by Rob Brezny | Feb 26, 2018 | Articles, Astrology, Newsletter
ARIES (March 21-April 19): On September 1, 1666, a London baker named Thomas Farriner didn’t take proper precautions to douse the fire in his oven before he went to sleep. Consequences were serious. The conflagration that ignited in his little shop burned down large...
by Jack Brown | Feb 23, 2018 | Articles, Cinemadope, Columns, Film, Newsletter
It’s always been a point of pride at Amherst Cinema that they are no mere movie house. Plunked down right in the heart of the town’s downtown, flanked by coffee spots and park greens, the theater has always been something of a community hub. Perhaps it would have been...
by Yana Tallon-Hicks | Feb 23, 2018 | Articles, Columns, Newsletter, The V-Spot
Hi there! I’m an early 30s, cis, brown, queer non-monogamous woman. My question is about a situation I find myself in with a lover and my best friend. This best friend is my Bestie, my chosen family. The lover is my first male lover in over a decade. (I was with...
by Gina Beavers | Feb 22, 2018 | Articles, News, Newsletter, Wellness
The Springfield Family Resource Center of Gandara is located in a modest building at 18 Gaucher Street in Springfield’s Pine Point neighborhood, and upon arrival it’s clear that this social service agency is a community lifeline. Inside, the narrow reception area...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Feb 21, 2018 | Articles, Between the Lines, News, Newsletter
On Tuesday, Amherst state Representative Solomon Goldstein-Rose became the second independent in the Massachusetts Statehouse, changing his party affiliation from Democrat to unenrolled. Predictably, party elders and political pundits — the same ones that predicted a...