An Autumn Wish List

Because I walk my kids to the R42 bus each morning, I am definitely clear that autumn has actually arrived, if sometimes in soggier than usual form. The trees are working their jewel-toned magic, if a bit more slowly than usual. With her class, Saskia’s been...
StageStruck: Love, 2, Nickel and Jack

StageStruck: Love, 2, Nickel and Jack

After a few weeks spent getting up to speed—auditions, rehearsals, juggling student schedules, all that backstage stuff—four of the Five Colleges’ fall theater seasons are poised to open. Over the next three weekends, we’re in for an absurdist...

Occupy Wall Street Has a Point

If by their heroes you shall know them, then there is plenty of sport to be had at the expense of the Occupy Wall Street protests that have spread across the United States into Canada and countries across the sea. Conceived at the culture-jamming HQ of...

Letters: What Do You Think?

Wall Street Occupation a Work in Progress The pundits and mainstream media analysts may be viewing the Wall Street Occupation with myopic intent, perhaps because the “news cycle” is so limited in its scope and imagination, and the protesters are not yet...

Letters: What Do You Think?

Racing to the Bottom In poker, the winners don’t always have the best hands. They get an edge by having good information and knowing not to chase after a big score when the odds are against them. In proposing casinos and slot machine ventures, Gov. Patrick and...