Legalizing marijuana use

Due to the controversy unfolding in Northampton regarding a proposed local marijuana fine ordinance I thought I’d look around the web for some other sources of information on the issue. Planetizen has an interesting article by Josh Stephens: Placemaking for Pot...
Theater That Matters

Theater That Matters

Four major theaters anchor the Berkshire summer season: the Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, Shakespeare & Company in Lenox, Pittsfield’s Barrington Stage Company and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. I’ve been covering their shows for a...
StageStruck: Fluent in Mametspeak

StageStruck: Fluent in Mametspeak

David Mamet’s territory is the burned-out shell of the soul. His best-known plays and films are peopled with losers clinging to pathetic illusions, spitting out their bitterness in the elliptical, fragmented language that has come to be known as Mametspeak. The...

Letters: What Do You Think?

Lion and Tiger Meat, Oh, My I was shocked to hear that lion burgers are being served at a restaurant in Arizona. I was even more upset to hear that this isn’t something new or out of the ordinary. That this meat is considered game meat and is so easily...