Rallying Resilience: disaster-wrought Springfield springs into climate action
About a quarter of Springfield’s population has asthma — 21 percent of children and 18 percent of adults — and that’s nearly double the statewide average. As if that weren’t bad enough, those with asthma stand to suffer the most as climate change worsens, according to...
Review: Chuck Close Photographs
Chuck Close Photographs University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center From figures to flowers to faces, Chuck Close Photographs can be summed up in one word: intimate. Museum-goers get a feel for both Close’s subjects and the...
Kalliope Jones takes it to the Web: All-girl band sparks viral debate about sexism in the music industry
Kalliope Jones’ story about how the local band lost a music competition following a judge’s suggestion the all-female teen band be more “sultry,” was a familiar one to rocker June Millington. She recalls how one review of a gig called her band Fanny “excellent,” but...
Boo Who? Delilah, a Florence basset, is climbing the ladder of canine celebrity
Delilah the basset hound may be blind, but that doesn’t stop her from hiking with her humans, lying about the house, and being just too darned cute. Her eyes, says owner Charlotte Cathro, 34, of Northampton, are both her most fetching feature and her downfall....E-Edition
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