The World This Week: The Wood Man

The World This Week: The Wood Man

by | Dec 27, 2007 | News

After a year of national misrule and global misery, I badly needed to end 2007 on an up beat. I found that grace note through sculptor Bill Kent (pictured), whom one art critic has called "the greatest living carver of wood in the world." I am honored to...
Bonds for Babies

Bonds for Babies

by | Dec 27, 2007 | News

You probably missed it, but there already was an “idea primary” in the 2008 election. It lasted two weeks and nobody won. In September, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) strolled into a Congressional Black Caucus forum, belted “Brooklyn’s in the...
Sound Check: Maxxed Out

Sound Check: Maxxed Out

by | Dec 27, 2007 | Music

In order to maximize its capacity, Maximum Capacity moved this fall from its old location in Chicopee to 116 School St., doubling in size in the process. The club now boasts an upstairs and a downstairs. Upstairs is a multi-faceted room with an open floor plan. On one...