by Gina Beavers | Feb 8, 2018 | Articles, Arts, Newsletter, Review
Bernard “Ben” Banville’s life sounds as if it was an unfettered celebration of creativity. Born in Quebec, for many years Banville made his home in Greenfield. He was a musician, a photographer, and an artist who spent years on the Pioneer Valley artscape...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Feb 7, 2018 | Articles, News, Newsletter
The Massachusetts State Senate voted to make Worcester Democrat Harriette Chandler the permanent Senate President today, as the investigation into the husband of former state Senate President Stan Rosenberg of Amherst continues. “I am confident that Senate President...
by Meg Bantle | Feb 7, 2018 | Articles, Columns, News, Newsletter, O Cannabis!
As recreational and medical marijuana legalization laws continue to pass state by state, more and more people are curious about cannabis. As different people are willing to try cannabis for recreation or medicine, the image from That ’70s Show of a group of people in...
by Monte Belmonte | Feb 6, 2018 | Articles, Columns, Monte Belmonte Wines, Newsletter
Roses are red. Wine is red. Violets are violet. Let’s try some chocolate. Valentine’s Day, wine, and chocolate are like a magical ménage à trois. And like that other ménage à trois I was part of, you don’t want to realize in the middle of it all that you have made a...
by Jack Brown | Feb 6, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Film, Newsletter
Review movies long enough, and you’ll hear the tale of Taste of Cherry. The 1997 film from Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami won the Palme d’Or at that year’s Cannes Film Festival, and was hailed by many as a masterpiece. But when it hit theaters in the U.S., there...
