by Kristin Palpini | Sep 22, 2015 | Arts, Leisure, Music, News
Back to The Big E Life is a little sweeter around Big E time — and it’s not just because the air becomes infused with plumes of powdered sugar. Each year, The Big E in West Springfield brings with it big fun, big stars, and if you’re over 30, big (and completely...
by Kristin Palpini | Sep 14, 2015 | Between the Lines, News
In the grip of a national opiate-addiction epidemic, Behavioral Health Network of Springfield is poised to renovate an old manufacturing site in Greenfield turning it into a 24-hour, 64-bed detox and rehab center offering both in- and out-patient programs. Franklin...
by Kristin Palpini | Sep 14, 2015 | Arts, Film, Music, News, Stage
Herencia Latina Pioneer Valley is a celebration of the region’s Latino American heritage. The Pioneer Valley History Network is working in collaboration with Latino organizations, local libraries, museums, and colleges to bring a schedule of programs, activities, and...
by Kristin Palpini | Sep 8, 2015 | Astrology, Wellness
ARIES (March 21-April 19): “More and more I have come to admire resilience,” writes Jane Hirshfield in her poem “Optimism.” “Not the simple resistance of a pillow,” she adds, “whose foam returns over and over to the same shape, but the sinuous tenacity of a tree:...
by Kristin Palpini | Sep 8, 2015 | Letters from our Readers, News
No time for a tree house Very seldom do I read an article in the Advocate that makes me want to respond. My first and last thought to this article, “Let Brandon Have His Tree House Already,” Aug. 27-Sept. 2, 2015, was where is this author’s head. Before people get...