by Chris Rohmann | Oct 27, 2011 | Stage
In his 1933 memoir Down and Out in Paris and London, middle-class, Eton-educated George Orwell related his experiences living hand to mouth at the bottom of the social and economic heap. Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich’s 2001 account of living among...
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 27, 2011 | Stage
The Amherst town seal pairs images of a plow and a book, reflecting the town’s parallel agricultural and academic history. A new soap opera serial with a local slant plays with both of those identities, but takes its title from the town’s joky, unofficial...
by Stephanie Kraft | Oct 27, 2011 | News
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has been replaced in the headlines by other news, but its effects are still playing out in Japan, where contamination of fruit, vegetables and water is a constant concern and 80,000 people are still living a rootless existence in...
by Maureen Turner | Oct 27, 2011 | News
In the days right after Hurricane Irene wreaked havoc on so many Valley farms, the folks at South Deerfield’s Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, or CISA, rushed to offer what help they could. The nonprofit worked to help farmers affected by the storm...
by Maureen Turner | Oct 27, 2011 | News
For a few days after the Sept. 20 preliminary election, it made sense to me that Jose Tosado would lie low. After all, Tosado’s bid to become Springfield’s mayor took a serious hit that day, and even the most cocksure of candidates—which Tosado,...