by Chris Rohmann | Apr 1, 2010 | Stage
“This is the fourth revision of the 10th draft of my play,” said Julian Olf, drawing an appreciative laugh from his audience. Most of the people who crowded into a Northampton living room on a recent Wednesday evening were playwrights, directors and...
by Chris Rohmann | Apr 1, 2010 | Stage
It’s not a theater by any stretch. The low ceiling, whitewashed brick walls, folding chairs and bare-bulb lighting make for a less than salubrious performance experience. But the basement of Thornes Marketplace in Northampton, formerly occupied by Dynamite...
by Maureen Turner | Apr 1, 2010 | News
Like the phoenix rising from the ashes … here comes Chris Asselin again? When the email showed up in my inbox—a quick note alerting me to a story on MassLive.com—I wondered for a moment if it were an early April Fool’s gag: fresh off a stint in...
by Maureen Turner | Apr 1, 2010 | News
Add Springfield to the list of communities pig-piling on the Republican newspaper for its infamous little purple bags. At issue is the Republican’s “Extra” publication, a weekly supplement that the newspaper delivers free to homes once a week....
by Mark Roessler | Apr 1, 2010 | News
Caleb Rounds spends much of his working day alone in a windowless cell of a room, conducting scientific plant research in near-total darkness. It’s just as he’d like it. Even the light switches in the UMass lab where he works have all been installed upside...