The Burning Question

The Burning Question

The Massachusetts Land Court recently reinstated Palmer Renewable Energy’s permit to construct a wood-burning power plant on the existing Palmer Paving Corporation property in East Springfield—the latest move in a seven-year chess game between the...
A New Old-Timey

A New Old-Timey

When American songster Dom Flemons arrives at the Iron Horse Music Hall on Thursday, Oct. 9, he brings with him a rich personal history as well as a wealth of musical archaeology and sociology stretching back through a century. His recent album Prospect Hill is an...
Nightcrawler: One Life to Livio

Nightcrawler: One Life to Livio

He’s joined forces with everyone from… well, nightclub kings Joined Forces, Justin and Tattoo Jungle to the members of his current bands Twisted Twinz and American Zeppelin in his three decades-plus career. But until now, Livio Gravini has never released a...
Nightcrawler: Soul Brothers

Nightcrawler: Soul Brothers

Area promoter John Tru may have built a name for himself in rock circles, but as evidenced by his upcoming Max Cap show this Friday, Oct. 3, he also boats a “li’l bit o’ soul.” Or should the Crawler say a high-profile Soul brother? “I...
Cinemadope: Cutting Humor

Cinemadope: Cutting Humor

It’s hard for me to explain how much of an impact M*A*S*H has had on my life. When I was a kid coming of age in the 1970s and ’80s, the televised series—in which Alan Alda starred as Hawkeye Pierce, a surgeon in a mobile army hospital during the...