Farewell, Tom Shea

by | Jun 7, 2012 | News

You’d be forgiven if, at first, you assumed it was a belated April Fool’s Day joke. “The Republican’s columnist Tom Shea moving on,” read the headline. “[J]ob at newspaper in Abu Dhabi ‘a cool opportunity.'” Sadly,...

CSA Shares Still Available

by | Jun 7, 2012 | News

For people who have thought about buying a share in a local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) farm but haven’t yet acted, it’s getting late in the season, but not too late. According to Communities Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA), there are...

Unsaving the Planet

by | Jun 7, 2012 | News

We put a lot of stock in energy efficiency. It is regarded as the quickest and easiest way to reduce carbon emissions. Al Gore even ended An Inconvenient Truth with a plea for everyone to install low-power light bulbs and appliances. But in 1865, British economist...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | Jun 7, 2012 | Music

Lee RanaldoBetween The Times and The Tides(Matador) On his “first song-based solo full-length,” former Sonic Youth axeman Ranaldo capitalizes on the freedom resulting from his group’s sudden hiatus. Where past efforts veered into noise...
Behind the Beat: Greek Youth

Behind the Beat: Greek Youth

by | Jun 7, 2012 | Music

For the self-taught musicians of Westfield’s Arrows Over Athens, choosing a band name that rolled off the tongue and symbolized the group’s beliefs was an important task. Fortunately, while running through a list of possibilities, members Randy Burlingame...