by Maureen Turner | Mar 12, 2009 | News
The relationship between Springfield's Finance Control Board and its city employee labor unions has been sour from the beginning—or, more precisely, before the beginning.Early in 2004, the city—struggling with the financial disaster left by Mayor Mike...
by Lee Taylor | Mar 12, 2009 | Music
St. Patrick's Day comes around once a year to leave some of us hung over and in recovery. Bo Fitz and the YankCelt Band aim to chase the St. Patrick's tradition as they reunite this month for four shows. The self-proclaimed "untraditional" Celtic...
by Tom Sturm | Mar 12, 2009 | Music
Outspan may be more of a thesis project than a truly raw musical endeavor, but that doesn't keep its constituent composers from incorporating plenty of organic sounds and rhythmic loops with the bones left in. Though primarily structured in loops, both the samples...
by Gary Carra | Mar 12, 2009 | Music
As far as physical demands go, no one has ever mistaken making a new CD with, say, entering an Iron Man competition or stepping into the UFC octagon. Still, veteran Valley singer/songwriter Scott Lawson says he isn't taking any chances when it comes to the...
by Tom Sturm | Mar 12, 2009 | Music
Like to get dressed up and go dancing? Sure, there are plenty of places to go in the Valley, from Springfield to Amherst, but none quite like Diva's in Northampton. The large industrial space offers a place for the younger crowd to flaunt supple bodies as well as...