by James Heflin | Oct 15, 2009 | Ten Gallon Liberal
It's a weird aspect of a career in arts criticism that you get, sometimes, heaps of criticism for your criticism. So one must needs acquire one of those little Goresque lockboxes. As a musician and a creative writer, I was/am used to critical reactions (both...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Oct 15, 2009 | Standing In The Shadows
It’s hard even to know where to begin. Maybe, I’ll begin as the lights went up just after the Laramie Project, Ten Years Later: An Epilogue at Northampton’s Academy of Music Theatre ended. Lucien, my eleven year-old declared, “My favorite part...
by Northampton Redoubt | Oct 15, 2009 | Northampton Redoubt
Recently Health Care reform supporters took to the steps of Northampton's City Hall. Below Noam Chomsky speaks on United States Health Care reform.
by Cherchez La Femme | Oct 15, 2009 | Cherchez La Femme
Since Halloween is around the corner, various ladyblogs have been doing posts about the inevitable hoards of women wearing "stripper shoes," fishnets, bunny ears and/or lingerie and claiming the outfits are costumes. It has become the overwhelming trend for...
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 15, 2009 | Stage
Harrison, Texas, is a fictional small town that playwright Horton Foote superimposed over his real-life hometown of Wharton. Many of his plays are set in "Harrison," and he developed almost a repertory company of characters who show up in various works. All...