Monuments to Greed

by | Oct 16, 2008 | Leisure

Sports fans took another hit on the chin this past Sunday night when the floodlights went out over the hallowed diamond of Yankee Stadium for the last time. Count the Steinbrenner boys as the latest in a much-too-long line of deconstructionists looking to reshape the...
Cinema Dope: Divine Comedy

Cinema Dope: Divine Comedy

by | Oct 16, 2008 | Film

ReligulousDirected by Larry Charles. Written by Bill Maher. With Bill Maher, Steve Burg, Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda, and Andrew Newberg. (R)God bless Bill Maher. Not that it would mean much to him; after watching Religulous, his acerbic new film made with Borat...
At Table: Flavors of Indian Summer

At Table: Flavors of Indian Summer

by | Oct 16, 2008 | Food + Booze

Lattitude1338 Memorial Ave.West Springfield(413) 241-8887Entrees $10-$24Hours: 11-10 Mon.-Thu., 11-11 Fri.-Sat. How we managed to forget that the Big E was in full swing in West Springfield the night we decided to go to Lattitude is beyond me. Stuck in traffic for 20...
Yes, Chef!

Yes, Chef!

by | Oct 16, 2008 | Food + Booze

In restaurants, the line is where the action is. Working the line is reserved for the talented and the desperate. After I interrogated the new chef at the Deerfield Inn on his local food buying practices (foraged mushrooms from a guy named Roger, barramundi fish from...
“Shoot All the Bluejays You Want”

“Shoot All the Bluejays You Want”

by | Oct 16, 2008 | Arts

This month in Pittsfield, five artists interpret different parts of Harper Lee's classic 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird (based loosely on the author's family and neighbors in the South) in the exhibit To Kill a Mockingbird: Interpreted. Berkshire collage...