Hunker Down, Tone Up

Hunker Down, Tone Up

Even skiers, winter campers and ice climbers have to admit this: winter has days that are just plain nasty. Ezra Pound said it:Winter is icumen in,Lhude sing Goddamm,Raineth drop and staineth slop,And how the wind doth ramm!Sing: Goddamm.Skiddeth bus and sloppeth...
Wellness: Sex, Love and Reality

Wellness: Sex, Love and Reality

If the frenzy over Viagra is any indication, Americans these days are wrapped up in thoughts of all the ways we can "fail" at having sex. But our focus on failure—added to our stressful lives and high expectations—may in fact be holding us back...
High-tech, High-def Hamlet

High-tech, High-def Hamlet

The Royal National Theatre of Great Britain played a one-night stand in the Valley last month. It went so well they’re making a return visit this Sunday. The performance of Shakespeare’s Hamlet was, of course, the latest in the NT Live...
Marley's Greatest Hits

Marley's Greatest Hits

It's that time of year again; time to stuff your "bah-humbugs" in a sack and raise a toast of good cheer to sweet Tiny Tim (no, not the guy with the ukulele). A Christmas Carol returns to the Northampton stage this holiday season, starring Emmy...

Church vs. City

Last week, parishioners at Springfield's Our Lady of Hope church marked a sad moment: the final mass in their Armory Street church, which was built 85 years ago by the Irish immigrants who settled in the Hungry Hill neighborhood, and from whom many of the current...