Vaude-Villains

Vaude-Villains

by | Apr 24, 2008 | Stage

Sitting in Hugo's, nursing the end of a head cold and a whiskey sour one rainy February night last year, I was surrounded by friends, acquaintances and assorted locals in various states of dress and sobriety. There was a building sense of anticipation, as those of...
Ballet For Battle

Ballet For Battle

by | Apr 24, 2008 | Stage

The 1957 Broadway debut and the 1961 version of West Side Story featured explosive, athletic ballet, choreographed by Jerome Robbins, who had the initial idea for the musical. Drawing inspiration from Robbins, break dancing, crumping and capoeira, choreographer Maura...

Our Lives Without Oil

by | Apr 24, 2008 | News

What will the world, and American society, do without oil? Will we achieve a planned, relatively gradual shift to a life without it, or will we face the shock of sudden depletion, with industry and transportation paralyzed, food distribution uneven and unreliable, and...

On Springfield: Ethics, Anyone?

by | Apr 24, 2008 | News

To say that Springfield city government has had an ethics deficit in recent years is a gross understatement, with the emphasis on gross. While the city's economic base was crumbling, a shameful number of public officials took the opportunity to loot what remained...

The World This Week: It's Stupidity, Stupid!

by | Apr 24, 2008 | News

Okay, I'm bitter. I lost my American flag lapel pin while I was rolling gutter balls at the bowling alley. And afterwards they were out of orange juice at the blue-collar diner where I go for my photo ops with "Cup of Joe" Lieberman. Also, I don't...