by Sarah Werthan Buttenwieser | Nov 19, 2013 | Standing In The Shadows
I’ve written about how other years I’ve found the thirty days of gratitude challenges somewhat amusing, because I have long “gotten” the concept that gratitude improves your life. It’s a tool: to see the half-full glass more clearly and...
by Chris Rohmann | Nov 19, 2013 | Stage
Conspiracy theory is a volatile beast. It stirs strong passions, pitting true believers against equally pious defenders of the official line. On one side are those who find plots and cover-ups in contradictions, murky doings and can’t-be-coincidences. On the...
by Chris Rohmann | Nov 19, 2013 | Stage
They start the day with a 16-mile run, followed by rehearsals on a veritable orchestra of Taiko drums. Then, for more than half the year, they tour the world with a show that combines precision rhythms with explosive sound and near-acrobatic showmanship. They are...
by by Advocate staff | Nov 19, 2013 | News
By the Numbers That’s the length of the newly installed bike lane on Plumtree Road in Springfield. The result of a collaboration between the non-profit MassBike, City Hall, the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission and Partners for a Healthier Community,...
by Ira Helfand | Nov 19, 2013 | News
In the 1980s, there was a general understanding that a large-scale nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union would be a disaster for the whole world. Recent research has shown that even a limited nuclear war, as might happen between India and Pakistan, would...