by Chris Rohmann | Feb 18, 2013 | Stage
These days, Kristen van Ginhoven is one busy theater artist. “It’s feast or famine in our field, isn’t it?” she observed to me recently. Right now, the energetic co-founder of WAM Theater is involved in no less than three of the events...
by Stephanie Kraft | Feb 18, 2013 | News
Since November, the Ecuadorian government has been moving to auction off oil blocks on 10 million acres of still-wild, roadless tropical rain forest in the Amazon region. Ecuadoran leaders hope to attract $1 billion in investments with the tender; they want contracts...
by Tom Vannah | Feb 18, 2013 | News
I understand why Gov. Deval Patrick received big accolades for his decisive statewide travel ban during last week’s bizzard (or snowstorm, depending on where in the state you found yourself at the time). I understand why plaudits came from legions of state and...
by Maureen Turner | Feb 18, 2013 | News
Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno took a break last week from managing his city’s latest weather-related crisis to announce that both the casino developers courting the city will advance to the next round of the competition. The administration will now begin...
by Maureen Turner | Feb 18, 2013 | News
It wouldn’t be a new legislative session without a battle over the fate of Massachusetts’ bottle bill; it’s like the Die Hard of public policy, albeit with fewer explosions and less money—though still a significant amount—at stake. This...