Lucille Rines
-- 'On Columbus Day weekend, the Paradise City Arts Festival in
Northampton, Massachusetts, brings together artists of all kinds to
exhibit their work. Here are some of our favorites...'
c05yankee.pdf (450k, used with permission)
WGBY Press Release, June 2005 Paradise City Partnership Raises Over $21,000 for WGBY by Melinda Rose
-- ''Springfield, MA -- Thanks to the generosity of Founding Directors Geoffrey and Linda Post
and many Paradise City Arts Festival participating artisans,
the festival held May 28, 29 and 30 raised $21,543 to benefit WGBY...' • wgby-pcafpressrelease.pdf (90k)
The Crafts Report, April 2005 10 People to Watch in American Craft
by Stephen Davis, Bernadette Finnerty and Heather Skelly --
'....TCR wanted to focus on those individuals
who show promise of becoming future leaders and pioneers in the industry....
Geoffrey and Linda Post have enjoyed creating, collecting and promoting crafts for 30 years.
They are the founding directors of Paradise City Arts Festivals, a venture they began in 1995
...' • 05apr_craftsreport.pdf (2mb, used with permission)
Crafts Report Press Release, March 8, 2005 10 People to Watch in American Crafts Announced
in The Crafts Report Magazine's 30th Anniversary Issue by Heather Skelly, Editor
-- 'Wilmington, Del. - The April 2005 issue of The Crafts Report magazine - the business
source for craft artists and retailers - [selected Paradise City Directors Linda and Geoffrey Post as among the] 10 People to Watch in American Craft 2005...'
10people-craftsreport.pdf (100k)
Home and Design, March 2005 Looking Ahead section -- Paradise City Valley Forge listing in this monthly home decorating magazine, a supplement to the Philadelphia Inquirer, includes substantial color images...
v05phillyhomedes.pdf (550k)
American Style Magazine, October 2004 Festivus Maximus - American Style readers cast their votes for the country's top art fairs and festivals by Karol V. Menzie
-- '5. ...Two artists, Linda and Geoffrey Post, founded a festival 10 years ago in Northampton, Mass., as an edgier kind of show to mix the "functional with the fine."...'
amstyle5thpcaf.pdf (5mb)
Crafts Business Magazine, July 2004 Finding an Oasis at Paradise City by Monique Holloway --
'On an unseasonably cold, wintry April weekend in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, those in-the-know
could find sanctuary at the second annual Paradise City Arts Festival...'
pcaf-craftsbusiness.pdf (2.5mb)
Business West, October 2003 Making of a Masterpiece by George O'Brien -- 'The Paradise City Arts Festival has become a twice-a-year tradition in Northampton drawing 20,000 people from across New England and beyond...
But the name Paradise City has also become a successful brand....' pcaf-businesswest.pdf (2.5mb)
Arts Media, Sept. 2003 Posts Hold Up Paradise by Leon Nigrosh -- 'Paradise City. The name alone conjures visions of beauty filled with wonderful things to taste see and hear....'
pcaf-artsmedia.pdf (12mb)
Valley Business Outlook, June 2003 Paradise City Arts Festival: A Creative Business by Matthew Schenker -- 'Maybe the business world and the art world are not so separate after all...'
pcaf-valleyoutlook.pdf (3.3mb)
AmericanStyle Magazine, February 2010
Daily Hampshire Gazette, October 8, 2009
WRSI-FM, October 2009
KYW1060 'Philly Scene' Podcast, April 2008
From Hartford Courant CAL, May 24, 2007
Paradise City Press Release, April 2006
AmericanStyle Magazine Press Release, October 2005
Springfield Republican, October 15, 2005
Yankee Magazine, October 2005
The Crafts Report, April 2005
American Style Magazine, October 2004