by Dave Eisenstadter | Apr 23, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News
The former director of the Amherst office of for-profit organization Grassroots Campaigns Inc., which raises money for progressive nonprofit organizations, says her employment was terminated earlier this month after she instituted policies she believed supported her...
by Hunter Styles | Feb 16, 2016 | Articles
In the opening minutes of I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story, a puppeteer walks onto the set of Sesame Street. He wears a small TV monitor harnessed to his chest. The legs of his bright orange pants, held up by suspenders, terminate in big, soft bird feet. He...
by Advocate Staff | Jan 18, 2016 | Articles
Winter’s Here, but have no fear! Empanadas can warm the soul The Valley is rich in the empanada department. And that’s a good thing, because who doesn’t want their meal lovingly stuffed into a delicious pastry? Flaky, gold-colored dough makes...
by Hunter Styles | Dec 28, 2015 | Articles, Food + Booze
Can Springfield’s Main Street ever hope to attract more foot traffic? At a brainstorming session on Dec. 17, MassDevelopment posed the question to residents and stakeholders. What’s missing from sidewalk life? One common response: good cafes and coffee shops. The idea...
by Jack Brown | Nov 9, 2015 | Articles, Arts, Cinemadope, Columns, Film
When a movie theater closes up shop, it often catches us by surprise. It isn’t that we don’t see it coming; we all know by now about Netflix, Hulu, and Redbox, and how the ever-expanding options of cable television and the Internet have siphoned off some of the...