Jason Matthews, C.I.A. Officer Turned Novelist, Dies at 69
After 33 years at the agency, he turned out three well-received novels that included realistic details of espionage and appearances by Vladimir Putin.
The novelist and former intelligence operative Jason Matthews in Bryant Park in Manhattan in 2015. His fiction, he said, was “an amalgam of people I’ve known, of things I’ve done, of stuff I’ve lived.”Credit.Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times
May 2, 2021, 11:29 a.m. ET
Jason Matthews, who after 33 years as a C.I.A. officer in Istanbul, Athens, Belgrade, Rome, Budapest and Hong Kong became a best-selling author of three spy thrillers, died on Wednesday at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 69.
Celebrating the banjo: New American Banjo Festival is set to stream this weekend
Michael Nix plays the banjar in his office/studio at the Lava Center in Greenfield. Staff Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Michael Nix in his office/studio at the Lava Center in Greenfield with a banjar, his own creation. Staff Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Musima tenor banjo. WIkimedia Commons
Shingle the Roof. Contributed photo
Aaron Jonah Lewis. Contributed photo
Michael Nix, of Greenfield, plays the banjar. Nix is the organizer of the New American Banjo Festival as well as one of the performers. Contributed photo
Published: 4/22/2021 3:51:36 PM
Four will hopefully be a charm for the inaugural New American Banjo Festival, the brainchild of musician Michael Nix, which has been postponed three times so far. He’d originally scheduled the first of what he hopes will become an annual and international celebration of all things banjo at Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center in Greenfield last April.
Celebrating the banjo
Michael Nix plays the banjar in his office/studio at the Lava Center in Greenfield. Staff Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Michael Nix in his office/studio at the Lava Center in Greenfield. Staff Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Musima tenor banjo. WIkimedia Commons
Shingle the Roof. Contributed photo
Aaron Jonah Lewis. Contributed photo
Michael Nix, of Greenfield, plays the banjar. Nix is the organizer of the New American Banjo Festival as well as one of the performers. Contributed photo
Published: 4/15/2021 9:24:01 AM
Four will hopefully be a charm for The New American Banjo Festival, the brainchild of Greenfield musician Michael Nix, which has been postponed three times so far. He’d originally scheduled the first of what he hopes will become an annual and international celebration of all things banjo at Hawks and Reed Performing Arts Center last April.
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Northfield Mount Hermon opens new child care center
After a year of construction, Northfield Mount Hermon School opened its new Bolger Center for Early Childhood Education in January 2017. The 5,630-square-foot facility is located in the southeastern corner of campus. Photo contributed by Stephen Porter.
Kimberly Hughes, one of seven teachers working at Northfield Mount Hermon School s Bolger Center for Early Childhood Education, watches over a classroom of children during the opening days of the center in January 2017. Photo contributed by Stephen Porter.
Published: 1/18/2017 11:35:41 PM
GILL After a year of construction, Northfield Mount Hermon School opened its new Bolger Center for Early Childhood Education this month, replacing the campus nursery that operated for decades on the school’s former Northfield campus.