Rooke Backs Brown

If there’s one thing that’s been made abundantly clear over the course of Tim Rooke’s time on the City Council, it’s this: he really doesn’t care if the positions he takes tick people off. I’ll even venture to guess that sometimes...
Man in the Middle

Man in the Middle

One of the world’s most famous images is Leonardo da Vinci’s “Vitruvian Man,” the drawing of a naked figure, arms and legs extended, fitting perfectly into a square superimposed on a circle. It’s considered the model of ideal human...
Fringe Benefits

Fringe Benefits

It’s not only about the performances, says Linda McInerney, producer of this weekend’s Double Take Fringe Festival in Greenfield. It’s about spinning and knotting threads of community, about arts-based economic revitalization, about reclaiming public...

Between the Lines: Is Relief Enough?

The night after the election, I ran into a friend and neighbor at a youth soccer banquet. Naturally the subject of President Obama’s re-election came up. In 2008, my friend said, he’d been over the moon when Obama beat John McCain. He’d walked around...