Stagestruck: The Italian (Dis)Connection

Stagestruck: The Italian (Dis)Connection

by | May 14, 2014 | Stage

For many people, opera is the highest and noblest form of theater—high-flown drama married to ravishing music sung by glorious voices, lifting it to a higher plane than mere spoken dialogue or opera’s downmarket cousin, the musical. But I’ve never...

News Briefs

by | May 14, 2014 | News

Garlic and Arts Festival Keeps Giving By Pete Redington The North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival may be an annual event occurring only one weekend in autumn, but its support of the region and those who live and work there continues throughout the calendar year, with...
CD Shorts: Aurélie Dorzée

CD Shorts: Aurélie Dorzée

by | May 14, 2014 | News

Horror Vacui (Home Records) To say that Belgian chanteuse/violinist Aurélie Dorzée is somewhat unorthodox is akin to saying that Cirque du Soleil is a tad daring, and the circus analogy doesn’t end there. Her latest, Horror Vacui, takes its title...

Between the Lines: Fair and Waste-Free

by | May 14, 2014 | News

It’s a refrain that troubles me: “Nobody likes paying taxes.” Especially for people like me who never served in the military, taxes are the contribution we make to our country, the dues we pay for membership in the enterprise we call America. Despite...

From Our Readers

by | May 14, 2014 | News

State Senate Candidate Goofed! In regard to Chip Harrington’s recent guest column about Common Core (“The Standardized Test Trap,” May 8): from my reading, this is not a federal government program. The federal government does provide funds for the...