An Arts Activist's Summer Vacation

by | Sep 13, 2010 | The Public Humanist

There is the romantic notion, the American nostalgia for (and fantasy of) isolated and collective genius, the creator’s dream: a group of artists go off into the woods, or maybe a farm, for a summer or longer. They train and explore together, challenge each...

Now we know: trolls eat raw Onion

by | Sep 13, 2010 | Ten Gallon Liberal

Granted, every good recipe starts with The Onion: SALINA, KS—Local man Scott Gentries told reporters Wednesday that his deliberately limited grasp of Islamic history and culture was still more than sufficient to shape his views of the entire Muslim world....

Failure to Communicate in Mason Square

by | Sep 13, 2010 | On Springfield

It’s hard to imagine how Henry Thomas, president of the Springfield Urban League, could have somehow missed this message. But let’s try it again: It’s time for you to leave 765 State St., and let Mason Square have back its library.Thomas’ first...

SPF marks 75 years

by | Sep 13, 2010 | Northampton Redoubt

2010 Springfield Public Forum Series All lectures are held at Springfield Symphony Hall, free to the public. For more information visit: http://www.springfieldpublicforum.org Overview: Lectures by foreign affairs analysts, political commentators, authors, historians,...