Monsters' Ball

Monsters' Ball

by | Oct 29, 2009 | Film

Where The Wild Things AreDirected by Spike Jonze. Written by Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers, based on the book by Maurice Sendak. With Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, James Gandolfini, Paul Dano, Catherine O'Hara, Forest Whitaker, and Chris Cooper....
From the Locavore Journal

From the Locavore Journal

by | Oct 29, 2009 | Food + Booze

I picked up two 50-pound bags of spring wheat from Allen at Lazy Acres farm in Hadley. I was sent by Jonathan at Hungry Ghost Bakery in Northampton. My job was to fetch wheat berries from last year's wheat-growing experiment and bring them back to the bakers. For...

Art in Paradise: Dixieland Parking Lot

by | Oct 29, 2009 | Arts

Every year, the production of the Grand Band Slam issue reliably supplies a few things: a lot of creative scrambling in the newsroom, some praise and some criticism varying from mild to extra stout. It's all rather like a surprising carnival ride.The process, as...

Art in Paradise: Goldfish

by | Oct 29, 2009 | Arts

Starting Nov. 1, says Northampton poet laureate Leslea Newman, poets are invited to write a poem a day until Nov. 30. And anyone can pledge money on behalf of poets who undertake that daunting task. The proceeds go to a worthy cause: The Family Literacy Project of the...