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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...
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...
The V-Spot: Staying Sexy in Our 60s
Hi Yana,
I am a 66-year-old man who is in love, and in a new relationship, with a very sexually active 60-year-old woman....
Opening at City Hall: “Muslims in America”
Tahirah Amatul-Wadud
This story is part of a new project by writer Jenny Bender and artist Amanda Herman, who have teamed up to interview and...
Stagestruck: And the Berkie Goes to …
New York has its Tonys and Obies, Boston its Nortons, and now the Berkshire region has its own rewards for outstanding work in theater...
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Thank a SoldierMany communities will hold parades and ceremonies on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11, to honor members of the military. In Springfield, the...
Cinemadope: Continental Divide
Strike up a conversation about foreign film with most American film buffs, and the discussion will almost certainly travel East, over the Atlantic, on...
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High Flyer
Birdman, the 2015 Academy Award winner for Best Picture, is morbidly strange, technically stunning (the whole film is designed to look like it...