Put on a Show

I don’t know about where you live, but around here, these warm days become very social, sometimes purposefully and other times in more happenstance ways. Maybe New England’s four distinct seasons have something to do with it, as in we are warm now and can...

New Beginnings

Tomorrow’s groundbreaking ceremony at the new state data center at 53 Elliot Street will be dripping with political big wigs, among them Gov. Deval Patrick, U.S. Rep. Richie Neal and Mayor Domenic Sarno—“and others,” according to the press...
StageStruck: Players with Problems

StageStruck: Players with Problems

The Hampshire Shakespeare Company is beset by problems this summer. The notorious misogyny of the season’s opening show, The Taming of the Shrew, creates a problem for any director. Shakespeare’s predominantly male dramatis personae present a perennial...

Between the Lines: Obama's Missed Opportunity

The man who electrified the nation with his speech at the Democratic National Convention of 2004 put it to sleep the other night. President Obama’s June 15th address to the nation from the Oval Office was, to be frank, vapid. If you watched with the sound off...