Longtime Northampton activist Frances Crowe dies at 100
When asked recently how many times she had been arrested in the services of causes she believed in, she said, “not enough.”
Back Talk: Weighing in on Boston’s Racism; and a Dumpty Trumpty poem
“That Trumpty,” they said, “was Never!” their Friend, and “Alternative Facts” are “Like Real, but Pretend.”
Tick, Tick, Tick … Boom? No bumper crop of ticks this year, but keep your socks tucked into your pants anyway
Ticks, in their larval form, are generally immune to heat or cold, Rich said, debunking the myth that a mild winter would lead to greater numbers of ticks.
Cinemadope: Your Nearest Screening of 1984
This week, as part of a nationwide cinema movement, over 160 cinemas across the country will screen “1984” as a form of protest against the planned cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts — cuts that many of the participants decry as an attack on free speech and creative expression.
New Thursday Series: Award-Winning Documentaries at Next Stage
This spring’s six-film series explores gender, incarceration, beauty, otherness, greed, and the role of family and tradition.
Stagestruck: Force of Nature
In WAM Theatre’s production of Lauren Gunderson’s delightfully witty and provocative play, the 18th-century mathematician, philosopher and linguist comes briefly back from the dead to make her case for a life that was equal parts intellect and passion.
Saturday: Talk by Punk Photographer Cynthia Connolly
Connolly’s talk in Easthampton comes with something special: a quick-paced slide show about the D.C. punk scene of the 1980s.
VIDEO Teaser: The Greys play Advocate Sessions
Jazz-inspired indie duo on vocals and bass When Cait Simpson sings and Chris Merritt plucks his upright bass, something simple and enchanting happens. The friends just released their first EP, The Landing, available on iTunes and Spotify. Catch the full video this...
A Heartbeat (or Impeachment) Away from the Presidency: We went to VP Mike Pence’s hometown to learn about him
Jeff Brown, part of a deep-rooted local newspaper family, became Pence’s close friend in high school. Pence, a volunteer with the county’s Democratic Party, was still feeling out his political beliefs, Brown said. He would spar with Brown’s conservative father about President Roosevelt’s postwar legacy.
“Mike is a historian,” Brown said. “He was very interested in Kennedy and Roosevelt, just the decision-making process that these guys went through to do what they needed to do.”
Breaking the School to Prison Pipeline: Springfield reduces in-school arrests, but is it enough?
“After that, honestly, my life took a rough turn,” Olivares said. “I started hanging around with the wrong guys. I wasn’t taking school too seriously. I was looking at school in a negative manner; I was looking at police in a negative manner. I was certainly a lost teenager.” – Armando Olivares, 23, talking about his in-school arrest at age 14.
Between the Lines: Is Boston Super Racist?
So, is SNL’s Michael Che right? Is our beloved Boston — with so much to offer by way of education, healthcare, culture, cuisine, and community — a more racist place than, say, Los Angeles?
This weekend Che doubled down on an earlier comment in which he said this about the Super Bowl during “Weekend Update”: “I just want to relax, turn my brain off, and watch the blackest city in America beat the most racist city I’ve ever been to.”
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Nightcrawler: Vampire Diaries
An interview with Joe Perry, Aerosmith vet and member of the Johnny Depp-led band Hollywood Vampires Gary Carra: Joe – big fan. I’ve been kicking around Western Mass for a quarter-century now, either playing music or writing music, so of course I’ve come across...
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