Podcast: Michael Kusek talks about his new marijuana magazine, Different Leaf
Former Advocate marketing manager starts another magazine, this time covering cannabis.
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.
News of the Weird: Who’s a Good Boy?
Argentina’s TV channels have many of the same taboos as U.S. broadcasting, including restrictions on women’s hands-on demonstration of how precisely to examine themselves for breast cancer. However, as AdWeek reported in March, the agency David Buenos Aires apparently solved the problem with an explicit TV public service announcement featuring a model facing the camera, topless, showing exactly how such an exam should go, e.g., where to press down, where to squeeze. The secret? The model was an overweight man with generous-sized “manboobs.”
Your guide to the 30th Green River Festival (July 8-10)
THE LINEUP FRIDAY Peter Wolf NRBQ Dustbowl Revival Charles Neville Ola Fresca Mariachi Flor De Toloache Campos Xixa SATURDAY Dawes Shakey Graves Shovels & Rope The Suffers The Felice Brothers Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds And The Kids Dustbowl Revival The...
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Get In Here! Local Fall Arts Preview
What's on tap for arts and culture over the next few months in the Pioneer Valley: Party Animals How do you describe The Surrealist Cabaret by the Royal Frog Ballet? You let the frogs do it. From the event’s website, The Surrealist Cabaret “is a walking performance...
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