New Music: Stream the Big Little Lies Soundtrack
Last night, the series finale of the excellent Big Little Lies aired on HBO. As was the case for the show’s other six episodes,...
Apple Quietly Made the Account Settings Page on Your iPhone a Tiny Bit More...
Every once in a while, Apple will push out a minor update that fixes some random little problem with its operating systems. This time...
Sleigh Bells: Rabbit Tricks
The music of Sleigh Bells has been called a lot of things—abrasive, loud, brash, intense, metallic, even schizophrenic—but idyllic is certainly not one of them....
Detroit Is Stomping Silicon Valley in the Self-Driving Car Race
Manufacturing muscle gives old-school automakers the edge on companies like Uber and Google. The post Detroit Is Stomping Silicon Valley in the Self-Driving Car...
Climate Change Is Stressing Us Out
Climate change is definitely happening, but it’s doing more than warming up the planet—it’s also affecting our well-being. A new report from the American...
Apple’s Making Its Own GPU to Control Its Own Destiny
Graphics are the future. And Apple's not leaving the future up to someone else. The post Apple’s Making Its Own GPU to Control Its...
Lindy West, Author of Shrill,Reads in South Hadley Saturday
The word “shrill” makes some people want to instinctively cover their ears, but Lindy West decided to make it the title to her 2016...
Valley Show Girl: Thao Nguyen Goes Solo at Gateway City Arts
A Woman Alive
As I walked into Gateway City Arts in Holyoke for the first time, I came to a dead stop to admire the factory-style...
‘Fat Feminist’ Lindy West, Author of Shrill, Reads in South Hadley Saturday
The word “shrill” makes some people want to instinctively cover their ears, but Lindy West decided to make it the title to her 2016...
On Stage: Where War Meets Food and Music
War and Music
Playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes has jumped onto our cultural radar many times over the years — she received the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for...