by Chris Rohmann | Dec 24, 2014 | News, Stage
In Britain and the Commonwealth, the day after Christmas is celebrated as Boxing Day — traditionally a day for gifts to servants and the poor, now observed as an extra opportunity to recover from the Christmas Day glut. Sandglass Theater’s An Almost Victorian...
by Chris Rohmann | Dec 24, 2014 | News
Two years ago on this page I looked back at the first annual Valley Gives Day, a 24-hour fundraising event for area nonprofits, organized by the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts. The intention was to provide a common platform for local organizations...
by James Heflin | Dec 24, 2014 | News
A booming drumroll thunders off the walls. Six student drummers, seated in a row at one end of the dance studio, bang out powerful waves of sound. They watch as 10 more students rehearse a fast-paced dance together in the center of the room. This is the Wofa African...
by Amanda Drane | Dec 24, 2014 | Articles, Featured, News
As medical marijuana takes root across the nation, there’s been one major obstacle for the field to flourish: the federal government. That all changed last week when Congress passed legislation prohibiting the Drug Enforcement Agency from arresting and prosecuting...
by Pete Redington | Dec 24, 2014 | News
Aaron Dwight Stephens was born in Connecticut in 1831. As a young man, he ran away to join the army and served in the Mexican War — until he was sent to jail for threatening the life of an officer. Stephens escaped from prison, however, and relocated to the Kansas...
