Editor's Pick: Best Local Roadway

Editor's Pick: Best Local Roadway

by | Apr 23, 2009 | Leisure

A panoramic view of a location along the Mohawk Trail is available here. Guidebooks repeatedly classify it as the nation's first scenic "auto route." While that may be a somewhat tarnished distinction at the end of the Age of Oil, there is no doubt about...
Spellbound

Spellbound

by | Apr 30, 2009 | Leisure

Sick of watching your grade-schooler have all the fun? Spell Check: A Spelling Bee for Grown-Ups is the chance to prove you're smarter than a fifth-grader. Held at the Latchis Theater, the bee is a fundraiser to help the Brattleboro Arts Initiative finance the...
A Sick System

A Sick System

by | May 7, 2009 | Leisure

In Japan, residents go to the hospital three times more often than Americans, spend more days in the hospital and use more pharmaceuticals—yet Japan spends about half as much per capita on health care as the United States. Perhaps the U.S. Secretary of Health...
War and Peace

War and Peace

by | May 7, 2009 | Leisure

Two great empires have been at war for the better part of five centuries, but have perhaps at last agreed to make peace with each other. In an epic fantasy that explores the complex relationships between the two major powers and other players in this conspiratorial...
Zip at Zoar

Zip at Zoar

by | May 14, 2009 | Leisure

Kevin McMillan, director of guided programs for Zoar Outdoor in Charlemont, gets ready to take off and comes in for a landing during a recent unveiling of Zoar's new zip line canopy tour. Months of work on the treetop zip line system is scheduled to be complete in...