The Gem from Easthampton: Gigantic bar manager’s recipe makes it across the pond to a speakeasy in Scotland
By CHRIS LARABEE Staff Writer With 3,100 miles and the Atlantic Ocean between them, what could Easthampton and Dundee, a city of approximately 148,000 people in Scotland, possibly have in common? Well, if you really do some digging, you might unearth a Gem of a...
Social Equity Programs try to level playing field for cannabis
Ilya Tunitskiy arrived in the United States when he was 7 years old, his family, who are Jewish, having fled religious persecution in Tajikistan after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Tunitskiy said he grew up to be a normal teenager who, like so many others,...
Pride Proud: Celebrations emerge in some cities, replacing those that fizzled in others
When Taurean Bethea came out as a gay man at 33 years old, he never pictured himself waving a flag or marching in a parade about it. “It wasn’t something I felt was needed. Like, why do I need to announce my orientation? It just didn’t make sense to me,” he said. But...
Stagestruck: Two Schools, Worlds Apart
In the early 2000s, teachers and students at two U.S. schools – one student body predominantly Black and Latinx, the other white and Asian-American – were caught in wholesale cheating on mandated exams. May Treuhaft-Ali’s world-premiere play “ABCD,” at Barrington Stage Company, is molded by these incidents, but she’s motivated by the knowledge that they were not outlier instances.
Stagestruck: Once, Upon a Stage
“Once,” the 2011 musical based on the 2007 film, calls for 13 performers who can sing, act and play an instrument, all of them to a high standard, plus do a passable Irish or Czech accent. Berkshire Theatre Group’s production pretty much checks all those boxes, with delightful results.
Stagestruck: B.R.O.K.E.N code B.I.R.D switching
“I see someone who wants to be told who they are, so they don’t got to ask it of themselves,” the photographer/savior says. “You’re so darn scared of feeling pain, you just don’t feel nothing at all.”
Stagestruck: Bodies of Evidence
Social/political themes are abundantly present in “The Equality of Night and Day,” a world-premiere work at Jacob’s Pillow from the Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE dance company.
Stagestruck: Hot-Weather Hits
After shutting down two years ago, then edging back with skeleton seasons last year, theaters in the region are back at full capacity this summer. Here are some of the shows I’m looking forward to seeing up and down the Valley.
Stagestruck: Annotated Austen
“Pride@Prejudice” (that’s @, not &) is a cyber-take on Jane Austen’s novel, a condensed rendering of her classic dissection of manners and morals, now playing at Chester Theatre Company. But it’s also inlaid with questions and comments mined from Internet chat rooms as students assigned the book in English class reach out for help in navigating the shifting currents of plot and personnel.
Stagestruck: Out and Proud
It’s Pride Month, and two Valley theaters are celebrating with out-there musicals. “Blood & Water” is a world premiere, “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” a cult classic that’s as raunchy and outrageous as the night it first pranced onstage.
Stagestruck: The Artist and the Rebel
Andy Warhol visited Iran in 1976. What if, in the ferment that preceded the Islamic revolution in 1979, the presence of the world-famous artist had inspired an insurgent group to kidnap him in order to gain publicity for their cause – their own 15 minutes of fame?
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Fuzz Puddle’s Debut is One of the Best Local Records of 2019
Despite the crowd of instruments, it never feels like there’s too much going on.
V-Spot: How Do I Ask Him to Rim?
How do you ask your husband to give you a rim job even if you don’t want to balance the butt-licking scales? You say, “Hey babe, it felt awesome that one night you rimmed me and I would love an encore if you’re down.”
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Cinemadope: Keeping Time — Our lives in music
Memphis ‘69, directed by Joe LaMattina, is an unearthed time capsule.
