Pickets and Preservation

by | Aug 25, 2011 | On Springfield

Two happenings this weekend: • On Sat., Aug. 20, labor union members and their allies will be picketing at the four Verizon Wireless stores in the region, including the one at 1420 Boston Rd. in Springfield. (The others are in West Springfield, Hadley and...
StageStruck: War Games

StageStruck: War Games

by | Aug 25, 2011 | Stage

Two women-led companies are performing this month in unlikely but appropriate venues. The Berkshire Actors Theatre makes its debut, on a claustrophobic little stage above the Beacon Cinema in Pittsfield, with a farce about the incestuous world of Hollywood...

Between the Lines: Ignoring the Carnage

by | Aug 25, 2011 | News

The human costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are high—and hidden, due to advances in combat medicine, and this masks the ferocity of these conflicts. In Broken Bodies, Shattered Minds: A Medical Odyssey from Vietnam to Afghanistan (History Publishing,...
Elizabeth Warren Eyes Senate Seat

Elizabeth Warren Eyes Senate Seat

by | Aug 25, 2011 | News

Harvard Law Professor and former Obama Administration official Elizabeth Warren announced last week that she will test the political waters for a possible U.S. Senate run against incumbent Republican Scott Brown. She expects to make her decision shortly after Labor...

Letters: What Do You Think?

by | Aug 25, 2011 | News

Tasty Picnic A light touch by Dan Platt was the Right touch on the GOP picnic (“Grand Old Picnic,” Aug. 11). Dan earned his free sundae. Charles V. RyanVia email * Dan Platt’s piece on the Western Mass. Republican picnic was an excellent article;...