Splash Page

Splash Page

by | Sep 3, 2013 | News

What the Kids Are Reading These Days   Required summer reading for 9th graders at Springfield’s Commonwealth Academy: White Teeth (Zadie Smith), Paradise Lost (John Milton), The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger), King Lear (William Shakespeare), The...

Referendum

by | Sep 3, 2013 | News

Holyoke is the latest city to consider extending its mayoral term to four years. Do you think mayors should serve longer terms, to allow them more time to accomplish things off the campaign trail, or shorter terms, to keep them more accountable to voters?
Bill Hunt Flies Rite

Bill Hunt Flies Rite

by | Sep 3, 2013 | Music

For Northampton’s Cow Island Music record label owner Bill Hunt, creating a roster is a labor of love. “I do things that are interesting to me, where my talents and resources can be beneficial to people I’m working with,” Hunt says. Because Cow...

CD Shorts

by | Sep 3, 2013 | Music

Shuggie Otis Inspiration Information & Wings of Love (Legacy)   Over the years, Shuggie Otis’s Inspiration Information has achieved classic status for its visionary mix of electronic funk, California soul, and psychedelic blues. In some ways,...
Dog Day Afternoon

Dog Day Afternoon

by | Sep 3, 2013 | Music

Unbuckled Records, brainchild of Longmeadow’s David Smith, is up ‘n’ moving to Boston. To say farewell, Northampton’s The Elevens nightclub is hosting Dog Day Festival, an all-day musical event featuring some 25 bands. Smith, a longtime local...