by Sitting On The Baby | Jun 21, 2012 | Sitting On The Baby
In my excitement about my fancy new Advocate blog, I of course told all my friends and family to check it out. They were kind and supportive as always, but my sister had the best comment: “Why are you yelling at little kids? That’s so not what you’re...
by Michael Cimaomo | Jun 21, 2012 | Northeast Underground
If you like your folk music with a rural tinge, then get ready to get back to nature. North Carolina folk rockers the Bowerbirds are returning to the Paradise City Monday as part of the tour for the group’s new album The Clearing. In a recent blog post, I...
by Chris Rohmann | Jun 21, 2012 | Stage
“The thing about the First Folio,” says Sheila Siragusa, “is the fact that the text is such a big fucking mess.” But that’s precisely what she loves about it. The first compilation of Shakespeare’s works, published in 1623,...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jun 21, 2012 | News
A federal court ruling and NRC decisions in favor of relicensing the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant near Brattleboro have only increased the determination of many in the region to get the 40-year-old plant closed down. That determination, which draws momentum from...
by Stephanie Kraft | Jun 21, 2012 | News
In 2008, in deciding a case called Boumediene vs. Bush, the Supreme Court ruled that Guantánamo detainees have a constitutional right to challenge the legality of their detention by filing petitions for habeas corpus in American federal courts. In that case and...