Stagestruck: The Shrew Problem
The Taming of the Shrew is Shakespeare’s trickiest play to perform these days – a thoroughly misogynistic tale in which daughters are auctioned to the highest bidder and the “shrew” of the title is “tamed” by a cunning fortune hunter. He (of course, he) is Petruchio,...
Free the Beasts! Dragon Boat Race in Springfield
Visitors to this annual waterfront festival can expect music, performances, food, vendors, arts and crafts, and a keen view of the races along the Connecticut River.
Red Hot Blues with Shemekia Copeland
Copeland sings electric blues, gospel, and R&B like her heart and soul depend on it.
Frendly Gathering Festival in Southern Vermont
Yes, the missing vowel in the festival’s name was driving us up the wall — until we realized that among close friends, there’s no place for “I”. Get it?
Blaise’s Bad Movie Guide: That time The Three Stooges went too far … nyuk, nyuk, nyuk
That time The Three Stooges went too far ... nyuk, nyuk, nyuk As Kenny Rogers wisely sang, “You gotta know when to hold ’em, know when to fold ’em.” There have been many performers who have ignored this advice, plodding right along with their careers when they should...
Uncivil Discourse: The Triggering at UMass is over, but the harassment it has unleashed rages on
“I invited her here as a demonstration of utter madness,” Hoff Sommers said, pointing out Segal, according to a video of the event. Someone in the audience called Segal a “dog,” which was met by laughter and applause. This is where a months-long battle with bloggers and internet trolls began to unfold for Cora Segal, protest organizer Jennie Chenkin — two women at The Triggering, a UMass Republican Club forum that posed the question, Has political correctness gone too far?
Cinemadope: Here and Gone
Fans of the films of Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) may do well to take a look at The Lobster.
The V-Spot: Jealous Over My Flirty Girlfriend
“It feels like all of my normal jealousy strategies have evaporated.”
Stagestruck: Intimate Moments — Berkshires Summer Theatre Preview
Much excitement in the Berkshires this season, from the Williamstown Theatre Festival and Berkshire Theatre Group to Barrington Stage, Shakespeare & Co., and beyond.
Back Talk: What Killed the Monkey; Pride Month Massacre
What Killed the Monkey Facebook reactions to “Gross Negligence Alleged in Death of UMass Lab Monkey”William Robinson: Sounds like the incident didn't have much to do with the nature of the research itself, but a veterinary mishap resulting from pure accident — not...
Between the Lines: Nothing to See Here? Pharmaceutical prices skyrocket
Advocates of free markets and public transparency agree that giving consumers more information, rather than less, is the right thing to do. But that’s the last thing drug makers — and the politicians to whom they donate heavily — want to do. The world’s top 10 pharmaceutical companies, according to the World Health Organization, each earn an average of $3 billion in profits per year.
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Nightcrawler: Media Darlings, Darlingside celebrates latest sonic labor of love; Gates open for Holyoke performers
Bay State quartet Darlingside have become veritable media darlings in their just over half a decade of existence. Their lush, harmony-laden amalgam of indie folk rock garners kudos as steadily and readily as “Dump Trump’’ petition signatures at a Cinco De Mayo party....
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