by Hayley Wood | Sep 10, 2009 | The Public Humanist
About a year ago I saw the Into the Wild, Sean Penn’s filmic treatment of the eponymous book by Jon Krakauer about Chris McCandless, a boy my age who left his family and all earthly security at the age of 21 to pursue a dream of living alone in the Alaskan...
by On Springfield | Sep 10, 2009 | On Springfield
Like political junkies around the Commonwealth, blogger Tom Devine marked the death of Teddy Kennedy with some reminiscing about the senator—albeit with a trademark Devinian twist.Devine recounts his sort-of up-close-and-personal encounter with Kennedy at the...
by Northampton Redoubt | Sep 10, 2009 | Northampton Redoubt
The three candidates for the Ward 7 City Councilor position, Gene Tacy, Deb Jacobs and George Russell, will participate in a forum to be held at the Leeds Grammar School on Wednesday September 9 at 7:00 p.m. The Florence Business and Civic Association and the Leeds...
by Cherchez La Femme | Sep 10, 2009 | Cherchez La Femme
…when they make you wear cowboy boots and '80's aqua blue power suits.
by Chris Rohmann | Sep 10, 2009 | Stage
Shakespeare's rough-and-tumble comedy The Taming of the Shrew gets a workout in Look Park's Pines Theater this weekend—and so does the cast in the Valley's newest theatrical ensemble, the August Company. Eight actors play all the roles, doubling up...