Editing Northampton, Massachusetts (section)

==In popular culture==
Films shot in Northampton include ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' (1966),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=3069 |title=ePodunk community profile Northampton, Massachusetts |location=US-MA |publisher=Epodunk.com |access-date=November 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808202543/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=3069 |archive-date=August 8, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Malice (1993 film)|Malice]]'' (1993), ''[[In Dreams (film)|In Dreams]]'' (1999), ''[[The Cider House Rules (film)|The Cider House Rules]]'' (1999), ''[[Sylvia (2003 film)|Sylvia]]'' (2003),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/allProp.php?localID=3069&tpropID=filmLoc&sec=0 |title=filming locations |publisher=ePodunk |access-date=November 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202073557/http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/allProp.php?localID=3069&tpropID=filmLoc&sec=0 |archive-date=February 2, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''[[Edge of Darkness (2010 film)|Edge of Darkness]]'' (2010).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.recorder.com/story.cfm?id_no=5330140|title=The Greenfield Recorder}}</ref> Other cultural references include:

* Northampton is the birthplace of the eponymous [[protagonist]] in [[Henry James]]'s 1875 novel ''[[Roderick Hudson]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enotes.com/roderick-hudson-salem/roderick-hudson |title=Roderick Hudson |publisher=eNotes |access-date=November 20, 2011}}</ref>
* Northampton is the setting for several stories throughout various [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]] media, especially the original [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage Studios)|Mirage comics]] (1984–2014) as well as the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|2003 animated series]]. While not specifically referred to by name, the city is featured in the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|1990 live-action movie]]. It was also the real-life headquarters for [[Mirage Studios]], the original owners of the franchise.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/2009/film/markets-festivals/ninja-turtles-move-to-nickelodeon-1118010193/ |title=Ninja Turtles move to Nickelodeon |work=Variety |date=October 21, 2009 |access-date=June 4, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025041209/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118010193.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 |archive-date=October 25, 2009}}</ref>
* Writer [[Tracy Kidder]] documented the many layers of Northampton society at the end of the 20th century in his 1999 nonfiction book ''Home Town''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gazettenet.com/Home-Town-turns-20-30772344 |title='A Place that Works': Tracy Kidder's 'Home Town' Turns 20 |last=Connors |first=Michael |date=December 27, 2019 |website=Daily Hampshire Gazette |access-date=May 22, 2021}}</ref>
* [[Augusten Burroughs|Augusten Burroughs']] 2002 memoir ''[[Running with Scissors (memoir)|Running with Scissors]]'' takes place in Northampton 
* A 2011 episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (season 37, episode 8) featured a sketch titled "Massachusetts Afternoon" set in Northampton.<ref>{{Citation |last=Gallant |first=Erik |title=Saturday Night Live's 'Blue Jean Committee' debuts a new Northampton anthem |publisher=Masslive.com |date=November 21, 2011 |url=http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2011/11/is_saturday_night_lives_blue_jean_committee.html |access-date=July 8, 2014}}</ref>
* Northampton is the principal setting for the webcomic ''[[Questionable Content]]'', by [[Jeph Jacques]].