by Advocate Staff | Aug 29, 2019 | Articles, Arts, Featured, Music
Smith College Museum of Art // TUESDAY-SATURDAY The Smith College Museum of Art has just opened a new exhibit on the late Japanese-Amercan poet and printmaker Munio Makuuch, who with his family spent much of World War II in an internment camp in Idaho for Japanese...
by John-Manuel Andriote | Aug 28, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News
In this summer of half-century look-backs to the “Summer of ’69,” it’s natural to wonder: What will the summer of 2019 be remembered for 50 years from now? Will the grandchildren of today’s Millennials wonder what took us so long to do something about the mass murders...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Aug 28, 2019 | Articles, Between the Lines, Featured, News
Perhaps the two most visceral issues of our modern political era collided last week in the words of Greenfield City Council President Karen “Rudy” Renaud — immigration and gun violence. While defending her Safe City Ordinance, which essentially prohibits local law...
by Dusty Christensen | Aug 28, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News
Legendary anti-war activist and longtime city resident Frances Crowe died Tuesday morning at the age of 100. “She lived an amazing life and had a beautiful death at home surrounded by her children,” Crowe’s 72-year-old daughter, Caltha, said. She said Crowe died after...
by Dave Eisenstadter | Aug 27, 2019 | Articles, Featured, News
Frances Crowe, a lifelong activist, peace advocate, and leader in the anti-nuclear movement, died Tuesday at the age of 100. Crowe’s daughter, Caltha Crowe, confirmed Tuesday that her mother had died. Crowe had recently written pieces for the Advocate and the...
