Dancing Circles 'Round Ellen

Comedienne Suzanne Westernhoefer's first television appearance was on Sally, a talk show hosted by Sally Jessy Raphael, in 1991. She went on to become the first openly lesbian actress to appear on national TV with a performance on Late Night with David Letterman....
StageStruck: A Valley Christmas Carol

StageStruck: A Valley Christmas Carol

"I think we're coming into a time when we need to rethink everything—the way we relate to each other, and the way we bring people together."That's Linda McInerney, director of a new production of that old favorite, A Christmas Carol, which...

Between the Lines: On Your Doorstep

For some of us, the current economic crisis remains a fairly abstract concept—something we see reported in our newspapers and on TV, but that we have yet to experience directly. Meanwhile, the media provide a view of a world that, despite the horrifying...

Imperium Watch: Holding the Cards

In Springfield, attorney Eugene Berman, who heads up a team of lawyers offering free or low-cost help to people facing foreclosure (to reach them, call 413-322-7404), recently told the Advocate that another wave of catastrophe is building for next year because many...

Letters: What Do You Think?

"Blood From Turnip" PlanKudos to Tom Vannah for his incisive editorial "Do Not Resuscitate" [Dec. 11, 2008]. Tom hits many nails right on the head. But I'd postulate that, far from viewing the individual health insurance mandate as "fairly...