CinemaDope: Mall of the Wild

CinemaDope: Mall of the Wild

by | Oct 7, 2010 | Film

Filmgoers in the Valley are living in charmed times. I can’t think of a single must-see title that hasn’t found a home in the area recently, usually without the delay that ordinarily follows a New York/L.A. opening. There are art houses on both sides of...
The Loneliest Beer in My Fridge

The Loneliest Beer in My Fridge

by | Oct 7, 2010 | Food + Booze

At the back of my refrigerator, behind the milk and yesterday’s leftovers, stands the loneliest beer. The single pickle swimming in a cloudy sea of brine won’t talk to him, and even the bottle of ketchup, with barely one last squeeze left in it, acts...
Kitchen Confidential

Kitchen Confidential

by | Oct 7, 2010 | Arts

Denis Kitchen has been a resident of the Pioneer Valley for 17 years, and his name is one that also carries decades’ worth of weight in the comic book industry. His publishing company Kitchen Sink Press (originally Krupp Comic Works) was one of the few...
Wisenheimer

Wisenheimer

by | Oct 7, 2010 | Arts

It is a comforting truism that the geekiest kids grow up to be the most interesting adults. Indeed, it’s the stuff of countless movies and sitcoms and (familiar to those of us of a certain age) after-school specials: the geek, who initially suffers torment at...

Art in Paradise: Above the Babble

by | Oct 7, 2010 | Arts

I know a lot of writers. I guess the current existential crisis bubbling up in the world of publishing was likely to turn up some very different takes among them, but last week must have seen something stirring in the authorial zeitgeist—two writers I know...