Letters: What Do You Think?

Another Farmers’ Market Thank you for the recent article, “Are you Paying for Organic Gourmet Chic?” in which Margaret Christie and Stephanie Kraft explain the operational and economic differences between large-scale growing for supermarkets and...
Nightcrawler: A Picture of Family Harmony

Nightcrawler: A Picture of Family Harmony

It will take no fewer than two neighboring venues to house the smorgasbord of sounds, sights and savories the Kitchell family of Ashfield has planned for this Friday, Oct. 21. In an evening they call One Family, Four Artists, One Night, father/muralist Peter Kitchell...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

Kourosh YaghmaeiBack from the Brink: Pre-Revolution Psychedelic Rock from Iran: 1973-1979(Now-Again) The Now-Again label has made a name unearthing psychedelic gems from far-flung corners of the globe. Even by their standards, this set of psychedelia by Iranian...

Art in Paradise: A Pig's Life

Some years ago, I attended a family reunion. Most of my grandmother’s 11 siblings were there, and they excitedly called me into the living room to see something remarkable: an old Super-8 film of my great-grandfather on his Lousiana farm, presiding over the...