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This Disappearing World
Photographer Sarah Holbrook has spent years up and down every coastline she can find, hopping hemisphere and trolling the poles in search of ice....
Hartford Beer Fans, Take Heart
In the two years since I took on the role of Valley beer reporter, I’ve tried to keep things local whenever possible. Aside from...
Kiss and Time
Can you rock and roll all night and still be home for the 11 o’clock news? The Crawler did — just a couple of Saturdays ago at Mohegan...
Music Spotlight: Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem, The Stray Birds, and Kallipe Jones
Wintersong Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem Signature Sounds
Offering a mix of both upbeat and sentimental Christmas songs, Valley-founded roots quartet Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem release...
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Thursday 11/10
The 2016 Election — Issues and Answers: Talk by David Gergen, co-director of the Center for Public Leadership and a professor of public...
8 Years of U.S. Presidential Elections on YouTube: How They Compare
We’ve reported staggering numbers for the 2016 U.S. presidential election on YouTube. The final debate, for example, had an unprecedented 140 million election-related views.Even...
News of the Weird: Can’t Possibly Be True
Kids as young as 6 who live on a cliff top in China’s Atule’er village in Sichuan province will no longer have to use...
Don’t Light Up Yet: Recreational marijuana in Massachusetts is going to roll out slowly
Before you step outside puffing on a celebratory fattie, know that, despite the vote on Tuesday, recreational marijuana isn’t legal in Massachusetts, yet.
That’ll happen...
Down to Earth: Is the Valley Prepared for Another Flood?
Just across from one of my favorite writing spots — the window counter at Northampton Coffee — I can see a dark mark on...
Sun: A Seriously Beautiful Weather App Powered by Dark Sky
Unlike most weather apps, Sun only shows a user neatly parceled amounts of information at any given time. The post Sun: A Seriously Beautiful...
