StageStruck: Da Godmuddah
The last production I saw of The Importance of Being Ernest was spoiled by the actors struggling to get their American tongues around Oscar Wilde’s so veddy English epigrams and their bodies into appropriately Victorian attitudes. For theaters on this side of...Needle Exchange Comes Quietly to Holyoke
Last Wednesday was a busy day for Tim Purington. That afternoon, his agency, Florence-based Tapestry Health, officially announced that it was starting a needle exchange program in Holyoke. In addition to getting the program, which had been approved by city officials...Imperium Watch: Blowback for Banks
An anti-foreclosure ordinance passed last year by the Springfield City Council has survived a challenge by banks and by the Massachusetts Bankers Association (“Court Lets Anti-Foreclosure Rules Stand,” July 12, 2012). The passage of the ordinance, which...Letters: What Do You Think?
The Guantanamo Legacy As I write this letter I am sitting at my desk in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, at the office maintained for defense attorneys who represent men held at the Joint Task Force Detention Facility here. In a short time I will be on my way to visit my client,...E-Edition
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