by Gina Beavers, Dave Eisenstadter, and Chris Goudreau | Jul 25, 2018 | Arts, Featured, Newsletter, Staff Picks
Greenfield Psych Fest at Hawks & Reed // SUNDAY, July 29 It’s going to be two floors of psychedelic rock music from noon until 9 p.m. at Hawks & Reed Performing Arts Center in Greenfield on Sunday, July 29. On the lineup are surf meets Latin-influenced psych...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Jul 24, 2018 | Featured, News, Newsletter
For Ben Hellerstein, state director of advocacy organization Environment Massachusetts, the state is moving in a good direction with regard to renewable energy, but it needs to do more. “Even being number one is not enough,” he said, adding that Massachusetts is...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Jul 20, 2018 | Featured, News, Newsletter
Two days after the state Legislature removed a set of provisions in its budget that would have protected immigrants in Massachusetts, a group of activists met in front of an immigrant detainment center in Greenfield to sing songs and demand an end to cruel treatment...
by Gina Beavers, Dave Eisenstadter, and Chris Goudreau | Jul 18, 2018 | Featured, Newsletter, Staff Picks
Jazz in July Week 2 All Star Faculty Concert // THURSDAY, July 19 It’s not truly July until UMass launches the Jazz in July program in Amherst. And The Jazz in July faculty concerts are always showstoppers. Greg Caputo, Steve Davis, Bob Ferrier, Catherine Jensen-Hole,...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Jul 17, 2018 | Between the Lines, Featured, News, Newsletter
Sometimes living in deep blue Massachusetts can feel comforting when observing the daily horror show that now passes for our federal government. A case in point: as the U.S. Senate edges toward nominating President Donald Trump’s second arch-conservative Supreme Court...
