The Bard: 400 Years Young

The Bard: 400 Years Young

“William Shakespeare—a man from a hick town with a high school education.” With that disarming characterization, Shakespeare & Company begins to demystify The Greatest Poet of All Time. The show’s title, Shakespeare and the Language That...
Looney Tunes Cartoon Festival

Looney Tunes Cartoon Festival

In what’s become an annual event, Shelburne Falls’ Pothole Pictures offers the classic antics of Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd and the rest of the crew in the Looney Tunes Cartoon Festival. Music precedes the evening shows, with Coop Jazz on Friday and Leo T....

GMO Labeling Bill Stuck in VT Committee

Agriculture giant Monsanto has recently threatened to sue the state of Vermont over a push for legislation requiring the point-of-sale labeling of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) sold as food or in food or medicinal products. The bill in question, H-722, is...

Fighting for Their Parish

On April 1, hundreds of people gathered at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church in Adams for Palm Sunday mass. But the faithful at St. Stan’s weren’t just celebrating the beginning of Holy Week; they were also celebrating the reopening of their church, which had...

Imperium Watch: People Rising

This week may open a new chapter in the movement begun by Occupy Wall Street. And it may change the direction of American politics and the American economy. The landscape of activism we’re used to involves multiple organizations working on a myriad of issues:...