by Gina Beavers | May 21, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Newsletter, Stage
Our illustrious stage connoisseur Chris Rohmann, has recommended a pick of the day, Guys and Dolls at the Majestic Theater in West Springfield. I like all the help I can get, so take it away, Chris: “Guys and Dolls, the “musical fable of Broadway,” is playing...
by Meg Bantle | May 18, 2018 | Articles, Columns, Featured, News, Newsletter, O Cannabis!
The big scissors were out in Amherst this week as the CEO of the national company Green Thumb Industries (GTI) cut the ribbon in front of the town’s first medical marijuana dispensary, called RISE Amherst. Despite being based in Chicago, Pete Kadens, director and CEO...
by Gina Beavers | May 18, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Newsletter
Here I am borrowing again, but why ignore a perfectly good staff pick made by my buddy and co-worker Chris Goudreau? Maestro Kevin Rhodes conducts The Springfield Symphony Orchestra’s 2017-2018 season finale All-Rachmaninoff. The evening features award winning...
by Gina Beavers | May 18, 2018 | Arts, Featured, Newsletter
Aaron Brando, aka DJ Hip Sockit, is intense and direct, but he has a calm about him and his expressions are chosen with care and with purpose. A holistic body-work practitioner by day, he’s also co-founder of Pollinate Ecstatic Dance, “the hub where high...
by Gina Beavers | May 18, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Film, Newsletter
“No more riding, no more rodeos, if you don’t stop, your seizures are gonna get worse.” That’s kind of crux of Brady Jandreau’s delimma. Jandreau was injured in a riding accident curtailing his rising star on the rodeo circuit....
