by Christopher Volpe | Dec 11, 2012 | The Public Humanist
“This is the easy time,” begins Sylvia Plath’s poem Wintering, “there is nothing doing,” but this is only half the story. “The smile of the snow is white,” Plath writes, but for the dreamer of inner space, great potency...
by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Dec 11, 2012 | Standing In The Shadows
Yesterday was a jumble of frustration and good feelings. Frustration came in the form of a little girl home from school, because she didn’t feel well in the early morning. Of course, by the afternoon she was fine. She was antsy. She was very, very loud. Before...
by On Springfield | Dec 11, 2012 | On Springfield
Arise for Social Justice is planning a march on Wednesday in protest of new state eligibility standards for emergency shelter for families who are homeless. (Click here for a recent Advocate article on the regulations.) The march will begin at noon at Gov. Deval...
by Michael Cimaomo | Dec 11, 2012 | Northeast Underground
John Cale Shifty Adventures in Nookie Wood (Double Six Records) On his first studio album since 2005’s blackAcetate, former Velvet Underground member Cale crafts perhaps the most inviting avant-garde record listeners will hear all year. The opener “I Wanna...