Between the Lines: The Dead Season

by | Oct 30, 2013 | News

There’s something about fall in New England that makes it more than a brief flaming of arboreal colors. It’s hard to put a finger on. It’s a feeling more than anything. Walk down a street on a windy day and the leaves move in packs, scraping around...

Between the Lines: Affordable Care?

by | Nov 5, 2013 | News

Last week was a big one for Boston—a big week for all Massachusetts. All New England, really. Of course, most of the fanfare came as a result of the Red Sox World Series win. But it’s also not every day that the Bay State gets a visit from the president....
News Briefs

News Briefs

by | Nov 5, 2013 | News

Racial Shock at Hampshire Halloween By Pete Redington   On the homepage of its website, the Valley band Shokazoba highlights a quote from Bluebird Reviews describing it as “an Afrobeat ensemble that blends jazz and old school funk, with a West African beat...
Monty Python, Meet Young Frankenstein

Monty Python, Meet Young Frankenstein

by | Nov 5, 2013 | News

The Mystery of Irma Vep is a parody with a gimmick: all the roles, half of them female, are played by two male actors in a whirlwind of instant costume changes. Charles Ludlam’s outrageous homage to Gothic horror and B-movie monsters touches all the...
The Neew Populists

The Neew Populists

by | Nov 5, 2013 | News

On September 15, the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, progressives toasted a victory. True, thanks to Congressional timidity, the biggest banks have only gotten bigger since the financial crisis five years ago, and the men (yes, mostly men) in...