by Michele Meek | Oct 22, 2014 | The Public Humanist
Technically, the Internet reaches a worldwide audience, but for us at NewEnglandFilm.com, we try to think a bit more locally. The initial idea for the Online New England Film Festival came from our goal to promote local filmmaking to our local community....
by Chris Rohmann | Oct 22, 2014 | Stage
shouts Sheila Siragusa, striding onto the stage from the empty auditorium. “Every molecule of you says, ‘I cannot wait to get out of this room and back to the theater.’” She’s speaking to Susan Daniels, and her comment carries a certain...
by Tom Vannah | Oct 22, 2014 | News
By the time Bill Clinton rolled into Worcester last week to stump for Martha Coakley, the 2014 gubernatorial race was already a dull affair. While polls since Labor Day show it to be very close—a real nail-biter if seen solely as a horse race—the contest...
by Hunter Styles | Oct 22, 2014 | News
Clancy Kaye spent the past 32 years working as a mechanic at the Mt. Tom coal plant. On June 2, he and his 27 coworkers heard the news: the plant would close on Oct. 1. Kaye, 53, lives on a quiet cul-de-sac in Holyoke. He’s the kind of guy who can strike up a...
by Amanda Drane | Oct 22, 2014 | News
In a pre-calculus class that began at 7:35 a.m., honors students at Springfield’s Renaissance School were learning how to find the periods, phase shifts, and amplitudes on a graphed equation. But first, they needed to peel their eyes open. Teacher Rebecca...