Stagestruck: Real Live Theater

Stagestruck: Real Live Theater

When I was living in London in the ’70s, a new theater was rising on the South Bank— a colossal cement pile of a building, spawn of the same architectural school of thought as the UMass Fine Arts Center, and just as ugly. (It was famously compared by...
Alien Aerobics

Alien Aerobics

The societal standards we often consider iron-clad—what is familiar, normal and what is “other”—are ultimately rather fluid, based only on tradition and the strength of our collective belief. Power Animal Systems, a multimedia performance...
News Briefs

News Briefs

Newly Restored Documentary Spurs Conversation About Valley Farming By Maureen Turner e_SDLqMaybe it’s a hard way of life, but in some ways it’s quite satisfying,” Bernardston farmer Louise Taylor says in a voiceover, over footage of herself feeding...
City Lags on Bank Mediation Ordinance

City Lags on Bank Mediation Ordinance

The Springfield City Council voted last week to fund an ordinance that holds banks responsible for foreclosed houses in the city. But a second, connected ordinance that would require banks to mediate with homeowners before foreclosing remains on ice. The Council...
Splash Page

Splash Page

Monte’s March, Take 4 If you listen to radio station 93.9-The River, you know morning host Monte Belmonte. For each of the past three years, Monte has pushed a shopping cart up the road to raise money for the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts and the 135,000...